A Journey in a Different Time
-Chapter 4-
Trying to be Friends
Mrs. Bitting was worried that Michelle got kidnapped! It's already been a whole day and she wasn't home. Did she run away? Did she get rape? Did she elope? So many questions were going on in her head, she had to know what was going on. She picked up the phone and dialed Mrs. Higurashi's number.
Mrs. Bitting waited until she heard a voice at the other end of the line...
"Hello?" Said the voice at the other end.
"Mrs. Higurashi? Do you know where is Michelle? I'm really worried about her, it's been a day since she has left!" Said Mrs. Bitting.
"Well, she DID came here yesterday. My father told me she did came. But he sent her to the well house..." said Mrs. Higurashi.
"What about the well house? Is there something I should know?"
"Since I did say something about the well house, I should tell you about it." Mrs. Higurashi told Mrs. Bitting about the well and how Kagome time travels through to the other side. Mrs. Higurashi predicted Michelle must have fallen into the well and has time traveled and is with Kagome. "So I think they're probably stuck there. Some things close for awhile or forever so you never know when they're going to come back. Maybe in months..."
"M-months!?" Mrs. Bitting was speechless. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Staying in Feudal Japan Era for MONTHS!? She couldn't survive for even a day in that time period. That's what she knows.
"Mrs. Bitting? Are you still there?"
"Yes...I'm still here. Thank you for telling me...If you hear she's back, call me right away so I can make her a delicious dinner when she comes home. Her favorite...pork, and rice!"
"I understand!"
They both hanged up at the same time. Mrs. Bitting put her hands together to pray to the Lord.
"[O Lord, please watch over my daughter in that era...make sure she comes back home alive.]"
*~*~
Michelle, Shippo and Sango were inside a little hut they once used before when Kirara had toxins in her system. Shippo was getting some water from a stream not too far from there. Sango just put a cloth over Michelle's forehead to get rid of the sweat she was having.
"Sango..." said Michelle.
"Hm?"
"What was it like? To be all alone in the world I mean?"
"What do you mean?"
"Kagome told me about what happened before they met you. It was like you were all alone in the world. And you wanted revenge so you let Kagome and the others to guide you to the end."
Sango looked away from her. Why did she had to bring it up? And why did Kagome had to tell her? Well, there was no choice after all. Michelle had to know what is going on and why she is traveling with them. But Sango was glad that no one has told her about Kikyo yet.
"I felt lost...in the world with no one with me to share my pain. I had lost my whole village and family...well almost my whole family. Kohaku is still alive but he doesn't remember because of Naraku. It's like Kohaku has been reborn with no memory of me at all."
"Did you had any friends before your village was attacked?"
"Well, lots of people repect me....actually, I had to train to become a Demon Slayer so there was no time to have friends. [Speaking of friends, what about her?] What about you? Did you have any friends in your world?"
"None...everybody treated me different. So I act tough so people can stay away from me."
"Why do you want to stay away from people?"
"Because...no matter what! Either good or bad people can still hurt you! No matter if they're your friends or not. They can still hurt you in a horrible way you can't imagine. So I decided for me not to have friends so I won't be hurt!!"
"But does it really matter? You still get hurt for not having friends...that causes more pain to you then having friends."
Michelle didn't realized that. It's true, she has been hurt even without friends. She didn't know what to stay. She suddenly got angry at the world.
"You don't know what I have been through!!" Shouted Michelle. Sango flinched, she was first sad and painful, now she turned to an angry Michelle. "My parents tried everything to let me have friends! My dad forced me into self-defense class so I can make friends in that class!"
"Hey! What did-"
"Then my mom forced me to train to become a miko so I can help the people in need so I can make friends by helping them! I have tried so hard to make friends in my world but all I got was a beating from the people from my school! There was only way for me not to get beat up like that! IT IS TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT!!"
"WHAT DID I DO TO MAKE YOU ANGRY!?"
