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Chapter 3.

Decisions

(3rd day: sunset)

"Aaah!" Inuyasha shouted as he dropped his bowl of Ninja food. His eyes were wide in a combined mix of confusion and fear. Kilala, who normally was napping as the sun set, let out a loud threatening growl, transforming to her full form.

Sango, who had noticed Inuyasha's startling looks, had turned to ask him what was wrong. She also didn't realize just how close she was when the nekoyoukai transformed. Instinctively, she lied back to avoid being burned by the flames off of Kilala. A slight startled shout escaped her.

"Did you FEEL that?" Inuyasha glared at Miroku, the only one in the room at the time who was sensitive to such things.

"Hai, I did." Miroku confirmed.

"As did I." Said Lady Kaede, emerging from the cooking room.

"I did too, Inuyasha! What was that?" piped Shippo. The young kitsune was clearly scared. The last time he had felt such an energy wave was the night his father was killed at the hands of the Thunder Brothers.

Inuyasha grabbed the sheathed Tetsusaiga and ran to the front of Kaede's shack, throwing the bamboo door to the side. He glanced about frantically, trying to see where the wave came from. Miroku came to stand behind him.

"Whoever, or whatever, that energy wave came from is very powerful." He noted.

SNIF, SNIF, SNIF

"There's and unfamiliar scent out there too…" said Inuyasha. Damnit! It's one hour until the sun sets, the New Moon will be out, and Kagome still isn't here!

He scowled.

"I don't like this. I don't like this at all."

He secured Tetsusaiga to the belt on his robes, a determined look on his face.

Sango knew what he was doing now. He was going out to find Kagome, risking his very life possibly once the sun had set.

"Inuyasha, you can't go out there! You heard Miroku—whatever or whoever is out there is very powerful. Maybe even too powerful. In less than an hour, you'll be human. Tetsusaiga won't be able to transform to protect you! You could get killed!"

"And so can Kagome! I can't just sit here and wait—she could be in danger right now! I'm going, with or without you all. Just try and stop me!"

He rushed out of the shack at full force, heading in the direction of the Bone Eater's Well. Kilala was hot on his tail, but stopped and turned to Sango as if to ask, "Well, are you coming or not?" Sango wasted no more time, peeling off the outer covering of clothes to reveal her demon-slayer's attire. To her, it was a uniform; when it was on, she had a job to do. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and grabbed her weapons: a small kitana and the hiraikotsu, a giant boomerang. She turned to Miroku, who himself displayed the same look on his face as her, emotionless and unreadable. She wasted no more time and was outside aboard Kilala. Miroku turned to Shippo.

"Shippo, I want you to stay here with Lady Kaede. It's far too dangerous for you. If we don't make it back, she will care for you."

He didn't want to think about that, but not knowing what they were going to face right now… he didn't want to think about that at all. He followed Sango's lead and boarded Kilala behind her. They set off after Inuyasha, after the unknown.

"Hurry! It's this way! Just beyond the tree line!"