InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Perfect Standoff ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4:

 

-Next Morning-

 

“Come on Kagome!” Inuyasha had been up since sun up with Miroku and Shippo trying to get packed.

 

“Just another five minutes, Inu-yawn-yasha.” Kagome rolled over, again.

 

Miroku wasn't having any better luck, so he resorted to his fail-safe-wake-up call, groping.

 

“PERVERT!” Sango shot up taking a wild swing at Miroku and missing. She looked around, shocked to find no monk, at least until he pushed himself up from the floor and walked away.

 

Sango was fuming, pissed that Miroku had evaded her, and that she hadn't gotten up the first eighty times odd that Miroku had asked her to get up. She stood up, not noticing Inuyasha, who was trying to get Kagome up, until it was too late. She squeaked in embarrassment and grabbed her hidicoatsu, yanking it in front of her, and backing up into a corner.

 

“Sheesh, Sango,” Inuyasha said glancing over at her, “your already dressed. What's the deal?” he resumed playing with Kagome's ear in a seemingly endless battle to get her up.

 

“Umm,” Sango was practically glowing now, “did Miroku dress me?”

 

“Fuck no! You never got undressed last night.” Inuyasha was getting bored with Kagome's ear and started gently punching her head into her pillow, not enough to bruise, but enough to be painful. “We came in last night and tucked the two of you in.” Kagome pulled her pillow on top of her head.

 

“So what's going on?” Sango started making her mat a little neater, “Why do we have to be up so early?”

 

“Its not early any more, and we're going after Naraku. I'm getting tired of chasseing him all over.” Inuyasha paused as he found a new way to try and wake up Kagome, wiggling a claw around inside her belly button. “Any way grab your stuff, we're leaving…today” His voice held quite a bit of finality. Sango sighed and started packing, pulling things from underneath Kirara in the process, waking the cat-demon.

 

Kagome giggled in her sleep, “Stop it Inuyasha, that tickles.”

 

“No, I'm not stopping until your up.” He was starting to get a little more relaxed, almost as if he was enjoying `torturing' her.

 

“Stop it, Stop It,” she was laughing harder than ever. “Sit!”

 

Inuyasha had pushed it to far, but he had won, in a sense.

 

He felt him self dragged forward by the `damn necklace', Kagome `eep'ed just before Inuyasha slammed into her. Landing spread eagle on top of her. This isn't good, not good at all. She thought. Feeling herself blushing as Inuyasha tried to lift himself off of her. What if mom sees this…sees…this…shit. Blushing even more profusely than before she started trying to wriggle out from underneath him. Inuyasha didn't move for a moment he wanted to see where this would go. Kagome wriggled and he shirt got snagged on Inuyasha's tetsiga, pulling it down and tearing off several buttons.

 

Kagome didn't notice and kept pulling, almost freeing her torso before sat up pushing down on Inuyasha's head, sending it down, down her shirt into the space between her breasts (lucky bastard), nose first against her chest. She kept pushing trying to finish extracating herself from beneath him. In an effort to pull his head out he allowed it to slip sideways. A fang poked out from of his lips as he lifted from the pain of his balls being grazed by her shoe as it popped loose from its footing. The fang grazed Kagome's nipple. This served as a wake-up call for Kagome as to what she was doing. Screaming now, she pulled up hard on his head, and he met her eyes, scowling as he took the opportunity to roll away.

 

Sango was laughing, and walked out of the hut to find Miroku. Even though the incident didn't last more than five seconds. Kagome pulled her shirt closed and went over to her bag, and pulled out a new shirt. Inuyasha sat by the door, his head resting on the frame. Kagome made sure he wasn't looking before changing her shirt.

 

Kagome quickly changed out of her button less shirt and into the new one. “Sorry about that.” She said to Inuyasha in a small voice. “I was still sleeping.”

 

“Feh.”

 

“I didn't mean too.” She turned around after buttoning up her shirt. “I didn't…”

 

“It wasn't you.” Inuyasha snapped, “I just wish you'd stop sitting me.” He paused and looked over at her, she looked like she wanted to cry, “Its this fucking necklace.” He tugged on it.

