Chapter 5: Run In

Inuyasha arrived with Laura and everyone was relived. They sighed with relief and began to set out again. Inuyasha kept his distance from Laura to keep his brother's scent away. Laura sighed quietly as she rode on Kilala, thinking about Sesshoumaru still. 'Why did he attack me in the first place?' She shrugged it off but found that her mind kept wondering back to him.

Kagome suddenly sensed a jewel fragment. "Inuyasha, go straight ahead. There's a jewel shard up ahead." Inuyasha nodded and sped up.

They stopped when Kagome sensed the shard with great intensity. They looked around but saw no one. "That's strange." Kagome said. "I could've sworn it was right here." She continued to look around but saw no one. Suddenly, they all heard a thud.

Laura turned around to see a girl with green hair crawl behind a tree. She walked up to the tree and looked around it to see a girl with long green hair and purple eyes. "Hello." Laura said to the girl. The girl jumped at the sound of the voice and then turned to look at her.

"Who are you?" She asked. She wore an outfit that had shorts with a red kimono like top on.

"Laura and you're name is?" She asked, looking at the girl. She could see her holding something in her hands. 'Wonder what that is.'

"Ame Sojo, call me Ame." She stated. "How did you see me?"

"I saw you crawl behind this tree." She said. "C'mon, come out and meet my friends. They won't hurt you." She smiled at her and then dragged her out from behind the tree. "Hey guys, this is Ame." She pushed Ame forward who looked at them all.

"Hello?" She said in a questioned tone. Before she could say another word, Miroku was at her side.

"My fine lady, would you do that honor of bearing my child?" He asked, smiling at her.

Laura growled and whapped him. "Leave the girl alone you pervert." She then looked at Ame and smiled. "Ignore him. He does that a lot." She sweatdropped.

Miroku rubbed his face and then returned to Sango and tried to grope her but got whacked again.

Inuyasha looked over at Ame and grinned. "So, did you see anyone else around here?"

Ame shook her head. "Nope, just me." She smiled at him.

Inuyasha looked at her hand. "What's in your hand?"

Ame looked down at her clutched hand and shook her head. "Oh, nothing." She smiled again.

"Would you mind showing us?" Inuyasha asked. He then smirked at her.

She shook her head. "It's personal. You can't see." She stuck her tongue out at him.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Just show us."

Kagome looked at Ame's hand and gasped. "That's it! She has the jewel shard! May we please have it?" She asked. She approached Ame.

Ame looked at Kagome. "What do you need it for?" She wanted to make sure that this girl just didn't want the jewel shard. She had to make sure that she had a good reason.

"We're collecting them to make the jewel whole again. We don't use them and we need as many as we can get." Kagome explained. "Can we please have it?"

Ame looked at Laura and then down at her hand. She slowly opened up her hand and gave it to Kagome. She sighed. "I don't know why I had it anyways." She smiled.

Laura smiled. "What are you doing out here?"

"I was traveling to get back home but I got lost a long the way." She smiled. "Can you help me find my way back? I'll help you if I can."

Kagome smiled at her. "I guess you can come with us. It wouldn't be a problem but we would have to walk now. Is that ok with you guys?" Every agreed and Kagome smiled at Ame. "Welcome Ame."

Laura smiled at her and then heard someone. She heard her name being called and she looked around. 'That's strange...it's odd. Oh well." She then turned back to Ame and everyone else. She then heard it again. "Come meet me tonight in the woods." The voice whispered in the wind. Soon enough, the voice was gone and she was left bewildered. She shrugged and decided to figure out what was going on tonight.

They began to travel again, but Kagome couldn't sense any jewel shards. Inuyasha was getting grumpy and growled. Laura still had Sesshoumaru's scent and it bothered him. "You guys should go wash up. Go find the nearest hot spring. We all need to relax anyways." Inuyasha said. He then sat down and looked at them.

Kagome grabbed her shampoos and soaps and soon Sango, Ame, Laura, and she were on their way to find the hot spring. Laura brought her extra school uniform and decided to wash the one she was wearing and then change into the one she had in her bag. They found one not too far from where they decided to make camp for the night. They stripped themselves of their clothes and got in, relaxing.

Laura was laying her head on a rock whenever she heard the voice again. "Come meet me now if you can." The voice whispered. She looked around and saw that Sango and Kagome where talking while Ame was playing in the water. She shrugged and closed her eyes. "Come meet me." Came the voice again. She got mad and got out.

Kagome looked at Laura as she dressed. "Laura, where are you going?" She asked her friend.

Laura looked over at Kagome, now fully dressed. "I'm just gonna go look around. I'll be right back." She then began to walk off into the forest, listening to the voice.

End. ((A/N: Sorry about the cliffy but you'll find out where she goes and stuff next chappie I promise! Well, that's all for this chapter. Until next time, cya! ~*Luna26*~ ^.^ meow))