Every Dog has His Day
Chapter 1
Mishaps Happen
The forest was slightly cool in the early summer night. The trees were brilliantly green and their huge covered branches blotted out the starry sky, creating a living ceiling to the travelers' temporary home. The men of the group were silent and immersed in whatever it was that kept them silent. The lone female was oddly quiet as well. Her silence was odd only on the basis that she had a very busy mind and often filled nights like these with talking. Instead the usually talkative time traveler had taken up a staring contest with some seemingly innocent looking patch of ground.
Alright…two miles are between me and the well. The boys are going to take their turn at the hot spring, so that leaves me what; 15to 20 minutes to put as much distance between myself and what is going to be a very, very irate Inuyasha.
It could be done…
Probably…
Hopefully…
It was Inuyasha's fault for being unreasonable in the first place, so if she needed to trick him then so be it.
Kagome didn't notice as Miroku stopped adding wood to the campfire, and looked at her curiously. "Now Lady Kagome, are you certain that you will be alright at the campsite?" Miroku asked, disturbing Kagome from her thoughts.
"Oh, yeah I'll be fine..." Kagome said vaguely. She would have been better if Inuyasha had agreed to take her to the well so she could take her all important math test. Instead he had flipped out about how often she had to go home and stop their quest for the jewel. She had tried to reason with him, really she had. But Inuyasha was as stubborn as mule and there was nothing she could do to get him to budge. She had even made an attempt to "sit" him enough that he would stay down long enough for her to make it home. That hadn't worked out too well….
Earlier that week,
Kagome had sat Inuyasha so much that he was planted into in the Earth like a daisy. She took off right away. They were right in Kaede's village so she could easilyo make it to the well, if he would just stay down long enough…
Kagome sprinted through the village dodging in between villagers and carts till she reached the woods. Kagome was practically giddy as she saw the well ahead of her.
Piece of cake.
Inuyasha would give up once she was on the other side. She didn't know what it was, but he was always on good behavior when her family was around.
Kagome marched up to the well feeling secure in her victory, when it happened. Her hand just made contact with the woods of the well when she felt a violent tug from behind. She pitched foreword and had to slam her other hand on the well to brace herself. Whipping her head around she was met with the fierce glare of Inuyasha.
"Ohhh let go Inuyasha!"She practically whined
"No way bitch!" He tugged again, and this time Kagome latched on to the lip of the well with all her might.
"Stop it" She grit out, while straining to keep her hold.
"You sat me for no reason!"Well that was how he chose to see it anyway. He pulled again, this time there was a foreboding tearing sound coming from her skirt.
"Oh you're ripping it!" Her hands began to slip.
"Oi Stop acting crazy, I'm not letting you go home right now, so get over it!" He gave another tug, and only this time the skirt really did rip, and Inuyasha's fingers must have snagged her sensible white cotton underwear when he grabbed the waste of her skirt, because now her ripped skirt and her now stretched underwear were pulled back revealing the top of her bum. Kagome cheeks grew red with embarrassment…both sets.
Kagome was strangely reminded of that a picture of the little girl whose bathing suit bottom was tugged down by a little by a puppy on the beach, on that sunscreen bottle. She always thought that was kind of cute.
This however…not cute. And this puppy was going to get smacked with more than a news paper if he didn't stop what he was doing.
"Inuyasha sit!!!" Too bad it was in that instant that her hands slipped, and when the spell took hold, Inuyasha maintained his hold. Inuyasha and Kagome went crashing to the ground in a heap, both face down on their stomachs. Inuyasha was pinned by the spell, with his face down between her calves.
Just great.
Kagome blinked in surprise. She hadn't seen that coming. Slamming a hand onto the ground she began to push up. She was only up on her elbows when she felt a calloused hand latch onto her leg. She turned to stick him with a look that could have frightened a lesser man. Inuyasha however grunted his reply and tugged her back again. Was that all that man knew how to do? The word sit was on the tip of her tongue, but she was stopped short as Inuyasha flipped her over onto her back and lurched over her on all fours.
"Think about it." He warned cockily, having correctly guessed her intentions. "I go down, you're staying with me." Kagome practically growled an impressive sound for a human. She reached up and wrapped her fists tightly into his red jacket. "You are such an ass."She yelled straight into his face, not caring that her voice was loud, and his ears flattened in response.
Inuyasha look pissed and he leaned in close to yell right back, his nose practically touching hers when their attention was suddenly diverted..
"What is Inuyasha doing to Kagome?"
