Note: I am simply writing this story because I like the story Inuyasha a lot and because I admire Rumiko Takahashi a lot. In no way do I have any rights to Inuyasha, its characters, etc...I just like to write stories based on the characters...

Chapter 4 MHYK

Her breathing is deepening. Her is heart is beating faster.

Kagome: I must be crazy...who else would run off into the forest without any explanation? Father's going to be so angry with me...and my birthday party... JOLT!>

Kagome's body has come to an abrupt stop.

Kagome: A barrier!

She takes her hands out slowly to feel the barrier. It sends a shock to her body.

Kagome: What's a barrier doing in the middle of a forest? I come all the way here and now there's a stupid barrier!...there's got to be way to get through it...I have to get through...

her necklace glows

She holds up the necklace.

Kagome: What are you trying to tell me? I can't get through this barrier, can you help me? It glows once again as if answering her request She reaches out once more to feel if the barrier is still there. JOLT!>

Kagome: OW! That hur-----! Her ears have turned more sensitive than usual. How odd... I think I hear footsteps...it sounds like it's coming from the other side of the barrier... there's a form! It looks like...

She squints her eyes for a closer examination.

Kagome: A monk!

His robes are majestic purple and he is carrying a golden staff. He looks incredibly young, probably not more than a year or two older than Kagome.

Kagome: (muffled voice) Can you help me?

Monk's thoughts: What luck! A pretty girl... to see me!

Monk to Kagome: If I let you through...will you promise to bear my children?

Kagome makes a funny face.

Kagome's thoughts:what aperverted monk...! hemay havethe power to break down this barrier...

Kagome: Alright, I'll bear your children!

With an incantation and a quick whip of his staff, the barrier is immediately broken. Before Kagome could thank the monk, he instantly grabs one of her hands and begins caressing it. FWIP!> Kagome quickly pulls her hand away.

Kagome stuttering: Wha-wha-what is wrong with you? Aren't you supposed to be holy or something! Asking girls you barely know to bear your children and then caressing my hand! Are you sure you're a monk? She looks at him with a cold stare. Due to herforgiving nature, her anger quickly dies down and she decides to forgive him just this once for his inappropriate behavior. After all, he did break down the barrier. She quickly remembers her manners and proceeds to ask him what his name is.

Monk: My name is Miroku, and what is thy fair lady's name?

Kagome: Kagome Higurashi.

Miroku in a shock: Kagome Higurashi! You've grown (beautifully)..where have you been all this time? I've–the king has been searching for you for the longest time!

He grabs her hands and puts them in between his to prove to himself that she is indeed real.

Kagome: Have we ever been acquainted with one another? (sweatdrop)

Kagome's thoughts: He acts as if he knows me or something

Miroku: Not quite Lady Kagome... I but I have heard many stories about you from the king.

Kagome: The king?

Miroku: Yes, the king...you speak as though you two are strangers.

Kagome: I don't know of a king...

Miroku: I see...you must still be angry at him and Kikyo.

Kagome: Kikyo? Who's Kikyo?

Miroku: You must have hated her so. It appears that you still do...to disown her as your sister and all.

Kagome: My sister? Listen Miroku, I don't know of any kings, and I surely don't know who this Kikyo is!

Miroku thought she was in denial. After all, her sister and the king were engaged to be married in a couple of weeks...

A little info:

Growing up, Miroku did not have parents. His heart had been void until he ventured upon a small town. The people were all so friendly, and to top it off, he was quickly offered a job as a purificator at the king's head chambers everyday. Not too long after working for the king, Miroku became the king's closest friend. Everyday the king would mention of a lost love... a lady by the name Kagome Higurashi. It was quite obvious that the king was in love with her...Not too long after his first meeting with the king, the king told him about Kikyo's blackmail and how he agreed to Kikyo's terms because he did not have the intention of hurting Kagome. Miroku thought that the King's decision was ridiculous...risking true love to not see her get hurt, making a promise to marry someone that you didn't love? The king then exclaimed that he was too young at the time, and his decisions, juvenile.One day when the king ( just 10 at the time) learned that she had recently been discharged from the hospital, wanted to send her flowers to her home. He sent a messenger out but shortly after, the messenger returned and exclaimed that the Higurashis have moved away. For a month, the king locked himself in his chambers and refused to come out unless his father's guards would search the whole land until they found Kagome. For two years, the searches came back unlucky. The guards were never able to find Kagome,( Kagome and her father moved away to an extremely remote place) and the king was left heartbroken. Before his parents passed away, he vowed to marry in order to produce an heir. For some odd reason, the Higurashi family moved away and left Kikyo behind. The king was disturbed at this revelation but nonetheless, had once promised her that he would marry her and so they got engaged five years later. The king tried his best to wait for Kagome, but he decided that fate was just not on his side...For the king and for the town's sake, Miroku set out to find this Kagome Higurashi and bring her back home. He did not trust Kikyo and he knew in his heart that if Kikyo became queen, the town would change..drastically.

Back to Kagome and Miroku:

At first Miroku thought that she was in denial but the more he looked at her confused expressions, the more he realized that she spoke only of truth.

Miroku's thoughts: Is this really the right Kagome Higurashi? Only one way to find out...

Miroku: Kagome, do you still have the gift that Inuyasha gave to you awhile back? Could you show it to me?

Kagome's mind: ...! Where had Kagome heard that name before? BA BUMP> My heart...it's beating faster. Inu...Inu..yasha...he sounds so familiar but I can't put my finger on it...( Kagome is in a daze)

Miroku interrupting her thoughts: Kagome, could you show it to me?

Kagome: I'm sorry...I don't know of an Inu..Inu...yasha.

Miroku's mind: Perhaps she is not the Kagome I've been looking for...

Miroku: I should get going...I have business to tend to at the local temple. Glad to have met you Lady Kagome. ( could've been nice to have met the right one! ) And please be careful. A forest is not a place for a lady as yourself to be roaming about...

Kagome: I'll be fine.

Kagome gives Miroku a farewell greeting and just before she takes off, she accidently stumbles over a tree's long root and falls right on her butt.

Kagome laughing: I'm so clumsy...

Kagome has left the scene

Miroku's thoughts: Perhaps I should follow her...but...

He contemplates on the decision and suddenly, asubtle gleam catches his attentionof his eye. He walks over to the place that Kagome had tripped over awhile ago. He bendsdown to examine the shiny object.

Miroku is now hyperventilating. You are the Kagome I've been looking for!

The sun has dimmed. The forest is beginning to turn darker. It is now night time and the forest's nocturnal creatures are now roaming the forest floor.

Kagome: There's nothing here! All of this for nothing? I follow my heart and this is where it leads me! Stupid necklace!

Kagome puts her hand in her dress pocket to pull out the golden necklace but no matter how many times were attempted, her hand always came out empty.

Kagome: I lost it! Where did it drop! Her body is unbearably controlled by shivers. Her face is now glistened with salty tears.

Kagome: SNIFF! Where–where did it go! STUPID!STUPID!What am I going to do?

(rustle in the leaves)

Kagome: who's there!

Her voice becomes muffled as a hand covers her mouth.

Kagome: Mppffhhhhh...

Stranger: Stay quiet!

Kagome: Mmmmpppfffhhhh... SNIFF!

Stranger: STOP CRYING!Kagome's thoughts arebeginning to goblank and the world in her eyesis getting dizzier by the minute.

Kagome faints.

(SOUND) : grunts and the heavy footsteps of the stranger carrying Kagome off.

Author's Shoutouts: Kurisutaru-san, Dragonluver88,and Cherimai! Thank you!