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In a New Light	By : Sylean Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Naraku/Kagome Views: 17606 -:- Recommendations : 5 -:- Currently Reading : 4
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In a New Light
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor do I make any profit from this story.
Warning: There will be lemons in this story, some non-con as well.
Chapter 23: Investigations
(A/N: I apologize ahead of time for the amount of time it will take to get Naraku back into play, beyond the use of puppets and servants. I was always so annoyed with this part of the series when I would try to catch episodes on TV as a teen. I've tried to keep the chapters interesting in their own way, adding new material, to compensate for the lack of a main character. And I can guarantee, it will be worth it once I bring him back.)

Several days passed without a single clue, sign, or rumor. It was as if Naraku had vanished off the face of the earth, but they all knew that wasn't the case. He had simply found a better hiding spot and was lying lower than usual. In their desperation to find Naraku, they began chasing after even the most unlikely of rumors for any possible hint of his whereabouts. Today found them hunting down a fearsome beast that ravaged the farmer's fields by night but disappeared by day. After staying up for hours, the "beast" finally appeared, but it was nothing more than an overgrown mole demon, no bigger than Shippo, that was photosensitive and thus only showed at night. Kagome turned and headed back while Inuyasha pounded on the creature with threats of death if it didn't find a new, non-human area to reside. Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara were in a separate field, on the opposite edge of town, still waiting for the "beast" to show.
She was falling asleep on her feet as she trudged back to the inn, but was suddenly startled awake when something hovered right in front of her face. Simply due to the nature of the creature, Kagome wanted to scream, but knowing whom it belonged to, she tamped down that instinct and looked carefully at the giant wasp buzzing before her. "A Siamyosho," she murmured. It held something in its jaws and acted as if it was trying to give it to her. She tentatively held out her cupped hands as it dropped its cargo, "for me?" Before it could give an answer, not that she would have understood it, it buzzed away just as she heard Inuyasha barreling into town behind her. She quickly hid the object in her skirt pocket and continued walking nonchalantly, but with a hidden nervousness.
Back in her room, as Sango drifted off to sleep, Kagome was too nervous and excited to let the darkness consumer her mind and body. Carefully, she sat up and retrieved the item, looking at it carefully revealed it to be a small scroll. She gingerly unrolled it, wary of the crinkling sound if might make, and found an elegantly written message, in English! The Siamyosho delivered it, so that meant it was from Naraku, yet it was written in English, that could only mean Naraku knew English, and knew that she did as well. How unexpected, she knew he was smart, but hadn't expected anyone here to be bilingual, well, other than the demon tongues some of them knew. It read:
Mt. Hakurei.
Use this information
as you see fit.
(A/N: This is assuming that they speak Japanese normally even though my whole story is in English. And Naraku learned of her bilingualism in Chapter 4, took long enough to connect that crumb.)
There was no name, but there needn't be, the one it was meant for, and the one who sent it, both knew what those names would be. Kagome was ecstatic; after all those days of worrying, of fretting over Naraku's well-being, she received word from him. She hugged the scroll to her chest, letting the relief wash over her. 'He's alive,' she exhaled, letting go of the stress. 'Still likely injured, and recovering, but alive. Is this his way of trying to call me to him? Maybe he does need help. I can't just tell this information to Inuyasha, however, that will dredge up superstitions and questions I can't answer, nor am I a good liar. Where even is Mt. Hakurei?'
She slept easy that night, and made sure to discretely ask around the next day to see if any villagers knew where the mountain in question was. Just as her previous hunch had been, it was in the northern direction, northeast to be exact. But how to convince Inuyasha to go straight towards it and stop following these minor leads? There was one more thing she had to do, even though she didn't want to, and that was burn the scroll. If she got caught with it, her friends might catch on to her forbidden feelings. She regretfully tossed it into a villager's unattended bonfire as she walked by. She wanted to clutch it to her chest, seeing it was the only thing from him she had, but it was too risky. The paper was gone almost instantly, leaving what looked like a short, thick stick to burn away completely. Turning her gaze from the fire, she headed back for the inn, ready to set off and thinking up how to direct her comrades towards the desired destination.

