InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Youkai and the Exterminator ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter Seven

 

 

Kagome's fist plowed into his face and Inuyasha stood stock still, glaring at her. She hit him; the wench had actually hit him. And hard too, he tasted a hint of blood in his mouth where her fist had connected with his lip. Her fist came at him again and this time he caught it easily in his own hand.

 

“You mind telling me what I did to deserve that?”

 

“Don't act like you don't know!” Kagome was fuming, angrier than he'd ever seen her. She yanked herself away from him, her knuckles hurt where they'd rammed into his jaw but she wasn't about to show it. She was too angry to use the incantation; it felt much better actually striking him. She wanted to do it again, there was no other way she could alleviate the pain and betrayal that was seething inside her.

 

Inuyasha found he wasn't mad, not exactly. He was surprised as hell and confused; Kagome was usually about as non-violent as any human he'd ever seen. She had reappeared after her bath, hair still streaming wet down her back, stomped over to him and announced in a loud voice that they had to talk. Right now.

 

He'd shrugged, agreed mildly, ignored the strange looks from Sango and Miroku and followed the girl into the forest. He thought that maybe she'd finally come to her senses and decided to forgive him for the other day, but oh no, the next thing he saw was a tiny fist heading his way. He licked his lips; she sure had a good punch for such a little thing.

 

“Kagome, if you're going to try to hit me again, I'm just going to leave. You can talk to me after you calm the fuck down.”

 

“Calm down?” she snarled. “You think I'm stupid don't you?”

 

Well, how was he supposed to answer that? An affirmative would get him hit again; a negative would probably lead to a screaming match. “Stupid about what?”

 

Kagome bristled at him. “You think I'm so stupid I can't tell what's going on right in front of me. You think you can just play around with my feelings and I'll never catch on to what you're really up to. I'm sick of it. I want the truth from you, Inuyasha, or I swear I'm going to go home and never come back!”

 

He scratched his head, purely befuddled by her anger and her threat. “Is this about Kikyou again?” She flew at him in a rage, scratching for his eyes. He jumped away, trying to keep a step ahead of the enraged girl. Damn, but she was feisty today. He was too lost to get pissed off, she was really riled up about something and he finally caught her by the shoulders and stopped her before she hurt herself trying to attack him.

 

“Get your dirty hands off me,” she screamed.

 

“Not until you tell me what you're so fucking pissed about,” he shouted. She struggled against his hold and he shook her hard. “Answer me, Kagome. At least tell me what you think I did!”

 

She glared at him. “I know.”

 

“You know what?”

 

Her hands clenched angrily. “All I ever wanted from you was for you to be honest. You couldn't even be that decent, could you? I've been wrong about you this whole time, Inuyasha. I thought that you cared enough about me, at least as a friend, to tell me the truth.”

 

“The truth about what?” He dropped her suddenly and Kagome staggered, brushing away his hand when he tried to help her steady herself. Tears formed in her eyes and he was staring at her, mouth open in complete confusion. “What do you think I did?” he asked quietly.

 

She shook back her hair, sniffing as she wiped her nose on the back of her fist. “You should have told me about...about Sango.”

 

“Sango?” he said hesitantly. “You know about it?”

 

Her lips started trembling slightly and she flushed and covered her face. “You don't have to hide it from me. I thought you would have told me what was going on; I thought you cared enough to do that.”

 

Inuyasha couldn't believe she was taking it like this. What the hell was the matter with everyone these days? “Well, she didn't want you to know. I didn't think it was really your business anyway.”

 

She spun around and hit him hard in the gut, hard enough to make him gasp and almost double over. “Do you think we could lose the violence already?” he snapped. “Why the fuck is it so important to you?”

 

Kagome shook her head. “I don't believe you,” she whispered. “How can you say that? You know how I feel and now you don't even have the decency to admit it. Do you really not care at all? After everything we've been through together?”

 

He was grasping at straws now, she was out of her loony little mind, and it had to be the stress. “Look,” he said, forcing his voice to be gentle. “Maybe I should have told you, I wanted to tell both you and Miroku what was going on. I thought Sango should tell you in her own way, and she said she would, but I didn't think you'd freak out like this. Can't we just forget about it? Now that you know what's going on, we won't have to hide it anymore.”

 

“I can't just forget about it,” she said tearfully. “Not after what happened between us last week. Don't you know how awful I feel? You made me feel like you were just using me.”

 

His face fell. “I did what? Goddamnit, what does that have to do with Sango? She wasn't there; she didn't have anything to do with it.”

