Hey guys! I've gotten those seven reviews I guess….faster than I expected. So thank you. And you have no idea how much (in my mind) I'm paying to do this. I can only imagine how much Inuyasha wants to kill me. Ha-ha but I out fooled him.
Inuyasha: Take down this barrier!
Ha ha- no. Anyways a few comments to make to reviews
Half-Angel-Writer: Thanks but I think I might just stick with Kun I might not know Japanese but I think it sounds cute and in a way makes me think 'darling'
HoplessRomantic183: You have no idea how hysterical that's going to turn out. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Again thank you for reviews as I hope for more of them, and here's your next chapter.
"So we're going back to Kaede's? That's nearly a six day journey Miroku!" Sango told him. They were in the lead for once, instead of Inuyasha who-now- would just lead them into a tree.
Miroku glanced black over his shoulder - that was unoccupied by Shippo-at Inuyasha and Kagome who were walking with their hands intertwined with each other's. Not just holding hands, it was as if their hips were sewn together and they were playing with each other's fingers. The two weren't watching where they were going, for they were too lost looking deeply into each other's eyes and smiling every few seconds before looking away.
(Inuyasha: Oh yeah I just remembered I can take this down with Tetsusaiga. Rikki: Shit)
"Yeah, we're definitely going to Kaede's." He muttered. "We have no idea what has gotten into them, maybe they ate something?"
Sango shook her head. "Kagome wouldn't have eaten anything out in the forest unless she knew it was edible, and before she went to sleep she hadn't eaten anything." She paused a moment to glance back at the two who were looking apart from each other yet still holding hands. "Maybe we're overreacting to this."
"You think? Inuyasha!" Miroku called. Said hanyou and Kagome looked over, as if they were the same person. "Who do you truly love?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at this random question when his hand moved apart from Kagome's and around her waist.
"Didn't you already ask me something like that? I told you, Kagome!" He yelled to them pulling Kagome against his hard chest.
"What about Kikyo?" Miroku asked.
"Kikyo was only my first love, and you better start minding your own business monk!" Miroku turned back to Sango with a taunting look.
"Now he probably wouldn't have said that yesterday…well maybe the last part he would." Ship
"You know whenever he's talking to us, other than the odd answers of him loving Kagome; he seems like regular old Inuyasha." Shippo pointed out glancing back to Inuyasha and Kagome while overhearing them.
"Do you mean it Inuyasha?" Kagome asked making it almost sound like a whimper.
"With all my heart," He whispered leaning in for a quick kiss. (*puke* Sorry just…that's not how I imagine they would be like)
"Alright, so they weren't like this yesterday. Maybe they-" Sango paused and let out a gasp. "The curse,"
"What?" Miroku and Shippo said at once looking at each other.
"What curse would make them act like…that?" Miroku said pointing back at the two who were just watching their hands play with each other.
"Think about it Miroku. Now what did that old woman say? 'From dawn 'til you come across the flower of how you feel.'" Sango said looking to Miroku for help.
"And then she said something of how the red string will take its effect. What is the red string?"
"I have no clue," Sango mumbled looking back at the two. "But if we want to understand, we need to find out."
After just walking for a few hours, the Inu-tachi decided to pick up their pace. Miroku and Sango had decided that until they learned about the red string, they were going to keep a careful eye at a careful distance, on Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha was carrying Kagome on his back while Miroku, Sango, and Shippo rode on Kirara.
It was looking like nothing changed until-
"Inu-kun," Kagome whispered to Inuyasha's ear over the rushing wind of him running. His ear twitched, and directed to her, indicating he was listening. "I sense a jewel shard."
"Where at?"
"I think just over th-"
"Help me!" A cry wailed. The group paused a moment to look over their shoulders and saw a small boy running nearly their way. Kagome was about to ask him what was wrong but was cut off by a rumble in the ground. Kirara circled above them and held her place in the air. Everyone was watching the ground, when another rumble shook the ground, causing Kagome to lose her balance and fall over if Inuyasha hadn't steadied her. Reaching for the hilt of his sword, Inuyasha bared his teeth ready for whatever was going to come.
Parts of the ground shot up, as a centipede demon erupted from the ground. Inuyasha wrapped his arm around Kagome's waist and jumped away from all the chunks of earth.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango's echoed voice yelled, throwing over her giant boomerang, slicing off several legs before flying back over to Sango.
"Where's the jewel shard Kagome?" Inuyasha asked gently as opposed to him usually yelling at her to tell him.
"I think it's…." Kagome scanned over the centipede, looking for the point the shikon shard she was sensing was located. "In the hundredth leg!" (In the show do those centipede demons have a hundred legs? Don't know this is my story.)
"Got it," He replied and running up to the demon and raising his sword, he sliced through it, down the middle. Kagome reached into her quiver and took out an arrow, and adjusting it in the bow, she aimed for the center of the head that wasn't sliced. Releasing the feathered end, the arrow whizzed towards the target, full with purifying energy that finished off the demon, until all that was left, were the purified chunks.
