Chapter 9: This is not MY DAY!

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A/N: This is my title because InuYasha and Kagome get humiliated...how? Read to find out!

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With Sango, Miroku and Shippo

"Now where's InuYasha?" Shippo grumbled. They had been wandering around their three day old campsite and it was getting really boring. The only action was a fire rat raiding their camp. Miroku had thrown away the fire rat's skin, but if Kagome was there, she'd have used it for a cloak like InuYasha's.

Sango stood up and began to pace. She had just woken up from a nap, and the ground was hard and stiff, so it's pretty hard to not have cramps during a hard and cold night. Miroku was doing the same, and he even wished Kagome were here to lend him one of those pocket kind of things which kept him warm (A/N: It's a sleeping bag.)

Sango sighed with impatience. InuYasha and Kagome were gone, and if it weren't for them, the group would be on their way. Sango abruptly stopped her restless pacing, for she had come up with an idea. Miroku and Shippo looked up, startled, and then their looks of shock turned into quizzical looks.

"Well, actually, we could have left way earlier, because since InuYasha is a hanyou, he should be able to easily sense our scents on the wind, right? So that means we can get going now," Sango explained happily. What a genius she was.

Her explanation was responded to by grunts of understanding. "Oh, how could we be so stupid to actually wait for one WHOLE day when InuYasha went? Let's leave this spot quickly; I'm getting tired of seeing this place every day," Miroku groaned with relief.

And without another word, the three left the clearing in a jiffy.

With Kagome and InuYasha

InuYasha and Kagome had just arrived. InuYasha swung Kagome's trusty yellow bag out of the well and helped Kagome out. Both wondering where Sango, Miroku and Shippo were, InuYasha traced Kagome's previous scent back to the current camping spot...to find that the clearing was empty.

"Grr...I'll bet I know JUST where they are," InuYasha growled. He put Kagome on his back and leapt away from the clearing, and the two were lost in the trees once more.

With Sango, Miroku and Shippo

The trio were still travelling, and they were making good progress. Everyone was in a good mood. Sango was admiring the nature, Miroku was looking at the animals go about their usual business, and Shippo was skipping childishly along, humming a song he knew ever since he was born.

That was when InuYasha and Kagome showed up, and both of them were practically seething with anger.

"Sango, Miroku, and Shippo that was NOT funny!" InuYasha said angrily. "What kind of prank were you trying to play on Kagome and me?"

"Pranks? Us? No was who say!" Sango put a hand to her heart, pretending to be shocked. "We were just tired of the scenery, that's all."

"But couldn't you have just taken a short walk around the campsite, and then come back?" Kagome shot back, as angry as InuYasha was.

"No, that's not an option. If we came back, we'd immediately wish for more new scenery. Isn't that right?" Shippo asked his elders, and they nodded.

"Well, that doesn't give you reason to leave without at least TELLING us!" InuYasha retorted, and Kagome nodded in agreement with him.

"Okay, okay, we get your drift. Shippo can smell a demon very far away, and Kagome, does he have a Shikon shard?" Sango quickly intervened, trying to change the subject.

Kagome shook her head and said that she didn't need time to think, Sango was truly making things up.

Finally, when everything was sorted out and Sango, Miroku and Shippo were given a worthy enough punishment (Sango: Whacked on the head fifty times with her own boomerang. Miroku: Hit and slapped on the head with his staff. Shippo: Hung from a tree and punched firmly by InuYasha ten times) the group continued on their way, and the punishers were heartless enough that day to not give their companions time to recover.

Night time had fallen, as the punishments given out took up most of their travelling time. Kagome was still feeling angry towards her friends, so she only spoke to her InuYasha whenever she wanted. The dog demon felt the same, so it was an unusually quiet night. Now you could have said that Sango, Miroku and Shippo could have started a conversation between themselves, but the tempers of the other two were terrifying, so they dared not utter a single word.

That was when the action started. Sango was cleaning up the dishes when suddenly a loud roar echoed into the night.

"Did you hear that?" Kagome cried, forgetting all about how Sango, Miroku and Shippo had deserted her when she and InuYasha had needed them most. "Sango, why don't you take Kirara and go investigate?"

"Hai!" Sango teased her friend carefully with a salute before hopping onto a huge Kirara and flying off.

"Um...can we go as well? We can easily catch up with Sango," Miroku queried, and jerked his head towards Shippo to indicate that he was in the word 'we'.

Kagome sighed, suddenly remembering her friends' 'sin'. For once she wanted all three of them to be gone for a long time, so she and InuYasha could be away from her devastating friends.

"Yea, yea, just as long as we're rid of you," InuYasha's grunt pierced through Kagome's thoughts.

