Ok...I know in the past...I have made all funny fanfics. Well, I decided to try
something different and do a more romantic one...and it might be a little sad
too...and if you don't like it, shove it! MU HA! But don't worry...I haven't
lost my funny...I still have some left....but I just got this idea like when I
was waking up one morning...it was weird...anyway...I hope you enjoy! (p.s. I
just decided I would add some funny...but the concept wont change _ NYAH!)
Disclaimer: you know the drill.......
The Flower in My Nightmare
Chapter 1: The Village of Kuro "Kagome, Miroku, Sango, SHIPPO?!"
"Where did everyone go?"
Just then, a sound of scratching and screeching is heard from the distance, but everything is dark....even for Inuyasha's eyes. He desperately looks around, looking for the source of the horrible noises. He runs in one direction, but it doesn't seem like he really ran anywhere so he just stands there.
"KAGOME!!"
Kagome woke up to a load whimper cry that seemed to come from where Inuyasha was sleeping.
"Inuyasha?" She said sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
Inuyasha was kicking around a bit, crying out sometimes and whimpering in between his cries. Kagome looked at him for a second before she realized he was having a really bad dream. She crawled over to him and started to rub his back. He started to calm, only whimpering a little and not as load and his cries came to a low whimper as well. She kept rubbing his back, softly so as not to wake him up.
"Poor Inuyasha...he must have had a night mare..." She brushed his bangs back, which were sticking to his sweat covered face.
Inuyasha, by that time, had almost completely stopped whimpering and stirring for that matter. Inuyasha, while standing in the darkness, waiting for the scratching, screeching noise to get him, he saw a little glow appear right in front of him. He walked over to it curiously and squatted to get a closer look. A flower appeared in the middle of the glow. He stared at the flower and noticed it reminded him of something but most importantly, it calmed him. So, he just stared at it, making himself more and more calm when he finally heard Kagome's voice and woke up.
"Inuyasha...Inuyasha...it's like noon, are you planning on waking up anytime soon?" Kagome said, brushing Inuyasha's bangs back. "God, I sound like my mother..."
When Inuyasha came to, he noticed that his head was rested on Kagome's lap and quickly sat up.
"UH! I! I-I-I was...um...heh...DON'T SIT ME PLEASE!!!" Inuyasha cowered.
Kagome started to laugh. "Inuyasha, don't be ridiculous...I put you on my lap last night...you were having a nightmare...and you woke me up with your crying..." Kagome said with a smirk.
Inuyasha just blushed and looked away with a snort.
Kagome gave a little smile, then got up and walked over to where Sango and Miroku were waiting. Shippo was happily playing in the stream right next to where Miroku and Sango were sitting.
"Kagome, where did you sense a Shikon jewel shard again?" Miroku asked as Kagome and Inuyasha walked over and sat down as well.
Kagome looked around then pointed in a direction of a village. "There..."
Inuyasha looked at the village Kagome pointed to then at Kagome. "You sense another one...good. We'll leave as soon as...SHIPPO STOPS PLAYING AROUND!" Inuyasha said that last part pin-pointing his usually glare at Shippo, only maximizing his glare to get his point to around to the little kitsune.
Shippo gulped then slowly got out of the stream. "Sorry, I can't have fun?" Shippo asked, copping an attitude.
Inuyasha gave him a snort and got up, waiting for everyone else to get up. As they made their way into the village, Kagome's sense of the Shikon jewel shard got stronger.
"It's definitely here..." Kagome said looking around.
Everyone in the village looked at them as the walked by. Inuyasha and the others felt out of place and Kagome more so than usual.
Miroku leaned over to Sango and whispered "I have a feeling we aren't wanted here..."
Sango nodded. "Are you sure you haven't been here before and...you know...made the village MEN mad at you...or something?" Sango whispered back.
Miroku gave a fake laugh and simply replied "...shut up..."
Inuyasha looked at some kids who were playing with sticks, as if they were sword fighting...or trying to. He smiled at them and grabbed the handle of his sword, taking the whole thing out of his belt and squatting next to the kids, who were confused but then their love for swords overpowered them and the ran over.
