Unperfect Fairytale by DemonMiko
~*~Chapter 11~*~
The camp scene was relatively peaceful as Kikyo and Kagome worked more or less together to make dinner for the group. Delicious aromas wafted through the camp area. Kouga and Inuyasha were sent off to haul water from a nearby stream and Sango and Miroku were 'getting' firewood.
"Where could they be with the firewood?" Kagome asked.
Kikyo replied without much thought, "How should I know where your friends are?" She sat down on a large rock.
"Do you two really have to keep arguing?" Shippo asked. The two ignored him.
"Whatever. . ." Kagome muttered. 'I don't believe I actually was worried about her! She's still the same as she was as a little kid. The same spoiled brat she was before her dad died.'
"HELP ME!" The cry echoed through the now dark forest.
"That's Miroku! We have to help him." Shippo exclaimed.
Kagome stood up urgently. "Kikyo: That means that we need to help him."
"I don't feel like helping your friends." She turned her head away.
"Come on, this is no time to argue with me!"
"You're the one making a big deal about this."
"Why you little. . ." Kagome was cut off her sentence as Inuyasha and Kouga ran back into camp.
Kouga looked around, "What's happening?"
"Is Miroku in trouble?" Inuyasha strained his ears for better hearing.
"MIROKU, I'LL BASH YOUR HEAD IN WITH MY BARE HANDS!" Sango's voice echoed dangerously in the forest.
Miroku ran straight into camp with quite a number of bumps on his head. After a few seconds of looking around frantically, he headed towards Kagome.
"Kagome, you have to save me! Sango's after me!"
Sango emerged from the dark forest not long after. She glared at Miroku evilly. "Kagome, move aside now." Sango had her hand on the boomerang. "That lecher deserves this." She took aim.
"Sango, I know that Miroku is a lecher but do you really think he deserves the full strength of the boomerang? I mean, what'd he do this time?" Kagome tried to plead with her friend.
She nodded her head. "Yes, yes I think he does. He needs to experience more pain to knock some sense into that thick skull of his."
By this time Kouga, Kikyo, Inuyasha, and Shippo had stepped aside, leaving Kagome to stand between Sango and Miroku.
"Please, please Sango, spare me. I only groped you slightly." Miroku tried to defend himself when Kagome finally stepped aside.
"'Only', what do you mean 'only'?" Sango demanded. Her weapon still raised in the air dangerously.
When he saw that nothing was going to make her calm down, Miroku did the only thing he could think of that would possibly save him: he groveled for mercy at Sango's feet.
"Please spare me Sango. I didn't mean to do it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Please, please spare me." He begged until she couldn't take it any longer.
Sango glared at him. "Fine. You live . . . for now."
"I am eternally grateful." Miroku bowed an exaggerated bow and ran off to 'talk' to Inuyasha and Kouga. (a/n: more like seek shelter from them)
Dinner was eaten quickly and peacefully. Shortly after, Kagome and Sango claimed they were tired and went to grab their bedrolls. They dragged their makeshift beds away from the boys' side of the camp and away from Kikyo's bedroll. Sango chose a nice spot by near some hot springs and away from Miroku's spying gaze.
Back around the fire, the three boys watched Kikyo's every move.
Finally she lost her patience in ten minutes, "What?!" She hissed.
"Kagome said to keep and eye on you." Kouga responded with a yawn.
"Yeah I'm doing this because Kagome asked me to, although I don't know why I'm actually listening." Inuyasha grumbled.
Kikyo calmly returned the stare, "Well then, if you want to stare at me then I'll return the favor." Her icy gaze started to scare Inuyasha.
He couldn't see or feel any emotion behind her icy orbs. Yet her gaze seemed to pierce into his soul. Kouga was having the same feeling as Inuyasha was. His soul felt frozen until Kikyo finally looked away, seemingly centuries later and apparently bored.
"I don't feel like having a staring contest with you boys." She got up and headed to her bedroll.
As soon as she was out of earshot, Kouga relaxed. "God, I didn't think she would ever stop staring."
"I'm not sure if I could have stood that any longer." Inuyasha agreed with Kouga for once.
"Where's Miroku?" Inuyasha had a strange feeling gnawing at the edge of his mind. 'What if . . .?"
