Chapter 7
Inuyasha stood gaping with his jaw dropped for several seconds before he realized what he was doing and corrected himself. He still couldn't pry his eyes from the mortified miko standing in front of him.
"Inuyasha... how long have you been there...?" she whispered while staring at the ground. 'OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING!' she screamed internally. 'Oh Kami, kill me now...'
'If she knows that I saw her for very long she might not to that again! Better lie... Wait, do I even want to see her do that again?' he wondered, but it didn't take him long to come up with an answer. 'OF COURSE!'
"Not very long, I just got here..." he said, hoping that she would buy it.
Her sigh of relief told him that she did.
"Come on, wench. Let's go back to camp." He said before turning towards their campgrounds and pausing to wait for her. She scurried about, grabbing her CD player and speakers before rushing to his side and slowing to a walk.
The half demon's curiosity got the better of him as they sauntered towards their sleeping companions.
"What were you doing, anyways?" Kagome only giggled nervously, blushed, and began power walking in a vain attempt to avoid the question.
One week later, the group found themselves with high spirits, having just collected several jewel shards from a clan of rat demons. At least, most of the group was happy.
"DISGUSTING!" screamed a disheveled girl from the future, who had bits of rodent intestine strewn about her clothing and hair. "EWWWWWW! GET IT OFF ME, GET IT OFF ME!"
"Will you just shut up?" growled an irritated Inuyasha.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You must want to bathe since you're covered in blood and guts. No, wait... THAT'S ME!" she spat, surprising the said hanyou with her short temper.
"Wh... I mean... um... feh," he muttered quickly.
"Come on, Sango. Let's go find a pond or something..." Kagome said to the startled demon exterminator as she grabbed her arm and stomped off into the woods.
Miroku looked over at the recovering hanyou and chuckled. "What's the matter, Inuyasha? Little Kagome too much to handle?"
He was rewarded with a feral growl for his comment. "Shut up, monk. At least Kagome doesn't back away from me like Sango does to you every time you try to get near her, not that I blame her."
"Well it's not like you're exactly Prince Charming yourself! You can't even go twenty minutes without insulting Kagome, let alone be nice to her."
"That sounds like a bet, houshi. Care to make this interesting?" Inuyasha smirked.
"Fine. You have to go a week without being mean."
"And you have to go a week without touching any girls. The loser has to set up camp and start the fires for a month."
The two men shook hands and grinned at the other. Both were thinking the same thing.
'This is going to be too easy.'
Inuyasha stood gaping with his jaw dropped for several seconds before he realized what he was doing and corrected himself. He still couldn't pry his eyes from the mortified miko standing in front of him.
"Inuyasha... how long have you been there...?" she whispered while staring at the ground. 'OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING!' she screamed internally. 'Oh Kami, kill me now...'
'If she knows that I saw her for very long she might not to that again! Better lie... Wait, do I even want to see her do that again?' he wondered, but it didn't take him long to come up with an answer. 'OF COURSE!'
"Not very long, I just got here..." he said, hoping that she would buy it.
Her sigh of relief told him that she did.
"Come on, wench. Let's go back to camp." He said before turning towards their campgrounds and pausing to wait for her. She scurried about, grabbing her CD player and speakers before rushing to his side and slowing to a walk.
The half demon's curiosity got the better of him as they sauntered towards their sleeping companions.
"What were you doing, anyways?" Kagome only giggled nervously, blushed, and began power walking in a vain attempt to avoid the question.
One week later, the group found themselves with high spirits, having just collected several jewel shards from a clan of rat demons. At least, most of the group was happy.
"DISGUSTING!" screamed a disheveled girl from the future, who had bits of rodent intestine strewn about her clothing and hair. "EWWWWWW! GET IT OFF ME, GET IT OFF ME!"
"Will you just shut up?" growled an irritated Inuyasha.
"Oh, I'm sorry. You must want to bathe since you're covered in blood and guts. No, wait... THAT'S ME!" she spat, surprising the said hanyou with her short temper.
"Wh... I mean... um... feh," he muttered quickly.
"Come on, Sango. Let's go find a pond or something..." Kagome said to the startled demon exterminator as she grabbed her arm and stomped off into the woods.
Miroku looked over at the recovering hanyou and chuckled. "What's the matter, Inuyasha? Little Kagome too much to handle?"
He was rewarded with a feral growl for his comment. "Shut up, monk. At least Kagome doesn't back away from me like Sango does to you every time you try to get near her, not that I blame her."
"Well it's not like you're exactly Prince Charming yourself! You can't even go twenty minutes without insulting Kagome, let alone be nice to her."
"That sounds like a bet, houshi. Care to make this interesting?" Inuyasha smirked.
"Fine. You have to go a week without being mean."
"And you have to go a week without touching any girls. The loser has to set up camp and start the fires for a month."
The two men shook hands and grinned at the other. Both were thinking the same thing.
'This is going to be too easy.'