Disclaimer: Still not owning Inuyasha. But I'm attempting to steal him right now.
Dragonfly: "Hahahaha! Inuyasha, I've finally got you!"
-throws a brown Giant Eagle bag over his head-
Inuyasha (rips bag into a zillion pieces with claws): "What the hell?"
Dragonfly: "Dammit. Well, there's always next time…"
Announcer (loudly): "Well, that didn't work out. Oh, well. See you next time on 1,456 Ways to Attempt Capture of Inuyasha!"
It took a few hours after the Ramen incident for the Inuyasha gang to realize that they weren't going to find any jewel shard. They weren't finding any clues or hints whatsoever about the whereabouts of it.
"I give up," Kagome declared finally, after tiring from trudging along so much. "We've searched and searched and searched, but we haven't found anything."
Everyone nodded in agreeance. No one wanted to continue the pointless journey leading to nothing. Wait, did I say no one? Well, I meant everyone except a certain someone with perky little dog ears. (If you don't know who I am talking about, I am officially scared.)
"We can't just give up like weaklings!" Inuyasha snapped. "What if we are almost to a jewel shard? Hm?"
Kagome was angered by this comment. "Boy, for someone who just ate all of our Ramen earlier and owes us big time, you sure seem glad to make us suffer, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. What was it with woman? They always made odd comments about the stupidest, most un-understandable things. They spoke so much hogwash and—
"SIT!"
and also gave the cruelest punishments. Inuyasha was sick of being sat. But what could he do about it? It wasn't his fault that some stupid, wench always told him this one syllable word when she was emotionally unstable.
He stood up and glared. "Feh. I still say you guys are weaklings."
Kagome was extremely irritated with Inuyasha's pressing attitude. When would he learn?
"Would you like me to say the 'S' word again?" she asked with a hint of aggravation in her voice.
Inuyasha wanted to say, Whatever. Like I care. But what he actually said betrayed anything he normally would've answered with. It was so completely not like him to say this, and everyone was appalled by it.
He got down on his knees, and in a whimpery, wavery voice, he said, "Please, don't, Kagome. It hurts when you do it. Don't say it. Not now, please."
Silence. No one knew what to say. Inuyasha was horrified by what he had said. H-had he actually begged Kagome? Had he really said that? He couldn't believe it. No one else could, either. Their eyes were wide, and their jaws had to have dropped a mile.
"I-Inuyasha?" Shippo squeaked. "A-a-are you s-sick or something?"
Miroku and Sango gaped at him in awe. Myoga looked terrified, as if the world might end. Well, heck. If Inuyasha had actually said that in the episodes on TV, I think the world probably would be coming to and end. Or maybe it would just mean that I would be going crazy. I dunno.
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha." Here came the tears. "I-I didn't know that the sits—oh, sorry—the 'S' word hurt you so much. I'll try not to do it again! I'm glad you're being so honest about it now."
There it was again. That damned word—honest. One that Inuyasha despised. Why was he being so honest lately? Why was he only telling the truth, nothing but the truth, and swearing it on the…oh, wait. Wrong saying here. Lemme try that again.
What was going on? This question buzzed around in his head like Shippo on a sugar buzz. It just wouldn't go away. He had to know. Was he wigging out? (That means "going crazy." I had to look up some 60s lingo and I've gotten kinda obsessed with it lately…)
"Inuyasha?" Kagome gave him a questioning look. "You—you're kinda phasing out. A-Are you sure you're okay?"
Inuyasha hmphed in reply and turned away. His pride was all ready hurting badly enough; he didn't need Kagome crying about hi—Wait a sec…she was still crying? Some odd dog urge or something made Inuyasha want to comfort her, wrap his arm around her and smile. He hated seeing her cry, and that was no exaggeration. Yet he stood there like a stubborn dumbass, doing and saying absolutely nothing.
Then, out of nowhere, Kagome blurted, "You're not afraid of anything, are you, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha opened his mouth. He wanted to answer with, Hell no! Why would I be afraid of anything? But his mouth, once again, betrayed his true intent of what to say.
"I'm afraid of you ge—"
Shippo jumped in front of his face, scaring him half to death and wailing, "I lost my sucker!"
Inuyasha, for once, was glad for Shippo's "annoyingness." He had been about to tell Kagome that the only thing he was afraid of was her getting hurt! What the hey was wrong with him! It was as if he couldn't control his own damned mouth! Instead of letting the others know how relieved he was, though, he scolded Shippo.
"Who frickin' cares about your stupid sucker? Get offa me!" he ordered.
Shippo scowled but obeyed. He had found his sucker, anyway—buried in the grass. Inuyasha was getting irritated and confused. He decided that he would keep his talking to a minimum. Who knew what he might accidentally spill?
He carried on like this without anyone noticing any difference until the gang reached Kaede's hut in the village. That's when everything was figured out. It happened like this:
"Kaede, Inuyasha's been actin' kinda weird lately…"
"Shippo! Don't say that in front of Inuyasha!"
"But it's true! He's been admitting all kinds of stuff that he normally wouldn't!"
After hearing this, Kaede narrowed her eyes and peered at Inuyasha for a moment. Then she asked him, "What did ye do today? Eat? Touch? Say?"
Inuyasha, once again, felt his mouth answer before he could decide what he actually wanted to say. "I ate everybody's Ramen and had a drink from a stream. I touched a sa—"
"Wait a minute. What did ye eat again?" Kaede seemed to have realized something, for her face lit up in discovery.
"Everybody's Ramen and a little stream water."
Dammit. Inuyasha couldn't control himself. When someone wanted the truth from him, they could get it easily. He asked himself again: what was going on?
"Ye had stream water, eh? From which stream?"
Inuyasha shrugged. He had to force himself not to talk. His mouth seemed to be getting a mind of its own, something he did not approve of one bit.
"What color was the water?"
Inuyasha wanted to snort and respond, What kind of an idiotic question is that?, but he instead found himself saying, "It was the color of normal drinking water. Really clear and tasty."
"And was it in the forest you traveled through, by any chance?"
"Yes."
Inuyasha found himself getting annoyed with all of these boring questions. What was the deal with them anyway?
"Did anyone else drink from it?"
"No."
Kaede gave Inuyasha her trademark solemn look and thought. Then she declared, "You have befallen a spell by a demon."
Inuyasha practically fell over. "What?"
Kagome didfall over. "What?"
Kaede prepared to explain everything, even though she knew Inuyasha wasn't going to like it. Hoo, boy was he not going to like it.
A/N: Sorry, it's a cliffy. It shouldn't be too hard trying to figure out what's wrong with him, though. And I probably won't update this fic as fast as my others, 'cause updating just causes me so much stress with all of my summer jobs and crap. And I know this fic cusses more than usual…I thought it "spiced things up" a bit. Review plz!
Inuyasha: "Why didja throw that Giant Eagle bag over my head earlier? What is the matter with you?"
Dragonfly: "I'm crazy. All band geeks are!"
Inuyasha: "That's no reason to throw a—"
Dragonfly: "Ooo, and two days ago, I was awarded the "Most Likely to End up in a Mental Hospital" Award. Isn't that nice?"
Inuyasha: "You really need to—"
Dragonfly: "Shuddup! A good song just came on the radio!"
Inuyasha: "Quit interrupting me!"
Dragonfly (singing): "Y.M.C.A.! Y.M.C…."
Inuyasha (to himself): "Ugh. I give up."