Chapter 1: Bad Weather

It had been raining heavily for a week now. All the paths in the Sengoku Jidai were softened and one could see again and again smaller and larger mudslides, which were looking for their way into the valleys. Kagome, Sango and Miroku have decided to take a break and are on their way to the village where Kaede lives. Shippo and Kirara didn't care where they went, the main thing was that Kagome and Sango were there too. Only one person didn't like this interruption in their journey at all. "Hey Kagome, why do we have to take a break now, of all times. We almost caught up with Naraku! Why do you want to let the guy escape ?!" Inuyasha had moaned again when they finally reached the village. Ever since they decided to abandon the search for the time being and wait for better weather, the hanyou had become unbearable. Again and again he tried to change the mind of the others with the same arguments in order to be able to resume the search.This time too, his attempt was to be unsuccessful.

Kagome turned around, visibly annoyed. "Inu Yasha" said Kagome after she took a deep breath. "First of all, we don't even know where Naraku is. Second, you had to admit yourself that you can't take in any weather in this weather. And third, nobody goes in this crap weather voluntarily outside the door, if it doesn't necessarily have to be. Therefore, it hardly makes sense if we villagers or other people ask whether they have seen anything unusual or even Naraku themselves. Besides, the village is right behind the hill ended the discussion for Kagome. Sango, who had already gone a step ahead with Miroku, turned around and said to Inu Yasha: "A few days break will do us all good. Naraku, as you can surely remember, was much stronger than before when we last met It can't do any harm if we face him rested.That being said, should Kagome, Miroku and I get sick from running around in the rain, then we would have to interrupt our trip for more than just a few days. "

Since Inuyasha could not reply to these arguments, he only replied with a “Keh.” Although he couldn't actually deny that the two were right, Inuyasha still didn't like this pause at all. He wanted to find Naraku as soon as possible. And he couldn't do that when he was lazy here. His traveling companions had noticed for several days that the hanyou was becoming increasingly impatient and irritable. But if one of them wanted to ask him about it, he would only get a "Keh" answer. His friends eventually decided that the weather was bothering even Inuyasha and they stopped bringing up the subject.

It was afternoon when they got to Kaede's hut. Immediately everyone, with the exception of Inuyasha, sat around the fire because they were all soaked.They wanted to warm up as best they could. Kagome handed Sango a towel to rub her hair dry. She had wrapped Shippo in a second one. She used another one for her own hair. When she was done with it, she offered it to Inuyasha, who was leaning against a wall of the hut, "I don't need that." He said only harshly and turned his head away. Kagome shrugged and put her towel to dry on a rope that was hung a little above the fire. While Kaede cooked warm soup for everyone, Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Shippo talked about their latest adventures. Kirara was already asleep on Sango's shot.

"Shichinintai" asked Kaede when Kagome mentioned the seven-man army. "Yes exactly," said Miroku now. "With the help of the splinters of the Shikon no Tama, Naraku brought the Shichinintai back to life. With the task of clearing Naraku's enemies, including us. Kouga caught the first one.With the help of Kouga and Sesshoumaru, we were able to gradually switch off the rest of them. Even if it was pretty tight at times. "" Sesshoumaru? "Kaede interrupted the monk's narration in surprise. Sango nodded his head in agreement." Yes, Sesshoumaru also helped us now and then, albeit unintentionally. "Miroku picked up the narrative thread again." Unfortunately, one of them managed to take our jewel shards from us while we were out of action. On the other hand, we can be happy that we are still alive. "That statement was underlined with nods by Sango, Kagome and Shippo.

"While the others were taking care of the Shichinintai, Sango and I climbed the sacred mountain. There we found the mummy of a priest, which Naraku, thanks to one of his intrigues, protected with a sacred barrier. In the end it was only the leader of the Shichinintai alive, the only problem was that he had all of his comrades' jewels in his body.Then there was the fact that the two he had taken from us were stuck in a crack inside his sword. After the barrier broke, Inuyasha measured himself against him inside the mountain. Our hero with the dog ears (Inuyasha growls angry at these words) finally managed to defeat him. However, Naraku did manage to retrieve all of the jewel shards the Shichinintai had, including ours. It's thanks to Kagome and Inuyasha that he didn't get the splinters from Kouga too. Unfortunately Naraku managed to escape again. I'm sorry to have to tell you Kaede-sama, "added Miroku with a sad face," but Naraku managed to get rid of his human emotions and killed Kikyo when he escaped. "With that, Miroku ended his story.

