Quest for the Dragon Soul's!
By: Darksevin
Chapter Three: Home and back to the past!
Kagome followed Inuyasha towards the forest. He reached its edge and leapt up into a tree and sat on a low branch. Kagome sat at the base of the same tree. And looked up at the lounging Hanyou. "Are you all right Inuyasha?" she called up. He glared down at her. "Watta' you mean am I alright, I'd say that I'm the only one who isn't going nutty." Kagome looked at her lap. "It's just that Inuyasha, with all that's happened recently, I'm just worried that if you don't change something could happen to you." He growled and covered his eyes. "Listen Kagome change isn't exactly my strongpoint so stop pushing me." He jumped higher into the tree. "Inuyasha." She called up smiling "don't forget that I can get you down a lot quicker than you got up." Thump! He landed beside her and sat down "whatever." He snorted. She leaned over and patted his knee "good boy."
Seven and Miroku were also walking outside along the forest edge. They were silent, both deep in thought. Soon after the start of their walk Miroku reached out and stopped Seven. "Wha." he started but Miroku put a hand over his mouth and nodded ahead of them. Seven looked and saw Inuyasha and Kagome under a tree. They were side by side and from the place where Miroku and Seven stood it looked as if they were holding hands. Miroku smiled and started to pull Seven into the woods away from the Conversing couple. "We had best leave them alone for now." He whispered "they need some time to talk." Seven nodded "I'm going back to my time to pick up a few things, tell Kagome to wait for me here. I'll tell her mother that we will be staying for a while." He smacked the monk on the shoulder "go back to the village and keep Sango company," He started for the well, several steps later he stopped "oh and Miroku," he said not turning "the rosary around your wrist has a loose thread, you better repair it before something bad happens." Then he vanished into the forest. Miroku stared at his hand in disbelief. How could he tell that, he was never near my hand! He looked closer and gasped, near the bottom of the beads he saw a thread sticking out. Gods! The man was right; he headed back to the village to repair the damage.
Seven climbed out of the well back in his own time. Who would have thought that he would go back in time again, he was tingling with excitement. Another chance to help fight Youkai! He strode towards his room and to the metal case within.
Miroku ducked into Kaede's hut. His hand was in his robes seeking the tools that could repair the seal on the wind tunnel. He had inspected it closer on his way back and was very grateful for Sevens warning. Miroku had realized that if he had taken the rosary off a few more times it would have broken and he would have died. But he couldn't help but wonder at how Kagome's cousin had noticed. He sighed and sat next to Sango. She was still asleep and he used the Quiet time to repair the rosary. After a time Sango started to stir. Miroku couldn't help himself. SLAP. No matter how many times he had been hit it still hurt. "Good morning Sango." He said smiling, trying to pretend nothing had happened. "Miroku" she growled as she sat up. "If you ever wake me up like that again I'm going to make sure that you can NEVER have children!" Miroku looked shocked and hurt. "Sango such threats, I'm hurt." Then he smiled " Seven has gone back to get his things and should be back at midday." Sango nodded "well then I can sleep a bit more." She law back down. Miroku slowly edged towards her. "don't even think about it monk." She growled.
Kagome stared at Inuyasha, then down at his hand. He and laid his hand on top on hers and was pretending not to notice. "Kagome." His voice was soft "I don't get to talk to you much anymore do I?" she looked surprised. Usually I have to force out every word she thought. "It's alright Inuyasha, your just not an open guy." She looked sympathetically. He smiled "you are the only person who has ever been able to see through me." He stared at the sky "no matter what I do you always know what I'm thinking and how I feel." He looked back at her "you freak me out sometimes." They both laughed.
