InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Eternal Curse ❯ Endurance and One BIG Adventure! ( Chapter 8 )

The Eternal Curse

Chapter Eight:

Endurance and One BIG Adventure!

A/N:Nothing to say. O_o

Disclaimer: The usual. Me no own. So you no sue.

WARNING: Miroku is especially perverted in this chapter.

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"Kagome-chan?" Sango whispered, sneaking into her friend's dark room. "Kagome-chan?"

"Sango-chan," she murmured, looking up from her spot on the bed. She mopped her watery eyes with the back of her sleeve. "I'm sorry I'm crying!" Sango scrounged for the matchbox that always sat on her nightstand and lit a candle. From the flickering light of it, she saw Kagome's bedraggled face and a large, deep, bloody gnash on the side of her face.

"Oi, Inuyasha did this?" she cried angrily, eyes scanning her cheek over and over. Kagome nodded miserably.

"Yeah, and he didn't even care!" she sobbed. "I mean, I know we don't like each other, but this!"

"Sssssh, don't cry. Everything is going to be alright," she murmured, cradling the younger girl against her. "I have to go get some disinfectant and bandages, okay?" She nodded again and gulped, swiping some of her tussled hair from her face.

"But hurry Sango-chan, it hurts!" she whined as her friend dashed away. "Badly." Kagome gently ran her hand down her cheek, coating her fingers in her own blood. It stung. She winced. "It's not like I'm emotionally attached, but…ow! The only thing that hurts worse is at night when I-" Kagome was interrupted by Sango coming back, face red, panting, carrying the supplies. She sat next to her on the bed, dipped a cloth in disinfectant and grimaced.

"Look, this is going to hurt a little bit," she said apologetically, as she wiped the cut.

"OW!" she yelped, more tears collecting in her eyes. "OW!"

"Sssssh, it'll all be over soon and you'll be pretty again."

"With this big patch on my face!" she moaned, wincing once more, a few stray tears sliding down her cheeks.

"You should get Inuyasha to apologize," Sango interrupted, as she unrolled some white bandages.

"He won't. He hates me. Everyone hates me."

"I don't, Kagome-chan," she whispered and she finished. Okay, she wasn't a Healer, because the patch was sloppily done and was still stained with her blood. "Look, it's not the best but…"

"That's okay, arigato, Sango-chan," she muttered as she gingerly touched her wrap. Does he hate me this much!? I know I was kinda almost romantically interested in him at first, and we didn't even get off to a good start! Looks sure can be deceiving. He always hated me. Everyone boy who comes in contact hates me. I am bound to die a long, slow death from old age, hunched and alone.

She sighed loudly again, looking at her walls hard, as if she wished she had x-ray vision, because she knew, if her calculations where correct, that he was on the other side, listening intently. You know what, Inuyasha? You can go to hell. I hate you.

***

That night at dinner was a close call.

"Oh my Kagome!" Koi cried, jabbing a finger at her scraped cheek in horror. "What happened? Who did this to you! WHY? My baby! Pain! My baby. PAI-"

"Mom, onegai," Kagome muttered, shaking her head, hiding her blush.

"Gomen, but who did this to you?" Inuyasha instantly looked up at her, from his place at her side and she turned to looked at him coolly, lividly. Her eyes portrayed nothing of her intense anger, but his were desperate, pleading, begging: PLEASE DON'T TELL! "Kagome?"

"Nothing Mama. I uh…tripped when I was walking the dogs. You know how clumsy I am!" she replied cheerily, smiling at her, growling when she heard Inuyasha exhale(he had been holding his breath). "Now, if you don't mind, I have to go prepare for tonight." As she quickly walked by him, she gave her him a quick glare before she stomped away. Koi leaned over the table.

"You know Inuyasha," she whispered to her dog-eared guest. "I think she likes you."

***

Miroku had insisted that they wait a while before they continue the TFCs because of Kagome's little incident, but she would hear none of it, and she insisted that they continue.

"Okay, this is one of the more complicated tasks, but we are saving the best for last. In this, we just have to hike all the way up to Mt. Fuji - only a few miles away, and whoever is the best off receives ten points."

"Shouldn't we make it 20?" Kagome asked. "That's a lot of work!"

"Ah, but that is for the last task - temptation."

"And what's temptation?"

"That," Miroku began mysteriously. "you fill find out later, but you have my word, it is my favorite challenge." Sango and Kagome blushed, thinking the same thing: If he likes it, this CANNOT be good!

