Chapter 3
"Kagome, you decided to stay?" Sango asked seeming quite pleased.
"Well, I'm certainly not leaving you guys here with that stranger!" Kagome fumed.
"So, she died?" Sayuri questioned
"Yes. Kikyo's death was devastating to all the villagers so I've heard
"And Inuyasha...."Sayuri mumbled under her breath
Inuyasha walked up to the group and sat down next Kagome.
"But the runt is still alive."
"Uhhhh...Inuyasha...I-I" Miroku began to stammer trying to stall for an explanation.
"Little kaede is still alive... she must be ancient." Sayuri replied and Miroku sighed with relief.
"Those two seem so close. They can go on for hours." Miroku stated
"Yeah" Kagome sighed "don't remind me. I wish he would talk to me like that he should be telling me just who she is, where she's from, how he knows her....humph!
"I too am curious as to who this woman is." Kaede questioned
"Oh.....Kaede. Sorry but we don't know much more than her name. She won't tell us anything else and Inuyasha simply tells us that it isn't his business to tell us."
"What is this demon's name Kagome? She seems quite familiar." kaede asked
"It's Sayara or something...I think...but I really don't know because I wasn't listening."Kagome was replied in a jealous tone
"Her name is Sayuri Sango answered "and what exactly do you mean by demon? She certainly doesn't look it. Is it possible for a demon to look completely human?
"Ah, so it is her then. I did no think she would be free yet." Kaede mumbled to herself then turned to speak to Sango, "yes it is possible but you see....Sayuri is a half-demon as is Inuyasha and she is quite dangerous if not dealt with properly might I add."
"See I told you she was no good!!! There's something really evil about her. I don't know what it is yet but I know its there and if she has three shards of the jewel then its not gonna make it any better1" Kagome began yelling
"Kagome child, do ye have something against her? Ye seem almost jealous."
"I'M NOT JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome screamed and then stomped away to the hot springs.
Miroku leaned closer to kaede and whispered "We too feel that Kagome is jealous. She thinks that Sayuri will take Inuyasha away from her."
"That's impossible." Kaede
"Why so?" Sango asked
"Those two are like siblings. They are practically related. It is truly amazing to find that they are not." Kaede answered.
"So you know about me do you?" the young half-demon asked while towering over the fragile frame of the old priestess.
"Ye do not recognize me?"
"Of course I do...well your scent anyway" the hanyou began to laugh.
"What are ye laughing at child
"You. You've gotten so old." Sayuri said through suppressed laughter
"Ye have not changed have ye?"
"Probably not." with her last words Sayuri left to find a comfortable tree to sleep in and Inuyasha stuffed his face full of Ramen.
"So who exactly is he?" Miroku questioned
"SHE IS NO ONE IMPORTANT!!!!" Kagome yelled from the spring.
"Actually she is a very strong half-demon who befriended Inuyasha many years ago." kaede answered
"so how is it that you know her Kaede?" it was Sango that asked this time
Inuyasha quickly shoved the last of the noodles in his mouth and interrupted with his own answer. "She used to come with me to steal the jewel." he explained very innocently.
Kaede ignored his comment and continued wit her answer. "I, although I was young, helped my sister with her duties as training for my becoming a priestess. As you know, Kikyo happened upon Inuyasha many times before sealing him. Eventually she came upon Sayuri as well and I did as well because I was with her."
"Is that all? I mean, can't you tell us anything more. That only leaves us where we started." Shippo complained. Inuyasha quickly turned towards him and threatened that if Shippo didn't quit asking so many questions about her then he would put him into a world of hurt.
"I am afraid that as Inuyasha had said, it is not my place or his to tell you more. Even if I wanted to a could not for I know not the answers you are seeking. Only Sayuri and Inuyasha know those answers."
"IUYASHA!!!!!" the girl hanyou bellowed.
"What??? What is it Sayuri?" Inuyasha asked worriedly
"IT'S NARAKU!!!!"
"Dammit. Why is it that every time we get 1 step ahead we get taken back 6? I'm coming! Stand back!" Inuyasha raced forward, the rage he felt burning in his eyes, the testing in and, teeth clenched, and ready to kill.
