Chapter 4: Auras
When Inuyasha had finally killed Naraku, the jewel fragments had fallen to the ground in a dusty shimmer without anybody noticing. Luckily, Shippou had gathered every single one that was there, and stuffed them inside his small pocket on his kimono.
Shippou scurried into the small hut that Kaede lived in and ran over to a depressed Inuyasha. The sad dog demon gazed down at the injured, unconscious, raven-haired girl that lay beside him. He hadn't left her side since Naraku had tricked her into thinking that he was Inuyasha, and had nearly killed her.
'That's right! Kagome thinks that I tried to kill her! If she wakes up, she might be afraid of me! Damn that Naraku!' Inuyasha thought to himself.
"Inuyasha?" Shippou whispered to him. Inuyasha peered over to the teary-eyed fox demon. "Here. These are all of the jewel shards that Naraku had. I gathered them all up when you defeated him. I betcha if you put our shards, and his shards together, we might be finished the whole jewel!" A cheerful glint ran across of his eyes, but then quickly faded when Inuyasha turned away from him and stared down at Kagome.
"Shippou... do you honestly think that I care about those jewel shards when Kagome is brutally injured?" Inuyasha held his gaze down at the girl. Shippou said nothing. "That's what I thought." Shippou sighed and began to walk out of the hut, when he turned back to Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha?" Shippou quavered. Inuyasha didn't say anything and didn't turn to face the young kitsune. "I'm worried too." Shippou then left the hut. Inuyasha looked up to the door.
'I should have never left her out of my sight! This is all my fault!' Inuyasha whimpered in his thoughts and closed his eyes.
Outside, Kaede and Sango sat by a tall tree while Kirara and Shippou were frolicking in the meadow. Miroku had left them all a few minutes before to go meditate and pray for Kagome.
"Sango, dear?" Kaede looked toward the girl of now eighteen. Actually, they all had aged quite a bit traveling together. Kagome was now seventeen, Miroku was twenty-one, Inuyasha was nineteen, and Shippou was now eight.
"Yes, what is it Lady Kaede?" Sango turned away from her steady pace of cleaning her boomerang to look at the old, wise woman.
"Well, I have been studying the aura's that have been surrounding all of us. Would you like to know what aura each of us holds?" Kaede responded. Sango just nodded and scooted over toward her.
"Well, still young Shippou has a bright green aura. Do you know what that means?" Kaede asked her. Sango shook her head and said a quick no. "Well, it means that he is leading a real carefree lifestyle now. Probably because of the fact that Naraku has now finally perished." A large gust of wind flew past the two and the grass and leaves swarmed around them.
"Indeed though, they are some misty puffs of gray, which means he has a bit of worry upon his shoulders." Kaede looked to the ground.
"He's worried for Kagome..." Sango trailed off.
"Yes." Kaede stated. "Do you wish to know your aura?" Kaede raised her head to look at the interested girl. Sango raised her eyebrow.
"Sure. I guess I'll see what kind of feelings are inside of me. Shoot." Sango responded and nodded faithfully.
"Well, your aura has been changing back and forth. Being from sadness and sorrow, which is the color purple, to a soft, pale peach. Do you know what peach stands for?" Kaede explained. Sango shook her head. "You seem to be in love with someone. Could that someone possibly be young monk Miroku?" A deep shade of scarlet spread across the demon slayer's cheeks. She looked to the ground, hoping Kaede had not noticed.
"Well..." Sango started, but was quickly interrupted when a solitary Miroku strode up towards them.
"Hello there, Lady Kaede..." He began and looked at Sango, who was still in mid blush. "Lady Sango." He smiled cheerfully and sat under the tree next to her.
"Miroku, did you enjoy your meditation?" Kaede asked him.
"Praying for a very dear friend is not as enjoyable as it looks." He responded and chuckled lightly.
"Well, I was just telling Sango here about auras." Kaede said. Sango looked away again, hoping she wouldn't leave any hints that Sango was in love with Miroku.
"Well, what's my aura like?" He grinned and laid back against the tree. He folded his arms behind his head and sighed.
"Your aura is a tint of silver, which means solitude. You must feel lonely right Miroku?" She said. Miroku opened one eye and then closed it again.
"Yeah well, you know how it is..." Miroku trailed off.
"But there is more." Kaede stated.
"More?" Sango stared at the two. This caused Miroku to look up at her, smiling.
'My god she's beautiful...' He thought to himself.
"Yes, there is. Miroku my dear, you have a pale shade of peach..." Miroku immediately cut Kaede off of her words.
"Peach? That means..." He began.
"You're in love." Sango stated and kept her gaze on the monk. Miroku stared at her longingly.
"I think I should leave ye two alone to talk." Kaede whispered smiling. She stood, walking off to the hut.
