Okay, here's number three. This one's gonna have lots of humor and some unexpected surprises.
Seem so Clear to Me
Kagome was too shocked to even be angry for very long. She couldn't stop touching the new ears.
"Kagome" Sango began in wide eyed disbelief. "Your hair..."
Immediately Kagome grabbed a handful of hair and brought it to where she could see it. The black strands were streaked through with silver.
More calmly than anyone could have anticipated, especially after the episode of shrieking, she dropped the locks and turned to Inuyasha. Completely expressionless, except for a tattle tale narrowing of her eyes she asked him without inflection, "What did you do to me?"
Inuyasha winced at her stoicism. Things were always worse when they revealed nothing before hand. He settled for a simple "Keh!" and looked away. He felt her piercing glare between his shoulder blades.
"Sango?" he heard her ask. Sango gave him a helpless look. He simply nodded his assent.
"You've been sick for two days, recovering. That first day-the day you fainted- we were all worried. Especially Inuyasha. Lady Kaede suggested purging you-"
Kagome gasped. Apparently she'd learned about purging in her own time.
"-but he was against it, as was I. He said he knew of a remedy that his mother had often used when he was ill as a child. We agreed, although we were skeptical at first. So he went off on his own to do the things that were neccessary" Sango briefly described the Soul Spell and the making of the herbal substance."
Kagome wrinkled her nose in distaste. "So that was the wicked taste in my mouth when I woke up."
"Yes. Apparently Inuyasha neglected to remember the side-effects of his mother's remedy" Miroku replied dryly. "Thus your change in appearance. It should only last a few days at the very most"
Kagome was thoughtful for a while. To Inuyasha's astonishment, she didn't appear angry. She absently stroked Shippo's head who had jumped into her lap.
"I guess the only thing I can say is... thanks. Thanks Inuyasha, and thank you all."
Stupefied, Inuyasha stared at her. He'd expected her to go stark raving mad over the changes. What the fuck? He was positively certain he would get multiple sits out of this but there she was, serene as could be, even smiling a little.
"Although... It would have been MUCH easier to take me home where I could have gone to the doctor and have been good as new today." she said ruefully. She sharpened her gaze on the hanyou. "Stop staring Inuyasha. Close your mouth before you catch flies." she ordered.
He snapped his mouth shut and turned a mottled shade of crimson. He responded with the habitual snort.
"Anyway" Kagome continued, more upbeat. "According to what Miroku says, I'll only be like this a couple of days, so what's the harm? We can continue like always." she said almost cheerfully.
Miroku was shaking his head in wonderment. He even stalled his hand from reaching out to Sango's rear which, by the by, was in a perfect position. "Are you sure, Kagome? Looking like that?"
"What's wrong with the way she looks?" Inuyasha asked, frowning in puzzlement.
"Well, it's just that she looks so much like...you, meaning no disrespect, of course." the priest ended quickly, when Inuyasha's frown became a scowl.
"Keh! If she doesn't like it then she doesn't like it. There's nothing we can do to change it. We have to find the shards, we can't waste time worrying about Kagome's appearance." He was getting worked up into quite a state.
"You can quit talking about me like I'm not here, Inuyasha. I'm perfectly aware that I'm your shard detector and little more." the girl in question said in a voice full of anger.
"Kagome... That's not what I meant."
"Oh, no no. I know what you meant. Why waste time worrying about what I might think? I'm just your shard detector." She said bitterly. "And after I poured my heart out to you."
"Damn it, Kagome! Shut up and listen to me!" Realizing he had an audience, he plucked Shippo out of Kagome's arms and tossed him at Sango.
"Eep! Jerk!"
"Leave" Inuyasha said curtly. "This is private"
"Sure thing"
"We were just going"
The three scrambled out leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone. WHen they were gone the hanyou turned on his companion. "Why do always turn my words around on me? Or put words in I didn't say? Contrary bitch" he said darkly.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome seethed warningly.
"Huh-uh. I didn't say you were only a shard detector just now, did I?"
"No, but-"
"Just to be clear," He leaned down to her, as close to her face as he could get without actually touching her. He made sure their gazes were locked together so she wouldn't miss it. "You mean a great deal more than that to me. Get it?"
Kagome nodded soundlessly. She was speechless. Simply speechless.
"Good, don't get confused about it again," He ordered. And with that he walked out of the hut. Kagome couldn't have been more shocked if he'd sprouted another head.
