Chapter Three
Kagome awoke with a start the next morning before the sun came up, running to the nearby hot spring and finding another bush to throw up in. She was definitly getting worried now that something was wrong with her. She gazed at herself in the hot springs reflection and gasped. The girl looking back at her had black dog ears. She started to hyperventillate as the ears on her head twitched back and forth with every forced breath she was producing. She finally got herself to calm down and got a spare black hat out of her bath bag that she usually had Inuyasha use to cover his ears in her time. She hoped that her friends would not bother her too much about it, as she got out her concealer and covered the bruises that still covered her body. She would make sure her friends never found out what had happened to her that day. She sighed at the new secret she was having to keep hidden.
Shippo was worried about Kagome. She seemed so sad all the time now, and she was not acting like herself. He cuddled to her every chance that he got, hoping that maybe one day she would go back to normal. A few days passed and she was still throwing up and looking frail and sick. She told the group she was headed to the hot spring and Shippo secretly followed her, hoping that maybe he could find out what was wrong with her.
"Miroku, Kagome is not acting like herself" Sango began, frowning at the perverted monk she loved. "I am getting worried about her. Something happened and she wont even adknowledge it to us. Not even me. She always tells me everyting." Fear was taking over Sango at what could have happened to her adopted sister. "Sango, I agree, but if something did happen to her, she obviously does not want us to know about it. Maybe she thinks that we would react poorly." He sighed, massaging his aching temples. "We will probably never find out unless she decides to talk to us. It is nothing personal Sango, she is trying to protect us." He looked over at her, her head bowed and absorbed in thought. His eyes drifted down to her curves and he could not help himself. His hand twitching in anticipation, he rubbed her ass. This did not go well for Miroku. "PERVERT" Sango shouted as she slammed her giant boomerang Hirakotsu over his head several times. She could have sworn she heard "Worth it." before he fell unconcious. She shook her head and pulled his body over to his sleeping bag and dropped him head first on it.
Shippo was following Kagome at a respectable distance so she would not hear him. He knew that the only way he would find out anything was to follow her as she went away alone from the others. Kagome had arrived at the hot springs and was starting to undress and start getting her bath bag out when Shippo saw them. "Kagome!" He wailed as he threw himself into her arms, "Kagome you're hurt! You have bruises all over and cuts and they are bleeding!" Kagome, worried that he would get the hanyou's unwanted attention, tried to calm him down. "Shippo, its okay! These are old, they just keep getting pulled open i promise! I am fine, just sore!" She tried to tell the worked up fox demon kit. He finally calmed down a little and asked "Kagome, what happened to you? These are really bad! Is this why you have been upset and not yourself? You need to tell the others!" Kagome shook her head furiously "No! No Shippo, Do NOT let Inuyasha know! He will be so mad! I-I just fell down some stairs that is all!" She lied, hoping he would buy it. "B-but why would he be mad if you fell? What happened mom?" Kagome started tearing up when he called her mom. She couldn't keep anything from her little Shippo. "Okay Shippo, but you can't tell anyone got it?" She pleaded with him. "Okay I promise." He puffed up proudly, glad she knew she could trust him, "No matter how much candy I am given or how much Inuyasha tries to get out of me!" She looked down at him, wondering if she should really tell him, he was still young for a demon. "Okay, shippo, I had gone to my time to get some supplies from my house and had come back out on this side of the well." She began, "I had just arrived when I could tell that something was not right. I felt like someone was watching me." She shudders, trying to go on, "I started walking back to the village when it happened. Someone was chasing me. I tried to run, but he lept out right in front of me."
