Chapter Two: The Monk and the Flea
A chef walked out of his restaurant with a dish full of food, and disappeared to a dark alley. He opened an old metal door that was getting rustier everyday. He stopped next to a man who was lying in a couch and covered with warm looking bed sheets. He turned around showing his face and sat up. The room was filled with loneliness and coldness but when the chef came in the man could feel the warmth of his friendship.
"Here you go." The chef sat next to the man. He stared at his ear piercings, pony tail, robe and sad black eyes.
"I thank you." The sad faced man said.
"Don't thank me. Just tell me. Why were you lying in the middle of the street?" The chef stared at the man's eyes. The man sadly shut his eyes and put the plate down.
"I truly don't know." He faced the dirty ceiling and closed his eyes again. "All I know is that my nemesis is free and has done something to my friends."
"What happened Miroku?" The chef sat more comfortably in the couch.
Miroku didn't open his eyes but put his head down.
Flashback
"Inu-Yasha watch out!" Miroku screamed at a boy with white hair dog ears and wearing a red kimono.
"You don't stand a chance of ever doing that!" Inu-Yasha screamed at some monster, ignoring Miroku's warning. He jumped angrily and yelled at the top of his lungs ready to strike with his sword. "BAKUYUUHA!"
"No!" Miroku heard a cold laugh and as Inu-Yasha attacked the enemy with his sword, a blinding white light filled the whole battle area.
End Flashback
"Miroku?" The chef stood up and opened the door. He looked at the man and sighed. "You can leave any day you want. Oh." He got something out of his pocket and slowly paced to Miroku. "Take this bit of money. You might need it." He placed some odd paper with numbers in his palm. "It is money. You might need to use it to buy food or something." He smiled. "There aren't much people who will give free food. Just find your friends and you'll be fine." He turned around and walked out.
"Chef." Miroku called after him. The chef came back but didn't step in the room. "I can't thank you enough."
"Don't worry. You can also come here any time you like. I might actually make it a much better place to sleep. I could use it for rent." He looked around the room and walked out. "Good-bye!"
Miroku stood up and walked to get a golden staff with rings, which was placed in the cleanest wall. He sighed and walked out the room closing the door behind him, hoping he might not need to come back. It was strange to be in a world were people didn't worry about youkai or mononokes. Everyone seemed to be in their own little worlds worrying about their children and groceries. He thought it was such a shame that they can't experience the great gift of magic from the past.
Even though it was more dangerous in the late times he still wished to be back in his home. His home was where all his friends were and his enemies too. It seemed hard to communicate with the people from the future.
"Houshi!"
Miroku stopped walking. He thought he had just heard a tiny voice call his name.
"Houshi!"
Miroku turned around to see who it was, but there was no one there. He scratched his head with frustration and kept on walking.
"Houshi!"
There it was again. He gripped his staff tight and was about to yell at who ever it was, when a tiny ball fell on his nose. Two big eyes stared at him with intense happiness and tears in its running down its face.
"Myoga-jichan!" Miroku smiled. "Where have you been?"
"Oh Miroku I was lost! It is so horrible here! There are monsters who don't understand what I say and I can't find Inu-Yasha-sama anywhere!"
"At least we found each other. This means we might be closer to everyone else as we thought."
"Y-you mean to say that Sango-chan or Shippo isn't with you?"
"Yes."
Myoga's eyes filled with tears and started to cry desperately for Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Sango, and Shippo.
"Where are they?" He stopped crying abruptly and sniffed the air.
"What is it?"
"It's going to rain."
"Do you have any idea where Kagome might be?" Miroku sighed. "She is from this era isn't she?"
"Yes. I might catch her sense somewhere. Come on Miroku. Let's find them!" A woman with a red dress, blond hair, blue eyes, and rose red lips passed by him leaving a beautiful aroma in the air around Miroku. He grasped the woman's wrist and smiled at her. She stared at him with a disgusted face though.
