InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snowy Love ❯ Kikyo's Suffering ( Chapter 10 )

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Alright, I'm really glad I have so many visits, thank you guys. But I would really like some more feed-back concerning this piece. I did originally write it a while back, as most of you should know, but I'd still like to know what you think of it. So R&R please!!!
Chapter 10
Inuyasha groggily stood up. Morning. Light. Eyes hurting. He rubbed them. 'The God's plague my eyes.' he thought, his brain registering thought failure. Ouchy. Why? *Sniff* What was that smell? *Sniff* P.U!! Oh...it was HIM! "Better go to the hot springs..." Inuyasha grumbled under his breath.
"Me first!" Miroku cried, running passed him.
"Huh?" Inuyasha said, still only half awake. "Was that blurry blue and purple swish Miroku?" he wondered aloud. How anyone could be so jittery that early was beyond him. Again. Proof of Inuyasha's Miroku-puts-something-a-little-extra-in-his-tea theory. It was only a matter of time when he'd be exposed...
Fifteen minutes...twenty...thirty...a small laughed escaped Inuyasha. 'I've been sitting here for thirty minutes,' He thought. THIRTY?! Dang, why was Miroku taking so long! That was it! The last straw! Even after that little talk from Kagome about 'controlling our tempers' Inuyasha was mad. He stomped out into the snow, ignoring the chill on his feet from the fresh cold dew. 'Miroku better be in that water or clothed or somethin' cause I do NOT want ta see him naked again!' Inuyasha thought, fury rushing through him.
But what he saw was far worse than a few hundred naked Miroku's. And that was saying something. Inuyasha wanted to gouge his eyes out. Seriously. If he could find a knife he'd have done it. 'Where's a knife when you need one?' Inuyasha thought, disgust and horror forming on his face. He twitched a bit. "Miroku!!!" Inuyasha screamed anger replacing some of the horror and disgust, "YOU SAID YOU WERE TAKING A BATH BY YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!"
"Huh?" Miroku said, looking up. Sango, who was underneath him in the water, looked up as well and blushed to her roots and quickly dove under the water in pure embarrassment. Miroku glanced down blankly where Sango had gone. He then looked at Inuyasha with a slight smirk and nervous laugh. "I never said anything of the sort!" He chimed. Inuyasha just stared at him in disbelief for a moment, but suddenly rage overtook him and he marched forward angrily.
"Now you listen HERE--"
"Don't come closer!" Came Sango's voice and a huge rock hurtled toward Inuyasha's head which he failed to dodge and left an awful bump. Inuyasha looked silently up at it for a second then suddenly---
"OWWW!!!!" He roared in agony.
"Oh, I hit you?" Sango asked, coming out from behind Miroku a bit to look at him.
"It would appear so," Miroku laughed.
"Why you--" Inuyasha growled, taking a step closer.
"Go a-way!!" Sango cried tossing dozens of smaller rocks at Inuyasha, who was sure to dodge them all this time. Suddenly he stopped and gave her a bored look.
"Is that the best you can do?" He inquired tauntingly. At that instant a rock hit him square between the eyes and he fell onto his back, very dizzy.
"No! that's the best!" Sango shouted. Miroku put his hand on her shoulder.
"It's alright, Sango, you can calm down now, he's unconscious," Miroku told her soothingly. Sango suddenly growled and hit Miroku with a rather large sized rock.
"Oh shut up! YOU had to come and JOIN me!!!" Sango shouted getting out the hot spring.
"Oooh, this is better than that fox terrier down south and his blood was delicious!" Mioga the flee whispered, his beedy little eyes on Sango's naked body.
"Mioga!" Sango shotued, blushing horribly and leaping behind a rock. "Where are you, you--you--scoundrel!!!?"
"Out of here--I can tell you that much!" Mioga cried, leaping off of Inuyasha and bounding away from the hot spring.
"Ha! I caught you!" Kagome cried, grabbing the flee.
"What is this, a love fest?" Sango asked no one in particular, withdrawing further behind the rock.
"Well, I'll tell you one thing," Mioga said with a laugh, "there was definitely a lot of love being made in the hot spring! Tahoo! Tahoo!" Sango marched out, covering herself with a towel.
"Would you shut up or have me squash you first?!" Sango snarled at the flee in Kagome's hand.
"Eep!" Squeaked Mioga.
"You creep! You were WATCHING?!" Kagome shouted at him.
"Oh and what were YOU doing?" Miroku inquired, walking toward them, towel tied around his waist.
"Huh?" Kagome returned blankly.
"Yeah, I'm sure you weren't SIGHT SEEING!" Sango cried angrily crossing her arms.
"Well, in a way she was," Mioga put in.
"Shut up!" They all shouted at him at once. Inuyasha groaned, no one noticed him struggling to get up in a dizzy heap.
"So...what were you doing Kagome?" Miroku inquired. Kagome blushed and averted her eyes.
"...um..."
"...um what?" Sango demanded angrily.
"The girl is innocent," came a voice. They all turned. Kaede was walking toward them. "She was simply collecting firewood for me." She smiled at Kagome. "Weren't ye?" Kagome looked up at her slowly and nodded.
"Yeah, that was all," Kagome returned vacantly. Suddenly she came to life. "So get off my back, will ya?!" She shouted.
"Well..." Miroku replied, scratching his head, "why didn't yo u say so before?" Kagome was silent.
"Kagome was frozen!" Kaede returned loudly, hitting Kagome playfully on the back.
'Ow,' Kagome thought rubbing it. 'Well, I should be thanking Kaede. If they knew why I was really out here...dang, it would ruin the surprise...'
It was then Kaede's face contorted in a frown. "With all the accusing fingers I'd say that I would too." All three looked somewhat guilty.
"Well...sorry, Kagome," Sango told her.
"Yes, I apologize," Miroku said solemnly. "Now, what's for breakfast, Kaede!?" Miroku chimed cheerfully.
"Nothing, I've decided you should cook this time," she returned walking away.
"WHAT?!" They all cried.
"Can you cook Miroku?" Kagome inquired, pointing at him.
"What , are you kidding? No way!" Miroku cried, looking quite fearful at the prospect.
"But can't you Kagome?" Sango asked. "You have your instant food."
"No, I'm fresh out, sorry," Kagome returned. "And you remember what happened when I made the stew..." They both cringed at the memory of the taste. There was a short thoughtful silence.
"Well, what about you, Sango?" Miroku asked.
"What do you mean?!" She cried. "I'm a demon exterminator. Everyone in my village all learned how to fight only the old people did house chores!" Sango said in almost an alarmed tone.
"Then that leaves..." Miroku turned to face Inuyasha, who had been watching, and quickly pretended to still be knocked out cold.
"Inuyasha?" Sango asked in surprised.
"Ha! He couldn't cook for his life!" Kagome cried.
"Oh yeah?" Miroku asked, in disagreement. He walked up to Inuyasha and was still for a minute.
"What do you think he's going to do?" Sango asked Kagome
"How should I know? You're his girlfriend!" Kagome cried. Sango stared at her for a second.
"Yeah...well I guess so," Sango returned thoughtfully as if she had never considered them that. Kagome was twitching involuntarily.
"You mean you never considered you two to be..." Kagome trailed off in a state of shock and feeling rather weirded out.
"Well...I don't know I mean...I guess so...but I guess now its official!" Sango chimed.
"You think it would be official the first time you slept with the guy!" Kagome cried.
"Hmm..." Sango said, looking thoughtful again. "When was that...that seems so long ago...oh! It must have been in the garden! No...wait...that was only yesterday..." Kagome growled quietly. "Maybe it was that time on the table...no...that wasn't that long ago either..."
"The table!" Kagome screeched in disgust, also looking scandalized.
"No WAY I'm cooking!!!" Inuyasha shouted. Both Sango and Kagome turned to see Inuyasha glaring at Miroku who didn't back down in the slightest.
"Yes you are," Miroku said with firmness.
"Make me," Inuyasha returned in a mocking manner, crossing his arms and looking away from the monk.
"Oh I will make you. And you will cook for us," Miroku told him, smirking.
"Why is he so confident?" Kagome whispered to Sango.
"No clue."
"No way in hell," Inuyasha replied casually.

Inuyasha rolled the salmon in seaweed begrudgingly and placed on a plate of many others as he muttered something scathingly under his breath. "Could ya hurry up, hanyou? We're starving here!" Miroku demanded from the table.
