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Chapter 4: Mystery Message

Sango went back to the hut where Miroku and Shippo were talking about where they thought Inuyasha had gotten to. Miroku saw her first and asked. "What is on your mind Sango?" "A hanyou came up to me in another part of town not too long ago with a message for Inuyasha." "Inuyasha? Who was it from?" Shippo asked. "I'm not sure, the messenger just said that a girl had sent it to tell him she was okay." "Who would send such a message?" Shippo wondered curiously. "I donno. Unless...." Sango said thoughtfully. None of them noticing that Inuyasha had stopped in the doorway, his ears twitching. "Do you think it's possible? I mean, it wasn't exactly your ordinary hole." Miroku said. "If what's possible?" Inuyasha asked in his normal, rude

manner. The group nearly jumped at the sudden sound of his voice. Sango turned and told him of the encounter and the message. He frowned slightly. "Feh, don't sound like anyone I know." "We were discussing whether or not it if was possible that it was-" Inuyasha cut off Sango abruptly, his voice filled with anger. "Feh. That's not possible and you know it. She's gone and she's not coming back. That's all there is to it." Sango though hadn't missed the sadness in his eyes nor the hope that had briefly flickered there before he had turned to go back outside to go back to the tree. He leapt up into it, the same one he'd left that morning. He'd tried to go back to the pit but it was gone now and there was no trace of why or who had closed it up. Not that it mattered

anymore. He knew with a sadness that he would stay a hanyou because now becoming a yonkai didn't seem as appealing; he would give up that chance if only to bring her back.

Of course though, he knew nothing could do that now. He missed her so much; he could never describe it. It hurt him to think that she would never again tell him to 'sit.' What he would not give to have her say that again. He sighed but no tears fell today. He was tired, hungry and hurt; all he wanted was to be able to talk to Kagome and wrap his arms around her but of course he could not do that. He closed his eyes, the sun beginning to set once more over the land. 'I waited too long to tell you. Why did it have to be you, Kagome? Why couldn't it have been Kikyo?' He thought, not really realizing what he'd said to himself. As the sun went down he became human with the new moon, unable to sustain himself any longer in his human form, he fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up he found himself at Kaede's. He sat up. "How long have

I been here?" He asked when he saw Sango coming in with some ramen. "Nearly two weeks. We thought you'd never wake up." She handed him the ramen and he ate it ravishingly, his appetite subsiding. They were miles away from the village that had been near the meadow. That suited him just fine because he knew that he could not have stayed there much longer; the grief just being too much.

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