-Chapter 2-
Mikomi


Her feet patted softly on the tree branches as she hopped from one to the other. Unheard bye human ears she swiftly flew through the trees with ease. Her brown eyes scared the area before her as she dodged the incoming trees. The long stands beside her face now flowed freely behind her. Her nintou jingled a bit as she leapt higher into the trees. It was apparent to her that someone was following her, she sensed the follower awhile ago. How he kept up with her, she had no idea. Stopping in her tracks in a branch she opened her palm looking at the jewel that now glowed brighter than when she first found it. She narrowed her eyes to it, then heard a sound come behind her. She turned to see a bright light come fast and her eyes went wide. She swiftly hopped of the branch and watched as the ray of light crashed through the branches above her. Protecting her face with her arm from the falling branches she looked to the side as she saw someone hop out of the trees. His amber eyes glowed as his red haori blew in the gust of wind that passed. His silver hair flowed beside him and he had an angry face in his features. His ears twitched as he growled and his huge sword was pointed toward her.

"You have a shikon shard. Hand it over ninja."

The ninja went into a stance and stared at him quietly, holding her nintou hilt. Soon her eyes made their way above her as another demon flew down with three people aboard it's back. She stared at the girl dressed in odd clothes as she hopped off the two tailed demon cat. The other demon, dress in the fire rat clothes made his way over to the rest of his companions and the ninja readied herself much more. The odd dressed girl spoke first. Her raven hair feel behind her as she stepped forward a bit.

"Do you have a shard of the shikon no tama?"

The ninja stepped back a step and the human-like demon pulled the girl back and growled more.

"If you got it hand it over!" he yelled.

She unsheathed her nintou and it glowed in the moonlight above, "What do you need with it demon?"

He smirked, "Heh. First person to ever call me a demon. Isn't that surprising?"

"Who are you?" the ninja asked roughly, "And what do you want with this jewel?"

The odd clothed girl spoke up this time, "I am the protector of the shikon no tama. We have been-"

"No need to tell her the story Kagome. She doesn't need reasoning for handing over the shard." Inuyasha growled cutting the girl off.

The ninja stood a bit straighter, "So you are the protector? Yet you allowed it to break into millions of pieces?"

"That was an accident." the girl named Kagome stated in her defense.

The ninja laughed, sounded muffled as her mask covered her smile, "Wow, this is something. Three demons, a miko, a monk, and a what are you?"

The girl dressed in uniform close to hers stood straight, "A taijiya."

The ninja's eyes went wide, "I thought the last of you were killed."

The demon beside Kagome growled and Kagome placed a hand on his chest, "That's enough Inuyasha."

That's when the ninja reacted, "Inuyasha you say?"

"Ya. What's it to you?" he huffed.

"That's even more odd. You're trying to tell me this is the hanyou, Inuyasha. Who got put under a spell 50 years ago by the priestess Kikyou."

"You knew Kikyou?" asked the monk.

She shook his head, "No. I've heard stories. How did you get out of that spell?"

Her eyes followed over to Kagome and the ninja sighed, "Ah. I see now. You're a miko too."

"Actually it's a little bit more complicated than-"

"Sh!" said the ninja, cutting off Kagome. She turned looking into the trees as a buzzing nose came to her ears. Reaching her hand into her uniform she pulled out a silver star that gleamed off the full moon. She threw it into the trees with a quick flick of her wrist. Smiling as the sound stopped she stepped towards the trees only to find a huge bee-like creature twitching on the star. The hanyou and his companions came up behind her.

Kagome gasped, "It's a saimyoshou."

Inuyasha growled, "So he's watching us."

The ninja took the star out of her target and it crashed to the ground soon turning to dust. She turned to the group holding out her hand to Kagome. The miko stepped forward and put out her open hand. She dropped the shard into her hand and turned, walking away.

"Wait!"

She stopped in her tracks turning and looking over her shoulder, "Yes?"

The miko nodded, "Thank you. What is your name?"

"What does that have to do with you?"

Inuyasha growled, "Forget it Kagome. If she is too stubborn to tell us then we can just leave."

The ninja sighed, "My apologies. I am Mikomi."

Kagome nodded, "Thank you Mikomi. I am Kagome, this is Inuyasha. Over there is Shippou, the kitsune, Miroku, the monk, and Sango, the taijiya and pet demon cat Kirara."
Mikomi nodded, "Nice to meet you all, but I must be going, I am tracking someone down."

"Anyone we might know of?" said the monk.

