A.N.: Crappy week... I swear... I need to hurt someone >.
Disclaimer : I don't own Inu Yasha.
Loss Of Authority
Chapter 2 : Let The Dog Out Of The Bag
"Oi!"
Silence.
"Oi! I know you can hear me!"
Silence.
"Stop ignoring me Kagome! What the fuck's your problem?!"
Silence. Shrug.
Sango, Miroku, and Shippou watched this scene lazily as Kagome continued to walk away from the dog demon, stumbling a bit as she did. Inu Yasha raged at her, demanding she speak to him, but Kagome just answered with a shake of her head, a shrug, or silence. Her brow twitched in annoyance as Inu Yasha continued to prod and poke at her verbally. Either Kagome was trying to practice some sort of anger management technique or something was wrong...
Inu Yasha would agree with the latter. For nearly an hour he had followed the Kagome around. And no matter how much he worried about her, (not that he'd admit it aloud) and asked her if she was all right, she'd just shrugged or shook her head in response. Now she was trying to avoid him.
He was pissed. So he did what any short-tempered dog demon would do...
"Fuck bitch! Would you stop walking around and listen to me?!" He shared his feelings.
Kagome kept from panting slightly. Inu Yasha hadn't let up. Why did he continue to follow her? She was fine. It was kind for him to worry about her health, (Despite the anger and the profanity expressed...) but her gratitude could only extend so far.
"Kagome! Will you sit your damn ass down and tell me why you keeping ignoring me!" Because I don't want you to find out that you're temporarily free of the rosary... Kagome thought as she visioned the look of absolute joy on his face. No way. A week of his arrogance to it's maximum could not be bared by even the most patient creature in this world. She didn't think a creature from any other world would bare his arrogance then either.
Kagome stopped suddenly, making Inu Yasha bump into her. She would have been eating dirt at that moment hadn't a pair of strong arms caught her up around the waist and helped her regain her balance. She sighed, as she leaned against the owner of those arms.
"Klutz." Inu Yasha commented as he pulled away. Kagome took a few deep breaths. "You actually going to listen to me?"
Kagome turned and smiled at Inu Yasha patiently. Inu Yasha raised a suspicious eyebrow, "Keh. Why've you been avoiding me?"
Smile.
"... Well?"
Smile.
"... Kagome! Answer me!"
Smile.
"Dammit Kagome, not this again! Stop smiling at me like that and answer my question!" Inu Yasha fumed. Sango held her hand out expectantly as Miroku sighed, handing her a few coins. Shippou watched on tiredly.
"I told you she wouldn't."
"Ah... Best two out of three?"
Kagome frowned. What? She stopped. She was listening. There. She'd done two things he asked of her. Mou, just be grateful with what you have.
"Will you just talk to me!" I am talking to you. You're just not listening. Kagome smiled at him once more. Inu Yasha's eyes narrowed in response.
"... You're hiding something... Aren't you?" Kagome blinked, her smile faltering for a moment. Inu Yasha smirked when he caught this. Kagome turned abruptly and began to walk away. So much for her secret.
"Oi! What are you hiding?!" Inu Yasha asked as he grabbed her arm and turned her to him. Kagome bit the inside of her cheek and smiled forcefully. I'm not hiding anything.
"Kagome!" Kagome clenched her hands, her patience wearing thin. Calm down Kagome. He's worried, that's all... Inu Yasha growled as she closed her eyes to keep from meeting his gaze.
"Kagome, you fool! Stop being a spoiled brat!" Kagome bit her lip. Inu Yasha's hand gripped onto her arm more firmly. Stay calm... "Stop being an idiot and tell me what you're hiding."
Kagome tried to tug her arm away, only to be brought closer to the fuming hanyou. Kagome snapped her eyes open to stare up at him defiantly. Inu Yasha sighed, letting his anger rush out on his exhale as he met Kagome's frustrated glare. "I just want to help Kagome... You don't have to hide anything from me."
This struck Kagome dumbfounded, her gaze from frustration, to amazement. Was that genuine sincerity in his voice. (Roughly voiced out sincerity) Inu Yasha let his grip loosen, Kagome seemed to be stunned momentarily by his statement. He scowled inwardly, but at least she was no longer resisting him. Instead, he smirked down at her, "What? Surprised I'm actually worried about a stubborn wench like you?"
SNAP. 'OSUWARI!' Kagome opened her mouth, but what intended to be an outraged scream was no more then a raspy gasp of air. She clamped a hand down onto her mouth before anyone could realize her situation. Inwardly, she cursed. Dammit, it was that smile of his... and the arrogance in his voice... He will not find out about her voice, Kagome thought determinedly.
