Disclaimer: Hey peeps, anyways here is the next chapter on the sequel!
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Chapter 3 – Another Village Gone
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Inuyasha and Kagome stared in horror as they walked around the coals of the village. Steam rose up from under the burnt logs.
"What do you think caused this?" Kagome asked, clinging to Inuyasha's arm, eyes wide and soaking in what was around them.
"I don't know, but something tells me this wasn't an accident." Inuyasha said intensly.
"What do you mean?" she asked, stopping him and turning him to look at her.
"Well first, if this had been an accident, someone could have tried to put it out. I mean, a fire doesn't just start and burn everything to the ground. The villagers would have atleast tried to put it out before it spread."
"So what could have started it?"
"I don't really think it's a question of 'what', more like a question of 'who'."
"Inuyasha, I'm worried. Sango, Miroku and Kaede…they all stayed in the village…I'm worried that they didn't make it out."
Inuyasha looked up, and smirked, "Nah, they made it out."
"Wha?" Kagome looked up too, and smiled.
"Inuyasha! Kagome!" a voice came. Above them was Kirara (sorry for my past spelling it of 'Kilala' I usually spell it Kirara, I guess I just got in a hurry) with Sango, Miroku and Kaede.
Kilala stepped foot on ground, Sango jumping off. Kagome ran up to her and flung her arms around the exterminator's neck.
"I thought something had happened to you!" she yelled, hugging Sango's neck.
"We're fine. Come on, lets all go sit and we will explain." Sango laughed.
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Shippou curled up in Kagome's arms as the adults spoke.
"How did it happen?" Kagome asked, petting the fox demon on the head.
"We don't quite know, but we know for sure it wasn't an accident." Miroku stated.
"What do you mean?"
Sango spoke up.
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"Come on Shippou, Kirara, lets go to bed." Sango said smiing as Shippou out stretched his arms and yawned, curling up with Kilala.
Sango stopped.
'What is that?'
She looked down the path way, a loud crackling sound began to form. Before she knew it, a wall of fire hurdled towards her, blocking her view of the rest of the village. Sango's eyes widened as the flames came closer to her, the reflection of the blaze dancing on her eyes.
Sango turned, and ran. But not for her hut.
Miroku started to walk out, holding a arm full of dirty plates. Sango grabbed his arms and pushed him backwards, landing inside the hut on top of him.
"Why Sa—"
"Hush." She said fiercely.
She watched as the wall of flames passed the door of the hut, then disappeared, leaving behind every hut on fire.
Miroku looked up, the roof of the hut starting to burn through.
"Whats going on!" he yelled, trying to raise his voice above the sound of people screaming, and of the crackling noise of the fire as it burnt through every hut of the village.
"I don't know!" Sango yelled back. "But we have to help the villagers!"
Sango stood, helping Miroku to his feet.
"First we need to find Kaede!" Miroku screamed.
Sango nodded, turned and ran out of the hut with Miroku close at her heels.
In minutes, they could see Kaede running around, helping villagers out of their huts. She was telling each of them to get out of here, and quick.
"Kaede! We're going to help you!" Miroku yelled, running up to her. She nodded swiftly, and ran the other direction, checking every hut so that no one was left inside.
"Oh my!" she yelled. Sango and Miroku ran over to the hut she was standing in front of.
What they saw was horrifying. A woman and her baby was trapped inside, fire consuming every corner of the hut.
"Kirara!" Sango yelled, the cat-demon nodded and transformed into its larger state. Kirara jumped into the hut, the heat of the flames not affecting her in any way.
She growled at the woman, lowering her back. The woman grasped her baby tighter, and climbed on her back.
Kirara jumped, breaking the roof of the hut. She landed softly to the side, letting the woman off. She scrambled and ran the other way.
Kirara came back over to Sango.
"Alright, that's everyone. Come on, lets get out of here!" Miroku helped Kaede on Kirara's back, then Sango, and then got on himself.
Kirara jumped into the air, and took off. Sango looked over the edge, her heart dropping further and further into a black hole.
