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Authors Note: Hello again, now i'm letting you know now that i'm changing my divider to ~*~*~ dont ask why; and In answer to some questions, yes Midoriko was the original creator of the Shikon no Tama but that's all I'm saying for now ^.~
"Kesshite Doriimingu"
Chapter four
Laugh a little
For the next hour, all six of them hurried to get packed. Kagome emptied her bag of all her books, games and trivial modernized equipment, to be refilled with food and medicine.
They all packed light. They didn't want Inuyasha to be carrying anything, and they could move quicker with a light load. By the time they had finished it was about noon and they were saying goodbye.
"We'll miss you Kaede!" Shippo said enthusiastically hugging her. They all smiled. It was a good thing he was coming, he would keep them all sane. Though he didn't know it, he kept them all together with his own oblivious love.
"I will miss you too Shippo. All of you." She added looking to the group.
Miroku was at the left holding his staff as always, with a strong proud grip on the bag in his right hand. He relished in the fact that it was normal, but he was also gloomy like the rest of them, with this new curse.
And then Sango with Kirara on her shoulder napping, was standing tall with a faked smile in her normal attire. Along with Inuyasha's curse, Sango still had no clue to the status of her brother Kohaku; of whether he was even alive.
Kagome stood next to her, wearing the same cloths as always that seemed to suit her. Of all of them her smile seemed the most ready to fade.
With Inuyasha at the end, and his ever present scowl. If anything he would never let them see his fear. After all, to fear death, in his standards, was one of the most cowardly things of all. Though what he was really most afraid of, was what he would leave behind.
And as Shippo jumped out of Kaede's arms and into Kagome's, Their quince was complete. The five of them, on another journey, like all the others, yet this one seemed less exciting to pursue. There were many reasons why.
Inuyasha's curse,
The danger,
The long way,
This being their last.
Their last journey together, and then they would part ways inevitably. Though secretly none of them wanted to at all.
"Well I guess this is it. We'll see you when we see you Lady Kaede." Miroku said with a little respective bow. "Yes, stay well." Sango added. "Don't forget us." Kagome said in a choked half laugh half sob. "And try not to be too bored with out me!" Shippo added seriously.
Even Inuyasha smiled. "Good-bye Kaede." It was a rare thing that he called her by her name, and that for him, was considered a form of the ut most respect.
"Good-bye, to all of you. Safe journey!" she added on a happy note. And with that, they smiled there last's to her before turning. And took their first steps toward Shimonoseki.
As they walked away, Kaede stayed to watch. Their only audience, seeing them off. It was better if no one else knew, she thought, and continued to watch them until they were only a faded blur disappearing into the woods, and then she turned away.
"May God be with you." Her final wish as she went back to her work.
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After hours of walking, still no one had spoken. It was an uncomfortable silence, but no one really knew quite what to say. The only way to make it less awkward was to burry yourself in your own thoughts, which is what most of them had done.
Of course Kirara was still asleep, dreaming of whatever caught her fancy, but she was the only one. Even Shippo was restless perched on Kagome's shoulder.
Sango was thinking about Kohaku, and every once and a while she would get a worried glance from Miroku, but she barely noticed. She was scared that she wouldn't be much help to any of them because her thoughts were else where.
She was worried about Inuyasha too of course, but after all this time of traveling together, her whole purpose of joining them had been to find her brother, and kill Naraku. Now that one of those goals had been completed, she could stop thinking about Kohaku; and it was bringing her down she feared.
Miroku was only thinking about Sango. Despite how lecherous he had acted toward her in the past, he truely did care for her and worried. Though telling her he had thought would not be so wise in the past, because Sango deserved someone that would be with her always, and never leave.
And with his Kazana that was inevitable. But even now that it was gone, he couldn't find the corage to tell her. And Kagome was thinking of Inuyasha and visa versa.
Those two had to be the most stubborn pair, but now it seemed that their pride was lessening a little. More on Kagome's part. Inuyasha's fear, to all of them, still seemed to be that everyone see him as a weakling.
He hated being weak.
More time passed and the sun was going down. The rest of them seemed gloomily fine, but there was one who was unable to take it any more. "Be QUIET!!!!" Everyone blinked and snapped their head in the direction of Kagome's shoulder, where Shippo had yelled.
A lot of them looked confused. "What?" Sango asked in bafflement. Shippo scrunched up his face. "The silence here it TOO loud!...I screamed so it would shut up." He wasn't joking. The way he explained said that he found his statement perfectly logical.
They all stared at him. He blinked a few times and looked at them. "What?" That did it. Sango snorted a stifled giggle, and then burst into hysterical laughter. Followed by Kagome, then Miroku and Inuyasha even, who had tried his damndest not to laugh.
Shippo looked flustered. "What?! What?!!" Kirara had been awakened in the process of this and was mad at being thrown off her perch when Sango fall on the floor laughing. So the only two not laughing and completely confused, were Shippo and Kirara.
But of course Kirara had been sleeping, and jumped onto the nearest bag to curl up again. This only made some of them laugh harder. Shippo shook his head and threw his hands into the air. "You guys are WEIRD!" he proclaimed, which sent Kagome into a comical fit.
By now Miroku seemed to have recovered slightly and managed a sugestion. "Why don't we all, haha, set up camp here?" Sango got up nodding. "Yeah," Inuyasha tried desperately to straiten his face. "Sure." but it broke back into a wide grin.
Kagome finally sat up from the ground and nodded. "Great idea. I bet we're all hungry anyway." Everyone agreed as Shippo ran up. "Did you say food?!" Kagome smiled at him and pointed to her bag. "I'm sure there's some crackers or something you can have while we make dinner."
Shippo bounded off to the bag happily and everyone went to start their various jobs in a much lighter mood. It was obvious now, how they all needed each other.
And after today they had all decided not to be negative about it. If you just act normally it will make things a lot better, because you can remember being happy, instead of so depressed.
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Sorry for the short chapter, but my internet access just about ran out and this is all i can upload untill august when i get 10 access more hours. -.-
Later
~SNOW