"WOW, A real sword!" One of the boys said, happily smoothing the sheath with his hand.
"Yeah, are you a samurai, mister?" the other boy asked. Inuyasha just looked at him.
"Well, no...I just have a sword..." Inuyasha then pointed at his ears and made them flicker around a bit. The kids just looked up at him and then started giggling.
"WOW! You have dog ears! Are you a dog demon?" One of the boys asked with a giggle
Inuyasha smirked. "Yep...wanna touch them? But be careful...I'm ticklish..." Inuyasha said lowering his head to the kids' level.
They laughed out load and tapped his ears, watching in amazement as they swerved away from the lightest touch. Inuyasha gave a little yip noise.
"I SAID I WAS TICKLISH!!" Inuyasha said, in more of a pleading tone then an angry one.
"They are really soft..." the other boy said.
Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo just watched in amusement. Miroku leaned over to Kagome and whispered. "He sure is good with kids, huh Kagome?" Miroku then smirked at the blush on Kagome's face.
Sango glared at Miroku and hit him in the gut making him stand straight up again.
Kagome just stared at Inuyasha, in deep thought now. *He is good with kids...and he looks so peaceful when he plays with them...he doesn't have that gruff tone and he isn't pouting or anything normal he usually does...* Kagome smiled at Inuyasha as he said good bye to the kids and got up to re-join the group. He noticed Kagome's smile and glared at her.
"You better not make fun of me for that...there's nothing wrong with liking kids...!" he said walking right past her.
Kagome just kept smiling but didn't walk as fast as she had done earlier; next to Inuyasha...she walked at a pace that was slower than Sango and Miroku's. She was still in deep thought.
*Inuyasha sure has been acting weird...he keeps having dreams at night, and whimpers so loud that it wakes me up...but in the day, he acts as if he never had the dream in the first place...like, doesn't he want to talk about it?* Kagome stopped herself right there, and reminded herself of something *oh yeah...he's not the most open person...* A sweat drop rolled down her head as she tried to hold back her laughter.
"Kagome-sama, do you sense anything?" Miroku asked, looking back at Kagome, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Uh..." She looked around, looking at everything before she pin- pointed the source of energy the Shikon shard gave off. "Over there..." She pointed to a shack and Inuyasha just ran right over.
"Oi, there's nothing in here, Kagome....are you sure you're senses are in-whack?" Inuyasha asked, walking out of the shack.
Kagome looked around again. Maybe she was too much into thought to concentrate. Finally she got another sense of the shard. "RIGHT THERE!"
A peasant looked at them before he took off.
"Oi, Come back here!!" Inuyasha said, taking Kagome onto his back and leaping towards the peasant. Sango jumped on the now transformed Kirara and followed Inuyasha; Miroku , with Shippo on his shoulder, had a chance to jump on Kirara too, before she leapt into the air.
The peasant ran pretty fast for a human. He was always just out of reach to Inuyasha. Was he toying with Inuyasha? That made him really angry and gave him even more motivation to capture the peasant.
Kagome stared at the peasant as they ran through the woods. "OH! Inuyasha, the shards are in his legs and forehead! HE HAS FIVE SHARDS!!" Inuyasha almost stumbled.
"Holy shit, five shards?" Inuyasha said, and then smirked. "Good...we'll get a nice chunk of shard for the Shikon No Tama..." Inuyasha then leapt into the air and pounced on the peasant.
Kagome got off of Inuyasha as Inuyasha wrestled the peasant to the floor, so Kagome could get the shards out.
Kagome bent down to pry them out of his legs first. The peasant screamed and protested but they just ignored him. Just then, the peasant began to morph into a giant monster; knocking Inuyasha off and Kagome away.
Inuyasha caught Kagome just in time to jump out of the way when the peasant/monster went to step right there.
Inuyasha let Kagome down and jumped into battle with the monster. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo just watched as they usually did. Kagome cheered him on as Sango studied his fighting skills, and Miroku and Shippo betted on who would win; Miroku always winning because Shippo never picked that Inuyasha would win.
