InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Perfect Standoff ❯ Chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

I don't own Inuyasha or any Other Characters either excluding the ones I create.
 
Chapter 3:
 
Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, and Shippo all sat down around the cooking fire. Kaede had been preparing a meal for the last hour or so. The hut had been a little crowded for cooking while Miroku had been punishing him. Kaede had muttered and grumbled about needing to stew some herbs. Apparently the village's supply of “something or other”, as Inuyasha had put it, had just about run dry. Sango poked the fire with a stick, sending sparks floating up and out of the hut. She looked out the door in disgust. Miroku's moans and groans drifted through the door almost incessantly. Inuyasha knew what Miroku was up to. Sango's not going to put up with this much longer. He thought, and she won't untie you either. She'll probably just cut out your tongue, Miroku. You could save yourself a lot of pain if you shut up now, rather than when Sango does it for you. Sango shut her eyes tight for a few moments, and then stood up. Her sandals clunked on the wood floor. Miroku let loose a fresh wave of groans. ”Doesn't take a lot of encouragement, does he?” Kagome commented. Inuyasha nodded. Sango walked toward the door, and Inuyasha scooted out of her way. He felt no need to be killed by a pissed-off demon-slayer. Sango pulled a thick gray green rope out of her sleeve. It looked like there were bite marks in the middle.
 
Sango had an evil grin on her face as she stepped outside. “Miroku,” Sango called sweetly, “open your mouth and I'll give you something for the pain.”
 
Inuyasha smirked, “What a dumb-shit,” Inuyasha whispered to Kagome, “he is so fucked if he opens his mouth.” He chuckled, his ears turning to face the door where the sounds of a small war were coming from. In reality it was just Sango forcing the rope into the small space between Miroku's jaws.
 
“Inuyasha,” Kagome looked at him in revulsion, “how can you be so twisted.”
 
“Easy,” he said, his eyes not opening while he tried to picture the battle between Sango and Miroku, “I wanted to do this myself, but…” he paused and listened to a particularly violent out burst, “Sango would have killed me if I slapped him stupid, or if I were to…” he paused, looking at Kagome, a sick smirk crossing his face, “give him some thing to complain about.”
 
“Inuyasha,” Kagome looked at him, trying her best to look shocked. She failed in both counts, because she had gone and embarrassed herself, again. Damn, I love the way he thinks. I wonder what he would do if I kissed him. She paled, great… now what am I supposed to do. Fantasizing like this. Blushing as a more vivid fantasy paused between her ears. Crap.
 
“What's up with you?” Inuyasha looked at her, puzzled.
 
“Nothing.” She was lying through her teeth now. No, I can't think about him like that. He's a friend and nothing more.
 
Why not? A voice in her head asked, it sounded a little like Inuyasha…like someone, or something, was trying to sound like him. Come on, Its ok to think like that.
 
It is not ok. She was blushing, and hoping that the voice couldn't see it.
 
Yes it is.
 
“NO IT ISN'T” she shouted, “ITS NOT RIGHT TO THINK ABOUT HIM LIKE THAT!” Inuyasha turned to look at her, his face slowly turning dark red. Kagome squeaked, also blushing dark red, “Did I just say…say that out-loud?” her ability to speak dissipating. Oh, shit…
 
Inuyasha jaw started to move a little before he caught it. Turning back around he buried Kagome's out burst by concentrating extra hard on the commotion outside.
 
The next several minutes passed in an uneasy silence. Inuyasha kept trying to concentrate on the battle between Sango and Miroku. He wasn't doing a very good job. His ears kept turning to face her, and several times she caught him looking at him. Kagome was relieved when Sango came back in from her failed attempts at gagging Miroku.
 
”So, what are we going to do about Naraku.” Sango looked from one to another. She looked at Kagome, “Did you two have another fight while I was out side?”
 
“No,” Kagome answered quickly.
 
“So what happened?” Sango continued, still looking from Kagome to Inuyasha and back. Kagome didn't feel like answering, and she didn't look like she was going to answer any hour soon. Sango crossed the floor and sat down where she could see them both. “Inuyasha, what happened?”
 
“Feh.” Inuyasha turned away, but not so far that he couldn't see Kagome. “I'm going to go talk to the monk.”
 
Sango watched as Kagome's eyes followed him out the door. Sighing Kagome crossed the hut after he left and sat next to Sango. Sango put a hand on Kagome's and whispered, “Its ok you can tell me.” Kagome grinned and giggled, “I can't stop thinking about him, not since we came back anyway.” She buried her face in her knees, blushing violently.
 
“Sango,” she asked when she had recovered enough to look at Sango, “Do you ever think about Miroku…”
 
“Yeah, its hard not to. Especially since he gropes me all the time.” Sango grinned at the ceiling.
 
“No, not like that!' Kagome was feeling light headed, “you know the other kind of think about him.” Sango caught the `you-know-wink-wink-nudge-nudge' look.
 
“Well…umm…I suppose so.” Sango blushed a little, at least until Kagome giggled. “Not very much though.” She said quickly burring her burning face in her hands. “What about you and `Inuyasha',”she said taunting Kagome.
 
“Maybe…just a little,” Kagome, said in a small voice. She was so quiet that Sango almost didn't catch the `lot' Kagome had tried to hide.
 
Now it was Sango's turn to giggle.
 