"Aah, shad up!" Inuyasha returned rapping another piece and licking the sticky rice off his fingers and claws. He carried the plate to the table in which all Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Kaede were sitting at. Inuyasha sat as well only to suddenly feel a slight pain in his face. He quickly slapped it, watching a flattened flee slowly float down onto the table. "You stupid flee! God you're makin' me lose my appetite. You disgusting blood-sucking..." and Inuyasha continued only with grumbles until--
"Hey, these are way lopsided!" Kagome cried, pointing at the sushi between her chopsticks. Inuyasha simply looked at her and growled. "...in a wonderful--great way!" She added quickly taking a bite of the sushi.

Her feet were beginning to ache slightly as she walked toward the cabin. That had never happened before, she had always been used to walking long distances. She always wandered afterall. 'Inuyasha is probably living in agony, his little Kagome loathing every inch of him.' She laughed mentally. 'I'll just have to check on him before I take my leave.' Kikyo's evil grimace widened. 'What I've given him is worse than death!' She quietly crept up to the window but stopped when she caught sight of something quite shocking.
"Don't be grouchy, you did an amazing job on the food Yashi!" Kagome cried cheerfully and kissed Inuyasha quickly, but Inuyasha pulled her back towards him and the two began kissing passionately.
"But...but...but...' Kikyo was crestfallen. Quickly she became enraged, the half-dead priestess began clenching her fists and a slight shadow was coming closer to her. "That stupid little--aaaaah!!!" Suddenly Kikyo had been swooped up by some strange force and continued screaming for several minutes when she looked up to find she was in the claws of a giant bird demon. She began struggling. "Ooh! You stupid feather bag! I'll make shoes out of you!" She continued struggling to no avail. "Let me go!"
The demon took no heed of her command. "Let me go NOW or else I'll--" Suddenly the bird's claws in fact opened and fulfilled Kikyo's wish. "Noooooo!!!! " She screamed as she fell downward toward a forest. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa--" BAM!! She feel onto a tree branch, landing on it between her legs. "Idiotic monster,' she said bitterly, slowly standing up and trying to to ignore the pain. She slowly stood up planning to begin her climb down the tree she was on when she found she was walking but was heading absolutely no where.
Kikyo turned to find a giant chick's beak clasped on her robe, she forced a sweet smile. "Now, young bird, would you mind removing your beak from my robe?" The chick did no such thing and only cocked its head to the side in its inability to comprehend. "I said let go you stupid--" Kikyo growled trying to pry her robe from the bird's beak. she then hit the bird's beak with her fist. It let go abruptly and let out an ear-piercing cry. Kikyo covered her ears at the earsplitting sound as the giant bird demon from before dove down and hit her aside with its powerful wing and pecked her painfully. It quickly tended to its wounded chick and placed it in the giant nest nearby. The bird then turned and walked toward Kikyo who cringed not wanting to be attacked and pecked again, but was only lifted up from the ground and also placed in the nest.
"Huh?" Kikyo said, slowly looking up. She nearly vomited on the spot when she saw the bird demon regurgitate millions of different parts of insects into one of the chicks mouths. Kikyo had to look away when the bird did the same to each of the other chicks. The grotesque noises of regurgitating came to a stop, Kikyo steadily opened her eyes to find the bird demon standing right in front of her. Her eyes widened. "No...NO!!" The bird then regurgitated all over Kikyo. Grime, saliva, and pieces of insect anatomy covered the top half of Kikyo. She quickly dived out of the tree and onto the hard ground and ran and ran until she was out of breath.
"It thought I was its CHICK?!" She screamed. "Do I LOOK LIKE A BIRD!!!?" She trudged off in a horrible mood when suddenly the thin earth under her crumbled and gave way and she fell face first into a stinking, gooey marsh. Sliding around and slipping, Kikyo struggled onto her feet only to fall once again into the swamp. She groaned and finally managed to get to her feet. "It can't get worse than this." Suddenly something giant and goopy fell over her head. Bird demon poop. "Argh!"
She continued through the path until she stumbled upon a large group of people. "A swamp demon! Attack!" A man shouted.
"I'm not a demon!" Kikyo screamed. But the people didn't seem to listen and quickly charged after her with their pitchforks and torches. Kikyo lifted her hand to use her power, but found the marsh goop and bird poop had all hardened so much that she couldn't move it. She only had one option. To run. So she did. They all tore after her.
"Cowardly demon!" Another one of them called aggressively. Kikyo nervously looked behind as she ran.
'What did I do to deserve this?' she thought dismally. She continued running for most of the day. For hours. Kikyo was completely exhausted when she had finally lost the angry mob by running around the woods in The Hills of No Return. Now she had found a lake and had washed the grim away and things were seeming to look far better. Little did she know that it wouldn't stay that way...for long! (Mwahahahaha!)
Anyway, Kikyo finally felt as if things were getting better. 'Except for the situation Inuyasha,' She thought with a frown. It was then she was sure she heard something. Those annoying men perhaps?' she thought. She turned to find not one of the men, but a rather strange demon that did indeed resemble a human, but he was most definitely not mortal. Her frown deepened. The pervert! He was thoroughly enjoying himself!
"How dare you!" Kikyo cried angrily.
"Uh...sorry..." he returned, leaning against a tree casually, wearing a big smirk, "...but you can't stay mad at me can you?" Kikyo was beginning to become extremely annoyed.
"I don't even know you!" Kikyo cried.
"Oh, don't be like that, Kagome," he whined in a saddened tone, but it looked to Kikyo as if a smirk was threatening to appearon his face.
"Kagome?!" Kikyo exclaimed. "Kagome!!!"
"It is your name," He replied, almost exploding with laughter.
"I am not her!" She cried indignantly, liking the demon less and less.
"Huh?" The demon responded stepping closer in examination. "No...I guess not...so, you know Kagome?"
"Yes, unfortunately," was her bitter reply. He sighed dreamily.
"Well, you would be unhappy, always having to be compared to such a beauty." Kikyo gave him the evil eye and glared at him for sometime. Finally she smirked, a very evil and sinister smirk.
"So you love her, then?"
"She's my woman," he returned simply. A small laugh escaped Kikyo.
"She and Inuyasha--you know Inuyasha don't you--" Kikyo didn't wait for an answer, "--the two are in love. Sorry, your woman has been taken." 'The thug, he deserves it!' Kikyo's thoughts rang. The demon seemed disheartened for sometime, but suddenly perked up.
"Well...how do you know Kagome?"
"The brat is supposed to be my reincarnate. But I severely doubt she has the slightest percentage of my power! True she can see jewel shards, but I can do that and so much more than she, that is why now I plot her death, if my revenge wasn't fulfilled this time against Inuyasha...I will surely succeed the next time I try!"
"Hmm...so you're more powerful than she is and look almost identical to her, why you'd suit just as well--maybe even better--as my woman." He casually walked up to the lake's edge. "So..." he said leaning toward her, "how about it?"
"I'd rather die...again!" Kikyo cried. The demon didn't seem put out in the slightest by this out burst.
"But I'm not some ordinary demon, I am Koga, leader of the wolf demon tribe," none other than Koga informed Kikyo.
"And I'm Kikyo, the priestess, and I haven't the slightest interest in a mongrel like you!" Kikyo cried turning away and crossing her arms in the water.
"Oh but you could grow to like me..."
"Hmph!" Was her only reply.
"I'm sure you could..." Koga continued, reaching toward Kikyo. Kikyo quickly snatched his hand and twisted it ruthlessly. Finally, after trying to take the pain, Koga pulled away and surveyed his twisted and contorted fingers.
'Hmm...so you do have some power..." He said, turning his hand and analyzing it further. Kikyo only smirked and chuckled under her breath.
'Some?' She thought. 'I've basically destroyed his hand.' Koga seemed very thoughtful about his hand until suddenly...CRACK!!! Koga cracked it right back into shape. Slightly stunned and uneasy, Kikyo's eyes widened a bit, but she quickly frowned and growled under her breath.
"That was only a taste of my power," Kikyo assured him.
"Hmm...I thought you could see jewel shards," Koga said in a bored tone.
"I can!" Kikyo cried.
"Then how is it, that you've failed to mention the two inside my legs?" Kikyo was silent for a moment,
'He must be bluffing! I'd surely see them! Has something weakened my power?' She thought.
"Now then," Koga said in a business like way, crouching low to Kikyo's level and leaning close to her face, "how about you'll be my woman and I won't have to slaughter you." Kikyo only leaned closer as if daring him.
"As if you could, lowly beast," she returned, frown intensifying in her face. A small laugh escaped him and he leaned away and stood up.
"There are many advantages to be with me, you know, besides having an extraordinarily handsome demon." Kikyo snorted at this, but Koga acted as if he didn't hear her, "I'm very fast, the jewel shards in my legs..." he motioned to them, "...they give me more privileges than brute strength and running speed," he finished with a devilish grin. Kikyo rolled her eyes and sighed. There was a short silence and nothing happened for a few moments when suddenly Koga leapt at Kikyo, but somehow she moved quite fast and dodges him, landing on side of the lake.