Kagome watched anxiously, like she always did as Inuyasha took out the Tetsusaiga and slashed at the now monster peasant.
"UGH!" Inuyasha let out as he was smacked in the gut by the monster and flung in the air and landed in a shack near-by.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled (like she always does). She ran over to the shack and knelt next to Inuyasha, taking out an arrow and putting it to the bow, aiming for the monsters head first.
"Kagome...watch out!" Inuyasha got up and slashed at the monster as it ran up to them in an un-matched speed.
The monster gave out a roar, throwing its head around. Kagome took this as a superb time to shoot at it. She took aim and fired one purification arrow at the monster hitting its head right next to the shards in its skull. The monster gave out a roar as the purification arrow made that area dissolve.
Everyone watched as the monster quickly started to melt away and after few moments, he was dead and there was nothing left of him but his skeleton and the five Shikon shards.
Kagome bent down to pick each up and purify them each before adding them to the little shard jar. They needed a way to add the extra ones to the bigger shard they had on her necklace. Inuyasha didn't like the fact Kagome made a necklace out of the beautiful and powerful jewel. He almost killed her if it wasn't for her... "Negotiation" skills.
"Well, sense that's over with...let's head back to Kaede's village." Miroku suggested.
"Shouldn't we ask around and find out who were friends or family to that peasant? I mean, it's only polite to tell them he was a monster and that we killed him? Oh, and give him a proper burial?" Kagome said. Everyone pondered for a while.
"We could also ask around if there were any other suspicious shard rumors too..." Inuyasha said.
"OK...then, we'll stay here and ask around..." Miroku said.
"OK, then let's split up...Inuyasha and I will go ask around the main road, you two go and look in the back roads...but be careful, I don't want Miroku hurt...and Miroku, no groping...ANYONE!" Kagome commanded.
"HEY! What was that all for?!" Miroku said, angrily.
Inuyasha chuckled in the background, along with Sango and Shippo. Kagome explained. "Sango is strong so she can make sure you don't get hurt..." Sango and Inuyasha laughed even harder for that one. Kagome smirked then answered the other one "And we don't want any angry guys come after you...again..."
"BUT THAT WAS AN ACCEDENT!! I didn't mean to hit on her...I didn't know she was married with three kids..." Miroku grumbled.
After a little argument, they split up. Inuyasha and Kagome and Shippo (sense he didn't want to be with Miroku and Sango in the back roads) set off for the main street as Miroku, Sango, and Kirara set off for the back roads.
Inuyasha just stood back as Kagome asked all the questions and got the information from the other villagers. She was better at stuff like that then he was, he didn't like talking to people he didn't know that well. He probably got that from his animal like instincts.
Kagome said good-bye to one of the villagers and skipped back over to Inuyasha and Shippo to tell them what she found out. "Well, no body I asked knew the peasant, but I know the name of this village!" Kagome said with a proud giggle for some of a job well done; hoping, also, if it would please Inuyasha.
Inuyasha just snorted. "Well...what's the name of the village?"
"Kuro Village...kinda freaky huh?" Kagome said with a shiver.
Inuyasha was now very suspicious and looked around curiously. "Really...hmm...let's ask around more..." Inuyasha said walking towards a group of girls. Kagome followed close behind.
Miroku and Sango made their way down an ally like road. Kirara was very cautious now.
Miroku spotted an old woman and ran up to her before she went inside her hut. Sango and Kirara followed.
"E-Excuse me! Miss!" Miroku called out and the lady stopped and looked as the monk ran up to her.
"How may I help, Houshi-sama?" She said bowing to the monk.
Sango and Kirara rolled there eyes as Miroku asked some questions. "May I ask you something about a peasant who lives...er lived here?"
The old woman nodded. Miroku continued.
"Did you know a peasant who was...well...ugly beyond all reason?" Miroku didn't know how else to put it. Sango gave a sigh and buried her face in her hand out of embarrassment.
