Chapter four: The winter's version of fourth of July.

Inuyasha sulked in a tree and he constantly rubbed several large painful bumps that he had accumulated from Kagome's forceful and cruel beating after he insulted her poison that she had the courage to call food.

Though he was sure she could kill a whole army with her horrid cooking, she could show up Sammy Sousa with that arm of hers. And she had proved it as she mercilessly bashed him with the frying skillet.

"Hey, Inuyasha?" Kagome stood at the base of the tree trying to force bottles of water, snacks, blankets, and towels in her small tan messager bag.

"What do you what, Girl?" Inuyasha dropped his arm from his head and let it hang lazily at his side.

"Do you want to come on a hike with us?" Kagome said in a mock polite voice. She had caught on to his game and she wasn't about to let him get away with his rude, cocky sarcasm. 'If you can't beat them, join them, them beat them at their own game.'

"I guess." Inuyasha retorted without turning his head and looking in her direction.

"Well hurry the hell up and let's go, Princess." Kagome cracked as she lifted the bag onto her shoulder and stalked off towards Sango who was busy putting out the breakfast fire and helping Sesshomaru clean up the area.

"Holy shit! What did you call me, Bitch." Inuyasha growled and jump forward obviously forgetting the fact that he was in a tree and fell two stories landing in a face plant.

Sango giggled as she crouched down in front of Inuyasha. "Does the dirt taste good?"

"Better than Kagome's cooking." Inuyasha retorted pulling himself away from the ground. The comment was dripping with sarcasm but in a way it also was thick with truth.

Sango smiled and walked off to join the others who were standing before the sleeping tent. Inuyasha pulled himself to his feet and walked over to them. "Come on lets go."

They began to gather their things for the hike when a cold yet familiar voice cut in.

"Where do you think you are going?"

Little Big Bear stood in front of them looking rugged as ever. Though he stood firmly in their path the shadows around his eyes and the ice sickles hang from his beard and what little hair that remained on his head told them that he wasn't at the peck of his strength. Also not to mention he was dressed in leaves instead of clothing.

"I thought he got eaten by a bear." Kagome whispered to the sickened Sango, who had turned her head away from the frightening skin filled scene before her.

"I think he's mental." Sango replied some what out of breath from the breakfast bar that she had to force back down moments ago.

"You will not go anywhere. You are to go into the tent and stay there and write…" The red faced leader did not get a chance to finish this outraged thought before Sesshomaru's fist connected with his face just below the chin.

With a moment's stagger the psychotic man dropped to the dirt with a throaty gurgle before he went out cold. Sesshomaru cracked his knuckles and smiled coolly. "Shall we go?"

Sango high-fived Sesshomaru enthusiastically. "That's going to hurt in the morning."

Inuyasha scuffed and stalked off towards the woods. Leaving two surprised girls and aloof dog demon.

Kagome and Sango cocked and eyebrow in question. "What is that all about?" they stated in unison.

"He angry because he didn't hit him first." Sesshomaru picked up the heavily packed bag, stepped over the fallen, and headed out after Inuyasha shortly followed by the two giggling girls.

After a few yards were placed between them and the camp the tension seemed to fall from everyone shoulders. Kagome and Sango, who were bursting with energy from the long car ride from the day before, ran ahead until they ran out of breath.

Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were having a competitive debate, that could possible turn into World War III, about which flavor of ramen is the best. Chicken or Beef. To anyone that was watch this would cause them to begin to believe that "Never ending Story" had an end and/or accumulate an eye twitching problem.

They stopped their walking after what seemed like long painful hours and settled down to eat lunch (not Kagome's food) and play a good game of poker.

"Three aces and a king." Kagome smiled triumphantly stretching out her up turned palm. "Pay up Inuyasha."

"Oh hell no, you cheated you conniving little…" Inuyasha sputtered angrily as he crossed his arms over her chest refusing to give Kagome the money he had gambled.

"Here you go Kagome." Sesshomaru opened a dark red wallet and placed the twenty bucks in her hand.

"Hey how did you get that?" Inuyasha jumped to his feet and snatched the wallet out of his brother's grasp and shifted through it making sure nothing was taken then tried to take the twenty back but Kagome quickly stuffed it in her back pocket. 'Ok so much for getting that back.'

"I picked pocketed you when you were rambling on about how beef is better than chicken because it came from a bigger animal." Sesshomaru stated smugly with a shrug his shoulders coolly.

Sango high-fived Sesshomaru yet again, pulled out a leather bond book from her bag, and put a tally under Sesshomaru's name. After the eye shadow comment the night before Sango made a game out of keeping score on the number of un-retorted insulted made by each member of the group.

Right now the score was:

Inuyasha: 0

Sesshomaru: 2

Kagome: 2

Sango: 1

Sango snapped the book shut and shuffled the cards for the next go round. She dealt the cards, glanced at her cards, then watched at the shifting eyes that were desperate to get a glance of the other persons hand. Mostly it was Inuyasha who was doing this.

"Give me one, Sango-Chan." Kagome said cheerfully as she tossed a card into the discard pile and retrieving the one the Sango held in her hand.

"I'll take two, Sango." Sesshomaru placed the discarded in the pile and took his two.

"Five." Inuyasha commanded throwing his hand down.

Sango handed Inuyasha his cards and took her card and placed them in the rest of her hand with a frown on her face.

"I have a pair of twos." Sesshomaru sat down his cards and folded his arm over his chest calmly.

"I got a pair of Jacks." Kagome smiled and threw her cards down and stuck another handful of chips in her mouth.

"Ha! Full House." Inuyasha smiled wickedly and started to reach for the pile of money greedily.

"Um... Inuyasha." Sango looked and her cards and back at Inuyasha. An evil grin, that could have frightened the socks off of the devil himself, crept across her face. She turned her cards over gingerly. "I believe this is what they call a Royal Flush."

Inuyasha stared daggers at Sango as she slowly picked up every crisp, clean bill one by one.

They finished up their lunch and started to head back to the camp. Some with fat pockets other with nothing but cobwebs. By the time they reached to fire pit dusk was falling quickly on the land. Inuyasha started a fire while Sesshomaru pulled out blankets and pillows and set them around the fire.

Meanwhile Kagome and Sango were sorting through the supplies looking for something to do. "Inuyasha, Sesshomaru…"

The demons turned their white bang falling over there face covering their golden orbs and a lecherous grin formed across their face.

"Ah, Inuyasha!" Kagome let out a scream filled with raw joy.

Inuyasha faced drained of color and he let out a scream of his own as he dropped towards the dirt that he seemed so fond of these days. "Damn it!"

Red and blue fire works exploded in front of their eyes. Sango and Sesshomaru clapped at the show.

"What you trying to do kill me?" Inuyasha marched over to where Kagome stood and shook her hard by the shoulders.

Kagome gasped for air between hysteric laughter. She wiped the tear from her eyes. "Ma…maybe."

The fires worked were sent up one by one until there were no more. Leaving them to discussing plans of action to get out of this hell whole and back to civilization.

Soon after, the coals began cooled and the cool air drifted from person to person. As sleep set in. But as the winter chill tried its best to nip at their backs they remained warm in each others arms.

A/N

So I'm sad to say this is the end of chapter four. tear oh well, I promise to make chapter five longer and more humorous to make up for it.

I thank you who all review, and I wish that all of you who liked the story will review.

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