Chapter 4
Disclaimer: see previous chapter
AN: Thanks for the reviews...i am too lazy to di it individually…but they are much appreciated. I have no idea what I am going to write in this chapter because I am making it up as I go along…but I hope that you like it. Rating has been upped…you have been warned.
Dusk broke upon the group of demons and humans. The sun was still hiding behind the horizon but caused just enough light so that one would be able to see. The skies were clear and dew lined the earth. The fire was basically dead but there were still some red coals in the very center that glowed as Hiei's eyes did when he was extremely angry. There was the noise of crickets playing their violin-like legs and birds that sang with the purest sound. Mia yawned and opened her eyes.
No one else was awake and she was glad. She might be up early but she never wanted to start early. She just lay on her back and listened to the sounds around her.
"Mia?" came a whisper from close by.
"What is it Kurama?" she asked
"Can I talk to you or do you still want to sleep?" he asked
"No, we can talk."
Mia quietly stood up and stretched. Kurama was standing a little ways into the forest so she headed over to him.
"What is it you wanted to talk about?" she asked as she wiped the sleep out of her eyes.
"Um, it is about a girl," he said.
"A girl huh? Do I know this girl and do you like this girl?"
Kurama gave a wary smile in Mia's direction and she took it as a yes.
"It is that girl, Kagome. I can't get her off my mind."
Mia's eyes widened when she heard the name. She stared in disbelief at Kurama.
"You…you like Kagome?" she asked
Kurama nodded and Mia snorted. The snort turned into suppressed giggles and then into full blown laughter.
"If that is the case, Kurama, then ask her out. It is that simple," Mia advised
"You don't have a problem with that?" he asked
"What? Me? A problem? Now why would I have a problem with that? I can't pick and choose which girls you can go out with. Kagome might annoy me at times but she is an all right person and you two would make a cute couple."
Kurama smiled at Mia and put a hand on her shoulder, giving her a light squeeze. Mia took it as a thanks so she returned the smile and turned back to the camp, gathering a couple of sticks on the way so that she could start the fire up again.
Everyone awoke to the smell of instant coffee. There were some yawns and groans all around.
"Mmmmm. That smells good, but I hope that you have cookies to go with that," said Yusuke still half asleep.
"I didn't bring cookies but I don't doubt that you did," said Mia
"You're right, and I am not sharing."
Mia rolled her eyes but went back to preparing the coffee. When she was done she handed a cup to everyone.
"So…does anyone have any plans for today?" asked Miroku
"Well, we are going to look around a bit…and by a bit I mean the whole day," said Kaze
"And when you say we, do you mean you and Hiei?" Kuwabara asked with a smug grin
Kaze pulled a face but looked at Mia and then Yusuke, as if asking permission. Mia smiled but Yusuke, being the team leader, frowned. He knew that Koenma wanted them to get the Shikon jewel as soon as possible. Mia also knew this but she also understood that the two of them wanted to spend some time alone.
Go, I will explain to Yusuke that we are all going to break up into pairs and go in different directions to look for the shards. Have fun.
Those were the words Mia whispered to the wind and sent it to Kaze's ears. Kaze nodded and went over to talk to Hiei who was sitting in a tree.
"Yusuke, can I talk to you for just a second?" Mia asked
He nodded and headed over to her. She explained the part about splitting up. He said that it made sense. After the two were done talking, he went over to the others and told them what the plan was. It ended up that Yusuke and Kurama were going together. (I know, that sounded so wrong but it is not what you think) Kuwabara said that he was going to hang out with Sango and Miroku but personally he just wanted to play with Kilala. Of course Hiei and Kaze went off together and that left just Mia and Inuyasha.
Everyone was gone and they were the only ones left at the camp. Mia put out the fire and Inuyasha was sitting back against the tree with one eye closed. He was looking at Mia the whole time that she had her back turned to him but when she turned around he would always advert his eyes to something else such as the sky, grass, or the trees. Mia was doing basically the same thing. Every now and then she would shoot a glance in Inuyasha's direction.
