(Hey everyone! quick
author's note here. I'm SO sorry that I haven't updated in so long.
You see, my computer crashed and I just got back on line this week.
My updating might be a bit slower these days, but don't worry I don't
intend to leave a story hanging. Thanks Misskagome)
"Hey
Kagome!" Koga shouted again as kagome stood unmoved, a sort of
friendly face smiling at him.
"Hi Koga. We were just on our
way back home. You know we are very tired and everything so we will
just be on our way!" Kagome replied nervously as she grabbed
part of Inuyasha's cloak and started to drag him away.
"Wait
a second," Koga said suspiciously as he put a hand on Kagome's
shoulder. "Kagome...who are these two cloaked strangers? they
smell kind of funny."
'Think kagome think!'
"Uh.....well
Koga, I think it's just that dog nose of yours that is picking up the
scents of everywhere Sango and I have been on our trip." Kagome
stated as she figited under his stare.
She then motioned for
Sango and Miroku to follow her and Inuyasha as they started moving
again.
"Bye Koga!" Kagome waved wearily, hoping
that Koga wouldn't say anything to anyone about the strangers he
saw.
"Yeah, yeah....That's wolf nose to you!" Koga
scoffed back at her, a bit offended that she would name him as a
dog.
They did not speak, or let Miroku and Inuyasha to take
the cloaks off until they were in the safeness of a small wood hut in
the clearing of the woods.
"You both can stay here until
we figure out what to do you," Kagome said as lit a few candles
that were hanging on the wall. "These wooden huts are places for
travelers and unwanted guests to sleep in."
"Unwanted
guests?" Miroku questioned.
"Well, unwanted by the
elders." Sango tried to explain.
"Yeah, not us."
Kagome added with a smile as she caught eyes with Inuyasha for a
moment.
Inuyasha smiled back at her, but it slowly faded at the
sudden sound of rain pounding down onto the roof.
"How
about you two stay with us in here till the rain lets up?"
Inuyasha asked as he took in a deep breath and waited for their
answer.
The two young women looked at eachother for a moment,
then back at Miroku and Inuyasha.
"No thank you, we will be
fine." Sango replied with a small bow.
Kagome, doing the
same added in, "Besides, we are warrior women!"
With
that the two were out the door, a little laugh escaping their lips
from what Kagome had said.
Inuyasha's lips formed
into a smile as he closed the door behind them and then leaned
against it.
"You like her, don't you." Miroku
smirked as he came up next to Inuyasha.
"I don't really
know her that well, but maybe.....I might." Inuyasha replied
sheepishly.
Miroku laughed and said,
"I half expected
you to be so embarrassed about it!"
"Hey!"
Inuyasha said with a laugh. "What about you now, huh? I knew you
were a womanizer, but I HALF EXPECTED you to be so desperate and all
over Sango like that."
This time Miroku didn't laugh, but
took a seat near the small window and looked out it dreamily.
"I guess that's because I've never really felt this way about
anyone else. In my mind I know that I just met her, and it must seem
desperate, but what the hell; I'll try anything to win her over."
"Miroku....I had no idea you were so poetic!" Inuyasha
joked.
"Oh for the love of god! will you please just go
to sleep?"
The two laughed and joked for a couple
minutes more, but then Miroku settled down and fell asleep, leaving
Inuyasha to sit by the window this time and stare out at the dark
pouring rain.
What Miroku had told him earlier about Sango
made Inuyasha rethink the desperate acts of affection, and wonder if
Miroku had really found the girl of his dreams.
Inuyasha had
already found the girl of his dreams, literally, but he had no idea
what was to become of their starting relationship.
He then
decided just to sleep on it.
(Meanwhile with Kagome
and Sango.)
They ran without speaking all the way to the
entryway of the temple door.
"Kagome! Where have ye
been?" Kaede questioned, her facial expression looking
concerned.
"Uh, Goodnight Kagome. Let's meet again in the
woods." Sango said, trying to secretly tell Kagome where to meet
without her grandmother suspecting something.
Sango then bowed
to Kaede and ran off towards the direction of her room where her cute
fiery pet was waiting for her.
"I...I was helping
Sango with something in the ship." Kagome answered as she began
to ring out the water from her dripping wet hair.
Kaede said
nothing and began to walk slowly.
Kagome followed by her side.
She knew the quietness had something to do about Raku.
"Ye
must know that we didn't get Raku." Kaede said sternly, her
hands held elegantly behind her back.
Kagome nodded slowly.
"Then ye must also know who we got instead."
Kagome
stopped in her tracks, a few wet strands of her hair sticking to her
face as she turned to look at Kaede.
'Damn it! she must have
figured it out.'
"Kagome," Kaede said slowly,
her voice firm and suspicious. "Tell me again why ye were so
late to come home."
Kagome just froze, she didn't know what
to do!
