A/N: Still the usual… You must read 'Side Story 3, Party At Kaede's' to understand this chapter. And as for the grammar and stuff… see chapter 1. Standard disclaimer applies. I only own Mikami, Aoshi and Sasami: I received a sack of stones when I ask my parents for Inu-Yasha's copyrights. They laughed like maniacs.

Meanies!

Episode 11:

Mourning.

two days later

CRASH!

"INU-YASHA! WATCH OUT!"

I'll never understand why a girl like Kagome always panics when her boyfriend is thrown against a house, tree, rock or something equally hard and dangerous. Well… let me explain things a little… and there is nothing to be explained at all: at this point, and during the last two days, Naraku had launched several attacks over our favorite heroes, and each time, the fight was tougher.

The guy was determined to see how Strong Inutaisho was.

BUT!

Sadly, for Naraku at least, Inutaisho was determined to make his life miserable by remained quiet during the fights. He never shown his true strength or fight directly during the last two days. The guy just sat in some roof, or some porch or helped to protect the usual and innocent bystander (You know, the one that from whatever forgotten reason and no matter how fierce, tough and BIG a fight could be, always is standing in the middle) and just watched the fight until he got bored of it.

But the old dog did a few things, like blown away his temper, using a hell of a big and menacing aura… of course; he did this ONLY AFTER he got bored: the scary effect of this single action was amazing to say the least.

Naraku was dying to test his abilities, so you can imagine how cranky our favorite evil villain was because of Inutaisho.

Until now, things were favorable for our 'heroes' and none of them had been damaged in the fights… but as I say (and if you remember Inu-Yasha crashing against a house), until now…

"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome asked, clutching her heart and staring at the big mess in which she supposed that Inu-Yasha was under.

Yes, the guy had been thrown against a house and he was taking his time to recover. Inutaisho snapped his head up and glanced Kagome's way from the roof in which he was sitting watching the fight, arms crossed…

":burst from mess: YOU BIG SON OF A#&! YOU'LL REGRET WHAT YOU F& DID! DO YOU F#/& HEAR ME?"

"KYAAAAA-aaa!... :shock:"

Regardless the nasty scratch in his forehead and no matter how profusely it was bleeding, Inu-Yasha launched against the new creature that Naraku had toss against the group (You know, big teeth, red eyes, bad breath, tough attitude, you get the picture).

And the meeting he had was a nice slap across his cheek that threw him against the obvious tree that was standing on his way, smashing it in the process… again. Poor Inu-chan! Someone gets him an aspirin!

"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome jumped to her feet and in a blink of an eye, grabbed her bow and shot one arrows at the creature, successfully. She attempted to run at her boyfriend, but…

"Don't go." Inutaisho stopped her. Kagome blinked at him, pouting, and struggled. "Pay attention to the fight, filly!"

BAM, SMASH, SWING, CLASH!

Hiraikotsu hits its target, and the Kaze no Kizu irrupts!

"But He's wounded! Do Something! Scare that thing away…"

"Stay Still. :sighs: I'll not do anything this time :clenches fist: Not Yet."

"BUT!"

":growl: No 'Buts'!"

CLANG!

A sudden silence fell upon the village… the fighters stayed still, looking nervous and restless, maintaining stubbornly their fight stances. The creature fell limply on the ground, Inu-Yasha and Sesshomaru both sheathed their respective swords, the saimyoushou fled away and the creature died…

… Then, it became dust and disappeared.

One day later

sniff, sniff

"Your highness? It's me, Jaken, your humble servant."

"You still like to talk like that, do you Jaken? Come in… Did you brought it?"

"Hai, milord."

"Good. You may leave."

x-x-x-x-x

(A/N: Sango's POV)

Inu-Yasha is being a crybaby, that's all. We should place him next to Aoshi and compare them: that'll be funny! Both hanyous have nice set of lungs when they want!

"Things are getting better, Sango-chan, but I'm still worry."

"Why do you say that, Kagome-chan?"

"About Inu-Yasha…"

"Bah! Give him some time, the guy is under a lot of stress lately: you know, the jewel, his niichan, his nephew and new neechan, his dad… things must be piling on him!"

"Isn't that… he is… he's being… he's isolating himself: he won't allow me to nurse his head, or being near him, or… you know…"

Kagome has all the right to be worry. I mean, if I were in her shoes, and if my boyfriend begin to act 'funny' I'll be worried sick… good thing that I'm still single… and about to kick the bucket :twitch:

":pouts: He's acting like he used to before we start dating." She says and I pat her back.

"You know I don't like faces:grabs hand: C'mon! Let's go, we must get to the river before the guys found out where we went…" Guys? Houshi-sama I mean! I drag Kagome and we run. I wonder why Mikami-san didn't want to come with us, the river is near and it isn't dangerous, besides, Sasami-chan can take care of Aoshi and…

flashback (from author's point of view)

"Mikami-san! Kagome and I are heading to the river, do you want to come with us?"

":startled: Now? Er… Ar… this Mikami really appreciates your invitation :clap hands together: but I don't think is a good idea…"

"Why not? The day is sunny and warm: days like this one during fall are rare!"

":plays with fingers: Kami I Know that, what I mean is… well… :bites lips: I must take care of Aoshi: I'm the apprehensive kind of mother, you know :sweats: and what happened the last time hit a nerve on me."

