Inuyasha reached the hill, just as the sun began to set. Nothing but dark
shadows could be seen, he was still, in the middle of nowhere. From the
top, he watched as the sliver of sunlight disappeared behind the line of
trees.
The sky was empty, nothing but still, quiet stars.
Inuyasha looked down at his hands, they were no longer claws; just normal, ugly human fingers. His acute sense of smell hearing drifted away. His silver locks, disappeared under a head a black hair.
The forest grew dull, and even became slightly frightening, now that he didn't know what lurked in the underbrush.
Kikyou's arrow wound leaked his energy. His pathetic human body couldn't withstand the loss of blood. Inuyasha felt lightheaded and weak. The ground swirled and twisted under his eyes. His knees shook and he gripped trees to stand up straight under the dizziness.
As he climbed down the hill, his legs gave way under him. He stumbled down the side of the hill; then finally, he fell down- rolling head over heels, head over heels until the ground leveled out. He landed heavy on the ground, too tired to even feel pain. As his head continued to spin, Inuyasha drifted into sub-consciousness.
~*~
Over an hour passed, as his body lost more blood.
The smell of blood reached another nose, which followed the scent. The creature found the human Inuyasha, unconscious, and half dead. With help, Inuyasha was picked up from his grave, and carried through the forest.
Inuyasha briefly remembered waking up, feeling the wind on his face, and a slight noise that sounded like a "hang on..." But he passed out again.
~*~
Many hours later, Inuyasha woke again. This time, he stayed awake, his eyes opened and he looked up at a wooden roof.
Inuyasha sat up slightly, but a pain in his chest pulled him back down. There was a small doorway to his right, and night shown through. It was still night of the new moon, and he was still human.
With a moan, Inuyasha brought a human girl's face in the doorway. She rushed to his side, holding a cup to his mouth.
"Drink." She told him softly.
Inuyasha obeyed, and swallowed a mouthful of the liquid. When his brain realized that it was water, he began to gulp down mouthful after mouthful. The water was sweeter than honey on his dry throat.
Inuyasha began to stir when he finished drinking; he kicked out under the blanket that was covering him.
The girl spoke to him again, "Be still, or you'll open your wound again."
Inuyasha slightly growled, but obeyed, and tried to relax.
"You're lucky I found you..." the girl continued. But Inuyasha wasn't paying attention. He hated being weak and feeble. That's probably why Sesshomaru liked to pick on him, because he was so puny.
"Can you eat?" the girl asked, holding up a bowl of rice. Inuyasha took it greedily, and began to scarf it down. When it was empty, Inuyasha handed it back to the girl. Then he turned over and lay with his back to her.
The last thing he wanted to do was sleep, but sleep seemed inevitable.
~*~
After about an hour of lying with his eyes half open, Inuyasha rolled over. His eyes met another set, as well as a pair of white teeth and a low, deep growl. Inuyasha jumped awake, and gave a slight yell. He sat up quickly, causing his chest to burn. The growling creature jumped back and roared at him.
Inuyasha noticed that it was a small cat demon, he growled back at it.
With a puff of smoke, the little cat youkai transformed into its bigger self. With a roar, it lunged toward Inuyasha. Inuyasha jumped out of the way, and rolled to the other side of the hut.
Inuyasha suddenly heard a female voice yell out, "Down Kirara! Down!" The cat youkai instantly obeyed, but it continued to emit a growl at Inuyasha.
The girl looked down at Inuyasha, "I'm sorry about that, she doesn't like strangers. You're lucky you're not a youkai, then she probably would have ripped your head off... but come to think of it... so would I." She laughed at her little joke, and extended her hand.
"You really shouldn't be up, you could open your wound again." she spoke to him.
"Feh." Inuyasha only said back. He knew he recognized the cat youkai, this was the same pair that had attacked him yesterday.
"Fine if that's the way you're going to be. You can just pass out again, and I'll go dump your body in the woods where I found it." She countered.