The old woman pondered then answered "well...there are a lot of people like that in this village..." Miroku and the old woman gave a short chuckle then she continued. "but I think I know who you are talking about. Was he short, buggish looking?"
Miroku nodded and that's when the old woman was certain who they were looking for.
"Hachien...he's a raccoon demon, but not a peaceful, or mischievous raccoon demon...his soul has been tainted by the Shikon no Tama...he has been searching for the shards and already has five...he's bad luck for this village sense he has so many...demons come by the millions to try and steal them from him...this brings destruction and casualties.." the old woman said with a shameful nod.
Miroku and Sango kept listening when Miroku decided to tell her the good news. "well, we wanted to know if anyone liked him...because we kind of slaughtered him for the shards..." Miroku said with a nervous laugh.
The woman gave a look of surprise for a second, but it turned cold and evil. "You must be demons too...and now you've come to kill us all!!" The woman accused as she pointed a finger to Miroku.
"NO! We are the watchers of the-"but he was cut off as he dodged the rock that the old lady threw at him, then she swung a broom at him, then another stone. Miroku looked a Sango and hey took off as they heard the lady call out to them "THAT'S RIGHT YOU EVIL DEMONS!!! RUN!!"
"Well, that could have gone better..." Sango said glaring at Miroku from the corner of her eye as they ran down another street. Miroku gave a mocking laugh.
"Let's ask them..." Inuyasha said, pointing to the group of girls about Kagome's age. Kagome got excited. Maybe she would be able to make some new friends!
As they ran up, the girls just stared at Inuyasha, then at Kagome. Kagome and Inuyasha just stared back. Shippo decided to stay out of this one. He smelled something funny.
The girls just kept staring until one spoke up and said the one thing that was on all of their minds.
"Are you two guys a couple?"
Kagome and Inuyasha blushed a deep red and were speechless to talk.
"So you are?" the girl asked, a little disappointed.
Kagome started to stutter. "Uh...w-well...uh...he's-he's...my uh...my- my...protector! Yeah! He protects me!" Kagome said with a blush. Inuyasha glared down at her. Kagome looked at him and gave him a shrug, telling him she didn't know what else to say.
The girls gave a squeal and surrounded Kagome. Questions went flying and Kagome tried her best to answer them all.
"WOW! He is your guard?! Are you a princess?!"
"No-not princesses...more like a priestess!" Kagome said with a nervous laugh. Inuyasha just stood back next to Shippo with a bored look on his face.
"Priestess, You don't wear the miko outfit!?"
"Well, it's not official..." Kagome said
Inuyasha just kept listening to the girls squeal and ask questions and the nervous laughs Kagome was giving off. He didn't like the fat that Kagome was uncomfortable and was about to split up th group when some one asked something Inuyasha had to listen to for the answer.
"WOW! He is so handsome! You two look really cute together! How can you be with a guy that is so fine and you aren't going out?!" all the other girls started squealing about how adorable Inuyasha was. Inuyasha gave an embarrassed blush but listened to what Kagome would say.
"Yeah...uh...well..." Kagome came to a whisper so Inuyasha couldn't hear...even though he still could, a little. "He still is in love with this other girl who died...and I cant compete with her...he still loves her...and the worst part is, is that I look exactly like her!" the girls all gasped. And Inuyasha's ears flattened in shame.
Kagome went on "but you are right...he is adorable...don't you just love his ears?!" all the girls, including Kagome squealed. Inuyasha blushed again then decided to walk away.
Shippo followed him and they kept asking around.
By the end of the day, they had some information on the peasant.
"He was a raccoon demon named Hachien. Who was indeed a menace to this village..." Miroku said.
"Well, he was hated by everyone I asked. And he also stole shards other people found..." Inuyasha added.
"and there were no rumors of any shards near by..." Shippo added.
"Looks like this was kind of a waist...but at least we know that he wasn't loved by anyone and we don't have to suffer a guilt trip!" Kagome said cheerfully. Everyone nodded.
"well, lets go back to Kaede's...I'm getting sleepy..." Shippo said with a yawn.
