Waaa!!! Hello again minna-sama!! I'm glad you're enjoying the story! Well
here goes chappy 7! Hope you all like it! (*clears throat*) don't own any
of the Inuyasha characters, except for little Kasha!!
Chapter7: Where is he?
Kasha turned around at the sound of fotsteps and a familiar voice calling for the tiger youkai resting at the bottom of his rock.
"What are you doing here?..." he asked in surprise. Miroku stared at him with a smirk.
Back in the camp, Inuyasha sat cross legged tapping his fingers on his knee and obviously annoyed by the little kistsune that was sitting next to him. Almost thirty minutes had passed and there was still no sign of Kasha or the rest. Thrity minutes he had to bare with the little kitsune's questions, worried expressions, outbursts and pacing.
"Why arent they back yet??... I wonder if this means Kasha's in trouble... no! he's ok! Kasha's ok, Kasha's ok, Kasha's ok..." Shippo kept telling himself outloud and in a really fast way.
"Enough Shippo!!!" Inuyasha scolded him, tired of his impatience. " You're annoying!!!"
"Inuyasha!! How can you just sit there and do nothing!!! Arent you worried??!!" the kitsune youkai snapped at him pointing at him with his accusing finger.
"Feh!! Of course I'm not! And what difference would it make if I behaved like you!?"
"You're mean!!" Shippo stated with huge teary eyes as his voice begun to crack. "Y-you never care about what happens to anyone!! WAAAAA!!!..." he bursted into tears only to make Inuyasha even more upset than he already was.
"Stop crying you little brat!!" he yelled in anger as he stood up and approached the crying fox youkai.
"Noo!! You're mean Inuyasha!"
"Why? Just for not starting to cry or pacing backwards and forwards just like you??" Inuyasha stated and turned his face away.
"Waaa!! How can you be so careless?? What if something happened to Kasha??"
"Feh..."
"What if something happened to Kagome??" Inuyasha glared at him from the corner of his eye. " What if she's trapped under a rock or something?"
"What?..."
"What if she got caught by a demon and she's fighting for her life right now?"
Inuyasha was starting to get worried now. What if Shippo was right? After all, this place was surrounded by demons, and God knows why she was taking so long. Sweat drops started falling from his head as he listened to the fox youkai's possible situations.
"What if she needs us? What if they found Kasha was fighting a huge youkai? What if..."
"Shippo...!" Inuyasha was again starting to get annoyed by all his 'what ifs'.
"... she and Kasha are in trouble? What if Kouga ran into them and is trying to make Kagome leave with him??"
"Eh?" Inuyasha blinked and then started imagining what that would be like.
*Inuyasha's picture of the situation*
Kagome and Kouga are holding hands surrounded by sakura petals; Kagome's smiling and Kouga's got that particular grin of his as he stares at her.
"My dear Kagome, why don't you come with me now... that baka hanyou is not anywhere here to stop you now..."
"Of course Kouga... anything you say I'll do... Inuyasha cant stop me now..." Kagome answered with sparkling eyes as they started to walk away holding hands.
On the background, Miroku, Sango and Kirara are trying to defeat a huge octopus-like demon who's holding Kasha prisoner with one of its tentacles.
"Kagome!! Where are you going!!??" Sango yelled while holding her hiraikotsu.
Kagome turned to her with a smile on her face. " I'm off with Kouga-kun! You can tell Inuyasha he can start searching for the shards by himself! I'll be back after our wedding!!" and with that she turned around again and walked closely to Kouga.
"Eh??"
"H-heeeelp!!" yelled poor little Kasha while being swrirled around in the air.
*End of Inuyasha's picture of the situation*
The now human Inuyasha stood stone like and with a huge sweat drop on his head, while Shippo kept giving him reasons to get even more concerned.
"What if..."
"Shut up Shippo!!" Inuyasha interrupted him and then took him by his tail, dragging him with him.
"Waaait! What are you doing!!??"
"Baka Shippo!!! Now you've made me doubt!!" he stated with an angry tone of voice and expression as he walked away from the camp, dragging the poor kitsune with him.
"Eh??? Let me go!!"
"No way!! It's your fault I'm having second thoughts now!! You little brat!!"
"Well if you had realized about all the dangers before then we could've gone searching for them earlier!!" Stated an annoyed Shippo.
