Chapter 4: What to do

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"Well. . . we could take a uh. . .what was that thing that Shippo said? Oh, a airplane." Said Miroku.

"Inu-Chan and I would never make it through security with our ears like this." Said Kagome. "There is one way, does someone have a map?"

"Here, this is the one that we used to get here." Said Sango.

"Thank you. . . ok, here we are in Washington D.C. , we could go to the west coast to California. . . and then Fly to Hawaii, Inu-Yasha, you can go that far right?" said Kagome.

"I can step larger than that whole map!"

"Its not the same size as the country is. Its on a scale, it's a really big difference. . .I think that you can cross it though. And then once we get to Hawaii, we can hop from island to island and then when we get to the last one, try to fly the rest of the way, and if we don't make it, then we can swim for a while I guess." Said Kagome." I think that we can get to the last island of Hawaii by this evening if we hurry and then we should spend the night so that Inu-Yasha and Kirara can get rested."

"Kirara! Lets go!" said Sango and Kirara turned to the awesome demon form and Sango and Miroku got on her back while Kagome sat piggy-back style on Inu-Yasha.

"It's that way" said Kagome pointing to the west and they started off.

She's so close to me but so far away. . . thought Inu-Yasha How can I tell her how I feel about her? What about Kikyo? I don't love her anymore, but I feel responsible for her feelings now. I love Kagome. . .

Kagome hugged Inu-Yasha harder as the wind picked up to keep warm. Last night, did I imagine it or did Inu-Yasha have his arms around me while I slept? Kagome lifted her head and turned to look at Sango and Miroku. She saw Miroku grab Sango's butt since she was right in front him and Kagome turned away so she wouldn't see Miroku turn to a bloody pulp, but after a few moments of silence Kagome turned back only to see Sango leaning into Miroku a little and Miroku with his arms around her. I see that they finally got together, I wonder when that happened? Maybe Inu-Yasha and I will be like that someday. sigh "Inu-Yasha, Sango, land here."

"What is it?" asked Inu-Yasha.

"There is a shard near by." Said Kagome.

"How could a shard get here? Unless Naraku sent some demon or something." Said Miroku.

"I don't know, but...what is that smell?" asked Kagome.

"That's the smell of a demon...Kouga." Said Inu-Yasha.

"How could he have gotten here? And why would he come here?" said Kagome.

"Shh...he's close by, might even be in hearing range." Said Inu-Yasha.

"You bet I am." Said Kouga jumping down from a tree. "I came here for my woman."

"How many times do I have to tell you? She's already taken, by me." Said Inu-Yasha.

"Save it puppy, I see that my darling Kagome has gone through some changes for the better." Said Kouga. "Now she is absolutely perfect for me." Kouga stepped towards Kagome and Inu-Yasha and extended his hand. "Now come with me dear."

To everyone's surprise, Kagome left Inu-Yasha's side and walked over to Kouga and Kouga grinned and put his arm around her. "You see? She wants me not some little puppy." As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Kagome grabbed his arm and twisted it until there was a loud Crack and let Kouga fall to the ground. Then Kagome went and using her claws, picked out the shikon shards out of Kouga's legs and arms.

"Let's go. We have no further business here." Said Kagome. The others just stared at her and then turned to the still figure on the ground. Kouga had gone unconscious.

"You know, you didn't have to do that." Said Miroku. "You could have just told him to leave you alone."

"Then how would I have gotten the Shikon shards? Ask him for them?" said Kagome. "It doesn't matter, what's done is done. We better leave if we want to get to Hawaii before night fall." Turning away from Kouga, Kagome turned and walked back towards Inu-Yasha. Inu-Yasha looked at her and saw something in her eyes that frightened him, it was glee from wounding and almost killing another demon. If she wasn't careful, she might start even acting like a demon and not just looking like one. I wonder how strong she really is.

"Hey Kagome? Kirara looks kind of tired from carrying Sango and Miroku all day, since you're half-demon now, you can go and jump just as far as me. Why don't you carry Sango and Kirara and I'll carry Miroku." Said Inu-Yasha.

"Well...I never tried it before, let me see how to do it before anyone gets on my back." Said Kagome. Inu-Yasha then instructed how to jump and even change direction in mid-air and judge the distance so she could land on a dime.

"Hop on Sango!" said Kagome when her lessons were over, "Maybe we might go faster since there will be no distractions." Kagome started out without Inu-Yasha and he had to hurry to catch up. They flew in silence until Kagome could see the coast of California and started heading down, Inu-Yasha did the same.

"That wasn't hard to do" said Kagome "I could hardly feel a weight on my back and I felt weightless in the air! It was great!"

"So how far until the next land?" said Inu-Yasha.

"I'm not sure, it can't be that far though. Come on." Kagome then took off in the direction of Hawaii. They got to the first island and only stopped to land and get a drink of water and then leap frogged the other islands until they got to the last one.

"This is where we'll spend the night, we'll need to build a fire" said Miroku.

"I'll go and get some wood" said Inu-Yasha.

"I'll look for a place with some protection from the elements." Said Kagome.

"I'll go with Kirara and see if there is anything to eat."

As the others went off in different directions, Miroku sat down and said "And I'll uhh. . . sigh I'll get some fire starting material."

They split up and Inu-Yasha cut some drift wood up into reasonable lumber and lugged it to the spot that Kagome picked out. Sango came back with a wild pig in her hands with Kirara trotting along behind her. Miroku had found that the outer part of the cocanuts has a straw like stuff on the outside that can be peeled to help start the fire. They started a fire quickly and got it going and each sharpened a stick and speared a hunk of meat and put it over the fire to roast (with the exception of Kirara who ate hers raw)

"This is nice, a little camp out on the beach with a roasted pig." Said Kagome. By then her meat was cooked and she started eating "could use a little salt but other wise its perfect!"

The others ate their meat in silence too hungry to talk. When they were done, they saw that it was getting late so they decided to go to sleep. They left the fire burning but it was down to the embers so it wasn't bright enough to keep them awake.