Well then, first of all I didn't mean for it to take this long to update. But like I said my excuse is school, plus I have a math test coming up. I think the teachers are trying to torture me. But it will not stop me from writng this story, the only thing that could do that is if no one reviews or people start not liking the story...which I hope don't happen. :( Also I kinda lost contact with my beta reader, so forgive me for any spelling or grammar mistakes!
Kagome: Well finally we have another chapter!
Kouga: yeah, do you get some pleasure in making me wait or something!?
Ashley: Maybe....you look so cute when your angry!
Inuyasha: hahaha!
Ashley: Your no exception.
Kouga: hahahaha, stupid dog.
Miroku: what about me?
Ashley: Your just a hentai!.....but a cute one.
Miroku: ~smirks~ * grope *
Ashley: Ahhh! That doesn't mean you can touch me!
Kagome: * sigh * One with the chapter!
Chapter 7: Close Call
It was midday, and the sun shone happily on the leafy green grass of the Sengoku Jidai. The breeze was soft, creating a shimmering effect along the ground.
The gang has been sitting either in or just outside of Kaede's hut. It was quiet, which was never a common thing among this particular group.
Sango was sitting down with her back up against the hut, polishing and sharpening her Hiraikotsu, which made the two wolf demons sitting on a nearby log quite disturbed. Miroku was simply under the shade of a tree and seemed to be meditating but who really knew what he could have been thinking about. Of course he would've glady sat next to the demon slayer, but she gave him a deadly eye earlier when he had moved to do so, so he decided to keep his distance .....for a while. Inuyasha was sitting up in a tree branch letting one of his legs swing over the side. His arms were folding across his chest with his hands in his sleeves. Plus he wasn't making the prettiest face. Still cross from when Sango had invitied the wolves to stay with them no doubt.
The silence probably would've been broken if a certain little happy, hyper Kitsune was with them but at the moment he was out bugging Kaede, who had gone in serch of more herbs.
Ginta started to get a bit fustrated, "when are we going to go in search for Kouga?!"
This brought everyone out of their trance, just to stare at him. Sango looked over to Miroku, who was already staring over to her. He gave a look that said, 'Well, what's your plan now?'
She got up and swung the weapon over her back, "well, we'd better get going then--"
"What's the point of helping them fing that stupid wolf anyway, he's just gone back to their little 'den'!", Inuyasha interupted.
Hakkaku crossed his arms and then knitted his eyebrows together, "Kouga wouldn't leave us behind like that, wolves don't work that way!"
Inuyasha just scoffed and then a little smirked graced his lips, "well then, maybe he is dead."
Ginta's face fell, "that's not true!", he cried out, defending his comrade.
"Oh really?", Inuyasha snickered, "then where is he?"
"Okay! That's enough!", Sango yelled over them, "don't worry, Kouga's alive, I'm sure of it and we will help you find him, I told you we would after all"
Inuyasha gave Sango a very insidious glare, which made her wish she hadn't said she was sure that Kouga was alive. After all, Inuyasha wasn't as stupid as he seemed sometimes
'Kouga alive huh? How the hell would she know, why does she even want to help 'em', the hanyou thought to himself before a pebble struch his head, which made him lose all balance and fall out of the tree and into a bush. "Waaagh!"
"Come on Inuyasha!", Miroku laughed playfully before turning and pacing after Sango and their guests.
"You'll pay for that Miroku!", growled out while running after the retreating party.
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"Ugh! We've been searching for hours!", Ginta whined, "And I haven't even picked up his scent at all!"
Miroku was looking a bit nervous, he didn't know what Sango was planning to do about the situation, he was just playing along with whatever she said.
Inuyasha saw the monk's uneasy display, 'what's he thinkning about?', he jumped out of the tree and landed face to face with Miroku, "what's wrong Miroku?", he said in a concerned voice, but that soon changed into a suspicious growl, "Hiding somethin' from me!?"
Miroku cringed a bit at the tone and took a small step back but the tiny space was soon again invaded by Inuyasha, his amber eyes were filled with skepticism and rage. There was no doubt that Miroku was hiding something from him.
