InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Scrolls of Midoriko ❯ The Meeting of the Wind ( Chapter 5 )

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Inuyasha: Keh! Slow wench!

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Inuyasha: What the hell do you mean?!

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Chapter 5

The Meeting of the Wind

The Inu-Tachi was continued on their quest in the early morning. No body spoke but a few morning greetings, still disturbed by the scroll read from last night. Mostly Kagome and Inuyasha anyways.

Kagome walking silently beside Inuyasha with Shippou on her shoulder. Kirara was in Sango’s arms as the taijiya walked next to Miroku.

Shippou was the only one unfazed by this scroll, but really annoyed that no one was talking so he decided to lighten up the mood the only way that he could: driving Inuyasha nuts!

The kitsune jumped onto Inuyasha’s head, much to the hanyou’s annoyance. “I’m in no mood to deal with you today, brat!” Inuyasha exclaimed with irritation. He tried to pick Shippou from his head.

“What’s wrong with you Inuyasha? Did you fall out of a tree in your sleep or something?” Shippou asked innocently. The youkai jumped off the hanyou’s head before Inuyasha could grab his tail.

By then, the whole group stopped to view the spectacle. Miroku and Sango shook their heads out of frustration.

“Shippou-chan, I wouldn’t mess with Inuyasha if I were you,” Kagome warned in a sigh.

“But you guys are annoying me with your silence. You’re acting like you’ve lost a fight! It was piece of parchment!” Shippou yelled.

“You’ll understand when you’re older,” Miroku explained with a smile.

“I’m not some little kid you know! I’m a full youkai unlike someone over there!” he proclaimed, still trying to irritate Inuyasha.

Kagome rolled her eyes. Unfortunately, Inuyasha heard that remark was none to pleased about it. “What the hell was that?!” Inuyasha demanded, a vein ready to pop out of his head in anger.

“You heard me! Or are your dog ears lacking in that aspect?” Shippou taunted.

“Shippou…” Kagome sighed.

“That’s it! When I get my hands on you, you’ll be skinned alive!” Inuyasha declared, chasing after the running kitsune.

“And so begins the predicting chase between hanyou and fox demon,” Miroku narrated sarcastically. “Shippou should really learn to watch his mouth.”

“Agreed,” Sango said, nodding her head. “It’s more work for Kagome-chan.”

Meanwhile, Inuyasha closed in on the kitsune and grabbed him by his tail. A vein popping on his fist, he brought it down on Shippou’s head, causing yet another lump to form.

Kagome rubbed her head for an on coming headache. “Can’t you guys stop fighting for one day?” she asked them in annoyance.

“Keh! The runt was asking for it,” Inuyasha snorted, dropping Shippou onto the ground and turning to walk in the direction they were going. “C’mon we’re wasting time.”

“Inuyasha…” Kagome trailed off in the tone that made Inuyasha cringe.

He turned back around with wide eyes. “Wait! Kagome I didn’t mean--!”

“OSUWARI!” came the shout as the miko clenched her eyes shut out of irritation. THUD! Down the hanyou went, necklace and all. Inuyasha ground out obscenities into the dirt he was face down in. Shippou jumped into Kagome’s arms, still crying. Her gaze softened when she turned to look at the fox child. “Shippou-chan, I warned you not to bother Inuyasha. We’re all a little upset at Midoriko-sama’s scroll, but the one taking it the hardest is him.”

Sniffing, Shippou asked,” But why does he care about some woman he never even knew?”

“It’s not just that. It’s the memories it must bring about,” Miroku explained, walking up to them.

Inuyasha, who heard the whole conversation, got up from the ground, throwing death glares at Kagome. “Keh! I don’t give a damn about the woman! I only care about the jewel shards and besides you’re all the ones that wanted to look for the fucking things! Not me!” he shouted, still irked or even more so. And with that, he turned and started stomping off in the intended direction.

The rest of the group only rolled their eyes at the hanyou, obviously covering up his feelings. Nevertheless, they picked up their pace, trying to catch up to their companion.

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Red eyes like the crimson sun at sunset, scanned the ground below them. The eyes belonged to a woman clad in a traditional kimono and was riding on her giant feather. Her black hair that flowed in the wind, was pulled up into a bun with small feathers in her hair. She wore odd green earrings that flew in every which direction the breeze blew. She clutched her fan closed in her hand as a smirk began to form on her face.