Kagome slipped into Keade's hut. "Hey Seven." she stopped Seven was not there. Miroku was sitting next to Sango who was repairing a tear in her Youkai armor. "Where's Seven?" Kagome asked, "Miroku said that he went home." Sango said putting the armor aside. Miroku continued "he told me to tell you that there was no need for you to return, and that he would tell your mom and be back for lunch." Inuyasha came I'm and bumped into Kagome. "Move you baka." He growled and sat down. Kagome glared at him. "You could have asked before you pushed me you know!" "Feh! What for?" Kagome shook her head "you can really be a jerk sometimes you know that Inuyasha." Miroku smiled. "I see that you two had a good talk and are trying extra hard to be Normal" Inuyasha glared at the monk "shut up Miroku" he growled. Kagome was blushing. She quickly sat down and started to rummage through her bag, not looking for anything just trying to hide her blush.
Suddenly Inuyasha jumped up, sniffing the air. "Something's coming, and it doesn't smell friendly!" he rushed outside followed by Miroku. Kagome followed pulling the quiver of arrows over her shoulder. "Where is it coming from Inuyasha?" she asked "that way!" he pointed away from the well. Sango came out in full armor "lets go then." She cried and started in the direction that Inuyasha had pointed.
The group reached the edge of the village and stood ready facing the forest. A loud crashing could be heard now and it was drawing steadily closer. The foliage before them split open and a large Youkai rushed into the clearing. It was Grey and covered with bone armor. It had a large stone club and arms that looked to big for his body. "Kagome!" Inuyasha called drawing the Tetsusaiga "does it have any Shikon shards?" Kagome looked hastily at the advancing Youkai "yes, two, one in is forehead and another in his chest!" Inuyasha lifted the Tetsusaiga "bring it on!" he ran to meet the Youkai and leapt into the air just in time to avoid being crushed by its club. He landed on the top of the club and ran up it towards its master. "YAAHHAA!" he yelled and swung wildly at the Youkai's head. Tetsusaiga bit deep and dark blood spurted from the gash it had made. "You got a shard!" cried Kagome "Shippou go get it." The kitsune ran towards the shard whimpering in fright. Inuyasha jumped back to the ground as the Youkai roared in pain. Blood was still gusting from its head wound blinding it. Sango jumped foreword and threw her Hiraikotsu. It spun into the Youkai's chest ripping out the other side in a new burst of blood. The Youkai fell screaming in pain. It lanced with a thud and burst into dust. Inuyasha sheathed the Tetsusaiga "well that was fun!" Kagome picked up Shippou who had retrieved the shards "Fun Inuyasha, Gods your bloodthirsty." Sango pulled off her poison mask "I agree with Inuyasha on this one, it was a fairly simple fight." Kagome sighed "you guys are just. gah!" she turned and headed back to the village. Inuyasha was getting impatient "hey Miroku, when is Seven coming back I wanna' get out of this dump!" Miroku leaned on his staff "I don't know Inuyasha, he didn't tell me." The Hanyou crossed his arms "Jack ass!" Miroku shook his head "if you are that anxious to have him back why don't you go get him?" Inuyasha ignored the monk.
Kagome sat with Sango on a hill, not far from Miroku and Inuyasha. Sango was no longer wearing her exterminator's gear. Sango was starring off into space "Kagome?" she asked, "how old is your cousin?" Kagome thought for a moment "I don't know." She looked at Sango "I only learned his name yesterday so I don't really know much about him." Sango lay on her back and put her arms behind her head. "Oh well, hey isn't your birthday in two weeks?" Kagome smiled "yep! And I'll be celebrating it here, my mom won't be overjoyed but hey that's alright." Sango closed her eyes "so you have been here for almost four years and we still haven't beaten Naraku, we have been fighting for so long now." a tear trickled down her cheek.
From off in the woods they heard a loud scream. Sango bolted upright and glanced towards the Monk and Hanyou, they were already running towards the sound. "Come on Kagome!" Sango said jumping to her feet and heading down the hill "the boys may need us!" Kagome started to follow and called out to Sango "that will be the day!"
