Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. But someday, somehow, I will get my hands on the rights to Inuyasha before I die. I'm now on a mission, wish me luck.
Chapter Two
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Miroku placed his hand on his arm to see if it was broken. When he touched anything below his elbow a sharp pain would go through his entire body. He stared down at the broken arm and tried to remember how it got that way.
All her remembered was sleeping in the cave and hearing someone's footsteps. He thought that it was Inuyasha coming back into the cave so he just ignored it then nothing. What could have possible happened between the time he heard the footsteps and now.
"Miroku. Are you ok?" Sango asked.
He looked over at her. She was sitting next to some bars. She didn't look like she was hurt very much, a few scrapes and a bump on the head, but nothing bad. "I'll live." He said with a little smile. "How do you think we got here?"
"I don't know. Maybe this is why Kagome didn't want to go into that cave."
"I suppose so." Miroku was impressed that Kagome had been able the sense the danger in the cave, she was always able to surprise him with her abilities.
Shippo sat up and rubbed his eyes; he seemed to be the one to get out of everything all right. He just looked really dirty.
"Shippo, are you alright?" Sango asked as she half walked and half crawled in-between Shippo and Miroku.
"I'm fine." He almost seemed cheerful compared to Sango and Miroku. "Do you think Inuyasha will come to get us?"
"Only if he can find us." Miroku said, "I wonder if he even knows we're gone yet?"
"Sure he dose, we've been gone for almost a whole day." Shippo said as he stood up and walked around their cage for a little while.
"Shippo," Sango was overcome with curiosity "Do you remember what happened in the cave."
"Yes."
"What?"
"We went to sleep, then Kikyou made the hole in the ground."
"Hole in the ground?"
Shippo showed a little frustration by the fact that they didn't remember what had happened. "Kikyou came in and asked for Kagome, then - "
"Kikyou! What would she want with Kagome?" Miroku asked a little shocked.
"Then, " Shippo continued his story, "you guys said no' and started to fight her -"
"I don't remember fighting her, do you?" Sango asked Miroku.
"No."
"WHOULD YOU TWO STOP TALKING AND LISTEN TO MY STORY" Shippo yelled. Sango and Miroku were surprised at this sudden outburst, and decided to keep their mouths shut. "Then - " Shippo continued as he eyed them carefully to make sure they wouldn't interrupted him." Then she drew a white circle on the ground and it kinda – sucked us into it."
"Are you done?" Sango asked politely.
"Yes." Shippo grumbled and sat on the floor.
Miroku turned to Sango, "So what do you think Kikyou wanted with Kagome."
"I don't know. There are so many reasons why she would want to get her hands on her." Sango stood up and walked to the to the bars. It was really dark, so she couldn't see very well. But she was able to make out a long hallway and a very big door at the end of it.
"I wonder if we could get out of here." Sango said to herself.
"Sure we will. Inuyasha will eventually come for us. Just like Miroku said." Shippo walked next to her.
Sango thought about it for a little while. Inuyasha would at least look for them, there was no doubt in her mind about that, but something was nagging at her. What's wrong with the idea of Inuyasha coming to get us? She thought.
"What could possible go wrong in this rescue' mission?" Sango asked Miroku.
"I don't know, unless he is stopped or hurt while trying to help us."
No, that can't be it. Kagome thought Inuyasha is really powerful, he's always protecting Kagome. "KAGOME!" Sango screamed, "This is just a trap to get Kagome."
"What? How?" Miroku asked.
"When Inuyasha gets here, Kagome will be with him won't she. This is all just a trap."
"Damn it, we have no way of warning them." Miroku said under his breath.
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Kagome opened her eyes and felt the wind moving her hair around; it took her a few seconds of wondering about it until she remembered that Inuyasha was running with her on her back. She lifted her head a little bit and looked around to see where they were.
"So, you finally awake." Inuyasha said without looking at her.
"Have you been running all night long, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha turned his head slightly enough to look at Kagome, "Yeah, so."
"You should rest."
"I can't, the mountains are still four days away, and I want to get there with one day to spare."
Kagome rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder you wouldn't think Inuyasha was this caring just by looking at him. She thought. "Could we at least stop to eat?" She asked.
Inuyasha let out a sigh, he didn't want to stop running and waist time, but he was really tired from running all night. "Fine." He said, then he stopped running and set Kagome down.
Kagome started to dig through her backpack and found Inuyasha some Ramen, then started to eat some olives out of a can. Usually Inuyasha would show a little bit of interest in things that she had in her backpack. He liked to look at all the modern things she had, but he just ate his Ramen and looked toward the mountains.
Kagome tried to start a conversation with Inuyasha, but he wasn't in the mood for talking. "Inuyasha. You look, worried." She said in an attempt to brake the silence.
"Well, aren't you. Lei said one of them would die."
"Yes I'm worried, it's just that you don't get worried ever."
"Yes I do."
"When?"
Inuyasha turned his eyes from the mountains and looked into Kagome's, "When you get hurt."
Kagome blushed a little bit and looked down at her olives, "You've worried about me?"
"It's not a big deal." Inuyasha said, he was a little embarrassed about opening himself up like that.
"Yes it is. It means you care about me, even if only a little bit."
Kagome laughed when she noticed a bit of pinkness coming on to Inuyasha's face. He stood up and started to walk away, "Come on Kagome." He said, Kagome ran to catch up with him.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha, did I embarrass you?"
"No." But when he said that his face grew red.
Kagome smiled and walked beside Inuyasha silently, while she looked at his ears. "Sorry about you ears Inuyasha."
"What, what's wrong with my ears?"