"You can sleep on the way back, Shippo..." Kagome said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end –o- chapter~~~
Well, how'd ya like it, kids?! (Crusty the clown laugh)
It should get better...I like it...you know...but when does my opinion count...you know...*sniff*
Disclaimer: you know the drill.......
The Flower in My Nightmare
Chapter 1: The Village of Kuro "Kagome, Miroku, Sango, SHIPPO?!"
"Where did everyone go?"
Just then, a sound of scratching and screeching is heard from the distance, but everything is dark....even for Inuyasha's eyes. He desperately looks around, looking for the source of the horrible noises. He runs in one direction, but it doesn't seem like he really ran anywhere so he just stands there.
"KAGOME!!"
Kagome woke up to a load whimper cry that seemed to come from where Inuyasha was sleeping.
"Inuyasha?" She said sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
Inuyasha was kicking around a bit, crying out sometimes and whimpering in between his cries. Kagome looked at him for a second before she realized he was having a really bad dream. She crawled over to him and started to rub his back. He started to calm, only whimpering a little and not as load and his cries came to a low whimper as well. She kept rubbing his back, softly so as not to wake him up.
"Poor Inuyasha...he must have had a night mare..." She brushed his bangs back, which were sticking to his sweat covered face.
Inuyasha, by that time, had almost completely stopped whimpering and stirring for that matter. Inuyasha, while standing in the darkness, waiting for the scratching, screeching noise to get him, he saw a little glow appear right in front of him. He walked over to it curiously and squatted to get a closer look. A flower appeared in the middle of the glow. He stared at the flower and noticed it reminded him of something but most importantly, it calmed him. So, he just stared at it, making himself more and more calm when he finally heard Kagome's voice and woke up.
"Inuyasha...Inuyasha...it's like noon, are you planning on waking up anytime soon?" Kagome said, brushing Inuyasha's bangs back. "God, I sound like my mother..."
When Inuyasha came to, he noticed that his head was rested on Kagome's lap and quickly sat up.
"UH! I! I-I-I was...um...heh...DON'T SIT ME PLEASE!!!" Inuyasha cowered.
Kagome started to laugh. "Inuyasha, don't be ridiculous...I put you on my lap last night...you were having a nightmare...and you woke me up with your crying..." Kagome said with a smirk.
Inuyasha just blushed and looked away with a snort.
Kagome gave a little smile, then got up and walked over to where Sango and Miroku were waiting. Shippo was happily playing in the stream right next to where Miroku and Sango were sitting.
"Kagome, where did you sense a Shikon jewel shard again?" Miroku asked as Kagome and Inuyasha walked over and sat down as well.
Kagome looked around then pointed in a direction of a village. "There..."
Inuyasha looked at the village Kagome pointed to then at Kagome. "You sense another one...good. We'll leave as soon as...SHIPPO STOPS PLAYING AROUND!" Inuyasha said that last part pin-pointing his usually glare at Shippo, only maximizing his glare to get his point to around to the little kitsune.
Shippo gulped then slowly got out of the stream. "Sorry, I can't have fun?" Shippo asked, copping an attitude.
Inuyasha gave him a snort and got up, waiting for everyone else to get up. As they made their way into the village, Kagome's sense of the Shikon jewel shard got stronger.
"It's definitely here..." Kagome said looking around.
Everyone in the village looked at them as the walked by. Inuyasha and the others felt out of place and Kagome more so than usual.
Miroku leaned over to Sango and whispered "I have a feeling we aren't wanted here..."
Sango nodded. "Are you sure you haven't been here before and...you know...made the village MEN mad at you...or something?" Sango whispered back.
Miroku gave a fake laugh and simply replied "...shut up..."
Inuyasha looked at some kids who were playing with sticks, as if they were sword fighting...or trying to. He smiled at them and grabbed the handle of his sword, taking the whole thing out of his belt and squatting next to the kids, who were confused but then their love for swords overpowered them and the ran over.
"WOW, A real sword!" One of the boys said, happily smoothing the sheath with his hand.
