Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of its characters. I just dream I do.
Authors' Note: Sorry for not updating for a while. I've been bombarded with school work at college, and my brother has been using up the phone line, talking to his girlfriend. I know, I know. It's no excuse. Plus, thanks to everyone who reviewed! It means so much! Now lets get on with the story!
"Koga! Slow down, will ya!?" Shippo whined in his huge balloon form, "I can hardly keep up with you!"
The wolf demon halted in his tracks and looked up at the transformed kitsune. He growled in annoyance with Kagome on his back. "Well, then come down here and grab on with Kagome!"
"Take it easy, Koga," Kagome soothed, patting his shoulder. "You know no one can keep up with you with those jewel shards in your legs."
"Besides, Koga, Shippo is carrying a passenger," Miroku said calmly on top of Shippo. The monk was sitting cross-legged on top of the kitsune fox.
"Grr… speaking of which. Why are you tagging along, Monk!? Don't you have a woman to look for!?!" Koga yelled up at Shippo. When he didn't get a response, the wolf demon growled. "Kid, get down here so I can talk to the monk!"
Shippo yelped with little sweat drops popping around him. "Alright, alright! You don't have to yell!" A large puff of smoke exploded in the air, and Shippo and Miroku landed onto the ground. "You didn't have to yell!"
Koga ignored the comment and put Kagome down. "Well, Monk? What about the exterminator? Don't you have to look for her and mend some wounds as you put it?"
Miroku was calm as he nodded. "Yes. However, I don't have to look for Sango. I already know she's at her old village trying to rebuild it, and because I already know where she is I thought it would be better to assist you three to search for InuYasha."
"In other words, he doesn't want to go to Sango and get beat up," Shippo simplified, making Miroku's eye twitch.
"Well…" Twitch. "I suppose you could say that."
Koga huffed. "So you're scared of your own woman. Why am I not surprised?" Koga sighed to himself. Then, he looked at Kagome. "While we're on the subject, why are we looking for mutt face, Kagome?"
"I told you already, Koga, I want to find him and try to patch things up. Just because I'm with you doesn't mean I don't still want to be friends with him," Kagome explained. "And I'll never be able to live with myself until I talk this over with him."
"What do you mean by 'this'?" Koga asked.
"Us!" Kagome exclaimed. "Come on, Koga; we talked about this."
"Yeah, yeah. We've only been looking for him for six weeks," Koga emphasized.
"I still say we should ask Sango if she's seen him," Shippo chimed in with wide emerald eyes.
Miroku shook his head. "I doubt it. Sango and InuYasha may have been comrades in battle against Naraku, but I doubt InuYasha would be willing to give her a helping hand on such a task as rebuilding her entire village."
Shippo sulked on Kagome's shoulder with his little arms crossed over his chest. "We could still ask her."
Kagome clapped her hands together to everyone's attention. "How about this? We'll look around for one more week. If we don't find him, we'll head back to Kaede's and see if he came back. Then, we'll check with Sango," she said, looking at Miroku while mentioning Sango.
Miroku nodded, smiling. "I believe I'll be able to console her by then."
Kagome sweat dropped slightly. "Alright…. How about it Koga?" she asked, turning to face the wolf demon.
Koga snorted. "What choice do I have?" He grabbed the miko and settled her onto his back. "Lets just get outta here."
"Right! Fox Magic!" Shippo exclaimed before he was enveloped in his smoke puff and transformed into his swollen balloon self. He grunted when Miroku jumped onto him. "Hey, watch it!" Shippo yelled.
Silently, Shippo mumbled. 'I hope we find InuYasha soon. I'm getting tired of this,' the little kitsune fox thought, not daring to speak his thoughts within Koga's hearing range. He sighed softly. 'InuYasha, where are you?'