Their bags were packed in a matter of hours, Queen Higurashi kept bawling at the top of her lungs, and Miroku was having problems the map.

"Sssssh Mama! It'll only take a few days at most if we travel fast and we'll be back before you even miss us!"

"But who will protect you?" Koi screamed, trying to blot away her tears with a dripping wet handkerchief.

"We will, my Queen!" Miroku butted in, grinning at Sango. Kagome just turned her back to Inuyasha who had a huge question mark popping over his head.

***

The plan was simple. They would stay on the main roads, camp out in the woods, defeat any perils that came their way, and arrive at Mt. Fuji before going back again. Whoever wasn't moaning or groaning in pain was the winner.

"Oi, Sango-chan. This isn't good!" Kagome whispered. "I mean, they're guys and Inuyasha is a hanyou."

"Don't worry, Kagome-chan. I plan on losing."

"NANI?"

"Be quiet!" she hissed, covering her mouth quickly. "I am already beating Miroku and I know for a fact that I am going to win. Because, I won at weapons and education plus, I know I am going to be good with temptation, that that gives me forty points, if I gain fifty, Miroku will have to scrounge any ounce of dignity that he has left from the ground. I don't want to be that cruel." Kagome elbowed Sango in the ribs.

"Ohhhh, I get it now, Sango-chan. You like Miroku!"

"DO NOT!"

"Do to."

"DO NOT!"

"Do to."

"DO NOOOOOOOOOOT!"

"Do to."

"THEN WHAT ABOUT INUYASHA?" At her loud comment, both boys turned around and their gazes flew to the ground as they both blushed.

"Shut up!" Kagome hissed until the guys finally continued to talk about who knows what.

"But I thought you liked him! You seemed a little jeal-"

"I was not jealous!" she growled as she pointed forcefully at her bandages. "If he cared so much he wouldn't have done this or at least he would have apologized!"

"Kagome-chan, you know you are healed."

"Yeah, I know, but…but…" she stuttered. "I was hoping that if I kept it on long enough he may feel remorse-OW!" Sango had ripped off the patch, to reveal the smooth, creamy skin underneath.

"See? He won't fall for it, gomen, Kagome-chan."

"Damn! Sango-chan, that hurt!"

"Your mother would die to hear that!"

"But you ripped it off!" she protested.

"Anyway," Sango started, completely ignoring her. "When are you going to let him know?"

"Know what?" Maybe she played the clueless gag Sango would-

"Oh, don't play dumb, Kagome-chan!" she cried sarcastically. "I can see where your relationship is going. You need to tell him. He has a right."

"What right! What relationship!" she screeched, causing the boys to turn around again and stare. She lowered her voice. "Gomen, Sango-chan, but nothing is going on between us, nothing! I mean, every time you try to talk to the guy, he starts a fight!"

"Not with me."

"So that proves it! He hates me with every inch of his soul and I hate him back! And I didn't even do anything to him! Hey, maybe a week ago, I would have practically pounced on a chance to get a guy like him, but now…" Her sentence hung in the air. "I don't. We never had a chance with each other. Plus, once I win, I am gonna find out one of his best secrets, then maybe we can call on a truce."

"And if he wins?"

"I'll lie," she answered truthfully. "He hasn't a right."

"But you agreed to it! You're not the Kagome I know."

"But Sango-chan!" she protested. "Why should I tell him? So that he can laugh and scorn and hate me even more? I'll just tell him I got my period early or something." Sango blushed.

"But that's…that's personal!" she yelled.

"Better than what I was gonna tell him."

***

It was dark. They had just finished dinner under the stars and everything was peaceful.

"You know, we made amazing progress today, everyone. I am beginning to think that this trip won't take as long as we anticipated." Kagome nodded dumbly as she squinted at the crackling flames by her feet.

"Alright." She could feeling Inuyasha's eyes burning holes into her, but she only squirmed uncomfortably. He probably heard every bit of what I said she thought sadly, cupping her cheek with her hand as she sighed.

"Well, I guess it is time to turn in," Inuyasha murmured, breaking Kagome from her daze. She started at him, his eyes were illuminated by the firelight, his hair glinting as it was washed with silver from the moon. He's so cute. KYAAAAA! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM! Look, I'm tired. That's it. Tired, so tired that I am delusional. Kagome and Sango bid the boys goodnight and went to bed.

***

"Another boring day out on the road," Inuyasha yawned as he stretched, though he failed to notice a certain someone was watching him critically. "Why can't we take shortcuts in the forest."

