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The Feudal Era Across the Street

Chapter 15: The Journey Continues

A day has passed since they came back to Feudal era. Yusuke was glad to be back because he didn't have to go to school.

They were on their way to a village. A rumor was going around that there was a village with some sort of problem. The rumors were vague, so they didn't know if it was from a demon or maybe some freak accidents. As they drew nearer and nearer to the village, the weather became stranger and stranger. At first, it was the normal heat wave they were experiencing back with Kaede, but it became hotter and hotter until it became unbearable.

"I can't walk anymore," Yusuke panted.

"Will you just shut- Oh, I give up. It's too hot," Inuyasha complained.

"If you stop complaining, this would be much easier," Kagome said. She too was affected by the heat.
"The heat isn't that bad," Hiei commented.
"Easy for you to say. You're love fire," Kuwabara retorted.

Kilala was flying through the sky. Being a fire cat has its advantages. For one thing, heat isn't a big issue. As Kilala flew, she spotted something strange. There were thunder clouds up ahead, but it was small and it was too close to the ground. Kilala flew back down to the others. She nudged Sango.
"What is it, Kilala?" Sango droopily asked. Kilala growled and pointed where the stranger cloud was.

"Let's go check it out," Miroku said. He was standing right next to Sango and he had no energy left to do his 'perverted' methods.

They followed Kilala to an opening. There was the sound of water nearby and a screaming person. The person was running toward them and he was being chased by something. They looked carefully and saw a small rain cloud. It was raining on the poor man. The man was soaking wet.

"If you ask me, that's a blessing in disguise," Yusuke said.
"No one asked you," Hiei said.

The man ran by them and Yusuke asked, "Why are you freaking out? This rain cloud is great in this heat."

The man stopped and the rain cloud began raining on him. "It isn't great if you're being rained on for the last week."

"Week?" Shippo exclaimed.

"Yes," the man said sadly.

"But why?" Kagome asked.

"Because the village guardian is unhappy with us and has decided to curse those who oppose him," he explained. Then he sneezed.

"Some guardian, using his powers to bully people around," said Kuwabara angrily.

"Shh, don't say things like that. The guardian will hear you and curse you too."

Yusuke snorted. "Who would want to curse Kuwabara? He's already cursed with that face of his."

"Urameshi! I'll kill you!" Kuwabara shouted and chased after him.

"Will you take us to your village? Maybe we can help," Kagome asked sweetly.
"No, no, no, no, if the guardian finds out, we'll be plagued by floods and blizzards and who knows what else!" the man said, nearly screaming. He ran off into a random direction into the forest.

"That was weird," Inuyasha said.

"I say we follow him," Yusuke said as he dodged a punch sent by Kuwabara.

"But he just ran off into a random direction," Shippo said.

"Unless the village is concealed in the forest," Kurama said.

"Let's go," Kuwabara said after he blocked a hit from Yusuke.

They raced off into the forest, but there was no sign of any traps or obstacles that might protect a village hiding from travelers. It was normal, except for the weather of course. It was getting hotter! It had to be at least a 110 degrees, well, that's what Yusuke was claiming. There was only one sign that ment they were getting closer and that was a dried up spring and dead, dried up plants.

But, sadly, their efforts were in vain. Any traces of the man had disappeared and the running just made them even hotter and tired. They managed to find shade in a huge tree. As they rested, Shippo saw something moving. It wasn't in the bushes. He saw the tree's shadow moving. There was no wind, but then the shadow of a head popped out.

"Guys, I think someone is in the tree," Shippo said.

"What?" Inuyasha asked irritably.

Everyone looked up and sure enough, someone was in the tree and not only that, but there was a house. A tree house. They looked around and saw more tree houses. People had made a village completely in the trees. But they looked around more closely, only half of the village was in the trees. They saw huts on the ground a little farther than they were resting.

"Geez, how could we miss that?" Yusuke asked.

"Maybe the heat is just giving us illusions," Kagome suggested.

