Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Kagome have taken refuge inside an abandoned cabin not to far from the dungeon.
"It has been 4 days since we came to this cabin, and Kagome still has not woken up. I am starting to worry about her." Sango said.
"Do not worry Sango; I believe that Kagome is a strong girl. She will not give up this easily." Miroku assured her.
"It is not only Kagome that I am worried about." Miroku said, eyeing Inuyasha. Inuyasha has not gotten up from his spot by Kagome ever since they came to stay in the cabin.
"He looks terrible." Sango complained.
"Yeah, he does, he has not eaten anything for 4 days straight, nor has he had a wink of sleep." confirmed Miroku.
"Inuyasha must really care about her." Sango said.
"Please Kagome, wake up already." "I am so worried about you." Inuyasha thought. He would say it aloud but would not want Miroku or Sango to hear him.
"Where am I?" Kagome thought she was conscious but she could not seem to open her eyes or speak, but she could hear Miroku and Sango talking in a distance. Kagome was standing in pitch-black darkness. She could not even tell if she was standing or floating.
She saw something blurry ahead of her, something red. Inuyasha! Kagome thought. She tried to reach out to him, but he just turned around and disappeared. Kagome could hear someone whispering in a distance. She could not understand what she was hearing because whoever was speaking they were speaking very softly.
However, as she went towards the direction of the voice it became louder. The voice said," Kagome please wake up already." I am so worried about you." The voice that she was hearing was a voice of a man. It did not take her too long to figure out it was Inuyasha that she was hearing. His words just kept repeating, until finally she opened her eyes one week later.
It was dark when she looked around. It may be nighttime right now. Kagome thought. She tried to get up to get a better look at where she was. However, when she tried to get up she felt a sharp pain in her arms and side and she let out a soft yelp.
"Hopefully, I didn't wake anyone up. Kagome muttered. However, Inuyasha was jerked awake when he heard Kagome's soft whisper.
"Kagome didn't take any notice to Inuyasha and his staring eyes; instead she was paying too much attention to the bandages that covered her body and when she would touch any part of her body she would feel a searing pain.
"You should not really be doing that." Inuyasha whispered as quietly as he could, not wanting to wake up Sango and Miroku who were sleeping soundly in the far corner of the cabin.
"Kagome, looked at Inuyasha and asked," What happened?" The last thing I could remember was that you were holding me and then I passed out." Kagome stated.
"You were injured very badly and you had all these shards of glass stuck in your flesh." "Sango suggested that we take you to a place with some shelter and she bandaged you up." Inuyasha said. "We thought you were dead." Inuyasha said softly.
"How long was I out for?" asked Kagome
"I think about 2 weeks." Inuyasha said. "I don't think you should move around because you are not fully healed yet." Inuyasha stated
"It's still dark out so why don't you just lie down and get some sleep and we will talk in the morning okay?" Inuyasha asked.
"Okay." Kagome said. "Good Night Inuyasha." Kagome whispered.
"Good night Kagome." Inuyasha said. Moreover, they both fell asleep and waited for the sun to rise.
It was around mid-day when Kagome finally stirred awake. She got up and wobbled outside to get some fresh air but she lost her balance, and a pair of strong arms caught her before she had the chance to fall to the ground.
"Hey, what are you doing outside, didn't I tell you to not get up." Your wounds have not fully healed yet." Inuyasha said.
"Yeah, I know, but I wanted to get some fresh air." Kagome stated. "By the way, where is Sango and Miroku?" Kagome asked.
"Oh, they went to get some food and medical herbs for your wounds, in fact here they come now. Inuyasha announced
"Kagome-Chan!" squealed Sango. Sango approached Kagome with caution trying so hard not to give her a bone-crushing hug.
"Are you all right now?" Sango asked
"Yeah, a little bit better." Kagome said slyly
"Kagome, I have brought you some medical herbs that we can make into a soup and let you drink it, and it will make you feel better." Miroku said in a cheery voice.
