Daytime, Nighttime
Chapter 3: Journey
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, so nobody can sue me
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Kagome and Sango were packed up in a few minutes; they brought only two sets of clothes and and a few weapons. Before sunrise, Sango was already outside the house with her pack and boomerang. Kagome ran out with her pack, bow and arrows, and a box filled with sushi.
"What's for dinner, Sango?"
Sango looked up from her cooking and replied, "Noodles...we're running low on our food supply, Kagome." She said, and looked worriedly at the basket of food they had brought with them.
"It's not that bad, right? We'll be reaching Shikon by tomorrow." she tried to encourage her cousin.
"No we aren't." Sango muttered and grabbed a bowl, "At the rate we're traveling, we'll get there in four more days."
Kagome's eyes widened, "But our food will run out by tomorrow! Oh my gosh! What if we starve to death? I'm too young for this!! I don't want to die from starvation! Heck, I don't wanna die, period!! What if wolves find my corpse and eat me up? What if---"
Her cousin rolled her eyes and grimly filled the bowl with udon. Within a few minutes, another bowl was filled and Sango said, "Dinner is served."
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The next afternoon, Kagome's youkai senses started tingling. She got an arrow ready on her bow and told Sango to un-shoulder her boomerang. "It seems like there are snake youkai approaching." She stated.
"Mmmm.I sense them now. I think there are four.try beheading them, that's their weakness." Sango said. Kagome nodded and stretched her bowstring while looking around. Suddenly, a snake youkai shot out from behind a tree, and another came from above. Kagome screamed and shot the arrow in the process, missing the snake by a few feet. The second arrow killed it, though. Another youkai landed on the ground and lunged at Sango who knocked it away with the Hiraikotsu. More snake youkai were appearing from behind the trees, and Kagome had a sinking feeling that they had encountered a youkai colony.
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Miroku and Inuyasha were walking towards Shikon City when they heard a high pitched scream. "I think we should investigate that."stated Miroku, and walked back towards the village where the scream came from.
"Feh!" Inuyasha replied, and followed his friend---they were in no rush to get to Shikon City.
As they reached the location of the scream, Inuyasha realized that they were near a colony of snake youkai. He lunged into the colony and fought his way to the center, where he smelled the scent of humans. When he got there, he was surprised to see Sango fighting with a demon bone, and Kagome surrounded in a pink light. "Kagome!" he yelled, and saw her turn her head towards him. Sango and Miroku were still battling the remaining demons, and weren't many.
Kagome hysterically burst into tears when she saw him, babbling sentences like 'I thought we were dead meat' and 'I'm hallucinating'. She collapsed onto the ground and started crying. Inuyasha didn't know what to do, so he knelt next to Kagome and awkwardly hugged her to him.
Behind him, Sango was yelling at Miroku about how he didn't have to push her out of the demon's way, and that she could've jumped away from it herself. "You stupid pervert! You pushed me away on purpose to cop a feel!"
Miroku was dodging her blows and yelling in protest, "Honestly! I didn't mean it! My hand slipped!"
Inuyasha felt Kagome slump against him and realized that she had fainted. "Oi! Will you two stop bickering and gimme a hand here? Kagome's knocked out!" He yelled, and received a glare from Sango. Miroku, on the other hand, was gratefully nodding and walked towards him. "Why don't you let me help you carry---"
"No---you are NOT touching my cousin---or else." Sango said loudly while brandishing her boomerang in a rather violent manner.
The monk hastily retreated and made sure that Sango could hear him say, "I'll go find a clearing for us to stay in tonight."
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Kagome woke up the next morning to find a red cloak draped on her. She sat up to see her cousin passing the box of sushi to Miroku while preparing some more food for them---the box of sushi wasn't enough to feed four people. Inuyasha was sitting on a high branch in the tree next to her, with one foot dangling; he had taken off his cloak to be used as Kagome's blanket.
"She's awake!" she heard Sango say. Above her she heard a branch creak as Inuyasha jumped down.