"HELP!" Sango's and Kagome's voices rang through the forest. "Inuyasha! Kouga! Hurry!"
'That's gotta be Miroku again.' Kouga shook his head. "Let's go before Miroku gets killed."
They rushed to the clearing but they didn't find a lumpy-headed Miroku as they expected. Miroku stood by the girls with a distressed look on his face. Kikyo and Shippo were kneeling down next to Sango and Kagome, both of whom had their heads bowed low. Inuyasha and Kouga both smelled blood and salty tears.
'What the hell could that scent of blood come from?' Kouga asked himself.
Inuyasha was about to ask aloud what happened when Miroku gave him a hard look. That look told him not to speak now. Kouga saw the look from the monk too and kept his mouth shut.
A second later Miroku motioned for them to head back to the campfire. Then he disappeared into the dark forest. The boys took this as their sign to leave.
At the fire, they saw Miroku with his eyes shut tight. He was on his knees, in a prayer.
"Hey Miroku, what happened back there?" Inuyasha half asked half demanded his friend.
The monk stayed silent. This irritated Inuyasha to no end. He never liked being ignored. Just as he was about to kill Miroku himself Kouga hissed at him. "Don't you see your friend is trying to pray? Leave him be."
"I don't fucking care! I want to know what happened now!" Inuyasha hissed right back.
"That temper of yours is going to get you killed some day, you know that?" Kouga shot back.
Inuyasha shut his mouth. His hands balled up into fists, ready to strike. Instead he grabbed the front of Miroku's robes.
"Tell me what happened! Now!"
The voice Miroku spoke in was not his own. This voice was serious. "Calm your fury Inuyasha. Kouga you might as well relax too. Listen carefully: not too long ago, Sango and Kagome's friend Mei stumbled back into the camp."
"That's good." Kouga interrupted.
"I'm not finished yet Kouga. Mei entered the camp covered in claw marks, blood, and she was loosing lots of it fast. She collapsed as soon as she entered that clearing. Kagome and Sango rushed to her side, luckily she was still breathing but just very faintly. They started to clean up her wounds when she tried to get up. As soon as she tried she fell back down to the ground again. Kikyo was there the whole time trying to get Mei comfortable and Kagome sent Sango to find me. Sango told me to find a book in Mei's pack called 'Mystical Items'. It looked harmless but it slipped from my hands and fell to the ground as I was walking through the forest to the clearing. The book fell open to a marked page. The section was titled the 'Shikon Jewel'. It has the same name as the islands. Do you know anything about it?"
Kouga and Inuyasha both nodded. "Yeah, we know about the Shikon Jewel. Legend tells of this jewel being the desire of demons. It is said that the jewel can grant any wish the holder has. The Shikon is pure power and even a tiny sliver of it will increase a demon's power at least one hundred times over."
"Of course that's only a legend. It's not supposed to be real."
"Shippo told me that Mei was muttering strange things. He told me that she was saying things like 'don't let him have it . . . we can't trust her . . .' Kagome asked her 'who' and she didn't reply. Mei was tossing and turning earlier before you guys arrived but she calmed down and fell asleep right after Kagome gave her an herbal tea. The last word Mei said before falling asleep was 'Naraku'."
Inuyasha thought for a bit. "OK, fine. I don't give a shit what happened to her. We're heading back home as soon as everyone gets a good rest. I need to contact someone back home."
"And who would that be Inuyasha? Your mother?" Kouga asked with a grin.
"Ha, ha very funny Wimpy Wolf. I'm not talking about my mother. I'm talking about someone else. Someone I haven't seen for a long time."
Miroku caught on to the bitterness in Inuyasha's voice. "God, don't go there Inuyasha! You know what happened last time."
"Yeah but this time I have a good reason."
"OK, whatever. Go ahead and get yourself killed." Miroku gave up the argument. By now he learned that his friend had a skull like a brick wall.
All the while Kouga watched the two in confusion. 'What the hell could they be talking about?'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That took me forever and I know it! Well I hope everyone had a great Winter Break. I'm going to leave all of you in suspense while I run from an angry mob led by none other than Amy.
