InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Mind Reader ❯ Brotherly Love ( Chapter 9 )

Thanks for all of your reviews. And I just have to say-kawaii miko-great interpretation of Akki. That was hilarious. Well anyways, I hope this update came soon enough for all of you.

Mind Reader

Chapter 6: Brotherly Love

"He is not sleeping anywhere near us!" What a surprise, Inuyasha was pissed off that his brother would be staying in the village for the night.

"Inuyasha will you just listen to me for a minute? We are going to leave first thing in the morning. In order to do that everyone who is going has to sleep in the same general area." Kagome explained.

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Sit."

CRASH!

~ Stupid wench. I hate you and that word. ~

"So is he staying tonight?"

"Feh."

Kagome bent down and patted Inuyasha on the head. "Good boy, I knew you would see it my way. You should know by now that is pointless to argue against me. I always win."

~ Must…not…kill…her. Must…remain…calm…ahh, screw it. ~

"Damn you! You only win cause of that stupid spell! Try winning without using it for once!" yelled Inuyasha. However, since he was laying face first on the ground it came out more like, "Ymph onlymn blah blah blah (place garbled Inuyasha speech here)."

"What's that Inuyasha? I couldn't understand you. You may want to get your face off the ground before you try and talk."

Inuyasha lifted his head to yell at Kagome again however all he saw was the wall of Kaede's hut. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of Kagome exiting the hut. "GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN! Oh wait, you're a woman. GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME LIKE A WOMAN! Shit, that sounds really messed up. FINE! JUST GET BACK HERE!" Inuyasha lay there fuming, waiting for Kagome to accept his challenge. However no one walked through the door. "Feh, stupid wench. She was probably afraid of losing to me."

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"So is Inuyasha ok with it?" asked Sango.

"Is Inuyasha ever ok with anything? I got him to say `feh' which is good enough for me," replied Kagome, turning and walking to Sesshoumaru. "Great news! You can stay here tonight, isn't that great?"

Sesshoumaru raised his eyebrows at Kagome. "Yeah, swell. Just what I always wanted to do. Sleep in a village full of humans."

Kagome put her hands on her hips and glared at the demon. "Hey, I fought with Inuyasha so that you guys wouldn't try and kill each tonight and that's all the thanks I get?"

"Who ever said I wanted to stay? You just assumed that I would want to."

"Well that would make the most sense. Seeing how you are coming with us tomorrow I figured it would make the most sense if you stayed here as well."

"Hmph."

Kagome threw her hands in the air and stomped back to Sango. "I swear! Those brothers are the two most stubborn and annoying people I know!"

"I know, and guess what? We get to spend the next who knows how many days with both of them. Doesn't that just make you jump with joy?" Sango dryly said.

"Please, don't remind me or I may be forced to find a cliff and jump off it."

"Why my lady Kagome, please don't ever think of doing something like that! The world would be a much sadder place if it didn't have your beauty gracing it." Miroku said, walking up to the two girls.

~ And I would never be able to touch you again! Except for your mangled remains, but that wouldn't be the same. ~

Kagome glared at Miroku before stalking off to the hut. `I hate boys!' When Kagome got back in the hut she realized that Inuyasha was still in it. "GET OUT RIGHT NOW!"

Inuyasha took one look at Kagome's face and scampered off in a hurry.

~ Damn, is she always pissed off at something? ~

Before Kagome could get around to sitting Inuyasha again he was gone in a flash. She sat down in a huff and glared daggers at the innocent wall. When the door started opening she prepared to scream when she saw Sango peek her head in.

"Kagome are you alright?"

"I'm fine. But all the guys are definitely sleeping outside tonight."

"Do I have to sleep outside too Kagome?" Shippo nervously asked, poking his head around Sango.

"No Shippo, I meant the big, stupid, dumb, annoying guys."

"Good." Shippo walked into the hut and say down by Kagome. Rin soon followed, and she sat on the other side of Kagome.

"So you guys want to go to sleep now?" Kagome asked the two kids. They both nodded, so Kagome pulled out her sleeping bag. She laid down on it, with one kid on each side of her and soon she, as well as everyone else, was sleeping.

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The next morning everyone gathered in front of Kaede's hut.

"Don't worry about the children," Kaede began, taking Rin's and Shippo's hands, "I will take good care of them."

"Thank you Kaede. We greatly appreciate this," replied Kagome. "Be good Shippo."

"I will Kagome!" Shippo then watched as Kirara came trotting up to join the group. "Um Sango? Can Kirara stay with us?"

~ NO! Anything but that! I would rather gouge my own eyes out then stay with you! ~

Kagome looked at the little cat demon in awe. `She…talks? Or rather has thoughts I can comprehend? That's pretty cool.'

Sango looked from her cat to Shippo. "Hmm, maybe it is a good idea. Kirara could protect them in case something happens."

~ nonononononononononononono ~

Kagome glanced at the cat in pity, she never knew how much Kirara truly despised Shippo. "I think it would be better to bring Kirara with us. We will be able to travel much faster if you and Miroku can ride on her."

"You think?" asked Sango.

"I'm positive."

"Well ok. Sorry Shippo, Kirara is coming us."

~ YES! I love you Kagome! ~

Kagome knelt down and patted Kirara on her head. "Don't mention it Kirara," she whispered into the cat's ear.

Kirara looked at the girl in puzzlement but quickly forgot about it when a certain kitsune jumped on her.

"I'm going to miss you Kirara!"

~ Get him off! I think I'm gonna puke! ~

Kagome quickly pulled Shippo off the panicked Kirara. She took him back to Kaede and deposited him in her arms. "Be good Shippo."

"Can we get going now? Or are we just gonna stand around all day?" called out Inuyasha, anxious to get moving.

