Miss Mysterious: God, this feels so weird I haven't written for nearly a month. Anyways I don't know how many of you still care about this story, if you're no longer interested I can't say I blame you, but I think I'd like to finish it. I'm really sorry about not updating on time and stuff, but during the Holidays I was away for two weeks, and I just went back to school this week and we're getting ready for exams. No more excuses though; I plan to finish this story, it will end at Chapter 15. Again, this one apologizes.

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Recap: Inuyasha didn't stop cackling the whole time as he went through with his plan, and just twenty minutes later when he returned to the Higurashi Shrine, a wicked smile could still be seen on his handsome face.

Kagome never asked why he was grinning like that because for some reason she didn't think she wanted to know. No…she much preferred some sleep, after all it was now dark outside, and what better way to fall asleep than in Inuyasha's arms?

She was much too comfy with the hanyou to ponder about it for long…

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Curiosity and Monstrosities

The raven-haired teen gradually stirred, until she was half-awake and feeling rather cold. Where had her warmth gone; she was so comfortable before. Finally the pretty girl opened her glimmering, blue eyes, and pulled herself into an upright sitting position. Her eyes wandered carelessly around the room as she searched out a certain hanyou.

She suddenly heard panicked footsteps coming from the kitchen, and incoherent mutters. Kagome strained to hear what the person was saying. "In so much trouble…will break my back…please don't find out...spare me….bitch…oh god…" a distinct voice whispered.

The now curious miko stood up, not caring she was in her revealing pajamas, after all she had slept with him, in these pjs, last night. The school-girl walked over to the kitchen, and lounged beside the door. "What's wrong, Inu-chan?" she purred, with a look on her face that screamed suspicious and dangerous.

"Nothing, bitch, except we should be back in my time right now looking for jewel shards but you overslept!" he barked jumpily. Inuyasha forced himself to cease in his nervous pacing and look sternly at his female. "Sorry." She snorted in response, obviously not feeling very apologetic. Kagome, then, turned away from him and proceeded walking back to the living room. "Hey where do you think you're going!" he shouted surprised. "To watch some television for awhile, then I'll get ready and we'll head back to the Feudal Era." She said breezily, plopping herself on the couch.

The dog-demon sighed in relief, glad he had removed the paper-news that would have revealed what he had done to Homo last night. Ah, he was just too brilliant, now he could go back to his time without ever hearing that horrible word-

"OSUWARI!" a furious voice shrieked, causing poor Inuyasha to smash his face into the kitchen's tile floor. "Itai…that hurts…" he moaned, unable to remove himself from the cold floor. He saw something towering over him from the corner of his eye. The extremely pissed-off miko looked down on him with triumph and distress. "BAKA! I hate Hojo now as much as you do, but you get in serious trouble for this!!" she hissed unpleasantly. "All I did was give him what he deserved." Came the pained, muffled reply.

"You tied him, NAKED, and upside down to a traffic light pole in the main downtown area." She said in a stern voice. "Yeah, but didn't he deserve it?" Inuyasha asked smugly but a bit strained.

Kagome froze up immediately, feeling that familiar burning sensation on her lips, and her voice speaking against her control. "Of course, he deserved it, and I'm really glad you did it."

The dog-demon's eyes widened, and he pulled himself from the ground finally only to find the strangest look on his tormentor's face. He stared at her with confusion, how could she be so contradictory, scolding him yet happy with him all the same. "What are you trying to tell me, here?!" he asked, more aggravated now than anything. "What do you want from me?"

The dazed girl, felt wetness trickling down her cheeks, as her blue eyes stared blankly at the wall. Her lips were on fire, and she couldn't control herself. She hated this feeling of being so helpless. "I'm trying to tell you that it doesn't matter that even though it made me happy, it wasn't the right thing to do…" she answered with distraught, really not wanting to answer his other question.

"And what do I want from you…" She suddenly looked him directly in the eye, then she as if she realized exactly what she was telling him, she ran. Straight out the door, not even daring to look bad as her the fire on her lips engulfed her whole face. Later when she had covered enough distance, and she was sure no one could hear her. She finally ended her pain and replied to only the air's ears "Your love, Inu-chan, your love…."

Meanwhile Inuyasha was trying to comprehend what was wrong with Kagome, it had finally donned on him that something bad was going on with her and he planned to exploit it, even if it was at her expense. He laid flat on his back, thinking, and stared up at the ceiling for what felt like forever, until he smelt a sweet scent drifting through the house. A couple minutes after that, and he turned to face a fully dressed miko with a large yellow backpack.

"I'm ready to go." She stated quietly. He nodded, that was their only form of communication until they went through the well, and met up with Miroko, and Sango.

Kagome sighed, even though it was still early morning, she could tell it was the beginning of another dreary day.

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Miss Mysterious: I hope you liked this chapter, even though it was a hell-of-a lot overdue. Anways I won't be demanding reviews or anything, but if you're stilling feeling generous go ahead and tell me what you think. No pressure, though.