InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Being a child again ❯ chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

“I can't wait to impale that son of a…” Kagome started but she was cut off by Kanna saying, “Let's go fishing. It is almost lunch.” Kagome nodded, as did Kagura, and they gather up their things and headed for the stream.

(With Inuyasha and the others)

 

“Inuyasha!” Called Shippou, now almost fully grown. “It's time to eat, come on!”

 

There was no response, but Shippou was use to that. He walked back to the camp and sat down in his place, habit making him leave room for the still absent Kagome. As they started to eat Inuyasha silently made his way into camp, looking as though he needed some sleep.

 

“Inuyasha?” Sango said. “Have some fish, it's really fresh.”

 

But Inuyasha just shook his head. Ever since Kagome had disappeared ten years ago he had become very silent. He also didn't eat as much and slept even less. He might have been better than a human, but he was still half.

 

“Inuyasha, come now.” Miroku said, wafting the scent of fish deliberately towards Inuyasha. “It's good. And if you don't keep your strength up how will we ever find them?”

 

Everyone had long since stopped saying Kagome and Naraku's names, as, if they were spoken, Inuyasha was very likely to run off. Inuyasha didn't move for a moment, but eventually took the offered fish and slowly started to eat it.

 

As they ate they were silent. Ten years ago they would have been talking about different things and having fun. But since Kagome was taken, everyone seemed to have gotten very quiet and very reserved. They hadn't really known how much Kagome affected them until she was gone.

 

But they were pulled from their quiet by the sound of laughter coming from the stream that was hidden by the tall grass nearby.

 

(With Kagome and the others)

 

“Come on Kagura!” Kagome said. “Let's take a bath!”

 

“You just had one last night.” Kagura said. “I am not going to take one again.”

 

“Fine then, I will.” Kagome said, starting to strip.

 

“Don't come crying to me when some water demon kills you.” Kagura called as Kagome jumped into the water.

 

“Burr!” Kagome said as she surfaced. “It's cold!” She looked over at Kanna who was fish some way up from where she was. Then she looked at Kagura and smiled.

 

“Don't you even think…” Kagura started before she was splashed with water.

 

Kagome giggled and said, “Now you have to come in!”

 

Kagura looked pissed but Kagome knew that she was only playing.

 

“You asked for it!” Kagura said and she quickly shed her clothing before jumping in after Kagome and making a large splash.

 

Kagome started a small water fight with Kagura and soon they were both laughing and having fun. That was, until Kanna came over, mirror in hand.

 

“Kagura?” She said. “Look at this.”

 

Kagura was still surprised at how much Kanna had changed in the years since Kagome had joined them she seemed so much more like a person than a moving talking statue. She was also surprised by the changes that she saw in herself.

 

She got out of the water and went over to look into the mirror. It showed Naraku flying off in a whirlwind of miasma. It seemed that he was heading off to some other place to hide.

 

“Well, he could have told us before he left.” Kagura said, sighing and getting dressed. “Go play for a while, I'll watch the lines.”

 

“Alright.” Kanna said, and got undressed. “And there are demons about.”

 

Kagome laughed slightly and said, “There are always demons about!”

 

Kanna jumped in and she and Kagome started to play a game.

 

(With Inuyasha and the others)

 

“There are people this far out?” Shippou said, knowing that with more and more demons popping up that it was dangerous to go very far from a village.

 

“I guess so,” Sango said, not taking much notice as she remembered when she and Kagome had laughed like that while having a bath and playing games.

 

“Maybe we should offer to protect them?” Miroku said. Usually this would have earned him a glare or a hit on the head from Sango, but she was too deep in thought to really hear what he said.

 

“Fine.” She said, and continued to eat. But, as Miroku got up, she said, “Where are you going?”

 

“To offer my assistance to the bathers?” He said, smiling slightly.

 

“Then I'll come along and keep you out of trouble.” She said, also getting up, making Miroku sigh.

 

“I'll come to.” Shippou said. “Inuyasha?”

 

Without a word Inuyasha stood as well and walked with them to the grass. Pushing it aside, Miroku went first as the others waited until he said that it was all clear for them to come as well.

 

(With Miroku)

 

He pushed the grass aside to look for demons as well as to get to the bank of the stream and ask if he could help them. He was about to push through the rest of the grass when he heard the voice of someone he hated: Kagura.

 

“Well, he could have told us before he left.” There was a slightly rustling as she said this. “Go play for a while, I'll watch the lines.”

For the world Miroku would not have moved. He crouched down to listen more. A moment later then was more rustling, like that f clothing again, and he heard Kanna's voice.

 

“Alright. And there are demons about.”

 

His heart started to race. They were alone, undressed, and probably not armed. This would be the perfect chance for him to get a little revenge on Naraku. But then a third voice reached his ears and his heart skipped a beat.

 

“There are always demons about!”

 

It was Kagome's voice. Kagome...she was with them. That probably meant that they were armed. And that also meant that this would be a wonderful chance to get her back. He slowly made his way back to the others.