Chapter 3
[Aie, thanks for yet another review ^-^ I know basically very little of Miroku, Sango and Shippou so my writing isn't going to be that accurate but oh well, tis the thought that sounds ^-^ so ignore my mistakes and stuff
because I'm waiting for more episodes of Inuyasha to air! Oh, and I did
some research about Miroku's curse so I'm going to follow that somewhat
because the 2nd chapter looked a little iffy ^-^;; Disclaimer: I own
nothing of Inuyasha]
Inuyasha growled threateningly, slowly clenching and unclenching his fists. "How dare Sesshoumaru send a cat after me. Of all the creatures that he could have sent, he sent you; Tairei The Impassive..."
"... The Impassive? What do you mean, Inuyasha?" Asked Kagome.
"She's basically emotionless. She knows no feeling of anything; no misery, no compassion, very little pain and no hatred. You could call her soulless even, but that wouldn't even work since she somewhat thinks on her own. -Except- that she's taking orders from that bastard of a brother of mine." Explained Inuyasha, getting into a fighting stance.
Tairei stood up, putting her arms back at her side and flexing her black clawed fingers leisurely. "Lord Inuyasha, it is requested that you are to be rid of the living world permanently."
Inuyasha laughed dryly. "Yeah, right. Come on, kitty girl, let's get this over with."
Miroku still sat there, his face still flushed from the realization as Tairei and Inuyasha started to battle. He watched the two go at each other, causing great damage to the surrounding area.
"Well, not bad for a cat." Inuyasha smirked. "Not all cats land on their feet, you know, and I'm going to prove that by killing you off like the other damned morons who've tried to stand up against me."
Tairei said nothing, nor did she flinch. Inuyasha swiped his claws at her neck and managed to reopen the wound on the left side of her face, causing fresh blood to make a brighter line on her cheek. Tairei ducked under one of Inuyasha's swipes again and jumped right past him, into the air and managed to snag his arms with her claws; ripping the flesh to an open wound. Inuyasha sprang after her angrily, ramming his shoulder into her back and managing to push her forcefully into the ledge. There was a loud crack as soon as Tairei made contact on the ledge, with the bottom half of her rib cage, most likely for sure breaking a single rib or two.
Inuyasha jumped back a few paces and watched Tairei, smirking. "Time to finish you off."
Miroku continued to stare, the colour slowly draining from his still partly reddened face and he started thinking. 'She's one of Sesshoumaru's lackeys... wait...Naraku...'
Inuyasha started to run at Tairei, one arm pulled back. "Iron-"
'It might work!' Thought Miroku quickly, jumping back to his feet.
"Reamer-"
"Inuyasha! Don't! Kagome, do something!" Yelled Miroku. "Make him stop!"
"Soul-"
Kagome looked at Miroku with a confused look on her face.
"JUST DO IT!"
"Steale-" Inuyasha was about to strike.
"Uh, SIT BOY!" Yelled Kagome at the top of her lungs.
**CRASH!!!**
Inuyasha fell face first onto the ground, creating a crater in the dirt and grass. Tairei looked down upon Inuyasha and jumped up to the ledge above her, swiftly and landed sort of awkwardly unbalanced. She fell back onto her back and could feel something shifting just above her stomach, inside her body.
"KAGOME!" Roared Inuyasha as he stood back up. "What the hell did you do that for?!"
Kagome looked at Miroku for an answer and the monk sighed. "I asked her to do it."
"WHAT?!" Snapped Inuyasha, getting more enraged.
Miroku narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the river, avoiding all gazes that were set upon him. "If she is one of Sesshoumaru's lackeys, then we can use her to our advantage. It will be more or less an inside job with her as the spy, so to speak."
"..." Inuyasha stood silent, knowing of the void on Miroku's hand.
"If things go correctly, then Naraku will be dead and the curse will be gone from me. After that, you can do whatever the hell you want with the other demon." Finished Miroku, raising his gaze to meet Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha growled, lowering his claws. "Fine! The cat will be our scapegoat just to get rid of one of those bastards!"
