AN: A bit in delay... I know... GOMEN!!! See, PoF is away from school and working, enjoying life, living free and happy with her friends and probably have a much better time then me at work right now... So she hasn't been around to harass me about updating... See the trouble you get when you don't have something nagging at you?
Anyway, I apologize the update took so long but it's an uber long chapter, with a very interesting plot turn, you won't want to miss it! I hope you all enjoy it, please read and review, let us know what you think!!!
Btw, we are DELIGHTED to see that our readers from the first tale have joined us for the sequel... Hope you like this one as much as Love and Treachery At Sea!
Disclaimer: Oh, and as usual we do not own Inuyasha, though in an open auction we would most likely be the highest bidders for him... and Miroku too (
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Chapter Two!
Inuyasha picked Shippo up and set him on the table, so that everyone could see him. "Spill, squirt."
Shippo took a deep breath. "Well, I was. . . ." And then he remembered that Miroku had seen him. "Okay, so I kind of went and used my allowance money to buy some candy during our lunch break. But on my way back, I was accosted by this guy and he said that Sango had been kidnapped, so I came right here."
"Eating your candy on the way, I bet, so that we wouldn't know you've been pumping yourself up with sugar. You're going to turn into a fat fox demon, Shippo, if you keep that up." Inuyasha poked him, trying to keep the younger demon's spirits bright. Then his hand went back to rubbing Kagome's shoulders.
Miroku's face seemed taunt and nervous. He was looking through everyone into the distance. An inner battle of accusations was raging within him.
'I should've been with her' was the single sentence flying about in his head.
Kagome raised her hand to Inuyasha's, stopping his movements. Lifting her chin, Kagome smiled up at him lovingly and gave his hand a light thankful squeeze. "Shippo? What man was it who accosted you? Was he from the village?"
The little demon shook his head and then reached into his pocket, and pulled out a barely visible demon, but Inuyasha recognized him. "Myoga, one of my father's courtiers. Seeing as how we're not in a battle right now, I can understand your appearance, but what I can't figure out is why you're here to give us vital information that somebody won't be pleased about you spreading. Shouldn't you be off hiding until the coast is really clear?" he demanded.
Myoga scratched his head, his face turning red. "Lord Inuyasha, isn't labeling an old demon like myself a little bit mean? I come here with the best of intentions and I get called a coward within five minutes of my arrival."
Kagome narrowed her eyes. Lovely, this will do miracles for the town gossip, the town Priestess housing demons. "Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked seeking introductions.
Sighing, Inuyasha made introductions around the table. He sat down, and Myoga bounced over to look at him. "Okay, Myoga, spill. What in the world made you come over the threshold and tell us that Sango was kidnapped? And you better not be lying, because otherwise the priest is going to have a lot of fun with you."
Hanging his head in shame, Myoga had to tell the truth. After all, Inuyasha was still his lord, too. "Lord Sesshomaru sent me."
"Ha! I knew it!"
Shippo scratched his head. "Lord Sesshomaru? Not 'King' yet, then? So he hasn't managed to get Naraku off the throne."
"He will soon," Myoga amended. "Lord Sesshomaru sent me here because he wants you three to follow him: yourself, m'Lord, the Priestess Kagome, and the monk."
"What about me?" Shippo demanded, his tail puffing in anger, and his eyes narrowing.
Myoga snorted. "Yeah, like Lord Sesshomaru really cares what a little fox demon does!"
Miroku grabbed the little flea and squeezed him between his fingers. "WHAT HAS HE DONE WITH SANGO?" Miroku yelled, his eyes flaring a demonic green.
Kagome looked down at Shippo. "Go get Kaede," she whispered and stood up, looking at Inuyasha. "This isn't over," Kagome whispered clenching her fists to her dress. How she wished...