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-Meanwhile—outside-
 
Inuyasha shuffled outside and walked around the hut toward where Miroku was still lashed to the post. Inuyasha noticed that he had gotten his legs and head free. He stopped wriggling for a moment to see who was coming. “Hey Inuyasha,” Miroku resumed his wriggling, trying to free himself, “mind lending a claw with these.” He said, indicating the ropes as best he could with his head.
 
Inuyasha leaned against the post cutting the cords one by one. After a moment, Miroku pulled free of the last strands. “So,” Miroku said rubbing his wrists to help restore circulation, “what are you out here for?” Inuyasha chuckled and shook his head.
 
“I don't want to have to look at Kagome right now.” He walked toward the hill behind the hut, motioning for Miroku to follow. They walked in silence for a minute or two before Inuyasha found a suitable tree. He jumped up and sat down on one of the lower branches, back against the trunk. Miroku sighed, taking a seat on the ground, scooting around he found a comfortable spot on the opposite side of the tree from Inuyasha's branch.
 
Leaning his head back against the trunk Miroku asked the presumed obvious, “Another fight?”
 
“No,” Inuyasha closed his eyes, resting his chin on one knee, the other dangling limply down toward the ground, “it was what she said.”
 
“What'd she say this time?”
 
“That its not right to think about me like something,” Inuyasha's head slipped off his knee, so he pulled it back up and rested it back against the tree's trunk. “What do you think she meant by that?”
 
Miroku laughed at Inuyasha's thickheaded question. “Isn't it obvious what she was thinking? Holy shit!” he muttered a brief apology to Buddha, “She was thinking about you in dirty ways.”
 
“No she wasn't.” Inuyasha countered, choking on laughter, “she isn't capable of something like that.”
 
“You'd be surprised,” Miroku was suddenly very serious, “why just the other night she said your name in her sleep.”
 
“She did not.”
 
“She did too.” Miroku voice was almost pleading now.
 
“I would have heard her.”
 
“Not if you weren't sleeping in a tree.”
 
“And what if I was.”
 
“Then you couldn't have heard it.”
 
Inuyasha “feh'd” recognizing that Miroku was right. He's right, but still how would he know? He looked down at Miroku, who grinned a `victory grin.' Wait a sec… “Miroku,” Inuyasha was going to try to worm it out of him, if not he'd kill him. Better yet, I'll tell Sango that Miroku `did' things at night, how would you know?
 
“I couldn't sleep.” Miroku calmly replied, “why?”
 
Inuyasha sniffed the air, checking Miroku's scent. Not nervous, probably not worth looking into. *Sigh* “never mind” Inuyasha slid off the branch and walked back toward the village. Come on, monk. We're going after Naraku tomorrow.”
 
Miroku grunted as he stood up, whether from pain or in reply he wasn't sure. They had to leave soon, or else Naraku would end up laying another trap for them.
 
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-Sessomaru, Jaken, Rin, Ah-Un, Kagura, and Kanna-
 
“Sessomaru!” Kagura picked herself up. Sessomaru looked over his shoulder toward the two sisters, “We are free, thanks to you,” Kagura bowed, “how can we thank you?”
 
Sessomaru turned to face them saying, “Leave, before I kill you…and take that jewel shard to the miko and my half brother.” His voice was full of contempt, “I have no use for it.” With that, he turned and left seeking out Jaken, Rin, and Ah-Un.
 
“Lord Sessomaru,” Jaken stumbled in his hurry to pay his respect to his lord, “milord, what was the meaning of that, using the tensaiga on such vermin, they are our enemies.” Jaken's voice held contempt toward Kagura and Kanna.
 
Sessomaru looked at Jaken. Jaken quickly bowed his head, “Milord, my apologies. It is not my place to question your actions.”
 
“Jaken,” Rin was speaking to him now, “maybe you should stop asking so many questions, Lord Sessomaru…” Rin stopped, looking at the back of Sessomaru's head she shook her own, “never mind.”
 
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-Inuyasha & co.-
 
Kagome and Sango were in throws of laughter when Inuyasha and Miroku arrived back at the hut. Shippo was sitting out side with a very confused expression on his face. “Hey guys,” he mumbled when he saw them, “better not go in there. Kaede even ended up leaving, and I was thrown out.” A rather sour look crossed his face.
 
“Feh.” Inuyasha grunted stepping into the hut.
 
“Don't come back and say I didn't warn you!” Shippo called after him. “So,” Shippo said, turning to look at Miroku, who had sat down across the door from Shippo, “where were you two?”
 
“Discussing women troubles” Miroku closed his eyes.
 
“I'm so glad I don't have to deal with that.” Shippo said smugly, “besides, after all you…”
 
Shippo had to stop because Inuyasha had just been force fully ejected from the premises.
 
He picked him self up and dusted him self off, calling back to the hut “WHAT? I was only sitting there!” (A/n: Been there…a lot)
 
“Yeah right!” Kagome yelled, “Well, you can SIT out there!”
 
Inuyasha slammed, face-first, into the ground, sending up a plume of dust.
 
“Well…that went …well.” Miroku commented, “So what's the deal in there? What `re they talking about?”
 
“Us,” Inuyasha said from the ground, “and me.”
 
“Boohoo…” Miroku and Shippo said in unison.
 
“This is bullshit.” Inuyasha moaned, “we're never gonna get Naraku at this rate.”
 
 
[A/N: sorry about the update & Forgive the lame chapter, but I have a job to keep. I'm trying to get rid of Naraku and its not happening very fast. So hang tight. Thanks R&R]