Osuwari
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. "Come back here, Inuyasha! I know you're nearby!"
Children fled from her presence. Her fury was tangible and tainted the air. They knew better than to try and placate her. The entire village seemed to become a ghost town. The fields were unusually quiet. They knew to wait for her temper to abate.
Unfortunately for them it seemed that she would remain furious. Kagome was incorrect. Inuyasha sat alongside Miroku and Shippō. They were by a small trickling river in the forest. He was out of ear-shot and didn't realise that she had returned from her era.
Sango would usually help to calm Kagome until Inuyasha showed his face. Unfortunately, she was lending her assistance to a nearby village. That left Kagome with nothing to distract her from her rage. She stormed back and forth across the village.
She paced until her legs ached. The sun was beginning to die as Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippō appeared on the horizon. She promptly grabbed Inuyasha by the ear and dragged him away. The village breathed a sigh of relief. People fled to embrace the last of the sun's dying light.
In the forest Kagome and Inuyasha came to a stand-still.
"What do you want?" he demanded.
She thrust a slip of paper into his face. "Take it! I've waited all day to give this to you so take and be grateful!"
She forced the paper into his right hand. Then she stormed away before he could stop her.
He scoffed. "Crazy woman,"
He unfurled the paper to find the word he dreaded most. Inuyasha flinched, but nothing came of reading the word. He turned it over, knowing that there would be more. He was right. The other side offered him a reprieve. He could use it to escape 'one sit and one sit only'.
"Oh…" their companions murmured eerily.
"What? Why are you-?" Inuyasha fell silent.
He quickly snatched the paper from his robe. It took him a moment to find it. It was a moment too long. Kagome's shriek caught him out.
"Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari! Osuwari!"
He groaned and glared at her. "Hey, what's the point of this thing if you're going to be like that? You're too fast,"
She smirked at him. "Oh, that? I knew you were going to bring that out. The offer's up. I was going to say it eight times but I took one off. A deal's a deal,"
Author's Note: Pointless. That's really the best way to sum this story up. I thought this would be some light-hearted fun but this isn't. I miss killing them off every thousand words. If a better writer had used this then the story would be decent. I'm not that decent writer though, so this time I can only wish that you weren't entirely disgusted by my story. As I didn't enjoy writing this I have no right to ask you to enjoy this. I do thank you for sparing your time to read my work. I apologise if you were as disappointed, or more, than I was at this. I am glad that I wrote this story though. Leaving your comfort zone is never a bad thing – though I'm sure the readers of experimental pieces disagree!
Part of the Revival Collection.