Daytime, Nighttime
Chapter 4- Fevered Sleep
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The group was confined in the miserable accommodations of a cave. Kagome was sobbing hysterically while Inuyasha sniffed the pot of soup; Miroku leaned against a wall of the cave, in deep thought; Sango laid, still unconscious, on a blanket spread out on the floor.
"I know what this is!" Inuyasha exclaimed suddenly, "It's one of those mushrooms that induce sleep! I used one of those on a servant as a prank when I was little."
After hearing Inuyasha's exclamation, Kagome broke out of her hysteria and asked, "Really? Then you know how to cure it? Or is it incurable? What happened to the servant?"
"How should I know what happened to that gullible fool? I was sent to my room right after the servant fainted and was sent to the doctors!"
Kagome sighed and sat on the floor. "I knew I shouldn't have picked those mushrooms, but they looked just like the edible type!"
"Feh, stupid wench, you should be glad you didn't poison us all." Muttered Inuyasha, and for the first time in many days, Kagome didn't argue with him. He changed a look at her, and noticed that she was staring dejectedly at the ground.
'He's right, I'm really useless, aren't I? I couldn't even defend myself against those snake youkai.' Kagome thought, 'Now I couldn't even distinguish a poisonous mushroom from an edible one!' the grey-eyed girl glanced at her cousin, 'it's all my fault.'
"Why don't you and Inuyasha go and fetch some firewood?" said Miroku, breaking the silence, "Some cold water would help too. I think Sango's starting to get a fever."
Kagome scrambled to her cousin's side and placed a hand on Sango's forehead. "She is.I'll go get the water." She grabbed her weapons and a bucket and promptly left the cave. Inuyasha, though, did not budge from his position.
Miroku poked at the dying fire and said pointedly, "The fire's dying.it needs more wood."
"Feh, I'll get it later, the wood is just outside the cave. Plus, I don't think the wench's cousin would be happy if I left you alone with her."
"I don't stoop as low as groping a woman when she's defenseless. And, didn't you notice that Lady Kagome has left the cave alone? Unless I'm wrong, I'm sure there still are youkai in this forest."
"Shit! Dammit! I forgot! Stupid bouzou, why didn't you say so earlier?" With that last sentence, he dashed out of the cave to find Kagome. 'She's probably already lost', he thought irritably.
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Inuyasha had no idea how right he was.
Kagome stumbled in the forest, with only the moon for her source of light. 'How could I be so stupid? I forgot to bring a candle! And now I got myself lost!' She inwardly sighed, and strained her ears for the sound of running water. No sound. 'It's not safe to be in a forest full of youkai by myself.' Kagome thought, and it made her nervous.
An owl hooted somewhere nearby, and the girl stepped back in surprise. She tripped over fallen branch behind her and landed unceremoniously on her rear. "Darn!" she said, and fingered the rip on the hem of her green yukata.
A branch cracked nearby and Kagome turned her head to the direction of the sound. She fitted an arrow onto her bow and took aim at the bushes. The object in question rustled, and knowing that the wind couldn't have done it, she fired the arrow. A figure dodged the arrow and leapt towards her. There wasn't enough time to get another arrow onto her bow, so she whipped out a dagger from her sleeve. Before she could use it, though, a clawed hand caught her wrist and she screamed out of reflex.
"Stupid bitch, you could've poked my eye out with that dagger." A familiar voice said.
"Well if you'd just tell me who you were, I wouldn't have tried attacking you!" Kagome yelled at Inuyasha, who snorted.
"Not like any of your blows would hurt. Come on, I know where the water is." After handing her the bucket on the ground, they marched towards the stream.
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It was a long time since Kagome and Inuyasha left the cave, and they weren't back yet. How hard could it be to find a stream? Miroku felt Sango's forehead, and it was still hot.
Sango's mumbled something, and Miroku asked, "Are you alright?" She was saying unintelligible words.
"Was a fly on your head." she said. It was obvious that she was dreaming about the past, and talking in her sleep. Miroku remembered the first thing she said to him, and it was very sarcastic. *
"Sango! You're just dreaming!" he said, and shook her shoulder.
