They were still walking but the order had had an abrupt change. Kriss and Sango were leading. Shippo was behind them as he no longer wanted to play I Spy with Ai. Tagging along behind at the rear were InuYasha and Miroku.
"Well she has absolutely no business snooping around in my business!" InuYasha retorted.
"Well at least try to be a little nicer, you guys were getting along great," Miroku said, changing the subject slightly.
"Fine then, I'll go talk to her, AI! COME BACK HERE!" InuYasha yelled.
"AS YOU WISH, MASTER!" Ai shot back.
"That wasn't funny," InuYasha replied.
"Actually, it was quite hilarious…" Miroku said.
"Whose side are you on Monk!" InuYasha asked.
"Well duh! He's obviously on my side, sheesh, how dense can you get?" Ai replied.
"You know, she's starting to creep me out…" InuYasha said.
"How so?" Miroku asked.
"I heard that!" Ai butt in from ahead.
"That so," InuYasha answered.
Gap As night started to fall, the gang started looking for a campsite to crash out in for the night.
InuYasha was sitting in a tree. What a surprise. Ai decided to join him. She jumped up, and was quickly knocked down. Ai landed on the ground.
"What the!" Ai said as she looked up at InuYasha.
"Apparently, there is no such thing as privacy in your world…" InuYasha said.
"Meaning?..." Ai pressed on.
"Leave me alone!" InuYasha roared.
"I hate you too…" Ai mumbled.
"What was that?" InuYasha questioned.
"Uh…Agadoo?" Ai replied.
"Never mind," InuYasha continued to stare at the sky.
"So… Can I come up now?" Ai asked.
"Why?" came the reply.
"Because I asked this time"
"NO!" InuYasha turned a quarter of the way so he wasn't looking down at Ai anymore.
Without a reply, Ai jumped into the tree with incredible strength anyway.
"Who said that you could come up here?" InuYasha asked.
"I did," Ai answered.
She then chuckled.
"You know, I can go on and on about those two lines that were said earlier, and by the looks of things, you could too!" She leaned back, only to find that there was no back to lean against.
"Whoa!" Ai tumbled backwards and landed on the ground.
InuYasha started laughing. Ai joined in. InuYasha bent over, still laughing and extended an arm.
"Here"
"Thanks"
Gap As night grew more and more steady, Ai and InuYasha were suddenly the best of friends. Sitting by each other and what not. Of course, Miroku and Sango hardly failed to notice.
'I can't remember when he's ever been so happy since Kagome died...' Miroku thought dreamily.
'I wonder how long this is going to last...' thought Sango.
'I'm hungry, when are we going to eat?' Shippo.
When it was time for dinner, Sango went hunting and Ai and InuYasha gathered firewood, while Miroku kept Shippo happy. When Sango came back it was time to cook the few rabbits that she managed to catch.
"Did you have fun hunting dear?" Miroku blurted.
Sango gave him a stern look, "So I'm 'dear' now am I"
Miroku looked suddenly nervous, "I didn't mean it that way!"
Ai and InuYasha snorted. It was always funny to see Miroku get told off by Sango.
Gap
That night turned out to be very cold. Everyone soon realized that the blankets that Kagome had left behind would not be enough. There would be enough for two people, Sango and Miroku (Shippo would just share with one of them) And since it worked out so well the night before, InuYasha and Kriss were just going to sleep in the same bed again. InuYasha soon forgot his vow that he made earlier.
And so it was. Sango slept with Shippo again. Miroku alone, again, and Kriss with InuYasha, again. It actually worked out quite well. As, Kriss and InuYasha got along together great, Sango got to spend some quality time with Shippo, and Miroku could keep his perviness to himself.
Ai fell asleep immediately, but InuYasha lay awake staring at the twinkling stars in the heavens above. How did he get himself into this mess? Why, wasn't it just a few hours ago that he was furious at Ai? It was all happening too fast. Oh well, he could just worry about it in the morning, they would make it to Kaede's village.
Gap
The next morning, the blankets were soaked. It was hard to get out of bed, literally. Yet, Ai got out with ease, as did InuYasha. 'Not bad for a human. She's stronger than Kagome' He smacked himself on the forehead, how, how could he even dare to compare Ai with Kagome?
"Are you trying to kill your brain cells over there?" Ai asked from above.
Wait, above? InuYasha looked up and sure enough, Ai was standing above him looking down, she extended her arm,
"Need some help there, Chief"
InuYasha took her hand and with an enormous amount of strength, she pulled him upward onto his feet. InuYasha couldn't believe it; she beat him out of bed. Kagome was so lazy compared to Ai.
Together they walked to the pool of water, it was cold, but it was clean. And why they walked together, I don't know. They were going to go at different times. One was going to stand watch as the other bathed. None of the others were up yet, but you can't trust Miroku, even asleep.
InuYasha went first. He removed his red rat fur pelt and stepped into the chilled water. He shivered slightly, as the water was very cold. He took the shampoo that Kagome made him use all the time. He rushed instead of taking his time. InuYasha wanted to get out of that water as soon as possible. He sat in the only spot of light there was in the early morning and sat for awhile to at least take the bite out of his hair. He didn't want Ai to worry.
InuYasha walked back to the edge of the pool. He snatched up his pelt type thing. (A/N I couldn't resist xD) Ai was still waiting where he left her.
"Miroku's still asleep," She said quietly as she slipped by him.
Ai jumped into the water making a huge splash. She quickly found some soaproot. She ground it up with a nearby rock. She then lathered it into her medium length midnight black hair. When it was in, Ai dove under the surface of the chilled water. Then started to play and swim around the small pool. It felt so good to be in the water. Ai had learned to swim at a very early age and was at ease in the water, especially be now.
Meanwhile from his lookout a ways away, InuYasha heard a splash. 'There is no way that she dove into the water,' InuYasha spun around; he would just take a quick peek. Sure enough, Ai had jumped into the water and was preparing to do it again. She was so perfect. The angle the sun hit her in the early light, she just glowed. 'Wow...' InuYasha thought. Then he began to study her. As his eyes traveled down on her body, suddenly 'Oh my God! I'm a pervert!' And InuYasha quickly tore his eyes away from the heavenly sight.
"Its fun isn't it?" said a voice from above.
It was Miroku. Miroku had seen him spying on Ai. How could have InuYasha let his guard down? Why, why hadn't he heard Miroku coming? Oh yeah, he was too busy watching Ai in the pool.
"Don't even dare tell Ai what just happened," InuYasha warned.
"Don't worry, that's the whole fun of it. You spy on them when they are naked and not tell them, don't worry, it'll be our little secret." Miroku grinned.
"InuYasha was spying on you in the pool!" Miroku yelled at Ai.
Ai spat out the water that she was drinking. Sango was taking her turn in the pool and Shippo was in the other end.
"He what"
Miroku grinned. InuYasha wanted to disappear.
"You see, he's just as pervy as me," Miroku said, still grinning.
"What? Who's the one always rubbing on girls' butts? Not me! Who's the one always asking everyone if they'll bare his child? NOT ME!" InuYasha roared.
Ai stared.
"You know, I really cannot imagine why Sango called you a perv…" Ai said sarcastically.
"What?" InuYasha looked defeated.
"It's called sarcasm, it means that I mean the opposite of what I say, you'll get it a lot from me"
Miroku stopped grinning and stare at the ground.
Gap
That was my longest yet! And if you have any suggestions of how to write fluff, or if mine was good for my first try, please tell me.