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"–and anyways, I was wondering if we could stay here the night if you'd be kind enough to house us." Kagome finished.
The old woman eyed her suspiciously for few moments before asking her, "Who did you say your traveling companions are again young lady?"
Kagome moved aside so the old woman could get a better view of her friends and answered her question. "Well, that's Sango, Shippo, and Kirara over there, and to the right Is Inuyasha and Miro—"
"Oh! So I'll be hosting young gentleman tonight I see?" She asked excitedly.
Kagome sweat-dropped next to the old woman. "Well, Inuyasha's not exactly a gentleman. His manners are atrocious so I'll apologize in advance for that, and he's also a half—"
"Yes, yes, that's all well and good but lets get you young people out of the rain before you all catch your death." The woman interrupted again.
Kagome just nodded dazedly and motioned for her friends to enter the building. Upon reaching Kagome Inuyasha began complaining about her description of him to the old woman.
"So I have atrocious table manners huh? And I'm not a gentleman? You made me sound like a moron Kagome!"
"Well, hate to break it to you Inuyasha but you are a moron." She replied nonchalantly.
"What?!!? Well at least I'm not a—"
Whatever it was he was going to say died on his lips the moment he entered the old woman's home. Their previous assumptions that the building was a shrine was quickly put to rest as they eyed the rows of potions and scrolls lining the walls of the large room.
"What is this? Are you some sort of witch or something?" He asked curiously.
"Oh I wouldn't call it that my dear boy," she replied cheerily. "I'd like to think of it more in a spiritual kind of sense."
"Yeah...whatever." He said moodily, crossing his arms.
Her happy facial expression dropped quickly at his attitude and took on an appearance of annoyance.
"That boy have a stick up his butt or something or is he just physically incapable of showing any happy emotion?" She asked Kagome bluntly.
Kagome, who wasn't exactly in a joking mood after their tiring trip through the rain, answered "Both." Which was the simplest answer she could think of.
Inuyasha was livid. He had heard the entire conversation and was about to protest when the old woman turned to him and suddenly smacked him over the head with a long curvy stick.
"Oww!! What the hell was that for you crazy old bat!!??" He shouted angrily at being hit over the head twice in the same spot in the course of an hour.
The old woman, however, seemed to not be listening to him as she stared intently at the spiraled old stick. She was grasping it with both hands and had her eyes closed as if deeply concentrating on something. Inuyasha blinked in confusion and was about to say something more when the old woman opened her eyes and stared directly at him. After staring intently at him for several moments she raised her eyebrows as if just realizing something and turned away from him without so much as an explanation.
"Wha— what the hell is wrong with you? Why did you just smack me?" He tried again.
Kagome had watched this entire scenario with much interest and was just as perplexed as Inuyasha. Shippo, who was sitting next to her on her sleeping pad was again trying to suppress his fit of laughter after seeing Inuyasha get smacked for no reason. Kagome placed a hand on his head to quiet him and turned back to the old lady to hear her explanation.
"Well, I was just wondering if you really are nothing but an idiotic fool quick to anger, or if you actually have something hidden on the inside. So I hit you with my stick." At this last comment she leaned in closer, her face only a couple inches from Inuyasha and said, "You know, you're a lot more complicated than one would think." She turned to look at Kagome for a moment and than faced Inuyasha again so her back was towards Kagome, and winked. Inuyasha went deep red at her gesture and with one flying motion he skirted around the old woman took a flying leap over Shippo and Kagome and broke the old woman's stick with one deft crack of his hand.
"Although," the old woman continued. "You are quite and idiotic fool quick to anger even if you do have other emotions as well."
Kagome, who hadn't seen the old woman's 'wink' at Inuyasha, was startled by Inuyasha's sudden decision to break her property and shouted "SIT!!"
Inuyasha crashed to the floor, broken pieces of stick flying from his hand, and landed with a thud on the floor of the hut. The old woman raised her eyebrows at this feat but said nothing, and turned to leave. Behind her she could hear Kagome yelling at a now incapacitated Inuyasha about his disregard to other people's property. She smiled a secret smile to herself and was about to step into the other room of the hut when she noticed a particularly small piece of scroll paper lying on a shelf in front of her. She read the inscriptions on it and chuckled quietly to herself. Reaching out and old wrinkled hand to pocket the paper she left the hut muttering and almost inaudible, "This should be amusing."