Inuyasha ran through the trees hand on the Tetsusaiga. He could hear the sounds of a large fight up ahead, but he didn't Smell Youkai. There was a familiar scent however. They broke into a rather large clearing and saw several poorly armed men scattered across the ground. At the far end of the clearing was a small house with a fire pit in front. Several young women were huddled against the wall of the house in fear their hands were bound. Inuyasha lowered his guard "it looks like the fight is over huh Miroku." The Monk scanned the clearing looking for signs of movement. There were none except for. the girls. Miroku smiled "we had better go help them don't you think Inuyasha?" the Hanyou glared at him "just keep your hands where they belong."
Before they were halfway across the clearing sounds of running and a man screaming came from their left. They stopped and Inuyasha put his hand on the Tetsusaiga. A man broke from the trees; he looked much like the ones on the ground, only he was unarmed and standing. He ran for the house, completely ignoring to two men in the center of the clearing. Miroku looked puzzled. "My, my isn't he going fast?" apparently he wasn't going fast enough. A long silver blur shot out of the woods and smacked the man in the back of the head. The man stopped screaming and plowed face first into the dirt. The object which had hit him looked like a metal box. "Whoever threw that must have quite an arm, it must be at least eight feet long!" Miroku started for the fallen man. "I'm glad you think so Miroku!" Miroku turned and saw Seven come out of the trees at the same spot his projectile had come from. "Oh Seven it's you" the Monk smiled "what happened here?" Seven looked around at the still men. "I guess I got a little carried away huh?" he smiled and grabbed a handle on the side of the metal box lifting it over his shoulder. "They were going to rape those girls and I don't stand well with that kind of thing" he walked over to the girls, there were four of them. "Are you all right?" he asked setting down the case, "it's all right I'm not going to hurt you." Miroku stepped up and bent to uniting the closest girl. "You are in safe hands now.," he said
Behind them someone started to laugh "no woman is safe anywhere near your hands Miroku!" Sango laughed "unless they find comfort in being groped!" Miroku looked shocked, "please do not say such things Sango, I have a great deal of respect for women." She pushed him aside and finished uniting the girls. "There now you'll be ok." She helped them up; they were still to scared to talk. "Kagome could you come here?" Sango called "I'm going to need some help." Kagome crossed the clearing quickly "let's get them back to the village."
By: Darksevin
Chapter Three: Home and back to the past!
Kagome followed Inuyasha towards the forest. He reached its edge and leapt up into a tree and sat on a low branch. Kagome sat at the base of the same tree. And looked up at the lounging Hanyou. "Are you all right Inuyasha?" she called up. He glared down at her. "Watta' you mean am I alright, I'd say that I'm the only one who isn't going nutty." Kagome looked at her lap. "It's just that Inuyasha, with all that's happened recently, I'm just worried that if you don't change something could happen to you." He growled and covered his eyes. "Listen Kagome change isn't exactly my strongpoint so stop pushing me." He jumped higher into the tree. "Inuyasha." She called up smiling "don't forget that I can get you down a lot quicker than you got up." Thump! He landed beside her and sat down "whatever." He snorted. She leaned over and patted his knee "good boy."
Seven and Miroku were also walking outside along the forest edge. They were silent, both deep in thought. Soon after the start of their walk Miroku reached out and stopped Seven. "Wha." he started but Miroku put a hand over his mouth and nodded ahead of them. Seven looked and saw Inuyasha and Kagome under a tree. They were side by side and from the place where Miroku and Seven stood it looked as if they were holding hands. Miroku smiled and started to pull Seven into the woods away from the Conversing couple. "We had best leave them alone for now." He whispered "they need some time to talk." Seven nodded "I'm going back to my time to pick up a few things, tell Kagome to wait for me here. I'll tell her mother that we will be staying for a while." He smacked the monk on the shoulder "go back to the village and keep Sango company," He started for the well, several steps later he stopped "oh and Miroku," he said not turning "the rosary around your wrist has a loose thread, you better repair it before something bad happens." Then he vanished into the forest. Miroku stared at his hand in disbelief. How could he tell that, he was never near my hand! He looked closer and gasped, near the bottom of the beads he saw a thread sticking out. Gods! The man was right; he headed back to the village to repair the damage.
