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Chapter 7
"Oh Inuyasha I'm so happy!" Sereene exclaimed and hugged him tightly as they left the village together.
"Uh…yes." He let her touch him, though he was burning inside to hit her. "I am as well, you're so much more beautiful…" She isn't…ugh "…than Kagome. You were right she is a scraggily little thing."
"Hmmm oh Inuyasha! Do you love me?" She batted her eyelashes.
Inuyasha blinked. "Uh…"
She stared at him waiting impatiently for his answer.
She on to me! I just know it!
"Uh…forgive me Sereene I am…uh…I am just too shy to express my feelings." He said reluctantly. This is the stupidest plan ever!
"Oh Inuyasha!" She pounced on him again. Or maybe it's not...
Still, why must she always say 'oh Inuyasha!'? It's so annoying! I get it you know my name…gods. Stupid wench.
Sango, Miroku and Shippou weren't far behind, but Miroku had finally let them in on what was going on.
"You mean she's a mermaid?" Shippou asked.
"Yes and a dangerous one at that. I don't think she'd kill, but she has control over the waters and creatures of the water. She can trap us all if she realizes what we're doing."
"What exactly are we doing?" Sango wondered.
"First we need to get her to the river bank, then her sister will contact us at one of the springs, that's why we need to give Sereene and Inuyasha alone time." Miroku explained.
"I wonder how Inuyasha is doing. He must be fighting himself not to reveal his true feelings." Sango looked ahead. Inuyasha was indeed trying hard to fake affection for the menacing mermaid.
"Oh Inuyasha! Kiss me!" She leaned in.
"Uh…"
"Ugh is he going to do it?" Sango frowned.
"I don't know…" Miroku stared with the others. "Should we stop her?"
"INUYASHA!" A strong male voice called.
Inuyasha turned around to face…
"Kouga." Inuyasha growled.
Miroku turned to Sango and Shippou. "Well that was unexpected." They both nodded in agreement.
The three of them looked on.
"Where's Kagome? For a guy who's always trying to keep my woman from me you sure are getting comfortable with another one." He smirked.
"Kagome went home you stupid wolf."
"So you're going behind her back then."
"No I…" Damn I can't tell him the truth. Sereene held Inuyasha's arm.
"Who is this my Inuyasha?" Inuyasha cringed at her words.
Kouga smirked at this new development.
"I'll bet once Kagome finds out about you and this girl she'll come running to me. You're the only obstacle between us anyway."
"Uh did you forget about Ayame?" Inuyasha narrowed his eyes.
Kouga blinked.
"Ok almost done!" Mizuko cried.
"You sure this time?" Atsuo crossed his arms. Everything about him was human now except for his legs, which were still tentacles.
Kagome sighed and sat on the floor of the cavern.
"Don't worry this is the last time!"
Kagome and Atsuo shot her a look.
"I promise! I swear!" Mizuko smiled nervously.
The ditzy mermaid flailed her arms and sent a burst light that engulfed the whole cavern toward Atsuo. The light hit Atsuo who let out a small whimper.
That's definitely not comfortable! Kagome decided and watched in awe.
Then there was darkness in the sea yet again.
"I-I have legs! I have legs! I'm human again!" Atsuo exclaimed. "Look at me!" He grinned from ear to ear. He put his hands on his hips basking in the glory of his body being back.
And in his good, full glory he was.
Kagome and Mizuko realized this upon looking at him.
"EEK!" Kagome's face went red. She turned around. Oh my god…
Mizuko just stared feeling no shame.
"Huh? What's going on…why'd you look away? Mizuko why are you staring…" He then looked down and saw that he was naked. "AH!"
"Yeah…I should have thought…" Mizuko gave another nervous smile. "Sorry…I'll find you something to cover up with!" The mermaid swam to one of the crevices of the cavern. She went inside a dingy old trunk. She took out a white sheet, a rope and an old robe. She threw the robe down to Atsuo.
Atsuo caught it and wrapped it around himself quickly.
"Can I look now?" Kagome asked. She was blushing furiously. The only time she ever saw a naked guy full frontal naked was…Inuyasha. Souta tried to get Inuyasha to take a bath with him. Inuyasha found he didn't really like baths. He had stormed into the room with only bath bubbles to cover his…parts.
"Yes…sorry Kagome."
Kagome turned around and smiled. "Well you look great Atsuo!"
"I feel great too!" He beamed.
Mizuko swam down to her new friends. "I say we get a move on and start this thing."
"I agree." Kagome nodded. "Let's go."
Kagome, Atsuo and Mizuko swam toward the area where Kagome first began this adventure. It was time to get Sereene.