Inuyasha stood up gently and walked back over to the cot. He sat down and looked at the floor.
The woman stared at him, but then shook it off. She sat down on the floor filled a cup with water, and handed it to Inuyasha.
"What happened anyway?" she asked him.
Inuyasha just drank the water and didn't answer.
"Not a talker huh? You could at least thank me for saving you and offering you my hospitality." The girl said.
"Feh. Thanks." Inuyasha muttered.
The girl just rolled her eyes and stood up again, "The sun will be up soon. And when it does please go and take a bath or something. You smell like muck."
Inuyasha had to agree, he probably did smell bad. The girl got up to leave and the cat youkai followed her, "I'm Sango, by the way..."
"Inuyasha." He answered with a low voice.
"Well, Inuyasha get some rest, tomorrow we will talk more..." Sango answered.
"I need to know how to get to the Western Lands." Inuyasha interrupted.
Sango turned and looked at him, "Where in the Western Lands?"
"The castle." Inuyasha said.
"What for?" Sango asked.
"None of your business." Inuyasha growled.
Sango frowned, "You have a rotten attitude. I don't feel like answering your question." she turned and began to walk out.
"Look," Inuyasha shouted back to her, "I just want to get home. Is it so much to ask of you to give me directions? Considering I have no idea where I am or how I got here?"
Sango turned to back and gazed at him, "Well, Inuyasha, you're certainly far away from your home. These are the Eastern Lands, to get to the Western Lands you would probably need to pack a lunch... they are a good 30 days walk over rough terrain and demon infested lands. Yet, the Western Lands have the highest demon population in the world, so if you live there, then, you must be pretty used to them."
Inuyasha scowled. "Just tell me how to get there."
"There is no 'way' to get there Inuyasha. You head west, until you get killed by youkai." Sango told him.
"I'm not worried about youkai." Inuyasha growled back.
"Then how do you plan to get there? You have no weapon, you're injured, and you're alone." Sango explained.
"Feh" Inuyasha answered.
"You're crazy." Sango protested, and left him alone.
Inuyasha ignored the girl's comment and settled back down on the cot.
The girl was obviously a demon huntress. Inuyasha knew that when the sun comes up... her hospitality would change toward him. Perhaps he should take advantage of the time alone and slip away.
But the bandage around his wound reminded him of his weakened condition. Furthermore, Sango was right, he didn't have any kind of weaponry, and he was alone. Yet, he had always been alone. No one cared if he was alive or dead. And now it seemed that Sesshomaru wanted him dead, or at least gone.
All this, because he was a hanyou. It made no sense. Everyone treated him different: humans hated him because he was half demon and demons hated him because he was half human.
Perhaps he was better off alone. Inuyasha could only trust himself right now, and even that relationship was becoming stressed.
Inuyasha glanced out of the doorway; the sun would rise soon. He wished for more time.
He stood back up and walked to the doorway, 'Might as well get a head start.' He decided.
With slow, careful steps he left the safety of the hut and started down the street. Luckily, the stars were still visible; he found the North Star and then turned to the west.
Villagers had begun to set up and open shops, as dawn approached. The faint hum of crickets could be heard in the underbrush. Fog was low along the street, and shadows moved along the rows of homes.
Inuyasha placed his hands in his pockets as he walked down the lifeless street. As his hands reached deep into his pockets, his fingers touched something familiar.
Inuyasha stopped walking and slowly lifted the object out of his pocket. When his eyes hit it, and his brain recognized it, a smile rose across his face.
It was the spatice that Kagome had given him, years ago. Inuyasha forgot that he always carried it with him. The spatice was a small little sponge- like toy; when filled with water, it doubled in size, and could bounce high into the air.