"Yeah, are you a samurai, mister?" the other boy asked. Inuyasha just looked at him.
"Well, no...I just have a sword..." Inuyasha then pointed at his ears and made them flicker around a bit. The kids just looked up at him and then started giggling.
"WOW! You have dog ears! Are you a dog demon?" One of the boys asked with a giggle
Inuyasha smirked. "Yep...wanna touch them? But be careful...I'm ticklish..." Inuyasha said lowering his head to the kids' level.
They laughed out load and tapped his ears, watching in amazement as they swerved away from the lightest touch. Inuyasha gave a little yip noise.
"I SAID I WAS TICKLISH!!" Inuyasha said, in more of a pleading tone then an angry one.
"They are really soft..." the other boy said.
Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo just watched in amusement. Miroku leaned over to Kagome and whispered. "He sure is good with kids, huh Kagome?" Miroku then smirked at the blush on Kagome's face.
Sango glared at Miroku and hit him in the gut making him stand straight up again.
Kagome just stared at Inuyasha, in deep thought now. *He is good with kids...and he looks so peaceful when he plays with them...he doesn't have that gruff tone and he isn't pouting or anything normal he usually does...* Kagome smiled at Inuyasha as he said good bye to the kids and got up to re-join the group. He noticed Kagome's smile and glared at her.
"You better not make fun of me for that...there's nothing wrong with liking kids...!" he said walking right past her.
Kagome just kept smiling but didn't walk as fast as she had done earlier; next to Inuyasha...she walked at a pace that was slower than Sango and Miroku's. She was still in deep thought.
*Inuyasha sure has been acting weird...he keeps having dreams at night, and whimpers so loud that it wakes me up...but in the day, he acts as if he never had the dream in the first place...like, doesn't he want to talk about it?* Kagome stopped herself right there, and reminded herself of something *oh yeah...he's not the most open person...* A sweat drop rolled down her head as she tried to hold back her laughter.
"Kagome-sama, do you sense anything?" Miroku asked, looking back at Kagome, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Uh..." She looked around, looking at everything before she pin- pointed the source of energy the Shikon shard gave off. "Over there..." She pointed to a shack and Inuyasha just ran right over.
"Oi, there's nothing in here, Kagome....are you sure you're senses are in-whack?" Inuyasha asked, walking out of the shack.
Kagome looked around again. Maybe she was too much into thought to concentrate. Finally she got another sense of the shard. "RIGHT THERE!"
A peasant looked at them before he took off.
"Oi, Come back here!!" Inuyasha said, taking Kagome onto his back and leaping towards the peasant. Sango jumped on the now transformed Kirara and followed Inuyasha; Miroku , with Shippo on his shoulder, had a chance to jump on Kirara too, before she leapt into the air.
The peasant ran pretty fast for a human. He was always just out of reach to Inuyasha. Was he toying with Inuyasha? That made him really angry and gave him even more motivation to capture the peasant.
Kagome stared at the peasant as they ran through the woods. "OH! Inuyasha, the shards are in his legs and forehead! HE HAS FIVE SHARDS!!" Inuyasha almost stumbled.
"Holy shit, five shards?" Inuyasha said, and then smirked. "Good...we'll get a nice chunk of shard for the Shikon No Tama..." Inuyasha then leapt into the air and pounced on the peasant.
Kagome got off of Inuyasha as Inuyasha wrestled the peasant to the floor, so Kagome could get the shards out.
Kagome bent down to pry them out of his legs first. The peasant screamed and protested but they just ignored him. Just then, the peasant began to morph into a giant monster; knocking Inuyasha off and Kagome away.
Inuyasha caught Kagome just in time to jump out of the way when the peasant/monster went to step right there.
Inuyasha let Kagome down and jumped into battle with the monster. Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo just watched as they usually did. Kagome cheered him on as Sango studied his fighting skills, and Miroku and Shippo betted on who would win; Miroku always winning because Shippo never picked that Inuyasha would win.
Kagome watched anxiously, like she always did as Inuyasha took out the Tetsusaiga and slashed at the now monster peasant.
