Next chapter, can't find anything to say so here's the thankyou's and on with this thingy!
Forfirith-on-a-sugar-high: I don't think there'll be enough chapters to reach 150, but thanks for helping
Danya2: You think? Thanks!
TNTiggris: I usually have the whole chapter planned out in my head so in a matter of two days I have it completed, but the next day I have to read over the entire chap to understand where I was going with it;; and I have no clue how many chapters there will be. Not to many that's for sure. Why?
Hyperness: Thankyou, thankyou, I be here till thursday!.....don't mind that. Anywho, I bet the demon bodies do smell funny, that came of the top of my hat.
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ChibiNekoSakura: thankyou! And yes kai will kill kouga, eventually.
Mori'quessir: When I was at camp MSK my group leader person kept us up all night with her interesting fart jokes, that's where the idea came from. Can't remember any though, SRRY!
Promise me
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"You didn't answer me! Did you ever taste cotton candy!" Kouga probed, poking me in the shoulder.
"Yes!" I exclaimed, exhausted that Kouga wouldn't get of my case, and that we were currently climbing a mountain.
It rained buckets last night, hail stormed is more like it, so in turn it destroyed the hut we were staying in so now we need to look for higher ground to escape the rising floods. Miroku picked the perfect place to camp out...note my sarcasm.
This climb is tiring everyone out. Tyson, Max and Kenny collapsed a long time ago and Kilala and to help them up. Kagome took refuge with Inu-yasha and Sango who was clearly exhausted insisted that she was capable of reaching the top without any assistance.
"You ok kitten?" Kai asked, stopping halfway up the trail to look back on me.
"Fine, thanks." I gave a tired smile and collapsed right onto him.
Chuckling, Kai bent down and motioned for me to climb on his back. I gave a concerned frown before climbing on.
"Are you ok with this Kai?" I wondered, if I was tired then he most certainly was too.
"You're as light as a feather." Kai replied, hoisting me up further.
I gave a surprised grunt but quickly adjusted into my new position.
"You chumps ok there?" Inu-yasha asked, slowing down till we caught up.
"Just great." Kai grunted and carried on.
Inu-yasha mumbled something and waited for the others to come within eye range.
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"This is where we're staying?" Tyson asked as he collapsed onto the hard rocks on top of his duffel bag.
"Yes, got a problem with that?" Inu-yasha growled.
Tyson squealed and ran behind Max, who was no source of protection since he ran at the sight of Inu-yasha charging at them in full force.
"We need four large sticks!" Kagome announced wailing her hands in the air to catch our attention.
"Since Inu-yasha is currently occupied, how about me and Kouga getting the wood." Miroku suggested.
"Fine by me, but what'll we do?" I asked, scratching my head.
I defiantly wasn't one to sit around doing nothing while everyone around me was working their backs off.
"Hmm..." Miroku looked up towards the sky in thought, "You could always gather some fruits for later."
"Fruits? Where's that?" I scanned the area and found several small trees lurking in the shadows of great oaks.
"Just down there." Miroku answered, pointing in the direction I was looking in.
"Thanks. Kai, you coming?" I turned to Kai who held out his hand for me. I gladly accepted it and skipped down the path leading to the peach trees.
"Kai I can't reach that one over there can-mpth!"
In mere seconds I found myself pinned to the bark of the peach tree with a very hungry looking Kai leaning on me.
"Kai, we have to get the peaches!" I gasped as began to kiss me feverishly, "Kai, not now...the peaches!"
I felt pathetic saying that, choosing peaches over Kai. I think Kai noticed since he's now giving me one hell of a strange look.
"Peaches, honestly kitten!" Kai smirked cocking his brow slightly.
I blushed a million shades of red, "What can I say, I haven't eaten in a long while."
Kai sighed deeply, that smirk still lingering as he stuffed a small peach in my mouth, preventing me from saying more.
"Rhat rhot raht ri rent!" I squeaked through a mouth full of peach.
"What's that kitten?" Kai asked smiling playfully, "I thought you were hungry?"
"Ri ram!" I cried, trying desperately to gobble down as much peach as possible.
"Sorry kitt, didn't hear you this time either."
I hissed when Kai brought another deadly fruit I call peaches to my lips.
"If you're hungry you should eat." Kai faked a frown as he broke of a small piece of the fruit and fed it to me.
I glared daggers at him as he continued feeding me the sickeningly sweet peach.
"Kai!!" I exclaimed when I was given the chance, "I'm not that hungry!"
Kai's smirk widened, "Then play with me."
I giggled when I felt Kai press his soft lips upon my neck, "Kai..."
"Ahem."
I gasped in shock and felt Kai's presence leave my body, causing me to shiver at the sudden lack of warmth.
"Can you guys be any slower?" Inu-yasha scolded, "Miroku told you to gather fruits, not make out!"
"Honestly Inu-yasha!" I fumed, "You have the worst timing!"
"If I didn't come when I did we'd all have to starve thanks to you two!" Inu-yasha retorted fiercely.
"We aren't that irresponsible! We'd have collected the peaches by the time the tent was up!" I growled, but Inu-yasha paid no attention to my screams. Instead he started picking the fruits himself.
"Are you two going to just stand there or are you going to help me?"
