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Chapter 5

Questions Now Answered

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The wind swirled in the sky around us. It rustled some dry leaves a few feet away. The sun was shining brightly. The village kids were playing happily, not worrying about anything.

I didn't know what Sango was going to say. I was waiting for 'Inuyasha left with Kikyo' or 'He left to go find the rest of the Shikon Jewels to become a full youkia.' Believe me I was not ready for the answer I got.

"Inuyasha...has gone on a wild rampage Kagome." For some reason the first thing I did was smile. I mean come on, Inuyasha on a wild rampage? It was unthinkable.

Sango I saw was very serious. My smile quickly dissolved and I blinked in confusion. Why the hell would Inuyasha do something like this? Did something happen while I was gone for a whole two days?

I voiced my thoughts to Sango who in turn shrugged. I sighed quietly to myself but Shippo was able to hear it since he was still in my arms.

"What's wrong Kagome?" Shippo asked innocently. I swallowed audibly but didn't reply. Shippo seemed to understand and didn't pry any farther.

I looked up at Sango and asked with a small smile. "Where's Miroku?" At the sound of his name Sango narrowed her eyes dangerously. Telling me she wasn't on friendly terms with him at the moment. I swallowed down a giggle.

Sango gave out a frustrated breath before she answered me. "He's off with the village girls." She said through clenched teeth her eyes still narrowed dangerously.

I nodded in understanding. Smiling more confidently, I took Sango by the arm and started to lead us out of the forest of Inuyasha.

When we got to Kiadae's hut we saw Miroku surrounded by women. We were just about to pass him up without a backward glance when he yelled. "Kagome!!!" He came running right towards us a smile plastered on his face.

He was about to engulf me in a hug when Sango said in a murderous voice. "Take one more step Miroku..." She let the the threat hang there in the air between them.

Miroku let out a nervous laugh trying to lighten the mood. Sango wasn't going for it and continued to glare daggers at him. He sighed and held his hands up in defeat. "I was only going to welcome Kagome back with a simple hug. She did of course disappear on us without thinking how it would effect Inuyasha, though. Have you told her?" Miroku asked Sango with his hands still in the air.

I looked at them with confusion written across my face. My leaving effected Inuyasha? What the hell was that suppose to mean? I was about to open my mouth to ask this but Sango cut in before I could get a word out.

"Well...I told her Inuyasha was on a wild rampage. I didn't really tell her it was her to, uh, blame." Sango then turned to me shaking her hands back and forth.

"I mean it's not really you to blame. I mean I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for what happened. Especially after what I just saw out there in the Forest of Inuyasha I know something had to have happened." She looked at me expectantly.

Looking at Sango and then back to Miroku I tried to come up with a good enough excuse for what happened.

Shippo suddenly started turning around in my grip. I looked down at him with concern clouding my eyes. He was looking out to where the village kids were playing and I knew he wanted to go play. I bent down and let Shippo go so he could go run off with the kids.

As I came back up I heard an audible, SMACK, happen from behind me. I turned around and looked at the hand print on Miroku's left cheek. I glared at him but otherwise ignored it since I was still thinking on how I could explain what happened two nights ago.

Sighing I just decided to just tell them the truth. All the way to spying on Inuyasha to the wish I made on the god tree. Both Sango and Miroku listened with interest as I told them about the god tree's 'ability'.

When I was finished they were both nodding in what was understood as well..understanding. It was my turn to ask some questions but Miroku interrupted me this time. What the hell? Was it interrupt Kagome day or something?

"You know Kagome I think if you stayed long enough you probably would have seen something else." What Miroku said made me go silent. What was Miroku getting at? If I had stayed long enough for what? Again I started to open my mouth to ask and was interrupted AGAIN. I might as well be mute for as much as I spoke.

"That doesn't matter right now Kagome. We have to find Inuyasha and stop his rampaging. If we don't get to him on time he'll end up killing himself." Miroku informed me. At that I nodded and waited to know where we were to headed off.

