I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own InuYasha. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.

-X-I Believe in Miracles-x-Sesshomaru-x-10-x-You Sexy Thing-X-

Fight, Sing, Eat; What a Weird Day

"Block it!"

"I'm trying!"

"Doesn't look like it!"

"Well I am!"

"Then try harder!"

"Then you quit going at me so damn hard!"

"What, afraid that I'll actually hurt you?"

"HA! That has seriously got to be the funniest thing ever! IF YOU HADN'T NOTICED, I FREAKING BLEEDING ALREADY!"

"Jeez, what a crybaby!" InuYasha yelled back in my face.

Miroku sighed, "I'm afraid to admit that they are both evenly matched," he commented.

"What do you mean? She doesn't stand a chance against him!" Kagome replied.

He smiled slightly, "Not in strength but in temper and use of words," he said and stood up, "InuYasha, why don't you let me help her?"

"Yeah!" I said, "At least he won't kill me!"

"I wasn't trying to kill you! I'm trying to get you to use your weapons properly!" InuYasha yelled at me.

"No, what I'm afraid you are doing is pushing her too hard. You are obviously too strong for her AND you can't control the amount of strength you send towards her," Miroku stated

"Actually, how about I teach her. Girl to girl," Sango said and stood up, "You have a staff, monk. Plus, I have a lot of experience with swords like hers."

Miroku sighed and sat back down, pouting slightly. "It would have been interesting…but you are right Sango, like always," he said.

Her eyes narrowed, "If you're trying something, I suggest you stop it," she said.

Oh yes, it's so obvious they don't like each other.

"Ok," she said and drew her own sword-thing, "Now you hold it like this. Since you have twin katanas, you are going to have to train both of your hands for combat."

Usually that little weird voice inside my head would say something by now…usually mocking me…

But…it's gone! Where'd it go?!

"Now if you are going for a more direct hit, you thrust the sword forward like this. Usually you're running when you do this, though," she said and showed me with her sword. Then I did it.

"Jeez, you have all these different attacks. Typically I just swing my sword and hack the guys head off," InuYasha scoffed.

"And then you can just swing it like this and that's what InuYasha does most of the time," Sango said, glaring at him, "That's if you want to 'hack' at something."

Is the little voice gone forever?

I'm…still here…

What's wrong? You sound…out of it…

Um…I'm not going to talk because I'll let something slip…

Huh?

You'll protest, I know it!

What the hell are you talking about?

Nope, I quit right here. No more speaking. Now learn how to wield your damn weapon!

Right…

I tried my hardest to keep up with her instructions. I heard a noise in the woods somewhere but didn't think much of it.

"Sheath your weapons," Sango said, "But act natural. I sense something and so do the others, I think."

InuYasha stood up, his hand on his sword. "This is weird," he muttered.

WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?!

Why do you automatically suspect me? Now pay attention!

Then my green eyes widened when I felt someone jump down behind me, the air rushing towards me.

The person, or demon, or whatever, grabbed me and I suddenly saw the ground get smaller.

Squealing, I buried my face in…fluff…

It had been all so fast; I was scared out of my mind. Whoever, or whatever, it was that had grabbed me, I now clung on to.

I had my eyes shut, not wanting to know who had a hold of me and how fast we were going.

Suddenly everything stopped.

"You can let go," an oddly familiar voice said.

Slowly, ever so slowly, I opened my eyes and looked up…up into the unmoving face of that Sesshy guy.

"Are we on the ground?" I asked, my voice high from extreme nervousness. You never know! We could be in a tree!

"Yes," he answered, "Now release me."

I let him go sheepishly, after making sure we were on solid ground, while my face was burning.

Aww, someone's blushing!

I am not! Anyone would do so in that kind of situation!

Right. Contradicting yourself…

…And why the hell didn't you tell me?!

Because he commanded that I didn't…well, that and the fact that you might have protested.

I wouldn't have minded coming along, although it IS sad that I left so suddenly…

Yeah, that InuYasha was chasing you for quite some time. Most likely at that girl, Kagome's, bidding.

Heh, you think they like each other too, don't you?

Dear, it's written all over their faces, not to mention actions.

"Nikki!" another familiar voice exclaimed.

"Rin!" I shouted too and ran to hug the running little girl.

"I missed you!" she said, a bit over dramatically.

"I missed you too!" I exclaimed.

"Oh great, she's back again," the annoying dude said.

I grinned, "Yep! Although, I don't get why…" I said, feeling very confused.

