A Little Brotherly Kindness; So THAT'S What He's Scared of




~ Well, being at the cabin alone, watching the sun set, was really peaceful. But, after your thoughts begin to wander, all hell breaks loose. 'Dogboy' had decided to come back early in order to stop you from setting up any revenge seeking traps. A lot of good that was! He was the victim of it all and he wasn't very happy. He informs you that you have a personality flaw, one that he also has, but chooses to forget that minor detail. Oh, and he wants to teach you how to act properly. Hmmm. 'Dogboy' didn't exactly warm up to you after that first school session. Oh well. Wonder what's in store for you today. 'Naïve' seems happy. She just woke you up.. Chotto! It's not even 5:00. Kami-sama, help me!~

"Let me sleep!"

"Iie! You need to get up," Ayame shouted, while taking away my only blanket. "Today's the surprise, remember?"

"So? Doesn't mean I have to get up before the sun does," I mumbled, burying my face into the nearest pillow, which she preceded to yank away from me.

"Hai, it does! We have to leave in an hour!"

"Then let me sleep for 'AN HOUR!'" I yelled, exasperatedly. I was finally getting some sleep- without the distressing dreams or embarrassing mornings. Though... I liked them. Remembering my past during the dreams, I mean.

"You have to get ready NOW!" She hissed, irritated at my laziness for like, what, the second time this week...?

"Alright, alright," I sighed, slowly sitting up, rubbing my eyes.

Grudgingly standing up, I walked over to one of my many unpacked bags and pulled out a plain while t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Before heading to the kitchen for breakfast, I brushed my hair and couldn't help but laugh as I thought of how hard it must have been for Inuyasha to brush his with the honey in it. Kami-sama knows it took long enough to get the stuff out of Sango's hair.

Making my way to the kitchen I noticed that Kouga was sleeping on the couch, STILL... 'Chotto, wasn't he supposed to get one of the bedrooms last night...? Oh well.'

"So, how was your date with Miroku?" I asked as I took my seat at the table. Sango didn't seem to react to anything. She just stared off into space.

"Fine," Ayame answered, genuinely happy. "He behaved himself the whole time, too."

"Your joking!"

"Iie. He did and we all had a really good time. You really should have gone," Ayame sighed, looking at me sadly. "You would have had a great time."

"That's okay... I had a good time anyway, sorta. Plus, Miroku was probably just trying to catch us off guard.... Or to impress Sango-chan," I replied, getting an elbow in my side by the now wide-awake-and-ready-to-kill Sango. "Ite! I didn't do anything!"

She thought of an excuse quicker than I'd expected. "Hai, you did. Have you seen Inuyasha? He's a mess..."

"Eh?"

I was a little confused. He should've been cleaned up by now.

"You need to go help him, Kagome-chan. After all, he wouldn't be like that if you hadn't gone and pulled that little stunt of yours last night."

Before I could protest, I heard Miroku yell in surrender, "I give up! Just cut you hair, for Kami-sama's sake!"

I was down right horrified. Anything but the hair! Wait... It's not mine... 'Ah, no reason to worry,' I thought, smiling in glee as I walked over to the room they were in.

"Wench! You are going to pay for this," Inuyasha growled when he noticed me. Miroku stomped out of the room, leaving Inuyasha sitting on the bed, dumbfounded by his friends actions.

"YOU help him," he cried in exasperation. "I give up! I can't do it!"

Ignoring Miroku, I turned to Inuyasha and smirked. "Chotto, Dogboy, did you enjoy your trip last night? I see you like to fly," I giggled, walking over to the growling singer. "I prefer to go by sea myself." I stopped in front of him, shaking my head back and forth in pity. "Here, let me help."

"Iie, I can do it myself," he grumbled, trying to run a comb through the tangled heap of hair that was plastered with honey and small feathers. In doing so, he yanked a little to hard, sending him over the side of the bed with a yelp.

"Like I said, 'let me help'," I said, snatching the abused comb from his grasp and running it through his hair, much to his dismay.

"Hurry!" Ayame yelled from the kitchen. "Remember, today's the big surprise and we only have forty-five minutes before we have to leave! Got that? Only forty-five more minutes before I drag you out just like you are! So, hurry up!"