The two in question felt the steam run out of their confrontation as they both cocked their heads to see Shippou, Sango, Miroku and even Kirara standing at the edge of the clearing surrounding the well, looking on in shock at what they saw.
From their perspective they had come into the clearing, following the noise. What they found was Inuyasha atop Kagome in a suggestive way, her skirt torn and barely about her hips, with her underclothes showing, while she was desperately gripping Inuyasha, appearing to be pulling him down further onto her. Oh my.
Sango covered Shippous eyes, while she failed to close to mouth which had fallen open.
"Well I'm impressed Inuyasha." Miroku commended his comrade.
Sango slowly reached over and covered his eyes with her free hand. "We'll be leaving you two." She stumbled embarrassed, directing everyone back into the rooms, face as red as a tomato.
It had taken a lot of explaining to convince them of what really happened. The only one who seemed satisfied with the answer was Shippou and that's only because he didn't think there was any other plausible explanation for it all. Which was a blessing…
Miroku had been particularly lecherous after the incident too. How annoying, if he wasn't bad enough before. He certainly was now. Sango had taken off to help a village with Kirara because her hand was starting to bruise from how many times she had to hit him. Kagome let her eyes scan across the camp to Miroku, how one guy could be so wise sometimes and such a pervert the next she had no idea. Her eyes returned to the distant spot she had been vacantly staring at.
The monk focused his eyes on Kagome's introverted form. It seemed as though she was miles away. He knew full well that she was planning something again, but he certainly wasn't going to say anything. Not when the last attempt had been so amusing.
"Are you certain?" He asked making absolutely sure she wouldn't want to join them at the hot spring. "With Sango away delivering herbs to that village with Shippo and Kirara, I would hate to leave you all alone here. Now I'm sure Inuyasha would not mind if you joined us to bathe." His suggestive tone was not lost on her.
Kagome's eyebrow began to twitch slightly and she brought her fingers in tight to clench her green skirt (The spare skirt that is); through her peripheral vision she was able to see Inuyasha shifting slightly and glaring daggers at the monk. She lowered her head and tried to contain her impulse to slap the perverted monk.
"Eh Miroku stop being such a fucking lech!" Inuaysha's rough voice, coming from across the campsite startled Kagome and her spine straightened visibly. Inuyasha may have been addressing Miroku but his golden eyes were fixed on Kagome.
Kagome couldn't tear her eyes away from his.
"Oh Inuyasha what an unkind assumption, I was only looking out for her well-being." Miroku ended their small staring contest without realizing anything had been transpiring.
Inuyasha blinked a moment, and dragged one last suspicious glance over Kagome before responding."Well cut it out monk!" Inuyasha called in his usual annoyed way. He stood gracefully, letting his eyes wander to Kagome once more. The girl was getting stranger it seemed, but there was an inkling in the back of his head. They were a ways away from the well, and it would be stupid of her to try to make it there alone at night…but then again this was Kagome. She dove into dangerous situations on a continual basis…she really needed to cut the shit with that.
"Kagome try not to get kidnapped while we're gone, we know you're good at it." He called out over his shoulder.
Kagome remained silent, despite the urge to call out a sit, but that would not help her ultimate goal of getting home for her first period exam.
Miroku sighed without any real frustration behind it. "We will return shortly Kagome…", then with barely a glance back towards her, he stated in a suspiciously serious voice, "But the offer still stands."
Her glowering at him must have been all the answer he needed as he disappeared into the shadows of the already dark forest.
This is it.
One one thousand…two one thousand, three one thousand…just wait until they are far enough…
Adrenalin flooded her system, and she felt the muscles in her thighs tighten and bunch as she prepared herself to spring.
Now!
She sprang up, stumbling like an inexperienced racehorse out of the gate, but she regained her stride and accelerated.
2 miles Kagome…just breathe and you can do this. In through your nose out through the mouth and don't stop!
She managed fairly well, her slim legs pumping hard with lean muscle accumulated from her travels.
Her adrenalin swam through her system, letting her jump through the ankle deep marshes and pass through the scratching branches, barely slowing her stride.
She was going to get there. She was doing so well.
She managed to keep this up for another 10 minutes before a sharp pain caused the air to leave her lungs.
Side stitch…o ow ow!!
She couldn't breathe past the pain well enough to keep up her previous pace, but she refused to slow to a walk.
If she just kept a decent pace she would get there soon enough.
And then it came, nothing more then an echo from far behind her.
"That bitch!"
