Disclaimer- Don't make me...aw oka, I don't own him
Chapter 20-The Search for Kagome
"Do you think Kagome's alright?" Rin asked, looking over at Sango with questioning eyes. They had gotten a ride home from Rob, but Kagome wasn't with them. When Kagome's mom had asked the two where his daughter was, they had told him that she was going to go home with the boys. They told Kagome's mom that when she got to Sango's house, they would tell Kagome to call her in the morning. She had finally agreed by the time that they had made it to Sango's house, which was locked since Sango's parents were on vacation. Once the two had gotten into the house, she drove away.
What the girls failed to tell Kagome's mom was that they weren't exactly sure if Kagome was going to be with the boys or on her own. Before Kagome's mom had come, Rin and Sango had looked throughout the entire hospital, asking many doctors and nurses if they had seen Kagome. Whenever they described her to the person in question, the nurse or doctor would only shake their head and say that they hadn't seen her. Their luck seemed to go down the drain until they met up with Dr. Kaede again.
She explained to the girls that she had seen Kagome leaving the hospital just a couple minutes before she saw the two girls. Much to the protest of Rin and Sango's hearts, they decided that they could only wait at Sango's house until she came back. During the hours that they were waiting for Inuyasha's results, they all agreed that they would sleep at Sango's house to avoid questions from parents.
Though they were worried about their friend, they knew that hospital was about four miles away from the neighborhood, so they had no doubt that Kagome could find her way home. They only prayed that she went through the middle of town, since nothing too bad could happen with that many people around her.
"Don't worry; I'm sure she's Oka." Sango said reassuringly. Rin didn't answer at first but only looked out the window and into the street, as if waiting for Kagome to walk the road to the house.
"We can only hope."
"I told you not to worry."
"I just can't help it. She's out there alone at night! We should be worried. I mean, yes this town is low on assaults but there are still a lot of perverts out there, especially near the boarder to the town." Sango didn't want to admit that Rin was right. As their ages got higher, so did the accounts of abductions and rape. There was still a little amount, but it was much more than it used to be about four years ago. Sango shook the thoughts from her head.
"But Kagome can take care of herself. I bet she went back to the hospital. If she doesn't come back by the morning, we'll go out and look for her." Rin was about to respond when the door to Sango's house was opened. The only problem with that was it was the back door, which barely anyone used. Sango glanced at Rin, who was staring at the door that had opened without either pulling it. In fact, there was a hall in-between the door and the girls, which slightly freaked the girls.
"San? What was that?" Rin asked, but Sango said nothing. When something in the hall crashed, Rin squeaked and backed up against the couch she was sitting on and Sango glanced around the room frantically. Rin couldn't hold in the scream when the lights flickered off, and she quickly stood up and grabbed Sango's arm. By now Rin' fear had rattled Sango, though she tried to stay calm.
"Calm down Rin, I'm sure the rain must have messed with the wires." Sango said calmly, though fear caked her voice.
"Oh really, since when did rain have hands and when did it walk into someone's house and flicked the light switch!" She asked furiously, her panic turning into anger. Sango tried to speak, but she now felt a hand over her mouth and an arm wrap around her waist. "Sango!"
Without thinking, Sango pulled her arm up and shoved her now pointed elbow into her person behind her. She felt their grip slacken and she hear the person fall to the ground behind her. She then heard a muffled noise that slowly grew to fits of laughter, and the lights flicked on. Her honey gaze now shifted to the light switch to see Inuyasha leaning against the wall next to Sesshoumaru. His hand was now glued to his stomach as he continued to laugh at the person on the floor, which Sango hadn't noticed until now.
"Miroku!" Rin asked, though the boy seemed to be able to answer. Inuyasha only continued to laugh.
"Oh that was priceless." Inuyasha said and smiled as he looked down at the boy. "I told you not to do it!"
"Wait, why are you guys even here! You-" Rin pointed at Inuyasha, who now had on a pair of dark blue jeans and a red shirt that he borrowed from Sesshoumaru. "Are supposed to be at the hospital."
"Well I didn't want to stay there. Besides, I just had to put the bandaged around my stomach so that the cut would stop bleeding." Inuyasha lifted his shirt slightly so Rin and Sango could see the slightly red bandage. "Those doctors don't know anything." Sango rolled her eyes at his comment.
"Yea, those years of schooling were only for kicks and giggles." She said, making him shrug.
"Maybe they were." Sango decided to ignore his comment.
"Why did you even think about doing that?" Sango asked, lightly kicking Miroku.
