Holding the warm cup to her lips, Kagome took a small sip savoring the sweet and minty taste of the tea before humming in content.
"Was there anything you would like me to do for you Kaede-san?" looking towards the elder woman who was kneeling in front of her.
placing her own cup on her lap Kaede closed her right eye in thought before replying back- "i believe ye should help the people that seem to have come down with an odd sickness overnight."
Furrowing her brows slighty, Kagome placed her tea to her side before glancing up at Kaede, "by what do you mean odd illment Kaede-san?" Shaking her in confusion Kaede finally opened her eye before looking at the young miko, "It is as said child, I've only been told by Rin-chan that many have complained of stomach troubles with head pains that seem to come and go."
pursing up her lips slightly Kagome swiftly stood up before bowing towards the Elder miko. "then I should head out quickly to see to it, thank you for the tea." grabbing her medical basket that she had placed right by the door Kagome grabbed it and headed out with quicken pace.
Once in the village, Kagome quickly looked around her surroundings to see if anything looked any different that could maybe show her if what Kaede said spoke of any truth. She of course trusted the Elder miko'sm word but she did also want to see for herself if said odd sickness affected the performance of the villagers. A frown soon appeared on her once she noticed that not as many farmers that would be out and about were no where in sight, not even the children that would play around were seen.
Going up to the first house she saw, Kagome made her presence known before slowly pushing the shade of the hut aside to look at the first of many family and men that she would no doubt be assisting for the day. Taking in the man's who was currently in bed she walked on over before kneeling to the side, a young looking woman who appeared to be the mans wife quickly knelt down next to kagome with a worried expression that the miko couldn't help but be concern over.
"Lady Kagome please, my husband can't seem to recover quickly to what now has gotten him in bed due to the pains that he has been complaining about all morning."
Reaching her hand over to place her hand over the mans forehead, Kagome quickly retracted her hand back with a small gasp; the poor man was burning up! His forehead was now sheen in sweat that somehow she didn't seem to take notice to until he turned his head towards her when she touched him.
Quickly looking to the woman who knelt next to her Kagome instructed her to start boiling water, with the woman who took haste on getting to her feet to start the fire, Kagome went ahead and started on mixing herbs that she grabbed out of her basket.
Going over to the now boiling water on the fire place, the young woman grabbed a cup from the spare dishes she had that were at the corner of the small housing and quickly passed it to Kagome who filled it with water and added the mixed herb and began to stir them in; once the water was slowly turning to a deep crimson color did she quickly went over to the feverish man kneeling down once again still stirring in the medical herbs around.
"will he get better..?" asked the now timid woman who watched Kagome sit up her husband who slowly drank the medical tea and slowly descended back down letting out a soft breath. Watching the mans breathing which now seemed calm down quite a bit did she slowly nodded her head, "he should still try to get as much rest and not overexert himself, please be sure to keep him cool to lower his temperature. "
After talking to the worried woman and making sure everything was set for her sick husband, did Kagome finally decided to bid them a goodbye and quickly set on helping more of the sick families that needed her.
With the sun now lowering down on her back was she able to finally take a small breath before going to the last home that she had yet to visit. With the cool breeze hitting against her form, Kagome started to slow down her pacing when she started to slowly lose herself into her thoughts, how was it that just overnight did so many people just fall ill? it made no sense especially with how quickly it had took over..
Stopping in her steps now, she deepen her frown realizing a minor factor from the picture she was trying to piece together,
' if almost everyone fell ill, why didn't I and Shijima did so as well?'
before letting herself think more on it, she shook her head and once again went on her way to reach her last destination for the day.
Shaking her head slightly while she crossed her arms across her chest, Sango sat next to her husband who was currently in a heated conversation with Inuyasha.
"how are ya' going to tell me that it wasn't the case when i was literally AROUND when it was beginning to happen?!"
"I suppose I don't see your point of things since it doesn't appear to make much sense my friend."
"EXACTLY!, so just shut your trap and LISTEN- "
Quickly drawing the attention of the two men away from each other did sango finally spoke up, "let's start from the beginning once more, to get a much better understanding of things shall we?"
Huffing out irritably at having to repeat himself again, Inuyasha only crossed his arms into his sleeves and 'keh'd' softly under his breath.
these damn humans, didn't they clean their damn ears once in a while?
Looking back up at the former taijiya and monk in front of him, Inuyasha began to slump back against the wall he had prompted himself up against and sighed heavily. "Last night when I was in Kagome's home with the pup i picked up an odd smell, it didn't seemed to linger around since i only smelt it for a quick moment before it went away such as fast. Don't know if that was the only weird thing though.."
Amber eyes soon took over a harden gaze on the two figure in front of them with a deep frown on his lips. "If that wasn't the weird part then this morning was; with a lot of the men and woman as well as the farmers were slowly starting to whine out in pain when they were getting up."
