Ch 6

While they were walking Kagome couldn't help but notice how affectionate Sango and Miroku were acting towards each other. He hadn't tried to grab or caress her butt once since they became a couple. Not unless she wanted him too. It was so sweet to see them together this way. They both looked so happy Kagome hoped that it would last forever.

About a half an hour in Inuyasha gave a loud frustrated aggravated sigh.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?"

"WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S WRONG?"

Inuyasha shouted enraged. He turned and shouted directly in kagome's face.

"We're just wandering around in circles, we don't have a clue where we're going we don't have any leads and there's some nut walking around who looks like me and has a sword just like mine and YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S WRONG?!"

Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo all stood stunned. They were so shocked they didn't even know how to react.

"Ummm…Ummm…Ummm…" Kagome stuttered.

Inuyasha stalked off mumbling to himself. The gang stood in stunned silence until Inuyasha was out of sight. Finally Miroku came to his senses

"Wait! Inuyasha!" "What are we supposed to do?" "We don't even know what we're doing and now we've lost Inuyasha!"

"Relax," Sango said "We don't need Inuyasha to wander around and look for this demon-person-thing." "And as far as losing Inuyasha goes; we haven't really lost him he's just gone off to sulk somewhere." "He'll come back when he's ready." "So there's really nothing for anybody to worry about." "We'll do fine on our own it's not like we can't take care of ourselves." "The most logical thing to do is to keep walking in the direction we were going we'll catch up to Inuyasha eventually.

"Alright Kagome?" "Kagome?" "Oh yah sure whatever you think." Kagome said in a fog.

The gang had continued in the same direction since Inuyasha took off. They were hoping they would see him at some point. After all they still had no idea what they were looking for. They weren't even sure what they were looking for anymore. After all Inuyasha had the smell. He was really the only one that knew sort of what they were looking for. Without him they were lost. He couldn't have gotten that far ahead of them could he? Despite all this the aura around the group was peaceful. Miroku and Sango were walking at a leisurely pace holding hands. Miroku had cut down on his lechery quite a bit since he and Sango became a commited couple but he was by no means a saint. After all old habits die hard. Shippo and Kirara walked behind them quietly each lost in their own thoughts as they wandered down the trail. Kagome headed the group.

The group's aura might have been peaceful, but Kagome's own personal aura was one of anxiety and tension but she was trying not to let it show. She didn't want to bring the group's aura down. So she just walked alone far ahead of the group in silence lost in thought. Miroku and Sango were actually a little worried about Kagome. She hadn't said a single word since Inuyasha took off it just wasn't like her to be this way for so long. However, despite their concern they decided it was best to leave her alone with her thoughts and let her figure it out for herself.

Kagome of course was so wrapped up in her own thoughts about Inuyasha she was completely oblivious to anything and anyone else around her. She couldn't get over the way Inuyasha had reacted towards her the way he had screamed at her the look in his eyes. It scared and worried her to death at the same time.

As Inuyasha leaped across the forest tree tops he saw a village on fire in the distance. The smoke billowed so high it could be seen from miles. He sensed a huge demonic aura coming from the area where the fire was. It nearly knocked him over he could barely stand it. He was suddenly filled with fear and a million thoughts rushed through his head.

"That demonic aura is even bigger than Naraku's." "I've never sensed an aura this big." "What could it be?" Suddenly a flash went through his mind. "Sesshomaru?" "No, it couldn't be?" "Why would sesshomaru attack a random village?" Suddenly Inuyasha had another flash. "That man…That man the villagers were telling us about." "Could it be him?"

An image of the man as the villagers described suddenly appeared in his mind. He raced off at top speed in the direction of the village. "If it turns out that this guy is as bad as the villagers say he is.