What wasn't over: him getting told to fix everything that they had broken in to house, or something else? The back rub, perhaps? He let Miroku squeeze the demon repeatedly. It wasn't going to kill him, after all. As Shippo ran off to get Kaede, Kagome disappeared, leaving the three men alone in the kitchen. After a moment, Inuyasha wrestled Myoga from Miroku's fingers. "Sorry, Myoga. Sometimes Miroku lets his anger get away from him. You can see how he would make a good husband for a demon killer like Sango. Now, how about answering his question before he gets mad again?"
Myoga shook his head, slowly peeling himself off of the table. "As I have already said, Lord Sesshomaru wants you and the priestess and Miroku to return to the demon world. He tried to kidnap your wife, but even he could not get to her without alerting you, and her house is built upon sacred ground. But Lady Sango, on the other hand, was bathing when they kidnapped her. He says that if you want her back, you're going to have to come and get her, otherwise in four days she will be put on trial for the murder of all the demons she has slain."
Miroku felt the world spin out of place and then slam into him full force. Letting out a scream of rage, Miroku ignored the saying of killing the messenger. Or rather, not killing the messenger. He launched himself forward to slam Myoga flat. "Where did he take her?" Miroku shouted, his eyes blazing with such an unholy light, it made his monk robes look ridiculous.
For the first time, since he had made the deal, he looked like a true demon. There was not a shred of humanity in him, even though his physical appearance was unchanged, save for the eyes.
Emerging from the hallways, Kagome appeared with her quiver and arrows. "It is not a trial, but an execution," Kagome retorted, feeling her soul squeeze in pain. She was so worried about Sango... Looking at Inuyasha, Kagome couldn't hide the guilt from her face, before it was replaced by stand fast resolve. "How did he manage to return here? We saw the portal close."
Myoga glared at Miroku, and was about to tell him to stop, but the sight scared him too much. "I know not, Lady Kagome. I was simply told to tell you what I told you. I have nothing else left to say."
Inuyasha pursed his lips, as he wondered whether or not Myoga was telling the truth. "If my brother has started to undue Naraku's power, he might have been able to open a portal." His eyes shifted to Kagome, and their look softened. "Don't look like that, Kagome. I'm the one who should have killed him, when I had the chance." He almost sounded heroic when he said it, but deep down he laughed at himself. A chance to kill Sesshomaru? What chance?
Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. "You're my husband. I know when you are bluffing," she teased warmly but quite affectionately, before turning an almost frightened, somewhat bewildered look at Miroku.
"'I have nothing else left to say,'" he quoted then cracked his knuckles. "You're dead- Unless you come up with something useful to tell me."
The flea demon cowered beneath four arms. "Sango is being held at the home of Inuyasha's mother, in the demon world! I swear to you that I know nothing else! I am but a messenger!"
Inuyasha practically ignored them, as he watched Kagome, even though he was speaking to Miroku. "It's pretty obvious that it's a trap. He wants revenge for your rebellion, and my treason for mating with Kagome. Myoga, I swear to you that if you tell Sesshomaru that we're coming so that he can close his trap, you're going to take a century to recover from the thrashing we three are going to give you. Is that understood?"
"Yes, my Lord Inuyasha," the small demon sighed, as another small demon entered the kitchen, this one leading Kaede.
Snorting softly, Inuyasha glared at them. "Kaede must have shut the door behind you, Shippo. It didn't slam."
Shippo looked scared and his paws were shaking, his tail winding around himself as he shook his head carefully.
Kaede's face was taunt, her eyes sliding to look over her shoulder, before grabbing Shippo and screaming. "It's a trap!" As though those were words set the demons lose, the door blew in. Kaede cuddling Shippo close was thrown to the side of the room. Demons of all sorts, flowed through the open door. Rushing in with speed and hunger, their calls and howls, shrieks filled the house nearly tearing it all apart in their ambush.
Miroku swung around but caught Myoga in his grasp. His eyes flaring. "Inuyasha threatened a trashing... I'll end your life. Unless Sango is returned to me," Miroku hissed then threw the little demon to the table. "I will get my wife back." That said, Miroku stepped up to the plate and tossed his Buddha beads away from his hand, releasing his wind funnel at the demons.
Kagome still recovering from the shock, strung an arrow and shot before ducking out of the way and rushing over to Kaede and Shippo, calling their names.
