Disclaimer~ Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Shonen Sunday, etc.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 12
by sunny1388
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Sesshomaru gave a sour look to the humans staring at him.
"It's rude to stare." He stated calmly, and was about to turn around again, except Rin, who was wondering why all the adults were so quiet, sat up and turned to look at Sesshomaru.
The silence was broken by a small giggle.
Sesshomaru transferred his piercing gaze to look down at Rin, but this only made the little girl laugh more. Soon, Miroku and Sango couldn't keep it in anymore and both started laughing too.
Finally, Sesshomaru got tired of listening to the pathetic humans and stated,
"If you worthless humans do not explain yourselves now, I shall tear your hearts out."
The laughter stopped immediately.
But when Rin decided to tell Sesshomaru what they were laughing at, her voice still held a touch of laughter.
"Sesshomaru-sama has a big, red spot on his nose! Just like Rin!"
Rin pointed to her chicken pox.
Then Sango went to Kagome's backpack and took out the small mirror that she had seen Kagome use before.
She tossed it to Sesshomaru, who caught between two of his claws, and held it up to look at his face.
There were several itchy red spots already, but the biggest one was right on the tip of his nose.
Lowering the mirror, he glared at all of them, showing the most emotion that they had ever seen from the expressionless demon-lord.
Of course, this started them all laughing again.
When they finally stopped this time, Sango spoke up,
"Well, actually, it isn't so funny. This is a serious matter." Sango said, glaring at Miroku, who was still trying to keep a large grin off his face.
"What? Oh, yes. It is very serious, for a demon of your age, Sesshomaru."
"Is Sesshomaru-sama gonna be okay?" Rin asked, looking worriedly at the adults.
"We'll see Rin, for now, we must hope that his demonic blood will be enough; Lady Kagome's medicine is only enough for you, Rin."
Miroku told her, taking out a small bottle of medicine from Kagome's pack, which got his hand slapped by Sango.
"Don't look around in Kagome's pack!"
Miroku nodded, backing away to hide behind Rin and rubbing his slapped hand.
~*~
Later that night, Rin was already beginning to get better. Her low fever was gone completely and she was napping at the moment.
However, Sesshomaru's chicken pox seemed to be getting worse. He now had little red dots going down his arms as well as his face. And because of Rin, there was no more medicine to give him.
So Jaken had been sent out in the rain that had started again, to try to find some herbs that would cure or at least help cure this disease.
Of course, the demon-lord was silently fuming at himself for catching a weak mortal's illness. He decided that it was the priest and the demon-huntress who were at fault and decided to kill them when he felt better.
Glancing at the humans who seemed to be asleep, he slowly raised a clawed finger to scratch at the itchy dots, but he heard someone clear his throat and saw Miroku with an eye open, glancing lazily at him.
Sesshomaru sniffed, then lifted his hand to run it through his hair, as if that had been his intention all along.
The monk shook his head, then turned his attention to Sango and slowly inched over to sit next to her. The sleeping demon-huntress sighed in her sleep and tilted her head to lean on his shoulder, making Miroku grin as he closed his eyes again to go back to sleep.
Sesshomaru looked disgustedly at the pair of humans and shifted, trying to repress the itchyness of the "chicken pox" as the humans had called it.
Remembering that it was the fault of the humans, Sesshomaru amended his previous thought and decided to kill them painfully.
With this happy thought, Sesshomaru leaned back against the wall he was sitting at, wrapped his fluffy tail around himself, and tried to fall asleep.
~*~
Meanwhile, Shippo had finally convinced Inuyasha to stop for the night, since the rain had started again.
They sat in a large tree, where the leaves and branches blocked most of the rain like an umbrella.
Inuyasha was exhausted, they had not stopped all day, and he quickly fell asleep.
But the kitsune sitting on his shoulder could not sleep that easily. Usually, he curled up on Kagome's sleeping bag, and was lulled to sleep by her hand gently petting his head, but tonight he was cold and wet and alone.
Well, except for Inuyasha.
So Shippo sat on Inuyasha's shoulder, staring up at the leaves and branches in the canopy of the tree above him.
But suddenly, he heard a sound, and sharply looked down.
Hopping off Inuyasha's shoulder, he grabbed onto the branch they were sitting on and tried to look down to the ground, but he couldn't see anything.
Instead, he tried to sniff out a scent, but the strange scents of this forest made it impossible for his young nose to sort them all out.
It smelled kinda like a human, but also a demon? It was confusing.
So he decided, reluctantly, to wake up Inuyasha, though he knew he was going to get hit again for disturbing the hanyou's sleep.
Jumping up to Inuyasha's shoulder again, he reached up and caught a twitching doggy ear and poked it. To his surprise, the hanyou only turned his head towards Shippo and started...purring?!
Then Inuyasha started to mutter something. Bending his head down, Shippo started giggling when he heard what Inuyasha was saying.
"Kagome? That feels good..."
