Me: Dun-dun-dun-duuuun! The eleventh story is here! Nice to know you still enjoy them.

This one is way shorter than the last couple, so I guess it fits better into the definition of a one-shot. This one is a little weird I think, and I apologize in advance for any OOC-ness.

Wow, I don't know when I'll get to another ten stories. Just doing the first ten was quite a feat for me. I think I'm actually starting to cool down from the pairing, so I don't know how often I'll be updating now. KagSan is still nice though. Heh.

Disclaimer: "InuYasha" is property of Rumiko Takahashi, Sunrise, Viz, and all those other people who bring this series to us!


Story 11: Another Use

"Would you knock it off already?" Inuyasha snapped. It was bad enough Kagome treated him like a dog when he was a hanyou, but he found it just plain annoying when she did it while he was a human. "Stop patting my head!"

"I'm not 'patting' your head," Kagome argued. "I'm observing your head; there's a difference."

"What are you doing that for? It's not like you've never seen me as a human."

"But I've never bothered to examine you this closely before. Your head is different when you're human."

"Oh, really? I haven't noticed."

Kagome continued to pad her fingers around Inuyasha's head, parting the dark strands to see where his dog ears would usually be.

"Stop it!" He jerked away from her. "Go sit over there next to Miroku and Sango!"

"Why?"

"Because you're bothering me, that's why!"

The aforementioned two were sitting on the other side of the campfire, watching this peculiar scene before them. Shippo and Kirara were off to the side, the two of them dozing soundly.

Miroku's eyes shifted to look at Sango from the corner of his eye. Leaning over, he whispered, "Sango, aren't you jealous?"

"Hm? Jealous of what?"

"Of Kagome-sama feeling up Inuyasha."

Sango frowned at him irritably. "Houshi-sama, the definition of 'feeling up' is what you usually do. Besides, why would Kagome-chan running her hands over Inuyasha's head bother me?"

Miroku stared at her, mouth open and wide-eyed. "Are you serious? Think about what you've just said!"

"Kagome, cut it out!" Inyasha slapped her hands away from his ears. He just couldn't take it anymore – tugging on his human ears was enough already.

"Moh...!" Kagome put her hands on her hips. "What are you being so prickly for?"

"And what are you being so annoying for?"

"Annoying?" She reached down and grabbed at the locks which hung down either side of his face, yanking at them hard.

"OW!" Inuyasha cried out in pain. "Hey! Ow!"

A thought slid into Miroku's curious mind. Maybe this would be a good time now. "Kagome-sama." His voice caused the couple sitting across from him to stop and look his way. With his palm facing upwards, he held his hand out to Sango like he was putting her on display. "Maybe you'd like to give Sango here a little attention. She seems to be feeling left out. Ow!"

Sango had punched him forcefully in the arm. "Houshi-sama!"

Kagome blinked. "Really, Sango-chan?"

"No!" she protested. "Houshi-sama is a big liar!"

"Hm…" Kagome tilted her head to the side in thought. A smile crossed her face. "Well, I'll do it anyway!"

"Eh?" Sango's gaze followed Kagome as she got up to take a seat down next to her. "No, Kagome-chan! Houshi-sama!" Miroku was slinking off away from them when Sango noticed and tried to latch on to him. Kagome however put her hands on Sango's shoulders, pulling her back down to the ground.

Sango's body rocked side to side as Kagome knelt behind her, bringing Sango closer to herself. Kagome rested her right elbow on Sango's shoulder so that her arm went up the side of her face, her hand laying on the taiji-ya's head. With her free hand, Kagome went after Sango's left ear, caressing it between her thumb and index finger. The contact made Sango's cheeks turn pink.

"How's this?" Kagome asked playfully, managing to get only a small whimper from Sango in response.

"It looks good from where I am," Miroku replied. He had moved over to the other side of the fire, taking a spot next to Inuyasha.

Sango began to sound out the monk's name in a threatening manner. "Houshi-sa – ah!" but was interrupted when Kagome abruptly pulled back on her; Sango's back leaning back against Kagome's front. The reincarnated miko placed a hand over Sango's forehead so that her bangs fell over them. Absentmindedly, Kagome began switching her hands back and forth, Sango's bangs falling like a wave of ebony strands each time she did so.

"Oh, how can you not be enjoying that?" Miroku grinned at Sango, whom afterwards shot him a look that said 'I'm going to kill you after this'.

"Geez, Kagome!" The now human Inuyasha was rubbing the area near his temples. "I still remember the first time you pulled on my hair like that. It was when that centipede youkai was after you."

Miroku raised his eyebrows. "Why did she pull your hair when a youkai was after her?"

Inuyasha planted his hands atop his knees. "It was trying to take her away, so the fool tried to use my hair as a way to brace herself!"

Kagome cupped her hand over Sango's eyes, obstructing her vision. "'Fool'?" Kagome repeated with a hint of scorn. In doing such she yanked Sango back even further, initially startling her. It soon turned to embarrassment when Sango realized that her head was being pushed back into Kagome's chest. She could only imagine what shade of red her face must be right now.

"Then there was that other time," Inuyasha continued to rant, "when she wanted to get my attention, so she did it by pulling my hair to make me look at her!"

Kagome made a face at him. The schoolgirl glanced down at Sango, her eyes traveling down the side of her face. That's when she took note of something. A slight smirk crept upon the girl's lips as an amusing idea came to mind. Kagome restored Sango's vision, moving around to sit in front of her instead. Reaching out, she took hold of the tassels of hair on either side of Sango's face in each of her hands. This earned a bewildered expression from Inuyasha and Miroku, while Sango stared at her apprehensively.

"Kagome-chan, what are you doing?"

Smiling, Kagome answered, "I've found another use for them."

"For wha-" Sango was cut short as Kagome gently pulled her forward into a soft kiss.

Inuyasha's eyes boggled out at the sight. "Kagome, what are you doing?" He never would have expected her to do something like this in front of… Inuyasha whipped his head around at Miroku, only to find the monk watching the two girls intently. "Miroku, get over here!" He scooped up Shippo and Kirara in one arm, snatching Miroku's clothing at the shoulder in his other hand.

"What? Hey, no!" Miroku began complaining childishly. "I've been waiting for something like this! Isn't that why you wanted Kagome-sama to sit by us earlier?"

"No!" Inuyasha spat with a flustered expression. "Now be quiet and let's go!"

Inuyasha continued to make steady progress away from the campsite, his company having no choice but to follow along. Even with his human ears, Inuyasha could make out the faint sound of rustled grass as Kagome guided Sango down to nature's floor.


Me: And just to let you know, nothing lemon-related happen when Inuyasha and the others left. OKAY? I'd just like to make that clear. Thanks.

Oh, and of course, that fanart I was going to do. Well, taking into consideration Flaming Soul's opinion, I decided to try it out. I actually wanted to leave a scene like that for later, but what the heck? The link to the sketch can be found in my outdated profile. I stress the sketch part as I don't have the moonlight part done, and… so on… I'm not sure what to do with it now… um…

Speaking of fanart, I saw this really amusing Japanese one the other day with Kagome and Sango in it. They were kneeling in the ocean together, Kagome sitting behind Sango, holding her close to herself. They were both wearing two-piece bikinis, and while Kagome was staring upwards with a smile on her face, Sango had a surprised expression as she took a gander at Kagome's cleavage. Lol! So funny…