"Hey Kagome! You got any-huh?"
What's that smell?
Inuyasha hopped off the window sill and began to sniff around Kagome's room. She wasn't there which made the task 10 times easier, but her door was open so he had to be quick. The smell wasn't bad or dangerous in his mind, it was just weird. It smelt like dirt but not. He noticed a strange container on her study desk that wasn't usually there and decided that that was a good place as any to find the source of the scent. He picked it up and there were annoyingly small words across the front that he deemed unimportant to read. He knew about the human world, if they wanted you to see something they'd put it in big letters to get your attention
Stupid humans and their stupid secrets
He plopped onto her chair and unscrewed the lid of the little plastic container and he almost dropped it
Its an URN?
It was filled with the grey, powdery substance he'd come to recognise as ashes. It smelt a little different but he wasn't about to stick his finger in any dead remains to prove a point. He screwed the cap back on and placed it on her desk just as he found it.
"Never thought i was gonna meet her old man like that"
"Oh hey Inuyasha"
With a startled yelp he turned to face the door only to yelp again at the sight before him. Kagome stood in her towel with another one wrapped around her head and her face was coated in grey mud. With no distinguishable facial features, she kinda looked like one of the alien things she showed him once
"Did you need something?"
As if someone turned on a switch, the reason for coming to see her popped into his head
"Uh yeah, Shippo was feeling a bit down and i wanted to know if you had any lollipops"
"How sweet of you Inuyasha! They're in my desk right here"
She walked past him to open the drawer and his blood ran cold at the scent that wafted off of her. He didn't know how he hadn't realised before but the scent in the room was too strong to be coming from a closed urn.
The ashes...her dad's ashes are on her face!
Smelling her dad's ashes and her usual scent of sakura blend together made his stomach turn and in true Inuyasha fashion, he freaked out.
"What the HELL kinda sick future ritual is THIS?!"
"Huh? What are you ta-"
"The ashes! The ashes on your FACE Kagome! THESE ashes!"
He picked up the urn and shook it in her face for good measure. His energy faltered when she began to giggle. He was feeling royally lost and confused, what could be funny about this situation?
"Oh Inuyasha these aren't ashes, its clay!"
"Huh?"
The bewildered look on his face made her giggle once more as she took the container from him and turned it around for him to read the actual label
"Health, beauty...Azzteyk secret In-di-an healing clay? There's dirt that can heal you in this time?"
Suddenly it clicked. He practically pounced on Kagome and began to violently sniff her face, causing her protest rather loudly
"Get OFF of me! What are you doing?"
"I'm trying to find out where you're hurt dummy! Who did it?! Was it that demonic cat of yours!"
Kagome froze before bursting into laughter once more
"What's so funny?"
He had been confused since he cracked her window open and he was growing tired of it
"I'm not injured like that silly" she said once she calmed down "this stuff helps with my acne"
"...oh"
He remembered her making a fuss over a couple pimples a few days ago and vaguely wondered how mud was gonna help with that
"Keh, just give me the lollipop so i can get out of here. Your time is weird"
She handed him the treat with a smile and he practically flew out the window. She'd never get tired of how bent out of shape he got when he discovered something new in her time. She felt the magic of the well flare and shook her head
"Why would i put my dad's ashes on my face you silly dog"
Word count: 745
Prompt: Ashes