"Excuse me lady, but can you—"
"No time for having children!" Myoga yelled in his ear. Apparently the woman heard and slapped Miroku in the face. She pulled his hand off her wrist and walked on faster than before.
"…" Miroku stared at the woman sadly.
"Eh… I didn't r-really mean…"
"It's ok Myoga. Let's go." He looked at his left and his right continually.
"What's wrong?"
"I expect you to know more since you've been to more places than me." He looked at the little Myoga in his shoulder.
"Eh… Well… These streets all look the same to me. I have no idea where I last came from."
"I got an idea. Kagome lives in a shrine right?"
"Yes."
"Then I will ask the nice chef if there is a shrine near by."
"Very smart thinking houshi!" Myoga cheered. Miroku walked into the restaurant and spotted the chef in the back of the kitchen.
"Chef!" Miroku called.
"Ah Miroku! I thought you had left!" The chef came quickly and smiled at Miroku.
"I need your help once more."
"Anything for a houshi." The chef smiled. Myoga scoffed quietly. Miroku then placed his hand over Myoga and started to squish him.
"Do you happen to know if there is a shrine near by?" Miroku asked.
"Uh… Why yes. The only shrine here is owned by the Higurashi family." He looked worried. "Is it the one you are looking for?"
"Yes!" Miroku said happily. "I have a friend who lives there! Where is it?"
"Well it is not that easy to spot. There is a giant tree next to it though. So just go up that mountain (He pointed at a mountain out of the window) and find the biggest tree there. It is quite easy to think of it." He smiled.
"Thank you so very much!" Miroku ran out of the restaurant and went to the direction that the chef had given him.
"Is that so?" The man in the white animal skin said to the boy. "Go and stop them from reaching it."
"Yes." The boy turned around to leave.
"Kohaku."
"Yes." He stopped in his place.
"Do what you want to them but don't kill them… yet." He said coldly. The boy who in fact was Kohaku made one nod and left.
so I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I won't bring up Inu-Yasha in a short while, but please review and you might see what happens to Inu-Yasha faster than you think!
A chef walked out of his restaurant with a dish full of food, and disappeared to a dark alley. He opened an old metal door that was getting rustier everyday. He stopped next to a man who was lying in a couch and covered with warm looking bed sheets. He turned around showing his face and sat up. The room was filled with loneliness and coldness but when the chef came in the man could feel the warmth of his friendship.
"Here you go." The chef sat next to the man. He stared at his ear piercings, pony tail, robe and sad black eyes.
"I thank you." The sad faced man said.
"Don't thank me. Just tell me. Why were you lying in the middle of the street?" The chef stared at the man's eyes. The man sadly shut his eyes and put the plate down.
"I truly don't know." He faced the dirty ceiling and closed his eyes again. "All I know is that my nemesis is free and has done something to my friends."
"What happened Miroku?" The chef sat more comfortably in the couch.
Miroku didn't open his eyes but put his head down.
Flashback
"Inu-Yasha watch out!" Miroku screamed at a boy with white hair dog ears and wearing a red kimono.
"You don't stand a chance of ever doing that!" Inu-Yasha screamed at some monster, ignoring Miroku's warning. He jumped angrily and yelled at the top of his lungs ready to strike with his sword. "BAKUYUUHA!"
"No!" Miroku heard a cold laugh and as Inu-Yasha attacked the enemy with his sword, a blinding white light filled the whole battle area.
End Flashback
"Miroku?" The chef stood up and opened the door. He looked at the man and sighed. "You can leave any day you want. Oh." He got something out of his pocket and slowly paced to Miroku. "Take this bit of money. You might need it." He placed some odd paper with numbers in his palm. "It is money. You might need to use it to buy food or something." He smiled. "There aren't much people who will give free food. Just find your friends and you'll be fine." He turned around and walked out.
"Chef." Miroku called after him. The chef came back but didn't step in the room. "I can't thank you enough."
"Don't worry. You can also come here any time you like. I might actually make it a much better place to sleep. I could use it for rent." He looked around the room and walked out. "Good-bye!"
