InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sometimes a Fish is Just a Fish ❯ Sometimes It's Just Better to Get Caught ( Chapter 2 )

I do not own Inuyasha and Company, no matter how happy it would make me. Rumiko Takahashi does.

Written for Feudal Tales Week 9 - Prompt 1

 

 

 

Shippo scampered along the forest floor, happily gathering acorns. He grinned mischievously. The ones he'd found today would work wonderfully to play a brilliant trick on that baka Inuyasha.

 

Giggling at the thought of what pranks he would pull on the hanyou, he jumped over a log and ran face first into something hard.

 

Looking up he gulped when he saw what or rather whom he'd run into. Of all the beings in the forest why did he have to run into this one? Did the Kami's hate him?

 

One thing was for sure; none of his tricks would help him now.

 

Seeing a flash of movement in the background and then recognizing the figure in the distance, Shippo's eyes widened in fear. He had to get help! Deciding it was his one and only chance, the little kitsune turned tail and ran.

 

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“Where the fuck is the wench?” Inuyasha yelled in frustration. “Damn it I'm tired of fucking waiting for her! What the hell is she doing?”

 

“Inuyasha, I've told you. She is taking a bath.” There was an uncomfortable pause as Miroku searched his mind. She was taking too long and he knew he couldn't keep Inuyasha from going after her much longer. “She somehow got tree sap in her hair… and you know how she likes to be clean. Maybe that's what's keeping her.”

 

Sango shot the monk a sideways glance. He was absolutely full of shit, but she wasn't going to call him on it. If he was making excuses for Kagome then it was important enough for her to keep her mouth shut. Looking up at Inuyasha she couldn't help but wonder why he hadn't figured it out himself. He could usually tell when someone was lying. Why was he so worked up and impatient?

 

“This is the third fuckin' day that I've had to sit and wait for her! There is no way she's just taking a bath.” Angry golden eyes focused on Miroku. “What else is she doing, Miroku? You're covering for her. You must know what it is.”

 

“Umm…” Miroku hummed to himself while scrambling for some kind of believable answer. “Well, you know how she likes her baths. Maybe she just needs a little more time to relax.”

 

“Relax? When she comes back she looks way past relaxed! She can barely stand up! That's not from a bath!” The more the hanyou thought about it the more suspicious he became. She never used to take this long and when she did it was because she'd somehow gotten herself into trouble. He hadn't had to rush in to save her for over a week and he was beginning to feel like she didn't need him, and if she didn't need him then it was only a matter of time before she realized it and left him behind. If she was going to leave him he wanted to know.

 

Right as the hanyou's mouth opened to yell again Shippo came skidding into the clearing, moving so fast he would have landed in the fire if Inuyasha hadn't caught him by the tail. Not even taking notice of the fact that he was hanging upside-down, the kit launched into his frantic chattering. “He… he was watching her! He was watching her and she didn't know it! Kagome's in trouble! He saw me and I thought for sure he'd chase me but he didn't! Inuyasha, we have to go protect her from him!”

 

Inuyasha tossed Shippo to Miroku before dashing out of the clearing, using his nose to follow Shippo's path.

 

“Who was watching Kagome, Shippo?” Miroku asked in a voice that was far too calm in Sango's opinion. He hadn't even stood up yet and she had her weapon slung across her shoulder a full minute ago!

 

“Does it matter who it is?” Sango asked anxiously. “Kagome's in trouble!”

 

Miroku ignored her and shook Shippo gently. “Who, Shippo?”

 

“K… K… Ko… Kouga! He was watching her in the hot spring and she didn't know he was there!”

 

“Well, Kagome wasn't in trouble… but Kouga is and Inuyasha will be in a minute,” Miroku said before standing up.

 

“What does that mean, Miroku?” Sango asked as she walked beside him, Shippo and Kirara following close behind.

 

“Kagome wasn't alone out there.” When Sango made a noise of protest he silenced her by lifting a hand. “Kagome has been seeing Sesshoumaru secretly for a while now.”

 

Sango's eyes almost popped out of her head before she took off at full speed, following the mini-trail of destruction Inuyasha left behind. Miroku sighed before picking up Shippo and running after her. He knew this wouldn't end well.