"THEN I HAD TO FORCE MYSELF TO BE ON A VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO MAKE FRIENDS!! AND THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER, EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE TEAM CAPTAIN! YOU SEE!? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH!! EVERYBODY HATED ME FOR WHAT I LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE!!"
"You don't have to yell!"
"They hated when I tried my best to do things, they only trash talk me! Especially men! THAT'S WHY I HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF PEOPLE!! I GET HURT BY THEM AND I'M AFRAID OF THEM!!!"
Michelle started to cough from yelling so much. Sango sat next to her to make sure she was okay. She grabbed a water bottle from Kagome's backpack and gave it to her. Michelle drank some of it and gave it back to Sango.
"Calm down! You're not in that place anymore! This place is much more different from your world. At this place, it's easy to make friends."
"That doesn't change anything!"
"Well, tell me who are you afraid of the most."
"That's easy to name...Inuyasha! He's one of those people. I can tell he hated me from the day we met! But I don't think I can be friends with that MONK!! And...I don't think I can be friends with Kagome."
"Why not with Kagome?"
"I can tell it's going to take a long time to be friends with her. I'm trying my best but Inuyasha always talks to Kagome about me! But I know one thing! I can be friends with Shippo because he's harmless and he's so cute with the hair, the bow and the green eyes!!"
Sango laughed. She was first angry and now she's happy by thinking about Shippo. "Well, how about me? I can be your friend..."
"I'll accept you! [Well, that's two I have now!]"
*~*~
"Why can't you just kill those villagers when you had the chance, Jinenji!?" Asked Inuyasha. Him and Kagome were standing outside of Jinenji's house. Jinenji was standing next to his mom. "Didn't you say they were stealing your herbs without paying either!?"
"Not really, they come back with the money. And they're not even bullying him either!" Said Jinenji's mom.
"I don't care! All I want to know is why he didn't kill those villagers that attacked him before!?"
"INU...YASHA! OSUWARI!!" Commanded Kagome. The prayer beads around his neck forced him to hit the ground flat on his face. But Kagome wasn't done yet. "OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"
His face is bruised now! Kagome was tired of him being so rude. She first stared at Inuyasha, who's face was still in the ground. Then she turned her head back to Jinenji and his mother.
"Sorry about that! He is rude after all!" Said Kagome.
"Okay....um, here are the herbs you needed," said Jinenji. He handed her the herbs with his big hand. Kagome took it out of his hand and bowed to him. She also gave him a warm smile.
"All right!" Said Inuyasha. He got up angrily with his arms crossed over his chest. "Let's go!" She nodded to him and he went on ahead.
"I'll see you later, Jinenji. Sorry it was a short visit, but next time I'll stay longer. To help you guys with the farm." Said Kagome.
"I...understand." Said Jinenji.
Kagome left with a smile on her face. She ran to Inuyasha to catch up with him...also to give him a lecture on not to be so rude when he's talking to people. She also told him the consequences.
"You can also get beat up from being so rude to people!" Said Kagome.
"Okay, okay! I get it! You don't have to keep telling me!" Angered Inuyasha.
"I HAVE to! And you want to know why!? Because you keep forgetting!! Do you want me to keep lecturing you about you being so rude!? You don't want to keep hearing it all over again, do you!?"
"I don't! I don't want to her anything like that out of you mouth ever again!"
That clenched her fists. Inuyasha looked back at her and realized she was clenching her fists. He knew she is going to tell him to sit! So he ran away from her before she even said it. When he was gone, Kagome realized he was gone.
"HEY!! AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING!? YOU FORGOT MEEEEEEEEEE!! YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO GIVE ME A RIDE BACK BECAUSE I GOT THE HERB!!! BAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Shouted Kagome.
When Inuyasha was sure he was far away from Kagome as possible, he stopped to catch his breath. He looked back at the direction Kagome is in.
"I'll get her back once she has calm down!" He smiled and that turned into a laugh. He enjoyed the moment when he ran away from her. But he knew it'll only make her more mad. And that'll cause her to say sit! So he just ran back to where Kagome was.
