InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Was Lost But Now Is Found ❯ Unanswered Questions ( Chapter 1 )

CHAPTER ONE: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

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"Get her!"

"No! Inuyasha, please, escape while you can! Please, save yourself, forget about me! Leave, now!"

"Shut up, you stupid half-breed!"

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Nakushita woke up dripping in a cold sweat while feeling a sudden pain in her side at the same time.

"Wake up! I said, wake up! Now!"

At that moment Nakushita felt another sharp pain in her side due to her master's kick.

"I'm awake. I'm getting up now." Nakushita slowly got up out of her old dusty blanket.

"Well, hurry up and get to work! Before I get angry!"

Nakushita quickly responded, "Yes master" and went to the other room to begin her daily tasks.

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"Well, how about this one? It looks like a nice place, don't you think?" asked Kagome as everyone was looking for a place to stay for the night.

"I should think this will suffice. It looks decent enough." replied Miroku. "I just hope they will believe there is an ominous cloud overhead."

"What, just like everyone else?" Inuyasha bluntly said.

"Inuyasha, why do you have to be like that all the time?" remarked Kagome.

"What do you mean?" asked Inuyasha, getting a little annoyed.

"(sigh) Oh, nothing" Kagome tiredly replied.

"Anyways, let's go in" Shippo said, hoping to end the little argument.

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"Welcome, and enjoy your stay. And thank you monk, for getting rid of that ominous cloud you said that was over my mansion." said the master of the place.

"It was nothing for a simple monk like me" replied Miroku.

LATER THAT NIGHT

As some young ladies were bringing in some food for the group (and after Miroku gets slapped on the face a few times for asking a particular question), Inuyasha remarked, "Another unwanted feast, huh Miroku?"

"Inuyasha, what do you expect? It's not like it's anything different from before." replied Kagome.

Inuyasha could only come up with a "Feh".

"Come on, why don't we start eating, I'm hungry." Shippo enthusiastically said.

"Yes, let us get started" replied Miroku.

Just then one more girl came in with the last plate of food but this young lady was unlike the others. She had stained, dusty, dark-purple clothes on, a little similar to Inuyasha's, and was wearing an old, dirty hat that was torn in three places. She walked in very slowly, holding the platter very carefully. The girl then looked up to see who she was serving, and when she did, she froze at her spot and instantaneously dropped the plate of food that she was carrying which made a loud, clattering sound.

"Hey, are you okay-" Kagome started to say when she was interrupted by a thunderous shout.

"Nakushita! Get over here right now!" and the girl hastily but reluctantly ran in the direction of the order.

At that moment her hat fell off revealing long, silver hair tied up in a ponytail and what seemed to be dog ears, just like Inuyasha's.

The girl swiftly picked up her hat and said, "I'm sorry" to the group and exited the room.

When she left the room, Shippo said, "What's wrong with her? She seemed kind of afraid of us when she saw us."

"I don't know Shippo" Kagome said, "She seemed to just notice Inuyasha."

"Yes" Miroku agreed, "Inuyasha, do you know her? She seemed to look a bit like you too."

"No, I don't think so" Inuyasha said but silently thought, [Nakushita, could it really be you? I thought I lost you years ago].

"Inuyasha" Kagome said.

"..."

"Inuyasha" Kagome repeated.

"Huh? Oh, what do you want?" Inuyasha replied.

"Are you okay?" Kagome asked, a tiny bit concerned.

"Why wouldn't I be?" retorted Inuyasha.

"(sigh) Never mind. Forget I said anything" said Kagome.

"Feh, whatever" Inuyasha simply said.

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"Please master, I've learned my lesson. Please, stop" said Nakushita.

"What, stop punishing you for dropping that plate and making a bad impression to those people who in fact helped get rid of evil forces surrounding this place?!?" and with that he kicked her in the stomach.

"I said that I'm sorry!" Nakushita cried in agony.

"Oh, and now you're yelling at me?!? There will no dinner for you tonight!" retorted Nakushita's master who was starting to calm down. "Now, I'm going to try to make it up to them for YOUR mistake and apologize for YOU. Now, get out of here!" and with that he walked out of the room while Nakushita answered, "Yes sir" and exited the room through the other door.

As the master came through the door toward his guests, who were just finished eating, he said, "I'm terribly sorry for that. Nakushita's not altogether at times."

"It's okay, but I was wondering, is Nakushita a youkai?" asked Kagome.

"Well, she's half dog-youkai. We have had her ever since she was little and brought her up." replied the master.

As the master was answering, Inuyasha thought, [I knew it, it is you Nakushita. I have to get you out of here].

"Excuse me" said Miroku, "Do you think it will be alright if we could talk to her and possibly have her in our room tonight?"

Almost instantly the group stared at him. Inuyasha with a death-glare, Kagome with a very cold look, and Shippo just rolled his eyes while Inuyasha grumbled, "Why, so you can ask her a certain question?"

With the remark being unnoticed by the other two in the room, Nakushita's master answered, "Yes, you may have her tonight. I will send her there soon."

With that answer, everyone sweat-dropped except Miroku as the master left the room.

With him gone, everybody once again stared at Miroku and after a few seconds of cold looks, Kagome said, "You just better keep your hands to yourself. She looks like she's been through enough today."

Inuyasha added, "Yeah Miroku, don't try anything or I'll beat you to a pulp." while Shippo could only let out a big sigh.

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