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Inuyasha's sudden departure did not go unnoticed to say the least, Kagome was the first to recover and leave rushing after Inuyasha having been accustomed to running for dear life at any given moment. Her friends blinked once before following after their 'not so ordinary as they thought she was' friend. As soon as they reached outside, the sight that met them was weird to say the least. Inuyasha was staring at the sky as if waiting for something; Kagome was right behind him looking at her surroundings as if at any given moment she was going to be attacked. She had taken out her bow and arrows and looked ready to fire at anything that wasn't human. Her eyes quickly looking around her, searching for the reason for Inuyasha sudden defensive behavior. Her friends had just stood outside the door watching the pair.
They all took in the different stance and attitude Kagome seemed to be giving off, the appearance of formidable foe. The tension in the group seemed to become tangible, they were all waiting for something, anything that meant that something was wrong. Then suddenly they heard a small growl come from Inuyasha and everyone saw in amassment when he took out his katana from its sheath at his side. The group watched in awe as they saw a sword in a shape of a fang suddenly comes out of that small rusty old sheath. The blade that came out of that sheath was the complete opposite of what it seemed to have come out of. This action seemed to have Kagome more on edge and whispered loud enough for Inuyasha and the group to hear her. " Inuyasha, what's wrong? Is it Naraku?" she asked with a slight tinge of worry in her voice. " I'm not sure, I smell his miasma but I also smell demon blood mixed with human blood… its strange if it was Naraku I would have smelled half demon blood…" came Inuyasha's reply. He instinctively moved a bit closer to Kagome in order to help protect her better from whatever was coming.
Then suddenly a new scent came into play, this time it was a more familiar one. " I don't like this, I'm starting to smell Shippo, Sango and Miroku into the mix… either one of them is Naraku or they have been attacked with his miasma." Inuyasha informed a now pale Kagome. " Where are they? We have to get to them before its too late. Are they badly injured?" Kagome began to ramble. Inuyasha placed a calm slender clawed hand on her shoulder, hopeing to calm her down." Kagome this is not the time for your ramblings we have to focus. We first have to make sure they are all right and help heal their wounds. Then we can ask the questions-" he was interrupted by a small yell from Ayumi who was now pointing at the sky above her with a look of pure terror on her face, her friends mirroring her expression for what they saw quickly coming towards them. Kagome and Inuyasha looked towards the sky and quickly understood. What they saw was not something easily forgotten. What might have looked like a blob of yellow with red if you had very good eyesight, making a fast decent towards the ground, and on that blob you could make out two bodies on it and a small little brown thing in the middle. Inuyasha quickly picked up Kagome and jumped out of harms way just as the 'blob' hit the ground hard. The crash brought up a small dust storm making everyone cough a little bit. They were unable to see anything for a bit, however as soon as the dust settled Kagome quickly moved into action, with a small gasp she quickly went into healer mode. She began to take healing supplies out of her back pack such as bandages and ointment. She tried to arouse the three well four if counting Kilala. The four friends just stood there stunned, too surprised to do much, they were unaccustomed to this much excitement in one day after all. So trying to stay out of Kagome, Inuyasha and Kaedes way as best they could, they stood a little a ways in a corner.
Watching the three of them moving quickly and efficiently; Kaede getting water, kagome trying to find as many injuries as she could and Inuyasha trying to rouse their fallen comrades. " Come on Miroku, wake up. Your safe now, I just need to heal your wounds and you will be as good as new." Kagome pleaded to the unconscious monk, however her words seemed to rouse the Monk and slowly he began to blink into consciousness. " Ughh.. was goin' on? Where am i? Lady kagome is that you?" Came the Monks groggy reply. Kagome smiled and said " yeah you crash landed at kaedes village with Sango and Shippo although that's all I can offer, I'm afraid you are going to have to fill in the spaces. I wont press for answers now because of your injuries but know that im going to need answers soon." Kagome demanded sternly but kindly being mindful of his injuries. "As soon as Im better ill be glad to answer any questions you have lady Kagome." Replied the monk however his hand was slowly creeping towards Kagome's bottom but was quickly slapped away by an enraged Hojo.
He looked red with either embarrassment or rage , she wasn't sure but he sure was bold. However the rest couldn't be said about his voice for it slightly cracked when he said " w-what do you think your doing sir?!" demanded Hojo, glaring at the slightly guilty yet confused monk on the floor. " And who pray tell are you? I don't believe I have met you before. Where are you from? You wear the same strange clothing as Lady Kagome.. Don't tell me…" Miroku's face of realization slowly took over his features as he put the pieces together. Hojo on the other hand was still red in the face but was now a slight blush upon his features and looked like he was just remembering his manners and said " My Name is Hojo and I do in fact come from Kagomes timeline, we happened to come across this strange time line from the well in Kagomes well at her shrine." Hojo quickly summarized. Miroku had a thoughtful look upon his features then asked " you said 'we' correct? Is someone else here with you ?" Miroku asked curiously. " well yeah, " Hojo gestured towards his three friends behind him both looking slightly flustered at being mentioned. " This is Eri, Ayumi and Yuka. We are all friends of lady Kagome from school." Miroku looked like Christmas had come a year early and with the amassment of a man not injured, ran up to the three girls and came all close up and into their personal space. He grabbed Ayumi hand and in both hands and said in his most alluring voice " would you do me the honor of bearing my child?" Ayumi began to blush crimson and Eri and Yuka just looked at Miroku as if he had sprouted a second head. Before she could respond however Kagome had quickly come to the rescue and with a quick grab at his arm and like magic Miroku remembered that he was supposed to be gravely injured and gave a yelp of surpise and pain. " Now Monk, lets not get carried away shall we? Especially not with you all bandaged and hurt. We wouldn't want to be sporting a new bruise to add to the many you received already now do we?" Kagome asked sweetly all the while pulling on a protesting Monk away from her friends.