Sango crossed her arms and gave Miroku a skeptical look. "Are you sure about this? I mean, she's here to kill Inuyasha."
Miroku nodded then shifted his gaze to Kagome. "I know you carry this sort of stuff around, but do you have any sort of bandages or something for wounds?"
Kagome blinked, still feeling a little lost from the situation. "Yeah, I think so. Why? Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm not. But she is though and we need her to be at her best if she agrees." Miroku said in a low voice, looking back at Tairei out of the corner of his eye.
Sango stepped in between them, her eyes narrowed at Miroku. "How do we know that you're not just looking for a girl, Miroku..."
Miroku waved his hands frantically. "I'm being serious here! This could really work if you could stop accusing me of things!"
Sango shrugged and side-stepped away again. Kagome grabbed her back pack and started rummaging through it, looking for what Miroku requested for. Miroku walked over to Tairei and kneeled down in front of her and lifted up the edges of her shirt slightly to see the bruising and Shippou suddenly shouted.
"MIROKU'S LOOKIN UP HER SHIRT!"
All eyes were cast on Miroku and he stopped in mid-motion, glaring at Shippou. "I was NOT! She wounded and I'm just checking to see how bad it is!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms and muttered. "Right..."
Miroku sighed heavily and caught a glance at the bottom of Tairei's rib cage and saw the bruising. "Well, it looks like you won't be doing much fighting until this is healed."
Tairei shifted her silver-blue gaze towards Miroku. "... What is it?"
Inuyasha sighed, irritated. "She doesn't know much about pain. I said that earlier so you basically have to tell her -everything-."
Kagome handed Miroku the bandages and he started unraveling them slowly. "Well, my dear, you have some broken rib bones. Meaning that you cannot do much until they've healed-... by the looks of that one over there." He lightly pressed his fingers on a broken rib that was out of place. "That one will have to be slid back."
"I don't want to watch this! People moving bones around like that grosses me out!" Complained Kagome, putting her hands in the way of the view of the pair.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sat in front of the river, while Shippou scurried up curiously, trying to see what Miroku was doing.
"So, Tairei is it? Well, Tairei, it would be quite nice if you could accompany us on a little... quest." Started off Miroku, setting the bandages down and carefully trying to set the bone back into place by pushing it. "We could really, -really- use your help with this because we aren't strong enough to get to the reward."
"You are a bad liar, Miroku." Scowled Inuyasha.
"... I second that." Said Sango, still watching Miroku suspiciously.
Miroku coughed slightly, managing to push the broken rib back into its place cautiously through Tairei's skin; no opening of the flesh needed. "So, how about it?"
Tairei started to sit up but Miroku pushed her shoulders back down. "But what about what Lord Sesshoumaru requested for? Lord Inuyasha is to be slain permanently."
"Don't get up yet and don't worry about what he says. It... uh, is for him too. Sesshoumaru is in on this quest as well, he just wants to hang out in the background." Said Miroku quickly, grabbing the bandages.
Tairei blinked slowly and nodded slightly. "Okay... if Lord Sesshoumaru said that then I suppose Lord Inuyasha's life can be claimed afterwards."
Shippou sweat dropped. "That sounds really comforting, doesn't it, you guys..."
After a few silent moments of Miroku wrapping the bandages around Tairei's rib cage and everyone staying speechless, he finally let her sit up very carefully.
Miroku smiled gently. "Does that feel better?"
"But Inuyasha says she doesn't feel much of anything!" Shippou cut-in, jumping up and down in front of Miroku. "That's a stupid question to ask!"
"And demons heal more quickly than humans so don't go worrying about her, Miroku." Inuyasha said over his shoulder, waving one of his clawed hands.
"Well?" Asked Miroku again, holding Shippou down with his hand.
"... Yes... yes it does." Said Tairei slowly, touching the bandages softly. "It... still feels funny..."
Inuyasha turned his head slowly and looked back at Tairei. "... I did NOT just hear what I thought I heard. This is The Impassive one, we're talking about here!"
