Waa! Hello again minna-san! First I want to start apoplogizing to everyone
that I bothered with my desperation. I just didn't know this thing took so
long to finally appear on the page, gomen ne! Anyways, I hope you're
enjoying the story! Oh! Right!, I alost forgot, I do not own Inuyasha or
any of the characters displayed here. (*only Kasha-kun!!hehehehe*) Ok,
that's all. Enjoy!
Chappy4: Let the journey begin!
Everyone stared carefully at the hanyou's wrist being held by Miroku. Inuyasha just held an odd expression as he jerked his wrist off and stared at them with angry eyes.
"What?? This is mine!! I dint take it from him!!" snapped Inuyasha as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Calm down Inuyasha, no one is saying you took it... Besides, Kasha just said it looked like your bracelet, not that it was it..." stated Miroku as he got a thoughtful expression.
"Are you sure? You barely had the chance to look at it..." stated Sango as she stared at the now frowning boy.
"I'm sure! That bead bracelet he's got is just like mine! I could tell because of the engraving on the beads..."
Inuyasha blinked as he took a look on the bracelet hanging from his wrist. He'd never really noticed that before. He started to look around as everyone had gathered around him again, all staring at the old piece of jewelry.
"You're right Kasha! There are writings on this thing!" cried a loud and excited Shippo.
" Let me take a look at it..." said Kaede as she walked towards Inuyasha.
Miroku, Sango and Kagome stood next to the hanyou. Shippo had jumped to Kasha's head and they both were staring at Kaede, who was examining the bead bracelet closely.
"Just another coincidence?... I think there are way too many..." stated a funny looking Miroku as he glared at Inuyasha.
"Shut up!!" he yelled getting blushed. "When are you gonna give it up!!"
Kagome had turned towards the monk also blushed. " He's right!"
"Yeah! These two could never be my parents!! I don't want to be the son of a witch and a weird looking inu-demon!!" Kasha yelled; but he quickly gulped as he saw both the hanyou and the girl's angry faces that stared daggers back at him.
"I think you better leave it that way..." whispered Shippo to his ear. "You don't want to get pinned up agaisnt a wall and then slashed by Tessaiga, do you?"
"That's right you little weasel!!" snapped an angry and threatning looking Inuyasha.
Sango smiled as she watched Kasha shaking his head with a funny scared expression. " I think the same goes to you Hou..." Sango's face reddened as she felt Miroku's hand groping her behind again.
*Slap*
Miroku's cheek was red and once again, the mark of sango's palm printed on it. " Yeah... I guess you're right..."
"And he's supposed to be a monk?..." asked a weird looking Kasha as Shippo only nodded in response.
"Hai... just not a really good one..." Shippo stated as he watched Sango arguing with him.
"Kaede-sama, have you noticed anything?" asked Kagome as she leaned towards Inuyasha's wrist to catch a better look of the bracelet.
"Hmm... hai, hai... Where did you get this Inuyasha?" Kaede lifted her face to find a careless looking hanyou.
"From an old man..."
"And?..." asked an impatient Kagome.
"And?... That's it! What else do you want me to tell you!"
"What do you mean that's it?? You could tell us where you got it!" snapped an angry looking Kagome.
"I told you! An old man gave it to me!!" Inuyasha snapped back at her.
"We know that! Why do you always have to be..." They all got sweat drops as the two of them started another one of their arguments.
Miroku placed a hand on Kasha's shoulder as he sighed with a resignated expression. " I am sorry Kasha, I promise I wont say anything else..."
"With Inuyasha and Kagome fighting all the time we're never gonna get any work done here..." stated Shippo.
" That old guy just gave it to me! What else is there to say! He was on the road and I saved him from a demon! That's when he gave this thing to me!... Feh! There are you happy?"
"Inuyasha..." said Kagome with a sweet smile, making them all get surprised faces. "Osuwari!"
*crash* Inuyasha hit the ground again. The rest just got sweat drops on their heads as they saw Kagome kneeling next to him on the floor.
"Why did you do that for!!" snapped Inuyasha as he lifted his red and dusty face. Kagome just smiled at him.
"That's for not explaining things clearly... but I'm glad that you stopped and helped that old man..."