"But I thought that Sasami-chan is babysitting the children, including your puppy."

":puppy eyes:"

"Oh well, you're going to Miss It. :serious face: If Houshi-sama asks you where are we, please, don't tell him or lie to him."

"Don't worry, I won't." Answered Mikami. ":grins: Have Fun!"

"Bye!" Sango left the hut and hurried towards the forest, where Kagome was waiting. But the second he turned around the corner of the hut, she walked into something… or rather someone.

"Stupid Human! Pay attention!"

"Oh! I'm so sorry, Sesshomaru-san! I'll punish myself later for this big mistake!" she mocked and kept running.

"Feh." Sesshomaru said and got inside the hut.

flashback

:thinks:… Ouw. That's why. :blushes: Surely she's getting more fun than us:blushes: I'm so naïve! Taking care of Aoshi? YEAH RIGHT:giggles: I bet that her baby isn't her top priority right now.

"By the way, you never told me why Mikami-san isn't coming, Sango-chan!"

"I think is because of Sesshomaru…"

"What? He forbade her to come with us? Why? Is because she's blind? Because if that is the… :gasp:… :angry: That Big Bully! Mikami doesn't needs his approval to…"

":laughs: I think you're getting wrong, Kagome-chan: last time I saw him, he was getting inside the hut… Mikami was the only one there."

"Oh. :thinks… and blushes furiously: OH:giggles: They're having quality time together!" We both burst out in laughs. "Oh look! We're already here!" Says Kagome, as she places her stuff in the ground. "Let's take a swim!"

Kami bless Kagome's time and its strange clothing for bathing. If it weren't for this bathing suit I would never get inside the water with that PERVERT Houshi crawling around. :sniffs: That smell… Incense!… Incense? What the…? Kagome grabs my arm.

"Sango-chan! Look…"

I look where Kagome is pointing me. Inutaisho-sama is there, with the white kimono that Jaken brought from who knows where this morning and he seems praying. White… incense… is he mourning? The guy was so still that I haven't notice him till now. I wonder… He's praying… He looks so SAD. I look at Kagome.

"Sango-chan…"

"I don't think is proper to bath here right now." I whisper.

"You're right… let's going to the hot springs better."

"Hai."

x-x-x-x-x

Damn, Damn, DAMN HEADACHE! Stupid Monster! My Head hurts and I don't know why! My Head Isn't Healing like it should and that's annoying! C'mon, I still have almost a month to the next New Moon:feels head: Ouch… I should have stayed still when my Kagome bandaged my head. :feels a little more: Ouch… It hurts and it bleeds.

Only Kami knows why.

FEH!

:sighs: I can't nap. Feh! Its pass my nap time anyways. :rollover: Curse me. I must be cursed! What a shitty life I have. Or luck, I don't know which is worse. My life is extreme and it can't be stable, NO! How could be My Life be stable: I born as a hanyou, I lost my parents, my brother hates me, I had a terrible puphood, my first love was worst than DOOM… I met Kagome, my friends, Naraku :spit, I'm on a quest (All will be lost if we fail) my brother made 'peace' with me, I have my old man back… See? My life is extreme.

In resume, that's my life… and don't know if I have a lot of luck or a lot of Bad luck. It sucks to be me. The only real good thing that ever happened to me is Kagome. :happy sigh: Kagome, Kagome, Kagome, I can't take her out of my brain.

My father… I never knew him before. That bastard Sesshomaru: he should have been more careful with that stupid sword of his! No wonder why he never used it before… but I can recall hearing Rin-chan saying that he saved her from some wolves with that sword before. :shrugs: Whatever, I don't care… its kinda freaky see what my niichan did with his life these last three years…

My father… he freaks me out even more that my niichan's stupid life. How to act:grunts: What I'm supposed to say:growl: He's a stranger to me, just another inu youkai… he's my sire, but I… I… don't know what to say! And I know that I must talk to him sooner or later or… he'll be gone before I notice. My Kagome is right about that.

:fist: I have been rude. A jackass… but… :shakes head: What he'll say? What if I… don't like him? What if he doesn't like my… personality? What if… what if he hates me for not protecting hahahue? What if he hates me… for being hanyou:look at hands: Look at me! I'm a hanyou with a terrible past, I have killed, in self defense or not, I cause havoc in some point of my life… :snickers: Feh! What where you expecting? I was thirteen at the time, I was a real antisocial ostracized teenager, no guide at all… what if… he doesn't likes that?

The spank he gave me the other day still hurts! And it was only because I laughed at niichan's predicament (he bonked him) and because I had cut his arm (which, I must say, grew back within a year). :sighs: Kagome says that my ear looks fine, but HELL it still stings when I touch it!

:grunt, whine: I'm a bad son, I don't know how to be a son. :shakes head with hands: I'm never good at anything! I'm a mess! I never do things right, I only do half things right! I must be a sorry sight! What a let down… I'm a deception! What if oyaji only sees that?

:whines: Hmpf…

I think I can do something: I must apologize for my behavior… probably oyaji will give a damn about it, but maybe… :whines: I can fix things a little. :whines: I need someone to mother me (hmm, Kagome… :drools:)

:whines: I don't know. Maybe if I talk to oyaji… I need to know…

To be Continued…

By

Misao-CG.

A/N: Geez, this was another difficult chapter to write! Phew! Good thing is over!... :blinks, blinks: What Are You Reading At! REVIEW!

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