Pure Breed: Chapter 18

Inuyasha was growing impatient again. He was sprawled out across the floor of Kaede's hut in his bizarre sulking position with his normal irate expression on his face.

"Damnit all! When is that damned wench going to show up again? I'm sick of waiting!" Inuyasha complained.

"Quit being so impatient mutt. Enjoy the rest you're getting while you can." Koga advised.

"Why the hell should I? I'm not scared of Naraku, like some people." Inuyasha said.

"And who, pray tell, is scared of Naraku, dear pup?" Koga asked, angered by Inuyasha's insult.

"Feh. All's I know is his name starts with a 'k' and ends in 'oga'."

"What on earth makes you think I would be scared of a low-life half-breed like Naraku?"

"Enough already! You two are like children." Kagome cut in, ending the argument.

"Sorry Kagome." Koga apologized.

"Shut up wench!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping up from his former position.

"SIT!"

"One day, I will get revenge." a fuming Inuyasha said, pulling himself out of the small indentation in the ground that would come with every sit, he received.

"We come at a bad time?" a jovial Miroku asked, appearing in the doorway with his arm casually slung around Sango's shoulder.

"Shut up Miroku. Where have you guys been anyhow?" Inuyasha asked, dusting himself off. Upon noticing the blush that had sneaked its way on Sango's cheeks and the long 'Uh' trailed on by Miroku, Inuyasha interrupted. "Wait, don't say it. Something tells me I don't want to know."

Kagome had also noticed the change in mood by Sango and her monk. "Hey Sango, pink is definitely your color." Kagome joked.

"Feh." Sango replied in a very Inuyasha-like manner.

"I'm going hunting. I'm sick of your human food. Who likes their meat cooked?" Koga used as an excuse to leave, not bothering to mention he was bored out of his skull.

"I'll come with." Ayame said, getting up and following Koga, being obsessed with him as she was. Ginta and Hakkaku brought up the rear, both being rather toadying to their leader and his 'woman' which was now what they called Ayame, though it earned them a bash over the head if Koga happened to hear them. This left the original Inu-group, plus Kohaku, alone. Before Inuyasha could resume his complaining about the wait of Kagura's arrival, Miroku brought up a question for the disgruntled ex-hanyou.

"Inuyasha, what are you going to wish for once the shikon jewel is restored? I trust you have abandoned your hopes of becoming a true demon?" the monk asked earnestly.

"Yeah." Inuyasha confirmed, to everyone's relief. "I don't know. I haven't really thought about it much. The thought of wishing away your wind tunnel crossed my mind, but the slaying of Naraku alone should take care of that. I also considered wishing Sango's kid bro back in his normal state of mind, but that's been taken care of as well." Inuyasha paused as he pondered the question for another moment. He suddenly flashed a triumphant grin, surprised at his own brilliance. "Well," he said, stroking his rosary, "I've been thinking about how I could take the edge off these babies for awhile now."

"Really?" Shippo asked. "You manage to get sat so often I had begun to believe you liked it!" the kitsune demon added with his usual impudence.

"That's bloody brilliant!" Miroku added, getting in his two-cents, as he usually thought necessary. "I would've never have thought such a smart idea would exit your mouth Inuyasha."

A vein appeared in Inuyasha's forehead at this. "What's that supposed to mean?" he yelled. As Miroku tried to explain his remark to Inuyasha, a scheme had formulated in the mind of Sango. A scheme so evil and diabolical, one would've thought it from the mind of Naraku himself.

"Hey Kagome," Sango began with a mischievous grin on her face. "Since Inuyasha is going to dispel the magic from his prayer beads, I think you should get as much use out of it as you can. Don't you?"

"Oh yes." Kagome replied. "I agree entirely." Inuyasha fell back under Kagome's gleefully evil expression.

"Ka-ka-Kagome… you- you wouldn't, p-please d-d-don't…" She showed no mercy.

"Sit boy!" CRASH!

"Ahhh! Wench!"

"Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!" Kagome yelled with gusto.

"Enjoy it while it lasts wench!" said Inuyasha, nursing a bleeding nose.

"Okay!" Kagome responded as she let loose another string of sits. Sango, Kohaku and Shippo watched the spectacle with much amusement, but Miroku had his sights on something else, namely, Sango's backside. Upon being groped Sango's attention shifted immediately. Miroku received a slap across the face and a bonk on the head from Kohaku's chain-scythe simultaneously.

"We can deal with this to ways Miroku. You can remove your hand from my ass, or I can remove your hand from your arm." Knowing this was no idle threat, Miroku retired.

"I come at a bad time?" The six turned to notice Kagura standing in the doorway of the hut.

"How long have you been standing there?" Kagome asked, stopping the relentless sittings.

"Oh, about twenty minutes." the wind sorceress said.

"At last!" Inuyasha exclaimed, leaping out of the small crater he left in the ground. "You certainly took your time!"

"I apologize, but Naraku is being ever cautious since you become strong enough to break the shield he raised. "

"I'll go fetch the wolf demon tribe!" Shippo yelled as he bounded off towards the woods outside the village. Sango hurried off to the hut she and Miroku were sharing to get her armor and weapons. She returned momentarily in full battle garb, and Shippo and the wolf demons were already waiting with the rest.

"Lead us to Naraku's lair!" Inuyasha demanded. "Today is the day we avenge our losses!" Kagura took off on her feather with Inuyasha and the rest not far behind.

A/N: Sorry I took so long to get to the battle chapter. I just thought a few filler chapters would be fun to write, while also helping to build the suspense. The battle will be in the next chapter, but it might span over more than one chapter. The end of the battle will not be the final chapter either. I will continue writing this story as long as I get ideas.