Chapter Four
The Unknown
"Inuyasha!" Shippo ran into the hut, waving his hand by his sides frantically. Inuyashas eyes flew open and he jumped up, this time making sure Kagome wouldn't get hurt. "What? What?" Inuyasha said while looking around with his hand on his sward. Shippo pointed out toward the out side and inuyasha took to it as an invitation.
The hut door flew open and what inuyasha saw didn't make him too happy. "Will you berr my child?" Inuyashas eye brow twitched when he looked down at the hand on his. "M.Miroku? What the hell?" Miroku's eyes twinkled at Inuyashas words. "Oh. My love. Please." Miroku rubbed his face on Inuyashas hands. Inuyasha ripped them out of Mirokus grasp. "What the hell have you been drinking?" Miroku moved closer to inuyasha and hugged him, rubbing up against his chest. "What ever do you mean, my sweet thing?"
That was to far for inuyasha, he wasn't going to stand for this any more. He pulled out tetsaigas sheath and knocked Miroku unconches onto the ground. He put the sheath back into his belt and dusted his hands off, crossing his arms afterterword.
Kagome walked out of the hut rubbing her eyes. "What's all the noise?" inuyasha ran to her, "are you feeling better, Kagome?" Kagome nodded, "yes…thank you for taking care of me." Inuyasha scratched his head; "it was nothing." Kagome smiled.
"What's wrong with Miroku?" she said, walking to Shippo. He just shrugged, "I don't know…. He's been acting really weird." Inuyasha walked next to Kagome and leaned over a little to look at Miroku. He was laying face down on the cold hard dirt with an egg shaped knot on his head. "You could say that again." Shippo started to open his mouth, to say it again, but then caught a frustrated look from inuyasha, and quickly shut it.
"Inuyasha, do you feel that?" she looked at him. He had already had his hand on his sward. He nodded, "yeah." A thought struck her, 'this.fealing…. It's the same one I felt that night I had gotten hurt.' She blushed. 'It wasn't just Inuyashas touch.' Inuyasha looked at her, "What do you think it is?" Kagome's thoughts broke, "I don't………..wait!" inuyasha pulled his sward out, "What is it?" Kagome looked at him and opened her mouth to talk, but then stopped, looked in another direction and thought for a moment. 'There are more than I thought, maybe even more than we have.' She looked back at inuyasha with a serious face, one that inuyasha didn't like at all. "What is it?" inuyasha said again, this time with only half patients. "Jewel shards….many of them. Atleast thirty." Inuyasha dropped his sward and froze. Shippo spoke for him, "Th.…thirr…ty? But…that's..imposible." Kagome walked to Inuyashas sward, picked it up, and put it back into its sheath, "inuyasha….there could be….more than that." Inuyasha looked down at her, still in shock, "are…..you sure?" Kagome nodded, "yes."
Inuyasha ran to the hut and picked up Kagome's bow and arrows. "Kagome!" Kagome ran after him into the hut. "You're coming with me." He handed her the bow and arrows. "here."
He pulled her up onto his back and ran out. "Shippo, take care of Miroku and find Sango." Kagome said. Shippo nodded.
Inuyasha and Kagome took off into the forest. Inuyasha shifted his eyes to look at Kagome, "Were are they?" there was a small silence, then Kagome broke it, "Go left." Inuyasha turned in the direction she pointed out.
Kagome readied and arrow, "They're so close, but they seem so far."