His hand automatically went to his hip, before recalling that he wasn't wearing his sword. Why should he? He was in his own house! Demons weren't supposed to come and attack him in his own goddamn house! "Shippo! Get my sword!"
Inuyasha didn't even wait to see that his order was being followed before he clenched his fist, digging his nails into his palm so hard that they drew blood. He could easily take of the ones that Miroku wasn't, though the priest was doing a damn fine job on his own. He was already in rapid thought. Inuyasha flattened Myoga when he tried to scurry away.
Soon, only one demon was left, and Inuyasha was pissed off. The bastards had practically destroyed the hallway of Kagome's house! Two of Kagome's arrows were sticking from it's chest, the purifying strength killing him quickly enough. Inuyasha leaned over his slumped form in time to see the demon expire.
"These aren't Sesshomaru's followers. At least, they weren't on the ship. Either my brother has been gaining admirers, or else Naraku is somehow in on all of this too." His lips were drawn in a tight line, ears pulled back slightly as if he were wearing a grimace. "Looks like we're going back to the demon world."
Kagome stood up shakily. Her resolution obvious, but still her soul was aching. To go back meant giving up on the life they were building. It meant... That this whole month was a dream and there was nothing left to it. Closing her eyes, Kagome allowed herself to gracefully fall to her knees in a mock bow beside Kaede. To go to the demon world, was death.
But they had to. "Kaede, I need you to be the Priestess of the village till I return," Kagome whispered to the girl softly. Not daring to look at either of the men.
Miroku replaced the beads of his hand and brushed the sweat beads off of his forehead to look at Inuyasha. "How the fuck do we go there?" Miroku asked forgetting he was usually the brains while Inuyasha was the brawns.
Inuyasha could have face faulted. "How do we get there? How?" he bellowed. What the hell was with Miroku? Was he separated from Sango for one minute and he loses his brains or something? Inuyasha swore heavily and smacked Miroku upside the head. "You fuckin' idiot! You can open portals to the demon world and you ask us how we're going to get there?"
Shippo ran down the stairs, carrying Inuyasha's sword, juggling it rather awkwardly. "I got your... oh. Shit, the battle's... I mean.... Ah...." His face went red as he dodged Kagome's glare at his oath and handed Tetsusaiga to Inuyasha.
"Thanks, Shippo." Inuyasha knelt down on one knee to look the fox demon in the face, all his anger at Miroku's stupid question lost. "Okay, kid. I need you to stay here with Kaede. Help her protect the village, understand?" Shippo opened his mouth the protest but was quickly silenced by one on Inuyasha's golden glares. "I said that you're going to stay here. Understood?"
"Yes, sir...."
Kaede turned a frightened glance at Kagome and shook her head. "Priestess Kagome..." Kaede whispered reaching out her small hand to Kagome's flat stomach. "You can't, not in your c-"
Kagome let out a silencing hush and took Kaede's hand in her own, peeling it off of her and giving it a warm squeeze. "Don't worry. I'll be fine," Kagome whispered, her free hand briefly without noticing passing the same trail Kaede had. Pulling an arrow from her quiver she gave it to Kaede. "You'll be a fine Priestess. Once we are away, the village should be safer too. Put wards up around the borders though," Kagome reminded and graced a light peck over Kaede's cheek.
Miroku noticed this and after a moment of static silence between his ears it dawned on him. And he gaped.
"You fucking son of a whoring bitch!" Miroku shouted at Inuyasha and returned the head slap with his own, smacking him over the ears non stop. Not wanting to hurt him too much, after all he needed him well enough to help get his wife back, and his own wife was pregnant and... DAMMIT! He beat him in getting married and now with a child! "Idiot!" Miroku continued yelling.
"What'd I do now?" Inuyasha demanded, vaguely noticing that Kagome really must have gotten to him if he didn't fill the air with loose expletives. He rubbed his head when Miroku had stopped hitting him to glare at the dark- eyed man. "That was completely uncalled for."