Forgetting completely about the sound he had heard below, Shippo decided to play a little trick on Inuyasha.
Imitating Kagome's voice, he quietly asked Inuyasha,
"Inuyasha? Do you love me?"
"Ka-kagome? I had this dream that Naraku kidnapped you and I was searching for you..."
Shippo paused to quietly giggle some more at his joke, then asked again,
"Inuyasha, do you love me?"
For a second, Inuyasha looked like he was going to wake up, but then settled back again and answered,
"Um...well..I...l-love? Uh..."
Shippo was starting to get impatient, but he tried again,
"Inuyasha, do you love me?"
This time, Shippo made his voice trembly, as if he was ready to cry. Of course, Inuyasha had no power against Kagome's tears, so he decided to just admit it.
"Yes, I don't know when I started loving you, but I did."
"Kagome loves you too, Inuyasha."
Shippo said before he started giggling some more. Then he decided to stop pushing his luck and decided to end the joke.
After one more little question.
Picking up a clump of moss on the tree, he held it up in front of Inuyasha.
Then, he imitated Kagome's voice again,
"Inuyasha? Would you like to kiss me?"
Inuyasha's face turned surprised, but then it settled into a happy smirk. Ah well, since he already told Kagome he loved her, why not?
"Heck yeah!"
So Shippo took the moss and threw it at Inuyasha's face, then scrambled to the end of the branch.
When the wet moss hit his face, Inuyasha blinked, waking up.
He was confused.
Then, he realized it was a dream.
His face turned bright red.
But he was so sure that Kagome's voice was real. And who threw the wet moss at him?
Glaring around in the darkness, he spotted Shippo, with a huge grin on his face, and lunged at the kitsune.
"Why you little...!" He yelled, and tried to grab Shippo to pound him, but the fox nimbly leapt over his head and started scrambling up the branches of the tree.
"Aww, c'mon Inuyasha! Can't ya take a joke?"
Inuyasha answered with a snarl and started leaping up through the branches.
"Okay, okay! I apologize, alright? I'm sorry!" Shippo panted, out of breath and realizing that he couldn't outclimb Inuyasha, even though it was the night of the new moon.
Inuyasha stopped, he was still tired, even after his nap. With a snort, he sat down on the branch, folded his sleeves, and tried to go back to sleep.
Shippo just couldn't resist one last comment.
It wasn't Shippo's smartest move.
"Kissy kissy, Inu-chan!" Shippo called down, in an imitation of Kagome's voice again.
With a snarl that echoed through the forest, Inuyasha jumped up again.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 12
by sunny1388
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Sesshomaru gave a sour look to the humans staring at him.
"It's rude to stare." He stated calmly, and was about to turn around again, except Rin, who was wondering why all the adults were so quiet, sat up and turned to look at Sesshomaru.
The silence was broken by a small giggle.
Sesshomaru transferred his piercing gaze to look down at Rin, but this only made the little girl laugh more. Soon, Miroku and Sango couldn't keep it in anymore and both started laughing too.
Finally, Sesshomaru got tired of listening to the pathetic humans and stated,
"If you worthless humans do not explain yourselves now, I shall tear your hearts out."
The laughter stopped immediately.
But when Rin decided to tell Sesshomaru what they were laughing at, her voice still held a touch of laughter.
"Sesshomaru-sama has a big, red spot on his nose! Just like Rin!"
Rin pointed to her chicken pox.
Then Sango went to Kagome's backpack and took out the small mirror that she had seen Kagome use before.
She tossed it to Sesshomaru, who caught between two of his claws, and held it up to look at his face.
There were several itchy red spots already, but the biggest one was right on the tip of his nose.
Lowering the mirror, he glared at all of them, showing the most emotion that they had ever seen from the expressionless demon-lord.
Of course, this started them all laughing again.
When they finally stopped this time, Sango spoke up,
"Well, actually, it isn't so funny. This is a serious matter." Sango said, glaring at Miroku, who was still trying to keep a large grin off his face.
"What? Oh, yes. It is very serious, for a demon of your age, Sesshomaru."
"Is Sesshomaru-sama gonna be okay?" Rin asked, looking worriedly at the adults.
"We'll see Rin, for now, we must hope that his demonic blood will be enough; Lady Kagome's medicine is only enough for you, Rin."
Miroku told her, taking out a small bottle of medicine from Kagome's pack, which got his hand slapped by Sango.
"Don't look around in Kagome's pack!"
Miroku nodded, backing away to hide behind Rin and rubbing his slapped hand.
~*~
Later that night, Rin was already beginning to get better. Her low fever was gone completely and she was napping at the moment.
However, Sesshomaru's chicken pox seemed to be getting worse. He now had little red dots going down his arms as well as his face. And because of Rin, there was no more medicine to give him.
So Jaken had been sent out in the rain that had started again, to try to find some herbs that would cure or at least help cure this disease.
Of course, the demon-lord was silently fuming at himself for catching a weak mortal's illness. He decided that it was the priest and the demon-huntress who were at fault and decided to kill them when he felt better.