He was right...Kagome did say sit when he got there. After that, she gave him another lucture on not to leave a friend behind because the demons can find them and kill them. He tried to ignore her on the way to the little hut. But he was glad about one thing...they didn't talk about her...the new girl.
*~*~
"Shippo...what are you doing?" Asked Miroku. He was sitting by Shippo, at the stream. Shippo was trying to boil the water with his Kitsunebi. (_ In case you're wondering, it means Fox Fire!) Shippo had the bucket on the ground and was waiting for the water to boil.
"I'm just betting Michelle might need a hot boiling water!" Answered Shippo.
"It reminds me of a hot spring!"
"Me too!"
"Who do you imagine in it? I can imagine Sango and me in there..."
"Whatever! I would much rather everybody to be in the hot spring. Because my family always take a bath together."
"But that's family, it's different when you're not related to anyone."
"How is it different? What is going to happen if you take a bath with someone not related to you?"
"Something that you shouldn't know at your age. Only when you grow up..."
"Aw, man!"
Miroku smiled at him. Then he continued to watch him to try and boil the water. But then he thought about Michelle....she's still new here and he needs to explain a little more things about why he does these stuff.
He closed his eyes and stood up to walk back to the hut. Shippo saw him leaving and figured he would send Sango to keep an eye on him. So he conitue to try and boil the water.
Miroku kept walking and thought about how he should start it out. Why is he after Naraku or why he touches girl's butts....where he should start? Maybe why he's after Naraku.
When he finally got to the hut, he walked in and saw Sango and Michelle laughing together. He waited for them to stop so they can notice him. It's a good thing Sango notice him before Michelle even did.
"Oh! I almost forgot!" Said Sango. She got up and looked down at Michelle. "I have to give Kirara some excercise. I'll be right back!"
"Sango? Do you have to leave me with him?" Asked Michelle.
"Sorry! But I have to!" She walked towards the door where Miroku is. She whispered to him as soon as she was by his side. "(Make friends with her!)" And then she walked outside with Kirara on her shoulder and left Miroku with Michelle. Miroku watched Sango leave until she was out of sight, out of mind.
He turned his head to Michelle and was confused on what she was doing. Her two index fingers formed a cross to give him a warning.
"Don't even think about doing anything stupid! I still have the venom in my body! So don't try to get an advantage to me just because I'm weak and tired!" Said Michelle with fire in her eyes.
"I understand! I PROMISE I won't do anything stupid!" He walked over to where she's sitting. He sat by her and gave her a warm smile. Michelle put her index fingers down and relax for little bit. "I was just wondering if we can be friends....can we?"
"I don't know...it depends!"
"What do you mean?"
"It depends if you keep being a pervert to me...If you do keep being a pervert to me, I WON'T and CAN'T be your friend!"
"I think I get that. I'm sure that won't happen. Because I like Sango better then anyone else!"
"You like Sango better but you still touched my butt!?"
"Yeah! I do that to all the pretty girls and then I ask them to bear my child! [Wasn't I suppose to tell her about Naraku first?]"
"Why to bear a child for you?"
"Actually, to bear my son! So my son can continue on to pursue Naraku if I fail one day."
"Why?"
"Because of my right hand...Naraku put a curse on my family. It started with my grandfather...every son will have a hole in the right hand....Kazaana!"
"So that's why the prayer beads are on your right arm! And...who's Naraku?"
"He's-"
"Michelle!" Miroku stopped and looked at the person who was at the doorway...Kagome. She has the herbs in her hand and she rushed to Michelle as soon as he saw her. "Ok! Take this! Miroku! Inuyasha is outside, maybe you should talk to him about his anger!!"
"Ok!" Said Miroku. He stood up and walked out of the hut and saw Inuyasha leaning against the wall next to the door with his arms crossed. His back on the wall with his eyes closed being pissed as always. "A bad visit?"
