AN: Oh, lookie! New chapter! And thanks to some music and... bunch of other crap it'll be a good one. Not a song-fic-chapter, I just like listening to music while I write, so it sucks for you since you can't hear it. Anyway, before I start rambling on like an idiot-
Juicy: Too late for that...
HnA: Shut the hell up.
I'll just start the chapter.
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PaymentBy Hentai No Ai
Kikyo
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Kagome sat on her sleeping bag and with drowsy eyes she glanced around the clearing, her blue orbs searching for something.
"He ain't coming back so stop looking." Kagome frowned at Inuyasha, he'd just jumped down from the tree he slept in. "I know it, you know it."
Kagome just about growled at him, she knew he was right but still, it was nice to think that maybe... She let out a defeated sigh, he wasn't coming back. No use for false hope. Kagome looked up and glared at Inuyasha, she figured it was his fault. If he hadn't been trying to castrate him, then Miroku would still be there. But no, of course Inuyasha had to scare him away. A wicked smile crossed her face as he turned towards her and his eyes widened. His furry dog ears flattened atop his head and his eyes closed tightly.
"Si-" A fur ball attached to her face for the fourth time in the last 24 hours. With a sigh, Kagome pulled Shippo off her. It seemed he cared more about Inuyasha than she thought.
Shippo stood to his full height, which was about two feet, and gave Kagome a look that nearly made her cry in frustration. His green eyes were big and round and there were tears forming.
"Okay, I won't sit him anymore." She grabbed the kitsune and gave him a bone-crushing hug.
Shippo grinned at Inuyasha who was watching in awe as he snuggled up against Kagome and said with a sob, "Okay."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and mumbled, "Feh. If you're done, we need to go get those shards!"
Kagome spun around and fixed him with a glare, "Can't you see Shippo's upset?"
Inuyasha's jaw tensed and he glared at the back of Shippo's head before muttering, "No, I can see he's a little pervert."
"What?" Kagome hissed.
"I said, 'Yeah, he looks a little hurt.'"
"Oh," Kagome stood with Shippo still in her arms, silently giggling.
After walking for about an hour, Inuyasha's ears perked on his head and he began to slow down. Kagome stopped beside him as he began sniffing the air. She looked up to see soul stealers moving in the direction they were headed.
"Kikyo..." Kagome watched Inuyasha as he got the same glazed look on his face every time they were about to run into the undead priestess.
"Uh, Inuyasha..." Kagome gave him an uncertain look as he got into his running stance.
"Keep going." And with that he took off leaving dust and a sighing Kagome in his wake.
"THAT would have been a great moment to sit him Kagome." She was surprised to hear Shippo's voice.
"No, that's okay. You wanted me to stop right?"
"Yeah."
They trudged on for a few more minutes before Kagome asked, "You want some candy?"
"Yes!" The little fox began jumping in excitement as Kagome got the candy out of her bag.
"Here you go," She handed him half of a bar of chocolate. "Eat slowly, I don't want to give you too much."
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"Kagome where are we going? We've been going in circles you know, we already passed that tree 4 times. I wonder why trees look like that, don't you Kagome? They're so big! How come they're not small and cute like me?"
Kagome sighed as she listened to Shippo's chatter. For the last hour he'd been asking her the weirdest questions and saying he'd seen the same trees. But they couldn't be going in circles unless the shard she was following was going in circles.
Shippo kept asking his questions and listening to Kagome sigh until he saw the biggest tree he'd ever seen in his life, it looked a lot like the one he'd seen when his father met those ladies...
"Uh oh," With his eyes wide, Shippo stopped in front of Kagome, nearly tripping her. When she straightened herself and noticed the look on his face she asked, "What's wrong?"
"We have to turn around." He pulled on her hand and turned around.
"No, we can't. This is the way Inuyasha went," She pulled back on his hand and dragged him pass the huge tree. "And I can sense a shard this way."
His emerald eyes widened as he noticed a path begin to form. He rooted his feet into the ground, trying to slow down Kagome.
"Shippo! What are you doing?" She stopped to look at him.
"We can't go this way!"
"Why not?"
Shippo found another familiar tree to stare at as he said, "We just can't..."
"That's not a very good reason. This is the way Inuyasha went," She picked up Shippo and began walking again with him struggling in her arms. "And this is the way we'll go..."
Shippo stopped fighting when she trailed off and looked up to see Inuyasha and Kikyo.
They were kissing.
Very... hard.
He looked up to see Kagome's saddened face. "Kagome?"
She barely caught his whisper but looked at him and gave him a fake smile that he saw through. "Let's go."
With him still in her arms, Kagome walked around them. When they were almost half a mile away from them Kagome stopped, making Shippo run into her leg and fall.
"Shippo?"
He got off the ground and immediately his eyes widened. "Yes?"
"Is this why you didn't want to come this way?"
He swallowed hard and nodded, "Yes."
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AN: And this chapter has come to an end. I say if you don't know what they stumbled upon...
Juicy: You're a fucking idiot.
HnA: What did I say about cursing?
J-Boi: That we can do it all the time?
HnA: twitch You know what I said... butcher's knife behind back is revealed
J-Boi: laughs nervously Oh... that. you said not to...
HnA: Good. pats him on the head
Inu-chan: raises eyebrow then turns to readers Review responses...
Lavander Valentine: Well now that you've read the second chapter, you can see that he deserved it. Thanks.
FrustratedPheonix: Not OOC just concerned. Kagome was acting crazy and Shippo thought that she'd eventually turn on him. It wasn't for Inuyasha, Shippo can be selfish sometimes...
DarkVixen: He he he... I thought it was good, too.
Fainus: I thought it was weird when I first started reading them, but now look. I'm writing them.
SwEet-cHiCk-08: I know this isn't really soon, but school started... Oh, can I come to your funeral then?
Inu-chan: It's called sarcasm...
HnA: And my response is called a joke sticks out tounge
J-Boi: Review, people!
