Sango served the stew and sat down beside Kagome.
"There is something weird about that kid"
Inuyasha whispered.
"I could sense something coming from him, that's for sure"
Miroku said thoughtfully.
"His reactions to the stitching were the same as Inuyasha's"
Kagome thought out loud.
"That's strange, could he be half demon? Or a full demon, luring us into one of Naraku's traps?"
"I don't think so. He would have attacked already, don't you think?"
Kagome asked.
"She does have a point, and besides, I'm not sensing anything bad, but there is something strange about him, something big"
They let the fire burn out before heading into the mill. They each took a straw mat and lay down on it. Inuyasha and Miroku fell asleep quickly, but Kagome and Sango were rotating. Kagome would stay up the first hour, then Sango, and back and forth. They did this so that, one they could keep an eye on Ryushi, and two they needed to make sure that they weren't attacked during the night. Kagome was changing his bandages when his eyelids flickered. She gently placed his arm back down on the straw again.
Inuyasha woke with the sun, along with Kagome. Miroku sensed that people were up and he slowly opened his eyes. Ryushi still they there, motionless, his jet-black hair was matted with dirt and had little twigs and leaves sticking out of it. His fingernails were stained in blood and dirt. Sango walked out of the mill. They finished the last of the stew and bread. Suddenly they heard breathing coming behind them. They spun around to find Ryushi standing in the middle of the doorway. He had placed the new clothes set out for him and he slowly walked over to them.
"You shouldn't be up"
"Its fine, really, I'm okay"
He sat down and he straitened his back, when he did it cracked in several places.
"Are you hungry?"
"No thank you, I'm fine"
"Sure?"
"Positive"
"Okay, well do you think you can walk?"
"Ya, why?"
"Great, lets continue then, shall we?"
"Sure"
And without another word they started to pack up. They were heading down the dirt path by lunchtime. Sango, Kagome, Ryushi and Shippo sat on the back of Kirara. They slowly trudged along the path, not aware that they were being followed.
"What other traps do you think Naraku has set up now?"
Ryushi asked, after just hearing why they were traveling and not relaxing at home.
"How can we tell until we face them"
Suddenly demons swarmed around them. Sango leapt off of Kirara. She grabbed her giant boomerang and threw it as hard as she could. Inuyasha unsheathed his Tetsusiaga. Some of the demons had blue fire around them. Kagome pulled out her bow and quiver of arrows. She loaded the bow and pulled it back as far as she could. Suddenly the tip shone purple and she let go. It shot towards a demon and killed it instantly. Sango retrieved her Hiraikotsu. Miroku was throwing spirit guards all around him.
"Ryushi, do something"
Inuyasha shouted
"I-I-I-I-I can't"
The demons flew past him and all around him. Kagome shot an enchanted arrow at them and they were blasted away. Inuyasha started to lose his patients. He picked up the Tetsusiaga in both hands and concentrated. Suddenly he saw a huge twister of light that only he could see. The wind scar had appeared. With his sword in two hands he slashed across his body and killed 100 demons. He then turned on the demons swarming around other people. He saved Sango from a hoard of demons and then Miroku. An amass of demons swarmed around Kagome and Inuyasha picked up the Tetsusiaga in both hands again and raised it high above his head and swung it down wards. A wave of gold light shot out from the tip of the end and killed every demon in its path. That was the last of them, they all walked towards each other.