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Chapter3
A new friend, or a new enemy?
The sun slowly rised over the horizon, and Kagome felt the sun's warm rays shining down on her. She slowly opened her eyes to find that she... was not in Inuyasha's arms any longer. She was bundled up in his kimono against a tree.
"I guess it was just because he was human," Kagome said sadly.
"What?" Inuyasha jumped down from the tree above her, and landed right next to her. Appearing to be half-demon again. "You slept late today."
"That's because I was sleeping good," Kagome muttered. She handed Inuyasha his kimono, and helped herself up.
"What's your problem?" Inuyasha asked, taking his kimono from Kagome.
"Nothing," Kagome said, turning into her usual kind, and happy self once more.
"Fine then, let's go back to the village. Miroku and the others are probably worried."
Inuyasha and Kagome slowly walked back to the village, Kikyo and Kagura's scent covering the whole area.
"So, they've been through here too huh?" Inuyasha whispered to himself.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing."
They made their way to the village and entered Kaede's hut. Shippo was asleep; apparently he had stayed up all night. Sango was nowhere to be found, and Kirara was sitting next to the door, while Miroku sat against the wall with a serious look on his face.
"Where were you two yesterday?" Miroku asked awkwardly. "You were gone all night. We were worried."
Miroku's serious face turned into a silly one after that and he said, "What were you two doing? Leaving in the late evening and not coming back until almost noon. Makes me wonder-"
Kagome hit Miroku as hard as she could with her hand, and he immediately fell down.
"You are the biggest PERVERT I have ever seen in my life!" Kagome screamed. "Where's Sango!?"
She glared at Miroku as he smiled and said in a silly voice, "Hot Springs..."
Kagome turned and grabbed her smaller, back up backpack from the corner of the hut.
"Kirara." Kagome bent down and began to pet the beautiful cat demon. "Do you mind escorting me to where Sango is?"
Kirara purred, and began to walk out the door.
"See ya Inuyasha! Bye monk!" Kagome yelled over her back, having less kindness in her voice as she yelled "monk."
Kagome completely disappeared from the village with Kirara, and Inuyasha went back inside of the hut.
"Is she gone?" Inuyasha turned to see Shippo, lying awake in Kagome's sheets.
"Huh? Were you awake?"
Shippo nodded.
"I just hate to see Kagome when she's angry. She scares me."
Inuyasha laughed.
"She scares everybody when she's angry, doesn't she Miroku?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku cringed.
"Hey Inuyasha?"
"What?"
"You are covered in blood. Why don't we head down to the hot springs to clean our selves off?"
"Miroku." Inuyasha shook his head. "If you go down there, you'll be an even bigger fool than I thought you were."
"Huh..." Miroku sighed. "Such beautiful women."
"Oh brother," Shippo rolled his eyes, and grasped his little head. "Miroku. Next time you get her that angry, warn me please."
Miroku smiled.
"Fine then monk. We can bathe in the river. But I have to do something right after that, so we won't be down there all day, okay?"
Miroku nodded.
"Good. Come on Shippo."
Miroku got up, and walked to the door.
"I still think a bath in the hot springs would have been better."
"Shut up!"
* * *
Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo left the hut, Kaede being absent that day. She was helping the villagers in the fields. There was a lot of commotion that morning anyway, and Kaede wouldn't want to have been there that morning.
"He's so handsome!!" they heard a villager yell.
"Will you marry me!?" "I LOVE YOU!!" "He's gorgeous!" "I wish he were mine!"
Miroku, Inuyasha and Shippo stopped as they saw almost every woman in the village standing outside of their huts, with their husbands in front of them.
"What the....."
Shippo ran over to one of the village woman, and tugged on her kimono.
"Hey lady, excuse me. What's going on here?"
Instead of the woman answering, she ignored him, while her husband looked down at him and said, "It's that man right there! He's somehow attracted all of the women in the entire village. Even the wedded women," he said angrily, referring to his wife.
"Come... On..." the man pulled his wife into their hut, where loud shouts could be heard. Shippo had a puzzled look on his face, but then ran over to Inuyasha and Miroku.