When they just stood there watching me I asked, "What?" Wow. Now that I finally talk I say one word. Way to go Kagome, I mentally slapped my forehead.

Both Miroku and Sango said in unison, "Nothing."

Sighing I said more specifically,"Where is Inuyasha at exactly?" they both smiled.

Sango answered. "Well first you need to know that Inuyasha has been overcome by his youkia side. It's not looking too good for him. So we're going to have to be careful around him." I nodded in understanding. This was going to be a difficult task to accomplish, that was for sure.

Letting out a breath of exhaustion I followed Miroku and Sango as they started off in the woods. Kirara was left behind, back at the hut resting, so she wasn't with us. I didn't want Shippo getting hurt or getting in the way so he stayed behind with Kirara. Hopefully Shippo wouldn't think badly of me for leaving him behind.

Letting out a strained sigh I continued to follow my two friends deeper into the forest.

Now, you may think it would be difficult to find a half demon. Well if that certain half demon happened to be Inuyasha it wasn't going to be hard. All we had to do was follow the path of chopped off trees and we'd find him in no time.

Miroku was shaking his head, obviously disappointed. He sighed. "Can Inuyasha be anymore obvious? I can't believe I'm friends with a guy who can't even hide his own tracks. He always has to be overly dramatic." Miroku let out another sigh.

Then a sudden thought came to me. "Guys? How come you didn't go after Inuyasha or stop him from going off?" My voice must have sounded accusing because Sango instantly became defensive.

"We thought it was something for you and Inuyasha to work out alone. We didn't know what to do with him." I raised a brow at her. She sighed in defeat. "Well we were kind of scared that he was too lost to know if he'd hurt us unintentionally. We were able to drive him out of the village so he wouldn't hurt any of the villagers though."

I shook my head in disappointment but knew they just didn't want to hurt Inuyasha either. They probably would have been able to put him down easily but he was, of course, their friend, it would have been wrong.

I had lost track of the time and now we were exactly at the center of the forest...well at least close. The chopping of trees had just suddenly stopped and we had no trail to lead us. Sango's voice penetrated the silence. "Way to go Miroku. You just had to say something about Inuyasha's skills at hiding his tracks. Now what do you propose we do?"

Sango was waiting for an answer from Miroku as was I but he only shrugged in confusion.

Suddenly I heard rustlings from my left. I thanked Sango silently for making me turn back around to get my bow and arrow from Kiadae's hut before coming out to search for Inuyasha.

Letting my arm reach behind my back for an arrow I started to turn towards the movement. It was like everything was in slow motion.

Inuyasha came out in a flash but I could see his every move. At first his eyes flashed with recognition then just as quickly it faded and he was in front of me. My arrow slipped from my grip and I was rendered helpless. Miroku took a hesitant step towards us but Inuyasha struck out and gripped me by the throat.

The action was so surprising that I forgot to breath. I found that his grip was not light and that it felt like my throat was being squeezed like a sponge. Miroku froze. Inuyasha's grip loosened slightly enough for me to take in a breath. Sango stayed where she was not wanting to make Inuyasha do anything he'd regret later on.

All I could do was stay frozen with Inuyasha's clawed hand around my slim throat. I blinked up at the Hanyou in front of me (or should I say Youkia?) and choked out a, "Inu-yasha" weakly. At the sound of his name he looked down at me, again a flash of recognition flashing in his eyes. Then he blinked twice and it was gone.

Inuyasha growled at me suddenly and I felt my face drain from all its color. Please, I heard my thoughts plead. "Please, Inuyasha..."

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Oooh cliffy!!! Lol. Love this chappy. It has gots to be my favorite out of them all. Now I don't really think I answered all the questions I said I would from my last chappy. So hopefully I'll answer them in my next chapter.

So Daddy'sPoetryAngel will now be taking a little break from writing the rest of this story. I don't have a clue when or if there will ever be an ending. LOL. So you know what, if you got any questions I will gladly try and answer them as fully as I can.

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