Chapter 4

The next day, when Inuyasha and Miroku were about ready to leave, Sango, who had been talking to them all morning, heard cries coming from the other side of the front door. Being the curious girl that she was, she walked up to the door, and opened it. A figure fell in, apparently sleep- deprived. But Sango recognized her nonetheless.
"Kagome?"
"Sango...she...she..."
"She what? Kagome, I..."
"We're going to leave now Sango!" Miroku called from the back.
"Alright! Kagome...stay here...I'll come back after they leave..."
Kagome nodded her head as Sango stood up and left her sitting in the front doorway. She cried a little more, but stopped when she got an idea.
"...destroy...Naraku..."
*So I have to find this...Naraku? I think I need to hitch a ride...*
And just as her luck would have it, the Prince Inuyasha's carriage rode up and stopped behind her. She turned, and her face lit up.
"There's my ride..." she whispered happily.
Then, quietly as she could, she walked over to the carriage, making sure that nobody could see her, and crawled under it.
*Stupid idea...I know. But this is the only way that I can fulfill Kaede's vision.*
She then quietly grabbed onto the metal loops that hung above her, and since there were four, she could hold onto two, and put her feet in the other two. It hurt, but Kagome knew that she had to stick it out.
"Okay then...let's-"
"Thank you for the evening, Sango. And for your inn..." Miroku said. Upon hearing his voice, Kagome shut her mouth.
"Judging where it is...it was surprising comfortable..." Inuyasha trailed off, only to be elbowed by Miroku.
"Yes...thank you too."
"Goodbye Sango!"
Both men turned around, and entered the carriage.
"Well, Kagome...those two weren't so bad after all..." she said, thinking that Kagome was still in the spot where she left her. Apparently...not.
"Kagome?" she turned around, and not seeing her, she panicked. Turning around in circles, she stopped when she heard a rather loud, "Goodbye Sango!" and seeing a hand wave goodbye from under the carriage.
"Kagome! You idiot!"
"Sango...what's wrong?" Shippo asked, out of nowhere.
"Yeah...why's Kagome a...idiot?"
"Because. Kohaku, Shippo I need you to stay here."
"Why?" they both asked at the same time.
"I need to go get Kagome."
With that in mind, she turned around and ran towards the stables.
"She's actin' funny..."
"You're tellin' me?"

~*~

*Goddamn you Kagome! Running off on me like that!*
Sango was mentally abusing Kagome, while at the same time, trying to get her horse to accept wearing a harness.
*What could've happened to make you so...dense?!*
Then it popped into her head. Kaede died.
*Oh no...*
"Sango?"
"What?!" Sango screamed, turning around. When she saw that it was only Shippo, who was cowered in a corner, she became much kinder.
"Sorry Sango...I didn't mean..."
"Oh...Shippo..."
"I'm sorry."
"It's alright. Didn't I tell you to stay with my brother?"
"You think that stopped me? I'm coming with you!"
"Shippo...you're like...eight." She said, stooping over his tiny figure.
"So?"
Sango stopped. There was no possible way that she was getting out of here without the little kid coming with her.
"C'mon...get on."
"Yay!"
Sango placed Shippo on the saddle and got on it herself.
"Where's Kagome goin' Sango?"
"I don't know Shippo. I don't know at all..."
With that, she turned around and raced out of the stables, leaving everything behind them.

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*GOD! It's been forever! My arms are about to freakin' fall off!*
Well, Kagome had been hanging onto the metal loops underneath the carriage for quite some time now, and her arms were going numb.
*God...if I ever get to see Sango again, she'll kill me for sure!*
Then, Kagome heard horse hooves pounding on the ground behind the carriage. Trying to see who it was, she craned her head to look. She only caught a glimpse of a boy, riding in front of a girl with long dark brown hair and in a pink and green dress.
*Oh no! It's Sango!*
Kagome felt herself slipping.
"Oh no, no, no!!"
One of her feet slipped out from the loop, and soon, the other one followed it.
"No!"
Now, the only thing that was keeping Kagome from getting a face plant in the dirt was her two arms still curled in the loops. Her legs were dragging behind her now, causing cuts to form all over her legs.
"Owwwww!"
Then, just to her luck, one of her numb arms gave way, and then, the other did the same, making her fall face first into the ground.
"Ow..."
Kagome looked up, and saw a shadow casting over her. She turned her head, and saw a very angry Sango stooping over her.
"Well, well, well...if it isn't the runaway..."
Kagome smiled, afraid of what Sango was going to do to her. Sango grabbed her ear and pulled her to her feet.
"What the hell did you think you were doing?! Running off on me to hitch a RIDE underneath a carriage which was being ridden by the prince of a country! You could've been severely injured! Or worse, you could've been killed! My god Kagome, What got into you?! I mean...I know that Kaede died last night and all, but you still should've waited..."
Kagome looked into Sango's eyes, and noticed that she herself had tears coming to her eyes. Sure, Kaede had died, but she had to fulfill this prophecy. She couldn't have told Sango, she wouldn't have believed her.
"Uh...hey."
Both girls turned to see Inuyasha and Miroku standing in the road, one smiling and the other glaring angrily.
"I knew that you would come back to me Sango!" Miroku yelled happily.

"Shut up! Why are the two of you here?! I thought that our business was done last night Sango!"
"Your business?" Kagome asked, unaware of the staying at the inn.
"They needed a place to stay! So they stayed at the inn!"
"The inn?!"
"Yes! The inn!"
Kagome's eyes went large. Everybody but Shippo noticed her shocked expression, and began to laugh.
"Kagome! It wasn't like that!"
"No way! We needed a place to stay! That was all!"
"Except that I wanted to sleep with Sango!"
*sweat-drop*
"Control yourself!" Inuyasha screamed.
Kagome just looked on, surprised at these two. Inuyasha noticed.
"What are you doing here?"
"Me?"
"Yes...you." He said, pointing a finger at her and enunciating the word "you".
"I uh...I had to..."
"Her guardian died last night...I'm sure that she had to walk and think about the loss..." Sango trailed off.
"No! Well...that was part of it..."
"What was the other part then?" Inuyasha asked, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Well...you see...uh....It all started like this..."

~*~

After about a half an hour had passed of Kagome very detailed explanation of what had happened and what Kaede had told her, everyone sat in shock, or nonetheless, sheer and utter doubt.
"Are you nuts?!"