"So what's all the commotion about?" Inuyasha asked leaning down toward Shippo.
"Yes, tell us Shippo. Is there a princess coming into our village?" Miroku asked drooling.
"Clean yourself up Miroku!" Shippo yelled, bonking him on the head.
"Well Inuyasha, the villager said that there's a new man in the village, and he's attracting all of the women in the village. Including the women who are already married." Shippo looked at Miroku and smiled. "Looks like you'll be having some competition from now on."
"Sounds like a demon," Inuyasha said unsheathing Tetsuiga.
The trio moved to the source of the commotion, and found a man, standing in the middle of the path, with a blue cloth around his neck, and a red one around his left wrist. The man wore a navy blue haori, close to Inuyasha's, and loose, navy blue pants that cut off at his chins.
Inuyasha glared at the man who had been the source of all the village women's strange behavior.
"Grrrr. What do you want?!"
"Are you Inuyasha?" the man known as Ukaran asked politely.
"Who wants to know!?" Inuyasha growled.
"I, Ukaran, of the village Arugak, have come seeking help from you."
"And? What do you want Ukaran of whatever!?" Inuyasha sniffed the air, and paused. 'Hmm. I can't smell any demon on him. Who is he?'
"I, Inuyasha have just been apart of a tragedy. My entire village has just been destroyed by a demon named... Naraku. I was the only survivor while my comrades, and family were killed. It... It was the day of my wedding as well."
"What do you want ME to do about it!?" Inuyasha yelled. He didn't care. Many of them had suffered because of Naraku. Why was he so special?
"I have heard rumors that you lived in this village, with a monk, a demon exterminator, and a beautiful young miko-"
"Her name's Kagome, and you'll stay away from her if you know what's good for ya!" Inuyasha growled. Ukaran took a step back and smiled. "Trust me. I just lost my own lover, and I would never dream of taking yours."
Inuyasha stared blankly at Ukaran. 'Lover?'
"Anyway, I heard that all of you travel around Japan, battling demons, and such to get the Shikon jewel shards before the demon Naraku does, and.... I wish to... I wish to......"
"Spit it out!"
"I wish to join your group! Oh please! I will not be a burden on you. I can fight well, and I do wish to avenge my people! Please Inuyasha! I beg of you!" Ukaran knelt down on one knee while all the other village women began to weep.
"It's so sad," one said. "How romantic!" "He's more than just a half- breed if he says no!"
Inuyasha looked around, and then back at Miroku.
"It would not hurt Inuyasha. Especially if he is as good as he says he is. I mean, he IS the only survivor of a village NARAKU demolished. Think about it. He might be quite useful."
Inuyasha was about to respond when he saw Kagome and Sango entering the village.
"Lady Kagome and Sango are back!" Miroku said, running over to them. Shippo ran along with him, but Inuyasha didn't move.
"I see your women have returned. Shall we go greet them and give them the great news?"
"What great news!? You haven't been excepted yet!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Great! Let's go!" Ukaran completely ignored Inuyasha and walked straight toward Sango and Kagome.
"Miroku," Kagome whispered as she saw Ukaran coming toward them. "Who is he? I don't think I've ever seen him in the village before."
"He is Ukaran. A man who has just recently lost his entire village and family to Naraku. He has asked to join us on our journey to find Naraku, but I don't think Inuyasha will allow him too. I agree with Inuyasha though. The man has a strange aura. He has attracted every woman in the village. What do you think Sango?"
Kagome and Miroku looked at Sango and both of them were surprised. Sango's face was in a complete trans, and she was... drooling.
"S- Sango?" Kagome waved her hand in front of Sango's face, but she didn't move.
"Miroku!" Sango immediately looked at Miroku with a serious look on her face. "You must let this man join our journey!"
Miroku was completely dumbstruck.
"What?" he asked blankly. Sango grabbed Miroku by his robes and whispered, "If he does not join us, I will leave."
Miroku and Kagome gasped as Sango threw him to the ground.
