DISCLAIMER - I don't own Inuyasha. I only own Naomi, Hikaru, Toshiro, and Keitaru.
Hi! I FINALLY updated!!
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Naomi winced and clenched her teeth, but continued walking. Nobody noticed.
It was the day after she had fought Toshiro. They were on the road again. Hikaru and Myouga had joined them.
Inuyasha walked in the lead, as always. Behind him came Naomi, Kagome, and Hikaru, side-by-side, in that order. Hikaru had been walking beside Naomi earlier, but she had convinced Kagome to walk between them. Shippou was on Hikaru's shoulder, and they were both talking nonstop about nothing in particular. Sango, carrying Kilala, and Miroku brought up the rear. Speaking of rears.....
SLAP
Miroku rubbed the new handprint on his cheek while Sango fumed. Kilala had jumped out of her arms by then and walked beside her instead(Myouga buried in her fur), sensing her anger.
"Does that happen often?" Hikaru asked Shippou.
"All the time," he replied. "I should tell you about the one time when they....." The two continued babbling away, Hikaru asking about 20 questions a second, and Shippou answering them just as fast.
"I see why you didn't wanna walk beside him now," Kagome whispered to Naomi. "He's kinda annoying!!"
Naomi simply nodded, not trusting her voice. If she spoke, then the others might be able to tell that she was in pain. 'The poison's starting to affect me....'
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Kagura stood in front of Naraku's castle. She had flown earlier off to get some fresh air(as well as to get away from the sore loser), and was just now returning. She noticed a bundle of flowers sitting there. She picked them up curiously and looked at them. There were all kinds of wildflowers mixed together. Some were purple, some blue, some yellow, and some white. Also, there was a single red rose in the very center. A note was under the flowers, and she picked it up and read it.
Flowers for my dear Kagura.
"Huh?" She looked at the note, confused. It was signed, "Your secret admirer". Then she smiled, smelling the flowers before disappearing inside the castle.
Toshiro watched from the trees, smiling.
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Naomi continued to walk along, trying not to show any signs of weakness. As the morning turned to evening, it was getting even harder to do this. Though the poison hadn't spread, it was still painful. She didn't know how much longer she'd be able to keep it up....
"Inuyasha, I think we need to rest."
"Huh?"
Everyone looked at Kagome, who had spoken, then to Inuyasha.
"Why? You're not tired, are you?"
"Of course I am! And I'm sure everyone else is too!" Was it Naomi's imagination, or did Kagome glance at her when she said that?
"We can't rest! We have to keep going and find more jewel shards!"
"We're resting!"
"We're going!"
"We're RESTING!!"
"We're GOING!!"
"WE'RE RESTING!!!!"
"WE'RE GOING!!!!"
"Sit."
CRASH
"We're resting."
"....Fine...."
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Naomi(looks the same age but is wearing her old kimono and her hair is down) sat in the branches of a tree, looking at the clouds. The sun shone brightly overhead.
"Naomi."
She looked down to see her mom standing there. She wasn't in her regular clothes, however. Her shirt was greenish, as were her pants. Her sword had a new sheath, the same color as everything else.
"Is that the outfit father has been working on?" Naomi asked.
"Yes," her mom replied. "And I have something for you." She held up her other clothes(the black ones Naomi wears now), neatly folded. "I repaired all the rips and tears by hand. Sorry I wasn't able to make you a new one entirely."
Naomi's eyes shone brightly. "It's fine!" she said, hopping down. Her mother handed her the clothes, and she grinned. "Thank you very much! I'll go put them on right now!" She ran to the hut that was nearby, grinning the whole time.
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Naomi awoke from her dream to see Hikaru shaking her slightly. "We're going," he said.
Naomi nodded and stood up. She winced slightly, having forgotten about the pain until that moment. The movement went unnoticed, or so she thought.
"We'll have to rest again in another little while," Hikaru whispered to Kagome as they started again on their journey.
Kagome nodded, looking over at the oblivious Naomi with concern.
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Kagura walked through the castle, admiring her flowers. She wandered aimlessly, not even thinking. After a while she happened to walk past the room where Naraku was...
"Whatchya got there?"
"None of your business."
"Kagura...." he said warningly.
"Flowers."
"From who?"
"How should I know?"
"Did he leave you a card?"
"Maybe, maybe not. What's it to you?"
"I want to meet this boy and make sure he's suitable. I'll not have any of my incarnations dating some low class demon."
Kagura rolled her eyes. "Mind your own business," she said as she continued on her path.
"Snot-nosed girl..." Naraku muttered once she had gone.
"Stupid old man..." Kagura muttered once she had gone.
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There ya go!! Another chapter!! I know it's kinda short compared to my other ones, and I'm sorry, but I was sick for a few days and it's kinda hard to type when you're coughing your lungs out. The next update should be the weekend after next.