InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Wild West and the Gang of Four Souls ❯ A Walk Through the Desert ( Chapter 2 )

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2) A Race Through the Desert

"God damn it Miroku!! Is it really that hard to avoid the one woman in town that you can't have?"

"How could I have ever resisted such a goddess? Was I supposed to know she was the mayor's daughter?"

"You should have known because I told you. One day you are going to get you wandering hands cut off and then what are you going to do you moron?"

Inuyasha and Miroku walked down the long and dusty trail that seemed to stretch on forever. They did have horses when they left for the small neighboring town of Alville, or some other weird name like that, but the townsfolk decided to let the horses loose into the desert as a way of punishment. So there they were, walking around in the middle of no where without any horses, water, or food. It was about 11 am, from what Inuyasha could tell, and the day promised to be as hot as the last few weeks had been.

"God damn it, we're in the middle of hell and that's not a place I've been wantin' to see earlier than I have to." Inuyasha spat on the ground and started to scan the horizon. Nothing out there he concluded, the place holds up pretty true to its desert name. They wouldn't die out there, but it sure as hell wouldn't be a fun walk back to Mercy.

Inuyasha scowled again as he turned back to Miroku. "I can't keep bailing you out of things Miroku, and you know it. I have a job to do back in Mercy."

"O yes, sheriff Inuyasha, how could I forget? I hope that I did not interfere with your goodness and signs of compassion, which you of course would be displaying right now towards that worthy people of Mercy. I must ask for your sincere apologies as your underling for causing you so much distress." Miroku drawled this out with a bit too much sarcasm, but the more the merrier he figured when talking about Inuyasha's newly acquired position. "You're about as much of a sheriff as I am a priest."

"The funny thing about that Miroku is you would have been a priest if you hadn't asked one of the sisters to bear your child. How the hell did a lech like you ever think you'd want to be a priest anyways? I, on the other hand, think me being chosen to be the sheriff is about as stupid, only to be topped by me having you as a deputy."

"Well that's what happens when you scare the shit out of everyone. People hope that naming you the sheriff will keeping you from robbing for a living, and the reason I'm your deputy is because you're really all talk, and you couldn't rob an old lady or shoot the broad side of a barn." With the last comment said Miroku took off for some bushes just off the trail.

Before Inuyasha could react, and smack him so hard his face would stick that way, Miroku jumped on one of the horses that were hiding behind the bushes.

"Race you to the Shrine Inuyasha. Let's see if you can actually beat me for once." With that Miroku was off.

Inuyasha barely had to hear the last bit of Miroku's speech before he took off after him. No way was he going to let that smartass beat him at the thing he does best.

Their horses were both amazing animals. Fast and with long strides, it didn't matter that they weren't pure breeds, because they could beat just about every other horse west of the Mississippi.

Off they tore down the dusty trail into the wilderness that lay wide in front of them. One could see for miles in that part of the country which made it ideal for bandits to see law men coming, and ideal for horse racing. That is if the rider and horse were up to it.

The trail soon turned to run along the river that was Mercy's life line.

The river was large and fairly deep at that point. It came down from the

mountains where it was fed by snow. So even if the day was hotter than hell the water was still ice cold.

Miroku got an idea from that thought. Inuyasha was still a good distance away from Miroku, and Miroku could easily win this race on his horse Wind Tunnel. But what would the fun in that be?

Miroku eased his horse down into a slower gallop so it wouldn't be too obvious as to what he was doing. He then positioned himself so that he could get his legs over for a good kick when the time came.

Inuyasha had no idea that Miroku was planning anything. He was so worked up about trying to beat Miroku that he didn't even see the move coming, but when Miroku pulled up on his horse to stop suddenly and then swung his legs over to kick Inuyasha off his horse into the river, Inuyasha sure as hell felt it.

"What the fuc….." Was about all Inuyasha could get in before he hit the water and felt like hell just froze over.

"GOD DAMN YOU MIROKU!!! Do you have any idea how fucking cold this water is?"

Miroku at that point had fallen off his horse laughing hysterically at the sight of a very wet and very cold Inuyasha trying to catch his breath in at the edge of the bank.

"Hahaha I … (gasp) … never thought ….. (gasp)… you. Hahaha you look like a wet puppy."

Miroku stopped laughing when Inuyasha put the barrel of his gun to Miroku's temple, but Miroku had seen the end of that barrel so many times it didn't even faze him.

"Is that any way for a man of your position to treat his underlings? You really need to control that temper of yours. What do you think Kagome would say if I told her you held me at gun point, again?"

"Do you think that I care what that bitch would think? Like I listen to her." But despite what Inuyasha said he put his gun down and walked to get on his horse, which had stopped a little ways up the rode.

"Speaking of the lovely Kagome, isn't this a race to the Shrine Inn and shouldn't they be serving lunch about now?" With that Miroku was off again with Inuyasha on his heels. Nothing got Inuyasha moving faster than the thought of ramen and nothing got Miroku moving faster than scoping out if there were any new women staying at the inn.

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