Hello Again , I Never Thought

~ Chapter Five ~

Naraku Comes From Within Origumo

By Inuyashas Youkai

The sun rose overhead to bring warmth , and the villlagers out from within their huts ,as all of them welcomed the change from the chill over the last few days .Even Rei had been drawn to that of the village to join in their joyous mirth that reached their eyes , and once she had a little Kaede had rushed to greet her .

"Rei !"

"Why hello there Kaede , how are you on this lovely day !"

"Very well thankyou ! I am surprised that you aren't with my sister .."

"Why is that sweetie , did something happen ?"

"Uh -huh .. I guess from what I am told a man was found injured late last night, and one that is supposed to rumoured to once be a bandit .. My sister has been administering his care ever since then , even with that of Inuyasha badgering her.." Kaede giggled .

"Well maybe I should go ,and check it out for myself , and offer my assistance in the matter than .."

"If you'd like I could take you there?"

"No Kaede , its alright just point me in the general direction, and I am sure I'll find it.. It's not something a cute little girl like you should be around anyway .. What if this man is ill from his injuries , or maybe that he is dangerous ..I won't be responsible for something like that I like you too much , but as soon as I get back we do something fun together, just you and me.." Rei responded cheerfully..

"Okay ,its that way ! Just follow the dirt path until it bends , and then you'll come to cave .. That's where you'll find my sister.."

"Sounds easy enough Thank you Kaede.. I will see you once I return .. " Rei mentioned as she steadied her quiver of arrows , and held onto her bow tightly walking in the direction of where Kaede said , but then veered in another direction once out of sight.

It wasn't that Kagome hadn't wanted to offered to help , but deep down she knew that any involvement would do no good, only more trouble if Origumo were discover that another miko was in his midst, and the fact that she knew what those actions would bring , it was decided that the best thing to do was to stay away from it completely , unless the need arose..As she made to to a safe distance away from where she knew both Kikyo ,and Naraku were with the cave itself in sight from a mile away. Kagome stayed put until it was safe to her to return to the village , caliming she had gotten lost , and that would've worked if a certain hanyou hadn't discovered her .

"What the hell are you doing all the way out here wench !"

"Ahhhhhh! I didnt mean to yell , I am Sorry , Inuyasha .. You just scared me .. To answer your question though Kaede told me that Kikyo might need some help , and so I had her point in the direction , because I didn't want her to see this , and well I kinda , sorta got lost .."

" It's fine , but you don't need to lie .. You feel it too don't you ?"

" What do you mean Inuyasha ?"

"The same feeling I get about getting to close to this Origumo bandit , or whomever he is .. I don't trust him.. You can do what you want , but if you decide you don't want to your secret is safe with me .. I do believe that miko's should have a sense of preservation , ya know.. "

"If you think Kikyo has a handle on things than I won't interfere with what she feels she has to do.." Rei said with a wink in the hanyou's direction ...

"I think she will be fine wench , just go ..I'll let you know if that changes , but I don't think that is neccessary .. Thanks for offering anyway .." Inuyasha winked in return , sealing their silent promise not to disclose the reasons why the girl never made it to the cave, as he watched walk away.

Inuyasha couldn't understand why he cared whether or not she went but something was nagging at him to stop that from happening , but it frustrated him as to the reason why, while reluctantly doing them sweetly . It might have been that maybe that he sensed somehow that the girl felt the same way as he had towards the off bandit , Inuyasha didn't know . Althought what he had , was that his intention worked in averting her away like his insides begged him to do ,and that made his very happy.

Kikyo had made her way towards him sometime later , and the scent that she carried because of her time in his presence only made him more than grateful that he could at least keep one from what the smell intwining with her spoke off to him. Inuyasha knew from experiance, by learning along time ago that once the miko in front of him now set her mind to something there was nothing to change her mind, and that saddened him. Because what the scent that clung to Kikyo like a parasite said to him was , well it was nothing good in the least.

~ On The Flipside ~

Awoken by a dream that almost when gaining the sight of it struck fear within the hanyou sitting in the tree , so much in fact that he woke up screaming for Kagome to stay away from that of Naraku, or of Origumo . Inuyasha only hoped after his dream had given him the knowledge of the bastards making from so long ago , that either himself or that of Kagome had heard his warning , because it would only prove disaterous in the end. Although he tried the hanyou couldn't quite get back to sleep in order to find out if there had been something to stop his wench from going to that cave, and hoped no matter what that she never will...

TBC...