Chapter 8
Everyone was too exhausted to even set up camp. They just sat or laid down where they were and fell asleep. Kagome was the first one to wake up and she looked around. Inuyasha was against a tree his ears twitching every so often. Jordann, Brittany and Angel were curled up together and Amara was up in a tree next to Kurama and his brother. Miroku seemed to have fallen over on is side and was snoring while Sango lay curled around Kilala. That's when Kagome spotted the huge white wolf, which was sound asleep with something wrapped in its tail. Kagome tried to approach it but the wolf gave a warning growl causing Kagome to back away. Inuyasha's eyes shot open at the wolf's growl and he leapt up. The wolf immediately quit growling and stared at Inuyasha. Kagome started cooking breakfast causing everybody to wake up. That is everybody except the wolf that stayed in its position till late in the morning after everybody had eaten. The whole camp was filled with talking and explaining until they were all shaken from their thoughts by a low groaning. They all looked in the direction of the wolf to see a small girl standing there yawning and stretching. She looked about eight or nine with waist length brown hair with yellow highlights. Her eyes were a crystal blue with silver swirls and she wore a kimono similar to Sesshomaru's. "Who are you" asked Amara. The girl stared at them for a moment. "My name is Sakura and this is my friend Avalanche" answered Sakura pointing at the giant wolf beside her. "So what did Naraku do to you" asked Inuyasha glaring at her. She didn't answer him and began walking away Avalanche at her heels. "Wait where are you going" asked Kagome. "I'm going to change into some more comfortable clothes" answered Sakura coldly. No one spoke until she returned wearing a spaghetti strap shirt that showed part of her stomach and a long skirt that went down to her ankles. Her brown hair was pulled into two buns on the side of her head with two strands of hair hanging down in her face. Shippo's eyes nearly pooped out of their sockets and his heart was racing she's so beautiful he thought. Kagome offered her a bowl of soup and watched her eat half of it then give the rest to the wolf beside her. Sakura noticed them staring at her and Avalanche and she looked up. "What do you want" she snapped. "Nothing" answered Kagome immediately looking away. Everyone went on to their own business whether they were polishing their weapons or helping heal the wounded. Sakura sat up in the highest part of a tree and watched them. By the time everyone was done with what they were doing the sun was setting and it was time for dinner. After dinner Kagome asked all the girls if they wanted to go to the hot springs with her. Sakura agreed but she stayed on the other side of the springs away from the other girls. Sango noticed this and moved over and sat next to her. Sakura shied away with a disgusted look on her face. When they walked back to camp she stayed far behind them just staring off into space. When they got back Sango decided to try and have a conversation with her. "So Sakura where are you from" asked Sango. "No where special" answered Sakura turning away. Sango soon gave up on trying to talk to her and she went back over and sat next to the fire. After everybody was asleep Shippo snuck out of the sleeping bag he shared with Kagome and went to visit Sakura. He found her sitting alone next to the fire with her wolf Avalanche lying beside her. Shippo sat down next to her and stared into the fire. "You gonna try and talk to me too" asked Sakura. "No I just, well yeah, I wanna know more about you and where you came from, what you like" answered Shippo going on and on. Sakura giggled making Shippo look over at her shocked. Sakura stopped laughing to look over at shippo's shocked expression "whats wrong" she asked. "Nothing its just I never thought I could make you talk much less laugh" answered Shippo looking back into the fire. "Well then you don't know the real me" said Sakura "so you want to know the real me". Shippo nodded and scooted closer so he could hear better. "I grew up in a Village far off to the west it was a Samurai village. My parents were both the king and queen and they had three children my older brother, my younger sister, and me. One day a huge demon appeared disguised as a baboon and killed everyone I was lucky though I survived because I had gotten in trouble that morning and my mom made me go and sit in the chicken house as my punishment. I stayed in there till evening just as my mother told me to and when I came out the village was torn to pieces buildings on fire and the castle was crumbled into a pile of rocks. My parents and all the other villagers were dead. The only other survivor was my pet wolf that my dad gave me for my birthday he had hidden in the caves when the demon came." Sakura finished with a sigh and looked away trying to hide the tears that began forming. Shippo smelt the salt water from her tears and put a hand on her shoulders. "Im sorry bout your parents my dad was killed by the evil thunder brothers and I don't even remember my mom" whispered Shippo. Before Shippo knew it Sakura had turned around and was hugging him, he blushed and hugged her back. They parted much to Shippo's disappointment and sat in silence. "So doesn't that make you a princess" asked Shippo trying to break the silence. "Yeah I guess you could say that" answered Sakura wiping her eyes. "Well I guess I'll go to bed" said Sakura getting up "hey Shippo would you like to keep me company" she asked turning back around. "Sure" replied Shippo as he excitedly jumped up and followed Sakura.
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