Please don't find out...
Apparently, Kagome didn't cover up fast enough. Inu Yasha stared at her with wide eyes. She tried to subdue him, didn't she? Or yell at him... But something was wrong... with her voice.
The wheels churned in the dog demons brain. Her silence, the wish to avoid him, the sudden disappearance of his quick-to-act 'sit's... Her voice...
Shippou blinked, catching on as well. Sango and Miroku weren't able to hear the rasping sound the came from Kagome like he and Inu Yasha had, but they had an idea something was going on by the way the hanyou's lips curved up in a mocking smile.
"What's he up to?" Shippou asked as Inu Yasha started to head toward them. Miroku turned to Sango, looking a little worried.
"Perhaps he had heard our little wager?" Sango shrugged, stroking a hand through Kirara's fur as they watched Inu Yasha approach.
And to their surprise, he walked right passed them, his smile still in place as he entered Kaede's hut. Kagome stared after him in confusion. What was he up to? She got her answer a moment later as Inu Yasha stepped out with one of her school books in his hands. She stared in even greater confusion as the he skimmed through the book, vaguely interested in it's contents, but then...
RRRRRRIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPP. Tear. Slash.
Kagome felt the bottom of her stomach drop out of her stomach. He... didn't...
"Useless things... These spell books of yours," Rip, "I don't understand why you haul them around in that bulging bag of yours. I'm doing you a favor by lightening your load..."
Rip. Those sounds seemed to stretch on forever in the sudden silence that had overcome musashi's domain. Kagome flinched with every tear of the page. She shakily took a step toward him. He... He...
The others looked at Inu Yasha in horror as Kagome shakily made her way to him, deathly pale. He kept his smile in place and continued in the same slow rhythm he had created. Shippou was the first to snap out of his horrified trance.
"Inu Yasha you bastard! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" The kitsune cried at lunged at the older demon only to have himself crushed into the dirt, held down by Inu Yasha's foot. He struggled madly, but to no avail. That bastard, how could he do that to Kagome? And when she was sick too!
"I-Inu Yasha... What are you doing?" Miroku asked with wide eyes.
"Like I said before, I'm lightening Kagome's bag for her." Inu Yasha's smile thinned as Kagome continued to step closer. Sango shook her head.
"Inu Yasha! How can you be doing that to Kagome's things? Stop it!" Inu Yasha continued, glancing at Sango warily.
"If she wants me to stop, all she has to do is tell me to stop..." Inu Yasha didn't get out much more as a sudden slap stunned him into silence, his hand loosening on the page he was preparing to rip. Kagome pulled her hand away, starring at the reddening cheek that she had just hit, then to the hand she used to cause it to redden. Her hand throbbed slightly as the red spread across her palm in the same fashion as Inu Yasha's right cheek. Without much more thought, Kagome grabbed the maimed book from his hands, then went about to pick up the pages he had ripped out that littered the ground.
Inu Yasha raised his hand up to his cheek and touched it gingerly. Kagome had just slapped him. Not subdue, but slapped.
Kagome finished picking up what pages she could salvage and brushed passed Inu Yasha roughly, without giving him a second glance. Miroku and Sango looked up at him tensely, expecting some sort of reaction, either of remaining shock or full blown anger. Even Shippou had stopped struggling, staring up at the older demon with apprehension.
Inu Yasha broke into a full grin just as Kagome emerged from the hut looking especially angry with her bag slung over her shoulder. She brushed passed the hanyou only to be twirled around, her bag slipping over and falling to the ground with a thud. She stumbled as a swimming Inu Yasha came into view, giving her a show of his canines that shined brightly in the sunlight.
"You can't say anything can you?" A very tense silence followed. This cleared Kagome's head faster and more effectively than cold water would have. Shippou gaped up at Inu Yasha, then turned to Kagome, begging through his wide eyes that this was some kind of joke. Miroku's brows raised in mild surprise and Sango blinked, her mouth slightly agape.
"Heh. That's why avoided me, isn't it? Why you couldn't answer me... " Kagome stayed silent, (not that she had much choice) looking down at the ground. Inu Yasha's grin widened even more. "... You can't say the word..."
"NO! Kagome! You can't!" Shippou cried as he pulled out from under Inu Yasha's foot and launching himself at Kagome's waist, clinging tightly. Kagome patted the kitsune's head reassuringly, but when he heard no words of comfort, he began to wail.
"Kagome? Did you really lose your voice?" Sango questioned frowning as Kagome shuffled her feet nervously. She let out a long sigh and nodded in affirmation. Sango stared in surprise, she didn't expect Kagome to really admit to such a thing, "Is it permanent?"
