Intro: Ok, here's the 5th Chapter. . Your reviews with the predictions were very close. I guess you'll have to read to find out what happens and see what you got right. Thank you all for continuing to read this FanFic while I have had some delays. I hope to be getting chapters up but it is hard to do so with me being grounded. Anyways, back to the FanFic: ENJOY!
Chapter 5: Searching for Answers
Kagome returned to see Sango walking out of the hut and towards the opposite direction.
"Wait up!" Kagome caught up to her.
"When did you get back?" Sango asked, surprised.
"Just now…where are you off to?" Kagome said.
"I'm going to look for the sacred book with the others. Where'd you think I was going?" Sango replied.
"I don't know…wow it's already past noon. We slept in pretty late…"
Sango knew that they actually hadn't slept in. It was that Kagome had spent so much time thinking to herself.
"Probably," Sango lied.
"So, where are you going to look?" Kagome asked.
"Well, Shippo has taken the Western forest and Miroku is searching in the Southern, so I guess I'll search in the North," Sango said, "You just came from the East, did you find anything?"
"I didn't really look…" Kagome felt bad that she didn't, "Do you want me to go back and check?"
"If you want to. I mean, splitting up will help us find the book faster," Sango said.
"Yes, I want to," Kagome said.
"Alright. We'll meet up at the hut in four or five hours. Kaede said she'd have dinner ready by then," Sango walked on and Kagome thanked her, then turned around the opposite way and ran.
When she reached the wood's edge, she readied her bow so that she could swiftly kill enemies. She then walked into the forest. The light showed through the leaves of the tree, tinting everything to a light green. Where could she start looking? The forest was so dense that she could barely see anything. She retrieved an arrow from the carrier on her back. She then shot her sacred arrow and it cleared a small path with it's purple glow. Kagome stretched and began searching.
She had searched for a long while and had no luck. It had been only 3 hours, she still had one or two more to go. She finally came to her conclusion that the forest didn't have the book in it and that she was wasting her time. She followed the path she made out of the forest and sat down on a large rock.
"I'm so bored…" Kagome sat there for a while, thinking about Inuyasha.
She then remembered Kaede's diary in the tree. Since she was so bored and couldn't think of anything better to do, she decided to read it.
The book was so old that the pages inside where brownish color but the writing in it was in dark black ink and barely faded. The diary's first few pages were written darkly saying things like: "Don't Read!" and "For Kaede's Eyes ONLY, not for yours!". Kagome laughed and opened to the first entry:
Dear Diary,
Hello, I am Kaede. Today my older sister, Kikyo, is going to teach me some things about being a priestess. She told me that when she passes on, it will be my duty to guard the Sacred Shikon Jewel. It is such a beautiful jewel. My sister says that it can grant anyone's wish. I've always wondered why she never made a wish. I asked her why and she said that all the Jewel does is bring destruction & sorrow and that she did not want to wish upon such a thing. She also said she was meant to guard it, not use it. I guess she is right. There are many people who come after her to kill her and steal the sacred jewel, but a kind, young half-demon stops them from doing so…
Kagome stopped reading for a moment, Inuyasha. She shook her thoughts out of her head and continued reading.
…He wants the sacred jewel so that he can become a full-demon, but my sister refuses to hand it over to him. Yet, he still hangs around as if he is waiting for her to change her mind. If he ever manages to get a hold of the Jewel and make his wish come true, Kikyo would have no choice but to reverse the wish. The jewel will not bring happiness; therefore she will not allow someone to torture themselves with it. She will tell me how to reverse the spell one day and I will be sure to tell you when I find out. Well, I have to go; my sister is calling me out for my teachings.
Kaede
Kagome was astonished. Kikyo knew how to reverse the spell. She doubted Kikyo would tell her, but at least there was some hope. She flipped through the pages of the book and seen several sketches of the Jewel. She closed it and put it in her backpack, then began heading back towards the village.