They were about to leave the camp when he suddenly stopped when he heard footsteps coming towards them and familiar voices talking.
"... I know... I couldn't find anything either..." stated a sad looking Sango.
"This is so frustraiting! Where could he possibly have gone to?" asked a worried Kagome.
"Don't worry Kagome-chan, Kirara's with him... and who knows, maybe Houshi- sama has already found him and they're waiting in the camp..." Kagome nodded with a slight smile.
They gazed ahead when they noticed a really angry Inuyasha coming towards them, holding Shippo by his tail.
"Where have you been!!?? It's been almost thirty minutes since you were off to find that other brat!!" he snapped at Kagome while looking around.
"What?? It was only thirty minutes Inuyasha!! And what are you looking for??" stated a now angry looking Kagome.
"Shippo, has Houshi-sama showed up? Did he find Kasha?" asked Sango while leaning towards the upside down kitsune. "And what are you doing?..."
"No... Miroku hasn't come back yet... and neither has Kasha..."
"Inuyasha!! Could you explain what are you looking for?? There's no one else here!!"
"Yeah right!... where is that stinky wolf hiding??" he snapped angrily at her, only to get blinking eyes to stare at him.
"Stinky... wolf?..."
"Yeah... Inuyasha thought you ran into Kouga and that you had gone with him..." stated a careless Shippo.
"Kouga?" asked Sango, also with blinkling eyes.
"Now where are you hiding that wolf!!?" asked an annoyed Inuyasha.
Sango got a serious expression and turned around quickly when she felt a strong presence coming from behind her. But she quickly got an scared expression as she saw Kagome's angry one. She could've sworn she saw flames coming from her right then. Boy could her ki resemble to that of a youkai's when she was upset.
"WHAT??!" Kagome's loud and angry tone of voice sent a scared looking Inuyasha to the floor, finally letting Shippo off his grab. Shippo sat next to the scared looking hanyou, well, human now, and nodded with his eyes closed.
"Uh huh! Inuyasha tought you had ran away with Kouga..."
*whack*
Shippo gave his back to them as he rubbed his big bump on the head with huge teary eyes.
"Baka!! You started it Shippo!!" yelled a an angry Inuyasha though holding an funny expression as he scolded at the poor kitsune.
"It doesn't matter who started it!!" stated an angry Kagome, with her hands on her hips and giving a death glare at poor Inuyasha. "How could you think I'd run away with Kouga and leave all of you like that??"
"W-well..."
"How could you even think I'd take off with Kasha lost?? And whhat are the odds for Kouga being anywhere around here anyway??"
"I guess someone didn't THINK about THAT!..." he stated angrily as he gave a deadly glare from the corner of his eye at the kitsune sitting next to him.
"You're right!! God Inuyasha you make me so mad sometimes!!"
Inuyasha got to his feet and confronted the upset girl with an angry look on his eyes.
"Well if you hadnt take that long I wouldn't have listened to the brat!!"
"What?? Are you blaming this on me?? How could you expect me to find someone in less than thirty minutes when I don't even know where to look for him in the first place!!!"
"Well! You could've used one of your 'Spells'!!!"
"Are you calling me..."
Sango sat next to Shippo as they both started at the two of them arguing.
"Here they go again..." stated Shippo with a sigh. They were so used to their fights now they even found them amusing now.
"Hmm... you're right... but I think this wont take..."
"OSUWARI!!"
A loud crashing sound was heard and then everything seemed to calm down.
"Long..." finished Sango while clearing the dust that flew around them.
"And that is...!!" Kagome was interrutped when they heard Miroku calling for them. They turned around and saw nothing, but then Miroku called for them again and they all turned their faces towards the sky. There he was, next to Kasha and riding on Kirara.
"Kasha!!" Shippo yelled enthusiastically as he ran towards them once Kirara landed on the ground.
The three of them ran towards the tiger youkai leaving Inuyasha behind.
"Sorry I took so long! It was hard to find this little kid..." stated a happy Miroku while jumping off Kirara.
"Kasha!! Where have you been!" asked Sango as she watched the kid jumping off Kirara, holding several branches between his hands.
"I..."
*whack*
Kasha sat on the floor rubbing the huge red bump on his head, with Kagome behind him, holding her fist up and with an angry expression on her face.