Kagome crossed her arms lightly. "I swear that I'm missing something. Is she not supposed to feel anything at all, no matter what it is? And is she the only one? Someone tell me!"
Inuyasha sighed again and started to explain. "Her -kind- usually has a barrier over their emotions and feelings so they are not weakened. I seriously thought that they were killed so damned long ago and how the hell did she get loose... Anyway... she's really quick and swift, though I'm not surprised from the rumors of that type of demon. You know about Sesshoumaru being able to transform into that gigantic dog demon?"
Kagome nodded, sitting down next to Inuyasha and Sango stood behind them.
"That picky little detail is bothering me a lot. This type of cat demon is supposed to be almost mindless and ruthless killers, destroying anything even themselves. Unfortunately for me, I can't do that because I'm half demon." Inuyasha seethed. "You guys already know this but if there is a New Moon, I'm stuck as a human for the night. For HER situation... it is sort of the same way, and sort of isn't. If there's a full moon, and if I've heard correctly, there will be a gigantic cat-like beast running around, destroying things."
Shippou skittered up in front of Inuyasha, standing in the water with his little fox feet. "I heard something too!"
Inuyasha uncrossed his arms and rest his hands on his knees. "Well, go on, squirt."
Shippou glared at Inuyasha and started to explain anyway. "I heard this story that my mom used to tell me when I was really, REALLY young of those kinds of demons. You're right about the full moon business but I think it's caused by anger too. It'll just happen randomly and I don't think anyone knows why either. It's really creepy."
Sango glanced back at Miroku and Tairei. "... Well then, Miroku better watch his tongue if he knows what's good for him until Naraku's dead."
"Someone is going to have to warn him." Said Kagome.
The four stayed in silence then spoke up at the same time. "I'm not doing it!"
"Aw, come on Inuyasha! You'll be able to take her down if she tries to attack us again!"
"No way, Kagome! She's after ME, no thanks for my damned brother! And besides! I tolerate house cats, like yours, but not HER."
"Sango! You go tell him because he likes you more and that lady will probably eat me alive!"
"YOU try to stand near Miroku and not be pinched completely randomly!"
There was more silence.
"... Why is he still over there?" Asked Kagome curiously.
"... He's making sure she doesn't try to run off and stuff." Answered Shippou.
"..."
"Well, we can't really go anywhere unless someone carries this Tairei demon." Pointed out Sango as she looked at Inuyasha.
"... NO! No, no, no, NO!" Yelled Inuyasha, slamming both fists on the ground. "I am NOT carrying HER around on my BACK!"
"Do you REALLY want Miroku to try to carry her? This is a pervert we're speaking about." Hissed Sango, pointing back at Miroku who waved back.
"... He's doing it. I'd rather carry Kagome on my damned back than... than HER!" Snapped Inuyasha.
"Okay then!" Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck from behind. "I'll take up on that offer!"
Inuyasha sweat dropped heavily. "You know I was kidding..."
"Well, I'm not. Get moving, Inuyasha!"
"... I'll go tell Miroku that we're going." Said Sango as she folded her arms behind her head and walked away.
"Hey! Don't leave me here! Guys!?" Inuyasha whined.
Shippou shrugged and ran after to Miroku. "Hey! We're going now!"
Miroku glanced at Shippou. "Seems like Inuyasha has his hands full... well, I guess you'll have to carry my staff. Just DON'T hit anyone with it or swing it around, if you can hold it."
"Sure I can!" Shippou balanced the staff in his hands. "See? I told you so!"
"Kagome! I said I was kidding, damn it!" Complained Inuyasha, trying to brush her off of his back.
"You guys! We're heading to the next village to stay for the night! It's a long walk so we better get going!" Called out Kagome.
"... Why me?" Sighed Inuyasha as he held Kagome on his back, walking back towards the others.
[I made this chapter longer than the others sort of... yeah. Just to make up for lost time, I typed it up all tonight ^-^ Some things may be a little iffy still because I still need to see many, many Inuyasha episodes... Like the chapter?]