Many people had burned to death in their homes, and there was nothing they could have done about it.
"What do ye plan to do?" Kaede asked.
"We'll wait in the forest till Inuyasha and Kagome return. Then we will take you to another village." Miroku replied, never shifting his gaze from the burning village, the sound of terrified screaming implanted on his mind.
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"That's horrible!" Kagome yelled, her eyes wide.
Sango nodded sadly.
"Who would do such a thing?" she asked.
"I don't know, but whoever it was wont get away with it." Miroku cut in. "Tomorrow, we need to get Kaede to another village. Its to dangerous for her to go alone."
Kaede cocked an eyebrow. "Are ye suggesting I am not fit to protect myself?"
"No! Not at all. It'll probably work out anyways. You can just tag along till we reach another village."
Kaede smiled, "Not to worry, but a little humor was all."
"I don't want the old hag coming with us! She'll slow us down!" Inuyasha argued.
"Inuyasha, she can just ride on Kirara some of the way, and then you can carry her the other, since your so strong." Kagome grinned.
"Feh." He huffed and crossed his arms in his haori.
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Kagome was wrenched out of sleep, a hand put over her mouth, and she was dragged backwards away from the camp.
When the camp site disappeared, the person twisted her around to look at them.
"Inuyasha! Why'd you drag me out here! Some people like to sleep ya know!" she complained, whispering as not to stir some unseen force.
"Well, I had to get you alone." He said smirking, laying small butterfly kisses on her lips. She pulled back and glared at him, her hair fluttering her face.
"Well did you have to do it in the middle of the night?"
He was grinning ear to ear, still kissing her softly, "Lets just say I like to piss you off…"
"Well you do it quite well." She grouched.
"Wench, if you want sleep that bad…" He put his arms around her waist and jumped up on the limb of a tree, jumped to another and then another until they were on one that had a good view of the rest of the gang. He sat back, letting Kagome fall in his lap.
She leaned against his chest, her hair ticking his nose. She turned on her side, her hands gripping the front of his kimono as not to fall from the tree.
He slowly stroked her hair, and she began to fall asleep again.
Her breathing was even, her intoxicating scent wrapping around him, and he was having trouble staying awake himself.
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Miroku grinned from ear to ear, peering up at the tree the two 'lovers' sat in, together.
"Inuyasha! Wake up!" he yelled, his hand cupped at the side of his mouth.
Inuyasha's eyes opened a bit, getting used to the know light sky. He looked down, Kagome still sound asleep in his lap. He shook her shoulders, kissing her on top of the head.
"Oi! Wake up wench!" he said, grinning. She mumbled something and leaned up, her cheek red from laying against his chest all night.
She rubbed her eyes, avoiding the glares of the sun.
"Inu…yasha?"
"Rise and shine lazy." He grabbed her waist and jumped from the limb, landing softly next to Miroku.
"Ah, I see Kagome slept with you last night?" Miroku said coily, a mischievous grin on his face.
"Shut up monk!" Inuyasha growled, smacking the monk upside the head.
He waited to be sat, but Kagome just out-stretched her arms, yawned and walked over to Sango.
"Uh…" he started, dumbfounded. He grinned. "Looks like Kagomes on my side. Just wait monk, your time is coming soon." He patted Miroku on the shoulder and followed Kagome to help pack up.
Miroku swallowed hard, it seemed his fate wasn't looking to good.
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Inuyasha threw Kagome's backpack over his shoulder, waiting for everyone else to catch up.
"Hold on Inuyasha." Kagome walked up to him, unzipping the top of her backpack and pulling out a candy bar for the hungry kitsune.
"Yay!" he squealed.
Inuyasha grinned, pulling the candy bar from Kagome's hands.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome growled, trying to get the candy bar back. Inuyasha held it high, him being taller than her. He reached down, lifting her skirt a little. She squealed, pushing his hand away. "Inuyasha!"
He tore the candy bar in half, throwing down one half to the angry kitsune, "There ya go squirt."
