Mai nodded sadly. Shippou pulled it and smiled.
" She's demon alright, but what type?" he asked. Inu Yasha studied it carefully. He bent down and looked at it. He tugged it, looked at it, plucked some hairs off of it, and got slapped for doing so, and smelled it. Then he stood upstrait again. Inu Yasha nodded three times before he came to a conclusion.
" She's wolf demon. That I'm sure of." Inu Yasha replied. Mai looked to the ground and kicked some rocks. Kagome seen the sadness in her eyes, so she walked over to her.
" Whats wrong Mai?" she asked kindly. Mai looked up at her with tears in her eyes. Kagome got startled a bit. Why is she crying? Is it because of her tail, or her being a demon? I don't know, but I want to find out.
" I don't want to be wolf demon anymore! I never wanted to be! I was a regular human, until I started to change... All I want to be is a regular human and be accepted as a human!" she cried out. Inu Yasha walked over to Mai and stood in front of her.
" What do you mean " regular"?" he asked. She lifted her head and looked at him.
" Aren't you a half demon, instead of a full demon, Inu Yasha? Don't you wish you were like the rest of the demons? Full, instead of half?" Mai asked him.
" Of course I would, who wouldn't want to be?" he replied. She nodded and continued.
" It's kind of like that. My whole family was human exept for my father and mother. My father was full wolf demon and my mother half. I got it from them both. I was human until I was 6. Thats when the demon started to take form inside of me. I wanted it to stop, and tried to stop it, but I fell unconsious when it happened." She ended. Kagome rubbed her back to try to comfort her.
Shippou told her it was fun being a demon and tried to explain to her what joys you could get out of it. Inu Yasha stood off to the side. Miroku gave her a hug, a nice and friendly hug. She looked at Inu Yasha from the corner of her eye.
They don't understand Inu Yasha. I was a outcast. I can tell that happened to you. I got kicked out of my old villiage because I was demon. They said I brought Sesshoumaru to the villiage to attack them. It was his idea. Someone seen him come to my hut, look at me, then walk off. They said he spared me because I was demon like him and I was his little dummy. I can't stand steryotypical people. She told Inu Yasha through telepathy.
He looked at Mai and nodded. I agree, let's talk later though. he said back.
Kagome got the idea to let Mai come on their journey with them. They walked throught a forest, where Kagome and Mai pointed out herbs that were used for cureing. Mai told Kagome about the herb that Jaken got for Sesshoumaru that he thought was for healing and getting more power. But was actually used for killing demons. Kagome told Mai about when Inu Yasha was in a herb garden, he smelled a garlic plant and began to sneeze for a week. So everytime he would try to fight, he sneezed. They were both laughing. Inu Yasha told Kagome to shutup, she told him to sit and of course he went smack down into the ground. Miroku helped him to his feet again and then they continued.
" Inu Yasha, you don't think that Mai bumped into you and told us that story just to set us up?" Miroku asked. Inu Yasha looked at him, then at Mai. She did say that she had a run in with Sesshoumaru. He couldl've sent her to set us up. But then again. she looked like she was in real pain.
" Maybe, Miroku. We'll find out soon enough. I think she was telling the truth. Why do you ask?" Inu Yasha looked over at Miroku. He looked deep in thought. Then he shook his head and looked over to Inu Yasha.
" What? Oh, I don't know really. She looks pretty human, but she's demon. I was just thinking." he said. Inu Yasha walked ahead of them again and leaded the way. Shippou jumped on Kagome's shoulders and talked with Mai and her. Kagome felt a jewel shard nearby and told Inu Yasha. Kagome jumped on Inu Yasha's back and Shippou jumped on her back.
Miroku and Mai ran after them. Inu Yasha dilligently jumped from limb to limb with
Kagome and Shippou on his back, while Miroku and Mai dodged treebranches, upgrown roots and brush after them. When they finally reached the location, Kagome showed him where she felt a jewel shard at. Everyone stopped and looked at least 1 story into the air. The demon was huge! Shippou hid behind Kagome, who was hiding behind a tree. Miroku, Mai and Inu Yasha got into fighting position. Thats when Miroku and Inu Yasha realised that Mai was still there.