Disclaimer: All IY characters belong to their respective owners- that's why this is a fan-fic.

Rating: PG-13 for language.

Summary: What is a phobia? A persistent, abnormal, irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.

Author's Notes: Reading through a magazine the other day, I ran into an article about strange phobias and found it interesting. Naturally, being the obsessed Inuyasha writer that I am, I had to wonder- what kind of phobias could our dear IY characters have?

Read on and find out.

-Inuyasha-

"For Kami's sake will you just..."

"Shippo plant yourself next to Kagome and eat already!"

Seeing the annoyed girl flash me a grateful smile, I feh-ded and turned away. Not like I wanted them to know or anything, I'd only figured it out myself thanks to one of Kagome's books a few days earlier. It's rather troubling to admit to oneself when you have a problem- and do I have one!

Granted- it's a relatively small one, but still... it's the principal of the matter.

"Miroku? You're si-"

"Gah! They can't feed you when you're way the fuck over there!"

"Inuyasha!"

Kagome glared at me, opening her mouth to put me in my place for sure.

-twitch-

Damn, hope she didn't see that, stupid eye.

"Will you watch your language please? We don't need Shippo picking up your bad habits."

"Feh, fine, whatever bitch."

Crap, not a good idea, her face is becoming red- that's not a good sign.

Just don't say it! Please!

"Argh! you are the most aggravating jerk!"

-phew-

Safe, she didn't say it, no more worries now, they're all around the fire eating. No more reasons to say it.

Or so I thought.

The stupid monk had to ruin things, as usual, "Inuyasha are you just going to s-"

"Feh, I've got my food already!"

Good save.

"It'd be nice if you could join us though, we're all si-"

Glare- yep, gets Sango almost every time, especially when she's tired. "Since when do I give a damn? I'm fine over here."

"Inuyasha..."

Oh no! I cursed again!

Damn my stupid fucking mouth! You'd think I could say one god-damned sentence without cursing.

Shit- I can't even think without using cuss words.

Maybe Kagome's right.

Wait, what was she saying?

Why's she glaring so hotly.

"Umm... feh?"

"Inuyasha!"

Uh-oh, she's facing away now, that can't be good.

She's talking, pay attention baka!

"If you won't come over then we'll just have to move closer and have you si-"

"Fine!"

Grabbing my cup of Ramen, I get up and move over with an angry huff and some muttered words. Dropping down beside her, I'm relieved when she giggles and shakes her head.

"You're so weird Inuyasha."

"Feh"

"And jumpy," Miroku interceded, "Something's not quite right."

"What the hell would you know houshi?"

Crap, did it again!

"Inuyasha..."

-twitch-

There it goes again- damn eye.

Oh no, no way of getting out of it this time.

Don't cringe, whatever you do, don't let them know...

"SIT!"

Fuck

At least this time I wasn't so far from the ground.

Feh- I really do have issues.

Sitting up and growling while I wipe my face off, I'm thankful that my hands are covering my face so they don't see my grimace when the kit cheers.

"Haha! Inu-no-baka got sat!"

Removing my hands and glaring daggers at the annoying kitsune, I can see Kagome studying me for a moment before she turns her attention back to her food.

"Its amazing to see how easily you can subdue him Kagome-sama, especially with such a simple word."

Don't say it- don't say it!

"Yeah! All she has to do is say- ow!"

"Inuyasha!"

Feh- it was just a little stone- it bounced right off too.

Quickly finishing off my ramen, I toss it near the bag and get up, moving back to my place in the tree. The others glare but say nothing else, chatting amiably amongst themselves while they finish and settle into their beds. Waiting until I'm sure they're all asleep, I drop back down and make my way over to Kagome's bag.

Shuffling through it, I pull out the book from her 'Si-co-lo-gee' class and open it up to the marked pages. Scan down the page... aha! There it is, that strange word again.

Now, I'd never admit this openly to anyone, but one has to be honest with oneself right? When Kagome first explained about these 'fo-bee-ah' thingys I wondered what kind of a baka could have one.

That was, until I read through the definition of 'phobias' and checked out the list. It was kind of a shock to run into one that sounded damned familiar.

Of course I tried to deny it for a long, long time- but eventually I realized all the signs were there. My jumpiness, the way my eye twitches, my interrupting the other's sentences before they can finish saying it.

-sigh-

You see... damn this is harder than I thought.

Maybe its just easier if I say it like those people in Kagome's time admit to their problems.

You know, the ones in the t.v. that stand up in front of a group and say, 'Hi, my name is such-and-such and I'm an 'al-ca- hol-ick'

Shit- I don't even know what an 'al-ca-hol-ick' is.

Stupid hanyou, just admit it already, its not like you're telling anyone out loud.

Ok...

Here goes...

My name's Inuyasha- and I'm Ono-mat-o-phobic.

How do you even say that word?

Onomatophobic

"Inuyasha..."

Oh shit, I'm caught, Kagome will probably be pissed when she finds me reading her book.

"SIT"

-oof-

That one hurt.

And that- is exactly why I have a phobia.

Feh- if anyone ever found out I'd be a laughing stock.

I mean, what kind of a baka is afraid of hearing a certain word?

Stupid- that's exactly what it is- it's stupid.

But still... I can't even think about the stupid word without shivering.

I wonder if I'll even be wary once the spell is off?

I mean, it is just a word and something everyone does all the time.

Feh- I have to get over this, her book says facing your fear is the best way to get over it.

Ok

So I can do this!

I'll just go back to the tree and si... take my place on the branch.

Damn

Come on Inuyasha, how pathetic can you be?

Just say it already!

-deep breath-

Ok- I'll go over and...

...sit

-twitch-

Argh!

Fucking eye!

That's it! One of these days I'm gonna say it without flinching!

I'm just going to be able to scream it out to the world.

SI...

-twitch-

"Feh"

Dare I say it?

lol

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