InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Eternal Curse ❯ Education and a Victory ( Chapter 5 )

The Eternal Curse

Chapter Five:

Education and a Victory

A/N: Nothing to say really, gomen. O_o

Disclaimer: Me no own. You no sue.

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He knew he annoyed her. He knew he made her blood boil. He knew she hated his guts. And yet, it made him happy. Even after only one day of knowing her, she already despised him, which meant that she would stay out of his way and would be easy to torture. The only thing left was to challenge her with the TFCs and he would be left completed satisfied.

Almost grinning happily, he went to round up his friend, who was probably spying on some bathing girls, to help him find Kagome and maybe even that other dark-haired girl who was her friend. Miroku seemed to have taken a shine to her, and, it would make it a hell of a lot more interesting.

"AH! HENTAI!"

"Speak of the devil," Inuyasha snickered, as Miroku was thrown from on open door only to skid on the deep red carpets. Shaking his head, he gripped his arm, and yanked him to his feet. "Dang man, what did you do this time?"

"I only wanted to--" He stuttered, rubbing a large pink lump rising from his hair.

"Look, save it. Know where Kagome might be? I gotta ask her something."

"What so you can get a piece of--" *WHACK*

"DON"T BE SUCH A HENTAI!" Inuyasha seethed, hand twitching. "No seriously man, where is she?"

Miroku shrugged.

"Why ask me?"

"You are the only one who keeps personal tabs on all the women in the castle, even after only one day," Inuyasha protested. Miroku rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

"True, but no, I haven't really got the pleasure to get better acquainted to her. That'll be today's highlight!"

"Geez, when will you learn that the world doesn't revolve around women?" he asked irritably, dragging his friend through the hallways. "She's gotta be somewhere. It's late."

"Mm." His friend seemed to have slipped off again, into lala land.

"What's the hell is wrong with you now?" Inuyasha growled with obvious disgust.

"Pretty girl!" His eyes followed Miroku and landed on a girl, smiling and giggling with Sango in a light, short, green dress, her still damp hair hanging in strips like black silk down her shoulders.

"Kagome," he muttered.

"Who's the lech now?" Miroku sneered, jabbing Inuyasha in the ribs. He blushed a deep shade of red, swatting away Miroku's hand, swallowing, and stomped up to her.

"Oh great," she mumbled, turning her back to him.

"Where the hell have you been?" he demanded.

"Here," Kagome answered huffily, spinning to face him, eyes narrowed. "What do you want anyway?"

"I wanted to ask you something." She rolled her eyes, tucking a loose strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Yeah, like what?"

"If you wanted a little challenge. Something to pass the time." Kagome struggled to hide the spark of interest that came up in her eyes.

"Yeah, like what," she said in a monotone voice.

"The TFCs."

"Nani?" He snickered at her priceless, clueless expression.

"Miroku had better explain it." Inuyasha carelessly jabbed a thumb in the direction of his friend who had literally turned into a useless puddle.

"He looks a little. . ."

"Uh. . ."

"What's wrong with him?"

"He melts when he sees pretty girls," Inuyasha explained, shrugging, noticing at once the hopeful shine Kagome got. "Not that you are or anything. He thinks any female is beautiful, as long as she can produce children." Kagome blushed instantly, and tugged at his ear again. She loved the thin, soft, furry, velvety feeling of them and she could caress them all day long, but with the glare Inuyasha was directing towards her, she doubted it, though she hated inflicting punishment through something so cute.

"OW! LET GO!" he whimpered so pitifully, she almost released him.

"Only if you promise not to insult me anymore."

"No. OW!"

"Yes."

"No!. . .OW!"

"YES!"

"NOOOOOOOO!" he hollered. "OW!" He felt as if Kagome was going to permanently detach his ear from his head when her cheeks suddenly heated up again. "W-what?"

"HENTAI!"Sango screeched behind her, whacking Miroku for all he was worth. He moaned, rubbing the throbbing hotspot on his face. Kagome dropped her hand to watch as Sango leapt on him with a battle cry.

"Oh Sango, I didn't know you wanted it like this. Out in the halls. . .with people watching. . ."

"HENTAI!" *SLAP* Kagome winced, as Sango hurriedly got off of him, brushing at her clothes, trying to wipe the furious, bright red blush from her face.

"I guess he won't be coming around till this afternoon." Everyone nodded in unison.

***

Kagome sat in the knee high, grass, distractedly plucking up a blade, watching it flicker away in the wind. She sighed. Whatever the TFCs were she hoped they would be interesting and would cure her boredom.

"Finally." Kagome heard Inuyasha's voice and turned dumbly to see both he and Miroku plop down on the steps.

"So?"

"Oh, yeah right, ahem," he cleared his throat. "The TFCs, more commonly known as The Five Challenges are like a tradition at the Yoshitomi Castle. They are usually a battle between the sexes to determine who is better. There are five different genres. Education, endurance, stealth, weaponry, and temptation. Each is worth a separate amount of points, 10, 10, 10, 10, and 20 which adds up to 60, so you have to win four of the challenges to beat your opponent or win the ones with the most points." He paused to gather his breath, as Sango and Kagome listened raptly.

