InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Woodin Cylinders And Red Herrings ❯ On The Road ( Chapter 2 )

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On the Road

The next morning the group headed out again. InuYasha had seemingly recovered fully from whatever was making him sleep. But Kagome hadn't, she was still being carried by InuYasha every where they went.

It was an uneventful walk over sparsely treed terrain. There was little conversation and much thinking among the group. At midday they stopped to rest in the shade of a lonely tree, ate lunch (Miroku cooked), and headed out again.

Around mid afternoon Kagome squeaked loudly, making the others jump. When they turned to her she said, "My legs! I can feel my legs! A lot!" she started giggling. She squeezed InuYasha's waist with her legs and kicked them slightly, "Put me down InuYasha!" she laughed, "That tickles!"

InuYasha released his hold and she slid to the ground landing in a giggling heap.

"Are you ok Kagome?" he asked.

She nodded, "Yes, it's just never tickled that much before!"

"Can you stand Kagome?" Miroku asked.

Kagome stopped laughing and tried to stand. Slowly and shakily she got to her feet. "I'm standing." She said. A big smile spread on her face and she started to hop. "I can move my legs again!"

"Kagome, maybe you should take it easy for a while." Sango suggested to the bouncing girl.

"Sango," Miroku interjected, "Kagome seems fine, if she wants to show her joy we should let her."

Kagome then noticed that Miroku was watching her, and stopped. "Well, I can walk on my own now so… lets go!"

"Feh, now that's over we can get back to the jewel." InuYasha said, continuing along the path.

"I'm not sure I agree InuYasha," Miroku jogged up to him, "look at the sun. It is about the same time that the ogre attacked the other day, is it not?"

"So," InuYasha huffed, "Maybe it wore off, or it was the bug."

"A twenty four hour spell? And I do not believe that a normal bug bite, especially one that causes paralysis would dissipate so quickly, InuYasha."

"…Feh, whatever, we're going to your stupid town so it doesn't matter anyway." InuYasha left Miroku to walk next to Kagome, who had a defiant bounce to her step.

That night they made camp on the plain, a much happier group.

"It's weird though," Kagome said over her ramen, "I have control of my legs, but not completely."

"What do you mean Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Well, it's like I put too much …oomph behind everything."

"Oomph?" Her companions asked.

"Uh, yeah, like power or strength. Like I went to kick this stone on the road, just a little kick you know, for fun? And it flew across the road and bounced off of a tree. It almost hit Miroku! Sorry."

"I didn't notice." He responded.

"I was walking too fast too." She added sheepishly.

"Perhaps this is just a side affect of regaining the use of your legs." Miroku offered.

"Maybe…" Kagome wasn't happy. She had a feeling that this thing wasn't nearly over and that her new super legs wouldn't be lasting too long either.

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The next day was just as monotonous, though the group was a little livelier. Kagome was keeping pace with InuYasha, though he still wasn't walking as fast as he could it was a more comfortable speed for him than usual. This caused the others to strain a little to keep up with them.

Around mid afternoon a pack of wolf youkia, the three eyed kind not the humanoid kind, attacked.

Twenty of them surrounded our heroes making the fight a little more difficult. InuYasha tore up his share with his claws. Sango used her boomerang and Kagome used her arrows. Well, one arrow, while she was loading the second her arms suddenly dropped to her sides and her bow and arrow fell to the ground. Miroku joined the fray at this point. The battle was soon over, with their combined efforts.

"Kagome! What happened?" Sango asked her frightened friend.

"My arms now," she said, "just like my legs. And my legs…" she walked away from the corpses, "they feel kinda heavy." She kicked a stone and it clattered a few feet before coming to a stop. "I think their back to normal, I'm going to miss them." Her quiver slipped from her shoulder and fell to the ground.

"It's the same time again." Miroku stated. "I believe this indicates that the scroll is the key to Kagome's condition."

"Feh, lets get moving, the village is just up ahead." InuYasha said.

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