Ch10

Kagome soshite sono Inu Doyatsu izuko Ato Hanyou

Summary: OOC. AU. Whence running from school in the rainiest day ever, ever feel like theirs something watching you? While running down an ally Kagome meets a glare from a pure white dog, hiding from the rain? T for random foul language.

Chapter Ten - The Unsettled Forest III

I swear I didn't fall asleep.

But yet...he did. He woke up at sun up.

Kagome was still asleep.

We're still out here-

Wait, I slept while we were out here?! Inuyasha started to pound himself with his hand-

Wait, hand?!

Inuyasha looked up to the sky. Maybe it's not before six? But something was telling him it was after. Maybe she'll just not notice- fakku. Kagome might be dense, but she isn't that dense. He looked around, there is meant to be a cat somewhere… oh, there she is. He thought seeing the cat was still curled up in her tails. I gotta get her up now. If they haven't checked here before, they'll be checking now, and what if her family is home? I'm in deep trouble… What about Kilala? We still have to find her owner, it's not like we can go posting "lost two-tailed cat" what a very good excuse for the Kyapucha- keisatsu to come knocking on the shrine's doors, ordering the extermination. Heh, sayonara: house, cat... me…

Inuyasha looked down to the out-bedded girl. If he was worried last night, it was no deal to what he was feeling now. He placed his hands on her shoulders and shook her

'C'mon Kags wake up.'

He let that slip. Maybe she'd let that go too.

She groaned something about dogs and cats, fighting, moon cheese. Inuyasha blinked several times but blew a sigh...at least she wasn't in some coma or something. Now, just wake up like a good little girl, and we'll get the crap outta here.

'Kagome, wake up!'

'…Huh… whereami…?'

'We're still in the forest; we all just decided to camp out….' Inuyasha said hoping it would sound sarcastic enough for her. She gasped and sat up. Yep. Sarcastic enough.

'It is morning?'

Inuyasha nodded.

'We're still in the forest?'

He nodded again.

'Kilala is still here?'

Nodded again.

'You're still a hanyou?'

Blink…

Double blink.

'What's the time?'

Kagome pulled out her watch, and stared at it.

'Well? Come on, what's the time?!'

'…Six thirty…'

Triple blink.

Meow
'Meow?' both asked as they both looked over to Kilala and Inuyasha cursed big time. Kagome was about to tell him off when he grasped her and Kilala and was up a tree. He knew his outburst would cost him something from her, so before she could even retort on the branch, he palmed her.

Kagome fumed inside, but then looked up at Inuyasha beyond the look of blank she could see the silent worry. A fume of gas and blood got to her nose and she choked. She heard him curse again and they were out the tree into another one and another.

After a minute or two of tree, jumping the fume was gone and she was able to smell. She clawed at the hand covering her mouth once she got it off she gasped for breath. She looked up to Inuyasha who was looking the way they had come.

'Bastards,' He muttered.

Even though she despised cursing, she agreed with him at the moment.

'…What was that?'

'Kyapucha- keisatsu, they had enough of huntin'.' He growled out, Kilala started to hiss.

'I couldn't breathe.'

The arm around her tightened.

'Gomen ne Kagome; should have moved earlier.'

He blames himself?

'Iie, it's not your fault.'

He looked as if he still blamed himself.

'It's not your fault, Kay? If it weren't for you, I'm sure I'd be dead by fumes.'

'Fakku, Kagome, if I wasn't here in the first place they wouldn't be hunting the forest.' Again.

'Don't blame yourself for something you can't avoid. Now… let's go home.'

'Yeah, which way do we go?'

Kagome blinked.

'I... don't know…'

A big sweat-drop formed over the trio.

'Just keep hopping til we find something.' Kagome told Inuyasha.

They were tree hopping-

'FAKKU!'

…Until then…

Inuyasha came to a halt on a branch and they all leered foreword, making Inuyasha lose the branch he was one and he swore big time again, and landed on the forest floor. Before Kagome could ask, she saw a trembling statue. She frowned having no idea what it was, or why it was trembling. But Inuyasha, Inuyasha stared at it as if he knew what it was. Kagome saw his eye twitch then he picked up a stone and threw it at the statue.

Then there was a tiny little pop.
…And there was a little furry thing …
a mad little furry thing.

'Hey! What did you do that for? You big dork!'

'U-uh…' Kagome said nothing having a clue to what it was. It started to pelt tiny stones at Inuyasha. Only hitting him three times before it was being held by its tail by Inuyasha. Kagome now had the chance to look at it, but Inuyasha was still frowning.

'What is it…?' Kagome muttered.

'Kitsune youkai…'

The kit looked up at Inuyasha; Inuyasha looked down at the kit.

'Thought the Kyapucha- keisatsu wiped them all out…'

'Well obviously not! I'm still here!'

'You've got a lot of mouth for a kid.' Inuyasha said, with a clear danger sign beeping over his head.

The kit was silent. Kagome's voice reached both their ears.

'Kitsune youkai…?'

