InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Attempted Fouls ❯ Bits and Peices ( Chapter 3 )

Attempted Fouls

By: Chibi-Suiko

A/N: The third installation to my marriage series, the finale still undetermined, is finally being posted. I've wanted to continue this fic for a loooooooooooong time but I haven't had the chance or the idea of how exactly I've really wanted to do it. But now I've just decided to wing it until I can think up something real good so work with me for now and let me do what we all love to do.

Disclaimer: Yeah, I gotta admit I do. Not.

Summary: Kagome loves InuYasha and she has one heck of a plan to see how he feels about her as well. She fakes a marriage with a friend to see what his reaction will be. At first, he doesn't seem that fazed but how long will it take for his facade to crumble?

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Ages are as follows:

Kagome: 19

InuYasha: 23

Miroku: 24

Sango: 21

Shippou: 09

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This whole thing was getting a little out of hand. That was Kagome's first thought as she watched Kouga duke it out with InuYasha, obviously thinking that he'd used some sophisticated futuristic courting ability just to dupe him and win her heart. This had completely set InuYasha off, who was still pulling a sort of 'You can leave but I know you'll return so I'm not gonna waste my time worrying' personality ever since their last and only conversation about what unexpected turns had been taken.

She couldn't help worrying now. Maybe he wasn't acting and he really didn't give a damn about how she lived her life. He certainly pulled it off well, though, now that she gave it some thought, he'd had to learn to perfect an 'I don't care about anyone' expression his entire life of how-ever-many years just to get by.

"Kagome, how could you support this mutt's desire for you?! He only wants to mate to ease his loneliness, it's not like he loves you--!"

"You don't have to tell me twice..." She muttered dejectedly to herself as InuYasha pulled Tetsusuiga (If someone could tell me the correct spelling for that, it'd really help...) from its sheath and held it in front of him to start a real assault.

"You Bastard--! To even think I'd wanna mate with a wench like her is enough to prove you have a few screws loose but to keep trying to fight me with only your own accusations as a grounds to tri me! I do have standards and this--Wench--definitely doesn't meet them--!" InuYasha shouted and ripped his sword through the air, "Kaze no Kiz--"

Now things had gotten personal. And Kagome wasn't just going to stand around and wait for him to cool down long enough to realize he'd upset her and come crawling with an apology, "InuYasha, uswari--!" And his frightening escapade was abruptly ended by his being shoved forcefully into the ground at the casting of the incantation.

"A dog who bows to a mortal master is nothing to be proud of, Mutt..." Kouga muttered with a hint of laughter but then he turned to bow to Kagome in a sense of respect, "Kagome-Sama, I regret any pain 'Mortality' may cause you and I hope that my insult may be disregarded... It was nothing personal rather than a youkai's pride was at stake. And Youkai don't let it go that easily." He stood up and began to walk away for the time being (Obviously, Kagome kicking InuYasha into the dirt was satisfying enough for him at the moment) but InuYasha called after him.

"Keh... Oi--! Kouga, aren't you even gonna try and kill me?!"

"It would be most unsportsman-like to hurt a weakling when he's all ready been beaten by a woman..." Kouga stiffed with a chuckle as InuYasha's self-esteem reached an all time low, "Be warned. I will kill you, once you've become an actual challenge for me." And he shook his legs out and swiftly dashed away, leaving the girl and the hanyou alone together to brew in their lack of pity and strength of resolve.

"Him... Thinking I'm not a challenge... Beginning to act just as self-reliant as Sesshomarou... Kami-Sama... Kuso..." InuYasha muttered as he finally got up and dusted himself off.

"Well, you can't blame him for thinking you're amateurish, InuYasha... The only trait you have is immoral anger and that won't get you through every fight. You need strategy. You need health. You need allies. You need trust and security in those around you, in case you've forgotten I'm one of those around you--"

"--I don't remember asking you, Wench. I don't need you to tell me what I need to be strong. No one is more powerful than I am when it comes to battle. Strategy is for pansies that can't bother themselves with a real fight. Health is something I've never had a problem with. And allies like yourself are what make the battles so excruciatingly long and dangerous in the first place. If you'd bothered to keep yourself outta trouble... In any case, you won't even be here for long so this discussion about trust in allies is closed." And, with that said, he began to walk away as Kagome stared at her hands, which were twisting the hem of her shirt in anxiety.

How come she seemed to just make things worse..?

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"Sango-Chan, you are still awake..?" Miroku nodded from his restless nightmares obscured by visions of his Kazanna reducing himself and his surroundings to nothing.

"Yes, well, life is not without worry." She sighed and watched as he got up and moved towards her. She tensed, all ready feeling a slithering hand across her back but nothing happened.

"Ah... You are unsure what will come of Kagome-Sama's venture back into a regular life..?" He asked this as though it were a common and typical thought these days. All he got was a nod from his female companion so he continued, "You need not worry about that. Kagome-Sama is not one to forget life-altering visits to the year 500 Warring States Era so easily. Something tells me there is more to this than she is saying, in any case... Kagome-Sama is a vigil young girl. She would never do something unless she were absolutely sure. And that is why I find it impossible that she could truly leave us forever. You are not the only one of us who would miss her, Sango-Chan. I know two who will grieve for years, even if not aloud..." And he turned his gaze on a snoozing Shippou before letting it rest hesitantly on InuYasha who was, for once, getting some well-deserved sleep.

"Houshi-Sama is wise beyond his letchering years... But your hand rubbing against my thigh is highly..." She picked up his hand and began crushing it in her own, "...Unnecessary."

Miroku gave a slight sigh as she threw it down and slapped him like always before turning to huddle near her belongings. He went back towards InuYasha (The girls had done a *great* job with their Sex-Separation-for-Sleeping plan) and leaned forward, into the fire, to examine his Kazanna. How was he to prevent anything horrible happening to him before he had an heir? It was necessary at this stage to bed a woman for his continued search for Naraku. Especially now that Kagome-Sama, the only one of them eligible of Miko heritance, was to be leaving long before they'd finished their clean up of the jewel shard fiasco. And there was only one woman he seriously debated love with...

"Sango-Chan is far too exuberant for me... And she is more than capable of finding an eligible suitor for life... But that does not mean that I will not be there for her when she needs it. I am far too close to losing everything for that." He left his little self-related chat at that and settled himself down again for sleep. With everything that was going on, he definitely had a need for it. It was not without sacrifice that he'd given up on the finer things in life.

InuYasha watched them without their notice and almost laughed at Miroku's gibberish of a discussion with his incapacitated hand. Why should he waste his time on a woman..? He could become a powerful, young lord, if not a warrior for one. Of course not as powerful as himself but... All the same...

He snorted. It was far too simple to lose yourself in the heart of a woman. And he knew he was not worth that.

Not even if she were to walk out of his life forever...

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A/N: Well, the fourth installment will be coming shortly. I had to spend an hour or so just on this part but I'm hoping the next one will get a little more interesting. I thought that it'd be kawaii to add some Miroku/Sango fluff to the piece though I'm not sure whether or not they'll actually end up together. Never the less, it'll be a good story, I promise. I hope. I doubt. But I think you'll like it anyway... ^_^ ;;

Anyways, review if you wanna, and I bet you wanna; I'm gonna go and get some monkey bread and stuff it down my pet donkey's throat. Later days!

--Chibi