Inuyasha held the deflated spatice in his hand. He remembered his mermaid friend Kagome, possibly his only friend. She probably thought he was neglecting her, since he hadn't shown up to say 'hi' in over a week. Actually, the last time he saw her, was right before Sesshomaru tried to kill him. Inuyasha began to think about the mermaid, how she always knew the right thing to say, how she had taught him how to swim, how she collected that pile of junk under the dock, how she...
Inuyasha felt something brush against his hand, pry his fingers open, and then disappear. Inuyasha stared blankly at his empty hand before he realized that he had been robbed, and then his head returned to reality.
"Hey you, give that back!" he shouted as he watched a little brown ball of fluff scamper away into the fog with his spatice.
Inuyasha began to run after the thief, "You ass hole! Get back here with that!" he growled.
He chased the fluff ball back into the village, the little creature moved fast and Inuyasha, in his human form, could barely keep up. The fluff ball was a good ten feet ahead of him, when it suddenly kicked into overdrive and disappeared down the road, leaving a trial of dust.
Inuyasha stared dumbfounded at the little things speed. He couldn't let the thief get away with Kagome's gift!
...a crack of sunlight appeared over the horizon...
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, his mind focused on his objective. His feet griped the ground and his mouth turned into a sneer, his fangs hung out.
Inuyasha charged forward, his senses returned to him. His nose picked up the smell of the fur ball. His ears closed in on his location. Inuyasha's eyes saw the fur ball in front of him.
The creature had decreased its speed, thinking it had lost Inuyasha, but with a look over its shoulder he realized that was not so.
"Eeep!" he cried, and began to run again.
Inuyasha noticed it, "Heh, your not getting away this time!" he sneered.
The fur ball noticed Inuyasha closing in. He ran his fastest. But Inuyasha was faster. Now, back to his hanyou form, he scooped up the fur ball with his clawed hands and shouted at it.
"Hand it over you thief!" he roared.
"Hand what over?" it squeaked back.
"The thing you stole from me! My spatice!"
"I don't have your spa...spat... whatever you want!" the tiny fur ball spoke.
"Liar! Maybe I'll just remove a few of you limbs first!" Inuyasha growled, as he showed the fur ball his clawed hands.
The fur ball began to shake, his guy meant business. He dug into the pockets of his little blue jacket and held out the spatice for Inuyasha, with a quivering paw.
Inuyasha snatched it from his hand, and then dropped the fluff ball, hard, on the ground.
"Pain in the ass..." he growled under his breath, as he pocketed the spatice. Inuyasha then glanced around him. The pair had caused quite a commotion and now many people had crowded around and stared at him.
Inuyasha grew tense as they all formed a circle around him. He could hear them murmur words like: "youkai" and "demon." Inuyasha guessed that he was not welcomed anymore, so he looked for a way out. The crowd was thick and more humans appeared every minute.
Inuyasha resisted the temptation to jump out and yell, "Boo!" But these people were seriously freaking him out.
Suddenly, Inuyasha heard a familiar roar, the crowds faces turned in the direction. And cheers rose up, as Sango appeared ridding her cat Youkai across the air. She swung her Hiratsu and it flung towards Inuyasha.
'Shit, not this again...' he thought as he dodged the boomerang.
"DIE DEMON!" she roared, as Kirara charged toward Inuyasha with its claws ready to strike.
Inuyasha dodged the attack yet again. This was getting old, their attack pattern were too predictable. Yet, all the jumping around would probably cause his wound to open again... if it hadn't already.
Sango recaught her boomerang, jumped off of Kirara's back, and landed on the ground. With a grunt she heaved her boomerang back into the air, drew a sword and charged toward Inuyasha again.
'Geez, she doesn't give up does she?' Inuyasha thought as he watched her weapons fly at him in all directions. He hated to have to hit her, since she had been so nice to him; but this girl was out to kill him.
With another fast jump, he missed her boomerang's sneak attack from behind. He landed on top of the roof of a hut, as Sango recaught her boomerang and Kirara joined her.
