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(Early in the morning, before sunrise, at Kagome's house)
"Sango, I'm going to Lady Kaede today with Inuyasha." Kagome said
"But I thought that you didn't know where she was." Sango replied
"I don't, but Inuyasha is a half demon, so searching for her should be no problem."
"You know that if you don't find her by sundown she won't be able to find her till the next day."
"Well I guess that means that Inuyasha and I will have to leave right away. You did tell Miroku to tell Inuyasha to meet me at my house. And you did tell him where we were going and why, right Sango."
"Yes Kagome."
"Good."
"So you are going to be spending a full day with Inuyasha. Wonder how that's going to turn out."
"Fine. I probably won't even talk to him half the time anyways."
"Sure. But you know that you are going to enjoy his company."
"I am not."
"Sure. I know that you don't want to be mad at him."
"I don't but what I saw, it hurt me so bad. The reason that I am going through with this trip is because…. Well. I want to be proven wrong. Even though something inside me tells me that I'm not."
"Oh. I kind of understand. Cause that's how I fell some times when-"
Ding Dong.
"That must be Inuyasha." Sango said
"Yeah. I'll go get it."
At the door.
"Inuyasha come in."
Her eyes look like they have lightened up. But they are not back to normal yet. I really need Lady Kaede to show her the truth so that she can forgive me. Inuyasha thought.
"O.k. Sure"
"I packed some things for us to go."
"You did."
"Yeah."
"Like what."
"I packed your favorite food and some water and just basic eating things. And when we find Lady Kaede and the problem is solved, we are staying the night with her cause it would probably be to late to travel back. So we will go to school in the morning from there."
"O.k. That's fine with me."
"You did bring your extra clothes like Miroku said right."
"Yes. I'm not a baby you know."
"Just making sure.'
"Humph..."
Well lets' go."
"Alright. Are you going to ride on my back or walk?"
"Whichever is faster?"
"O.k. then hop on my back so we can go already."
"O.k."
They were about to leave when.
"Just before you guy's leave. I think that I know how to get to Lady Kaede's hut." Sango said.
"How?" Inuyasha asked
"They say that you have to go to the top of the mountain and when the sun rises the path will be shown in the east.
They say that getting to Lady Kaede takes from sunrise to sunset. If you follow the clues along the path you will reach there. Each clue will show at a certain time. The first sign you see is the sign that you follow. So you have to be on target, because if you miss one clue then you will never find the hut. And anything can be a clue or a sign. It's up to you to notice."
"And you believe that."
"Well it's the best chance you have of finding that place before sundown."
"Your right."
"I think that you guy's should go. The suns going to rise soon."
"Oh shit."
"Bye guys"
"Bye." Inuyasha and Kagome said in unison
So off they went to go and find Lady Kaede. First stop. The mountain
As Inuyasha and Kagome arrived at the mountain he smelled a scent he knew to well and didn't like. Naraku. The sun didn't rise yet so they were a little early. But better early than late.
"I smell Naraku."
"I wonder what he's doing here."
"No good of course."
"Well that means that we have to be on the look out because you know that he'll try and attack whenever the chance comes. Yeah I know."
Close by where Inuyasha and Kagome are
"So they have figured me out already, they think. Well they got only half of it right. I'll attack when he is most vulnerable. I'll take every chance I get to eliminate him but I also need to find Lady Kaede too and he's going to find her for me. And when he does, I'll kill him and Kagome."
Back to Inuyasha and Kagome
They are on the top of the mountain.
"Look Inuyasha, the sun is rising."
"Do you see a path?"
"Look east."
"I see something. But it may not be anything. It doesn't even look like a path.
"Remember Sango said."
"Oh yeah, it's up to us to notice."
"Yup.'
Kagome climbed on Inuyasha's back and they headed to where Inuyasha saw 'the path'
Inuyasha stopped when he reached a fork in the path.
"Which way do we go now?" Inuyasha asked to no one in particular as he started walking.
"Inuyasha stop. I see something."
"What is it?"
"Look." Kagome pointed to a bunch of sticks
"It's just a bunch of leaves."
"Yes. But look at the shape that they are in."
"I don't see a shape."
"Are you that slow? They are shaped like an arrow and the arrow is pointing to the path on the right."
"Oh. I see it know." Just as he said that a strong wind came and blew the leaves to make it point to the left.
"I see what Sango means by you have to be on target with the signs."
"Huh."
"The direction of the leaves just changed."
"So how do we know if we go left or right?"
"We know because Sango said to follow the first sign that we see."