Kaede looked into the void for a moment. Then she shook her head and said, "Kikyo died 50 years ago.It no longer belonged in the world of the living. I hope your mind will find peace now. "She stirred the pot again and then said:" The soup is ready. Let us eat. "With these words she distributed a bowl of spicy smelling soup to each of them. Inuyasha now also joined the others by the fire. As always, he was very calm here too. He didn't even react to Shippo's meanness in any way Wise. Slowly, Kagome was really starting to worry. "What's the matter with you InuYasha. I don't recognize you at all. "" Nothing, "answered Inuyasha, put his empty bowl aside and retreated back to his place on the wall. Kagome still looked at him worried. Sango leaned over to Kagome and said reassuringly," Don't worry when he's ready if we talk about it, he will tell us what he has. Maybe he's just offended by this afternoon. "Kagome hoped this was the case and turned back to her other friends.They spent the rest of the evening in irrelevant conversations. Miroku once again tried one of his "advances" to Sango, which this time also ended with a rather large bump on his head. Shippo's comment was, “He'll never learn.” The women present nodded in agreement.

Then it was decided to go to sleep as it was very late. It was still pouring rain outside. The hut was quiet, except for the occasional crack of the fire. Only Inuyasha was awake. Thoughtfully he stared at the entrance, which was covered with a cloth. In his mind he looked back over the last fight against Naraku before he left again. He had gotten a lot stronger since they last met. Inuyasha hadn't been able to prevent his opponent from retrieving the jewel shards. His Kaze no Kizu was not only repulsed by Naraku's barrier, no it was even thrown back as many small attacks that flew through the whole cave.He and his friends were lucky that Kagome had used her arrow to stop the attacks. Miraculously, no one was hurt. But how should it go on now. Naraku had become so strong in the meantime that Inuyasha had doubts whether he could beat him with his means at all. And every day she lost he had time to get stronger. Inuyasha feared that he would no longer be able to protect Kagome if they faced each other again. But he needed Kagome by his side to track him down. Inuyasha sighed and stared into the flames. The sooner they found him, the greater their chances of overcoming him. Why didn't the others understand? Why did they have to take a break now? Why...

"Why don't you sleep, Inu Yasha" The addressed looked up and looked directly into Miroku's face. "You should really take a rest. As soon as it stops raining we want to continue, you know that."Inuyasha looked away and said:" I can go on straight away. "" Inuyasha, we chewed it all through this afternoon. We will definitely not find a soul that could help us further. Not in this weather. "" Keh, I'll just go and interview a couple of youkai. They are not as squeamish as you humans and are not afraid of a few raindrops. "Before Miroku could even begin to reply, Inu Yasha had stormed out the door and disappeared into the night. Miroku looked at the rainy night for a while, but then just shook his head and lay down again to get some sleep Inuyasha would be back sooner or later, he was sure of that.

The next day began as the old one had left off: with rain. In the hut, the friends woke up one by one. Kagome looked around searchingly. When she couldn't find what she was looking for, she asked the group: "Where is Inuyasha?Has anyone seen him today? "" I spoke to him last night. He started again with the why-pause topic. When I told him that we had already discussed this enough, he said that if no people could help us, he would just go to question a few youkai and stormed out of the hut. I haven't seen him since. "Hopefully nothing happened to him," said Kagome, worried. Shippo only said: "Nothing will happen to him that quickly. You know him. "" He probably just wanted to let out some air. You should in confidence. "Kaede added. Kagome nodded at the two with a smile. Shippo jumped into her arms beaming with joy." Somehow I think it's great that Inuyasha doesn't take out his anger on me. "That made everyone laugh heartily.

Inuyasha was a long way from the village when he stopped and sucked in the air through his nose. He didn't mind the rain any more than the fact that his clothes were already soaked through.On the muddy ground he had discovered the fresh footprints of a youkai. Since they were still clearly visible, he could assume that they were no older than half an hour. Suddenly a shrill cry of fear from a child broke the night. Inuyasha didn't hesitate and ran