"What do you have against me Sango? Geez!" he roared.
Sango paused in a mid throw of her boomerang, her eyes widened, "How do you know my name youkai?!?" She roared.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Look, it's me Inuyasha..." he said.
Sango sneered, "Liar! Inuyasha is injured and he's..." Suddenly, she remembered.
"Wait...you couldn't have known about Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes again, 'Maybe she should have blonde hair...' he grumbled to himself.
Sango looked confused, but she still remained poised for attack. Inuyasha took a deep breath and spoke, "Ok, I'm not full youkai... only half... and on every new moon... the other blood takes over until sunrise."
"...a hanyou?" Sango asked.
Inuyasha growled, he hated that word. "Yes, a hanyou..." he agreed.
Sango still didn't give in, "I don't know if I should trust you." She spoke.
"Feh, I wouldn't trust me either. But, all I want is to leave now, so just let me pass. And I'll be out of your hair." Inuyasha yelled back down to her.
Sango slightly relaxed, "But your wound..." she said.
Inuyasha stared at her, 'why did she care?' he wondered. "It's fine." He spoke, getting irritated.
"Fine," Sango countered, "good luck with your life." And she strapped her boomerang to her back and turned to walk away.
Inuyasha jumped down off of the roof. He landed on the ground and looked around. His nose could smell the smells of breakfast. His stomach echoed with a growl.
"Get going hanyou." Sango shouted to him. Inuyasha ignored her and tried to forget the roar of his stomach.
"Look hanyou, do you want something to eat before your journey, because you're kind of foaming at the mouth there." Sango teased.
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders, 'Feh, why not?' he decided. He followed Sango back to the hut he had stayed at the night before.
As they approached the hut, Inuyasha could smell a fire, and the smell of rice cooking. He glanced around, and noticed a man sitting by Sango's doorway. The man sat with his legs crossed and a staff balanced across his knees.
As Inuyasha and Sango walked up, his head lifted and he rushed to Sango's side.
"Sango my love, I have prepared your morning breakfast, just the way you like it." His arm wrapped around her waist as he spoke and with every word his hand gently slipped closer and closer to her butt.
Sango's eyes narrowed and with a violent slap to the face, the man fell to the ground.
"Hentai!" she screamed at him.
Inuyasha watched the sight and then gave a slight laugh.
Sango walked over the fallen pervert and sat down by the fire, dishing out the rice.
The pervert stood up and picked up his staff, he brushed his hair back and smiled, "Always worth it." He spoke to himself, although Inuyasha picked up every word.
Inuyasha walked past the man and stood a little distance away until Sango handed him a bowl of rice, then he sat down, and ate with haste.
Inuyasha heard the sound of wind chimes; he looked up from his bowl to see the man pointing his staff directly at him.
Inuyasha swallowed his mouthful of rice and snarled at him, 'what was he gonna achieve with that thing?' he wondered.
The man shouted to Inuyasha, "Demon! You will wish you never set foot in this town!" He reached up to his right hand (Authors Note: I can't remember which hand Miroku has his wind tunnel in... so I'm guessing his right hand.) and started to remove the rosary beads and fabric around his palm.
Sango jumped up from her seat and stopped him, "its ok Miroku! Inuyasha is a friend. He won't harm us!"
Miroku looked at Sango out of the corner of his eye, then back at Inuyasha who still sat eating his rice without a worry. Miroku relaxed, but he still kept his staff pointed at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha looked up again, and with a wave of his clawed hand, he pushed the staff away from in front of him. "Get that stupid thing out of my face." He growled back.
Miroku was shocked by the rude behavior and frowned on him. Sango chimed in, "I said he was a friend... I didn't say he was polite." She pulled on Miroku's arm and he backed off.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ok... that's chapter 12... Chapter 13 is on the way... I originally was going to make chapter 11 like this huge 10,000 word chapter... but I decided to split it up... so yea... I'll upload chapter 13 now... it will open with the same scene... Inuyasha with Sango and Miroku.
