Chapter 10
Another day had passed as Kagome and the children ate a small me meal by the fire as Sango continued to take care of Miroku. Slowly his condition seemed to improve. It would take a great deal of time for some of the wounds to heal. All the bleeding, though, had stopped and his skin was beginning to piece itself back together. Kagome was lost in thought of the battle when Sango came out of the room where Miroku lay with a bright smile on her face.
"Kagome! Thank Kami Miroku's awake! Come, come there must be something you could do to help him heal faster." Sango said in a flurry of words in her happiness.
Kagome smiled to her sister and left her small meal to be finished later. With Miroku awake it would be easier to administer medicine to help him with the pain and to help him heal quicker. That was definitely one advantage of living in the modern realm, better medicine and healing techniques.
Kagome entered the room to see Miroku with his eyes half open as if he were in a daze and was unable to identify exactly where he was. His skin was pale but was slowly gaining its original healthy tone. It has been two days since the battle that left him near dead and now it seemed like their patience was beginning to be not in vain.
"Good morning, Miroku. How are you feeling?" Kagome asked softly to the injured monk while she began to assess the rest of his wounds.
"Like I got ran over by an enraged youkai." replied the monk sarcastically in a raspy voice.
"That wouldn't surprise me much after the hit you took. Anyways, everything looks like it is healing properly thankfully." Kagome spoke.
Pulling out a couple of different types of medicines from her storage she showed them to Miroku and informed him what each did and how often she wanted them to take them. She also informed him that she didn't want him trying to walk around especially with the broken bones. The broken bones worried Kagome the most; she didn't know how well they would heal here in the past compared to the future. She silently prayed to Kami that the bones were set as near perfect as possible so he wouldn't be crippled in the future.
After leaving Miroku to rest for a while she approached her nephew and niece about their father's condition and that they can go and visit him as long as the keep quiet and let him rest as much as possible. The children were happy with the diagnosis and were itching to see their father. Next, she informed Sango about the medicines that she had given Miroku to take and the instructions to them. She told her to make sure that he was taking them and to make sure he ate before taking them or else the reaction wouldn't be very pretty.
After leaving Sango she went in search of the hanyou. She knew he would be hiding somewhere nearby so no one saw him in his state of weakness. Focusing on her powers she searched for his aura signal. With a frown of discouragement she couldn't find his aura anywhere within a mile.
'Must have decided to tend his wounds back in the western lands' Kagome thought sadly. 'He doesn't know I'm leaving to go back home tonight. I hope I can see him again before I leave.' Kagome turned away from the forest and walked back to Sango's home.
Later that day Kagome met with Shippou, Sango, and her children and informed them that she would be returning to the future to tend to some business. Shippou whined and asked her if he could go with her but Kagome declined his request saying that it wasn't a good time for him to go to the future for a visit. She told them that she would come back as soon as it was possible to return.
Kagome left later that afternoon towards the well. She hated leaving them behind all the time and not coming to stay for longer but things had to get done. Not to mention her little rendezvous with the young detectives at sunset. She wanted to be home to prepare for their arrival.
"Oi, wench. Where are you going?" asked a gruff voice as Kagome neared the well.
"Back home. There are things that need to get done and taken care of. I've stayed here as long as I could without pushing back deadlines." She spoke as she turned to see a white haired dog demon with his arms crossed across his chest. "I would have told you earlier but you vanished on us. I figured you went back to the western lands."
"Feh, you can't get rid of me that easily."
Kagome smiled a bit. "Miroku is going to be fine." Changing the subject. "He was injured pretty badly in that fight, you know. We didn't think he would survive."
"You forget he's a stubborn monk."
"Just like you I suppose?"
"I am not stubborn wench!"
"Yes you are. Well, there are some people that I need to meet with. I'll be back as soon as I can."
"You aren't going anywhere! You spend too much time in that place. Your home is here!" Inuyasha shouted and jumped to block Kagome's path to the well.
"Inuyasha! You know I have responsibilities at home that I cannot ignore! Move out of my way or I'll make you regret it."
"You're not going anywhere wench!"
"One..."
"You're place is here and you know it!"
"Two..."
"Huh?"
"Three! Sit! Sit! Sit! I'm going home and that's final! Good Bye Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted as she walked angrily past the hanyou pinned to the ground. "And remember, if you try going through the well you'll be killed. The wards are still there."'
"Get back here wench!" The hanyou shouted from his hopeless position on the ground.
