-Chapter 4-
Uneasy Situations
Sango sat on top of Kirara and they flew along above the ground. She was very confused. Why did she trust this man so well? She didn't see it, just felt it. Maybe it was just her mind telling her otherwise because of her dream earlier. The taijiya watched the horizon as the sun started to peek over. She sighed. There were a lot of things she didn't quite understand. Inuyasha said Raijin was a enemy, yet he did not seem someone of a cruel heart. Kohaku seemed to have trusted him enough though. If so, maybe she could too. Raijin also explained that Kohaku's were coming back more and more, and he is helping him with them. That was what made her most happy.
"I wonder if Kohaku can get over everything...that he will be able to look at me without crying. Maybe the next time we meet he may be smiling...Wouldn't that be nice Kirara?" she asked the cat demon.
Kirara purred her agreement. Soon she flowed downward to the campsite where her other companions still lay asleep, but one's ears twitched. Inuyasha popped one eye open and watched as Sango hopped of the cat demon. Kirara soon transformed into her smaller form and walked over to Shippo, resting beside him. Inuyasha was fully staring at the taijiya now and Sango turned to him.
"Good morning Inuyasha." she said with a small smile.
"Where were you?" he asked in a grumpy tone.
"I went to my village to pay my respects..." she said walking cooly over to the fire pit and throwing some logs into it.
Inuyasha's hanyou ears twitched again, "That so?"
"Yep." she said nodded.
She took the matches from Kagome's bag and lit a fire again. Sighing once more she sat back and looked at the hanyou across the fire. He just stared into it, in his own thoughts. Sometimes she wished the hanyou would just speak his mind for once.
"Inuyasha? About this Raijin guy...?" she said.
"Yea. What about him?" he asked roughly.
She flinched, "Are you sure he was really that bad?"
"Keh! Ofcourse i'm sure of it! He's a bastard and a half. I'll kill him the next time I see him."
The taijiya breathed deeply then looked down at the floor.
"Why do you ask?"
She looked up as a different voice came to the conversation. Mikomi was sitting up against a tree. She seemed wide awake now, and was staring at Sango. Sango shook her head.
"I'm just worried about Kohaku..." she stated.
Mikomi stretched her arms up and looked to the side, "We once met, when we were children. My father never knew about it and it was a brief incounter. If i'd had known about my father's mission i'd have prevented it from the start. Raijin seemed kindhearted the time a met him, but I must have been wrong. He killed so many, killed my family, killed my friends, my companions, and this is why I must kill him."
"I don't know...I mean, if he took Kohaku in maybe he's not that-"
"Don't even finish that sentence! You say you want revenge for what Naraku did to your people, your village, your little brother. You hate the man with such a great passion. That is how I feel towards Raijin and nothing, NOTHING, will ever change how I feel." Mikomi said angerly, glaring at the fire before her eyes, "You know how it feels. The hatred that you have for that demon. Even if Raijin is human, I will not spare him his life."
Sango looked at the ground as Mikomi stared at her. The ninja stood and walked off, obviously mad about having to explain herself. Inuyasha spoke up.
"Why do you care so much Sango? It sounds as if your trying to defend the asshole."
She shook her head, "It's not like that. Maybe I just wanna believe this human has some heart, so that I won't have to worry about Kohaku being in his hands..."
The two of them turned as someone yawned. Kagome rubbed her eyes and stretched her arms up. Looking back and forth to the two she smiled.
"Good morning."
They nodded and Kagome spoke once more, "Where is Mikomi?"
Inuyasha snorted, "Keh! She stomped off towards the river. She got a bit about having to explain some things."
Kagome sighed and rose from her bedspread. Walking towards the path she looked back at Sango. The taijiya looked at the ground with a frown. Kagome frowned now. 'Why does Sango look so unhappy?' She shook it off and walked towards the river. Turning around a tree she stopped as she saw Mikomi in the water of the slow moving river. The girl had her hand in the air and had her four fingers pointed to the sky. She swatted fast at the water and her hand came up quickly with a fish. She grabbed it taightly and turned it. Soon Kagome heard a cracking noise and the miko flinched as the fish lay dead in the girl's hands. Mikomi threw it off to the side with a few other fish she had already caught. The ninja walked towards shore and lifted herself up, soon sitting on the river edge.