The sky was empty, nothing but still, quiet stars.
Inuyasha looked down at his hands, they were no longer claws; just normal, ugly human fingers. His acute sense of smell hearing drifted away. His silver locks, disappeared under a head a black hair.
The forest grew dull, and even became slightly frightening, now that he didn't know what lurked in the underbrush.
Kikyou's arrow wound leaked his energy. His pathetic human body couldn't withstand the loss of blood. Inuyasha felt lightheaded and weak. The ground swirled and twisted under his eyes. His knees shook and he gripped trees to stand up straight under the dizziness.
As he climbed down the hill, his legs gave way under him. He stumbled down the side of the hill; then finally, he fell down- rolling head over heels, head over heels until the ground leveled out. He landed heavy on the ground, too tired to even feel pain. As his head continued to spin, Inuyasha drifted into sub-consciousness.
~*~
Over an hour passed, as his body lost more blood.
The smell of blood reached another nose, which followed the scent. The creature found the human Inuyasha, unconscious, and half dead. With help, Inuyasha was picked up from his grave, and carried through the forest.
Inuyasha briefly remembered waking up, feeling the wind on his face, and a slight noise that sounded like a "hang on..." But he passed out again.
~*~
Many hours later, Inuyasha woke again. This time, he stayed awake, his eyes opened and he looked up at a wooden roof.
Inuyasha sat up slightly, but a pain in his chest pulled him back down. There was a small doorway to his right, and night shown through. It was still night of the new moon, and he was still human.
With a moan, Inuyasha brought a human girl's face in the doorway. She rushed to his side, holding a cup to his mouth.
"Drink." She told him softly.
Inuyasha obeyed, and swallowed a mouthful of the liquid. When his brain realized that it was water, he began to gulp down mouthful after mouthful. The water was sweeter than honey on his dry throat.
Inuyasha began to stir when he finished drinking; he kicked out under the blanket that was covering him.
The girl spoke to him again, "Be still, or you'll open your wound again."
Inuyasha slightly growled, but obeyed, and tried to relax.
"You're lucky I found you..." the girl continued. But Inuyasha wasn't paying attention. He hated being weak and feeble. That's probably why Sesshomaru liked to pick on him, because he was so puny.
"Can you eat?" the girl asked, holding up a bowl of rice. Inuyasha took it greedily, and began to scarf it down. When it was empty, Inuyasha handed it back to the girl. Then he turned over and lay with his back to her.
The last thing he wanted to do was sleep, but sleep seemed inevitable.
~*~
After about an hour of lying with his eyes half open, Inuyasha rolled over. His eyes met another set, as well as a pair of white teeth and a low, deep growl. Inuyasha jumped awake, and gave a slight yell. He sat up quickly, causing his chest to burn. The growling creature jumped back and roared at him.
Inuyasha noticed that it was a small cat demon, he growled back at it.
With a puff of smoke, the little cat youkai transformed into its bigger self. With a roar, it lunged toward Inuyasha. Inuyasha jumped out of the way, and rolled to the other side of the hut.
Inuyasha suddenly heard a female voice yell out, "Down Kirara! Down!" The cat youkai instantly obeyed, but it continued to emit a growl at Inuyasha.
The girl looked down at Inuyasha, "I'm sorry about that, she doesn't like strangers. You're lucky you're not a youkai, then she probably would have ripped your head off... but come to think of it... so would I." She laughed at her little joke, and extended her hand.
"You really shouldn't be up, you could open your wound again." she spoke to him.
"Feh." Inuyasha only said back. He knew he recognized the cat youkai, this was the same pair that had attacked him yesterday.
"Fine if that's the way you're going to be. You can just pass out again, and I'll go dump your body in the woods where I found it." She countered.
Inuyasha stood up gently and walked back over to the cot. He sat down and looked at the floor.
