Chapter Two: There's something strange about her

Miroku did nothing but think of the girl he met in the forest the rest of the week. He even went back there the next day to find her but she seemed to have just disappeared. He looked in the direction she went but he found nothing but a rose bush which was strange since they didn't grow in that forest. He picked one of roses and went back to his friends.Though he wasn't aware of the figure hiding behind a tree watching him.

"I think he's been looking for me.Though I really didn't expect to see him again." Shadow said herself as she watched Miroku walking away until she could no longer see him "Maybe i should have gone to him. I would have at least been less bored here if i had some one to talk to.but oh well."

She got out behind the tree and walked in the direction Miroku had gone but half ways she turned left untill she came to a river.She snapped her fingers and out came another rose bush. She folded the cloak she was wearing and put next to the bush along with her shoes.Then she jumped into the water.

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"Well so much for finding Shadow." Miroku said to himself smelling the rose in his hand.

"Hey Miroku.Did you find that girl you met in the forest again?" Kagome asked him when he got back.

"No.But I would a rose bush in the forest near where i met her." he said handing her the rose.

"It's pretty.I didn't know roses grew in the forest." she said

"They don't." said Inuyasha who dumped some fire wood next to Kagome.

"Then who did that bush get there then?" she asked him

"How the hell am I suppose to know?" he said then walked away

"Where's Sango?" Miroku asked

"She went into the forest.She said she'd be back soon."

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Sango walked quitely by herself around the forest. She still thoguht there was something strange about that girl Miroku had met in the forest.

"How could she have gotten that water when the lake was still a few miles away from where we were? Maybe she has some kind of power of something." She said to herself. After a while she came to the river and there was a rose bush not far from the bank.She got closer and under the bush she found a light blue cloak with a red rose stitched at the bottom.Next to it were some shoes that also had a small rose near the heel.

"I wonder who these belong to." she thought. She then heard a noise comming from the river and she hid behind a tree nearby. She looked from behind the tree to see a girl coming back from the river with her clothes all soaking wet.

"Next time i'll have to remember not to swim in my clothes when i don't have any spare ones with me." she heard the girl say. The girl looked around and the snapped her fingers. A rose bush came up with some spare clothes.She took the clothes, snapped her fingers again and the bush disappeared.

Sango watched as the girl spun around and when she stopped the was wearing the dry clothes she just got with the wet ones on her hand. The girl put on her shoes and cloak the went away down the river. As soon as she was gone Sango came out from behind the tree.

"I knew there was something odd about her.I have to go tell the others." then she ran back to her friends.

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The sun was going down as Sango got back. Inuyasha and Kagome were starting to make a fire while Miroku sat on the floor twirling a rose in his hand.

"I saw her by the river." she said when she got there

"Saw who?" Inuyasha asked

"That girl Shadow that Miroku met the other day." Sango replied

"You saw Shadow? Where?" said Miroku when he heard Sango

"By the river.I just said that."

"Did you talk to her?" he asked

"No.But I did find out something about her.She has some strange powers" Sango said

"What!?" they said

"You heard me.I saw her.She snapped her fingers and a bush came out of no where with some clothes.Then she spun around and she was dressed in her new clothes.If you ask me that's a little weird."

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"Looks like that girl has found me out." Shadow thought to herself. She had gone back to get rid of the bush when she saw Sango coming out from behind the tree then run back to her friends. Shadow had followed her all the way here and hid behind a rose bush which she made appear a safe distance from them so they wouldn't notice but also near enough to hear them talk.

"If they tell my sister i'm going to be in big trouble for running away from the house for so long." she thought to herself " I'd better get back before I get caught."

Then she slipped away quietly enough so they wouldn't find her. Instead of going back deep into the forest she went back to her home not far from there. She stayed there three days before running off into the forest again and going to the river.

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Miroku slowly made his way into the forest to get water from the river. This was their last day in the forest before they reached the village. He still hoped to find Shadow though all he ever really found were rose bushes growing in the forest.He found another by the river and picked a big rose from the center.

"Didn't think i'd see you around here again." he heard a voice say

He looked up "Shadow. I've been looking for you."

"Yes I know." she said smiling at him. Miroku gave her the rose."Thank you." she said."it's beautiful."

"Like you." he said smiling at her as she took the rose.

Sorry that's the end of this chapter.The next one should be of when she cast's her spell. But any ways I hope you like my story so far.I'll update it soon.Please review. Thank you.

--Koneko