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Foxy

Ch. 2 The Guardian

 

After a little while later she wondered if she should go back to camp. She decided to go back so as not to worry Sango again. She slowly stood up as she started to walk the plants seemed to pull away allowing her to exit the small flowery fortress it had made around her.

 

She had almost forgotten about the rose but stopped so she could place it back. She looked to her arm and tried to coax it off but it seemed content to stay in its position. She finally gave up and slowly walked back admiring the life and beauty that the forest seemed to project.

 

When the camp came into view Kagome quietly walked over to her bag and changed into a tank top and some short shorts for the night. She headed to her sleeping bag and settled down next to Shippo and instantly fell asleep. The night was quiet and nothing disturbed the group.

 

She woke early that morning and looked around the camp. She felt peaceful though she couldn't say why. The rest of the group started to stir and soon all were awake.

 

She quickly went behind a tree and put on denim shorts and a bright blue top that said, "Be careful what you wish for. It might just come true."

 

She walked back to her sleeping bag and gently shook Shippo awake before a grouchy Inuyasha could start yelling for his food.

 

Shippo blearily opened his eyes and flashed a small smile when he recognized her. "Good morning Ha-ha-ue." He quickly hopped up and ran to play his favorite game 'Annoy Inuyasha.'

 

Kagome laughed at Shippo's antics then turned to start something to eat. Sango quickly came to help her after she had knocked out a certain hentai.

 

While passing out the food Sango suddenly noticed the plant intertwined around Kagome's arms. "Oh Kagome where did you get such a lovely thing." She squealed while looking pointedly at Kagome.

 

"Um it just kind of clung to me last night." She answered with a small blush at the implying look on Sango's face. Kagome slowly reached up to her arm and lightly started petting the petals. A small purring sound seemed to come from it and the flower petals turned to a beautiful shade of azure and purple tips.

 

Sango's eyes grew wide at the change. “Kagome do you know what that is?” Kagome looked at her with a feeling she was going to find out anyways.

 

“I don't really know it just kind of reached for me last night. And it refused to leave when I asked it.” She put a thoughtful expression on her face.

 

“It's one of the rarest demon flowers. It is said to be known only to the silver kitsunes and that they guard them jealously. It's identified as the `Protector' or `Guardian' for its possessiveness to its chosen master. I wonder how you ever found one.” Sango looked closer and gave a longing look.

 

Inuyasha had been listening to the entire conversation and didn't see what was so special about a stupid flower as he so eloquently put it. He got up and roused the group to continue with the hunt.

 

The day had progressed slowly as the humid weather of the day before had grown into a full-blown heat wave. To say the least Kagome was not happy she was sweaty, tired, and in a really bad mood. She decided that the next place she found to rest would be the next place she made Inuyasha his own personal crater for the day. She smiled lightly at the thought.

 

Though she had not expected it to be hours before she found a suitable resting place she was quite content to plop down after she had assigned that crater. The other sat down gratefully in the shaded forest line.

 

It seemed that they would have a long reprieve from the sun. The trees seemed to go on for as far as the eyes could see. The foliage above seemed to almost block out the sun but there was enough light seeping through that they would be able to make it through without running blind.

 

Kagome gazed around the as she struggled to stop the dehydrated feeling in her throat. She Quickly searched through her backpack for one of her water bottles. She gave a triumphant squeal when she finally found under a few other empty ones.

 

The others had seemed to have the same idea and had produced drinks of their own. After a few swigs she felt a bit cooler. She looked down at her arm and saw the flower. It looked a bit wilted. She got very worried so she got one of the serving bowls she had from her pack and poured a bit of water.

 

She brought the bowl close to the rose-like flower it gave one of its odd little squeals before it unwrapped a few of its smaller vines and dipped them into the water. The water level in the bowl went down almost immediately the flower gave a small purring sound before it fully unwound itself from Kagome's upper arm.

 

The rose settled all of itself into the water except for the petals. Kagome smiled as she set the bowl down next to her after it she heard what sounded like a contented sigh. She looked up to find her companions staring at her.

 

“What it looked thirsty to me?” She lightly blushed as Inuyasha looked at her oddly before he snorted and looked away from her with a quiet `feh.' The rest of the group just seemed sort of amused before looking away.

 

Kagome looked back down to her little flower when she saw it start to move. It seemed to want her to put her hand down for it. It lighted shook itself of the excess water before crawling back up. The Guardian seemed comfortable just to sit on her hand as she absentmindedly stroked it for the time being.

 

As the group roused itself to leave the Guardian wriggled itself up Kagome's arm. It forwent its previous spot on her upper arm and instead went up and wrapped loosely around Kagome's neck and hair. It seem seemed to sense the over heatedness of its new master's body so it carefully wrapped her hair up so the light wind could hit her face and neck better.

 

Kagome gave a happy sigh. The group continued on into the forest looking for a suitably safe place to stay. It didn't take long until they found a small clearing of sorts. It had a small refreshing stream that looked to go straight along the whole forest. The trees grew a thick moss near the roots that made for a soft resting place.

 

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He had been following the group since they had departed from the Eastern edge of his forest. He couldn't tell why but he had this insatiable desire to meet with that miko ningen onna again. She intrigued him for some odd reason. It was one of his gut feelings. And he always tried to follow those.

 

Besides he was getting bored. There hadn't been anything really worthy to steal in months. So this seemed like just the thing to occupy his time.

 

It was overly hot that day he watched as his new target walked behind that baka hanyou dog. `Distasteful.' He thought as he silently followed in the shadows like the good thief he was. He stayed downwind and watched carefully with his superior fox vision.

 

He looked up the sun was close to its zenith so he flitted ahead of the group to look at the land ahead. He was not worried of loosing them for he had already memorized all of their scents. Especially his little miko her scent seemed to behold the feeling he got as he grew a brand new seedling rose with just the powers the earth had to give, such a wonderful feeling.

 

He came to a large forest that seemed to go on for miles, which it probably did. He traveled a bit deeper and came upon the clearing that the group would soon spend the night in. The stream was long and cool but the grass seemed a bit parched so he let some of his kitsune powers out and made the clearing lush and happy again.

 

He traveled back to his miko and watched as her group rested. He was happy to see she was taking care of his special gift. He was delighted even more by the fact that the little guardian seemed so fond of the little miko. He knew that it would protect her for now.

 

End Chapter 2

 

AN: I hope you liked the chapter it was fun writing it. I'm not sure how long it will be. But I hope to actually finish this one. So please give me encouragement my lovely readers. Also please tell me if I made a mistake on something cause I wasn't able to recheck this one as many times as I did the last chapter. Have a great day or night. ;)