Missunderstood-
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((--Chapter 21--))
"This…This is taking way to long for people who are experts in what they do."
Of course, Naraku was implying the mission he had sent the girls on.
"How long has it been? 6 months? 8? No. It's already been a year."
"It has only been…2 months."
Naraku turned around a little more than startled. Kanna never talks unless she was talked to. What made today so special?
"Kanna? You dare defy me?"
Kanna gave him the weirdest look. "Defy…?"
"You know what I mean." Naraku turned around. There she went again! That was a rhetorical question meaning it didn't need to be answered. Even though he created Kanna to be of Nothingness, shouldn't she be able to tell?
"I have no clue to as what you're saying."
"Be quiet."
Kanna backed off, just because she was Nothing, it didn't mean that she didn't know when to stop. As sane as Naraku might or might not be, no one wanted to be near him when he was mad. Kanna sure as heck didn't want to get him mad. His lectures could go on for centuries…maybe even longer depending on how long he could live for…or how mad he was. Naraku was getting stronger, absorbing demons on a daily basis now.
Naraku sat down and watched a wooden figure carefully placed on the window sill. A piece of black hair tied tightly around it. The fake versions of himself were highly useful. They always got destroyed in the end. That was better than risking himself.
He concentrated on the piece of wood, his puppet was wandering along, trying to catch up to Inuyasha. The Saimyoushou guided the lost fool. Naraku snorted. If he was to go out and look for the Inu-tachi himself. ..
"I could do it in mere seconds."
Naraku laughed proudly, his aura suddenly changed to a more self-confident one. One that was way too confident. Kanna backed off further into her corner, hoping it could just absorb her and end this terrible nightmare.
"Why didn't I go off with Kagura?"
The girl dressed in white continued to think of how things could have been different. She turned her mirror so she saw herself in the reflection. Her soul obviously, was not about to get sucked out of her body.
"Why can this mirror of mine absorb the souls of others but not their nauseating auras no matter how big they are?"
Meanwhile Naraku continued laughing. Kanna however, slipped out of the room, unnoticed. It wasn't that hard, well…at least for her it wasn't. Nothing was a very strong word in her vocabulary.
"Nothing. I. Am. Nothing."
Kanna couldn't help but feel a little lost. If she was truly nothing, she shouldn't cease to exist, shouldn't be able to anwer Naraku's problems correctly. She shouldn't be able to do anything.
"Why am I always receiving the bad luck…?"
(( Kaede's Village ))
After a short rest, everyone agreed to continue their journey for the jewel shards. So far they had collected barely half the jewel. How did the thing break in the first place anyways?
Shippo waved goodbye to them and sat down on the steps to Kaede's hut. There wasn't much to do around. Even though he was a little kid and staying with the village priestess, the villagers were still very cautious when near him. At first Shippo didn't understand until he realised that if it weren't for Kaede, he would have been killed ages ago. This was a village that had very strong beliefs. Inucluding ones that meant demon-free. Not inucluding Inuyasha that is.
Shippo sighed, then he ate another chip. They were so good! Kagome had left a few packages behind and Shippo was on his second last bag.
"Wonder how long it'll take Kagome to come back this time?"
(( Inu-Gang ))
"It's so hot!" Kagome complained.
Everyone else nodded in agreement. Too bad they didn't have any air conditioning here in this era.
"Maybe if I bring back a battery-powered fan or something…We might even have better ones in Mordern Japan when I get back..! It's too hot there too."
"Kagome…" Sango breathed. It was getting way too hot for exercise of any kind. What was it out… like 50 degrees?
"Do you have anymore of those fizzy drinks?"
"Umm…I don't think I have enough for everyone…"
Miroku smiled. He was getting another one of his devious ideas.. "No problem. I'll wait out. I can always sell those tin containers after you finish with them and get cold drinks there."
"Are you sure Miroku?"
He answered with a slight nod of his head.
"Alright then.."
Kagome dropped her back pack to the ground where it landed with a thump, some of its contents spilling out onto the dirt. She pulled out 3 cans. Perfect. Handing one out to each of her friends, minus Miroku, they all sat down and enjoyed the first tastes of the drink. Even Inuyasha, as eager as he was to find more shards had stopped and sat down. Instead of what he usually did which was continue walking.