"Wanna tell me why you are watching me catch fish?" she asked coldly.
Kagome sighed and walked forward sitting beside the girl and looked into the river, "I guess it's been hard for you huh? You were the only one that survived..."
Mikomi kicked the water and looked up at Kagome, "Yea. I am the last of my ninja clan. It's only time before I am nothing more either."
Kagome was confused, "What do you mean?"
"I could die by Raijin's hands. I've seen the power he has and it is the one thing I fear most..." she said looking at her reflection.
Kagome did the same, "You know...you and Sango can relate by a lot..."
"Hmpf! The girl trusts to easily..." she said roughly.
"You don't trust us yet?" Kagome asked her.
"No. Actually I don't."
Kagome gasped on the inside and Mikomi stood, "No offense to you guys, just it takes a lot more for me to trust people."
Kagome sighed but nodded, "I understand."
"Good," Mikomi said throwing a few fish to Kagome, "Carry those back and lets cook 'em."
Kagome nodded after catching them and followed after Mikomi. The two girls sat by the fire and Kagome but a pot onto the fire. She sighed. 'I kind of understand why she can't trust us. Didn't Mikomi once trust Raijin a bit...? If so...he did the worst thing of all, killing her people...' Inuyasha picked up the fish chopping them with his sharp claws and Kagome took the peices and placed them in the boiling water. Miroku was looking at Sango in curiosity, wondering just what the taijiya was thinking, since she looked rather confused. As for the ninja, Mikomi sat on a rock, legs crossed and looked concentrated on the people around her. Kagome shook her head, 'Now that's a bit annoying. We aren't going to do anything to the girl...' Inuyasha growled and she looked at him. Shippou sat on his shoulder whispering something in the hanyou's ear that was making him blush furiously. Kagome cocked an eyebrow and Inuyasha growled louder.
"Get the hell off me runt! And stop saying you stupid crap!" yelled the hanyou as he swatted at the kitsune.
"What was he saying?" Kagome asked.
"-NOTHING!-" both said loud and fast.
She was about to say something till the changing of the sky stopped her. Inuyasha stood up fast, as did the others beside him. Mikomi just looked up from her spot as purple clouds drifted in place above their heads. She turned her gaze to Inuyasha as he growled a familiar name. Naraku. She soon grabbed her nintou and stood up grabbing the hilt of the blade. A sound came to her ears, an annoying buzzing sound. She watched as a white object came to few above. Inuyasha said another name.
"Kagura."
The women blew in on her feather, jumping off and catching the now smaller form of her transportation and placing it in her hair. She stood a fairly well distance from the group, not wishing to be touched by them. Her crimson eyes glew and scared Mikomi.
"You are the ninja...are you not?"
Mikomi straightened up but did not take her hand from her nintou, "Who wants to know?"
"Answer the question girl," Kagura growled in frustration.
Mikomi crossed her arms over her chest, "Yes. What's it to you?"
Inuyasha interrupted their conversation, "What does Naraku want with her?"
Kagura smirked, opening her fan before her face, "He wants her..."
She rose her fan over her head, "Eliminated!"
As the fan was swatted downward Mikomi's eyes went wide as blades erupted from withen it's confines. Inuyasha ran infront of her putting his sword out and blocking the blades. They clinged against Tetsusaiga and flew off to the side, imbedding themselves in the ground, and soon disappearing before their eyes. Inuyasha looked up and gaped at Mikomi since she suddenly was before him. She unsheathed her nintou as a bright light flashed on everyone's faces.
"I'll take care of this wench!" yelled Inuyasha.
"No! She wants me, then this is my battle!" Mikomi yelled back, soon going into stance.
"I'm guessing your ready to die." said Kagura, smirking.
Mikomi smirked to, "Only after I kill you."
Kagura frowned and glared at her, lifting her fan she sent it down, "Ryuujya no mai!"
Kagome screamed, "LOOK OUT!"
