A/N: Another chapter up! I'd like to thank all the people for reviewing, and I'm sorry I can't thank you all personally, but I'm a big celebrity, and I have a very tight schedule.
I wish.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. If I did, Sesshoumaru would run around naked, Kouga's pelt would fly up, and the man (below) would manage to untie Miroku's bow somehow.
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Chapter Five: Tentacled Trouble (Can I get cheesier?)
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They were all getting ready to travel again. Sango was sharpening her Hiraikotsu, Inuyasha was polishing his Tessaiga, and Kouga was cleaning Kagome's bike, much to Sango's amusement.
Kagome was hovering above him. "Kouga! It's okay, really. I can do it myself you know…" Kouga stood up and brushed his knees. "Nonsense, Kagome. A beautiful woman like you should never concern herself with menial tasks. I've learnt to ride this contraption, and you're sitting with me. I could run if you want."
Kagome sighed, and shook her head. She had to take the bike with her, as it was really useful. "Alright, Kouga. If it makes you happy…" she muttered. Kouga gave her a big grin and ushered her on the bike while the others gathered up their things.
When Kagome was seated in front of Kouga, he lifted the yellow backpack and heaved it at Inuyasha. "Make yourself useful, mutt!" He smirked.
"Why the fuck should I carry this, shit face! There's plenty of space at the back!" Inuyasha growled, ready to throw the thing back at Kouga.
"The weight will be too much." Kouga said simply, Kagome turned her head up slightly. The bike could have taken all that weight, but she kept quiet.
Inuyasha growled again and ran towards them. "Why you crap -" "INUYASHA! Can't you just be a little helpful, you MORON!" Kagome burst out. Sango, Miroku and Shippou 'ooh'ed.
Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks. What the hell had gotten into Kagome lately? She was acting strange ever since that asshole had butted into the group. Inuyasha fisted his hand and turned the other way. "Fine." He snapped. He hoisted the bag on his shoulder and began to run.
"Wait up! This is supposed to be a long journey, Inuyasha! Take it easy!" Shippou cried, and heeled Kouga, on who he was sitting on. Kouga glared at him, but began pedaling furiously. Sango and Miroku followed on Kirara.
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The village they had chosen to pass through came sooner than they expected, as they had been running all the way. Inuyasha was already waiting for them on one of the radish fields. "It's about time." He muttered, irritated.
Miroku strode ahead of them and lead them to an expansive house. It was business as usual. He knocked on the door. A man opened it. "Yes? What do you want?" he asked gruffly.
"Excuse me, kind sir. I notice an ominous cloud overhanging your building. If you will kindly allow me to purge it -" "Eh? Now that you mention it, there have been several attacks on this village by a demon lately. Wait here a moment. I will ask the lord." With that, he closed the door and disappeared.
Kouga was impressed. "So you sensed the demon even though it's not here?" he asked Miroku. Miroku grinned smugly. "Yes, in fact –" Sango cut him off. "This is a fluke. Miroku always sees an Ominous Cloud hanging over the most convenient house."
Miroku had perfected the look of mock hurt by now. "Sango, it saddens me that you think so lowly of me, that you doubt my abilities as a monk, -" Sango reached behind. "Just try it, monk." She snarled. Miroku backed off. He remembered that Kaede's hut had needed more wood than he'd thought.
The man was back. He opened the door wide this time, but when he saw Inuyasha, Kouga and Shippou, he stopped. "Demons!" he shouted, but Miroku cut him off and said hastily, "It's all right, sir. They are under my control. They will not harm you in any way. Watch." With that, Miroku picked up his staff and bonked it on Inuyasha's head. "Run along, demon. Inside, and no playing around."
He received a glare that would have burnt him to a crisp if glares could do that. Miroku decided he wouldn't do that to Kouga. The wolf might have less tolerance for him.
They all entered. The man had started speaking again. "Why don't you rest and wait for the demon, respected monk? I'll make sure you have plenty of nourishment." With that, he exited from the room he had lead them all to.