Inuyasha stood up and looked around for Myoga. 'Damn. The little shit face escaped.' He blinked coolly. Well, nothing could be done about that now. "How much time do you two need to get ready?" All Inuyasha needed was his sword.
Miroku narrowed his eyes. "Uncalled for? You never let me be the first at anything. Do you?" Miroku muttered like an angry younger brother then shook his head, looking pityingly at Kagome. "I really should've trained him better," he apologized and gazed at Inuyasha with a giant question mark hanging over his head. Sending a pregnant new wife into the demon world... Perfect.
"We need to find a place to start the ceremony," Miroku said looking down at his shaking hands. What if Sango was pregnant too? Then Sesshomaru would hold both his child and his wife. It didn't really matter to him right now if she was or wasn't. She was missing and... Miroku shook his head at Inuyasha. "Do you know how jealous I am of you?" he asked and turned on his heal. "The ceremony unlike last time will take almost all night, there isn't enough demon energy in the area to power it."
'Jealous of what? Of having my fucking house ripped apart by demons?' Inuyasha rolled his eyes. His shoulders stiffened. All night? "If it takes all night, then I guess it will have to. I don't know any other way, and now that Myoga's gone, we can't threaten him into telling us how he got here. Unless there's an open portal somewhere. . . ."
The thought hung in his mind for a second, before he dismissed it. There couldn't be a portal open. If there was, a priest, a half-demon, or a priestess would surely have been able to sense it. And even if there was, there was no guarantee that it was within a distance closer of one night's travels.
"I guess that means we're going to have a lot of time to get ready."
Miroku for the untold time today smacked Inuyasha upside down over the head. "You don't have enough time for that!" Miroku shouted and bowed respectively at Kagome, before glaring back at Inuyasha and pulling him by the sleeve out of the house. "You get laid once and you can't get over it or enough..." Miroku muttered, missing the feel of his wife right now. Well, he had work to do. He'd make Inuyasha sweat right along with him.
Kagome was lost for a moment, then realization dawned and she blushed. Turning to Kaede, Kagome helped her up. "Would you help me pack us some supplies for the way?" Kagome asked softly and was glad when the girl agreed. Turning to Shippo, Kagome crouched down beside the young demon. "I have to ask you for a favor," she whispered and glanced up at Kaede quickly. "See, you have to stay here and protect Kaede... But she isn't at ease with all these demon leftovers around. Do you think you could start cleaning up and once we finish packing we'll help you finish?"
Shippo nodded, smiling brightly. He didn't mind doing anything when Kagome asked him nicely like that. Well, okay, he didn't mind it when Inuyasha asked him either, but he liked to play with Inuyasha sometimes. "I can do that, Kagome."
Inuyasha pulled his sleeve out of Miroku's grasp. "So where the hell are you dragging me off to?" he demanded.
Miroku glared at Inuyasha over his shoulder, still fuming. Walking a short way out of the town towards the wood, Miroku turned and punched Inuyasha in the face. Partly because of jealousy, partly because of "brotherly- rivalry", and also because he had to let out his anger and he knew Inuyasha could take it and hopefully understand. "Idiot. So how long till due date?" Miroku asked whistling for his horse, that came trotting out from between the trees.
"Ah, hello there," he said grabbing the reins and handing them to Inuyasha then he began stripping. He was going into the demon world. Falling back on his roots, his crookedness and his pirate self, he would not wear his Monk robes. He wore those for his lady. Tossing the robes onto the horse's saddle, Miroku rummaged through his bag pulling out a loose shirt that tied down the front but he left it open, then began searching for his pants. "I guess congratulations are in order," he muttered at last pulling out the tight fitting black pants and removing the rest of his robes. "It's too early for some things I know, but have you thought of names?" Miroku asked trying to at least appease his dim-witted friend.
Holding the reins of the horse in one hand and rubbing his jaw with the other, his golden eyes stopped looking angry. There was a brief moment of confusion, and then he suddenly got it. "Kagome's PREGNANT!" He clamped his mouth shut, not wanting to attract the attention of passing villagers (though there were none, as a group of demons had just raced through the street). "Fuck, she's pregnant!"