"Oh. This is confusing."
"Well we should start going again."
Close by
"So right is the direction that I have to go." Naraku said as he started walking the path that he saw Kagome and Inuyasha walking. After a while of walking he couldn't smell there scent anymore. And he didn't see them. What. They just turned that corner. How could they disappear without a scent or trace like that. Naraku thought to himself.
Out of no where a stick started moving. Naraku thought that he was hallucinating when the stick started to write something on the ground that said:
The path you take must be your own
And since you followed, your new path is home
Now it's time for you to learn
That you have just, taken the wrong turn
You can always start all over again
Tomorrow, when a new day begins
Ha. Ha. Serves You Right
"Are you crazy? I am not going home. I've come too far. Naraku said.
The stick started writing again:
You've come very far, your right indeed
You've cheated, for your own greedy need
If you think that you can get there without me
Then you might as well not have any knees
Heed my warning young one
This is not all just games and fun
If you continue to look for the path in a dishonest way
Then it's for you, young one, indeed I pray
And with that, the stick dropped on the ground. And the writings disappeared too.
"Ha. That stick must be crazy. Wait I must be crazy listening or better yet, reading what a stick wrote on the ground. Screw what that stick wrote. I am going to find Lady Kaede and she will give me what I want." As Naraku left he picked up a scent. "That must be them." He said as he went to find the scent.
(Kagome and Inuyasha)
They were closer than they knew it to Lady Kaede's hut. Just one more clue or sign to go.
As they reached a clearing in the part of the mountain that they were at, the mountain has a lot of trees incase you didn't know, they came they stopped when they saw a stick. The stick was writing something on the ground. It said:
I'm surprised that you have made it this far
Many have given up by now. Hardy. Har. Har.
This is the last clue that you will have to find
I'll congratulate you because you didn't loose your mind
It's more of a task, than a clue or a sign
Answer the question written in the grape vine
It's easy you probably heard it before
But it's the last thing you need to walk through the hut door
Have a nice day
Answer the question and be on your way.
"Well that was weird." Inuyasha said.
"Yeah but it's what we need to do." Kagome replied
"Now where is the grape vine?"
"I don't see it anywhere. And that would be pretty hard to miss in this clearing."
"So then we can't answer the question."
"Hmmm, can't answer the question"
"So we'll never find her."
"Don't give up yet. I think that I know the answer to the question."
"And how is that possible. There wasn't a question to answer."
A/N: What do you think the answer to the question is? Maybe I should end the chapter. Leaving you to figure it out and then tell you next chap……………………………………………………… But I won't.
"The answer to the question is that: You can't answer a question not asked."
"What do you mean?"
"There wasn't a question asked so I can not give an answer."
"O.k. So how does that help us find the hut?"
"Let's see. Since there wasn't a question to find, the answer is right in front of our eyes. So that must mean that…. Ummmm. Inuyasha what happened to the stick."
"It dropped on the ground. I guess."
"No time for guessing, it's almost sunset."
"I don't see it."
Kagome turned around to see a floating stick in the air. It was pointing west.'
"Inuyasha. I figured it out. Remember when Sango said that getting to Lady Kaede's hut takes from sunrise to sunset."
"Yes."
"Well we started our journey when the sun rose. And we are supposed to reach the end of our journey when the sun sets. And the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. So at sunrise we went east cause that's were you saw the path, but that's also were the sun rises. So maybe since the sun is setting soon we should go west because that's were the sun sets.
"I guess it makes sense. We'll keep going west till the sun sets. And if you're right, then when the sun sets we should be at the place."
"Yup"
Kagome and Inuyasha sped of west into the forest on the mountain. They stopped into a clearing just before the sun started to set.
"I guess we were-"Inuyasha began but didn't get to finish because of Kagome
"Inuyasha look." Kagome said
Inuyasha looked up to see a beautiful hut forming from now where along with a garden and hot spring and a lot of other things. Basically it was like a lost paradise. As they saw the last bit of the sun set the place finished forming.
"Wow so this is Lady Kaede's hut." Kagome said.
"I guess it is" Inuyasha agreed
"It's beautiful"
"Thank You." Lady Kaede said
Inuyasha and Kagome turned around to an old woman who age showed her wisdom. They assumed automatically. This must be Lady Kaede they both thought.
Well that is the end of the chapter. I hope you enjoyed it because I enjoyed writing it. Should I kill of Naraku or should I make him stay and cause problems. Well that is my longest chapter ever. Please review. I accept flames.