Chapter 5
"Naraku! Show yourself." Inu-Yasha yelled.
"Kuku, it seems that you have a few ningen friends." The decoy Naraku, wrapped in baboon's skin appeared with a horde of saimyoushou, preventing Miroku from using his kazaana, as well as Kagura and three new detachments of Naraku.
"You coward! You never show your real self!" Inu-Yasha yelled, attacking. "Sankon Tetsuou!" Inu-Yasha and Naraku were engaged in battle, while everyone else had their hands full with the detachments.
'Dang, I can't do a thing as long as she uses her stupid fan!' Kagome thought to herself as she tried to shoot some of her arrows at Kagura.
Ranma, Miroku, and Ryouga tried to attack the bulkier of the three detachments, while the girls (and other characters that I'm too lazy to mention) handled Kagura and the other detachments. For some strange reason, Naraku and his minions seemed to be mostly on the defensive. Inu-Yasha had destroyed the Naraku puppet, and the detachments just left as soon as things got a little bad. None of the fighters really even got scratched.
"They didn't seem too strong at all!" Ryouga stated.
"Don't you get it? If Naraku is really so strong, he must've known we were here and sent those demons to see our fighting styles." Ranma told him.
"But how could they know?"
"Kanna's mirror. They've been watching us. Next time they attack, they'll be prepared." Kagome said. "Well, at least it's over now."
"I guess," Sango said, "But next time, we have to be prepared as well."
"Hmm, it's pretty dark; let's stop here." Inu-Yasha said and he told Kagome to set up camp.
"Wait, Inu-Yasha, I think I sense a shard."
"How many are there?"
"I can't tell, but there's more than one."
"But there's only one youkai." Miroku said, since he could sense their youki.
"Youkai? Oh, dear." Kasumi said, slightly afraid.
"Everyone, stay here. Miroku, Sango, Kirara, come on!" Inu-Yasha ordered.
"Hey, you know, we're useful too!" Ranma and some of the offended martial artists said.
Inu-Yasha growled. "Fine, the weaker humans stay here." Nabiki and Kasumi were the only ones that stayed. He rolled his eyes, put Kagome on his back and rushed off to where he sensed the demons, expecting the humans to somehow catch up. Suddenly, Inu-Yasha stopped.
"What is it?" Sango asked.
"It's _him_"
"Who?"
"Kouga."
"Oh, no." Kagome sighed.
"Kagome, I had a feeling that you'd be here. Hehe, looks like dog-turd is here too."
"Shut up!"
Kouga ignored Inu-Yasha and walked over to Kagome.
"Feh, get away from her. She's _my_ shard detector."
"Wrong- she's my woman." While the two bickered and quarreled, Kagome rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Aw, Kagome, they're fighting over you!"
"I'm not happy about this, you know."
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"She's mine, dog-turd!"
"Stay away from her- she's my shard detector!"
Kagome tried to go to sleep, like everyone else had, but when she tried to get comfortable in her sleeping bag, she could still here those two babies fighting over the same thing they had 2 hours ago. 'That's it!' Kagome thought as she stood up and walked over to the two youkai.
"Okay you two, I've been trying to go to sleep, but something is keeping me awake, and it's not Kuno's snoring! Kouga-kun, I'm sorry, but you can't just go around and claim women like they're material possessions! And Inu- Yasha, I'm not _just_ a shard detector. I'm a person- meaning I don't belong to anyone, ok? Now please, shut up and go to sleep!" Kagome gave them both a threatening glare and walked back over to her sleeping bag.
"Feh, what's her problem?"
~~
After a few days, Kouga finally left, to Inu-Yasha's relief. They tried to continue to the next town they could find, when suddenly, the weather just turned extremely hot. Everyone knew that it'd be scorching, but it felt like they were living on the sun! They complained and whined until they could go back to Kaede's village for a few days. Inu-Yasha wasn't happy, but even he wanted an escape from the heat.
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A/N: Sorry about the year-long hiatus! The good news is that I have the next two chapters almost ready to post, so after I'll try to do that once I get some reviews! If anyone is curious about the pairings, here they are: Ranma/Akane, Shampoo/Mousse, Ukyo/Rouga, Nabiki/Kuno, Inu-Yasha/Kagome, and Sango/Miroku. I think that's all of them. I also need suggestions for how to work Kodachi into the story! Well, review!
