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Lost and Found
Okay, There were the good times in life and the bad times.

This was definitely not a good time.

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Mikkusu was lost. In the woods. In the middle of nowhere.

And it might have helped in the slightest bit if he was familiar with the area. But...

He wasn't.

And the worst part was... The whole ordeal had happened because of a squirrel. He had followed the scent of a squirrel...

Why?

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Mikkusu had been wondering in circles, his coat now a mess of muddy brown, covered in sticks and leaves, it like a magnet for access waste from trees and the ground. It had become extremely tattered, as well, cowlicks in everyplace possible, damp with rain and mud. He might have been able to sniff his way out, if the rain hadn't covered up every scent in this forest.

Life could be extremely difficult that way sometimes.

He had also learned, that with a dirty coat, it could be extremely uncomfortable to move, let alone walk. And after seeing the same rock 23 times, he decided it was time to stop, and try to dry off somewhere, and get cleaned up a bit.

That is... If there was a place to...

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Kagome stopped in her path, paused, then turned around, a confused expression reaching her face. She looked back ahead, the confused expression still there, and refused to move, her mind lost in thought. Inuyasha watched her for a moment, before finally speaking up.

"Something wrong Kagome?"

She paused, blinking, before turning back around.

"..Where's Furokuu?"

She paused again, this time, her eye's becoming a bit wider with shock

"And... Miroku?"

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Mikkusu blinked, then stepped back, and sneezed.

Great. He was catching a cold now too. Something he really didn't need at this point in time. At all.

He had also picked up a cough, a dry raspy one that triggered a sneeze when it came out. So he had a continued pattern of sneezing and coughing.

Something he REALLY didn't need at this point in time.

Okay... Somewhere to go... Somewhere to go...

He didn't see anywhere. No hollow trees, no abandoned burrows, no large bushes.

He was lost, with a dirty coat, a cold, and no place to go. This day possible couldn't get any worse.

And that's when he discovered he had spoken a word too soon.

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Miroku took a step forward, then a step back, then looked at the ground.

How could he have forgotten which way they came in such a short period of time? Damn.

He shifted, trying as hard as he could to remember the surroundings. They had come by a tree with way too much moss on it. Yea, There's a clue. But... How do you pick out a tree like that out of... around 800 trees?

You don't.

If only that dog would let off some sound... Some noise... Bark or something. Stupid dog. It was its fault he was lost himself in the first place. The dog had wondered off, and instead of doing the sensible thing and telling the rest of the group, he decided to go off on his own.

Why?

He didn't even know himself. 'Kami, I can be such a fool sometimes' He thought, before pricking a leaf off his head that had recently fallen on it. 'Okay... Sound... Sound' He listened closely for any sound the dog might let off.

He got what he wanted

But not what he wanted to hear.

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A sharp stab of pain hit Mikkusu in the side, before he flew to the ground helplessly, letting out a cry of pain as he did so. What had that been? It had hit him right in the stomach! Gah... And he tasted blood. Whatever had hit him had punctured something.

He glanced up to see what it was. A demon—His vision was going blurry—a big demon, with sharp claws, obviously and it had been able to cover up it's aura... So it was powerful... But he couldn't tell exactly what it wa—Wait! He noticed something. He could sense it! It hard shards... A lot...—He was going quicker, his head started to spin— Wait, that scent! It had been near the campsite where the humans he had been with were in! It-It must have... Stolen the s-shar...

The last thing the helpless dog-elf noticed before he slipped away was that monk... The one he had been staying with... The one that had spoken to him.

...And the last thought Mikkusu had before he was unconscious, was, Oh please Kami, Let the monk defeat him..

It's short, I know... SORRY! ;-;