meowsa-of-DOOM: hello, everyone.yes yes...I told you last chapy that I would make sure to update sooner...well, I didnt and Im terribly sorry...but I was busy writing an ultra good NEXT chapy!whee!lol.well, I have nothing else to say, so onto the disclaimer!
Kagome: meowsa-of-DOOM doesnt own InuYasha! whee!
meowsa-of-DOOM: my first no hassle disclaimer...-is teary eyed- ...what a beatiful moment.
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Chapter 8
Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara came out from the trees into the clearing they had seen their friends disappear into seconds ago. They looked around and caught sight of a red blur darting across the clearing. "InuYasha, where's Kagome?" Sango called out, the red blur stopping in the direction it was going and coming towards them.
Within seconds, the red blur had reached them, and there stood InuYasha, eyes cast down and his head turned away. "I…I can't find her. She's…gone." At the least word, his ears and shoulders dropped sadly.
Everyone stared at him shocked, surprised he showed his feelings so clearly. Sango especially stared hard, thinking intently. Finally, it seemed she had worked everything out in her head and asked, "InuYasha, I have a question for you that might help find Kagome. Just answer it and don't ask questions, alright?"
He looked at her curiously, but still held his saddened expression, "What's the question?" he asked, his curiosity taking the better of him.
Sango took a deep breath and asked in a rushed tone, "Are you and Kagome 'together'?" she hid behind her Hiraikotsu waiting for InuYasha's outburst; but it never came.
She looked out from behind her boomerang and saw InuYasha looking at her, almost confused. "D-do you understand the question?" she asked, wondering why he wasn't saying anything.
"Y-ya…" he stammered, "But how is that supposed to help find Kagome?"
"Well, the black man thing had said something about Kagome being better looking than his boss, then he said…" she paused, unsure o whether to continue or not, but seeing InuYasha listening intently, she continued, "He said you chose Kagome over her recarnationee."
InuYasha's eyes grew wide as he realized the black figure had said something like that. InuYasha thought to himself for a second then turned his back to his friends and gazed up at the waxing moon absent mindedly. After a minute or so, he turned half around and stuck out his wrist so his friends could see the scar on it. Everyone stared at him confused and finally got an answer. "Do you know what this scar means?" InuYasha asked them.
Shippo leaped up onto InuYasha's shoulder and looked down at the scar. "My mom and pop had a scar there too. They said it was called a 'mating scar' I think." Shippo said.
After Shippo's explanation everyone looked up at InuYasha with wide eyes, (all except Shippo of course since he didn't understand it). InuYasha looked away and pulled his arm back, saying quietly, "Kagome has an identical scar to mine."
A few minutes passed and still everyone was silent. "So, did my answer help find her?" InuYasha asked impatiently, finally breaking the silence.
Sango shook herself out of her daze and stammered out, "Y-yes, well, I think the black figure may be working for Kikyo."
"That's what I thought you'd say!" Miroku said, almost proudly now that he finally understood what was going on. He then continued, "But if that is true, I have two questions. One, isn't Kikyo dead? Two, what would Kikyo want with Kagome?"
Sango, once again having a supposed answer, replied, "Yes, but she is very good at returning to life, and two…well, she may want to be rid of competition." She said, glancing over at InuYasha when saying her second answer.
"So you're implying that Kikyo has kidnapped Kagome with some help from a friend of hers?" Miroku said, sorting everything out.
"Yes." Sango replied simply.
"So, where's Kagome then?" Shippo asked, still not sure how Kikyo had gotten into the picture.
"Anywhere Kikyo is related to." Sango said, then started listing places in her head where Kagome could possibly be.
"We should split up and search the areas. It will go faster and we need to find Kagome as soon as possible." InuYasha said, finally speaking for the first time since Kikyo had been accused of Kagome's disappearance. Everyone understood his urgency and agreed.
InuYasha took off into the trees towards the first destination he was going to check. Miroku turned to Shippo and said, "Shippo, you go back to the village and tell Kaede of everything. Myself and Sango will start searching now. You can meet up with us when we come back to the village ourselves."
"Right. See you guys later!" he said behind him, already heading into the trees toward the village.
"Where should we search first?" Miroku asked.
Sango thought for a second then replied, "We should search the forest around here. In case Kagome is still nearby. Kirara!" Kirara transformed into her saber form and they both climbed on. The search for Kagome had begun.
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well, yes, Kagome is my main target of misery, but oh well! lol. oh, and Ive gotten several reviews begging for a happy ending...lemme just tell you this...I will NEVER end a story unhappily, okay?I take responsibility of the troubles I put in my stories and resolve them. so happy ending for all of you! speaking of endings...I think the end of this story may be coming very soon if I cant think of anything else to put in here. but dont worry...I've already decided I will be having a third story to add to the exciting tale of the Unknowns!((unknowns referring to the 2 stories in the trilogy so far))yayzorz!lol. oh, and in between chapies of te rest of this story, I will be making another small story/poem made of 4 small chapters, so if you want you can check tose out when I get them posted.this was alot of writing for an author's note, so I'll be finishing up now...see you all next chapy and I hope u enjoy this one: )