Kagome handed the cloak to the hanyou and said, "Thank you, Inuyasha-- -for the cloak and for saving me."
The dog-demon grabbed the cloak and replied, "Feh."
Kagome took that as a 'your welcome' and started eating the food that Sango had given her.
"And Kagome.we do not need to worry about our food supply. Miroku brought some with him, and he says that Inuyasha is willing to hunt." The said hanyou seemed annoyed, but he didn't say anything.
"We should continue to Shikon, Lady Kagome and Sango." Miroku said. The girls nodded and followed the priest.
The day passed quickly, and the group did not encounter any obstacles. It was nighttime, and Kagome was cooking. She had decided that they needed to eat some vegetables, and picked some of the mushrooms growing in the area they were at. The mushrooms were now chopped up and floating in a bubbling pot of water a few feet above the fire.
"You haven't cooked in a long time, Kagome, are you sure you know how to make mushroom soup?" Sango asked.
"I'm sure I remember, but I don't know if I put enough of everything.maybe I should've added less salt." Kagome said and frowned.
A hand took her spoon away, and she looked to see Sango ladle some soup into a bowl. "I'll test the food then, and tell you if it's good or not." Said her cousin, and Sango took a sip. She made a choking noise and said, "The mushroom's scent is a little bit too strong, but other wise it's okay." She finished the bowl of soup and told Kagome, "Maybe you should sweeten it too, it's kind of bitter."
Kagome nodded and added a pinch of sugar into the pot. "Is that enough su---Sango! What happened?!" she yelled when she saw Sango stagger backwards.
Miroku had gotten to Sango before Kagome did, and he asked, "What did you eat?"
"Do not eat those mushrooms.I'm feeling a little---" Sango didn't get to finish her sentence---her eyes closed and she fell into the priest's arms.
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Author's Note: Well, I'm finished with this chapter, I think I'll be able to post the other one in a week. Wish I could work faster, but nope, I can't. -_-'
Big thanks to Xenophile and Jazzy, who work very hard on correcting my grammar mistakes and other stuff.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Kagome and Sango were packed up in a few minutes; they brought only two sets of clothes and and a few weapons. Before sunrise, Sango was already outside the house with her pack and boomerang. Kagome ran out with her pack, bow and arrows, and a box filled with sushi.
"What's for dinner, Sango?"
Sango looked up from her cooking and replied, "Noodles...we're running low on our food supply, Kagome." She said, and looked worriedly at the basket of food they had brought with them.
"It's not that bad, right? We'll be reaching Shikon by tomorrow." she tried to encourage her cousin.
"No we aren't." Sango muttered and grabbed a bowl, "At the rate we're traveling, we'll get there in four more days."
Kagome's eyes widened, "But our food will run out by tomorrow! Oh my gosh! What if we starve to death? I'm too young for this!! I don't want to die from starvation! Heck, I don't wanna die, period!! What if wolves find my corpse and eat me up? What if---"
Her cousin rolled her eyes and grimly filled the bowl with udon. Within a few minutes, another bowl was filled and Sango said, "Dinner is served."
~*~*~*~*~*~
The next afternoon, Kagome's youkai senses started tingling. She got an arrow ready on her bow and told Sango to un-shoulder her boomerang. "It seems like there are snake youkai approaching." She stated.
"Mmmm.I sense them now. I think there are four.try beheading them, that's their weakness." Sango said. Kagome nodded and stretched her bowstring while looking around. Suddenly, a snake youkai shot out from behind a tree, and another came from above. Kagome screamed and shot the arrow in the process, missing the snake by a few feet. The second arrow killed it, though. Another youkai landed on the ground and lunged at Sango who knocked it away with the Hiraikotsu. More snake youkai were appearing from behind the trees, and Kagome had a sinking feeling that they had encountered a youkai colony.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Miroku and Inuyasha were walking towards Shikon City when they heard a high pitched scream. "I think we should investigate that."stated Miroku, and walked back towards the village where the scream came from.
"Feh!" Inuyasha replied, and followed his friend---they were in no rush to get to Shikon City.