Kagome walked over to where Inuyasha was waiting at the end of the corpse. Swishing his blade back to the old sword, he returned it into the sheath. Giving him a small smile, Kagome bent down to the leg she wrinkled her nose in disgust as she reached into the deep flesh to retrieve the shard.
When her fingers grazed the shard, a burn spread up through Kagome's arm. Steam erupted from inside where her hand was, and Kagome tried her best not to cry but a little whimper came from her throat.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha gasped instantly pulling her hand out of the leg and pulling her whole body into his lap he looked at the burn that was on her hand. A dark purple splurge was on her palm, while most of her other skin leading up to her wrist was just a tad red.
"That centipede has poison blood." Sango said as they landed on the ground beside Kagome and Inuyasha.
"Poison blood?" Inuyasha repeated sounding actually worried and concerned.
"If you get a blood of a demon with poison blood on you, usually it has some side effects. This one just seems to have burned Kagome." Sango pulled a cloth from her pocket and bended over. "But we might want to rub off that blood." Sango lowered the cloth when it was taken from her hand by Inuyasha.
"I'll do it." He grunted. Looking down lovingly at Kagome who wasn't fighting against him saying she was alright. She was just going along with him. She held out her hand flat when Inuyasha slowly took the cloth and tried to scrub off the purple blood in her palm. Kagome bit her lip feeling her hand become more irritated. Inuyasha was trying to get under the blood and had it nearly half way off. He placed a quick kiss on Kagome's temple and placed his chin atop her head.
"Almost done," He whispered when the last bit came off. When Inuyasha felt satisfied that all the blood was cleaned off, and after rubbing over her palm to insure all the blood was off he pulled Kagome's bag off from her shoulders and opened up the flap.
Searching inside, he pulled out the roll of bandages Kagome kept for aid, and unrolling the end he wrapped it around Kagome's hand. Once rolled up Inuyasha cut the strip with his teeth and finished with tying it up.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippo were pretty shocked. Inuyasha was more concerned with Kagome's well being. Inuyasha helped Kagome stand up and slung the bag over his own shoulder.
"Hey! What happened to the little boy?" Shippo asked looking around. Hopping down from Miroku's shoulder he dashed off over to a nearby boulder and sat on top, peering over the other side. "You can come out now." He said as the boy wiped away the tears he had.
"Y…you guys saved me!"
"It's our duty to help humans when they're in trouble with demons." Sango said reassuringly bending over to look down at the little boy. "So where are you going?"
"I was going home." He sniffled.
"So there's a village nearby?" Miroku asked walking over.
"Yeah, it's just a little ways down the road." The boy replied. "Return with me! That demon has been a trouble for our village that we must repay you with a meal and room for the night." He jumped up and ran ahead in the lead stopping to glance back and wave. "This way! This way!"
"What kind of boy offers us to stay in his village without headman's permission?" Miroku asked sarcastically when Inuyasha with Kagome close to him walked up to the three.
"We should just take his offer." Kagome smiled giving Inuyasha's hand a nice squeeze, when they all went on and followed the young child.
"Haku!" A woman called, running over to the young boy the group had saved. "Thank goodness you're alright! Where were you?"
"I went to visit Jiro." Haku said with a smile. "I got in trouble the centipede terrifying our village, when these people rescued me." He said looking back his saviors.
"Thank you so much." The woman bowed in respect. "This is the headman's son, so please come and accept our gratitude and stay with us tonight."
"You think we should accept Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha just looked down at the bandaged hand and met Kagome's gaze.
"Do you need a place for the night?" He asked softly. Kagome just smiled and leaned onto him a bit.
"Just being with you is enough." Inuyasha looked back at Miroku and nodded, and now –this was getting pretty scary- but to Miroku he was getting used to Inuyasha acting that way with Kagome.
"Very well, we accept your offer greatly." Miroku thanked. The woman and Haku smiled.
"Please this way," She said leading the way with Haku at her side. Miroku was just looking around at the many girls in the village.
"It'll be nice to probably stay under a roof tonight. If Inuyasha won't pull a stunt like he did the other time."
"Yeah, but we still have to-" Sango was interrupted feeling something rubbing against her backside when she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Oh…so nice indeed."
"Pervert!" Sango screamed slapping him hard across the face. Inuyasha and Kagome looked at them oddly when they walked past them. And Shippo just shook his head in pity.
"And Miroku says that something's wrong with Inuyasha."
"Seriously monk! Can you not keep your hands to yourself?" Sango screamed at him when Miroku put his hand up in her face.
"Look Sango." He said indicating to where he was looking at. Sango narrowed her eyes suspiciously, but did follow his gaze when her expression changed to a stunned look.
Outside one of the huts on a piece of hanging parchment, it read. '
Come and have your love life translated. Palm and star readings foretold. Purchase your own red string.
"Do you think-"
"I have a very strong hunch Sango, yes. Inuyasha!" Miroku called. Inuyasha glanced back with a small scowl. "We'll catch up with you later!"