"No...I just kept getting sat after we got the herbs in our hands," said Inuyasha.
"You must've been a very bad inu!"
"No, she just gave me a lecture on not to be SO rude!"
"Yeah...you were being bad!"
"SHUT UP!!"
Now it was silent....Inuyasha wanted it to be that way. He NEEDS to cool his anger down. And some silence might do the trick. But his anger went up when someone mentioned someone's name.
Sango and Shippo arrived with a bucket of water. Maybe he failed on boiling the water. Probably it took too much time. They stopped as soon as they saw Miroku and Inuyasha standing outside of the hut.
"Well, how's Michelle doing?" Asked Shippo with the bucket of water in his hands.
Inuyasha's dog ears moved, making that cute little sound. His anger rised to the chart when Shippo mentioned that name! He started to clench his teeth to show his hatred towards her.
Sango and the others saw what he was doing. But Miroku answered Shippo's question, not to get Inuyasha angry, just to answer Shippo's question.
"Kagome is giving Michelle the herbs right now. I'm sure she'll be fine, Shippo," said Miroku.
"That's good, because I really like her!"
"You mean some sort of crush on her?"
"Maybe...maybe not! She's nice like Kagome and-"
"She's a crybaby!" Shouted Inuyasha. Everybody looked at him, he had his eyes opened but it was showing a mean expression. He was still clenching his teeth to show more of his anger.
"Actually, I was thinking Michelle like a soft person, a person who hardly gets mad but just crys when she's feeling lonely," said Shippo.
"Actually, when you guys were out, she was yelling out her anger to me. She kept saying on how the world has beaten her when she tried her best to make friends. She actually tried to become a miko," said Sango.
"She was training to become a miko....what else?" Questioned Miroku.
"She actually has been beat up by some guys at her world. She may be weak on the outside, but I have a feeling that when she gets angry she becomes stronger. She's actually strong on the inside..."
"Yeah right! She probably can't even lay a punch at me...she's too soft and she's a crybaby!" Said Inuyasha.
"How would you know? You haven't even had a nice conversation with her. Why don't you talk with her so you won't have to hate her all the time!" Said Sango.
"NO WAY!!"
*~*~
"Ok! While the herbs are taking effect, maybe you can try to be a little more calm. Before I actually got here, Sango told me you were really angry," said Kagome. She was sitting next to Michelle trying to become friends with her. Michelle was resting with her back leaning against the wall.
"Did you know?" Asked Michelle.
"Know what?"
"The soul is more important then the body...It's like the body is a strong barrier trying to protect the soul. But the truth is, the body is not strong enough....your body doesn't get hurt, your soul does...."
"You actually believe that?"
"No...I know it! My soul was broken before I came here...it couldn't heal up. But my body did, but my soul didn't. I told Sango a couple of teenage guys from high school beat me up because of the middle school guys. The middle school guys payed the high school guys to beat me up...after that happened, I survived. My body was healed from the injuries...but my soul didn't heal."
"A broken soul...."
"The soul only breaks into pieces once everybody has beaten you up...That's what I learned."
"Michelle...so the body is like just a weak barrier?"
"Kind of...that's why you yourself have to protect your body, and your soul. Only your strength and strong defense can do that. But I lowered my defense when I had no hope of making friends..."
"Now I understand...other reason you wanted to travel with us is to make friends...but with who?"
"Anybody who I come across..."
"You may hate this world, but I love it! But there is one thing I hate about it."
"What is that?"
"Bloodshed....and deaths....there's lots of that here..."
Michelle didn't know what she was talking about. Is there really bloodshed and deaths here? She hasn't seen any yet, she only felt pain from her first battle. Michelle put her hand on the bit marks where the tarantula put on her. It was covered in a bandage so she couldn't touch the holes.
She only knows one thing about this place. It has lots of pain and lots of battles. And she wanted to make sure she doesn't die from any of the battles and she doesn't want her soul to die here and now.