 

“That's not the point,” she yelled, angry again. Kagome shook her finger in front of his nose. “You should have told me right then what was really going on instead of using Kikyou for an excuse. You're such an insensitive jerk!”

 

The tears on her face pulled at his heart. She thought it was just an excuse? She thought he was just using her? Gods, it hurt him to see how much she didn't trust him. “Kagome, about last week. I didn't mean to hurt you; I was just trying to protect us both. I let myself lose control.”

 

“Is that what happened with Sango?” she asked, wiping her eyes and not looking at him.

 

“Hell, I don't know. I guess she wanted it, wasn't my place to tell her no.”

 

“You bastard!”

 

This time it was the foot, she kicked him in the shins and he fell back, wincing. “Would you stop it already? Just fucking sit me and get over it. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I'm sorry I lost control and jumped on you. Maybe I'm an idiot but it sure seemed like you wanted me too!”

 

“I did, you stupid ass! I wanted you to do it and I didn't want you to stop either. Maybe it wasn't the right time, but that doesn't mean that you can just treat me like dirt and throw me away when someone else comes along.”

 

“When did I ever do that?” he demanded. He was staying out of striking range; if she wanted to hit him again she was going to have to sit him first to get that close. “Kagome, I would never throw you away. You might as well get used to Sango, I'm pretty sure it's going to be an on-going thing. I know you're mad at me for not telling you, but this doesn't have to change anything between us.”

 

Her eyes went wide and Kagome threw back her head with an open, hurt, stunned expression. “You absolute pig. You think I'm going to…when you're still going to…how could you even think that? What's wrong with you?”

 

“I don't know, you're both females. I thought you two wouldn't have a problem with it.”

 

“You sick pervert!” Kagome charged him suddenly, backing the startled hanyou right up against a tree. She was damn fast too, he thought, cringing away from the outraged girl. She grabbed his hair, twisting it brutally until he yelped.

 

“I don't know who you think you are, Inuyasha. You are out of your stupid head if you think you can screw both me and Sango at the same time and get away with it.”

 

Huh? He pulled her hand out of his hair, losing no few strands as she didn't release her grip. “What did you just say?”

 

“You heard me!” Kagome shoved away from him. “If you're sleeping with Sango, fine. You just keep your damned hands off of me then!”

 

This wasn't happening. He didn't know whether to laugh out loud or fall apart from the surprise. She thought he was the one who was...oh this was just great.

 

“Just so I'm clear,” he said harshly. “You think I'm fucking Sango.”

 

“I know you are,” she snapped, fury in her eyes. He wanted to laugh at her, but he was sure she would just kill him if he didn't clear this up first.

 

“That's why you're all pissed off, you think Sango and I are screwing each other silly in the woods and you think I'm scum because I didn't tell you about it.”

 

“Yes!” she shouted, her hands curling into fists as she was dying to wipe the smirk of his bastard face. He didn't even have the decency to look ashamed of himself; he looked like he thought it was funny. Why couldn't he understand how badly this hurt her? How betrayed she felt?

 

“Okay,” he said, rubbing his hands together like he was going to settle the matter. “If that's what you think is going on, I think you better tell that to Sango. I'm tired of covering for her ass anyway, it's about time we had this out in the open.”

 

“It doesn't make any difference,” she said darkly. “You go tell her yourself, I don't want to be anywhere near either of you.”

 

“Really?” Inuyasha jumped at her so fast that Kagome couldn't defend herself or run away. He scooped her up and threw her over his shoulder, one clawed hand holding her legs trapped so they couldn't kick him in the teeth.

 

“Put me down, you pig!”

 

“Not until we settle this,” he barked, wincing again as she beat him on the shoulders with her little fists. Such a damn spitfire, he swore one of these days they were going to have to do something about that temper.

 

“Fuck you!” she screeched.

 

“Yeah, well, fucking is what got everyone into this mess,” he said lightly, starting to trot back to their camp. Oh, he couldn't stand it, couldn't wait to see the look on Kagome's face when Sango told her the truth. She'd better tell her the truth. He could feel Kagome's rage building inside her slight body, her muscles standing out from the tension. He liked having her over his shoulder like this, almost as much as he liked carrying her on his back with her legs tight around him.

 

“I'm going to say it,” Kagome said in harsh, angry voice.

 

“Go right ahead,” he said pleasantly. “As many times as you've made me eat the dirt, I think it's high time you had a taste of it yourself.” She didn't reply, but he figured she was busy coming up with a suitable retort. She couldn't sit him while he was carrying her, couldn't and not get sat herself. He chuckled at his cleverness in subduing the angry girl. This was going to be fun.