When Inuyasha had finally killed Naraku, the jewel fragments had fallen to the ground in a dusty shimmer without anybody noticing. Luckily, Shippou had gathered every single one that was there, and stuffed them inside his small pocket on his kimono.
Shippou scurried into the small hut that Kaede lived in and ran over to a depressed Inuyasha. The sad dog demon gazed down at the injured, unconscious, raven-haired girl that lay beside him. He hadn't left her side since Naraku had tricked her into thinking that he was Inuyasha, and had nearly killed her.
'That's right! Kagome thinks that I tried to kill her! If she wakes up, she might be afraid of me! Damn that Naraku!' Inuyasha thought to himself.
"Inuyasha?" Shippou whispered to him. Inuyasha peered over to the teary-eyed fox demon. "Here. These are all of the jewel shards that Naraku had. I gathered them all up when you defeated him. I betcha if you put our shards, and his shards together, we might be finished the whole jewel!" A cheerful glint ran across of his eyes, but then quickly faded when Inuyasha turned away from him and stared down at Kagome.
"Shippou... do you honestly think that I care about those jewel shards when Kagome is brutally injured?" Inuyasha held his gaze down at the girl. Shippou said nothing. "That's what I thought." Shippou sighed and began to walk out of the hut, when he turned back to Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha?" Shippou quavered. Inuyasha didn't say anything and didn't turn to face the young kitsune. "I'm worried too." Shippou then left the hut. Inuyasha looked up to the door.
'I should have never left her out of my sight! This is all my fault!' Inuyasha whimpered in his thoughts and closed his eyes.
Outside, Kaede and Sango sat by a tall tree while Kirara and Shippou were frolicking in the meadow. Miroku had left them all a few minutes before to go meditate and pray for Kagome.
"Sango, dear?" Kaede looked toward the girl of now eighteen. Actually, they all had aged quite a bit traveling together. Kagome was now seventeen, Miroku was twenty-one, Inuyasha was nineteen, and Shippou was now eight.
"Yes, what is it Lady Kaede?" Sango turned away from her steady pace of cleaning her boomerang to look at the old, wise woman.
"Well, I have been studying the aura's that have been surrounding all of us. Would you like to know what aura each of us holds?" Kaede responded. Sango just nodded and scooted over toward her.
"Well, still young Shippou has a bright green aura. Do you know what that means?" Kaede asked her. Sango shook her head and said a quick no. "Well, it means that he is leading a real carefree lifestyle now. Probably because of the fact that Naraku has now finally perished." A large gust of wind flew past the two and the grass and leaves swarmed around them.
"Indeed though, they are some misty puffs of gray, which means he has a bit of worry upon his shoulders." Kaede looked to the ground.
"He's worried for Kagome..." Sango trailed off.
"Yes." Kaede stated. "Do you wish to know your aura?" Kaede raised her head to look at the interested girl. Sango raised her eyebrow.
"Sure. I guess I'll see what kind of feelings are inside of me. Shoot." Sango responded and nodded faithfully.
"Well, your aura has been changing back and forth. Being from sadness and sorrow, which is the color purple, to a soft, pale peach. Do you know what peach stands for?" Kaede explained. Sango shook her head. "You seem to be in love with someone. Could that someone possibly be young monk Miroku?" A deep shade of scarlet spread across the demon slayer's cheeks. She looked to the ground, hoping Kaede had not noticed.
"Well..." Sango started, but was quickly interrupted when a solitary Miroku strode up towards them.
"Hello there, Lady Kaede..." He began and looked at Sango, who was still in mid blush. "Lady Sango." He smiled cheerfully and sat under the tree next to her.
"Miroku, did you enjoy your meditation?" Kaede asked him.
"Praying for a very dear friend is not as enjoyable as it looks." He responded and chuckled lightly.
"Well, I was just telling Sango here about auras." Kaede said. Sango looked away again, hoping she wouldn't leave any hints that Sango was in love with Miroku.
"Well, what's my aura like?" He grinned and laid back against the tree. He folded his arms behind his head and sighed.
"Your aura is a tint of silver, which means solitude. You must feel lonely right Miroku?" She said. Miroku opened one eye and then closed it again.
"Yeah well, you know how it is..." Miroku trailed off.
"But there is more." Kaede stated.
"More?" Sango stared at the two. This caused Miroku to look up at her, smiling.
'My god she's beautiful...' He thought to himself.
"Yes, there is. Miroku my dear, you have a pale shade of peach..." Miroku immediately cut Kaede off of her words.
"Peach? That means..." He began.
"You're in love." Sango stated and kept her gaze on the monk. Miroku stared at her longingly.
"I think I should leave ye two alone to talk." Kaede whispered smiling. She stood, walking off to the hut.