Her eyes shot open and she yelled, "You bastard! How..." she started mumbling again, and the monk bent down, trying to hear what she was saying. Before he could hear anything though, her hand shot out and slapped him in the face.
"What were you doing so close to me!?" Sango yelled. Obviously, she was wide awake now. She tried sitting up, but found that she had no strength to do so. "Where's Kagome? Don't tell me she and Inuyasha left me alone with YOU!?" she groaned.
"Lady Sango, be reasonable, I promise I will not try to grope you." Miroku assured her, but he realized that she had fallen back to sleep.
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Kagome sighed at losing the chance of washing in the stream, but her cousin came first, so she hauled the bucket off the ground while making sure none of the water spilled. "Let's go then." She said, and felt the bucket being lifted out of her hands and replaced with her bow and arrows.
"I'll take the bucket; you look too weak to carry it." Inuyasha said gruffly, and Kagome didn't argue with him.
They reached the cave in a few minutes of walking, and Kagome heard Sango's voice from inside the cave. 'She's recovering!' she thought happily, and ran into their shelter. "We have the---" she said, but stopped when she heard what Sango was saying.
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"Leave him alone.cowards!" Sango was saying deliriously, "Idiot should I fight first?"
Miroku gently shook her shoulder and said, "You're dreaming again, Lady Sango, wake up."
"You'll get killed!! Kagome don't attack him!" Miroku listened with interest. If Sango was dreaming about her past, he wanted to know how they got into the fight.
"We have the---" Kagome was saying, and Miroku turned around just in time for her to see the girl drop her bow and arrows and rush to Sango's side. "Sango! You're delirious!" she said, and urgently shook her cousin. She was afraid that Sango might accidentally reveal that they were thieves.
"From heaven."
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Author's note: *In case some people forgot, the first thing Sango said to Miroku was: "So sorry, I thought there was a fly on your head." And that was after he groped Kagome and she hit him.
Anyway, what Sango was saying was parts of chapters one and two.
Big thanks to Xenophile and Jazzy, who keep on correcting my mistakes!
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The group was confined in the miserable accommodations of a cave. Kagome was sobbing hysterically while Inuyasha sniffed the pot of soup; Miroku leaned against a wall of the cave, in deep thought; Sango laid, still unconscious, on a blanket spread out on the floor.
"I know what this is!" Inuyasha exclaimed suddenly, "It's one of those mushrooms that induce sleep! I used one of those on a servant as a prank when I was little."
After hearing Inuyasha's exclamation, Kagome broke out of her hysteria and asked, "Really? Then you know how to cure it? Or is it incurable? What happened to the servant?"
"How should I know what happened to that gullible fool? I was sent to my room right after the servant fainted and was sent to the doctors!"
Kagome sighed and sat on the floor. "I knew I shouldn't have picked those mushrooms, but they looked just like the edible type!"
"Feh, stupid wench, you should be glad you didn't poison us all." Muttered Inuyasha, and for the first time in many days, Kagome didn't argue with him. He changed a look at her, and noticed that she was staring dejectedly at the ground.
'He's right, I'm really useless, aren't I? I couldn't even defend myself against those snake youkai.' Kagome thought, 'Now I couldn't even distinguish a poisonous mushroom from an edible one!' the grey-eyed girl glanced at her cousin, 'it's all my fault.'
"Why don't you and Inuyasha go and fetch some firewood?" said Miroku, breaking the silence, "Some cold water would help too. I think Sango's starting to get a fever."
Kagome scrambled to her cousin's side and placed a hand on Sango's forehead. "She is.I'll go get the water." She grabbed her weapons and a bucket and promptly left the cave. Inuyasha, though, did not budge from his position.
Miroku poked at the dying fire and said pointedly, "The fire's dying.it needs more wood."
"Feh, I'll get it later, the wood is just outside the cave. Plus, I don't think the wench's cousin would be happy if I left you alone with her."
"I don't stoop as low as groping a woman when she's defenseless. And, didn't you notice that Lady Kagome has left the cave alone? Unless I'm wrong, I'm sure there still are youkai in this forest."
