-Rewritten, chapter two-
Chapter Two: Insulting
Miroku turned the page.
Kaede explained to me the powers of the sacred jewel. It was surprising how powerful it was and how so many demons and humans want it. I asked Inuyasha why he wanted it. He is really strong.
"Aw, she complimented you. So adorable." Miroku cooed.
Inuyasha twitches, flustered and blushing, but he chooses not to punch Miroku in the face.
Kaede said he was only half demon, so he wants it to become full demon. And what does Inuyasha do? He punches a hole in the floor.
"You don't even say thank you? AND you ruin a perfectly good floor. What is wrong with you, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. Inuyasha's temper was steadily rising.
It turns out that Kaede is the younger sister of Kikyo, the girl who betrays Inuyasha, or so he says. Inuyasha makes a cheesy remark about old people. Turns out, Kikyo died soon after binding Inuyasha to the tree. Talk about sad. Inuyasha had a soft expression of grief in his face, something I didn't expect to see, seeing his temper is quickly cracked in a grand total of three seconds.
"She's off a bit." Miroku said.
"Your gonna insult me too aren't you?" Inuyasha asked.
"No. Well, actually yes."
"Do it and I punch you. In the face." Inuyasha growled, his fist raised to show he meant it.
"Aw, but I wanted to irritate you." Miroku pouted.
"You're a bastard, you know that." Inuyasha grumbled, and Miroku cracked a smile.
"I try."
She says that I am the reincarnation of Kikyo. I was totally shocked. Inuyasha looked shocked, I think, I couldn't tell. Actually, I don't all the way remember, but later on in the day, I was walking, I look to see all these people bowing to me. That was both creepy and an eye opener. And the people were also giving me a whole bunch of these vegetables and fruits. I was grateful, but, they were only giving me this stuff cause they think I'm Kikyo... which... I don't even see why their giving me this stuff in the first place. I went to go see Inuyasha, he was up a tree. I thought puppies couldn't climb trees, but...
"PUPPY?!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Inuyasha calm down, your losing your temper to a book." Miroku said.
"I threw a pear at him, not to hit him but for him. He caught it, even though it was behind him. Cool. He's strong and got good reflexes.
"Aw look! More compliments!" Miroku cooed at Inuyasha's blushing face.
"Bu— d— wi— Stop that!" Inuyasha sputtered, his face bright red.
"Fine, fine." Miroku said, snickering.
I brought him down just to help me eat the food. Luckily he came down willingly without the shouting fest. I was eating a pear, enjoying the silence. So I tell him, that I don't wanna fight. That I wanna have a... peaceful relationship with him.
"Relationship? When did that happen?" Inuyasha asked, glaring at Miroku when Miroku went "Ooh..."
Well, I guess not relationship, but like, that he hates Kikyo, so he shouldn't be holding a grudge against me. And what the silly puppy does is he drops the rutabaga he was eating, leaps back up into the tree and he says that I'm trying to trick him. Well, its funny that all I have to do is say the word sit, but incidentally, I said that out loud, so...
"Yeah, crazy wench. I thought I cracked my skull." Inuyasha said, rubbing his head.
"With that thick head like that, its not possible." Miroku said. That earned him another whack to the head. "OW! I'm just telling my thoughts." He said. He flipped a few pages and read:
I was kidnapped by these thieves, and they were all harassing me. Their boss was about to kill me, all for the jewel, but there was something wrong with him. He killed one of his own. And then there was a wild goose chase to run or be killed. His own men started calling me boss. Do these guys have any independence in them at all? And right when I thought I was a goner, Inuyasha crashes through the wall and deflects the blade. I believe I should owe him my life now.
Miroku gives Inuyasha a knowing look. "Whatcha gonna ask her for?"
"What the hell is wrong with you? Do you have any not perverted thoughts in your mind?" Inuyasha yelled.
"I wasn't the one who was thinking that." Miroku said in a cocky tone.
Trapped, Inuyasha crossed his arms and demanded he continue, changing the subject.
Miroku cleared his throat.
