Pride, Prejudice, and Youkais
Chapter 2
Inuyasha had actually got a whiff of Sesshomaru earlier that morning. Not knowing the daiyoukai's intention being so near to the village, Inuyasha had intended to beat the crap out of Sesshomaru's arrogant face, but found out the daiyoukai's delicate predicament by complete accident. He did pretend in front of the group that he knew nothing, but gruffly decided to disclose it in the following manner:
Observing Kagome rummaging her yellow bagpack for candies, he blurbed:
"Keh! Impressing Rin won't work''
"How would you know that, we don't even know what he's here for! Are you going to take responsibility if he wipe out the whole village, all because of their stupid virgins?" Kagome said resentfully.
"But, Kagome,'' said Shippo, "we will all go to meet the elders at the village tonight, Miroku said so."
"As if Miroku cares, he's on a date with Sango!"
Shippo then realized that both the houshi and the taijiya had been missing since the morning.
"We'll suffice. We ain't gonna need that monk for this stuff" Inuyasha said gruffly.
"We'll need to take Rin too if we failed to persuade the elders! Else both of you will be at each other's throat, and then the whole village and us are going to get killed."
"…then I'll just meet him myself."
"Are you out of your mind!?"
"What do you mean I'm out of my mind," the hanyou's ears rang from Kagome's outburtst. "Ya think I can't talk normally with the bastard?"
Inuyasha grinned with secrets and Kagome looked at him suspiciously.
"Whaddya think, kit?"
Shippo shrugged.
Kagome groaned. "Forget it! I'll find Rin myself"
"So.. you don't care if I say that I know for sure that the virgins would be the last thing on his mind?"
The fox and miko was in the strange place where they realized that Inuyasha was more than he lets on.
"You know something, don't you" Kagome said, poking her index finger at the hanyou in suspicion.
"When I was walking this morning I smelled the bastard near the village, I tried to look for him but found the kappa instead. The toad was talkin' to himself… the bastard…"
The miko leans closer in interest, and Shippo perched on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"…His mom is lookin' to mate him off! bastard is running off next door with the tail between his legs!" the hanyou shook and rolled with laughter.
Kagome blanched in realization that Sesshoumaru might take the virgin offering an insult to his predicament.
The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon Sesshomaru would kill Inuyasha for laughing behind his back, and determining what they should tell to deter the village elder.