"I am doubtful of that."

The hanyou crossed his arms, "I'm not very sure. We've met a lot of people. We may know of this one."
"His name is Raijin."

"Raijin. Why does that sound familiar Inuyasha?" said the kitsune.

Inuyasha growled, "That's that lightening basterd we went after who had all those shikon shards in his damn arms."

Kagome sighed, "I remember that. That was before we met Sango. Do you remember him Miroku?"

The monk nodded, "He was a hard one to fight. Very powerful. Not even Inuyasha could keep his lightning attacks in order. They were vicious."

"That bastard is still alive. I thought bye now he'd be dead since we haven't seen or heard anything of him since we last fought..." Inuyasha growled.

Mikomi nodded, "He is alive indeed. He killed my village, now I will kill him."
Mikomi turned to walk away now but was stopped but a hand. She turned to see the miko once more.

"Would you stay with us? We do seem to be connected with this Raijin guy too." she said.

Mikomi hesitated to answer, ever since her village had been taken down by Raijin she intended to get revenge by herself, but maybe it wouldn't be too bad to stay with this group. She was unsure of what to choose. As she looked around at the surrounding figures she sighed and shrugged.

"I guess..."
Kagome smiled, "I'm happy you decided that..."

Mikomi sighed, 'Still. Why do I get the feeling these people are more connected to Raijin than I think...' she thought to herself.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha, "Do you think this is an okay place to stop and make camp?"

Inuyasha sniffed around a bit, "Seems harmless enough."

Kagome nodded and told Mikomi to come back towards the empty area. Mikomi followed and sighed, 'Can I really trust these people?' She looked over to the monk and taijiya who started to set up camp, 'They don't seem like bad people. Just a very odd group...' She turned as Kagome spoke.
"Inuyasha."

"What is it wench?"

"I feel the presence of another shikon shard."

Mikomi narrowed her eyes, 'She can detect-' Suddenly her thoughts were cut off as a boy, dressed rather familiar to Sango came out of the trees. Sango's eyes went wide.

"Kohaku?"

The boy looked over to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha. I am here to send you a message. Sesshoumaru and Raijin are coming to kill you, prepare yourself."

"What!" the hanyou growled.

"Kohaku, what are you talking about?" said Sango.

The boy turned to her, "I'm sorry sister."

Suddenly the boy turned and ran away. Mikomi turned to look at the taijiya. She had tears in her eyes and she held her heart, soon falling to her knees. Her bangs soon covered her eyes,

"Kohaku..."

Miroku settled himself beside her, "Sango? Are you alright?"

Sango looked up to the full moon as tears trailed down her face, her mouth opened wide, "KOHAKU!"

The group around her flinched and Kagome came over and embraced the girl on the floor, allowing her to cry her tears within her shirt. Inuyasha growled.

"So those two bastards are in this together."

Mikomi sighed, "Who is this Sesshomaru?"
Inuyasha growled more, "Keh! He's my damned brother."

Mikomi's eyes went wide, 'His brother! Wow. That's some family...' Her eyes followed Inuyasha as he sniffed into the trees.

"He's long gone." said the hanyou.

Miroku sighed lifting himself from the floor to stand, "It seems they have Kohaku with them too."
Inuyasha growled again, "Damn them!"

Kagome looked up, "But I thought Naraku was controlling Kohaku."

"Maybe's he is no longer under him. He did notice Sango as his sister. Could it be possible that his memories were restored?" said the monk.

Mikomi sighed sitting down on a rock, "Who is Naraku?"

"A very powerful demon who is too collecting the shard for his own uses..." said the monk.

"And a asshole who I'm going to kill." said Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, if Kohaku is on their side, what are we goi-"

Kagome was cut off by Sango since the crying girl stopped and sat up, "I need to go after him."

"Sango he is gone." said Miroku.

"Okay. Okay. Who the hell is this kid anyways?" Mikomi asked confused.
"He is my younger brother..." said the taijiya sadly.

Mikomi sighed, "I'm sorry..."

Sango wiped her eyes and looked up at her, "It's fine," she smiled, "At least he remembered me this time. That's what shocked me the most."
Miroku sighed, "We need to figure this all out. How did Kohaku get away from Naraku? And why is he with Sesshomaru now? And why is Raijin with Sesshomaru?"

"Keh! I'd liked to know that myself." Inuyasha said crossing his arms, "This is very confusing..."

Mikomi nodded, "I guess I am staying with you guys now, since Raijin is with this Sesshomaru guy...This is my business now, just like it is yours."