"Feh!... just did it out of boredom..." he stated as he sat on the ground, his legs and arms crossed.
"Do they always behave this way?" asked a confused looking Kasha.
"Pretty much... you better get used to it..." stated Shippo as he glared at them with a bored looking face.
"Well, I must say one thing, there is only one person that does that type of engraving..." stated Kaede as she walked towards her seat. The rest of the bunch followed her and sat around in a circle, waiting for her explanation. "I only know one person that does that type of engravings... he's quite known for his abilities, and he doesn't live too far from here to your convenience..."
"Do you know this man Kaede-sama?" Sango asked, getting a nod in response.
"His name is Ryuuta... I could recognize his work because of the small dragons engraved next to each Kanji that are written on each one of the beads..." As Kaede continued her explanation, Inuyasha glared at the bead bracelet on his wrist.
" 'Hn... I wonder what these mean...'" thought Inuyasha to himself as he traced the Kanji writing with his finger.
"Do you think this bead bracelet was what made Kasha go through the well?" asked a serious looking Miroku.
" I don't know that... but there's a great possibility because these beads are made from Youkai's bones..." Everyone widened their eyes in surprise. "... and if Kasha's bracelet was indeed made by him, then I think yes... That would be what brought him through the well..."
"We better start looking for that bracelet of yours..." stated Inuyasha, to everyone's surprise. " Gotta get this bratt back to his time if we want to go searching for the Shikon shards..."
"Who are you calling bratt?? I never asked for your help anyway!" snapped an upset looking Kasha as he stormed out of the hut.
"Feh..." Inuyasha stated in a careless tone of voice as he watched Kasha leave from the corner of his eye.
"Well done Inuyasha!" snapped an upset Shippo while running after the boy. Actually, everyone was staring at him with suspicious eyes.
"We better go help him Sango, who knows where he lost his bracelet..." stated Miroku as he made his way out of the hut, being followed by the taijiya.
" Why did you do that for Inuyasha?..." stated Kagome with a disappointed tone of voice.
"What? I only said the truth!..." snapped Inuyasha, but he stepped back as he noticed Kagome's serious expression.
" Sure, but havent you stopped to think that Kasha's just a boy? He's 9 and he's lost, and you acting so rude towards him doesn't make it any easier... really Inuyasha you should start being a little nicer to him..." Kagome said as she left the hut, leaving the sight of a funny confused looking Inuyasha.
"Was she mad?..." he innocently asked as he glared at the old lady standing next to him.
" No, I think she was just trying to make you see things clearly..."
"Feh! Why does she care about that stranger so much! We should be looking for the shards now!" he snapped as he made he started to walk towards the door.
"Why are you so upset Inuyasha? You know the shards wont go anywhere and it's obvious that Kasha needs your help..."
Inuyasha stopped briefly to reply. " I don't want to waste my time... that's all..." he stated without turning around, and then he left the hut to join the others.
Kaede was left alone, and as she stared at the hanyou's back as he walked away, she drew a smirk on her face. " Is that so? Or are you just having doubts about him being your and Kagome's son?..."
Miroku, Sango and Kagome leaned over the edge of the well, staring at the dark bottom with expecting faces. Shippo and Kasha had gone inside the well in search of the lost bracelet.
"Shippo! Kasha!! Found anything yet!!?" yelled Miroku from the top.
"Nothing yet!!" yelled Shippo from the bottom.He then turned around and saw Kasha searching every little spot he could. "I don't think your bracelet's here..." he stated with a sad smile on his face. Kasha kept looking around in a desperate way, pushing the broken pieces of wood and some old demon's bones.
"It's got to be here somewhere! I cant just have lost it!!" he yelled, not really paying attention the the little fox demon.
Shippo sighed as he sat on one of the broken wooden beams. " What if you lost it on your way to Kaede's?" Kasha stopped searching and turned towards the kitsune hanyou with a determined look on his face. "Eh?" Shippo managed to say as he stared back at him.
Outside the well, Sango was now sitting next to Kagome on the edge of the well. Miroku standing in front of them.
" What will happen if we don't find the bracelet..." Sango asked in a serious way.