"Sango! What's your problem!" Kagome yelled. Sango looked at Kagome and said, "This man, is... Wonderful and..... and gorgeous. We must let him join us."
Kagome stared at Sango and was about to respond, when Ukaran and Inuyasha approached them.
"I am Ukaran. Hopefully, Miroku has told you about me and that I will be joining your group."
"What?" Miroku looked at Inuyasha in shock, but could tell from his expression that he had not agreed to that.
Ukaran stuck his hand out to shake Sango's hand and she proudly grabbed his hand. He then turned to shake Kagome's but she would not touch him.
'He has... The strangest aura I've ever felt before.'
Ukaran seemed to be extremely puzzled when Kagome didn't shake his hand and he stepped back, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
'Why.... Why did she not shake with me? Is it that she can... somehow see through my spell. Like... Like Kikyo!'
"Kagome!" Sango lightly nudged her friend. "Don't be rude!"
"I... I'm sorry." Inuyasha smiled as he noticed that Kagome was not finding any interest in the man like the other idiotic women in the village.
"So! Shall we start looking!?" Ukaran said awkwardly.
"Um, no. We are recovering from a battle we had not to long ago with Naraku. We don't have enough strength right now," Miroku said with a little annoyance in his voice. The man just got here and now he was telling them what to do.
Inuyasha growled as he sheathed his sword.
"Sango. You and Shippo show Ukaran around. I have to take care of some business with Miroku and Kagome."
Inuyasha began to walk away with Miroku right behind him.
"Come on Kagome!" Kagome took one more look at Sango and then yelled, "Coming!"
Ukaran watched Inuyasha and the others leave and then looked at Sango.
"I take it... He does not like me much."
"You must forgive Inuyasha. He doesn't take to anyone right away."
* * *
Inuyasha sat down on a large rock, while Miroku sat on the ground next to him.
"I don't like that guy. We can't trust him."
"I agree," Miroku said, nodding his head.
"He... He reminds me of... Of Naraku," Kagome whispered.
"He's attracted every woman in the village," Miroku said angrily. "Even Sango!"
"You're just mad because now you can't hit on them," Inuyasha muttered.
"It's not just that. I think he has some kind of spell on him that attracts women to him. Everyone knows that if you are liked by women, then you are liked by all."
"Then why wasn't Kagome attracted to him?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
Miroku eyed Kagome suspiciously. Kagome glared daggers at him.
"Maybe it was because of my miko powers," Kagome suggested.
"You could be right," Inuyasha said crossing his arms. Everyone was silent for a moment, thinking their own thoughts about the stranger.
The silence was broken however, when a soul collector flew by.
'Kikyo........'
Kagome watched the soul collector disappear, and then looked at Inuyasha. She hung her head when she saw his expression. He was happy.
'...Inuyasha...... You'll still go to her after what she did to me?' Kagome touched the wound on her stomach and cringed.
Inuyasha began to follow the soul collector, but stopped and turned to see Miroku shaking his head, and Kagome hanging her head. He couldn't help but feel sadness go through him as he could only imagine what kind of thoughts were going through her head. He immediately ran to her and grabbed her arms.
"Kagome! I have to go! I have to explain to Kikyo that I'm not going to hell with her! I'll be right back! I promise!" Inuyasha held her chin and tried to pull her head up, but she snatched her head out of his hands.
"Go," she said solemnly. Inuyasha looked at her sadly. 'Why won't you believe me?'
Inuyasha ignored Kagome's yells and held her in his arms.
"Kagome," he whispered. "I promise I'll be back and Kikyo will never bother us again. Why won't you believe me?"
"Get... off of me!" Tears rolled down Kagome's cheeks as she finally put her arms around Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha! Please... Please come back!" Kagome sobbed. Inuyasha held her and said, "I will. I promise."
He then let her go slowly, not wanting to leave her and began to run to the area Kikyo's soul collector went toward.
Miroku looked at Kagome and smiled. "Inuyasha... He will be back. I give you my word." Miroku then hugged Kagome in a comforting way, not groping her, or harassing her in any way.
"I... I hope you're right."
