"Damn that Naroku!" Inu-Yasha said, with added scorn. "Do you see
anything?" He said calling up to Sango who was riding Cillala. Receiving
the answer to his inquiry, he cursed. "Come down, it's to foggy to see you
anymore." He waited till Sango got off Cillala, then said, "We should head
back before it's to dark." With Sango and Cillala's consent they headed
back to camp. Shipo was on guard duty, however when he saw a human-like
shape, he alerted Miroku that someone was coming.
"Inu-Yasha!" Shipo cried when he saw them clearly. "Did you find Kagome's scent?" he asked hopefully. At Inu-Yasha's downcast shake of the head, Shipo sighed deeply, depressed. Miroku went to find more wood for the fire, returning shortly. They then gathered around the fire to eat. An uncomfortable silence filled the air as they ate. Inu-Yasha finished first, and he stood up and left without uttering a word. Sango started to stand up to go after him, but Miroku stopped her with a brief shake of the head. When Inu-Yasha was out of earshot or so he thought, Miroku spoke. "Sango leave him be, he's probably worried sick over her. As are all of us," he added after a moments thought. 'In case he does hear,' he thought to himself. "I understand that but why does he have to pretend like it doesn't bother him. Naroku kidnapped Kagome, just like he did to Kohaku. So why can't he just be honest to himself?" Sango said. Miroku nodded, but had to interject his views in the subject. "Your forgetting that he is a half demon, and as such was raised differently," Miroku murmured quietly. Sango nodded in recognition, then went into her tent, leaving Miroku and Shipo to man the fire. "Stupid idiots," Inu-Yasha said to himself while he was falling asleep. Unknown to anyone Kagura lurked nearby, spying on them, and laughing at their futile attempts to find Kagome.
A month has passed with no sign of Kagome or Naroku.
"Kohaku, Kagome come," Naroku called. They came, like little robots. Kohaku was dressed in his exterminator outfit, and Kagome wore her school uniform. Kagura gave Kagome her weapons, which consisted of a sword, a halberd, and a bow with a quiver full of arrows. Naroku turned Kagome's face up and ran his claw lightly from her lips to her throat. Her lips had a certain appeal to him, but he would wait till later. He had been training her diligently and was ready for her to test her newly acquired skills. "Kagura, what is their current position?" He detached himself from Kagome to listen to Kagura's report. "Excellent, proceed to lead them to the phantom castle."
"Inu-Yasha!" Shipo cried when he saw them clearly. "Did you find Kagome's scent?" he asked hopefully. At Inu-Yasha's downcast shake of the head, Shipo sighed deeply, depressed. Miroku went to find more wood for the fire, returning shortly. They then gathered around the fire to eat. An uncomfortable silence filled the air as they ate. Inu-Yasha finished first, and he stood up and left without uttering a word. Sango started to stand up to go after him, but Miroku stopped her with a brief shake of the head. When Inu-Yasha was out of earshot or so he thought, Miroku spoke. "Sango leave him be, he's probably worried sick over her. As are all of us," he added after a moments thought. 'In case he does hear,' he thought to himself. "I understand that but why does he have to pretend like it doesn't bother him. Naroku kidnapped Kagome, just like he did to Kohaku. So why can't he just be honest to himself?" Sango said. Miroku nodded, but had to interject his views in the subject. "Your forgetting that he is a half demon, and as such was raised differently," Miroku murmured quietly. Sango nodded in recognition, then went into her tent, leaving Miroku and Shipo to man the fire. "Stupid idiots," Inu-Yasha said to himself while he was falling asleep. Unknown to anyone Kagura lurked nearby, spying on them, and laughing at their futile attempts to find Kagome.
A month has passed with no sign of Kagome or Naroku.
"Kohaku, Kagome come," Naroku called. They came, like little robots. Kohaku was dressed in his exterminator outfit, and Kagome wore her school uniform. Kagura gave Kagome her weapons, which consisted of a sword, a halberd, and a bow with a quiver full of arrows. Naroku turned Kagome's face up and ran his claw lightly from her lips to her throat. Her lips had a certain appeal to him, but he would wait till later. He had been training her diligently and was ready for her to test her newly acquired skills. "Kagura, what is their current position?" He detached himself from Kagome to listen to Kagura's report. "Excellent, proceed to lead them to the phantom castle."