Intro: I'm not completely ungrounded yet, but I did manage to type this out for all of you . Here is the next chapter! I'm sorry that this story has had such a delay going on.

Chapter 4: The Lost Sacred Book

Miroku groaned as he sat with an icepack in the corner, "What…what happened?"

"Kagome here thought you were a burglar so she knocked you out," Sango said, trying not to laugh.

"Well at least we now know that Kagome can always protect us from intruders," Shippo smirked.

"I feel bad enough already, don't go rubbing it in," Kagome sulked.

Miroku then laughed, "It is a bit funny…even though it hurts."

"I wish Inuyasha could see this. He'd get a good kick out of it," Shippo said.

Kagome put her head down.

"You're not helping," Sango said to Shippo.

"Huh?" Shippo looked over at Kagome, "oh…sorry."

Kagome stood up, "I'd better be getting back to bed."

Kagome walked back up into her bead. Everyone looked over at her sadly and readied themselves for bed as well.

"Goodnight Kagome," they all said.

-The Next Day-

Early the next morning everyone awoke to the aroma of fresh food. They all got up and went out to see Kaede serving a feast of food to all the villagers.

"Come on, the four of you look starved," Kaede motioned for them to come sit down.

They smiled and sat down, then began eating. When they were finished, Kaede told them to come to the field in the back to show them something. When they reached the field, they saw Kaede digging.

"What are you doing?" Shippo asked.

Kaede stopped digging and sat down her shovel, "There's supposed to be something buried in this field that would possibly help."

"What is it?" Kagome asked.

"It's a book that tells about the Shikon Jewel and its powers. If there's a way to get Inuyasha back to normal, it will be in the book. I just can't remember where I put it…it's probably in this field…hopefully," Kaede said.

"Why would you bury a book in the field?" Sango asked.

"To hide it, of course. Some knew of the book and set out to find it, thinking it would help them find the Sacred Jewel. If they were to find it, who knows what trouble would have risen."

"So your telling us that you don't know where this book is?" Miroku asked.

"…Aye…It seems to be that way," Kaede said.

"So…what if it's not in this field?" Kagome asked.

"Then…it's somewhere else," Kaede said nervously.

"You don't remember where you put it? Not even the tiniest bit?" Shippo asked.

"No, sorry. I can't really recall much from back then. It was a long while ago when…" Kaede stopped and looked around to see that everyone had already left, "Aw…come on. I was telling you something here!"

The four of them had returned to the village and where sitting on their hut's porch, talking.

"Do you think you could be able to sense the book, Miroku?" Kagome asked.

"It's possible. The book must have some sort of sacred aura if it has to do with the Sacred Jewel," Miroku replied.

"Have you sensed anything since you got here?" Shippo asked.

"Now that you mention it, I did sense something shortly after we arrived and I set of to find what it was. I had no luck though. That's why I came back so late last night. I had searched for a long time to find where the aura was coming from," Miroku said.

"You mean you weren't out flirting with the ladies of the village?" Sango looked surprised.

"Of course not, you're the only one I love Sango. You should know that by now," Miroku smiled.

Sango rolled her eyes, Give me a break. I'm not going to buy that, she thought.

"So you had no luck at all at finding it?" Kagome asked.

"No, not much. I just know that it is somewhere near this village. We may need to stay here a few nights so we can search for the book," Miroku said.

Kagome nodded, "Thanks Miroku."

She then stood up and started walking down the steps.

"Where are you going, Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Not too far…I just need some time to think," Kagome said.

Sango nodded and Kagome turned around and walked on.

"She really loves him, huh?" Miroku said.

"Yes……yes she does," Sango said.


Kagome stood at the edge of the woods. It was so quiet. The wind didn't blow and none of the birds were chirping. It was so quiet that Kagome could hear her heart beating. She wished she could see Inuyasha. He was actually gone, beyond her reach. She wished she could have stopped him from making that wish. She always wanted Inuyasha to be happy and thought that wish would do that for him. Instead, it made him into a ferocious killing machine who didn't even know who she was.

Kagome studied the nearby trees as she thought. She then noticed one of the trees had a large gash in it. She walked toward it after seeing something inside it. She reached in and pulled out a small book with a lock on it.

Could this be the book? Kagome thought.

She read the lettering on the front: 'My Diary'. Below it, in sloppy handwriting was written 'Kaede's'. Kagome laughed and put the diary back. Like she wanted to read about Kaede's childhood, especially without Kaede's permission. She then began to walk back to the village to talk to the others about finding the Sacred Book.

Author's Note: There it was, the 4th chapter. I can't help but feel sorry for Kagome. And to think that Miroku actually wasn't being a womanizer…or at least that is what he said he did. LoL. Please review! I hope to be ungrounded and get more chapters up soon.