Kagome knew that voice. She just about ran head first into a tree as her eyes were fixed on the black forest behind her. Stumbling past the sapling that was almost her undoing she tried to suppress the butterflies that apparently were trying to escape the ramen filled confines of her stomach.
Crap Crap Crap, screw the pain Kagome, run!
A fresh shot of adrenalin launched into her system and she was off again. She wasn't going to miss that test dammit! Somewhere along this frantic journey she began to consider some odd, oxygen deprived, pain induced thoughts.
Now if girl x takes off from point A traveling at so so miles an hour, and boy y takes off from point A ten minutes later traveling at a lot faster miles an hour at what point does boy y catch girl x?
"Bitch what the helll!"
Ask and you shall receive…A dry voice in Kagome's head answered.
Bam!
Red…When had the whole world gone red?
Uh oh.
This red world had hands, hands that moved to hold her steady as she crashed head long into it.
"And just where do you think you were going?"
Damn arrogant jerk!
"I'm going home Inuyasha, I have a test to take and you can't stop me."
She moved back away from his hands, and he made no move to stop her. He instead folded his arms across his chest and raised a black eye brow.
"Oh really, so that's what you think?" His body language seemed to suggest that he did not believe that that was what was going to actually happen.
"Yes, this test is really important to my future!" Kagome had taken to a childish way of showing frustration, and stamped her foot.
"Oi, Bitch that was what you said last week! We can't waste anymore time not finding the jewel shards." He made no move to carry her back to the campsite, but his fierce persistent stance in front of her suggested that he could and would, if she made a break for it. Too bad that's exactly what she planned to do.
"Fine…"She shouted.
She stood as tall as she could, looking up his much taller frame, and watched with mild satisfaction as his face morphed into an expression of disbelief.
"Wha……Well it's about damn time…" He paused halfway through his sentence, and a natural sense of self preservation dawned on him."Wait, what are you playing…" And that was all he managed to get out before he caught sight of the mischievous little smirk that told him all he needed to know.
"SIT!"
She actually ran across his back, leaving dirt tread marks from her shoes. He's kinda a speed bump.A strange little giggle came up from her throat before she could swallow her joy at her brief victory and continue on with her task. She was at the well finally. She barely shortened her strides as she came up on it.
Not wanting to dive in head first, she made a move to sort of hop up onto it, sitting just on the lip. The force of it caused her to land hard on her seat bones, then it felt like the sky fell down on her. There was a huge rush of air, and the ground bounced, and suddenly she was aware of an almost painful pressure on her wrist.
Shit…I mean crap…no no…now is a good time to swear shit shit shit. Why did she keep making it to the well but no further? That's just not fair. It's like running out to the ice cream truck just before the ice-cream guy drives away, and then you find out he's out of fudgesicles.
"Kagome, that was really stupid!" Inuyasha growled as he started to pull her off the lip of the well. "I thought you had learned after last time. You just can't win with me. Accept it." He said with far too much confidence.
He really shouldn't have been so cocky, because had he worded it differently maybe she would have conceded her defeat and waited to try another day. As it was however, she was not about to accept it. She struggled back against him pulling back with every ounce in her slim body. Gravity in its patient duty took hold of her and she found herself falling down into the darkness. Her treacherous hands, oh how they betrayed her. She latched onto the first thing she could reach…and then tumbled down through time. The landing on the other side was about as graceful as the fall. Everything was dark, and cold, and she was acutely aware of the fact that her face was well acquainted with the ground.
Oh, my chin hurts. Why did I end up going in head first, that's was an awful idea. And Inuyasha better stay on the other side…I will sit him into oblivion if he tries to drag me back now.
Lets see, scratched chin, bruised side. Not too bad for a face plant. Now what is…
She was holding something hard and round n her hand. Fear crept along her spin as she had some idea about what this something could be. Slowly she opened her hand to find her very good friend the prayer beads. Unfortunately the hanyou usually attached to them was disturbingly absent. A few beads fell off the end of the broken string and with each tiny thud of them hitting the ground Kagome felt her heart beat thud quicker in her chest.
"Maybe he hasn't noticed…"
As the last word came out of her tightening throat a warm gust of air blew across her neck.
"Guess again."
II
AN: hey I just wanted to add a quick note, that if your reading this, and think hey…didn't she write a story that started out this way before…well the answer is yes, "Oh the Irony" if you were wandering. But I decided to write a more dramatic version of that, without the spoofiness. Not to mention with fewer mistakes. Thanks!
Revised 4/18