She spotted them.

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Inuyasha suddenly tensed up and growled, stopping in his place. He placed his hand on the hilt of Tessaiga.

“Inuyasha?” Kagome asked in worry. Kirara jumped out of Sango’s arms and growled along with the hanyou.

“It’s Naraku’s scent,” Inuyasha managed to growl out. “It’s that bitch!”

A laughed was heard overhead and everyone looked up to see a woman on her giant feather. She jumped down, landing in front of them with a flourish of wind.

“Yo,” the woman stated simply.

“What are you doing here, Kagura?” Miroku demanded in his defensive stance.

“Oh look, the monk,” Kagura stated, looking towards the houshi.

“Have you come to get killed or what? I’m not in no mood to waste time making pointless chitchat!” Inuyasha exclaimed.

“My, my Inuyasha. Testy today are we?” Kagura mocked in a smirk. Still holding her fan, she lightly opened and shut it, creating a slight breeze.

“Did Naraku send you?” Sango demanded, now in her slayer outfit.

“No, I just wanted to catch up on old times,” the wind witch said with sarcasm, rolling her eyes. She then glared at them. “Why the hell else would I be here?”

“Good point,” Kagome commented to herself.

“So what’s the bastard want?” Inuyasha demanded again.

“Hell if I’d know. He just was curious to know why you’re no longer pursuing him,” she stated. Everyone stopped dead in shock, trying not to make their eyes widen. Her sneer grew as she saw their reactions. “So, it is true…” Her eyes then narrowed. “You’re no longer interested in killing him or what?” she demanded, slight anger lacing her tone. She’d be damned if her only way to freedom, slipped from her grasp!

“Fuck no, we haven’t stopped pursuing Naraku!” Inuyasha declared.

“That worried me for a second. I didn’t think that you were that stupid enough to give up so easily,” she admitted.

“What’s it to you?” the hanyou questioned.

“It’s not about me. It’s about what that bastard wants. So, tell me, what exactly are you trying to do?” Kagura asked.

“None of your damn business bitch!”

“Heh, so it’s like that, eh? It‘s not like I care. I just know that you‘re hiding something.”

“Kagura, it may say, it seems like you do care. Is it something to do with your freedom?” Miroku asked as he observed their conversation.

It was Kagura’s turn to stiffen up. She turned a glare towards the monk. “I’m just following orders. Even I do care, it’s not I can do anything about it,” she admitted aggravated. Without saying another word, she threw up a feather from her hair and hopped onto the giant form that was created. Up in the sky, she used the wind to quickly push away from the group.

‘That was close. Damn that monk! I just hope Kanna or those bastard Saimyoushou weren’t around,’ Kagura thought irritably. She glanced down at their shrinking forms. They weren’t pursuing her.

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Back on the ground, the rest of the group looked up at Kagura’s retreating form in shock and confusion.

“That was fucking weird,” Inuyasha commented.

“That’s not the only thing,” Sango said solemnly. “Naraku knows that something is up. Now we‘ll have to be more careful than ever.”

“This is bad,” Kagome panicked. “You don’t suppose that Naraku is interested in these scrolls as well, are you?”

“Hmm…I don’t know. That poses a good question Kagome-sama,” Miroku said in thought. “In any way, though, it’s preferred that he doesn’t find out what we are doing. But since Kikyou-sama is searching for these as well, it’s not like it can stay hidden for long.”

“Damn, you’re right,” Inuyasha sighed. “So what should we do?”

“Perhaps we keep going for these scrolls. As Sesshoumaru stated before, only the reincarnation of Midoriko-sama can get them,” Sango explained.

“Ah, wise as ever Sango-sama,” Miroku commented agreeing with her statement. The taijiya only rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

“Keh! Let’s just keep going then. If Naraku manages to find out, it’s not like he can do much about it anyways,” Inuyasha stated as if he knew the whole situation. Though the group agreed, for some reason Kagome felt an odd sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.

As if their problems couldn’t get any worse, it did. All was quiet for a few hours until…

“Oh just fucking great,” Inuyasha suddenly muttered, his hand gripping the hilt of Tessaiga once again. He growled out of frustration.