"I don't think so, at least not an illusion this big," Kurama said.

"Well, the heat did make us miss that," Miroku said.

"Hey, why didn't short stack tell us anything? He likes fire and heat," Kuwabara wondered as he wiped the sweat of his forehead. They looked back and saw Hiei asleep near the tree. They sweat dropped.

"Even though Hiei enjoys fire, it does get tiring running in this heat," Kurama said, "I'm surprised no one else has fallen- never mind." They saw Yusuke, Shippo, and Kilala were talking naps underneath the tree.

The man they saw earlier came up to them. The rain cloud was still there. "What are you doing here?"

"We've come to help you out, whether you like it or not," Kagome said menacingly.

"Fine," he replied, "Maybe you can find a way to rid me of this accursed cloud so I can return to my family." The man turned around. "Come follow me." They woke Hiei and Yusuke up and carried Shippo and Kilala so they could keep sleeping.

The man led them to the area of the huts on the ground. They saw many other people with strange weather issues. Some people had a blizzard over their head and some hurricane, while others just had lightening. The lightening didn't look very strong though.

They entered the man's hut. The hut was wet everywhere and the ground was muddy.

"I apologize for the condition of my home. It's because of this damn cloud," the man said.

"Don't worry, we understand," Kagome said.

"So when did all this cursing start?" Miroku asked.

"It all started a week ago. Our guardian began cursing people as a punishment for crimes against nature," the man explained, "But the so-called crimes against nature were accidents."

"Accidents? What kind of accidents?" Yusuke said, trying to hold back a yawn.

"Well, for me, I accidently stepped on a flower while trying to catch my daughter who was falling from the tree."

"That's not fair!" Kuwabara shouted, "But why does half the village live in trees?"
"It's because for generations everyone here has respected nature and we've made it our home. Our guardian has also protected this village from intruders and outsiders. But when one of us was cursed, we were forced to live on the ground because our strange weather predicaments would cause the wood in the tree houses to rot. The guardian has never revealed its power of weather like this."

"Oh, did you have a reason for leaving your village today?" Sango asked.

"I wanted to see how far the weather powers of our guardian had spread."

"The control of weather of this guardian must be great because its effects have reached all the way to the village we came from," Miroku commented.

"Our guardian is a kind spirit, why would something like this happen?"

"Maybe there's a demon threatening it or something," suggested Kuwabara.

"It could be, but what does a demon gain from all this?" Miroku wondered.

"The suffering of others?" Yusuke asked.

"Do you sense any shards, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, completely ignoring what Yusuke said.

"No, at least not yet."

"We should still check it out," Kurama said, "Naraku could be behind this."

"But before we go, one more question," Sango said, "Is all this heat the guardian's fault? I hardly think one guardian would cause a heat wave this bad." The man nodded.

"The guardian is located in a shrine in the middle of the forest and they only way they could get there was by using a cave system about a mile from the village. But the cave is infested by demons," he said, "Be careful."

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CrazyDreamerGirl: I know, this is kinda short, but it's better than nothing. I'm flooded with homework.Feel free to ask any questions, but some might be answered later on. Anyway, here are the replies:

ficfan3484: I thought it was sweet too, and I needed to add some more romance.

sleep all day rock all night: Kikyo will make an appearance later on, same with Sesshomaru. You just have to wait!

JoannaKuwabara: You are too kind!

shadowyoukokitsune: I'll try!

Hirina: Hm, high school wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Parksennarion: Thank you!

Time and Fate: Miroku could tell because I figured he's a monk so he needs to be able to tell fakes like that apart. It's kinda like how he can actually sense a house or something possessed by a demon, when he's not lying of course. And also when Yusuke pointed to the real one, nothing happened to show he was right so Miroku also took that as a little clue.

Easy-Company-506101: Hm, I didn't think of that. I'll do it next time!

Rei Minamino: Kurama and Shippo are my favorite too!

Mikichi the Vampire Slayer: I'm glad you like my story!

Soul's Eclipse: I'll try!