Okay, I knew this was coming. I know I'm overusing the puking thing, but that's how I relieve some...uh...writer's block. Not all the time, in all honestly I loooooove to use that, because people don't use it so often. It's FUUUUNNNN!

Okay, I'm done. But anyway...I hope you like this chapter, despite my stupid vice. And if you don't get the 'chocolate' thing, take a look at my other story, Curiosity Killed the Dog. That is, if you haven't already. I think all my reviewers came pouring in thru that story. Oh, and my research is done! I can update more frequently. Rejoice! Or...cry in pain...whatever comes first...

Maybe I'll get in the HP/IY updating mood. Spirit's still lost...

"What's a Ferris wheel, Kagome?" Inuyasha had to ask.

"It's that giant thing we saw when we came in. You know, the big wheel with lights and cars on it? You just get into it and take a ride to the top. E can see the fireworks from there. They start at seven, then we can go do some more stuff if you guys are up to it."

"I'm okay with it, Kagome," replied the hanyou.

They turned to Sesshoumaru.

"Of course. I suppose I shall leave you in your own car. I will take one below it," Sesshoumaru told the warmly.

"Sesshoumaru…thanks…" Kagome said, giving him another short kiss, this time on his crescent moon. His cheeks went slightly pink.

The gang got in line and hardly waited twenty minutes before they were able to get on. Sesshoumaru's word was his bond. He made sure to get a lower seat so that Kagome and Inuyasha stayed together.

This is the least I can do for them, after what they have done for me, he thought to himself.

The Ferris wheel came to a stop with Kagome and Inuyasha at the top.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Kagome sighed.

"Yeah. It's okay, I guess," replied Inuyasha. "You okay down there, bastard?"

Sesshoumaru looked up.

"I am fine," he said loudly, giving Inuyasha a short wave. He then spoke in a whisper too low for a human to hear, but for Inuyasha to hear clearly.

"Do you need help?"

"Grr…what should I say?" Inuyasha hissed.

"Fine. I shall help you. Tell Kagome that her hair looks particularly beautiful today. She took a bath, so that will not be a lie," Sesshoumaru whispered.

"Hey…Kagome…um…your hair is looking pretty today," Inuyasha stammered.

"Why thank you Inuyasha. That's really sweet of you to say!"

"Now tell her that you never noticed how stunning her deep brown eyes are. They look like pools of…um…"

"I never noticed that your eyes were so stunningly brown, Kagome. They look like pools of…"

Inuyasha listened to his brother struggle.

"Shit…rich molasses… I have no idea!" Sesshoumaru hissed.

"Melted chocolate bars," Inuyasha said slyly.

"Ugh…Inuyasha…blearghhhh!"

Inuyasha snickered at Sesshoumaru as the said demon began to heave in his car.

"Thanks for the ideas, nii-chan," he whispered.

"Screw you…"

"I'm glad you gave me such a compliment Inuyasha. That's unusually nice of you…"

"Well, I just felt you looked especially good today and deserved the praise. 'Course, it's not that you don't always look pretty…"

Kagome silenced him as she pointed out to the sky.

"Look, the show's starting!" she cried.

Several enormous fireworks exploded in the sky. Inuyasha started, but Kagome assured him that it was just for show.

"You sure we aren't under attack?" Inuyasha asked after several minutes.

"Definitely sure. Don't worry, we're okay."
Sesshoumaru gave a low "feh!" Yeah, that was her opinion. His was totally different.

I really don't feel good now, he thought haplessly. He, unlike Inuyasha and Kagome could smell the burning of the fireworks and he could no longer look at them because they made him doubly dizzy in addition to powering his migraine.

It feels so hot and cold…he thought hopelessly as he fell into a deep torpor-ish sleep.

After the ride, Kagome and Inuyasha hauled Sesshoumaru off and tried to wake him. Eventually, a strategically placed kick in his rear brought him to consciousness, and he imitated a singer in the soprano range.

Iiieyaaaaghhhh!

Inuyasha snorted a laugh before he was sat.

"Sesshoumaru, are you okay?"

"I feel very ill…" he managed to say.

Kagome felt his head.

"Oh, you're burning up with fever! And your arm! Ohh…"

Sesshoumaru's arm was throbbing and growing disproportionate to his body. His fangs did a similar thing and he whined doggishly, curling his fingers.

"Let's get home," Kagome said urgently. She called her mom and had Inuyasha carry his brother into the car. It was a lucky thing that he was unconscious and need not know he was back of the car.

When they all arrived, Kagome helped Sesshoumaru into bed and gave him some Tylenol to ease his migraine and fever. He thanked her, took the medicine, and collapsed onto her bed, breathing rather erratically.

Sesshoumaru groaned as he felt the cold of the Subduction Collar bite into his neck.

Hold on a moment.

Was the collar just a little bit tighter around his neck?

What's going on! He though in alarm. This can't be right, no one is present to control me!

"Aaagggghhhhhhh!"

His anguished yell brought Kagome up to the room in seconds.

"Sesshoumaru, what's wrong?" she asked.

"Collar…getting…smaller…" he managed to say.

Kagome couldn't see that it was any different than before, but it looked like Sesshoumaru was hyperventilating.

"Calm down, it's not any tighter!"

"It is, it's choking me, it hurts!"

Kagome gasped.

He's hallucinating…

"Just take a deep breath, Sesshoumaru. It'll be okay…" she told him.

He drew a sharp breath and found how easy it was. The collar was no longer "choking" him.

But it was true that it had become much smaller. It used to hang right under his collarbone, but now it hung above it.

R & R pretty pretty please!