Eyes to Life: Scroll 2

"For the last time, I don't know what happened!" InuYasha yelled. He crossed his arms and turned his head away from the group. They had left the enormous village that morning and started on their journey to find more Shikon no Tama shards.

 

"Sigh" Kagome shook her head. Why wouldn't InuYasha just tell them how he had disappeared so mysteriously?

 

"Well then, we don't know what happened to Kagura either." Miroku said.

 

"You said Kagura was just an illusion!" InuYasha snapped.

 

"It was a possibility." Sango said. "Her attack was very unusual."

 

"In what way?" InuYasha growled.

 

"Well she had no fan for one thing." Kagome put her finger to her chin. "And her 'Dance of the Dragon' seemed a little off."

 

"How was that Kagome?" Miroku asked.

 

"Well when I shot my arrow, her attack almost seemed to be merging with my miko aura."

 

"That's impossible Kagome." Sango said, shaking her head. "No youki is allowed to be merged with a miko's aura unless a youkai is somehow mated to a miko."

 

Kagome noticed InuYasha's face turn slightly red and turned away. Why is he blushing? Kagome thought.

 

"Illusion or not, someone was after you InuYasha." Miroku stared hard. "Obviously if it was not Kagura, someone else knows when your human night is."

 

"Only Kouga, Sesshomaru, and you guys know about it!" InuYasha huffed.

 

"I see." Miroku mumbled.

 

"Someone else knows then, dummy." Shippo whispered.

 

"I heard that!" InuYasha yelled.

 

"When will you ever grow up?" Kagome sighed. She walked with her arrows and her bow over her shoulder. They had sold many traders the goods with the cart and horses. They had plenty of money now, so in decision they would stay at another inn in a village that may lie ahead on the road. Kagome muttered to herself, why was InuYasha so difficult? Can't he just say that he was scared and ran off? Kagome almost burst into a fit of laughter when that thought came to her mind, InuYasha running away from a fight? Not even an injured human InuYasha would do that!

 

A small butterfly flew over Shippo's head; the little youkai looked at it, and started making flying leaps to catch the innocent creature. Kagome giggled at the sight, it was something she had always seen in Souta's behavior. A child interested in the smallest, innocent, sweet things. Shippo let the butterfly land on his little finger, as Kirara came purring up, her red eyes eyeing the orange wings that now no longer beat of the weight of flying. The innocence of the scene made Kagome wonder, why are there things that try to destroy what is already pure and beautiful? But the truth was there, nothing was fair, and in point, if there was love there was also hate.

 

"Houshi?"

 

"Yes my dear Sango?"

 

"Have you ever feared anything but your own hand?"

 

Kagome looked at Sango in confusion, why was she asking that?

 

"Well, when my otou died of this curse, it was all that I fear, but more it is a determination to vanquish Naraku." Miroku smiled. "And why are you asking my dear Sango?"

 

"I've just noticed you've been staring at your cursed hand for a while now." Sango said.

 

"Have I?" Miroku looked down at his sealed hand. "I haven't noticed."

 

"Is there somethingwrong?" Sango asked, worriedly.

 

"No, its fine, my kazaana is silent." Miroku smiled and pulled his cursed hand down and moved towards Sango's back.

 

"Don't even think about you hentai!"

 

"Sango, please I"

 

SMACK!

 

"Idiot." InuYasha mumbled.

 

"I suppose." Kagome put her hand over her mouth to hush her laughter.

 

"We better make camp, it's getting dark." InuYasha said, harshly.

 

"What's the matter with you?" Kagome asked.

 

"Nothing, I was just pointing it out." InuYasha glared.

 

"Oh." Kagome looked at InuYasha. Something told her he was hiding something or something was being hidden from him. Kagome thought about Kagura's attack, she had asked where InuYasha was. She had once seen him in his human form when he stepping to save Kouga, who had been critically injured. Stupid as it was, he turned into a hanyou just after she saw him.

 

"Kagome?"

 

"Yes InuYasha?"

 

"I wellnever mind." He turned away, his face red. Kagome frowned, what is bugging him so much?

 

"We better find a good place to set up camp." Sango said. Her face was printed in a scold; she was looking straight at Miroku.

 

"I agree my dear Sango." Miroku smiled. Sango gave him a death stare.