"Thank you, Miroku that was very kind of you." Kagome said
"There is no need to thank me, but a kiss will do." Miroku said mischievously. Kagome was blushing furiously at Miroku's remark.
"Um. Thank you Miroku and Sango for all this medical herbs, and I know it probably took a long time for you both to gather these, but I think Kaede can heal me faster, and then we can be on our way."
"Yes, Kagome is certainly right." Miroku chimed in.
"Ok, Kagome, call Kaede and do not worry about the herbs it really didn't take that long to gather them."
Kagome then rubbed her necklace and called Kaede. Kaede, please come and heal me." Kagome stated.
Like usual, Kaede appeared right in front of Kagome but this time she appeared with only a towel over herself and her clothes in hand.
"WAHHHHHH!" screamed Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Kagome. Shielding their eyes and screaming in horror.
"Put your clothes back on, you old hag!" Inuyasha screamed.
"I would look at you right now, but you are not my type." Miroku said. With that, Sango bonked him on the head.
"Oh calm down children. Kaede said. With that, she put on her clothes and everyone was relieved.
"Kagome, child what happened?" Kaede asked with a concerned look in her voice eyeing Kagome's bandaged body
"A demon named Ogumo kidnapped me and took me to a dungeon and tried to kill me but I think I have some magical powers because when he tired to touch me his hands bolted away. He said it felt like his hands were being purified and tortured at the same time." Kagome stated
"Ah, yes, indeed, you do have some powers." Kaede said "The reason that Ogumo's hands were searing with pain because Angels purify tainted evil things, while, Vampires will torture anything in its path." Kaede stated, "Who is this Ogumo by the way?" Kaede asked.
"He said that he was one of Naraku's minions." Kagome stated.
"I see, Kagome you must watch out for yourself more okay, because Naraku will send people after you." "Do not trust anyone." Kaede stated. "Now, I can heal you, but I would rather let you heal yourself."
"What? I don't think that I have those kinds of powers." Kagome said
"But you do have those powers little Kagome, you just haven't discovered it yet." Kaede stated, "Give me your hand, Kagome." Kaede said. Kagome then reached out for Kaede's hand. Kaede then took Kagome's hand and placed it on Kagome's arm.
"How does it feel?" Kaede asked
"It feels a lot better, the pain is practically gone." Kagome said with a hint of relief in her voice.
"How come my healing powers work now?" Kagome asked
"Well, you can make your healing powers happen anytime; you just have to focus like you are doing now. Kaede stated.
"Okay, thank you Kaede." Kagome stated.
"It looks like your arm is fully healed now. Kaede said in a cheery voice. "Just keep doing that to the rest of your body, or you can just meditate and focus on your healing powers, that should only take about 10 minutes." "Goodbye, Kagome." Kaede said.
"Goodbye Kaede." Within a blink of an eye, Kaede was gone in a flash.
"You heard the hag, start meditating now, so we can get moving." Inuyasha said in an annoying voice.
"Okay." Kagome said. Kagome sat down inside the cabin and concentrated on her healing powers. She felt a tremendous rush of calmness rush throughout her body. She could feel her wounds healing. After 10 minutes, she felt like she was never hurt at all.
"Hey, are you done now?" asked Inuyasha
"Yeah, I'm done, thanks for waiting guys. Kagome said standing up.
"Okay guys lets get moving!" Miroku said in a cheery voice.
"Where are we anyway?" Kagome asked looking around.
"We are north from the Fukai Mountains." We better hurry if we want to get to Naraku." Inuyasha exclaimed
"So the three of them walked for what seemed like two hours and they were tired and hungry and their feet were in pain.
"Can we stop now and rest for a bit?" Kagome asked.
"No, we have to keep going if we want to get to Naraku." Inuyasha snarled.
"C'mon Inuyasha just let us rest for a bit, Kagome will cook you some ramen!" Miroku said. When, Inuyasha heard the word "ramen" his ears twitched.
