InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Mind Reader ❯ Sake and Hanyous Don't Mix ( Chapter 13 )

Sorry for taking so long to update! Dodges tomatoes thrown at her. I didn't realize it had been so long since I last updated. Sorry about that, I got sidetracked in my life. Well I'm back now, and hope you like the this chapter!

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Mind Reader

Chapter 10: Sake and Hanyous don't Mix

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Inuyasha cautiously poked his head out of some bushes at the edge of the forest and nervously looked around.

"Is he out there?"

Inuyasha ducked back down and turned to face Miroku who was also hiding in the bushes. "I don't see him anywhere. I think we're safe for now."

"Phew. I don't know how much more I can take," replied Miroku.

Inuyasha was about to relax when a voice broke the stillness of the night.

"There you guys are! I've been looking all over for you! So can we play yet? I'm bored!"

Inuyasha and Miroku stared at the owner of the voice, who of course was everyone's favorite kitsune, and then bolted out into the night.

"Hey guys! Wait up!" shouted Shippo, giving chase to the 2 fleeing men. Not man and hanyou, but men.

As Inuyasha ran he glared at the moon, or lack thereof. `Damn stupid piece of shit moon. How come you had to choose tonight to take your break? I need my demon endurance!' Now normally Inuyasha wouldn't have run from Shippo, but rather beat him into a pulp. But he was taking Kagome's threat very seriously. He had no desire to be sat so many times he wouldn't be able to move for days. So he had to take the only alternative, which was running for his life. As he ran alongside Miroku and idea popped into his head. "Hey Miroku, I can't beat up Shippo, but Kagome said nothing about you not beating him up!"

"Oh…no," Miroku huffed, "I am not…getting on…Kagome's…bad side."

"Well you're the smart one! You have to know some way to outsmart a kid!"

"Hard…to…think…when…running…for 230;life!" Miroku managed to gasp out. But right after he said that he slid to a halt. When Inuyasha noticed his missing companion he turned around and ran back to Miroku.

"You idiot! We stop now and we're finished!"

"Well you asked for an idea and I have one!" Miroku indignantly replied.

As Shippo caught up to them Inuyasha grumbled under his breath, "it better be good."

"Hey guys! You wanna play? I'm bored!" asked Shippo, jumping up and down in excitement. Inuyasha growled out the hyperactive kitsune. `Oh how I wish some youkai would come and eat him.'

"Sure Shippo. You know that game Kagome taught us?" asked Miroku.

"Umm, no?"

"Well I think it was called hide and go peek. You wanna play that?"

Inuyasha slapped Miroku upside the head. "Pervert, it was called hide and go SEEK. Not peek, seek! How come everything comes back to you trying to catch a glimpse of a girl?"

"Oops, sorry. But I can't help it! If it wasn't for trying to catch glimpse or feel of a girl there would be nothing worth living for!"

"So I guess the sole purpose of you life is to piss off as many girls as possible?"

"Well, I guess that's one way of looking at it. I prefer thinking of it as the endless quest of trying to find a woman to bear my child."

"Feh, it will definitely be endless."

At this point Shippo grew tired of listening to the so-called adults arguing. "Ok, can we play now?"

"Alright, so how bout I count first and you and Inuyasha hide?" suggested Miroku, rudely cut off from his fantasies about finding a woman that said yes.

"Ok!"

"Alright, I'll count to 50," Miroku than sat on the ground and buried his face in his hands. "1…2…3…4…5…"

Shippo immediately took off into the woods. Inuyasha snickered and sat down to wait for Miroku to finish.

"48…49…50! Ready or not, here I come!" shouted Miroku, and then he stood up along with Inuyasha. "So, you wanna go get something to eat?"

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When Kagome and Sango got back to the campsite Sango led her friend to her sleeping bag. Kagome immediately laid down in her sleeping bag and stared up at the night sky. Seeing how her friend was in no mood to talk Sango sat down by the fire, opposite of Sesshoumaru.

"Both of you should get some sleep. I will keep watch."

Sango tore her eyes from the dancing flames to glance at Sesshoumaru. "Alright, but wake me up in few hours so you can rest as well."

"There will no need for that. I am a demon. I can go a few days without rest."

"Ok, I won't object to that. I'm pretty worn out from today." Sango than stood up and added more wood to the fire. Since she had no blanket she would require the fire's heat to keep her warm through the night. She then walked to her friend and knelt down beside her. "Kag, get some rest. We still have a lot of work to do, you need your strength."

Kagome slowly nodded her head and gave Sango a slight smile. "Alright Sango, I'll try to rest."

"Good." Sango got up and went back to the fire, stretching out beside it.

