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Chapter 20:
Kagome had to come up with a way to get her hanyou to eat his brother's hair. She knew he wouldn't do it willingly, even after much pleading and begging. So, she decided to cook lunch. "Kagome-chan do you think he'll eat all of his stew? Won't he suspect?"
"Naw, he's a pig; he'll eat every morsel." She said as she stirred the stew.
"Mmmm, smells delicious Kagome-sama. What is it?"
"Just a beef stew. Arigato." She had told the monk that she would be putting a strand of hair in their bowls and he agreed to eat every last bite.
"Oi! When's it going to be ready?"
"It's ready! You're so impatient." Kagome had secretly placed a hair in each of their bowls and stirred it in. She handed the bowl to Miroku first.
"Oi! Where's mine? I'm your mate, you should serve me first!"
"Inuyasha!" She said as she blushed, handing him his bowl. She smiled as she watched him eat it quickly. Kagome and Sango ate theirs quietly while watching the two. Suddenly, Inuyasha made a face of disgust. 'Oh no! Crap did he already find out?'
"Wha da?" He said as he pulled out a long silver hair out of his mouth; he kept pulling and pulling, his eyes getting wider and wider. It finally came all out and he spit out the rest of the stew as well. "Kagome! You put the damn hair in my chow!"
"How else am I gonna get you to eat it, huh?"
"Damn that's gross!" He stuck out his tongue and spit.
"You want to back to being a hanyou don't you?" He scowled and shook his head yes.
"I hate my brother. Just the scent of him makes me ill. What makes you think I'd be able to do that so easily?"
"Well that was good if I say so myself." Miroku said with contentment. "Now all you have to do is eat yours, then the curse will be lifted."
"It's all in your head. You're such a baby!"
"Keh! Fine!" He took the hair and held it up to his mouth. Inuyasha gulped and stuck it in his mouth, but spit it back out. "I can't! It's his hair!" The group sighed. 'Damn what can I do? He won't eat my cooking again. Lucky I grabbed more than two. I know what I can do!' She grinned almost evilly. "I can't believe you did that."
"It was a good idea at the time."
"Bad, bad idea!"
"Baby!"
"Shut up wench!"
"Damn I wish I could sit you right now!"
"Ano..Kagome-chan."
"Oh Miroku! Gomen. I want you back to normal! I want my Inuyasha!" She wept and went into the inn.
"Kagome! Damn."
"You gotta learn how to hold your tongue, Inuyasha."
"Shut up, bouzu!" He dashed into the inn as well.
"Will he ever learn that Miroku?" Miroku smiled, for she had used his name again. She blushed.
"As I always say: With age comes wisdom."
"You don't always say that. Even if you did you could learn from it, ne?"
"That was cold Lady Sango." Sango smiled sheepishly; she rarely made a joke and even if he was the 'butt' of it, it didn't matter to him. He just smiled at her lovingly.
"Don't read too much into it Houshi." He sighed: 'She needs to drop that name.'
Kagome had gotten over their argument as soon as she reached the room. She was working on trying to not let the little things bother her anymore; she knew he didn't mean it. Kagome searched her bag to find a thing of instant ramen. "Ah! Here it is!"
"Kagome? What are you doing?" She decided to make him feel a little guilty about this whole ordeal. She placed the ramen back into the bag. Kagome sniffled a bit to draw him in. "I really want to be myself again."
"You don't realize how much I want to hold you, but I can't. You're only borrowing that body. It's not yours." She was putting on quite a show, but that didn't mean she didn't mean the things she was saying. Kagome added sniffles and wiped her eyes as well; her back was towards him. Inuyasha had come around to face her. Seeing the fake tears in her eyes he pulled out the incriminating hair that he almost ate. "You didn't toss it away?"
"No." He took it and shoved it down his throat, gagging as it went down. He gulped and swallowed it, finally. Kagome was in shock, did he just get over his phobia for her? "Kagome-sama? I'm..I'm back!" Miroku shouted and jumped up touching his face and grasping his staff. Kagome smiled and rushed out the door, not noticing someone else was doing the same. Inuyasha and Kagome hit their heads together and went crashing to the ground.
"Itai! Inuyasha is it really you?" She grabbed him and dove at his lips, knocking the wind out of him.