Miroku simply sat in the shade. There was no stream or spring around. Sango looked down at her drink and then looked back at him…
"I feel bad…Maybe I should share some of mine…?"
Taking a few more drinks from the can, Sango began to make her way towards the monk. He looked up, sensing another's presence.
"Hey. Are you feeling ok? You look like you're about to die or something."
"So…Thirsty…"
Sango took a long but slow sip from her can. Just to spite him.
"You. Are. So. Mean." The taijiya looked at him, then she smiled.
"Well then…I guess, if I'm so mean then I wouldn't need to share any of this drink with you…?"
"…no! That would make you…evil."
Sango laughed and took another good look at him. He was pouting. Oh no he's pouting.
"Oh stop it."
"Stop what?" Miroku was pretending to be the perfect innocent again. "I'm not doing anything."
"…here. Just..just take it."
Sango handed the can over to him and stayed beside him, watching the monk drain the rest of the can's contents.
"Thanks Sango. That was refreshing."
She rolled her eyes at him. Was he always like this? Or was it just her?
"You know I just kissed you now. Right?"
"You what!" those few words had snapped her out of the thought. "No you didn't."
"Yes I did. My mouth went to where your lips were. It's indirectly kissing."
He smiled again and Sango sighed. Why couldn't he look like that all the time? She looked around taking in her surroundings, oblivious to what the monk was saying. Or was he even talking at all? Her eyes landed on the nearby Kagome and Inuyasha. They were argueing again. Big surprise there.
"SIT!"
Bam"You stupid wench! Why did you-"
"I'm not a wench! SIT."
BAM"SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT…SIT"
Crash…thud.
It was about sunset when Inuyasha was able to move again. No one seemed to notice. They had an awesome day off. Limping towards the campfire. He saw that everyone was already eating dinner. Ramen. Without him.
"Hey! You forgot about me didn't you?"
"Oh! Inuyasha! You're up! How's your back? I made some Ramen for you."
Kagome motioned to the said bowl of noodles. Inuyasha smiled arrogantly and sat down, he started eating right away.
"It is the least you can do."
Kagome ignored that last comment. How did Miroku and Shippou handle his arrogance without so much as a sigh? Well, guess it took practice huh? And by the looks of it, she'll have a lot of practice too.
When everyone finally settled down and went to sleep, Inuyasha as usual stayed up. He was in deep thought, thinking of all the things that had happened in his journey so far…
"So…it used to be me and Miroku. Then Shippou joined us. Then those 2 girls. Shippo left…and now we are back at square one. Still searching or the jewel shards. How many of those stupid things are there? Naraku's probably got the other half by now… And what was with that guy… Sesshoumaru? He was talking about..spies and assasins? Pfft. Yah right, those 2 girls? Sent to kill me n Mirkou. Girls. Really now."
Even though he was denying it, something about the two words spies and assasins made Inuyasha really believe that that was no joke. But there was no way. They couldn't. The girls wouldn't be lying to them about their true identities…they were just two other people who were seeking revenge on Naraku for doing something to their families. Or something along the lines of that.
That guy…he was lying no doubt about it. For the rest of the night, until Inuyasha finally fell asleep, he spent convincing himself that Sesshoumaru was trying to pull one on him. Why would the girls be trying to kill Naraku if they were hired by him? That last thought helped him relax a little. You wouldn't kill the one who assigned u to a task…would you?
(( Kagura n Kohaku ))
It's been how long? 3 weeks…
"Where's Inuyasha!"
Kagura had been searching everywhere for him, exhausting her power just to attempt to find him. She was in a desperate situtation here. Here was no telling how much longer there was until Naraku decided to come for her. If he didn't come in person it would be him despatching random demons.
That wasn't just all her problems. Kohaku had been complaining of head-aches lately. Memories that flooded in at different times. Ones that made his heart and brain ache. Even though he had no idea what was happening in the memories, Kagura however knew exactly what was happening to him. Naraku had told her once..
"Kohaku. He is an empty shell, he has no soul. When I revived him from his grave, he was so desparate to rid himself of the horrible memories that he actually came to me."