However, no matter what Kagome told her friend she was in no mood to sleep. She continued to stare off into the night sky. `It's so peaceful out here. It's hard to imagine that we are tracking two ruthless killers. So hard to believe that someone would deceive another into becoming a mindless killer. So hard to believe that one's heart could be as black as the sky is tonight. So black, so dark, it's like an endless void. It's so…on no! There's no moon! That means Inuyasha is human!' At this revelation Kagome sat straight up in her sleeping bag, startling Sango who was about to drift off to sleep.

"Kagome, what's wrong? Do you sense something?" asked Sango worriedly, two seconds from jumping up for her weapons.

"No, Sango look at the sky. What's missing from it?"

At this Sango grew puzzled but she did as Kagome requested and looked up at the black sky. She stared for several seconds before registering what was missing. "The moon! There's no moon! Oh man Inuyasha's probably pissed right now."

At the mention of his brother's name Sesshoumaru grew interested. "What does the moon have to do with my half-brother?"

Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru, a little surprised. `Oh yeah, he doesn't know about Inuyasha's time of the month…hehe that sounds like he's a woman.' Now since Kagome's mind was a little worn out from the day's adventures she saw no reason not to tell Sesshoumaru about Inuyasha. "Oh, well every new moon Inuyasha…" Luckily for her, and Inuyasha, Sango was thinking and quickly covered her friend's mouth before she could blab Inuyasha's secret.

"Um, you see every new moon reminds Inuyasha of…umm...the time he…uhh…he drunk too much sake and confessed his love to Miroku in a drunken state," said Sango, thinking quickly.

"What? Inuyasha got drunk? Do you have any idea how much sake a hanyou would have to consume to get drunk? And he confessed his love to Miroku? Isn't he a…man?"

"Yeah, Inuyasha drank all the sake the villagers had, so they all got mad at him. And yes, unfortunately for Inuyasha, Miroku is a guy," responded Sango. `Hehe, I'm pretty good at this.'

"Well why did they have all that sake? What were they celebrating?"

"Uh…" at this question Sango grew stumped, but fortunately for her Kagome had regained her senses.

"They were having a new moon festival. Yeah, you see this new moon was special because it marked the end of summer. So they were throwing a party. You know, any excuse to party, right? And Inuyasha went a little sake happy and drank all of it. Sure did piss the villagers off."

"And then he saw Miroku," continued Sango, getting into this, "and he grabbed Miroku's hand and fell to one knee. And he was all like, `Miroku my love! How I have pined for you! Come with me and I shall never lay eyes on another again! Kagome cannot compare to your beauty! Sango comes close.'" at this Sango dodged a blow Kagome threw at her. "Of course this freaked Miroku out so he knocked out Inuyasha. And now every new moon reminds Inuyasha of his little gay outing and the time he almost proposed to Miroku. Which puts him in a bad mood."

~ Hehehe. My poor stupid idiotic brother. Oh how I cannot wait to see him again. ~

"You cannot tell him. We promised to never tell anyone his secret. If he knew that we told you he would kill us. You don't want our death on your conscience, do you?" asked Kagome innocently, batting her eyelashes at him.

"Hmph. Fine, I'll pretend I never heard that story."

~ Damn, they take all my fun away. ~

Sango grinned at Kagome and gave her a high five. She then gave her friend a quick hug and made her way back to the campfire.

~ Oh man, we are such geniuses! But I wonder which one Inuyasha would have preferred? His brother knowing about his time of the month, hehe that sounds like he's a woman, or about the time he turned gay for a night? I guess that shall forever remain a mystery. Oh darn. ~

Kagome smiled at her friend and then curled up in a ball. `Hmm, I also wonder which one Inuyasha would have preferred. I will have to find some way of getting it out him.' Kagome was much more relaxed now. Making up that story with Sango helped to rid her of some of her grief. She was still saddened by Kazuo's death, but now she was no long mourning him. It was actually hard to mourn him, every time her mind made it's way back to Kazuo she would suddenly picture a drunk Inuyasha proposing to Miroku. Needless to say that always chased her grief away. `Even though Inuyasha is nowhere near here he still manages to cheer me up. Even if it is a made up story, and one that Inuyasha would probably not care too much for, it still cheers me up. Whatever you are doing right now Inuyasha, which better be sleeping, thank you.' Kagome then closed her eyes and fell asleep.

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(The next morning, at Kaede's village)

Shippo peeked out of his hiding place, which was in a fallen tree trunk, and looked around. The whole night he didn't see, smell, or hear Miroku, or Inuyasha for that matter.

"Hmm, I wonder if they were tricking me?"

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Aww, poor naïve Shippo. Well hopefully you guys don't hate me for disappearing for awhile! Please review! Please?