Bye (and pray I live to write another chapter. Of course you know I'll finish this story, it's just getting to the good part.) ^^
~*~Chapter 11~*~
The camp scene was relatively peaceful as Kikyo and Kagome worked more or less together to make dinner for the group. Delicious aromas wafted through the camp area. Kouga and Inuyasha were sent off to haul water from a nearby stream and Sango and Miroku were 'getting' firewood.
"Where could they be with the firewood?" Kagome asked.
Kikyo replied without much thought, "How should I know where your friends are?" She sat down on a large rock.
"Do you two really have to keep arguing?" Shippo asked. The two ignored him.
"Whatever. . ." Kagome muttered. 'I don't believe I actually was worried about her! She's still the same as she was as a little kid. The same spoiled brat she was before her dad died.'
"HELP ME!" The cry echoed through the now dark forest.
"That's Miroku! We have to help him." Shippo exclaimed.
Kagome stood up urgently. "Kikyo: That means that we need to help him."
"I don't feel like helping your friends." She turned her head away.
"Come on, this is no time to argue with me!"
"You're the one making a big deal about this."
"Why you little. . ." Kagome was cut off her sentence as Inuyasha and Kouga ran back into camp.
Kouga looked around, "What's happening?"
"Is Miroku in trouble?" Inuyasha strained his ears for better hearing.
"MIROKU, I'LL BASH YOUR HEAD IN WITH MY BARE HANDS!" Sango's voice echoed dangerously in the forest.
Miroku ran straight into camp with quite a number of bumps on his head. After a few seconds of looking around frantically, he headed towards Kagome.
"Kagome, you have to save me! Sango's after me!"
Sango emerged from the dark forest not long after. She glared at Miroku evilly. "Kagome, move aside now." Sango had her hand on the boomerang. "That lecher deserves this." She took aim.
"Sango, I know that Miroku is a lecher but do you really think he deserves the full strength of the boomerang? I mean, what'd he do this time?" Kagome tried to plead with her friend.
She nodded her head. "Yes, yes I think he does. He needs to experience more pain to knock some sense into that thick skull of his."
By this time Kouga, Kikyo, Inuyasha, and Shippo had stepped aside, leaving Kagome to stand between Sango and Miroku.
"Please, please Sango, spare me. I only groped you slightly." Miroku tried to defend himself when Kagome finally stepped aside.
"'Only', what do you mean 'only'?" Sango demanded. Her weapon still raised in the air dangerously.
When he saw that nothing was going to make her calm down, Miroku did the only thing he could think of that would possibly save him: he groveled for mercy at Sango's feet.
"Please spare me Sango. I didn't mean to do it. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Please, please spare me." He begged until she couldn't take it any longer.
Sango glared at him. "Fine. You live . . . for now."
"I am eternally grateful." Miroku bowed an exaggerated bow and ran off to 'talk' to Inuyasha and Kouga. (a/n: more like seek shelter from them)
Dinner was eaten quickly and peacefully. Shortly after, Kagome and Sango claimed they were tired and went to grab their bedrolls. They dragged their makeshift beds away from the boys' side of the camp and away from Kikyo's bedroll. Sango chose a nice spot by near some hot springs and away from Miroku's spying gaze.
Back around the fire, the three boys watched Kikyo's every move.
Finally she lost her patience in ten minutes, "What?!" She hissed.
"Kagome said to keep and eye on you." Kouga responded with a yawn.
"Yeah I'm doing this because Kagome asked me to, although I don't know why I'm actually listening." Inuyasha grumbled.
Kikyo calmly returned the stare, "Well then, if you want to stare at me then I'll return the favor." Her icy gaze started to scare Inuyasha.
He couldn't see or feel any emotion behind her icy orbs. Yet her gaze seemed to pierce into his soul. Kouga was having the same feeling as Inuyasha was. His soul felt frozen until Kikyo finally looked away, seemingly centuries later and apparently bored.
"I don't feel like having a staring contest with you boys." She got up and headed to her bedroll.
As soon as she was out of earshot, Kouga relaxed. "God, I didn't think she would ever stop staring."
"I'm not sure if I could have stood that any longer." Inuyasha agreed with Kouga for once.
"Where's Miroku?" Inuyasha had a strange feeling gnawing at the edge of his mind. 'What if . . .?"