They group nodded and started to set up camp once again. As they sat around the camp fire Mikomi stood behind the trees undressing herself. She took her mask off, and untied her bun. Her light brown hair was only a bit longer than her shoulders and it blew in the wind as it passed through the forest. She sighed and unhooked her nintou. She unwrapped her kimono and took her stars from her uniform. Slipping her kimono on top of the outfit, she tied it around her waist, and soon picked up her weapons. She walked out of the trees, her dark blue kimono moving a long with her movements. She sighed and set the stuff down in her sleeping area and looked up. Everyone was looking at her with wide eyes.

"What?" she said.

Miroku sighed, standing and going over to her, grabbing her hands, "Oh dearest Mikomi. Will you bare my children?"

"What!" she screamed, pulling her hands from his and blushing furiously. All she saw after that was a furious taijiya swinging her large weapon at the monk, soon hitting him. His was out cold within seconds. Sango growled and put her weapon up against a tree.

"Don't worry about him. Next time just slap him if he says that again."

She nodded at Sango, "So Sango...can you tell me about your younger brother and his connection to this Naraku character?"

Sango sighed, "Naraku took over my younger brother causing him to go forget about killing my father and our taijiya companions. During that time Naraku attacked my village to obtain the shikon shards we had. That was the annoying thing. At first he used me to try and kill Inuyasha, but then he used my brother against me. I couldn't fight him, I can't kill the only family I have left..."

Miroku spoke up, "The odd thing is that before we met Sango we met Raijin. Raijin had three shards in one arm and one in the other. The odd thing was that he was human but he had incredible lightening powers. We had gone after him for the shards, but he wasn't an easy fight at all. I had fallen unconscious, Inuyasha was beaten pretty badly, the only one who was left mostly unharmed was Kagome because of her purification arrows. They kept him away from us when we were down. In the end he gave up on trying to kill us and left us to live."

Inuyasha growled, "We hadn't heard or seen anything of the bastard since then so we gave up trying to find him. But the fact that he is now with Sesshomaru pisses me off the most."

Kagome nodded, "Sesshomaru has been out to kill Inuyasha for a long time because he wishes to have the Tetsusaiga. But what made Sesshomaru even more mad was that he could not even touch the sword. Tetsusaiga was made for Inuyasha's hands and his hands only..."

Inuyasha snorted, "Keh! He couldn't get my sword even if he tried."

Mikomi sighed, "So this Naraku character, who is he exactly...?"

Kagome sighed, "Naraku has done many things to hurt us. He turned Inuyasha and the miko Kikyo against each other. He caused Miroku to have the kazaana in his right hand, and Sango to loose her family and village."

"Kazaana?" she said looking over to the unconscious monk.

"Yes," Sango said, "It is a air void in his right hand. Who ever comes infront of it will be sucked into him. And one day, even himself will be if we do not defeat Naraku."

Mikomi sighed, "I am sorry for all of your misfortunes."

Inuyasha snorted, "Keh. Forget it. All you go to bed." The hanyou hopped up into the tree.
The members all layed down on the ground and covered themselves in their blankets. It had passed an hour and everyone was sound asleep, except one person. Sango was moaning and rolling in her sleep.

"Kohaku!"

The boy turned around to see his sister in the field. The more she ran the further he got. Suddenly she stopped and watched as two people appeared beside the boy. One was definitely Sesshomaru, but the other was unfamiliar to her. She yelled Kohaku's name again and Sesshomaru and the other person turned. The other man had shoulder length brown hair that blew as he turned. His bright green eyes scared her and Sango gasped as dark clouds formed above them. Kohaku grabbed the man's hand as lightning started to flow from the mans sword.

"Do not worry about Kohaku. He is in my care now."

Suddenly the three started to turn and walk away.

"Wait! Kohaku!"

Kohaku stared at her until he disappeared into the trees with Sesshomaru and the other man.
Sango suddenly began to cry and saw the ground crumble beneath her. She screamed and suddenly jumped up.

The taijiya breathed harshly as she grasped her heart, looking at the surroundings of the campsite. The last bit of fire burnt out and smoke rose from it. She sighed, 'Raijin...?'


(A/N:)

OKAY! Another glorious chapter...haha!

Liz:This one was written by me but gotta give some credit to John for some of the ideas.
John: Thats right whore!
Liz: (--)

Please review. 2 Long ass chapters and you know you loved them! lmao.

-Liz and John-