Cupping her chin in thought, Sango slowly nodded repeating the hanyou's words back in her mind. It really didn't seem to fit with the conclusion Inuyasha had put together, if there was a smell that had appeared for only a second before disappearing then how was it connected to the sudden ill plague that was set on the people?
Miroku's thoughts seemed to connect with Sango's who looked over to him trying to also piece the two things together. Sighing softly Miruko rolled his shoulders back and looked at Inuyasha who by now closed his eyes frowning in deep in thought, if a small matter of an odd smell bothered his hanyou friend he couldn't just brush it
off to the side and pretend it pose to problem. No he could't do that, this was something that made Inuyasha quickly come to them and talk it out to figure out what exactly could've caused both the odd scent and ill that soon long after affected many of the villagers that was housed within the tiny community .
The only issue in this was that it wasn't connecting to anything...
Which that alone made it even more odd to the monk.
"Inuyasha" the hanyous ears twitched towards the noise before letting a single eye crack open to regard Miruko. "if what you say is true, why didn't you stay around to try to gauze out more of this issue?"
sitting up straight from his position Inuyasha shot Miruko a quick glare before snarling softly under his breath, " and why exactly do you think I'm here now monk?! ya think i would jump away at the given chance that danger was lurking around? im not that damn flea Miyoga!"
quickly raising both hands up in defense from the seething hanyou in front of him " don't take it in any offense, I simply just asked since you are here talking quite civilly about this matter."
Mumbling under his breath Inuyasha once again slumped back against the wall glaring at the offending monk that he almost wished would evaporate right where he sat at.
Sango sighed before placing her hand on her Miruko's shoulder and shook her head, " We didn't mean to offend you Inuyasha, it's just that this really has no meaning to what you are trying to have us understand."
Standing up from her spot Sango quickly took a glance behind her before looking back to the two males " if anything i think it is something to look into just in case anything bad were to happen. It wouldn't hurt to take a quick look around after all" Once straightening her skirt out as she padded herself down, Sango looked at Inuyasha concernedly, wasn't everyday for him to drop by for a visit and speaking calmly about something as serious as this as he made it out to believe.
Then again he wasn't the same Hanyou as before to begin with. Inuyasha had long since began to cool down on his temper tantrums and actually took his time in evaluating his situations better before jumping into a fight. Which she was pretty sure Kagome was extremely pleased with, speaking of the young miko-
"How's Kagome, Inuyasha? the last i've heard of her was several weeks ago especially with how much Shijima had taken up of her time" shrugging as a response to Sango's question Inuyasha regarded Sango with a small hint of humor in his eyes. " That damn pup is always hogging up Kagome, you would think he was secluded within himself with how cold he treats other people but once Kagome appears he turns to a clingy pup" Smiling at the thought of a neutral looking puo to an excited as the next, Sango let out a small huff of amusement before looking down at her monk.
Miruko had seemed to be in his thoughts since he hadn't paid much attention to both his wife and friend, feeling an odd burning feeling behind his back did he glance at Sango who towered over him with a grim look on her. Letting out his signature charming smile did he decide to acknowledge her "what seems to be the issue my dear Sango?" he made sure she had his entire attention to him while he had sneakingly cupped behind her massaging her back side lovingly.
twitching her eyes shut Sango quickly shoved Miruko to the side before storming out of their shared hut muttering words such as 'hentai' and 'never going to change' under her breath. no matter how long they've been together, you would think the monk would finally keep his damn hands to himself.
Looking back at Inuyasha once more did Miruko finally furrowed his eyebrows in a mock question, "I suppose you didn't wait around to let Kagome know of this incident?"
flattening his ears back on his head guiltily, Inuyasha let out a soft sigh before shaking his head, "I dont need Kagome worrying about this if it turns out to be something stupid"
Nodding in understanding, Miruko glanced down on his lap before once again speaking. " If this concerns you as much as you are saying it does, i'll talk to Sango so that we can take a trip to Lady Kaede's village to inspect around closely to ease your mind."
Standing up just as sudden, Inuyasha began to walk away from the monk only letting out a small grunt in response back. He appreciated Miruko for offering to help take a look around the area because if anyone was able to get a hit of something malicious, as sadly as it is the truth; Miruko would be the man to catch trail of it.
Nodding towards Sango as he stepped out their home did he noticed her a few feet away with two children playing around her did Inuyasha finally set his course back towards Kaede's place.
He wasn't going to risk anything else if he had anything to do with it, not when he was negligent the last time something serious had occurred especially when it was happening under his damn back.
Growling under his breath softly, he clutched his hands into fist feeling his nails dig into his skin slightly which helped snap him out of his quicken rising anger before stomping it down as quickly as he had felt it.
No, he wasn't going to take any chances this time.