-Chapter 4-
Trying to be Friends
Mrs. Bitting was worried that Michelle got kidnapped! It's already been a whole day and she wasn't home. Did she run away? Did she get rape? Did she elope? So many questions were going on in her head, she had to know what was going on. She picked up the phone and dialed Mrs. Higurashi's number.
Mrs. Bitting waited until she heard a voice at the other end of the line...
"Hello?" Said the voice at the other end.
"Mrs. Higurashi? Do you know where is Michelle? I'm really worried about her, it's been a day since she has left!" Said Mrs. Bitting.
"Well, she DID came here yesterday. My father told me she did came. But he sent her to the well house..." said Mrs. Higurashi.
"What about the well house? Is there something I should know?"
"Since I did say something about the well house, I should tell you about it." Mrs. Higurashi told Mrs. Bitting about the well and how Kagome time travels through to the other side. Mrs. Higurashi predicted Michelle must have fallen into the well and has time traveled and is with Kagome. "So I think they're probably stuck there. Some things close for awhile or forever so you never know when they're going to come back. Maybe in months..."
"M-months!?" Mrs. Bitting was speechless. She couldn't believe what she just heard. Staying in Feudal Japan Era for MONTHS!? She couldn't survive for even a day in that time period. That's what she knows.
"Mrs. Bitting? Are you still there?"
"Yes...I'm still here. Thank you for telling me...If you hear she's back, call me right away so I can make her a delicious dinner when she comes home. Her favorite...pork, and rice!"
"I understand!"
They both hanged up at the same time. Mrs. Bitting put her hands together to pray to the Lord.
"[O Lord, please watch over my daughter in that era...make sure she comes back home alive.]"
*~*~
Michelle, Shippo and Sango were inside a little hut they once used before when Kirara had toxins in her system. Shippo was getting some water from a stream not too far from there. Sango just put a cloth over Michelle's forehead to get rid of the sweat she was having.
"Sango..." said Michelle.
"Hm?"
"What was it like? To be all alone in the world I mean?"
"What do you mean?"
"Kagome told me about what happened before they met you. It was like you were all alone in the world. And you wanted revenge so you let Kagome and the others to guide you to the end."
Sango looked away from her. Why did she had to bring it up? And why did Kagome had to tell her? Well, there was no choice after all. Michelle had to know what is going on and why she is traveling with them. But Sango was glad that no one has told her about Kikyo yet.
"I felt lost...in the world with no one with me to share my pain. I had lost my whole village and family...well almost my whole family. Kohaku is still alive but he doesn't remember because of Naraku. It's like Kohaku has been reborn with no memory of me at all."
"Did you had any friends before your village was attacked?"
"Well, lots of people repect me....actually, I had to train to become a Demon Slayer so there was no time to have friends. [Speaking of friends, what about her?] What about you? Did you have any friends in your world?"
"None...everybody treated me different. So I act tough so people can stay away from me."
"Why do you want to stay away from people?"
"Because...no matter what! Either good or bad people can still hurt you! No matter if they're your friends or not. They can still hurt you in a horrible way you can't imagine. So I decided for me not to have friends so I won't be hurt!!"
"But does it really matter? You still get hurt for not having friends...that causes more pain to you then having friends."
Michelle didn't realized that. It's true, she has been hurt even without friends. She didn't know what to stay. She suddenly got angry at the world.
"You don't know what I have been through!!" Shouted Michelle. Sango flinched, she was first sad and painful, now she turned to an angry Michelle. "My parents tried everything to let me have friends! My dad forced me into self-defense class so I can make friends in that class!"
"Hey! What did-"
"Then my mom forced me to train to become a miko so I can help the people in need so I can make friends by helping them! I have tried so hard to make friends in my world but all I got was a beating from the people from my school! There was only way for me not to get beat up like that! IT IS TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT!!"
"WHAT DID I DO TO MAKE YOU ANGRY!?"
