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Chapter 19:
"How many fish should I catch Sesshoumaru-sama?" A cheerful little voice chimed.
"It doesn't matter, Rin."
"Ok." She waded in the river and went after the slippery creature. "Look! I caught one!" Sesshoumaru just nodded in approval without a word as usual. It slipped out of her hands. "Oh no! Get back here you! You're Sesshoumaru-sama's lunch!" She was walking in the river when she slipped and the current in the middle of the stream swept her away. She screamed and Sesshoumaru quickly went to her rescue. He plucked her gracefully from the rushing water, hardly getting himself wet in the process except on his chest where the girl was resting in his arm. He laid her on the ground where the earth was soft and she spit out some water.
"Baka girl! You made him rescue you again!"
"Jaken! Quiet!" The toad-like demon backed away and bowed.
"Gomen Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" The once water-logged girl questioned.
"Nani, Rin?"
"Gomen and arigato." Her teeth chattered and he realized she was cold. He went and took the saddle blanket off of Ah and Un, laying it on the fragile little girl. Rin gathered the blanket around herself. "I need to get lunch still." She pouted and got up, still slightly shivering. 'Why is she doing this?'
"Rin!"
"Hai?"
"Sit down and dry off. Don't worry about lunch now." She smiled brightly at him and nodded her head. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru recognized a familiar scent wafting in the air and it was coming closer. 'Inuyasha? What does he want?' "Rin stay here and Jaken keep an eye on her!"
"Hai my lord!"
"Hai! Sesshoumaru-sama." He darted through the trees.
"What does he smell like? What's his scent?" Miroku asked. He was confused as he was on all fours sniffing the ground.
"He smells like a fluffy fruitcake. Why should I have to explain?"
"Inuyasha it's not Miroku's fault he doesn't know your brother's scent."
"Inuyasha. I knew it was you. You have an unclean scent about you."
"Shut up!" Inuyasha had already forgotten already he was in Miroku's body. Sesshoumaru eyed the monk and gave out a little chuckle, to everyone's amazement. The whole group froze. 'He's laughing? He NEVER laughs. He knows something.'
"Which one of you is Inuyasha?" No one answered. "A curse, eh? Body switching is it?"
"How did you know?" Kagome asked concerned.
"Inuyasha would never be this silent when I'm in his presence. He loves to fling insults and he is not doing so. The monk and the hanyou switched." They were all stunned. "I will not fight you lowly humans or hanyou."
"We need your help." Kagome pleaded as he turned away to leave. He turned around and she walked up to him slowly. "I never got to say thank you from before." She whispered. He pretended he heard nothing, but she knew he did for he fluttered his eyelash ever so slightly.
"My help? Why would I help you idiots?"
"We need two strands of you hair to cure this curse." He gazed at the brave girl who dared to approach him.
"Kagome just forget it! Get back here; he'll hurt you!"
"My hair you say? Like I, the great Sesshoumaru, would willingly help you." He casually turned around again, but as he did Kagome had grabbed onto his hair and pulled. In an instant the inu youkai turned and struck her face; she went flying toward the ground.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran to her side. Fire arose in those lavender grey eyes and he stood back up. "Sango help Kagome onegai."
"Hai!" She hoisted Kagome up and leaned her onto a tree base.
"Miroku." He beckoned him to come to his side. He drew out the Tetsusaiga.
"A mere monk won't know what to do with a youkai sword." Sesshoumaru smirked coldly.
"Don't make me use this!" Inuyasha held out the cursed hand at his brother, who was still pissed his hair was pulled out by some human girl. "Oh is girly man upset now?" Sesshoumaru had it with the insults and charged at Inuyasha who blocked him with his staff. Then Inuyasha pulled out some talismans and placed them on his brother's forehead. Sesshoumaru groaned and backed away clawing at them. He finally ripped them up and charged at Miroku, forgetting it wasn't Inuyasha. Miroku blocked his attacks as well as he could, but the sword was too hard to handle even after the practice. After a few minutes Sesshoumaru stopped his attack. "Huh? What the?"
"This is not amusing. This fight bores me. I will kill you someday, but when you are yourself." He sprinted back into the forest.
"Coward!" Inuyasha hissed. He then remembered his mate was injured. They both ran hurriedly back to the base of the tree where they had left the girls. "Is she okay?" He asked as he placed the back of his hand on her forehead.
"I'm fine Inu-ya-sha." She said weakly.
"It doesn't look like his used his poison claws on you. Thank god." Inuyasha sighed relieved.
"I'm fine really, plus it was worth it."
"Worth it? Nothing is worth getting you hurt." Kagome pulled out a handful of silvery blue hair from a pocket. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"You actually got some?"
"Yup! Now we can get you back to normal." She hugged him tightly. Her blood got on the purple robe.
"We gotta get that bandaged." He picked her up on his back.
"Are you okay Houshi-sama?"
"Yeah not even so much as a scratch."
"Good." She smiled warmly and placed her arm around his shoulder and they walked behind the couple.
