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Chapter 24

"Excuse me?" A voice outside the door asks.

Indeed, very simple to understand how two words can destroy a moment shared between two people, especially when the moment is perfect... Moreover, the point of the interruption was to ask if another bloody blanket or something was needed!! You inwardly fume to yourself glaring at the bowl of rice sitting in front of you... However, at least Inuyasha stayed in the futon instead of going back to the wall, which was nice... 'Maybe we should sleep together more often... That was kinda nice... Very nice... Ehh!' You muse to yourself and your face heightens in color a few notches.

"(Your Name), are you ok?" You snap out of your forming daydream or probably swoon and turn to the owner of the voice, which was Naomi and nod a few times.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" You ask smiling sheepishly and start to eat some of rice given to you.

"You look a bit feverish..." She answers pointing out your flushed face.

"Eh? Well, um, it's probably because of the miso soup! I didn't know it had so many spices in it!" You reply coming up with a quick excuse.

"But-" Just when she was about to make a comeback she's interrupted.

"Good morning, everyone!" The castle assistant, Gyki says walking into the room with a smile on his face.

"Good morning!" You and Naomi greet back while the dog-boy beside you continues to munch his breakfast.

"I hope you're happy to know, Miss (Your Name) that your friend, Miss Risa is doing fine, she'll be able to leave tomorrow..." The chocolate haired, castle assistant says taking a sit at the table.

"Oh, that's good." You reply smiling back, now looking forward to tomorrow.

"(Your Name), would come with me to the springs?" Naomi asks and you nod slightly continuing to eat some of your miso soup deciding to soak away the day in the springs.

After breakfast you and Naomi head to the springs followed by Inuyasha. After making your way through the over-sized castle, from the breakfast place you three finally make it to the castle's west wing and exit it into a large hall that supposedly stretched around the whole castle. You all exit through a shoji door from the west wing hall and step foot in the forest. Then down the forest path that lead to the springs. Once your there you're about to change, but then remember something.

"Ne, Inuyasha I think there's another spring over there..." You say pointing. He blinks, but then catches your hint and nods and starts to walk off.

"Don't take too long like last time..." 'So, now he catches a hint... I could swear he teases me on purpose...' You think to yourself and blush lightly. You then turn around toward Naomi to see her smiling at you.

"What?" You ask the teen and she shakes her head gesturing 'nothing' still smiling.

You shrug to yourself and strip and put on a towel followed by Naomi, then slide into the hot spring water that has always had the pleasant tingly sensation of the hot H2O bonding with your skin which made you not regret coming to the springs...

Feeling a bit drowsy you lean back on the soft ground coating the spring. Feeling yourself ready to float away on a fluffy cloud to Inuyasha-er dreamland you hear Naomi's voice background saying something about hearing... Something... Strange, I didn't hear anything... Oh dear, has poor Naomi lost her hearing?! We must find a cure and fast! ... Right after my snooze... You snigger lightly and watch Naomi's figure get out of the springs and disappear into the forest. You close your eyes and sigh.

You suddenly feel a weak ki heading toward, just about on the weak demon level... You open your eyes partially and stare straight ahead of you seeing a blurry thing heading toward you... Hn, a bug? You wonder to yourself and see it seems to be getting bigger and bigger... That demon ki is drawing closer, too... Wait, that bugs a little too big to be a bug... Demon ki? Your eyes widen as you come to realization and notice the fat ass caterpillar soaring in your direction. You jump out of the spring and roll away as the caterpillar collides with the ground you were just leaning on sending a splash on hot water everywhere.

You snatch up your clothes and try to put on your hakama as you run away. You had forget to take the Kyojin with you, which was still left under the table in you and Inuyasha's room and without your sword your only hope was close-range fighting with fists and your ki shocks, but it wasn't going to be easy to fight with fists with a caterpillar... You put on your gi slipping off your towel and continue to run, sensing you were being chased. You come to a halt seeing a cliff ahead of you and slowly turn around. The airborne demons speed towards you and you dodge the one's that fly pass you... Other's follow the ones that go straight pass you ignoring you.

(Naomi POV/Point Of View)

I sprint through the forest, keeping a keen-eye on the person I'm tracking, staff in hand, fully clothed and ready to fight. Whoever this person was he or she were obviously stalking (Your Name), who hasn't realized she was being stalked yet... This person's ki was there the first time me and (Your Name) met by the river, which is strange because was drowning at the time and this person didn't help... Obviously a rival, but if he or she was a rival of (Your Name)'s, (Your Name) should have noticed their ki already... But, on the other hand, (Your Name) is an unusually distracted person... She probably didn't notice... I focus myself back on the person and stop and look around calmly... This person... Their ki... I must have lost them while lost in thought...

