Okay, here is the fourth chapter of Needing Love. I'm going to wrap it up soon, so there is going to be a time skip, shortly. I'm going to end it with a small romance moment. However, that will not be yet, so no need to worry.
I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA. I OWN MARIKO AND THE VILLAGE AND THE CHILDREN. MY GOODNESS, THAT SOUNDED WRONG.
Kagome awoke to the sun beaming down between the branches of her tree. She stretches and gets up.
"Girl." Kagome whirled around and faced Bankotsu.
"If you're going to travel with us, you need better clothing. Go into town and get some suitablepriestess clothes. Stop looking like a whore."
"Yes, Bankotsu!"
"Good, now go."
Kagome nodded and jogged out of the forest. She noticed a village not to far off.
Kagome walked through the entrance markers and was greeted by a few small children.
"Miss, why are you here?"
Kagome knelt down to their level, "I'm here because my priestess clothes got torn in a battle, and I need new ones. Do you have a priestess here?"
"Yes! Come follow us, Priestess!"
Kagome followed the children into a medium-sized hut.
"Mariko-sama!"
The priestess walked out; her ebony eyes sparkled at the sight of the children.
"Yes?"
"This is- this is- uh…" one of the kids stuttered, attempting to get a name.
"Kagome."
"I see. And Kagome-san, what forces bring you here?" Mariko asked.
"Clothes, along with a search for Naraku," Kagome answered.
"And you are a priestess, Kagome-san?"
"Yes, Mariko-sama."
"Then come with me," Mariko lead Kagome into a back room.
"For a priestess like yourself, I give you these," she handed Kagome priestess robes with a sword attached.
"Ano, Mariko-sama, I have a bow and some arrows back at my campsite," Kagome explained, "I have no need for a sword."
"And what will you do if the arrows run out? It is better to have another weapon handy in times like these, especially if on a quest to destroy Naraku." Mariko explained.
"Now change and be on your way." Kagome nodded and dashed into a crevice to change. She walked out, "you look like a priestess again. Now good luck in finding what you seek." Mariko waved Kagome out of the hut and closed the door.
Kagome ran through the forest and found the campsite empty. The remaining Band of Seven members looked at her, annoyed.
"Come on, girl, we need to make up for time you lost," Bankotsu scolded. Kagome bowed her head and kept it down for most of the trip.
'He hates me now,' Kagome thought, 'so much for trying to get him to like me. He's probably gonna kill me, soon.' Her head snapped up, "Jewel shard, coming from the south." The mercenaries faced the direction given and got ready for a fight. Kagome plucked an arrow out of her quiver and set it on the bowstring. Out from the forest came an ogre that trampled down trees.
"In the right arm, near the shoulder. Another one in the forehead," Kagome called. She shot her arrow at the head and managed to get it caught in the ogre's right eye. The arrow started to take effect and purified the eye and the skin around it. Bankotsu cut off the demon's right arm and hacked it up into tiny pieces. Jakotsu did the same thing while Suikotsu attempted to find the shard.
When the shard in the arm was found, Kagome took it and purified it, while Bankotsu sifted in the remains of the purified ogre. He found it, already purified. Kagome gasped as she saw the shard continue to glow pink instead of turning black in his hands.