Chapter One
Still Searching
"Oh InuYasha, will you stop whining!" Kagome exclaimed.
"No I won't, it's been almost a week and you haven't sensed any jewel shards," InuYasha was very irritated.
"You must be patient InuYasha," Miroku said softly.
"Oh shut up!" InuYasha yelled.
It was true though, they've been walking for five days. Usually they would come across a demon with a jewel shard or at least a mortal who was in danger. Everything was pretty quiet.
"I'm hungry," Shippo complained.
"There's a river up ahead, let's stop and rest for awhile," Sango suggested.
"Fine," InuYasha sighed.
They walked to the riverbank and put down their things. Kagome laid out a blanket. Then she pulled out a bunch of food and began cooking. She finished and they all ate happily. Well almost everyone. InuYasha looked upset about something. He was so moody, he was worse than a girl sometimes.
"InuYasha what's wrong?" Kagome questioned.
"Nothing is wrong," he protested.
"Fine, whatever," Kagome didn't feel like arguing.
They finished eating. Shippo ran off with Kirara to play. Miroku went off to nap. Kagome and Sango cleaned up the remains of their lunch. InuYasha walked away and headed down along the riverside.
"What do you suppose is wrong with him?" Sango asked.
"Who knows, I'll go talk to him," Kagome replied.
Sango finished cleaning up and Kagome went after InuYasha. She had a pretty good idea what was bothering him. Kikyo was gone, finally at rest. Naraku killed her once again the last time they fought him. There was nothing anyone could do to stop him. InuYasha was still upset about it.
InuYasha was sitting at the edge of the river. Kagome walked over to join him.
"Hey there," Kagome said softly as she sat next to InuYasha.
"What do you want?" InuYasha snapped.
"I know you miss her. I'm sorry she's really gone this time," Kagome said soothingly.
InuYasha sighed, "I'm sorry. I can't stop thinking about her. I can't believe she's really gone this time."
Kagome fell silent. She still couldn't understand why he loved Kikyo so much.
"Kagome, what's wrong? You look sad," InuYasha questioned.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it," Kagome replied.
Something must be wrong. She looks so sad. It must be because I continue to think about Kikyo, InuYasha thought to himself.
"We should get going. It will be dark soon, we should cover some more ground before we settle down for the night," Kagome explained and InuYasha nodded in agreement.
They got up and went to fetch the others. Once they were all together they were off once more. The search for the sacred jewel shards was incredibly tedious. But it had to be done. They continued on for the rest of the afternoon. Everything was still quiet. Kagome sensed nothing. This day was a total loss.