Koga coughed somewhat, now thoroughly soaked, and looked up seeing a fully clothed Kikyo glaring at him. He got out of the lake from where he jumped. "Hmm, you put on your clothes very quickly. I wonder if you can do the opposite just as well..." Kikyo's facial expression lingered with disgust and loathing as she drew an arrow and brought it to her bow.
"You filthy pig!" She shouted as she shot it. Of course, Koga dodged quite easily. Kikyo suddenly shot dozens of arrows in almost every direction as quick as lightening, making it nearly impossible for Koga to maneuver through. "Ha, die now, Koga of the wolf demon tribe. Dance for your pitiful life," But Koga didn't move at all, he simply reached out and grasped the arrow hurtling directly at him, and the powerful aura surrounding it vanished. "W-what?!"
"Hmm," Koga said boredly, throwing the arrow aside. "Your power isn't much..." It couldn't be! Her arrow, how could it have been stopped so easily!? Kikyo was beginning to panic. What had happened to her? It was then she began running. Koga charged after her instantaneously. "Come here, my Kikyo!"
"That idiotic demon!" Kikyo hissed, looking behind her as she fled.
"Time to speed things up!" Koga cheered, using the power of the chikon shards to speed up to an alarming rate. He was quickly gaining on Kikyo, but the priestess just then caught sight of a bird demon alike to the one she had seen not too long before and quickly leapt onto it's back and clenched onto its feathers as reigns, guiding it high up into the sky. Koga stopped just in time to see her take off.
"Not so fast my sweet," he said, smirking, as he hurriedly ran off and found another bird demon. He took off after Kikyo, not hesitating in the slightest. Kikyo on the other hand, wasn't moving quite as quickly. She kicked the demon in an attempt to cause it to go faster, to no avail.
"Cursed demon, what are you, diseased?!" She cried pulling on it's feathers frantically. She looked behind her once again to see Koga wasn't far behind. "What plagues this buzzard! Faster, half-wit creature!" Kikyo cried hitting the best on the head with her fist. Well, the demon didn't like being hit on the head and quickly set to try to buck Kikyo off its back. She was finding it very difficult staying on, with the demo n squeaking and shaking around. "Hold still--or I'll--" But it was too late, the bird had succeed, Kikyo was off it's back,
"--faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllll!!!!!!" Koga rose slightly off his rump in an attempt to see Kikyo down below, he sighed.
"Oh, what has my poor darling little Kikyo done, now? Oh, I suppose I'd better save the air headed girl," Koga said, voice ringing with pity as he jumped off the back of the bird demon he was riding. As Kikyo fell in a panic, still screaming and flailing about, he fell rather boredly. Unfortunately (for Kikyo) she was falling far faster than Koga and having a good head start hit the ground before he did and Koga failed in his rescue (and Kikyo was almost unconscious and was in a great amount of pain ^^)
Koga then landed. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Poor girl,'" Koga said, shaking his head as he walked up to her. Kikyo was still lying on the ground when he approached her. A groan escaped her as she slowly opened her eyes. Everything was blurry and spinning. What was that grayish blurry figure in front of her? It was soon obvious when she found this 'figure' was o top of her and was leaning in with pursed lips to kiss her. Kikyo put her hands on Koga's face, preventing him from putting his wolf demon mouth on her and struggled with all her might to keep the impending doom which was Koga's lips from touching her own.
Unfortunatetly, (again for Kikyo), Koga was beginning to get harder to hold back and her resisting hold against him was beginning to subside. Koga suddenly escaped the force Kikyo was using against him and with great speed came down upon Kikyo and would have kissed her, if she wouldn't have rolled out of the way in he nick of time, causing him, instead, to collide with a rock.
Kikyo took this opportunity to dive into a small pond. 'Let's see if he can swim as fast as he can run,' she thought as she hid behind a very large rock. Koga, after recovering from the damage received from his collision with the rock, dove into the water after the priestess. He was diving quite deep, and failed to see Kikyo on the way down, who quickly got out of the water and scurried off.
But what was that sound? Kikyo stopped briefly. Footsteps and shouts. It didn't sound good, so she proceeded to continue, but it was too late. The mob she had encountered before, seemed to have caught up with her now. "Curse it all!" Kikyo hissed under her breath. She was surrounded.
"That woman is not human!" A monk screamed. "She must be the demon in disguise!" He cried. Kikyo couldn't help rolling her eyes. How was it people could be such morons?
"Get 'er!" Another exclaimed. Kikyo prepared to fight, though she hardly knew if she could fend them off. Her power had weakened and she was out numbered by far. Just then something collided with her head. Hard. Everything went black.
Isn't it funny when you escape one really bad situation and think you're finally striking good luck, but actually wind up in a worse situation? Maybe not, but when it happens to Kikyo, its hilarious. Yes, the world turned light again for the priestess most of learn to loath, and love to ( I know, we wish she died, but...oh well). She sat up in a panic, and looked around wildly, but sighed with relief when she realized she was under care and safety. The place she was in seemed rather nice. She was on a futon, which was lavishly decorated and all around her seemed rather regal.
Kikyo slowly lye down, feeling far calmer. She closed her eyes assuming someone had taken her under their care. Suddenly, she winced. Her feet were very sore. "My feet..." she said in a pained tone.
"What is that matter?" A voice came.
"My feet...they are extremely travel-worn...they ache with weariness..." Kikyo replied, her eyes still closed.
"Ahh, you're feet, let me tend to them...." It was soon after the voice said this, Kikyo felt her feet being massaged. She was beginning to feel a whole lot better.
"Hmm...that's nice......" Kikyo said softly.
"Well, if you think that's nice, just wait until I start massaging other parts of your body..." the voice said, and she felt the hand begin travel up her leg when BAM!!! Kikyo kicked up her foot, hitting the mystery person under their chin causing their head to snap back on impact. She opened her eyes and sat up.
"YOU!!" She shrieked realizing the person was Koga. She scooted back quite always a way from the demon with the blanket that was over her. She looked under the blankets and quickly glared at him. "Why am I not WEARING anything!!" Kikyo cried.
"I don't know," Koga returned. Kikyo only glared at him even worse.
"Give me my clothes NOW!!!" She screeched.
"I didn't take 'em off, I found you naked. You were knocked out, remember? Those people assumed you were dead and stripped you to be burned. I saved you, I don't know what they did with your clothes," Koga explained.
"Do you actually believe I will except that as the truth, you lying scoundrel!" Kikyo shouted accusingly.
"Hey, I could just make you walk around naked ya know! I'll get you some clothes," and with that Koga left. He returned shortly with what Kikyo at first took as a scrap of fabric. "here," Koga said, handing Kikyo the robe. It was tiny. An extremely short cut that has scarcely any width.
"I WON'T wear this!" Kikyo cried defiantly.
"Alright," Koga returned carelessly, "then wear nothing at all." Kikyo gave him a dirty look for a long time, but finally growled and took the robe infuriated from him and began to storm off.
"Where are you going?" Kikyo froze. "You have to change here." A broad smirk covered Koga's face.
"I will not--" But Kikyo suddenly stopped. "Fine," she said, and quickly took the blanket she clutched and threw it over herself, making Koga unable to see any of her and began putting the robe on. But Koga sneakily lifted the blanket a bit, to look when Kikyo's fist came flying at his face. "Why is this so short?!" Kikyo demanded, holding the robe over herself. Koga shrugged as he got off the ground, in which he had fallen on from the force of Kikyo's punch.
There was a silence. *ahem* I need a belt!" Kikyo cried.
"Do you really need one?" Koga asked,obviously hoping for a certain answer.
"NOW!!!" Kikyo screamed.
"Fine fine!" Koga grumbled moodily, trudging out of the room as Kikyo glared after him. Not an instant after the wolf demon left Kikyo set straight for plotting her escape. There was one window in the room and it wasn't long before Kikyo figured out she was in a cabin. Her first instinct was to break the window in order to escape, but she decided to give it more thought. Wouldn't Koga hear? But she had to leave that place, she had to escape from that half-brained wolf demon, no matter what.
She looked up at the ceiling and all around the room. Was there any other way out? Koga would return very soon, it was now or never. But it was too risky to break the window. Suddenly Kikyo spied the fire place. That was it! And to her absolute elation she discovered her bow and arrow propped up just beside it and she grasped them both, pulling an arrow to the bow and finding herself unable to create a sacred aura around the arrow. She frowed at her weapon a moment, then knelt down and crept into the fire place. She climbed up inside it as fast as she could and got to the roof quite quickly and was very pleased with herself.
