How Will I Know
Disclaimer: Well, that all folks. Just kidding, here's the chapter. That I own. But I don't own the characters. Or any InuYasha.
Chapter 7: AftermathInuYasha stood in the middle of the downpour, staring at the sky as if it would bring Kagome back to him. As the rain landed on his face and in his eyes, he felt them grow hot. He knew what was coming next, and shook his head, ridding himself of the emotions. He stared at the floor, unmoving.
"I'm so sorry Kagome…"
Shippou groaned and stumbled to his feet.
"Ow, what a headache!" Shippou said as he stood. When he saw the dolls on the ground had left scorch marks and disappeared and the fire had dwindled to embers, he remembered Kagome, and 'Miroku's' special fish.
"Kagome!" Shippou whined, and sprinted down into the back of the cave. He hit a barrier, but pushed right through it. He paused to examine it for a second, and it dissolved the rest of the way. He turned the corner and nearly fainted with shock. Kirara had been just around the last corner, and when something like that appeared out of nowhere, it could be pretty scary.
"InuYasha!" Shippou called when he spotted him. He didn't even flick an ear in his direction. Kirara walked up to Shippou, now in her kitten form, and led him to Sango and Miroku, clearly motioning that InuYasha needed to be left alone. Miroku and Sango were flinchingly sitting up, rubbing their heads.
"Shippou!" Sango said in a slightly strained voice. "I'm glad you're ok. Those puppets had poisoned fish."
"I noticed." Shippou said, holding his stomach.
After about an hour of slowly recovering, Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara were back on their feet and could have jogged to the front of the cave and back. They were all sitting in a solemn circle, watching InuYasha with many questions, but first and foremost of them was 'Where's Kagome?' The only trouble was when Shippou tried to talk to him he snarled and returned to staring at the floor.
Soon, however, InuYasha came over to the group with such a gleam in his eyes that even Naraku would doubt his own power against this half-demon.
"Let's go." InuYasha said; roughly, ordering. No one asked anything, they just followed him, not scared, but a little shaken at his expression.
As they walked along at a brisk pace led and maintained by InuYasha, the rain lightened up, but the clouds overhead remained. InuYasha explained hastily the situation, and how they needed to find Kagura so they could find Kagome. All this cursed rain, though… the only thing he could smell was the wet earth. InuYasha soon circled the whole perimeter of the cave. Half-way through the second circle, a traveler came up to them. InuYasha nearly bit the old man's head off, and then kept walking, annoyed. Sango and Miroku apologized for InuYasha's behavior, and the old man agreed it needed work, but he'd forgive him.
"Well, we have to keep looking for a Wind Sorcress… have you seen someone who rides a feather around here?"
"Actualy, yes, I have… she had a girl with her, looked as if she was sleeping."
InuYasha stopped dead in his tracks, and began interrogating the old man.
"Ha, you're sweet on that girl, aren't you?" The old man concluded. InuYasha blushed slightly. He didn't say anything more on that matter, he just pressed for an answer to which way they went.
"Well then," the old man said with a wink to Miroku and Sango, " Your lady friend and the wind sorceress headed west." Miroku and Sango thought this old man was funny, but, they were on a mission, so they thanked him and Kirara transformed. Sango, Miroku, and Shippou climbed on her back, and they were off. InuYasha paused for a minute to look for Kagome in the spur of the moment, and then remembered. He took off after Kirara, soon passing her. The hunt was on!
Yes, the hunt is indeed on! Fetch, InuYasha! Hurry!