 

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Kagome sighed before dunking her head underwater to rinse out the conditioner. When she broke the surface Sesshoumaru had a small frown on his face and his eyes flashed red. “Do not move,” he growled before jumping to the shore. Even as worried as she was, she couldn't help but admire his body before it disappeared into the trees.

 

She was startled when Inuyasha burst into the clearing, sword drawn and ready. “Inuyasha?” she asked nervously. Did he know? Did Miroku tell? Was that why Sesshoumaru left? His clothes were still sitting right there!

 

“Where is he? I'll kill him!”

 

“Whe… where's who?” Seconds later Sango, a battle-ready Kirara, and then Miroku with Shippo on his shoulder broke through the brush. Kagome locked eyes with Miroku in question and was more than surprised when he mouthed `Kouga' at the same time as Inuyasha yelled.

 

“Come out and face me you fuckin' pervert wolf! I'll kill you!”

 

“Kouga?” Kagome asked in a shrill voice. Her eyes darted from Sesshoumaru's things to Miroku and back and while Inuyasha ranted and raved Shippo dashed past him, moving the taiyoukai's things out of sight. Sango just stood there looking around like she was expecting someone to come into sight at any minute.

 

Miroku looked around and smirked. “Yes, it seems Shippo caught Kouga watching you bathe.”

 

Finally Inuyasha put away his sword and turned back to Kagome who was doing her best to stay hidden in the water. “Come on, wench. Get out. It's not safe here with the wolf hanging around.”

 

“Inuyasha! I'm naked!” she yelled and the hanyou's ears flattened to his skull.

 

“Well then get dressed!” Miroku shook his head and moved to drag Inuyasha away but the hanyou wasn't having it. Finally she'd needed him to save her again and he was going to make sure she knew it! “No, damn it! I'm not leaving her here!”

 

“Sango will stay with Lady Kagome while she dresses, but we have to give her some privacy,” he tried to convince the stubborn hanyou to no avail.

 

“Inuyasha, don't make me say it!” Kagome yelled and Inuyasha didn't need to be told twice, leaving the clearing almost as fast as he'd entered, Miroku and Shippo following after. Sango sat at the edge of the spring near her friend and smiled. “You know, don't you?”

 

“Well, if I didn't before we got here, the clothes would have done it. Miroku told Shippo and I. Where… where is he?”

 

Kagome blushed. “After Kouga probably.”

 

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They were about halfway between the spring and their camp when Inuyasha froze before taking off to the right. Miroku sighed but followed and they were both rather shocked when they found a very naked Sesshoumaru with his hand wrapped around the wolf prince's neck. Inuyasha broke out in hysterical laughter and Miroku lifted a brow at the taiyoukai before dragging the hanyou away. Miroku silently thanked the Kami's that Sesshoumaru was still teaching Kouga his `lesson' or his good friend would already be dead for laughing.

 

When they reached their camp Inuyasha finally regained a little bit of control only to break down again as he tried to speak. “I always suspected… he's so damn prissy! Oh, that was a once in a lifetime thing! I'm so fuckin' glad I didn't miss it!”

 

Miroku shook his head at his poor brain-dead hanyou friend. How could he not see a naked Sesshoumaru attacking Kouga who'd just been peeping on a naked Kagome as anything other than a good laugh? He often wondered how Inuyasha had survived as long as he had. He was absolutely clueless sometimes.

 

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When Sesshoumaru finally returned, Kouga satisfactorily dealt with, Kagome was dressed and Sango was on her way back to camp. “You okay?” she asked as she saw his disheveled hair and slumped shoulders.

 

“We need to tell your pack. This Sesshoumaru can not suffer another indignity as this.”

 

“Everyone but Inuyasha knows… what indignity?”

 

Sesshoumaru pulled her into his arms. “You will not laugh,” he said stiffly while he buried his nose in her hair. When she nodded her agreement he continued. “The hanyou, monk, and kit found this Sesshoumaru in… this state… with the wolf.”

 

When her shoulders started shaking he growled softly at her in frustration. “I'm sorry, really I am. Would you rather they found us together in the spring?”

 

“Yes, yes I would.”

 

Kagome kissed him softly and smiled. “Maybe next time…”