"S...Sango?" the hanyou asked.
"Yes?" the woman asked looking at the hanyou.
"Sango. What a beautiful name for a beautiful girl." Miroku said grabbing her hand in his.
Sango blushed but then slipped her hand out of the monk's before he could came any more closer to her. Miroku was about to make an attempt to grope Sango's butt. When Inuyasha came out of his shock and hit Miroku over the head before he could do something he would regret.
Miroku looked at Inuyasha with a hurt expression as he asked, "What was that for?"
Sango looked confused for a moment before her eyes flash slightly and she muttered a quiet "hentai". With a small sigh, she turned her attention back to the hanyou.
"I want to thank you for saving this village." she said as she bowed slightly.
"Keh," Inuyasha said.
"Well, I want to help you on your quest as a thank you." she said not sure how to take his answer.
"What can a beautiful girl like you do?" Miroku asked curiously.
"I am a seer. I have the power to know what has happen and what is to come to past." Sango said proudly.
"Feh, it's not like I wasn't going to let you come." Inuyasha muttered.
"So where are we going?" Miroku asked Inuyasha.
"To find the girl, we must go North." she said as Inuyasha looked at her.
Inuyasha took the lead as they headed north. At first they traveled in silence. Then after an hour, Miroku tried to grope Sango. But just as his hand was about to touch her butt, she moved away leaving him to grope nothing but air. Another hour rolled by before they took a break.
Inuyasha sat on a low branch a little away from the other two as he started thinking about what went wrong. And, if he would be able to fix it. He wasn't so sure if he would be able to fix what had happen. But he needed to get to his mate and make sure that she was safe.
His train of thought was broken when Sango came to stand by him. Looking down, he waited to see if she wanted something or if she was just trying to get away from the monk. After a few moment of silence, Sango spoke up.
"Would you mind telling me exactly what is going on?" Sango asked as she couldn't get any information on it other than a few things.
"What is it that you know?" the hanyou asked.
"Not much, surprisingly," she said, "I know that you are on a quest to get your mate back and that it requires the help from me and the monk. But belong that, I do not know."
With a sigh, the hanyou called over the monk and motioned them to get comfortable. He was going to tell them a tale that he wasn't sure that they would believe. But either way they had a right to know what was going on and maybe, just maybe, they could find a way to fix it. With another sigh, the hanyou closed his eyes as he started his tale.
"Its started a few days after the final battle with our enemy…" the hanyou started.
It was a peaceful day. The sun was out with little clouds in the sky. The rays from the sun were warm and the group rested on the grass outside of Kaede's village. A little fox kit with red hair and turquoise eyes was playing ball with the two tail cat demon and a boy with short dark brown hair and light brown eyes. A monk and demon slayer sat a little anyway by a small stream talking softly to each other. While the hanyou sat in a low branch looking down on the miko sitting at the base.
They had just defeated their enemy, Naraku, a few days ago and were mostly healed of the wounds. The monk was relief that his wind tunnel was no more and no long pose a threat to his and other's lives. The demon slayer was happy that all of her friends had survived and that she was able to get her brother back.
The miko was happy that the hanyou had made up his mind and had become her mate. She no longer had to worry if he would just disappear. The hanyou was happy to have the woman that he loved as his mate. But he was worried. They still had one shard left to find of the jewel.
Though they talked about what they were going to do with the jewel. They still didn't have a clue as to what to do with it. But they all had agreed that they would find away to free Midoriko so that the jewel would disappear.
They had agreed to start out first thing in the morning to find the last jewel shard. Though they weren't sure were to go. For there weren't any rumors of the jewel shard, not even a whisper. They thought it would be best to head west.
They hadn't really traveled west for of fear of running into the hanyou's older brother. But with the defeat of their enemy, the brothers had become more civil toward each other. So as they headed out, they hoped that they would find the last jewel shard and end the journey that they had started to begin a new one.