 

As the group headed off the path, the sun had begun to set. The orange blanket once again filled the air, leaving the blue clear color of day, under its shower, of fire. Kagome looked up, the night air in the Feudal Era was completely different then the air in her era. Well first of all, Kagome thought, there was no pollution from vehicles. But the true difference was there were no city lights fading the beauty of the sun's sleep. The yellow ball of fire that is so far away was so close, Kagome thought she could reach out and touch it.

 

"You coming' Kagome?" InuYasha asked.

 

"Yea, I'm coming."

 

As Kagome settled down next to Shippo, she realized he still had the butterfly still on his little finger. Kagome smiled, the beauty in the sunset was more than pure, it was life.

 

---

 

Sesshomaru walked through the wood, partially glancing around. His nose scented Naraku, and then it had vanished. But the wind pattern was familiar, it had been Kagura. Rin and Jaken lay asleep on Ah-Un's back, snoring slightly. The night air always leads them to sleep at this time, which was fine with Sesshomaru. He would be able to move at his own pace if those two stayed asleep.

 

He felt the air take his silver hair in the wind, the crescent moon showed down on him. Sesshomaru turned his nose to the air, the moon showed his otou's heir, and everything the evolved around the Inu youkai blood line.

 

InuYasha, Sesshomaru thought, you are in no way connected to our otou's blood. You are no more than a disgusting hanyou, otou's blood tainted with that of a human's.

 

"My Lord?"

 

Jaken's voice interrupted Sesshomaru's insulting thoughts toward his otouto.

 

"What Jaken?"

 

"RinI think My Lord, she's having a nightmare." The toad youkai turned behind him to a whimpering Rin. Sesshomaru approached the back of the dragon and looked down at the small girl.

 

Rin's long brown hair stuck out like straight dreadlocks, her orange kimono reflecting the setting sun. Her skin was pale, and sweat was coming down her forehead.

 

"Rin?"

 

"SESSHOMARU-SAMA!"

 

The sudden scream took Sesshomaru by surprise, but he kept his still composure as the little girl fell into his arm in a fit of tears.

 

"Rin, what is the matter?" Sesshomaru asked.

 

"Eyesred eyes." Rin whimpered.

 

Sesshomaru stood up, with the little girl tucked in his arm. Red eyes? Was a youkai giving nightmares to Rin? Was it Naraku? Sesshomaru looked at the now sleeping Rin. She seemed peaceful now, but what worried Sesshomaru, was the fear in Rin's eyes. It had been pure terror, never had Sesshomaru seen such terror on anyone's face. He would find out who was giving his ward such nightmares, they would not escape him.

 

---

 

InuYasha opened his eyes. Sango was on watch as she sat on a large rock at the edge of the clearing, petting a small Kirara. InuYasha yawned and stretched his arms. He jumped from the tree he had fallen asleep on, and headed over to the youkai exterminator.

 

"I'll take watch Sango, you go to sleep." InuYasha yawned.

 

"Oh, I thought your time was not for another hour." Sango looked at him.

 

"Well I lost interest in sleeping." InuYasha grumbled.

 

"Who loses interest in sleeping?" Sango teased. But she stood up, and Kirara bounded on her shoulder. She picked up her Hiraikotsu and began walking back to the sleeping group. "Just wake us up if you sense something. Were here, so don't do everything on your own."

 

"Feh."

 

"Well" Sango rolled her eyes. "Good night InuYasha."

 

"Night."

 

Sango went over and Kirara and her cuddled up in the side of the clearing together. InuYasha flicked his ear, and looked at Kagome. She was sleeping peacefully under the glittering stars of the night, her hair as dark as the night itself. InuYasha thought, truth to be honest, I think I'm falling in love with her.

 

It started back when he had first started seeing her as Kagome and Kikyo. He had loved Kikyo, he would not deny it, but their lives had been ripped and torn to shreds by Naraku's evil web of decisiveness. InuYasha gripped Tessaiga's hilt and pulled his ears up to their tallest height. Nothing was around, all he could hear was the chirping of the crickets that lay invisible in the long, tall grass.

 

InuYasha's eyes gazed back to Kagome. Why he had such feeling for the miko, he would never know. Maybe, InuYasha thought, because of these stupid human emotions. Why the hell do I have to have them anyway? Why couldn't my mother

 

InuYasha shook his head and hit himself with Tessaiga. Why had that come up? He never wanted to think of his mother that way! Sighing, InuYasha sat on the rock and looked back at the sky.