"I think he wont be able to get back to his own time..." Miroku replied. Kagome had gotten slight saddened eyes by now.
"Poor Kasha... if we don't find the bracelet then he wont be able to see his brother anymore..." stated Kagome with a sad smile. They all lifted their faces as they saw Inuyasha approaching.
"So you finally agreed to join us Inuyasha..." stated Miroku with a smirk on his face.
"What other choice did I have..." stated the hanyou as he walked towards them. Kagome smiled at him.
"I think it's... eh?" Sango and Kagome turned towards the well as they felt it started to shake.They could hear Shippo's high pitched tone of voice getting closer.
" Waaaa!!! Let me goooooo!!!..."
*crash*
Some pieces of wood came out flying from the well as Kasha jumped out of it with an incredible speed, holding a teary looking Shippo by his tail.
"Move away everyoneeeeee!!!!..." cried Shippo as he flew in the air.
Miroku had covered Sango and Kagome as the broken wooden pieces fell from the sky.
"What was that?" asked Miroku still covering their faces with his sleeve.
"That boy! He's gotta start paying more attention to what he does!" snapped Kagome.
"He's good though... he's really got speed..." stated Sango as they got back on their feet.
"What did you do that for Kasha!" snapped an upset looking Kagome as she made her way towards the boy.
"The fur ball just gave me an idea! The bracelet could've fallen from my wrist when we were on our way to that old lady's hut!..." Kasha stated with a smirk on his face.
"Hey... I've got a name you know..." stated Shippo as he still was hanging from his tail.
"That's right, his name is Shippo, and you should be more respectful! That old lady is the priest of this village and her name is Kaede... Sango is the name of the girl standing next to Miroku... and the guy on the red kimono standing over there is... eh?" Kagome got a silly expression as she turned towards Inuyasha to introduce him properly, only to find him standing with his arms crossed, tapping his claws with a funny angry looking expression. One of the pieces of wood had landed on his head, giving him a red bump. "... Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha threw away the piece of wood on his head and walked towards Kagome, Shippo and Kasha.
"What did you do that for huh?? Feh! After I agree helping you find that bracelet of yours is this the way you say 'thanks'??" he snapped at Kasha who just stood there with a defiant look on his face and a smirk.
"Well! If you werent so slow then you wouldn't have gotten hit!" Kasha and Inuyasha started arguing again, and also did Kagome.
Sango and Miroku just stood by the well with funny faces. " This is gonna be so much fun..." stated Sango as a sweat drop fell from her head and Miroku just nodded in response.
The sun had set and stars were twinkling in the sky. Inside Kaede's hut, Miroku, Shippo, Sango and Kagome were sitting around the fire, waiting for the tea pot to boil.
"Well... it's the end of the day and we found nothing..." stated Miroku as he rubbed his shoulder.
"Yeah... poor Kasha he seemed so disappointed..." stated Sango as she looked outside the door.
"Losing the only memory he had about his parents must be really hard for him..." stated Kagome as she handed them the cookies her mom had made for them.
"Where is he now?" asked Kaede from the back of the hut.
"He said he wanted to be alone... I think he's gone sightseeing or something..." mumbled Shippo while eating one of the cookies.
"You really seem excited about having someone your age around, right Shippo?" asked a smiling Miroku. Shippo only nodded in agreement.
"Hai! I think having a kid around my age will be good! I don't wanna get influenced by people like you!..." he stated happily and innocently. *whack*
Shippo was now rubbing the back of his head as Miroku held on to his staff and Kagome and Sango held funny angry looking expressions.
"Mou!!" cried a teary Shippo.
Outside the hut everything was quiet. The sound the crickets made only made the atmosphere even more soothing as Kasha leaned on one of the trees while staring at the sky full of bright stars.
" 'Couldn't find the bead bracelet... what if I stay here for the rest of my life with these people??'" he thought to himself as he got a funny teary expression on his face. Then he lowered his face and stared at the dark green grass in front of him with slightly sad eyes. "'Then I wont be able to see Kazuya anymore...'" he stared sniffing softly and he didn't notice Inuyasha jumping off from the tree and landing next to him. When he did, he quickly dried the small tears off his eyes and got an upset expression.