"Is there a spring, river, or lake somewhere close by?" Mia asked
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow but shrugged. "There is, why?"
"I have to wash myself off. Kuwabara was sleeping too close to me for my liking," Mia said with a crooked smile. "No, I just want to clean myself off. I wouldn't let that aho sleep within twenty feet of me."
"Come with me then."
Inuyasha stood up and Mia went with him. They walked a ways in silence. Trees surrounded the two and it was getting darker the deeper they went into the forest. After about half an hour's walk they reached a hot spring. Mia started to take her shirt off.
"Wait. What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked
"What I came here to do, clean myself off. And I can't really do that while I am still dressed," Mia said with a smile playing at her lips and she proceeded to take her shirt off. "Are you just going to stand there?"
Inuyasha forced his eyes to look elsewhere. "Sorry." Why does she do this to me? He thought to himself.
Mia was truly enjoying the look on Inuyasha's face. She wasn't really going to undress completely, she was not that bad. She was glad that she snuck away earlier that morning and put her bikini on under her clothes. Mia decided to go on further so she walked up to Inuyasha and stood about six inches away from him. She put her hand on his cheek and forced him to look at her.
"Don't be sorry. Do you want to know something?" She asked him.
"What?"
The corner of Mia's lips curled to a smile as she took another step forward. There was no space between the two. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him. Inuyasha's eyes widened. After the shock of the kiss had passed, he placed his hands on her face and kissed her back. The kiss deepened and they held each other tighter. Finally, they pulled their faces apart in need to breathe but their bodies were still pressed up tightly against each other. Inuyasha nuzzled Mia, and then planted soft kisses on her neck moving up to her mouth. They kissed again but this time it was gentler but still filled with passion.
AN: Ooooo…I hope that you liked that part…I will now move on to the others….you need to know what is going on with them too…
Scene Change: Miroku, Sango, Shippo, sorry forgot to mention him earlier, but he is there too Kilala, and Kuwabara
"So, Kuwabara, do you know any beautiful women in the future?" asked Miroku
Sango glared at him but shrugged. Kuwabara turned away from Kilala and grinned. Sango just rolled his eyes.
"Hell, yea! But, how could you think of other women when you have such a beauty in your midst?" Kuwabara said as he looked at Sango.
This time, it was Miroku's turn to glare. No one was going to go after Sango, not while he was there. "I was just wondering. But you are right, Sango is beautiful."
Sango raised her eyebrows…What is going on? She thought to herself.
Mild conversation started again as the group continued walking on.
Scene Change: Kaze and Hiei
Kaze was pressed up against a tree by Hiei who was kissing her all over. Both demons' breath was coming short but they continued. Kaze let out a slight moan as Hiei kissed her on her sensitive spot on her neck. Pain then followed the kiss as Hiei marked her, claimed her as his. He licked the blood off her neck. He growled with satisfaction.
Scene Change: Yusuke and Kurama don't worry, it wont be like the previous paragraph, hehehe
Both boys were in the clearing they were yesterday, standing next to the well. They had run over to the area when they heard girls talking. A head popped out of the well and they saw that it was Kagome. They were surprised but Kurama was actually quite happy.
"Oh hi, it is you two…" Kagome said as she climbed out. She then looked back into the well and said, "Two of them are here, so I don't think that the others will be hard to find either."
Another head popped out of the well and this time Yusuke's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"Keiko! What are you doing here?" he asked
"How could you just leave and not say goodbye?"
"You came here to ask me that?"
"No…that Koenma person came to me with Yukina. He told me that I needed to find you. No clue why though."
"Yukina is here with you? Damn, Hiei is going to flip," said Yusuke just as Yukina popped her head out of the well.
"What do you mean Yusuke-san?" she asked
"Uhhh…well, he is your…" Yusuke was cut off when Kurama put a hand over his mouth.