Miroku ignored the last part of the dog demon's sentence. As soon as Shippo was on Miroku's shoulder, the monk picked up his staff and made a dash for where there was smoke rising from a certain area.

Kagome and InuYasha were alone now, and both were shy all of a sudden. Both of them had nothing to say, and without the others, it was more silent than their supper-time.

"So..." Kagome trailed off, pretending to be very interested in a stick. "What are we going to talk about, now that the others are fighting whatever?"

"I don't know, why don't you think of something, Ms. Smarty-pants?" InuYasha grunted, and Kagome raised an eyebrow dangerously, and she mouthed the magic word. This silenced the hanyou immediately, and Kagome relaxed, knowing that he was now under her control.

"Well...I guess that our quest is kind of in jeopardy with my strange behaviour lately," I said, and laughed as InuYasha sniffed the air, then looked back at me with a frown etched in his porcelain-smooth face. Even though my b.o. problem had come back again, I decided to make a joke out of it.

"Sure...sure you're acting strangely," InuYasha replied, his voice suddenly distant.

That was when I sensed a miko nearby, and I knew who it was.

"Kikyo," I muttered angrily. Even the company of her ever so nosy friends was better than this dead miko woman. Kagome would have given everything in the whole wide world just to exchange this priestess for her friends.

As if on cue Kikyo appeared, her bow hanging loosely by her side. "InuYasha, I have come to kill you," she said simply, as if InuYasha's death was nothing more than scrunching up a piece of ruined paper. "Kagome, your time has come as well."

"What did you do to Sango, Miroku and Shippo?" InuYasha rumbled, a growl in his throat deepening.

"I may as well tell you; because there's no way you're going to survive my murder. Your friends are headed off by one of my Naraku's golems."

My Naraku? The dog demon thought angrily. Kikyo loves that b now? D that Naraku!

"Kikyo, what happened to you? Why have you gone onto the bad side?" Kagome yelled, her eyes showing livid expressions. "I know I saw you and Naraku hugging and all, but this 'going onto the other side' is just going too far Kikyo!"

InuYasha gaped first at his Kagome, then at Kikyo. The dead priestess's eyes showed a bit of embarrassment before she retorted calmly, "That wasn't me. Why would I love Naraku? The man who caused my death 50 years ago?"

"Well, why did you call him 'my Naraku' then?" Kagome inquired with an air of triumph. InuYasha was still speechless; he had never known that Kagome was spying on Kikyo and Naraku. In fact, WHEN had she done it?

Once again the dead miko's eyes flared with anger and embarrassment, for she could not think of an answer. Finally she said, "Well, now that you know my dark secret, I may as well kill you two off. I can't have any tattle-tales roaming around."

And with that, she loaded her bow and aimed it at InuYasha's heart.

She was about to fire when a hand suddenly appeared out of nowhere and put itself on Kikyo's shoulder. "Don't," the voice I knew so well said coldly. "Leave this to me."

"Very well, love," Kikyo made way for Naraku as the evil half demon advanced on his 'prisoners'.

"My my, InuYasha, something sure tells me that you love this mortal girl," Naraku smirked. "Haven't you had enough of humans?"

"THAT'S NO WAY TO SPEAK! YOU'RE A HALF BREED YOURSELF, YOU KNOW!" the dog demon responded angrily. Kagome and Kikyo looked at each other, and their own quarrel began.

"You b!" Kikyo started. "You stole my InuYasha away from me!"

"Well, it's not my fault that you don't want him to be happy so you went to Naraku instead!" burst in Kagome.

That was when the World War Three Quarrels began in the feudal era. But of course, without flamethrowers and bombs, everything would be much more peaceful...if only those horrible things weren't replaced by demons, sacred arrows, big boomerangs and wind tunnels.

And guess what happened next? Sango, Miroku and Shippo came back, as they had defeated the golem.

Sango was particularly pleased that this golem was destroyed, but part of her wondered where the real Naraku was, and of course, she came into the campsite to find the real McCoy arguing with InuYasha about demonic issues.

"I've got a bigger private part, so there!" Naraku yelled, and Miroku covered Shippo's sensitive ears.

"Naraku, um...that was irrelevant, and also we've got sensitive ears around this place," InuYasha cackled evilly.

"Oops, I'm sorry, Shippo," Naraku beamed kindly down at the young Kitsune. "But, InuYasha, you're only a half-demon, so there!" he suddenly sneered.

It was hard for everyone in the vicinity, even Kikyo, to keep a straight face on. The tension suddenly dissipated, and everyone laughed while Naraku's face turned from pale white to a nice shade of red; he'd never been so embarrassed in his whole life.

"Naraku: the kind god of the baby Kitsunes," Kagome pretended to report on TV before busting out into hysterical fits of laughter.