Earlier, I had thrown the sacred jewel out the window, hoping that he would leave us alone. Boy was I ever wrong. I don't even think he knows I threw it out the window. But when Inuyasha came, he kicked the crap outta him, and there was some sort of crow demon in his chest, where his heart should be. Inuyasha tried to kill it but it flew away, and grabbed the jewel that was outside. He made me try and get the jewel back by shooting a bow and arrow, which I have never done before. I tried when he said that the crow eats human beings. I tried twice, and both times missed terribly. He threw me to the ground and said that I am definitely not Kikyo. Wow, give me two shots on my first try and he says I can't do it period. I bet with some practice I can shoot a bow. Ya know what, I'm going to practice now, show him I can shoot an arrow just as good as Kikyo.
"So... you were the cause of Kagome's determination to shoot an arrow? Good for you." Miroku said.
"Well, at least she's better." Inuyasha grumbled.
The crow's first victim was a little boy. Inuyasha decapitated him, even though I said he should be careful for the boy. Did he listen? No.
"Man Inuyasha--"
"Shut your trap and keep reading."
The boy was sent tumbling and landed in the water. He couldn't swim apparently, and neither could anyone else. Luckily I had taken lessons. I saved him and all Inuyasha cared about was that the crows remains still had the jewel in them. Talk about selfish. Talk about selfish.
"Why'd she write it twice?" Inuyasha asked.
"No, no. That was me, agreeing with her." Miroku said.
"What? Dude, stop that!"
The crow pieces gathered together as expected. Only, the foot was still attached to the boy. Which gave me an idea. If I tied the foot to an arrow, the foot couldn't help but be drawn by the jewel, which almost promises that it'll hit. It did hit. But... it worked a little too well. The jewel splintered. Now Inuyasha is mad at me beyond anything.
"Your right on that one." Inuyasha grumbled.
Miroku turned the page.
Now that the Jewel of four souls is broken, we have gotta put it back together, before someone in the wrong hands takes a hold of it. Kaede said that we have to work together. Inuyasha said he wasn't complaining. He said he was one of the wrong hands. Its becoming both really hard to accept that he's one of the bad guys when he saved me twice, and really obvious when he also tried to kill me, after saving me twice. Which I find really ironic.
Inuyasha was being the biggest pig and peeping-tom today. I was covered in blood and dirt and it felt like I hadn't washed my hair in weeks. And these people in the feudal era have never heard of a bath. So I was freezing my butt off in the pond. I come up for air, and I have finished trying to clean myself off I walk/wade over to the shore and I find Inuyasha staring at me. And he yells at me when I shout sit. The nerve of that guy. And he says he did nothing wrong, and that he was really after the sacred jewel. So we yell back and forth, while I'm behind a bush, changing into these priestess clothes. And when Kaede leaves to go help someone, ya know what he says? Get undressed.
Inuyasha twitched and turned completely red. Miroku fell backwards and rolled around in laughter.
"HEY! It wasn't like that! Are you listening? HEY!!" Inuyasha said.
"Did you like that peep show?" Miroku teased, still laughing.
"It wasn't like that! Read the rest, you'll know!"
Miroku took a deep breath and read the next line.
I hit him in the head with a rock and called him a pig.
"That's one line stupid! Read the rest!" Inuyasha said, while Miroku laughed and laughed and laughed.
Then he yelled at me. He said that he didn't say get naked, he said he couldn't stand seeing me in those clothes. Then he called me stupid. Again. You know what, YOU'RE stupid! And I said, why, cause I look like Kikyo? He takes stuff like that like a 5 year old, my brother is more mature then him. We argued some more, then he said that he didn't need me. So I said that I was going home, told him to sit and left. He never even said my name. He's so stupid. He's so stupid!
"Could you stop agreeing with what she says, its annoying." Inuyasha said.
"No, no. She wrote it twice. Actually," He said, flipping the page. "The backside of this page is full of 'Inuyasha's a big fat jerk' and 'Inuyasha's so stupid'. I'm not lying, look." He said, showing Inuyasha the page. There were scrawls of what Inuyasha supposed was his name in kanji, then a bunch of stuff after it. And in English, and in cursive and other fonts. Man, is that insulting.
Man, is that insulting.
Inuyasha growled. Great, now the narration is doing it too.
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If it's any consolsation, I think it's better then before. This one I didn't have to mess with too much. Hm.