Sango also got abashed for a second but quickly straightened out again and hastily thought of an excuse for Miroku. "Inuyasha, since when shouldn't Miroku be worried, after all there are all kinds of dangerous demons out here, plus I'm sure the Air Void in his hand isn't the most comforting thing to have!", She gave Miroku a sad glance as she said this.
Inuyasha looked over to her and then back to Miroku with a trace of benevolence, "I guess your right", he moped and jumped back up into the trees to continue the trail.
Miroku gave a deep sigh of relief. Now that Inuyasha had gone on ahead he looked over to Sango and motioned his head to the two wolf demons, who were not far behind them now.
The exterminator stared at him blankly for a moment trying to configure his gesture. "You think we should tell them?"
"Well", he started in wise tone, "we might as well tell them, or else we will be forced to search for Kouga, who isn't even in this era anymore", he looked back to the said demons, "I'm sure they could keep a secret"
"I don't know about that, their mouths are pretty big", she said while staring back at the pair.
"Don't you trust me?", miroku asked with mock innocence as Sango face turned into a wicked glare. He took a step back, "Okay, maybe that wasn't the best question!", he's face turned amenable again before he could say something he would regret, "but if we're going to tell them at all, best be wjile Inuyasha is away and can't hear us"
Sango nodded.
They began to walk back to meet Ginta and Hakkaku who, even though seemed to be worried for their friend, were pretty damned lazy. They looked up to see the approaching humans. Ginta perked up, "did you find him?!"
"No", Miroku stated somberly, "however, we do know where he is"
The two demons seemed to be confused but waited for him to continue.
"If we tell you, you can't tell Inuyasha under any circumstances. Got it!?", Sango interrupted before Miroku could go on.
"...Okay?", Ginta and Hakkaku said gingerly while staring into the face of a very ardent Sango, who's eyes were obviously saying, 'or else!'. They cringed a bit at the growing glare and assured the humans once again that they wouldn't say anything by nodding their heads furiously.
Miroku turned his head to examine their surroundings, making sure that Inuyasha was nowhere in sight. When he was sure it was safe, he looked back to Ginta and Hakkaku, "you know that Kagome is gone back home right?", they nodded their heads slowly , "Well. Kouga's just gone with her"
They just stared blankly at him for a second, "Well then, can you at least tell us where sister Kagome's village is so we at least know where to find kouga?"
Sango let out a huff of annoyance, "Kagome doesn't live in this era, she's from the future!", she started poking at her head as if to tell them they were stupid, She learned it from Kagome and kind of took it up as a habit.
Ginta and Hakkaku gave them a confused goofy look, then the information was finally digested through their heads, "AH! Kouga's in the future! What if he never gets back, what will the pack d--!"
Miroku clamped his hand over Ginta's mouth, "Shut Up! Do you want to die? 'Cause if Inuyasha hears you and finds out, he won't be merciful to anyone!", Miroku's eyes were narrowed, as were Sango's as they glared at the over reactive wolf demon, who eventually calmed down so Miroku could remove his hand. Hakkaku reacted completely different then that of Ginta, he just stood there,dumbfounded at the fact that their leader was no longer in the same era as he. It was hard to believe.
After a minute of silence, Inuyasha suddenly jumped out of the tree behind them, "Why the hell are you guys all the fucking way bach here! I went on two miles before I noticed you weren't behind me! UGH! Humans!", he just glared at them for a moment listening to their silence, save the heavy uneasy breathing coming from them all. He had obviously gave them some fright! "You know what, I don't care anymore, not like I ever cared, you and those stupid wolves can look for that piece of shit on your own!". With that he leapt off in the direction of Kaede's village.
Miroku and Sango exhaled a huge sigh of relief. "For a second there, I thought he had been in the tree listening!", Sango said as she eased her tense body.
"It was a close call", Miroku replied as he looked over to her, "well, we'd best be off back to the hut, Inuyasha's grouchy and shippou should be back with Kaede, we can't leave those two together"
"You two should go back to your den", Sango said as she looked to Hakkaku.
