The sun was up and birds were chirping. 'A little too loudly' Hikari groaned. 'It's morning...ugh, gotta get up...' She thought to herself. With a sigh, she rolled over to look at what was left of the campfire. 'Huh? Who's that??? Hikari asked herself. 'Oh yeah...' It was Hakisuma. 'Poor thing, her whole family was slaughtered by those demons...what a horrible way to die...'
Hakisuma's face was in a pained expression and she whimpered softly in her dream.
'She's probably dreaming of the day her parents were killed...' Hikari muttered. 'Well, there's no use living I the past. You have to learn to move on...like I did.'
Hakisuma's body started shaking slightly. She let out a low moan and jolted up violently. Her eyes were wide open and she was breathing heavily.
Hikari looked away. She did not want to be caught staring at anybody. She closed her eyes against the now glaring sun and pretended to be sleeping. She heard Hakisuma get up and walk towards the direction of the stream.
Hakisuma walked quickly towards the stream. She reached in and cupped a handful of water. With a gasp, she splashed herself in the face. "What a horrible nightmare..." She muttered to herself. A single tear rolled down her face as Hakisuma realised that she was never going to see her parents again. She shook her head voilently and wiped away the tear. She straightened up and started back to the camp where Hikari and her new found companions were laying.
Flashback "Inu Yasha, they're staying with us!" Kagome said.
"They'll slow everyone down! We have to find the Shikon Shards before its too late!!" Inu Yasha retorted.
"They have to! Hakisuma's home and family are destroyed, and Hiraki's her only friend! They're staying whether you like it or not!" Kagome nearly shouted.
Inu Yasha 'feh'd and sulked into the trees.
Miroku and Sango exchanged looks and shrugged. Kagome was red in the face. She turned and walked toward the stream. End Flashback
Inu Yasha hasn't been back since. Hakisuma wondered if they should go looking for Inu Yasha, but Kagome assured her that Inu Yasha was tough and that they shouldn't worry about him. Hakisuma crawled through the tiny clearing where the group were camped. She silently crawled over the young houshi. Bad move. Hakisuma's pupils contracted and her body twitched. Suddenly she screamed.
Sango woke up instantly, grabbed her boomerang, and brought it down hard into the houshi's head without thinking. She was a still little bleary-eyed from sleeping. She glanced at the knocked-out monk's hand and sighed. "When will he ever learn???" She asked herself out loud.
Hakisuma was wide-eyed and gasping for breath while Hikari sniggered. She had seen the whole thing. She knew something wasn't right about the monk...
Kagome merely rolled her eyes. Looking back at the girls she chirped cheerfully, "Anyone hungry?" Sango, Hikari, Hakisuma, Inu Yasha, and a newly woken Shippo nodded vigirously.
"Inu Yasha, when did you get here?" Kagome inquired.
"What, wench? Shouldn't I be allowed to eat?" the hanyou growled. His previously happy excited face turned into a scowl.
"Sit!" Kagome said rather forcefully.
Inu Yasha 'poofed' onto the ground and grumbled about something to do with women and moodswings.
Soon there was a small fire and everyone was slurping ramen contently, except for Inu Yasha. He had grabbed his share of ramen and run off into the forest again.Everyone was chatting pleasantly. Kii and Kirara were snuggled together (Kirara was kind of a mother figure to Kii, besides Hakisuma), Miroku, Sango, Kagome, Shippo, Hakisuma, and Hikari were talking about how evil that Naraku was.
"He's definetly the cause of all our troubles." Miroku said. "This wind tunnel, or 'hell hole' as I call it, was the doings of Naraku. He had pierced the hole through my grandfather's hand, and it has been in every male of my family ever since. My grandfather and father were sucked into their tunnels. The same will happen to me if we don't defeat Naraku soon." He explained.
Hakisuma shuddered but Hikari stared motionlessly at the ground.
"Naraku had disguised himself as Kikyo and Inu Yasha and turned them against eachother. That's why Inu Yasha wants to complete the Shikon no Tama and defeat Naraku so badly" Kagome said. "He wants to avenge Kikyo's death" she added bitterly.
Hakisuma nodded understandingly. Clearly Kagome was jealous of this Kikyo priestess.
After they had eaten their fill, they packed up and started walking on the path again. Miroku had assured Hakisuma that Inu Yasha could sniff them out and he wouldn't get lost or separated from the group. Hikari scowled and sulked at the sound of Inu Yasha's name. She still hadn't really forgiven his name callings yesterday.
After they had been walking for a while, Hikari growled and sniffed the air. "I smell a bitter scent and a hint of inscense." She muttered.
Kagome stiffened and walked faster. Sango exchanged looks with Miroku and Shippo quieted down.
"I also smell a youkai dog-demon, an inp, and a human heading this way, just to let you know." Hirari informed.
Hakisuma felt something separating her hair again. 'Uh oh...that means we're in danger' Hakisuma thought while looking at her now sharp nails. Kii and Kirara's fur stood of edge and they hissed. Shippo grimaced and ducked into Kagome's bike's basket.
"Sesshoumaru" Kagome whispered.