"You've been here for two hours now... if you don't get in the hut you'll catch a cold..." stated Inuyasha as he stared at the sky above him.
"Feh... like you care..." stated Kasha as got on his feet and stood next to the hanyou.
"I do..." stated Inuyasha in a soft tone of voice. Kasha turned to him in surprise.
"You do?" Inuyasha got slightly blushed and then his expression turned into a funny looking one as he closed his eyes.
"Well... yeah! If you get a cold then Kagome will blame me for not telling you to get back in the hut...!" When he didn't get a reply he opened his eyes and found Kasha staring at the sky.
"Do you think I'll be able to get back?" he asked in a sad tone of voice. Inuyasha glared at him from the corner of his eye and softened his expression; then he switched his gaze towards the same sky Kasha was watching and spoke aslo in a soft tone of voice.
"You will, you don't have to worry about that..." Kasha turned towards the hanyou in surprise once again. "Kagome promised you she'd help you right?"
"Hai..." replied Kasha not taking his eyes off from the strong imposing looking man that stood by his side.
"Then you'll be fine... she always keeps her promises..."
Kasha nodded with a smirk on his face. Even though he had just met these people, he felt as if he could trust them. And after the small talk he'd had with Inuyasha, he felt somehow relieved.
"Ha! Then I was right!" he stated with a smirk.
"What?" asked Inuyasha raising an eyebrow.
"Kagome must be the one in control here! If you leave everything to her it must mean she must be the one with the brains!!"
"What did you say you little bratt!!!" snapped an angry looking Inuyasha as he watched Kasha running away from him. "Come back here you little weasel!!! I'll make you take that back! Just wait until I put my hands on you!!!" and with that, Inuyasha went after him. Sure things would be all right, after all,Kasha had never felt at such ease with someone other than his brother, and this couldn't just be some random feeling. Deep in his heart he knew it wasn't, though he really didn't know why.
Author's note: Yay!!! Chappy 4 is finished!! Thans to everyone that reviewed the last three chapters! I hope you've all enjoyed this one as much as I did! Oh! And just one thing. For those who are reading my other inu-chan fic (*Sacrifice*) I think I'll be updating it on Sunday1 or maybe tomorrow, who knows. Anyways, thanks for the reviews and I hope that you keep doing it! Ja ne!
Chappy4: Let the journey begin!
Everyone stared carefully at the hanyou's wrist being held by Miroku. Inuyasha just held an odd expression as he jerked his wrist off and stared at them with angry eyes.
"What?? This is mine!! I dint take it from him!!" snapped Inuyasha as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"Calm down Inuyasha, no one is saying you took it... Besides, Kasha just said it looked like your bracelet, not that it was it..." stated Miroku as he got a thoughtful expression.
"Are you sure? You barely had the chance to look at it..." stated Sango as she stared at the now frowning boy.
"I'm sure! That bead bracelet he's got is just like mine! I could tell because of the engraving on the beads..."
Inuyasha blinked as he took a look on the bracelet hanging from his wrist. He'd never really noticed that before. He started to look around as everyone had gathered around him again, all staring at the old piece of jewelry.
"You're right Kasha! There are writings on this thing!" cried a loud and excited Shippo.
" Let me take a look at it..." said Kaede as she walked towards Inuyasha.
Miroku, Sango and Kagome stood next to the hanyou. Shippo had jumped to Kasha's head and they both were staring at Kaede, who was examining the bead bracelet closely.
"Just another coincidence?... I think there are way too many..." stated a funny looking Miroku as he glared at Inuyasha.
"Shut up!!" he yelled getting blushed. "When are you gonna give it up!!"
Kagome had turned towards the monk also blushed. " He's right!"
"Yeah! These two could never be my parents!! I don't want to be the son of a witch and a weird looking inu-demon!!" Kasha yelled; but he quickly gulped as he saw both the hanyou and the girl's angry faces that stared daggers back at him.
"I think you better leave it that way..." whispered Shippo to his ear. "You don't want to get pinned up agaisnt a wall and then slashed by Tessaiga, do you?"
"That's right you little weasel!!" snapped an angry and threatning looking Inuyasha.
