Also, about Miroku 'freezing' the last demon. I meant stunning by that, just to clear up any misconceptions. Onward and upward to the next edition... err... chapter of Inuyasha: Extended.
Chapter 5
The group awoke the next morning and everyone except Inuyasha was up early, who was eventually shaken awake.
"Why did you wake me up so early? I barely got any sleep..." said Inuyasha.
"Oh, how long were you out last night?" questioned Kagome.
"Not too long, its just that I couldn't get back to sleep" replied Inuyasha.
"Oh, well anyways, breakfast is ready. We have some noodles ready for you" stated Kagome.
"I guess I should get up then," said Inuyasha.
Inuyasha rushed to where everyone was eating breakfast and sat down to start eating the bowl of noodles in front of him.
"So where do we plan on going to search today?" asked Miroku.
"I think we'll get out and search around village nearest the spot where Naraku was felled again, maybe something has turned up," replied Sango.
"No, that's not where a demon is" Inuyasha blurted out.
"Oh, and I suppose you would nowhere one is then wouldn't you Inuyasha?" asked Kagome.
"Just a feeling, but its most likely in the forest nearest this village" replied Inuyasha.
"I don't think that's it. Your hiding something isn't you Inuyasha? You wouldn't be that confident without proof," said Kagome.
"Ok... Last night while I was out walking I eventually stumbled upon Kikyo, and she told me that she had seen a demon in the forest, although it may not of been one we need to kill. She also said that she saw an energy go South of this village" stated Inuyasha.
"Oh, well if that was the case... Then I guess we should go search the forest then..." said Kagome wearing a questioning face.
"Before you go, here Inuyasha. I see your other cloak was ruined, so here, take this one," said Kaede.
"Thanks Kaede, I was going to get another, but I don't need to know," stated Inuyasha.
Inuyasha put on the new cloak and everyone got up. The group finished up breakfast and went out of the village towards the forest.
In The Forest
"Did anything else happen?" asked Kagome towards Inuyasha.
"What, when?" replied Inuyasha.
"With Kikyo, did anything else happen?" questioned Kagome again.
"Oh... Well, she tried to get kind of close, but don't need to worry. I straightened that out. It was only a short kiss and hug, that was it," replied Inuyasha.
"I knew that something else had happened, it must've..." said Kagome.
Kagome seemed to ignore talking to Inuyasha for a little bit and then trekked deeper into the forest.
"Did she say how far in the demon was?" asked Miroku directed towards Inuyasha.
"No, not that I remember" replied Inuyasha.
"I wonder what else you don't remember..." quietly murmured Kagome.
"What was that?" asked Inuyasha.
"Nothing, nothing at all" said Kagome.
Inuyasha didn't believe it for a second, but he didn't want to insist on Kagome talking so he shut up. Eventually they came closer to an odd looking demon that seemed as a cross between a gorilla and a scorpion. It was also about two times bigger than a gorilla. It had razor sharp claws and teeth. It didn't seem to be aware of their presence.
"That must be the demon she was talking about," stated Inuyasha.
At the sound of his voice the demon faced them and shot out towards them. It was lightning fast and Inuyasha wasn't able to move out of the way, getting part of his left arm ripped slightly by its claws in the process.
"Everyone get ready for the energy ball this time, when it comes we are going to immediately chase after it" stated Kagome.
Sango threw her boomerang just as it was charging for Inuyasha again, and it halted right before the boomerang would've sliced it in two. It turned to face her and Inuyasha drew his sword. It lunged at Sango and Inuyasha used the Wind Scar. Sango jumped over the demon, landing away from the path of the Wind Scar, but the demon moved to right fast enough to avoid it. It lunged at Inuyasha and Miroku this moment to shove Inuyasha out of the way and unleash his Wind Tunnel at the demon. The demon, who was already in the air coming in his direction wasn't able to turn away and was about to be sucked into the Wind Tunnel when Inuyasha slashed it in two. Miroku closed the Wind Tunnel and was knocked over by the front of the demon's corpse, although no damage was done to Miroku.
"What was that for Inuyasha?" asked Miroku.
"How would the energy ball get out of your Wind Tunnel? Hey?" replied Inuyasha.
"Oh, I see. Good thinking Inuyasha" stated Miroku.
The group waited for a bit for the corpse to disappear and for an energy ball to be released, but after ten minutes it became apparent that this wasn't one of the demons they were looking for.
"Well that was a big waste of time," stated Inuyasha.
"Not entirely, just think of what might've happened if it got to Kaede's village" said Sango.
"Anyways, there was that other bit of information about the energy ball going south," stated Miroku.
"Right, so we should go south to see if we can find it," said Kagome.
The group had troubles figuring out where South was at first, but eventually they figured it out and started traveling.
"How many more meals do you have in your bag Kagome?" asked Miroku.
"About two more, then I will have to go get some more," replied Kagome.