Inuyasha loomed over Miroku. "WHY YOU FUCKING MONK! I WOULD HAVE BEATEN THE CRAP OUT OF YOU IF I WEREN'T THAT HUNGRY! YOU TRY THAT ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL SHOVE YOUR STAFF DOWN YOUR THROAT UNTIL IT COMES OUT OF YOUR BUTTHOLE, YOU GOT THAT!" Inuyasha yelled. Miroku ran behind Kagome. "Yes, Inuyasha," he said meekly.
Not too soon, two man servants arrived in their room and laid out the food before them. Miroku noticed that up until now, he hadn't seen one single woman. He had been looking forward to it.
Kouga sat beside Kagome, and Inuyasha hurriedly sat on her other side. He didn't want that wolf to try any more tricks on her. Inuyasha glared at Kouga, who leered at him and popped a dumpling into his mouth. He missed human meat, and hanyou were half human after all. But Kagome stood in the way, so he had to make do with their food instead.
Nothing eventful happened after that, if you didn't count Inuyasha bonking Shippou and being sat, or Miroku groping Sango and being slapped. Usual stuff.
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Night approached, and the group became restless. They had waited a long time, but the demon hadn't graced them with its presence yet.
They didn't have to wait any longer, however, as the man ran into their room and grabbed Miroku's clothes. "The demon! It has come! Please help us, monk!" Miroku got up and took his staff. "It is time," he said heroically, and strode out.
The rest rolled their eyes and followed him, but the man stopped Kagome and Sango. "I would advice you not to go," he said, but he faltered under the glares of a demon hunter with a huge boomerang and a girl with miko powers having several arrows in her quiver.
Sango and Kagome both turned up their noses at him and strode out of the room. The man sighed. "Don't say I didn't warn you…" he muttered, and sat down to eat the remainder of the dinner. No use in wasting good food.
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By the time Sango and Kagome caught up with Kouga, Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippou, they were already near the demon. It was a large and ugly thing, with several tentacles waving about and some jelly like substance dripping from it.
Two huge eyes were nestled inside the confusing knots of tentacles. Suddenly, everyone stood still, hypnotized by the eyes. The creature slowly moved towards the jewel shards which Kagome had, as she held it out for it to take. It was facing everyone, making sure its eyes were still visible to all of them, and slowly reached out for the tiny bottle.
But a moment of greed overtook it, and it turned its eyes for just a moment, but it was enough for the others to be freed. But as they sped towards the demon, it grabbed Kagome and its eyes turned red, losing its hypnotizing gaze.
But Inuyasha wasn't about to take any shit from this bug eyed octopus, so he unsheathed the Tessaiga. Before he could do anything however, Kouga had sprinted towards the monster, grabbed Kagome and the jewel shards, and was running away from it all in an instant.
Inuyasha mumbled something along the lines of "fucking wolf shit too fucking fast…" and slashed the demon in two. He struck his usual pose of leaning the sword against his shoulder, but Kagome wasn't looking at him.
His eyebrow twitched, but he sheathed the Tessaiga and walked over to Kagome, who was being fussed over by Kouga. "Are you sure you're okay, Kagome?" he asked, genuinely concerned.
"It's all right, Kouga. Just some muck, that's all!" Kagome was getting frustrated. She pushed aside Kouga and said, "Sango, will you join me for a bath?" she said. Sango nodded and they headed for the nearest hot spring.
"And no, Miroku, we don't need any help from you." They both called out over their shoulders before the monk even opened his mouth.
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Kagome and Sango rested their back against a rock protruding above the spring. Kagome was scrubbing herself hard, making sure to get all the muck out.
Sango had started to think about the demon. Spring time was mating season for most demons… then something flashed in her mind, something from all the research work that went into being a demon slayer.
Many demons, in mating season, secrete a fluid which acts as an aphrodisiac to all other demons or humans who got too close, regardless or their type. So this meant that whoever's nose was sensitive enough to pick up the scent of the fluid would instantly be aroused.
Sango groaned as she thought of the trouble Kagome could get into. Whether the muck on her would attract males or females was another thing.
She wiped a little bit of muck from Kagome and smelt it. Nothing. So the demon was female, and that meant… oh sweet hell.
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A/N: Think like this: shorter chapters mean less time it takes for me to upload it. Thanks to all the people who have added me to their favourites and Author Alerts! I love you all! I suspect the next chapter'll be up real soon.
Flying Hiraikotsu, everyone! Duck!