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Chapter 3: Trying to figure things out

"Ah," Shippo gasped hard as he awoke from his sleep. He looked at everyone who were sound asleep. There was no moon out so it was pretty dark. He stood up and walked to the window and looked out. No moon. I can't see anything. "Ah!" The little fox-demon got lifted by his tail and was hanging upside down.

InuYasha stood their curiously, holding scared Shippo in the air. "What are you doing?"

"InuYasha..."

The half-demon sat Shippo down and looked at him curiously.

"I had a bad dream," the little fox said.

"A bad dream?" InuYasha tried to be as sensitive as possible.

"Yeah. I'm really worried about this lake thing. What if there's something out there to get us?"

"Nothing's going to get you, Shippo."

"But you said so yourself you had no idea who it was. You couldn't sense anything you knew."

"It's ok, Shippo. I think maybe I know who it was."

"Who was it?"

"Huh?" InuYasha looked out the window.

"What is it, InuYasha?"

"Go back to sleep, Shippo."

The fox-demon stood up and gave InuYasha a worried look. "But why?"

"I said go back to sleep!"

"Ah!" Shippo jumped down to Kagome's side and lay down before the half-breed could hit him on the head.

InuYasha stood there, trying to figure out what he sensed. Again, it was nothing he knew, but the same thing happened when he knew it was Sesshomaru before. Had InuYasha's nose gotten broken? Either way, he wasn't going to give up.

The half demon kneeled down at Miroku and wiggled him trying to wake the monk up.

"InuYasha?"

"Miroku, it's the scent again."

"You sense your brother?"

"No, but....it's outside."

Miroku stood up and nodded. "I'll help you find him. I mean...if it is him."

"Ok." InuYasha opened the door, and closed it after he and Miroku ran out. "Sesshomaru!" The half demon drew his sword. "Come on out!"

"InuYasha, I see something!" the monk pointed to his left. He then ran after with InuYasha.

"I know it's you! It was you before, and it's you now! Come on out and fight!"

"Come out!"

The two ran all over the place for three whole minutes, but couldn't find anything. They stood, looking around when they finally heard something jump on the roof. "Up there!" They looked up but couldn't find anybody.

InuYasha jumped up, but again, nobody was there. "Where are you?"

Miroku suddenly heard something and turned around, away from the hut. "He left, InuYasha."

InuYasha jumped off the hut and stood next to the monk. "Run away, coward?!"

"I, too, think it's odd for such things," Keade said the next day in the hut with the others. "I wouldn't know why a demon would do it, but it's possible."

"I never did sense any demons," said InuYasha. "I only remember that when we first found the lakes like that, I suddenly smelled Sesshomaru's scent."

"Did ye sense him last night, InuYasha?"

InuYasha looked down, not knowing what to say. "My senses are confusing now. I didn't sense him at all, but I did sense what I did near the lakes. And he was there."

"Yes," Miroku joined it, "we both figured that it was Sesshomaru last night. He was very quick and could jump onto the roof."

"Miroku," Sango started, "did you see him at all?"

"We didn't see anything," said InuYasha. "We only heard things."

"Tell me, InuYasha," said Keade, "do ye know of any reason that your half brother would bother ye like that?"

"How would I know? He DOES hate."

"But InuYasha," Kagome finally butted in, "you said you didn't sense him at all last night. Why would it be him?"

The half breed looked to the ground, doubting his whole self. What's going on? Are my demon powers not working anymore?

"InuYasha," said Miroku, "you said that last night you smelled the same thing you smelled the other day. But it didn't smell like your brother at all."

"Are you sure that Seeshomaru was alone?" Sango asked.

"Maybe," Keade said, "some one ye don't know has joined forces with Sesshomaru."

"Maybe," said the half demon, yet not so sure. "But it wasn't a demon. It was...nothing I ever smelled before.

Kagome began to grow confused, along with the others. What could it be? It's not a demon, and if it's not human....what could it be?

"Well, I'm gonna find out what's going on," InuYasha said as he stood up. He then noticed Kagome standing up also. "Alone, Kagome."

The 15 year old gasped and glared. "Don't say such things, InuYasha! We're all in this together!"

"It could be dangerous."

"Like you would know. You have no idea what it even is."

"Well whatever it is, it's not good! And I don't want to stay here and argue with you!"

"InuYasha, SIT!"

BANG!

Kagome sighed as she sat down. I hate it when he's like this. "Hmm?" Kagome felt something hard when she sat down. The teenager reached through her pocket and pulled out a small walk-talky. "Huh?"

"What is that, Kagome?" Keade asked.

"It's...my brother's walk-talky."

"Why here?"

"He must have snuck it into my pocket. He thinks that he can talk back when I'm here, but I think he's wrong."

"Not possible. Ye won't be able to talk to him in any way. Ye both are in different times."

"Yeah I know." She put the walk-talky down. "He just won't give up." Kagome was surprised to still see InuYasha here. The half-demon was sitting crossed legged, his arms crossed while glaring. He could be so immature.

