Me and You...Forever? chpt. 5

Inuyasha~x~Kagome
Me and You...Forever?
chapter 5

     The two walked back to the village but Inuyasha noticed a vacancy in Kaede's hut. "Where is everyone?", he asked. "Where could they have gone. Can't you sniff them out?", Kagome asked him. "I would if I could, but there's no scent trail."

     Inuyasha ran inside the hut, sniffing madly, and dropped the dead bore on the floor. He smelled the scent of his friends very stongly inside the hut, but smelled no sign of them outside.

     "Kagome! Come in here.", Inuyasha yelled loud enough so that she could hear him outside the hut. "What is it Inuyasha? Did you find something?", she asked as she ran into the hut. "No. I want you to go look around the hut and the rest of the village. I'll be out in a minute.", he said firmly, but softly. "Okay.", she said, kissing him on the lips. She ran out of the hut and he stared after her. 'No! I've got to stay focused!', he thought.

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     "Kaede?!...Sango?!...Miroku?!...Shippo?!...Kirara?! Guys, where are you?!", Kagome shouted as she searched the rest of the village as she was told. She went over to a neihboring hut and asked everyone in it if they had seen any of the others. Luckily, a young girl, about 13, knew where she was. She told Kagome that she had seen them walking towards the forest almost a day earlier.

     "Could you show me and Inuyasha where they went? We'd really appriciate it.", she said. 'At least I'd appreciate it anyway, I don't know about Inuyasha.', she thought, holding back a laugh. "Sure.", she said happily. "By the way, where is Inuyasha? I haven't seen him in a long time."

     "Oh, He's looking for the others in Kaede's hut.", she told her. "Can we go see him?", she asked shyly. Ishima (the 13 year old girl) had known the group ever since Kagome began coming to the feudal era almost seven years ago. She had also been a very good friend to Shippo and went along to see him.

     "Okay, Ishima, let's go get Inuyasha." Kagome said eagerly. "Okay, let's go.", she said as they both began to stand and walk out of the hut. The two girls walked over to Kaede's hut and went inside. When Kagome walked in, she saw Inuyasha immediately and he said, "Why did you come back so soon? Did you find  them?"

     "No, but I found someone that can lead us to them.", she answered, smiling. Ishima walked in and ran to give Inuyasha a big hug. He was a little confused because he thought she never liked him because she was always insulting him. He didn't hug her back and she gave a small, unnoticeable pout. Inuyasha led the two girls outside, and then let Ishima take the lead. First, she led them into the forest and Inuyasha smelled the scent of his long-time friends. He told Ishima to go back because it may be dangerous for her, being so young. She gave no arguement and went back to the village.

     Kagome couldn't help but giggle whenever she saw Inuyasha sniffing the ground. She thought it was silly and tried to hold back her laughter and failed pitifully. It started with a little chuckle that he either ignored or didn't hear. Then she broke out into full laughter and he totally ignored her. He sighed and got onto both feet and decided to sniff the air so she wasn't laughing at him.

     "Come on. I've picked up their scents. They took off on Kirara, probably looking for us.", Inuyasha suggested. Kagome blushed deeply at his words, thinking about what happened only a few hours earlier. He didn't catch it though, as she was now on his back, and waiting for him to take off. She seemed to be very tired and fell into a deep sleep, with her head rested on his shoulder. He felt her soft, steady breaths of slightly warm air on his neck. If she wanted to, she wouldn't even have to move to begin teasing his flesh with her tongue. Not realizing the akward position she had left him in, he shifted and she almost fell off of his back.

     "Mmm...mmm...What just happened, I think I almost fell off.", she said sleepily.
     
     "You almost did.", he told her. She scoweled at him and then asked him to let her walk. "Are you sure?", he said looking down. She was confused for a slight moment and looked down to find that Inuyasha was jumping from tree branch to tree branch, and she had not even realized it. He smiled at her, and she couldn't help but smile back. "Whatever.", she said grinning widely.

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     "Inuyasha!...Kagome!...Where are they, Ishima told us they'd be here by now.", Miroku complained. "Would you stop complaining! I'm not worried about where they are, I'm worried if they're okay.", Sango shouted. "Do not worry, Sango. Remember that Kagome is with Inuyasha and he shant let anything happen to her. I'm sure they are fine and just enjoying eachother's company.", Kaede reasured her. "Wow, you really don't spend much time with those two together do you?", Shippo asked sarcastically. "Shippo! Respect your elders!", Miroku shouted. "I know it sounds a little weird, but I think Kaede's right. I mean they did confess their love for one another and they don't fight nearly as much now. But...they're also never around anymore.", Sango stated matter-of-factly.

     "Are we almost there yet? I wanna talk to Sango.", Kagome complained. Inuyasha sighed heavily in response and kept going. About five minutes later, Inuyasha arrived at the Bone eaters well and saw all of his close friends around the well. They were all happy to see eachother and decided to go back to Kaede's village. On the way back, the women chattered, and the men horsed around, but little did they know, they were being watched.