"Er..Kagome-sama?" Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were staring at the embracing couple. The embarrassed hanyou tried to get out of the girl's grasp, but his effort was futile.
"Oh thank Kami-sama!" She remembered something as soon as she let him go. "What about the old woman? Did she lift the curse off of the village?" The group stared at Kagome.
"You're absolutely right Kagome-sama. We should go and see her."
"No way! I don't want to be cursed again!"
"The whole reason in the first place was to help these people, ne?"
"Fine let's go before I change my mind."
"Even if you did change your mind Inuyasha we would still have gone." Kagome stated.
"Feh!" The group headed out the door and up to the cave in the mountain. *Sniff* *Sniff* "Oh my sense of smell is back! Oh there's her old scent."
"Inuyasha don't make me sat it." He shut his mouth and like a good hunting dog led them to the cave. "I'll go to speak with her, alone."
"No Kagome." Inuyasha stated concerned.
"I'll be fine. If I need you I'll call, k?" He trusted her and let her wander into the cave alone. "Ma'am are you here?" She tripped on something. "Itai! Huh?" She looked down and screamed bloody murder.
"Kagome!" The hanyou called as he rushed to her side. "Oh."
"She's?" Miroku checked for a heartbeat, but there wasn't one. "Dead. She finally gave up. What's this?" He picked up a piece of paper that lie right next to her open hand. It was addressed to a young girl, figuring it was for Kagome he handed it to her. "It's for you I think." Kagome sat down and read it:
'Dear girl,
I hope you find great joy and love in your life. Thank you for listening to an old woman's babble. I had a miserable life, but I pray to Buddha you'll have a wonderful and full life with that hanyou.'
Kagome felt a tear trickle down her cheek, "Poor woman." She thought aloud.
"What about the bitch?"
"Inuyasha don't call her that! She was just mistreated." He backed away. "Miroku we must give her a proper burial."
"Hai I agree." The guys went outside and Inuyasha dug a grave. They took her and buried her on a cliff overlooking the quaint little village she always wanted to live in peace. "Please rest in peace and go quietly into the other world." Sango and Shippo placed flowers on her grave. They went back to the inn to pay the bill so they could just leave the next morning and set off again.
Chapter 20:
Kagome had to come up with a way to get her hanyou to eat his brother's hair. She knew he wouldn't do it willingly, even after much pleading and begging. So, she decided to cook lunch. "Kagome-chan do you think he'll eat all of his stew? Won't he suspect?"
"Naw, he's a pig; he'll eat every morsel." She said as she stirred the stew.
"Mmmm, smells delicious Kagome-sama. What is it?"
"Just a beef stew. Arigato." She had told the monk that she would be putting a strand of hair in their bowls and he agreed to eat every last bite.
"Oi! When's it going to be ready?"
"It's ready! You're so impatient." Kagome had secretly placed a hair in each of their bowls and stirred it in. She handed the bowl to Miroku first.
"Oi! Where's mine? I'm your mate, you should serve me first!"
"Inuyasha!" She said as she blushed, handing him his bowl. She smiled as she watched him eat it quickly. Kagome and Sango ate theirs quietly while watching the two. Suddenly, Inuyasha made a face of disgust. 'Oh no! Crap did he already find out?'
"Wha da?" He said as he pulled out a long silver hair out of his mouth; he kept pulling and pulling, his eyes getting wider and wider. It finally came all out and he spit out the rest of the stew as well. "Kagome! You put the damn hair in my chow!"
"How else am I gonna get you to eat it, huh?"
"Damn that's gross!" He stuck out his tongue and spit.
"You want to back to being a hanyou don't you?" He scowled and shook his head yes.
"I hate my brother. Just the scent of him makes me ill. What makes you think I'd be able to do that so easily?"
"Well that was good if I say so myself." Miroku said with contentment. "Now all you have to do is eat yours, then the curse will be lifted."
"It's all in your head. You're such a baby!"
"Keh! Fine!" He took the hair and held it up to his mouth. Inuyasha gulped and stuck it in his mouth, but spit it back out. "I can't! It's his hair!" The group sighed. 'Damn what can I do? He won't eat my cooking again. Lucky I grabbed more than two. I know what I can do!' She grinned almost evilly. "I can't believe you did that."
"It was a good idea at the time."
"Bad, bad idea!"
"Baby!"