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"Kagome, you decided to stay?" Sango asked seeming quite pleased.
"Well, I'm certainly not leaving you guys here with that stranger!" Kagome fumed.
"So, she died?" Sayuri questioned
"Yes. Kikyo's death was devastating to all the villagers so I've heard
"And Inuyasha...."Sayuri mumbled under her breath
Inuyasha walked up to the group and sat down next Kagome.
"But the runt is still alive."
"Uhhhh...Inuyasha...I-I" Miroku began to stammer trying to stall for an explanation.
"Little kaede is still alive... she must be ancient." Sayuri replied and Miroku sighed with relief.
"Those two seem so close. They can go on for hours." Miroku stated
"Yeah" Kagome sighed "don't remind me. I wish he would talk to me like that he should be telling me just who she is, where she's from, how he knows her....humph!
"I too am curious as to who this woman is." Kaede questioned
"Oh.....Kaede. Sorry but we don't know much more than her name. She won't tell us anything else and Inuyasha simply tells us that it isn't his business to tell us."
"What is this demon's name Kagome? She seems quite familiar." kaede asked
"It's Sayara or something...I think...but I really don't know because I wasn't listening."Kagome was replied in a jealous tone
"Her name is Sayuri Sango answered "and what exactly do you mean by demon? She certainly doesn't look it. Is it possible for a demon to look completely human?
"Ah, so it is her then. I did no think she would be free yet." Kaede mumbled to herself then turned to speak to Sango, "yes it is possible but you see....Sayuri is a half-demon as is Inuyasha and she is quite dangerous if not dealt with properly might I add."
"See I told you she was no good!!! There's something really evil about her. I don't know what it is yet but I know its there and if she has three shards of the jewel then its not gonna make it any better1" Kagome began yelling
"Kagome child, do ye have something against her? Ye seem almost jealous."
"I'M NOT JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Kagome screamed and then stomped away to the hot springs.
Miroku leaned closer to kaede and whispered "We too feel that Kagome is jealous. She thinks that Sayuri will take Inuyasha away from her."
"That's impossible." Kaede
"Why so?" Sango asked
"Those two are like siblings. They are practically related. It is truly amazing to find that they are not." Kaede answered.
"So you know about me do you?" the young half-demon asked while towering over the fragile frame of the old priestess.
"Ye do not recognize me?"
"Of course I do...well your scent anyway" the hanyou began to laugh.
"What are ye laughing at child
"You. You've gotten so old." Sayuri said through suppressed laughter
"Ye have not changed have ye?"
"Probably not." with her last words Sayuri left to find a comfortable tree to sleep in and Inuyasha stuffed his face full of Ramen.
"So who exactly is he?" Miroku questioned
"SHE IS NO ONE IMPORTANT!!!!" Kagome yelled from the spring.
"Actually she is a very strong half-demon who befriended Inuyasha many years ago." kaede answered
"so how is it that you know her Kaede?" it was Sango that asked this time
Inuyasha quickly shoved the last of the noodles in his mouth and interrupted with his own answer. "She used to come with me to steal the jewel." he explained very innocently.
Kaede ignored his comment and continued wit her answer. "I, although I was young, helped my sister with her duties as training for my becoming a priestess. As you know, Kikyo happened upon Inuyasha many times before sealing him. Eventually she came upon Sayuri as well and I did as well because I was with her."
"Is that all? I mean, can't you tell us anything more. That only leaves us where we started." Shippo complained. Inuyasha quickly turned towards him and threatened that if Shippo didn't quit asking so many questions about her then he would put him into a world of hurt.
"I am afraid that as Inuyasha had said, it is not my place or his to tell you more. Even if I wanted to a could not for I know not the answers you are seeking. Only Sayuri and Inuyasha know those answers."
"IUYASHA!!!!!" the girl hanyou bellowed.
"What??? What is it Sayuri?" Inuyasha asked worriedly
"IT'S NARAKU!!!!"
"Dammit. Why is it that every time we get 1 step ahead we get taken back 6? I'm coming! Stand back!" Inuyasha raced forward, the rage he felt burning in his eyes, the testing in and, teeth clenched, and ready to kill.
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