InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Engaging Enemies ❯ Chapter 10 Truce ( Chapter 10 )

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Chapter 10 Truce

“Okay, Inuyasha, we need to get along if we plan on passing our classes this first trimester. Therefore, I am willing to make a truce for the sake of my grades, and perhaps yours, if you care. Inuyasha! Are you even listening me?!”

Kagome glared up at Inuyasha in the tree as she set her backpack down. Inuyasha stared up at the sky, not paying Kagome any attention as she tried to get his attention.

“Inuyasha! Hey, Inuyasha! Will you listen to me?! I’ll say ‘it’!” she threatened. Inuyasha didn’t even blink. “Fine, you asked for it!” Kagome took a breath, ready to yell the enchantment as she felt around for the ofuda.

“What the hell do you want, bitch?” he said, seemingly intimidated by the threat.

Kagome’s eye twitched very slightly, mad by the fact that he called her a bitch. ‘Well, at least he responded…Just keep your cool, and maybe this’ll work...’

“I just wanted to talk. We need to make some sort of agreement if either of us plans on passing this trimester. I don’t know if you even care, but ‘I’ do care if I fail any of my classes. The way it’s going on right now isn’t going to help either of us with our grades or favor with the faculty. If you will, the agreement can last only until we get out for summer. So, will you consent to a slight resolution?”

Inuyasha mumbled something that Kagome couldn’t hear. “What did you say?” Silence. “Inuyasha, could you repeat?” Still silence. Kagome threw a rock at his head and missed. He still didn’t respond. She threw another, and she heard the leaves rustling.

“What are you trying to do? Knock my head off?!” he yelled.

“Something like that…” she murmured to herself.

“What was that?”

“Well, are you going to make peace with me or not? Daisuki-sama is just ready to blow a gasket because of what ‘you’ got us into.”

“What do you mean ‘me’ You’re the one that had to go and ‘sit’ me when I could have gotten away without getting into that fight with Kouga and Sesshoumaru! So, I’d say it was your fault!”

“Well, I can’t say that you didn’t deserve it. If you hadn’t made Shippou pose as me and kiss Kouga, then we wouldn’t even have this problem. So, blame yourself!”

“Well, it was Shippou’s fault in the first place. He should’ve known that I despise that mangy wolf! He shouldn’t have given that CD to him in the first place.”

“Hey, don’t blame Shippou for this!”

“Why shouldn’t I blame him for this? He should’ve known that those were Sesshoumaru’s CDs, not his!”

“That’s not fair! You can’t blame him for all of this. ‘You’re’ the one that let him ‘borrow’ the CDs that you ‘stole’ from Sesshoumaru. If anything, it is ‘definitely’ your fault that all of this happened! So let’s just drop it and figure out what we’re going to do about our current situation.”

“Keh! As if I’d cooperate with a pathetic human like you.”

“Let’s remember that you’re also half a ‘pathetic human’, so you should not talk. Now what do you say? Work with me for the remaining of the trimester, or refuse my offer and fail all five of your classes and repeat them again? It’s your decision. I couldn’t care less since I can manage without you, but since your mother and father have been so kind to let me stay, I want to return the favor by seeing if I can help their pathetic son.”

“Well, excuse me if you view me that way, but I’m fine without any help from a bitch like you.”

Kagome was ready to snap and was just one inch away from losing it. “This is your last chance. I’m not going to beg because that would be degrading for me to beg from a dog for help, especially when he has manners and the intelligence of a ‘pup’.”

“Are you calling me a ‘dog’?!”

“No, I said ‘pup’.”

“I am an Inu ‘youkai’, nowhere near a ‘pup’. So get it straight because they‘re two different things.”

“Prove it, because, obviously, I can’t tell the difference in your case since your father and brother have sense enough not to act like one. And besides, you‘re not a full youkai, you‘re a ‘hanyou’. Which means you‘re only ‘half’.”