"Okay we can rest. But I get two cups of ramen got that?" Inuyasha stated.
"Yes. Inuyasha you can get two cups of ramen." Kagome said relieved. So the three of them sat down by a tree near a stream, and Miroku went to the stream to get some water for the ramen noodles and some branches for a fire, while Sango, Inuyasha, and Kagome sat and rested and waited for Miroku's return.
Miroku was down by the stream fetching some water and was humming to himself when he heard someone cry out in pain. He ran towards the direction of the voice, to see a little girl crying in pain because her foot was stuck between two rocks.
"Do you need some help?" Miroku asked.
"Yes, I could really use your help." The girl said. Miroku then stepped down to help the little girl. Once he got her out of the rocks, he asked what her name was.
"My name is Kanna." The girl replied.
"Where are your parents?" Miroku asked.
"They're dead." Kanna said with a glint of sadness in her eyes.
"Why, don't you stay with us?" Miroku said in a cheery voice.
"Really?" Kanna said.
"Yeah." Miroku said. Therefore, Miroku and Kanna fetched the water for the ramen and gathered some branches for the fire. When Miroku finally came back to where Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sango were, they were all asleep.
"HEY, GUYS WAKE UP!" Miroku yelled. They were all awake and alarmed in about a second.
"Why were you yelling?" snarled Inuyasha
"I brought back the water and branches for the ramen, and I also found this little girl named Kanna." Kanna smiled slyly behind Miroku.
"What a cute little girl!" squealed Sango and Kagome.
"Keh, I just want to eat my ramen." Inuyasha said.
"Okay, geez Inuyasha." Kagome said annoyed.
Therefore, while they all were eating their ramen, they were talking about how they are going to find Naraku.
"Who is this Naraku you guys are talking about?" Kanna asked feeling left out on their conversation.
"Oh I forgot to mention to you why we are on this journey." Kagome said
"You see, Naraku is an evil person." Kagome said. "I am a Vampire Angel and Naraku wants to kill every descendant of a Vampire Angel so he can have superior power and rule the world." Kagome said.
"Is a Vampire angel someone who gets bitten by a Vampire and an Angel?" Kanna asked.
"Yeah!" Kagome said astonished. "How did you know Kanna"? Kagome asked.
"Uhm. My parents told me about them when they were still alive." Kanna said quickly. Kanna forgot that she was not supposed to mention anything about Kagomes' other identity.
"Okay, guys time to sleep; we are going to start traveling again tomorrow at dawn." Inuyasha said in a stern voice.
"Do we always have to get up so early?" Miroku whined
"Yeah, if we want to get to Naraku before he plans something." Inuyasha snarled
"Fine you do have a point there." Miroku said. Therefore, the gang once again welcomed Kanna to the group and they all went to sleep.
However, Kagome had a bad feeling that she could not shake off.
"Hey, Sango?" whispered Kagome
"Yeah Kagome?" whispered Sango with a hint of grogginess in her voice.
"Kanna reminds me of someone. She gives off an evil vibe that I can sense from a mile away." "I have a bad feeling." Kagome said in a worried voice.
"Kagome, don't worry about it, you are just really exciting about finally getting to Naraku get some sleep, we are getting up early tomorrow." Sango said drifting back to sleep.
Finally, after laying there for a while Kagome finally drifted off to sleep. When Kanna finally heard Kagome's steady breathing, she quietly went into the woods and took out her mirror and Naraku's reflection was on the mirror.
"Kanna how is everything so far?" Naraku asked
"They are going exactly the way you planned it master." They do not suspect a thing but the Kagome girl thinks I'm evil she can sense an evil vibe from me." Kanna said
"Here wear this." Naraku said handing Kanna a black bracelet from the mirror.
"This bracelet will cover up your scent." Naraku said.
"Now go back and get some sleep." "I will be seeing you soon." Naraku said.
"Yes, master." Kanna said. With that, she went back to where the gang was and fell asleep.