They both looked towards her.

Inuyasha sweat-dropped seeing the stars in her eyes.

'KAWAII let me hold him!!'

The kit somehow managed to get out of Inuyasha's hold and perch himself on his arm.

'Your lady is-'

'MY LADY?!'

Inuyasha stared at the kit.

Kit was shrinking because of the volume of what Inuyasha said.

Kagome didn't have a clue.

'Inuyasha! He is so coming with us!!' Kagome said after a few minutes of silence, Inuyasha looked animated; eyes half, mouth open; the complete oh-my-god-what-did-you-say-Inuyasha-look.

The kit was all for it though. Jumping up and down on Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha started to get the four-arrowed-lines on his head.

'….If the Kyapucha- keisatsu, are after you and Kilala they will surely be after him…'

The only reason he let up for the kit to stay was because Kagome made him (through looking like she was going to cry). Although the other reason was because the kit was, young and he wouldn't be able to do crud about him self if the Kyapucha- keisatsu came after him.

'So- what is- your- name?' Kagome asked before Inuyasha jumps from tree to tree. The kit was a little stunned to see an inu-hanyou jumping around in trees to answer at first.

'Shippo,' He finally answered.

Kilala meowed.

'Aw!' Kagome had it in for the puffball. And Inuyasha was sure it would be the death of her.

'Why- where- you a- statue…?'

'Trying to- deceive the-' Shippo was saying, but Inuyasha cut across him.

'No measly kid magic- is gonna fool the- Kyapucha- keisatsu, what year were- you born in? Besides you were- trembling- so hard- the rock next- to you- ran- away.' Inuyasha retorted. Shippo huffed but didn't speak, trying to conceal the blush.

Inuyasha swore again, seeing no trees he landed on the grass floor; letting go of Kagome and as he did, she made a scene.

'LAND!!' she sat on the grass and looked like she never wanted to leave it. Shippo hopped from Inuyasha's shoulder to Kagome's. Inuyasha looked back to the trees, after a minute or two he was still looking at them, and Kagome noticed. She got up from the grass, and went over go him.

'Are they still there, are they still coming?'

'I don't know the trees aren't moving enough-'

'There are no birds.'

Both looked to Shippo who was looking up to the sky.

'Of course there isn't, idiot, they keep clear of this forest, every bloody thing does… why the heck were you in there anyway?'

Shippo looked down from the sky and his arms crossed.

'Paying respects.'

They both blinked. Kagome went down to him.

'Paying respects to whom?'

'My father, the Kyapucha- keisatsu shot him.'

Kagome noticed Inuyasha was silent.

'…I think, your father would like you to stay clear of the forest.' He said after a few minutes of silence. Shippo looked repulsive.

'Demo-'

Inuyasha hit him on the head.

'Do ya think he'd want ya to risk your life because of him?'

Kagome watched but didn't know whether to tell Inuyasha off for punching Shippo, who now had a bump forming on his head. But the words Inuyasha said to Shippo hit home.

The worst thing, Kagome didn't know where she was.

'So, Kagome where are we?'

Winner of the worst timing question award goes to that question right there.

'You don't know do you?'

Kagome shook her head sadly. Inuyasha groaned.

'Hey.'

They both looked over to Shippo who was pointing to Kilala who was off in the distance.

'Hey!! Kilala, come back!' Kagome ran off leaving them in her wake.

'Where is she going?'

'I don't know, but we better catch up to her. It's my life if she gets hurt.'

'But the Kyapucha- keisatsu won't attack her will they? She's not a youkai…'

'No… but, she's one person who is against them.'

'Oh… why is she against them?'

'She just doesn't like them.' He said with a clear drop-it-now, which Shippo saw.

'Where the fakku do you think you're going?!' Inuyasha boomed at her once he caught up to her.

'What would have happened if the Kyapucha- caught ya huh?'

'Oh, shut it, I'll just fry them.'

He blinked then remembered what she was talking about 'that you probably could, but fakku, if you ever get over the scariness!'

Kagome glared at him.

'What do you mean fry?'

'She's a miko, Shippo.'

Shippo looked like he was going to faint.

'Uh, Inuyasha you do know what miko do to youkai and hanyou do you?'

At that, Kagome looked confused. Inuyasha looked at Shippo then to Kagome. Inuyasha then held up Shippo to Kagome

'You wouldn't purify little Shippo would ya, Kagome?'

Kagome looked disgusted at the thought of even going to purify him, shook her head mildly. She was, after all holding a youkai-neko in her arms.

'Just don't get her mad enough to lose her bearings; she won't be able to control her abilities.'

'Seen this first hand have we?' Shippo said snickering.

'Idiot, it's natural.' He said Shippo earned his second bump on the head that day.

Not that Kagome heard the commotion between the kitsune youkai and the inu hanyou. She was too busy looking at the bush in front of her, she swore it was moving

'Uh, Kagome what are you looking at?'

'The-'

Her words were cut off with a punching sound, a yelp and a feminine exclaim. 'HENTAI!'