Sango smiled as she watched Kasha shaking his head with a funny scared expression. " I think the same goes to you Hou..." Sango's face reddened as she felt Miroku's hand groping her behind again.
*Slap*
Miroku's cheek was red and once again, the mark of sango's palm printed on it. " Yeah... I guess you're right..."
"And he's supposed to be a monk?..." asked a weird looking Kasha as Shippo only nodded in response.
"Hai... just not a really good one..." Shippo stated as he watched Sango arguing with him.
"Kaede-sama, have you noticed anything?" asked Kagome as she leaned towards Inuyasha's wrist to catch a better look of the bracelet.
"Hmm... hai, hai... Where did you get this Inuyasha?" Kaede lifted her face to find a careless looking hanyou.
"From an old man..."
"And?..." asked an impatient Kagome.
"And?... That's it! What else do you want me to tell you!"
"What do you mean that's it?? You could tell us where you got it!" snapped an angry looking Kagome.
"I told you! An old man gave it to me!!" Inuyasha snapped back at her.
"We know that! Why do you always have to be..." They all got sweat drops as the two of them started another one of their arguments.
Miroku placed a hand on Kasha's shoulder as he sighed with a resignated expression. " I am sorry Kasha, I promise I wont say anything else..."
"With Inuyasha and Kagome fighting all the time we're never gonna get any work done here..." stated Shippo.
" That old guy just gave it to me! What else is there to say! He was on the road and I saved him from a demon! That's when he gave this thing to me!... Feh! There are you happy?"
"Inuyasha..." said Kagome with a sweet smile, making them all get surprised faces. "Osuwari!"
*crash* Inuyasha hit the ground again. The rest just got sweat drops on their heads as they saw Kagome kneeling next to him on the floor.
"Why did you do that for!!" snapped Inuyasha as he lifted his red and dusty face. Kagome just smiled at him.
"That's for not explaining things clearly... but I'm glad that you stopped and helped that old man..."
"Feh!... just did it out of boredom..." he stated as he sat on the ground, his legs and arms crossed.
"Do they always behave this way?" asked a confused looking Kasha.
"Pretty much... you better get used to it..." stated Shippo as he glared at them with a bored looking face.
"Well, I must say one thing, there is only one person that does that type of engraving..." stated Kaede as she walked towards her seat. The rest of the bunch followed her and sat around in a circle, waiting for her explanation. "I only know one person that does that type of engravings... he's quite known for his abilities, and he doesn't live too far from here to your convenience..."
"Do you know this man Kaede-sama?" Sango asked, getting a nod in response.
"His name is Ryuuta... I could recognize his work because of the small dragons engraved next to each Kanji that are written on each one of the beads..." As Kaede continued her explanation, Inuyasha glared at the bead bracelet on his wrist.
" 'Hn... I wonder what these mean...'" thought Inuyasha to himself as he traced the Kanji writing with his finger.
"Do you think this bead bracelet was what made Kasha go through the well?" asked a serious looking Miroku.
" I don't know that... but there's a great possibility because these beads are made from Youkai's bones..." Everyone widened their eyes in surprise. "... and if Kasha's bracelet was indeed made by him, then I think yes... That would be what brought him through the well..."
"We better start looking for that bracelet of yours..." stated Inuyasha, to everyone's surprise. " Gotta get this bratt back to his time if we want to go searching for the Shikon shards..."
"Who are you calling bratt?? I never asked for your help anyway!" snapped an upset looking Kasha as he stormed out of the hut.
"Feh..." Inuyasha stated in a careless tone of voice as he watched Kasha leave from the corner of his eye.
"Well done Inuyasha!" snapped an upset Shippo while running after the boy. Actually, everyone was staring at him with suspicious eyes.
"We better go help him Sango, who knows where he lost his bracelet..." stated Miroku as he made his way out of the hut, being followed by the taijiya.
" Why did you do that for Inuyasha?..." stated Kagome with a disappointed tone of voice.
"What? I only said the truth!..." snapped Inuyasha, but he stepped back as he noticed Kagome's serious expression.
" Sure, but havent you stopped to think that Kasha's just a boy? He's 9 and he's lost, and you acting so rude towards him doesn't make it any easier... really Inuyasha you should start being a little nicer to him..." Kagome said as she left the hut, leaving the sight of a funny confused looking Inuyasha.
