Disclaimer: I would've stopped putting these things on after the first
chapter, but my friend said I needed them. So here:

I don't own Inuyasha. Or Miroku. Or Sango. Or Shippou. Or Kagome. Or
Sesshomaru (which, by the way, might make his way into this fic, if I feel
like it!) Or Jaken, thank god. Or Naraku. Or Kikyo, which, if I owned her,
would be dead, and WOULD STAY DEAD!!!! grrrr......*ahem* or anyone else.
There.

AN: Sorry to all of those who like Kikyo, BUT I HATE HER!!! HATE! HATE!!!!
You know, there has got to be a limit to how many times a girl can die and
come back to life! Sheesh......heh, she might just make her way into this
fic, just so i can kill her and make her stay dead! ^^ Or not....







Shattered Glass








Superstition





As the group huddled around Miroku's pathetic excuse for a fire, they
talked amongst themselves. Finally, the subject came upon superstitions.

"Feh, I don¹t believe in any of that shit," Inuyasha looked scornfully at
the rest of the group.

"Good, because when you broke that mirror..." Kagome trailed off. She arched
a brow when Miroku's head shot up from the checkers game. "What's your
problem?"

"Dear Lord, he didn't, did he?"

"Er, yeah?"

"Oh no, this is not good...." Miroku shook his head. "Ever wonder why you
are usually kept away from mirrors Inuyasha?"

"Er, because my mum thought I¹d break them..."

"Exactly." Miroku crossed his arms.

"So? That just means Mum didn't want her mirrors broken!"

"No, ugh, I guess you've never heard the tale."

"Apparently not!" Inuyasha looked angrily in Miroku's direction, "Would you
be so kind as to fill me in on what the hell you're talking about?!"

Miroku looked about him at the equally puzzled expressions of the others.
Sighing deeply, he began his tale.

"Long ago, there was a war between hanyou and youkai, against an incredibly
powerful youkai named Jero. In the final moments of battle, one hanyou,
named Kyroul, struck out at him. Jero was caught off guard, and he finally
admitted defeat."

"Feh, what a weakling," Inuyasha smirked.

"Shut up! I¹m trying to tell the story! Anyway, he called out a curse on all
hanyou before he disappeared. Fortunately, he was too weak to do much harm,
and wasn't right in the head. The curse was this: All hanyou that break a
mirror, must suffer through seven days of incredibly bad luck. Like I said,
he wasn't right in the head. So you see Inuyasha, this week is gonna be a
living hell!" Miroku sighed and leaned against a tree, closing his eyes.

"Like I believe that bull!" Inuyasha snorted. He looked at Kagome. She
looked back at him with scared eyes.

"But what if it's true?" She looked concerned.

"Yeah, that story's true, and blue polka dotted monkeys are flying outta my
nose!"

Shippou looked up. "Really?!"




~*~ ^_^ ~*~


Inuyasha sat against the trunk of the tree he was sitting in. Looking down
through the branches, he saw that the rest of the group was fast asleep.

"Damn monk and his story," Inuyasha rubbed his eyes. "Making me stay up all
night thinking about this stupid curse," Moving his arms to stretch, he lost
balance and fell out of his tree. "Owww...." He rubbed the rapidly growing
lump on his head.


"Smooth, Inuyasha. You've never done that before. And so the week of bad luck
begins..." Miroku was standing over Inuyasha. Inuyasha shot his fist up. In
his mind's eye, he was picturing Miroku reeling in pain as he stumbled away,
clutching his winded stomach.

Too bad he missed.

A dull thud emitted from where Inuyasha's fist made contact with the tree
behind Miroku. Grasping his painfully broken hand, he gasped in agony. Then,
when he seemed to collect himself, he howled in pain and spewed a length of
bloody oaths at the tree and Miroku.

Loudly.

Loud enough to arouse the rest of the group from their slumber.

"Geez, he can get shot by an arrow, get a hole punched in his stomach, get
almost killed by demons, and yet, he can't stand a broken hand. Heh, what a
wimp!" Shippou slurred, sleepily.




~*~ ^_^ ~*~





AN: There! As promised, the plot develops….slightly! Plus, I am trying to
make these chapters longer! I promise I will try hard! ^_^