 

Sesshomaru considered his blood filthy because of his mother. Tainted, because his blood was the mix of a great and powerful daiyoukai and the weak and small blood of a human. Could he never accept his current state? InuYasha fingered his fire rat, this was all he had left from his mother, and the lipstick had been given to Kikyo, but it had been destroyed by Naraku.

 

Filthy bastard, InuYasha thought angrily. Why the hell did that hanyou have destroy everything that was precious in his life? If he had wanted Kikyo, he did! He killed her, she pinned me to that tree, and her soul was tainted. What more did he want? Most likely the Shikon no Tama shards, but still, Kikyo was no longer in love with him, he had felt her fade away in that made up body that old witch gave her. He wished she had never come back to the land of the living, she may have found out the truth, but at least she died thinking he had loved her. Now, she was seeing Kagome and him together. Something he could feel, the jealously of both miko's had come at him like crossfire, and he had to stand in the middle.

 

InuYasha tapped his claws on the sheath of Tessaiga, again sniffing the air. Nothing. This was going to be one long night.

 

---

 

Miroku yawned as he sat in front of the inn; they were staying at two nights after InuYasha's mysterious disappearance and reappearance. Despite how infuriating the hanyou can be, Miroku sensed InuYasha had been telling the truth. He had no idea how he got that far away from the camp in his human body. I guess, Miroku thought, we'll never know.

 

Miroku got up and tapped his staff on the inn wall. "Sango?"

 

"What?!"

 

Miroku jerked back, he knew why she didn't want him to go in. "I thought"

 

"If you come in I won't hesitate to throw Hiraikotsu so hard at you, it will break your damn neck!"

 

Okaaay, Miroku thought, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Sango was takings a bath and he knew he was just dying to peek in.

 

"Miroku leave her alone." Kagome gave him a look. Miroku sighed, he had already proposed, why does Sango keep distancing herself from him? Miroku sat back down staring at the scene in front of him. The village was small and quite, most people who lived here were to poor to live in the huge vast of villages that lie miles from here.

 

"It would be faster if I took a bath with her." Miroku felt himself smile.

 

"Oh please." InuYasha grumbled.

 

"Miroku!" Shippo huffed. "Sango would kill you!"

 

"I know, and it would be a good death." Miroku sighed.

 

"Baka." InuYasha muttered.

 

Miroku stood up, his eyes scanned the village looking for anything to keep his prying eyes away, so he wouldn't have to face death to early. A young woman caught his eye, and he brushed his hair back and began to walk toward her.

 

"Miroku, what are you doing?" Kagome asked.

 

"What do you think?" Shippo hissed.

 

Miroku walked up the young woman and bowed his head.

 

"My dear lady" Miroku got down on his knees in front of her. "Will you bear my child?"

 

"HOUSHI-SAMA!"

 

Sango came bursting out of the bathing room, her clothes on awkwardly on her body, her hair still wet, shaking her fist at him. "What the hell do you think youre doing?!"

 

The women gave him a look of confusion. "Where you asking me something?"

 

"UhhhNO! I tripped." Miroku stood up and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I was doing nothing my dear Sango!" he called to her.

 

"Yea right! You'll pay for interrupting my bath!" Sango shouted as she disappeared back into the bathing room. Miroku sighed and rubbed his head, she did love him after all.

 

---

 

Kouga ran fast around the pathetic youkai. It hissed and darted, striking at him over and over again. Kouga jumped up, and twirled in the air, landing back on the ground.

 

"Damn you are fast," Kouga hissed then smiled, "But not fast enough." With one jump, Kouga slammed his ankle into the youkai's neck slicing the head clean off. The Shikon no Tama shard hurt for a second but then faded. The head landed nearby, and body tumbled to the ground. Kouga landed gracefully, and picked up the piece of flesh were he thought a shard would be.

 

"Kouga!" Ginta clapped.

 

"Yea, you showed that youkai a thing or two!" Hakkaku clapped.

 

"Damn it! Its not here!" Kouga hissed. There was no Shikon no Tama here; those stupid Saimyosho tricked him again! He had been following the insects, but to no avail were they leading him to any Shikon no Tama shards or Naraku.

 

"No shards?" Hakkaku asked.

 

"No you idiot!" Kouga hissed. "Man, I wished Kagome was here, so I wouldn't have to waste my time fighting this useless thing!"