"I'm sorry I pulled on them the other day. Are they still sore?"
"Yeah," he looked over and saw the guilt on Kagome's face, "b-but don't feel bad." He added. He hated making Kagome feel bad. "I should have listened to you about that cave in the first place."
Kagome stood on her toes and kissed Inuyasha behind the ears. "What was that for?" he asked, a little stunned. Kagome usually blushed at the thought of giving him a hug or sitting really near him.
"When I was a little girl, and I got hurt, my mom would kiss my sore spot. It always made me feel better. I thought maybe it would work for you too."
Inuyasha watched Kagome out of the coiner of his eyes. He thought it was really nice that Kagome was willing to kiss his ears to make them feel better, even though it really didn't help the pain go away. "Come on." He said, then he bent down so Kagome could jump on his back.
"What?"
"We don't have a lot of time to spare, Kagome, we will get to the mountains sooner if I'm running."
"Oh" she said. Kagome climbed onto Inuyasha's back and enjoyed the gentile wind blowing in her face as Inuyasha ran. She wrapped her arms loosely around his neck for better support and rested her face in his hair. Kagome had never noticed how soft his hair was.
Inuyasha noticed Kagome pressing her face into his hair and smiled. He had been worried that whatever took Sango, Miroku, and Shippo would somehow find a way to get Kagome too. The thought of losing Kagome was too much to take in. That was one of the reasons why he was so dedicated to finding the monster behind this and killing it.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"What?"
"Do you plan to run all day and night?"
"Yes."
Kagome shied and looked at some birds flying in the sky. She didn't want Inuyasha to tire himself out before they got to the small castle that Lei talked about and have him to tired to fight.
"We'll be there soon Kagome, don't' worry."
Kagome stayed silent and let her thoughts wander. She thought about the fight they had about the forest over the mountains, funny how something like that seemed petty now. And she thought about the night that Inuyasha went out of his way to make sure she slept safely with a warm blanket. And she thought about the trip to Lady Lei's house. Then a question formed in her mind.
"Inuyasha?"
"What?" My God he thought Dose she always have to ask questions he thought.
"Was it just me or did you show more respect to Lady Lei then what you normally show people?"
"Yeah. I guess I've always respected her."
"Why. Lady Kaede has been just as helpful to us as Lady Lei, yet you call Kaede an old hag."
Inuyasha thought about it for a moment, how could he make Kagome understand his way of thinking. "I show Lei more respect because I never have to worry about Kaede turning me into a frog when she's mad."
"You should though."
"Should what?"
"Show Kaede more respect."
Inuyasha grumbled. "I'll try." He kept on running "Kagome, your weird."
"What? Inuyasha don't be mean?"
"Fine your not weird, you just don't notice anything."
"What do you mean." Kagome said, getting a little angry.
"Lei called you my mate, and you didn't even say anything."
Kagome's face turned bright red. "I didn't want to be rude and correct her."
"Sure." Inuyasha smiled knowing that he could still make her feel embarrassed.
"You still haven't told me what you guys talked about while I was playing with the children."
"Yes I did. I told you that we talked about you."
"Yeah, but you didn't go any deeper then that."
Inuyasha became a little reserved, "It's not important."
"Well, I think I have a right to know what you were talking about, after all, I was the subject."
"I'll tell you some other time Kagome, I don't feel much like going into a long story right now."
Kagome grumbled a little bit and decided to give Inuyasha the silent treatment until morning came.
"You don't have to get mad at me." Inuyasha said.
Kagome remained silent.
"Kagome, stop acting like that."
Kagome remained silent.
"Kagome!"
Kagome remained silent.
"Fine!" he yelled.
Kagome smiled at how easy it was to annoy Inuyasha and just enjoyed the rest of her ride.
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Kikyou stood behind the small door that Sango had noticed earlier. She was in a room light by thousands of candles. Some for light and some for a spell she wanted to perform when Kagome arrived. At the very end of the room was a small window. She walked over to it and stared out.
She could feel Inuyasha coming her way, I wonder if he'll risk bringing Kagome into my
castle she thought.
She could tell that Sango had realized that she meant to trap Kagome, and she wondered if Inuyasha had come to that same conclusion.
"Impossible." She said, "He doesn't even know I'm the one who kidnapped them." She paced the room back and forth for a few moments then decided to get one of her prisoners'.
She opened the door and walked down the hallway to the cage she had them in. "You." She said, pointing to Miroku, "come with me."
"Why?" Sango asked.
Kikyou just ignored her. She waited for Miroku to stand up and walk over to the cage door that Kikyou was standing next to. "What do you want?" He asked.
"I want you to come with me." Kikyou said. She opened the door and let Miroku out but closed it before Sango and Shippo had a chance to get out. "Follow me." She said, "or I'll give you a broken arm to match that one." She said as she took hold of his arm.
Miroku cried out in pain as she led him down the hallway, through the room with candles and down some stairs into another room. This one was extremely dark. "You will stay here for 3 days."
"And what happens after three days?"
"If Inuyasha doesn't get here in three days, I'll kill you." She said calmly, walked out of
the room and locked the door behind her.
Miroku stared into the darkness silently. He had heard Inuyasha and Kaede talk about what a nice person Kikyou was, a pure soul' was what they said. "How could she have changed that much." He thought to himself.
Sango stood with Shippo wondering what was going to happen to Miroku. "Do you think she'll hurt him?" Sango asked.
"Sango don't worry. Inuyasha and Kagome will save the day."
Sango looked down at Shippo and smiled (an extremely good thing regarding their current situation). Shippo could use simple childhood things and sound really wise without even knowing it.
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