"The Common Cold"

By: Shi-chan

Rating: PG

Warnings: Fluffiness, Miroku, and other scary things like that

Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha, I'm simply borrowing the concept and using my own plot as a spin-off

Author's Corner!!

Shi-chan: Well, there were some people who really liked this fanfiction, so I decided to write a sequel, in which you get what you expected of the last chapter! (People didn't think it was going to be Inuyasha to get a cold last time ^^)

Inuyasha: Oh, Kami-sama, save us...

Shi-chan: Oh, don't worry too much Inu-chan! This story shouldn't span out TOO many chapters... (I've actually got ideas for several chapters to come ^^)

Inuyasha: Exactly... Oh, Kami-sama, save us...

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"Kagome! Kagome-chan, where are you?!" Inuyasha had been rushing about the forest and the village for hours trying to find his human koibito, with no luck. "Old woman, have you seen Kagome?" The hanyou finally asked Kaede. Kikyou's younger sister shook her head in reply, "She was gone this morning when I woke up, but she's the one who made the breakfast that was ready for us." Inuyasha let out a small, "Feh," and continued on his quest to find the girl. "Baka wench..."

Inuyasha then came upon the small hut on the edge of the village, where Miroku and Sango had been living for the past two or three months, claiming they weren't an item, although it was plain that they were. It really gave it away when Sango began growing abnormally fat, and the two would occasionally scream out a name like they had discovered a new planet or something. Everyone could tell they were thinking of names for the child on the way.

The half-youkai entered the hut to find the pair kissing on the sofa. He smirked and began to dance around saying, "I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it," Then finally quit and asked them what he came there for. "Have you two seen Kagome?" He questioned the madly blushing pair. They shook their heads, and Inuyasha's face went blank. "She's so dead." He muttered, obviously agitated.

Upon wondering through the forest yet more, Inuyasha came upon the chibi kitsune youkai, Shippou. "Shippou, have *you* seen Kagome?" He asked. Shippou blinked and rubbed the little towel he was carrying on his wet face. "Of course! Today is one of those days when Kagome rushes off to that hot spring on the other side of the forest to bathe. I just got back from bathing there as well, but I bet she's still there." The dog hanyou picked up a rock and threw it at the child youkai's head. "And, *why*, may I ask, were you bathing with my girlfriend?" He questioned him. Shippou grinned, "'Cause Kagome-chan *trusts* me!" He shot back, henceforth the horrible fight that came as a result.

Inuyasha found that he felt quite stupid for not remembering what day it was after Shippou told him that Kagome was at the hot spring, but shook it off and proceeded to the sauna.

When he reached the sauna, he saw his koibito still swimming around humming, resembling one of those odd dried fruits that she had once brought from her time. He laughed quietly to himself, and continued to sit in the tree in which he was currently residing, to make sure she had a swimsuit on before he did anything she'd kill him for. After discovering that she did indeed, he pulled the swim trunks Kagome had got him from his time out of his huge pockets (That's the secret of why his pant legs seem abnormally big! ^^ LOL) and changed into them. After which, he slid silently into the water behind Kagome, and wrapping his arms around her.

SMACK!

Inuyasha fell into the water, holding his cheek which had whelps forming in the shape of Kagome's hand. The girl turned around to see who she had just hit unintentionally, as somewhat of a reaction, and gasped when she realized it was her hanyou lover. "Ah, gomen nasai! I didn't mean to, Inu-chan..." Quite awhile later, the half-youkai forgave her, and they finished the bath.

As soon as the couple emerged from the sauna, and had changed back into their normal clothes, it seemed as thought the bright blue sky intentionally went gray, and rain began to fall. "Ooh! It figures..." Kagome murmured, glaring up at the sky as though it would make the rain go away. Inuyasha and Kagome trudged through the rain, blank and irritated looks on their faces. Every time they were outside having fun together, it always seemed to rain. Perhaps the gods liked to make fun of them.

The next day, everyone was up at Kaede's hut for Shippou's birthday party, and Kagome was miserable. She had a cold.

Shippou thoroughly enjoyed the party, and all the cool presents he got, including several things from Kagome's time that were rather interesting. All the while, Kagome was half-asleep in Inuyasha's lap. "You shouldn't have gone out there." The hanyou was teasing her, "But I suppose that's what you get for making me catch a cold a while back, ne?" Sango rolled her eyes and snapped the half-youkai's head. "Be nice to her, kisama. I'm not quite sure how on earth she fell for you, but whatever her reasons may be, you should at least be nice to *her*!" The youkai slayer told him, her hands on her waist angrily.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at the woman, studying her whilst he thought of a comeback, and said finally, "Well at least she didn't fall for the pervert *you* fell for!" Sango's eyes went wide, and she put her hands over her enlarged stomach. "We're SO not an item, baka!" The half-breed smirked and stuck his claw on her stomach. "Then what's all this here?" Sango was taken aback and began blushing madly, causing Shippou, Inuyasha, Kaede, Myouga, and Kagome to allow some stifled laughter.

Unfortunately, Miroku came to her rescue. "She's just been eating too much lately, that's all!" He shot at the hanyou, taking the youkai slayer's hand. Sango turned around, glaring at her secret koibito. "I..." She trailed off, trembling with anger, "HATE YOU THIS SOOOO CANNOT BE YOUR CHILD!" She screamed, beginning to beat on them. Shippou blinked and muttered, "Aw, I think they're flirting," causing the group to bust out into laughter (As well as the sickened Kagome could).

Finally, everyone went home, and Inuyasha carried Kagome to their little hut near Kaede's. After getting his human lover into bed and giving her a damp cloth to sooth her cold a bit, Kagome began sniffling really badly. The whole night the half-youkai couldn't get any sleep due to Kagome's cold. He tossed and turned the whole time, until morning finally came and he felt his koibito's arms wrap around him and give him light butterfly kisses on his neck. "You're awake Kagome?" He asked her quietly. Kagome jumped out of the bed grinning. "Of course! I stayed up all night just so I could bug you the way you bugged me when you had a cold!" The hanyou's eyes grew wide when he realized what was going on. "Y-you never had a cold... did you?"

Kagome stuck her tongue out at him, silently laughing and telling him he was right. She then jumped onto his lap, as he was now sitting up, and she slung her arms around his neck. "Gomen ne, but you needed to know how annoying that was! But don't worry, I'm not near as demanding as you were," She teased him, giggling. Inuyasha shook his head and put his arms around the girl. "Aishiteru baka."

"Aishiteru ni, baka."

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Author's Corner!!

Shi-chan: You like? I'm thinking that if so, I continue and someone else can get a cold. Of course not Inuyasha or Kagome, but someone that would still be funny if they got one... ^^ FEEDBACK PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!