Chapter3
A new friend, or a new enemy?
The sun slowly rised over the horizon, and Kagome felt the sun's warm rays shining down on her. She slowly opened her eyes to find that she... was not in Inuyasha's arms any longer. She was bundled up in his kimono against a tree.
"I guess it was just because he was human," Kagome said sadly.
"What?" Inuyasha jumped down from the tree above her, and landed right next to her. Appearing to be half-demon again. "You slept late today."
"That's because I was sleeping good," Kagome muttered. She handed Inuyasha his kimono, and helped herself up.
"What's your problem?" Inuyasha asked, taking his kimono from Kagome.
"Nothing," Kagome said, turning into her usual kind, and happy self once more.
"Fine then, let's go back to the village. Miroku and the others are probably worried."
Inuyasha and Kagome slowly walked back to the village, Kikyo and Kagura's scent covering the whole area.
"So, they've been through here too huh?" Inuyasha whispered to himself.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing."
They made their way to the village and entered Kaede's hut. Shippo was asleep; apparently he had stayed up all night. Sango was nowhere to be found, and Kirara was sitting next to the door, while Miroku sat against the wall with a serious look on his face.
"Where were you two yesterday?" Miroku asked awkwardly. "You were gone all night. We were worried."
Miroku's serious face turned into a silly one after that and he said, "What were you two doing? Leaving in the late evening and not coming back until almost noon. Makes me wonder-"
Kagome hit Miroku as hard as she could with her hand, and he immediately fell down.
"You are the biggest PERVERT I have ever seen in my life!" Kagome screamed. "Where's Sango!?"
She glared at Miroku as he smiled and said in a silly voice, "Hot Springs..."
Kagome turned and grabbed her smaller, back up backpack from the corner of the hut.
"Kirara." Kagome bent down and began to pet the beautiful cat demon. "Do you mind escorting me to where Sango is?"
Kirara purred, and began to walk out the door.
"See ya Inuyasha! Bye monk!" Kagome yelled over her back, having less kindness in her voice as she yelled "monk."
Kagome completely disappeared from the village with Kirara, and Inuyasha went back inside of the hut.
"Is she gone?" Inuyasha turned to see Shippo, lying awake in Kagome's sheets.
"Huh? Were you awake?"
Shippo nodded.
"I just hate to see Kagome when she's angry. She scares me."
Inuyasha laughed.
"She scares everybody when she's angry, doesn't she Miroku?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku cringed.
"Hey Inuyasha?"
"What?"
"You are covered in blood. Why don't we head down to the hot springs to clean our selves off?"
"Miroku." Inuyasha shook his head. "If you go down there, you'll be an even bigger fool than I thought you were."
"Huh..." Miroku sighed. "Such beautiful women."
"Oh brother," Shippo rolled his eyes, and grasped his little head. "Miroku. Next time you get her that angry, warn me please."
Miroku smiled.
"Fine then monk. We can bathe in the river. But I have to do something right after that, so we won't be down there all day, okay?"
Miroku nodded.
"Good. Come on Shippo."
Miroku got up, and walked to the door.
"I still think a bath in the hot springs would have been better."
"Shut up!"
* * *
Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo left the hut, Kaede being absent that day. She was helping the villagers in the fields. There was a lot of commotion that morning anyway, and Kaede wouldn't want to have been there that morning.
"He's so handsome!!" they heard a villager yell.
"Will you marry me!?" "I LOVE YOU!!" "He's gorgeous!" "I wish he were mine!"
Miroku, Inuyasha and Shippo stopped as they saw almost every woman in the village standing outside of their huts, with their husbands in front of them.
"What the....."
Shippo ran over to one of the village woman, and tugged on her kimono.
"Hey lady, excuse me. What's going on here?"
Instead of the woman answering, she ignored him, while her husband looked down at him and said, "It's that man right there! He's somehow attracted all of the women in the entire village. Even the wedded women," he said angrily, referring to his wife.
"Come... On..." the man pulled his wife into their hut, where loud shouts could be heard. Shippo had a puzzled look on his face, but then ran over to Inuyasha and Miroku.