"Where were you?? You worried us to death!!! Why did you take so long!!!?? Why..." Kagome was interrupted by an awkward smiling Miroku.
"Please calm down Kagome... It wasn't Kasha's fault... he twisted his ankle and he didn't want to return without the brances..."
They all stared at Kasha and noticed his right ankle was bandaged.
"That's right!!!" snapped a funny looking Kasha while pointing at Kagome. " I hurt my ankle and I couldn't find the damn branches!! And this is the way you welcome me!!??"
"Well..."
"What!!! You whacked me for nothing you witch!!"
"What??!! How was I supposed to know that!! You scared me to death!! What other way would you have wanted me to react!!"
"Wait... but if you were injured then why didn't you use Kirara to take you back?" asked a now suspicious looking Sango.
"Keh!" stated Kasha as he crossed his arms in front of his chest and closed his eyes. " I told you! I didn't want to come back without the branches! You would've been upset!! Besides, I thought the pain would go away so I decided to take a break!!"
"Well you should've come back you little brat!"
They all turned around when they heard Inuyasha's annoyed tone of voice.
"You took a three hour break you little weasel!!"
Kasha blinked at him with a cute confused face. "Who are you??" A sweat drop fell from everyone's heads.
"What?? Who do you think you punk!!"
"That's Inuyasha, he transforms into a human whenever there's a new moon!" stated a happy looking Shippo.
"Oh..." was the only answer to that. Kasha stared at him with suspicious eyes, making Inuyasha annoyed.
"What are you looking at??"
"Keh... nothing..." he stated with a grin on his face. " I should've known that ugly face was yours..."
"WHAT??!!!..." Before Inuyasha could start another argument, Miroku spoke.
"Why don't we just forget about this whole thing and start making dinner... I bet everyone's hungry..."
"You're right Houshi-sama I'll get the logs..." stated Sango as she knelt to pick up the logs from the floor. Suddenly she got a huge red vein popping out of her forehead.
*slap!*
They all stared at Miroku with a 'perverted monk' look on their faces as he smiled innocently with a red handprint on his cheek while walking towards the camp with Shippo next to him shaking his head and Sango walking ahead of them mumbling some things. " 'What is up with that monk...'" stated a funny looking Kasha.
"Feh!" stated Inuyasha as he turned around and started walking towards the camp as well."That is the last time I ever get worried about that little weasel..." he mumbled as he walked away.
Kagome smiled and then sighed. "You didn't have to worry about the logs and branches..."
"Yeah right..."
"Listen, whenever you're in trouble just like today, don't doubt on coming to us... you really had me worried about you, don't do that again ok?" Kasha nodded shyly and slitghtly blushed as he followed Kagome towards the camp.
An hour passed and Kagome, Sango and Shippo were in the hot springs relaxing. Miroku, Inuyasha and Kasha had stayed next to the fire waiting for the fod to be done, so there was no problem with someone spying on them for now.
"Ah... this feels so great..." stated Kagome as she closed her eyes and let her muscles relax after such a stressing day.
"You're right Kagome-chan... But I still find it really weird that Kasha didn't want to come back..."
"Hn... I know..."
"Maybe he didn't want Inuyasha to yell at him for not getting the logs..." stated a happy Shippo as he splashed around playing with the float Kagome had brought for him.
"Maybe... but still, if it was just for a twisted ankle he could've still picked up a few branches and come back riding on Kirara..." stated a suspicious looking Sango.
"Well, at least now we know he's ok..." Kagome and the rest continued chatting happily about the events of the day.
Meanwhile, an innocent smiling monk and a confused little kid hid behind some bushes not far from the hot springs.
"What are we doing here??" asked a confused and suspcious looking Kasha.
"Shhh!!!! Hehe... I just need you to do me a little favor little Kasha..."
"What?? Why are we hiding here??"
"SHHH!!!"
"And why are you sshh-ing me??"
"Just be quiet for a sec ok!! All I need you to do is go towards the hot springs and pretend you want to take a bath to relieve the pain on your ankle, then I show up and take you back, understood? It's not so hard now is it?"
"No, but why?..."
"Just go ahead and..." Miroku was interrupted by a loud and angry tone of voice coming from behind him. Both Miroku and Kasha were taken back by the sudden man standing behind them.
"MIROKU!!!"
"Waaaaa!!!" Kasha yelled as he fell from their hiding place onto the hot springs.
