The Adventures Of Inuyasha: Settling In

Chapter Eight: Andoru Returns

It was the next day, and Andoru still had not returned. But even so, only Kagome worried about him. But Kouga persuaded her to wait one more day before searching for him. The previous day, after Inuyasha declared that Miroku was his, Inuyasha broke up with Kikyo, and Sango broke up with Miroku.

Sango was avoiding Miroku, and Kikyo was avoiding Inuyasha. Miroku was not upset for what he did, and neither was Inuyasha, they both loved each other too much to care. They did feel extremely guilty, and also like assholes, but other than that, they were not said.

It was about 11:00 in the morning, and everybody except Kagome and Kouga were still asleep. Inuyasha and Miroku shared a hut because Kikyo did not let Inuyasha sleep with her, and Sango did not let Miroku sleep with her.

Miroku was lying sideways, with Inuyasha's arms wrapped around him. Miroku slowly opened his eyes. He began thinking about all the things that had happened, about how Shinsei had attacked, about how Andoru appeared, everything.

About how Shinsei had placed a curse on Inuyasha. Just then, something hit Miroku. 'If Shinsei placed a curse on Inuyasha to make him gay, then that means that…that means that Inuyasha doesn't really love me.

It's just because of the curse.' Tears began streaming down Miroku's face, but he refrained from making any sound. Inuyasha could smell the tears, and he slowly opened his eyes.

He smelled the tears, and wondered where they could be coming from. He then realized that the smell of tears was coming from right next to him. He could sense the unhappiness in Miroku, but he did not know why he would be crying.

"Miroku, what's wrong?" Asked Inuyasha, concerned. Miroku couldn't refrain himself any longer; he began sobbing, because of the hated thought that Inuyasha did not really love him.

Inuyasha removed his arms from around Miroku, and turned Miroku's body to face upwards. Miroku turned his head to look at Inuyasha, and then cuddled up to Inuyasha and placed his head on Inuyasha's chest.

"Miroku, what's wrong?" Miroku stopped sobbing, and the tears stopped streaming out of his eyes. "Inuyasha, do you really love me, or is it just because of this curse?" For a few seconds, Inuyasha did not say anything, and Miroku dreaded the worst.

"Miroku, I love you, and I'm sure that even if this curse is broken, that I will still love you. If anything, we should be happy for this curse, since it brought out my true feelings about you. But I want you to know, that whatever happens, I will always love you."

Andoru was still at the well, unconscious, but his powers were still keeping the arrow head from bursting. He had woken up about two hours earlier, and realized that he only had a few hours before the remaining strength in his body left.

He opened his eyes, and looked down at his chest. Purple blood was not streaming out anymore, since Andoru put some pressure on his chest around the arrow, to stop the blood from coming out. But he had lost too much blood already.

He wondered why Inuyasha and the gang had not come to search for him, and he knew that if nobody found him soon, that he would surely die. Andoru looked up at the sky, and studied a mushroom looking cloud.

He looked at the mountains and studied their beauty; he then looked down at a tree, and wondered what it would be like to be a tree. Just doing nothing, sucking up water, not having a conscious.

That would stink, but fortunately he was not a tree. But he was going to die soon if nobody came. He closed his eyes, and was about to go to sleep when he sensed something coming at him, fast.

It had great power, and Andoru feared that a demon had sensed Andoru's psychic power emanating from Andoru's body. But it was not, it was Shinsei, the divine sorceress. She walked out of the woods slowly, to Andoru's right.

Andoru was leaning against the well, and he turned his head to look at Shinsei. "What do you want?" Asked Andoru blankly. Shinsei stopped, and studied Andoru. "You are injured," said Shinsei, in an equally blank tone.

"Really? I didn't notice, hmm, it's quite nasty isn't it?" Said Andoru sarcastically. "You require assistance, I shall help you," said Shinsei. Andoru was suspicious, why would his enemy help him? It didn't make any sense.

"I don't trust you, leave me alone," said Andoru. Shinsei could sense Andoru's suspiciousness. "If I were here to harm you, you would be dead already, I wish to assist you," said Shinsei.

Andoru knew this was true, and Shinsei must have known that Andoru was using a lot of strength, since an enormous amount of energy was emanating from Andoru. And also since his hair, eyes, nails, and teeth were purple.

"But why do you want to assist me, don't you hate me for helping Inuyasha?" Asked Andoru. "I have been doing some research lately, and there is some possible evidence to support your story that the Inuyasha I saw at my village was an illusion," answered Shinsei.

Andoru decided to trust Shinsei. "Ok, but if you're gonna help me, I first want you to pull out this god damn arrow," said Andoru. "Of course, but it will hurt," said Shinsei. "Oh joy. Just get this over with.

It was about 2:30 in the afternoon, and Kagome was extremely worried about Andoru. So Kagome kept badgering Kouga until he agreed to go and search for Andoru. Everybody was outside the main hut, getting ready to go, except for Kikyo.

Miroku was going on Inuyasha's back, Kagome, Sango, and Kouga were going on Kilala, and Shippo was also going on Kilala, but Kikyo decided to stay, she had not had any sleep the previous night, so that's what she was going to do.

They were about to leave when Inuyasha and Kouga suddenly growled. Everybody looked at Kouga and Inuyasha. "What's wrong Inuyasha?" Asked Kagome. "Something's coming," replied Inuyasha.

Inuyasha and Kouga got into battle stances, and Inuyasha drew his Tetsaiga. Then, Shinsei flew over the wall to their right, carrying Andoru bridal style. As soon as the others saw Shinsei, they got into their battle stances.

Shinsei then slowly descended to the ground, and landed about twelve feet in front of them. Anger shook throughout everybody, as they saw Andoru's lifeless body in Shinsei's arms.

"Let him go!" Shouted Inuyasha angrily. "Do not worry, he is all right, and I did not harm him," replied Shinsei. "Then why the hell is he like that you bitch!" Shouted Kouga, completely enraged.

"I found him like this, I offered to assist him and he permitted me," said Shinsei. "Why would you help him anyway?" Asked Sango, just as angry as the others. "Kagome, remember when you told me that Andoru knew that the Inuyasha I saw at my village was an illusion? And also the fat man at the bar?

Well I did some research into it, and I have possible evidence to support what he says," said Shinsei. "Before we listen to any of your shit, you're gonna lift this damn curse off of me!" Shouted Inuyasha.

"All right, I will," said Shinsei. Shinsei gently placed Andoru on the ground, and focused on Inuyasha, she muttered something, and then said, "ok, the curse has been lifted; you should feel a tingling sensation throughout your body."

And Inuyasha did feel a tingling sensation, but only for a few seconds. Miroku stared at Inuyasha, hoping that Inuyasha would still love him. Kikyo also looked at him, hoping that because the curse was lifted, Inuyasha would no longer love Miroku.

"Inuyasha, are you ok?" Asked Miroku nervously, hoping with all his heart that Inuyasha still loved him. Inuyasha looked at Miroku, and ran to him. Inuyasha put his arms around Miroku and squeezed.

Inuyasha buried his face into Miroku's chest. Miroku looked down at Inuyasha, and wrapped his arms around Inuyasha, waiting for something to happen. After about ten seconds, Inuyasha looked up at Miroku, and gave Miroku a quick, four second kiss on the lips.

When he was done, he looked Miroku in his eyes, and said, "Remember before when I said that I'll always love you? Well, I still love you."

Hey Y'all, I'm gonna write my chapters longer now, so I hope that you all will be happy. I think that this chapter is really good, and I hope you all think so too, so please review!