InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shades Of Red ❯ Shades Of Red...Wandering ( Chapter 5 )
Shades OF Red
Chapter 5…Wandering
…Burning tears flowed from her eyes…she wept bitterly…SANGO
It was barely dawn as the trembling form moved from under the hovering branches…Revenge was still fresh upon her mind…but she felt weak and drained...her head pounded with regret and helplessness…"What if she had been there…was it her fault they died…were they at the well and ambushed waiting for her?"
She growled in frustration…she was the reason…she didn't belong in either world …life had too much sick amusement in tormenting her and the ones close to her…Fate had turned a deaf ear to her cries for the lives to be returned…
Wrapping her arms around her small frame…she tilted her face skyward…the watercolors painted on the sky brought little comfort.
She must keep on moving she told herself…the force that drove her still unknown…she just must keep on going…
After about an hour after dawn Kagome moved out from the cover of the forest…the land that was before her lay flat and was covered with rice flats…the workers bent over like a small saplings caught in the fierce colliding of the winds…
Kagome drew the cloak near and the hood over her head …concealing her features with in it's dark folds…the agitating gnaw of and empty stomach sent waves of home sickness over her…she needed food and bad…
Wandering through the bustling market place…she attracted no more attention from anyone …except from the hopeful venders calling out sales to fill their own money pouches…
Kagome looked around for a foolish rich man who kept too loose of a grip on their gold…"accidentally" bumping into a distracted fine dressed man…she quickly cut the straining leather cords that bound his wealth to his person…
Grinning inwardly at her success she almost laughed at the weight and clink of coins enclosed in her hand…quickly disposing of the bag she slipped coins into various pockets concealed in her black garb…
Looking around for an appetizing meal she decided upon a busy building that served cheap food and alcohol…the owner would be to preoccupied with drunkards and riots to remember her face…
Keeping her head down she settled into a booth in the back concealed in shadows…Kagome sat down on the coarse wooden bench…careful to observe her surroundings for fear of being caught off guard… again
To her left a very rowdy group of young men were harassing a waitress...and about four paces to her right a small table was seated by two strange looking men…one hooded like herself and the other a tall regal looking youkai who's back was to her…
She was interrupted from learning any more…when the waitress who had finally warded off the lusting boys asked her if she wanted anything…
upon requesting a large meal to fill the gaping whole in her midsection…
She had to spend what little gold she had acquired...just to pay the over priced meal…that tasted suspiciously of wild meat rather then the chicken she had asked for…
After handing over the coins…she sat at the table for a while going over plans in her head…sighing she glanced back over at the table to her right…the men appeared to be arranging a business deal in hushed tones…
Distracted by the heavy purse hanging just to the left of the tall youkai's hip…she started formulating a quick plan to "relieve" that man from his burden…