Please forgive me for taking forever to update! I started school again, and before that, I was at my summer home where we don't have any computer. So, I don't own any of the InuYasha characters except Sakura... so... on to the story!
Chapter 3
Later that night, the gang stopped in at a small cottage. Shippou was sleeping on Kagome's lap, Kirara was asleep on Sango's knee, and Sango slept with her head on Miroku's shoulder. Kagome and InuYasha sat around the fire pit, whispering about the days advents.
"InuYasha, please." Kagome begged quietly, "We have to go find Sakura! With no one to protect her, and no friends for her to go to, she might get hurt!"
"So what! I made it out alive. She'll be just fine. She has more power than you think. Believe me."
Kagome clenched her fist. "InuYasha, you have us, and before that, you were asleep for 50 years! Before that, you had Kikyo, and before that, you had your mother!"
InuYasha gazed into the fire. "Still. It's different with me." He looked into Kagome's glowing brown eyes. "Don't give me that look! Fine. If it makes you feel better, I'll look for her in the morning."
"Thank you InuYasha." Kagome smiled happily.
SOMEWHERE IN THE FOREST
"My lord," said Sakura as she sat down with her back against a tree. "Tell me, do you know anyone by the name of 'InuYasha'?"
"Why would you want to know that?" he asked in return.
"Just wondering is all." She watched as Sesshoumau yanked Jaken's staff from him and lit the fire. "So, do you?"
"You could say that I know him I guess. We're not all that close."
"I'll say they aren't!" Jaken yelled. "InuYasha is Lord Sesshoumaru's younger half-brother! They've been in battle since he was born, but..." he stood on a rock and raised his fist into the air, "Lord Sesshoumaru will dominate! ... eventually..."
Sesshoumaru chucked Jaken's staff back at him, knocking him off the rock into a small puddle.
"So he's your brother, huh?" Sakura asked, "Why do you hate him so much?"
"No reason that concerns you." Sesshoumaru replied.
"Because he's half human!" Jaken shouted as he jumped back onto his now "special" rock. "No demon with the blood of a human is worth keeping on this earth! Lord Sesshoumaru has been trying to destroy them all!"
"Oh, really?" Sakura said as she started to fake a cry. "All half demons?"
Sesshoumaru chucked an even larger rock at Jaken's head. "No. Not all half demons. Some are worth keeping. Even I'll admit to it." He sat beside Sakura and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Don't worry about that."
Sakura put her head on Sesshoumaru's shoulder and fell asleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
InuYasha woke up early only to fulfill Kagome's wishes and begin his search for the lost half demon Sakura. Kagome jumped on his back, and the others climbed onto Kirara.
"InuYasha," Miroku whined, "I know you want to find Sakura, but couldn't you have waited just two more hours!" He put his staff around Sango's waist as they lifted into the air. "I can barely stay on Kirara!" A smirk slithered across his face. "But, if I had something better to hang onto..." his hands slowly inched closer to Sango's butt. "Then I'd have no trouble at all..."
"Hands off Monk!" Sango roared as she slapped him on the cheek. "You can't be that tired."
"It was worth a try!" The monk said as his face brightened. "Well worth a try."
"Idiot." Shippou said quietly as he rolled his eyes. "When will you ever learn Miroku?"
Miroku shrugged. "Probably never..." he said happily.
ACROSS THE FOREST
"Sakura, wake up. It's morning." Jaken's voice stirred the sleeping girl.
"I want popcorn for breakfast honey." Sakura answered in a dazed voice. "With lots of butter."
"H-HONEY! And what is this "popcorn" thing you're talking about? Come on you worthless half demon! Wake up!"
"Sure sweetie. As soon as I get my clothes on." She started taking off her shirt.
Jaken's eyes lit up. "My LORD!" he shouted, "Lord Sesshoumaru! Help!" He ran behind the tall demon standing on the other side of the girl. "What is she doing?"
"Silence Jaken." He said quietly. "She's still asleep." He walked over and pulled Sakura's shirt back down. "Sakura. It's time to wake up."
The girl's eyes opened. "Oh! Good morning my Lord. Did you sleep well?" She looked over to the panting Jaken. "What's with him?" She asked as she stood up and gave Sesshoumaru a hug.
"We must leave now." Sesshoumaru said after she broke away. "I need something in the next town over."
Sakura shrugged and followed the demon down the path towards the nearest village. He didn't want to tell her, but InuYasha was directly behind them—and closing in fast.
INUYASHA AND THE GANG
The gang stopped at the place that was just left by Sesshoumaru and Sakura. "I can smell her now!" InuYasha said happily.
"Good!" Kagome smiled. "She's alright."
"Don't be to sure." InuYasha replied as the smile left to reveal a blank stare. "I can smell someone else—and I know just who it is."
The gang looked at him. "Who!" they all shouted.
"My favorite brother, Sesshoumaru!" InuYasha said sarcastically.