Glancing at the humans who seemed to be asleep, he slowly raised a clawed finger to scratch at the itchy dots, but he heard someone clear his throat and saw Miroku with an eye open, glancing lazily at him.
Sesshomaru sniffed, then lifted his hand to run it through his hair, as if that had been his intention all along.
The monk shook his head, then turned his attention to Sango and slowly inched over to sit next to her. The sleeping demon-huntress sighed in her sleep and tilted her head to lean on his shoulder, making Miroku grin as he closed his eyes again to go back to sleep.
Sesshomaru looked disgustedly at the pair of humans and shifted, trying to repress the itchyness of the "chicken pox" as the humans had called it.
Remembering that it was the fault of the humans, Sesshomaru amended his previous thought and decided to kill them painfully.
With this happy thought, Sesshomaru leaned back against the wall he was sitting at, wrapped his fluffy tail around himself, and tried to fall asleep.
~*~
Meanwhile, Shippo had finally convinced Inuyasha to stop for the night, since the rain had started again.
They sat in a large tree, where the leaves and branches blocked most of the rain like an umbrella.
Inuyasha was exhausted, they had not stopped all day, and he quickly fell asleep.
But the kitsune sitting on his shoulder could not sleep that easily. Usually, he curled up on Kagome's sleeping bag, and was lulled to sleep by her hand gently petting his head, but tonight he was cold and wet and alone.
Well, except for Inuyasha.
So Shippo sat on Inuyasha's shoulder, staring up at the leaves and branches in the canopy of the tree above him.
But suddenly, he heard a sound, and sharply looked down.
Hopping off Inuyasha's shoulder, he grabbed onto the branch they were sitting on and tried to look down to the ground, but he couldn't see anything.
Instead, he tried to sniff out a scent, but the strange scents of this forest made it impossible for his young nose to sort them all out.
It smelled kinda like a human, but also a demon? It was confusing.
So he decided, reluctantly, to wake up Inuyasha, though he knew he was going to get hit again for disturbing the hanyou's sleep.
Jumping up to Inuyasha's shoulder again, he reached up and caught a twitching doggy ear and poked it. To his surprise, the hanyou only turned his head towards Shippo and started...purring?!
Then Inuyasha started to mutter something. Bending his head down, Shippo started giggling when he heard what Inuyasha was saying.
"Kagome? That feels good..."
Forgetting completely about the sound he had heard below, Shippo decided to play a little trick on Inuyasha.
Imitating Kagome's voice, he quietly asked Inuyasha,
"Inuyasha? Do you love me?"
"Ka-kagome? I had this dream that Naraku kidnapped you and I was searching for you..."
Shippo paused to quietly giggle some more at his joke, then asked again,
"Inuyasha, do you love me?"
For a second, Inuyasha looked like he was going to wake up, but then settled back again and answered,
"Um...well..I...l-love? Uh..."
Shippo was starting to get impatient, but he tried again,
"Inuyasha, do you love me?"
This time, Shippo made his voice trembly, as if he was ready to cry. Of course, Inuyasha had no power against Kagome's tears, so he decided to just admit it.
"Yes, I don't know when I started loving you, but I did."
"Kagome loves you too, Inuyasha."
Shippo said before he started giggling some more. Then he decided to stop pushing his luck and decided to end the joke.
After one more little question.
Picking up a clump of moss on the tree, he held it up in front of Inuyasha.
Then, he imitated Kagome's voice again,
"Inuyasha? Would you like to kiss me?"
Inuyasha's face turned surprised, but then it settled into a happy smirk. Ah well, since he already told Kagome he loved her, why not?
"Heck yeah!"
So Shippo took the moss and threw it at Inuyasha's face, then scrambled to the end of the branch.
When the wet moss hit his face, Inuyasha blinked, waking up.
He was confused.
Then, he realized it was a dream.
His face turned bright red.
But he was so sure that Kagome's voice was real. And who threw the wet moss at him?
Glaring around in the darkness, he spotted Shippo, with a huge grin on his face, and lunged at the kitsune.
"Why you little...!" He yelled, and tried to grab Shippo to pound him, but the fox nimbly leapt over his head and started scrambling up the branches of the tree.
"Aww, c'mon Inuyasha! Can't ya take a joke?"
Inuyasha answered with a snarl and started leaping up through the branches.
"Okay, okay! I apologize, alright? I'm sorry!" Shippo panted, out of breath and realizing that he couldn't outclimb Inuyasha, even though it was the night of the new moon.
Inuyasha stopped, he was still tired, even after his nap. With a snort, he sat down on the branch, folded his sleeves, and tried to go back to sleep.
Shippo just couldn't resist one last comment.
It wasn't Shippo's smartest move.
"Kissy kissy, Inu-chan!" Shippo called down, in an imitation of Kagome's voice again.
With a snarl that echoed through the forest, Inuyasha jumped up again.