[Aie, thanks for yet another review ^-^ I know basically very little of Miroku, Sango and Shippou so my writing isn't going to be that accurate but oh well, tis the thought that sounds ^-^ so ignore my mistakes and stuff
because I'm waiting for more episodes of Inuyasha to air! Oh, and I did
some research about Miroku's curse so I'm going to follow that somewhat
because the 2nd chapter looked a little iffy ^-^;; Disclaimer: I own
nothing of Inuyasha]
Inuyasha growled threateningly, slowly clenching and unclenching his fists. "How dare Sesshoumaru send a cat after me. Of all the creatures that he could have sent, he sent you; Tairei The Impassive..."
"... The Impassive? What do you mean, Inuyasha?" Asked Kagome.
"She's basically emotionless. She knows no feeling of anything; no misery, no compassion, very little pain and no hatred. You could call her soulless even, but that wouldn't even work since she somewhat thinks on her own. -Except- that she's taking orders from that bastard of a brother of mine." Explained Inuyasha, getting into a fighting stance.
Tairei stood up, putting her arms back at her side and flexing her black clawed fingers leisurely. "Lord Inuyasha, it is requested that you are to be rid of the living world permanently."
Inuyasha laughed dryly. "Yeah, right. Come on, kitty girl, let's get this over with."
Miroku still sat there, his face still flushed from the realization as Tairei and Inuyasha started to battle. He watched the two go at each other, causing great damage to the surrounding area.
"Well, not bad for a cat." Inuyasha smirked. "Not all cats land on their feet, you know, and I'm going to prove that by killing you off like the other damned morons who've tried to stand up against me."
Tairei said nothing, nor did she flinch. Inuyasha swiped his claws at her neck and managed to reopen the wound on the left side of her face, causing fresh blood to make a brighter line on her cheek. Tairei ducked under one of Inuyasha's swipes again and jumped right past him, into the air and managed to snag his arms with her claws; ripping the flesh to an open wound. Inuyasha sprang after her angrily, ramming his shoulder into her back and managing to push her forcefully into the ledge. There was a loud crack as soon as Tairei made contact on the ledge, with the bottom half of her rib cage, most likely for sure breaking a single rib or two.
Inuyasha jumped back a few paces and watched Tairei, smirking. "Time to finish you off."
Miroku continued to stare, the colour slowly draining from his still partly reddened face and he started thinking. 'She's one of Sesshoumaru's lackeys... wait...Naraku...'
Inuyasha started to run at Tairei, one arm pulled back. "Iron-"
'It might work!' Thought Miroku quickly, jumping back to his feet.
"Reamer-"
"Inuyasha! Don't! Kagome, do something!" Yelled Miroku. "Make him stop!"
"Soul-"
Kagome looked at Miroku with a confused look on her face.
"JUST DO IT!"
"Steale-" Inuyasha was about to strike.
"Uh, SIT BOY!" Yelled Kagome at the top of her lungs.
**CRASH!!!**
Inuyasha fell face first onto the ground, creating a crater in the dirt and grass. Tairei looked down upon Inuyasha and jumped up to the ledge above her, swiftly and landed sort of awkwardly unbalanced. She fell back onto her back and could feel something shifting just above her stomach, inside her body.
"KAGOME!" Roared Inuyasha as he stood back up. "What the hell did you do that for?!"
Kagome looked at Miroku for an answer and the monk sighed. "I asked her to do it."
"WHAT?!" Snapped Inuyasha, getting more enraged.
Miroku narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the river, avoiding all gazes that were set upon him. "If she is one of Sesshoumaru's lackeys, then we can use her to our advantage. It will be more or less an inside job with her as the spy, so to speak."
"..." Inuyasha stood silent, knowing of the void on Miroku's hand.
"If things go correctly, then Naraku will be dead and the curse will be gone from me. After that, you can do whatever the hell you want with the other demon." Finished Miroku, raising his gaze to meet Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha growled, lowering his claws. "Fine! The cat will be our scapegoat just to get rid of one of those bastards!"
