Shikon no Miko
By: Karisutaru-chan
Author's note: I do not own any of the characters in this story and it was written just for fun.
RATED R for language
and future adult situations. Reader discretion is advised.
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Thanks! Enjoy!
Chapter 4: In search of the Nest
Sesshoumaru walked through the forest, his three familiar companions trailing slightly behind him. It was now mid-day and the sunlight peaked through the forest canopy. Sesshoumaru was lost in his thoughts, analyzing the occurrences that happened not but three days ago.
He had used Tenseiga to save another life, only this time it was Tenseiga that told him to do it. Unlike with Rin, his little "experiment", Sesshoumaru did not want to save that tanuki's life and he tried to walk away; he didn't believe he would get anything out of it, so why should he, Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands do such a menial thing? But Tenseiga would not let him leave, as if he needed to hear what the tanuki would have to say once he revived.
And as usual, Tenseiga was correct…what the tanuki had to tell his little hanyou of a brother was very fascinating information indeed. It was information about the boundary between this world and the next, where his father's grave was located, and Naraku's interest in it. And just like Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru was quite interested in any information pertaining to Naraku's activities. He would kill him a hundred times over for trying to make a fool out of him not once, not twice but three times.
A light breeze blew through the forest leaves and Sesshoumaru was pulled from his thoughts when he noticed a new scent in the area.
"Nioi no tori ka?"
"Sesshoumaru-sama, is there something wrong?" Jaken asked his master when he almost walked into him, not noticing he stopped to because of something.
"Jaken…"
"Hai.."
"Stay here with Rin, I will return later."
"Hai."
"Why are you leaving again Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin innocently asked.
Sesshoumaru did not answer the young girl as he began walking in the direction of the smell.
Jaken quickly turned to scold Rin, "You know better than to ask Sesshoumaru-sama about what he is doing. You are very lucky he did not kill you on the spot!"
As usual, Rin wasn't paying any attention to Jaken as she watched Sesshoumaru's silhouette disappear in the distance.
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After leaving his companions behind, Sesshoumaru once again became lost in his thoughts as he walked in the direction the scent of birds was coming from.
'The smell is very strong…I should have noticed it a long time ago.' he thought to himself. From the intensity of the smell he figured he was about a day's walk away from the source. Normally, he would have noticed the smell at least five days ago.
'There is also a strong scent of human blood. This warrants my investigating; that bastard Naraku may be involved.'
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Kagome stomped back to the campsite fuming. 'Inuyasha can be such an insensitive idiot! I don't even know why I told him. I knew he wouldn't understand."
"KAAAGOOOMMMEEE!!!!"
Kagome was instantly tackled by a familiar ball of fur. "Kagome, are you okay?" asked the little kistune, the previous incident of being catapulted through the sky far from his mind.
"Hai, Shippo-chan. I'm fine. I'm sorry about waking you up and making you all worry." Kagome turned to both Sango and Miroku as she said the last part, her eyes asking forgiveness for her previous outburst.
"We're just glad you're okay Kagome-sama." Miroku said, whil.e Sango nodded in agreement.
"What was wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" asked Sango.
"Yes…..but I'm fine now. Again, I'm sorry for waking everyone. But, I think I'm ready to go back to sleep, it's still early." Kagome did not want to explain the details of her dream; she really didn't have that much information about it herself. Though she would never fully admit it to herself, she figured maybe Inuyasha was right; maybe she was just worrying over nothing. She set Shippo down and walked to where her sleeping bag lay on the forest floor. She climbed in and shut her eyes, trying to will herself to sleep so that she wouldn't have to answer any more questions she did not have complete answers to.
"Kagome-chan…" Sango began, but she was interrupted by Miroku.
"Sa, Kagome-sama is right. It is still fairly early, and we should probably get some more sleep."
Sango and Shippo looked at Miroku in confusion. "Miroku, don't you want to…" Shippo began.
"Kagome-sama does not feel like talking right now. We should give her space until she is ready to tell us more. We should not force her to talk."
With that, Shippo hopped next to Kagome, and was fast asleep while Sango laid back down on Kirara. Miroku repositioned himself on the tree and shut his eyes and smiled to himself.
"Inuyasha, don't worry about her, she will be fine."
"Feh." was all he heard from the tree above him.
"In the mean time, we should continue our search for the bird nest and a way to get that last Shikon shard."
"I know bozu…..We won't have to go that much further to find the nest anyway."
"What!?! How do you know?" Miroku shot his eyes open upon hearing the news.
"Dumb ass, I can smell it!"
"But how, I thought you couldn't smell them. How are you able to now?"
"How the fuck should I know. All I know is that I smell birds and blood now and that we won't have to go too far to find that bitch Abie."
"This is suspicious, it could be a trap."
"Even if it is, we don't have much of a choice do we? We have to stop Naraku from using that human blood to pass through the gateway. We can't let him get the last shard."
A/N: Nioi no tori – smell of birds
ka – spoken question mark
Sa – in this sense, it is equivalent to saying "well" (i.e. "Well, Kagome is right…..")
bozu – monk
hai – yes, okay