"Hey, where's Shippo?" Sango asked as she sat down, petting Kirala, who was sleeping in her lap.

"We must have scared him," Miroku suggested, "I'll go find him." The monk stood up and walked out of the hut.

After Miroku closed the door behind him, he saw the little fox demon 20 feet in front of him. The little fella was doing something, yet he couldn't tell. So he walked over to see. "What are you doing, little Shippo?"

"Practicing my fox fire," he answered as he shot out small blue flames, that went no longer than 24 inches. He sighed.

"Oh Shippo, we know that we can count on with your fox fire on anything."

"Yeah, but it needs to get stronger. It's just because i'm...so...young!" He shot out some more flames.

"Shippo, I know you're scared of...whatever is bothering us."

Shippo turned to Miroku.

"But you don't need to be scared. We will all protect you."

The little fox grinned, knew that the monk was right. "I know. Thank you, Miroku. I think I'm gonna go back inside, now." He walked in the hut, followed by Miroku.

"There is no point of ye going alone, InuYasha," said Keade. "All of you must work together to solve this."

"Hmp. Fine. And even though I don't know what it is.....I"m still not giving up on Sesshomaru."

"AHHH! The sky!"

"Huh?" Everyone looked out the window and saw that the sky was gray.

"The sky, it has turn gray," said Sango.

They all ran out and saw a woman standing, looking up at the sky.

"Are you alright?" Miroku asked when he suddenly knew that Sango was turning red.

"What's going on?" the woman asked. "First the lakes, and now the sky? It was just sunny a second ago! It must be demons!"

Sango grew angry as she saw Miroko holding the woman's hands, trying to calm her down. Kagome tried to calm her down.

"I don't sense any demons!" InuYasha exclaimed. "Something weird is going on."

"Then what is it?" a man asked as he walked over. Another man walked over as well.

"It's not demons?" the other man asked.

"It can't be," said InuYasha.

"InuYasha," Miroku started, "doesn't your nose play tricks on you sometimes?"

"Huh?" InuYasha turned to the monk. "No! My nose never plays tricks on me!" It's just my mind. Sometimes...my mind plays tricks on me.

"Then what is it?" the first man asked, freaking out. "Aliens?!"

Kagome, who had Shippo on her shoulder, curiously looked up at the sky. She started to get curious after the word the man just used. She realized that this sky did not look like sky that demons were coming. But it did look familiar. She's seen it before. On TV. "Wait.."

"What is it, Kagome?" Shippo asked.

"Hey!" Kagome called as she ran up to the man. "What did you just say? You weren't being sarcastic, were you?"

"I don't know what to think anymore."

"Did you say aliens?"

"Yes, but...oh this is all so confusing!" He walked off with the man, and the woman soon left after Sango made Miroku let her go.

InuYasha curiously looked at Kagome. "Kagome, what's with you?"

"InuYasha, have you ever even heard of...aliens?" Kagome asked.

"Huh?" Aliens? What does she mean?

"The man suggested aliens."

"He was freaking out, Kagome," said Sango.

"Yes, but....InuYasha you said you didn't sense anything familiar, is that right?"

The half demon nodded. "What are you getting at, Kagome?"

"What do you mean by...aliens?" Shippo asked.

"It was never something I believed in," Kagome replied, "but now that I'm here in this era, I guess I can believe in anything."

"What do you mean, Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Yes," said Keade, "please tell us what is on ye mind."

"Well, my family and I have seen things like this on TV."

"What's a TV?" Sango asked.

"It's something we have in the future that we watch for entertainment. Anyways, aliens were creatures that lived on other planets."

"You mean....the Neather World," InuYasha suggested.

"No InuYasha, it isn't the same as demons. They're not dead people. They're different. Different then all of us. I don't know a whole lot about them, but usually they come to Earth. And it is possible that they were known to come at a early time."

"Kagome," said Keade, "why would such things exist?"

"Demons exist, don't they?"

"Yes," said InuYasha, "but demons come from people of the dead. There's no such thing as another type of person on another planet."

"InuYasha, would you just listen to me?!"

The half demon jumped back, afraid.

"You have no idea what it is! It has to be something! It's not humans, it's not animals, and it's not demons!"

InuYasha crossed his arms and turned around.

Kagome gasped. "SIT BOY!"

BANG!

I can't believe he's not listening to me! "Ahh!" The 15 year old girl ran off.

"Kagome!" Shippo cried as he ran after the girl.

"InuYasha, you're not being very fair," Miroku said as the half breed got up. "You can't just trust yourself you know."

"I have better smell than Kagome does!" he shouted. Where is she going, anyways?

"Kagome!" Shippo cried as he ran after Kagome, who was heading for the well. "Kagome, don't go!"

She turned around to face the little fox demon. "Don't worry, Shippo. I'll be back."

"Kagome, something strange is going on, and you can't just leave. We all need you."

"I know, Shippo. You guys may not believe me, but I believe in myself. I believe that anything is possible. I'm going to go find something that might help us out."