"The challenges will be further explained if you accept them, and, for fun, and to spice up the competition, we make a bet. So, do you girls accept?" Both looked at each other and nodded happily. Something to cure the horrible, slow-killing disease of boredom.

"Of course!"

"Good, now who do you want to compete against?" His question was directed towards Kagome.

"Inuyasha, of course," she replied, choosing to ignore his arrogant smirk.

"Then I guess I'll go with Miroku."

"And, bets?"

"Miroku, if I win, then you have to stop touching me!" Sango exclaimed, grinning like a maniac. He face-faulted.

"NO FAIR!" he whined, then a totally lecherous look came over his eyes. "And if I win, you have to kiss me!" The color slowly drained from her face.

"K-k-kiss you?" she sputtered. Miroku nodded. Sango gulped. "Then I d-don't intend to loose."

"And if I win," Inuyasha began. "You have to tell me your secret."

"Likewise."

"Now, we all shake." Miroku clung to Sango like a magnet, though Inuyasha and Kagome seemed to have the reverse affect. She just slapped his hand quickly. "Okay, the education is a simple task. Get your parchment and quills ready and write up a quiz to challenge your partner."

Kagome nodded, then grinned at Inuyasha.

"You ready?"

"You bet."

***

There was the furious scribbling of quills in the library and once everyone was finished their quiz, they handed them back to their creators to be graded.

Miroku was done first, then Sango, then Kagome, and finally Inuyasha.

"Okay, scores." Everyone handed him their papers. "Everything reads as follows - I got an 80, Sango an 85, Inuyasha a. . .HAHA!. . .70, and Kagome a. . .100!" Kagome put her hands up defensively as the three glared at her.

"SORRY! His test was too easy!" She got a prompt glare from her male counterpart, but she shrugged him off. "That means, Sango and I WIN! In your face Inuyasha!" He scowled, baring his little fangs at her. For a split second, Kagome thought that was totally kawaii, but dismissed it.

"That means Sango and Kagome get 10 points. Man, we suck."

"So what? Just cause a little wench is smarter than me don't mean that she's gonna win the next contests. You just got lucky!"

"Riii~iiiight," she said slyly. His face turned a couple shades of red and he was clenching his fists in obvious irritation. ~Ha, Inuyasha, that's what you get for teasing me!~

"Break it up people," Miroku butted in, crumpling up their tests and disposing them in the nearest waste basket. "The next test - stealth, will take place tomorrow at noon. The rules will be explained then."

***

"You know Kagome. . .I think he likes you!" Sango added thoughtfully, while running a comb through her hair. Her friend sighed.

"Yeah right! That jerk! I hate him and he hates me, end of story!"

"But, he gives you so much attention!" she protested.

"So does Miroku!" Kagome replied, voice dripping with sarcasm. She knew Sango blushed at this comment.

"He's just a stupid lech!" Sango cried, hitting a snag in her hair.

"OW!" Kagome moaned, yanking one abused lock from her friend's unsteady hands. "Besides, he wants to make my life living hell. You can tell when you look at his retarded smirk!"

"Oh, it's probably just some front. Guys our age haven't come to the castle since Hojo, and that was a few years back. A shame that didn't work out."

"The whole pre-marriage crap!" she cried, snatching the comb from Sango and guiding it over her glistening black hair. "I want to pick out my own guy! I want to actually fall in love! Then we'll have a beautiful wedding and a romantic honeymoon and then Mama wouldn't bug me so much!"

"You have a point. Love is a much better bases for a marriage." Kagome nodded.

"At first I thought Mama wanted me to marry Inuyasha but she just said that she wanted us to be close friends since we are more alike that we think! I still think she wants us to get 'closer'."

"Oh, don't be so depressed Kagome!" Sango said cheerily, patting her on the shoulder. "You guys could be good friends, you know."

"Thanks Sango. It's getting late. I want to turn it. You are welcomed to sleep in here as well."

"Gomen, but I'll have to decline. Miroku sleeps awfully close to my room and I want to guard it."

"But won't you be further away if you stay here?" she questioned.

"I don't want that hentai popping out of the shadows to cop a feel of--" Her friend blushed again. "Well, g'night Kagome! I wish you the best of luck with your. . .erm. . .problem."

"Arigato!"

"Good night."

"Good night."

***

It had been a few hours since Miroku had left and the little screams that Kagome made were keeping him wide awake.

"What the hell are you doing in there?" Inuyasha screamed, banging against the wall. She growled and he backed off, returning to his bed and slipping under the covers. "Well, once I win the TFCs, I'm gonna find out what she's doing in there. Princesses don't normally trash their rooms and stuff like that." With a smug grin on his face, he fell asleep.

~*Sorry, this chapter is much shorter than the other ones but I've got a sequel I'm working on plus a few other chapters to different stories. So, if you can, try to read the other ones, I'd be really grateful and it would help me a lot. Remember to review. Arigato! Aloha*~

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