Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of the characters. I'm trying to get Kouga for my net sis for Christmas, though. XD
The next morning, Kagome awakened early and looked around. She noticed the others were still asleep, so she quietly got up and walked over to a nearby stream to get a drink of water. Even though she had pretty much been living in the feudal era for several months now, it still surprised her how clean the water was here: so different from her time. She stopped and looked at all the trees that were around her. They were some of the tallest trees she had ever seen. This further encouraged her to continue on towards the battle against Naraku. "If Naraku continues his evil ways...all this beauty could be destroyed...forever."
Kagome was awakened from her thoughts as she heard someone walking up behind her. Startled, she quickly turned around to find it was InuYasha standing there. InuYasha kneeled down beside her and placed his hand on top of her head. "Hey, are you ok, Kagome? You seemed a little jumpy just now." Kagome nodded. "Yeah, I guess I am, a little. I mean, we're about to enter Naraku's territory. How can I not be nervous?" InuYasha then took Kagome's hand. "I promise, Kagome...I promise I won't let anything happen to you." Kagome blushed slightly. "InuYasha..." She then smiled and said, "Thank you..." InuYasha couldn't help but return her smile and then wrapped his arms around Kagome in an embrace. Kagome had completely tuned out everything else until she heard someone behind her clearing his throat. "Well, well...looks like I came at a bad time." Kagome then looked up to see Miroku standing right behind her. She quickly pushed InuYasha off her, her face now even more red then it was before. InuYasha quickly got up, now looking very angry. "What did you do that for, Kagome?!" Kagome looked at him. "Oh...I'm sorry...I...got a little carried away..." InuYasha sighed. "Oh, well. Hey, where's Sango? We need to get going." Sango ran up with Kilala right behind her in her adult form. Sango looked at InuYasha. "Sorry I took so long. I had to give Kilala a bath first." InuYasha just scoffed. "Why bother? She's just gonna get dirty again before you know it. Anyway, now that we're all here, let's go." He then picked up Kagome's bag and started walking, the others close behind him.
As they continued on to Naraku's castle, Sango suddenly stopped as she noticed a familiar spot on the ground. It was an area of dirt where, just a few months before, they had found the bodies and armor of Sango's father and the other demon slayers. InuYasha stopped as he noticed what Sango was looking at. "We must be almost there now." Kagome suddenly stopped, as well. "I sense a jewel shard...it's not far from here." She then started walking in the direction she sensed the jewel from. "Wait, Kagome!" InuYasha yelled as he ran after her, Miroku and Sango following close behind on Kilala. As soon as they caught up with Kagome, she had already stopped in front of a barrier. Miroku got off of Sango and walked up to it. "This has to be Naraku's castle. I can sense the evil aura in this barrier. But how do we get in?" InuYasha looked at Kagome. "Kagome, do you think one of your arrows could break through this barrier?" Kagome looked at InuYasha and nodded. "I can try." She took out her bow and one of her arrows and aimed it at the barrier. The holy light appeared around the arrow and shone bright as it struck the barrier. When the light faded, there was a large hole in the barrier. "Nice work, Kagome," InuYasha complimented. "Now let's go!" The others nodded in agreement and ran into the barrier behind InuYasha.
(A/N: Sorry this chapter's so short. I may add more to this one or I may just try to add more to the next chapter.)