"Finally, I can leave this retched place!" Kikyo whispered to herself triumphantly, holding her robe closely to her. She quietly crept across the rooof and was about to jump off when she spotted with alarm and horror, a large group of wolf demons below.
"Koga, ya in there?!" One shouted appearing to be attempting to see inside.
"Let's return home already!!" Another cried. Kikyo was frozen.
"Yo Koga!! We wanna leave!" Cried another.
"Yeah!" Several shouted. None seemed to notice her. Tediously and carefully, Kikyo began to tiptoe back when her foot twisted. Kikyo struggled not to cry in pain, and slipped and fell straight on her bottom. She screamed, sliding all the way down the roof and onto several of Koga's men. The only thing that could make an eerily composed woman like Kikyo scream is her worst fear, hers happened to be falling (luckily there was much of that seeming to happen to her ^_~).
"What the--" Groaned one of the demons whom Kikyo landed on. He stood up rubbing his head stupidly. The other were doing the same, some of them rubbing their backs.
"Hey, whose this?" Asked one of the men, see��iing Kikyo after nearly being crushed by her.
"Who cares, she's food," another returned, standing up and looking hungrily at Kikyo, who backed up slightly.
"Huh, food? I'd like to play around with her first a bit before we eat her," One of the demons in the crowd said, eying her with interest. Kikyo looked at him with an expression of disgust.
"Yeah, maybe we could keep her around for a while, I can stand being hungry a little while longer maybe, heh?" The first said, smirking.
"Nah, let's eat 'er now!"
"Hah! You eat me! Never!" Kikyo snarled with the utmost loathing.
"Wow, she has such dignity in a little rag like that, no belt even. She's practically naked!" A wolf demon ranted.
"Yeah, she's pretty much done the job for us!" A demon cheered. One of the demons walked closer to Kikyo.
"That thing might just fall off, couldn't blame us then, could ya toots?" The demon said, reaching toward Kikyo.
"How dare you?!" Kikyo exclaimed, twisting his hand not unlike she did to Koga.
"Hey!" He cried, looking at his hand which was now bent and warped.
"She's got some fire in her spirit, are going to put off a struggle, girly? Make it fun for us?" Another asked.
"So what are we going to do first? Can't we just eat an arm, I'm starving!" Kikyo cringed a bit.
"Well, I guess, but I get the arm!" The first wolf demon said.
"No way! Leave 'em both intact, you gotta let her struggle to her full ability, right boys?"
"No we play dirty, we don't have to give her a fair fight!"
'I've only gotten myself in a far worse situation,' Kikyo thought, 'I must do something.'
"You don't want to eat one of my arms off, I can guarantee that," Kikyo informed them, causing their arguing to cease.
"Yeah and why not?" the second inquired blankly.
"Because..." she returned, walking up to them, "...I can only perform to my fullest ability with both hands," Kikyo finished seductively. None of the wolf demons spoke for a moment and they all stared at her.
"Is she for real?" One whispered to the other after some time.
"Don't know, let's find out," the other replied in a whisper and reached up and tugged on Kikyo's robe, causing it to fall somewhat. Kikyo clung to it desperately, glaring at the demons who were all shouting and whistling and stamping their feet.
"Take it all off!" One hollered.
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" shouted another
"I wanna bite of that! What a meal!"
"Meal? I wouldn't mind just using her as a latter!" Cried one.
"Beasts!" Kikyo grumbled under her breath. One grabbed on to her arm.
"Come here, sweetie," he said.
"Hey you can't have her all to yourself!" The first cried.
"Yes, but I can," came a loud booming voice. They all looked in the direction it came from.
"Hey guys, it's Koga!" One hissed.
"Hurry, straighten up!"
"Guys, shut up!" The wolf demon nervously looked up at Koga who was nearly a foot taller than him.
"Uh...she's not like, special like Kagome was, is she?" He inquired, laughing anxiously.
"Judge by the dirty look I'm giving you right now," Koga told him sternly.
"So...she is special, then?" Koga coughed under his breath and raised up his right fist. The man let go of Kikyo abruptly. And crept back into the crowd. Koga came closer to Kikyo, who, though she was relieved to see him, glared his way. Koga gently brushed some lose strands of hair from Kikyo's face. She turned angrily away from him.
"I'm not like these thugs alright? I know you're more than a piece of meat." Koga assured her.
"You're drooling," Kikyo returned flatly, still looking away from Koga.
"No, what are you talking about?" Koga said. He then turned quickly wiped the drool off his face secretively. He turned to face her again, and leaned in toward her. "You like me don't you?"
"Perhaps a little, if you would back away so I wouldn't have to drown in your stench," Kikyo returned bitterly. Several of the other wolf demons snickered. Koga glared at them and they stopped abruptly.
"Be nice, you want a belt don't you?" Koga asked, smirking, figuring bribery would suffice.
"Hmph!" Kikyo replied, crossing her arms defiantly.
"I guess that's a yes," Koga said, grinning broadly. Kikyo didn't know why he was so happy. It was then Koga grasped her shoulders and forcefully turned her around so she faced the other direction. Quick as lightning, his arms were around her waist.
"What are you doing?" Kikyo asked venomously.
"Tying your belt."
"Let me go now!" Koga did no such thing and had wrapped the belt around her and was tying it. Many of the other wolf demons were cackling at Kikyo, who was twitching with anger. How humiliating. Around such scoundrels. And he was taking his sweet time, too.
"Do you think the knot is round enough, boys?" Koga inquired the group.
"No not nearly!" One said in reply. They all were enjoying the embarrassment and annoyance that Kikyo was experiencing.
"Needs far more adjustment to be nearly acceptable! You might just have to untie and start all over!" another said.
"Hmm..." Koga murmured, tightening and loosening the belt.
"It's tied!" Kikyo growled through gritted teeth.
"I suppose you're right," Koga sighed, removing his arms from around her waste. She tried to tighten the belt further and pull in the robe more as it wasn't closed and gaped open, but found it too small around to pull the ends together. Kikyo turned to him and gave him her worst look ever. "Don't tell me you're angry Kikyo, why, no one who is a part of the wolf demon tribe is unhappy...oh! But you're NOT in the wolf demon tribe, you haven't been properly welcomed, now has she?" Koga asked the others.
"No!" They all cried with glee.
"Don't you think I should welcome her?"
"Yeah!"
"Of course, it's only right," Koga said, looking thoughtful. Kikyo only wondered what being 'welcomed' meant. "Now usually, to welcome a new member to the demon tribe they eat as many raw human legs as they can...no wait...100 human legs...then they drink 100 barrels of sake, of course after that they must walk around with a horse tied to their back, while being pitted against a ravenous dragon demon...oh! Then they must be dropped off a cliff, then their welcomed!" Koga finished with a cheerful laugh. By doing one of those things Kikyo would die, that would ensure her death at least three times over. All the men were laughing and cheering at these words.
"You forgot the torturing part Koga!" Shouted one.
"Yeah, and that she has to bath in her own filth!" another cheered.
"Not to mention doing the laundry, and being a servant for a month!" Said another.
"Oh, and those too," Koga said casually, grinning at the expression on Kikyo's face, "Of course if you don't want to that I could simply give you the welcoming kiss..."
"Aww man!" all the wolf demons whined in unison.
"Oh shut up! Unless you'd all like to be welcomed! I'd sure like it, you smell of a mule's rear-end and after bathing in your own filth it'd be an improvement! At least it would mask your true smell!" Koga cried. "Now," he said, looking at Kikyo, "I should think you'd prefer the kiss." Kikyo, who wasn't even looking at him, didn't reply. "Alright, then let's go gather those human legs, fellows!" Koga shouted happily. The others cheered.
"Fine!" Kikyo shouted with alarm. "I pick the kiss." Koga's grimace widened and he began leaning toward her. Kikyo had to think fast, it was now or never. "Look! Sirloin!!!" She cried pointing out in the distance.
"Huh, where?!" Cried Koga, al the wolf demons looked to the left, where Kikyo pointed. That was when she made a break for it, she had to get out of there, Kikyo couldn't stand it there any longer. She was seriously choking in all the filth. Unfortunatetly, the wolf demon's stupidity wasn't as great as Kikyo gave them credit for and Kikyo hadn't gotten very far when many of them caught on. (Of course many were still looking wildly around them for the sirloin.)
"We've been fooled!" Cried one.
"Catch her!" Exclaimed another one of the demons. Many of them charged after Kikyo.
"You idiots! She's escaping! Faster, baffoons!" Koga screamed, he then followed after, quickly pulling ahead of all of his men, many of whom were left in a fit of coughs eating most of the dust Koga was kicking up.