Is this the sacred book that Kaede spoke of? Kagome wondered.
She was curious to read more of this book, but she figured it would be best not to. If this wasn't the sacred book, that would mean she had read Kaede's diary, and that is not very "Kagome-like".
When she arrived back at the village, she saw everyone sitting on the steps looking sullen and exhausted.
"No luck, huh?" Kagome asked them.
"Not a bit," Sango sighed.
"Nope," Shippo said.
"I could barely sense its aura, but I couldn't tell which direction it was. It is either very far away or it doesn't have a large aura," Miroku said.
"What about you, Kagome?" Shippo asked.
"Huh?" Kagome was confused.
"Did you did you find anything?" Shippo asked anxiously.
Should she tell them? What if it wasn't the Sacred Book? It would be rude to show them Kaede's diary.
"I found something that I have to show to Kaede. I don't know if she would ant me to show the three of you," Kagome said reluctantly.
"What is it?" Sango asked.
"I told you, I don't know if it would be a good thing to let you know what it is…no…where's Kaede?" Kagome said.
"She's in the hut over there. One of the villagers got bit by a snake earlier, so she's purifying the wound. She should be done soon," Miroku said.
Just then, Kaede began exiting the hut, helping and elderly man down the steps. She then looked over to see Kagome running towards her.
"Did ye have any luck?" Kaede asked.
"I did find something," Kagome opened her backpack and began searching for the diary. When she pulled it out, Kaede gasped.
"Where did ye find that?" Kaede's eyes were filled with surprise as she received the book from Kagome.
"In a tree on the Eastern side of the woods. Why? What's wrong?" Kagome said.
"Nothing's wrong. I'm just surprised. I'd better sit down," Kaede sat down on a stool on the porch and ran her fingers across the cover.
"So…what is it?" Kagome asked.
That's a stupid thing to ask, Kagome thought, It says in big black letters: "Diary".
"It's my diary from when I was a child…," Kaede said.
Kagome sighed, I guess it's not the sacred book.
"…and it holds quotes and research from the Sacred Book," Kaede finished her sentence.
Kagome threw her arms around Kaede and hugged her. She was so excited and happy that she was trembling.
"This isn't the actual Sacred Book, but it has all the important things in my point of view as a child. I recall talking about the Jewel non-stop in this old thing," Kaede said, "I'll search for ye information that ye need. Don't worry; Inuyasha will be back to normal soon."
Kagome smiled even bigger then went off to tell the others after hugging Kaede again.
"You found the Sacred Book!" Sango said.
"It's not really the Sacred Book…it's more like a replica of it. It's Kaede's old diary from when she was a little girl. She wrote about the Jewel a lot in it and copied various things from the Sacred Book into it. Kaede is searching for a way to reverse the wish now," Kagome felt like screaming and hugging them all, but she resisted the urge to do so.
"So that explains why there was such a small aura. It isn't the actual Sacred Book, it just contains information from it," Miroku said.
"I'm glad you're feeling better now Kagome," Shippo smiled and Kilala meowed.
"Thanks Shippo, I am. Thanks a lot to all of you. I can't wait for Inuyasha to get back to normal and be with me….us again," Kagome said excitedly.
Suddenly, from the distance, they heard screams of the villagers. As the villagers ran closer to them, they could finally make out what they were screaming.
"The demon is coming! The demon is coming! Run for cover!"
Kagome looked at the others and frowned.
Please don't be Inuyasha, she thought, Please! Don't be Inuyasha!
Author's Note: Well, there it was: The 5th Chapter. Please review and tell me what you think. As you can tell, your predictions about the Sacred Book were very close! . I was like "OMG" when I read your predictions. I don't think I would have picked up on it very easily…but then again it is a bit obvious that the book had something to do with it. Anyways, the 6th chapter will be coming soon (hopefully). I won't give you a preview of the name because it gives away the chapter :P You can probably predict who the demon is…hint hint.