Kagome, ignoring the dog demons yells muttered the counter spell to the well and jumped through. Arriving on the other side she climbed out and resealed it. She had one day to prepare for her meeting with the detectives and their boss. With a sigh she climbed the stairs to her bedroom and changed into clean clothes. The rest of the day she planed what was going to happen with the detectives and her alibi.
Soon, sunset came and she waited at the Goshinboku tree for the detectives. It wasn't a moment she was looking forward to. Her secrets might be revealed and she wouldn't be able to go on with her appointed task. There were no mikos in the modern world with the knowledge or power to do her job.
After a few minutes she felt several auras approaching her. She already knew they were those of the detectives. Only three came to get her, Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara. Hiei she supposed was already waiting for them back where they were going to be meeting at.
"Good evening Lady Kagome. Are you ready?" Kurama spoke quietly for the detectives.
Looking at the faces of the three boys in front of her, she nodded her head. "Yes." Was her simple reply.
"Very well. Botan!" as he shouted a girl with blue hair appeared floating on an oar.
"Oh, you are already ready! Ok! Oh, hello Lady Kagome. I'm Botan. The gr..."
"The grim reaper. I know."
"Oh. So you've heard of me! It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Botan!"
"Oops, well, let's get going hm?" Botan spoke cheerily and opened a portal to the spirit realm.
Kagome approached the portal with a sense of foreboding. She didn't really want to be going through any other portal aside of the one in the well. With a deep breath she followed a flowing red mane of hair into the portal.
Hey everyone. I apologize for the really long wait. There has been so much going on with school, work and other personal issues I haven't had the time to write. For a while I didn't know how I should continue this story. I had an idea in my head but after my friend passed away I decided to change it. It just didn't settle right with me. I was originally going to allow Miroku to die. I know I know, don't kill me. But I decided not to. My friends death is still too near even though it's been five months and thirteen days since he passed away. Anyways, off that depressing subject, I would like to thank you all for reviewing and sticking with me through this long wait. I look forward to reading your reviews. School is out next week so I will have more time to write. Thanks again,
Hunedoara
P.S. I'm going to be pulling off A Trip Through the Well and a Trip Through the Well II. I am not happy with those and I plan on rewriting them. I don't know when I will get to rewriting them though. Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to any updates on them.
Another day had passed as Kagome and the children ate a small me meal by the fire as Sango continued to take care of Miroku. Slowly his condition seemed to improve. It would take a great deal of time for some of the wounds to heal. All the bleeding, though, had stopped and his skin was beginning to piece itself back together. Kagome was lost in thought of the battle when Sango came out of the room where Miroku lay with a bright smile on her face.
"Kagome! Thank Kami Miroku's awake! Come, come there must be something you could do to help him heal faster." Sango said in a flurry of words in her happiness.
Kagome smiled to her sister and left her small meal to be finished later. With Miroku awake it would be easier to administer medicine to help him with the pain and to help him heal quicker. That was definitely one advantage of living in the modern realm, better medicine and healing techniques.
Kagome entered the room to see Miroku with his eyes half open as if he were in a daze and was unable to identify exactly where he was. His skin was pale but was slowly gaining its original healthy tone. It has been two days since the battle that left him near dead and now it seemed like their patience was beginning to be not in vain.
"Good morning, Miroku. How are you feeling?" Kagome asked softly to the injured monk while she began to assess the rest of his wounds.
"Like I got ran over by an enraged youkai." replied the monk sarcastically in a raspy voice.
"That wouldn't surprise me much after the hit you took. Anyways, everything looks like it is healing properly thankfully." Kagome spoke.
Pulling out a couple of different types of medicines from her storage she showed them to Miroku and informed him what each did and how often she wanted them to take them. She also informed him that she didn't want him trying to walk around especially with the broken bones. The broken bones worried Kagome the most; she didn't know how well they would heal here in the past compared to the future. She silently prayed to Kami that the bones were set as near perfect as possible so he wouldn't be crippled in the future.
After leaving Miroku to rest for a while she approached her nephew and niece about their father's condition and that they can go and visit him as long as the keep quiet and let him rest as much as possible. The children were happy with the diagnosis and were itching to see their father. Next, she informed Sango about the medicines that she had given Miroku to take and the instructions to them. She told her to make sure that he was taking them and to make sure he ate before taking them or else the reaction wouldn't be very pretty.
After leaving Sango she went in search of the hanyou. She knew he would be hiding somewhere nearby so no one saw him in his state of weakness. Focusing on her powers she searched for his aura signal. With a frown of discouragement she couldn't find his aura anywhere within a mile.