Sango crossed her arms and gave Miroku a skeptical look. "Are you sure about this? I mean, she's here to kill Inuyasha."
Miroku nodded then shifted his gaze to Kagome. "I know you carry this sort of stuff around, but do you have any sort of bandages or something for wounds?"
Kagome blinked, still feeling a little lost from the situation. "Yeah, I think so. Why? Are you hurt?"
"No, I'm not. But she is though and we need her to be at her best if she agrees." Miroku said in a low voice, looking back at Tairei out of the corner of his eye.
Sango stepped in between them, her eyes narrowed at Miroku. "How do we know that you're not just looking for a girl, Miroku..."
Miroku waved his hands frantically. "I'm being serious here! This could really work if you could stop accusing me of things!"
Sango shrugged and side-stepped away again. Kagome grabbed her back pack and started rummaging through it, looking for what Miroku requested for. Miroku walked over to Tairei and kneeled down in front of her and lifted up the edges of her shirt slightly to see the bruising and Shippou suddenly shouted.
"MIROKU'S LOOKIN UP HER SHIRT!"
All eyes were cast on Miroku and he stopped in mid-motion, glaring at Shippou. "I was NOT! She wounded and I'm just checking to see how bad it is!"
Inuyasha crossed his arms and muttered. "Right..."
Miroku sighed heavily and caught a glance at the bottom of Tairei's rib cage and saw the bruising. "Well, it looks like you won't be doing much fighting until this is healed."
Tairei shifted her silver-blue gaze towards Miroku. "... What is it?"
Inuyasha sighed, irritated. "She doesn't know much about pain. I said that earlier so you basically have to tell her -everything-."
Kagome handed Miroku the bandages and he started unraveling them slowly. "Well, my dear, you have some broken rib bones. Meaning that you cannot do much until they've healed-... by the looks of that one over there." He lightly pressed his fingers on a broken rib that was out of place. "That one will have to be slid back."
"I don't want to watch this! People moving bones around like that grosses me out!" Complained Kagome, putting her hands in the way of the view of the pair.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes and sat in front of the river, while Shippou scurried up curiously, trying to see what Miroku was doing.
"So, Tairei is it? Well, Tairei, it would be quite nice if you could accompany us on a little... quest." Started off Miroku, setting the bandages down and carefully trying to set the bone back into place by pushing it. "We could really, -really- use your help with this because we aren't strong enough to get to the reward."
"You are a bad liar, Miroku." Scowled Inuyasha.
"... I second that." Said Sango, still watching Miroku suspiciously.
Miroku coughed slightly, managing to push the broken rib back into its place cautiously through Tairei's skin; no opening of the flesh needed. "So, how about it?"
Tairei started to sit up but Miroku pushed her shoulders back down. "But what about what Lord Sesshoumaru requested for? Lord Inuyasha is to be slain permanently."
"Don't get up yet and don't worry about what he says. It... uh, is for him too. Sesshoumaru is in on this quest as well, he just wants to hang out in the background." Said Miroku quickly, grabbing the bandages.
Tairei blinked slowly and nodded slightly. "Okay... if Lord Sesshoumaru said that then I suppose Lord Inuyasha's life can be claimed afterwards."
Shippou sweat dropped. "That sounds really comforting, doesn't it, you guys..."
After a few silent moments of Miroku wrapping the bandages around Tairei's rib cage and everyone staying speechless, he finally let her sit up very carefully.
Miroku smiled gently. "Does that feel better?"
"But Inuyasha says she doesn't feel much of anything!" Shippou cut-in, jumping up and down in front of Miroku. "That's a stupid question to ask!"
"And demons heal more quickly than humans so don't go worrying about her, Miroku." Inuyasha said over his shoulder, waving one of his clawed hands.
"Well?" Asked Miroku again, holding Shippou down with his hand.
"... Yes... yes it does." Said Tairei slowly, touching the bandages softly. "It... still feels funny..."
Inuyasha turned his head slowly and looked back at Tairei. "... I did NOT just hear what I thought I heard. This is The Impassive one, we're talking about here!"