"So what's all the commotion about?" Inuyasha asked leaning down toward Shippo.
"Yes, tell us Shippo. Is there a princess coming into our village?" Miroku asked drooling.
"Clean yourself up Miroku!" Shippo yelled, bonking him on the head.
"Well Inuyasha, the villager said that there's a new man in the village, and he's attracting all of the women in the village. Including the women who are already married." Shippo looked at Miroku and smiled. "Looks like you'll be having some competition from now on."
"Sounds like a demon," Inuyasha said unsheathing Tetsuiga.
The trio moved to the source of the commotion, and found a man, standing in the middle of the path, with a blue cloth around his neck, and a red one around his left wrist. The man wore a navy blue haori, close to Inuyasha's, and loose, navy blue pants that cut off at his chins.
Inuyasha glared at the man who had been the source of all the village women's strange behavior.
"Grrrr. What do you want?!"
"Are you Inuyasha?" the man known as Ukaran asked politely.
"Who wants to know!?" Inuyasha growled.
"I, Ukaran, of the village Arugak, have come seeking help from you."
"And? What do you want Ukaran of whatever!?" Inuyasha sniffed the air, and paused. 'Hmm. I can't smell any demon on him. Who is he?'
"I, Inuyasha have just been apart of a tragedy. My entire village has just been destroyed by a demon named... Naraku. I was the only survivor while my comrades, and family were killed. It... It was the day of my wedding as well."
"What do you want ME to do about it!?" Inuyasha yelled. He didn't care. Many of them had suffered because of Naraku. Why was he so special?
"I have heard rumors that you lived in this village, with a monk, a demon exterminator, and a beautiful young miko-"
"Her name's Kagome, and you'll stay away from her if you know what's good for ya!" Inuyasha growled. Ukaran took a step back and smiled. "Trust me. I just lost my own lover, and I would never dream of taking yours."
Inuyasha stared blankly at Ukaran. 'Lover?'
"Anyway, I heard that all of you travel around Japan, battling demons, and such to get the Shikon jewel shards before the demon Naraku does, and.... I wish to... I wish to......"
"Spit it out!"
"I wish to join your group! Oh please! I will not be a burden on you. I can fight well, and I do wish to avenge my people! Please Inuyasha! I beg of you!" Ukaran knelt down on one knee while all the other village women began to weep.
"It's so sad," one said. "How romantic!" "He's more than just a half- breed if he says no!"
Inuyasha looked around, and then back at Miroku.
"It would not hurt Inuyasha. Especially if he is as good as he says he is. I mean, he IS the only survivor of a village NARAKU demolished. Think about it. He might be quite useful."
Inuyasha was about to respond when he saw Kagome and Sango entering the village.
"Lady Kagome and Sango are back!" Miroku said, running over to them. Shippo ran along with him, but Inuyasha didn't move.
"I see your women have returned. Shall we go greet them and give them the great news?"
"What great news!? You haven't been excepted yet!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Great! Let's go!" Ukaran completely ignored Inuyasha and walked straight toward Sango and Kagome.
"Miroku," Kagome whispered as she saw Ukaran coming toward them. "Who is he? I don't think I've ever seen him in the village before."
"He is Ukaran. A man who has just recently lost his entire village and family to Naraku. He has asked to join us on our journey to find Naraku, but I don't think Inuyasha will allow him too. I agree with Inuyasha though. The man has a strange aura. He has attracted every woman in the village. What do you think Sango?"
Kagome and Miroku looked at Sango and both of them were surprised. Sango's face was in a complete trans, and she was... drooling.
"S- Sango?" Kagome waved her hand in front of Sango's face, but she didn't move.
"Miroku!" Sango immediately looked at Miroku with a serious look on her face. "You must let this man join our journey!"
Miroku was completely dumbstruck.
"What?" he asked blankly. Sango grabbed Miroku by his robes and whispered, "If he does not join us, I will leave."
Miroku and Kagome gasped as Sango threw him to the ground.