They didn't have to travel far into the west before they came upon a cat demon that possessed the last jewel shard. Though the battle was hard, they were able to defeat it without getting seriously hurt. Their injuries were minor when the last blow was sent to the cat demon. The hanyou's Windscar sliced the cat demon into pieces.
Once they were sure that it was dead, the miko walked over to the glowing flesh and pulled out the last jewel shard. Everyone let out a cheer as the miko added the shard to the almost complete jewel. With her hands covering the almost whole jewel and the shard, the miko's hands glow a light pink. Once she removed her top hand, she showed the group the full Jewel of Four Souls.
Putting the jewel around her neck, everyone set up camp for the night. But no one notice the slight change in the jewel, not even the miko who held it in her possession. For in the jewel, a tiny bit of darkness laid, the last of their enemy's power. Unbeknownst to the traveling group, Naraku put a curse on the jewel. And as they slept their reality change with no memory of what occurred or about each other. For some reason, when the hanyou woke that morning, he knew something went terribly wrong.
As the hanyou finish telling his story, his friend looked at him in astonishment. Though he wasn't sure that they would believe him, he hoped that they wouldn't just turn around and leave. Even though he would never admit out loud, he needed them. Not knowing what occurred and how to fix it, but knowing he couldn't do it alone.
Suddenly Miroku stood up and walked over to the Inuyasha to put his hand on the hanyou's shoulder. The hanyou looked at his friend in slight shock as the monk offered a small smile to him. The uneasiness left the hanyou as his friends gather around him. With a small nod, they started back on their journey to find the last member of their group.
For the first few hours, the group traveled in silence, trying to make sense of what the hanyou told them. Though the hanyou wasn't sure that his friends believe him, he was happy that they decided to continue with him. But the smile soon slipped from his face as his thoughts traveled to the missing girl, his missing mate.
Inuyasha knew his mate was in trouble, but how much he wasn't sure. He prayed to all that would listen that his mate would be safe in his arms soon. But once again, his thoughts were cut off as the wind blew lightly against him and with it the smell of blood reached his nose. It was faint and he knew there was still some distance between them and the source. Without hesitation, the hanyou took off running with a quick yell that he smelt blood.
The monk and seer followed after him, and it wasn't long before they could see the smoke rising in the air. As they got closer to the village they saw that the smoke was coming from the burning huts as villagers scattered out of their houses and into the path of the creature. A creature that stood tall with a smirk on its face as it watch it's meal scurry about like chickens without heads.
The creature was tall and muscular with brown fur covering his body. Glowing yellow eyes watch with excitement as its claws twitch for the taste of blood on them. It stood on its hind legs to make itself taller as its eyes locked onto the hanyou. With a growl the creature charged at the hanyou. But the hanyou was really, as soon as the creature started moving, the hanyou motion for his friends to gather the villagers.
Inuyasha met the creature half way, both had their claws ready to strike. At the last second, before the hanyou and creature met, the creature jumped to try to knock the hanyou down. The hanyou jumped back before he went to attack the creature. The hanyou's claws ran over the creature's arm and causing the hanyou to get red blood on his claws. The creature let out a snarl as it looked at it wounds. The hanyou got really for the next attack as the creature looked at him with malice.
Without any warning the creature attacked, bringing its claw hand down on the hanyou. But the hanyou was about to move away before the claw could do any damage. And bring his own claw hand up to pierce the creature's chest. With a roar the creature fell onto the ground in a puddle of its own blood. The hanyou looked around for his friends, and was relief to see that they had gotten the villagers safe.
The villagers, grateful for their help, offered them a place to stay for the night. The hanyou looked to his friends to see what they wanted to do. Even though he knew that they had to keep going and not hang around where they're weren't needed. He couldn't deny them the luxury of staying inside a nice warm room and off the hard ground.
But it was like his friends knew how he felt, for they gave him a reassuring smile as them declined the offer. So without any more delay, they left to get a few more hours of walking in before the sunset.
Hey, I hope that this chapter helps with the confusion. I want to thank those of you that review and hidden-in-darkness for the help. If you got any questions, just asked. Thanks for reading.
Isabella the White Tiger