 

Inuyasha burst out of the woods into the clearing where they'd made their camp, earning startled gazes from Shippou and Miroku. “Where's Sango?” he demanded, looking around. The exterminator was nowhere in sight.

 

Miroku raised an eyebrow at the hanyou's unusual burden. “She went to get some water for dinner. Dare I ask what you think you're doing?”

 

“He's being an ass,” Kagome shouted. “Put me down!”

 

Inuyasha smirked. “Promise not to sit me?”

 

“No!”

 

“Then I'm not putting you down, bitch. We're waiting right here until Sango gets back. Then you can see what a damn fool you are.”

 

The monk was frowning, getting to his feet. “What the hell are you two doing?”

 

Shippou dashed up Inuyasha's leg and buried his little claws in the half- demon's shoulder. “You better put her down!”

 

He swatted the kitsune away with an airy wave of his hand. “Settle down, Shippou. I'm not hurting her.”

 

“Yes, you are!” Kagome growled. Inuyasha eased his grip on her, but wasn't fool enough to let go of her legs. Miroku walked around his back and stared at the girl.

 

“What's this all about, Kagome? You look...angry.”

 

“I am angry, I'm really angry,” she hissed. “You're going to be angry too. Do you know what's been going on around here?”

 

The monk looked away. “Between Inuyasha and Sango? Yes. I know about it.”

 

“Hey!” Inuyasha whirled around to face Miroku. “Not you too!”

 

Miroku glared at him, his fingers tense on his staff as he regarded the hanyou. “Inuyasha,” he said quietly. “I am aware that you and Sango have developed a...physical relationship. I don't disapprove. In fact, I congratulate you for being able to seduce her when I was not so lucky. I still think you should have been open with us about it, particularly after what happened with Kagome last week.”

 

“How do you know about that?” Kagome demanded. “I didn't tell anyone. Inuyasha, you pig, you told him? Were you bragging about it? God, I hate you!”

 

“I didn't brag about anything,” he yelled, looking at Miroku with stunned disbelief. “How did you know about that? What do you think is going on here anyway?”

 

Miroku looked at him with disgust and a touch of envy. “I think that you know what I mean. I don't know how long you and Sango have been lovers, but I think it's heartless of you to play with Kagome's emotions like this. Just rejecting her was cruel enough; she at least deserved an explanation.”

 

“I didn't reject her!” Inuyasha said heatedly, his claws digging into Kagome's thighs.

 

“Watch it!” she snapped.

 

“Sorry,” he hissed back, glancing over his shoulder.

 

Miroku frowned and rubbed his forehead. “You didn't reject her? You mean you've been having them both?” The mind boggled and Miroku shook off his disbelief and grinned at Inuyasha with pure, undisguised admiration. “You dog. I didn't know you had it in you.”

 

“I don't have anything in me,” he shouted, dropping Kagome to the ground with a thump. She glared up at him. “Don't you say it, bitch!”

 

“Um, am I interrupting something?” Sango stood at the end of the clearing, a bucket of water in her hands. Shippou let out a loud wail and ran over to her.

 

“Please say it's not true,” the little kitsune begged. “Please say that you weren't mating with Inuyasha while he was supposed to be mating with Kagome. I'm so confused.”

 

She dropped the bucket, splashing the fox with cold water and he let out a cry and ran to Kagome's side. “What?” She stared at her friends; Kagome's face was flushed and streaked with tears while she held tight to Shippou. Inuyasha looked angry enough to murder them all at the moment and Miroku; well quite frankly she'd never seen such a perverted smile on his face. She looked up and met Inuyasha's angry, embarrassed eyes.

 

“What in the world did you tell them?”

 

“I didn't tell them anything,” he growled menacingly. “This is all your fault, bitch. Tell them we aren't fucking each other.”

 

Miroku snorted condescendingly. “It's a little late now for falsehoods, my friend. You are well and truly caught. I overheard you myself.”

 

“Oh, that is so disgusting, Miroku,” Kagome said, scowling at the ground. “You spied on them while they were doing it. That's low even for you.”

 

He raised an eyebrow at her. “Not exactly what I meant, Kagome. I meant I overheard them discussing their relationship.”

 

“You're a fucking liar!” Inuyasha shouted. “You come over here before you start telling lies about me, I'll knock your fucking teeth out!”

 

Miroku held out his staff to ward off the furious hanyou. “Don't deny it. Am I to understand that Sango was also not aware that you had been having sex with Kagome?”

 

“You did what?” Sango asked in shock.

 

“He did not,” Kagome shouted angrily.