Kagura snorted. "Someone actually went to you for help?"
Naraku smiled, "Hard to believe, but I was the only one who could help him. So as payment, I extracted his soul from his body. No soul, no memories."
"He's evil…" Kagura took a step back casually. She didn't want to be too close to this being, lest she lose her soul to him too.
As if sensing the sudden shock and fear in Kagura he continued, "Of course. I'm the only one who can put his memories back in. And his soul for that matter."
And now, even as Kagura watched him from the distance, he seems to be able to do more and more everyday. Despite being hollow inside. Did he want to lose his memories so badly that he seeked the help of…Naraku?
Just thinking of him sent a shiver down Kagura spine. Oh how she hated him…for everything.
(( Morning – Mordern day Tokyo – Higurashi Shrine ))
It was the bright sun light that roused the sleepy Souta from bed and not his alarm clock. Summer was coming very soon and then school would be out! Souta proceeded to roll over and attempt to block the sun's rays from reaching his eyes. It was only after he got into a comfortable position did his alarm clock decide to go off.
"I hate you." Souta realised he was talking to a piece of plastic but he didn't care. At the moment he truly hated the mechanism that had faithfully been waking him up at certaqin times in the morning.
"Stupid thing."
He got up and went to the washroom to wash up. It was one of those days when he wished he was Kagome. She got to skip school all the time. Sure she was saving that era from possible destruction but she still gets to miss school!
Souta dragged his body down the stairs one at a time. He didn't feel like moving today.
"I shouldn't of stayed up so late last night…"
"Good Morning Souta!"
Souta looked up and smiled. His mom's voice was always so cheerful. Never failed to put a smile on his face either. It was like happiness was contaigious. His mom then settled in front of him a plate with rice, pickles and eggs. Home cooked meals were so good. He often wondered if Kagome missed them at all.
"Or maybe Feudal Era cooking tastes better?"
(( Feudal Japan – Inu Gang ))
Kagome was not one of the first people to wake up, she had been last. It was funny that Inuyasha didn't come to wake her up however, but on a closer inspection of the area around her, she found the hanyou sulking up in the tree. Miroku and Sango porbably threatened him or something.
Walking towards the fire pit, she noticed the ashes were a cool shade of gray, meaning the fire had been put out long ago. Kagome then proceeded to drag her bag over to where the pit was and began searching for her little box of matches. Shippo wasn't around to light the camp fires anymore and Kirara was no where in sight. Judging by the pile of clothes by the spring however, Miroku was bathing.
Kagome went over to another stream that was far away from where Miroku currently was and filled up a pot where she would boil the water for the ramen. She walked back to the pit to find Inuyasha putting wood into the fire. She smiled warmly at him, wasn't everyday he volenteered to help out.
Kagome then pulled 5 bowls of Instant Noodles and a tin of cat food out from her bag. Kirara happened to like cat food…
The second the hanyou heard her open a bowl of noodles, he grabbed up the two that was set aside for him and began preparing them himself. He liked them done a particular way. It was only a few minutes later that they started eating. Miroku was still bathing and Sango….Sango was somewhere, and she took Kirara with her too.
Slurping up the noodles, Kagome thought back to her own house and how it was like during breakfast. Her mom, always happy and smiling, her brother, always mumbling about if she should ever fail 7 more times he would be in the same grade as her, and of course grandpa. The one who would make up all the illnesses for her while she was away in Feudal Japan. It was a wonder why none of her teachers or friends suspected anything about the weird sicknesses. If some regualr person should be sick that often then they should be…dead by now.
It seemed like months ago that she last went back home when it was actuaslly only yesterday that she left. Kagome was missing the house already. Souta he was so lucky…
"The brat. He gets to see mom and grandpa everyday, stay in places that has air-conditioning, gets to use bath tubs, beds, malls, t.v, telephones…electricity… he can go to school everyday and see his friends. He's too smart for his age making school easy for him…and he gets to eat home cooking! It's so not fair! Souta doesn't need to eat ramen or dried herbs and various weird looking roots everyday. Next time I go back… I'm gonna tell him how lucky he is."
-End
You know if you think about it… we're living a much better life than the people who lived in the past. With the inventions and all tat other stuff I mean.