 

Kagome just kept looking like she wanted to cry. “What?” Inuyasha was getting worried. “What?” he asked again in a softer tone.

 

He got up, and she almost ran and grabbed him, burring her face in his kimono.

 

Surprised, Inuyasha instinctively wrapped his arms around her. Sobs shot through her body. He was at a loss of what to do, so he stood there holding her close “Its not your fault.”

He kept saying, over and over.

 

“Yes it is,” she sobbed into his shoulder.

 

“No it isn't.” he tried to quiet her.

 

At this she sobbed even harder. “Come on, grab your stuff. We can't keep having delays like this or we'll never kill Naraku.” He pulled her off of him, and pulled her chin around to look at him. Her face was tear streaked, “Its ok. Now get packed and cleaned up. I want to hurry up and finish Naraku.”

 

The mention of Naraku steeled her quickly and she stopped crying, but didn't look up at him. Instead she turned around and packed.

 

Inuyasha went out side and told Miroku, Sango, and Shippo to get started. “Me and Kagome will catch up before dark.” Inuyasha told them, when they asked about what they were going to do.

 

Kagome came out twenty minutes or so later, carrying her backpack. Inuyasha got up from the ground. “Where are Miroku, Sango, and Shippo?” she asked.

 

“I wanted to give you some privacy.” Inuyasha stated, “besides, we can catch up before noon, easy.”

 

He bent his knees so Kagome could get on easier. She wrapped her arms around him and he took hold of her legs making sure that she wouldn't fall. He straightened up and took off toward the east, following the scents of the others. They'd be with the others by dark.

 

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-Koga's Den-

 

 

“No, you are NOT leaving on the hunt with the rest of the pack!” Ayame was yelling at Koga, again.

 

“Why not?” Koga's voice came back.

 

The majority of the Western Wolf-demon Pack had lent an ear to the argument. Apart from hunting, these arguments between Koga, the alpha, and his mate, Ayame, were the only things worth doing, especially since they had no wars and mating season wasn't for months. These arguments were, at least, something to tide them over.

 

“Because, your not!” Ayame yelled.

 

“Why the fuck am I not!” Koga yelled at her backing up.

 

“Why not?! WHY NOT?! YOUR NOT GOING BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU GO YOU COME BACK YOU SMELLING LIKE Kagome!!!” Ayame sat down tears spilling down her cheeks.

 

Koga was in a state of semi-shock. In the past Ayame had always given up and let him go. She had never given a reason, and the den had always smelled like tears when he got back. He had explained this away to him self by telling himself that she had cried while he was gone, because she missed him. Apparently he was wrong.

 

“What?” he said harshly.

 

“You always leave and come back smelling like her.” She was trying to compose herself, “and I know that she doesn't want you there, because she asks you to leave.”

 

Koga was dumbstruck, “How'd you know that?”

 

Ayame giggled a little, it ended in a choke, “You'd be surprised at what you're missing.” She pulled her tail around in front of her and started picking out the burs in it. “From what I can tell in her scent she would really prefer it if you stay away from her.”

 

“How can you tell that just from a smell?” Koga was having a hard time believing all of this.

 

“You'd be surprised at what you can tell from a woman's smell. My grandfather taught me all about scents, or at least as much as he could, before he died.” Ayame looked over at Koga, who had taken a seat on the floor, and crossed over to him.

 

“So Koga,” Ayame grinned naughtily at him, “how are you going to keep us busy since you aren't going” she sat down in his lap deliberately wiping her tail across his face.

 

He grinned back, saying, “Bad, baaaad things.”

 

The wolf demon tribe moved out. It was obvious Koga wouldn't be joining them. “Huh, some pack leader. More interested in sex than pack welfare.” Ginta voiced, there were several grunts of agreement. Not a soul even thought in Koga's defense.

 

[A/N: sorry about that but I had to get rid of them until later/for good]

 

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-Inuyasha and co: en-route, next day-

 

They had been walking since sun up. Kagome had been walking for hours, Inuyasha was busy scouting around, and her bike was broken, so she walked and her feet were killing her.

 

Shippo's stomach groaned, signaling the `imminent' lunch break.

