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CHAPTER II: "DON'T EVER CHALLENGE MY
CLAIM…"
"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
By Confucius
The sun has just been rising in the
east; its glittering sunlight has been sipping through the forest and to the
entire village. The occupants of the
hut, where the group of travelers who look for the shards of the Shikon No
Tama, the so called Jewel of four souls has been stirring in their sleep
already except for the two who has been up for quite some time now plotting
something for the rest of the day.
"Hey Miroku, do you think your idea
would work, I'm a bit doubtful about it," Shippou whispered to the monk. "Just
calm down Shippou, will you, this would definitely work. Besides the best way to let that hanyou tell
the truth is a bold and threatening way. So don't you doubt me Shippou, I'm
laying my life on the line here and I don't know how far could Inuyasha do to
hurt me and still not killing me for posing a threat to his claim," he finished
with a bit of nervousness written all over his face.
"How about we just ask Kouga to come
here and let him court Kagome so we could see Inuyasha's reaction and then he
would tell the truth about his and Kagome's secret," Shippou suggested
enthusiastically.
"Errr, are you nuts Shippou, they
would definitely try to kill each other, we know already how jealous Inuyasha
could get when Kouga's around, but still he won't admit anything, his pride is
as high as Mt. Fuji, but if we act on this plan maybe we could spill his guts
and not kill me and you," he said then gave a reassuring wink to Shippou.
"Ok but I'm still nervous about
this, here are the flowers you asked, I picked them myself in the nearby
field," he said while handling him a bunch of fresh red roses.
He took the roses from Shippou and
looks at the fox child "Brace yourself Shippou, the show starts now."
Inside the hut everyone are up now
and having a breakfast. Kagome is
happily chatting with Sango with Kirara on her lap while Kaede is just sipping
her tea and listening to the two girls. Inuyasha on the other hand is away bit from them; he sat near the window
while slurping his ramen courtesy of course of Kagome. He watched from the corner of his eye the
only girl who captured his heart after a painstaking betrayal he suffered from
fifty years ago. 'I miss her already, her lips, her kiss…*sigh*can I still go
on with this, can I?' He thought for a
moment.
She caught his gaze so she gave her
a lovely smile that would definitely melts even the hardest most fearsome
youkai ever live in this time period. A
blush crept up his cheeks so he lowered his head, his bangs covering his amber
eyes so no one inside the hut would notice it.
She freezes her gaze to him for a
moment, when she suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up and found that it's only Miroku. She put her gaze back to his love when she
realized something and then looked up to Miroku once again. He has a big grin on his face and a bunch of
red roses in his hand. He held the
flowers for her to take, but she was a bit stunned so she hasn't taking it yet
from his hand. Sango looks also
shocked, her face paled as if she has seen a ghost.
"Ah, what a lovely day, Kagome-chan
these are for you," he purposely drop the sama in her name gave her the flowers
but she hesitantly took it anyway. She thought that maybe it's just a friendly
gesture, until he heard a slight growl coming from Inuyasha who has seen the
entire event that just happened.
She looked at Inuyasha and saw the
dark aura around him; oh oh this is not good she thought. "Oh why, Miroku-sama
it's so nice of you to gave me this, but thank you anyway it's not my birthday
why would you gave me these?" she said to the houshi oblivious to Inuyasha's
reaction.
"I don't need any event just to give
you such, your kind heart and captivating beauty is enough," he said while
taking one of her hand and kissing the back of her palm. Kagome's jaw dropped even Kaede has a
quizzical reaction on her face. But
that gesture did not escape the hanyou's eyes, he stood abruptly and snatched
Kagome's hand from his grasp. "Keep
your filthy hands away from her, lecher!" Inuyasha shouts with anger rising in
his voice, his brows furrowed, veins popping on his head.
'Ahh, this is working, perfect just
perfect…' thought Miroku. "Why
Inuyasha, don't I have a right to compliment her, well I think she needs to,
she deserve it anyway," he said with a mocking voice.
"And what the hell do you mean by
that!" he said while clutching Miroku's collar and his other hand still holding
Kagome's.
Miroku thought for a moment and
nervously voiced out what's on his mind "Well you always, call her names, and
insults her, you don't treat her kind enough that's why she always wanted to go
back on her time. Sometimes she needs
to be complimented, to be praised, to be taken cared of…to be loved."
"Feh! I'm always protecting her," he
said with a smirk.