"THEN I HAD TO FORCE MYSELF TO BE ON A VOLLEYBALL TEAM TO MAKE FRIENDS!! AND THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER, EVEN THOUGH I WAS THE TEAM CAPTAIN! YOU SEE!? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH!! EVERYBODY HATED ME FOR WHAT I LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE!!"
"You don't have to yell!"
"They hated when I tried my best to do things, they only trash talk me! Especially men! THAT'S WHY I HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF PEOPLE!! I GET HURT BY THEM AND I'M AFRAID OF THEM!!!"
Michelle started to cough from yelling so much. Sango sat next to her to make sure she was okay. She grabbed a water bottle from Kagome's backpack and gave it to her. Michelle drank some of it and gave it back to Sango.
"Calm down! You're not in that place anymore! This place is much more different from your world. At this place, it's easy to make friends."
"That doesn't change anything!"
"Well, tell me who are you afraid of the most."
"That's easy to name...Inuyasha! He's one of those people. I can tell he hated me from the day we met! But I don't think I can be friends with that MONK!! And...I don't think I can be friends with Kagome."
"Why not with Kagome?"
"I can tell it's going to take a long time to be friends with her. I'm trying my best but Inuyasha always talks to Kagome about me! But I know one thing! I can be friends with Shippo because he's harmless and he's so cute with the hair, the bow and the green eyes!!"
Sango laughed. She was first angry and now she's happy by thinking about Shippo. "Well, how about me? I can be your friend..."
"I'll accept you! [Well, that's two I have now!]"
*~*~
"Why can't you just kill those villagers when you had the chance, Jinenji!?" Asked Inuyasha. Him and Kagome were standing outside of Jinenji's house. Jinenji was standing next to his mom. "Didn't you say they were stealing your herbs without paying either!?"
"Not really, they come back with the money. And they're not even bullying him either!" Said Jinenji's mom.
"I don't care! All I want to know is why he didn't kill those villagers that attacked him before!?"
"INU...YASHA! OSUWARI!!" Commanded Kagome. The prayer beads around his neck forced him to hit the ground flat on his face. But Kagome wasn't done yet. "OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARI!! OSUWARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!"
His face is bruised now! Kagome was tired of him being so rude. She first stared at Inuyasha, who's face was still in the ground. Then she turned her head back to Jinenji and his mother.
"Sorry about that! He is rude after all!" Said Kagome.
"Okay....um, here are the herbs you needed," said Jinenji. He handed her the herbs with his big hand. Kagome took it out of his hand and bowed to him. She also gave him a warm smile.
"All right!" Said Inuyasha. He got up angrily with his arms crossed over his chest. "Let's go!" She nodded to him and he went on ahead.
"I'll see you later, Jinenji. Sorry it was a short visit, but next time I'll stay longer. To help you guys with the farm." Said Kagome.
"I...understand." Said Jinenji.
Kagome left with a smile on her face. She ran to Inuyasha to catch up with him...also to give him a lecture on not to be so rude when he's talking to people. She also told him the consequences.
"You can also get beat up from being so rude to people!" Said Kagome.
"Okay, okay! I get it! You don't have to keep telling me!" Angered Inuyasha.
"I HAVE to! And you want to know why!? Because you keep forgetting!! Do you want me to keep lecturing you about you being so rude!? You don't want to keep hearing it all over again, do you!?"
"I don't! I don't want to her anything like that out of you mouth ever again!"
That clenched her fists. Inuyasha looked back at her and realized she was clenching her fists. He knew she is going to tell him to sit! So he ran away from her before she even said it. When he was gone, Kagome realized he was gone.
"HEY!! AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING!? YOU FORGOT MEEEEEEEEEE!! YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO GIVE ME A RIDE BACK BECAUSE I GOT THE HERB!!! BAKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Shouted Kagome.
When Inuyasha was sure he was far away from Kagome as possible, he stopped to catch his breath. He looked back at the direction Kagome is in.
