if she actually came back to meet Sesshoumaru again, she had to admit that the experiences she would probably have with the others also enriched her decision.
Sango got up and leaned forward to check the water in the pot. "It should be hot enough soon.", She said contentedly and wanted to sit down again immediately, but when she stopped moving. Her face had suddenly taken on a very strange expression and soon the others recognized the reason for it too.
"If you say that, Sango, then it must be so.", Miroku said while he couldn't keep his fingers to himself and had put his hand on Sango's buttocks.Shortly afterwards he received a hearty head-butt from the girl. "You can't leave it, can you?", Sango asked irritably, while Miroku was now sitting in his seat, a bit battered. A nice bump adorned his head. The others sighed. Miroku would probably never change. Only Kimie had watched the whole thing a little confused. "What was that?", She asked Kagome in a whisper, who answered quietly: "Don't ask. This is normal."
"Aha..."
Suddenly Sango straightened up and walked towards the nearby forest. Kirara followed her and jumped on her shoulder.
"Sango! Where are you going?", Kagome asked immediately. Her friend replied, "I'm just going to look for some firewood."
"Wait! I'll come with you!" And with these words Kagome had already jumped up and followed Sango. "Uh ... Then I'll come with you too!", Kimie said and also got up.
"Hey! And who will take care of the water now?" Inuyasha called after the girls and pointed to the pot over the fire.Kagome turned around briefly and waved his hand with a smile. "Oh! You can handle that on your own, right? You just have to pour the water into the container with the noodles when it's hot enough. And don't forget to let it steep!" And with that the three girls disappeared even in the forest. Inu Yasha, Miroku, Shippo, and Inuki stayed by the campfire. "Well, now we men are probably among us.", Shippo said thoughtfully and Miroku sighed. "Oh, sometimes fate is really cruel."

"Hey, Sango! Miroku seems to have eaten a real fool of you.", Kimie said, slightly amused, while she was looking for firewood with Kagome and Sango. In response to her remark, Sango replied as indifferently as possible: "You imagine that. He only has other girls on his mind as soon as he comes across them." But while she had said that, she had such a strange undertone in that Had a voice that was not hidden from her friends."But you like him, don't you?" Kimie asked, whereupon Sango immediately turned to her. "Den ?! That'll come to that!", She tried to deny, but her face had taken on a slight reddish shimmer. Kagome smiled. "Oh, Sango! We're among girls now, so now be honest with you." At first Sango wanted to contradict again, but then lowered his eyes a little embarrassed. "Well ... well, I'll admit, I kind of like him," she admitted. "But that doesn't seem to be the case with him."
"How did you come up with that?", Kimie asked, whereupon Sango immediately replied: "Otherwise he wouldn't keep checking up on other girls!" Kimie shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe he's only doing it because he doesn't know that you actually like him."
"Do men even notice that?" Kagome asked now. "If you don't give it to them in writing, most of them will never notice."
"Somehow I have that feeling too.", Sango agreed with her friend.This conversation brought Kimie to another question, which she now put to Kagome: "Tell me, Kagome, who do you like better? Kouga or Inu Yasha?"
Kagome hadn't been prepared for this question at that moment and she looked at her cousin in surprise.
"The way I see it, they both seem to like you," Kimie continued. "Although this Kouga shows that a little more than Inuyasha, as I've noticed so far."
After a moment, Kagome looked down. "Inuyasha is in love with someone else," she said softly. Kimie raised an eyebrow in surprise. "How? He has a girlfriend?"
"Had. She's been dead a long time. About 50 years.", Kagome explained calmly, but this answer seemed a bit confusing for her cousin. "He mourns a girl who has been dead for 50 years?" She asked with a slightly incredulous undertone, which at the same time raised the question of how old Inuyasha actually was. Then how old was Sesshoumaru?Kimie couldn't think about it any longer because Kagome continued: "Yes, but she's alive again. More or less at least. A witch brought her back to life with magic. Her body was recreated from bones and earth."
"Ouch ... This world is really full of surprises.", Kimie said a bit confused, but immediately asked: "And do you know more about this girl?"
