Chapter 3: Slap Jack
"Inuyasha c'mon your not gonna give up on looking for Kagome now are ya?" Shippo yelled jumping on the hanyou's laying form.
Inuyasha twitched an ear and gritted his teeth before grabbing Shippo by the middle of his tiny body. "DO YA MIND I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!" he shouted causing Shippo's hair to stick straight back from his head by the force of wind that came from his shout.
Blinking his eyes repeatedly Shippo glared at the inu. "Inuyasha, how can you think of sleep when we got searching to do? KAGOMES STILL OUT THERE!" he started then shouted back.
"We've been looking for two weeks Shippo, were doing the best we can." Sango stated calmly taking the kitsune from Inuyashas grip. "But I want Kagome. I miss her…" He said sadly hugging himself to Sango.
Sango smiled weakly as she ran her fingers through his fluffy red hair. She missed Kagome a great deal too, she often wondered if they would ever find her. Though two weeks have passed she still holds hope that she'll turn up sooner or later.
Stretching his limbs, Inuyasha pulled himself into a sitting position on the floor. Yawning loudly making the hut walls shake from the noise. "ahhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" "Inuyasha keep thy mouth shut unless ye want the walls to collapse on ye." Kaede said as she entered the hut with some water with Miroku in tow.
"Good morning everyone!" Miroku greeted his companions as he made his way to sit next to Sango. Looking at the little vixen he smiled at her. Sango smiled back but kept her suspicions high on the monk and his hand.
Taking her eyes from the monk she leaned over to take the cup of tea that was offered by Kaede. 'Now's my chance!' thought Miroku with a lecherous grin… For a split second Sango went wide eyed then swiftly turned to face the monk, cheeks flues with red.
"PERVERT!" "No Sango pl-" Sango cut him off by hitting him over the head. "Is that all you think about? I mean c'mon there are more things to do than grope my bottom!" She spat at the monk rubbing his very sore head.
Inuyasha and Shippo both shook their heads, they knew he wouldn't learn even if he got a million blow to the head by the demon slayer. 'Stupid monk.' Inuyasha thought dryly.
Sticking his nose in the air Inuyasha got up and headed out of the hut without a word. "Hey Inuyasha where you going?" asked Shippo, but Inuyasha didn't answer him. Raising an eyebrow Sango whispered something into Miroku's ear, nodding he got up and left the hut as well.
Slowly and cautiously following the inu Miroku found himself in the woods safely hidden behind a tree. Watching Inuyasha, 'I wonder what he's waiting for…' he thought as he looked upon the hanyou.
As he was about to come out from behind the tree and ask Inuyasha what he was doing he heard an emotionless voice. His eyes went wide a bit 'That voice… it… it can't be…' still gazing at where Inuyasha was she appeared.
There stood Kikyo in her gloominess. Miroku watched the couple closely and listened very carefully.
"Inuyasha I'm tired of meeting like this…" she said walking towards him. "I know Kikyo but I don't want anyone to know until we've found Kagome…" He looked to the ground. "She's still out there… we haven't found her yet…" He closed his eyes feeling that it was somehow it was his fault.
Kikyo shifted her gaze away from him; she knew why Kagome was gone. She saw the girl run in on them those couple weeks ago. She didn't have the nerve to tell Inuyasha about it though. At least not till now.
"Inuyasha I know why Kagome is gone…" Looking up at her he immediately glared at her. "Where is she Kikyo? If you know then you must have something to do with it." He spat accusingly. Kikyo put up her hands, "It was both our faults Inuyasha" She told him sternly. He only looked at her "Both our faults?" Kikyo nodded "She ran in on us a couple weeks ago. I can only suspect that she ran away after what she saw."
'Kagome ran off because of me… again…' he thought sadly. Looking to the ground Inuyasha sighed and pulled Kikyo into a hug. "We need to find her Kikyo… Who knows what kind of trouble she's inn." She only nodded in agreement lightly running her hand down his back. She knew he was right and she would help her mate find his friend.
Miroku ran into the hut after he heard the reason why Kagome was missing. "Miroku are you alright?" Sango asked the heavily breathing monk, quickly she grabbed some water and handed it to his "Here drink this." She offered
Miroku took the cup nodding his head in thanks and gulped it down. Catching his breath he recomposed himself and took in a deep breath before he spoke. "I have some news on Kagome… it seems that Inuyasha and Kikyo are mated." Sango's mouth gaped "But in the process of the… mating… supposedly Kagome walked in on it undetected and then ran off." After he finished he looked at Sango and liked to shrink where he sat.
The look on her face was scary beyond reason. 'That basterd mated to that clay pot after ha asked Kagome to… ugh!' she thought with much anger. Balling her fists at her sides she grabbed her hiraikotsu and walked outside to await the hanyou's arrival.
Somewhere in the forest Kagome huffed slumping her shoulders. She felt like she'd been walking for hours. She did stop awhile back to take a little nap. She woke with a cramped back and a twig in her hair. 'I need a bath' she thought tiredly. Who knew looking for Sesshoumaru could be so hard.
Kagome stopped and plopped herself on the forest floor. She had been walking most of the morning and well into the afternoon nonstop. Well she did stop to take a bathroom…err, bush break and stopped to grab some berries and water so she would have some nourishment. But right at this very second her body and mind screamed 'BATH'. Groaning she took her shoes and socks off to give her feet some air.
Stuffing her socks into her shoes she grabbed them and stood up and started to walk. Kagome smiled softly as she walked on the plushy grass feeling it run between her toes making her giggle lightly from she slight ticklish feeling it caused.
A mile or so Kagome stopped in her tracks as the sight of steam and the sound of something trickling filled her ears. She smiled really big 'WATER!' "HOT SPRING!" she shouted and ran off in the direction of the steam.
Shoes flying out of her hands as she skidded to a stop Kagome's eyes were as big and round as softballs. Her face turned completely red at the sight before her…