"I'll get her back once she has calm down!" He smiled and that turned into a laugh. He enjoyed the moment when he ran away from her. But he knew it'll only make her more mad. And that'll cause her to say sit! So he just ran back to where Kagome was.
He was right...Kagome did say sit when he got there. After that, she gave him another lucture on not to leave a friend behind because the demons can find them and kill them. He tried to ignore her on the way to the little hut. But he was glad about one thing...they didn't talk about her...the new girl.
*~*~
"Shippo...what are you doing?" Asked Miroku. He was sitting by Shippo, at the stream. Shippo was trying to boil the water with his Kitsunebi. (_ In case you're wondering, it means Fox Fire!) Shippo had the bucket on the ground and was waiting for the water to boil.
"I'm just betting Michelle might need a hot boiling water!" Answered Shippo.
"It reminds me of a hot spring!"
"Me too!"
"Who do you imagine in it? I can imagine Sango and me in there..."
"Whatever! I would much rather everybody to be in the hot spring. Because my family always take a bath together."
"But that's family, it's different when you're not related to anyone."
"How is it different? What is going to happen if you take a bath with someone not related to you?"
"Something that you shouldn't know at your age. Only when you grow up..."
"Aw, man!"
Miroku smiled at him. Then he continued to watch him to try and boil the water. But then he thought about Michelle....she's still new here and he needs to explain a little more things about why he does these stuff.
He closed his eyes and stood up to walk back to the hut. Shippo saw him leaving and figured he would send Sango to keep an eye on him. So he conitue to try and boil the water.
Miroku kept walking and thought about how he should start it out. Why is he after Naraku or why he touches girl's butts....where he should start? Maybe why he's after Naraku.
When he finally got to the hut, he walked in and saw Sango and Michelle laughing together. He waited for them to stop so they can notice him. It's a good thing Sango notice him before Michelle even did.
"Oh! I almost forgot!" Said Sango. She got up and looked down at Michelle. "I have to give Kirara some excercise. I'll be right back!"
"Sango? Do you have to leave me with him?" Asked Michelle.
"Sorry! But I have to!" She walked towards the door where Miroku is. She whispered to him as soon as she was by his side. "(Make friends with her!)" And then she walked outside with Kirara on her shoulder and left Miroku with Michelle. Miroku watched Sango leave until she was out of sight, out of mind.
He turned his head to Michelle and was confused on what she was doing. Her two index fingers formed a cross to give him a warning.
"Don't even think about doing anything stupid! I still have the venom in my body! So don't try to get an advantage to me just because I'm weak and tired!" Said Michelle with fire in her eyes.
"I understand! I PROMISE I won't do anything stupid!" He walked over to where she's sitting. He sat by her and gave her a warm smile. Michelle put her index fingers down and relax for little bit. "I was just wondering if we can be friends....can we?"
"I don't know...it depends!"
"What do you mean?"
"It depends if you keep being a pervert to me...If you do keep being a pervert to me, I WON'T and CAN'T be your friend!"
"I think I get that. I'm sure that won't happen. Because I like Sango better then anyone else!"
"You like Sango better but you still touched my butt!?"
"Yeah! I do that to all the pretty girls and then I ask them to bear my child! [Wasn't I suppose to tell her about Naraku first?]"
"Why to bear a child for you?"
"Actually, to bear my son! So my son can continue on to pursue Naraku if I fail one day."
"Why?"
"Because of my right hand...Naraku put a curse on my family. It started with my grandfather...every son will have a hole in the right hand....Kazaana!"
"So that's why the prayer beads are on your right arm! And...who's Naraku?"
"He's-"
"Michelle!" Miroku stopped and looked at the person who was at the doorway...Kagome. She has the herbs in her hand and she rushed to Michelle as soon as he saw her. "Ok! Take this! Miroku! Inuyasha is outside, maybe you should talk to him about his anger!!"
"Ok!" Said Miroku. He stood up and walked out of the hut and saw Inuyasha leaning against the wall next to the door with his arms crossed. His back on the wall with his eyes closed being pissed as always. "A bad visit?"
