This is my first fan fiction!

Credit for the idea goes to my friend, summer-flower-girl, and credit for editing my work goes to my sis, iceblitz!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inu-yasha characters but I do own the 'cloaked girl'.

Please review!

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Stuck Together Chapter 1

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It was a clear sunny day and Inuyasha and his group were passing through a village, searching for shards of the shikon no tama. A few villagers muttered and gawked as Inuyasha went by but he was used to it so he ignored them. They passed the village and followed the path into a forest.

"Any sign of the shikon shards Kagome?" Inuyasha asked her with a hint of annoyance. They had been walking for hours on end and they had found no trace of any of them.

"No..." Kagome replied and her stomach gurgled. "Er..." she started hesitantly, "Could we stop to eat soon?"

Inuyasha snorted in disapproval, but they stopped anyways to eat. Kagome set out lunch and they were all stuffing food down their throats when Miroku suddenly stood up.

"HEY! What's that?" He said with great enthusiasm pointing to the other side of the lake. Everyone turned to look at where he was pointing.

"What?" asked Sango with as much enthusiasm as Miroku had shown.

"The thing right there..." he leaned closer to Sango so she could see where he was pointing easier.

"I still don't-" Sango cut off and looked shocked and blushed angrily.

SLAP. Ouch.

Shippo sighed and Inuyasha muttered "Stupid monk." Miroku had a big red handprint on his face.

"You look like you could use some assistance," an unfamiliar female voice said. InuYasha spun around in shock, he couldn't sense any aura or anything from her.

"Who the hell are you?" He growled at the newcomer, she made him feel a bit uneasy.

"Don't be rude!" she snapped at him. "I'm not talking to you." Inuyasha was slightly shocked by her behaviour. She turned to the monk holding some kind of weird cream on a leaf. "This can stop the stinging..." she motioned to the gooey stuff. Miroku was about to take it when Inuyasha snatched it.

"You should know better than to take stuff from strangers, baka!" He crushed the leaf and its contents in his fist and some of the cream oozed out. Instead of the strange girl being mad, she just smirked and darted away.

"HEY!" Inu called after her. "Gr... Come on guys, She could be working for Naraku..."

Inuyasha ran after her so quickly, Kagome had to catch a ride with Sango on Kirara. He kept running until he realized that he didn't have her scent.

'Where could she have gone?'

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Up high in the trees the very person Dog Boy was looking for was watching him run past. She watched slightly amused as he stopped and looked around for her. 'Not too bright' she thought apathetically, 'But those ones on the flying cat will see me if I don't move.'

Seeing the hanyou run off again she jumped out of her tree and hid under its large branches.

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Sango, Kagome and Shippo landed near Inuyasha, who had stopped and was clearly annoyed at letting the person escape. Miroku came in running towards them and panted when he reached them.

"Couldn't find any trace of her," he said breathlessly.

Kagome sighed and looked at Inuyasha's hand. It still had the gooey stuff on it. "Come on Inuyasha... lets go wash your off your hand."

She grabbed his clean hand and went to a river she had seen on her way there. He grumbled a lot trying to get the sticky mess off of his hand, but it finally came off after a few minutes.

"There." Kagome smiled and pulled him back to the group.

"So Inuyasha," Miroku started when they came back. "Is it worth it to go after her?" his tone was serious.

"I doubt it would be. Anyways we're after Naraku, not some random person..." Inuyasha started walking away when he noticed Kagome's hand was still clenched to his. "Er you can let go of me now..."

She stared blankly back at him. "Eh? I thought you were the one holding me!" Inuyasha stared at his hand and then shook it, making Kagome's arm wobble.

His hand was stuck to hers.