Hello, sorry it took a while, I had CSAP and stuff so, if your a fan of any of my other stories expect an update of them too. Hope you enjoy!
2: Again...
Kagome held out her hands revealing 6 sparkling shards in a small glass container. Inuyasha stepped forward to retrieve them but Miroku stopped him, "Wait, I don't think this is a good idea. I mean we all helped get those shards. It's not fair for one of us to take all of them."
"Yes, Miroku is right. At least let us have half of them, so we can continue searching for the remaining shards." Sango added stepping up to Kagome and taking 3 of the shards, Inuyasha followed taking the rest and handing them to Kikyo.
"Alright… but once you find all of them, you will have to give them to me so I can destroy the jewel. So it doesn't matter what you take, they will all be given to me in the end." Kikyo replied monotonously turning around in the other direction. Inuyasha sighed, "I'm sorry." Then trotted after Kikyo, not looking behind him.
Kagome watched as their figures faded into the forest holding back her tears. A warm hand was placed on her shoulder, "Don't worry Kagome, you still have us." Sango said smiling, "And hey it could be worse. We could be the ones stuck with Kikyo." A laugh escaped from Kagome's mouth, then another. Her friends sighed in relief and laughed along.
The day was long, the group had battled many demons in possession the sacred jewel shards. And now it was almost dark, a slight drizzle began, so the foursome had to find a place to stay.
"We better find shelter before it really starts pouring." Shippo exclaimed sitting on Kagome's shoulder, under her umbrella.
"Well there is a village nearby. Maybe Miroku can do his 'Ominous cloud' speech." Sango replied. And that's exactly what he did, of course to the nicest looking house.
"Well that worked out nicely, we have hot food and a roof over our heads." Miroku said dropping his chopsticks and leaning back in exhaustion, "I'm so full."
Shippo lay down on the floor, "I agree."
"How did you like the food, Kagome?" Sango asked.
"Hm," Kagome answered, "Oh yeah it was great. But I think I need to go take a bath."
Sango stood up, "I'll come with you. It's been a while since I've had a nice bath."
"No it's okay," Kagome looked over to Miroku who had stood up and found a young woman holding her hands in his, "I think you'd be better off watching him."
Sango's face turned red as she stomped off towards Miroku. Kagome sighed and dug into her backpack bringing out her bathing supplies. She quickly walked out of the room, but shortly after hearing a loud 'slap' noise.
"Nothings changed…" Kagome sighed, with a sense of humor, "Well it is good that we found 2 more shards. It about replaces the ones Inuyasha took." She felt her heart drop again at the thought of them being together. And thinking that all this time she had been with Inuyasha, he only thought of her as a jewel detector. Tears swelled up in her eyes, but she quickly changed her focus. "I wonder if I should go home. At least for a couple of days, just to gather my thoughts…" As hard as she tried, she couldn't help it, more thoughts of Inuyasha popped into her head. Tears fell down her face; she dropped of all her bathing supplies and ran down the hall. "I still don't understand, why her?" Her eyes full of tears, heart filled with strong emotions and her mind filled with memories of him that she would never have, ever again. She didn't know where she was going, nor did she care. The pain she felt was unbearable… anything she could do to make it go away, she was willing to do it. Stupid, stupid stupid! Why did I ever come here? "I wish I never came here!"
"Don't say that!" Kagome paused and turned around, "Not you again!"
A figure came out only a few yards away, "I will never leave you alone, not when you are like this."
Kagome whimpered, "Why do you care? You're the last person I could think of who would be concerned."
"Everyone is concerned,my dear Kagome." He walked closer to her, "For you are such a bright and warm person but seeing you now, it's painful." He took another step towards her, "There is no need to cry, that dog doesn't know what he gave up." Another step, "Not like I do, I understand what you are worth. More than that dead witch and a couple of jewel shards." The last step he took they were only a breath away.