"HELP!" Sango's and Kagome's voices rang through the forest. "Inuyasha! Kouga! Hurry!"
'That's gotta be Miroku again.' Kouga shook his head. "Let's go before Miroku gets killed."
They rushed to the clearing but they didn't find a lumpy-headed Miroku as they expected. Miroku stood by the girls with a distressed look on his face. Kikyo and Shippo were kneeling down next to Sango and Kagome, both of whom had their heads bowed low. Inuyasha and Kouga both smelled blood and salty tears.
'What the hell could that scent of blood come from?' Kouga asked himself.
Inuyasha was about to ask aloud what happened when Miroku gave him a hard look. That look told him not to speak now. Kouga saw the look from the monk too and kept his mouth shut.
A second later Miroku motioned for them to head back to the campfire. Then he disappeared into the dark forest. The boys took this as their sign to leave.
At the fire, they saw Miroku with his eyes shut tight. He was on his knees, in a prayer.
"Hey Miroku, what happened back there?" Inuyasha half asked half demanded his friend.
The monk stayed silent. This irritated Inuyasha to no end. He never liked being ignored. Just as he was about to kill Miroku himself Kouga hissed at him. "Don't you see your friend is trying to pray? Leave him be."
"I don't fucking care! I want to know what happened now!" Inuyasha hissed right back.
"That temper of yours is going to get you killed some day, you know that?" Kouga shot back.
Inuyasha shut his mouth. His hands balled up into fists, ready to strike. Instead he grabbed the front of Miroku's robes.
"Tell me what happened! Now!"
The voice Miroku spoke in was not his own. This voice was serious. "Calm your fury Inuyasha. Kouga you might as well relax too. Listen carefully: not too long ago, Sango and Kagome's friend Mei stumbled back into the camp."
"That's good." Kouga interrupted.
"I'm not finished yet Kouga. Mei entered the camp covered in claw marks, blood, and she was loosing lots of it fast. She collapsed as soon as she entered that clearing. Kagome and Sango rushed to her side, luckily she was still breathing but just very faintly. They started to clean up her wounds when she tried to get up. As soon as she tried she fell back down to the ground again. Kikyo was there the whole time trying to get Mei comfortable and Kagome sent Sango to find me. Sango told me to find a book in Mei's pack called 'Mystical Items'. It looked harmless but it slipped from my hands and fell to the ground as I was walking through the forest to the clearing. The book fell open to a marked page. The section was titled the 'Shikon Jewel'. It has the same name as the islands. Do you know anything about it?"
Kouga and Inuyasha both nodded. "Yeah, we know about the Shikon Jewel. Legend tells of this jewel being the desire of demons. It is said that the jewel can grant any wish the holder has. The Shikon is pure power and even a tiny sliver of it will increase a demon's power at least one hundred times over."
"Of course that's only a legend. It's not supposed to be real."
"Shippo told me that Mei was muttering strange things. He told me that she was saying things like 'don't let him have it . . . we can't trust her . . .' Kagome asked her 'who' and she didn't reply. Mei was tossing and turning earlier before you guys arrived but she calmed down and fell asleep right after Kagome gave her an herbal tea. The last word Mei said before falling asleep was 'Naraku'."
Inuyasha thought for a bit. "OK, fine. I don't give a shit what happened to her. We're heading back home as soon as everyone gets a good rest. I need to contact someone back home."
"And who would that be Inuyasha? Your mother?" Kouga asked with a grin.
"Ha, ha very funny Wimpy Wolf. I'm not talking about my mother. I'm talking about someone else. Someone I haven't seen for a long time."
Miroku caught on to the bitterness in Inuyasha's voice. "God, don't go there Inuyasha! You know what happened last time."
"Yeah but this time I have a good reason."
"OK, whatever. Go ahead and get yourself killed." Miroku gave up the argument. By now he learned that his friend had a skull like a brick wall.
All the while Kouga watched the two in confusion. 'What the hell could they be talking about?'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That took me forever and I know it! Well I hope everyone had a great Winter Break. I'm going to leave all of you in suspense while I run from an angry mob led by none other than Amy.
Bye (and pray I live to write another chapter. Of course you know I'll finish this story, it's just getting to the good part.) ^^