"Well," she murmured in wonder. Then she smiled. Maybe there was hope for him yet.
***
Kagome was still quite exausted, and not fully recovered by a long a shot. Kaede persuaded her not to try to travel back to her own time for at least another day. She grudgingly complied and slept away the rest of the afternoon, night, and next morning. By that time Kaede had no objections.
Inuyasha, on the other hand, was a different story. He still insisted she wasn't well enough. "You have to keep up your strength. Besides, you belong here. You don't need to go back to your foolish time" he kept repeated stubbornly, whenever Kagome confronted him about it. Which was often.
And that was another thing Kagome was having trouble dealing with. Inuyasha had refused to leave the room the entire time. His attention was quickly becoming, stifling. Not only to her sensibilities, but also to her hygiene. He hadn't left so bathing was out.
"Inuyasha!" She pleaded for the umpteenth time in front of everybody. It was nearing mid-afternoon and Kagome was growing weary of the same old argument. "I need a shower. I'm starting to smell. My hair is getting greasy and my head's starting to itch. I need to get clean!" she practically shouted, wincing at the discomfort it caused her own new sensitive hearing.
"Keh! You don't smell that bad. You are not well enough." he said in that gratingly false patient tone that plainly said he wouldn't be argued with."You can bathe here"
That was it. It was the last straw. Kagome had tried to avoid sitting him, she really had. She was immensely grateful for his effective, if a bit unorthodox, treatment for her illness. Out of that gratitude she had tried her very damndest not to sit the hanyou. But desperate times called for desprate measures. She wanted to go home and she wanted to go NOW!
She got up in his face, decked out in clothing she had barrowed from a village girl. Her hands fisted at her sides.
"Inuyasha, I demand that you let me go this instant!"
"No" He refused flatly.
"Ugh! You leave me no choice then." she said genuinely apologetic. "Sit boy!"
To no one's surprise, the prayer beads activated immediately and Inuyasha slammed face down into the floor.
To everyone's surprise, so did Kagome.
Bwahahahahahahahaha! Aren't I evil? C'mon, tell me- what should happen next? I love to hear feed back.
PS. Sorry but it is impossible for me to update regularly. With my classes, and doctors appointments, not to mention my job, it's hard to find time to unwind, and when I do I'm so exhausted. So I'm sorry, and bear with me please?
Seem so Clear to Me
Kagome was too shocked to even be angry for very long. She couldn't stop touching the new ears.
"Kagome" Sango began in wide eyed disbelief. "Your hair..."
Immediately Kagome grabbed a handful of hair and brought it to where she could see it. The black strands were streaked through with silver.
More calmly than anyone could have anticipated, especially after the episode of shrieking, she dropped the locks and turned to Inuyasha. Completely expressionless, except for a tattle tale narrowing of her eyes she asked him without inflection, "What did you do to me?"
Inuyasha winced at her stoicism. Things were always worse when they revealed nothing before hand. He settled for a simple "Keh!" and looked away. He felt her piercing glare between his shoulder blades.
"Sango?" he heard her ask. Sango gave him a helpless look. He simply nodded his assent.
"You've been sick for two days, recovering. That first day-the day you fainted- we were all worried. Especially Inuyasha. Lady Kaede suggested purging you-"
Kagome gasped. Apparently she'd learned about purging in her own time.
"-but he was against it, as was I. He said he knew of a remedy that his mother had often used when he was ill as a child. We agreed, although we were skeptical at first. So he went off on his own to do the things that were neccessary" Sango briefly described the Soul Spell and the making of the herbal substance."
Kagome wrinkled her nose in distaste. "So that was the wicked taste in my mouth when I woke up."
"Yes. Apparently Inuyasha neglected to remember the side-effects of his mother's remedy" Miroku replied dryly. "Thus your change in appearance. It should only last a few days at the very most"
Kagome was thoughtful for a while. To Inuyasha's astonishment, she didn't appear angry. She absently stroked Shippo's head who had jumped into her lap.
"I guess the only thing I can say is... thanks. Thanks Inuyasha, and thank you all."
Stupefied, Inuyasha stared at her. He'd expected her to go stark raving mad over the changes. What the fuck? He was positively certain he would get multiple sits out of this but there she was, serene as could be, even smiling a little.
"Although... It would have been MUCH easier to take me home where I could have gone to the doctor and have been good as new today." she said ruefully. She sharpened her gaze on the hanyou. "Stop staring Inuyasha. Close your mouth before you catch flies." she ordered.