"*cough* Wait--*pant*Koga*pant**cough*please!" Hakkaku croaked desperately before falling to the ground. A couple of others stopped to help him.
"Wait up, Koga!" Cried one of the men tending to Hakkaku. But Koga didn't seem to hear him. Kikyo ran as fast as she could looking behind her to discover Koga hot on her tracks.
'No! I mustn't return to that place!' Kikyo's thoughts rang. She nearly fell flat on her face, tripping over a rock, but staggered upward just in time. Being far too caught up on Koga's progress catching up to her, Kikyo wasn't looking where she was going at all. Soon, she was approaching a cliff. Not being aware in the slightest, she continued running straight toward it, still looking behind at Koga.
"Kikyo, stop!" Koga called, not wanting her to run off the cliff.
"No!" Kikyo screamed in return.
"Watch out! There's a cliff!" Koga exclaimed.
"A what?!" Kikyo called back as she ran.
"A--" But it was too late, she had already fallen off the edge and was screaming to her heart's content. "--cliff." Koga finished quietly, knowing it wouldn't make the slightest difference now.
Kikyo again found herself falling from a considerable height and Koga was no where in sight. 'If I am fortunate,' Kikyo thought, 'I will remain to live on after this.' Despite her somewhat calm thoughts, she was still screaming with all the lung power she had. But suddenly, her screams came to an abrupt halt. She had stopped falling. Some unidentified force was holding her suspended in the air. Slowly she began to lower to the ground.
"I have been saved," Kikyo said with a pleased smirk. She then looked to her left, still lying held in the air. It was then she realized it was Koga that was holding her. "You have to ruin everything don't you?" She said with anger and unhappiness.
"I saved you, didn't I?" Koga asked smiling. Kikyo rolled her eyes.
"I give up, you are far faster than me, this chase is meaningless," Kikyo said, motioning Koga to put her down. He did gently and she dusted off her robes.
"So, you're coming back with me?" Koga inquired with a bright smile.
"No, I wanted to ask you to allow me to leave," Kikyo returned.
"But most women want me...why isn't it you want to stay?" Koga asked, with a twinge of sadness and disappointment. Kikyo rolled her eyes once again.
"I am not like most women, now let me be!' Kikyo replied, and with that she began to walk away. But in an instant Koga was in front of her and cause her to stop abruptly.
"I'm not going to let you leave, my darling Kikyo. That wouldn't do at all," He said with a smirk. Kikyo sighed irritably. Talk about persistent. Kikyo took out and arrow and put it to her bow and short it at a tree, causing it to melt away. Her power had returned!!
"Let me leave or deal with the consequences," Kikyo returned, readying her bow and arrow.
"We're *pant* here *pant* to help *pant*!" A voice came from behind Kikyo.
"Finally, it's about time!" Koga shotued angrily. "You slow morons!" Kikyo turned to see the entire fleet of Koga's minions behind her and felt a twinge of anxiety and defeat. Even so, all of Koga's men looked very out of it, all were out of breath and weary. Some looked on the point of collapsing and others did collapse. Kikyo, who had since subconsciously pointed her arrow downward being distracted by the arrival of Koga's men, lifted her arrow once again to Koga.
"Let me leave, or I kill your leader. It takes one shot. One move. One shot. And so ends the great Koga." Kikyo informed them emotionlessly.
"We *pant* won't *pant*"" let it happen, Koga *pant*," One of the wolf demons huffed.
"Careful *pant* men!" Another warned, also out of breath.
"Yeah but *pant* it's only an arrow..."
"This is a sacred arrow, it will kill him," Kikyo assured them.
"No way..." Ginta said slowly, as he stepped up toward Kikyo and Koga. "...I'll never..." he tediously was going lower to the ground. "...let you...kill..." Kikyo simply looked on at the pitiful sight as the warrior slowly fell to the ground. "...Koga..." finished the heap of wolf demon. Kikyo stared emotionlessly at him for a moment.
"This is what you have as your defense," Kikyo stated blankly. Koga said nothing. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, Koga, Koga, what will you do now? How pathetic!" Koga still didn't say anything. Poor guy. Stunned, at the pure irony. He'd be killed by a woman. No, not just a woman, the woman he had fallen for. A woman in a short rag that was scarcely long enough to pass as a shirt. What a pitiful end. Had he been so blind not to see the heartlessness of the priestess? She would kill him, despite the fact he couldn't do anything to force her to stay. She would kill him for no reason at all. Break his heart and destroy him without the smallest reason.
But Kikyo lowered her arrow. "Hmm....I must be going. To have that Kagome twit around any longer wouldn't be fitting." It was then she turned and walked away. Koga was getting a fluttering sensation in his stomach, his heart was soaring. Kikyo spared him! She had compassion for him, she LOVED HIM!!! She did and he knew it! She was a fierce soul, a warrior soul who'd kill anyone if need be, or if they posed interference. But she spared him. She let him live. And the only reason that seemed logical for her to do so was if she was crazy about him. If she was deeply, coo-coo crazily, obsessively, passionately in love with HIM!!! Koga was dancing on air!
Finally after getting over his happiness, his inexplicable joy, Koga spun around and went skipping in the direction Kikyo went. 'I'm coming for you my dear!" He sung happily. Of course by this time Kikyo was far, far off, but Koga knew to follow her sent. 'I must follow he luscious sent!' Whatever. Her luscious sent. 'Her sweet aroma.' Fine. Her sweet aroma. 'Her beautifying pedigree!' Her beautifying--okay now that's just weird.
Anyhow, in the meantime of all this weirdness, Kikyo was almost at Inuyasha's cabin. 'Now Kagome shall die!' Kikyo thought. (Somehow I doubt that) So, Kikyo crept toward the cabin and looked into the window. 'The room Kagome sleeps in!' She thought.
"I'm going to take an afternoon nap!" Came Kagome's voice from another room.
"No, we havta leave!" Inuyasha cried.
"I'm too sleep, okay, I'll only take a short one," Kagome told him.
'Alright, I'll hide under the covers on the futon and take her by surprise and kill her!' Kikyo thought. Kikyo quietly climbed through the open window and under the covers of the futon. It wasn't very long when she heard the door slide open and a yawn sound nearby. 'The girl won't even know what hit her!' Kikyo thought. She heard footsteps coming closer and attempted to bring her power to her right arm and attack her with it, but nothing happened.
'My powers are again weakened!' She thought. 'Oh well, I'll simply strangle the girl.' The covers were then lifted and Kikyo scooted away and held down the part of the blankets covering her. She felt a body snuggling in and anxiety over took her when the voice said, "Hmm?" 'Oh no!' Kikyo thought, when she felt hands traveling over her, trying to figure out what was in the bed with them.
"Oh, so you've decided to join me," came a familiar voice. Only, it wasn't Kagome's. Whoever it was wrapped their arms around Kikyo, who was becoming very anxious. Her first plan was to stay calm and silent, the person would soon fall asleep and Kikyo could find the right room and kill Kagome. But this person was apparently planning other things. The mystery person began opening Kikyo's robe, and Kikyo shifted uncomfortably a bit and and back away, which only caused the person to snuggle in closer. "Playing hard to get I see," came the flirtatious voice.
Their hands were quickly traveling to an unwanted place when Kikyo cried, "How dare you touch me there!" And smacked the person (which you've most likely figured out by now) over the head before she could stop herself. She froze up, she should have remained still, but how could she?
"I thought you liked it when I touched you there," came the voice in a blank tone.
"Uh..." Kikyo had to think fast. "I have to go to the bathroom..." Oh wait, then they'd see her and know she wasn't who they thought she was...
"Oh, well then go..."
"Never mind, it went away..." Kikyo replied quickly.
"Alright then," the voice replied, and Kikyo felt the person snuggle in close again, " let's continue from where we left off--"
"I am feeling somewhat weary...I feel I would rather sleep..." Kikyo cut in.
"You sound different, Sango." (Okay, now we know who it is...and if it isn't, well that's really bad isn't it?)
"I...uh...*cough* am coming down with something *cough"" Kikyo returned nervously. "So‚ if you kiss me you catch it too, *cough*"
"I don't care," was the voice's reply and it was then Kikyo was kissed by this mystery person. Kikyo tried her hardest to pull away, but this person, which Kikyo was pretty sure was the lecherous monk, Miroku, had his arms around her tightly and wasn't letting go.
'Curse my horrible fortune!' Kikyo thought. Miroku's style of kissing was anything but hesitant, and Kikyo truly did wonder how this Sango girl could survive Miroku's tongue half way down her throat. His hands were tightly pressed against her back and were slowly traveling downward, when...
"Hi Miroku!" Came a voice. Miroku pulled away from who he thought to be Sango and pulled the covers downward and looked where the voice came from to find, to his astonishment, Sango!