After everything had settled down (A/N: As in, Naraku and Kikyo had gone), Kagome looked cheerfully around at everybody else. For once she was not tired, so everyone but she (and InuYasha, who just pretended to be asleep) fell asleep.

"Hey," InuYasha said, once he was sure that everyone else but Kagome was asleep.

The teenager jumped; she had thought her InuYasha had gone to sleep!

Darn it, that guy is a good actor, Kagome thought. I'll have to watch my back.

"What's up?" she responded when her shock was over.

"I just wanted to ask...if you still love Koga," InuYasha said slowly. It was obvious that he was scared that Kagome would 'sit' him for asking such a question.

"Love? LOVE?!" the teenage girl chuckled in the darkness. "I have never loved Koga, not once in my whole life."

Beside her (InuYasha had snuggled up next to her) she could feel the hanyou's muscular body breathe more easily. It seemed that InuYasha's worst fear apart from losing one he loved was the 'sit' command.

In the silence a sudden snort could be heard.

"What're you laughing about, you baka?" InuYasha asked quietly. Even though I was insulted Kagome couldn't help not giggling continuously.

"Never mind then. Just tell me one more thing though," the hanyou's eyes were set firmly on Kagome's eyes. "Why do you keep acting strangely when I'm around you?"

Kagome blushed, and she knew that InuYasha could see. There was no escape now. Her scent reeked out so strong now that even she could smell it. InuYasha, on the other hand, gagged and went 6 metres out of the girl's reach.

"What're you doing now, trying to make me suffocate?" he gasped.

Kagome laughed into the silence. "No, you baka, I'm about to tell you in a whisper why I'm acting strangely in front of you. If you want to hear the secret, then you'll have to face the stink. If you are too cowardly to do it, then fine."

There was a big mumble from the dog demon of what he wanted. Finally, he took a deep breath and crawled forward, trying not to run out of breath.

"So," Kagome said with a laugh of triumph and relief. I was going to tell him at last. "The reason why I am acting so strange around you is because...BECAUSE IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

Even though Kagome had said the last part in her normal tone of voice InuYasha wasn't ready for it. Jumping back and rubbing his ears in shock, he growled at me.

"Stupid wench, I was asking for something more...not about me."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "You think that I'm stupid enough to think that you're Sango?"

"What?" Sango had woken up. Stretching lightly from her sleeping bag, she looked quizzically at the two 'guilty' people sitting before her.

"Oh...nothing!" Kagome said hastily. "It's kind of late, Sango...you'd better get more sleep for tomorrow!"

"Really, Kagome?" Then why aren't you sleeping?" Sango asked, still not quite awake.

"That's none of your business, my friend, but the point is, GET BACK TO SLEEP!" Kagome practically screamed, and InuYasha found out that Kagome's b.o. was coming back, so he scrambled away.

Sango, on the other hand, did not smell it. With a grunt, she dove under the sleeping bag Kagome had lent her and fell asleep immediately.

Now that Sango was out of the way, Kagome looked around for her dog demon friend. Funnily enough, he wasn't there. Now that was bad, as Kagome now knew that her b.o was beginning to stick out a little.

After hastily putting some deodorant on (Kagome had a fresh bottle, but of course she looked around for prying eyes first), the teenager went on a search for InuYasha.

With InuYasha

The dog demon wasn't going back to smell Kagome's horrible smell. He knew he was worrying her, but he still wasn't going back even if it would cost him a thousand 'sits'. All he prayed for was that Kagome would never use her miko senses to find him, just as she had sensed the shadow demon out.

Sensing her presence, the hanyou jumped up into a tree. Catching her sickly sweet scent now, he reeled back in more horror. Why did she always have that scent on her nowadays? Even being in a forest clearing with Kikyo and Naraku was better than spending the night with Kagome's two horrible scents.

"InuYasha! Where are you hiding?" Kagome called out, and InuYasha wished he could touch her shoulder and assure her that he was fine.

But, of course, he had sworn not to, even if it cost him a thousand 'sits'.

"Alright, you silly boy, if I can't find you, then my miko senses will!" Kagome yelled with exasperation. She didn't want to use up so much energy just to find a cheeky hanyou (A/N: I made that part up, ok?).

Sighing in unhappiness, a pink light began to glow around Kagome. InuYasha watched in horror as the miko light lit up in his direction, and Kagome's glazed-over eyes stared at him.

The hanyou knew that every time Kagome conjured this trick up she sometimes lost control of her magic and it made her fall in love with the first thing she saw. So you can guess what happened next.

"Aw...InuYasha...I love you! Kissy kissy!" Kagome puckered her lips, and InuYasha started to back away with horror, and he fell of his branch and landed in a bush.