(A/N: Spoiler Alert! Episode 88: The Three Sprites of the Monkey God, the ending giving them a direction to travel in search of Naraku.)
Kagome informed her companions how a villager "told" her of a demon harassing travelers toward the northeast, and luckily, they hadn't caught her lie. She was grateful she didn't have to deceive them any more than that, since they happened upon a real problem that same day. The farmers came running begging the help of the "Dog God," aka. Inuyasha. Miroku volunteered his canine companion to drive out the monkeys while Sango and himself continued to search for Naraku.
Climbing aboard Kirara behind Sango, Miroku reassured, "We will return before sunset. That should be enough time to drive out the pests, don't you think?"
"Keh, I'll have this over with in no time," Inuyasha boasted, flexing his claws.
As Kagome, Inuyasha and Shippo began their trek into the forest, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara took to the sky, but they didn't go far before Miroku pointed out an area to land. Trusting his intuition, Sango agreed and they set down. She got majorly confused however when Miroku did no more than settle down on the grass.
"Wait a minute, Miroku, weren't we supposed to look for signs of Naraku?" Sango asked confusedly.
"We don't have Inuyasha to sniff him out, and we don't have Kagome who can sense the sacred jewel. What good is searching on our own?" Miroku reclined against the base of a tree, lounging in the shade.
"Huh?" Sango realized he was right.
"I had to say we'd keep searching or Inuyasha wouldn't have lifted a finger to help those villagers," Miroku clarified his reasoning.
"I guess so," Sango looked around, trying to decide what would be the most efficient use of her time.
"There is another reason I suggested we distance ourselves," Miroku began, looking up at Sango intensely.
"Hentai, don't you ever think of anything else?" the slayer jumped to predictable conclusions about this supposed reason. "You're deranged if you think I'm going to do that!"
"My, what a dirty mind you have, Dear Sango," Miroku chuckled at her assumptions, "and here my intentions were simply to speak of our companions."
"Huh?" Sango blushed deeply, embarrassed by her misassumption, but fought back anyways. "Yeah right. Like I believe that." Miroku was always trying hint towards anything perverted, why would this be any different?
"I have noticed something peculiar with Kagome," he began, bypassing defending himself. He couldn't really blame her.
'Oh,' Sango mentally stumbled, 'he really did have innocent intentions. That's a first.' She sat down next to him so they could talk easier, feeling more at ease with this line of conversation.
"She seems to have developed feelings for someone, however, I know not who," Miroku explained his suspicions.
"Is that all it is?" Sango asked dumbstruck. "You're not seriously confused about that are you?" Kagome had only made it blatantly obvious she was head over heels for Inuyasha several times, and despite attempts to hide it. She thought Miroku was smart enough to catch that with ease. "It's obvious she's in love with Inuyasha."
"I had thought so as well, however," he paused, thinking carefully how to word the next part, "I overheard her say something to the contrary. She was speaking to herself, asking when she would see someone again."
"Perhaps she was just thinking about a friend, or maybe her family," Sango supplied casually.
"It sounded much deeper than that," Miroku countered contemplatively, "as if she was missing a lover."
"You must have been putting too much degenerate meaning into it," Sango dismissed the ridiculous idea. She saw Kagome and Inuyasha together, and Kagome wasn't the type to go cheating or sleeping around. "That's impossible."
"Sango, if there is something you know, please tell me. I have a feeling this is of much importance," Miroku stressed this intuitive feeling he was getting. Sango went dead silent, but exhibited another red blush. "What did you see that night when both Inuyasha and Kagome stayed out all night?" Miroku took a guess that this was what she was hiding, probing carefully for an answer that might help him decipher this puzzle.
"N-nothing," Sango stuttered, not wanting that visual to resurface. Miroku gave her a serious look, the look that made her gut twist and heart pound; she couldn't resist that expression. "Okay, fine." She conceded and took a deep preparatory breath. "I, I saw them together; Kagome and Inuyasha."
"Together, together?" Miroku inquired, honestly a little surprised they had gone all the way. His eyebrows rose a little further at Sango's shy nod. She kept looking down at the grass like it was suddenly the most interesting thing in the world, anything to avoid his eyes. "Hmm, I see. Perhaps you are right then, Sango. Forget I said anything." Miroku spoke as if the subject would be dismissed for good, but couldn't help the niggling thought, 'I'm certain of what I heard though. I need to get this story verified.' Sango was still very much uncomfortable, so Miroku said one more thing that seemed to always return her to normal, "Perhaps we should follow their lead." His words were punctuated by a telltale grope to Sango's bottom and an eyebrow wiggle.
He was only rewarded with a hard SLAP, "Lecher!"