"No, we want to stay here with you until till Kouga comes back with sister Kagome!", Ginta declared.
"Why can't you just go back to your den and we'll tell Kouga that your waiting for his return?" Miroku asked and was obviously annoyed.
"No!", Ginta huffed, "We have to make sure he comes back safe!"
Sango and Miroku sweat dropped at the fact that Ginta, though adacious, was too stubborn to negociate with. "Fine", Sango scoffed and walked through them , pushing them aside and procceded through the path, leaving Miroku with the wolves.
Okay there you have it! Chapter 7! I know,I know it's short but this was all I could write. Pitiful ne? But don't worry Chapter 8 will make up for this short chapter! And once again I apoligize for any mistakes. I didn't have time to check it over.-_-
Kouga: I wasn't in this chapter! How come?
Miroku: A chapter for a chapter!
Kouga: * grumbles * fine!
Sango: Sure we were in this one but it was quite short.
Ashley: Like I said I plan on having Chapter 8 very long and I have a lot planned for it believe me!
Kagome: Surprises?!
Ashley: Yup a lovely surprise, well it's not too big so reviewers, don't get too hyped up!
Kagome: Anywayz......REVIEW REPLYS! * i love inyasha forever * gave us quite a long review! Well lets answer some questions!
Ashley: Yes this is a Kouga/ Kagome! And don't worry I would never pair Inuyasha with that evil Kikyou! But as much as I like Inuyasha/ Kagome there's just too many of them and I do like Kouga and there aren't many Kagome /Kouga fics out there! Sad really...Anywayz, no I haven't drawn any pic for this story though it's a great idea! But I'm very busy lately and don't get time to draw that much anymore but it'd be great if you drew a pic for me and sent it to me! * Gasp * You have 15 Inuyasha DVD's! I envy you! You can't get them where I live so I have to settle with taping off the episodes. Lol. Since you've announced to be my most loyal reviewer I'm dedicating the next chapter to you!
Sango: The Kirara/Kilala thing is quite confusing I agree. But in the english dubbed anime it's Kilala and the original anime and manga have her named Kirara. Maybe they just felt like changing her name kinda like they did when they take the 'u' out of some names like Kouga and Shippou! I don't really know....
Sesshoumaru: You pictured me in Poo?
Ashley: NO! Pooh! As in Winnie the Pooh!....wait a second, your not suppose to be here! Your not in this story!
Sesshoumaru: Shut up human! You locked me in your closet, I won't tolerate rude behaviour!
Inuyasha: Fuck off Sesshoumaru! If you hurt the stupid girl the story won't get finished!
Kagome: oh dear....
Kouga: I'm a little saddened that some reviewers think I'm a pervert * cough * Warriorgiel33 * cough * I'm not a pervert it's just that stupid woman keeps writing me like that. And most of the perverted things I've done in this story was by accident after all. Like I said, being a perv is the monks job!
Miroku: Gasp!
Ashley: Oh * Saiyan-legacy * (you've been mentioned again! LOL) I kinda feel sorry for Kouga too, and I hope you keep reviewing! Ah yes about the ps2 game, it's coming out later this year. And it's an RPG! I love those! You get to be a boy or a girl and you go through the well and meet up with Inuyasha and the gang! Doesn't it sound grrreat!(sorry Tony LOL)
Thanx to all the reviewers sorry if I couldn't reply to everyone, but I try my best to answer all questions! Mid-night1212 (another wonderful reviewer), Nikki Lady of the Western Lands (your update has arrived), Kogafan(Kouga: I like your name! Ashley: Thanks!), Playful Kagome (Thanks! Do you know anymore K/K fics? And I hope I enlightened you with some game info lol), i love inuyasha forever( I think I've said enough to you lol), Summer Maxwell (I know, but I'm trying my best to make this fic as good as possible!), Warriorgiel33, and Saiyan-legacy102 (gasp! You'd better keep reviewing or you shall cease to be mentioned lol)