"Because it's dangerous!" came her sharp reply. She was glaring at him, again, growling, again, fuming, again. He sighed. What did I do this time? It's only morning. Maybe she's still mad about the whole sword-cut thing. Naw. The bitch seems to heal over well, and speaking of that…when I looked at her earlier, her cheek was healed! I've never seen anyone, well humanat least heal like that. Probably cause she's got royal blood. Keh! Why am I worrying about her so much? Time to get started.

The girls were in front this time, giggling about stupid stuff and Miroku's gaze seemed to be permanently attached to Sango's ass. *WHAM*

"You're such a perv!" Inuyasha muttered, shaking his head.

"But it's my hobby!" he moaned, massaging the lump sprouting from his hair. "Besides, I did see you staring at Kagome earlier." He blushed.

"Did not!" *WHAM*

"But-"

"Save it! At least I didn't peek on the girls when they were bathing this morning!"

"Yeah, they were like angels-"

"Shut up!"

"With their wet hair flowing down their backs."

"STOP! I'M NOT LISTENING!"

"Sango's a little thicker than Kagome but…Kagome has better ti-" (Naughty, Naughty. -_-* That's why I rated it PG-13) Inuyasha's face had turned beat red and a sickening *SLAM* was heard and a minor earthquake. A blushing, fuming hanyou stood over top on an unconscious monk, with swirly eyes.

The day was nice. The sun shimmered overhead, the breeze was cool and rustled the grass. She was aware he was staring at her again and in some kind of way, it felt good. Hey, maybe I can forgive him!

***

A few days later, everything seemed to be going downhill. Kagome and Sango missed their beds, the gargantuan castle, the marble baths, civil food. Inuyasha was fed up with their complaining, though Miroku was off somewhere as he continued to stare at the older girl.

"Why don't you just go and ask her out man?" Inuyasha asked, shaking his head.

"Because she would say no!" Miroku cried defensively.

"You'll never know if you don't ask," he pointed out, shoving him up to her. Miroku stumbled, and his hands immediately gripped her ass to break his fall. They both fell and he landed on top of her. Sango blushed.

"Nice position, eh Sango?"

"HUH?" she yelled, and suddenly… *SLAP* "HENTAI!" He fell into a crumpled heap at her feet. "Let's go Kagome."

"Geez man, I said ask her out, not grope her!" Inuyasha growled, prodding the lump at his feet. Before Miroku could mumble a complaint he heard Kagome shriek.

"LOOK IT'S FUJI MOUNTAIN!" Miroku and Inuyasha were up there in a flash, as they looked at the tall mountain out shadowing the trees. "Sugoi! It's beautiful!"

"Then we shall rest here for tonight."

***

Kagome had insisted that they find a small cave for her, though would not tell why(*hint* *hint* And if you get what I'm talking about, e-mail me instead, I don't want you to ruin the stories for others!) Sango shoved the boys outside and made a door out of the bark from a tree.

During the night, he smelled blood, Kagome's blood and little screams that made his ears flatten against his skull.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?" Inuyasha yelled.

"N-Nothing, go back to sleep Inuyasha," came her voice, but it seemed different more…seductive. It made him shiver. Her scent had changed slightly. Was she in heat? No, though, instead of her scent being mild, it saturated the air, and made him growl in confusion. What in the hell is wrong with her? I gotta win to find out why she smells so good… (Insert blush here)

***

It was the next day, they picking their way back up to the castle. It was obvious who was going to win, because Kagome and Sango looked tired and frazzled, though Inuyasha and Miroku were perfectly fine.

"I guess that's ten more points for me!"

"SHUT UP!" Her voice had went back to normal, and it had gained its usual irritation, though it made him smile. Getting under her skin always brightened his day.

After a few more sleepless hours of walking through the dirt path, the castle came back in view.

"MY HOME!" Kagome cried, tears in her eyes. "HURRAY!"

They had a royal banquet in their honor but Kagome, who was tired, wanted to turn in early, began to get up from the table, when suddenly Inuyasha caught her arm. She blushed.

"What do you want?" His eyes twinkled, making her gulp again.

"You're tired. So is Sango. Looks like we win." Kagome scowled, snatching herself away from him, trying to calm her beating heart.

"Whatever," she grumbled and walked off huffily. "At this rate, I'm going to have to win temptation to tie and I don't like the sound of that! To me it sounds more like seduction!"

Well it's not really a cliffy, but hey, it just turned out that way. *shudders* I HATE rhyming. Anyway, I am off to work on my other stories. Sorry for Miroku's perverted comments. Aloha!