"Was she mad?..." he innocently asked as he glared at the old lady standing next to him.
" No, I think she was just trying to make you see things clearly..."
"Feh! Why does she care about that stranger so much! We should be looking for the shards now!" he snapped as he made he started to walk towards the door.
"Why are you so upset Inuyasha? You know the shards wont go anywhere and it's obvious that Kasha needs your help..."
Inuyasha stopped briefly to reply. " I don't want to waste my time... that's all..." he stated without turning around, and then he left the hut to join the others.
Kaede was left alone, and as she stared at the hanyou's back as he walked away, she drew a smirk on her face. " Is that so? Or are you just having doubts about him being your and Kagome's son?..."
Miroku, Sango and Kagome leaned over the edge of the well, staring at the dark bottom with expecting faces. Shippo and Kasha had gone inside the well in search of the lost bracelet.
"Shippo! Kasha!! Found anything yet!!?" yelled Miroku from the top.
"Nothing yet!!" yelled Shippo from the bottom.He then turned around and saw Kasha searching every little spot he could. "I don't think your bracelet's here..." he stated with a sad smile on his face. Kasha kept looking around in a desperate way, pushing the broken pieces of wood and some old demon's bones.
"It's got to be here somewhere! I cant just have lost it!!" he yelled, not really paying attention the the little fox demon.
Shippo sighed as he sat on one of the broken wooden beams. " What if you lost it on your way to Kaede's?" Kasha stopped searching and turned towards the kitsune hanyou with a determined look on his face. "Eh?" Shippo managed to say as he stared back at him.
Outside the well, Sango was now sitting next to Kagome on the edge of the well. Miroku standing in front of them.
" What will happen if we don't find the bracelet..." Sango asked in a serious way.
"I think he wont be able to get back to his own time..." Miroku replied. Kagome had gotten slight saddened eyes by now.
"Poor Kasha... if we don't find the bracelet then he wont be able to see his brother anymore..." stated Kagome with a sad smile. They all lifted their faces as they saw Inuyasha approaching.
"So you finally agreed to join us Inuyasha..." stated Miroku with a smirk on his face.
"What other choice did I have..." stated the hanyou as he walked towards them. Kagome smiled at him.
"I think it's... eh?" Sango and Kagome turned towards the well as they felt it started to shake.They could hear Shippo's high pitched tone of voice getting closer.
" Waaaa!!! Let me goooooo!!!..."
*crash*
Some pieces of wood came out flying from the well as Kasha jumped out of it with an incredible speed, holding a teary looking Shippo by his tail.
"Move away everyoneeeeee!!!!..." cried Shippo as he flew in the air.
Miroku had covered Sango and Kagome as the broken wooden pieces fell from the sky.
"What was that?" asked Miroku still covering their faces with his sleeve.
"That boy! He's gotta start paying more attention to what he does!" snapped Kagome.
"He's good though... he's really got speed..." stated Sango as they got back on their feet.
"What did you do that for Kasha!" snapped an upset looking Kagome as she made her way towards the boy.
"The fur ball just gave me an idea! The bracelet could've fallen from my wrist when we were on our way to that old lady's hut!..." Kasha stated with a smirk on his face.
"Hey... I've got a name you know..." stated Shippo as he still was hanging from his tail.
"That's right, his name is Shippo, and you should be more respectful! That old lady is the priest of this village and her name is Kaede... Sango is the name of the girl standing next to Miroku... and the guy on the red kimono standing over there is... eh?" Kagome got a silly expression as she turned towards Inuyasha to introduce him properly, only to find him standing with his arms crossed, tapping his claws with a funny angry looking expression. One of the pieces of wood had landed on his head, giving him a red bump. "... Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha threw away the piece of wood on his head and walked towards Kagome, Shippo and Kasha.
"What did you do that for huh?? Feh! After I agree helping you find that bracelet of yours is this the way you say 'thanks'??" he snapped at Kasha who just stood there with a defiant look on his face and a smirk.
"Well! If you werent so slow then you wouldn't have gotten hit!" Kasha and Inuyasha started arguing again, and also did Kagome.
