Author's Note:

Sorry for the really really REALLY long update. There have been...um...problems.

Notice to all people who are currently reading this chapter:

Since it is possible for readers to skip reading chapters, let me just remind you all that Kagome was not, I repeat, not trying to kill Kagura with her death soup. If you had read the previous chapter, InuYasha was also trying to avoid her soup which means that Kagome was not only making Kagura eat her soup, but also InuYasha whom she loves so dearly. (I can't believe that I actually stated that.) To tell the truth, InuYasha, Rin, and Kaede also experienced the same effects when they first tasted the soup. They have no idea how Kagome manages to stay healthy after eating her soup, but Kaede thinks that this may be possible because Kagome has strong spiritual powers. So, to make things clear, Kagome had no intentions of killing Kagura.

This message is dedicated to fans of Sesshomaru x Kagome who are reading this fanfic for no apparent reason. If you are reading this for some apparent reason, count yourselves in.

Thank you for your time.

An Unexpected Love Story

Chapter 25: Effects of Kagome's Death Soup

Kagura slowly opened her eyes. She was back in her room. But she couldn't remember anything last night. 'Must be Kagome's Soup of Death' she thought.

She walked outside. Then, it came. The cold thing running up her esophagus. She headed for the window and... you know what she did.

"Kagura!" a voice from behind said. It was Midori. "Kagura, are you alright?"

"I'm fine. I just ate something... disturbing last night."

"Are you sure? That was a lot of vomit."

"Thanks for reminding me."

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Sorry about this."

"Midori, what do you mean-"

Suddenly, smoke surrounded the entire place.

"Huh? Midori, where are you? Hello! Anyone there?" she kept yelling (despite her still being dizzy) but no one answered.

"Kagura," a voice from somewhere around said. "Kagura, I am here."

"Se-Sesshomaru?" Kagura asked.

Soon, Sesshomaru's shadow appeared somewhere around the smoke. Kagura walked towards it and-

SPLASH!

Kagura was covered in mud. "What the?"

"Good work, Midori!" a child-like voice said with fear.

"Thanks, Shippo."

Midori jumped down from a tree and landed next to Kagura. "Midori, what's this all about?"

"Let me explain," Midori said with her head facing the ground (or mud). "Shippo is training me for the fox demon exams next year. Sorry to bother you. I really am."

"It's alright. But isn't it a bit too early for you to be practicing?"

"I already told Shippo that-"

"Ahh! Please don't kill me!" Shippo said. Midori took a small ball from her sleeve and threw it at the ground. With a blink of an eye, Kagura and the others were back at the palace and they were all clean and mud-free.

"But I don't remember the vomiting part being part of the trick, Midori," Shippo said.

"Don't worry. I ate Kagome's mushroom soup," Kagura said.

"You mean Kagome's Soup of Death? How much did you eat?"

"One sip."

"One sip is already enough to kill a poor squirrel!"

"Why doesn't Kagome get poisoned, then? She ate the whole thing."

"I don't know. Priestess powers?"

"It's possible."

Later that afternoon, Kagura strolled around the palace ten times in a circle. She was bored to death. Midori went with Shippo to have some advanced training and nobody seems to even bother her. Except for Jaken who smelled Kagura's puke on his favorite plant.

For Kagura, the strangest thing that happened to her today was that Sesshomaru seemed to be avoiding her. 'I'm not gonna puke on you!' she thought.

Suddenly (as if it was some kind of coincidence), she bumped into Sesshomaru. (Was it a coincidence?)

"Kagura..."he said.

"Yes"?

"We're getting married."

"Okay. (long pause) Wait, what?"

"We're getting married."

"What are you talking about?"

"We are going to get married after three days." Then he walked away. Realizing that Sesshomaru was in a bad mood, Kagura decided not to disturb him anymore.