Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha…even so…do you think we could still share a True Love's Kiss? Which by the way is a song I don't own…

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Silvermoon Dragoneye- You guess it! Yes I love Hakuna Matata! It's my motto! Yes poor Inuyasha indeed. He's got a lot to say about this whole ordeal…tehe

TiffanyM- I love the Lion King too. Even thought it's super depressing the rest of the movie is so worth it! The ending is so…majestic! I wish I had neon socks!

Chapter 4

True Love's Kiss

"Wow! That was so much fun!" Mizuko exclaimed as the group left where they were and headed into the forest. "I love it when this happens! It's so much fun!"

"Wait…you mean you know what's going on?" Miroku inquired.

"Sure I do…this is totally a mer enchantment." She said as if it were obvious.

"You're the cause of this?" Inuyasha growled.

"What's with the mean face Inuyasha…are you upset with me?" Mizuko pouted and looked confused.

"Mizuko…people have been dying." Kagome said sadly. "We think it's because of the singing."

"Oh…that's why you're so upset Inuyasha!"

Actually Inuyasha wasn't currently thinking about the people, he was thinking about himself, his reputation. He was pissed! He just sang a whole bunch of mumbo jumbo when he should have been trying to defeat Naraku. Damn mermaid.

Still, he knew if he said that he'd get a big SIT from Kagome, so he decided to agree.

"Yeah that's right! Innocent people!" He shifted his eyes nervously.

Mizuko decided to ignore it.

"It is because of the singing…it's a terrible side-effect of this almost magically marvelous spell." Mizuko shook her head. "It's a shame too…I really do like singing."

"So why are people dying?" Kagome said trying to get back on course.

"Well as the spell goes on songs begin to pour out people's innermost, bottled up emotions. A person becomes too open and brutally honest. The emotions and feelings become literally so gut wrenching that people can't take it physically. First they fall ill and when they reach a certain point that they can't handle it anymore they just burst into flames."

"So some merperson is letting innocent people die for fun? That's awful."

"It is…most merpeople are extremely indifferent and apathetic to humans. You're lucky you have me!" She smiled, though the others stayed grim. She continued. "Still, doing these enchantments and carrying them out to the point when innocent humans start dying…well it's pretty much frowned upon now in my kingdom. Though the culprit will probably just get a slap on the wrist at most."

"Do you know who it is?" Sango asked.

"I'm going to assume it's my sister. It's no coincidence that you're all being affected by it…"

"So is this Sereene's way of revenge?" Miroku mused.

"Makes sense. She's always been immature like that."

"So how do we end the spell?" Inuyasha finally asked.

"That's the issue." Mizuko sighed. "Only she can remove the spell and Sereene won't do so unless she's ready to, and with her talents of holding long grudges…it could be awhile."

"How long is a while! I can't handle this idiotic singing anymore!" Everyone stared at Inuyasha. "I mean…the poor innocent people. We can't just let them die."

Everyone was satisfied with Inuyasha's modified answer and turned their attention back to Mizuko.

"There has to be another way." Miroku exclaimed.

"There sort of is." Atsuo said.

"What is it?" The whole group asked together.

"True love's kiss." Mizuko said dreamily.

Inuyasha stared at her. "True love's kiss? What the hell does that mean?"

"It means that if two people declared their true, pure and undying love through a kiss then it would purify the spell. Usually what kills the people are heavy and devastating emotions, if it's instead replaced by loving emotion that brings forth true happiness then the enchantment will be purified and will all the deaths will cease."

"The music too right?" Inuyasha asked all too eagerly.

"Yes…exactly, unfortunately true love is the rarest emotion there is. Do you know the odds of a person finding his or her true love? You'd have better luck finding a sea shell in a pile of crabs."

"But…" Atsuo started. "If someone did find their true love in the midst of this kind of spell it would probably happen like this…" Atsuo pointed to Mizuko.

Suddenly powerful music started playing out of nowhere and Mizuko started to sing again.

"When you meet the someone who was meant for you
Before two can become one there is something you must do"

Suddenly little forest creatures started singing along in cute little voices.

"Do you pull each others tails?" A rabbit like demon asked?

"Do you feed each other seeds?" A little bird demon sang.

"No, there is something sweeter everybody needs"

Mizuko smiled and continued.

"I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss
And a prince I'm hoping comes with this
That's what brings everaftering so happy
And that's the reason we need lips so much
For lips are the only things that touch"

"Uh…I beg to differ." Miroku interjected with a perverted grin.

Sango hit him hard on the head and Mizuko ignored him by continuing.

"So to spend a life of endless bliss
Just find who you love through true love's kiss"

Everyone simply stared at Mizuko, utterly confused.

"Oh boy am I going to need help to explain this…I need more of these little critters…"

"aaaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa" She called out.

"aaaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa" The two little demons, as well as Shippou joined in.

A bunch more critters sang the next verse along with Shippou.

"She's been dreaming of a true love's kiss
and a prince she's hoping comes with this
that's what brings everaftering so happy
and that's the reason we need lips so much
For lips are the only things that touch"

Miroku felt tempted to once again interject, but he decided on bump on the head was enough.

"So to spend a life of endless bliss
Just find who you love through true love's kiss." Mizuko sang dreamily.

Atsuo then began to speak. "And this is how such a meeting would occur."

He cleared his throat and began to sing in a beautiful baritone voice.

"You're the fairest maid I've ever met
you were made..."

"To finish your duet…" Mizuko joined him.

"And in years to come we'll reminisce" They sang together.

"How we came to love…" He sang

"And grew and grew love…" She added.

"Since first we knew love through true love's kiss…" They sang once again together.

They smiled and turned back to the group as the music ended.

Inuyasha crossed his arms.

"That's the stupidest thing I've heard in my life."

I know it's a tad short again, but I wanted to get something to you guys before I started the weekend. I'll try to post another chapter on Sunday…

I hope you enjoyed! Please review.

Have a fantastic weekend!