InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Mind Reader ❯ Sango's Secret ( Chapter 7 )

Reminder- anything between (~) is something Kagome is mind reading.

Disclaimer: Now if I didn't own Inuyasha for the past 3 chapters what would make you think I own him now?

Mind Reader

Chapter 4: Sango's Secret

Sesshoumaru, followed by Rin and Jaken, walked into a small clearing and stared in awe. Actually, Sesshoumaru showed an ounce of emotion as his eyebrows slowly raised, Rin shrieked and hid behind Sesshoumaru, and Jaken turned greener than he already was. Before them was a squirrel with an arrow going through its head.

"My lord Sesshoumaru! Isn't that the…" and poor Jaken flew through the air as an annoyed Sesshoumaru kicked him out of the way.

`Hmm, this is Inuyasha's wench's arrow. And this squirrel couldn't be…it is. Akki is…dead? How could be this be? How could a simple human kill Akki? He was the devil's own creation. That's it, as much as I loathe my brother I must go speak to him and his wench and get the true story.'

"Rin, come. We are leaving now," commanded Sesshoumaru, turning on his heel and leaving the clearing.

"Ok, where are we going?"

"To see Inuyasha and his wench."

"Yea! I can see Kagome again!" Rin squealed, rushing to catch up with the demon lord.

As Sesshoumaru and Rin walked away from Akki they came across Jaken sprawled on the ground. Without even looking at him both Sesshoumaru and Rin walked over him, creating a little Jaken impression in the ground.

"My lord Sesshoumaru," Jaken grumbled, getting to his feet and following after his master, "why must you treat poor Jaken like a rug? I'm not even soft and furry!"

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Kagome was slowly getting use to her newfound ability. While her friends were telling her what had happened and Akki's story she had been practicing her new power. She was now able to control when and who's mind she wanted to listen to. She wasn't perfect though, every now and then a thought would slip through. Most of the time the thoughts that slipped through seemed to depend on how strongly the person was thinking them.

~ I LOVE CHOCOLATE! ~

Like that one. Kagome sighed as she glared at Shippo who was quietly sitting in a corner of Kaede's hut. She still couldn't figure how or why Shippo would suddenly scream `I LOVE CHOCOLATE' in his mind. He had now screamed it at least 20 times since Kagome found out she could read minds. And that had only been 3 hours. Kagome was busy shooting death glares in Shippo's direction when Inuyasha walked into the room.

"Hey wench you seem ok now. So how bout we continue hunting for shards?"

When Kagome heard `shards' she gasped and jumped up. `Oh crap! Inuyasha is gonna kill me! I was never able to get the shards from the squirrel!'

"The shards! From Akki! I never…" Kagome trailed off as Inuyasha held up 2 shards.

"What? You mean these? Sango grabbed them. Although I hear that she was terrified of the dead youkai." Inuyasha, replied, a smug look on his face.

As Kagome purified the shards a scream could be heard from outside. "SHIPPO! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

Shippo immediately looked up, and panicked expression replacing his relaxed one. When Sango came bursting through the door of the hut Shippo jumped up, looking for a place to hide.

Kagome looked on in puzzlement as Sango chased Shippo around the room. "Umm, guys? What's going on?"

"Kagome! Help me catch him! He told Inuyasha I was scared of the youkai!"

"Well what's wrong with that? I'm sure we were all scared of him."

"You don't understand! He was already dead!" Sango replied, still busy chasing Shippo around the hut.

~ HELP ME! SAVE ME! SHE'S LOST HER MIND! ~

Shippo ran around the hut, barely managing to stay out of Sango's grasp when he reached Kagome and hid behind her legs.

"Kagome…please…save…me!" Shippo gasped out, before collapsing on the ground.

Before Kagome could move to pick up the exhausted kitsune Sango pounced on him.

"Ah ha!! Gotcha!" Sango grinned while holding Shippo up by his tail.

"Kagome," Shippo whimpered, looking completely pathetic, "help me. She's gonna kill me."

"You better believe it. I will never hear the end of it now that Inuyasha knows. And why I wonder does he know? Oh I know! Cuz a stupid little kitsune blabbed it to him!" Sango remarked, shaking Shippo til he started to look a little green.

"Wait a minute. Let me get this straight before you proceed to torture Shippo. Sango you were scared of the dead youkai?"

Sango glared at her friend. "See? Now you are also gonna make fun of me! And it's all," she gave Shippo a hard shake, "his fault!"

"Just answer the question Sango! I'm not making fun of you!"

Sango turned red from embarrassment when she realized that she misunderstood Kagome's question and had made a fool out of herself. "Yeah…I was scared of him. But he looked like he was still alive! Well aside from the whole arrow-through-the-skull thing that is. But other than that he looked alive, his eyes were even glowing!"

"Ok ok ok. Just calm down. I probably would have been scared too." Kagome turned to Shippo before continuing. "And Shippo, you told Inuyasha this, correct?"

Shippo gulped nervously, trying to decide whose side to pick. He glanced at Inuyasha who flexed his claws dangerously and quickly made up his mind. "Uhh, yes! I told Inuyasha!" This of course earned Shippo another hard shake from Sango.