 

Sango looked at her. “Is this what you wanted to talk about? You and Inuyasha were having sex?”

 

“No,” Kagome said hotly. “I didn't do anything like that. I wish I'd never met you!” Sango flinched and Kagome instantly regretted her words. “I'm...I'm sorry Sango. I didn't mean that.”

 

“No, it's okay,” the exterminator said wearily. “I think we all need to calm down. I haven't been having sex with Inuyasha. I don't know where you got such a crazy idea, but it's not true.”

 

“See?” Inuyasha was vindicated. “I didn't do anything.”

 

Miroku looked confused. “But I heard you talking about it. You told him not to tell us.”

 

“And I saw that bruise on your breast,” Kagome said, staring at her accusingly. “Don't tell me that wasn't a bite. I know fang marks when I see them.”

 

Inuyasha's eyes shot over to Sango. “I didn't know about that. You two got a little wild the other night, didn't you?”

 

She flushed. “I thought I told you to mind your own business.”

 

He grinned. “It became my business when everyone decided that I had to be the one screwing you. This is what you get for not listening to me about telling them what was going on.”

 

“Are you saying you aren't involved with Inuyasha?” Kagome asked uncertainly.

 

Miroku looked over at her and shrugged helplessly. “Sango, what is going on? Is there someone we don't know about?”

 

“You know him,” Inuyasha smirked. He folded his arms across his chest and couldn't wipe the stupid grin off his face. This was going to be so good.

 

Sango cleared her throat. My, this couldn't have been any more humiliating. How could she explain what had happened? “Um, you're really not going to like this, but Inuyasha is telling the truth. I haven't been sleeping with him. It was Sesshomaru.”

 

Miroku dropped his staff in surprise. “Sesshomaru?”

 

Kagome stared at her for a moment, her mouth going round and slack with shock. “You were with...Sesshomaru?”

 

She sighed. It did feel good to be honest. Now if only they didn't hate her. “I know it's crazy. I know it doesn't make any sense, but it is the truth.”

 

“He's evil!” Shippou wailed, clutching Kagome's leg. Kagome reached down to pry the distraught kitsune from her flesh.

 

“Calm down, Shippou.” She frowned and looked into Sango's embarrassed face. “After he took Kohaku?”

 

“It started before that. When he brought Kohaku to me. It just happened, Kagome. I didn't want to tell you, I was so embarrassed. I thought you would hate me, think that I was wrong because he's, well, he is what he is and I'm supposed to be a demon exterminator.”

 

“I told her it was stupid,” Inuyasha muttered, unable to keep his mouth shut another minute.

 

She glared at him. “Shut up, you idiot. Don't make her feel worse.”

 

Kagome shoved Shippou into Miroku's arms and went to hold Sango's hands. “How could you think I'd hate you for something like that? You could have told me.”

 

“You could have told both of us,” Miroku said quietly. He reached over to touch her arm. “How could you possibly think that we'd hate you? I thought you knew us better than that.”

 

She swallowed and dared to meet his gaze. His eyes were soft and kind. “Don't you know we care about you?”

 

“I know now.” Words couldn't express what she wanted to say to Miroku, she'd feared his rejection in a secret place in her heart. His friendship, and Kagome's, was the only things that had sustained her after she lost her family. Their support had been the only lifeline she'd had to pull her out of her pit of guilt and revenge.

 

She should have known better, trusted in them the way they trusted in her. Even Inuyasha hadn't rejected her and he had better reason than most to hate Sesshomaru.

 

Sango felt tears in her eyes and wrapped her arms around Kagome, hugging her. “I'm sorry I didn't trust you, I should have known better.” She felt Miroku's hand on the back of her head, for once not taking advantage. Sango looked up and was surprised to see Inuyasha looking at them with a soft expression in his golden eyes, a happy smile planted on his lips now that the truth was out and everyone could be friends again.

 

Kagome sniffed and pushed her away. She had something else that needed said. She turned and looked at Inuyasha. “I'm sorry I accused you, it was wrong of me to jump to conclusions.”

 

“Yeah, it was. You should have believed in me.” Her eyes were soft and a little smile on her lips matched his. “Do you forgive me?”

 

He blushed a little at that. “Of course I forgive you.”

 

“Thank you, Inuyasha. Sit boy.”

 

He slammed into the ground. “What was that for?” he snarled, picking grass out of his teeth.

 

She grinned down at him, unrepentant. “That's for not telling me, you idiot. Don't think I'm going to forget about that any time soon.”

 

He put his head back down in the ground. He just couldn't win.