It's late for me, so I'll write some things I meant to write on next post. Sorry for the slow updates.

Ch. 17

Sesshoumaru struggled to his feet, but he immediately flipped over and collapsed on his stomach right back on top of Kagome's bed. He moaned.

"Is it really so bad, Sesshoumaru?"

"Unh…I feel like I got hit with the Kaze no Kizu right there…" he managed to say.

"That could be arranged, you know."

Sesshoumaru looked up to see his brother come in with a smug look on his face.

"Shut it, Inuyasha!"

"Hey, come on, you need to get better, or else we can't go anywhere," Kagome said. "Right now we can't anyway; it wouldn't be a good idea…"

"We will not go when I am better. We will go now!" snarled Sesshoumaru. "And you have no say in it!"

"You're dreaming," Inuyasha sneered. "I just busted you out of a lab of friggin weirdoes. You are in no condition to be up, even though I wouldn't be makin' a damn fuss over a few tests like you are…"

"I am not making a fuss of it!"

"How do you feel, Sesshoumaru?" Kagome interrupted.

"I feel sick to my stomach and it feels like it's turning into itself more than seven times," he replied. "And did I forget to mention that my ass hurts!"

"No. You didn't," Inuyasha began…

"Shush, Inuyasha! This is an A and B conversation, so C your way out of it!"

Sesshoumaru snorted his equivalent to a laugh.

"And you," she glowered. "Keep talking!"

"Er…um…the reason it hurts…is because they shoved what seemed to be an iron pipe in there!" he said, sounding indignant at the end. "I believe, but am not sure, that they said it was to take my temperature, but they couldn't just stick it in my mouth, could they?"

"No, not really actually," Kagome told him. "You would have bitten them apart."

"Anyway, after that, they decided it was funny to slide an enormous medicinal tablet they referred to as a 'pill' up there! It hurt the most, because they didn't take it out. It stayed there and for some strange reason, it made my stomach clench up before I passed out…"

"Oh, I think they gave you too much morphine if you feel so sick. Someone told me that morphine doesn't just make you feel all happy and tingly all the time, and this time, your body had an adverse reaction from an overdose…"

"I am fine! We are going to this 'amusement park' you spoke of!" he snapped once more.

Kagome sighed.

"Fine. You're so stubborn…just go into the kitchen and I'll make breakfast, then we can wait until Mom comes back with your clothes. Okay?"

"Clothes?"

"Yeah, new clothes."

Struggling to his feet, Sesshoumaru began to take a step forward, but he very quickly collapsed down.

"Rrrgh!"

With a pained look, he began to drag himself out of Kagome's room with determination...

Inuyasha couldn't help it. He exploded into a fit of raucous laughter at the sight of seeing his distinguished older sibling literally "dragging ass."

"Eww, Sesshoumaru! Stop it; you look like my friend's afghan hound after she takes a poop. Wiping her butt on the grass…."

Sesshoumaru gave him a nasty look, then began to feel dizzy and nauseous. His mouth began to water and it wasn't because he was hungry.

"Inuyasha…"

"Yeah, what!"

"…uuughhh…"

Sesshoumaru stumbled to Inuyasha and when he was in range, threw up all over him.

"Ugh! Get off, you gross-face!"

Inuyasha shoved him off, but this only resulted in his feet getting puked on.

"You're disgusting!"

"From me…with love…uuugghhh…bleargh!"

He gave a final heave, then collapsed to his side, clutching his stomach.

"Yuck!" Inuyasha growled. "Kagome, I'm gonna use your hot spring to rinse off. Where is it? You do have one, right?"

"Do I really strike you as uncivilized! No wait, don't answer that, I already know what you'll say! Just come on!"

Kagome led Inuyasha to her bathroom and told him how to operate the water to the bath before doubling back into her room to assist Sesshoumaru.

"If you really want to go, Sesshoumaru, I guess we can go," she said, helping the demon lord into a sitting position. "But you've just transformed. Are you sure you're up to it?"

"Yes. I am as ready as I will ever be, and…despite knowing that I face another transformation…I do so miss my home and wish to return promptly. And yet…"

"Curiosity won't let you until you've explored a little more," Kagome finished.

"That is probably it…"

Suddenly, Sesshoumaru's ear twitched.

"Your mother is home."

15 minutes later…

Sesshoumaru was actually quite pleased with his clothes, however strange it felt to have clothes touching your body so much. He was wearing a tall green T-shirt with the words, "You want to know how to keep an idiot busy? (Look on back of shirt)" on the front of the shirt and the exact same thing on the other side, minus "back" and plus "front," very baggy black cargo pants, and a jersey. He still wore his shoes, but unfortunately, he had to make sure his hair covered his ears very well. This proved to be an itchy business on his ears, as well as annoying.

"You look handsome, Sessho-kun!" Kagome's mother said.

Sesshoumaru looked at Higurashi-san with his head tilted like a puzzled dog. He knew he should correct her and tell her not to call him "Sessho-kun," but he seemed not to mind for some reason. It seemed he actually respected her; he could even tolerate her. Come to think of it, he felt deep inside himself that all he wanted to do was make her happy and he felt as if making her said would result in horrible, horrible things, almost as bad as when Zanmaru and Tima still held him captive.

Inuyasha stepped out wearing his clothes. He was decked out in a t-shirt bearing Tweety and saying "Don't bother me. I'm in one of my moods." His pants, unlike his brother's, were form-fitting leather pants, and he had been forced into some shoes. He too, was complimented.

"Okay now. I'll drive you."

All in all, the car ride proved to be one of the worst Kagome ever experienced.

To be sure, Inuyasha enjoyed the ride. However, he enjoyed it so much that he became very hyperactive and started spitting questions to Kagome at eighty words a second.

"Kagome, what is that? Is that what we're in? How fast are we going? Is that thing really a bridge? Wow!"

"Keep it down…ugh…"

Sesshoumaru put his hand over his upset stomach.

"You okay?" Kagome asked as soon as she was able; she was sitting next to Sesshoumaru, who was crunched into the right corner of the backseat.

"I feel sick…"

"Mom! Step on it!" Kagome ordered. "We got a sick dog!"

"Open the window, Kagome!" Higurashi-san called to her daughter. "Get him some air!"

Kagome did as best she could and after several minutes, was able to roll the window down. It was about then that she noted Sesshoumaru's erratic breathing; he was about to throw up.

"Stick your head out of the window! Do it, Sesshoumaru. Look, Inuyasha's doing it!"

"And that is supposed to convince me to?" Sesshoumaru replied stoically. "I do not wish to, and if I do, I just know that I shall be ill…"

"Sessho-kun, do as Kagome says," Higurashi-san ordered.

"Hai," he said meekly, sticking his head out. The fresh air made him feel a lot better, but he still felt a tad nauseous.

Suddenly, a repulsive odor almost made him lose what grip he had on his breakfast.

"Urgh! What is that?" he breathed.

"Oh, it's a semi-truck!" Kagome said. "Roll the window up, that's carbon monoxide you smell!"

Sesshoumaru dizzily tried to roll the window up, but his vision was fogging—the effects of the carbon monoxide were much more rapid on him now. Kagome rolled it up, then he curled up into his seat and decided to stay there for the rest of the trip.

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