Kagome then turned to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha is this true? Shippo told you without any threatening on your part?"

"Hmph, of course he did. He came up and told me he had to tell me a great secret."

Kagome found this hard to believe, but instead of fighting Inuyasha for the answer she simply read his mind.

~ Oh yeah! I'm so smart. Kagome will never know that I slammed Shippo repeatedly into a tree before he told me. I'm so smart. I'm so smart. ~

Kagome looked at Inuyasha incredulously. `He thinks he's…smart? For slamming Shippo into a tree? Wow, I would feel bad for sitting him. He truly is stupid, how can I hold it against him?' Kagome saw Inuyasha grinning. `On second thought, I would almost feel bad for sitting him.'

"Inuyasha, sit."

As everyone listened to Inuyasha's curses Miroku wondered into the hut.

"Hmm? What's going on?" he inquired.

"I actually don't know," Sango replied, "Inuyasha told Kagome that Shippo told him I was scared of the dead youkai and then Kago…" too late Sango realized that Miroku hadn't known of her secret. Well, he definitely knows now.

"Why my lady Sango if you were scared you should have told me," Miroku said, sidling closer to Sango. "I would have comforted you. Allow me to comfort you now." Miroku's hand slid to Sango's butt and soon he too was lying on the ground next to Inuyasha.

Curious, Kagome wondered what Miroku thought after Sango punched him out.

~ Ahh, so soft yet so firm. How I love to touch Sango's a…~

Miroku could no longer think because Kagome had walked over and dropped her backpack on Miroku's head knocking him out.

`Pervert!'

By this time Inuyasha was able to sit back up and he wasted no time in starting to yell at Kagome.

"You stupid wench! Whatcha do that for? I was telling the truth!"

Kagome merely glanced at Inuyasha before picking up her pack off of Miroku's head and slinging it over her shoulders. "Ok, I will only say this once. Sango, Shippo was not at fault. If he didn't tell Inuyasha your deep dark secret," she had said that last part pretty sarcastically, "he would probably be part of a tree right now. Shippo? You should know better than to let Inuyasha get away with threatening you. And Inuyasha? Don't you even think of ever trying to get away with threatening Shippo again. I guarantee that I will find out that you were lying."

~ Yes! She didn't say that I couldn't threaten Shippo, just that I couldn't hide it from

her. ~

"And don't threaten Shippo again."

~ Damn ~

"Or else I will be forced to sit you."

CRASH!!

"Oops, sorry bout that."

~ Damn wench ~

Kagome looked one more time at the grumbling hanyou before walking to the door. When she got to the door Kagome glanced over her shoulder at the rest of her friends. "Well are we gonna go hunt for some more shards?"

"But Kagome, are you sure you are ok? I mean we just fought Akki today. Don't you need to rest for a little bit?" Sango questioned.

"Nah, I'm fine. In fact, I couldn't be better. I just got back from my time today so I'm rested enough. If we start out now we ought to be able to make it a few miles before we have to stop for the night."

"Well if you insist," Sango replied, grabbing Miroku by a foot and dragging him outside. Shippo soon followed and soon just Kagome and Inuyasha were left in the hut.

"Inuyasha are you coming or are you just gonna lay there all day?" Kagome asked, grinning while at the same preparing herself to get cursed at by a pissed off hanyou. She was completely taken aback when Inuyasha did respond.

"Yeah, I'm coming. Give me that stupid backpack of yours. It's too heavy for you to be carrying." Inuyasha said, grabbing Kagome's backpack off her shoulders.

~ You need to take it easy. I don't need you fainting again. It was bad enough the first time. ~

"Hey Kagome? Why is your mouth hanging open?" Inuyasha asked, staring in amusement at Kagome.

Kagome quickly recovered from her shock and smiled at Inuyasha. "Thanks Inuyasha. Besides, most of the backpack is filled with ramen so you should be the one to carry it."

"Feh." Inuyasha suddenly tensed up and starting sniffing the air. He then growled and bolted out the door, knocking Kagome over in the process.

"Inuyasha you jerk! You could have asked me to move you know!" Kagome yelled, getting up and brushing off her skirt. She stormed outside prepared to sit Inuyasha when she saw how weird all of her friends were acting.

Inuyasha had tetsusaiga out, looking very threatening until you realized that he had a huge yellow backpack slung over his shoulders. Sango was ready to throw her giant boomerang and Miroku, having recovered from Kagome's wrath, was standing next to her with his staff in a defensive position. Kirara was in her big form and Shippo was nowhere to be found, presumably hiding in a bush somewhere.

Kagome slowly followed her friend's line of sight to the edge of the woods. When she saw who was standing there she gasped and unconsciously moved closer to Inuyasha.

Lord Sesshoumaru was staring at her friends from the edge of the woods.

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Uh oh, what will Sesshoumaru do? Or more importantly, what does Sesshoumaru think? Next chapter the inner thoughts of the great Sesshoumaru will be discovered. Be afraid, be very afraid. Who knows what my twisted mind will come up with. Well until then be merry, party, and review! Oh yeah-I'm leaving to go out of town for the next month in a few hours. I will still hopefully be able to post chapters, but if I do they will take longer to get up. So please be patient!