"Maven's Turn to Live" Part 2

Im testing out a new story format. So let me know if you like it this way. Or if you liked it the othe way. And as always, please review, thank you!

As InuYasha made his way through the sacred shrine, his nose picked up on a very interesting scent. 'What's THAT? I've never smelled anything like it. It's kinda sweet.' Kagome's mom loved to bake for her little family. Today she was making her famous German Double-Chocolate cake. The smell alone could drive any human wild. Just think what it did to the hungry hanyou, InuYasha! As he jumped into the kitchen window, she was just about done with the dirty dishes.

"Oh, hello InuYasha, what brings you here this evening?" The smell of the delicious cake made his stomach growl in responds. "I see, are you hungry dear? You may have a slice once I'm done with these dishes." Somehow Kagome's mother (forgive me for not knowing her last name!) knew something was wrong with InuYasha, and it wasn't just hunger. As her eyes met his, he immediately asked if Kagome was around.


"What?! You mean she's not with your friends?" The room grew uncomfortably silent as InuYasha suddenly became fasinated with a claw. "She and I had another argument, and she stormed off to the Bone Eater's Well. The stupid monk Miroku told me to go after her, because we cant find the 'Jewel of Four Souls' without her." "Does this, have anything to do with the demons of the past? She never told me much about the jewel's full power." For a second, he didn't want to tell her how bad the situation really was. He knew not to tell her about Kagome's miko powers, so he told her about the jewel's past instead. Also he explained that Lady Kikyo was it's only guardian for many years.

"Well, what does this jewel have to do with Kagome?" The scent of her fear grew with this statement. Quickly InuYasha add, "Kagome is the reincarnation of Kikyo, and the jewel was first discovered enbeded in her side. Every since then, these beads have bond me to her." Regreting what he had just said, "I mean, well, I gotta go find Kagome. Thanks for the cake", was all he could say.


(Back in the village)

"Why did you not slay the kitsune, Miroku?" exclaimed Lady Kaede. Miroku's face gave the answer, he was in love with the enemy. "I'm....very sorry Kaede, she was under a spell, I could fell it. Perhaps she was being controlled by an ancient magics". Eventhough Kaede was furious with Miroku's lack of self-control, she didn't press the matter any further. "So will Kagome ever come back to us Kaede?" Shippo asked with a slight frown. "Yes Shippo, she and InuYasha will indeed make up as usual. Now young kit, I believe it is past your bed time, come and bathe." With utter sadness in his cute little eyes, "Yes, Ma'am".


'Are you crazy?!!! That monk will kill you when he and his villagers find you.' Maven thought to herself for a moment, 'but why did he not kill me then? I am not as powerful as his spiritual strenghth was. Maybe he loves me...no! he can not! But what if Miroku does love me?" Poor Maven was also in love, however, her heart was not as sure as Miroku's.
Her home was the cold abandoned cave of the Northern Silver Kitsune pack, it once belonged to her grandfather, Lyoku. She could remember how the cave would smell of his delicious black bird pie. But one day a large black demon bird attacked him from behind, as he was asleep outside. Now her heart was troubled further by that horrible image. 'Get a grip, Maven! You have to remain in control. Grampa Ly was killed long before you were born, he lived a long and happy life.' No one knew who the young silver kitsune was, or why she even came to the village that night. No one except Miroku, that is, because Maven tried to kill him of course. But eventhough she was out to get InuYasha, she somehow managed to find herself instead.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Will Maven's blood-lust revenge get in the way of true love? Or will she give our lonely monk Miroku a chance? This and other important questions will be answered, when I got time to write them down! P.S. I know this was a fluff piece, but isnt it lovely to be fluffy sometimes?