The Culprit... and Their Punishment!

Today was one of InuYasha's worst days of his life. Someone had dyed his hair black and when he tried to hide it, Kikyo had blown it! He was even more amazed that Sesshomaru had the same thing happen to him! He wondered who could have done it. He remembered smelling Rin's scent before, but that was inpossible! Rin had nothing against them, right? Besides, anyone with decent magick could cloak their scent or substitute it. It couldn't be Rin. Then who? His mind retorted. Ummm... he thought hard. Naraku! His mind (if he has one) responded immediately. At first he thought that that was impossible; what did Naraku have against him? Then, the more he thought about it, the more possibole it became to him. Naraku always did seem to have some sort of grudge against him. He never helped him, even if he could. Once, Naraku had even pushed him into a puddle, on purpose! Of course, the teachers had let it off, believing it was a mistake, like the -beep- idiots they were. He growled: his kiomno had been washed for a week just because of that. He had to wear a weird, smelly outfit for the week being. It was downright AWFUL! He scowled at the thought. Then, Kagome caught up to him.

"Ummm... InuYasha, do you like your hair...?" she asked cautiously.

"Keh! What does it look like!" he responded hotly.

"Well... I always wanted to know how you looked like with dog ears and black hair! Looks like 'someone' granted my wish!" she happily said.

"Keh! What! You asked someone to do this!" InuYasha said with shock.

"No! I swear. I promise! You can... tickle me to death if I'm lying!" Kagome said hurridly.

"Okay..." InuYasha grudgingly said. Partly because of what she said (Kagome's really ticklish), partly because he did not want to get mad at her. He glanced ack at Kagome from the side; she looked like she wanted to say something.

"Ummm... InuYasha, sorry!" she said. She began to run away.

"Wha-! What do you mean!" InuYasha said and began to chase her. Unfortunantly, she was prepared. She ran even faster, and stopped right before she hit the cafeteria. Inuyasha easily turned. Kagome was not expecting that and stopped. That sent InuYasha hurtling into Kagome.

"OW! You are heavy, InuYasha" screamed Kagome. He got up. Then she smiled wickedly. Right at him. "SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" she screamed loudly as he slammed into the ground and literallyate dirt. Then, Kagome made her getaway. She ran into her tent and locked it. Since it was locked, InuYasha could not get in and he just left in frustration. He want to inform Koga and Miroku about his 'discovery' and who (he thought) was behind the hair dying thing.

Meanwhile, Rin was feeling terrible. What had she done! Why did Kagome ask her to do this? No wait, it was nota request, it was a dare. That meant she had to do it. She felt so bad though. They had been so humiliated! And it was all her fault! She stuffed her head inside her pillow and soon fell asleep without eating dinner. She had a strange dream.

Rin's Dream...

She was inthe beautiful castle once more. This time, she was in a room in which there were loads and loads of books. Her mother and father had told her to read all of them and make a summary of each of them. She was sobbing, she never had any time to play with anyone! 'Don't Cry!' a voice, no four voices said. She looked up and saw four girls, miniatures! She giggled happily and asked for their names. the one that was dressed in silver said her name was Kara, princess of the wind. The girl in green said her name was Emerald, princess of earth elementals and asked if she could help her. The girl in blue was earnestly looking over another girls shoulder. She hyperly replied her name was Aqua and she was the youngest princess of the waters. The one cloaked in red mumbled her name was Fianlli and that she had already finished summarizing most of the books. Rin smiled at that, maybe she would be able to play today. Before noon, she was done and she was happily playing tag with the princesses. She tripped and accidentally landed on Emerald. The girl did not cry, but she looked very sad. Rin wondered what she could do to make her feel better. As if she had read her mind, Kara smiled and said that she should say, ' I'm sorry.' When Rin asked why (no contact with other people), Aqua cheerfully said that it meant that she was sad and hoped that the other person would feel better. Rin smiled and said she would. When she said it to Emerald, she brightened up immediately and they went to play once more. At the end of the game, Fianlli called her aside. 'Remember, I'm Sorry, means you truly hope that the person will feel better for what ever you did.' Rin nodded and said that she understood.

"I'm... sorry... means... that I want you... to feel better... because... I really mean it..." Rin mumbled as she awoke to knocking. She rolled off the bed, stood on the ground, and opened the door. There stood InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, and Sesshomaru. She was shocked and immediately asked what they were doing. They replied that they were tagging along with InuYasha and Sesshomaru to 'investigate' Naraku's tent in case he did put the dye on InuYasha and Sesshomaru's hair. (Rin paled when they said this!) Kagome winked at her and she smiled weakly back and said she would tag along too. She got a fur jacket and followed them to Naraku's tent, that he shared with Hakudoshi.

"Here is the plan!" InuYasha said as he showed his plan to them. They were to send smoke bombs in and if anything was suspicious, they would spray green hair spray all over the place. They all nodded and sat back to watch the show. Just as they were about to throw the smoke bombs in. The guiltiness welled up inside of her. Note: Hakudoshi and Naraku are eating dinner! They all finished (except for Rin)!

"STOP!" she screamed , making them hold their ammunition. She jumped out from their hiding bushes. "I did it! I dyed your hair!" she confessed; making InuYasha drop his jaw and Sesshomaru raise his eyebrow. Both in shock. SHE dyed their hair!

"I'm sorry... can you accept that?" Rin said gently, and soberly. InuYasha was about to say, no scream out NO. But the look that Kagome had in her eyes made him stop and say feh. It was the, 'Say yes or else I WILL sit you until you die' look. and it scared him. Sesshomaru, however, was not as easy to convince.

"Hmph. Why should I let a HUMAN go for dying MY hair?" he asked, still angry at his hair's pridicament. Rin glanced down, not knowing what to say, then, she recalled her dream.

"Because... I was told... when i was a little girl... that when you say sorry... it means that you are truly sorry and that you hope that the person you did something to feels happy later..." she said shyly, rather embarrassed.But, she did not blush. Sesshomaru was shocked (though he did not show it), how did she know that...? He had heard that from only one person... a person in his dreams. He just hmph-ed i approval and (side-glanced at Rin) found hat she was beaming in happiness. That was when Kagome decided to confess too.

"Well... ummm... I was the one who dared Rin to put that dye in your shampoos, so... I'm sorry too! Okay...? Oh wait... ahhhh!" Kagome screamed as she was chased by a mad InuYasha. he obviously got her and began to tickle her to death. the rest just left, all of them (except Sesshoamaru) laughing ateither Kagome or InuYasha, or both. They were just so funny!

Rin smiled and thanked Fianlli, Aqua, Emerald, and Kara for their lessons and help right before she went to sleep (she had eaten dinner). today was a great day: she had gotten away with putting dye in the boys shampoo and Kagome had given tham the 'antidote.' All's well that ends well. She thought as she drifted off to sleep once more. Unaware that someone was watching her.

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Okay, so Ihave FINALLY finished! Oh my... I have that many reviews! (faints) Well, anyway... I am going to update only once a week soon... why? My mom has told me that I should not get so much radiation, okay. So see you next time!

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