"Sneak attack." Miroku gasped out, since he had not recovered from the blow that Sango decided to attack with.
"So you had to sneak attack us? Why aren't you normal?" Rin asked the second part more to herself than him.
"I was trying to have some fun, it was Sesshoumaru's idea." Miroku said which made Sesshoumaru send a weak glare at him.
"Please do not associate your immature plans with me." Sesshoumaru shot back.
"Where's Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
"Wait, so Kagome isn't with you guys?" Sango asked, slight fear growing in her.
"No we thought you were with her." Miroku replied.
"I thought she went back to the hospital!" Rin said, glaring at Sango.
"I thought she would of too." Sango said, Inuyasha butting into the conversation.
"So nobody has a clue where she is?" Inuyasha asked, getting nods from everyone. "Well then where the hell could she be!"
"Um…we don't know?" Miroku laughed timidly as the others stared at each other in shock.
"We just thought Kagome would go back to the hospital and come home with Sesshoumaru and Miroku!" Rin was really scared by now, not knowing where her close friend was.
"We thought she had caught up with you two." Miroku replied.
"So if she isn't with you three, and she obviously isn't with us, then where is she?" Sango asked.
"Probably on the street in the dark with rapists and murders watching her every move." Miroku said simply. Everyone's eyes went on him, making him look around. "What?"
"You are so dead!" Inuyasha launched himself at Miroku, but was held back by Sesshoumaru. "I'm going to rip your head off for even thinking that!" Miroku jumped behind Sango, scared at the now enraged boy.
"Miroku you idiot!" Sango quickly turned and smacked him in the head, making him yelp out in pain. At the small yelp, Inuyasha slowly regained his anger, though he still glared at Miroku now and then.
"Oka, why don't we all just go look for her?" Miroku suggested, feeling the tension in the air.
"Yea, let's do it." Inuyasha said, taking a deep breath. Both girls helped keep Miroku away from Inuyasha, who seemed to have himself under control. Inuyasha walked to the door, letting the cold air of the night overwhelm his senses as he opened it.
"Stupid girl...she better be Oka." Inuyasha whispered to himself as he stepped out into the yard. The ground was still damp from the last shower. His breath was chilled as he looked around the area. Nothing seemed to move, as if frightened for future events. The moon's glow seemed off to the young boy, as if spilling the light into his soul.
"Well where do you think she is now?" Sango asked as she walked out of the house. Inuyasha looked over at her and shrugged slightly.
"I don't know this town or Kagome as good as you. What's the quickest way to get back to your house from the hospital?"
"Well it would be around the outside of town."
"But wouldn't that take longer? A straight line is the fastest route. She could just go through the middle of town."
"It's busy at night; it's much easier to just go around the traffic. But it's more dangerous than the other parts of the town. I'm not sure if she's going to take that risk."
"Well knowing her, I'd say she is going around." Both Sango and Inuyasha turned to look at Rin, who was now descending down the concrete stairs.
"So she's either in the town or going around the traffic. Let's just spilt up, me and Sango will go look for Kagome around the outside of the town while you and Sesshoumaru go through the middle." Inuyasha replied, turning to face the rest of the group. Sesshoumaru had now joined the group, and was leaning against the rail on the stairs. Rin smiled and nodded as she walked up to Sesshoumaru.
"Come on Sesshoumaru, we're on Kagome patrol." Rin pulled Sesshoumaru down the walk and into the street, starting towards the center of town. She stopped suddenly, making Sesshoumaru crash into her. She sent a glare at Sesshoumaru before she looked back at Inuyasha and Rin. "How are we going to contact each other if we find her?" She shouted her question, though she didn't seem to wake anyone up.
"Sesshoumaru has his cell phone, right?" Inuyasha shouted back. Rin looked over at Sesshoumaru, who only nodded.
"Yes he has it!"
"Well I have mine and he knows the number, so when either of us find her, we can just call each other. Keep it on so if I call, you'll actually get the call."
"That was Miroku last time, halfing." Sesshoumaru called out, though both people ignored him.
"Oka, talk to you when we find her!" Rin tuned back towards the town, dragging Sesshoumaru close behind. Since they were now out of sight, Inuyasha turned back towards Sango. They started to walk in the pathway they thought Kagome would use, and Inuyasha fidgeted slightly as he walked, pain going through his stomach for two reasons. One was the cut that now burned like fire, and the other was the fear that something would get to Kagome before they did.