 

Kouga growled and kicked the now rotting head. Damn, Kouga thought, why the hell do I keep running into worthless youkai every time I follow Naraku's insects!

 

Spitting on the ground, he stood up. Glaring at his surroundings, he would have to find Kagome in order to find more shards. It was the only way.

 

"Kouga, don't tell me were going again!" Ginta whined.

 

"Shut up, were going, we need to find Kagome, she'll know where the shards are!" Kouga snapped. With that, he formed his tornado speed and raced off, with Ginta and Hakkaku, once more, dragging behind.

 

---

 

Sango felt her Hiraikotsu on her shoulder shift. She walked ahead her nose in the air. First, Miroku wanted to peek in on her during a bath, and second he went hentai again! Sango blushed; she had actually come out of the bath hut with her towel practically on her and her clothes covering her wet body just to stop the houshi! She had no idea what had come over her, first of all there were men outside, including InuYasha. Not like he really cared, but Sango knew Miroku would have that picture of her until the day he died. He should have died yesterday, Sango thought angrily.

 

"Beautiful day isn't my dear Sango."

 

"Go away houshi."

 

"Now, now my dear Sango"

 

SLAP!

 

"You hentai! What on earth were you thinking?!" Sango yelled.

 

"Here we go again." Sango heard InuYasha mutter.

 

"Sango, you're misunderstanding my"

 

"Intentions!" Sango snapped. "Oh! I knew what your intentions were houshi!"

 

"Sigh"

 

"MirokuIf you really want to impress a women stop trying to impress more than you can handle." InuYasha said rudely.

 

"Hey!" Miroku snapped. "I was not"

 

"Oh quite being a hentai!" Sango growled. Suddenly Miroku knelt in front of her, and she stopped walking her face suddenly turning red.

 

"My dear Sango, will you bear my child?"

 

SMACK! That was the end of that.

 

---

 

Kagome adjusted the fire, as they all sat around it. She pulled up her pack and felt a smile spread over her face.

 

"What are you smiling about wench?" InuYasha asked.

 

"This is perfect, it's like camping!" Kagome laughed.

 

"UmKagome I'm confused." Shippo said.

 

"Okay everyone find a stick that's in good condition." Kagome said as she dug more through her pack. She looked up to find everyone still sitting there, confusion printed on all of their faces. "Go find one!"

 

Shippo was the first to respond and found a nice stick and came bounding back. "What do I do now Kagome?" he asked.

 

"Let me give you a marshmallow, I got to find them first."

 

"A what?" InuYasha asked.

 

"Apparently it seems to be food." Miroku said.

 

"It is." Kagome smiled. "A sweet food at that."

 

Sango and Miroku got up and found two sticks for themselves, Kirara came marching back two sticks in her hand and dropped one at InuYasha's feet. InuYasha nodded to the youkai cat and picked up his stick. Kagome finally found the bag and pulled it out. Kirara immediately came up and began to sniff the white, puffy, sweet food that Kagome had brought.

 

"Don't worry Kirara, you'll get some." Kagome smiled. She knew her cat would never eat marshmallow, but Kirara was a youkai, you never know.

 

Kagome began pulling out the food and placed one on Shippo's first. Shippo looked at the white object. "What do you do?"

 

"Put it in the fire and let it roast, it will get crispy, but don't burn it to a crisp." Kagome said. Kagome realized she didn't have a stick of her own and frowned.

 

"I'll get you one." InuYasha stood up and went into the wood.

 

"What's his problem?" Shippo asked.

 

"He only said he would find Kagome a stick." Sango said.

 

"I don't know, InuYasha has been acting on the edge, it seems like he is tense every part of the day, like he knows something is following us." Miroku mumbled.

 

"Is something following us?" Kagome asked, worried.

 

"I haven't sensed anything." Miroku shrugged. "I guess we'll ask him in the morning."

 

As everyone took their marshmallows, Kirara came up with another stick in her mouth and put in Kagome's lap.

 

"Thanks Kirara." Kagome scratched the youkai cat behind her ears. Kirara purred in pleasure and rubbed against her knee. Kagome moved her hand all down her back and over her two tails; she loved how Kirara's fur went through her finger, it tickled sometimes.

 

As Kagome watched as her marshmallow turned from white to brown, her thoughts went back to InuYasha; his behavior was a bit odd. He seemed like himself until his weird disappearance. Kagome sighed and stared into the flames, wondering what InuYasha may be hiding.