Chapter3: Big Nasty Smudges
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"FIGHT US???!!", Sango asked incredulously.
Inuyasha snorted, "What, are your ears broken or something?!,
Miroku appeared just as surprised as Sango, " Naraku wants to fight us? But why?"
"Umm...you guys, what's the big deal, I mean, wasn't that our goal all along, defeat Naraku, get the jewel shards...remember?" questioned a , once again, eerily calm Kagome.
The rest of the group just stared at her in, what could only be described as amazement, everyone but Inuyasha however, whose expression was, as usual, unreadable. Kagome laughed nervously and sweat dropped.
" You do remember right?...get rid of the air rip? Avenge your village and do what you can about Kohaku....?",she hesitated a bit and then added, "avenge Kikyou's death..remember?"
The group once again stared at her until a look of realization finally crossed their faces, well, at least it crossed Miroku and Sango's faces, Inuyasha's face was still unreadable.
Sango attempted to lessen her look of surprise and become the voice of reason, " Of course we remember..., it's just, why now? Why after all this time he just comes out and says he wants to fight us?".
"Yes, Naraku has never been the kind of guy to face his problems head on.." added Miroku
"Well, maybe he realized that he couldn't get rid of us the cowards way so he decided to deal with it himself, how should I know anyway?" Inuyasha countered, it seemed to him that everyone was looking to him for answers, and, indeed they were. After all, he had been the only one who knew Naraku wanted to fight them. So, wasn't it logical he would know *why*?
" It could be a trap" Miroku acknowledged.
"Feh.."
" Inuyasha?"
"What wench?"
"How did you know he wanted to fight us and we didn't"
Inuyasha smirked, "Who else would he leave the message with? Shippo?"
"No , I mean, well...wait..He left you a message?"
"Well wouldn't it have been pretty stupid for him to just come up to me and tell me he wanted to fight me, and then leave?"
"What kind of message did he leave?" asked Miroku, knowing if he didn't say something a fight might begin, and this was definitely not the time for that.
Inuyasha dropped Kagome's hand and fished around in his fire rat shirt for something. Finally, he pulled out a small scroll and threw it at..er.. *to* Miroku.
"Umm..no offense Inuyasha, but you can't read..can you?", Miroku asked nervously, more than likely having flashbacks of a certain dog demon's sword trying to chop off his head.
"Of course not baka, why would a youkia like me need to learn how to read, I had Kaede read it for me..."
"Kaede knew? And didn't tell me?" Kagome demanded.
"Why would she tell you baka?" he snorted, but at the same time put his hand back to its original position in Kagome's hand.
" What does it say, Miroku?" Sango asked, before Kagome could respond to Inuyasha's previous comment.
"hmmm...It says:
It appears as though, I will not be able to get rid of you as easily as I had thought . You have began to agitate me and I think it is best I do away with you as soon as possible so that you cannot cause me any more trouble. I challenge you to fight me Inuyasha, and this will not be like our other fights, for, when this fight is over , one of us will not ever be able to fight again, or do anything else for that matter. I trust you will be bringing the monk and the demon exterminator as well, not to mention the human girl you tote around with you. Just as well, I can kill four birds with one stone. I also trust you will be able to find me.
Naraku"
The words sounded funny coming from their own Miroku, and Kagome couldn't help but giggle. Once again, she was delivered incredulous stares by the others. Noticing the other's looks, she sweat dropped and a blush rose on her cheeks.
" Sooo, Naraku wants to fight you?", she said, trying to make them stop staring at her like that.
Inuyasha turned to stare at her stupidly, "Ya' think?".
" Where is he Inuyasha?", the monk interrupted, once again hoping to prevent a fight.
Inuyasha turned away from Kagome and sniffed the air, "That way", he said, pointing northwards.
Sango looked in the direction that Inuyasha was pointing, as far as her line of vision would permit, all she saw was trees, "How far?"
"Another day's journey."
