It took a little while for my wounds to heal from the assault from Kagura and the boy called Kohaku. To my surprise it seemed to heal quicker than I thought it would, letting us depart out in about a week. With this time Kagome went back to our world through the well to get me some clothes and supplies that I really needed if we were going to be fighting demons and looking for this Naraku person. I couldn't stand wearing those kimonos for another second, so restrictive that I couldn't run and fight as effectively as I could during training.
The morning of our departure I quickly got up and dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt, fearing that it would become cold by nightfall. I clasped the hair ties that Kagome brought back, and tied my light brown hair in a bun to avoid it getting in my face. Oh, how I hated that. I picked up my sporting bag, which had several clothes and other necessities like food and such for storage, as Kagome was already carrying so much. I proceeded to head out of Kaede's hut to try and not wake anyone up.
"You forgot something," a voice came out suddenly. I turned around to see that Inuyasha had woken up, his eyes directed at something on the floor. Confused I looked down at the ground.
"Oh that, that completely slipped my mind," I said bending down to grab the sword that I had found in the storage house back home before I had fallen down the hole. Damn this thing, I thought. I glared at the weapon in annoyance, as it was a reminder of the fact that I was stuck here. Stupid thing, I should have just left it at the room and been on my way. Me and my stupid curiosity.
I sighed tying the sword to the belt of my waist, feeling the familiar touch of a weapon from training. I looked up at Inuyasha to see him getting up and waking the others up. I stood silent waiting for them to get up at the door getting lost in my thoughts.
I wonder where we would be heading first? Could this Naraku be looking for me at this very moment? Heh let him come, and we'll see what happens. He thinks he can scare me by sending his dogs, that bastard. I smiled at the thought.
"Hey Kaname, we are ready," called inuyasha. I nodded heading outside. I felt something come at my shoulder, I turned, and surprised to see Shippou comes to sit there. He looked at my face, his eyes oozing with concern. I smiled, trying to reassure him. How adorable, I like this kid.
"Don't worry Shippou I'm alright let's head out," I turned to the others as they watched my reaction carefully. "Don't worry, I'm ready for anything, I'm not as weak as I look." I smirked walking towards the trail. "Thank you again Kaede!" And so we went on . . ..
Days past by with nothing happening. Kagome felt no presence of the Sacred Jewel and Inuyasha could not smell anything at all which put the group in a damper mood.
"Agh, what the hell is this why couldn't we find anything so far? I'm not detecting any smell of Naraku or that witch, Kagura," yelled Inuyasha all of a sudden, as we descended down the trail. I sighed seeing this as one of his tantrums. He always seems to do this, the idiot. I looked beside me as Kagome looked exasperated as well.
"What do you expect us to do Inuyasha," replied Miroku in a bored voice. "All we can do is look for more shards of the Jewel, since all Naraku's castle is protected by some barrier. And we have not encountered that Kagura woman again as of yet. Not since that incident with Kouga." Kouga?
"You mean the leader of the Wolf Demon Tribe you mentioned before," I asked. Miroku turned to me smiling slightly.
"Why yes, Kaname-san how observant of you. Such a keen ear you have indeed." I narrowed my eyes as he approached me taking my hand in his. Stupid monk, I should smack him. "My dear won't you reconsider bearing my-"
SMACK!
I tried to hold back a laugh as Sango kicked him making him fall to the ground on his butt. I looked at her and saw the annoyed look that crossed her face. Woah, she doesn't . . . She turned away sharply and continued to walk ahead, as Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou merely held exasperated expressions directed at Miroku.
"Does he always do this?" I asked Kagome in a whisper. She nodded, being careful to walk as slowly as possible, in hope to not let Sango hear clearly.
"He was always a letcher, the idiot. Pay no mind he always does this Kaname," replied Inuyasha ahead of us, a little to loudly. "I mean I have no idea why Sango is bothered, the monk clearly has no interest-"
"INUYASHA SIT!" screamed Kagome, out of nowhere. Inuyasha suddenly fell to the ground by a pull of his necklace with such a force that I think I heard the ground tremble. Wow, he is an idiot.
"Gah what an idiot he doesn't know when to shut up," said Shippou with a sigh.
"No kidding," I replied shaking my head.
Soon we approached a village in the distance with a pond around a five-minute walk from the entrance to the village. There was fog all over, making it difficult to see. I walked faster putting Shippou on Kagome's shoulder.
"I'll go ahead and fill some bottles with water, who wants to accompany me," I asked jogging ahead.
"I will, Inuyasha, Miroku why don't you wait for us?" replied Sango, as she handed her Hiriakus to Inuyasha to carry. He looked sullen to be carrying the huge thing on his own as we started to walk quickly to the pond.
When we approached and slowly started to fill the bottles with water, I instantly felt a presence nearby. I lowered myself trying to focus myself at the voices approaching.
"Where did that wench go, how dare she insult the oil keepers young master!" yelled an angry voice. What is this, are they looking for someone? An uneasy feeling started to sit itself at the pit of my stomache.
"Once you find Koharu, I want you all to beat her until she begs for mercy," drooled a small voice.
"Agh those pigs," I whispered.
"We will consider it an honor my lord,' replied another voice. My head snapped as I heard that the voices were coming from Sango's direction. I rose and started to go to her. I got there just when she hit one of the men coming at her.
"What business do you have with me, I have not done anything!" she yelled harshly. I touched her shoulder glaring at the men ahead. There were four carrying wooden sticks in their hands, and another sitting on a horse with several injuries form the looks of it.
"You all right," I whispered. She nodded.
"She is not Koharu my lord, neither is the other woman with her," said one of the men, looking startled at Sango's assault I guessed.
"What do you want exactly?" I asked the men, hand reaching for my bag to grab for a weapon of some sort. I'm not going to pull my sword; these are just normal villagers from the looks of them. I glared at the man on the horse as he started to leer at Sango. Agh the creep.
'Such beauty, bring her with us men," he commanded while staring at Sango. "Bring the other woman perhaps she can please one of you as a prize."
"Yes my lord," replied the men, smiling at us disgustingly. "Now you shall come with us, do not resist." I wasn't looking at the men, as I had noticed a girl come out of the bushes ahead, running with all her might. She looked no older than 13 or 14 years old. Is this the girl they were looking for? The men started to approach us with their sticks held high, Sango crouched ready to fight. I started to lower my bag, when I heard footsteps behind us. I turned to see inuyasha running towards us with an angry expression on his face.
Within minutes, he had punched the men to the ground and hit the 'young lord' on the face making them all in a rush. I glanced behind me and saw a girl bowing down.
"Thank you, you saved me," a young girl said in her shrilly voice.
"Hey you guys what has happened," shouted Miroku in the distance. We all turned to him and he stopped staring at the girl. She froze and started to smile.
"It is really you Miroku!" she ran to him and started hugging him. We all stared wondering what the hell was going on.