If you want someone to blame, blame me.

You did this?

Yeah…it was for your own protection!

Meh, I'm not complaining…its fun both here and there…but now I don't get to learn how to use my swords!

The proper word is 'katana'. Got it? Use it.

Sword, katana, same difference…You know, I just realized something…

What?

Jaken looks like Yoda…But with a beak…

sigh

"Come on, Nikki, or you'll be left behind!" Rin called from the huge demon named Ah-Un.

I smiled back at her, "Coming!" I called out. That must have looked weird. Me just staring off into space like that.

As we walked, I started to hum a little melody. My humming turned into words until I was singing softly to myself. When I sang, it showed that I was in a pretty good mood. The day was wonderful, the air was clean and the birds were chirping. How better could it be?

"What are you singing?" Rin asked, staring at me with her head tilted to the side. She had a curious expression on her face and her eyes were wide.

I blushed, "Eh, I'm sorry, I suck at singing," I said uncomfortably.

"No, you actually sing very pretty," she disagreed, "But what is it called? Did you make it up just now?"

"No, it's by another person. I'm actually not sure what the name of the song is but my best guess would be 'Love Don't Come Easy'," I answered, "I get random songs stuck in my head…"

"Oh…will you keep singing?" she asked, "I promise not to interrupt again."

"I'll try," I answered and started to hum it again. It was a really fun song… "Mmm…'you can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait. She said love don't come easy. It's a game of give and take!'…" (Love Don't Come Easy, Diana Ross & the Supremes)

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her smile softly to herself which made me grin as I kept singing. When the song was finished, she sighed.

"Can you sing another one?" she asked, "Usually when traveling with Lord Sesshomaru, it's really quiet. But I like it when you sing."

"Um, sure," I said and thought of another song to sing, "…'In my head, there's only you now. This world falls on me. In this world, there's real and make-believe. And this seems real to me…You love me but you don't know who I am. I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand. And you love me but you don't know who I am. So let me go'…" (Let Me Go, Three Doors Down)

"That one is nice too," she said when I finished it.

"It's meant to be sung by a guy…" I explained.

"Oh…But it still sounds very nice," she said, "Do you know only love songs?"

My eyebrows rose when I heard that. I didn't realize that's what they had been. Thinking about it, I realized that most of the songs I knew WERE love songs…

"Hmm…" I said thoughtfully, "What other songs do I know…Jeez, even Barney has love songs! Now that's plain creepy…"

She just stared at me while I talked to myself out loud.

"Eh, how about this one?" I asked and started off in the chorus, "Bye, bye miss American pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. And good ole' boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing this'll be the day that I die. This'll be the day that I die. Did you write the book of love and-" (American Pie, Don McLean)

"It has the word love in it," she pointed out.

"Very true…" I said and tried to think of another one, remembering to think of cuss words since she was still small. "I really can't think of one…Especially one with no foul language."

"That's ok," she said, "You sing very prettily and that's all that matters."

I laughed somewhat nervously, "Thanks," I said.

Suddenly, my stomach let out a huge rumble. Apparently I was hungry. Go figure.

"Are you starving too?" I asked Rin.

She frowned and shook her head, "No, I'm not starving. Lord Sesshomaru makes sure of that," she said.

"Um, well, are you hungry?" I asked her. I didn't think she'd actually take it literally…

This is a weird Era…it has weird reactions…

Yeah, I'm starting to realize that…

She thought for a moment, "Yes, actually. Do you have anything to eat?" she asked looking down at me.

I grinned, "Depends on what the bag decides," I said and started to dig through my backpack, still walking, mind you. After searching around, I finally pulled out a bag of bagels. Taking one out, I stared at in bewilderment.

What's wrong?

It's…toasted…

I moaned, "Oh God, please. What the hell do I have in here? An oven?!" I asked, staring at the lightly toasted bread incredulously.

Rin tilted her head and just stared at me.

When I pulled out a container of cream cheese out, it was cold.

"And now a fridge?!" The same was with a jar of raspberry jelly. Yes, cream cheese and jelly are simply delicious together.

I found paper plates, plastic knifes and spoons, paper cups and even a small container of milk. It. Was. Scary.

After spreading the cream cheese on, I tried to open the jar. The thing was, it wouldn't budge. Just my luck.

I quickly put everything on top of Ah-Un and ran up to Sesshomaru.

"Can you open this for me?" I asked him and held out the jar.

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-Jen-