Chapter 24

Time to fish

"Inuyasha"

"..."

"Inuyasha!"

"..."

"Grr...INUYASHA"

"Huh? Ten more minutes"

He was still asleep and didn't want to get up, but Kagome was awake and wanted to get up. She couldn't really move because wrapped his arm around her shoulder and when she tried to wake him up he would pull her in closer.

Sigh "Inuyasha, Kouga's here." Kagome whispered in his ear

"WHAT? WHERE!?" he got up immediately getting ready to unsheathe his sword.

"Good, at least now you're awake." Kagome said while trying get up and cracked her stiff shoulder.

"Huh? Hey, I thought you said Kouga was here!" he was getting angry.

"I did say he was here. But I only said it so 1.You could wake up, 2. I can make breakfast for you guys, and 3. So you could stop crushing my shoulder every time I tried to wake you up." She tried to make the reasons sound funny but at the last one giggled at.

"Yeah, well... It's not my fault you looked cold" He defended himself but he knew Kagome saw through it, as usual.

"Oh, I get it... Thank you." She wanted him to think she believe him and got up to go outside.

"I'm going to get some wood you guys, be back in a few seconds!" She shouted as she started to run waving at Shippo. By the time he went into the hut Kagome was already back setting a little bonfire to make them something to eat. "Shippo, want to come? I'm going to go catch some fish." Shippo nodded and they both smiled. "Okay then, how many do you guys want, 20 each?" They gave her bugged eyes as if they would pop out.

"I'll eat 25!" Inuyasha yelled cheerfully. "I'll take 3 or 4" Miroku said still with bug eyes. "I'll have the same amount as Miroku." Sango replied. "Meow" Kirara said. "Okay 25, 4, 4, 5, Shippo I know wants 7, so that makes it 45, okay!" She said while going into the hut and grabbing a net. "Be back in 30 minutes don't get in trouble." Shipp was afraid of her speed so he was in Kagome's priestess shirt with his head popping out. "Bye guys!" She left in a second and that was a little weird.

"Is it me... or does Kagome seem energetic?" Miroku asked wanting an answer badly. Sango shrugged, Kirara meow, and Inuyasha spoke. "I don't know she was a little energetic a few weeks ago when I went to look for but she actually found me, and last night she was calm even after fighting that demon." "What type?" "Weasel, Kagome was out on a hill and waiting for it I guess but she new I was there and told me to go back. Then that weasel almost killed me because I didn't sense it and I was human, but Kagome killed it with one of those ninja swords. Then about 5 minutes later she stabbed its heart with her sword and it glowed dark pink." He explained

"Hmmm... Is it me... or has Kagome changed a lot?" Sango said with a confused tone and look

"No doubt, she even knew how many fishes Kirara wanted!" Inuyasha said. Miroku and Sango did their anime falls because the fish thing wasn't much in the subject. But all he could think about was food. Kirara ear twitch and got up and walked toward Kagome's bag and got a small package of 20 sushi rolls out of the bag and gave it to him. He blinked stupidly then reacted. "Cool Kirara, thanks!" Inuyasha said happily, he was about to go in Kagome's bad but Kirara growled at him.

It made Miroku and Sango laugh. "I think she's trying to tell you that sushi is all you get till Kagome and Shippo come back with fish." Sango said while Miroku was still laughing and Inuyasha grumbled.

Kirara close the bag and transformed into her big form and put the bag in her mouth and ran out of the hut. "Hey! That's not fair!" Inuyasha shouted out the hut while Miroku and Sango asked why. "Because she can get more sushi than me!" he replied and they fell over again but shortly continued their conversation.

Kirara was flying in the air going to Kagome and Shippo as planned. When Kirara heard a whistle she landed near a stream of fishes where Kagome and Shippo were. "Hey Kirara, I suppose you gave Inuyasha the sushi pack?" Kagome asked and Kirara transformed back into a little Kirara and meowed. "That figures, every time you mention food he always gets hungry." She explained to herself. "Kagome, how come you understand Kirara?" Shippo curiously asked. "It's a long story Shippo. I'll explain it fully when everyone asks me ok? But I can tell you in a short version though you might not understand it very well." "Okay." Shippo replied.

