The Moon Hides Its Light from Me

FadedMoon

Disclaimer: I'll never own Inuyasha no matter much I wish I did '(

Summary: It is nowhere near the New Moon phase, but one night, Inuyasha changes into a human again. Everyone is confused, especially Inuyasha, because they all see the moon clearly overhead but Inuyasha (now human) can't seem to find it! This routine starts happening over and over again, night after night. This new vulnerability makes Inuyasha frustrated that he cannot protect his friends or Kagome, and they're protecting him. How much more can Inuyasha handle when his brother, Sesshoumaru, steps into the picture?

Chapter 1

Where Did the Moon go? (THE REWRITE)

Once again, the Inu-tachi was walking.

And walking.

And still walking…

… Yeah, they're still walking.

AGH! SCREW THE WALKING ALREADY GUYS! There are people reading this!

"Inuyasha?" Kagome picked up her pace, catching up with the grumpy hanyou at the front of their parade, "Inuyasha? I think we should stop for tonight…" She trailed off as Inuyasha whirled on her.

"Stop?" he questioned her, pointing at the sun dipping back into the earth, "Why stop now? There's still some light left!"

Kagome sighed, "I can't sense any shards nearby… and…"

She gently put a hand on his cheek, turning his head to look at the rest of the party behind them. Sango was dozing off as she walked, all the while giving a jerked slap towards the direction of the groping monk who happened to attempt another grope every five seconds.

"Oh…" was all the hanyou could say as his grumpiness left him.

Why was Inuyasha grumpy? Because it was his birthday. That doesn't answer the question? Well, he's grumpy because it's his birthday, but nobody wished him a happy birthday. Then he has a right to be grumpy, you say? No… he doesn't. Its actually his own fault for not telling anyone that today was his birthday. So sux0rz to him.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome called, waving a hand in front of his face.

"Oh… right," he cleared his throat, "Guys! Let's stop here for tonight!"

A drowsy Shippo suddenly hyped up as he jumped off Kilala and began terrorizing the rest of everybody with his annoyingly perky self.

Grateful for the stop, Sango sunk down to the ground, giving the houshi one last slap before falling asleep as she rested against a tree. Miroku, however, left the beauty to her beauty sleep as he went to Kagome to help her prepare dinner. (A/N: IOW, continue his reign of pervertedness)

Inuyasha slumped off somewhere to be his immature grouchy-pants party-pooper, all the while Shippo would continue to be his hyperly annoying self.

"Inuyasha?" the pipsqueak piped, "Why are you so grouchy?" Shippo made a face at the hanyou. The grouch decided to ignore him. But not for long…

After twenty or so more seconds of the kitsune's nuisance, the hanyou cracked.

"STOPBOTHERINGMEFORTHELOVEOFGODITSMYFREAKINGBIRTHDAY!"

Kagome, who was in the middle of pouring soup into the bowl that Miroku was holding with one hand, while the other was reaching for her butt, stared at the hanyou, not noticing that the soup was spilling over the sides of the bowl. Miroku also stood staring at Inuyasha, not even noticing that the boiling hot soup was running over his hands. Sango who had awoke during the "fortheloveofgod"-part, was staring at the hanyou while she was in the middle of a yawn. Shippo just stared. Well… his hair was quite disheveled by the strong gusts of dogbreath that came with the yell.

Anyways, everyone was in shock… but not for long.

"HOLY –BEEP-" Miroku screamed, his hands gone red from the hot liquid as Sango quickly rushed to his aid.

Kagome dropped the ladle she was using to serve and quickly grabbed Shippo away from the hanyou.

"SIT! SIT SIT SIT! SIITTTT!" she screamed, successfully downing the poor half demon.

Ten seconds later, the hanyou managed to pull himself off the ground for a fraction of an inch.

"Stupid wench-" he spoke with anger written all over his face. Suddenly, he was grabbed up by the collar of his fire-rat shirt, then pushed onto his back by an impaling force.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INUYASHA!" the girl cried out from her spot at his abdomen. Inuyasha was confused.

Suddenly, the pair was swarmed by the rest of their group.

"Happy birthday, Inuyasha!"

"Happy birthday! We didn't know!"

"Happy happy happy birthday!"

"meooow!"

Uh. Yeah.

Anyways! Inuyasha was feeling great now- all his grumpiness of not being congratulated on his getting older… speaking of which.

Kagome let go of him and stood, helping the hanyou up as well.

"How old are you now?" a curious monk questioned the half demon.

Inuyasha blinked in surprise- he hadn't considered this…

"I'm not sure… I was kind of "dead" for fifty years… and I was…" Kagome tuned him out. (A/N: Sorry guys, I don't even wanna do math to figure out how old he is…)

Standing a little ways from the group, she picked up a bowl and began pouring soup into it.

'Being "dead" for fifty years…' she bitterly thought, 'He's thinking about Kikyo then…'

Suddenly, she heard gasps come from behind her, followed by a lovely, "WHAT THE-?"

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Turning around to see what was causing the commotion, Kagome wasn't surprised. The hanyou was turning into a human again because of the new moon phase that happened once a month… 'Wait… what the…? The moon was still out!' thought Kagome as she looked toward the sky.

In fact, the moon was nearing the full moon phase. Rubbing her eyes in disbelief, she looked up at Inuyasha then the moon again. No, she wasn't seeing things, Inuyasha WAS turning human again on a night of an almost full moon. The hanyou, turning human, was confused at the fact that his silvery hair was turning midnight black, his clawed hands were changing back to normal ones, and his ears went down to the side of his head as he felt drained from his powers.

'This is strange,' thought the now-completely-human Inuyasha, 'it couldn't have been one month already. I usually know when I'm going to turn back into a human.'

Looking up at the sky, he saw no moon, which confused him even more. 'This CAN'T be right!' he frantically thought, 'I ALWAYS know when this is going to happen. More overly, my last time of the month was just two weeks ago or at least I think so. BUT THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT! What's going on!'

Sango and Miroku looked at Kagome in confusion and Kagome returned the same gaze. 'What's going on?' they thought at the same time. Each one of them was speechless, unable to express their confusion other than a look of disbelief and gaping mouths.

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"Hey Inuyasha! Why are you human? Can't you see the moon is out?" piped the small youkai.

Glaring at the kitsune with a look of confusion at the same time, Inuyasha answered, "What do you mean? There is NO moon. Uh… right guys?" changing the direction of his reply to his fellow humans.

Unsure of how to answer the question, Kagome exchanged worried glances with Sango and Miroku. How could they explain to the hanyou that the moon WAS out and that his hanyou-self just made a mistake at when to change forms?

Trying to lift the thick air full of tension, Miroku uncertainly commented, "Geez, Inuyasha… I suppose your 'time of the month' came too soon, can't you control those raging hormones of yours?"

This earned him two bumps on the back of his head as Sango and Kagome beat him down. Inuyasha just stood there, looking so helpless and unsure of what to do. Then, as the hentai monk was recovering, the gang turned around at the rustling of bushes coming from across the stream behind them.


Yay! I was able to do a rewrite in just one night… I hope it's better suited to you people's liking!