Anyway, I apologize the update took so long but it's an uber long chapter, with a very interesting plot turn, you won't want to miss it! I hope you all enjoy it, please read and review, let us know what you think!!!
Btw, we are DELIGHTED to see that our readers from the first tale have joined us for the sequel... Hope you like this one as much as Love and Treachery At Sea!
Disclaimer: Oh, and as usual we do not own Inuyasha, though in an open auction we would most likely be the highest bidders for him... and Miroku too (
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Chapter Two!
Inuyasha picked Shippo up and set him on the table, so that everyone could see him. "Spill, squirt."
Shippo took a deep breath. "Well, I was. . . ." And then he remembered that Miroku had seen him. "Okay, so I kind of went and used my allowance money to buy some candy during our lunch break. But on my way back, I was accosted by this guy and he said that Sango had been kidnapped, so I came right here."
"Eating your candy on the way, I bet, so that we wouldn't know you've been pumping yourself up with sugar. You're going to turn into a fat fox demon, Shippo, if you keep that up." Inuyasha poked him, trying to keep the younger demon's spirits bright. Then his hand went back to rubbing Kagome's shoulders.
Miroku's face seemed taunt and nervous. He was looking through everyone into the distance. An inner battle of accusations was raging within him.
'I should've been with her' was the single sentence flying about in his head.
Kagome raised her hand to Inuyasha's, stopping his movements. Lifting her chin, Kagome smiled up at him lovingly and gave his hand a light thankful squeeze. "Shippo? What man was it who accosted you? Was he from the village?"
The little demon shook his head and then reached into his pocket, and pulled out a barely visible demon, but Inuyasha recognized him. "Myoga, one of my father's courtiers. Seeing as how we're not in a battle right now, I can understand your appearance, but what I can't figure out is why you're here to give us vital information that somebody won't be pleased about you spreading. Shouldn't you be off hiding until the coast is really clear?" he demanded.
Myoga scratched his head, his face turning red. "Lord Inuyasha, isn't labeling an old demon like myself a little bit mean? I come here with the best of intentions and I get called a coward within five minutes of my arrival."
Kagome narrowed her eyes. Lovely, this will do miracles for the town gossip, the town Priestess housing demons. "Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked seeking introductions.
Sighing, Inuyasha made introductions around the table. He sat down, and Myoga bounced over to look at him. "Okay, Myoga, spill. What in the world made you come over the threshold and tell us that Sango was kidnapped? And you better not be lying, because otherwise the priest is going to have a lot of fun with you."
Hanging his head in shame, Myoga had to tell the truth. After all, Inuyasha was still his lord, too. "Lord Sesshomaru sent me."
"Ha! I knew it!"
Shippo scratched his head. "Lord Sesshomaru? Not 'King' yet, then? So he hasn't managed to get Naraku off the throne."
"He will soon," Myoga amended. "Lord Sesshomaru sent me here because he wants you three to follow him: yourself, m'Lord, the Priestess Kagome, and the monk."
"What about me?" Shippo demanded, his tail puffing in anger, and his eyes narrowing.
Myoga snorted. "Yeah, like Lord Sesshomaru really cares what a little fox demon does!"
Miroku grabbed the little flea and squeezed him between his fingers. "WHAT HAS HE DONE WITH SANGO?" Miroku yelled, his eyes flaring a demonic green.
Kagome looked down at Shippo. "Go get Kaede," she whispered and stood up, looking at Inuyasha. "This isn't over," Kagome whispered clenching her fists to her dress. How she wished...
What wasn't over: him getting told to fix everything that they had broken in to house, or something else? The back rub, perhaps? He let Miroku squeeze the demon repeatedly. It wasn't going to kill him, after all. As Shippo ran off to get Kaede, Kagome disappeared, leaving the three men alone in the kitchen. After a moment, Inuyasha wrestled Myoga from Miroku's fingers. "Sorry, Myoga. Sometimes Miroku lets his anger get away from him. You can see how he would make a good husband for a demon killer like Sango. Now, how about answering his question before he gets mad again?"