Seven climbed out of the well back in his own time. Who would have thought that he would go back in time again, he was tingling with excitement. Another chance to help fight Youkai! He strode towards his room and to the metal case within.
Miroku ducked into Kaede's hut. His hand was in his robes seeking the tools that could repair the seal on the wind tunnel. He had inspected it closer on his way back and was very grateful for Sevens warning. Miroku had realized that if he had taken the rosary off a few more times it would have broken and he would have died. But he couldn't help but wonder at how Kagome's cousin had noticed. He sighed and sat next to Sango. She was still asleep and he used the Quiet time to repair the rosary. After a time Sango started to stir. Miroku couldn't help himself. SLAP. No matter how many times he had been hit it still hurt. "Good morning Sango." He said smiling, trying to pretend nothing had happened. "Miroku" she growled as she sat up. "If you ever wake me up like that again I'm going to make sure that you can NEVER have children!" Miroku looked shocked and hurt. "Sango such threats, I'm hurt." Then he smiled " Seven has gone back to get his things and should be back at midday." Sango nodded "well then I can sleep a bit more." She law back down. Miroku slowly edged towards her. "don't even think about it monk." She growled.
Kagome stared at Inuyasha, then down at his hand. He and laid his hand on top on hers and was pretending not to notice. "Kagome." His voice was soft "I don't get to talk to you much anymore do I?" she looked surprised. Usually I have to force out every word she thought. "It's alright Inuyasha, your just not an open guy." She looked sympathetically. He smiled "you are the only person who has ever been able to see through me." He stared at the sky "no matter what I do you always know what I'm thinking and how I feel." He looked back at her "you freak me out sometimes." They both laughed.
Kagome slipped into Keade's hut. "Hey Seven." she stopped Seven was not there. Miroku was sitting next to Sango who was repairing a tear in her Youkai armor. "Where's Seven?" Kagome asked, "Miroku said that he went home." Sango said putting the armor aside. Miroku continued "he told me to tell you that there was no need for you to return, and that he would tell your mom and be back for lunch." Inuyasha came I'm and bumped into Kagome. "Move you baka." He growled and sat down. Kagome glared at him. "You could have asked before you pushed me you know!" "Feh! What for?" Kagome shook her head "you can really be a jerk sometimes you know that Inuyasha." Miroku smiled. "I see that you two had a good talk and are trying extra hard to be Normal" Inuyasha glared at the monk "shut up Miroku" he growled. Kagome was blushing. She quickly sat down and started to rummage through her bag, not looking for anything just trying to hide her blush.
Suddenly Inuyasha jumped up, sniffing the air. "Something's coming, and it doesn't smell friendly!" he rushed outside followed by Miroku. Kagome followed pulling the quiver of arrows over her shoulder. "Where is it coming from Inuyasha?" she asked "that way!" he pointed away from the well. Sango came out in full armor "lets go then." She cried and started in the direction that Inuyasha had pointed.
The group reached the edge of the village and stood ready facing the forest. A loud crashing could be heard now and it was drawing steadily closer. The foliage before them split open and a large Youkai rushed into the clearing. It was Grey and covered with bone armor. It had a large stone club and arms that looked to big for his body. "Kagome!" Inuyasha called drawing the Tetsusaiga "does it have any Shikon shards?" Kagome looked hastily at the advancing Youkai "yes, two, one in is forehead and another in his chest!" Inuyasha lifted the Tetsusaiga "bring it on!" he ran to meet the Youkai and leapt into the air just in time to avoid being crushed by its club. He landed on the top of the club and ran up it towards its master. "YAAHHAA!" he yelled and swung wildly at the Youkai's head. Tetsusaiga bit deep and dark blood spurted from the gash it had made. "You got a shard!" cried Kagome "Shippou go get it." The kitsune ran towards the shard whimpering in fright. Inuyasha jumped back to the ground as the Youkai roared in pain. Blood was still gusting from its head wound blinding it. Sango jumped foreword and threw her Hiraikotsu. It spun into the Youkai's chest ripping out the other side in a new burst of blood. The Youkai fell screaming in pain. It lanced with a thud and burst into dust. Inuyasha sheathed the Tetsusaiga "well that was fun!" Kagome picked up Shippou who had retrieved the shards "Fun Inuyasha, Gods your bloodthirsty." Sango pulled off her poison mask "I agree with Inuyasha on this one, it was a fairly simple fight." Kagome sighed "you guys are just. gah!" she turned and headed back to the village. Inuyasha was getting impatient "hey Miroku, when is Seven coming back I wanna' get out of this dump!" Miroku leaned on his staff "I don't know Inuyasha, he didn't tell me." The Hanyou crossed his arms "Jack ass!" Miroku shook his head "if you are that anxious to have him back why don't you go get him?" Inuyasha ignored the monk.