 

Miroku was all for just eating on the path, but Sango and Kagome started off up the hill the path had been circling for the last few hundred yards, following Shippo.

 

“Inuyasha,” Kagome called out down the path, toward where she had seen him, “Lunch!”

 

“Already! Can't we just break out the food and keep moving?” He called back from a tree.

 

“Yes, we can.” Inuyasha looked back and hopped down from the tree, running on ahead, “Unless you want Ramen.”

 

The effect this last phrase was remarkable. He turned around so fast that he almost fell over a rock before appearing at Kagome's heels.

 

“Good boy,” Kagome teased.

 

“Feh.”

 

Kagome started unpacking her things under a tree at the top of the hill, laying down a cloth to sit on and the 'ninja food' on top of that. Using a small Coleman stove she set about heating water for Inuyasha's ramen. Miroku had grabbed Sango's ass before Kagome even had the potato chips open. SMACK! Miroku flew a short distance before landing in a heap.

 

“Nice contact.” Kagome commented.

 

“He'll never learn will he?” Shippo said munching on a Hershey bar. Inuyasha nodded in agreement.

 

The rest of their lunch break passed quietly and quickly. Everyone was hungry and nearly cleaned out Kagome's food supply.

 

Inuyasha waited rather impatiently while Kagome and the others put everything back together.

 

When everything was packed Inuyasha picked up Kagome and started running. Under the excuse that they had to gain back the ground that they had lost during lunch. The sun sank behind the horizon in almost perfect sync with their arrival in the next village. While Miroku was busy `exercising' the headman's home Inuyasha was stirring up trouble, as usual.

 

“What d' ya mean I cant get water here?” Inuyasha was yelling at a priest by a well.

 

“None of demon heritage may drink here, this is sacred water.” The priest was not keeping his cool well.

 

“Feh!” Inuyasha tried to grab the gourd again, and was met by a staff between his ears. “You got a death wish priest?”

 

“None of demon heritage may drink here, this is sacred water.” The priest repeated.

 

“What'd you do this time, Inuyasha?” Kagome asked looking from Inuyasha to the priest and back again.

 

“None of demon heritage may drink here, this is sacred water.” The priest repeated, again.

 

“Yes, we know that.” Inuyasha said, “I'm leaving.”

 

“Inuyasha, if you'd wait a sec I'd find you something to drink.” Kagome said turning back to the priest.

 

“Feh.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes before she gave the old priest her attention. “May I have a gourd full?”

 

The priest nodded, “Why do you travel with a hanyou?” the priest said.

 

“I don't know really.” Kagome grinned, “Just something about him I guess. I suppose we started out with a common goal, and kinda grew on each other.” She looked up at the sky for a moment, and then looked the old priest in the eye. “He gets really jealous any time I talk to someone he sees as a rival. I can't really think when he isn't around. With him I feel…safe.”

 

The priest nodded. “I believe I've heard roomer of a Miko, a half-demon, a monk, and a demon-slayer who hunt Naraku, maybe you have some news of them?”

 

Kagome blushed, “Only if you tell me about where Naraku is now.” She finished filling her canteen.

 

“Deal,” the old priest said, “Naraku passed through not even two day's ago. He was heading east. Your turn”

 

“I'm Kagome the miko, and that is Inuyasha the half-demon,” she gestured toward him, “the monk, Miroku, and Sango, she's the demon-slayer, and are making our sleeping arrangements for tonight with the headman.”

 

The priest stood there, shocked. “You…your…” he hurried over to Inuyasha to apologize. He “feh”'d.

 

“Inuyasha…”he looked over at her in fear of being sat. He sidestepped gently pushing the priest clear of harm's way, “Sit,”

 

He ate dirt, after a fashion. The hanyou picked him up and went off to find Miroku.

 

“Excuse me.” Kagome walked around the priest, who was still gawking after Inuyasha, and hurried after Inuyasha.

 

The priest turned, why didn't I recognize them? He paused to pick up his staff and headed back to his shrine. I expected an older group.

 

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-Naraku-

 

Naraku was sitting on the lip of a cave; a symyosho perched on his finger. He held the poisonous insect close to his ear, listening closely.

