Ushinawa Reta

Lady Nefertiti

A/N: Mortify: hurt someone's pride, feel shame

Chapter 2: Mortify

"Bitch for the hundredth time don't sit me! I only said what's right!" Inuyasha said, now rising up from his crater. There she stood, hands on her hips with a furious expression. What was wrong with what he said? Nothing at all! What? Was she siding with the enemy now?

He made two steps towards her, she cringed unconsciously but Miroku came to stand beside her with a stern expression, the staff jingling in his arm. Inuyasha would not harm her. He might be a friend but he was still of demon blood.

"Inuyasha. You've said enough. You've done enough. Now stay away from Lady Kagome. Sesshomaru-sama has offered us a place to stay while his borders are dangerous. Never look a gift-horse in the mouth correct?" Miroku asked Inuyasha trying to sound reasonable.

"FEH!" Inuyasha said and walked towards Kikyo. Sango looked at Kagome worriedly but Kagome had already started walking back in the direction where she'd left Sesshomaru. Sango bit her lip wondering whether Kagome needed to talk but right now-with Kagome's slumped shoulders right now it seemed she was better off alone. She lost her trail of thought when Miroku suggested they should wrap up camp and start to move. It was midnight and late but it was better off they move in the dark of the night.

Everyone was awake anyway, even little Shippo-kun who was gnawing on Inuyasha's ears that he was stupid and rude etc….while Inuyasha was yelling trying to get him off. Kikyo just stood there as useless as could be looking at the group uninterested. He sighed as he looked away. Inuyasha was going to alert those 'enemies' of Sesshomaru's that they were here so 'come and kill us because we belong to the west as well.'

He saw Kagome's retreating back, probably going back to Sesshomaru's side. Things were pretty bad in their group. He wasn't sure he could keep them together for long; they might part ways and break up sooner or later. He bit his lip as he felt a wave of sorrow go through him.

Similar issues….vengeance…goals….same enemy….was what kept them together. Had they not been together for a common cause-he knew Sango wouldn't think twice to kill Inuyasha if he pissed her off, after all; her entire clan was wiped out. And to her village-demons were no good. It was what she was taught.

Although he could have wished for anything at all…..Inuyasha had chosen to revive Kikyo.

"Sango. Please get Shippo off of Inuyasha. I don't want him to be hurt." Miroku said as he started putting out the fire and picking up their things.

"Miroku." Sango said, Shippo in her arms now.

"Don't Sango-sama." He said as he leaned over putting out the fire. She nodded and put Shippo on the ground who was about to chase after Kagome but Miroku told him not to.

"Oi Monk! Stop acting like that!" Inuyasha said as Kikyo picked up her bow and arrows. She glared at Sango who gave her a blank, bored expression, although her boomerang stood 'at the ready' In a threatening manner.

What in the seven hells was going on with the inu-tachi?

Her behavior was quite…peculiar to say the very least. He did not sense any injury or the fact that Inuyasha's hands had been on her. Had he wounded her pride? Shamed her somehow? He felt he had a right to know since it was that he was Alpha of the tachi. This is what Inuyasha fought with him the most about. He was Alpha and Sesshomaru was just 'another demon member of their pack'.

Sesshomaru should stay in his fancy palace, sign papers, rule subjects, order soldiers around, beat up poor servants who don't deserve it and declare war or something. He looked up at the moon as he sensed Kagome coming his way.

She stood in front of him saying everyone was ready to leave. He had this sudden urge to hold her in his arms and demand answers. Her pink lips and sad blue eyes were bothering him and he looked away.

"Uhh…Sesshomaru-sama? What is it?" Kagome asked.

"Nothing." He replied allowing her to walk ahead of him.

"I don't think that…" Kagome started as she looked back.

"Is that so?" He said as they walked towards camp. She was silent again as they saw Kikyo and Sango glaring at each other and Shippo sitting on Miroku's shoulder and Inuyasha trying to grab Shippo who was wiggling his tail knowing Inuyasha couldn't get to him.

Suddenly they all heard a huge crash coming from a few hundred feet away and then screams.

"Looks like they heard your loud mouth." Kagome said.

"Shut-up stupid wench!" Inuyasha said and said that she couldn't hide behind that bastard (Sesshomaru) her whole life and think she was protected. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at that comment.

"Isn't there a village on your borders?" Miroku asked.

"They have already been evacuated. The loud noises were probably my soldiers and the enemy demons fighting." Sesshomaru said and said it was time to move.

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