"Hello, we're back," Sango called. "Huh?" The sight that greeted them was baffling to say the least.
"Inuyasha?" Miroku peered closer, just as bewildered as to why Inuyasha would be laying face first in the dirt, right in the center of town, with his hand on a giant boulder. "What are you doing?"
"Don't just stand there," Inuyasha whimpered pathetically, "start looking for the sacred monkey stone. Ow."
It was later explained that Inuyasha got stuck to the boulder by an entry-level demon magic trick, but the three monkeys that placed it didn't know how to remove it and hence Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo had been searching all day for a sacred stone to find the Monkey God who could undo the spell. This had left Inuyasha beyond exhausted; he didn't even react when the children were poking his prone form with sticks.
Miroku proceeded to con them some lodgings, and during the night Kagome deciphered the mystery, finally getting the heavy boulder off Inuyasha, but more importantly, the monkey god spoke of a massive demonic aura. It couldn't be anyone other than Naraku and it was heading towards the northeast. 'The same direction as Mt. Hakurei,' Kagome thought, relieved to have public knowledge as to where they were heading now.

The next time they came across a hot spring, and Sango, Shippo, and Kagome went to bathe, Miroku took the opportunity to put his suspicions to rest, although, he had a feeling it might not end up that way. The last few days, he had spied Kagome staring out over the land and sighing deeply whenever she thought no one would be watching. It seemed as if she was looking for someone, longing to see someone special to her. If she really had been with Inuyasha, wouldn't she be looking at him like that? It just wasn't adding up. The times she did speak with Inuyasha, there was no more spark or emotion in her eyes than when she would speak to Sango, or himself.
Speculation wasn't going to unravel this riddle, so he ventured into a conversation with Inuyasha as the two waited for the girls to return, "How long have you and Kagome been together?"
"Well," Inuyasha went into casual thought, "since we've been searching for the shards, so almost 1 year now."
"That's not what I mean," Miroku was trying to be discreet, but it seemed he'd have to be blunt with the dog, "I mean, how long have you two been having sex?"
Inuyasha barked back indignantly, "What made you think I have been rutting Kagome?!" There was no sign of embarrassment or as if he was hiding the fact, simply confusion and disgrace at the idea.
"So, you have not?" Miroku clarified, wanting a definitive answer.
"No!" he yelled back.
"Hmm, I see," Miroku hummed, putting the pieces together. 'Kagome has a lover, based on what Sango spied, but who? That is also congruent to what I have been observing.'
"You see what? What are you thinking?" Inuyasha accused, eyes narrowed at the monk.
"Oh, nothing. Must have just been my libidinous meanderings overshadowing my better judgment," Miroku placated quickly, he didn't need Inuyasha of all people to become suspicious and go rampaging for answers. He gave an awkward laugh while rubbing the back of his head. His debauched reputation actually came in handy for once. 'Kagome, who could you possibly be so taken with. You seem much happier, I must admit.'
Inuyasha just scoffed at his friend, "Lech."

"Why were you digging through my bag in the first place?" Kagome accused the two demons as she waved a pink bottle around irately.
"Why do you think, I was looking for ramen, of course," Inuyasha defended, still trying to get the horrible taste out of his mouth.
"I saw Inuyasha digging through it, so I had to make sure he didn't steal any of my candy," Shippo explained, trying to pin most the blame on Inuyasha. "Then I found that and it smelled so sweet, but Inuyasha stole it from me and swallowed some of it."
Kagome was having a hard time keeping her angry expression as Inuyasha got a taste, literally, of instant Karma. "This is not food," she tried to sound upset, but her scowl cracked when Inuyasha started licking a tree to try and scrape the aftertaste off his tongue. "It's perfume."
"Puh-thoom?(Perfume)" Inuyasha asked with his tongue still out.
"But it smelled edible," Shippo protested.
"Would you like a taste too?" Kagome asked, but having seen the reaction Inuyasha had to it, he vigorously shook his head. "Its made to make people smell good, like this." She spritzed her wrists, and rubbed them together. "See?"
"Mmm, it smells good," Shippo acknowledged.
"Good?" Inuyasha retched. "That stuff stinks."
Sure he was probably biased and associating the smell with a not so pleasant experience, but still. "Well, I like it," Kagome declared. She had brought it with her on impulse, even though it had no use. She rarely bought anything just for her, so what was a little indulgence here and there. In the back of her mind, she wondered if this would be useful for covering up scents, particularly that of a specific demon she really wanted to run off and see. They had to be getting closer by now, right? But the mountain she had been directed to on the horizon didn't seem to be getting all that closer.

(A/N: Miroku is getting closer to discovering Kagome's secret, oh no! Also, I absolutely loved the imagery of Inuyasha licking a tree.)
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