Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, ect. Although I wish I did, lol! I only own my own character.

Time passing

"talking"

'thinking'

Chapter 6-

I looked around, and yawned. I had pulled my first all-nighter, and I was tired! By the point of the sun, it was probably about six a.m. No one would be up until later, so I decided to take a nap. If I went back to Kaede's hut, I would probably wake everyone up, so I jumped into a tree, and took my nap there.

When I woke up, I figured it to be about nine in the morning. I stretched, and heard two people; talking. I followed the sounds, in the cover of the trees, and saw Kagome and Sango walking along a path. Kagome was carrying shampoo, conditioner, and a brush. I followed them, thinking that later I could take a bath, and eventually they stopped at a hot springs. I jumped down, instead of waiting for later, and asked if I could join them.

"Hey you guys, can I come too?"

"Sure, but we don't have an extra towel." Kagome told me.

"That's ok, I can go without."

"Well, what are you waiting for, come on in. Oh, as a favor, can you keep an eye out for Miroku? He always peeps around when we bathe."

I laughed. "Sure!!"

I undressed, and slipped into the bath.

'This is heavenly!' I thought.

Suddenly, I sensed a hand by my side. Kagome was lending me her shampoo. I took the shampoo, and massaged it into my hair. I rinsed, and did the same with the conditioner.

"Thanks," I told Kagome.

"No problem, that's why I brought it here, for everyone to use; well, the girls at least."

I laughed again, but then the wind changed, and I smelt something, different then the girls, the shampoo, and the hot spring. We had ourselves a few peepers.

"I'm going to get out now, I'm kind of hungry, so I'm going to go get a snack."

"Ok, see you later." Sango said.

I re-dressed, and walked back down the path we came. Instead of following it all the way back to the hut, I followed my nose. Then it hit me. 'Maybe I should stay in the cover of the trees, that way the peepers won't know that I'm there.'

I hopped up into the trees, and followed my nose from there. Thank the lord that the wind was in my face, so that only people behind me could smell me. I came upon a clearing, and there I saw two figures. One was peeking through the bushes, and the other was sitting cross legged, glancing ever so often to where the girls were bathing. I sniffed. The peeking tom over by the bushes was Miroku, he smelt of the forest, and of metal. (A/N: the metal of his staff) InuYasha, on the other hand, smelt of the sea, the forest and there was a bit of guilt in it too. He was blushing slightly.

'Haha, he feels guilty for spying on Kagome'

Suddenly the wind changed, and I saw InuYasha sniff the air.

'Damn, now he can smell me!' I thought.

Desperately, I hopped from tree to tree, trying to escape his gaze, but he was faster, and his eyes caught up with me.

"Hey, Buri, you get down from there!" InuYasha yelled.

"Shhhh!!" Miroku whispered.

I jumped down from the tree I was standing on, and landed in front of InuYasha.

InuYasha POV, before I was caught.

'Feh, I can't believe he can sit there, and stare at them.' I peeked over to where he was sitting, and caught sight of a naked Kagome. I blushed slightly. The wind changed, and a new smell reached my nose. I sniffed. It smelled of lavender, sage, and mint. I followed the smell with my eyes, and then it changed. I kept looking to where the scent moved, until I caught sight of Buri, up in the trees.

"Hey, Buri, you get down from there!" I called out to her.

"Shhhh!" Miroku whispered.

She jumped down, and landed in front of me.

"So, what were you doing up there? Not spying on the girls I'm hoping."

"NO!!! I am not a lesbo!"

Buri's POV

"I can't believe you would even think for a second that I would like girls! I was here watching you spy on Kagome and Sango!"

InuYasha blushed for a second, but then his face paled, and he jumped off toward the hut.

I was puzzled for a second, but then I heard Kagome and Sango getting out of the hot spring.

Miroku wasn't paying attention, he was watching me. I ran over to him, grabbed the front of his robe, and jumped into a tree.

"What the." He started, but I shushed him. Kagome and Sango were taking a short cut through the forest, and they entered the clearing. After they left, we jumped down.

"Thank you, if you hadn't dragged me into the trees, I would've gotten hit on the head again."

"No problem. And about when you asked me if I would bear you child. You are cute, but I'm too young, and I know for a fact that Sango likes you, very much. So, no, I wont."

He looked a little crushed, and then what I had said sunk in.

"Are you sure that she likes me? I mean, she always hits me with her boomerang when I grope her."

"Well, maybe she likes it, but doesn't want to admit it, so she slaps you or hits you. I don't blame her, it's the first reaction that a girls have when someone is unwontedly exploring their backside."

"Thank you again Lady Buri, for the advice, and for the sake of my head."

"Your welcome. I have one request of you though. Can you please stop calling my Lady Buri? It's just Buri."

"Ok, well, meet you back at the hut then, Buri."

