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Chapter #13

Inuyasha stared up at his captors with a disgusted little sneer.

The angry demon was tied to a chair in the kitchen. Sango, Miroku, and Myouga (who was just kind of sitting back and stirring his cookie dough) glared down upon him.

"No freakin' way."

Sango put her hands on her hips and scowled. "Look, buddy, you're gonna do what I tell you to do: you're going to make Kagome fall in love with you, and you're going to live happily ever after. Or else."

"Inuyasha, truly, this is for your own good." Miroku gave a tiny bow. "Forgive us, but if you and Lady Kagome are ever going to stop this curse, you're going to need some help."

"This ain't about the curse!" Inuyasha growled. "I'll take care of the curse when I'm good and ready!"

"Fine," Sango said curtly. "It isn't entirely about the curse. You like Kagome."

"Do not."

"Come on." Sango smiled encouragingly. "You know you like like her."

"What is this, second grade?" Inuyasha struggled. "I don't like like nothin'."

"That's a double negative!" Miroku shouted with starry eyes. "It means he likes something! Or someone! And that someone is: KAGOME!"

"Inuyasha loves Kagome?" The four heads swiveled to see Rin, who was wearing a delighted expression. "What 'till I tell Lord Sesshomaru! And Kagura! And Jaken! And Naraku! And Shippou! And Kagome—" The girl started to skip off.

"WAIT!" Inuyasha shook the chair violently. "Stop her! Dammit! Stop her!" Eyes wide, Inuyasha hopped the chair over to the door, only to be stopped by Sango.

Grabbing a clump of his white hair, she dragged him back to Miroku and Mygoua.

"It's your own fault, you know," Miroku said sensibly. "You should have told Kagome you loved her from the start. That way, it wouldn't have been such a shock when she heard it from Rin."

"I DON'T LOVE HER!!!" Inuyasha began bouncing around the room in his chair again.

"It's probably for the best anyway," Sango said with a sad little sigh. She shrugged. "I mean with the whole Naraku thing..."

That shut Inuyasha up pretty quickly.

"What Naraku thing?" He demanded.

"I mean, we haven't seen him all that much, but whenever Kagome cleans the hall outside his room—"

"She likes him?" Inuyasha looked stunned. "She hasn't even talked to him! I know."

"How would you?" Miroku asked surprised.

"I've been stalking her," Inuyasha snapped. Then he began banging his head against the nearest wall. "Dammit, dammit, dammit..." He turned to Sango. "You lied, didn't you?"

"Yep. Now that that's outta the way, let's get on to manner lessons. Myouga?"

The little chef nodded, and then stepped forward.

"First thing's first, Inuyasha. Under no circumstances are you to ever chew in front of Kagome."

Inuyasha stared at him blankly. "But then I can't eat anything."

"Exactly. None of your disgusting manners, and you get to lose a little baby fat." Myouga beamed. "We're feeding two obese men with one cake!"

Inuyasha's fangs just narrowly missed the miniature baker's skin.

This was going to be a long lesson.

All Over the Castle...

"Did you hear? He loves her."

"Is going to propose at the ball."

"I get to design the dress!"

"The idiot better not make a fool out of himself."

"Lord Sesshoumaru, we can't stop the inevitable."

"True, true."

"Isn't it just the sweetest thing?"

"They are a handsome couple, aren't they?"

"The curse is going to be lifted!"

"And this proposal will be just in time for a nice spring wedding!"

"It's perfect."

Shippou watched the many gossiping demons. He shook his head.

"I knew Miroku and Sango were up to something."

Shippou's quite the little dectective, now isn't he?

Next chapter: Bad Naraku planning!