Chapter Twenty Two

Alrighty! Another chapter up, this one giving you a little peek at how Kagura is doing as 'Sonya'. Hmmm wonder how many people notice her sudden change in attitude?

And now Sonya is travelling with Touga in order to try and get the spell reversed, what will Touga do with this sudden chance to be alone with her? What will he say? How will she react? Ooh so many ideas I have no idea where to start!

Ummmm... Oh, and sorry if I haven't been posting these on facebook lately, let me explain:

The chapters I posted on Facebook had been pre written already and gave me a chance to look over them properly before bringing them here. Lately the chapters I've been posting have been written on the spot. As in right before I post them.

And I'm lazy. So... I'll probably type up a few more chapters tonight so I can post them on Facebook again, but right now I'm just doing this again.

Onward!

-I do NOT own Inuyasha or it's characters

-I DO own Sonya and the plot

~TL S0nya

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A soft groan slipped from Sonya as she was roused from her fitful sleep by a large hand shaking her shoulder lightly. "Ugnnn..." Grumbling under her breath, she curled into a tighter ball, one hand reaching out to swat the offending appendage away half-heartedly.

"Go away..."

A low chuckle sounded followed by another shake from that damned hand. "Wake up, Wolfling."

"No."

A pause followed by a low sigh were her only signs of warning before she was hoisted up into the air by two hands this time, then slung over a shoulder to be carried.

"Hey! What the hell!" Sonya flailed wildly, slapping at Touga's back as she tried to get out of his hold. "Put me down, you overbearing poodle!"

Stopping quickly, Touga dropped her to the ground and raised an eyebrow at her offended expression. "What is this 'po-dle' you speak of?" Curiosity evident in his voice even as his expression stayed stern, watching as Sonya picked herself off the ground and brushed the dirt from her clothes in a disgruntled manner.

"It's a type of dog that's all... Well it's..." Sonya paused and tapped a finger against her chin in thought before snapping her fingers and smiling wide. "I got it, it's all fluffy and full of just... Alright, it's a disgrace to all dogs, chihuahuas have more prestige than poodles do. I insulted you." She deflated after her failed attempt to explain exactly what a poodle was and flapped a hand in the air.

Letting out a small breath, Touga closed his eyes for a moment. "Wolfling, I have been patient with you thus far. You have insulted me on more occasions than I can count and yet you still insist on doing so while I help you."

Hearing this, Sonya ducked her head down and hid the embarrassed blush that colored her face. He was absolutely right, he didn't really do anything to call for it, but she had been insulting him more than she did Inuyasha, and that was saying something in itself. Yet here he was, helping her when no one else could or would for that matter, and she still insulted on doing it.

"You're right. It's just... A knee-jerk reaction I guess. I'm scared, I'm lonely and I am pissed off, Touga. I'm lashing out I guess." She frowned and bit on her lip for a moment then looked up with a wry look on her face.

"It's habit more than anything. Instead of physically hurting someone or even trying to hurt someone's feelings, I say things like that because it's meant good-naturedly." Lifting one of her shoulders, she offered him a half-shrug.

Staring down at her, Touga's gaze softened while he placed a hand on her head. "I understand, wolfling. However, I cannot tolerate being treated as such, even by you."

Blinking slightly, Sonya raised an eyebrow in question up at the Inu. "And that means..?"

Closing his eyes again, Touga rubbed a hand over his face before dropping the other hand from her head and turning to continue walking once more. "Pay no mind. Let us continue least we loose any more daylight."

Rolling her eyes skyward, Sonya scowled slightly at his brush off then trailed along behind him as they made their way through the trees once more.

Casting a look over at Sonya, Sesshomaru pulled his brows together slightly in thought while he watched her simply hold onto his arm tightly. It had been this way from the moment she woke up after sleeping off the exhaustion she gained from her brush with death.

The first day he simply believed it to be her attempting to calm herself, but now... Something seemed off.

He couldn't quite understand it, but her entire character seemed to be different. Not so much it was alarming, more... Little hints.

Her speech pattern seemed more or less forced, her willingness to join Kagome during her trip to the other time was very little. She seemed nervous when the Miko had asked even.

Whenever Rin and the kit asked her to do something now, she seemed to think it pointless and told them to play by themselves.

It was Sonya, there was no denying that. The mark was still clearly seen whenever her shirt collar shifted enough for it to be visible. Her scent was the same as well, but something... Was off.

Casting a sharp look around, he noticed for the first time his father seemed to be missing.

"Inuyasha."

"Eh?" The Hanyou turned to look over his shoulder at his sibling in question, ears twitching slightly on his head as he waited.

"Do you know where our Father has gone?"

Inuyasha blinked then looked around quickly along with the other members of the pack, each of them noticing for the first time that the older male had vanished as well. "No..." He frowned and looked down where Kagome was walking beside him.

"You know..." She spoke up, causing the others to look at her while she tapped a finger against her chin. "Now that I think about it, I haven't seen him since Kagura tried to attack Sonya the other day."

Casting another look down at Sonya, Sesshomaru caught the fleeting look of worry flicker in her blue eyes before she hid it carefully and looked up at him with a small smile. "Do you think he went to find her?"

"Probably." Inuyasha snorted and folded his hands behind his head while he continued walking along. "He keeps doing these weird things all the time. Maybe he decided to get a mate of his own instead of trying to sniff around yo-"

With a hasty shout of 'sit!' Kagome sent Inuyasha face-first into the ground while flapping a nervous hand in the air at Sonya's confused look. "Don't worry about him! He's fine!" With a final forced grin, she tugged the Hanyou up and began dragging him farther away in order to have a word with him in private.

"You can't say that, Inuyasha! I don't even think she knows he's still trying to get her to notice him." Kagome hissed softly at a grumpy Inuyasha who was rubbing at his nose. "So what? She ought to know, Kagome!" He snapped back in frustration.

"Look, Sonya is way different from the other women you know, Inuyasha. If she doesn't know someone likes her, she will never notice unless they're extremely forward about it. Like Sesshomaru was. Your father was too subtle for her to even think that. As long as she doesn't know, the more comfortable she'll be. Do you honestly want her to be a nervous wreck whenever he's around because she knows he still wants her?"

Slicking his ears back against his head, Inuyasha looked down with a sulky expression while Kagome lectured him. "No."

"Then don't tell her that." Kagome sighed softly and placed her hand on his cheek gently to get him to look up at her and smiled. "Just leave her alone."

"Keh." With a snort, Inuyasha wrapped Kagome in his arms and nuzzled his nose against her neck affectionately before they turned and joined the pack once more, the issue settled for the moment at least.

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