" I suggest we all get some sleep tonight." noted Miroku as he glanced up at the now darkened sky, "it appears we have a long day ahead of us.."
Sango glanced around wearily, "Do you think he would try and ambush us while we sleep?"
" Sango, if your scared, feel free to come sleep with me." a certain letch said with a lecherous grin. Which of course was soon wiped off his face with a certain abnormally large boomerang.
"Feh, I'll keep watch like I always do," informed Inuyasha, and then, without a backward glance, stood and returned to his original position in the tree.
Kagome went back over to her sleeping bag and slipped inside it. Sango unrolled the brand new sleeping bag Kagome had brought for her near Kagome. Sheand curled up inside it with Kirara in tow. Miroku began to lean up against a tree dangerously close to Sango, but then scooted a few feet away to another one after noticing her reach for her boomerang. Sango's hand slowly fell away from the direction of her boomerang after Miroku went to another tree even farther away.
"Sango, you didn't polish your boomerang today.." Miroku acknowledged half-heartedly from his resting place.
"Yeah, and just think, it might have a big nasty smudge on it from where it met up with tettusaiga." added Inuyasha from his perch.
"I would polish it, but I don't want to waste any energy, after all, I'll need it all to get all the Naraku blood off of it tomorrow..."
Inuyasha, Kagome, and Miroku smirked, after all, it wasn't very often you heard a comment like that coming from Sango. With that, they all snuggled into their sleeping bags and
err...trees to go to sleep.
"goodnight Inuyasha", whispered a sleepy Kagome.
He began to say his usual "Feh, but then a thought crossed his mind... 'Oh what the hell, after all, I might be dead come this time tomorrow'.
"Goodnight Kagome"
Kagome smiled and soon fell asleep, quickly followed by Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha just sat in his tree, keeping guard, and occasionally glancing down at Kagome, "just to make sure she was all right".
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Finaly reposted this, this version is proofread and revised. okay..its much better than it used to be.
2/7/02
That girl,
Heather
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"FIGHT US???!!", Sango asked incredulously.
Inuyasha snorted, "What, are your ears broken or something?!,
Miroku appeared just as surprised as Sango, " Naraku wants to fight us? But why?"
"Umm...you guys, what's the big deal, I mean, wasn't that our goal all along, defeat Naraku, get the jewel shards...remember?" questioned a , once again, eerily calm Kagome.
The rest of the group just stared at her in, what could only be described as amazement, everyone but Inuyasha however, whose expression was, as usual, unreadable. Kagome laughed nervously and sweat dropped.
" You do remember right?...get rid of the air rip? Avenge your village and do what you can about Kohaku....?",she hesitated a bit and then added, "avenge Kikyou's death..remember?"
The group once again stared at her until a look of realization finally crossed their faces, well, at least it crossed Miroku and Sango's faces, Inuyasha's face was still unreadable.
Sango attempted to lessen her look of surprise and become the voice of reason, " Of course we remember..., it's just, why now? Why after all this time he just comes out and says he wants to fight us?".
"Yes, Naraku has never been the kind of guy to face his problems head on.." added Miroku
"Well, maybe he realized that he couldn't get rid of us the cowards way so he decided to deal with it himself, how should I know anyway?" Inuyasha countered, it seemed to him that everyone was looking to him for answers, and, indeed they were. After all, he had been the only one who knew Naraku wanted to fight them. So, wasn't it logical he would know *why*?
" It could be a trap" Miroku acknowledged.
"Feh.."
" Inuyasha?"
"What wench?"
"How did you know he wanted to fight us and we didn't"
Inuyasha smirked, "Who else would he leave the message with? Shippo?"
"No , I mean, well...wait..He left you a message?"
"Well wouldn't it have been pretty stupid for him to just come up to me and tell me he wanted to fight me, and then leave?"
"What kind of message did he leave?" asked Miroku, knowing if he didn't say something a fight might begin, and this was definitely not the time for that.
