The Meeting of a Passenger
As Inuyasha walks across the plains with Kagome and Shippo trailing along, Kagome suddenly speaks up "Hey, Inuyasha, what are we gonna do today? Besides finding more demons that have a part of the Jewel Shard in them, I mean."
"Well," Inuyasha responds, "I don't know, probably try and find some of those yummy noodles that you have hidden in your backpack."
"Yeah, and some of those red octopuses, too!" Shippo exclaims. Kagome sighs and continues walking thinking of how to not hit the two of them. Leave it to them to think of only their stomachs.They all walk for a little while until Inuyasha stops and sniffs the air. "What is it, Inuyasha?" both Kagome and Shippo ask. "Not sure, but it smells really good, whatever it is."
"Maybe its food!" Shippo chimes in, hopefully. They all keep on walking, and the road that they were traveling on led to a hill. As they crested it, they all see a village of small size and behind the village, was a range of mountains and other rugged countryside.
They find themselves in the village a little bit later, eating their hearts out with lots of food and drink. "Wow, this stuff is really good!" exclaims all Shippo. "Yeah, this must've been what you were smelling, Inuyasha" Kagome says.
As they continue eating, an older man walks up to them, carrying a staff. He sits down next to them, seeming to be very hungry and tired. "Do you mind to share your food with a fellow traveler?" he says, looking at Kagome's backpack. "Go get you own food, you filthy little grubber," Inuyasha says. "OW!" he exclaims when Kagome pokes in the side of the head with her chopsticks. "Inuyasha, be civil for once!" "Sure, you can eat with us, sir." Shippo starts laughing at Inuyasha's pained expression on his face from getting poked in the head. "Oh, you think that's funny, do ya, Shippo?"
"N-N-No," Shippo stammered and half grins, trying to keep Inuyasha from getting mad.
"Well then, shut up" he said, hitting him on the head. "Ow-owowo!" Shippo cried, "I told you I didn't think it was funny, so why did you hit me?" "Because you're stupid, that's why." Inuyasha replied.
Kagome and the traveler just stared at the two of them bickering at one another. "I'm sorry, sir, but the little guy is Shippo, and the other one in the red kimono is Inuyasha. Please forgive them for being so rude, but this is common for them, and I hope it won't annoy you. I'm Kagome by the way. Nice to meet you!" The man looked at her and smiled "Oh, that's quite alright, young miss, its nice to see such energy in young people nowadays. My name is Gijo, I was just wanting to sit down and eat something before I continued on with my journey."
"Oh yeah? What kind of journey are you on?" Inuyasha asks, now that he and Shippo stopped arguing with each other. "Are you in search of something?"
"Why, yes I am. I am on an important mission to go into that mountainous area ahead and find my sister who was stolen from my village. She was taken by a group of bandits that were traveleing through our village.You see, she's the priestess where I come from. Without her, the whole village is in ruins, as none of us know how to perform the rites that she can. And because of that, our village asked me to go find and bring her back safely." the old man explains.
Kagome looked at the man in sympathy and then looks at Inuyasha, saying "That's so sad about your sister. You know, we're going that way, anyways. Maybe we can accompany you along your way and help you out." "WHAT! No way!" Inuyasha exclaims. "I have had a pleasant day of not helping anyone, and I don't want to ruin it now." "Oh come on, Inuyasha, you know you've been bored not doing anything, and this gives us a chance to be nice to someone. So please?"
"I don't want to be a burden, so don't worry about it, please." the old man said. "Oh, it's ok, really. We'd be glad to help you, wouldn't we?" giving Inuyasha and Shippo evil looks, elbowing Inuyasha in the side. "Yeah" Inuyasha gasps, and Shippo hurriedly agrees.
"Ok, so it's settled then. We will accompany you to help you find your sister." Kagome smiles triumphantly. The old man smiles and thanks them politely and then they pack up and begin to walk towards the edge of the village and the start of their journey. As they are heading towards the mountains, though, they see a man blocking their way out of the village, proclaiming "Stop, you can't go any further, old man!"
Pretty neato, right? Sorry it is so short, will make other ones longer. Review and tell me what you think, cause this is my first post ever! Thanks for reading this and I hope you enjoyed!
--- Slayer of Souls