The woman stared at him, but then shook it off. She sat down on the floor filled a cup with water, and handed it to Inuyasha.
"What happened anyway?" she asked him.
Inuyasha just drank the water and didn't answer.
"Not a talker huh? You could at least thank me for saving you and offering you my hospitality." The girl said.
"Feh. Thanks." Inuyasha muttered.
The girl just rolled her eyes and stood up again, "The sun will be up soon. And when it does please go and take a bath or something. You smell like muck."
Inuyasha had to agree, he probably did smell bad. The girl got up to leave and the cat youkai followed her, "I'm Sango, by the way..."
"Inuyasha." He answered with a low voice.
"Well, Inuyasha get some rest, tomorrow we will talk more..." Sango answered.
"I need to know how to get to the Western Lands." Inuyasha interrupted.
Sango turned and looked at him, "Where in the Western Lands?"
"The castle." Inuyasha said.
"What for?" Sango asked.
"None of your business." Inuyasha growled.
Sango frowned, "You have a rotten attitude. I don't feel like answering your question." she turned and began to walk out.
"Look," Inuyasha shouted back to her, "I just want to get home. Is it so much to ask of you to give me directions? Considering I have no idea where I am or how I got here?"
Sango turned to back and gazed at him, "Well, Inuyasha, you're certainly far away from your home. These are the Eastern Lands, to get to the Western Lands you would probably need to pack a lunch... they are a good 30 days walk over rough terrain and demon infested lands. Yet, the Western Lands have the highest demon population in the world, so if you live there, then, you must be pretty used to them."
Inuyasha scowled. "Just tell me how to get there."
"There is no 'way' to get there Inuyasha. You head west, until you get killed by youkai." Sango told him.
"I'm not worried about youkai." Inuyasha growled back.
"Then how do you plan to get there? You have no weapon, you're injured, and you're alone." Sango explained.
"Feh" Inuyasha answered.
"You're crazy." Sango protested, and left him alone.
Inuyasha ignored the girl's comment and settled back down on the cot.
The girl was obviously a demon huntress. Inuyasha knew that when the sun comes up... her hospitality would change toward him. Perhaps he should take advantage of the time alone and slip away.
But the bandage around his wound reminded him of his weakened condition. Furthermore, Sango was right, he didn't have any kind of weaponry, and he was alone. Yet, he had always been alone. No one cared if he was alive or dead. And now it seemed that Sesshomaru wanted him dead, or at least gone.
All this, because he was a hanyou. It made no sense. Everyone treated him different: humans hated him because he was half demon and demons hated him because he was half human.
Perhaps he was better off alone. Inuyasha could only trust himself right now, and even that relationship was becoming stressed.
Inuyasha glanced out of the doorway; the sun would rise soon. He wished for more time.
He stood back up and walked to the doorway, 'Might as well get a head start.' He decided.
With slow, careful steps he left the safety of the hut and started down the street. Luckily, the stars were still visible; he found the North Star and then turned to the west.
Villagers had begun to set up and open shops, as dawn approached. The faint hum of crickets could be heard in the underbrush. Fog was low along the street, and shadows moved along the rows of homes.
Inuyasha placed his hands in his pockets as he walked down the lifeless street. As his hands reached deep into his pockets, his fingers touched something familiar.
Inuyasha stopped walking and slowly lifted the object out of his pocket. When his eyes hit it, and his brain recognized it, a smile rose across his face.
It was the spatice that Kagome had given him, years ago. Inuyasha forgot that he always carried it with him. The spatice was a small little sponge- like toy; when filled with water, it doubled in size, and could bounce high into the air.
Inuyasha held the deflated spatice in his hand. He remembered his mermaid friend Kagome, possibly his only friend. She probably thought he was neglecting her, since he hadn't shown up to say 'hi' in over a week. Actually, the last time he saw her, was right before Sesshomaru tried to kill him. Inuyasha began to think about the mermaid, how she always knew the right thing to say, how she had taught him how to swim, how she collected that pile of junk under the dock, how she...
