Chapter 10: A Brief Respite

Naraku all but blink his crimson colored eyes in confusion. Now, he admits that he had done many evil things in his lifetime which he was very proud of, but this…this scene was just too absurd even for someone such as him. He could still feel his skin crawl as the sight of the great western lord hugging the embarrassed hanyou in front of him…IN FRONT OF HIM. 'What next? Them kissing in front of him too?' he almost gagged at his line of thinking. And now that said hanyou was out for blood for his supposedly hated half-brother.

"Damnit you asshole! This is your fault!!!" Inuyasha kept on blaming him while tightening his hold upon his, for once, innocent neck. "You better be prepared to~"

"I don't even know what you are talking about Inuyasha, but I must say…I didn't know that inus' tastes were...different." Naraku interrupted with a smirk meant to irritate.

Inuyasha stared at him wide eyed at his implication and his face became redder. "ARE YOU SAYING I'M GAY!!!!???"

Naraku rolled his eyes at the angry inu-hanyou, "You're the one who had said that not me."

Inuyasha was fuming, he was seeing red. Yes he was going to snap any moment now. He gave out an eerie snarl as his face contorted in pent up rage and frustration. He never understood what it was that he had done to anger the kamis and here he was taking up their wrath all by himself. Why can't they blame Naraku for goodness sake! The evil hanyou had done so much wickedness in his lifetime and here he was just chocking in his grasp. Inuyasha's looked at Naraku heatedly once more, staring at the man wishing that looks could kill – literally.

"Whatever you're thinking about Inuyasha…don't!" Naraku warned as he started squirming in the hayou's grasp.

In truth, Naraku was becoming worried. Inuyasha was just staring at him, his eyes burning. He shivered, 'Burning with what?' Inuyasha's eyes widened in a fraction as realization sets in and then all anger in his face disappeared. Silence reigned between the two of them and suddenly the young inu-hanyou smiled wickedly. Naraku readied himself for the worst that could be dished out on him but when nothing hurtful was applied to his body for a few passing seconds he decided to make a derogatory remark. The moment he did Inuyasha crashed his lips against his in a resounding smack echoing in the quiet forest. And then the inu-hanyou was gone in a split second, running pass him and disappearing beyond the trees.

"Wha~~~????!!" Naraku sputtered in shock at what had happened.

His eyes continued to widen at the shock of what had just occurred. And then when his mind went into overload he screamed.

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Inuyasha snickered which developed into full blown laughter until he couldn't run and laugh at the same time. He fell onto the forest floor rolling around in laughter at some joke he was the only one to understand. Ah yes, sweet retribution. Perhaps the kamis weren't all that cruel now that he thought about it. He stopped laughing for a moment and sucked in all the air he could to fill up his depraved lungs.

"Heh, that fucker will never know what hit him." He mumbled to himself.

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Shocked red eyes widen at what had just transpired in the clearing. Red lips were also parted in a gasp. Kagura couldn't breathe properly as she tried to process the events that had transpired in the clearing just moments after she landed. She didn't actually know what had happened prior to her landing, but what she did saw was that kiss Inuyasha delivered to her most hated master, which by the way, left him so shaken up that at the moment he looked so defenseless sitting under the tree. She thought about approaching Naraku but in the end turned away from him and followed the inu-hanyou's trail stealthily. Perhaps, she would get him to help her escape by giving Naraku another kiss to disarm him long enough to get her heart and flee. Ah yes, that would be the best thing she had thought all day.

"And if it doesn't work…I'll just taunt Naraku." She said in no one in particular when she disappeared in the trees as a smirk appeared in her pretty face.

Ah, it truly was a great day.