"Kasha!!"
Sango, Kagome and Shippo stod up suddenly when they heard the loud voice and then the scream.
"Who's there!!??" asked an angry looking Sango while wrapping a towel around her body, Kagome doing the same. "HOUSHI-SAMA IS THAT YOU!!?"
They all got sweat drops on their heads as they saw Kasha rolling down towards the hot springs.
"Kasha??" they all asked at the same time.
*Splash!*
Kasha was all wet and with swirly eyes. Kagome, Sango and Shippo ran up to him.
"Kasha?? Are you ok??2 asked a concerned Kagome.
"H-hai..." answer a still dizzy Kasha. When his vision got clear, he noticed the two girls standing in front of him with only towels covering their bodies. He blushed at all the nakedness going around.
*Whack*
Kagome held her fist up with a funny upset expression as Kasha drowned in the water with a huge bump on his head.
"You little perv!!!"
They turned around when they heard running footsteps coming towards them. Inuyasha and Miroku were now standing by the edge of the hot springs.
"Kasha! Are you ok!!??" asked a concerned Miroku.
"What are you doing here??" snapped an angry Kagome.
"This perv was hiding behind the bushes with him... he was going to use him to come and see you..." stated Inuyasha while glaring at the monk.
"Use him? Well that's not a nice way to put things..."
"That's the truth!!"
"Unbelievable!! You were going to use him to watch us?? How..." Sango stopped when she noticed she was only wearing a towel while speaking to them. "AHH!!! Turn around!!!"
Kagome blinked a couple of times before realizing she was in the same situation. "AAH!! Inuyasha!!!"
"Eh?"
"Osuwari!!!"
*crash*
A few moments later, they were all sitting around the fire with reddened expressions. Well, except for Miroku, who held a grin on his face; and Shippo, who didn't care about what had happened.
Sango sat next to Kagome, in front of Kasha and Inuyasha, who were sitting next to each other. It was cute scene, since they were both sitting with their legs and arms crossed, with their eyes closed.
Kasha was only wearing a long sleeved white shirt like Inuyasha's, since the upper part of his green kimono was all wet and was drying behind them. He refused to take his other clothes off for he felt embarrased to borrow clothes from the others, even when he was only nine.
"Well, to your comfort we werent able to see anything..." stated a calmed Miroku.
"Really? Then why that smile on your face Houshi-sama?" stated a suspicious looking Sango.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with smiling! You don't have to be embarrased Sango, you've got a beautiful body..."
"What??!!So you were spying!!"
"I knew it..." Stated Kagome with a red vein popping out of her forehead.
"Kagome, you too don't have to be embarrased, your body is just as beautiful as Sango's..."
"Miroku!!"
The three of them started arguing while Shippo just watched them with amusement.
Inuyasha and Kasha didn't say a word. They just sat there with their eyes closed and arms crossed in front of their chest.
*sneeze*
Inuyasha opened his eyes and glared at the boy sitting next to him from the corner of his eye.
"What is it..." he stated suspiciously at the little boy.
Kasha glared at him also and turned his face away. He wasn't gonna admit he was cold, not to him! He was just too proud.
"Keh! I just got something on my nose... Eh?" he turned around when he felt something on his head. He took the red kimono in his hands and then stared at Inuyasha, who was just staring at the fire in front of him with an imposing look.
"Baka... if you catch a cold then I'll be in trouble! Feh! I know Kagome's gonna find a way to blame me for it..." he mumbled.
Kasha stared at him for a few seconds before staring back at the red kimono and putting it on. "Arigatou..." he whispered softly, getting a slitgh tone of pink on his cheeks.
Sango and Miroku kept arguing about his perverted ways, but Kagome smiled sweetly. She'd seen the whole scene between Inuyasha and Kasha and thought it was cute for them to be bonding I some way.
" 'He'll be a great dad someday...'" she thought to herself while staring at them.
"Eh? What are you looking at??" snapped both Kasha and Inuyasha at the same time. Kagome frowned at them. Damn! that moment was ruined.
"What?? Oh now I cant even look at you??"
"Feh!"
"Keh! Whatever!"
Another argument started.
"Now I know why demons havent showed up..." stated Shippo while watching them all argue. "... they're probably too annoyed or scared to even try something here..."