"UGH!" Inuyasha let out as he was smacked in the gut by the monster and flung in the air and landed in a shack near-by.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled (like she always does). She ran over to the shack and knelt next to Inuyasha, taking out an arrow and putting it to the bow, aiming for the monsters head first.
"Kagome...watch out!" Inuyasha got up and slashed at the monster as it ran up to them in an un-matched speed.
The monster gave out a roar, throwing its head around. Kagome took this as a superb time to shoot at it. She took aim and fired one purification arrow at the monster hitting its head right next to the shards in its skull. The monster gave out a roar as the purification arrow made that area dissolve.
Everyone watched as the monster quickly started to melt away and after few moments, he was dead and there was nothing left of him but his skeleton and the five Shikon shards.
Kagome bent down to pick each up and purify them each before adding them to the little shard jar. They needed a way to add the extra ones to the bigger shard they had on her necklace. Inuyasha didn't like the fact Kagome made a necklace out of the beautiful and powerful jewel. He almost killed her if it wasn't for her... "Negotiation" skills.
"Well, sense that's over with...let's head back to Kaede's village." Miroku suggested.
"Shouldn't we ask around and find out who were friends or family to that peasant? I mean, it's only polite to tell them he was a monster and that we killed him? Oh, and give him a proper burial?" Kagome said. Everyone pondered for a while.
"We could also ask around if there were any other suspicious shard rumors too..." Inuyasha said.
"OK...then, we'll stay here and ask around..." Miroku said.
"OK, then let's split up...Inuyasha and I will go ask around the main road, you two go and look in the back roads...but be careful, I don't want Miroku hurt...and Miroku, no groping...ANYONE!" Kagome commanded.
"HEY! What was that all for?!" Miroku said, angrily.
Inuyasha chuckled in the background, along with Sango and Shippo. Kagome explained. "Sango is strong so she can make sure you don't get hurt..." Sango and Inuyasha laughed even harder for that one. Kagome smirked then answered the other one "And we don't want any angry guys come after you...again..."
"BUT THAT WAS AN ACCEDENT!! I didn't mean to hit on her...I didn't know she was married with three kids..." Miroku grumbled.
After a little argument, they split up. Inuyasha and Kagome and Shippo (sense he didn't want to be with Miroku and Sango in the back roads) set off for the main street as Miroku, Sango, and Kirara set off for the back roads.
Inuyasha just stood back as Kagome asked all the questions and got the information from the other villagers. She was better at stuff like that then he was, he didn't like talking to people he didn't know that well. He probably got that from his animal like instincts.
Kagome said good-bye to one of the villagers and skipped back over to Inuyasha and Shippo to tell them what she found out. "Well, no body I asked knew the peasant, but I know the name of this village!" Kagome said with a proud giggle for some of a job well done; hoping, also, if it would please Inuyasha.
Inuyasha just snorted. "Well...what's the name of the village?"
"Kuro Village...kinda freaky huh?" Kagome said with a shiver.
Inuyasha was now very suspicious and looked around curiously. "Really...hmm...let's ask around more..." Inuyasha said walking towards a group of girls. Kagome followed close behind.
Miroku and Sango made their way down an ally like road. Kirara was very cautious now.
Miroku spotted an old woman and ran up to her before she went inside her hut. Sango and Kirara followed.
"E-Excuse me! Miss!" Miroku called out and the lady stopped and looked as the monk ran up to her.
"How may I help, Houshi-sama?" She said bowing to the monk.
Sango and Kirara rolled there eyes as Miroku asked some questions. "May I ask you something about a peasant who lives...er lived here?"
The old woman nodded. Miroku continued.
"Did you know a peasant who was...well...ugly beyond all reason?" Miroku didn't know how else to put it. Sango gave a sigh and buried her face in her hand out of embarrassment.
The old woman pondered then answered "well...there are a lot of people like that in this village..." Miroku and the old woman gave a short chuckle then she continued. "but I think I know who you are talking about. Was he short, buggish looking?"
Miroku nodded and that's when the old woman was certain who they were looking for.