'Must have decided to tend his wounds back in the western lands' Kagome thought sadly. 'He doesn't know I'm leaving to go back home tonight. I hope I can see him again before I leave.' Kagome turned away from the forest and walked back to Sango's home.
Later that day Kagome met with Shippou, Sango, and her children and informed them that she would be returning to the future to tend to some business. Shippou whined and asked her if he could go with her but Kagome declined his request saying that it wasn't a good time for him to go to the future for a visit. She told them that she would come back as soon as it was possible to return.
Kagome left later that afternoon towards the well. She hated leaving them behind all the time and not coming to stay for longer but things had to get done. Not to mention her little rendezvous with the young detectives at sunset. She wanted to be home to prepare for their arrival.
"Oi, wench. Where are you going?" asked a gruff voice as Kagome neared the well.
"Back home. There are things that need to get done and taken care of. I've stayed here as long as I could without pushing back deadlines." She spoke as she turned to see a white haired dog demon with his arms crossed across his chest. "I would have told you earlier but you vanished on us. I figured you went back to the western lands."
"Feh, you can't get rid of me that easily."
Kagome smiled a bit. "Miroku is going to be fine." Changing the subject. "He was injured pretty badly in that fight, you know. We didn't think he would survive."
"You forget he's a stubborn monk."
"Just like you I suppose?"
"I am not stubborn wench!"
"Yes you are. Well, there are some people that I need to meet with. I'll be back as soon as I can."
"You aren't going anywhere! You spend too much time in that place. Your home is here!" Inuyasha shouted and jumped to block Kagome's path to the well.
"Inuyasha! You know I have responsibilities at home that I cannot ignore! Move out of my way or I'll make you regret it."
"You're not going anywhere wench!"
"One..."
"You're place is here and you know it!"
"Two..."
"Huh?"
"Three! Sit! Sit! Sit! I'm going home and that's final! Good Bye Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted as she walked angrily past the hanyou pinned to the ground. "And remember, if you try going through the well you'll be killed. The wards are still there."'
"Get back here wench!" The hanyou shouted from his hopeless position on the ground.
Kagome, ignoring the dog demons yells muttered the counter spell to the well and jumped through. Arriving on the other side she climbed out and resealed it. She had one day to prepare for her meeting with the detectives and their boss. With a sigh she climbed the stairs to her bedroom and changed into clean clothes. The rest of the day she planed what was going to happen with the detectives and her alibi.
Soon, sunset came and she waited at the Goshinboku tree for the detectives. It wasn't a moment she was looking forward to. Her secrets might be revealed and she wouldn't be able to go on with her appointed task. There were no mikos in the modern world with the knowledge or power to do her job.
After a few minutes she felt several auras approaching her. She already knew they were those of the detectives. Only three came to get her, Kurama, Yusuke and Kuwabara. Hiei she supposed was already waiting for them back where they were going to be meeting at.
"Good evening Lady Kagome. Are you ready?" Kurama spoke quietly for the detectives.
Looking at the faces of the three boys in front of her, she nodded her head. "Yes." Was her simple reply.
"Very well. Botan!" as he shouted a girl with blue hair appeared floating on an oar.
"Oh, you are already ready! Ok! Oh, hello Lady Kagome. I'm Botan. The gr..."
"The grim reaper. I know."
"Oh. So you've heard of me! It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Botan!"
"Oops, well, let's get going hm?" Botan spoke cheerily and opened a portal to the spirit realm.
Kagome approached the portal with a sense of foreboding. She didn't really want to be going through any other portal aside of the one in the well. With a deep breath she followed a flowing red mane of hair into the portal.
Hey everyone. I apologize for the really long wait. There has been so much going on with school, work and other personal issues I haven't had the time to write. For a while I didn't know how I should continue this story. I had an idea in my head but after my friend passed away I decided to change it. It just didn't settle right with me. I was originally going to allow Miroku to die. I know I know, don't kill me. But I decided not to. My friends death is still too near even though it's been five months and thirteen days since he passed away. Anyways, off that depressing subject, I would like to thank you all for reviewing and sticking with me through this long wait. I look forward to reading your reviews. School is out next week so I will have more time to write. Thanks again,
Hunedoara
P.S. I'm going to be pulling off A Trip Through the Well and a Trip Through the Well II. I am not happy with those and I plan on rewriting them. I don't know when I will get to rewriting them though. Sorry to anyone who was looking forward to any updates on them.