Chapter 19:
"How many fish should I catch Sesshoumaru-sama?" A cheerful little voice chimed.
"It doesn't matter, Rin."
"Ok." She waded in the river and went after the slippery creature. "Look! I caught one!" Sesshoumaru just nodded in approval without a word as usual. It slipped out of her hands. "Oh no! Get back here you! You're Sesshoumaru-sama's lunch!" She was walking in the river when she slipped and the current in the middle of the stream swept her away. She screamed and Sesshoumaru quickly went to her rescue. He plucked her gracefully from the rushing water, hardly getting himself wet in the process except on his chest where the girl was resting in his arm. He laid her on the ground where the earth was soft and she spit out some water.
"Baka girl! You made him rescue you again!"
"Jaken! Quiet!" The toad-like demon backed away and bowed.
"Gomen Sesshoumaru-sama!"
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" The once water-logged girl questioned.
"Nani, Rin?"
"Gomen and arigato." Her teeth chattered and he realized she was cold. He went and took the saddle blanket off of Ah and Un, laying it on the fragile little girl. Rin gathered the blanket around herself. "I need to get lunch still." She pouted and got up, still slightly shivering. 'Why is she doing this?'
"Rin!"
"Hai?"
"Sit down and dry off. Don't worry about lunch now." She smiled brightly at him and nodded her head. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru recognized a familiar scent wafting in the air and it was coming closer. 'Inuyasha? What does he want?' "Rin stay here and Jaken keep an eye on her!"
"Hai my lord!"
"Hai! Sesshoumaru-sama." He darted through the trees.
"What does he smell like? What's his scent?" Miroku asked. He was confused as he was on all fours sniffing the ground.
"He smells like a fluffy fruitcake. Why should I have to explain?"
"Inuyasha it's not Miroku's fault he doesn't know your brother's scent."
"Inuyasha. I knew it was you. You have an unclean scent about you."
"Shut up!" Inuyasha had already forgotten already he was in Miroku's body. Sesshoumaru eyed the monk and gave out a little chuckle, to everyone's amazement. The whole group froze. 'He's laughing? He NEVER laughs. He knows something.'
"Which one of you is Inuyasha?" No one answered. "A curse, eh? Body switching is it?"
"How did you know?" Kagome asked concerned.
"Inuyasha would never be this silent when I'm in his presence. He loves to fling insults and he is not doing so. The monk and the hanyou switched." They were all stunned. "I will not fight you lowly humans or hanyou."
"We need your help." Kagome pleaded as he turned away to leave. He turned around and she walked up to him slowly. "I never got to say thank you from before." She whispered. He pretended he heard nothing, but she knew he did for he fluttered his eyelash ever so slightly.
"My help? Why would I help you idiots?"
"We need two strands of you hair to cure this curse." He gazed at the brave girl who dared to approach him.
"Kagome just forget it! Get back here; he'll hurt you!"
"My hair you say? Like I, the great Sesshoumaru, would willingly help you." He casually turned around again, but as he did Kagome had grabbed onto his hair and pulled. In an instant the inu youkai turned and struck her face; she went flying toward the ground.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha ran to her side. Fire arose in those lavender grey eyes and he stood back up. "Sango help Kagome onegai."
"Hai!" She hoisted Kagome up and leaned her onto a tree base.
"Miroku." He beckoned him to come to his side. He drew out the Tetsusaiga.
"A mere monk won't know what to do with a youkai sword." Sesshoumaru smirked coldly.
"Don't make me use this!" Inuyasha held out the cursed hand at his brother, who was still pissed his hair was pulled out by some human girl. "Oh is girly man upset now?" Sesshoumaru had it with the insults and charged at Inuyasha who blocked him with his staff. Then Inuyasha pulled out some talismans and placed them on his brother's forehead. Sesshoumaru groaned and backed away clawing at them. He finally ripped them up and charged at Miroku, forgetting it wasn't Inuyasha. Miroku blocked his attacks as well as he could, but the sword was too hard to handle even after the practice. After a few minutes Sesshoumaru stopped his attack. "Huh? What the?"
"This is not amusing. This fight bores me. I will kill you someday, but when you are yourself." He sprinted back into the forest.
"Coward!" Inuyasha hissed. He then remembered his mate was injured. They both ran hurriedly back to the base of the tree where they had left the girls. "Is she okay?" He asked as he placed the back of his hand on her forehead.
"I'm fine Inu-ya-sha." She said weakly.
"It doesn't look like his used his poison claws on you. Thank god." Inuyasha sighed relieved.
"I'm fine really, plus it was worth it."
"Worth it? Nothing is worth getting you hurt." Kagome pulled out a handful of silvery blue hair from a pocket. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"You actually got some?"
"Yup! Now we can get you back to normal." She hugged him tightly. Her blood got on the purple robe.
"We gotta get that bandaged." He picked her up on his back.
"Are you okay Houshi-sama?"
"Yeah not even so much as a scratch."
"Good." She smiled warmly and placed her arm around his shoulder and they walked behind the couple.