As they reached the location of the scream, Inuyasha realized that they were near a colony of snake youkai. He lunged into the colony and fought his way to the center, where he smelled the scent of humans. When he got there, he was surprised to see Sango fighting with a demon bone, and Kagome surrounded in a pink light. "Kagome!" he yelled, and saw her turn her head towards him. Sango and Miroku were still battling the remaining demons, and weren't many.
Kagome hysterically burst into tears when she saw him, babbling sentences like 'I thought we were dead meat' and 'I'm hallucinating'. She collapsed onto the ground and started crying. Inuyasha didn't know what to do, so he knelt next to Kagome and awkwardly hugged her to him.
Behind him, Sango was yelling at Miroku about how he didn't have to push her out of the demon's way, and that she could've jumped away from it herself. "You stupid pervert! You pushed me away on purpose to cop a feel!"
Miroku was dodging her blows and yelling in protest, "Honestly! I didn't mean it! My hand slipped!"
Inuyasha felt Kagome slump against him and realized that she had fainted. "Oi! Will you two stop bickering and gimme a hand here? Kagome's knocked out!" He yelled, and received a glare from Sango. Miroku, on the other hand, was gratefully nodding and walked towards him. "Why don't you let me help you carry---"
"No---you are NOT touching my cousin---or else." Sango said loudly while brandishing her boomerang in a rather violent manner.
The monk hastily retreated and made sure that Sango could hear him say, "I'll go find a clearing for us to stay in tonight."
~*~*~*~*~
Kagome woke up the next morning to find a red cloak draped on her. She sat up to see her cousin passing the box of sushi to Miroku while preparing some more food for them---the box of sushi wasn't enough to feed four people. Inuyasha was sitting on a high branch in the tree next to her, with one foot dangling; he had taken off his cloak to be used as Kagome's blanket.
"She's awake!" she heard Sango say. Above her she heard a branch creak as Inuyasha jumped down.
Kagome handed the cloak to the hanyou and said, "Thank you, Inuyasha-- -for the cloak and for saving me."
The dog-demon grabbed the cloak and replied, "Feh."
Kagome took that as a 'your welcome' and started eating the food that Sango had given her.
"And Kagome.we do not need to worry about our food supply. Miroku brought some with him, and he says that Inuyasha is willing to hunt." The said hanyou seemed annoyed, but he didn't say anything.
"We should continue to Shikon, Lady Kagome and Sango." Miroku said. The girls nodded and followed the priest.
The day passed quickly, and the group did not encounter any obstacles. It was nighttime, and Kagome was cooking. She had decided that they needed to eat some vegetables, and picked some of the mushrooms growing in the area they were at. The mushrooms were now chopped up and floating in a bubbling pot of water a few feet above the fire.
"You haven't cooked in a long time, Kagome, are you sure you know how to make mushroom soup?" Sango asked.
"I'm sure I remember, but I don't know if I put enough of everything.maybe I should've added less salt." Kagome said and frowned.
A hand took her spoon away, and she looked to see Sango ladle some soup into a bowl. "I'll test the food then, and tell you if it's good or not." Said her cousin, and Sango took a sip. She made a choking noise and said, "The mushroom's scent is a little bit too strong, but other wise it's okay." She finished the bowl of soup and told Kagome, "Maybe you should sweeten it too, it's kind of bitter."
Kagome nodded and added a pinch of sugar into the pot. "Is that enough su---Sango! What happened?!" she yelled when she saw Sango stagger backwards.
Miroku had gotten to Sango before Kagome did, and he asked, "What did you eat?"
"Do not eat those mushrooms.I'm feeling a little---" Sango didn't get to finish her sentence---her eyes closed and she fell into the priest's arms.
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Author's Note: Well, I'm finished with this chapter, I think I'll be able to post the other one in a week. Wish I could work faster, but nope, I can't. -_-'
Big thanks to Xenophile and Jazzy, who work very hard on correcting my grammar mistakes and other stuff.