Inuyasha dropped Kagome's hand and fished around in his fire rat shirt for something. Finally, he pulled out a small scroll and threw it at..er.. *to* Miroku.
"Umm..no offense Inuyasha, but you can't read..can you?", Miroku asked nervously, more than likely having flashbacks of a certain dog demon's sword trying to chop off his head.
"Of course not baka, why would a youkia like me need to learn how to read, I had Kaede read it for me..."
"Kaede knew? And didn't tell me?" Kagome demanded.
"Why would she tell you baka?" he snorted, but at the same time put his hand back to its original position in Kagome's hand.
" What does it say, Miroku?" Sango asked, before Kagome could respond to Inuyasha's previous comment.
"hmmm...It says:
It appears as though, I will not be able to get rid of you as easily as I had thought . You have began to agitate me and I think it is best I do away with you as soon as possible so that you cannot cause me any more trouble. I challenge you to fight me Inuyasha, and this will not be like our other fights, for, when this fight is over , one of us will not ever be able to fight again, or do anything else for that matter. I trust you will be bringing the monk and the demon exterminator as well, not to mention the human girl you tote around with you. Just as well, I can kill four birds with one stone. I also trust you will be able to find me.
Naraku"
The words sounded funny coming from their own Miroku, and Kagome couldn't help but giggle. Once again, she was delivered incredulous stares by the others. Noticing the other's looks, she sweat dropped and a blush rose on her cheeks.
" Sooo, Naraku wants to fight you?", she said, trying to make them stop staring at her like that.
Inuyasha turned to stare at her stupidly, "Ya' think?".
" Where is he Inuyasha?", the monk interrupted, once again hoping to prevent a fight.
Inuyasha turned away from Kagome and sniffed the air, "That way", he said, pointing northwards.
Sango looked in the direction that Inuyasha was pointing, as far as her line of vision would permit, all she saw was trees, "How far?"
"Another day's journey."
" I suggest we all get some sleep tonight." noted Miroku as he glanced up at the now darkened sky, "it appears we have a long day ahead of us.."
Sango glanced around wearily, "Do you think he would try and ambush us while we sleep?"
" Sango, if your scared, feel free to come sleep with me." a certain letch said with a lecherous grin. Which of course was soon wiped off his face with a certain abnormally large boomerang.
"Feh, I'll keep watch like I always do," informed Inuyasha, and then, without a backward glance, stood and returned to his original position in the tree.
Kagome went back over to her sleeping bag and slipped inside it. Sango unrolled the brand new sleeping bag Kagome had brought for her near Kagome. Sheand curled up inside it with Kirara in tow. Miroku began to lean up against a tree dangerously close to Sango, but then scooted a few feet away to another one after noticing her reach for her boomerang. Sango's hand slowly fell away from the direction of her boomerang after Miroku went to another tree even farther away.
"Sango, you didn't polish your boomerang today.." Miroku acknowledged half-heartedly from his resting place.
"Yeah, and just think, it might have a big nasty smudge on it from where it met up with tettusaiga." added Inuyasha from his perch.
"I would polish it, but I don't want to waste any energy, after all, I'll need it all to get all the Naraku blood off of it tomorrow..."
Inuyasha, Kagome, and Miroku smirked, after all, it wasn't very often you heard a comment like that coming from Sango. With that, they all snuggled into their sleeping bags and
err...trees to go to sleep.
"goodnight Inuyasha", whispered a sleepy Kagome.
He began to say his usual "Feh, but then a thought crossed his mind... 'Oh what the hell, after all, I might be dead come this time tomorrow'.
"Goodnight Kagome"
Kagome smiled and soon fell asleep, quickly followed by Sango and Miroku. Inuyasha just sat in his tree, keeping guard, and occasionally glancing down at Kagome, "just to make sure she was all right".
********A/N******
Finaly reposted this, this version is proofread and revised. okay..its much better than it used to be.
2/7/02
That girl,
Heather