Kagome's face turned red, she balled her fists to her side as he turned and started walking down the path, chewing on 'his' half of the candy bar. "Inuyasha…" he stopped, he knew what was coming, and waited for impact, "Sit boy!" she yelled, watching the hanyou crash into the ground face first, "Sit! Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit boy!"
It had been a while since she had used it more than once at a time, but she wasn't about to let him get away with embarrassing 'her'! She had let it slide by hitting Miroku, mostly because he deserved it. But this, this was crossing the line.
She walked over, peeling the candy bar from his hand and handed it to bawling Shippou. She picked him up and cradled him, "There you are Shippou. Come on guys, leave Inuyasha to think of what he's done." She hissed.
No one argued, just followed, looking back ever so often, watching the hanyou try to pry himself from the newly formed crater.
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Inuyasha walked beside Kagome, his arms crossed in his haori. He would show her. All he wanted was half the candy bar, he didn't do anything harmful. But not all was wasted, lifting her skirt just a tad wasn't all bad.
He grinned inwardly, remembering how her face turned red with embarrasment.
Yep, not all was wasted.
Kagome on the other hand seemed quite happy. She was smiling, almost skipping while Shippou nibbled on the candy bar, ever so often shooting glares at him.
Inuyasha smirked. He pulled the candy bar from the kitsune and took off with it in his mouth.
Before Kagome could even think about sitting him, he was gone.
"Inuyasha! Get back here!" she yelled, stomping her foot on the ground once, then took off after him.
"Kagome!" Sango yelled, chasing after her. Miroku and Kaede looked at each other, nodding their head at Inuyasha's stupidity. For once he was literally acting like a child.
They came out of the woods, which blinded them from the view that was so familiar from the night before.
Inuyasha stood, Kagome at his side. They were frozen. Kagome wasn't sitting Inuyasha for stealing the kitsune's candy bar. They were just standing there.
Miroku, Kaede and Sango came up to them, and stared down over the hill. Their jaws dropped, eyes widened.
"What…but…how…" Sango looked over at Inuyasha. His eyes were narrowed, his lips pulled together in a thin straight line.
"Looks like whoever is doing this is trying to make a name for themself." Inuyasha growled. "This time the villagers werent as lucky."
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Do you get it? Not as lucky like the village Sango and Miroku were in, they saved a lot of people and only a couple people died. But what Inuyasha meant is he could sense the people that died, and hes saying that most of them bured to death.
So yeah, sad ending, and another cliff hanger xD You have to keep reading to find out whos doing this.
Yes very sad. It took me from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM to finish this T-T Yep…Well :D
Sorry I cant do awards today, I am having a file transfer from my cousin so the internet is a bit slow so I cant go to view my reviews D: but next update, I'll do twice as many AS LONG as you review a lot :D I deserve it! I have made the chapters WAY long didn't I?
Anyways, I am happy how this is turning out. The story is very thought through and my own creation :D Hanyou with Miko is recreated from Hanyou and Miko, it was my first major fanfiction so I needed some inspiration.
A little of the sequel is inspired from Fatal Lies, Forsaken Hearts the sequel to a story by Silent Sky, she is awesome and so are her stories but not much. The idea isnt taken just parts of her story I recreated into mine but trust me its all different. You wont even realize it.
Anyways, I am leaving this Friday morning for my cousins. I will get there Friday night, 13 hours in a car nonstop - not fun. Trust me. But anyways, I wont be able to update till like Saturday or Sunday, not sure because I only get to see them like 2 or three times a year and a lot in the summer though xD but I don't know when I'll next update. But it will be next week, if not Saturday or Sunday, sometime during the week.
Anyways hope you are enjoying the story so far, GIVE ME REVIEWS PEOPLE!
Oh yes, about C.A.M.E.O. 1 And Only or whatever, well telling me I 'suck' isnt 'constructive critisism' or whatever. Repeating what you said: 'Wah. U suck.' That's not critisism. I have gotten worse but don't lie. I don't really care just don't call it critisism because that's not.
But that's besides the point. I am rambling right now so I must go, love you all and please review more for EACH CHAPTER XD if you do this for me, for a Christmas gift, I will update even quicker!
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