InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Absolution ❯ Inuyasha's Magical Mystery Tour! ( Chapter 5 )

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Kagome awoke the next morning with a pounding headache, and an agitated hanyou staring down at her. She hugged the still-slumbering Shippou a bit tighter to her chest and smiled warily at Inuyasha. "Uh… morning?"

All she received in return was a 'keh'.

Obviously, something was amiss, and Kagome was determined to figure out just what had Inuyasha's undies in a bunch. So, as gently as she could, she slid from her bedding and lowered Shippou back into the warmth of the sleeping bag. Inuyasha was warming his bare feet by the morning fire, and she quietly made her way over to him.

He gave her an annoyed sideways glance, but said nothing. Errantly, he dug a toe into the warm dirt, and Kagome sighed, rubbing her aching head. Sometimes he really was impossible.

"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" she asked. Suddenly her heart started racing, beating like mad against her ribcage, and her head felt like it had been encased in a vice. She placed a pale, shaky hand over her left breast as her vision began to swim. Kagome wondered momentarily what the hell was happening to her, but then she remembered that she hadn't eaten since breakfast yesterday.

Inuyasha blinked in surprise as she began to sway back and forth. He was ready to catch her, but apparently someone had beaten him to it. He glared daggers at his half-brother. How dare he touch his Kagome? He was ready to say as much when Kagome muttered something.

"So hungry," she moaned, wiping at the fine sheen of sweat on her brow. She looked up into the cool visage of Sesshoumaru and blinked twice. Sesshoumaru had caught her? Somehow, she was not surprised… and that in itself surprised her. She brushed the thoughts from her mind as a very loud grumble emanated from her stomach. She groaned again, and struggled to sit up, unassisted.

Bleary eyes gazed first from Inuyasha, then to Sesshoumaru, then back to Inuyasha. Hadn't… hadn't he wanted something before she'd so ungracefully swooned into his brother's arms? She opened her mouth to ask him what it was that had him so miffed that morning, but he spoke first.

"Were you going to cook us breakfast or what?"

Sesshoumaru could have sworn that Kagome's eyes turned as red as blood for a split second. And then she screamed. Loudly.

"You uncaring, ungrateful BASTARD! How dare you? How dare you! I just blacked out from hunger, and you tell me to make breakfast? SIT!"

Inuyasha's eyes widened as he was thrown into the ground. "Kagome…" he growled, gasping for breath.

"Sit sit sit sit SIT! I am going to make breakfast… for everyone but you! You can manage on your own!" And with that, and an indignant stomp of her small foot, the young miko walked over to her pack, removed several packs of ramen, and threw them into the Inuyasha-sized crater her subduing spell had made.

"And I hope you choke on them!"

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About half an hour later, everyone except Inuyasha had nice, hot bowls of beef ramen on his or her laps. The hanyou was having a bit of trouble. His ramen was undercooked, had too much water, and was so hot his tongue blistered when he tried to eat it. In disgust, he threw the bowl over his shoulder.

"Keh. I'm sick of these damn noodles anyway. I'm gonna go find some real food."

And nobody tried to stop him.

While Inuyasha sulked off into the woods, the rest of the group had a pleasant meal. Even Kagura felt comfortable in the midst of her once-enemies.

"Arigato… for the meal," she said, head lowered. Everyone stopped eating, with the exception of Sesshoumaru, and stared at her in surprise. Kagome smiled at the wind sorceress.

"You're welcome, Kagura. Would you like some more?" And when the demon nodded her head shyly, Miroku was only too happy to refill her bowl, giving her a… warm… pat… on the rear.

Kagura smiled back at him, then promptly whacked him upside his dirty little head with her fan.

Shippou giggled, hopping up onto the houshi's shoulder. "Miroku strikes again!"

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"Stupid woman. Not making me breakfast. Keh, next time demons attack us, I'll protect everyone but her. See if she likes that," Inuyasha muttered as he trudged through the woods in search of 'edible' food. So far, all he'd come up with was a handful of overripe blackberries and some suspicious-looking mushrooms.

He sniffed the berries and sighed. *Gulp* Next came the mushrooms. *Choke, gasp*

His hardly-sated stomach growled noisily. "Shut up!" he said, rubbing his abdomen. Right now he was wishing for a big, steaming bowl of Kagome's noodles, but he'd be damned if he tell her that.

No, Inuyasha had way too much pride to go groveling back to his miko like some puppy. So his stubborn ass marched around in the woods for another half hour before he noticed something… peculiar.

The forest was… beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. He looked at his hands. They were beautiful! He shook his head to clear his mind of these unusual thoughts, but the second his eyes closed, he saw bright swirls of color.

Why do I feel so… happy? And why is everything suddenly so pretty? Yes, everything is very lovely. That tree is lovely. So are those squirrels!

"Hi, squirrels!" cried the hanyou. To his dismay, the cute, furry animals did not speak back. "Oh well. Hey! Kagome made ramen! I can smell it…" he said dreamily. If he hurried, he could make it back before breakfast was over!

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Sango, Shippou, and Kagome were just about to start breakfast clean up when Inuyasha returned. He dove for the pot of ramen, and the three startled people in front of him just stared in amazement.

"Inuyasha! You're back," Kagome said, her curiosity overriding her need to slap him for eating the ramen she said he couldn't have. "Did you find some food?"

The hanyou was on his back, holding a fistful of noodles and dangling them, one by one, into his mouth. "Uh huh! I found some blackberries… and some yucky mushrooms. Hey! Kagome!" he said, sitting up and facing the girl. "Did you know there are squirrels in the forest? And trees?"

No one could wipe the dumbfounded looks from their faces, but Inuyasha didn't seem to notice. He wiped his hands on his haori and moved closer to Kagome. He pressed his nose against hers and sniffed. "You're really pretty. I love you!" he said, and threw his arms around her shoulders.

Surprised was not quite the word Kagome would use to describe herself at that moment. Flabbergasted worked much better. As Inuyasha stood and walked over to his brother, Kagome spoke again.

"What kind of mushrooms did you eat?" she asked. She had a pretty good idea of what was going on now, although the others clearly did not.

Sesshoumaru regarded Inuyasha with caution. He did not know what his idiot brother was doing, but he certainly did not want him coming over there. Inuyasha obviously had just that in mind, and plopped down next to the demon lord.

"Hi," he said, grinning. Sesshoumaru's right eyebrow twitched, but he said nothing. The hanyou searched his brother's face for a moment, then he smiled again. "You know, you're pretty too. Like a girl!" This must have tickled Inuyasha's funny bone. He laughed and laughed, rolling on the ground and gasping for air.

Kagome noticed Sesshoumaru's eyes tinge red, and she quickly ran over to the two inuyoukai before harm could befall her oblivious friend.

"Ok, I know what's going on here!" she cried, and gave Sesshoumaru a look that said 'please don't kill him'. The demon snorted with disgust and amusement, but nodded his agreement.

"Inuyasha said he ate some mushrooms. Well, there are some types of mushrooms that, uh… make you act funny. Like Inuyasha's acting. And the mushrooms aren't poisonous, so he probably thought they were safe," Kagome said, digging up all knowledge of the 'magic mushrooms' that Inuyasha had no doubt ingested.

Looking from one stunned member of the group to the next, Kagome sighed. "It should wear off in about… six hours."

Sesshoumaru growled behind her. "I do not know if I can tolerate this ridiculous behavior for that amount of time," he said, eyeing the still giggling hanyou.

Inuyasha sat up and looked at his brother again… and immediately fell back into peals of joyful laughter. "Like a girl!"