Ok so Hey People…guess what?…I finally updated! Yup after months and months of thinking I finally wrote another chapter.Yay!
Its not to long so enjoy!…
The day couldn't be more perfect, Kagome mused. She had been in high spirits all morning, earning her funny glances from all the other people in their odd group. Especially Inuyasha, who had suggested, when Sango had asked Kagome if she was okay, that Kagome was sick with some weird disease.
Inuyasha… right now Kagome didn't really care what he said or did. Since yesterday, when they had kissed, she had been unusually patient with his rude behavior, only scolding him instead of using the 'sit' command.
Okay, maybe she had used the sit command, but it wasn't exactly hard for Inuyasha to make her mad. Just a few minutes ago he had eaten Shippo's sharing of food and Shippo had started to cry. Of course, the little fox kit had come running to Kagome, seeking comfort and Kagome had instantly sat Inuyasha, a colorful string of words escaping his mouth as he had plummeted to the floor. That had mainly been the only thing that had gotten on her nerves in the past day, except for some small arguments.
"Oi, Kagome, are you just gonna stand there and blink, or are we gonna have to leave you behind?" Inuyasha's voice came to her, snapping her out of her thoughts. They were going to a nearby village, following a rumor about a possible jewel shard. Looking up, she noticed that her friends were already pretty far ahead and she ran to catch up.
Finally, breathlessly, she reached them. "You guys could've waited," she pouted.
Sango smiled apologetically at Kagome. "We would've, but we knew that you would easily catch up. You're a pretty fast runner when you want to be."
Kagome felt her ego swell a little bit. "Well tha-," she began but Inuyasha cut her off.
"Hah! She couldn't run faster than Kaede!" he snorted and Kagome raised an eyebrow, biting her tongue to keep from retorting at Inuyasha's comment. She was finding it rather difficult to watch what she said around Inuyasha. So Kagome just crossed her arms and fumed silently for a moment.
"Now, now, Inuyasha. Don't be so judgmental of your elders…" Miroku chuckled and Inuyasha turned to him.
"For your information, I'm older than her by about a hundred years," he snapped. Everyone turned to look at him, all of them wearing identical expressions of disbelief. Inuyasha self-consciously moved away from them. "What?" he asked impatiently.
Kagome laughed suddenly. "Nothing," she replied, muffling her laughter by cupping her hand over her mouth. Inuyasha gave her a dark look, which only caused Kagome to giggle harder. Pretty soon Sango had started to snicker and Miroku joined in.
A scowl crossing his face, Inuyasha feh'd and narrowed his eyes, determinedly staring ahead at the road.
Suddenly he whirled around, his ears perking up as if listening for something. Lifting his head, Inuyasha gave the air a small sniff. He instantly knew the stench that had so abruptly filled his senses. He lowered his head back down and growled. A dark cloud blocked the sun, the day instantly turning into night.
"Kagura," Inuyasha stated, "and she's not alone…" his eyes locked on the clouds. Kagome's gaze instantly flew to the dark sky, searching for any sign of the either of them. Miroku gripped his staff tightly but Sango couldn't exactly get a weapon ready. Instead, she took out her sword in case any demons came close enough to her.
Slowly, Kagome pulled her bow from her shoulder and slung an arrow into it, her hand coming to rest on the feathers of the arrow. The sky turned even darker, an ominous aura coming down and setting among the trees. Kagome moved closer to Inuyasha as Sango scooted closer to Miroku.
Inuyasha remained stock still, every sense in his body directed towards the clouds. Kagome looked to him, confused to why the demons hadn't attacked yet. Usually these types of demons would strike out as soon as they spotted any living thing.
Inuyasha's eyes slid from the sky to the tops of the trees, and Kagome was caught off guard as he picked her up and leaped to another spot in the blink of an eye. At the exact same moment his feet had left the ground they had stood on, a flash of bright white light had come crashing down. Inuyasha set Kagome down safely and then he realized his heart was thudding hard beneath his chest…he had actually been afraid of losing Kagome. Ever since their kiss, the day before, he felt more protective of her and somewhat closer ,too. But now was hardly the time to think about his feelings.
The light subsided and Kagura crouched in its spot, her red eyes gleaming.
"Kagura," Inuyasha hissed and the wind witch smirked slightly. "Ah, the half demon and company." Standing up gracefully, she opened her fan. "I was hoping you'd be dead by now."
Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsaiga, his lip curling. "Hah. Keep on dreaming bitch."
Kagura quirked an eyebrow. "Now Inuyasha…no need for such language…especially coming from you half-demon."
Inuyasha growled and glared at Kagura as she smiled smugly, taking pleasure in Inuyasha's reaction to the comment.
Miroku spoke up. "Why are you here Kagura?"
"I thought that was obvious…," she coolly replied. Then her features hardened and she yelled, "To take your heads!" With that she brought her fan down, blades materializing out of thin air and heading straight towards the group. Sango and Miroku mounted Kilala and took off, barely avoiding being sliced into ribbons.
The dust settled and Kagura saw Inuyasha and Kagome a good distance away from where her blades had been. "Damn," she hissed under her breath, cursing her slowness. Kagura had realized since her second battle with this annoying half demon that she really wasn't the one who would be able to kill him. The only thing she was good for was a distraction, which she was now doing. While she was fighting this pathetic group, Naraku was busy collecting the shard that they had been searching for.
Out of the corner of her eye, Kagura saw a boomerang whiz towards her and she easily dodged, bringing herself up in a standing position.