Kagome sat with Sango on a hill, not far from Miroku and Inuyasha. Sango was no longer wearing her exterminator's gear. Sango was starring off into space "Kagome?" she asked, "how old is your cousin?" Kagome thought for a moment "I don't know." She looked at Sango "I only learned his name yesterday so I don't really know much about him." Sango lay on her back and put her arms behind her head. "Oh well, hey isn't your birthday in two weeks?" Kagome smiled "yep! And I'll be celebrating it here, my mom won't be overjoyed but hey that's alright." Sango closed her eyes "so you have been here for almost four years and we still haven't beaten Naraku, we have been fighting for so long now." a tear trickled down her cheek.
From off in the woods they heard a loud scream. Sango bolted upright and glanced towards the Monk and Hanyou, they were already running towards the sound. "Come on Kagome!" Sango said jumping to her feet and heading down the hill "the boys may need us!" Kagome started to follow and called out to Sango "that will be the day!"
Inuyasha ran through the trees hand on the Tetsusaiga. He could hear the sounds of a large fight up ahead, but he didn't Smell Youkai. There was a familiar scent however. They broke into a rather large clearing and saw several poorly armed men scattered across the ground. At the far end of the clearing was a small house with a fire pit in front. Several young women were huddled against the wall of the house in fear their hands were bound. Inuyasha lowered his guard "it looks like the fight is over huh Miroku." The Monk scanned the clearing looking for signs of movement. There were none except for. the girls. Miroku smiled "we had better go help them don't you think Inuyasha?" the Hanyou glared at him "just keep your hands where they belong."
Before they were halfway across the clearing sounds of running and a man screaming came from their left. They stopped and Inuyasha put his hand on the Tetsusaiga. A man broke from the trees; he looked much like the ones on the ground, only he was unarmed and standing. He ran for the house, completely ignoring to two men in the center of the clearing. Miroku looked puzzled. "My, my isn't he going fast?" apparently he wasn't going fast enough. A long silver blur shot out of the woods and smacked the man in the back of the head. The man stopped screaming and plowed face first into the dirt. The object which had hit him looked like a metal box. "Whoever threw that must have quite an arm, it must be at least eight feet long!" Miroku started for the fallen man. "I'm glad you think so Miroku!" Miroku turned and saw Seven come out of the trees at the same spot his projectile had come from. "Oh Seven it's you" the Monk smiled "what happened here?" Seven looked around at the still men. "I guess I got a little carried away huh?" he smiled and grabbed a handle on the side of the metal box lifting it over his shoulder. "They were going to rape those girls and I don't stand well with that kind of thing" he walked over to the girls, there were four of them. "Are you all right?" he asked setting down the case, "it's all right I'm not going to hurt you." Miroku stepped up and bent to uniting the closest girl. "You are in safe hands now.," he said
Behind them someone started to laugh "no woman is safe anywhere near your hands Miroku!" Sango laughed "unless they find comfort in being groped!" Miroku looked shocked, "please do not say such things Sango, I have a great deal of respect for women." She pushed him aside and finished uniting the girls. "There now you'll be ok." She helped them up; they were still to scared to talk. "Kagome could you come here?" Sango called "I'm going to need some help." Kagome crossed the clearing quickly "let's get them back to the village."