1 Chapter Two
"Almost done!" Kagome announced as she placed the last Jewel shard into the battery compartment of the walkie talkie. "Okay. Do remember how I told you to use these? Red button to answer, green to talk. 'Kay?" "Okay." Miroku and Sango said in unison. "I'll be right back, Kagome." said Sango hurrying to the hut. She came out a few minutes later in her armored suit, boomerang in hand. "Okay Kirara, we have to go." Sango said quietly to her little neko. (A.N. neko kitten) Kirara pranced over by Miroku and was soon engulfed in flames, growing larger. Once she had changed fully, Miroku jumped on, helping Sango, and placing her in front of him on Kirara. Kagome tossed a walkie talkie into the air "Sango heads up!" she said, Sango catching it in the palm of her hand. "Thank you K—" she let out a shriek. Glowering at Miroku she knocked him upside the head with her boomerang. "Kami, Miroku, of all places! Can't you control yourself!" she didn't wait for an answer before she was behind Miroku, hopefully where he couldn't reach her. She shoved him forward, on to Kirara's head, making the neko growl. Kagome was trying, unsuccessfully, not to burst out laughing. "That idiot Miroku, when will he learn?" mumbled Inuyasha. "We will contact you if anything attacks." said Sango. She gave Miroku one last whack, to, hopefully, keep him away from her. Kagome put the other walkie talkie into her giant yellow back pack.. She swung the pack on her shoulder and looked up at Sango and Miroku. "You guys better get going if you're planning on getting there soon." she said. "Okay then bye Kagome! Later Inuyasha!" Miroku waved at the pair on the ground, dazed from the last whack she nudged Kirara, and took off into the air, spewing gravel bits and sand behind her, heading west, toward the village. "Well, get on, we have to go to."Inuyasha muttered. "O-okay." Kagome put her hands on his shoulders, and Inuyasha hoisted her up the rest of the way. Once she shifted enough to get comfortable, Inuyasha took off, heading east.
Jumping on Inuyasha's back was an exhilarating. They flew threw the air, high enough to where it seemed she could almost touch the clouds, then back down, falling, her hair flying up, the wind whistling through her ears. He jumped from tree to tree, his feet barely touching the wood of the branch before he was up again. "Hey Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, half yawning. "Mmm?" "Can we stop? I'm tired and I haven't eaten in hours." "Fine." he dropped out of the steadily darkening sky. Landing on the ground, he soon found a clearing in the woods. Kagome slid off of his back., landing on soft ground. Her knees were shaking from the adrenaline rush. She loved riding on Inuyasha's back. She would never tell him this, though. Heck, she loved just being around him. "Why would he feel the same?" she thought. "He deserves so much better." "Hey Kagome, come back to earth, please. You're spacing out." said Inuyasha, waving his hand in front of her eyes. "Oh gomen, Inuyasha." she said, snapping back to reality.(A.N. Gomen sorry) She began silently collecting firewood, piling them in the center of the clearing. Soon she had a roaring fire and Inuyasha had caught a rabbit to eat. He sat there, slowly turning the spit. He had skinned the rabbit a few feet away from camp. He knew Kagome didn't like to see that. "Where exactly are we headed, Inuyasha?" "The Eastern Mountains. Naraku has supposedly been hiding in a cave near the summit, but he will sense the jewel shards long before that, and probably come after us long before we even start climbing." "Oh." Finally the rabbit was ready and Kagome took two bowls out of her backpack. She handed them to Inuyasha, who, to Kagome's great disgust, began to section off the rabbit. She ended up with a thigh and leg. She looked down at the bowl that was handed to her, and didn't feel hungry anymore. She groaned. Then to her surprise, Inuyasha took the bowl. "Inuyasha! Just because I didn't eat it right away, doesn't mean I'm not going to eat—." Inuyasha placed the bowl back in front of her, the rabbit leg completely de-boned and ripped into thin strips. "Oh. Domo arigato, Inuyasha. I'm sorry I snapped at you." He just grunted a response. If you could call it that.
Soon she finished her food, and unrolled a blanket and pillow from her pack. Inuyasha leaned up against the closest tree, tucking his sword between his legs. Soon sleep overtook them both, ending their first day.