Kagome was telling the story while fishing and Shippo was on a rock next to Kirara.

"Alright, you know the sword that I have that I killed Naraku with?" Shippo and Kirara nodded. "Well my powers are combined with the sword thanks to Atsuko, she is my friend from Sesshomaru's castle and Sesshomaru was the one who wanted me to have a sword that can do that." Shippo and Kirara nodded "So your sword is like Tetseiga?" Shippo asked. "Not quite, but close enough." She answered him. "Let me gather more fish and I'll explain the rest. "Okay! We'll help!" Shippo replied and jumped off the rock to help, so did Kirara.

"Do you think we should ask Kagome later?" Sango turned to Miroku

"I purpose we should, maybe then we would understand a few things." He replied.

"I smell a demon nearby and it's coming here." Inuyasha smelled around for the demon.

"It's probably Sesshomaru because the villagers aren't screaming." Sango stated

All of a sudden Atsuko walked inside the hut, but they didn't know her... yet. Inuyasha didn't trust her and stood up and swung the Tetseiga at her. She just moved to the side easily and ran to Kagome's sword and ran out. "GET BACK HERE THAT'S KAGOME'S!" Inuyasha yelled. "Do not follow." Atsuko said and ran towards the stream where Kagome was. 'Kagome should know better than to leave her sword with those humans and that half demon. They could kill their selves' she thought. She noticed that Miroku and Inuyasha were chasing after her in the same pace but about 30feet away from Atsuko. "Inuyasha, what do you think she's going to do with her sword?" "I don't know, but I sure ain't going to wait to find out." He replied quickly. Atsuko leaned her head over to shout. "Don't follow me or you'll be killed!" she sounded angry but they didn't care so she picked up the pace. She was long gone out of their sight. "She might be going to hurt Kagome!" Miroku exclaimed "Not if we can help it." They kept running where Kagome and Atsuko's scent went. Atsuko finally got to Kagome.

"Kagome!" Atsuko yelled

"Hi Atsuko, what's wrong?" Kagome questioned

"You know Lord Sesshomaru told you never to leave the sword around with regular humans!" she shouted and tossed the sword to Kagome.
"The sword, that's right! Atsuko I'm sorry, please don't tell Lord Sesshomaru, he'll be angry." She pleaded

"Who are you?" Shippo asked, Atsuko just looked at him and noticed Sesshomaru behind Kagome and kneeled down.

"Milord" was all she said and Kagome turned around and saw him and also knelt down to apologize to him.

"Lord Sesshomaru I'm sorry I left the sword with them, it won't happen again!" she said with her head facing the ground and Shippo got off and went to Kirara.

"Get up both of you" He said coldly "Atsuko, go to the castle and watch Rin and Jaken."

"Yes Milord" she replied and left in a flash.

Within 5 minutes she crashed into Inuyasha. "Ow, that hurt my head!" She shook it off and looked at what she bumped into. "Damn it, I told you to go back to her hut you foolish weaklings!" She rubbed her head. "What did you do?! Where's Kagome! Where's her sword!" Inuyasha picked her up by her shirt and raised her in the air although she was his height. "Let me go!" She scratched him in the face and left running to the castle. "Damn that bitch!" his face was scratched and his hand were to his face because of the pain. "I'll kill her when I find her!" he said but Miroku could barely understand.

"Kagome..." Sesshomaru said again coldly

"I'm sorry!" She said with her head down as if she was a lower ranking person. Sesshomaru put his clawed finger to her chin.

"You remember what happens when you let some human hold your sword or even if you don't have it for a short period of time, don't you." He narrowed his eyes toward her making her look at him.