"No...I just kept getting sat after we got the herbs in our hands," said Inuyasha.
"You must've been a very bad inu!"
"No, she just gave me a lecture on not to be SO rude!"
"Yeah...you were being bad!"
"SHUT UP!!"
Now it was silent....Inuyasha wanted it to be that way. He NEEDS to cool his anger down. And some silence might do the trick. But his anger went up when someone mentioned someone's name.
Sango and Shippo arrived with a bucket of water. Maybe he failed on boiling the water. Probably it took too much time. They stopped as soon as they saw Miroku and Inuyasha standing outside of the hut.
"Well, how's Michelle doing?" Asked Shippo with the bucket of water in his hands.
Inuyasha's dog ears moved, making that cute little sound. His anger rised to the chart when Shippo mentioned that name! He started to clench his teeth to show his hatred towards her.
Sango and the others saw what he was doing. But Miroku answered Shippo's question, not to get Inuyasha angry, just to answer Shippo's question.
"Kagome is giving Michelle the herbs right now. I'm sure she'll be fine, Shippo," said Miroku.
"That's good, because I really like her!"
"You mean some sort of crush on her?"
"Maybe...maybe not! She's nice like Kagome and-"
"She's a crybaby!" Shouted Inuyasha. Everybody looked at him, he had his eyes opened but it was showing a mean expression. He was still clenching his teeth to show more of his anger.
"Actually, I was thinking Michelle like a soft person, a person who hardly gets mad but just crys when she's feeling lonely," said Shippo.
"Actually, when you guys were out, she was yelling out her anger to me. She kept saying on how the world has beaten her when she tried her best to make friends. She actually tried to become a miko," said Sango.
"She was training to become a miko....what else?" Questioned Miroku.
"She actually has been beat up by some guys at her world. She may be weak on the outside, but I have a feeling that when she gets angry she becomes stronger. She's actually strong on the inside..."
"Yeah right! She probably can't even lay a punch at me...she's too soft and she's a crybaby!" Said Inuyasha.
"How would you know? You haven't even had a nice conversation with her. Why don't you talk with her so you won't have to hate her all the time!" Said Sango.
"NO WAY!!"
*~*~
"Ok! While the herbs are taking effect, maybe you can try to be a little more calm. Before I actually got here, Sango told me you were really angry," said Kagome. She was sitting next to Michelle trying to become friends with her. Michelle was resting with her back leaning against the wall.
"Did you know?" Asked Michelle.
"Know what?"
"The soul is more important then the body...It's like the body is a strong barrier trying to protect the soul. But the truth is, the body is not strong enough....your body doesn't get hurt, your soul does...."
"You actually believe that?"
"No...I know it! My soul was broken before I came here...it couldn't heal up. But my body did, but my soul didn't. I told Sango a couple of teenage guys from high school beat me up because of the middle school guys. The middle school guys payed the high school guys to beat me up...after that happened, I survived. My body was healed from the injuries...but my soul didn't heal."
"A broken soul...."
"The soul only breaks into pieces once everybody has beaten you up...That's what I learned."
"Michelle...so the body is like just a weak barrier?"
"Kind of...that's why you yourself have to protect your body, and your soul. Only your strength and strong defense can do that. But I lowered my defense when I had no hope of making friends..."
"Now I understand...other reason you wanted to travel with us is to make friends...but with who?"
"Anybody who I come across..."
"You may hate this world, but I love it! But there is one thing I hate about it."
"What is that?"
"Bloodshed....and deaths....there's lots of that here..."
Michelle didn't know what she was talking about. Is there really bloodshed and deaths here? She hasn't seen any yet, she only felt pain from her first battle. Michelle put her hand on the bit marks where the tarantula put on her. It was covered in a bandage so she couldn't touch the holes.
She only knows one thing about this place. It has lots of pain and lots of battles. And she wanted to make sure she doesn't die from any of the battles and she doesn't want her soul to die here and now.