Myoga shook his head, slowly peeling himself off of the table. "As I have already said, Lord Sesshomaru wants you and the priestess and Miroku to return to the demon world. He tried to kidnap your wife, but even he could not get to her without alerting you, and her house is built upon sacred ground. But Lady Sango, on the other hand, was bathing when they kidnapped her. He says that if you want her back, you're going to have to come and get her, otherwise in four days she will be put on trial for the murder of all the demons she has slain."
Miroku felt the world spin out of place and then slam into him full force. Letting out a scream of rage, Miroku ignored the saying of killing the messenger. Or rather, not killing the messenger. He launched himself forward to slam Myoga flat. "Where did he take her?" Miroku shouted, his eyes blazing with such an unholy light, it made his monk robes look ridiculous.
For the first time, since he had made the deal, he looked like a true demon. There was not a shred of humanity in him, even though his physical appearance was unchanged, save for the eyes.
Emerging from the hallways, Kagome appeared with her quiver and arrows. "It is not a trial, but an execution," Kagome retorted, feeling her soul squeeze in pain. She was so worried about Sango... Looking at Inuyasha, Kagome couldn't hide the guilt from her face, before it was replaced by stand fast resolve. "How did he manage to return here? We saw the portal close."
Myoga glared at Miroku, and was about to tell him to stop, but the sight scared him too much. "I know not, Lady Kagome. I was simply told to tell you what I told you. I have nothing else left to say."
Inuyasha pursed his lips, as he wondered whether or not Myoga was telling the truth. "If my brother has started to undue Naraku's power, he might have been able to open a portal." His eyes shifted to Kagome, and their look softened. "Don't look like that, Kagome. I'm the one who should have killed him, when I had the chance." He almost sounded heroic when he said it, but deep down he laughed at himself. A chance to kill Sesshomaru? What chance?
Kagome narrowed her eyes at him. "You're my husband. I know when you are bluffing," she teased warmly but quite affectionately, before turning an almost frightened, somewhat bewildered look at Miroku.
"'I have nothing else left to say,'" he quoted then cracked his knuckles. "You're dead- Unless you come up with something useful to tell me."
The flea demon cowered beneath four arms. "Sango is being held at the home of Inuyasha's mother, in the demon world! I swear to you that I know nothing else! I am but a messenger!"
Inuyasha practically ignored them, as he watched Kagome, even though he was speaking to Miroku. "It's pretty obvious that it's a trap. He wants revenge for your rebellion, and my treason for mating with Kagome. Myoga, I swear to you that if you tell Sesshomaru that we're coming so that he can close his trap, you're going to take a century to recover from the thrashing we three are going to give you. Is that understood?"
"Yes, my Lord Inuyasha," the small demon sighed, as another small demon entered the kitchen, this one leading Kaede.
Snorting softly, Inuyasha glared at them. "Kaede must have shut the door behind you, Shippo. It didn't slam."
Shippo looked scared and his paws were shaking, his tail winding around himself as he shook his head carefully.
Kaede's face was taunt, her eyes sliding to look over her shoulder, before grabbing Shippo and screaming. "It's a trap!" As though those were words set the demons lose, the door blew in. Kaede cuddling Shippo close was thrown to the side of the room. Demons of all sorts, flowed through the open door. Rushing in with speed and hunger, their calls and howls, shrieks filled the house nearly tearing it all apart in their ambush.
Miroku swung around but caught Myoga in his grasp. His eyes flaring. "Inuyasha threatened a trashing... I'll end your life. Unless Sango is returned to me," Miroku hissed then threw the little demon to the table. "I will get my wife back." That said, Miroku stepped up to the plate and tossed his Buddha beads away from his hand, releasing his wind funnel at the demons.
Kagome still recovering from the shock, strung an arrow and shot before ducking out of the way and rushing over to Kaede and Shippo, calling their names.