Oh no, THIS IS NOT MY DAY! InuYasha thought as he heard Kagome's footsteps become louder. Unless you take advantage of her innocence, teased evil InuYasha. The silly evil conscience had woken up again. The hanyou wished that his angelic side had come out to talk to him.

The dog demon wasted no time in escaping. Jumping up from his leaf pile, he hurried away, only to be chased by the suddenly fan-like teenager.

Eventually Kagome calmed down, but she did not apologize to InuYasha. He was the one to over-react to her scent and cause her to fall in temporary love with him. In fact, she sat him five times, tucked his unconscious body in a sleeping bag, kissed his forehead and bid him goodnight.

Next day

"I'm sorry, guys, but I have to go back to my time. As you might already know, it's for entrance exams," Kagome smiled sweetly at her group companions, who all replied either with a grunt or a moan. (I suppose you can guess why.)

"Feh, I'll go with you. And you three had BETTER NOT GET TOO TEMPTED TO LEAVE THIS PLACE OR ELSE..." InuYasha emphasized the last bit with a punch to the hand.

"Um...are we supposed to be scared?" Miroku asked while Sango and Shippo suppressed a snort of laughter at Miroku's stupidity.

SLAP!

"You didn't need to do that, you know," Miroku nursed his tender cheek and looked at Kagome. "Oh well, it was worth the pain."

"Yeah right Miroku," InuYasha rolled his eyes. "Well, Kagome and I will be seeing you three later."

And with that the couple took off, Kagome pushing her bicycle along and InuYasha following behind.

With InuYasha and Kagome

The pair had just jumped out of the well and entered the house when suddenly Eri, Harumi and Erika ran up to them, waving various pictures around. Kagome looked at her friends, confused. What were they up to?

Then suddenly she understood. Her mother, Sota and grandpa had photocopied photos of her and InuYasha sleeping together and passed them around to her class! By the look of things, everybody in the whole school now knew of this incident. Not wanting to keep her hopes too low, she waved and ran towards them, hoping that her suspicion wasn't true.

"Hey Kagome!" Eri greeted as Kagome and InuYasha came up to them. "Is that your two-timing boyfriend?" she added, and jerked a thumb at InuYasha.

"Kagome, I have a bone to pick with you later..." the hanyou mumbled, sending a quick glare at the girl beside him. Kagome answered with a sheepish grin.

"So anyways, did you hear about your photograph? I guess not; your grandpa said you were sick with pneumonia," Harumi added. "Everyone in our class knows that you slept with him."

"Him?" Kagome answered, pretending to be clueless but failing miserably. "Who's 'him'?"

"Now don't play dumb with us, Kagome. 'Him', for you information, is a guy with long black hair down to his backside and this really snobbish look," Erika said, then looked at InuYasha. "Oh, you're so CYUTE! Your ears by the way, are they real?"

And with a fan-girl squeal Kagome's three friends were all over the hanyou, trying to feel his ears all at the same time.

All the only teenager not over InuYasha could do was to roll her eyes and wink at the dog demon, who was growling silently but furiously.

"Well, anyways, just yesterday your relatives sent these photos out," Harumi showed the photo Kagome knew too well already. Kagome sighed and decided that she'd have to live with the rumours that she slept with a 'two-timing guy' now. It was lucky that InuYasha was human in the photo.

But Kagome didn't know whether that rumour would spread all around the world before she knew it...

Looking up, she saw Hojo running towards her, his eyes looking hurt and a little mad. "Kagome, is this the reason why you've been turning down my date offers?" he demanded and showed Kagome just the photo she had been thinking about earlier.

Kagome suddenly realized who had been spying on her as she and InuYasha were rushing to the well. "Hojo! Who are you to say?" she cried out, her eyes flashing dangerously. "You were the one spying on my friend and me when...when we were visiting the Bone Eaters' Well for a history project, weren't you?"

Now it was the boy's turn to go red. "Well, Kagome, you didn't have any history papers with you!"

"That was because I had them in my pocket!" Kagome invented, even though she knew perfectly well that she had no pockets to put any history papers in.

Hojo was about to reply when a hand suddenly curled itself around his neck and raised the poor boy high up in the air.

InuYasha was holding the boy captive, and his eyes were flaring a crimson-red colour.

Uh oh, Kagome thought. This is JUST not my day...

A/N: Ha ha, another one of my lame cliffhangers! Well, anyways, now you see why it wasn't Kagome and InuYasha's day. Please don't forget to review! Oh, right, I forgot to do something. YIPPEE! I DID TEN PAGES FOR THIS CHAPTER ON WORD! Lame, right? Oh well, got to go. Bye!