Chapter 5

"Forever. That's my favorite word. It means that it keeps on going without stopping."

I held on tightly to Inuyasha, partly because I felt scared and couldn't see anything at all through the fog, but the other reason is because I knew that he was gonna protect me. I mean, I wouldn't be living right now if he didn't care about me, right?

We were running through the fog, the never ending fog. I could just see Miroku. No, now I can't see him. Where did he go? I could see Sango. She was right behind us.

"Sango!! I can't see Miroku!!"

"I can't see him either!!" So she couldn't see either. Well, I can't see her either. She's... going away. What's happening? I can only see Inuyasha and me.

"Inuyasha! I can't see Sango either! What's happening?"

"I don't know. We just need to get out of this smoke! It's hurting me..."

I can see again. We made it out. I can see... old men? Old men working in fields, picking little herbs and vegetables... Okay, weird... Hey, I can see Miroku. I walked over to him when Inuyasha dropped me off. I had to ask him where Sango is.

"Sango? Isn't she coming? The fog is just a barrier. She'll come soon enough. When she comes, please tell her that I'll be up there in the temple,"

"You're not going alone. I don't want to be left here. I'm gonna figure out why everything's so weird here," So, Inuyasha's gonna leave us.

"Fine then. Kagome, please tell her to come." And then he left. What am I? A messenger? I wanted to go too, but what about Sango? Grr... that houshi. Well... here I am... waiting for Sango... with... old men... Oh hey, It's Sango!!

"Miroku and Inuyasha already went to the temple. Should we go then?"

"Yes... I wonder who's in the temple?"

"Well, we're going to find out..." And so we climbed the steep hill, sometimes asking the old men for help, but other times we were okay. But you wouldn't believe what we found when we went there.

"H-Houshi-sama?" I was surprised too, but Sango was the first to speak. "Houshi-sama? W-what are you doing" Sango's eyes widened as she spoke. She was as surprised as I am, but Miroku hugging another woman broke her heart. How can Miroku do that? Hug another woman?

The other woman spoke. "A woman's voice?" She spoke it in a low voice, but I could hear her. I walked over to Inuyasha. What was going on? I had to ask him for answers.

"Who's the girl?" I'm sure Inuyasha knnows the answer. It's a surprise why he wasn't doing the same thing as Miroku.

"She's the princess of this temple. According to the old men, she's the cause of the disappearances. She can't see you or Sango 'cause of the bracelet Miroku gave you. That means she can't see anybody except the lecher," He pointed with his chin.

"So is the princess a bad person?"

Inuyasha's eye twitched. Oops. "You think? She made the old men disappear from the village!"

I looked at Miroku. he was talking to the princess in a low voice. I had to be real quiet to hear them.

"Princess. I have heard that you have been trapped in this temple for some time," Sango's eye was twitching. What was Miroku doing?

"Yes. I have been in this temple for so long... without anyone to keep me company..." Something about the princess' voice made my blood shiver.

"Then may I have the honor of keeping you company?" WHAT?! Miroku? Asking the princess to live with him? Is he blind? What about Sango?

"MIROKU YOU LECHER!! DON'T YOU DARE DO WHAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DO!!!" I haven't heard Sango scream that loud before.

Sorry for not posting chapter 5 for such a long time... I was busy doing other things... like... other stuff. Anyways, R&R!! I'd appreciate(sp?) it!!