InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Miko Jumped Over the Moon ❯ Goose! ( Chapter 3 )

“And that's a dog.” Kagome pointed at her drawing of a dog. Inuyasha gurgled happily. “What noise does a dog make?”

Sesshoumaru, who was sat against a tree, growled in frustration. They had been at this all day and the pup had done nothing more than try and eat his feet a few times. He supposed it was better than when he tried to eat Jaken, the small toad always came running to him when the Hanyou used him as a chew toy, as if Sesshoumaru was going to help him.

Kagome chuckled. “That, Inu-chan, is the noise a dog makes when it's angry” she pulled and angry face at Inuyasha who looked at her in horror. She giggled and hugged him tightly before he could cry.

“This one is not angry,” Sesshoumaru stated. “Merely frustrated with the tedious nature of the exercise.”

It had been nearly two months since Inuyasha's initial cursing and they were all becoming somewhat accustomed to normal everyday life. The demons that came for them were few and far between, they weren't hunting for any shards and Naraku was all but silent. It was a peaceful reprieve that they all felt grateful for.

Sesshoumaru, much to his ire, could not even say he was discontent to stay in one place for such a long duration of time. Normally a wanderer and a travelling soul he was often restless after staying in a place for too long. In that sense he was glad that as a demon he was not required to live inside a shelter until he found a mate. Then he would have to settle down into a permanent residence, he repressed a shudder merely thinking about it.

“He has to learn” Kagome smiled happily. It seemed that since Inuyasha had been cursed all she could do was smile; she preferred this version of her best friend, even if it was selfish, he was happier and she was actually managing to establish some kind of relationship with Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha would never have allowed it.

Yes, she was happy. And if Inuyasha came out of this curse more mature than when he had started then it was just another bonus.

“He already knows all this Miko,” Sesshoumaru huffed in annoyance. “he has grown up once”

She scowled at him and stuck her tongue out. “This, Inuyasha, is a duck.”

“A duck?” Sesshoumaru asked raising a regal eyebrow.

“Yeah.” Kagome was defensive, “So what?”

“It looks like a goose.” he stated bluntly.

“How can you even tell?” she asked wrinkling her nose at him.

“A duck is a duck,” he sighed and glared at the blue sky. “and a goose is a different matter entirely.”

“I'd like to see you draw a five minute sketch of a duck and have it be perfect.” she retorted folding her arms and sticking her chin in the air haughtily.

“Is that a challenge?” his eyes glinted dangerously.

Kagome took a moment to consider her hasty words. This was Sesshoumaru, perfectionist extraordinaire, the one person guaranteed to never back down from a challenge, and she had challenged him to draw an anatomically correct duck.

It was many levels of bizarre.

The ridiculousness of the situation finally caught up with her and Kagome snickered. “No, I believe you, it's a goose”

Was it just her or did a spark of disappointment flare in his eyes when she called off the challenge? “Unless you really want to draw a duck” she cajoled.

Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Rin came back from gathering supplies in the village to find a most peculiar sight.

Inuyasha was eating a daisy, which was weird in its own right.

But, stranger still, Kagome and Sesshoumaru were sat, practically in each other's laps, arguing about ducks and geese whilst waving sketches at each other.

“Kagome-sama?” Miroku enquired.

“Kagome-chan, what are you doing?” Sango was bewildered and Shippo shared in the same confused expression.

When Sango cleared her throat (for the fourth time) they seemed to realise they were no longer alone and pulled away from each other slightly. Kagome looked sheepish; Sesshoumaru just looked cool and collected, as always.

Kagome and Inuyasha settled down across the camp from Sesshoumaru with Rin and Shippo. They had taken to all sleeping together in Kagome's sleeping bag. How they all managed to fit was anyone's guess.

Shippo curled into a ball around her head, Inuyasha caged in her soft motherly arms and Rin slept with her forehead pressed to the miko's back, a hand entwined with her long ebony locks. It seemed all of the children found comfort in the miko; they treated her as if she was their mother and she treated them as her children.

His ward benefitted from her care and attention; not matter how much he cared for the child he would never be as competent at showing his emotions as Kagome was. Nor was he sure he would be comfortable showering her with affection in the same way that Kagome did.

He enjoyed teasing the Miko, it was his new favourite hobby. In the two months that had passed it was one past time he used to occupy himself. And truly, it was incredibly amusing to tease the feisty little Miko. He'd never known another woman quite like her.

Each new reaction to his teasing made him want to push her more... he wondered how she would respond to a different, more intimate, form of teasing.

Those thoughts were quickly dismissed, after all he was Taiyokai and she was ningen, such things were impossible. Definitely.

As the camp fell silent and most had succumbed to the lull of sleep the Taiyokai spoke his wicked, taunting words to the slumbering miko.

“Goose”

Kagome growled in her sleep and his golden eyes glowed with mirth in the darkness.

A/N: I don't own Inuyasha.