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The tent consisted of a large blue sheet thrown on top of two tied together sticks paired on each end. It was fairly small and we'd have had to sleep piled on top of each other if Inu-yasha, Kouga and Miroku didn't suggest them staying outside to keep a watch on us.
"Kai...?" I called, my voice muffled in the make-shift bedding.
"Yea kitten?" He answered from beside me.
"What if we don't find our blades?"
Kai wrapped his arms around my slender waist and pulled me close so that my head was tucked safely under his chin.
"We will find them. Don't worry you're pretty little head off, ok?" Kai kissed the top of my head and rocked me to try and get me to sleep.
"Ok. Love you Kai." I mumbled.
"Love you too Ray." Kai held me tight against his chest and whispered soothing works until I slipped off into sleep mode.
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"Wake up, wake up, wake up!!!!" Shippo's shrill voice sounded as he bounced into the tent and smack onto my tummy.
I groaned and searched for the blankets, when I found none I gave an annoyed grunt and shot upright, knocking the surprised fox child of my stomach.
"Hey!" He squealed, landing on the floor with a thud.
"Sorry Shippo." I apologized, picking him of the ground, "Where are the others?"
"Outside." Shippo answered, "Eating all of breakfast."
"Oh." I scratched my head in thought, "What is for breakfast?"
"Fish! My favourite!" Shippo licked his lips and rubbed his belly.
"Great." I grumbled before hitting the pillow.
"Wakie, wakie kitten." Kai called out, crawling into the tent, "Don't you want to eat?"
"No." I answered simply, burying my head in Kai's chest, "Not hungry."
"Come now, of course you are." Kai picked me up and literally carried me out the tent.
"I can walk you know." I pouted playfully, kicking the air with my legs.
"I know, but given half the chance you'd sleep in the whole day." Kai nuzzled my neck affectionately and placed me down on a log.
"Here's your plate Ray, I promise I took nothing." Tyson held up his hands, pleading his innocence.
"I believe you Tyson." Still I was skeptical.
I began to eat, surprisingly, the fish didn't taste like it did last time. It had a juicy flavor to it that made me glad I let Kai carry me out to breakfast this morning...but I still had my breath mints handy.
"Don't be so picky!" I heard Inu-yasha yell at Kenny, who was so scared he stopped picking out the little burnt parts on his fish and was now shaking violently.
"Ray." Kagome took a seat beside me and looked far into the distance, "I was talking to Inu-yasha this morning. He said we leave to Kaede's in the afternoon."
"Oh..." It was all I managed to utter. In a few hours we'd be on our way to Kaede's, that little trip would greatly alter our future.
"I can't believe you'll be leaving so soon." Kagome sighed in remorse.
"Me neither." I placed my plate on the floor and shifted to a more comfortable position, "It's certainly been interesting."
"It has." Kagome repeated, "It's nice to be around people from my own era for a change. You know what I mean."
"I can only imagine." I replied.
"What's it like being on the road all the time?"
"Hard sometimes." I answered truthfully, "But I have Kai and the others. They get me through it all the time."
"It must be nice having friends around you all the time." Kagome smiled, "I think that's the only thing keeping me going here too. There're like family to me...except Inu-yasha of course."
"They are rather nice people." I agreed smiling, "And they make highly interesting company."
"Sometimes, too interesting company. I can go a night without hearing Miroku talk about women." Kagome gave an exasperated sigh.
"Took the words right out of mouth." I grinned, thinking of the all the times Miroku made up absurd lies of what he does when no ones looking. I laughed inwardly, all the women Miroku meet give him a good whacking if makes a single inappropriate move.
"Why is Kai so grouchy all the time?" Kagome pondered out loud, "Reminds me of Inu-yasha."
"At least Inu-yasha shows some compassion to people he doesn't know. Kai just scares them away." I laughed remembering at all the times little kids were almost driven into insanity.
"Inu-yasha was brutal before." Kagome stiffed a laugh, "Can you believe the nerve of him. He tried to kill me the first time we met! Not to mention he mistook for a woman he used to love! It doesn't get more humiliating!"
"Oh? You haven't told me that before." I rose an eyebrow inquisitively, a habit of Kai's that rubbed of on me.
"I haven't? It's seems that I've told everything but the important parts." Kagome was being sarcastic as she laughed that thought of.
"I don't think you wanted to remember that day Kagome." I laughed along with her.
I was going to miss this dearly. Kagome was one of the only sensible girls that I could talk heart-to-heart with. Sure there was Mariah, but I never actually wanted to talk this way with her. I tired, but she'd quickly change the subject to how she almost broke a nail beyblading, I gave up trying then.
"You know what, I don't think I wanted to. But it's good for a laugh."
"Sure is." There was a long pause after I ended that topic.
"Promise me." Kagome said, breaking the silence.
"What is it Kagome?" I asked, turning to face her.
"Promise you'll visit us again sometime." Her pleading brown eyes were tearing into my soul.
"I promise."
NOTE: there we go! Another chapter done ............a couple more and this stories done. Wow, took me quite a while to get this far. Can't believe i'm actually close to finishing. Usually I scrap whatever I do cause it just doesn't appeal to me, funny how life works.
Review, please and thankyou.