Miroku shook his head; clear enough
to him that his friend is so naïve when it comes to women's affection. "No Inuyasha, you are wrong, indeed you
protect her, we do too but you always took her for granted," he said mockingly
challenging him to argue. Inuyasha was
caught off guard to what did the monk said, he's been quiet for a while,
battling with himself if he should counter act his opinion but he remained
silent. He cannot tell them the truth, they agree to each other that they will
keep it a secret for a while until the danger is over and even the quest for
the Shikon shards. Everyone inside the
hut has been waiting if he would continue to argue, but the awkward silence
filled the room.
Oblivious to the rising tensions,
Kagome let out a sigh and decided to interrupt it. "Inuyasha, Miroku-sama, that's enough, this argument is going
nowhere and I don't want anybody talking about me this way," she's quite
furious too because she has been the topic of the argument and it feels
pathetic. She pulled her hand out if
Inuyasha's grasp and make her way out of the hut.
She looked back to the two over her
shoulder and said "Inuyasha, let him go and Miroku-sama stop arguing with him,
it wouldn't work anyway."
She didn't see the look of hurt in
his eyes when she turned around to ask Sango to take a bath with her in the
nearby spring. Shippou, on the other
hand has been quiet all along while listening and watching their plan into
action. Kaede shook her head and get
back to cooking herbs.
"So you see Inu.." he hasn't
finished his sentence yet when he interrupted him.
"None of your damned business monk
so shut the fuck up! You don't know anything…" he said with his usual tone and
then ran out of the hut to the forest up above the Go-Shinboku tree.
Shippou hopped on his shoulder and
whispered on his ear "Do you think it worked, I think you just angered him."
"Exactly, that's what I intended to
do, now for the next step, we should wait for the girls to come back then I'll
talk to Inuyasha again."
After an hour or so, Sango and
Kagome came back to the hut; its past noon and they haven't eaten lunch yet.
"Sango-chan let's prepare lunch, we
can eat here, outside it's fresher here," she suggested. Out of nowhere Miroku and Shippou emerged
when they sensed that their empty stomachs needed to be filled now. They sat together on a blanket they laid on
the ground and start to eat when Kagome noticed that Inuyasha is missing.
"Where's Inuyasha? Have you seen him
Shippou, Miroku-sama?" she asked the two who were busy shoving rice balls in
their mouths. Shippou shook his head
and so did Miroku then Sango stop eating and points her finger to Kagome's way
where her back is facing. Kagome looks
over her shoulder and found that her love is standing there with an annoyed
look plastered on his face in his usual pose. (A/N: I know you know what I
mean)
"Inuyasha, aren't you hungry? Here's
your ramen," she handed him the food while giving her the most adorable smile
she have. He took the food and sat
beside her and eats quietly. Everything
is going just fine when Miroku took the opportunity to butt in and everybody's
gaze fall on him.
"Kagome-chan,
do you still want some more rice, I still have some here," he said with an
extra sweet voice. Before Kagome could
answer him they already heard a growl coming from Inuyasha, Shippou is edging
away from him, not wanting to be the one to take the hanyou's rage. Kagome just gave him a
don't-ever-dare-hurt-someone-look, and then he managed to shut up, but not
without 'Feh'.
Kagome smiled before answering
Miroku "No thank you, Miroku-sama, I'm already full, why don't you just give it
to Sango-chan." Sango look stunned,
then shook her head and said, "No thank you, I don't need it."
"So Kagome-chan haven't you sense
any shard nearby," Sango asked her while starting to clean up the dishes. Kagome looked up to her and shook her head,
"No I haven't, I think it's because it might be the last shard and seems to be
so far from here. I can sense it very
faintly though but I cannot tell which direction it's located."
"So that means we have to get ready
and look for it before Naraku could get his filthy hands on it," Inuyasha
interrupted and before anybody could protest he stood up abruptly with the
usual pose again and making his way through the forest to rest on his favorite
tree. Before he could go far, he looked
back over his companions and said "We leave early in the morning tomorrow so
better keep up your energy." Everyone
sigh on his statement, same old Inuyasha, they all shook their heads.
The sun begins to set and the moon rises but for
Kagome the entire day seems so long especially if someone like Miroku keeps on
bugging her with "Kagome-chan you have such a lovely eyes, I haven't noticed it
but when I look into it, I easily melts" or "Kagome-chan do you need a help
with your homework, I could lend a hand" and "Lovely Kagome you seem so stressed
up, do you want a massage?' well that earned him a bang in the head from
Sango's boomerang, she thought it was perverted but he reasoned that Sango's
just jealous and wanted a massage too but that earned him another bang on the
head.