Inuyasha all the while listening to Kagome lecturing the monk on disrespecting women every chance he got. He smiled at the thought but quickly turned sober once he saw shippo and Sango waking up as well. " Ughh….. my head…what happened ? Inuyasha is that you?" Shippo asked also blinking from the brightness of the sun. " Yeah, its me brat. Who else?" came Inuyasha teasing reply. " Shippo! Your ok!" Kagome made her way quickly towards shippo and gave him a huge hug. " Kagome! Your back from the well!" Shippo exclaimed. " oh, shippo im so glad your ok! Your not hurt are you?" Kagome gave shippo a quick once over only to find that he just suffered from a small bump on the head.
They were interrupted from a sudden moaning coming from their left. " ughh my head, where are we ? did we make it?" came a feminine voice. " Sango Your OK! I was so worried!" Kagome rushed towards her friend and she checked up on her injuries. She also had a slight bruise on her and a long cut on her arm, which Kagome quickly bandaged up. However what she sensed next made her stomach churn. " Umm.. Sango im afraid you have some sort of miasma that infected your injured arm. Im going to need to purify it before it gets any worse. Lets get you inside." Kagome helped her injured friend from the ground, at the same time Inuyasha was helping out a dazed Miroku into the hut. " umm Kagome who are these guys? They smell different.."
Kagome turned around and saw Shippo on Eri's feet and smelling her like she was a delicious treat. Eri looked like she was between looking terrified at the child with a tail or going 'awww' at the cute adorable fox demon kid. At the question Sango looked up and was now sporting a confused expression on her face as well. " Don't worry ill explain what happened as soon as we get you guys all healed up." At this her friends looked sort of embarrassed and looked at the ground. Shippo and Sango nodded and went inside the hut. Kaede had already moved things around in her hut and was prepared with bandages and water and some blankets. Inuyasha was inside as well helping Miroku sit on the floor with his back leaning on the wall. They all managed to fit in once again the small hut, and once settled Kagome immediately began to work on Sango's arm and began to purify the miasma from the cut. The usual pink glow came from Kagomes hand a sense of peace filled the hut.
Her friends looked at Kagome with new eyes, seeing her like a priestess like those in their history books. " wow Kagome, you really are amazing" Ayumi murmered her eyes entranced at the now healing cut on the Demon Slayers arm. Sango smiled at the blush Kagome now had on her cheeks. " Yeah Kagome, how are you doing that?" eri asked, "well,- umm..i don't really know how to explain it…exactly… it just sorta comes naturally.. like an instinct." Kagome replied still focusing on her friends cut. Checking and double checking to make sure all the miasma was gone. "Wow Kagome, you really are special." Hojo commented, looking at Kagome and meeting her gaze. Kagome now was cherry red once again and replied " not, really…" Inuyasha, listening to all the comments Kagome was receiving, was happy for her and glad that she gets the credit she deserves. However all that shattered once he heard what that Hojo said. He didn't like the way he was looking at Kagome right now, and it was making him angry and strangely protective. However he quickly dismissed that thought for he was not jealous, no not all. He was standing close to Miroku checking his injuries however his 'not' jealousy was beginning to show and the first thing that Miroku heard was a small growl.
It sounded almost like a purr but then started to intensify just a bit more, not enough for Kagome to hear but enough to get Miroku's attention. " Inuyasha, hey Inuyasha, you have to calm down. Ok?" Inuyasha looked at the Monk and slowly began to breath in and breath out. " see, that's better." Miroku encouraged. On the outside he might have had a neutral expression however on the inside he was secretly laughing. Inuyasha really was an idiot, he should just tell her how he feels. But NOOO he has to be a proud half demon and can't be seen showing any emotion. Miroku inwardly shook his head and sighed. He was jarred from his inner thoughts by a cough from Kaede. They all turned to look at the wise priestess and once seeing she had all their attention she began to address Inuyasha. " I suggest that ye wait a bit before you head out on this new mission for I think it would be best to wait for Sango and Miroku to have time to heal their wounds, in order to help you in your new quest." Inuyasha nodded still trying to rid the image of the way Hojo was looking at Kagome. His ears picked up a small " thanks Kagome it feels much better now." From Sango. Kagome only smiled and said that it was no problem. Then Shippo asked the question that he and Sango had been waiting to be answered. " Sooo, who exactly are these guys?"…
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