Inuyasha rested on a tree; his eyes trained downward, waiting for them to pass by.

He had indeed heard everything and was pleased to find that the guy was nothing more than a friend; yet, he's not ready to let down his guard or to let go of his anger. Shippou's remark had hit closer to home adding to his grumpy mood.

"Oi, what's taking you guys so long?" He shouted, irritated when he's been waiting for some time and they still did not show. He jumped down from the tree when no one answered his third call, his heightened senses alert to even the minute sound alive in the forest floor.

His heart went cold when he heard Kagome's earth-shattering scream of horror somewhere within the heart of the forest he just left behind. Without wasting any more time, he sped off in the direction of the scream his heart filled with dread and at the same anticipation for the coming fight over a Shikon shard he was sure to find to release some of the tension within him.

It was no surprise that he nearly fell down when he chanced upon the clearing to find the strangest scene.

The first thing he saw was a panda, standing on its hind legs, bending over as if in recoil. One of its paws was covering its mouth in perfect imitation of a human gasping in fear or embarrassment.

In front of the panda were two mysterious women in strange outfit a little like Kagome's that he figured them for people from her time. One was sporting a long red pigtail while the other was a black bob. They were breathing rather heavily and their eyes were wide open in shock and unconcealed rage.

He scanned the area further and found Sango blushing furiously, eyes flashing while Miroku laid face-down on the ground with a tell-tale bruise on his head. No doubt from the Hiraikotsu at Sango's feet.

He continued on and found Shippou and Kirara huddled in a corner looking totally spooked and trembling.

By then, he had finished scanning the area and found no sign of Kagome. He tried looking around some more all the while repeating this litany over and over, "She's okay. She's been alone in the forest before. She's a miko and can protect herself," to stamp the fear threatening to engulf him.

He walked around the perimeter of the clearing, feeling himself starting to panic when he was nearly done circling area and still found no sign of Kagome that when he heard her soft sob somewhere in the bushes near the edge of the clearing, he felt a sense of relief overpowering his earlier irritation.

He parted the clearing and indeed found Kagome. She was kneeling with her back turned towards him that he couldn't see her face. "Oi, Kagome, wha..." he stopped in mid-sentence when she turned and he caught sight of tears in her eyes.

Stunned, he stood motionless as Kagome sprang up and flung her body into his arms and cried, "A hentai oji-san touched me."

At these words, he felt blood rushing to his ears. "Oji-san? Where'd he go?" he held Kagome protectively under his arms as he surveyed the clearing once again. Finding no sign of an old man lumbering away from the clearing or even signs of small round depressions made by walking sticks on the forest floor, he began to entertain the possibility that she was playing tricks on him.

Annoyed, he looked down at her bent head and said, "Oi, Kagome, you're not playing a trick on me are you?"

Shaking her head, she mumbled to his chest and pointed to the direction of the strange girls all the while not raising her head and shaking slightly as if in fear.

Frustrated, he once again studied the two strange girls because he knew that he wouldn't find anything new since he'd studied them before. He slowly looked at them from top to bottom and finally realized that he had missed something after all.

Squashed beneath the girls' feet, was the strangest man he had ever seen. He was no taller than Shippou, possessed big round eyes and an extremely perverted face!

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Author's note: I think I left behind way too many clues for you to figure out what I meant by humor... happy reading!! Oh by the way, please leave a review so I would know your feedbacks... a simple hi would do well or I'll go on another sabbatical from writing fanfics and stick to fiction again... ja ne minna-san!

Glossary: Miko – means maiden of mysterious powers, could be equated to priestesses...

Hentai - pervert