"Naraku! Show yourself." Inu-Yasha yelled.
"Kuku, it seems that you have a few ningen friends." The decoy Naraku, wrapped in baboon's skin appeared with a horde of saimyoushou, preventing Miroku from using his kazaana, as well as Kagura and three new detachments of Naraku.
"You coward! You never show your real self!" Inu-Yasha yelled, attacking. "Sankon Tetsuou!" Inu-Yasha and Naraku were engaged in battle, while everyone else had their hands full with the detachments.
'Dang, I can't do a thing as long as she uses her stupid fan!' Kagome thought to herself as she tried to shoot some of her arrows at Kagura.
Ranma, Miroku, and Ryouga tried to attack the bulkier of the three detachments, while the girls (and other characters that I'm too lazy to mention) handled Kagura and the other detachments. For some strange reason, Naraku and his minions seemed to be mostly on the defensive. Inu-Yasha had destroyed the Naraku puppet, and the detachments just left as soon as things got a little bad. None of the fighters really even got scratched.
"They didn't seem too strong at all!" Ryouga stated.
"Don't you get it? If Naraku is really so strong, he must've known we were here and sent those demons to see our fighting styles." Ranma told him.
"But how could they know?"
"Kanna's mirror. They've been watching us. Next time they attack, they'll be prepared." Kagome said. "Well, at least it's over now."
"I guess," Sango said, "But next time, we have to be prepared as well."
"Hmm, it's pretty dark; let's stop here." Inu-Yasha said and he told Kagome to set up camp.
"Wait, Inu-Yasha, I think I sense a shard."
"How many are there?"
"I can't tell, but there's more than one."
"But there's only one youkai." Miroku said, since he could sense their youki.
"Youkai? Oh, dear." Kasumi said, slightly afraid.
"Everyone, stay here. Miroku, Sango, Kirara, come on!" Inu-Yasha ordered.
"Hey, you know, we're useful too!" Ranma and some of the offended martial artists said.
Inu-Yasha growled. "Fine, the weaker humans stay here." Nabiki and Kasumi were the only ones that stayed. He rolled his eyes, put Kagome on his back and rushed off to where he sensed the demons, expecting the humans to somehow catch up. Suddenly, Inu-Yasha stopped.
"What is it?" Sango asked.
"It's _him_"
"Who?"
"Kouga."
"Oh, no." Kagome sighed.
"Kagome, I had a feeling that you'd be here. Hehe, looks like dog-turd is here too."
"Shut up!"
Kouga ignored Inu-Yasha and walked over to Kagome.
"Feh, get away from her. She's _my_ shard detector."
"Wrong- she's my woman." While the two bickered and quarreled, Kagome rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Aw, Kagome, they're fighting over you!"
"I'm not happy about this, you know."
~~
"She's mine, dog-turd!"
"Stay away from her- she's my shard detector!"
Kagome tried to go to sleep, like everyone else had, but when she tried to get comfortable in her sleeping bag, she could still here those two babies fighting over the same thing they had 2 hours ago. 'That's it!' Kagome thought as she stood up and walked over to the two youkai.
"Okay you two, I've been trying to go to sleep, but something is keeping me awake, and it's not Kuno's snoring! Kouga-kun, I'm sorry, but you can't just go around and claim women like they're material possessions! And Inu- Yasha, I'm not _just_ a shard detector. I'm a person- meaning I don't belong to anyone, ok? Now please, shut up and go to sleep!" Kagome gave them both a threatening glare and walked back over to her sleeping bag.
"Feh, what's her problem?"
~~
After a few days, Kouga finally left, to Inu-Yasha's relief. They tried to continue to the next town they could find, when suddenly, the weather just turned extremely hot. Everyone knew that it'd be scorching, but it felt like they were living on the sun! They complained and whined until they could go back to Kaede's village for a few days. Inu-Yasha wasn't happy, but even he wanted an escape from the heat.
~~
A/N: Sorry about the year-long hiatus! The good news is that I have the next two chapters almost ready to post, so after I'll try to do that once I get some reviews! If anyone is curious about the pairings, here they are: Ranma/Akane, Shampoo/Mousse, Ukyo/Rouga, Nabiki/Kuno, Inu-Yasha/Kagome, and Sango/Miroku. I think that's all of them. I also need suggestions for how to work Kodachi into the story! Well, review!