Miroku stood up and walked to get a golden staff with rings, which was placed in the cleanest wall. He sighed and walked out the room closing the door behind him, hoping he might not need to come back. It was strange to be in a world were people didn't worry about youkai or mononokes. Everyone seemed to be in their own little worlds worrying about their children and groceries. He thought it was such a shame that they can't experience the great gift of magic from the past.
Even though it was more dangerous in the late times he still wished to be back in his home. His home was where all his friends were and his enemies too. It seemed hard to communicate with the people from the future.
"Houshi!"
Miroku stopped walking. He thought he had just heard a tiny voice call his name.
"Houshi!"
Miroku turned around to see who it was, but there was no one there. He scratched his head with frustration and kept on walking.
"Houshi!"
There it was again. He gripped his staff tight and was about to yell at who ever it was, when a tiny ball fell on his nose. Two big eyes stared at him with intense happiness and tears in its running down its face.
"Myoga-jichan!" Miroku smiled. "Where have you been?"
"Oh Miroku I was lost! It is so horrible here! There are monsters who don't understand what I say and I can't find Inu-Yasha-sama anywhere!"
"At least we found each other. This means we might be closer to everyone else as we thought."
"Y-you mean to say that Sango-chan or Shippo isn't with you?"
"Yes."
Myoga's eyes filled with tears and started to cry desperately for Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Sango, and Shippo.
"Where are they?" He stopped crying abruptly and sniffed the air.
"What is it?"
"It's going to rain."
"Do you have any idea where Kagome might be?" Miroku sighed. "She is from this era isn't she?"
"Yes. I might catch her sense somewhere. Come on Miroku. Let's find them!" A woman with a red dress, blond hair, blue eyes, and rose red lips passed by him leaving a beautiful aroma in the air around Miroku. He grasped the woman's wrist and smiled at her. She stared at him with a disgusted face though.
"Excuse me lady, but can you—"
"No time for having children!" Myoga yelled in his ear. Apparently the woman heard and slapped Miroku in the face. She pulled his hand off her wrist and walked on faster than before.
"…" Miroku stared at the woman sadly.
"Eh… I didn't r-really mean…"
"It's ok Myoga. Let's go." He looked at his left and his right continually.
"What's wrong?"
"I expect you to know more since you've been to more places than me." He looked at the little Myoga in his shoulder.
"Eh… Well… These streets all look the same to me. I have no idea where I last came from."
"I got an idea. Kagome lives in a shrine right?"
"Yes."
"Then I will ask the nice chef if there is a shrine near by."
"Very smart thinking houshi!" Myoga cheered. Miroku walked into the restaurant and spotted the chef in the back of the kitchen.
"Chef!" Miroku called.
"Ah Miroku! I thought you had left!" The chef came quickly and smiled at Miroku.
"I need your help once more."
"Anything for a houshi." The chef smiled. Myoga scoffed quietly. Miroku then placed his hand over Myoga and started to squish him.
"Do you happen to know if there is a shrine near by?" Miroku asked.
"Uh… Why yes. The only shrine here is owned by the Higurashi family." He looked worried. "Is it the one you are looking for?"
"Yes!" Miroku said happily. "I have a friend who lives there! Where is it?"
"Well it is not that easy to spot. There is a giant tree next to it though. So just go up that mountain (He pointed at a mountain out of the window) and find the biggest tree there. It is quite easy to think of it." He smiled.
"Thank you so very much!" Miroku ran out of the restaurant and went to the direction that the chef had given him.
"Is that so?" The man in the white animal skin said to the boy. "Go and stop them from reaching it."
"Yes." The boy turned around to leave.
"Kohaku."
"Yes." He stopped in his place.
"Do what you want to them but don't kill them… yet." He said coldly. The boy who in fact was Kohaku made one nod and left.
so I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I won't bring up Inu-Yasha in a short while, but please review and you might see what happens to Inu-Yasha faster than you think!