"Shit! Dammit! I forgot! Stupid bouzou, why didn't you say so earlier?" With that last sentence, he dashed out of the cave to find Kagome. 'She's probably already lost', he thought irritably.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Inuyasha had no idea how right he was.
Kagome stumbled in the forest, with only the moon for her source of light. 'How could I be so stupid? I forgot to bring a candle! And now I got myself lost!' She inwardly sighed, and strained her ears for the sound of running water. No sound. 'It's not safe to be in a forest full of youkai by myself.' Kagome thought, and it made her nervous.
An owl hooted somewhere nearby, and the girl stepped back in surprise. She tripped over fallen branch behind her and landed unceremoniously on her rear. "Darn!" she said, and fingered the rip on the hem of her green yukata.
A branch cracked nearby and Kagome turned her head to the direction of the sound. She fitted an arrow onto her bow and took aim at the bushes. The object in question rustled, and knowing that the wind couldn't have done it, she fired the arrow. A figure dodged the arrow and leapt towards her. There wasn't enough time to get another arrow onto her bow, so she whipped out a dagger from her sleeve. Before she could use it, though, a clawed hand caught her wrist and she screamed out of reflex.
"Stupid bitch, you could've poked my eye out with that dagger." A familiar voice said.
"Well if you'd just tell me who you were, I wouldn't have tried attacking you!" Kagome yelled at Inuyasha, who snorted.
"Not like any of your blows would hurt. Come on, I know where the water is." After handing her the bucket on the ground, they marched towards the stream.
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It was a long time since Kagome and Inuyasha left the cave, and they weren't back yet. How hard could it be to find a stream? Miroku felt Sango's forehead, and it was still hot.
Sango's mumbled something, and Miroku asked, "Are you alright?" She was saying unintelligible words.
"Was a fly on your head." she said. It was obvious that she was dreaming about the past, and talking in her sleep. Miroku remembered the first thing she said to him, and it was very sarcastic. *
"Sango! You're just dreaming!" he said, and shook her shoulder.
Her eyes shot open and she yelled, "You bastard! How..." she started mumbling again, and the monk bent down, trying to hear what she was saying. Before he could hear anything though, her hand shot out and slapped him in the face.
"What were you doing so close to me!?" Sango yelled. Obviously, she was wide awake now. She tried sitting up, but found that she had no strength to do so. "Where's Kagome? Don't tell me she and Inuyasha left me alone with YOU!?" she groaned.
"Lady Sango, be reasonable, I promise I will not try to grope you." Miroku assured her, but he realized that she had fallen back to sleep.
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Kagome sighed at losing the chance of washing in the stream, but her cousin came first, so she hauled the bucket off the ground while making sure none of the water spilled. "Let's go then." She said, and felt the bucket being lifted out of her hands and replaced with her bow and arrows.
"I'll take the bucket; you look too weak to carry it." Inuyasha said gruffly, and Kagome didn't argue with him.
They reached the cave in a few minutes of walking, and Kagome heard Sango's voice from inside the cave. 'She's recovering!' she thought happily, and ran into their shelter. "We have the---" she said, but stopped when she heard what Sango was saying.
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"Leave him alone.cowards!" Sango was saying deliriously, "Idiot should I fight first?"
Miroku gently shook her shoulder and said, "You're dreaming again, Lady Sango, wake up."
"You'll get killed!! Kagome don't attack him!" Miroku listened with interest. If Sango was dreaming about her past, he wanted to know how they got into the fight.
"We have the---" Kagome was saying, and Miroku turned around just in time for her to see the girl drop her bow and arrows and rush to Sango's side. "Sango! You're delirious!" she said, and urgently shook her cousin. She was afraid that Sango might accidentally reveal that they were thieves.
"From heaven."
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Author's note: *In case some people forgot, the first thing Sango said to Miroku was: "So sorry, I thought there was a fly on your head." And that was after he groped Kagome and she hit him.
Anyway, what Sango was saying was parts of chapters one and two.
Big thanks to Xenophile and Jazzy, who keep on correcting my mistakes!