Psychic ways of the will

Chapter Two: Monk's drooling, blood pooling

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, or anyone else in Inuyasha. But I do own my soul. Oh. Beat that.

Note (Please read!): Alright. Listen up, and listen up well. Everything in italics, such as this are when Kagome is seeing people's thoughts. When she sees through their eyes.

Everything in bold italics, such as this are future events that Kagome is seeing.

Everything in underlined italics, such as this are past events. Alright, I hope you can remember that. n.n;;

The sun lowered itself in the distance, its warmth disappearing. The wind had died down by this time, the crickets chirping clearly audible. The once busy workers of Kaede's village, pacing back and forth on the pathways, had now disappeared into the warmth of their homes. Few people walked about, most that happened to be outside sat on their porches examining the sky through relatively curious eyes.

Bright green eyes scanned the area back and forth, in search of something. He trotted around aimlessly, until something caught his eye. A faint walkway embedded in the dirt made its way into the forest nearby, and with his youkai nose, it was apparent that people had walked this path recently. Familiar scents, they were...

The demon made his way down the path, his head snapping backwards from time to time, as if expecting something to jump out at him.

As he made his way past the trees of the forest, he noticed a bundle of steam rising up and through the tops of the trees. And with his presumably keen ears, the youkai could hear the voices of woman, though their tones were not entirely loud, there was excitement, happiness, or some other giddy emotion in their voices, causing their talk to be louder then any normal person's.

"Well, I'm totally fine now, don't worry about me!" Ah yes, this voice was quite familiar.

"Alright." The second girl smiled at her friend, before pushing her bangs out of her face. The green eyed fellow approached the spring he'd happened upon, not hesitating to reveal his arrival to the woman. He stripped himself of all clothes and bounded into the water.

"Shippou-chan!" Kagome exclaimed, somewhat startled by the little kitsune pouncing into the hot spring.

"Why didn't you tell me you were going to the hot springs, I would have gladly joined you. Instead I had to search you out." The fox replied, somewhat irritably.

"Ah, gomen." Kagome smiled, clasping her hands together. "I just wanted to get out of that hut as soon as possible. It was rather..." Kagome shook her head, she'd lost the word she'd wanted to say.

"Hey, Kagome." Sango spoke up, "Kaede-baa-chan said there may be some... side-effects to your... injury. Do you know of any?" Kagome eyed her friend.

'Well, I had these dreams, where I was you guys! Oh yeah, then I had a freaky vision that Inuyasha killed some boy, but it's nothing!' was what she wanted to say, but that wasn't even believable. And who knew if it just happened to be a dream, and nothing more?

"No." She shook her head uncertainly.

"Are you sure?" Sango pursued the topic further. Kagome sunk deeper into the warmth of the hot springs, feeling slightly uncomfortable at the fact her friend didn't believe her.

"Yeah. I'm sure." The miko sighed, she was feeling a little annoyed at her friend. 'I can't prove anything, and it may have been a dream, but now would be the time to test it, I guess... let's see here...' Kagome closed her eyes calmly, twitching her eyebrows. She tried to focus on Sango's mind, but wasn't receiving anything. 'Maybe I'm doing this wrong.' Instead of focusing in on Sango's mind, Kagome opened her own mind, expecting thoughts to come into her mind. And they did.

'She seems uncertain.' This was Sango, Kagome knew instinctively. 'But perhaps it's better to ask her later on, once she's feeling better.' (Or not ask me at all...) Kagome watched herself through Sango's eyes. (Eek.. my hair is gross looking!) "Kagome, you're not saying much." (I'm not? Oh duh, 'cause I am in your mind.)

Kagome pulled from Sango's thoughts, the sensation of opening her eyes in her own body, and moving from one perspective to another caused her to feel a little drowsy, but it passed quickly.

"I just don't know what to say." She shrugged, feeling slightly confused. 'Okay, so I can see my friends thoughts! That's so... cool! This is going to be fun. But I wonder how I got this ability?' Kagome sat there staring blankly at the water. 'Oh, who cares! Let's see what Shippou's thinkin'!'

Kagome stared blankly into the sky, stars seemed to be making themselves known in the sky, one by one. Shippou watched them surface, as he floated on his back. 'I wonder if papa is up there...' a wave of sorrow hit Shippou, hitting Kagome's mind the same way. (Poor Shippou...)

Kagome got out of Shippou's mind, realizing this was a time to leave him to his own thoughts, and let him mourn secretively. A bold thought pushed it's way into Kagome's mind.