"What monk? Asking some girl to bare your children?" Inuyasha apparently looked like he was grumbling when Kagome just obviously told him something and they walked off with Shippo following behind them. Miroku still put a hand to his chest in offense.
"What gives him a clue that I would do that?" Sango just looked at him from the corner of her eye.
"It's a mystery alright," She mumbled before knocking against the house. A rustle was heard inside when footsteps approached the flap and pushed it aside. It was a young girl looking probably Sango's age or younger. Her dark black hair was cut short to her shoulders and was very well groomed and framed her young face that had a few light freckles across her nose.
"Can I help you?" She asked looking from Sango to Miroku.
"Do you do these fortune telling?" Miroku asked.
"I do some, but I live here with my grandmother. Do you need a palm reading or such?"
"No, we just have a few questions." Sango said smiling at her friendly.
"I can be of help, and if not then my grandmother shall return shortly." She stepped out of the doorframe to let the monk and demon slayer pass through into the hut that was a little cluttered. Still there were a few cushions to sit at beside the fire pit. "What is your problem?"
Sango glanced at Miroku and nodded as he cleared his throat and looked over at the young girl.
"It's very complicated unless you hear the whole story,"
"We have time," The girl smiled and poked a log in the pit before sitting down and crossing her legs.
Miroku told the whole story, just starting with telling about Inuyasha's and Kagome's usual behavior and how two days ago they got into a huge fight. So much that an old woman supposedly 'cursed' them to express their true feelings, although later that didn't seem to help their two friends who exploded and said how they hated each other. And how shocking it was to wake up and see them sleeping with each other and were acting closer than usual.
"And you say this woman said that the 'red string' will play a part in this?" The girl asked, and received a nod from Miroku.
"We were hoping you could tell us about the 'red string' none of us had a clue and we did just ignore it." Sango added.
"The red string is the choice of the gods; those should not mess with their red string, for you won't be able to restore it." An old crackled voice chuckled when the flap lifted and an old woman hobbled in.
"You!" Miroku and Sango shouted instantly recognizing the old woman who started this.
"Oh it's you two, how are your friends?" She asked slowly walking over to a chest and putting a few things back inside.
"What did you do to them? They are acting totally abnormal!" Sango shouted. The old woman looked back confused, not even faltered with the fact Sango was yelling at her.
"I just made their feelings clearer for each other; I thought it would make them more pleasant to be around." She explained taking some string and sitting down beside the girl they had been talking to.
"Did those young boys believe you now Grandmother?" The girl asked. The woman chuckled and nodded.
"Oh yes, but we'll talk about it later, now we have business to take care of." She looked back to Miroku and Sango with a friendly smile. "Now, I understand you want to know more about the red string. The red string of fate is the tie of soul mates. It is their destiny to meet and become lovers. All I did was cast a small curse on them with tying the red string around their fingers too probably express their true feelings. Just with each other do they act madly in love, but if you probably noticed, they act the same with you."
"Tie a string? How could you have done that? We didn't see you tie anything on you and they have nothing on their fingers." Sango pointed out.
"Oh, no, no, it doesn't work that way. But you should be happy for your friends."
"Madame, we really just wish to help our friends to go back to their normal selves, someone could get hurt with this. You see? So how do you break the curse?" Miroku asked politely.
"You can't break it." A silent tension filled the room other then the crackling fire in between them.
"There has to be a way to break it!" Sango gasped.
"Well, like I said, when they come across the flower of their true feelings will they return to normal."
"What flower would that be?" Miroku asked.
"Why the flower of true love,"
"So we can just find the flower that represents true love and show it to them?" Sango asked with hope.
"No, they have to find it. You can't find it and show them; by the time they find that flower they will truly understand each other."
"You mean they're going to remember this?" The two asked at the same time.
"Of course they will. This is to teach them that it's fine to express their true feelings. I can sense how their fighting with each other was a cover of them to hide their love."
Miroku and Sango instantly came to the same image that once they did return to normal, it would just lead to more fighting. The old woman got up from her seat and looked at the two adults. "You two should just accept this is the way it will be for a while. They won't fight with each other so you two can have some peace. Now if you don't mind, I must ask for you to leave, an old woman needs her rest." She excused and walked off into the other room.
Rising from their seats Miroku and Sango sighed. "You must excuse Grandmother, she acts whenever she gets an idea. But a word of advice, you might want to keep a close eye on those two." The girl warned.
"Why?" Sango asked pulling her weapon over her shoulder.
"Those two will think they are so in love that they might-" Miroku busted out laughing receiving the idea.
"And he thinks I'm wrong in the head." He chuckled and glanced at the girl. "But just so Inuyasha guessed right…will you bare my child?" He asked taking the girl's hand and receiving a fist in the back of his head.
"You must excuse him," Sango muttered when she dragged Miroku out. "Thank you for your help!"
And that's the note I'm leaving on. I'm thinking of going back and changing the title and parts to the Curse of Kanji which is the translation of the 'red thread of fate'. So please review and thank you for reading.
Inuyasha: Alright Taro, I've got you cornered….
RT: Somebody help me!
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