He snapped his mouth shut and turned a mottled shade of crimson. He responded with the habitual snort.
"Anyway" Kagome continued, more upbeat. "According to what Miroku says, I'll only be like this a couple of days, so what's the harm? We can continue like always." she said almost cheerfully.
Miroku was shaking his head in wonderment. He even stalled his hand from reaching out to Sango's rear which, by the by, was in a perfect position. "Are you sure, Kagome? Looking like that?"
"What's wrong with the way she looks?" Inuyasha asked, frowning in puzzlement.
"Well, it's just that she looks so much like...you, meaning no disrespect, of course." the priest ended quickly, when Inuyasha's frown became a scowl.
"Keh! If she doesn't like it then she doesn't like it. There's nothing we can do to change it. We have to find the shards, we can't waste time worrying about Kagome's appearance." He was getting worked up into quite a state.
"You can quit talking about me like I'm not here, Inuyasha. I'm perfectly aware that I'm your shard detector and little more." the girl in question said in a voice full of anger.
"Kagome... That's not what I meant."
"Oh, no no. I know what you meant. Why waste time worrying about what I might think? I'm just your shard detector." She said bitterly. "And after I poured my heart out to you."
"Damn it, Kagome! Shut up and listen to me!" Realizing he had an audience, he plucked Shippo out of Kagome's arms and tossed him at Sango.
"Eep! Jerk!"
"Leave" Inuyasha said curtly. "This is private"
"Sure thing"
"We were just going"
The three scrambled out leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone. WHen they were gone the hanyou turned on his companion. "Why do always turn my words around on me? Or put words in I didn't say? Contrary bitch" he said darkly.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome seethed warningly.
"Huh-uh. I didn't say you were only a shard detector just now, did I?"
"No, but-"
"Just to be clear," He leaned down to her, as close to her face as he could get without actually touching her. He made sure their gazes were locked together so she wouldn't miss it. "You mean a great deal more than that to me. Get it?"
Kagome nodded soundlessly. She was speechless. Simply speechless.
"Good, don't get confused about it again," He ordered. And with that he walked out of the hut. Kagome couldn't have been more shocked if he'd sprouted another head.
"Well," she murmured in wonder. Then she smiled. Maybe there was hope for him yet.
***
Kagome was still quite exausted, and not fully recovered by a long a shot. Kaede persuaded her not to try to travel back to her own time for at least another day. She grudgingly complied and slept away the rest of the afternoon, night, and next morning. By that time Kaede had no objections.
Inuyasha, on the other hand, was a different story. He still insisted she wasn't well enough. "You have to keep up your strength. Besides, you belong here. You don't need to go back to your foolish time" he kept repeated stubbornly, whenever Kagome confronted him about it. Which was often.
And that was another thing Kagome was having trouble dealing with. Inuyasha had refused to leave the room the entire time. His attention was quickly becoming, stifling. Not only to her sensibilities, but also to her hygiene. He hadn't left so bathing was out.
"Inuyasha!" She pleaded for the umpteenth time in front of everybody. It was nearing mid-afternoon and Kagome was growing weary of the same old argument. "I need a shower. I'm starting to smell. My hair is getting greasy and my head's starting to itch. I need to get clean!" she practically shouted, wincing at the discomfort it caused her own new sensitive hearing.
"Keh! You don't smell that bad. You are not well enough." he said in that gratingly false patient tone that plainly said he wouldn't be argued with."You can bathe here"
That was it. It was the last straw. Kagome had tried to avoid sitting him, she really had. She was immensely grateful for his effective, if a bit unorthodox, treatment for her illness. Out of that gratitude she had tried her very damndest not to sit the hanyou. But desperate times called for desprate measures. She wanted to go home and she wanted to go NOW!
She got up in his face, decked out in clothing she had barrowed from a village girl. Her hands fisted at her sides.
"Inuyasha, I demand that you let me go this instant!"
"No" He refused flatly.
"Ugh! You leave me no choice then." she said genuinely apologetic. "Sit boy!"
To no one's surprise, the prayer beads activated immediately and Inuyasha slammed face down into the floor.
To everyone's surprise, so did Kagome.
Bwahahahahahahahaha! Aren't I evil? C'mon, tell me- what should happen next? I love to hear feed back.
PS. Sorry but it is impossible for me to update regularly. With my classes, and doctors appointments, not to mention my job, it's hard to find time to unwind, and when I do I'm so exhausted. So I'm sorry, and bear with me please?