Chapter Four

To Take Those Steps (Part 1)

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Kagome had just exited the clearing and entered the woods when she realized that she didn't know where she should be going.

"I can't just waltz into the village and demand to speak with Kikyo. I'd stick out like a sore-thumb."

Kagome could clearly remember what happened the first time she had gone to the village; actually, she was captured and carried there and mistaken for a demon.

Kagome shuddered slightly to herself at the memory. "That's not going to happen again. Maybe I should try to get a hold of a priestess outfit, that way if anyone sees me they'll think I'm Kikyo."

Kagome sighed to herself again. "Well, I can't just walk up behind her and ask her and I'm no good at stealing.... What should I do then?"

Kagome eventually decided to hide her bag somewhere. Trying to do anything with a huge, heavy bag on her shoulders was going to be difficult. Kagome eventually found herself standing in front of the markless sacred tree again.

"Well, I shouldn't hide it here just incase Inu-Yasha trips over it accident- wait, a minute, Inu-Yasha's not going to trip over my bag because I'm going to fix everything so he doesn't end up running over here."

"Ohhh," Kagome moaned as she sat down on one of the roots. "This is going to be harder than I thought."