Chapter 7
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Sango couldn't believe her eyes. Standing right there in
front of the well was Kagome. Her best friend. Sango didn't even
notice the other four standing in front of the well with her. It
seemed Kagome hadn't noticed her either. Sango wasn't surprised she
WAS standing behind a tree trying to pull out an herb Kaede
wanted her to collect.
Sango didn't trust her voice but she had to say something.
"Kagome.Is that really you?" Was what she heard pass through her
lips. Kagome and the other four boys turned to look at her. "Hi
Sango..." Sango nearly choked on tears as she almost killed Kagome
in the vicious hug.
"Sango.I was only gone about two weeks." Kagome said returning the
hug to the older girl. "Yes but everyone thought you weren't
coming back an-." It seemed Sango just noticed Kagome's
'companions' and immediately went into defensive mode with her
Hirakotsu.
"Kagome who are these people? You do know two of them are
demons." Sango said looking mostly at Hiei who had his hand at
the hilt of his katana ready to strike.
"Hn. A weak human like you really think you can take me on with
that ridiculous weapon." Hiei said looking at Sango's boomerang.
"Sango this is Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and the one your trying to
fight so badly is Hiei."
Sango put Hirakotsu away but still kept an eye on Hiei. "Are
they from your time Kagome?" Sango asked as she noticed there
strange clothing.
"Yes and there here to help us collect the shards." Sango eyes
widened in realization as tears came back to her eyes. "Kagome
that's what I've been trying to tell you. Since you left things
have just been for the worst." Sango couldn't stop the tears from
flowing.
"Sango..shhhh...shhhhh..it's okay lets walk back to the village and
you can tell me along the way.
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Sango calmed down a bit and as they headed back towards the
village she explained.
"We had first suspected something was up when Inuyasha said
Kikyou would be joining the group..." Sango trailed of looking at
Kagome to see if she was okay. And much to Kagome's surprise it
didn't hurt as much as it did before. With a nod Sango continued.
"When I asked him where you were he just brushed me off and
continued boasting about Kikyou. Shippo was furious and demanded to
know where you were. Inuyasha didn't listen so he left and soon
figured out you went back home, on his way to the village
he..he.he got attacked by a demon. He narrowly escaped and now
he's being treated by Kaede. He's getting better, not as bad as
before, but I think the reason he's recovering so slow is because
he thinks he'll never see you again. Once Inuyasha had Kikyou he
refused to go back until he needed the shards."
Kagome was speechless. 'Shippo, my poor son.'
"Kagome there's more. A couple of days ago when we woke up,
Kikyou and the Tetsuigga were gone. It didn't take long before
the effects of his demon blood kicked in. He started to chase
after the villagers, if it wasn't for Miroku and Kaede the whole
village would be in shambles. When he realized there was nothing
for him to gain staying at the village..." Sango paused.
"He started to look for demons to kill. When there weren't enough
demons for him to fight he attacked Kaede's hut to gain the
jewel shards we had, the wards held him off...but I think he
remembered about your time and he jumped into the well. We haven't
seen him since." Sango said looking down at the ground.
Kagome gasped. "I knew there was something wrong! Inuyasha had
attacked me in my time and I noticed he didn't have his
Tetsuigga." Kagome said.
"Wait!! He attacked you!! Oh My God!!! How did you escape?!?!" Sango
said looking at Kagome with a worried expression on her face.
"Well that's where my friends come in. I was holding him of with
my barrier, but he was using to much power and I was weakening.
They came and helped me but he escaped. He left through the well
I assume, because there was a huge hole In the well house.
(Sorry I didn't mention that before.) I had known Yusuke, the one
in the green before that incident." Kagome said pointing behind
her.
"Kagome you don't know how much it will mean to everyone when
they see you have come back. We all sort of assumed what
happened."
"Sango...no matter how much I don't want to be here..I have to.
It's my fault the jewel scattered in the first place. I am the
protector, not Kikyou not anyone else.just me. Plus I can't leave
Shippo here and you should be mad at me for leaving you with
that pervert for so long."
They both began to laugh.
. . .
Kagome had wanted to talk to that Sango girl in private so they
were currently walking ahead of the Spirit Detectives and out of
Yusuke's hearing range. "I don't care what there saying." Yusuke
tried to convince himself but he knew he was dieing to know.
"Hey! Urameshi what do you think they're saying?" Kuwabara said
walking along side Yusuke.
"Keh. Like I care." Yusuke said turning his head from the girls.
"I don't trust that girl with the boomerang." Hiei said aiming
his cold gaze on Sango's back.
"Trust her or not you have to admit she's hot." Kuwabara said
matter-of- factly.
"This is a very strange place. Just look at her clothing and
all these trees. This is DEFINITELY Feudal Japan." Kurama said
looking around.
"Yeah I'm getting a bad case of the tickle feeling just being
in this forest." Kuwabara said.
Yusuke wasn't paying attention to his teammates. He was to busy
straining his ears to here what was going on. Yes, he did say he
didn't care about what they were saying but Kagome just pointed
at him so he had a right to be curious. Right?
Right?
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"Well where here." Kagome said as they entered the tiny village.
Yusuke felt very weird since it seemed all eyes were on the
newcomers. Everyone seemed glad to see Kagome and Sango. Kagome
stopped.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Sango said looking at Kagome. Yusuke was
also worried and wanted to know what happened.
"Are you sure they won't be mad?" Kagome said looking at her
hands with a small grimace on her face. 'She looks so cute like
that.' Yusuke couldn't help but think.
"Stupid humans." Hiei said looking at Kagome intently. Kagome just
glared at the small demon. "Kagome don't be silly. Every minute they
don't see you they get more depressed." Kagome nodded and they
walked the rest of the way to the hut. "Guys please stay right
here until I call you. Some things need to be settled first, Sango
stay here and make sure none of the villagers start attacking
them. Especially Kurama, they suspect him the mostly with his red
hair."
Kagome was about to enter the hut when a hand stopped her. She
turned around to see Yusuke staring her dead in her face.
"Yes?" Kagome said a little annoyed. She REALLY wanted to see her
kit.
"I'm going in with you." Yusuke said as plain as day.