"Wha--there's t-two of you?!" Miroku exclaimed. Sango looked at hi m with a truly perplexed expression. He quickly smirked. "Is there three of you? Heh, four, five, six...oh please tell me there's seven. Oh what could I do with seven Sango's?" Suddenly Kikyo jumped up from the futon, breathing heavily.
"Thank you, so much!" She said to Sango, out of breath, just happy to get away from Miroku. She then dashed off. Both Miroku and Sango stared where she had gone in a stunned silence.
"Kikyo?" Miroku finally managed to say. "What? I thought that was you..." Sango was silently shaking with rage and suddenly she blew up.
"OH I'M SURE YOU DID!" Sango roared.
"Well, I did," Miroku said quietly, far beyond why Sango was angry. "Why are you cross?" This question only seemed to anger Sango further.
"Why do YOU think!?" Miroku was silent. "Well?!"
"Uh...um...I dunno."
"RAAAAA!!!! You STUPID! She was in your BED!!!"
"Oh, so you're mad her."
"No...." Sango said in a duh tone.
"Then...oh...wait...you don't think that...I really thought it was you!!! How could you think that I was with someone else on PURPOSE!!" Miroku shouted in a somewhat whiny tone. Sango wa s still glaring at him. "Look, I got in the bed, someone was there and I thought it was you, alright?" Miroku explained.
"So you just assume it's me?"
"Well, who else would be in there?" Miroku inquired.
"I don't know, but what if it wasn't me?!"
"Then they would have said something!"
"And Kikyo said nothing."
"Nope, not a word."
"You are such a liar! Just admit you were with her on purpose!"
"I was not!" Miroku cried, looking very much like a child. "besides, I only kissed her, so it's no big deal. Nothing happened."
"Yeah. but some thing was going to happen!"
"With who I THOUGHT was YOU!!" There was a short silence. "Look, I wouldn't do that, alright. Especially not with a dead girl. I mean...that would be weird..." Miroku said, "...bizarre," Me quickly added with the doubtful look Sango was giving him. "Twisted. Sickening...."
"How could you confuse me with someone else!!?" Sango demanded, interrupting Miroku.
"Well...I wasn't really paying attention, it was dark under the covers!"
"Couldn't you tell the difference?! I'm sure I'm different than her!"
"Well...uh....uh...um....uh..."
"AREN'T I?!" Sango screamed.
"Well...she felt cold and...smelled...weird...but...I didn't really think..."
"That's right, you DIDN'T think! I mean, aren't I different in any other way than that?! There are other things I'm SURE!!!"
"Sure you are...I just...I just...well..."
"I guess I'm just like everyone else to you aren't I?!" Sango shouted.
"No...you're uh...um.........uh......um....uh..."
"Eeeeaaaaahh!!!!" Sango shrieked and with that she stormed off.
"She's angry at me again...." Miroku sighed. "I think," he added quickly with uncertainty. At first he seemed rather confused and was deep in thought for sometime, then he looked sure. "No, she's mad...wonder why..."

Kikyo was leaned against the wall in the hallway, still trying to catch her breath and straightened her hair and robe. it was then she heard Kagome's laughter, how it sickened her, she was about to prepare to kill her when she heard Inuyasha's voice accompany it. "So, we're supposed to be leavin' soon, ya gathered your stuff?" Kikyo darted behind the corner at the end of the hallway in hiding and listened.
"Mmm hmm," Kagome replied, nodding.
"Wait hold up," Inuyasha directed her, stopping Kagome. He began sniffing.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked him worriedly. Kikyo froze. Oh no! He had smelled her. Inuyasha continued sniffing the air. He got down onto the ground and sniffed more, crawling down the hall. Kikyo was panicking.
"Aha!" Inuyasha shouted. Kikyo closed her eyes tightly, preparing for him. "I found it!" Inuyasha cried, grabbing a dust bunny and hopping to his feet. Kikyo cautiously turned around the corner to see him holding it and sighed in relief mentally. Kagome looked at him in a fed up manner, the fear quickly evaporating from her heart.
"It's a dust bunny," she said flatly.
"No...there's somethin' weird about it..." Inuyasha sniffed at it more. Kagome sighed aggravatedly.
"Forget the stupid dust bunny, already," Kagome told him grabbing the dust bunny from Inuyasha and throwing it so it rolled around the corner and stopped just in front of Kikyo. "there's certain things you should remember," Kagome said, smirking, and sliding her arms around Inuyasha's neck.
"Like what you taste like?" Inuyasha suggested, also grinning.
"Yeah," Kagome replied with interest. Watching them from behind the corner, Kikyo growled angrily and withdrew behind the wall once again, looking rather vexed, when the dust bunny caught her attention. It was shaking and rolling around. Kikyo slowly looked up higher and higher as the dust bunny grew and suddenly turned into a demon. Her eyes widened at the ferocious beast before her and backed away a bit. It cackled evilly under it's breath
"What? A dust bunny demon?" Kikyo said with slight confusion.
"A dust demon, if you will!" the demon grunted in its low voice. It smirked evilly
"Time for you to die! Once I kill you, I will have out done my brothers! You shall be the one hundred and first human I have killed! I will be the greatest of all dust demons! My name will be known by all!"
"If no one knows what a dust demon is, how shall your name be known by all?" Kikyo asked boredly. The dust demon only growled.
"You will die!"
"Shh!" Kikyo hissed. "Quiet!" She nervously glanced over to make sure Inuyasha and Kagome hadn't heard, to find them far too involved with making out to somehow not take notice of the roaring beast.

During this chaos, which was going quite unnoticed, Miroku was sitting in thought, balancing in his mind the two possibilities that Sango was mad because he hadn't put her chopsticks away like he had said or if it was PMS. 'Well...I don't think she would be quite this angry if it were the chopsticks,' Miroku thought, 'or if it was girl stuff for that matter...what if its because I left the chopsticks out and she's in a rotten mood at the exact same time!' This seemed quite plausible and as the monk was considering these, Sango came storming in.
"Why didn't you come to apologize, monk?!' Sango demanded. Miroku was frozen with fear for a moment.
"It thought you needed time to cool down!" Miroku cried nervously Sango glared at him for a few moments.
"Well? Why aren't you apologizing?!" Miroku was silent. "You don't know why I'm mad, do you?" Slowly, Miroku swallowed the lump in his throat which was rather dry now.
"Uh..."
"You IDIOT!!!!" Sango screeched, causing Miroku to cringe. "I should have KNOWN!!!" Sango looked like she was about to strangle Miroku.
"I AM an idiot! Please don't punish me for my utter stupidity!" Miroku cried, hoping insults to himself would make Sango less angry. Sango growled loudly.
"That's the thing Miroku! You're not stupid! You just don't care!" Sango cried.
"Wait...this is about the Kikyo thing isn't it?" Sango looked up at him, a frown still in her face, but Miroku knew he was on the right track and if he guessed the right thing...Sango would probably forgive him. "Uh...she was with me...right, that's why your mad!" Dear lord did Miroku hope he was right. Well, Sango hadn't killed him yet but...why was she looking at him like that?
Sango crossed her arms. "Miro--"
"Wait!" Miroku cried suddenly, interrupting Sango. "I know now! It's because I mistook Kikyo for you!" but Sango was still waiting for moe. More? Probably an apology...or was he wrong? Why couldn't she just tell him and explain why the heck she was mad, then he could know what to say! But NO! Sango how to make it a guessing a game! it had been Miroku's experience that women always wanted to talk about feelings, but when it came to anniversaries and being angry they totally left you in the dark. Sango seemed no different in that sense. "Okay...so...wait...why are you mad about that?!" Miroku inquired.
Sango, in return gave him the look of death. "Do you understand me AT ALL?! I can't believe you hardly KNOW ME!!" Sango shouted, turning to look away from him.
"I know you!" Sango didn't say anything in reply. "Hey! I doubt you understand me any better!" Quickly, Sango spun around.
"What you mean?" She asked in a tone that indicated extreme danger and plenty of confidence. Miroku backed away a bit. It seemed as if Sango knew she'd win this one, but he persisted anyway.
"Well...I just mean that...maybe...you don't understand me that well...either?" He said as a question, becoming unsure and afraid again.
"Hmm..." Sango said in a false thoughtful tone. "...that''s funny because it doesn't exactly take a genius to understand you Miroku. You're one of the easiest people in the world to figure out!" She shouted.
"Uh..." Miroku returned, looking somewhat confused, "...yeah?" he finished loudly.
"Yeah! For example, I know what your thinking right this minute."
"What?!" Miroku cried in disbelief. "No way!"
