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Shimi though..
Chapter 3: Restless Night
Shimi left Kagome to sleep. 'The girl should sleep soundly enough from the healing herbs I put in the soup.' She thought as she made her way to the surface and stepped into a clearing. The moon was bright that night; Kikyo appeared before her. "Is she truly dead?" "Yes mistress; she fell through my home and broke her neck. She was dead before I found her." "What of the jewel shards she was carrying?" "I searched her, I found nothing. I think another demon found her before I did and made off with them." "Good, as promised, here is your reward." Kikyo gave Shimi three jewel shards, the hanyou's eyes widen at the gift. "I thought you wanted them mistress." Shimi said in surprise. "I've no use for them. Use them at your own discretion." "Thank you mistress." Shimi said, bowing before she went back to the entrance and down underground to her home. Shivers ran through her as the eerie howling continued. 'I wonder if that is Inuyasha whose howls pierce this night.' She thought; despite the herbs, Kagome awoke when the howling stopped. For a long while there was silence and it made Kagome feel unnerved. Who was it who had been howling with such distress? It couldn't be Inuyasha.... Could it? Kagome thought about this as she lay in the darkness. She didn't know for sure because she had never been sure of his feelings towards her. She drifted back to sleep as she thought of it; the
howling picking back up as if it had never ceased. While Kagome had no trouble sleeping that night the same could not be said for Inuyasha who was restless.
He'd been howling all night and had to stop a while to catch his breath. He'd taken it up again though; no one in the village slept peacefully that night. He howled until he could no more. 'I can't get that image out of my head. If only I could have told her how much I miss her.' The thought stopped for a moment. 'Feh. What am I saying? I'd give anything now just to have her back.' He thought to himself. As dawn crept across the sky he knew he couldn't face another day near the final resting-place of Kagome without going back. He leapt down and headed off to the spot. When he got there he found though that pit was gone. Yet in the place where he remembered seeing Kagome fall was a single red rose growing there. He was filled with rage and anguish, he tried to tear it up out of the ground but the rose held fast. He then realized by the smell that it was no ordinary rose. Whoever had planted it there had for a purpose. He left, sobered by the significance of such a small token. The last token and last thing that indicated
anything out of the ordinary had happened. It reminded him of something Kagome had once told him; about a barren field no one could build on or live at but a single rose stood in the middle, refusing to die as everything else around it had. Shimi emerged from the cavern that was the hidden entrance to her home. She thought she spotted movement in the field where her home was hidden under but when she turned to look she saw nothing but the red rose. She did smell hanyou blood though. 'Did Inuyasha come back here?' She wondered; she darted out, heading for the village to try and find him.
But everyone she asked in the village had either not seen him or did not know him. That's when she spotted a woman nearby. She had brown eyes and black hair; she wore a red and white kimono, it was Sango. 'I'll ask her, maybe she knows.' The hanyou walked up to her, asking her, just to keep from rousing suspicion, the same she'd asked everyone else. "Excuse me, but do you know Inuyasha?" Sango looked at Shimi, not sure if the hanyou was really male or really a
female as the voice indicated. "Yes, I do. Why?" "I need to find him, do you know where he is?" "No, I haven't seen him all morning. What's this about?" "I've come to deliver a message from a girl who told me to tell him she was okay." Sango blinked thoughtfully. "Well, I'll pass it on to him." "Thanks, bye." Before Sango could question her about the message, the hanyou was gone.
Chapter 3: Restless Night
Shimi left Kagome to sleep. 'The girl should sleep soundly enough from the healing herbs I put in the soup.' She thought as she made her way to the surface and stepped into a clearing. The moon was bright that night; Kikyo appeared before her. "Is she truly dead?" "Yes mistress; she fell through my home and broke her neck. She was dead before I found her." "What of the jewel shards she was carrying?" "I searched her, I found nothing. I think another demon found her before I did and made off with them." "Good, as promised, here is your reward." Kikyo gave Shimi three jewel shards, the hanyou's eyes widen at the gift. "I thought you wanted them mistress." Shimi said in surprise. "I've no use for them. Use them at your own discretion." "Thank you mistress." Shimi said, bowing before she went back to the entrance and down underground to her home. Shivers ran through her as the eerie howling continued. 'I wonder if that is Inuyasha whose howls pierce this night.' She thought; despite the herbs, Kagome awoke when the howling stopped. For a long while there was silence and it made Kagome feel unnerved. Who was it who had been howling with such distress? It couldn't be Inuyasha.... Could it? Kagome thought about this as she lay in the darkness. She didn't know for sure because she had never been sure of his feelings towards her. She drifted back to sleep as she thought of it; the
howling picking back up as if it had never ceased. While Kagome had no trouble sleeping that night the same could not be said for Inuyasha who was restless.
He'd been howling all night and had to stop a while to catch his breath. He'd taken it up again though; no one in the village slept peacefully that night. He howled until he could no more. 'I can't get that image out of my head. If only I could have told her how much I miss her.' The thought stopped for a moment. 'Feh. What am I saying? I'd give anything now just to have her back.' He thought to himself. As dawn crept across the sky he knew he couldn't face another day near the final resting-place of Kagome without going back. He leapt down and headed off to the spot. When he got there he found though that pit was gone. Yet in the place where he remembered seeing Kagome fall was a single red rose growing there. He was filled with rage and anguish, he tried to tear it up out of the ground but the rose held fast. He then realized by the smell that it was no ordinary rose. Whoever had planted it there had for a purpose. He left, sobered by the significance of such a small token. The last token and last thing that indicated
anything out of the ordinary had happened. It reminded him of something Kagome had once told him; about a barren field no one could build on or live at but a single rose stood in the middle, refusing to die as everything else around it had. Shimi emerged from the cavern that was the hidden entrance to her home. She thought she spotted movement in the field where her home was hidden under but when she turned to look she saw nothing but the red rose. She did smell hanyou blood though. 'Did Inuyasha come back here?' She wondered; she darted out, heading for the village to try and find him.
But everyone she asked in the village had either not seen him or did not know him. That's when she spotted a woman nearby. She had brown eyes and black hair; she wore a red and white kimono, it was Sango. 'I'll ask her, maybe she knows.' The hanyou walked up to her, asking her, just to keep from rousing suspicion, the same she'd asked everyone else. "Excuse me, but do you know Inuyasha?" Sango looked at Shimi, not sure if the hanyou was really male or really a
female as the voice indicated. "Yes, I do. Why?" "I need to find him, do you know where he is?" "No, I haven't seen him all morning. What's this about?" "I've come to deliver a message from a girl who told me to tell him she was okay." Sango blinked thoughtfully. "Well, I'll pass it on to him." "Thanks, bye." Before Sango could question her about the message, the hanyou was gone.