“Alright, bitch, you’re on. Since you wanna prove it so much that I am only a mangy dog, I’ll play your little game. But only on one condition. Do NOT use that incantation on me. It gets very annoying when you keep sitting me like a dog.”

“That’s because you are one…” she mumbled to herself.

“What?”

“Fine, I won’t use the command without reason, as long as you stop calling me a bitch and treating me like one. And no going back on the promise, deal?”

“Right, but only until the trimester ends. After that, you can kiss Mr. Nice Guy goodbye.”

“As if I’d mortify myself kissing a dog like you,” she scoffed.

“Stop calling me that, bi- Stupid!”

“I am not stupid!”

“And I am not a dog!”

“Well, stop acting like one!”

“Only if you stop being a bitch!”

Kagome imitated a noise similar to a growl and held up the talisman. “Osuwari!”

“Ack! I thought we agreed for you to not use ‘that’ word!”

“I said as long as you stop calling me a ‘bitch’! So I had perfect reason for saying the word. Whenever you call me that, I will use the talisman, so fair is fair.”

“You know, I really, really, ‘really’ do not like you right now,” Inuyasha mumbled as the spell was still wearing off.

Kagome turned to go into the house. “Who said you had to? As long as you don’t tick me off, there won’t be any problems, now will there?”

Inuyasha growled as he let his face fall back onto the ground. ‘Like I said, fuck-ing doomed.’

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“Hey, Kagome,” Sango whispered, “Is it just me, or has the mutt actually been nice lately to you?”

“No, he has, and I’d prefer if you wouldn’t call him a mutt.”

“What?!” exclaimed Rin, almost choking on her rice ball. “Did I just hear right? Did you just ask Sango to not call Inuyasha a ‘mutt’?”

“Yeah, so what? Um, can I help you?” Kagome asked as she watched Ayame checking for her temperature and feeling her forehead.

“Just checking to make sure that you didn’t lose your mind! Why are you and Inuyasha being so nice to each other? This isn’t like you two to be like this.”

“Just leave it alone. It’s not that much of a deal,” Kagome said as she waved the other four girls off.

“‘Mais oui’, it is. You two never get along, at least, not that I’ve seen since I met you.”

“Does it really bother y’all that much?”

Kagome saw four heads nod in unison. She sighed. “If you must know, Inuyasha and I…”

“Kagome, Kagome! Where’s Kagome?!”

All five of them turned to see Shippou speeding towards them at an amazing rate, well, at least for a human.

“What is it Shippou?”

“Kagome, it’s urgent! The office just sent me to tell you that youkai are attacking the shrine. It seems that they are going after the sacred Jewel!”

“What?! Oh, no! I must have forgotten to reseal the barrier before I left the other day. I’m sorry guys, but I gotta hurry. Rin, could you give me a lift to the shrine?”

Rin was in somewhat in a daze from the sudden news but slowly nodded her head.

“Thanks. Now come on! We don’t have time to stand here dawdling. Let’s go!” Kagome grabbed Rin’s hand and the other three girls followed her.

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Kagome! I see two youkai outside the shrine gates. I think both of them are centipede youkai,” Sango yelled.

“Okay. We should be able to take them out without a problem. Everyone ready?” Sango and Ayame nodded from Kirara’s back. Kirara roared, and Rin growled lowly from beneath Kagome. Sango had her Hiraikotsu, a huge boomerang made from the bones of youkai. Ayame was readying her razor sharp leaves, and her flower was pinned in her right ponytail. Of course, Rin and Kirara were transformed in their youkai form. Rin was leaping across rooftops in her snow leopard form while Kirara was flying close to Rin and Kagome as a neko youkai.

“Well, let’s get this over with. Lunch break can last only so long…”

“Right!” Ayame shouted.

“Ready whenever you are!” Sango assured.

They finally reached the stairs to the Higurashi shrine, and Rin quickly made work of the huge stairway as Kagome notched an arrow in her bow. Just as they reached the top, the small, black centipede youkai pushed Hiraikotsu back. Ayame leapt off Kirara and threw the leaves like ninja stars with great precision at the red centipede.