Kagome was staring past a tree, looking down at herself and Sango. 'Sango looks so-!'

Kagome already knew where this was going, and pulled out of Miroku's mind.

"Miroku-sama, I know you're there." Kagome yelled out, lowering herself into the misty water, folding her arms over her chest, so nothing was revealed.

'How'd she know!' the houshi backed up fearfully, afraid of Sango's instincts to beat the crap out of him.

"HENTAI!" Sango yelled out, throwing herself under water. There was a long silence, Kagome waiting for the monk to leave.

'Let's see if he's still here.'

Kagome was staring into the woods, not looking at anything in particular. Miroku's body did not move. (Hiding behind a tree, eh?) She willed Miroku to leave, but didn't expect it to actually work. It didn't. (Hmph.)

"Miroku-sama, get lost, or I'm calling Inuyasha to beat your ass!"

"What was that about needing Inuyasha?" The hanyou ran in frantically, expecting Kagome to be in danger, which she wasn't.

"AH! INUYASHA! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!"

"Wha-" Inuyasha went face first into the dirt, his hands pounding into the ground.

'Hah, baka.'

'Hah, baka.'

Kagome raised an eyebrow at that thought, whether it be Miroku's, Sango's, or Shippou's. Inuyasha raised his face from the ground, but did not look up

"What the hell did you call me over here for then!" the hanyou spat at the ground.

"I didn't! I just told Miroku-sama you'd beat his ass if he didn't leave us alone!" She shouted back. Inuyasha grunted.

"Thought I smelled Miroku... Come out here you lech, or I'll hunt you down and kick your ass!"

'Okay, this guy is friggin' insane!'

'I'll kick his ass for spying on Kagome.'

'I CAN'T BREATHE! I'VE BEEN UNDER WATER FOR LIKE THREE MINUTES!'

'Hehe ((snort)) Inuyasha got sat!'

Kagome was about to tell her friends to shut the hell up! but then it dawned on her they'd have no idea what she was talking about.

"Miroku-sama, you're insane. Inuyasha, thank you. Sango-chan, there is no need for you to stay underwater. And Shippou, I didn't know you snorted." Everyone looked at Kagome, blinked, then yelled at Miroku.

'Okay, this guy is friggin' insane!'

'I'll kick his ass for spying on Kagome.'

'I CAN'T BREATHE! I'VE BEEN UNDER WATER FOR LIKE THREE MINUTES!'

'Hehe ((snort)) Inuyasha got sat!'

Kagome sighed, and was about to get out, when she froze.

"AAAH!" Kagome was walking through the forest, when an attack had come at her back. This... man's arms grabbed for his back, a hole going through his chest. She looked at her hand... Miroku, again. (Miroku's injured!) She could feel the blood oozing down Miroku's chest, she grimaced in pain, and watched as Miroku's body fell into the ground.

"Miroku-sama!" Kagome screamed. Sango pulled herself up from the water, inhaling as much air as she could, then examined Kagome.

"Houshi-sama? What's wrong!"

"Nothing." The monk called out from a tree.

"HENTAI!"

"There you are!" Inuyasha charged at Miroku, causing the monk to jump back, mildly startled.

"What..." Kagome questioned her vision, curiosity overtaking her once more.

The moon had already pulled itself high into the sky, generating a cold atmosphere. The two girls shivered, for their damp hair rested on their shoulders, causing them to shiver. The sooner they made their way to Kaede's warm hut, with the warm fire ablaze in the corner... the better.

The two girls chatted their way up the path, expecting Inuyasha and Miroku to arrive with them.

'AAAH!' The man let out a cry, and pummeled into the dirt, blood pooling underneath him. (Miroku-sama! MIROKU-SAMA!) Kagome yelled through her mind, panicking. Miroku's eyes were shutting, but Kagome caught glimpse of the back of a bare foot throw itself infront of Miroku's vision.

"Miroku-sama!"

"Huh?"

"He's hurt! We have to go back!" Kagome urged, tugging her friend's arm. She expected Sango to trot off after her, but the slayer just watched her wide-eyed, and somewhat confused. "Come on!"

"What're you talking about? How would you know?" Sango asked suspiciously. Kagome's eyes widened, she'd not thought that over very well.

"We just- I uh... sense a jewel shard! Something must have attacked Miroku and Inuyasha-" Inuyasha! Where was he in all of this?

"Then let's go!" The slayer exclaimed. The miko nodded.

Sorry that was kind of short. I just... am having writers block sorta. O.o Yeah, anyway, read and review, and then I'll love you! Even if you hate the story, still review!