Disclaimer: Things I don't own that I wish I did: Lots of money... A car... A dog... Inuyasha... A boat...
Chapter 2
Grumbling, Inuyasha dumped Kagome's backpack outside Kaede's hut and entered to follow her and the excited Shippo.
"Look what I made!" Shippo told Kagome, handing her a toy boat.
"Did you do this all by yourself?" Kagome exclaimed, careful handling the roughly carved toy.
Before Shippo could respond Inuyasha let out a low growl. "You left me to carry your bag all the way here so you could play with a toy?!"
Kagome ignored him and looked around the hut. "Where's Kaede?"
"Outside with Miroku and Sango." Shippo told her, pulling his boat from her grasp. "I'm gonna' go try this out."
She nodded her consent and he darted outside, leaving her and Inuyasha alone in the hut. "Should we go with him?"
Inuyasha didn't bother to respond, he swept by her and out of the hut.
She followed with a mental sigh. Eventually she'd have to apologize, or he'd be grumpy and irritable all day. More than he usually was anyway.
She shaded her eyes against the glare of the light and looked around, hoping to catch a glimpse of her friends.
She saw Kaede first, standing on the peak of a hill overlooking the village. Miroku and Sango were nearby. Inuyasha was standing impatiently by the door of the hut.
"Are you coming or not?" He demanded, beginning to walk towards the others.
Kagome broke into a jog in order to catch up with him. "Are you going to be mad at me all day?"
Inuyasha grunted.
"I'm sorry I was late. So can you stop being all high and mighty now?"
He gave her an offended look. "Me?! You're the one who's always being-"
She silenced him as they neared the others.
"Kagome!" Sango exclaimed, breaking off her conversation with Miroku. "We were beginning to wonder if you were going to come at all!"
"Sorry. I got a little caught up in something, What's going on?" She asked, seeing the grim expressions on their faces.
"A village was attacked." Kaede explained. "By demons. We need to go to help the survivors, but we all decided that it would be better for us to wait until you arrived before we set off."
"Thank you for waiting." Kagome said softly, her eyes filled with sadness at the thought of the poor people.
"We should go. We're wasting time standing around." Inuyasha told them.
"You're right." Kagome said fiercely, "Those people need our help."
OOOOO
Author's Note: Well, at least it got a little longer. I hope it gets more exciting, but for now I'm going to leave you wondering.
I would also like to take this oppurtunity to thank my one and only reviewer (!): Dark Inu Fan Thanks for all the advice, it was very much appreciated!
MysteryMaiden7