"Yes Inuyasha, we will leave now." Kagome hefted her backpack onto her shoulders. She turned and waved at Shippo and soon the group was leaving. Before they got to the woods a small voice rang out.

"Sesshoumaru!"

The demon lord turned around in time to catch a little girl in his arms.

"Can't I come with you?" wailed Rin. She had never been away from Sesshoumaru and now she didn't want to be.

"No Rin, it will be much too dangerous. I'll be back in a few days. Go back to Kaede and play with Shippo." And then in a rare moment of tenderness Sesshoumaru wiped to tears from Rin's eyes and set her down.

"Ok, but I'm gonna miss you a lot," sniffled Rin, before walking dejectedly back to Kaede.

Sesshoumaru watched Rin for a few more seconds before walking into the woods.

~ I'll miss you too Rin. ~

Kagome realized Sesshoumaru was hurting just as much as Rin, so she quickly caught up with him.

"She'll be fine. Kaede won't let anything happen to her."

"Hmph, she better. Or else she'll have to answer to me."

"You really care for Rin, don't you?"

Sesshoumaru didn't reply, but he did let a quick thought cross his mind.

~ Yes. ~

Kagome smiled, then waited for her friends to catch up. When they did finally catch up Kagome almost wished she hadn't bothered to wait.

"You and Sesshoumaru have a nice talk?" sneered Inuyasha.

"What are you talking about?"

"You guys always seem to be talking now. You talk more with him then you do with me!"

"Well maybe it's cause every time we talk it ends up in an argument!" retorted Kagome.

"But…" for once Inuyasha was at a loss of words. It was true, every time they talked it did seem to end in an argument.

Kagome sighed, then continued to follow Sesshoumaru. "Come on guys, let's go find Akki and finish this job."

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Four hours later they were still walking. Kagome trailed behind Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, with Sango, who was carrying Kirara, and Miroku in the rear. Every now and then she could hear `pervert' being muttered, following by a slap. But that didn't bother Kagome half as much as listening to the 2 brothers arguing.

"Feh, you can't beat my claws of blood move. What's cooler than flinging your own blood at your opponent?"

"But that means you have to get hurt first. Unlike you little brother, I prefer to stay unscathed during battle."

"Oh yeah, I forgot. You just use your whip thing to fight. That's the cowards way to fight, with a weapon."

"Well then what do you call tetsusaiga?"

"That's a fang, a body part. It's just like using your claws to fight."

"But that was our father's fang. It's not yours, so it counts as a weapon."

"No it doesn't. Your whip is weapon, tetsusaiga is a fang."

"It doesn't matter, the fang was made into a sword. A sword is a weapon. Therefore tetsusaiga is a weapon. So you just called yourself a coward."

"No I didn't. I called you a coward for using a whip."

"But if I'm a coward for using a whip then you must be a coward for using a sword."

"It's not a sword, it's a fang."

"But you use it like a sword, so it's like an actual sword."

"No, if I bit you would I be using a sword?"

"No."

"But if I bit you that's also using fangs. So how is using tetsusaiga, which is a fang, different?"

"It's bigger! And it looks like a sword."

"So? You look like a woman, but does that make you one?"

"What did you just say?"

"Oh nothing. Just about how pretty the trees are."

"Yes, that's what I thought."

Kagome gritted her teeth, trying not to scream out in annoyance. They had been arguing about nothing for the whole trip. When Inuyasha opened his mouth to reply to Sesshoumaru Kagome quickly intervened.

"Hey, how much farther til that clearing?"

Inuyasha looked around. "Wow, we're almost there already. That went pretty fast."

`For you maybe,' Kagome angrily thought. "But how much farther?"

"Oh probably about another 15 minutes."

"Good. Hey Sango! Only 15 more minutes!" Kagome called back to her friend.

"Thank god! If this pervert touched me one more time I think I'll have no choice but to have Kirara eat him!"

~ Eww, I don't want to eat a perverted monk. ~

"Oh, please don't do that," Kagome replied, "it would be better to tie him up somewhere and let the vultures pick at him."

Miroku was about to grab Sango's butt when he heard Kagome's threat. He promptly withdrew his hand and backed away from Sango.

Sango saw this and grinned at Kagome. "Thanks Kagome, I owe you one."

Kagome returned Sango's smile and walked back to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, who were now arguing about whether or not Sesshoumaru's demon form was also a cowardly way to fight.

"It is merely another part of me. Of course it is fair."

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"It gives you an unfair advantage. You're too big in that form."

"But how about other youkai that are that big?"

"They have no choice but to be that big. You have your normal form you could fight in."

"You're just mad cause you can't transform."

"Just shut up already!" screamed Kagome. "Besides, I think we're here."

That definitely shut up the two brothers. Sango and Miroku quickly caught up and together the group walked into the clearing.

"Oh hell."

"Damn."

"Shit."

"Well this sucks."

"Bummer."

Akki was gone. There was only dried blood and a broken arrow where he used to lay. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru walked further into the clearing, and both froze at the same time.

"What is it Inuyasha? Inuyasha?" Kagome worriedly asked.

"His scent, it's all over the place," he tensely replied.

Kagome was confused. "Well of course it is. After all, this is the place where we fought him."

Sesshoumaru turned back to Kagome. "No, not Akki. That's not the scent that's crawling all over the place."

Miroku came forward. "Then who? Who is it?" He wasn't sure he wanted know, he was afraid of the answer.

Inuyasha turned around. His fists were clenched tight enough that his claws were drawing blood. He uttered one word, but that one word was enough to turn everyone's blood cold.

"Naraku."

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I hoped you liked it, I had to bring in Naraku at some point, so I decided that this place was as good as any to do it. As always, any and all reviews are greatly appreciated!