This chapter is kinda boring in my eyes...

Chapter 20: Smells, Scents and Sleep

In the morning Kyoumi became youkai again, ears and all. She was happy to be back to normal, seeing as the loss of powers got her paranoid. She was still confused, but she was feeling a lot better. She didn't realize she would miss being a demon so much!

"I sense a Jewel Shard," Kagome said at a crossroad. Kagome turned left and said, "It's this way. Let's go."

Kagome got onto InuYasha's back and he started to run at full speed. The others followed.

They went off of the trail and through the forest, speeding past the trees. An odd smell wafted through the forest and the five youkais couldn't go nearly as fast.

"What's wrong?" Sango asked InuYasha.

"That smell... It's making me really... sleepy," InuYasha said as he yawned.

Kirara yawned and transformed back into a cute little cat and went to sleep on the ground.

Kagome looked at InuYasha and asked, "Do you think you'll be able to stay awake?"

He nodded and said, "I'm half human, aren't I? I'll be all right... But I don't know if the others will be... What should we do?"

"How about I get a couple masks for you guys? It'll help. That way you can stay awake," said Sango as she grabbed some masks from the pouch on her outfit. She got five different sized masks for the others and put them on for them all. Almost immediately they were wide awake, and able to move some more.

They headed forward and saw a young figure in the distance. He was wearing a green and black demon-slayer's outfit much like Sango's and he had short, dark brown hair. His eyes were brown and he had a weird weapon that was like a blade on a chain.

"Kohaku!" yelled Sango.

Around him was pink smoke that could make demons fall asleep.

Kohaku took his weapon and threw it at Kyoumi, but she jumped up out of the way before it hit her.

Kyoumi landed behind Kohaku and hit him hard on the top of his head as to knock him out. He fell to the ground and blacked out.

"That must have been the Jewel Shard I sensed. I was kinda hoping it was Naraku," Kagome said as she walked towards Kohaku. She knelt down and said, "You know, we are gonna have to take the Jewel Shard away from him soon. Maybe we should bring him with us for now?"

Sango nodded and took her brother onto Kirara.

That must be the brother Sango told me about! thought Kyoumi.

She followed InuYasha as he ran the way they were going, following Kohaku's faint scent through the mask to see if he could find Naraku by heading the way Kohaku came.

Soon enough the smell that could put demons to sleep disappeared and the youkais in the group could take their masks off.

Once they were almost out of the forest they put up camp next to a river.

When I started to write that chapter I started to write about a smoke that made demons go to sleep, but then I needed a reason for them to go to sleep, so I used Kohaku.