"Yes, I'm sorry; I promise it won't happen again! I won't allow it!" She started to have a few tears in her eyes. Sesshomaru hated that so he removed his claw and there was no puncture mark.

"Return to the castle tonight without my brother, but you may bring those two though." He glared at Shippo who just now hid under a rock.

"Yes, I will." She bowed to him tiredly.

"See, now the process is beginning again. Fool, attend to it now." He said as he was leaving. She nodded in response and went to her knees. He saw that and couldn't take her being weak so soon.

"Unsheathe the sword" he said angrily and she listened. He went and grabbed the blade of the sword. When he touched it he winced for the moment.

"There, now get up, my brother is coming." He said as he left into the trees

She sheathed her sword and got up. Shippo was confused, Kagome smiled at him.

"Don't tell them when they come over here so let's get these fish." She said cheerfully and Shippo nodded to Kagome and started to help her get the net of all the fishes. And explain the rest of the story to Shippo in the short version

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled out while coming through the bushes

"Hmm? What's what Inuyasha, something happen?" Kagome asked as if she didn't know.

"Lady Kagome, are you alright?" Miroku asked while catching his breath.

"I'm fine, is something wrong?" She sounded confused.

Inuyasha looked and saw that she how her sword. "What happened and who was she!?" He was angry and glad nothing happened to her.

"I don't know what you mean; I got the fish now so let's go back to the hut shall we?" She grabbed fish in the net and put on her back but Kirara transformed and took it from her and wanted Kagome to get on her back. Shippo jumped on Kirara to. "Come on guys lets go" she said cheerfully. Miroku climbed on Kirara and Inuyasha just ran back to the hut while Kirara was flying low to the ground next to him.

When they got to the hut they say Sango waiting for them.

"Hey Sango, is the fire ready yet?" Kagome said cheerfully.

"Yeah, Kagome, who was that demon?" Sango curiously said

"What demon? I didn't see one." She sounded calm so they would believe her.

"Then how come you have your sword?" She questioned again.

"Kirara and I found it and gave it to her!" Shippo popped out of nowhere.

"Hmm... Okay, Kagome do you want to go to the springs tonight?"

"Um, not tonight, I'm not really up for it, how about tomorrow night?"

"Sure, sounds better anyways." She agreed but didn't know why.

"While the fish are cooking do you want me to look at the scratches on your face Inuyasha?" she knew it was from Atsuko but couldn't tell them anything.

"Feh, I'll be fine" he mumbled

"Not really, you can't tell if the claws of the creature were poisonous or not." She convinced him.

"Fine" he snorted and she giggled and went in the hut to get the antidote that Atsuko gave her. The antidote was to remove any poison that she causes.

"Hold still or it will sting a lot more then it needs to." She told him

"Feh, I'm half demon, it won't hurt." He gave her attitude again and she sighed

"Okay, I warned you" she put one drop of the antidote on a rag and barely touched his check where one of the marks started.

"OW!!! THAT HURTS!!! DAMN IT!!!" He kept shouting and Kagome sighed because she warned him but he didn't listen. She quickly gave Miroku, Shippo, Kirara, and Sango their fish then went to Inuyasha and bent down toward him.

"Ready now?" she asked him while he was grumpy because of how much it hurt.

"Feh, you're trying to kill me with it!" he shouted

"Why would I try to kill you?" She questioned

"... I don't know..." He took long pauses in thinking.

"Grr, well, when you trust me again come get me, right now your fish are ready." She handed him his fish

"Where are you going?" He asked

"Away from a person who thinks I would kill him" she responded and went to play with the kids.

"Inuyasha, you're a jerk, why do you think she would kill you when she cares about you." Sango sounded bored; they all gave him a glare

"SHUT UP OR I'LL EAT YOU!!!"

"Your aren't carnivorous" Miroku replied

"I can always start!"

"Your such a bad boy" Sango replied also

"WILL YOU GUYS JUST SHUT UP!?!?" He jumped on top of the hut and ate his fish there.