Author's note: Wow!! It was a long chappy! Gomen ne? I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Anyways, please read and review ok?Arigatou! Ja ne!
Chapter7: Where is he?
Kasha turned around at the sound of fotsteps and a familiar voice calling for the tiger youkai resting at the bottom of his rock.
"What are you doing here?..." he asked in surprise. Miroku stared at him with a smirk.
Back in the camp, Inuyasha sat cross legged tapping his fingers on his knee and obviously annoyed by the little kistsune that was sitting next to him. Almost thirty minutes had passed and there was still no sign of Kasha or the rest. Thrity minutes he had to bare with the little kitsune's questions, worried expressions, outbursts and pacing.
"Why arent they back yet??... I wonder if this means Kasha's in trouble... no! he's ok! Kasha's ok, Kasha's ok, Kasha's ok..." Shippo kept telling himself outloud and in a really fast way.
"Enough Shippo!!!" Inuyasha scolded him, tired of his impatience. " You're annoying!!!"
"Inuyasha!! How can you just sit there and do nothing!!! Arent you worried??!!" the kitsune youkai snapped at him pointing at him with his accusing finger.
"Feh!! Of course I'm not! And what difference would it make if I behaved like you!?"
"You're mean!!" Shippo stated with huge teary eyes as his voice begun to crack. "Y-you never care about what happens to anyone!! WAAAAA!!!..." he bursted into tears only to make Inuyasha even more upset than he already was.
"Stop crying you little brat!!" he yelled in anger as he stood up and approached the crying fox youkai.
"Noo!! You're mean Inuyasha!"
"Why? Just for not starting to cry or pacing backwards and forwards just like you??" Inuyasha stated and turned his face away.
"Waaa!! How can you be so careless?? What if something happened to Kasha??"
"Feh..."
"What if something happened to Kagome??" Inuyasha glared at him from the corner of his eye. " What if she's trapped under a rock or something?"
"What?..."
"What if she got caught by a demon and she's fighting for her life right now?"
Inuyasha was starting to get worried now. What if Shippo was right? After all, this place was surrounded by demons, and God knows why she was taking so long. Sweat drops started falling from his head as he listened to the fox youkai's possible situations.
"What if she needs us? What if they found Kasha was fighting a huge youkai? What if..."
"Shippo...!" Inuyasha was again starting to get annoyed by all his 'what ifs'.
"... she and Kasha are in trouble? What if Kouga ran into them and is trying to make Kagome leave with him??"
"Eh?" Inuyasha blinked and then started imagining what that would be like.
*Inuyasha's picture of the situation*
Kagome and Kouga are holding hands surrounded by sakura petals; Kagome's smiling and Kouga's got that particular grin of his as he stares at her.
"My dear Kagome, why don't you come with me now... that baka hanyou is not anywhere here to stop you now..."
"Of course Kouga... anything you say I'll do... Inuyasha cant stop me now..." Kagome answered with sparkling eyes as they started to walk away holding hands.
On the background, Miroku, Sango and Kirara are trying to defeat a huge octopus-like demon who's holding Kasha prisoner with one of its tentacles.
"Kagome!! Where are you going!!??" Sango yelled while holding her hiraikotsu.
Kagome turned to her with a smile on her face. " I'm off with Kouga-kun! You can tell Inuyasha he can start searching for the shards by himself! I'll be back after our wedding!!" and with that she turned around again and walked closely to Kouga.
"Eh??"
"H-heeeelp!!" yelled poor little Kasha while being swrirled around in the air.
*End of Inuyasha's picture of the situation*
The now human Inuyasha stood stone like and with a huge sweat drop on his head, while Shippo kept giving him reasons to get even more concerned.
"What if..."
"Shut up Shippo!!" Inuyasha interrupted him and then took him by his tail, dragging him with him.
"Waaait! What are you doing!!??"
"Baka Shippo!!! Now you've made me doubt!!" he stated with an angry tone of voice and expression as he walked away from the camp, dragging the poor kitsune with him.
"Eh??? Let me go!!"
"No way!! It's your fault I'm having second thoughts now!! You little brat!!"
"Well if you had realized about all the dangers before then we could've gone searching for them earlier!!" Stated an annoyed Shippo.
They were about to leave the camp when he suddenly stopped when he heard footsteps coming towards them and familiar voices talking.
