Disclaimer: I again don't own the sword names they are owned by Flame of Recca and I also don't own any of the Inu Yasha characters no matter how much money I offer to Rumiko Takahashi
Chapter 9
The group left Toutousai and Shiori and continued to walk through the now deserted forest. They were only half way through the forest when they all got into a huge argument.
"I say we go that!" Inu Yasha yelled at Kagome. Kagome wiped the spit off her face and then yelled back.
"Well I think we should go that way!" They were trying to decide which route they would take to get to the nearest town. Inu Yasha was about to reply when Miroku quickly jumped in.
"Stop fighting you two." He said as he pushed them away from each other. "I'll decide which way we go." The two of them moved out of Miroku's way as he got ready to drop his staff. The staff pointed towards the right fork. Too bad it was the one that Inu Yasha had suggested they go down.
"In your face bitch! It seems we are going my way." Kagome glared at him.
"Miroku, are you sure that that is the best way to decide which way we should go?" Ayame asked.
"Of course, my staff has never been wrong before." He answered.
"Well what about the time your staff led us to the hornets nest or the time we ended up almost falling off a cliff. Or what about the time…" Kouga was cut off by Miroku.
"If you're so smart Kouga why don't you decide which way we go?" He asked.
"How about we just pick a stupid path and follow it!?" Sesshoumaru asked impatiently.
"I agree with Sesshoumaru. Let's just pick one and go that way." Kikyo agreed.
"Look's like Kikyo has a crush on Sesshoumaru!" Sango teased as Kikyo turned a light shade of pink.
"Don't be foolish, I was just saying that while we're standing here arguing Maeko has more of a chance at getting the Jewel."
"Okay, I get your point let's just go the way Miroku's staff pointed to." Kagome said as she started to walk down the right path. Inu Yasha ran to catch up to her.
"So in the end I won." He said with a smirk and then quickly walked past Kagome before she whacked him.
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Maeko was once again watching the group as they progressed through the forest.
"So now those girls have the jewel compass, and their own special swords that were crafted especially for them." Maeko said calmly which was a real surprise considering that the girls had just become a little more powerful. "At least now with those swords they will be getting my jewel a lot faster. He then bowed his head back and laughed.
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"HENTAI!" Sango screamed. As Miroku ran behind Inu Yasha for protection. "That is it I have had it with you Miroku!" Everyone stopped walking as Sango continued.
"I am tired of you grabbing my ass all the time you perverted freak! It's time that you should be paid for what you have done." Sango pulled out the Fujin and was about to swing it at Miroku when Kouga knocked the sword out of her hands.
"Are you crazy!?" He asked. "He didn't do anything that was that bad."
"How can you say that after he just grabbed Sango's ass for about the fiftieth time since we started travelling with you guys." Kagome asked.
"Hey you four need us." Inu Yasha answered. "Without us you girls would have been dead by the now."
"Are you saying that we are weak!?" Kikyo questioned.
"That's exactly what I am saying."
"If you haven't forgotten, if it wasn't for me your friends would've been killed by those warriors we fought a few seconds ago." Kagome stated.
"We didn't need your help Kagome." Kikyo replied.
"Kikyo I was standing up for you."
"Oh well guess what I don't need your help. I can handle this on my own."
"Stop fighting, please." Ayame begged. Kikyo and Kagome looked at Ayame.
"STAY OUT OF THIS!" They yelled at the exact same time.
"Hey you don't need to yell at her." Kouga yelled back.
"Um Kouga I don't really need you to always stand up for me." Ayame said.
"Well no one else is going to stand up for you." Miroku answered.
"Now you've really made me made you bastard!" Sango screamed as she again got ready to swing Fujin. Miroku jumped out of the way as Ayame, Kagome and Kikyo as well pulled out their swords. The guys all backed away from the girls.
"If that's the way you four really feel then we will leave you." Sesshoumaru said even though he didn't do anything to upset them.
"That is how we feel!" Kikyo replied, and with that the girls and the boys went their own separate ways. But deep down inside all of them knew they really didn't want to leave each other.
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"What are those incompetent fools doing!?" Maeko yelled at his mirror as the boys started to leave the girls. "How dare they disobey my orders by leaving them!? They will regret what they have just done if they don't go back there." He got out of his chair and ran right through his mirror.
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"Can you believe the way those guys treated us!?" Kagome yelled as the four of them walked away from where they just were.
"I don't know if that was such a good idea." Ayame answered. "You know leaving the guys."
"Ayame just because you have a crush on Kouga doesn't change the way we feel about them right now." Kikyo replied.