"He is your lover's friend and he is going to flip because Kuwabara wont be alone anymore. You know…Kuwabara, he gets very…uh…hungry when he is lonely and he eats all the food. Hiei wants us to be able to survive here and that wont happen if Kuwabara eats all the food you see?" Kurama finished up for Yusuke
"Oh, I am glad that I can help with that," said Yukina. "Koenma-sama sent me here with Keiko so that we can help you. He says that you need all the help you can get."
Kagome had been watching the whole thing with curious eyes. She knew that there was something the boys were keeping from Yukina concerning Hiei but when she saw Kurama glance nervously at her she knew that something was truly up.
"What is going on here, and why did you just look at me like that?" she asked the bishonen
"What are you talking about?" Kurama asked in return
Kagome was fed up with them, especially Kurama and the way he kept looking at her. She thought that it was unnerving. "Where is Inuyasha?"
"He is with Mia. We all split up into pairs and went our separate ways."
"That little…demon. I can't believe it. We have to find them because I need to talk to Inuyasha so let's go." Kagome turned around and started walking in another direction.
"You are going the wrong way," said Yusuke
Kurama took the lead and Yukina walked by his side as well as Kagome. Yusuke and Keiko trailed a bit behind.
"How did you guys find us?" he asked
"Botan took us to Kagome's house where we found her fuming. Apparently Hiei had dropped her in the well. We told her that we were looking for some friends of ours that had gone through the well. That just made her more frustrated. I don't think that she wanted anyone to know about it. But she said that she was going to come here tomorrow, meaning today because that conversation took place yesterday. Well, Yukina and I spent the night at her house and today we are here."
Yusuke nodded and the two continued on in silence for some time until Keiko spoke up again.
"Kagome kept on talking about this guy named Inuyasha. By the way she was going on about him, I could swear that she likes him."
"Well that isn't good. I can tell that Kagome doesn't like Mia already but when she finds out that Mia also likes Inuyasha there are going to be some fireworks, and I don't mean the good kind."
The rest of the way to the camp was walked in silence. Everything was just as they left it except for one thing. Inuyasha and Mia were sitting up in a tree, or rather sleeping in each other's arms. The look on Kagome's face was priceless. This time she looked really mad and jealous. She stomped her foot on the ground and was about to go up to them and yell something but she was stopped but Kurama who had stepped in front of her.
"Wait, before you say anything, I have to talk to you first," Kurama said in a whisper.
The two left, Kurama holding Kagome by the arm and leading her away. When they were gone, Yusuke smirked and picked up a rock. He then threw it them and it hit the tree just above Inuyasha's head. The two jerked and woke up. Both of them in a defense stance with wild eyes. When they saw Yusuke standing there with a stupid grin on his face they relaxed. Inuyasha growled and was about to throw a rock back when Yusuke was hit upside the head by Keiko.
"Yusuke you are such a stupid, inconsiderate fool. They were sleeping together," she said but quickly covered her mouth and blushed when she realized what she had said.
Yusuke was laughing and his laughter was then combined with that of Kuwabara and Miroku. They had just arrived to see Keiko hit Yusuke and hear the words that were exchanged.
"You guys are such perverts!"
"Yukina, my love. You have come to me. I have not seen you for a day and already my heart ached with loneliness. But you have relieved me of that pain because here you are in front of me with your radiant beauty," Kuwabara said as he rushed up to her and kissed her hand.
"Stop being a sap," came Hiei's voice.
Everyone turned to see two red faced, out of breath demons. Mia tilted her head and listened to the wind until sounds of the past came rushing to her. She heard the noises made by those in love and then a conversation
"Yukina is here," came Hiei's voice
"What? How?"
"I don't know yet, I just know that she is here. That asshole is with her. I swear, if he lays one finger on her he will not live to see another day.
Mia smiled to herself. She knew what had happened between the two. Kaze now belonged to Hiei. Mia caused a light wind to swirl just around Kaze's head. The girl, knowing that it was Mia turned to her. Mia could tell that Kaze was elated about what had happened. Mia raised her eyebrows and Kaze mock shrugged but smiled. It was then that Mia's attention was pulled off into another direction. She had heard a voice, a dreaded voice, the voice of the one and only Kagome! now imagine someone saying that in an WWF fighting arena…hehehe
"Inuyasha, I have to talk to you and you too Mia."