"... I know... I couldn't find anything either..." stated a sad looking Sango.
"This is so frustraiting! Where could he possibly have gone to?" asked a worried Kagome.
"Don't worry Kagome-chan, Kirara's with him... and who knows, maybe Houshi- sama has already found him and they're waiting in the camp..." Kagome nodded with a slight smile.
They gazed ahead when they noticed a really angry Inuyasha coming towards them, holding Shippo by his tail.
"Where have you been!!?? It's been almost thirty minutes since you were off to find that other brat!!" he snapped at Kagome while looking around.
"What?? It was only thirty minutes Inuyasha!! And what are you looking for??" stated a now angry looking Kagome.
"Shippo, has Houshi-sama showed up? Did he find Kasha?" asked Sango while leaning towards the upside down kitsune. "And what are you doing?..."
"No... Miroku hasn't come back yet... and neither has Kasha..."
"Inuyasha!! Could you explain what are you looking for?? There's no one else here!!"
"Yeah right!... where is that stinky wolf hiding??" he snapped angrily at her, only to get blinking eyes to stare at him.
"Stinky... wolf?..."
"Yeah... Inuyasha thought you ran into Kouga and that you had gone with him..." stated a careless Shippo.
"Kouga?" asked Sango, also with blinkling eyes.
"Now where are you hiding that wolf!!?" asked an annoyed Inuyasha.
Sango got a serious expression and turned around quickly when she felt a strong presence coming from behind her. But she quickly got an scared expression as she saw Kagome's angry one. She could've sworn she saw flames coming from her right then. Boy could her ki resemble to that of a youkai's when she was upset.
"WHAT??!" Kagome's loud and angry tone of voice sent a scared looking Inuyasha to the floor, finally letting Shippo off his grab. Shippo sat next to the scared looking hanyou, well, human now, and nodded with his eyes closed.
"Uh huh! Inuyasha tought you had ran away with Kouga..."
*whack*
Shippo gave his back to them as he rubbed his big bump on the head with huge teary eyes.
"Baka!! You started it Shippo!!" yelled a an angry Inuyasha though holding an funny expression as he scolded at the poor kitsune.
"It doesn't matter who started it!!" stated an angry Kagome, with her hands on her hips and giving a death glare at poor Inuyasha. "How could you think I'd run away with Kouga and leave all of you like that??"
"W-well..."
"How could you even think I'd take off with Kasha lost?? And whhat are the odds for Kouga being anywhere around here anyway??"
"I guess someone didn't THINK about THAT!..." he stated angrily as he gave a deadly glare from the corner of his eye at the kitsune sitting next to him.
"You're right!! God Inuyasha you make me so mad sometimes!!"
Inuyasha got to his feet and confronted the upset girl with an angry look on his eyes.
"Well if you hadnt take that long I wouldn't have listened to the brat!!"
"What?? Are you blaming this on me?? How could you expect me to find someone in less than thirty minutes when I don't even know where to look for him in the first place!!!"
"Well! You could've used one of your 'Spells'!!!"
"Are you calling me..."
Sango sat next to Shippo as they both started at the two of them arguing.
"Here they go again..." stated Shippo with a sigh. They were so used to their fights now they even found them amusing now.
"Hmm... you're right... but I think this wont take..."
"OSUWARI!!"
A loud crashing sound was heard and then everything seemed to calm down.
"Long..." finished Sango while clearing the dust that flew around them.
"And that is...!!" Kagome was interrutped when they heard Miroku calling for them. They turned around and saw nothing, but then Miroku called for them again and they all turned their faces towards the sky. There he was, next to Kasha and riding on Kirara.
"Kasha!!" Shippo yelled enthusiastically as he ran towards them once Kirara landed on the ground.
The three of them ran towards the tiger youkai leaving Inuyasha behind.
"Sorry I took so long! It was hard to find this little kid..." stated a happy Miroku while jumping off Kirara.
"Kasha!! Where have you been!" asked Sango as she watched the kid jumping off Kirara, holding several branches between his hands.
"I..."
*whack*
Kasha sat on the floor rubbing the huge red bump on his head, with Kagome behind him, holding her fist up and with an angry expression on her face.
"Where were you?? You worried us to death!!! Why did you take so long!!!?? Why..." Kagome was interrupted by an awkward smiling Miroku.
