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New Discoveries

"I really don't like what's going on here..."
Inuyasha said with discontent, looking from side to side while walking.
"Naraku must be planning something, we should have at least found some kind of trace of him by now."

"This is quite unsettling..."
Miroku replied, twirling his staff out of pure boredom.
"There hasn't even been a single demon in sight, it's like they all disappeared with him this time."

"I'm worried…"
Kagome said, wheeling her bike.
"He's probably going to be a lot stronger than before the next time we meet."

Barring his sharp fangs, he replied,

"Damn that bastard to hell... He's going to pay..."

It sounded like a general statement; however the rest of the group knew that he was speaking of Kikyo. He had been very moody since her death. He was quick to anger, and frequently moped around. His talk with Sango had lifted his spirits slightly, but he just couldn't help it; the emptiness in his heart was unbearable. Though it was an artificial clay body, it had still contained her soul and was in her image. Discreetly stealing a glance at Kagome, he realized that now, he wanted to protect her more than ever. It did sound heartless; however she was the only bit of Kikyo left on the face of the earth. He didn't want to lose the only thing that reminded him of his past love. All that his mind could focus on was to avenge Kikyo and destroy Naraku. Suddenly jerked out of his thoughts, Inuyasha realized that the trail in the forest had ended, leading into a small town between a U-shaped mountain. With sighs of relief, the group started moving in a matter of seconds. In the least, they wouldn't have to sleep in the woods.

Lloyd and his friends traveled quietly through the forest, having small conversations.

"You know, there's not as much mana in this part of the land."
Zelos said,
"It feels harder to use magic and stuff, you know?"

"Yeah, the forest isn't very lively like it is back home either, it's dark almost all the time under all these trees."
Lloyd replied, he heard Zelos chuckle, and say something about how he liked the dark.

"It's always been like that around here, but it should be getting better soon."
Sheena said, keeping a close eye around her surroundings as usual. She was always cautious, but she always ended up doing something clumsy.

"Hey, look! It's an opening!"
Colette said, stepping out from the barrier of trees into a clearing with a wide river. It was well into the afternoon; much brighter than it was in the forest.

"I'm beginning to think it was a waste of time coming here,"
Zelos sighed,
"We haven't found a single exphere anywhere, and I'm already tired of these dark, creepy forests. It's kind of depressing."

The others agreed silently. Some moments after the silence, Sheena was the first to speak,
"Well Lloyd, since you're the 'leader' of this group, what do you say? Keep going, or go back? I don't think it'll take us too long, and I really would like to see the demon slayers again…"

After a brief moment of thought, the red clad teen answered,
"Well, we'll see how things go by the time we reach the demon slayers' village. If we don't find a single exsphere, we'll go back."

Sheena thanked her friend with a warm smile.

"Sheena, what are these demon slayers like? Are they nice people?"
Asked Colette. Her look of curiosity always got an answer if there was one.

"Yeah, they may be professional demon slayers, but they've all got kind hearts. They should take us in with open arms."
Sheena replied.
"But like I said, only the strongest of Mizuho were sent, so be respectful!"

"Okay!"
The other three replied.

"Wow, this place is huge!"
A small excited fox demon said, taking a look around at the walls of the city which was almost surrounded by mountains.

"It indeed is bigger than what we expected."
Miroku said, also taking a look around. It looked much larger now that they were up close.
"I've never seen so many women in one place!"
The monk finally said. The group turned to see that there were many women weaving through the streets, greeting each other brightly as they went about their business. There weren't nearly as many men, and before anyone could stop him, Miroku went over to them. After about two or three women who were either married or not interested, Miroku eventually saw a woman with a natural, silvery shoulder-length hair walking by. Her soft features attracted the monk,

"Excuse me,"
Miroku always started off nice and sincere. The woman stopped, looking kindly at Miroku.

"Yes?"
Her voice was soft as well.

"Would you do me the honor of bearing my children?"
He asked, and in quick response, he received a hand mark on his left cheek. Pairs of surprised eyes belonging to people passing by and to Miroku's friends were focused on the woman. Feeling absolutely no shame, she began to speak,

"What kind of question is that? You seem like a well educated man; you should have more respect for people, mainly women. I assume you do more than just ask women, am I right?"

The monk had nothing to say; he was speechless.

"Heh, sounds like somebody we know."
Said a child right behind the woman. He, too, had naturally silver hair. Shaking her head, the woman turned back to Miroku.

"Well, I guess that will do. I'm in a hurry to find someone, excuse me."
And with that, she disappeared with the boy into the crowded streets. Turning back, Miroku saw that his friends were all staring at him, unimpressed. Chuckling and stroking his cheek, he returned to them,
"Well, that was a strange experience."
He said, and started walking over to the largest building there was so he could go in and 'exorcise' the demon inside of it.

"Demon seal!"
Sheena's voice rang through the forest, with the sound of a crack. Lloyd and his friends had encountered their first demon. Sheena's attack had swept it off it's feet, and blown it back about ten feet. Using the opportunity, Lloyd and Zelos jumped at it, stabbing while Colette threw one of her chakrams at it. The demon, with a final squeal of pain, dissolved into the air. Sheathing his twin blades, Lloyd stretched, yawning.

"Man that was too easy!"
He said. Zelos was the next to speak,
"I thought they were supposed to be strong, that was hardly a challenge!"

"Yeah, I guess that one wasn't too tough."
Sheena replied.
"But they're the low-class demons. The ones we should be afraid of are the ones that take human form. We have to be careful. With a nod, they continued on their trip to the demon slayer's villiage.

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