"Hachien...he's a raccoon demon, but not a peaceful, or mischievous raccoon demon...his soul has been tainted by the Shikon no Tama...he has been searching for the shards and already has five...he's bad luck for this village sense he has so many...demons come by the millions to try and steal them from him...this brings destruction and casualties.." the old woman said with a shameful nod.
Miroku and Sango kept listening when Miroku decided to tell her the good news. "well, we wanted to know if anyone liked him...because we kind of slaughtered him for the shards..." Miroku said with a nervous laugh.
The woman gave a look of surprise for a second, but it turned cold and evil. "You must be demons too...and now you've come to kill us all!!" The woman accused as she pointed a finger to Miroku.
"NO! We are the watchers of the-"but he was cut off as he dodged the rock that the old lady threw at him, then she swung a broom at him, then another stone. Miroku looked a Sango and hey took off as they heard the lady call out to them "THAT'S RIGHT YOU EVIL DEMONS!!! RUN!!"
"Well, that could have gone better..." Sango said glaring at Miroku from the corner of her eye as they ran down another street. Miroku gave a mocking laugh.
"Let's ask them..." Inuyasha said, pointing to the group of girls about Kagome's age. Kagome got excited. Maybe she would be able to make some new friends!
As they ran up, the girls just stared at Inuyasha, then at Kagome. Kagome and Inuyasha just stared back. Shippo decided to stay out of this one. He smelled something funny.
The girls just kept staring until one spoke up and said the one thing that was on all of their minds.
"Are you two guys a couple?"
Kagome and Inuyasha blushed a deep red and were speechless to talk.
"So you are?" the girl asked, a little disappointed.
Kagome started to stutter. "Uh...w-well...uh...he's-he's...my uh...my- my...protector! Yeah! He protects me!" Kagome said with a blush. Inuyasha glared down at her. Kagome looked at him and gave him a shrug, telling him she didn't know what else to say.
The girls gave a squeal and surrounded Kagome. Questions went flying and Kagome tried her best to answer them all.
"WOW! He is your guard?! Are you a princess?!"
"No-not princesses...more like a priestess!" Kagome said with a nervous laugh. Inuyasha just stood back next to Shippo with a bored look on his face.
"Priestess, You don't wear the miko outfit!?"
"Well, it's not official..." Kagome said
Inuyasha just kept listening to the girls squeal and ask questions and the nervous laughs Kagome was giving off. He didn't like the fat that Kagome was uncomfortable and was about to split up th group when some one asked something Inuyasha had to listen to for the answer.
"WOW! He is so handsome! You two look really cute together! How can you be with a guy that is so fine and you aren't going out?!" all the other girls started squealing about how adorable Inuyasha was. Inuyasha gave an embarrassed blush but listened to what Kagome would say.
"Yeah...uh...well..." Kagome came to a whisper so Inuyasha couldn't hear...even though he still could, a little. "He still is in love with this other girl who died...and I cant compete with her...he still loves her...and the worst part is, is that I look exactly like her!" the girls all gasped. And Inuyasha's ears flattened in shame.
Kagome went on "but you are right...he is adorable...don't you just love his ears?!" all the girls, including Kagome squealed. Inuyasha blushed again then decided to walk away.
Shippo followed him and they kept asking around.
By the end of the day, they had some information on the peasant.
"He was a raccoon demon named Hachien. Who was indeed a menace to this village..." Miroku said.
"Well, he was hated by everyone I asked. And he also stole shards other people found..." Inuyasha added.
"and there were no rumors of any shards near by..." Shippo added.
"Looks like this was kind of a waist...but at least we know that he wasn't loved by anyone and we don't have to suffer a guilt trip!" Kagome said cheerfully. Everyone nodded.
"well, lets go back to Kaede's...I'm getting sleepy..." Shippo said with a yawn.
"You can sleep on the way back, Shippo..." Kagome said.
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Well, how'd ya like it, kids?! (Crusty the clown laugh)
It should get better...I like it...you know...but when does my opinion count...you know...*sniff*