"DIE, INUYASHA!" The darkness InuYasha was surrounded by suddenly changed
to a familiar scene of steps leading to a shrine and trees as he turned
around to see who had threatened him.
"K-Kikyou..." Kikyou's right shoulder was bleeding heavily yet InuYasha couldn't smell it's strong stench. InuYasha looked down at his clenched fist as he finally noticed he was holding something. "No, not this again!" He could hear the arrows as they released from the bow and flew toward him. "I'm back to where I was before I was put to rest for fifty years." InuYasha pushed himself to flee. Looking at his right fist yet again, he knew it had to be a dream. Once again he jumped forward in mid-air and felt a sharp and painful piercing in his chest. "No! It has to be a dream! This can't be real! This can't be real!" Out of nowhere InuYasha heard a voice, but it wasn't Kikyou's; it was soft and concerned. It was Kagome's, but where was she?"
"InuYasha! InuYasha!"
"Kagome! Where are you?" InuYasha felt a slap on his left cheek. "Oww... What did you do that for?" He said as he opened his eyes and got up.
"InuYasha, we have to go, now get up!"
"Feh... You didn't hafta slap me..."
"Well you didn't get up! What kind of dream were you having anyway? Usually when you dream you don't sleep well."
"Hmph... I sleep as well as anybody else!"
"Wha? What's that s'posed to mean?"
"Oh, will you two stop fighting? It's getting on everyone else's nerves!" Sango was very annoyed, but this remark sparked the fight.
"Y'wanna know what gets on people's nerves? I'll tell you what! It's stupid girls that just have to piss me off by slapping me when I'm sleeping!"
"Did you hear me? I said STOP IT!!!"
"Geez, I'm s-" InuYasha's last word was cut off by Sango's piercing stare. It was a long time before anyone said anything. Shippou was snoozing away in the basket of Kagome's bike; Miroku just didn't want to start anything; InuYasha was thinking bad things of Kagome and Sango and trying not to let them spill out; Sango was avoiding Miroku; and Kagome was sighing because she seriously needed to get home for a big test that was coming up. Knowing InuYasha, he'd blow up like a balloon when Kagome needed to go back home. But all anyone could hear for now was birds chirping and the wind blowing through the trees.
"G-Guys... Not to start another fight but... I really need to get back home... I have-"
"Another test! It's fine with me if you go, just don't be gone for long..."
"Wow, InuYasha! You never let me go like that! Why the change of heart?"
"What d'you think?" InuYasha gave Kagome that look like he does when he's not in the mood for 'inside' questions.
"Gosh, thanks! Let's go to the village so I can go home and study!" Kagome's face glowed and started off to Kaede's village.
"Kagome!" InuYasha shouted.
"Wait for us!" Sango added.
"No need to rush..." Miroku said calmly looking at Sango.
"Wha?! Kagome left without telling me goodbye?!" Shippou cried.
"It's only for a week." Sango told Shippou assuringly
"A week? I'll probably be dead by then because of a certain demon!" He bounded out of the basket and ran toward the well.
"You can come with me, you know." Kagome said to InuYasha as she climbed down the well.
"I'll go to your time when I want to!"
"Will not! I don't want you going there alone! Who knows what mess you'll get yourself into!" As she said her final words, Kagome leaped from the vines inside the well and disappeared.
"NOOOOO!!!! DON'T LEAVE ME!!!" Shippou shouted as he came running toward InuYasha.
"Too bad, Shippou, she's already left."
"NOOO!!!" Shippou cried. Tears started rolling down his face and started to walk off.
"Will you stop crying? It's annoying as hell..." Shippou wiped his wet face with his sleeve and turned around.
"What are you so mad about? Did you not want Kagome to go either?"
"No... What of it?"
"You can tell by the expression on your face. You look pretty mad."
"Now I'm mad, you little smart-ass!" Shippou tried to run away as fast as he could, but of course, InuYasha caught him by his tail.
"What do you know about people's expressions? You're just a stupid little fox that doesn't know what he's talking about." InuYasha threw Shippou to the ground and dug his foot into his back where he literally ate dirt. After some pounding on Shippou, InuYasha finally laid off. Shippou looked as if he had been out in a dust storm.
"Yick! Ptoo! InuYasha, what did'ja do that for?"
"For being a smart aleck, that's what." InuYasha walked off leaving Shippou on the ground behind him. Shippou got up and brushed himself off, then headed for the village.
"InuYasha," called Kaede, "I must tell you something."
"Huh? What is it?"
"I've heard news from the nearest village."
"Aren't you two rivals about land control, 'er something?"
"Yes, but rumor has it that a young hanyou child lives there."
"Uh huh..."
"You might want to see what's going on with him. People say he's been killing numerous livestock and apparently a woman."
"No, not this again." He remembered the first time he and Kagome went to Jinenji's herb field. The men were planning to kill him because of false accusations of murder, but in the end InuYasha reluctantly saved him and got him to thinking he could gain the villager's trust by proving he didn't kill anybody. Inside Kaede's hut, Miroku was sleeping. InuYasha knocked on Miroku's head with his foot. "C'mon, we've gotta go." InuYasha picked up his foot that was lodged on Miroku's head and started off for the next village.
"Wha?" Confused and still half asleep, Miroku got his staff and hurried to catch up with InuYasha. "InuYasha, where are we going?"
"Kaede said there was a half demon child living there."