"I wonder what kind of demon it is this time," stated Inuyasha.
"Cant be sure, anyways, once we kill the demon we have to be ready to go after its energy ball so it lead us to the next demon" stated Kagome.
"Yep, keep us going fast," stated Sango.
The group eventually reached a small lagoon in the middle of a forest and had to trek around it to get to the other side. As they were walking along its edge they something fast breaking the tops of the trees. They turned in its direction and saw an energy ball break through the trees and go speeding into the lagoon. The lagoon flashed with light and grew in size. The group was now up to their waists in the lagoon.
"Wait a minute, is this lagoon the demon?" asked Miroku.
"I think it is, or else nothing would've happened with the energy, I think.." replied Sango.
"But that where did that energy ball come from? Did someone else slay on of the demons?" asked Kagome.
"That seems like the most probably happening, but we need not concern ourselves with that right now" replied Miroku.
The lagoon formed up in the center and the water became from concentrated. It started to take shape and eventually formed into the shape of a frog, although quite a bit bigger. The demon was about twice Inuyasha's size.
"Lets see what happens when I slice and dice it," said Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ran up to it and gave it a few quite swings with his sword, but the demon was unharmed by the attacks as they just passed through water when they hit.
"I thought that wouldn't work, come on Inuyasha, strike it after I stun it" said Miroku.
Miroku ran up and threw some strips of paper at the demon, and Inuyasha slashed it multiple times, but the demon was unharmed again. When the paper contacted the demon it didn't look like it affected it or anything.
"Looks like we will have to find a new way to combat this one. It seems it cant be killed by the ways were killed it before" stated Miroku.
The demon jumped into the air and was airborne for a good ten minutes before it came down in a thundering crash, toppling the trees around the area and the group from the water rushing out from the crash. It took awhile for the group to regain their senses and once they were up they noticed that the forest had been reduced to hundreds of fallen trees. The water had already regrouped and the demon was back in shape.
"Just try whatever you can against the demon. Something has to work," stated Inuyasha.
The group ran up and they put everything they had into their attacks but nothing was happening. Their weapons were just going through the demon and not doing any damage. They were now quite exhausted and the demon began to convulse. Its body rapidly moved and then busted into two pillars of water and they came towards the group. There wasn't enough time to dodge them and the water hit Inuyasha and Shippo. The water carried them up into the sky and once they were quite a ways up there the water shot back down to the ground and created another thundering crash. Inuyasha and Shippo were now free falling, but Shippo turned into his balloon type form and was now safe.
On the ground the group was still regaining their senses again, but luckily they were back up pretty soon and Sango jumped on Kirara and went up to get Inuyasha. A mere one hundred meters from the ground Sango plucked Inuyasha from his free fall and Inuyasha was brought back down to land. Shippo was still floating down, but the group didn't mind letting him float down.
"I think I may know of a way to finish the demon off," stated Miroku.
"What's your idea Miroku?" asked Sango.
"I am just going to suck it into my wind tunnel. Now, if I were to use it here at this distance it would just burst out and away from it. So I have to get close, really close. The rest of you can try to keep it busy while I get to a good position" replied Miroku.
The group agreed and the plan was off. Everyone, except Miroku and Shippo, was now combating the demon while Miroku got up behind it. It was now constantly jumping around so it was kind of hard to get close to, so it took some time. The group was soon becoming drained and Miroku seemed to never get close enough, so Miroku decided just to take a risk and come from the front. He ran in front of the demon and dropped down to the ground to get it better. Just as he had hoped, the demon jumped and was about to land on him when he opened up his Wind Tunnel and the demon was instantly sucked into it.
Slightly after the demon had been dragged inside, an intense light came from Miroku's hand and the energy ball came out of his hand. The group got ready and as soon as the ball went off they chased after it. They noticed at the incredibly speed it was going and Inuyasha was having incredibly difficultly keeping up. The ball continuously sped up and eventually the group was no longer able to keep. Within fifteen minutes the ball was quite far ahead, then suddenly a mass of air glowed as the ball hit it. The ball was absorbed and the air mass became invisible again. The group stopped where the air mass had been and after a few attempts to slash and hit nothing, they gave up.
"Well what are we going to do now?" asked Inuyasha.
"I guess we will have to wait until we see that demon in its shaped form and are able to see it, hopefully" replied Miroku.
"Cant we still go looking for the other demons in the meantime?" asked Kagome.
"Of course, but we should be watching for that one too" replied Inuyasha.
"Uhoh, we forgot something," stated Sango.
"What did we forget?" asked Inuyasha.
"Shippo!" replied Kagome.
"Oh, your right. Lets get back as soon as possible to the lagoon!" stated Miroku.
Inuyasha smelt his way back to the lagoon as they ran back and eventually they were back. Shippo was a little off course from where he had started and Sango went up to go get him with Kirara. Shippo looked pretty cold from being up in the air for so long.