"Please calm down Kagome... It wasn't Kasha's fault... he twisted his ankle and he didn't want to return without the brances..."
They all stared at Kasha and noticed his right ankle was bandaged.
"That's right!!!" snapped a funny looking Kasha while pointing at Kagome. " I hurt my ankle and I couldn't find the damn branches!! And this is the way you welcome me!!??"
"Well..."
"What!!! You whacked me for nothing you witch!!"
"What??!! How was I supposed to know that!! You scared me to death!! What other way would you have wanted me to react!!"
"Wait... but if you were injured then why didn't you use Kirara to take you back?" asked a now suspicious looking Sango.
"Keh!" stated Kasha as he crossed his arms in front of his chest and closed his eyes. " I told you! I didn't want to come back without the branches! You would've been upset!! Besides, I thought the pain would go away so I decided to take a break!!"
"Well you should've come back you little brat!"
They all turned around when they heard Inuyasha's annoyed tone of voice.
"You took a three hour break you little weasel!!"
Kasha blinked at him with a cute confused face. "Who are you??" A sweat drop fell from everyone's heads.
"What?? Who do you think you punk!!"
"That's Inuyasha, he transforms into a human whenever there's a new moon!" stated a happy looking Shippo.
"Oh..." was the only answer to that. Kasha stared at him with suspicious eyes, making Inuyasha annoyed.
"What are you looking at??"
"Keh... nothing..." he stated with a grin on his face. " I should've known that ugly face was yours..."
"WHAT??!!!..." Before Inuyasha could start another argument, Miroku spoke.
"Why don't we just forget about this whole thing and start making dinner... I bet everyone's hungry..."
"You're right Houshi-sama I'll get the logs..." stated Sango as she knelt to pick up the logs from the floor. Suddenly she got a huge red vein popping out of her forehead.
*slap!*
They all stared at Miroku with a 'perverted monk' look on their faces as he smiled innocently with a red handprint on his cheek while walking towards the camp with Shippo next to him shaking his head and Sango walking ahead of them mumbling some things. " 'What is up with that monk...'" stated a funny looking Kasha.
"Feh!" stated Inuyasha as he turned around and started walking towards the camp as well."That is the last time I ever get worried about that little weasel..." he mumbled as he walked away.
Kagome smiled and then sighed. "You didn't have to worry about the logs and branches..."
"Yeah right..."
"Listen, whenever you're in trouble just like today, don't doubt on coming to us... you really had me worried about you, don't do that again ok?" Kasha nodded shyly and slitghtly blushed as he followed Kagome towards the camp.
An hour passed and Kagome, Sango and Shippo were in the hot springs relaxing. Miroku, Inuyasha and Kasha had stayed next to the fire waiting for the fod to be done, so there was no problem with someone spying on them for now.
"Ah... this feels so great..." stated Kagome as she closed her eyes and let her muscles relax after such a stressing day.
"You're right Kagome-chan... But I still find it really weird that Kasha didn't want to come back..."
"Hn... I know..."
"Maybe he didn't want Inuyasha to yell at him for not getting the logs..." stated a happy Shippo as he splashed around playing with the float Kagome had brought for him.
"Maybe... but still, if it was just for a twisted ankle he could've still picked up a few branches and come back riding on Kirara..." stated a suspicious looking Sango.
"Well, at least now we know he's ok..." Kagome and the rest continued chatting happily about the events of the day.
Meanwhile, an innocent smiling monk and a confused little kid hid behind some bushes not far from the hot springs.
"What are we doing here??" asked a confused and suspcious looking Kasha.
"Shhh!!!! Hehe... I just need you to do me a little favor little Kasha..."
"What?? Why are we hiding here??"
"SHHH!!!"
"And why are you sshh-ing me??"
"Just be quiet for a sec ok!! All I need you to do is go towards the hot springs and pretend you want to take a bath to relieve the pain on your ankle, then I show up and take you back, understood? It's not so hard now is it?"
"No, but why?..."
"Just go ahead and..." Miroku was interrupted by a loud and angry tone of voice coming from behind him. Both Miroku and Kasha were taken back by the sudden man standing behind them.
"MIROKU!!!"
"Waaaaa!!!" Kasha yelled as he fell from their hiding place onto the hot springs.
"Kasha!!"
Sango, Kagome and Shippo stod up suddenly when they heard the loud voice and then the scream.