Mikomi smiled wide and jumped high as the tornadoes made their way past where she once stood. She quickly flew into the trees and hopped away from the oncoming vaccums. Kagura growled and sent another wave of blades at the girl and cut the branches she was about to step on. Instead of free falling she dove down and grabbed another branch flipping and landing swiftly on the floor. She ran fast towards the demon and Kagura sent another waveof her wind blades. Mikomi quickly dodged them lifting her sword and passing quickly next to Kagura. Kagura gaped as she watched some of her hair fall and her left earing fall to the floor. Shocked she turned and watched as Mikomi placed her blade back into its scabberd and turned.
"Next time you won't be so lucky..." said the girl going into stance again.
Kagura growled and was about to send another attack but she gasped as her body pulsed. The demon sighed and grabbed a feather from her hair. Throwing to the ground and allowing it to grow large once again. Inuyasha growled.
"Hey! We are not done here!"
Kagura smirked, "Sorry Inuyasha...till next time ninja."
The group coughed as a big gust of wind sent the women flying upwards and dust drifting in the air. As the dust cleared everyone looked over to Mikomi. The ninja sighed and stood up straight once again. The group gaped at her.
She arched and eyebrow, "What?"
"How...How did you...?" said Kagome.
"How did I what?"
"You moved very fast for such a normal person..." said Sango.
Mikomi smirked, "Have you've all forgotten what I am?"
Inuyasha snorted, "Keh! Not hardly. If I was fighting her she'd be dead now."
"Then why isn't she dead already? You have had fights with this women before, am I right?"
Inuyasha growled and stomped away, "KEH!"
Kagome giggled, "She has a point."
Miroku sighed as the kitsune came beside him, "Where are we going now guys?" said the kitsune.
Mikomi looked to the sky as the dark clouds disappeared, "To find Raijin."
Sango looked up to that as Miroku spoke up, "But where would we start? We have no idea where this man is."
"He is no man. He is a monster." said Mikomi walking away.
Miroku sighed looking over to Kagome, "I see she has some bad trust issues."
The miko sighed, "Can you blame her? She has someone she once knew kill her people and now she has Naraku after her. What's next? The best we could do is be friendly to her and make sure she's safe because she us planning of taking on Raijin by herself, and that's not such a great idea."
Sango sighed looking up, "Why exactly did you guys get into a fight with this guy?"
Miroku sat down and picked the still boiling pot off the fire, "Food's done."
Sango growled, "You didn't answer my question."
"He had shards wench. We had to go after him. He was too powerful for his own good, and he still has those damn shards, and next time we meet I'll make sure I cut off both his damn arms and get them." Inuyasha said viciously.
Sango flinched and retrived one of the bowls of fish. She sighed and looked over to the side to see Mikomi on the rock she was on before. Sango arose and took a bowl, stepping over to the girl and handing her the bowl and chop sticks. Mikomi nodded her tanks and took the food, eating it rather quickly. Everyone's mouths were wide open at her eating habits. She took one bowl after the other, she even ate Shippou's.
"Hey!" the kitsune yelled.
Inuyasha lifted the bowl from Mikomi's reach but somehow she was able to retrieve it. Inuyasha growled.
"Damn ninja skills..."
Kagome finished hers off fast before the ninja could get to hers.
"I guess she hasn't eaten in awhile..."Sango whispered to the monk.
The man shrugged, "Guess so."
Mikomi scarfed it all down and then went after one of the water bottles. She heard a scream and spit out the water all over Inuyasha.
"HENTAI!"
The four sitting watched as Miroku ran from the taijiya behind him, her big weapon in the air. Inuyasha growled and glared at the girl infront of him, wiping the water and spit from his face. Mikomi held in her laugh and flinched with a half smile.
"Sorry..."
Kagome couldn't hold it though and laughed out loud. Inuyasha shot up from his spot and stormed off. Miroku was now on the floor once again and Sango cleaned her hands then snorted and walked off yelling as Kagome stopped laughing to listen in.
"Don't ever touch me their again!"
Both of the girls left there looked at each other then smiled wide. Soon they both burst out in giggles grabbing their stomachs for dear life.
(A/N:)
Okay...there is another chapter. Thanks Kaley for the reviews...even though you were the only one.
Liz:Well I guess i'm the only one here today...
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