Inuyasha and Mia turned to one another and shrugged. They then went over to Kagome where she led the way to the same spot that she and Kurama had been talking. As they passed Kurama, Mia raised her eyebrows in question as to what had happened but he just held out his hands in helplessness. Mia closed her eyes and shook her head. Once they were quite a distance away, Kagome turned around and looked at them, stared them down.
"Ok, what is going on?" she asked
"What are you talking about?" Mia asked
"You know exactly what I am talking about."
Mia raised her eyebrows and Inuyasha shrugged. Kagome placed her hands on her hips and tapped her foot.
"Kagome, I don't think she knows, and neither do I."
"Well, first of all, what is this thing with Yukina, what are you trying to keep from her? Second, what are you doing here, Mia? And, you are a demon! What the crap is that about? And then lastly, what is going on between you two?"
Mia started laughing. She was laughing so hard that she held her stomach. Inuyasha looked at her and shrugged but smiled anyways. The look of irritation on Kagome's face was just getting worse by the second.
"To answer your first question, well, that I can't answer because I don't trust you." At this, Kagome's mouth fell open. "The second question, like we said before, we are just here on vacation, a little break from the business of our time and jobs. The third question. Well, how can you even ask that? I am a demon and I am good at hiding it from stupid ningens such as you. And the last question, well, I will let Inuyasha answer that one."
Kagome glared and so did Inuyasha. He didn't want to be the one to tell Kagome that something was going on between them. It was a mutual agreement that they wouldn't tell anyone, that they would let the others figure it out for themselves. But he knew that he couldn't say 'nothing' because that would not create good terms with Mia. Or would it?
Don't worry. I could tell from the first time she looked at you that she liked you and to tell her would just break her poor heart. Feh. Mia whispered to the wind and had it blow to Inuyasha.
"Feh. Think what you want to Kagome. You don't have to know everything," he finally said.
Mia smiled to herself, being glad about the answer Inuyasha gave Kagome. And she was loving the look on Kagome's face. One of hurt, surprise, and anger.
I could kiss you right now.
Inuyasha suppressed a smile and this just angered Kagome even more because she thought he was laughing at her. This caused Mia to bite her lip. She was trying hard not to burst out laughing but she couldn't hold it anymore. She slapped her hands over her mouth but the laughter still came. She burst out laughing but stopped when she felt a sting on her cheek. She opened her eyes and saw Kagome standing just a couple of feet from her.
"You know, I was trying to be nice to you. People have this image of you, that you are a nice person, they have all been blinded. You are nothing more than a bitch," Mia said staring Kagome down.
"Well, I don't go around stealing other people's boyfriends," Kagome retaliated
"Ha! I didn't steal anyone," Mia said in turn
Kagome turned to Inuyasha and raised her eyebrow.
"Kagome, stop this. There was a time that I was attracted to you, but I was blinded by my thoughts. I had Kikyo in my mind the whole time. But all that has passed. I am not going to be with you or Kikyo."
AN: Ok, I know that I left some things unexplained but don't worry, all that will be covered in the next chapter. If you have any ideas, please email me and put in the subject box that you are from fanfic, I don't want to open any junk email with a virus thinking that it is someone emailing me with an idea…or if you want, could just write your ideas down in the review. Well, I finished this chapter on my birthday, which is today since it is past midnight making it May 3…YES! I am 16 now…oh and if you are also reading my other story, I put pretty much the same words about my birthday in there. Lol. Well, that is all I have to say for now. But please, if you have any ideas tell me about them and I will incorporate them into the story. Oh and this chapter is 3,444 words not counting the words after the number or else that number would increase to 3,460. I am such a retard, now it is 3,469. Ok I will stop…hehehehe please review because that is the only reason why I write, no it isn't but that is beside the point. Word Count 2497.