"Uh huh!" Sango responded, looking confident and angry. "First of all you're afraid that I'm going to win and have EVERY REASON TO KILL YOU!!! And, at the back of your mind, like always, your wondering when this fight will be over, so you can get under my robe," Sango finished, smiling triumphantly. "Am I right?" She asked through gritted teeth.
Miroku couldn't deny that this information was false. In fact it was right on the money. That as simply frightening. Sango, being a mind reader. And he hadn't a clue what she was thinking at the moment. "Well...maybe that's true...but, usually I know what you're thinking, I just don't when you're angered because you get infuriated for the most ill-reasoned motivations and when you're angry your logic is so warped and primitive that I could never hope of figuring it out!"
Miroku was stunned after he was finished How could he have said that? It was clear Sango was beyond fury now and Miroku was frozen. It was as if he could not stop his mouth from flapping! Sango was shaking in pure rage. What he had said was very hurtful and....very...unfortunately...stupid. "You--"
"Wait Sango, I didn't mean--"
"Miroku!" Sango shouted, taking a intimidating step toward Miroku, who took a few fearful steps, back away from her. The anger was literally exploding from Sango.
"U-uh S-Sango look--" Miroku stammered nervously. Suddenly he grasped Sango's hands, gently. "Calm down," he told her slowly, looking into her eyes. Sango looked like she was going to kill Miroku, but she was very still, "Nothing is come of this fighting," he told her, shaking his had slowly as if he was dealing with a psychologically impaired person. Suddenly, Sango swiped her hands from Miroku's grasp and smacked Miroku's hands. "Ow!" Miroku cried in surprise, pulling his hands toward himself protectively.
Sango only smacked Miroku's face this time. "Hey!" Miroku shouted defensively, taking a couple steps backward. He saw Sango's hand coming at him again and closed his eyes, throwing his hand out blindly in Sango's direction, landing a hit on her right cheek. He opened his eyes in surprise not meaning to have hit anything. "Oops..." Miroku said, looking fearful.
She only looked angrier and soon Miroku was dealing with an onslaught of slaps that Sango was raining on him and he was helpless only able to hold his arms over his head as a protective shield. "Move your arms so I can beat your properly!" Sango cried.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!!!' Miroku said with each it. "Cut it out!" Miroku exclaimed hoarsely.
"Never!" Sango shouted, her slaps only getting harder. A person can only endure so much and Miroku had come to his limit.
"That IT!!!" He shotued, and with that he began slapping back. Both of them found themselves in a full-fledged slap fight. Neither seemed to be progressing and the both seemed to be about equal in their slap ability.
"Ouch, ouch ow!" Sango cried, at the hits Miroku was landing on mainly her hands.
"Oh come on! You've had more practice than me! I'm sure yours hurt far worse than mine!" Miroku replied. It was the their slapping became more fierce when suddenly the two nearly collided when they lunged at each other and kissed with an aggressive passion. At first it was as if neither had a grip on their minds at all, but Miroku thought then, 'I guess everything leads to this,' but he knew just then he was wrong.
It wasn't just happening to happen. He suddenly felt as if this was the last time he'd be tasting Sango, that he'd hold her and be with her like this ever. Why, he didn't know. But suddenly he became more aware than ever that when he was with her, it was far different than anything in the past.

Kikyo dodged a poorly planned attack of the dust demon, instead of hitting, her he hit the table to the side causing it to crash into a wall and lose a couple of its legs. Several other things had previously been destroyed including the window. Again, Kikyo's eyes nervously wandered to Inuyasha and Kagome, who had yet to stop kissing, to her annoyance and looked up to narrowly dodge yet another of the demons attacks.
How was it the two hadn't heard all the crashing and shouting? "Raaaargh!!!" Shouted the demon, who through back his massive fist and aimed it straight at Kikyo, who jumped out of its path once again. It instead, went straight through the wall instead, making a horrible crashing noise. Kikyo's eyes quickly flew to Inuyasha and Kagome, still making-out, more profusely than ever. "What are they, deaf?" Kikyo said quietly to herself, just moving out of the way of another one of the demon's attacks.
"What was that, girl?" The demon inquired, smirking malevolently at her.
"Nothing of importance, I wouldn't want for the explanation to be the last thing you hear before you die, demon," Kikyo returned,, eyeing the demon fiercely. A low evil laugh escaped him.
"How do you expect to defeat me? I have yet to use much of my power at all! You are stronger than I thought. I've never used more power than this on a mortal before!" Kikyo was slightly on edge, because she lacked much of her power, the demon and her were about evenly matched. If the demon spoke the truth about not using his full power, Kikyo seriously doubted she could defeat him.
It was then the demon grew even more and his muscles also grew in size, and it was clear that this demon's power had increased by far. Kikyo took a couple of steps backward from the dust demon, but she tried her best to show no fear. It was then the demon charged at her, Kikyo tried to dodge and the demon wound up grasping her robe and causing both himself and Kikyo to smash into the left wall in a dizzy heap. Kikyo jumped up anxiously. Miraculously, neither Inuyasha nor Kagome had heard a thing. Not...one...thing.
As Kikyo puzzled over this the demon attacked her behind and she was suddenly at the receiving end of dozens of kicks, punches, and swipes. Bruised and bloody and sprawled out on the floor, Kikyo knew she had to get up. She had to find the energy from somewhere to get up. She shifted slowly, and breathing heavilly managed to sit up. The demon stood still, grinning, confident the end was near for her.
"Get up, girl, I'd think you'd like to die standing." Kikyo glared at the big fat, brown, smirking face of the dust demon and use the wall to bring herself up. It was then she began feeling some of her power returning, in her desperate hour, she was gaining some amount of her true strength. The demon ran toward her, CRASH!!! He missed, hitting the wall, hard. He quickly got up, recovering from the blunder, however.
"Wait just a sec," Inuyasha said, after pulling away from Kagome. Both Kikyo and the dust demon froze. He must have heard them! The dust demon, who had been watching Inuyasha and his friends for sometime now, knew very well he was no match for Inuyasha and wanted to stay hidden just as much as Kikyo did from him. They were perfectly still hoping by some miracle, he wouldn't see them...
Inuyasha scratched his ear. "Sorry, it was just itching real bad," he said, and he and Kagome quickly resumed their kissing just as Kikyo and the demon continued their battle. Both Inuyasha and Kagome's kissing and Kikyo and the dust demons fight continued on for several minutes when Inuyasha began shifting uneasily.
"Hmm?" Kagome's muffled voice came as she kissed Inuyasha.
"My back--itches--now," Inuyasha said between kisses.
"Let me get it for you...." Inuyasha was about to protest when Kagome kissed him with further passion and thoroughly distracted him. That distraction was lost, however, when he felt her hand slip under his over robe and then under the one underneath, and her pull herself very close to him. Inuyasha's face quickly became tinted red.
"Kagome? What are you doing?"
"I'm getting your back for you."
Kikyo wa snow glaring the direction of Inuyasha and Kagome with the utmost loathing and was snarling under her breath, completely seething with fury. 'That WENCH!' Her thoughts screeched. "Eeeeerrrrr..." BAM!!! A huge chunk of wood collided with her face, hitting with so much impact it caused her head to snap back and something in her nose to make a distinct cracking noise. She was falling backward upon impact and quickly staggered forward
"Pay attention, girl! How DARE you ignore me?!" The demon roared, waving a fist angrily at the priestess. Kikyo rubbed the blood that had ejected from her noise bitterly, but couldn't help taking another side glance at the half demon that had once loved her and the girl she perhaps despised most. The dust demon had now commenced to shaking with rage and suddenly shouted, "I see you cannot pay attention to me! Well, I shall make it so that you will or DIE!!!" Kikyo's attention turned back on the demon just in time to see him double in size and his power to increase at quite an alarming rate.
Taking two steps backward, Kikyo glanced back at the door. Did she have to run? Was she so cowardly? 'But do I have any other option?' Her thoughts pondered with admittance. It didn't appear so, but Kikyo wasn't keen on backing down. She would never give up! Ever! The dust demon suddenly unsheathed a giant glowing sword. Kikyo took two slow steps backward, suddenly she dashed out the door. An angry frown appeared on the demon's face, he charged after the priestess.
Kagome's hands had yet to leave Inuyasha's back from inside his robe. The two had been kissing, but Inuyasha, couldn't keep his mind off Kagome's hands. 'What is going on?' he thought. He pulled away a little. "Uh...K-Kagome?" Inuyasha stammered. "Y-you don't have to keep your hands in my robe anymore...." His face was beat red, a small laugh escaped Kagome.