Inuyasha felt something brush against his hand, pry his fingers open, and then disappear. Inuyasha stared blankly at his empty hand before he realized that he had been robbed, and then his head returned to reality.
"Hey you, give that back!" he shouted as he watched a little brown ball of fluff scamper away into the fog with his spatice.
Inuyasha began to run after the thief, "You ass hole! Get back here with that!" he growled.
He chased the fluff ball back into the village, the little creature moved fast and Inuyasha, in his human form, could barely keep up. The fluff ball was a good ten feet ahead of him, when it suddenly kicked into overdrive and disappeared down the road, leaving a trial of dust.
Inuyasha stared dumbfounded at the little things speed. He couldn't let the thief get away with Kagome's gift!
...a crack of sunlight appeared over the horizon...
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, his mind focused on his objective. His feet griped the ground and his mouth turned into a sneer, his fangs hung out.
Inuyasha charged forward, his senses returned to him. His nose picked up the smell of the fur ball. His ears closed in on his location. Inuyasha's eyes saw the fur ball in front of him.
The creature had decreased its speed, thinking it had lost Inuyasha, but with a look over its shoulder he realized that was not so.
"Eeep!" he cried, and began to run again.
Inuyasha noticed it, "Heh, your not getting away this time!" he sneered.
The fur ball noticed Inuyasha closing in. He ran his fastest. But Inuyasha was faster. Now, back to his hanyou form, he scooped up the fur ball with his clawed hands and shouted at it.
"Hand it over you thief!" he roared.
"Hand what over?" it squeaked back.
"The thing you stole from me! My spatice!"
"I don't have your spa...spat... whatever you want!" the tiny fur ball spoke.
"Liar! Maybe I'll just remove a few of you limbs first!" Inuyasha growled, as he showed the fur ball his clawed hands.
The fur ball began to shake, his guy meant business. He dug into the pockets of his little blue jacket and held out the spatice for Inuyasha, with a quivering paw.
Inuyasha snatched it from his hand, and then dropped the fluff ball, hard, on the ground.
"Pain in the ass..." he growled under his breath, as he pocketed the spatice. Inuyasha then glanced around him. The pair had caused quite a commotion and now many people had crowded around and stared at him.
Inuyasha grew tense as they all formed a circle around him. He could hear them murmur words like: "youkai" and "demon." Inuyasha guessed that he was not welcomed anymore, so he looked for a way out. The crowd was thick and more humans appeared every minute.
Inuyasha resisted the temptation to jump out and yell, "Boo!" But these people were seriously freaking him out.
Suddenly, Inuyasha heard a familiar roar, the crowds faces turned in the direction. And cheers rose up, as Sango appeared ridding her cat Youkai across the air. She swung her Hiratsu and it flung towards Inuyasha.
'Shit, not this again...' he thought as he dodged the boomerang.
"DIE DEMON!" she roared, as Kirara charged toward Inuyasha with its claws ready to strike.
Inuyasha dodged the attack yet again. This was getting old, their attack pattern were too predictable. Yet, all the jumping around would probably cause his wound to open again... if it hadn't already.
Sango recaught her boomerang, jumped off of Kirara's back, and landed on the ground. With a grunt she heaved her boomerang back into the air, drew a sword and charged toward Inuyasha again.
'Geez, she doesn't give up does she?' Inuyasha thought as he watched her weapons fly at him in all directions. He hated to have to hit her, since she had been so nice to him; but this girl was out to kill him.
With another fast jump, he missed her boomerang's sneak attack from behind. He landed on top of the roof of a hut, as Sango recaught her boomerang and Kirara joined her.
"What do you have against me Sango? Geez!" he roared.