"That wench, doesn't she realized how idiotic she is?" He asked after a short pause of silence. He hated the fact that he couldn't tell where she was or how she was, and he needed the reassurance that Sango was willing to give.
"She can take care of herself. It's not like she's going to get into trouble on purpose or anything. She's not Miroku you know-oh no!" Sango stopped and looked backwards. Growing curious, Inuyasha turned his head slightly to see what Sango was looking at. There was Miroku, running after Inuyasha and Sango. The girl sighed as Miroku caught up, slightly panting.
"I totally forgot about him." Inuyasha said. Miroku only glared at Inuyasha.
"Gee, thanks Inuyasha." Miroku said sarcastically. Sango just laughed.
"I didn't think it was possible to forget you Miroku, guess I was wrong." Sango laughed harder, though she tried to contain it desperately. It was a failed attempt.
"Oka lets just focus on keeping Inuyasha stable and finding Kagome." Miroku had a slight tone of annoyance in his voice. Sango looked over at Inuyasha to see that he was breathing harder than before.
"Are you going to be Oka Inuyasha? If you want, I and Miroku will just go." Inuyasha shook his head quickly.
"I want to see her..." With his stern reply, now not even God himself could move his decision. This didn't mean that Sango was going to give up so easily.
"Inuyasha we know you're hurt. We can find her and bring her back, don't worry. If I understand correctly you are still supposed to be in the hospital right?"
"Yes but what do doctors know!"
"Gee, I don't know. Only the knowledge that they spent learning about for four years of their lives."
"Yea but what else do they know?" Miroku asked. Sango looked over at him as if he had just sprouted three more heads.
"I'm going to ignore what you had said and continue with my argument." Sango looked back over at Inuyasha. "As I was saying, you are injured."
"I don't care what you two think, I'm coming with you two whether you two like it or not." Inuyasha replied, causing Sango to sigh in annoyance.
"Trying to reason with you is impossible." Sango shouted and she crossed her arms. "Let's just go."
"So where are we going exactly?" Miroku asked as the other two started towards the outskirts of town.
"Well we're going to go look for Kagome, duh! But we think she's going to go the short way instead the safe way, which is on the outside of town." Sango replied. Inuyasha nodded at her explanation.
"So let me get this straight, we're out at." Miroku paused as he looked at his watch. "Midnight looking for her Kagome where all the rapist and murderers are?"
"Miroku, you are always so negative! She's not going to remember about that stuff, she had too much on her mind."
"Exactly! She'll be easy prey for them. She's a pretty girl." Miroku glanced over at Inuyasha, almost expecting a swing from him at calling Kagome pretty. When he didn't get hit, Miroku continued. "She's alone, not paying attention to her surroundings. That is like holding up a sign that says 'come get me'!"
"Don't say that!"
"I'm only telling the truth Sango." Inuyasha stopped and looked over at Miroku.
"Kagome's going to be fine." He said sternly. Sango looked over at him before nodding in agreement. Before Miroku could say another word, Inuyasha had already started walking away. Both Sango and Miroku stood for a moment before they looked at each other.
"Do you think he's going to be Oka?" Sango asked, slightly concerned. Miroku paused for a moment before he answered hesitantly.
"I think he's more worried about her getting attacked than his own health."
"Well what if she really was?"
"Then I guess we better hurry up so we don't have to think about that now." Miroku grabbed Sango' hand before chasing after Inuyasha. Sango blushed slightly at the touch but she didn't pull back.
Aww, a kind of cute moment with Sango and Miroku at the end! Yes, I'll admit that the boys have a few bolts knocked out of their heads, but that's the way we like them! Or at least some of us...anyways, I'm giving the chapter on Thursday because I'm busy all weekend. So hope you enjoy it, and have a happy Halloween everyone!
"What makes this boy so special? Does it disgust you to be seen in such a way in front of him? Do you fear the boy will turn away, will lower his eyes?" Kagome bit her lip tightly at the questions, tears pricking her eyes with dangerous threats to fall. "Are you afraid he won't love you anymore?"
"Stop it please." She cried out, her voice stinging Inuyasha's heart more than his stomach.
"Do you want to be something special to him? Are you just afraid he'll leave you if you are touched by me?" Naraku asked seeming amused as Kagome's eyes tried to blink the tears away. "Well let's just see." Naraku pushed his face to Kagome's smearing his lips against hers forcefully. Though muffled, Inuyasha could hear Kagome's screams from behind her lips as she struggled to move away from him, tears falling down her tattered face.
Chapter 21-Don't Touch Her!