Hey! I've decided to update again, you guys make me feel better about this story :) And thanks Sesshie's...I really didn't know that :) lol...Well, here's the new chapter, enjoy!

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Chapter 3: Lost

Sango was lost. She stomped away from the two unconscious men, and had gotten her self lost. How could she do this to herself? Did Kagome do the same exact thing? Probably, but that wasn't her main worry at the moment. It actually was: how was she going to get back to the village?

"Rrrrr...stupid Inuyasha...Miroku...perverted monk...rrrr...strangle them both...rrrr..." Sango was bickering to herself. She realized that she really didn't have no idea where she was. This irked her a lot.

It irked her a little bit too much.

She was starting to bite her lip to stop herself from attacking every innocent tree that stood. Why did men have to be so stupid? Not all men were stupid, but the ones she knew especially were.

Everywhere Sango walked looked exactly the same to her. Large ancient trees, big sprawly bushes, knee-length grass. It was so dense in that area, that she could barely walk two steps without running into a tree. Sango's anger was once again at the tippy top of the point, and she just wanted to blow.

Her chance came to her when a very large youkai stepped out from the forest in front of her, she was walking so deep in her thoughts that she hadn't realized that it had came out on her. She was about 3 feet away from the youkai when she stopped walking and noticed the beast, and startled herself. She stepped back a few feet, and drew her katana. She smiled. It was a perfect target to take her anger out on.

The youkai was a big black fur ball, with course brown and black fur, and with 4 inch claws that made him even more fierce. His teeth were a molten yellow, that stood out whenever he showed them. She started to flex his claws, and started to tease her. He wanted her to attack first. He got his way after a few seconds.

Sango drew out her katana, and rushed at the beast. It side-swiped her, and she was thrown off-guard. She landed on her bottom, but soon found her way back up, and swung at the ferocious beast again, but missed again evidently. He was a large beast, but agile at that. Too quick for Sango's liking.

It pounced on her, and swiped at her arm. It cut open her arm, but as he cut her arm open, he had accidently ran into her katana, and cut open his own chest. He howled in pain, and swung at her once again. This time he missed, and she stood up behind him, and slashed open his back. He growled at her, through his sick teeth, and threw what it seemed to be a punch at her, and she landed on the ground with a thud. She was lying on her back, halfway conscious, and bleeding. The youkai stood above her, and smiled through his yellow teeth. He punched her in the face again, this time with less force, and she closed her eyes. She exhaled, and fell unconscious.

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Kagome awoke with a start. She was breathing heavy, and she was sweating. Her hair clung to the back of her neck due to sweat, and her face was covered with a layer of grease. She felt like a dirtball. She sat up, and pulled her hair off of her neck. She rubbed her eyes, then stood up. Her entire body hurt, and she stretched. It wasn't the most relaxing experience, sleeping on a forest floor.

Every muscle in her body hurt. She needed some aspirin. But, she didn't have her backpack, so she scratched that idea. The next idea that came to her mind was to take a bath, but she didn't want to be approached again, this time she wouldn't have Inuyasha protecting her. She debated against that theory, and decided to go take a bath anyway.

She had one problem though, she had no idea where the closest stream was. She had a strange feeling to just walk where she thought it was, but she decided not to follow her instincts. She tried something else to find the closest stream instead.

Kagome closed her eyes, and focused all of her miko energy to the environment around her. She eventually found a small stream to the north of where she was standing with her miko powers, one that was surrounded by flowers and small fields. She decided to go.

She started walking in the direction of the stream, but felt that same familiar presence around her again...was there somebody really watching her? She obviously didn't care, because she didn't stop walking to find out. The problem didn't bother her much. Her biggest concern was taking a bath at the moment. She walked by many ancient trees, numerous animals, and many bugs.

She had stepped on a bug on the way to the stream, figuring she didn't have any shoes or socks to cover her feet, and she eeped. It was a larger version of a slug, except this one was about the size of Kagome's whole foot. It had large antennas, and it made a gooey sound whenever it tried to move. She shrieked when she found out what she stepped on, and ran screaming down the forest. She was terribly horrified of bugs, especially the ones that were as big as her foot! She sighed when she felt the bug wasn't going to try and eat her from a few yards away, and started her way back to the stream again.

She eventually reached the stream, after numerous encounters with bugs and strange animals, and she immediately stripped her deformed clothing, and jumped into the water. It was nice and refreshing, and she was glad. It made her feel like a whole new person.

'Finally...' She thought, 'A day without Inuyasha's bickering...'

She was glad he wasn't here. It was almost as if they were married, they argued all of the time. Inuyasha was such an arrogant prick toward her, and she definitely needed some time to herself. It was nothing big, it just wasn't something that Inuyasha would understand.

She ended her thoughts, and focused on the water. It as beginning to give her the chills, but she didn't mind. It felt all too good to leave.

Kagome was relaxed in the waters, and hadn't noticed the figure that watched her, the figure that has been watching her for the past two days, the figure that was starting to take a liking to her.

The youkai sighed. 'What am I to do now? I have to get back to my castle, and take care of matters that need to be attended to, but I just can't lay my eyes off of this girl. She's so...happy.' The youki was caught up in his thoughts once again, and exhaled when he found out that he was thinking too much about the girl again. He wished she would just die so he could continue on with his life.

But, he had taken a liking to her. He couldn't help it, he knew it was wrong. But, he couldn't stop his feelings. Nobody ever made him feel this way, especially a girl who didn't even know that he was there. That does seem kind of odd, but oh well.

The youkai heard a sound come from the field almost like a growling sound, and looked into it. There was nothing to be found, except for the girl who was relaxing in the stream. She seemed content with herself. Ok...so it wasn't the girl who made a noise...so who was it? Oh well, nothing important.

The youkai was full of thoughts. He had never thought so much in his life in two days, less likely even in two weeks. He heard the sound again. What the hell was making that noise? It was starting to piss him off. They were ruining his thought phase.

The sound was made again, he noticed that the miko had heard this too, and she looked in the direction of the sound. She tensed up, and she began to radiate fear off of herself. The youkai growled, and walked closer to the forest end, trying to peep closer and see what was making that sound. He then heard the girl scream. He stiffiened from the pitch, but soon got over it.

He looked out into the field, and noticed a rather large bird youkai, big huge feathery wings, huge black claws and a big fellow beak, standing a few feet away from the opposite forest opening, and it was ready to pounce and attack the miko. She was frozen with fear and shock, and she didn't move a muscle. She was defenceless. Was he to go out, and save her? Or was he to watch her die? Either way, he needed to do something. He couldn't watch her just die in front of his eyes. She was his amusement. As the attacking youkai pounced tokill the miko, the peeping youkai drew his sword, and walked calmly into the field that awaited him.

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Well, there you have it! Sorry for the cliffy, its just that this chapter would be like 10 pages long if I would have continued. Sorry its so boring too...I just needed to make up something to connect two parts together :) Should I make the peeping youkai present himself to Kagome, or keep him in secret for a little while longer? I'm sure everybody already knows who it is...Please read and review, and tell me what you think!

(PS) I might not be able to update until Monday or Tuesday, I'm going on vacation to Myrtle Beach! Woo!