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Chapter 5: The Savage Wolf-Demon
Inuyasha and Kikyo had woke up the next morning completely refreshed. They walked over to Miroku's mansion and waited. After about thirty minutes of waiting Miroku emerged from his mansion. Smiling he greeted Kikyo and Inuyasha.
"Good Morning. I trust you two are ready?" he said .
Kikyo nodded but said nothing. Miroku led them to a trail that went westward out of his land. Following the trail was easy enough at first but it eventually grew rocky and hard to travel upon. The sun was high in the sky blazing heat down on them like a fiery devil. The day as it was, was unusually hot. More so however when you have been hiking for hours. Inuyasha soon began to sweat under all of the heat. He took of his cloak to get a cool breeze. Kikyo could not help but stare at Inuyasha's exposed upper body. Inuyasha could not help but hope she stared and Miroku could not help but know what they were up to.
After about six hours of walking Miroku called a halt for the day. Pointing to the clouds he said, "It is going to rain soon. There is a cave up ahead that we can stay in for the remainder of the day and the night." He then led them to the cave. By the time they had reached the cave rain had already started to pour gently.
The cave itself was quite large and could have fit atleast fifty men. Making fire out of flint and tinder that he had brung with him, Miroku started a fire. Over the fire he roasted some fish. While he was doing this he was explaining their location to them.
"If we walk another mile we will hit demon territory. That is were the land starts to get a bit dangerous. We will have to be very careful and fast getting out of there. Once we make it through that land my land ends. I will accompany you no more."
Inuyasha had only half listened to what Miroku was saying. The whole while he had thought he heard something else. He went to go explore the cave. The cave had no caves or tunnels in it. It was only one huge round circle. This made it easy for Inuyasha to find what he had been hearing. It was a wolf-demon. The wolf-demon was almost human. He appeared to be sleeping. The demon's nose began to twitch. He opened his eyes. Anger and Malice shown bright in his eyes once he realized there was someone in his cave. Jumping up with all the speed of a wolf the demon pounced on Inuyasha. Inuyasha was startled and had no time to attack. The demon's fangs were extremely long and strong. The demon knew how to use them. He proved this by slashing a huge gash in Inuyasha's right shoulder. Blood spilled out as Inuyasha fell to the cave floor. Then the demon savagely kicked his victom into unconsciousness. Then making two more slashes with his fangs he almost severed Inuyasha's left arm and right leg. He fled the cave. He ran straight passed Kikyo and Miroku.
Kikyo knew something was wrong. She jumped up and ran to the back of the cave where she found Inuyasha's unconscious body. She burst into tears as she cradled Inuaysha's body. Miroku found them at the back of the cave and took immediate charge.
"Kikyo go get that water I was boiling and bring me my bag." Kikyo ran to obey him. When she got back Miroku was checking Inuyasha's pulse.
"He's still alive. If we can treat him fast enough he might live." he said taking the boiling water and cleaning Inuyasha's wounds. "Kikyo we are going to have to take his pants off to clean this leg wound."
Kikyo turned red, but did what she had to. Even though Inuyasha was hurt Kikyo could not keep her eyes off of his body. It was the best thing she had ever seen. She soon began to feel guilty for looking at Inuyasha while he could not defend himself. She then helped Miroku apply some bandages (that he got from his bag) to Inuyash's arms and leg.
"Well, Kikyo we have done the best we can do for him. All we can do now is wait."
"I will wait," Kikyo thought, "I will wait for eternity if I have to. I will never leave his side. He is my hero." She held back bitter tears and started to wait.