Shippo finally calmed down, as Kagome climbed over the well.

"Don't worry, Shippo. "I'll be right back. It shouldn't take long."

Shippo sighed, and walked back to the others. He was really surprised to find out that InuYasha wasn't following Kagome.

"Did Kagome head home?" Keade asked the young fox demon.

"Mm," he nodded.

"She'll be back, though," Sango said, not wanting to make anybody worried.

"InuYasha," Keade said as she turned to the half demon who's arms were crossed. "While Kagome is gone, it may be a good idea if ye guys go search for clues on whatever it is that's doing these strange things."

InuYasha nodded.

"Aren't you going to follow Kagome?" Miroku asked.

"Hmp. It's better for me to go look alone. For her sake."

"We're going with you."

InuYasha curiously looked at his friends. He really hated it when they got involved. He didn't want them to get hurt. But he gave up, because they never stopped trying. "Fine." He ran off, as the others followed.

"Stupid InuYasha," Kagome said as she climbed up the well back in her own time. "I know what I'm doing." As she came out, she glanced at her house. "I don't have time to say hi. I have to get to the library."

"Sis!"

Kagome stopped and saw her little brother, Souta running over. "Souta."

Souta hugged his big sister and smiled. "You're back."

"Yes, but not for long. I have to go to the library and get back to InuYasha and everyone."

"Huh? What for, Kagome? Huh?" He noticed his sister wasn't standing there anymore.

The teenager started running. "I don't have time to explain! Say hi to mom and grandpa for me!"

Kagome kept running until she got to the library. She went in and tried to find what she was looking for. "Where is it?" She gave up and decided to go ask the librarian. "Excuse me."

The librarian turned to the young lad. "How can I help you, miss?"

"Do you have any books on Extraterrestrials?"

"Why....I think we do." The librarian walked off to search for the book. After a moment, she finally found it and gave it to Kagome. "There you go."

"Thanks." She looked through the pages to see if it was any good. It seemed that there was a lot of information, so she decided it was worth it. "I think I'll check this out."

InuYasha, Miroku, Sango, Kiralla, and Shippo all searched together for clues. They've been going for 20 minutes, when they saw a village near by. "Maybe we should go ask some people," said Miroku as he walked ahead.

"Yeah right," said InuYasha. "You just wanna be with the women."

Sango turned red, although she did know it was a great idea to ask people and see what they thought. They all thought that was a great idea. So they walked ahead. Everyone, except for InuYasha who sensed something very familiar to him.

The half demon turned around to see if he was near by. He walked ahead, and he finally saw him. "Sesshomaru.."

"InuYasha..." his half brother said as he walked by. "Long time no see." He walked off.

InuYasha could see what his brother was thinking, and he wasn't going to stop until he got answers. "Sesshomaru, I'm sure you know something of the lakes."

The full demon turned to InuYasha, and gave him a cold look. "InuYasha, are you here to fight me?"

InuYasha looked down, then back up. "If you won't give me answers."

Sesshomaru seemed very confused, and even more annoyed. "I have no desire to fight right now. I wish to kill you at a better time." He walked off.

"Come back, Sesshomaru!"

Sesshomaru stopped, but then kept going.

"Err...come back!"

"Do you know of anything?" Miroku asked a girl around his age.

"I'm very scared," said the woman, "I feel I need to talk to somebody. But everyone else seems so scared that they won't talk."

Miroku smiled. "I'm here to talk." He took the woman's hands. "Please tell me everything that's on your mind."

Sango, who was sitting on a boulder, not far away, gave a very cold glare, her face read.

Shippo was just annoyed. "I don't know how long he will go on with this," said the fox demon.

Sango sighed as Kiralla transformed back to her original size.

"I hate demons," the woman went on. "But if you say it's not demons, then what is it?"

"I have no idea, but I do know is that me and my friends will go for a search. We will not give up."

"You're a monk, aren't you? Will you...please pray for me?"

Miroku smiled and nodded.

Sango was about to explode when she saw InuYasha return to them.

"Where have you been, InuYasha?" Shippo asked.

"Hmp. Trying to find answers." Sesshomaru seemed so confused. Maybe it wasn't him after all.

"You guys," Miroku said as he returned to them.

"It's about time, monk," Sango said coldly.

"No need to be worried, Sango. I'm here to protect you."

Sango got even more angry at the womanizer but didn't say anything.

"I got some resources."

"What is it?" InuYasha asked.

"Not good enough. People are only thinking of demons. But we are sure it's not a demon, right?"

They all nodded, and started to walk off to figure things out more.

After a while, InuYasha stopped walking, which made everyone else stopped. "What is it, InuYasha?" Miroku asked. He then noticed that he was staring ahead, where they could see a familiar priestess ahead. She was walking, not even looking back at them.

"It's Kikyo," said Sango.

"Yes," said Miroku. "InuYasha, are you going to speak with her."

InuYasha stood there, watching her walk off. He really wanted to. "No. Lets go." And they continued their search.

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