Chapter 4: Snowed In

(Hey just submitting this before break )

The group was once more traveling up the mountain side. They were tired, sore, and Miroku was still loopy. Inuyasha was injured and Shorin seemed to be fine. Except for the fact that with each passing second his face turned bluer. Kagome, Sango and Kilala were fine luckily. They had to find shelter soon or they would end up freezing to death.

"Miroku," Inuyasha said. "Would you please shut up?"

"Shut up…that's a funny word!" Miroku cried then shook his head slowly. His head throbbed with the movement. "Ow…my head what happened…better yet where are we?"

"We're going up a mountain," Shorin said carrying both Miroku and Inuyasha at the same time.

"I-I can walk," Miroku said softly trying to move.

"Stop squirming," Shorin ordered. "It's just going to make things harder for you."

Miroku sighed lowering his head slowly. He knew Shorin was right but he just wanted to be able to take care of himself. So far though that wasn't looking to good for him.

"Well Miroku...at least you're somewhat back to normal," Inuyasha said looking at him.

"What do you mean by 'somewhat'?" Miroku asked.

"Well we're not exactly normal so that's why I said somewhat," Inuyasha said grinning.

"Thanks…no really I appreciate it," Miroku said sighing before looking up at the sky.

"Oh stop complaining," Sango said riding on top of Kilala. "At least now you'll get your wish and not have to work for once."

"That's Inuyasha's wish not mine," Miroku said sighing. "I don't like finding shelter work I don't mind…as much."

"Yeah then why is it whenever work comes you somehow find a demon that's supposedly terrorizing the place," Kagome said looking up at the mountain.

"Just my monk charm I guess," Miroku said twirling his staff grinning from ear to ear.

"Yeah sure that's definitely believable," Kagome said sighing to her-self.

"I thought it was…," Miroku said poking at his staff.

As they got closer to the top of the mountain their ears began popping slightly. That meant that they were getting higher and higher up. They also noticed that it was getting colder as they got up. With Shorin's face being blue that meant that there would be some slight problems with that.

"Shelter!" Shorin cried looking ahead.

So there was, straight ahead there was a small tavern. It was sitting in the middle of the mountain though. Nobody cared at this point though at least it was someplace for them to stay until they felt up to walking around.

"In the middle of a mountain?" Kagome asked looking at it uncertainly. "Maybe we're just seeing things from being in the cold for so long."

"Seeing things or not I don't care if it's a house we're staying in it as long as we can," Shorin said looking at Kagome before running to it and going inside. It was abandoned and there was no food in sight. All that was there was a small pit for a fire in the center.

To everyone it was good enough for them.

"Well we can stay till the owner if there is one kicks us out," Kagome said hopping off of Kilala.

"Would an owner stay here without food?" Shorin asked gathering wood from Kagome's backpack before lighting it with his lightning. "I don't think so."

Sighing Kagome sat down in front of the fire. Inuyasha sat by her and on the other side Miroku and Sango sat side by side.

Shorin lay by the fire smiling happily. Now he could finally warm up with his old friends.

Dinner was slow and sleep came to everyone even slower. They seen the demon get swept off the mountain but for some reason they just felt a nagging feeling…like they missed something. Nobody knew what though and soon one by one everyone fell asleep. Except for Inuyasha and Shorin, through the snoring around them they remained awake and as alert as ever.

"You tired yet?" Shorin asked.

Inuyasha shook his head slowly. He really was but he wasn't going to let Shorin know that. He figured he would need practice anyway. They would spend tonight, tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night here in this place. The reason he needed to practice was because a night he dreaded most was coming to him. The night that would turn him mortal. Shorin didn't know his secret yet…

(If there are people out there send a message of what you think so far. Over Christmas break I need something to inspire me so send ideas, comments or what I need work on.)