"I'm trying!" Turning back to Inuyasha, I pulled at his sleeve, motioning for him to get up. "Come on. We need to soak it in hot water."

"Nani?"

"Hot water, you know? Water that's hot... Not cold.... Hot...." I mumbled, filling the tub with water. The sink was to small to hold all his hair.

"Shut up!" He growled, jerking his sleeve from my hand. "I know what it means."

After the tub was filled, I looked over to the singer who had been giving me an accusing glare the whole time. I sighed. "Ne, you shouldn't have waited until morning to do this..."

"I didn't," he snorted. "I was up all night, plucking my oh-so decorative feathers out." I giggled, to which I received another one of his shut-up growls.

"Oh come on! It was funny and you know it!"

"So-" I squealed in triumph. 'He admitted it himself!'

With him momentarily caught off guard, I pushed him forward, face first into the water.

"Itai!" he gurgled, before he reached the surface. "Bitch! That was hot!"

"Honto? Ah, gomen," I said non-pulsed, waving my hands in an uncaring manner with an innocent smile on my face. "I'll be more careful next time, okay?"

"Keh! How long do I have to stay like this?" he asked in distain as he bent his head so that the water covered his hair. A rather painful-looking position, really.

"I don't know. I'll comb some more while we wait. It'll help loosen it, too," I said, stifling an evil chuckle of satisfaction at my work.

"Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled from the kitchen. "You have a phone call!"

'Funny... I didn't hear anything...'

"Bring it in here, Miroku!" I yelled, wiping one of my wet hands on my shorts to hold the phone. "I'll talk, unless it's personal." Inuyasha got up to protest, but I stopped him by shoving his head under water, again. "Keep you head DOWN!"

Miroku laughed and handed me the phone before leaving. "Moshi, moshi! Inuyasha is currently unavailable, but I can relay any and all information to the drowning singer," I spoke.

"Would this be Ms. Higurashi or Ms. Taijiya?" came Sesshomaru's nonchalant reply.

"Oh! Mr. Himitsu! Gomen, this is Ms. Higurashi speaking," I said with a flushed face. 'Oops...'

"Oh. Well then... I just called to tell my dear little brother the directions," said Sesshomaru, clearly uncaring of his brother's welfare."Uh... I thought we were supposed to have transportation," I thought aloud in confusion.

"Ms. Sasayaku wished to have time alone with everyone," he explained. "She doesn't like the luxury of chauffeurs."

"Oh..." I murmured.

"WHAT'S HE SAYING, WENCH!" Inuyasha yelled impatiently.

"Hush up, Dogboy," I hissed.

"Dogboy, ka?" Sesshomaru mumbled. I think I heard a bit of humor, but then again I was used to either hearing something that wasn't there or hearing nothing at all.

"Ah! I didn't mean anything by that!" I tried to explain myself, but was interrupted.

"Never mind. Just tell him I left the directions in the drawer next to his bed."

"Hai," I said, thinking to myself, 'how does he know which room is Inuyasha's?'

"Oh, and one more thing."

"Hai?"

"I made this one specially for him."

***Click***


"Hmmm...." I mumbled, turning the cordless off. Turning back to combing out the honey soaked hair, I sighed.

"What did he say?" Inuyasha grumbled, obviously mad about the whole drowning thing.... Or maybe it was the fact that Sesshomaru had heard me call him 'Dogboy'....

"The directions are in your nightstand and that he planned this trip special. All for his dear little baby brother," I cooed, pinching his cheek and giggling.

"Stop that!" he growled, swatting at my hand. "What was that supposed to mean anyway?"

"Don't know..." He tried to get up again. "Chotto! Get DOWN!" I yelled, pushing him back into the water. "It's not done yet!"

Inuyasha mumbled some incoherent words and growled.... For the next five minutes....

"All done!" I said, standing up to stretch out my legs.

"Finally!" Inuyasha yipped. Standing up and stretching out his arms, he sighed. I never saw it coming...

I was in the water before I even had time to realized I'd fallen. "Kyaaa!"