His hand automatically went to his hip, before recalling that he wasn't wearing his sword. Why should he? He was in his own house! Demons weren't supposed to come and attack him in his own goddamn house! "Shippo! Get my sword!"
Inuyasha didn't even wait to see that his order was being followed before he clenched his fist, digging his nails into his palm so hard that they drew blood. He could easily take of the ones that Miroku wasn't, though the priest was doing a damn fine job on his own. He was already in rapid thought. Inuyasha flattened Myoga when he tried to scurry away.
Soon, only one demon was left, and Inuyasha was pissed off. The bastards had practically destroyed the hallway of Kagome's house! Two of Kagome's arrows were sticking from it's chest, the purifying strength killing him quickly enough. Inuyasha leaned over his slumped form in time to see the demon expire.
"These aren't Sesshomaru's followers. At least, they weren't on the ship. Either my brother has been gaining admirers, or else Naraku is somehow in on all of this too." His lips were drawn in a tight line, ears pulled back slightly as if he were wearing a grimace. "Looks like we're going back to the demon world."
Kagome stood up shakily. Her resolution obvious, but still her soul was aching. To go back meant giving up on the life they were building. It meant... That this whole month was a dream and there was nothing left to it. Closing her eyes, Kagome allowed herself to gracefully fall to her knees in a mock bow beside Kaede. To go to the demon world, was death.
But they had to. "Kaede, I need you to be the Priestess of the village till I return," Kagome whispered to the girl softly. Not daring to look at either of the men.
Miroku replaced the beads of his hand and brushed the sweat beads off of his forehead to look at Inuyasha. "How the fuck do we go there?" Miroku asked forgetting he was usually the brains while Inuyasha was the brawns.
Inuyasha could have face faulted. "How do we get there? How?" he bellowed. What the hell was with Miroku? Was he separated from Sango for one minute and he loses his brains or something? Inuyasha swore heavily and smacked Miroku upside the head. "You fuckin' idiot! You can open portals to the demon world and you ask us how we're going to get there?"
Shippo ran down the stairs, carrying Inuyasha's sword, juggling it rather awkwardly. "I got your... oh. Shit, the battle's... I mean.... Ah...." His face went red as he dodged Kagome's glare at his oath and handed Tetsusaiga to Inuyasha.
"Thanks, Shippo." Inuyasha knelt down on one knee to look the fox demon in the face, all his anger at Miroku's stupid question lost. "Okay, kid. I need you to stay here with Kaede. Help her protect the village, understand?" Shippo opened his mouth the protest but was quickly silenced by one on Inuyasha's golden glares. "I said that you're going to stay here. Understood?"
"Yes, sir...."
Kaede turned a frightened glance at Kagome and shook her head. "Priestess Kagome..." Kaede whispered reaching out her small hand to Kagome's flat stomach. "You can't, not in your c-"
Kagome let out a silencing hush and took Kaede's hand in her own, peeling it off of her and giving it a warm squeeze. "Don't worry. I'll be fine," Kagome whispered, her free hand briefly without noticing passing the same trail Kaede had. Pulling an arrow from her quiver she gave it to Kaede. "You'll be a fine Priestess. Once we are away, the village should be safer too. Put wards up around the borders though," Kagome reminded and graced a light peck over Kaede's cheek.
Miroku noticed this and after a moment of static silence between his ears it dawned on him. And he gaped.
"You fucking son of a whoring bitch!" Miroku shouted at Inuyasha and returned the head slap with his own, smacking him over the ears non stop. Not wanting to hurt him too much, after all he needed him well enough to help get his wife back, and his own wife was pregnant and... DAMMIT! He beat him in getting married and now with a child! "Idiot!" Miroku continued yelling.
"What'd I do now?" Inuyasha demanded, vaguely noticing that Kagome really must have gotten to him if he didn't fill the air with loose expletives. He rubbed his head when Miroku had stopped hitting him to glare at the dark- eyed man. "That was completely uncalled for."
Inuyasha stood up and looked around for Myoga. 'Damn. The little shit face escaped.' He blinked coolly. Well, nothing could be done about that now. "How much time do you two need to get ready?" All Inuyasha needed was his sword.