Back At The Lagoon
"Inuyasha! Give Shippo your cloak now!" commanded Kagome.
"He doesn't need it! Look how fine he looks" retorted Inuyasha.
"So cold... How could you guys leave me up there?" asked Shippo.
"Your telling me that he looks perfectly fine?" asked Kagome.
"Yes, just look at him!" stated Inuyasha.
"Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit boy!" yelled Kagome.
Inuyasha was sent into the ground and Kagome took the cloak from him and gave it to Shippo. The cloak was quite a bit too big for him, but it kept him warm enough. Once Inuyasha arose he tried to take it back but was sent into the ground a couple more times by Kagome. As they stood there thinking of where to go, Inuyasha felt something on his neck and immediately went to smack it off. A flattened Myoga is now in Inuyasha's hand and he quickly gets back up and begins talking.
"What has been occurring while I was gone?" asked Myoga.
The group tells Myoga of everything that has occurred up until then and he seems surprised by the end.
"I seen one of energy balls today. I was out and about and I saw Sesshomaru kill a demon that was incredibly bright and an energy ball came out. He felled it in one attack from what I could see" stated Myoga.
"Well, at least that's one demon we don't have to take care of. That must have been the energy ball that went into the lagoon," stated Sango.
"Also, some small child confronted me yesterday. He asked me a multitude of questions about your group and other things claiming to be a fan of yours. He left right after I answered his last question and I never had a chance to figure out where he was from" said Myoga.
"That's odd, if were talking about the same child, we encountered him a couple of times in the past couple days also, and like you said, he left without telling us anything about him" said Kagome.
"What did you tell him Myoga?" asked Inuyasha.
"Nothing to important, just what you were doing now, although I only thought you were still finding Naraku. Also things about your weapons, see, nothing too big" replied Myoga.
"I don't know what a child would need to know about our weapons," stated Miroku.
"Anyways, I best be off, I have places to be you know" said Myoga.
"Oh really? Where are these places you need to be then?" asked Inuyasha.
"Err... Over in that direction" replied Myoga pointing in a direction.
"Ok then, let me help you get there then," stated Inuyasha.
Inuyasha grasped Myoga in his hand and threw him in that direction as fast as he could.
"How could you master!" yelled Myoga as his voice trailed off.
"Well that was unnecessary," stated Miroku.
"Teaches him to lie to me," said Inuyasha.
"How did you know he was lying?" asked Kagome.
"Just a thought" replied Inuyasha.
"You threw him on just a thought!" asked Kagome.
"Yea, its not like we need him around here, and it will help him get to his place faster" stated Inuyasha.
"Oh well, its getting dark now. Lets have some supper and get to sleep," said Sango.
"Ok, I will get supper ready. Would you like to help Sango?" asked Kagome.
"Sure, lets make it quick though, I am getting tired" replied Sango.
While Kagome and Sango made supper the rest of the group just lazed around waiting for them and after a little bit them came out with some food from Kagome's backpack. The group sat down and began to eat their food.
"Has it occurred to anyone else that so far the demons we have fought have been things from the elements?" asked Sango.
"Yes actually, I just thought it was a coincidence until today" replied Miroku.
"So, then should we just assume that the rest is of the elements?" asked Inuyasha.
"Not at all, the child said that a whole lot of demons had came out of Naraku's body, also, the girl on top of the building in the village nearest the spot where Naraku fell said that there was a lot of demons appearing from the trees" stated Sango.
"Hey, maybe tomorrow we could go back to that village and ask that girl if she had seen any elemental demons coming from the trees. That could help," said Kagome.
"Yea, great idea. I doubt all of them are elements though, its just been a coincidence" said Miroku.
"So tomorrow we will go back to that village then" stated Inuyasha.
The group finished up their food and began to set up for the night, since it was quite dark by this time. Kagome only had three blankets with her so the group had to share again. Shippo and Kirara slept in one, although Kirara slept on top not in, Inuyasha and Kagome shared another, and Miroku and Sango shared the last. Like in the cave, Sango whispered Kirara over to wake her up before everyone else and got 'close' to Miroku. Inuyasha remained hesitant to get any bit close to Kagome, but then a memory of a vow struck him and he went into thought for a little bit. After about five minutes of thought he wrapped his arms around a surprised Kagome and began to sleep. A shocked Kagome was a bit uneasy at first, but eventually eased up and began to go to sleep as well. Kagome awoke after about an hour from falling asleep to Inuyasha's voice saying, "I love you", but she couldn't believe that Inuyasha would say that and dismissed it as a voice from the dream she was having. She thought about it and eventually thought that before tonight she wouldn't of believed Inuyasha would act this way and became very confused. She decided she wouldn't make much about it and fell back into her dream.
So that was the end of another chapter, sorry for the delay again, I am not the fastest writer and there was some interference one of the nights. I will hopefully make the next chapter tomorrow. Until then, bye bye.