Kagome shook her head fervently at this and looked at Inu Yasha as she did. He smirked at her with the arrogance she had anticipated and gave him a dry look. "But you aren't getting your voice back any time soon are you... ?"
Kagome chose not to answer. "Ah... How long will this last Kagome? A few days?"
Kagome shrugged at Miroku at plopped down next to her back, scooting away from Inu Yasha, sitting in front of her bag protectively. He chuckled, "Don't worry Kagome... I won't rip any of your damn spell books anymore..."
He smiled. Not very comforting with that frightening gleam in his eyes. Kagome scooted even farther away from him with Shippou still sobbing into her shirt. She continued to smooth her hand down the kitsune's back in a comforting motion.
"Now who will save me from Inu Yasha?!" Inu Yasha smirked and leaned down to grab Shippou by his tail, holding him n the air. "Good point brat."
"KAAAAAAAGOOOOOOMEEEEEEEE!!!"
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Kagome sat alone on the lip of the well. After the cat had been let out of the bag, she decided it was better to have Inu Yasha enjoy the find of this new bit of information without her around. It hadn't been so bad. Inu Yasha chose to torture Shippou for a while, knowing he wouldn't have to pay for his moment of fun in the end, at least, not for a while. As much as she knew how mean it sounded... she was glad Shippou had been her distraction.
Quietly, she had slipped away. Tuning out the desperate cries of 'KAGOME!' all the while. She felt bad. Really bad, but she'd make it up to him later. Right now, she was just going to relax and not think about what was to come.
"Kagome," Okay... no need to think about it anymore. Inu Yasha plopped down next to Kagome, causing her hair to flutter slightly (along with her heart) as he seemed to sit closer then what would have been comfortable. She inched away from him, and trying her best to not look conspicious at the same time.
"Can't use your spell on me, eh Kagome?" He grinned. Kagome got another nice veiw of his canines. She suddenly realized how sharp they really were. She shifted in her place nervously, but caught herself quickly.
Kagome! How can you be thinking like that, she scolded herself, glancing at Inu Yasha who continued to grin, staring out ahead, his clawed hands flexing against the rim of the well. Kagome stared at those claws for a lot longer then was necessary, only stopping herself when Inu Yasha spoke up, "Kagome?"
She quickly looked down at her lap, flushing. How could she really be ... afraid? Was she afraid of Inu Yasha? She could no longer over power him. He was free. He could even threaten her to the remove the rosary right now.
Kagome felt as if ice cubes had been dropped down into the pit of her stomach as the cold feeling began to spread through out her body. Would he really... hurt her? Would he...
No... He wouldn't. Stop thinking like that Kagome. All he would really do is have a little fun. Or so she hoped.
Inu Yasha watched as Kagome continued to stare at her lap, her face expression changing from flushing in embarrassment, to paling in fear. Embarrassed... why? Fear... Why?
"Kagome... I'd never hurt you..." Kagome looked at him sharply with wide eyes. A slow smile spread across her face, nodding. Her smile faltered as an arm wrapped around her shoulders and pulled her to him, pressing her into his side. "I'll always be here to protect you..."
Kagome felt her heart race at his closeness and his words. The cold feeling now replaced by comforting warmth as she relaxed and rested her head against his shoulder. Thank you Inu Yasha...
"Guess that means I'm the boss around hear now," Kagome blinked. What? "Since I won't have you slamming me in the ground, it's time I'm the head of authority here... You've got no power over me..."
Kagome sat up and glared at him. Her gaze narrowing. 'It's only temporary...' was the message she tried to convey to him. Inu Yasha's grin widened as he fingered the rosary at his neck.
"These beads are pretty useless right now Kagome..." He squeezed her shoulder gently, then was up and started to walk away. Calling over his shoulder, "Looks like I'm the one with the power now. I'm in charge now!"
Kagome watched him go with a mixture of confusion, anger, and disappointment. Not a very good mixture of emotions.
'So what if I can't use the "word"... It was like I was the leader before anyway... I just can't slam him into the ground...' Kagome thought about using the word 'slam' and decided to really look back on when she use to subdue him. After a few moments, she winced. Yes, slam was the definite word for what had happened to Inu Yasha whenever she sat him. But he deserved... right?
Kagome sighed and wrapped her arms around herself, feeling cold as her fever started to set in again. He was the leader before... she just had a tiny bit of power over him... And now it's gone, for a little while.
Really, nothing had changed...
...Right?
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A.N. : Excuse bad grammar and typos... did this late at night and didn't edit well enough... hope you liked it... AND SEE THE RING!! THAT MOVIE KICKS!!!