"Sango! What's your problem!" Kagome yelled. Sango looked at Kagome and said, "This man, is... Wonderful and..... and gorgeous. We must let him join us."
Kagome stared at Sango and was about to respond, when Ukaran and Inuyasha approached them.
"I am Ukaran. Hopefully, Miroku has told you about me and that I will be joining your group."
"What?" Miroku looked at Inuyasha in shock, but could tell from his expression that he had not agreed to that.
Ukaran stuck his hand out to shake Sango's hand and she proudly grabbed his hand. He then turned to shake Kagome's but she would not touch him.
'He has... The strangest aura I've ever felt before.'
Ukaran seemed to be extremely puzzled when Kagome didn't shake his hand and he stepped back, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
'Why.... Why did she not shake with me? Is it that she can... somehow see through my spell. Like... Like Kikyo!'
"Kagome!" Sango lightly nudged her friend. "Don't be rude!"
"I... I'm sorry." Inuyasha smiled as he noticed that Kagome was not finding any interest in the man like the other idiotic women in the village.
"So! Shall we start looking!?" Ukaran said awkwardly.
"Um, no. We are recovering from a battle we had not to long ago with Naraku. We don't have enough strength right now," Miroku said with a little annoyance in his voice. The man just got here and now he was telling them what to do.
Inuyasha growled as he sheathed his sword.
"Sango. You and Shippo show Ukaran around. I have to take care of some business with Miroku and Kagome."
Inuyasha began to walk away with Miroku right behind him.
"Come on Kagome!" Kagome took one more look at Sango and then yelled, "Coming!"
Ukaran watched Inuyasha and the others leave and then looked at Sango.
"I take it... He does not like me much."
"You must forgive Inuyasha. He doesn't take to anyone right away."
* * *
Inuyasha sat down on a large rock, while Miroku sat on the ground next to him.
"I don't like that guy. We can't trust him."
"I agree," Miroku said, nodding his head.
"He... He reminds me of... Of Naraku," Kagome whispered.
"He's attracted every woman in the village," Miroku said angrily. "Even Sango!"
"You're just mad because now you can't hit on them," Inuyasha muttered.
"It's not just that. I think he has some kind of spell on him that attracts women to him. Everyone knows that if you are liked by women, then you are liked by all."
"Then why wasn't Kagome attracted to him?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
Miroku eyed Kagome suspiciously. Kagome glared daggers at him.
"Maybe it was because of my miko powers," Kagome suggested.
"You could be right," Inuyasha said crossing his arms. Everyone was silent for a moment, thinking their own thoughts about the stranger.
The silence was broken however, when a soul collector flew by.
'Kikyo........'
Kagome watched the soul collector disappear, and then looked at Inuyasha. She hung her head when she saw his expression. He was happy.
'...Inuyasha...... You'll still go to her after what she did to me?' Kagome touched the wound on her stomach and cringed.
Inuyasha began to follow the soul collector, but stopped and turned to see Miroku shaking his head, and Kagome hanging her head. He couldn't help but feel sadness go through him as he could only imagine what kind of thoughts were going through her head. He immediately ran to her and grabbed her arms.
"Kagome! I have to go! I have to explain to Kikyo that I'm not going to hell with her! I'll be right back! I promise!" Inuyasha held her chin and tried to pull her head up, but she snatched her head out of his hands.
"Go," she said solemnly. Inuyasha looked at her sadly. 'Why won't you believe me?'
Inuyasha ignored Kagome's yells and held her in his arms.
"Kagome," he whispered. "I promise I'll be back and Kikyo will never bother us again. Why won't you believe me?"
"Get... off of me!" Tears rolled down Kagome's cheeks as she finally put her arms around Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha! Please... Please come back!" Kagome sobbed. Inuyasha held her and said, "I will. I promise."
He then let her go slowly, not wanting to leave her and began to run to the area Kikyo's soul collector went toward.
Miroku looked at Kagome and smiled. "Inuyasha... He will be back. I give you my word." Miroku then hugged Kagome in a comforting way, not groping her, or harassing her in any way.
"I... I hope you're right."