"What do you mean? I don't have a crush on Kouga." Ayame said while blushing.
"Oh come on Ayame, everyone except maybe Kouga knows about your crush on him." Sango answered.
"Wait, if the other guys know they might tell him. We have got to go back."
"We are not going to go crawling back to the guys and beside since they are really mad at us right now they're not going to even think of telling Kouga anything so stop panicking." Kagome answered.
"Fine but if Kouga does find out I am so going to hurt you." Ayame stated.
"Ayame will you shut up!" All three of them said to her. Ayame grumbled something and then kept her mouth shut for the next few minutes.
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"Those girls make me so mad!" Inu Yasha exclaimed as he punched a tree with his fist making it break into a million pieces.
"Calm down Inu Yasha. There's no need to get so worked up over it." Miroku said as he grabbed Inu Yasha's wrist before he smashed another tree.
"We should go back and try to make up with them." Kouga said.
"Kouga this better not be because of a certain redhead." Sesshoumaru answered in a low and scary tone.
"What are you talking about Sesshoumaru?" Kouga asked. "I was just saying that we should make up with them before Lord Maeko finds out that we left."
"We all know you like Ayame Kouga and you better get over her because you are going to have to kill her anyway."
"Well what about you three." He asked.
"Now what are you talking about Kouga?" Inu Yasha questioned. Kouga sat on a rock and stared at each of them.
"Inu Yasha I know you like Kagome because you are always arguing with her. Sesshoumaru you like Kikyo I know because you stood up for her when I was uh saying rude things about her. And Miroku you obviously like Sango since you're always groping her." He answered.
"I only argue with Kagome because she is always getting on my nerves!"
"I wasn't standing up for Kikyo. Your voice was starting to irritate me."
"And I grope the ass of every girl I see."
"Like I'm going to believe that."
"That does it Kouga." Inu Yasha said to Kouga.
"Stop fighting!" They looked around and obviously saw Maeko coming towards them. They bowed to him and then got back up. "How dare you defy my orders!"
"What do mean Master." Miroku asked.
"Don't even try to lie to me, I saw you walk away from the girls." Maeko answered. "If you don't go back to them I will punish you in ways you never could have imagined."
"Right away master." Sesshoumaru said quickly and they ran off to find the girls.
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"Why is it that we can never go anywhere without getting into some kind of battle?" Sango asked as they all were fighting a bear that was almost the size of a mountain. The bear was possessed by a demon and was after the jewel shard that was embedded in the jewel compass.
"Gee I wonder why Sango?" Kagome asked sarcastically.
"I know." Was her answer. Kagome sweatdropped and then tried to cut off the bears arm with Raijin but no such luck.
"Here, let me try Ensui." Kikyo said. She swung it and water came out and it did some damage but unfortunately not enough to drive the demon out of the bear.
"You two are pathetic." Ayame yelled over the sound of the bears roaring. "Recca will handle this."
"Wait maybe if we combine our powers together we can drive the demon out of the bear." Sango suggested. The others agreed with her plan and they all got ready to swing together. Sango pulled out her Fujin and they attacked all at once. The wind, thunder, water, and fire mixed with each other to create one massive ball of energy and struck the bear. As the demon came out of the bear the four of them noticed it was a toad demon. The girls were about to walk away when they heard the toad coming at them so Kagome pulled out her Raijin and was about to strike when someone beat her to it. Inu Yasha jumped down in front of Kagome.
"So aren't you going to thank me for saving your life again." Inu Yasha asked.
"What are you doing here? I thought you would have been long gone by now?" She replied. Miroku, Kouga, and Sesshoumaru came over to the girls as Kagome asked the question.
"Well we thought about it and we wanted to say… to say." Inu Yasha struggled with the words.
"To say…" Kagome urged.
"To say we're sorry." Inu Yasha finished. Kagome was shocked to hear him say he was sorry first.
"Well we're sorry too. We shouldn't have gotten so angry at you four." Ayame answered for Kagome.
"You should be." Inu Yasha said.
"Let's not start another fight right now." Sango whined as she sheathed her sword. "Let's just get to the nearest city and get something to eat."
"I agree with Sango and anyway I have to admit, it hasn't been the same since you guys left." Kagome said.
"Really? How so?" Inu Yasha asked with great interest. Kagome sauntered up to him and put her face right up to his while he blushed. She leaned up to his ear and whispered.
"It's been… really quiet without you around." She then giggled and went back over to her friends. Inu Yasha just blushed an even deeper shade of red. His friends laughed at him and then walked away with the girls. Inu Yasha took a few minutes to stop blushing and then ran off to catch up with the others.