(End Naomi POV)

You watch as the demons fly off down the cliff in the direction of the castle. You back away from the cliff, wondering about the trail of demons and them not attacking you... You start to head back to the spring you were once at, deciding to ask Naomi or Inuyasha about it. Once back at the camp you don't see Naomi there, so you decide to go find Inuyasha... You head down another path leading to other springs... You don't see him anywhere... You hear rustling behind you and quickly turn to see or sense no one there... But, the rustling seems to be in front of you now... You turn back and quickly follow the rustling noise.

"Inuyasha!? Naomi!" You yell in front of you now sensing a ki that must be making the rustling sound.

You follow it, breaking into a run trying to keep up with it. Not on a path you dodge tree after tree keeping a good eye on the person or thing you're following... You quickly do a "U" turn around a tree feeling the ki in back of you now.

You continue to run after the ki determined to find out what it is... It suddenly comes to a halt and you stop running and start to walk toward it slowly still not being able to see because of the tree in front of you. You slowly creep closer to the tree and peek around it... Nothing... Nothing was there, but you still sensed the ki... You stare into the space it's supposed to be and sense it slowly fading away to nothing... You walk towards the space it's supposed to be around the tree and glare at it... What the hell was that? A ghost? You think to yourself and shudder... You lean against a tree in thought about the "ghost" or whatever you were chasing.

"Kikyo, why-!" You hear a voice behind you yell. Your eyes widen at the familiar voice and name.

You peek around the tree to see in a clearing Inuyasha and the pale chick, Kikyo talking to each other, a bit far away from you and this time Inuyasha looking more alert... Kikyo slowly walks toward him.

"This has gone on too long, Inuyasha! I will not let you be with her!" You frown and glare at the less-than-alive female approaching Inuyasha. "Besides, Inuyasha, I'm sure she's changing her mind about you right now, seeing us together!" She says stopping and pointing towards the hiding place you're in.

"(Your Name)!" Inuyasha yells seeing you peeking from around the tree. "This isn't-"

"I don't wanna hear it, Inuyasha..." You mutter to yourself crossly and start to walk away.

Back down the path you came from heading back toward the castle ignoring the yells behind you. After a few minutes you're back on the correct path you stare angrily in front of you, then stop walking and stare at the ground. 'Maybe... I shouldn't have just walked away like that...' You think to yourself now regretting walking away... 'But-'

"(Your Name)!" You glance in back of you to see Naomi approaching. "What's wrong?" She asks seeing your expression as you look up.

"Nothing... Lets just go back to the castle..." You answer her and start to walk away.

"Where's Inuyasha?"

"Um, busy... I don't wanna talk about..." You mutter folding your arms and continue to walk down the path to the castle... Naomi nods sadly and follows you down the path.

A few minutes later you and Naomi are entering back into the castle and you head back to your room while Naomi decides to hang around in the garden. You enter your room and go straight to the futon and lay down, but not before retrieving the Kyojin from under the table and put it beside the futon, so this time you won't forget it. You lay flat on the futon and sigh delicately and close your eyes partially thinking back about what had just happened.

You hear the shoji door slide open quickly and close just as fast almost slamming.

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Heheh, end chapter... I'm sorry for not updating weekly, I'm not usually one to give excuses, but I think my muses went on vacation without telling me and are just now coming back... 'Pulls out mallet and whacks muse over the head'... Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter because this part of the Midoriko series is ending soon. Also, don't worry about the lemon scene... It's in the process as I type...

Shoji- A paper sliding door, used in traditional Japanese homes.

Sweatdrop- A large/exaggerated drop of sweat usually used on anime characters to indicate the character's sheepishness, annoyance, or frustration...

Ki shock- From what I told you before, in late chapters, ki means energy, in this story anyway, also an energy that usually will come from the shikon jewel and you can attack opponents with it. When I add shock onto it I'm using it as in, like someone is in a bathtub right now and you drop a toaster in, which depending on the person using it if the opponent will be killed from it or not. (In other words, I'm leaving it up to you if the soldier died or not...) Speaking of toasters and bathtubs have you heard about...

Ja!