The youkai yowled as the leaves sliced through the hard exoskeleton of it. In return, it swung its hind legs at Ayame and threw her back against a nearby tree.

“Ayame!” Kagome yelled. “Take this, you disgusting worm!” She released her arrow and struck it in the middle, disintegrating part of the youkai.

The black centipede roared as it dove for Kagome and Rin. Rin tried to move out of the way, but, luckily, Kirara forced it to veer to the side as she sunk her fangs into its neck. Again, it roared as it shook Kirara off, but she landed safely on her feet, er, paws.

Kagome dismounted Rin and ran over to Ayame to help her up. Rin transformed back to her usual form.

“You’re stating to tick me off, you little worm. Let’s see you stand this. Sango, let’s go!” Sango nodded to Rin as she grabbed Hiraikotsu.

“Aisu Burizaado!” Rin blew into her clasped palms and then spread them apart in a wide arc. Chilling wind flew from her to the black centipede youkai, freezing its entire being.

“Hiraikotsu!” called Sango as she launched the gigantic weapon at the giant frozen youkai, and it shattered into a billion pieces in an instant. Hiraikotsu curved it course, and Sango caught it as it glided back to her.

“Hey, don’t think you’re gonna get all the glory for getting this done. Leave the other one to me,” Ayame said as she wiped the small amount of blood from a cut on her cheek. “I’m gonna skin this one’s ass before I… Hey!”

Evidently, the centipede wasn’t listening to Ayame as it made its way to Sango. “Kirara!” she shouted, and the neko youkai grabbed her before the centipede’s attack reached her.

Next, it turned on Rin since Sango was out of reach.

“Shoubukei!”

Rin was ready to stand her ground when a vine whip wrapped around the centipede’s head. Apparently, Ayame had plucked one of her flower’s petals and transformed it into an indeed sturdy vine, but she wielded it like a whip.

“Hey, where do you think you’re going? I haven’t even started with you yet.”

The youkai wrestled against the bind as Ayame was firmly holding her ground. “Hey, stay still! I said don’t move!” Losing her patience, she pulled the youkai closer as she charged at it. It tried to take advantage and attack her, but she saw it coming. She gripped the ropelike vine and swung the centipede into the wall.

The centipede tried to curl its way onto its stomach again, seeing as it was stuck on its back.

“I hear that bugs have softer bellies than they do backs. Let’s test that theory, shall we?” Ayame smirked. She leapt high in the air and sent a dropkick on the centipede’s middle. Then, she back flipped, kicking the youkai directly in its would-be jaw. After all those blows, the centipede was struggling to get away.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Kagome said as she drew another arrow. “And Ayame! You think you could have at least saved Kirara and me some action?”

“It’s still alive, isn’t it? Besides, I had some steam to blow off.”

Kirara was back in her human appearance. “That is beside the point. ‘Tu es bien difficile’…”

“I am not!”

“You don’t even know what she said,” Rin commented.

“So! It sounded like she was making fun of me!”

“‘Bien sur j’ai ee’...

“Speak Japanese!”

Kirara only giggled.

“Ayame, back to the situation at hand, girls! The youkai is getting away!” Sango warned.

“Oh, right,” Kagome said as she remembered her arrow at hand. She released it, and it flew straight to the centipede’s head. With a flash, the arrow purified the youkai, and the centipede dispersed to dust.

“Finally! ‘Nous finissons’!”

“Kirara, didn’t I say Japanese!”

“Gomen nasai! I keep forgetting. I’ve been in France for so long, I tend to forget where I am.”

“Well, now that we’re done, Kagome, don’t you have to put the barrier up?” Sango asked.

“Yeah. Luckily, the youkai weren’t able to get to the Shikon no Tama since the gates have a strong enough seal around them. I’ll be back in a quick sec.” Kagome ran up to the shrine gates that held the Sacred Jewel and placed her right hand against the doors. She chanted something under her breath. The doors glowed slightly before opening themselves.