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"–and anyways, I was wondering if we could stay here the night if you'd be kind enough to house us." Kagome finished.
The old woman eyed her suspiciously for few moments before asking her, "Who did you say your traveling companions are again young lady?"
Kagome moved aside so the old woman could get a better view of her friends and answered her question. "Well, that's Sango, Shippo, and Kirara over there, and to the right Is Inuyasha and Miro—"
"Oh! So I'll be hosting young gentleman tonight I see?" She asked excitedly.
Kagome sweat-dropped next to the old woman. "Well, Inuyasha's not exactly a gentleman. His manners are atrocious so I'll apologize in advance for that, and he's also a half—"
"Yes, yes, that's all well and good but lets get you young people out of the rain before you all catch your death." The woman interrupted again.
Kagome just nodded dazedly and motioned for her friends to enter the building. Upon reaching Kagome Inuyasha began complaining about her description of him to the old woman.
"So I have atrocious table manners huh? And I'm not a gentleman? You made me sound like a moron Kagome!"
"Well, hate to break it to you Inuyasha but you are a moron." She replied nonchalantly.
"What?!!? Well at least I'm not a—"
Whatever it was he was going to say died on his lips the moment he entered the old woman's home. Their previous assumptions that the building was a shrine was quickly put to rest as they eyed the rows of potions and scrolls lining the walls of the large room.
"What is this? Are you some sort of witch or something?" He asked curiously.
"Oh I wouldn't call it that my dear boy," she replied cheerily. "I'd like to think of it more in a spiritual kind of sense."
"Yeah...whatever." He said moodily, crossing his arms.
Her happy facial expression dropped quickly at his attitude and took on an appearance of annoyance.
"That boy have a stick up his butt or something or is he just physically incapable of showing any happy emotion?" She asked Kagome bluntly.
Kagome, who wasn't exactly in a joking mood after their tiring trip through the rain, answered "Both." Which was the simplest answer she could think of.
Inuyasha was livid. He had heard the entire conversation and was about to protest when the old woman turned to him and suddenly smacked him over the head with a long curvy stick.
"Oww!! What the hell was that for you crazy old bat!!??" He shouted angrily at being hit over the head twice in the same spot in the course of an hour.
The old woman, however, seemed to not be listening to him as she stared intently at the spiraled old stick. She was grasping it with both hands and had her eyes closed as if deeply concentrating on something. Inuyasha blinked in confusion and was about to say something more when the old woman opened her eyes and stared directly at him. After staring intently at him for several moments she raised her eyebrows as if just realizing something and turned away from him without so much as an explanation.
"Wha— what the hell is wrong with you? Why did you just smack me?" He tried again.
Kagome had watched this entire scenario with much interest and was just as perplexed as Inuyasha. Shippo, who was sitting next to her on her sleeping pad was again trying to suppress his fit of laughter after seeing Inuyasha get smacked for no reason. Kagome placed a hand on his head to quiet him and turned back to the old lady to hear her explanation.
"Well, I was just wondering if you really are nothing but an idiotic fool quick to anger, or if you actually have something hidden on the inside. So I hit you with my stick." At this last comment she leaned in closer, her face only a couple inches from Inuyasha and said, "You know, you're a lot more complicated than one would think." She turned to look at Kagome for a moment and than faced Inuyasha again so her back was towards Kagome, and winked. Inuyasha went deep red at her gesture and with one flying motion he skirted around the old woman took a flying leap over Shippo and Kagome and broke the old woman's stick with one deft crack of his hand.
"Although," the old woman continued. "You are quite and idiotic fool quick to anger even if you do have other emotions as well."
Kagome, who hadn't seen the old woman's 'wink' at Inuyasha, was startled by Inuyasha's sudden decision to break her property and shouted "SIT!!"
Inuyasha crashed to the floor, broken pieces of stick flying from his hand, and landed with a thud on the floor of the hut. The old woman raised her eyebrows at this feat but said nothing, and turned to leave. Behind her she could hear Kagome yelling at a now incapacitated Inuyasha about his disregard to other people's property. She smiled a secret smile to herself and was about to step into the other room of the hut when she noticed a particularly small piece of scroll paper lying on a shelf in front of her. She read the inscriptions on it and chuckled quietly to herself. Reaching out and old wrinkled hand to pocket the paper she left the hut muttering and almost inaudible, "This should be amusing."
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