"You're right, it's to warm and sweaty in there...I'd rather..." Kagome trailed off, and Inuyasha was just starting to calm down and his anxiety began fading. Inuyasha felt Kagome's pull her arms out of his robe and he felt as if the weight on his gut had lifted, but it was then she grasp the robe and pulled it open and off his arms. Inuyasha gulped horribly. What on EARTH was she doing? Kagome had been known to tease him, but, this wasn't funny in the slightest. She lay her head on his chest for a moment, but it wasn't long before Kagome began kissing him again. Quickly, Inuyasha pulled away, looking bewildered.
"Kagome, what are you doing?" He asked, looking quite confused. Only a smirk came onto Kagome's face.
"What do you think I'm doing?" Inuyasha looked at her with an aggravated expression for a moment.
"Teasing me...testing me...something like that! Torturing me...making me feel stupid..." Inuyasha said with slight bitterness.
"I'm not. I can see that maybe you might be uncomfortable. You can do the same to me if you like," Kagome replied grin on her face, widening.
"Do WHAT?!" Inuyasha inquired loudly, his face becoming redder. Kagome giggled and pulled Inuyasha closer to her. "Kagome..." Inuyasha said suspiciously, "Are you feeling alright?"
"What do you mean?" She inquired blankly.
"Well, you're either tricking me, or have gone crazy," Inuyasha returned cautiously.
"Why do you say that? I'm perfectly sane. And I'm not tricking you," Kagome told him with a smile and pulled herself closer. Inuyasha backed away a bit looking nervous and unsure. He swallowed the lump in his throat. Kagome leaned in near to him.
"Uh--um--look--you obviously aren't thinking things through--" Inuyasha sputtered desperately, sweating far more than he ought to.
"I've thought a lot about this and I'm ready." Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"Ready?" He croaked.
"Mmm hmm..." Kagome murmured, leaning closer, going in to kiss him. Inuyasha sometimes got almost hypnotized by her sent and right now his eyes couldn't never her...but...still...
"But--" Inuyasha said quickly, trying to snap out of the trance he was in.
"I love you Inuyasha," Kagome intercepted softly, eyes fixed on his, moving even closer.
"I love you, too," Inuyasha replied, trying to shake out of it. And he got his mind finally. He couldn't let Kagome be so reckless. She had been so against this so recently, he had to be sure it was what she truly wanted. "That's why I can't--"
"--deny me," Kagome finished off Inuyasha's sentence. But that wasn't what he was going to say. Inuyasha was totally enraptured in Kagome's eyes now and he himself was leaning closer.
"Right..." Inuyasha returned distractedly, just before their lips met. Inuyasha didn't think much about Kagome not feeling right about it. Their kisses were to fast and involved for him to think of much of anything. He didn't have to, however, Kagome had made her decision. Inuyasha wrapped his arms tightly around Kagome grasping her back. Alike to before Kagome came in closer and closer, nearly smothering Inuyasha, but he didn't care in the least bit, in fact he brought her in even more and almost forgot entirely about breathing and existing whatsoever.
Kagome hoped Inuyasha wouldn't pull away. Ever. Sometimes when she kissed him she truly wondered if he would ever ask her to marry him. Would they be together forever? It was then Kagome felt Inuyasha's hands on her back start to move. She felt his right hand move downward brushing passed the bottom edge of her shirt, and it slipped under it, moving slowly up her back. Kagome's heart skipped a beat when it stopped at her bra strap and with a slight movement of his claw the strap to snapped in half. 'Well I guess I won't be able to wear this bra again,' Kagome thought presently. Suddenly, Inuyasha's hand zipped down out from under Kagome's shirt. And she soon found out why.
"Hello guys!" Came Miroku's voice just after Inuyasha pulled away from Kagome.
"Rotten timing," Inuyasha grumbled far too quiet for Miroku,�� or Sango, who was with him to hear. Kagome looked quite annoyed as well. Miroku opened his mouth to say something, but Sango, tapped his shoulder and motioned him to look out the window. At the time, both Inuyasha and Kagome began kissing again.
As Miroku turned to look out the window he said, "Have you guys seen--" but froze when he saw Kikyo's far away figure being chased by a giant demon. "...never mind..." He finished. Both Sango watched silently for a moment. "They don't have to know..."
"We should make sure they didn't see her," Sango told Miroku.
"Fine, have you guys seen anyone?" Miroku asked, preoccupied with Kikyo falling on her face in the mud and nearly being clobbered by the dust demon. He didn't bother to look at Inuyasha and Kagome who were kissing with extreme emotion.
"Nope," Inuyasha said as he took a breath after a rather long kiss.
"Nothing bad has happened has it?" Sango inquired, also still watching Kikyo with a surprised expression on her face.
"Nope," Inuyasha said again, scarcely hearing what Sango and Miroku were saying.
"Are you sure?" Miroku asked.
"Nope," The two nearly hit a wall, as they were moving around as they kissed. Inuyasha guided Kagome, who was walking backwards, into another room and shut the door behind him.
"What?" Miroku said in surprise he and Sango turning around rapidly to find the two gone. Suddenly they heard a scream and whipped around to see, to their utter astonishment, Koga, of all people, run onto the far off scene they were watching.
"Koga?" The two said at once in confusion. They were only more surprised and amused when Koga picked Kikyo up into his arms and Kikyo quickly began pounding Koga's arm angrily and struggled to get away from him.
"Ironic, isn't it?" Miroku said with big smirk on his face. It was then Koga's men disposed of the demon easily and Koga put Kikyo down. He had her shoulders grasped and planted a big kiss right on Kikyo's mouth. Kikyo's eyes widened in horror and great shock. Miroku and Sango were rolling in peals of laughter.
"Did you see the look on her face!" Sango breathed through her laughs. Miroku wiped tears of laughter from his eyes.
"That was good!" Miroku sighed his laughing dying down. It quickly started up again, however when Kikyo began running in a horrible panic away from Koga and tripped and again fell on her face. The two finally turned away from the window. "Now..." Miroku said with finality ending his guffaws, but he quickly broke into a fit of giggles soon after.
"We had better find Kagome and Inuyasha," Sango remarked, walking forward looking around thoughtfully. She turned around to see Miroku still unable to control his laughing. "Come on!" She cried with scolding. Miroku finally contained himself and stood behind Sango as she opened the door of the room Inuyasha and Kagome had gone in. They went in to discover Kagome's shirt on the floor. Miroku stooped down to pick it up.
"Isn't this Kagome's shirt?" Miroku said.
"Yes," she took Miroku's arm and turned to the door, "perhaps she is changing, we should leave." A smirk came to Miroku's face.
"I don't think we should." Sango hit him over the head. "Ow!" he rubbed it wincing. "I mean--I don't see any other of her clothes lying around. Like that strange under garment she wears under her shirt." Suddenly Kagome's "strange undergarment" or bra hit Miroku in the face. Miroku let it fall into his hands and said, "Huh, there it is." He studied it. Sango hit him over the head again and he dropped it.
"I really think we should leave," Sango told him, without the slightest sign of relenting.
"Wait a sec," Miroku returned grinning, walking forward.
"!hat are you doing?!" She hissed angrily. But the both walked a bit as Sango couldn't stop Miroku from walking. They soon spied a screen. "See! She's behind it! Changing!" She grabbed Miroku's robe and pulled on it, "Now, let's go!" She whispered.
"She's not changing," Miroku's responded his smirk widening by far. Sango gave him a look of doubt and nearly bashed his skull in when he flicked several pebbles at the screen. This caused it to fall.
"Ow!" Came Inuyasha's voice. The screen had fallen on Kagome and him.
"Inuyasha?" Sango said in a perplexed tone. Inuyasha threw the screen off him and looked so red when he saw both Sango and Miroku, someone could have mistook him for a stop sign. He was the only thing covering a topless Kagome, whose eyes quickly fell to the ground and own blushing rivaled Inuyasha's.
"AHA!!!" Miroku shouted triumphantly. "NOW look whose caught RED HANDED!!! Or should I say...RED FACED!!!" Inuyasha and Kagome simply seemed frozen with utter embarrassment and said nothing whatsoever.
"I guess you guys don't have to be jealous anymore," Sango said, a smirk on her face.
"Do you guys have to rub it in?" Kagome inquired, frowning at them.
"Of course," Miroku retuned casually. "Anyhow, I believe it's about time we began preparing for our leave." Both he and Sango turned to leave and walked toward the door. Sango stopped short and Miroku looked curiously back at her.
"You guys might want to get dressed first," Sango said, spitting Inuyasha's words straight back at his face. She couldn't keep the smile off her face. Miroku exploded with laughter.
"Here's your shirt," he told Kagome, tossing her shirt at Inuyasha and her. Inuyasha caught it, looking mortified. Miroku had managed to stop laughing, but soon started up again as he and Sango left the room.