"Shut up, wench," Inuyasha snorted. "It's not even hot anymore."

"I know that you jerk!" I shouted, pulling myself up, but paused as I remembered something... White shirts + water = see through clothing... And I fell straight back into the water, splashing it over the sides.

"Clumsy," Inuyasha muttered, not having put two and two together, yet, but I really didn't care.

I flung the nearest thing to me at the baka in front of me.

"Hentai! Get out!" I shouted at the singer while throwing a brush which connected with his forehead.

"What the hell was that for?" He asked, rubbing his head.

"GET OUT!" I screeched as the shampoo bottle left my hands and made its way to Inuyasha who just stood there, completely confused. After the bottle hit him, he growled at me. Leaving the room, he mumbled something about 'women and the loss of their intelligence'.

I sighed. 'Great! What am I going to do now...?' The towels were all in a hallway closet... "SANGO-CHAN! Can you come here? I have a slight problem."

"I don't trust you!" Sango yelled back.

"Aya-chan?"

"Hai?"

"Can you help me? I need a robe or towel... Just get something, onegai," I mumbled.

"Sure," she replied.

I sighed again. What was the score now...? Me... 6- for two of the outfits and one for the nickname 'dogboy', plus the stunt last night. Inuyasha... 5- one for the 'see something you like' statement, one for the handcuffs, and one for the tub... I should've seen that one coming...

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Within the next half-hour, I had taken a shower- since the water had the sticky-feel from the honey- dressed in the flares that I loved with a light blue shirt, eaten breakfast, and scrambled into Sango's convertible as driver. Ayame was off in lala land again and I still didn't trust Sango. The boys led the way in Inuyasha's car with Inuyasha- surprising as it sounds- as their driver.

The trip was pretty uneventful. Sango had resumed her position as d.j. so I was stuck listening to 'Demonic'. Well, it was okay since it was 'A Feudal Fairytale' instead of 'A Shattered Jewel'. Kouga started it off:

"A wolf-demon side-character to a story,
One of a journeying bunch
Bound by a promise at the Rainbow Moon,
One that had meant so much

Though I had forgotten so quickly
Just at the first sight,
Of the traveling groups center girl
I'll find her, be day or night-"

I don't exactly understand this part of the story, but the beat- just like 'Kazaana'- was awesome... It was sappy really, but it fit him.... Next up was Miroku:

"I was one of the traveling group
A priest with spiritual powers,
Hidden behind an invisible mask
I could sit and meditate for hours,

With a hole in my right hand
A curse bestowed upon me,
I went forth with my friends
To bring my foe to his knees-"

'Houshi, huh?' They must have gotten that nickname from this... His made a little more sense to me, though I didn't get the 'hidden behind an invisible mask'. Did it mean his feelings or a barrier when he meditated...? If it had been another group, I wouldn't have sat there critisizing the lyrics. Inuyasha was the next to sing his part:

"Leader of the pack, the group I mean
A half-dog-demon through and through,
I searched for my one and only foe
And though the trees I flew,

With my friend the priest and two nameless girls
The hunt for the demon foe began,
With much bloodshed and loss we won
If given the chance, we'd do it again,"

Okay, now that the song was over, I had to wonder.... Where the nicknames given before this- which would lead to the inspiration of such a song- or after as a result of the song... Inuyasha's part fit him, that's for sure. Arrogant as always, he'd never give credit to a girl.... A HALF-dog demon, huh? Wonder where the half came from...

Inuyasha punched the break, causing the car to screech to a halt after sliding a bit. I did the same.... Seemed like a 'Follow the Leader' game to me.

I got out of the convertible and stormed over to the car. "What was that for!?" I yelled at Inuyasha, who just stared ahead with a ghostly expression, completely oblivious to my presence.

He started shaking his head, murmuring incoherently. I'm sure I heard him mumble 'iie', though. Over and over and over, again.... I turned to see what had caused him to react with such fright...

"No way!" I squealed in disbelieving delight. I just couldn't believe it. I always wanted to go for a hot air balloon ride. Seemed I was going to get just that, too. 'So, Dogboy is afraid of something... Imagine that!'