Miroku narrowed his eyes. "Uncalled for? You never let me be the first at anything. Do you?" Miroku muttered like an angry younger brother then shook his head, looking pityingly at Kagome. "I really should've trained him better," he apologized and gazed at Inuyasha with a giant question mark hanging over his head. Sending a pregnant new wife into the demon world... Perfect.
"We need to find a place to start the ceremony," Miroku said looking down at his shaking hands. What if Sango was pregnant too? Then Sesshomaru would hold both his child and his wife. It didn't really matter to him right now if she was or wasn't. She was missing and... Miroku shook his head at Inuyasha. "Do you know how jealous I am of you?" he asked and turned on his heal. "The ceremony unlike last time will take almost all night, there isn't enough demon energy in the area to power it."
'Jealous of what? Of having my fucking house ripped apart by demons?' Inuyasha rolled his eyes. His shoulders stiffened. All night? "If it takes all night, then I guess it will have to. I don't know any other way, and now that Myoga's gone, we can't threaten him into telling us how he got here. Unless there's an open portal somewhere. . . ."
The thought hung in his mind for a second, before he dismissed it. There couldn't be a portal open. If there was, a priest, a half-demon, or a priestess would surely have been able to sense it. And even if there was, there was no guarantee that it was within a distance closer of one night's travels.
"I guess that means we're going to have a lot of time to get ready."
Miroku for the untold time today smacked Inuyasha upside down over the head. "You don't have enough time for that!" Miroku shouted and bowed respectively at Kagome, before glaring back at Inuyasha and pulling him by the sleeve out of the house. "You get laid once and you can't get over it or enough..." Miroku muttered, missing the feel of his wife right now. Well, he had work to do. He'd make Inuyasha sweat right along with him.
Kagome was lost for a moment, then realization dawned and she blushed. Turning to Kaede, Kagome helped her up. "Would you help me pack us some supplies for the way?" Kagome asked softly and was glad when the girl agreed. Turning to Shippo, Kagome crouched down beside the young demon. "I have to ask you for a favor," she whispered and glanced up at Kaede quickly. "See, you have to stay here and protect Kaede... But she isn't at ease with all these demon leftovers around. Do you think you could start cleaning up and once we finish packing we'll help you finish?"
Shippo nodded, smiling brightly. He didn't mind doing anything when Kagome asked him nicely like that. Well, okay, he didn't mind it when Inuyasha asked him either, but he liked to play with Inuyasha sometimes. "I can do that, Kagome."
Inuyasha pulled his sleeve out of Miroku's grasp. "So where the hell are you dragging me off to?" he demanded.
Miroku glared at Inuyasha over his shoulder, still fuming. Walking a short way out of the town towards the wood, Miroku turned and punched Inuyasha in the face. Partly because of jealousy, partly because of "brotherly- rivalry", and also because he had to let out his anger and he knew Inuyasha could take it and hopefully understand. "Idiot. So how long till due date?" Miroku asked whistling for his horse, that came trotting out from between the trees.
"Ah, hello there," he said grabbing the reins and handing them to Inuyasha then he began stripping. He was going into the demon world. Falling back on his roots, his crookedness and his pirate self, he would not wear his Monk robes. He wore those for his lady. Tossing the robes onto the horse's saddle, Miroku rummaged through his bag pulling out a loose shirt that tied down the front but he left it open, then began searching for his pants. "I guess congratulations are in order," he muttered at last pulling out the tight fitting black pants and removing the rest of his robes. "It's too early for some things I know, but have you thought of names?" Miroku asked trying to at least appease his dim-witted friend.
Holding the reins of the horse in one hand and rubbing his jaw with the other, his golden eyes stopped looking angry. There was a brief moment of confusion, and then he suddenly got it. "Kagome's PREGNANT!" He clamped his mouth shut, not wanting to attract the attention of passing villagers (though there were none, as a group of demons had just raced through the street). "Fuck, she's pregnant!"