Kagura stared down at the weaklings and ,judging from the way Kagome stood, knew she had thrown an arrow...with almost perfect aim,too. "Is that all you can do?" Kagura sneered. All she had to do now was hold them off a little bit longer. A voice suddenly echoed in her head.
"You may leave, Kagura," Kagura solemnly nodded. The voice didn't sound to pleased …Naraku hadn't found the shard. Nonetheless she obeyed. Unleashing another round of her Dance of Blades, Kagura whipped a feather out of her hair and threw it up, appearing moments later in the sky as she hovered above the clearing.
"Here's a little gift. No need to return the favor," she called out to the group below just as the clouds opened up and a horde of low demons flew out, aiming at the small group below. Kagura frowned as they began to fight the demons, slaughtering them in twos, the half demon slashing maybe three or four in one slice. The wind demon didn't really want for them to lose against their quest to defeat Naraku. In fact, she was rooting for them and when the time came, she would help them with Naraku's downfall.
Starting off towards Naraku's hideout, Kagura thought, don't' die yet…
Kagome's arrow cut through another demon's throat and the belly of the one behind it. She felt that her aim as getting better by the second. As she was knocking another arrow, a demon approached her quickly. Kagome barely had time to react but just before the demon devoured her, a familiar call rang in her ears.
"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" Inuyasha yelled, killing the demon who dared to try and harm Kagome. "Stay behind me!" he shouted to Kagome.There was a demanding yet gentle caring tone in his voice. She frowned but said nothing, just hit another demon with a sacred arrow. Her mood brightened. Today she had really good aim. More confident now, Kagome began shooting arrows with more ease.
Eventually, all the demons had died and Kagome was rummaging through the corpses, a look of disgust plastered on her face. She picked up another one of her arrows, grimly wiping the blood off of it and placing it back in her quiver. Why had she shot so many? Now she would have to get them all back. Across the clearing, Sango and Miroku were cleaning up the carnage.
If only I had spares, she thought wistfully as she came upon another slime-covered arrow. Inuyasha's hand shot out to grab the arrow out of nowhere. Wiping the guts off on the ground, he handed it to Kagome.
"Thanks," she said gratefully. Inuyasha shrugged. "No problem," he replied softly handing the arrow back to Kagome ,gently rubbing his fingers through hers as he placed it in her hands. Kagome blushed ,looked down ,and then spotted the gleam of another arrow in a heap of demon flesh. Walking over, now slowly letting go of Inuyasha ,she stuck her hand in the pile, wrinkling her nose in disgust. Suddenly she felt a tug on her arm and she shrieked. A demon was still alive! It was scratching and biting at Kagome's skin on her arm. Kagome tried desperately to free herself as Inuyasha rushed over.
Tossing the dead demons off the top of the pile, Inuyasha reached the surviving demon and sank his claws into its throat. It went eerily still and Kagome exhaled deeply. Her arm was throbbing painfully.
"Let me see," Inuyasha demanded in a voice full of care and worry . Kagome gulped. Afraid of what she would see, Kagome slid her arm out of the rotting demon flesh and gasped at how mangled it looked. Inuyasha's eyes widened, and he tried to reassure her as she stood there gaping at it.
"Don't worry, it's probably the demon blood…" Gently grasping her arm, he led Kagome over to her backpack and searched through it. Pulling out a fresh roll of bandages, Inuyasha cleaned her cuts. Kagome was surprised at how he knew what he was doing. Maybe he had been paying attention to the times when she had cared for his wounds. She was also touched at how careful and gentle he was being with her arm. Normally he would've scoffed at a couple of scratches, but she wasn't complaining.
Inuyasha finished by wrapping her arm in bandages. Kagome raised her eyebrows. "Um, Inuyasha? My arm isn't broken, you don't need to wrap it up…"
He growled frustratingly at her and snapped, "Shut up." Giggling at his attitude, Kagome took her arm out of Inuyasha's grasp and slowly moved it, seeing where it hurt when she used it. Surprisingly, no pain shot up her shoulder and she smiled sweetly at Inuyasha.
"Thanks, good as new," she praised him and he blushed, looking away.
"Feh."
All the while Sango and Miroku were watching both of them closely. Since this morning, Kagome and Inuyasha had been unusually nice to each other. Sango had first noticed this when she felt something missing and then she figured it out…a lack of 'sit' commands. Nice comment or remarks had now taken the place of little arguments. But what really took her by surprise was the 'moment' Kagome and Inuyasha had just shared. She was sure that their hands had touched .It was brief and sudden yet Sango knew it was there. Oh how she longed to share something like that with Miroku. Then she felt eyes on her and instinctively looked at Miroku.
Miroku had been thinking things similar to Sango's and for some reason he looked up at her.
Then, she turned to him. Eyes locking, both of them blushed a rosy pink.
Shippo ,being an innocent little fox, was oblivious to all of this. "So…" , Shippo practically yelled "…guess were gonna have to camp out around here ,huh?"
Immediately, all four of the others seemed to snap out of their trance. Inuyasha looked up at the darkening sky and nodded his head in agreement.
It had been a good day ,which was rare in these feudal times, and didn't want to ruin it by walking all the way back to Kaede's village. They would save that trip for tomorrow.
This chp. Isn't long and they are all my ideas…okay maybe they're not…my friend helped me write some of it…well maybe most of it….but all the good parts are mine
:) ..okay well please R&R
