Only for Her
Inuyasha woke Kikyo up and they headed for Koga's den. Inuyasha stopped on a branch and watched Kikyo as she walked slowly down the path below him. If she kept up that pace they wouldn't reach the den any time soon. He jumped down and faced Kikyo. "We would get there faster mate if you rode on my back." The sooner they got to the den the sooner he could get his Kagome back.
Kikyo smiled at Inuyasha. He must be in a hurry to find Kagome. Well that suited her fine. The sooner they found her copy the sooner she could kill her. She climbed on his back and they were off for the wolf den. At his speed they would be there soon.
Inuyasha jumped from tree to tree and before long he was in front of the wolf den. A wolf demon that he didn't know came out to meet him.
"What is your business here?" Oniji stepped out of the den and faced the hanyou and the miko beside him.
Inuyasha looked at the wolf in front of him. "Where is Koga?"
Oniji knew that Koga didn't like this hanyou. They had fought many times. He wasn't about to tell the hanyou where Koga was. "Koga is not here."
"I didn't ask if he was here. I asked where he was at." Inuyasha knew that the wolf wasn't telling him everything that he knew.
"I do not know where Koga is. He and some of the pack members left a couple of days ago and haven't returned and before you ask I don't know when he will be back and even if I did I wouldn't tell you." Oniji crossed his arms and glared at the hanyou in front of him.
Kikyo looked at the wolf. They wouldn't get any thing out of the wolf. They were very loyal and would not betray their leader. "Let's go back to the village and see if the monk is back yet. Maybe he heard something from seeing the slayer." She climbed back on Inuyasha's back and they turned to go back to the village. "Don't worry Inuyasha. Didn't you say that Sesshomaru said that he would not mate Kagome to someone for a month. I am sure that we will find her before anything happens to her. Miroku will return today or tomorrow then we can find out from him what Sango knows where Kagome is. Besides have you ever thought that your brother lied to you about her not being in his castle. He found a way to cover my scent maybe he done the same to her. She was probably at the castle the whole time and he sent you on this wild goose chase to make you leave him alone."
The more he listened to Kikyo the more she made sense. It would be just like his brother to trick him like that. If Miroku didn't find out anything he would go to his brother one more time to get Kagome. He could wait a couple more days and then if he hadn't found her he would tear Japan apart piece by piece if he had to. She would not get away from him.
Kikyo knew that Inuyasha would fall for her plot. He would find her copy if it was the last thing he did. And if she had her way it would be. For the both of them. Then she would have her soul back and she would take the Shikon no Tama and wish herself back alive. With out the hanyou in the picture she could live her new life without all the hurt and pain that he had caused her. Finally it was almost her time. Her time to live free from the responsibility of the jewel and free from the murdering, lying, hanyou. Why she ever fell in love with him to begin with she would never know.
Sango woke up and felt a hand resting on her hip. Before she gave thought to why that hand would be there she sat up and slapped the monk on the cheek. "Hentai"
Miroku woke up his usual way. Why he thought it would be any other way he didn't know. He placed a hand over the mark on his face then sat up and faced his wife. "Sango, I know that in the past I might have deserved such treatment but would you like to explain why you felt it was necessary to do hit me this morning?"
Sango gapped at Miroku. "Oh Miroku, I am sorry. I am so used to hitting you for doing that and in self defense I wasn't quite awake when I slapped you. Please for give me." She leaned over and kissed the mark on his face.
"I suppose I should be grateful that Hiraikotsu wasn't near you. He pulled Sango onto his lap. Maybe I can get her to make it up to me. "I forgive you Sango but please try to wake up first before you slap me the next time. Now it is a husbands job to punish his wife and since you slapped me I have the perfect punishment for you."
"Punish me for hitting you. That is not going to happen Miroku." Sango went to get away from the monk when she felt him pull her onto his lap.
"Now Sango I didn't tell you what the punishment was." He leant down and whispered in her ear what he thought was a just punishment for her.
Sango felt her face turn red as he described her punishment. "I think I can handle that punishment. But don't go getting use to this punishment idea. It will not happen very often." She stood up and led Miroku to the village bath house. Seeing as they were the only ones in the village they wouldn't be disturbed. Besides it might be kind of fun playing his maid during his bath. A woman has to do what a woman has to do.
Kaede was in her garden tending to her herbs when she sensed a demon heading her way. She knew this demon and what traveled with him. She kept working on her plants as they got closer to her. As they approached her garden she rose and waited for them to come to her. "Hello Inuyasha, Kikyo. What brings ye here today?"
"You knew we were coming old lady. So don't act like you don't know why we are here." Inuyasha would strike the old miko down in a second but at the moment he needed her on his side.
"I am sorry to tell ye Inuyasha that Miroku has not returned to the village yet. He should be back later today or early tomorrow. Are ye going to wait around for him?" Kaede bent down and picked up her basket of herbs and headed to her hut. "Ye both are welcome to stay for the evening meal." She entered her hut and started cooking. It was going to be a long day and she had to put up with an ungrateful pup and her dead sister. What horrid deed had she ever done to deserve this. She had to find a way to keep the two occupied for the time being. If it gave Kagome time to get somewhere safe she would think of something. For Kagome she would put up with the hanyou and her dead sister. Only for her would she do this.