"Who's there!!??" asked an angry looking Sango while wrapping a towel around her body, Kagome doing the same. "HOUSHI-SAMA IS THAT YOU!!?"
They all got sweat drops on their heads as they saw Kasha rolling down towards the hot springs.
"Kasha??" they all asked at the same time.
*Splash!*
Kasha was all wet and with swirly eyes. Kagome, Sango and Shippo ran up to him.
"Kasha?? Are you ok??2 asked a concerned Kagome.
"H-hai..." answer a still dizzy Kasha. When his vision got clear, he noticed the two girls standing in front of him with only towels covering their bodies. He blushed at all the nakedness going around.
*Whack*
Kagome held her fist up with a funny upset expression as Kasha drowned in the water with a huge bump on his head.
"You little perv!!!"
They turned around when they heard running footsteps coming towards them. Inuyasha and Miroku were now standing by the edge of the hot springs.
"Kasha! Are you ok!!??" asked a concerned Miroku.
"What are you doing here??" snapped an angry Kagome.
"This perv was hiding behind the bushes with him... he was going to use him to come and see you..." stated Inuyasha while glaring at the monk.
"Use him? Well that's not a nice way to put things..."
"That's the truth!!"
"Unbelievable!! You were going to use him to watch us?? How..." Sango stopped when she noticed she was only wearing a towel while speaking to them. "AHH!!! Turn around!!!"
Kagome blinked a couple of times before realizing she was in the same situation. "AAH!! Inuyasha!!!"
"Eh?"
"Osuwari!!!"
*crash*
A few moments later, they were all sitting around the fire with reddened expressions. Well, except for Miroku, who held a grin on his face; and Shippo, who didn't care about what had happened.
Sango sat next to Kagome, in front of Kasha and Inuyasha, who were sitting next to each other. It was cute scene, since they were both sitting with their legs and arms crossed, with their eyes closed.
Kasha was only wearing a long sleeved white shirt like Inuyasha's, since the upper part of his green kimono was all wet and was drying behind them. He refused to take his other clothes off for he felt embarrased to borrow clothes from the others, even when he was only nine.
"Well, to your comfort we werent able to see anything..." stated a calmed Miroku.
"Really? Then why that smile on your face Houshi-sama?" stated a suspicious looking Sango.
"Well, there's nothing wrong with smiling! You don't have to be embarrased Sango, you've got a beautiful body..."
"What??!!So you were spying!!"
"I knew it..." Stated Kagome with a red vein popping out of her forehead.
"Kagome, you too don't have to be embarrased, your body is just as beautiful as Sango's..."
"Miroku!!"
The three of them started arguing while Shippo just watched them with amusement.
Inuyasha and Kasha didn't say a word. They just sat there with their eyes closed and arms crossed in front of their chest.
*sneeze*
Inuyasha opened his eyes and glared at the boy sitting next to him from the corner of his eye.
"What is it..." he stated suspiciously at the little boy.
Kasha glared at him also and turned his face away. He wasn't gonna admit he was cold, not to him! He was just too proud.
"Keh! I just got something on my nose... Eh?" he turned around when he felt something on his head. He took the red kimono in his hands and then stared at Inuyasha, who was just staring at the fire in front of him with an imposing look.
"Baka... if you catch a cold then I'll be in trouble! Feh! I know Kagome's gonna find a way to blame me for it..." he mumbled.
Kasha stared at him for a few seconds before staring back at the red kimono and putting it on. "Arigatou..." he whispered softly, getting a slitgh tone of pink on his cheeks.
Sango and Miroku kept arguing about his perverted ways, but Kagome smiled sweetly. She'd seen the whole scene between Inuyasha and Kasha and thought it was cute for them to be bonding I some way.
" 'He'll be a great dad someday...'" she thought to herself while staring at them.
"Eh? What are you looking at??" snapped both Kasha and Inuyasha at the same time. Kagome frowned at them. Damn! that moment was ruined.
"What?? Oh now I cant even look at you??"
"Feh!"
"Keh! Whatever!"
Another argument started.
"Now I know why demons havent showed up..." stated Shippo while watching them all argue. "... they're probably too annoyed or scared to even try something here..."
Author's note: Wow!! It was a long chappy! Gomen ne? I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Anyways, please read and review ok?Arigatou! Ja ne!