A/N: I am so, so sorry for making you all wait this long! I have been swamped with homework. I will try to get this out as soon I can!

Chapter 5

"Are you sure that you want to go to your house?" Kagome asked Sango carefully, not wanting to upset her.

"Yes. I told you that I need to get my weapon." Sango glanced over her shoulder at the men walking behind them.

They reached Sango's house and she went around to the shed in the back yard. She yanked the lock off and stepped inside.

InuYasha grumbled. "What sort of weapon does she own? A bunch of concealer necklaces?"

"InuYasha! Be nice!" Kagome yelled at him. Sango stepped out of the shed with a giant boomerang strapped to her shoulder and a thin sword at her side.

InuYasha gaped at Sango's weapon. She smiled. "Like it?"

That snapped InuYasha out of his reverie. He muttered something incomprehensible along with his infamous, "Keh!"

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Sit."

InuYasha was tugged to the ground. Miroku smiled, "Hope you like your lunch InuYasha." Sango just looked shocked as she watched the hanyou crash to the ground.

"It is the necklace," Kagome explained. "Whenever I say si­- I mean the 's' word, InuYasha falls to the ground, thanks to the rosary that my grandmother gave to him before she died."

Sango only nodded as InuYasha sat up. "Are we ready to go yet?" he grumbled.

They were walking into a forest at the edge of town. Sango led the group for a while because she knew the way to find Naraku. Suddenly a giant fire neko leaped at them. Before InuYasha had a chance to attack it, Sango yelled, "Kirara!"

The demon transformed into a little two-tailed cat. "Aww! It's so cute!" Kagome squeaked.

Sango apologized to the group. "This is my fire neko, Kirara. I wanted to come out her to get her before we went to Naraku's castle thing."

InuYasha grumbled something about hating cats, but didn't protest when Kirara landed on his shoulder and rubbed the bottom of his neck. Kagome smiled when InuYasha didn't make a move to stick Tessaiga up Kirara's private area.

"Let's get moving, we have already had enough interruptions for one day!" InuYasha dropped the cat into Sango's arms and started walking into the forest.

"Is he always like this?" Sango whispered to Kagome. She nodded and followed InuYasha.

Kagome caught up with InuYasha and looked at him with the corner of her eye. He returned her gaze, "What are you looking at?"

"I was just wondering why you didn't try to shove Tessaiga up Kirara's you know. You looked so cute when she was rubbing your neck." Kagome smiled at the blush that was creeping across InuYasha's face.

"Keh! Like I would want to hurt Sango even more after what she has gone through. I am not that heartless. Contrary to some beliefs." He yelped when something flew over his head.

Sango looked down from her perch on top of Kirara's back. The cat was in her large form and gracefully gliding over InuYasha's head. "Do you guys want a ride?" Sango paused and her expression turned from shocked to pissed as her eyebrow started twitching.

She turned around and the sound of flesh meeting flesh reverberated through the forest as Miroku's head appeared behind Sango, his cheek supporting a fresh red handprint.

InuYasha chuckled. "About time, pervert!" he called up to Miroku. To Sango, he added, "We're fine. Kagome can ride on my back."

Kagome rose an eyebrow. "I will do what now?"

InuYasha bent over slightly and called over his shoulder, "Hop on!"

Against her better judgement, she climbed onto InuYasha's back and felt his arms tighten around her legs.

"Hold on!" He shouted as he pushed off the ground. He rose over the trees and saw Kirara hovering a little farther off.

He caught up with the cat and said, "Catch me if you can!" He pushed off again and sped away.

Kirara growled at the challenge, but flew off after him. Sango and Miroku held on for dear life as Kirara sped off to catch the running hanyou.

Night fell as the travelers settled down at their makeshift camp in the middle of the woods. The fire burned brightly as Kagome rotated the cooking rabbit. Against her better judgement, she allowed InuYasha to hunt, since they hadn't brought any food with them.

'I really should start listening to my judgement a little more! This poor rabbit. When did InuYasha learn how to hunt? I have never seen him run like that either. What other secrets does that cute head of his contain? Did I just say he was cute! What is wrong with me?'

As Kagome sat with her thoughts about InuYasha, Sango sat on a bed of leaves that she made.

'Is this such a good idea? I don't these people, my friends, to get hurt. InuYasha can certainly take care of himself. And he won't let anything happen to Kagome, judging by the looks I have seen him throw her way. What about Miroku? As far as I know, he has no weapon. He is cute though. Wait! Did I just call him cute! What am I thinking?'

InuYasha dragged Miroku off to the very edge of the camp while the girls sat with their own thoughts. "Hey Miroku. I don't like it. The girls have been thinking too much lately. What do you think it means? Are they planning something?

Miroku laughed. "I think they are just thinking about how cute we are. You know Kagome loved riding on your back this afternoon." He shot InuYasha a knowing glance. "And I don't think that you minded it too much either."

His suspicions were confirmed when InuYasha turned a bright red and desperately tried to change the subject. "What weapon do you have by the way lecher? We might not be able to protect you if we get separated."

Now it was Miroku's turn to blush. "Umm, don't worry about me. I have my own ways of protecting myself."

"Naraku won't like it if you stroke his ass, you know." InuYasha tried to hold back his laughter.

Miroku gasped, putting his hand to his chest. "InuYasha! I can't believe you would think that of me! That hurt! It really did!" Miroku couldn't hold in his laughter either as both men burst out laughing.

The men laughing brought Kagome and Sango out of their thoughts. They exchanged nervous glances.

"Do you think that they are planning something, Kagome?" Sango asked fearfully. Kagome shook her head as she continued to stare at InuYasha.

"How can he be that cute!" Kagome wondered. Sango coughed and Kagome looked at her. Her eyes opened wide. "Did I just say that out loud?"

Sango nodded. "Don't worry. I won't tell!" Kagome looked relieved.

Kagome suddenly got a dangerous glance in her eye. She grinned evilly and whispered something to Sango. Sango's eye grew big as she smiled and nodded.

She giggled as Kagome ran off into the forest. "Hey InuYasha! Miroku! Get over here and help with dinner!" She could hardly contain her laughter as she waited for Kagome to return.

A/N: Sorry for the cliffy. If you think that this was a bad chapter, don't worry because I already know that it was. I just wanted to get something posted! In case you are wondering, I am not that good with the Japanese translations. I will try to put a few in, but they will probably be misused and misspelled. If anyone knows the right way to spell InuYasha's sword, I would greatly appreciate it!