“Hey, Sango. Something feels weird.”

“You feel it too, Rin? We’ve already destroyed the two youkai…”

“Yeah, but maybe just as a precaution… One of us better go with her. Better you, Sango. The rest of us can’t go without hurting ourselves unless Kagome takes the entire seal off.”

“Okay. Kagome, wait up!” Sango yelled as she ran towards the miko.

Kagome looked back to see Sango running up to her when she sensed something nearby. “Sango, watch out!” but half of her warning was lost when the ground rumbled as another centipede burst through the cement. This one was five times bigger than the other two and three times as powerful. Sango fell back as the others ducked for cover from the flying rubble.

“Oh, wow…” Kagome said as she stood back up. “This must be the mother.”

“Whoa, she’s huge!” exclaimed Ayame.

“Uh, guys, I mean girls, I think she’s mad, really, really mad,” Rin said as she measured out the giant centipede from her point of view.

“So, what’s the plan, and make it quick ‘cause I don’t think she’ll stand there forever,” Kagome said as she tried to inch towards the doors.

The centipede finally turned to see Kagome and roared in anger. She dove in for an attack, and Kagome wasn’t able to move nor able to draw an arrow quick enough to counter. Kagome covered her head and closed her eyes, bracing herself for the worse.

“Kagome!” the four girls screamed as the centipede crashed against the barrier and whatever else was in her way.

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Aisu Burizaado - Ice Blizzard (Aisu-Ice, Burizaado-Blizzard)
Shoubukei - Iris Whip (Shoubu-Iris, Kei-Whip, Ayame’s name actually means iris flower, but this kind of iris is a different genus of flower)

Kirara’s French:
Mais oui - But yes
Tu es bien difficile - You are very difficult
Bien sur j’ai ee - Of course I was
Nous avons fini - We’re finished
(Sorry if the grammar is wrong. My French is a little rusty since I haven’t been in French for about four months.)

Woohoo! I have finally updated! Sorry that I haven’t updated since New Years’. I have been extremely busy with catching up on my other two stories and reading other people’s stories and doing projects and playing video games and not being home for long periods of time (a few hours) and procrastinating and chores and thinking of how to do something and going through a series of writer’s blocks and stalling for time, like now! Well, I’m back on track, and hopefully, the next chapter will be up within the next week, if I really dedicate myself, like that’ll happen! JK! LoL! Also, sorry if the chapter is a tidbit shorter than the other ones. I had to stop somewhere or this thing would’ve been about 15 pages probably.

Yay! I have finally gotten back on track with the storyline and I have finally written the first cliffy for this story. And this chapter is also the first chapter to have an action scene thing! Sorry if the action scenes suck because I’m not much of a descriptive person when it comes to telling an action scene, unless it’s hilarious as hell, unlike my story. But, yes! I won’t leave you hanging for long. I’ve already started writing the next chapter, so it shouldn’t be long, unless of course I have a major project to do or lots of practice for something for church. I don’t know. But, yeah.

I have felt that some of my nice and good and loyal readers have abandoned me, but then again, I haven’t updated in a while, so I deserve it. Please Read and Review. Reviews are what keep me writing and build up my self-esteem on the author side of life. Well, gotta go! I love you all! Bye!

(Mustang: Dog, huh? I love dogs!
Fury: Really? You mean it?
Mustang: OF COURSE! Dogs embody loyalty; they follow their master’s commands above all else. Be a jerk to them and they don’t complain, and they never once beg for a paycheck! Trust me Fury; they’re the great servants of man! (singing) Loyal canine, how we salute thee! (laughing maniacally)
-FullMetal Alchemist)

P.S. To Starrilight_Hotaru, ya know, you didn’t have to review on EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER, but your reviews gave me a good laugh and added to my list of why I’m writing this story. And yes, Kagome will probably osuwari Inuyasha in the next 20 chapters of the story, unless I can somehow get the story together a little more. Been off track likely… Jaa!Converting /tmp/phpPx8L67 to /dev/stdout