"I see... Have you seen Sango anywhere? She just left without giving me any notice."
"Nope."
"Oh...(sigh)
"K-Kikyou..." Kikyou's right shoulder was bleeding heavily yet InuYasha couldn't smell it's strong stench. InuYasha looked down at his clenched fist as he finally noticed he was holding something. "No, not this again!" He could hear the arrows as they released from the bow and flew toward him. "I'm back to where I was before I was put to rest for fifty years." InuYasha pushed himself to flee. Looking at his right fist yet again, he knew it had to be a dream. Once again he jumped forward in mid-air and felt a sharp and painful piercing in his chest. "No! It has to be a dream! This can't be real! This can't be real!" Out of nowhere InuYasha heard a voice, but it wasn't Kikyou's; it was soft and concerned. It was Kagome's, but where was she?"
"InuYasha! InuYasha!"
"Kagome! Where are you?" InuYasha felt a slap on his left cheek. "Oww... What did you do that for?" He said as he opened his eyes and got up.
"InuYasha, we have to go, now get up!"
"Feh... You didn't hafta slap me..."
"Well you didn't get up! What kind of dream were you having anyway? Usually when you dream you don't sleep well."
"Hmph... I sleep as well as anybody else!"
"Wha? What's that s'posed to mean?"
"Oh, will you two stop fighting? It's getting on everyone else's nerves!" Sango was very annoyed, but this remark sparked the fight.
"Y'wanna know what gets on people's nerves? I'll tell you what! It's stupid girls that just have to piss me off by slapping me when I'm sleeping!"
"Did you hear me? I said STOP IT!!!"
"Geez, I'm s-" InuYasha's last word was cut off by Sango's piercing stare. It was a long time before anyone said anything. Shippou was snoozing away in the basket of Kagome's bike; Miroku just didn't want to start anything; InuYasha was thinking bad things of Kagome and Sango and trying not to let them spill out; Sango was avoiding Miroku; and Kagome was sighing because she seriously needed to get home for a big test that was coming up. Knowing InuYasha, he'd blow up like a balloon when Kagome needed to go back home. But all anyone could hear for now was birds chirping and the wind blowing through the trees.
"G-Guys... Not to start another fight but... I really need to get back home... I have-"
"Another test! It's fine with me if you go, just don't be gone for long..."
"Wow, InuYasha! You never let me go like that! Why the change of heart?"
"What d'you think?" InuYasha gave Kagome that look like he does when he's not in the mood for 'inside' questions.
"Gosh, thanks! Let's go to the village so I can go home and study!" Kagome's face glowed and started off to Kaede's village.
"Kagome!" InuYasha shouted.
"Wait for us!" Sango added.
"No need to rush..." Miroku said calmly looking at Sango.
"Wha?! Kagome left without telling me goodbye?!" Shippou cried.
"It's only for a week." Sango told Shippou assuringly
"A week? I'll probably be dead by then because of a certain demon!" He bounded out of the basket and ran toward the well.
"You can come with me, you know." Kagome said to InuYasha as she climbed down the well.
"I'll go to your time when I want to!"
"Will not! I don't want you going there alone! Who knows what mess you'll get yourself into!" As she said her final words, Kagome leaped from the vines inside the well and disappeared.
"NOOOOO!!!! DON'T LEAVE ME!!!" Shippou shouted as he came running toward InuYasha.
"Too bad, Shippou, she's already left."
"NOOO!!!" Shippou cried. Tears started rolling down his face and started to walk off.
"Will you stop crying? It's annoying as hell..." Shippou wiped his wet face with his sleeve and turned around.
"What are you so mad about? Did you not want Kagome to go either?"
"No... What of it?"
"You can tell by the expression on your face. You look pretty mad."
"Now I'm mad, you little smart-ass!" Shippou tried to run away as fast as he could, but of course, InuYasha caught him by his tail.
"What do you know about people's expressions? You're just a stupid little fox that doesn't know what he's talking about." InuYasha threw Shippou to the ground and dug his foot into his back where he literally ate dirt. After some pounding on Shippou, InuYasha finally laid off. Shippou looked as if he had been out in a dust storm.
"Yick! Ptoo! InuYasha, what did'ja do that for?"
"For being a smart aleck, that's what." InuYasha walked off leaving Shippou on the ground behind him. Shippou got up and brushed himself off, then headed for the village.
"InuYasha," called Kaede, "I must tell you something."
"Huh? What is it?"
"I've heard news from the nearest village."
"Aren't you two rivals about land control, 'er something?"
"Yes, but rumor has it that a young hanyou child lives there."
"Uh huh..."
"You might want to see what's going on with him. People say he's been killing numerous livestock and apparently a woman."
"No, not this again." He remembered the first time he and Kagome went to Jinenji's herb field. The men were planning to kill him because of false accusations of murder, but in the end InuYasha reluctantly saved him and got him to thinking he could gain the villager's trust by proving he didn't kill anybody. Inside Kaede's hut, Miroku was sleeping. InuYasha knocked on Miroku's head with his foot. "C'mon, we've gotta go." InuYasha picked up his foot that was lodged on Miroku's head and started off for the next village.
"Wha?" Confused and still half asleep, Miroku got his staff and hurried to catch up with InuYasha. "InuYasha, where are we going?"
"Kaede said there was a half demon child living there."
"I see... Have you seen Sango anywhere? She just left without giving me any notice."
"Nope."
"Oh...(sigh)