Sango paused in a mid throw of her boomerang, her eyes widened, "How do you know my name youkai?!?" She roared.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Look, it's me Inuyasha..." he said.
Sango sneered, "Liar! Inuyasha is injured and he's..." Suddenly, she remembered.
"Wait...you couldn't have known about Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes again, 'Maybe she should have blonde hair...' he grumbled to himself.
Sango looked confused, but she still remained poised for attack. Inuyasha took a deep breath and spoke, "Ok, I'm not full youkai... only half... and on every new moon... the other blood takes over until sunrise."
"...a hanyou?" Sango asked.
Inuyasha growled, he hated that word. "Yes, a hanyou..." he agreed.
Sango still didn't give in, "I don't know if I should trust you." She spoke.
"Feh, I wouldn't trust me either. But, all I want is to leave now, so just let me pass. And I'll be out of your hair." Inuyasha yelled back down to her.
Sango slightly relaxed, "But your wound..." she said.
Inuyasha stared at her, 'why did she care?' he wondered. "It's fine." He spoke, getting irritated.
"Fine," Sango countered, "good luck with your life." And she strapped her boomerang to her back and turned to walk away.
Inuyasha jumped down off of the roof. He landed on the ground and looked around. His nose could smell the smells of breakfast. His stomach echoed with a growl.
"Get going hanyou." Sango shouted to him. Inuyasha ignored her and tried to forget the roar of his stomach.
"Look hanyou, do you want something to eat before your journey, because you're kind of foaming at the mouth there." Sango teased.
Inuyasha shrugged his shoulders, 'Feh, why not?' he decided. He followed Sango back to the hut he had stayed at the night before.
As they approached the hut, Inuyasha could smell a fire, and the smell of rice cooking. He glanced around, and noticed a man sitting by Sango's doorway. The man sat with his legs crossed and a staff balanced across his knees.
As Inuyasha and Sango walked up, his head lifted and he rushed to Sango's side.
"Sango my love, I have prepared your morning breakfast, just the way you like it." His arm wrapped around her waist as he spoke and with every word his hand gently slipped closer and closer to her butt.
Sango's eyes narrowed and with a violent slap to the face, the man fell to the ground.
"Hentai!" she screamed at him.
Inuyasha watched the sight and then gave a slight laugh.
Sango walked over the fallen pervert and sat down by the fire, dishing out the rice.
The pervert stood up and picked up his staff, he brushed his hair back and smiled, "Always worth it." He spoke to himself, although Inuyasha picked up every word.
Inuyasha walked past the man and stood a little distance away until Sango handed him a bowl of rice, then he sat down, and ate with haste.
Inuyasha heard the sound of wind chimes; he looked up from his bowl to see the man pointing his staff directly at him.
Inuyasha swallowed his mouthful of rice and snarled at him, 'what was he gonna achieve with that thing?' he wondered.
The man shouted to Inuyasha, "Demon! You will wish you never set foot in this town!" He reached up to his right hand (Authors Note: I can't remember which hand Miroku has his wind tunnel in... so I'm guessing his right hand.) and started to remove the rosary beads and fabric around his palm.
Sango jumped up from her seat and stopped him, "its ok Miroku! Inuyasha is a friend. He won't harm us!"
Miroku looked at Sango out of the corner of his eye, then back at Inuyasha who still sat eating his rice without a worry. Miroku relaxed, but he still kept his staff pointed at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha looked up again, and with a wave of his clawed hand, he pushed the staff away from in front of him. "Get that stupid thing out of my face." He growled back.
Miroku was shocked by the rude behavior and frowned on him. Sango chimed in, "I said he was a friend... I didn't say he was polite." She pulled on Miroku's arm and he backed off.
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Ok... that's chapter 12... Chapter 13 is on the way... I originally was going to make chapter 11 like this huge 10,000 word chapter... but I decided to split it up... so yea... I'll upload chapter 13 now... it will open with the same scene... Inuyasha with Sango and Miroku.