"Shut up wench!"
"Damn I wish I could sit you right now!"
"Ano..Kagome-chan."
"Oh Miroku! Gomen. I want you back to normal! I want my Inuyasha!" She wept and went into the inn.
"Kagome! Damn."
"You gotta learn how to hold your tongue, Inuyasha."
"Shut up, bouzu!" He dashed into the inn as well.
"Will he ever learn that Miroku?" Miroku smiled, for she had used his name again. She blushed.
"As I always say: With age comes wisdom."
"You don't always say that. Even if you did you could learn from it, ne?"
"That was cold Lady Sango." Sango smiled sheepishly; she rarely made a joke and even if he was the 'butt' of it, it didn't matter to him. He just smiled at her lovingly.
"Don't read too much into it Houshi." He sighed: 'She needs to drop that name.'
Kagome had gotten over their argument as soon as she reached the room. She was working on trying to not let the little things bother her anymore; she knew he didn't mean it. Kagome searched her bag to find a thing of instant ramen. "Ah! Here it is!"
"Kagome? What are you doing?" She decided to make him feel a little guilty about this whole ordeal. She placed the ramen back into the bag. Kagome sniffled a bit to draw him in. "I really want to be myself again."
"You don't realize how much I want to hold you, but I can't. You're only borrowing that body. It's not yours." She was putting on quite a show, but that didn't mean she didn't mean the things she was saying. Kagome added sniffles and wiped her eyes as well; her back was towards him. Inuyasha had come around to face her. Seeing the fake tears in her eyes he pulled out the incriminating hair that he almost ate. "You didn't toss it away?"
"No." He took it and shoved it down his throat, gagging as it went down. He gulped and swallowed it, finally. Kagome was in shock, did he just get over his phobia for her? "Kagome-sama? I'm..I'm back!" Miroku shouted and jumped up touching his face and grasping his staff. Kagome smiled and rushed out the door, not noticing someone else was doing the same. Inuyasha and Kagome hit their heads together and went crashing to the ground.
"Itai! Inuyasha is it really you?" She grabbed him and dove at his lips, knocking the wind out of him.
"Er..Kagome-sama?" Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were staring at the embracing couple. The embarrassed hanyou tried to get out of the girl's grasp, but his effort was futile.
"Oh thank Kami-sama!" She remembered something as soon as she let him go. "What about the old woman? Did she lift the curse off of the village?" The group stared at Kagome.
"You're absolutely right Kagome-sama. We should go and see her."
"No way! I don't want to be cursed again!"
"The whole reason in the first place was to help these people, ne?"
"Fine let's go before I change my mind."
"Even if you did change your mind Inuyasha we would still have gone." Kagome stated.
"Feh!" The group headed out the door and up to the cave in the mountain. *Sniff* *Sniff* "Oh my sense of smell is back! Oh there's her old scent."
"Inuyasha don't make me sat it." He shut his mouth and like a good hunting dog led them to the cave. "I'll go to speak with her, alone."
"No Kagome." Inuyasha stated concerned.
"I'll be fine. If I need you I'll call, k?" He trusted her and let her wander into the cave alone. "Ma'am are you here?" She tripped on something. "Itai! Huh?" She looked down and screamed bloody murder.
"Kagome!" The hanyou called as he rushed to her side. "Oh."
"She's?" Miroku checked for a heartbeat, but there wasn't one. "Dead. She finally gave up. What's this?" He picked up a piece of paper that lie right next to her open hand. It was addressed to a young girl, figuring it was for Kagome he handed it to her. "It's for you I think." Kagome sat down and read it:
'Dear girl,
I hope you find great joy and love in your life. Thank you for listening to an old woman's babble. I had a miserable life, but I pray to Buddha you'll have a wonderful and full life with that hanyou.'
Kagome felt a tear trickle down her cheek, "Poor woman." She thought aloud.
"What about the bitch?"
"Inuyasha don't call her that! She was just mistreated." He backed away. "Miroku we must give her a proper burial."
"Hai I agree." The guys went outside and Inuyasha dug a grave. They took her and buried her on a cliff overlooking the quaint little village she always wanted to live in peace. "Please rest in peace and go quietly into the other world." Sango and Shippo placed flowers on her grave. They went back to the inn to pay the bill so they could just leave the next morning and set off again.