"So how will we get Sereene?" Kagome asked.
"We need to get her feet to touch the water, then she'll lose the legs and get her tail back. First we need to get ourselves onto land, then once Sereene gets under water I'll enchant it so she can't go up the surface again."
"Sounds like a plan." Kagome said, as they were close enough to the surface.
"The thing is that Sereene isn't stupid, she knows not to go near the water…we need to trick her." Mizuko added.
"How?" Atsuo asked.
"We're going to set a trap…come on!" When they reached the rubbery surface Mizuko once again flailed her hands and the barrier was lifted. Atsuo and Kagome kissed the ground.
While Kagome was grateful to be back on land she realized how incredible it must be for Atsuo, who had been underwater as a squid for who knows how long. He ran around the shore taking in the clean air and the smell of the land.
He sighed. "This is…amazing."
Kagome smiled at him and looked over to Mizuko. She sat on a rock. Her tail moved around as though it had a mind of it's own and was looking for water. She sighed and placed her hand over the tail. Slowly her green, flopping tail turned into a pair of long, pale, bare legs.
Mizuko wrapped the white sheet around her body with the rope creating a makeshift dress to cover herself. She too also took in the wondrous air with a great appreciation.
She got up and stumbled.
"Are you ok Mizuko?" Kagome said catching the mermaid before she fell.
"Sort of…I've never done this to myself before…it's, it's magical!" She smiled and breathed in for air.
"It is isn't it?" Atsuo closed his eyes and let the wind flow through him.
It's like they're totally high on life right now!
"Well we should get going right?" Kagome called them back to reality.
"Right on! Let's go!" Mizuko said getting in front of the other two. They walked for a minute or so when Mizuko turned around. She had smiled nervously again.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked.
"Uh…I don't know where to go."
Kagome sighed and began leading her new friends.
"Where's Kagome mutt?" Kouga growled.
"I told you she went home!" Inuyasha growled back.
"Inuyasha I'm scared of the big bad demon!" Sereene nuzzled up against him.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. Meanwhile Kouga began rambling on how Kagome was his woman and Inuyasha wasn't being fair.
"I don't have time for this." He sighed and looked up. To his surprise he saw…
Kagome.
Inuyasha smiled at the sight of her. She's safe...she's back.
She smiled back and waved, but also made put her finger to her lips telling him to not say anything.
"What you smiling at dog breath?" Kouga glared at Inuyasha.
"Just uh…smiling about how great this is…you don't have Kagome and I have this little…minx." He tried his hardest to keep up his fake grin with out choking.
"You disgust me…for a while there I thought you had some sort of loyalty toward my girl. You don't deserve to even look at someone like Kagome!"
Kouga! What's he doing here? Oh no! Kagome looked on nervously. This changes everything!
"Kagome let's go!" Atsuo whispered grabbing her arm.
"Oh right!" She whispered back. The three of them snuck around so they could get to the right spot to ambush Sereene. Meanwhile they had to think of a new plan.
"I got one…" Mizuko admitted. "I was hoping to find another way…but this is dire. Kagome I'm getting nervous."
"Why?"
"We need to stop Sereene before she kisses Inuyasha."
Kagome cringed. "No way!"
"She's getting close...while he may not be in love with her yet, she thinks he likes her enough. Remember when she enchanted him with her voice? Well, she's going to do it again and when she does he'll fall under her spell and in love with her for real, then she'll kiss him."
"Besides for the total ick factor...what's the big deal?"
"That's right I remember now!" Atsuo chimed in. "Sereene kissed me…then I turned into a squid." He frowned and fiddled with his hands. He then smiled, thanking the gods and his new friends for having real hands again.
"Wait…that means she'll be able to take Inuyasha back with her as a squid!" Kagome shuddered at the thought of Inuyasha being a squid.
"Yes, but she kissed you as a mermaid." Mizuko answered Atsuo.
"Is there a difference?" Kagome asked.
"Yes…you see while mermaids have power we all long to be human. If Sereene gets Inuyasha to kiss her she'll suck out his human essence and with out that he'll most likely die."
"But wait…Inuyasha is half human, but he's also half demon..."
"Then I guess he would become all demon." Mizuko reasoned. She looked at Kagome who froze up. "I take it that's a bad thing."
Kagome nodded numbly.
Slight cliffhanger. I hope you enjoyed!
I hope this chapter was to everyone's liking. I have a slight confession, I haven't see the show in ages and I'm currently rewatching the series to refresh myself. Anyway I'm still a little nervous about getting characters right so just let me know if I'm a little off.
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