Kagome hesitated for a moment, but then gave her cousin the answer: "Her name is Kikyo and she was a Miko in the village near the bone-eating well. She was also Kaede's older sister. She has the jewel of the four Souls protected. Well, and I am their reincarnation. "
"Really now ?! It's crazy!" Kimie looked at Kagome partly in disbelief, partly completely surprised. That was new to her, the others hadn't told her about Kikyo until now. After a moment's hesitation, Sango said, "It was also Kikyo who took Kagome's shard of jewels and handed them over to Naraku."Kimie had immediately turned to the demon hunter and gave her an incredulous look. Does that mean that this Kikyo was an opponent of the friends? Then Kimie didn't understand why Inuyasha continued to hold on to her. But there must have been some reason for all of this after all.
Kagome sat down on the grass next to a tree. "Inu Yasha just can't forget her. Although, I don't think I can keep up with Kiyko anyway. She'd put me in her pocket." She sighed and suddenly looked somehow dejected, which the other two girls didn't remained hidden.
"You really mind that ..." Kimie thought worriedly. She had never seen Kagome like this before. After a short moment, however, she came up to the younger one. "Hey, Kagome! I don't know this Kikyo, but if I were you, I wouldn't throw the gun in the towel anytime soon.", She said confidently, but Kagome didn't seem particularly motivated. Kimie waited briefly, then demonstratively crossed her arms over her chest and then asked the crucial question: "Kagome, you're in love with Inuyasha, aren't you?"Kagome immediately looked up and blushed with embarrassment. "Huh ?! But Kimie! I ..."
"Denial is pointless!" Kimie interrupted immediately and smiled. “I'll look at it very closely.” Kagome was still a little irritated, but after a while lowered her gaze again. Kimie was right, Kagome was in love with Inuyasha. But what did that mean?
Kagome only looked up again when Kimie gave her one hard pat on the shoulder. "Come on! Now don't let yourself down like that!", She asked her cousin and Sango agrees: "I have to agree with Kimie, Kagome."
Kagome first looked from one girl to the other with a questioning look and then smiled slightly. “Well, if you think so.” Somehow she felt better now. It was good for her to be able to talk about this subject.
After this brief interlude, the girls went back to collecting some firewood. You weren't there long before Kagome turned to Kimie again: "Kimie?""Hm?"
"Tell me, are you actually in love?"
Kimie didn't answer this question immediately, but was now eyed curiously by both Kagome and Sango. After a moment, she shook her head slightly. "No I do not think so."
"You don't think so?" Sango asked a little confused. This answer struck her as weird, as did Kagome, who asked: "What do you mean? Do you know anyone?"
"Fleeting. Not worth mentioning.", Kimie answered casually and seemed to want to end the subject, but Sango nudged her lightly with his elbow. "Don't act like that!", Asked Kimie. After all, Sango and Kagome themselves had a lot to talk about, so Kimie could now also chat a little out of the box. "Tell me! What's he like?"
At this question from Sango, Kimie immediately waved it off. "Oh, he is arrogant, totally hypothermic, rough, brutal and probably imagines he is the crown of creation."In the next moment she paused. Actually, she didn't want to say that, even if that might have been her opinion at first. Kagome then looked at her cousin a bit confused." So ... I am surprised that you even had a single thought wasted on someone like that. "
Kimie hesitated at first and looked a little embarrassed. Finally she continued: "Well, maybe it's because he helped me a lot once."
"In what way?" Sango asked interested.
"Well, I was attacked once and he saved me.", Kimie explained roughly, whereupon Kagome replied: "But that means that he is worried about you too. So he can't be that bad guy, can he ? "
Kimie shrugged. "Worry? Well, I don't know ... It's unlikely. It's kind of strange." And in fact, she didn't know how to assess the matter.
"If he's brutal I would keep my hands off him.", Sango said with conviction." Somebody like that can't do you any good. "
Kimie nodded slightly. "You're right about that, Sango. But I don't think he's mainly bad. He's also strong, brave and somehow I feel like he has a good core. In a certain way, anyway." Her voice had taken on a slightly enthusiastic undertone as she continued. Kagome noticed this and had to smile slightly. "Kimie, it seems to me you really kind of like this guy."
"Well, maybe ..." Kimie said, embarrassed. She had already thought about that, but could it really be said that way?
Sango put a hand to his chin thoughtfully. "But it all sounds a bit complicated if you ask me." Kimie had to agree. She herself often felt confused about it. "I don't really know either. At first I felt queasy when I met him.But in the end I somehow felt safe around him. "She sighed." I will probably never figure him out. "
"And what does he think of you?" Asked Kagome, but then Kimie just shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea. Maybe he would prefer if I didn't run into him again." This thought had occurred to her many times and kept asking her whether her