All through out Miroku's suspicious
actions, Inuyasha has been trying hard to control himself from killing the monk
but every time he approached Kagome and being nice to her and such it ticked
him off over the edge of his sanity and almost give up to his control. But when Miroku stood up and walk over to
Kagome and sat beside her trying to get her attention, he snapped into reality
and fix his ravaging gaze to the monk who is now trying very hard to get closer
enough to Kagome.
Kagome's reading her Science book
when he sense Miroku sat beside her, close enough to invade her personal
space. Her eyebrow twitched in
annoyance and was ready to shove Miroku away but he quickly grabbed her hands
in his and asked the most shocking question in the history of their shard hunting.
"Kagome-chan would you ever give me
a chance if I court you… so I could win you heart?" Everyone inside the hut were shocked when they heard what the
monk said, even Shippou couldn't believe that Miroku would go as far away like
that. Sango's face looks like she has
been attacked by a hundred youkai and Kaede's jaw dropped. (A/N: Imagine that
scene ^ __ ^ )
"W What!" Kagome stuttered and has
the same shocked face just like the others. They haven't noticed Inuyasha, his hands were clenched into fist, his
hair hid his amber eyes and his fang is in a snarl as if ready to bite
something or rather someone. He snapped
the moment he heard the monk said those words and without further thinking he
stood up in front of Miroku and Kagome. This wasn't the usual way when he's angry and annoyed, this time he just
stood there not even snatching Kagome's hand on Miroku. He just eyed the monk and said calmly but
threateningly, "I've told you monk…Keep. Your. Fucking. Hands. Away. From. Her."
Miroku gulped but remained
calm. He thought that it's going to
work this time he just have to play it more but he's also nervous now seeing
the hanyou's increasing anger. Kagome
tried to pry her hands from him but he held on tightly.
"Why Inuyasha, don't I have the right
to win Kagome's heart? She has a free
will and you cannot tell her what to do or say," he said mockingly. He keeps on telling himself in his mind that
a bit more and it would be over.
That's it! Inuyasha grabbed Miroku's
collar and dragged him outside the hut before anyone could stop him. He thrown him and he landed on his face
planted on the ground. He mumbles to himself 'this hurt, ahh'. The others followed them outside, Kagome's
been terrified to Inuyasha's reaction and Sango's afraid of the monk's life
now.
"Inuyasha what are you trying to do?
Stop this now or I'll use the word," Kagome threatened him but doesn't seem to
hear her anymore. He stood there
flexing his claws, his eyes burning in rage and his growl sends shiver down
their spines.
"Are you challenging my claim monk?"
Miroku gulped before replying, he stood up and readied to protect himself in
case the hanyou tries to kill him, "So are you saying that you and Kagome are
now together as in you have a relationship, are you admitting it?'
Kagome blushed upon hearing what
Miroku said but snapped her gaze back to Inuyasha. "You had better think before saying anything," after saying this
words he lunged him self to Miroku ready to attack him. Miroku cursed to himself 'Damnit Inuyasha,
why don't you just admit it' then he noticed the blow coming his way and he
almost fail to dodge it, 'Oh shit! I'm oh so dead' he run towards the forest
but he knows that Inuyasha would catch up to him with his youkai abilities. And then he stops and turns around finding
himself alone. Everything happened so fast. 'Where did he go' he thought and then he felt a clawed hand grip his
neck from behind…
Jan.
18, 2003
A/N:
Wow I actually finished this chapter, do you think it's a cliffie, nah I don't
think so. Well you know what every author's dream Read and Review. Thanks
Review
Reply:
Geminidragon- thanks for the review, I really appreciate it and
about your question, well this fic is based entirely in the manga of Inuyasha,
I have been reading it for quite sometime now, it's far more advance than the
anime', more like a spoiler. I based
this on Volume 29 where Kikyou already died and blah blah…and the baby is
actually one of Naraku's offspring, the part where Onigumo's heart lies, that's
why when Naraku gets rid of it he was able to kill Kikyou, he has a name now,
but he's just recently named, it's in Volume 30 and he's a bit older now his
name is 'Hakudoshin'. Thanks and pls.
Review again.( If you wanna read the manga version of Inuyasha go to this site www.wot-club.org.uk/Inuyasha/)
Love,
Jodie-chan