AN: A if Inu was super selfish and the type of asshole the show and fandom tries to make him out to be fanfic idea I had and typed out real quick. I have a longer version I'm working on that is not a sequel to this but could be seen as such.
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Dodging the arrows Kikyo had launched at him as she yelled abuse at him he couldn't help but feel vindicated. The prodigal priestess wasn't anywhere near as sincere as she portrayed herself to be, finally giving up the act. Now he could get rid of that annoying smidge of guilt over his plan to double cross her when it came to him making a wish to enact their deal.
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Ha!
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Running off to the shrine he knew held the Shikon Jewel when Kikyo wasn't wearing it herself he couldn't help but smirk at how long this ridiculous ruse had lasted. No human woman, let alone a priestess, would honestly want some half breed bastard for a husband. And there was no way he was actually gonna go through with wishing to be human. Heh, as if! He hated being human. Sure companionship sounded nice...in theory. But why should he trust her? Just cause she decided not to kill him in order to use him? What a laugh.
Slipping inside while covering his nose from those funky purification incense, he grabbed the jewel and bodied his way out recklessly having heard the villagers coming for him. Amazing how after all this time of being around them and not causing trouble, helping them even, they immediately assumed it was him and were all armed and ready to kill him instantly. He shouldn't be surprised.
He wasn't surprised. He knew he wouldn't have lived peacefully along with them even if he had decided to become human, he'd only be an easier target.
Mild disappointment was all he felt at his original plan of having the priestess willingly give him the Shikon Jewel hadn't worked. But oh well. He was getting the last laugh still!
Shit, Kikyo was back. And now she was pinning the whole thing on him, like she didn't start this little dance of backstabbing. How like a human. URK-!
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….no….
Dammit...dammit I was...so close. I had it...in my hand! I can't believe…
...I was…
….killed…
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By a- by…..
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Well.
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This is surprising….
I guess I really can survive just about anything.
...What the hell is Kikyo wearing? Feh, whatever. I need to get myself freed, let's see…
I hope you guys enjoyed this lil oneshot. I love Inuyasha, he's so...complex...integral. Any type of alteration in action or difference in perspective with him can cause so many changes! Again, I have an idea for a divergent path to this, it was just gonna basically follow canon from here...ish~, because I always wondered what it'd be like if Inuyasha was as selfish or uncaring or whatever as he's tried to portray himself and as fandom seems to view him(at least it used to maintain that he's some level of awful until Kagome 'fixes' him which isn't true in my opinion, don't know what's going on nowadays except ppl are STILL falsely regarding him as a cheater and two-timer type) so I figured: Sneaky self-serving Inuyasha! The one where he goes with the flow in a passive to aggressive manipulation attempt to get what he ultimately wants. The method to become a powerful full demon.
Until next time!