Sango and Miroku just stood by the well with funny faces. " This is gonna be so much fun..." stated Sango as a sweat drop fell from her head and Miroku just nodded in response.
The sun had set and stars were twinkling in the sky. Inside Kaede's hut, Miroku, Shippo, Sango and Kagome were sitting around the fire, waiting for the tea pot to boil.
"Well... it's the end of the day and we found nothing..." stated Miroku as he rubbed his shoulder.
"Yeah... poor Kasha he seemed so disappointed..." stated Sango as she looked outside the door.
"Losing the only memory he had about his parents must be really hard for him..." stated Kagome as she handed them the cookies her mom had made for them.
"Where is he now?" asked Kaede from the back of the hut.
"He said he wanted to be alone... I think he's gone sightseeing or something..." mumbled Shippo while eating one of the cookies.
"You really seem excited about having someone your age around, right Shippo?" asked a smiling Miroku. Shippo only nodded in agreement.
"Hai! I think having a kid around my age will be good! I don't wanna get influenced by people like you!..." he stated happily and innocently. *whack*
Shippo was now rubbing the back of his head as Miroku held on to his staff and Kagome and Sango held funny angry looking expressions.
"Mou!!" cried a teary Shippo.
Outside the hut everything was quiet. The sound the crickets made only made the atmosphere even more soothing as Kasha leaned on one of the trees while staring at the sky full of bright stars.
" 'Couldn't find the bead bracelet... what if I stay here for the rest of my life with these people??'" he thought to himself as he got a funny teary expression on his face. Then he lowered his face and stared at the dark green grass in front of him with slightly sad eyes. "'Then I wont be able to see Kazuya anymore...'" he stared sniffing softly and he didn't notice Inuyasha jumping off from the tree and landing next to him. When he did, he quickly dried the small tears off his eyes and got an upset expression.
"You've been here for two hours now... if you don't get in the hut you'll catch a cold..." stated Inuyasha as he stared at the sky above him.
"Feh... like you care..." stated Kasha as got on his feet and stood next to the hanyou.
"I do..." stated Inuyasha in a soft tone of voice. Kasha turned to him in surprise.
"You do?" Inuyasha got slightly blushed and then his expression turned into a funny looking one as he closed his eyes.
"Well... yeah! If you get a cold then Kagome will blame me for not telling you to get back in the hut...!" When he didn't get a reply he opened his eyes and found Kasha staring at the sky.
"Do you think I'll be able to get back?" he asked in a sad tone of voice. Inuyasha glared at him from the corner of his eye and softened his expression; then he switched his gaze towards the same sky Kasha was watching and spoke aslo in a soft tone of voice.
"You will, you don't have to worry about that..." Kasha turned towards the hanyou in surprise once again. "Kagome promised you she'd help you right?"
"Hai..." replied Kasha not taking his eyes off from the strong imposing looking man that stood by his side.
"Then you'll be fine... she always keeps her promises..."
Kasha nodded with a smirk on his face. Even though he had just met these people, he felt as if he could trust them. And after the small talk he'd had with Inuyasha, he felt somehow relieved.
"Ha! Then I was right!" he stated with a smirk.
"What?" asked Inuyasha raising an eyebrow.
"Kagome must be the one in control here! If you leave everything to her it must mean she must be the one with the brains!!"
"What did you say you little bratt!!!" snapped an angry looking Inuyasha as he watched Kasha running away from him. "Come back here you little weasel!!! I'll make you take that back! Just wait until I put my hands on you!!!" and with that, Inuyasha went after him. Sure things would be all right, after all,Kasha had never felt at such ease with someone other than his brother, and this couldn't just be some random feeling. Deep in his heart he knew it wasn't, though he really didn't know why.
Author's note: Yay!!! Chappy 4 is finished!! Thans to everyone that reviewed the last three chapters! I hope you've all enjoyed this one as much as I did! Oh! And just one thing. For those who are reading my other inu-chan fic (*Sacrifice*) I think I'll be updating it on Sunday1 or maybe tomorrow, who knows. Anyways, thanks for the reviews and I hope that you keep doing it! Ja ne!