Chapter 5- A fresh start and a new adventure.
The next morning Yusuke woke up and yawned extremely loud but not waking anyone else up to his surprise. It seemed that he was the first one up which seemed strange because he would always sleep in when he got the chance.
He then wandered outside where the sun pretty much blinded him. "Ow! Damn sun. Why cant you just stay down till im ready to see you?" He heard a light giggle and put his hand above his eyes to shield them from the pounding light. He then saw that Kagome was the one who had giggled at the sight of him getting angry at the sun.
He yawned again and said "So im guessing from your cheerful face that your really a morning person." "Yeah I am usually the first one up. Anyway breakfast is almost ready." She said to his surprise. "Wow free food? I think were gonna be gooooooood friends." The spirit detective said with a groggy smile.
"Not too good Urameshi! That dog guy already got dibs on her." A smiling Kuwabara said. Then Kagome turned beat red at this comment " What do you mean "Got dibs"? Its not like I'm his girlfriend or anything!" She said defensively. Both of them looked at her with matching smirks on their faces. "Um...anyway who wants breakfast? heheheheheh..." She then said trying a little too hard to change the subject.
"Yay breakfast!" Shippo said happily as he ran out of the house and sat next to Kagome. Hiei then jumped down from his tree perch as did Inuyasha and both at the same time said "We dont have time for this! We should be looking for those knights." They both looked at each other then back at the group who was starting to laugh at the two.
Smack "Well I guess that means Miroku and Sango are awake." Shippo said with a sigh. The monk walked out with a hand print on his face followed by the angry exterminator. " Seriously Miroku, grow up!" She yelled still with a vain popping out of her head. Kurama was last to leave the house and said "I hope nothing exciting happened while I was sleeping." Looking at Sango and Miroku with a confused expression.
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After breakfast the team had set out on their first mission as spirit detectives. "... then the guys head was in between his legs when he reformed! HAHAHAHAHA!" Kuwabara was telling stories about when they fought the saint beasts. "...Wow you guys must have seen alot of stange things on your travels..." Sango said still a little weirded out by Kuwabaras story.
Just then Inuyasha sniffed the air as they got close to a river side path. "That smells like Sesshomaru!" He exclaimed as he started running ahead to get the jump on his brother. "What the hell?" He said in an astonished tone. They all ran up to the corner where Inuyasha was and their mouths dropped at the sight of Inuyashas brother frozen in a block of ice.
"Lord Sesshomaru dont worry I will have the ice melted soon." Jaken said as he was using his staff to blow fire in an attempt to melt the ice. He then turned and let out a yelp as he saw Inuyasha and co. behind him. "What happened to him?" Kuwabara blurrted out bringing the group back from shock. "I...its n.n.n none of your concern what happened now please move on!" Jaken said trying to make them go away. His staff continued to blaze as the block of ice started to melt.
Sesshomarus only good eye opened to see Inuyasha and the others and then he said "Inuyasha. I suppose I am dead if you are here." "What the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha said. As Sesshomaru was about to speak a voice said "Lord Sesshomaru you're awake!" Rin then ran over and stood next to her demon master. "A demon in blue armor attacked me. I had the upperhand until..." He stopped and said "He told me that his brother had killed you the day before. Then he attacked me." Sesshomaru then said "I would kill you now Inuyasha but I first need to find that demon and get my revenge on him." He then turned around and started walking away with his imp assistant and human follower.
"What an ass. He wouldnt even admit he got beat... HEY! he said he was attacked by a guy in armor! That must be one of the guys we're looking for!" Kuwabara said sounding a little proud for figuring it out. "Y'know, when I'm around you I feel really smart." Yusuke said with a dead serious face. "We kinda figured that out the second he said it." Inuyasha said, adding to Kuwabaras humiliation.
"Well we should start looking for any clues about the knights." Miroku said changing the subject. " I will go into the nearby villages and ask around. Kagome and Inuyasha, you two look for any sign of them in the forest. Sango, you look for them from above. Yusuke and Kuwabara, you two look for them in the caves near here. Kurama, you come with me into the village. Hiei was it? you c-" Miroku was cut off by the fire demon. "I will do as I wish human." He then dissapeared into the forest. "Well he's quite the rude one isnt he?" Miroku said not to anyone inpaticular.
"Dont take it personally Miroku. He just needs some time to adjust to you. Which might take a while but eventually he will." Kurama assured him. "Yeah I think he's still "adjusting" to Kuwabara!" Yusuke said brightning the mood a little. All but Kuwabara let out a small laugh as they set out to do their respective jobs.
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"Sire Spark has returned with two more jewel shards but the others couldnt find Naraku. Frost has also reported that he has defeated Inuyashas brother Sesshomaru." Volcannon reported. " Good, now I have eleven jewel shards. Five from the girl, two from Spark and four from those other demons." The black armored man said. "Now hurry and get back to work! I want to spend the least amount of time possible in this time period." He continued. "Yes sire." Volcannon walked out.
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Hours later all the detectives met back at the entrance to the village except Hiei of course. " Did any one find anything?" Yusuke asked. "We found out that a man in red armor was asking people questions about the sacred jewel shards and about Naraku." Miroku said. "We found a small clearing in the forest with what could have been a fire so that might have been their camp." Kagome added. "I couldnt find anything from above. Except that same clearing." Sango said. "Well right now all we know is that the red knight was interogating people in town while the others might have been at that camp sight probably waiting to get orders from him." Kurama said.
Just then Inuyasha sniffed the air againand said "Oh great its Koga." Just then the wolf demon walked out of the forest followed by his two um...followers. "This is the first time we can almost keep up with him." One of them said. "Yeah and I thought we would never get him away from Ayame since she brought him to her tribes territory." The other one said.
"Koga what happened to your jewel shards?" Kagome said unable to detect their presence from him. He then ran up to Kagome and took her hands in his then said "They were stolen from me but as long as your here I-" He was cut off by an enraged Inuyasha. "So you lost your jewel shards huh? Man! what a weakling!" This started a long and hard battle of name calling, insulting, and yelling.
"So how did you get your jewel shards stolen anyway?" Kagome interupted. "A demon wearng purple armor attacked me. He used some sort of lightning powers. He knocked me out and took them from me." Koga told her. "Another knight huh? where did he go? Tell me!" Inuyasha demanded. "I dont know! I said I was knocked out! But from what Ayame said there was a clap of thunder and he dissapeared. So there really isnt anyway of telling where he went." Koga said. "Well it looks like were back to square one." Yusuke said. "No we arent. I found them a few miles out side the forest." Hiei jumped out of a tree and told them. "Alright! Lets go kick some ass!" Yusuke yelled showing his famous cocky smile.
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