Kagome crossed her arms lightly. "I swear that I'm missing something. Is she not supposed to feel anything at all, no matter what it is? And is she the only one? Someone tell me!"
Inuyasha sighed again and started to explain. "Her -kind- usually has a barrier over their emotions and feelings so they are not weakened. I seriously thought that they were killed so damned long ago and how the hell did she get loose... Anyway... she's really quick and swift, though I'm not surprised from the rumors of that type of demon. You know about Sesshoumaru being able to transform into that gigantic dog demon?"
Kagome nodded, sitting down next to Inuyasha and Sango stood behind them.
"That picky little detail is bothering me a lot. This type of cat demon is supposed to be almost mindless and ruthless killers, destroying anything even themselves. Unfortunately for me, I can't do that because I'm half demon." Inuyasha seethed. "You guys already know this but if there is a New Moon, I'm stuck as a human for the night. For HER situation... it is sort of the same way, and sort of isn't. If there's a full moon, and if I've heard correctly, there will be a gigantic cat-like beast running around, destroying things."
Shippou skittered up in front of Inuyasha, standing in the water with his little fox feet. "I heard something too!"
Inuyasha uncrossed his arms and rest his hands on his knees. "Well, go on, squirt."
Shippou glared at Inuyasha and started to explain anyway. "I heard this story that my mom used to tell me when I was really, REALLY young of those kinds of demons. You're right about the full moon business but I think it's caused by anger too. It'll just happen randomly and I don't think anyone knows why either. It's really creepy."
Sango glanced back at Miroku and Tairei. "... Well then, Miroku better watch his tongue if he knows what's good for him until Naraku's dead."
"Someone is going to have to warn him." Said Kagome.
The four stayed in silence then spoke up at the same time. "I'm not doing it!"
"Aw, come on Inuyasha! You'll be able to take her down if she tries to attack us again!"
"No way, Kagome! She's after ME, no thanks for my damned brother! And besides! I tolerate house cats, like yours, but not HER."
"Sango! You go tell him because he likes you more and that lady will probably eat me alive!"
"YOU try to stand near Miroku and not be pinched completely randomly!"
There was more silence.
"... Why is he still over there?" Asked Kagome curiously.
"... He's making sure she doesn't try to run off and stuff." Answered Shippou.
"..."
"Well, we can't really go anywhere unless someone carries this Tairei demon." Pointed out Sango as she looked at Inuyasha.
"... NO! No, no, no, NO!" Yelled Inuyasha, slamming both fists on the ground. "I am NOT carrying HER around on my BACK!"
"Do you REALLY want Miroku to try to carry her? This is a pervert we're speaking about." Hissed Sango, pointing back at Miroku who waved back.
"... He's doing it. I'd rather carry Kagome on my damned back than... than HER!" Snapped Inuyasha.
"Okay then!" Kagome wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck from behind. "I'll take up on that offer!"
Inuyasha sweat dropped heavily. "You know I was kidding..."
"Well, I'm not. Get moving, Inuyasha!"
"... I'll go tell Miroku that we're going." Said Sango as she folded her arms behind her head and walked away.
"Hey! Don't leave me here! Guys!?" Inuyasha whined.
Shippou shrugged and ran after to Miroku. "Hey! We're going now!"
Miroku glanced at Shippou. "Seems like Inuyasha has his hands full... well, I guess you'll have to carry my staff. Just DON'T hit anyone with it or swing it around, if you can hold it."
"Sure I can!" Shippou balanced the staff in his hands. "See? I told you so!"
"Kagome! I said I was kidding, damn it!" Complained Inuyasha, trying to brush her off of his back.
"You guys! We're heading to the next village to stay for the night! It's a long walk so we better get going!" Called out Kagome.
"... Why me?" Sighed Inuyasha as he held Kagome on his back, walking back towards the others.
[I made this chapter longer than the others sort of... yeah. Just to make up for lost time, I typed it up all tonight ^-^ Some things may be a little iffy still because I still need to see many, many Inuyasha episodes... Like the chapter?]