He started off toward the hut, and I followed a little bit after. When I reached the hut, it was lunch time. I had lunch, which was ramen, my now favorite food, and went out again to talk to InuYasha. He was sitting in a tree, so I jumped up to him. It just so happened that he was sleeping, and when I said "hi" to him, he was startled, and he almost fell out of the tree. He managed to stay in his tree, but that didn't stop him from yelling at me.

"Buri, what in the seven hells were you thinking!!"

"Well, I wanted to talk to you and I didn't know that you were asleep."

"Feh,"

"Well, I wanted to know what you are doing here, I mean, why are you always with Kagome?"

"We are looking for the shards of the Shikon no Tama, the jewel that Kagome shattered with her arrow. We have to get them before Naraku does."

"Who's Naraku?" I asked.

"Don't you know anything?!?!?!"

"Well, I have only been here for like, a week! Just tell me or ill get Kagome to sit you."

"FINE!! Naraku is a demon of demons, created by the fool Onigumo, who formed with demons to become a demon himself. He is only half-demon though, and he probably wants the jewel to make himself more powerful with the full Shikon Jewel. We have to get most of the shards, and when the shards are all on our hands or Naraku's, we go to fight Naraku, and whoever is the victor gets the jewel."

He ended there, and I persuaded him to tell more, but he stayed silent. So I jumped down from the tree to practice with my sword. I walked a way into the forest, I mean; a lone demon should attract other demons who want to fight. There was a rustle, and a giant bird demon stepped out of the bushes.

"Are you ready to die half-breed?"

"Nope, but the question I ask you, is are YOU ready to die?"

I lunged, thinking that I could get a sneak attack in, but she was smarter, and she easily avoided it in the air. She dived down at me, but no matter how much I dodged, she finally got me pinned down to the ground.

'I think that I've gotten myself in way over what I can handle!' I thought.

With that thought came a wave of strength through my body, and I threw the bird off me. Sudden words hopped to my lips, and as I said them, I slashed out with my claws at the demon.

"SEARING FIRE CLAWS!!!"

Bolts of fire came out of my claws and shot themselves at the bird demon. With a cry of pain, she was disintegrated.

'What was that?' I asked myself. 'It must have been an attack, like what I read about InuYasha, he has his iron reaver soul stealer thing. I have my own attack!'

InuYasha came over to where I was standing, and yelled in my ear, "WHAT THE HELL WAS ALL THAT RACKET!!! YOU WOKE ME UP FROM MY SLEEP!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed back in his ears, startled, and we stood there for a minute holding our throbbing ears.

"That was me fighting a demon, and beating it too."

"That's nice, but what was that red light?!"

"That was my attack."
"You have an attack?"

"Yes."

"Well if you have an attack, show me."

"Fine, I will!"

I braced myself, yelled, "Searing fire claws!" and slashed out at a tree.

Nothing happened.

"Feh, sure you have an attack." He rolled his eyes.

"No really, I used an attack, let me try again!!"

I repeated it three more times, and on the last time when InuYasha was about to leave, it worked. It also scorched InuYasha's hair.

"See! I told you that I had an attack!" My voice went silent when InuYasha turned, fire in his eyes.

"You almost killed me you wench!" He lunged at me, and I was suddenly pitched into a battle, claws against claws. I wasn't totally useless, most of my attacks hit, but so did InuYasha's. I voice came almost out of nowhere, and it said, "InuYasha, sit boy!"

He was thrown to the ground, and I was laughing, despite my numerous injuries, when suddenly, there was blue beady around my neck, with cat fangs every five beads.

"What's this for Kagome!" I asked angrily.

"I need to keep you in check so that you don't get into battle with InuYasha again, so....

Buri, sit girl!" Before I knew what was happening, MY face was pitched face first into the dirt. Dazed and confused, I yelled to InuYasha, "I'm going to get you when the spell wears off!" I got up, and ran toward InuYasha, who was running toward me, but we didn't get very far, because Kagome sighed and said again, "Sit!"

This time we were both sent to the ground, at the same time. When we got up, I stayed where I was, ashamed for what I had done. InuYasha, on the other hand, continued running for me like a madman.

"InuYasha, sit boy!"

I waited for the crash of dirt colliding with my face, but it didn't come. Just the thump of InuYasha going face first into the dirt.

"Buri, lets go back to Kaede's hut, its dinnertime."

So we headed off to the hut together, with InuYasha behind us, sulking like a punished puppy dog.

Love: Finally! Another chappie done!

InuYasha: Why didn't you get me to kill that stinking girl!?

Love: Because she is the whole point of this story.

Kagome: Plus, I wouldn't let you, you'd be sat into the ground before you could say NOOOO!

InuYasha: Before I could say no eh? Ya right.

Kagome: Just try me.

Miroku, Shippo, Sango and me: InuYasha, don't do it!!

InuYasha: Fine then, NO!

Kagome: InuYasha SIT BOY!!

InuYasha:What was that for wench?!?!

Kagome: Sit boy!!

InuYasha: (grumbles)

Love: (shakes head) Well, R&R!!