 

So, he sent the insect on its way, Inuyasha is close to finding me. Another few days and I'll be well enough to defeat him. He got up and walked into the cave. It was going to storm. He knew that this would be cutting it close to his night of weakness, but it would be worth it.

 

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-Back at the village-

 

Inuyasha and Kagome sat on the porch of the headman's home. For once there actually had been a demon in the house, a small ant demon Miroku had crushed under his staff. He did it on purpose when he had turned to the headman to tell him of the house's successful exorcism.

 

“Here.” Kagome handed Inuyasha the canteen.

 

“Thanks,” he took a small swig, tasting the water, “ this is good.” he took a long draft before he handed the canteen back to Kagome.

 

She took a swig. It was good, but she wasn't thirsty. She put down the canteen and pulled up close to Inuyasha. “Its gonna rain.” She said matter of factly, “it even smells like it.”

 

“Yeah,” Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her.

 

The two sat there for a while. It started raining not even five minutes later, not even a few drops of warning. It just started dumping. The two of them got up and made their way to the main hall for dinner. Thank you Miroku, Kagome thought, especially for your fake exorcisms.

 

The main hall was crowded, people were everywhere. Miroku was eating like he had never seen an actual meal before; he didn't even grope Sango OR go womanizing. Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were all enjoying their meals, though not with the Intensity Miroku was. Kagome kept scooting closer to Inuyasha the whole time. Making it more practical for him to wrap his arm around her so he could eat.

 

After dinner the six of them went off to their rooms. Sango had taken to keeping Shippo and Kirara with her, just to keep an eye on Miroku. This left Inuyasha and Kagome alone, as usual. Inuyasha lay down on his mat and fell a sleep almost instantly. Kagome, on the other hand, couldn't sleep and tossed and turned for hours. Finally she got up and dragged her bedding over to Inuyasha's mat. She lay down, facing Inuyasha, and pulled the covers over them both. Finally comfort able she fell asleep for what felt like two minutes.

 

She was rudely awakened by Sango's `awww'. She woke up to find herself facing the door Inuyasha's arm possessively around her waist. She glared at Sango who grinned and quietly closed the door. She was starting to think that joining Inuyasha was a bad idea. Careful to not wake Inuyasha, she made it up and got dressed before packing up and nudging Inuyasha awake with her foot.

 

“Come on, sleepy,” Kagome grinned down at him; “We gotta go get Naraku now.” He rolled over and pushed him self up off the mat. He looked at her grin.

 

“What?” he asked defensively.

 

“Oh, nothing.” She said innocently, thank god he didn't notice.

 

“Well, we leaving or what?” he grabbed her pack and walked out to find everyone else. Don't get cocky, Kagome. I did notice.

 

The rest of that day passed like the previous day had, except that Shippo almost got eaten by a (get this) dandelion-demon (a little over the top but whatever HA HA), the test of Kagome's stores of food were wiped out, and there was no village with hot food waiting for them. The rain didn't help.

 

Everyone ended up underneath a large tree Inuyasha had found. Unfortunately there was only enough room for everyone so Kagome piled on to Inuyasha's lap, with Shippo in hers. It was similar in respect of Miroku and Sango, only he kept getting slapped and called a perv because he couldn't keep his hands off her.

 

As soon as the rain stopped Inuyasha left opting for a branch where his legs wouldn't fall asleep. Miroku also opted for another spot to sleep, after much persuasion from Sango.

 

Kagome wasn't too pleased; she was starting to really enjoy being so close to Inuyasha.

 

 

[A/N: Ok everyone this was chapter 4. Quite a bit better than the others. Sorry but don't expect another chapter for a while (4-10 days, probably around 7-9), My great grandma just had her 93rd birth day so we're going to go say hi, and my granddad just had a seizure a couple weeks a go so we need to check on him. Till then.]

 

 

Poll: What should happen.

 

Inuyasha and Kagome should make out.

Inuyasha should kill Naraku then make out with her

Naraku should interrupt something

Naraku should find a way through the well.

Jii-chan should interrupt Inuyasha and Kagome after Naraku is dead.

 

I'm looking for Ideas even though I might not use them.

 

-Jarvis