“What are you talking--” Kagome got cut off by a sudden gust of wind appearing before them. Actually it was precisely a tornado of wind. There in all his glory, stood the great wolf prince, Kouga, clutching the hands of Kagome as he usually did in greeting. His clear blue eyes stared deeply into hers.

“Hey Kagome, I was trailing Kagura, but then I found your scent and decided that I would drop by,” Kouga said nonchalantly.

“K…kouga-kun!” Kagome exclaimed in surprise. She smiled kindly back at him, making Inuyasha’s eye twitch out of irritation.

“Get your damn hands off of her wolf!” Inuyasha yelled, hitting the back of the wolf’s head, causing a lump to form.

“What the hell?” Kouga demanded angrily. He then turned to see the hanyou’s glare. He in turn, smirked coolly,” Oi, Inukkoro, what’s with you lately?”

“What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” the hanyou demanded. Kagome groaned and the rest of the Inu-Tachi only shook their heads at the two bakas.

“Don’t give me that! I know something’s up considering Naraku’s the OTHER way!”

“Keh! I know that!”

“What?! You’re lying! Just admit that your dog senses are lacking in what they never where.”

Inuyasha growled and narrowed his eyes in anger. “I dare you to say that again, wimpy wolf.”

“Gladly. I said that your dog senses suck.”

“That’s it! You’re dead!” Inuyasha pulled out Tessaiga, pointing the tip at Kouga as it was in its transformed form.

Kagome sighed heavily. “Inuyasha stop!” she shouted.

“Don’t worry Kagome, I can take care of this mutt,” Kouga declared.

“There the bakas go again,” Shippou muttered under his breath, on Miroku’s shoulder.

Both of the rivals unfortunately heard the kitsune’s remark and turned their heads to glare at Shippou. “What was that?!” they both demanded at the same time. The fox cowardly hid behind Miroku’s head, making the monk roll his eyes.

“Guys!” Kagome shouted trying to get their attention.

“Huh, what?” Kouga asked confused, looking down to Kagome.

“Kagome! Get away from him! I’m gonna kick his ass into his grave!” Inuyasha proclaimed, still sour about the earlier remarks.

“Inuyasha…OSUWARI!” Kagome shouted. That was enough to end the fight before it had a chance to even start. Like usual…

“Kagome…dammit…” Inuyasha ground out into the ground. Kouga smirked in triumph.

“So Kouga-kun, why are you here?” Kagome asked seriously as she turned to him.

“I told you already. To see my woman,” Kouga replied with charm.

Kagome lightly blushed, not being able to stop herself. “But what about that comment you made about us heading in the opposite direction?”

“Heh, I just figured the mutt was leading you astray or something.”

“What the hell’s that supposed to mean wolf?!” Inuyasha demanded, back on his feet and glaring at the two.

“I’d like to know why you are going in the other direction.”

“None of your damn business,” the hanyou replied, crossing his arms after sheathing Tessaiga.

Miroku decided to step into the conversation, knowing that it was going nowhere. “Kouga, we aren’t pursuing Naraku at the moment, but it doesn’t mean we’ve stopped completely,” the monk explained calmly.

“What are you talking about monk?” Kouga demanded.

“Keh! We’re after damn scrolls of the wench, Midoriko,” Inuyasha snorted out, jumping back into the conversation.

Kirara narrowed her eyes at the hanyou, not liking the way he disrespected Midoriko. Still in Sango’s arms she growled out a little, turning attention onto her.

“Kirara?” Sango asked in alarm. “Is something wrong?”

Miroku glanced back at Inuyasha whom he noticed was a little surprised at Kirara’s glare. He concluded,” I think that Inuyasha said something to upset her. Perhaps something he said about Midoriko-sama?”

Kouga glanced at the neko-youkai, witnessing its powers before. “Hey, Inukkoro, I don’t mean to intrude, but the monk’s right. The cat looks ready to maul you.”

“Inuyasha, apologize,” Kagome commanded.

“Like I’m going to!” Inuyasha shouted stubbornly.

With that, Kirara jumped out of Sango’s arms and proceeded to prowl closer to the hanyou. He jumped in surprise. Kouga smirked, thinking of the fun he would see.

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To be continued…

Sorry for the wait. I decided to leave you at another cliffy…Hahahaha!

Next time on The Scrolls of Midoriko: Kirara’s anger. What shall the cat do?

Translation:

Inukkoro - “dog-face” or “dog-turd” …something along those lines.

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