Chapter 6: The Deal

Later that morning, everyone was awake and ready to search for the jewel shards that were still missing from their collection. Destiny looked up at the sky and sighed as she walked beside InuYasha.

"So Kagome, do you sense any jewel shards nearby?" Destiny asked for the fourth time.

"Once again, the answer's no. Sorry Destiny." Kagome answered.

InuYasha growled through grit teeth, "Grrr... I'm tired of you asking that question! She'll tell us when she senses some so just be quiet!"

InuYasha crosses his arms and continues walking as Destiny's ears flatten a little in anger and she growls back. Miroku walked beside Sango and Kirara, while Shippou took a nap in Kagome's bike basket. The wind blew by them and lifted Kagome's skirt up a little. Just then, Miroku's eyes caught a little peek. His hand twitched as he reached down and lightly rubbed her butt. Kagome screamed.

"Miroku! Don't you touch her!" InuYasha yelled.

Just when InuYasha lifted his fist to hit Miroku, Sango's Hiraikotsu landed on Miroku's head and made a lump that he wouldn't soon forgot.

"Hmph... you lech..." Sango says boredly. "Watch where that hand of yours goes!"

Destiny watches the group and smiles a little as they all got back to walking. She looked down at the jewel shard that hung around her neck. The glowing pink light shined in her eyes.

"It's really beautiful..." Destiny said admiringly.

"Heh, you keep staring at it... Why do you need it anyway!" InuYasha asked rudely.

"I dunno... It's just pretty I guess."

"Well... maybe we could make a trade." Sango suggested with a warm smile.

Destiny looks back up at the sky and thinks a bit. There wasn't much that she really wanted.

"Come on! Isn't there anything you desire?" Shippou asked, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"Well... there is one thing, but I doubt you could ever help me..." Destiny said, lowering her head to the ground.

"You never know until you tell us." Kagome said.

"Well... there's this guy that I miss..." Destiny said shyly.

"Oooh. A guy?" Miroku asks. He sighed and scratched his head. "And here I thought I might just have a chance with you..."

Sango's eye twitches a little as she gives Miroku a warning hit. "Stop with your fantasies lecher!"

Destiny blushed and continued with her request. "If you can help me find my best friend, then I will give you the jewel."

"Is there anything that sets him apart from other people?" Sango asked.

"He's a wolf demon with black hair that's usually worn in a ponytail. I don't know for sure if he still wears it that way, but the last time I saw him he had it up like that. He is strong, handsome, and brave. His name is Kouga." Destiny says while smiling.

"KOUGA!" The group says at once.

Destiny seemed to be confused as she looked at them. "Um... yea... I said Kouga."

InuYasha growled loudly. "I can't believe you could fall in love with that mangy wolf!"

"What? He's no mangy wolf! And how do you know him?" Destiny asked while getting right up in InuYasha's face, then realizing what he said, she added, "And... And I am not in love with him!" Her cheeks turned a light shade of red.

InuYasha yells, "I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU! YOU BIT-"

"SIT BOY!" Kagome's voice was heard loudly just before InuYasha could finish the last word of his sentence. "InuYasha! Try keeping those opinions to yourself..."

Destiny looks down at the ground and sighs. "I shouldn't have told you. I guess you have heard of him? He's really not bad, whatever he did, he didn't mean it!"

Kagome smiles at her. "It's alright, we understand. Don't we InuYasha? We're going to help her."

Destiny giggles a little and hugs Kagome. "Thank you so much!"

They all continued on the path. Destiny was singing a happy tune while InuYasha mumbled under his breath and Kagome and the others snickered occasionally at the words that were heard from InuYasha. Just then fog surrounded them and not even Destiny's or InuYasha's demon eyes could see through it.

"Go ahead and try to run... you'll only find yourself lost in the fog..." A mysterious voice told them.

A/N: Hey guys. I'm really, really, really sorry for my absence. I've been trying to pass my first year of high school, but I failed anyway. I'm sorry also that this chapter sucked. It was basically just me trying to get back in my writing zone... I promise to make the next chapter better! ;; See ya soon!