I'm really bored and have nothing else to do so I'm going to post more again today! (I posted the last chapter yesterday… for me that is). This is a really weird chapter… which is why we called it "Everyone's Strange Behavior." First Ravyn wrote Yoshiko acting really weird… and then when I wrote my part they were all acting weird too… and so does the person that I won't mention that shows up in this post (give you a hint: It's NOT Harry Potter ;) )… everyone's just acting weird! They're all in character, they're just really weird… I guess this is sort of classified as a "filler chapter" but we're going to have something big happen pretty soon so that's okay.
Thanks, element hanyou, for your reply. That's two new readers in two days! Thanks everybody for all the praise! I actually find it surprising that this is the only fan fic I've seen with original characters. I mean, the Harry Potter one's have a gazillion: an original character dating Harry, or Ron, or Hermione, or Malfoy, or Sirius, or Remus… (sorry, I got Harry Potter Valentine's Cards because I'm such a dork and now that's what's on my mind) but with InuYasha it's always InuYasha/Kagome and Kagome or Rin/Sesshomaru (which, by the way, I find so wrong but whatever). But I never really liked Kagome (she's so annoying! And she's suffering from some sort of multipersonality disorder like Smeagol: She's happy, she's sad… then she's mad! Oh, look, she's tired…. Happy…. Caring…. Oh, now she's angry! Kagome, MAKE UP YOUR MIND!) so I don't feel too guilty having her be dead. Only a little because InuYasha's sad…. But hey, he gets Sueko so it's okay! (I figured the shipping's are so obvious I don't exactly need to keep them secret). Anyways, here's more!
DISCLAIMERSince I'm single I think it's obvious that I don't own InuYasha… Rumiko Takahashi owns him at the moment… but if I ever do get my hands on InuYasha I'll try and get Sesshomaru just so you people can have him because I certainly don't want him.
Sesshomaru: ((glares))
Oh, I'm so scared... NOT!
Anyways, you know the drill: if Rumiko never wrote it, we own it! And you can't have! Ravyn and me own our characters and our plot, and you can't have our ideas without permission. Though if you want to go ahead and write an Original Character/InuYasha romance go right ahead…. Just let me know so I have something to read! I can't find any good InuYasha fan fics… it's rather sad if you think about it… Word is saying I'm breaking so many grammar rules with this Disclaimer/Author's Notes thing but I really don't give! As long as the fan fic is good, right? I don't remember if I edited this, so if there are any mistakes then I'm sorry… I think I did though, I'm just not sure… Anyways, I'll leave you to it.
NOTE: Lately when I've been uploading the story to the underline thing I use to split two scenes in half is gone, and I really don't know why, and even if I fix it it still dissappears... I'm really sorry, I don't understand the automatic line on and it's apparently not using my document's one anymore... You'll just have to live with it until I figure it out or the problem goes away. At least there's a "-" thing to tell you that the scene is over... even if it is a small line.
Chapter Fifteen: Everyone's Strange Behavior
The sun was starting to set when Yoshiko finally starting wondering where InuYasha was. She looked to Sango and Miroku to see if they were wondering as well, or any bit worried. But they showed no sign of even caring that InuYasha had been gone for hours. Just when she was about to get up to go look for him (though she had no idea where she would look since she couldn't go through the well) when the flap opened and in walked none other than InuYasha. On his head was a strange looking contraption on his head with a bill. Almost instantly InuYasha sat down huffily and crossed his arms. He had just opened his mouth to start complain (most likely) when Yoshiko crawled forward and started poking the contraption.
"What the hell are you doing?" cried InuYasha, pushing her away.
"What is that…" muttered Yoshiko, her eyes wide in wonder.
At those words InuYasha looked up at the red thing on his head and glared at it. With one hand he ripped it off and balled it up. Then before anybody could say anything he threw it away and went back to looking moody. Yoshiko blinked a couple of times then sat back up looking at InuYasha as if expecting him to say something. When he noticed he backed away a little like he was afraid of her.
"I apologized, all right!" he half shouted.
Yoshiko blinked a couple of times in confusion and looked up at the ceiling. Then when she figured out what InuYasha had said she clapped her hands together a gave a small "Oh!"
"Well… You never told me what... that was," said Yoshiko, pointing at the red thing in the corner.
"It's a hat, okay?" snapped InuYasha, sitting up straight again. He crossed his arms and looked away from Yoshiko.
For some reason her eyes narrowed and she hit him over the head. This time it was Miroku's and Sango's turn to blink in confusion.
"Will you stop it?" cried Yoshiko, now crossing her arms.
"Stop what?" asked InuYasha.
"Looking like you got ran over or something. It's really annoying. You know that whenever you're in a really bad mood it passes on to all of us, too!" said Yoshiko, nodding her head as if agreeing to herself.
"What is up to you?" asked InuYasha, raising his eyebrows.
"Well, duh! It's the half moon!" cried Yoshiko, waving her hands around in the air. Then she stopped and put her hands in her lap, smiling. "I'm done now."
"Are you sure…" muttered InuYasha.
"So… what did you and Sueko talk about?" inquired Yoshiko, looking mischievous.
"Maybe it was better that you didn't stay with Sesshomaru," said InuYasha, backing away some more. "If I was him I would have killed you so I wouldn't have to deal with this anymore."
"Well, he can stand Jaken all right… so I think I would have lived… for at least one more day," said Yoshiko thoughtfully. "And there's Rin. She's a handful all on her own. I can hardly keep up with her."
"I really can't believe Sesshomaru keeping a mortal girl around," said Sango.
At Sango's voice Yoshiko jumped and turning to Sango. The way she sat now, she looked a lot like a cat. Then she blinked and sat back down normally. Hesitating for a minute, Sango reached out a hand and put it on Yoshiko's forehead.
"I don't like you that much Sango!" cried Yoshiko, jumping back.
Then, looking a little embarrassed, Yoshiko stood up.
"Um… I think… I… should… Um… leave…" she muttered, slipping out of the hut backwards. But because she couldn't see where she was going she tripped over a rock and landed on her butt. "Ow!"
Before anybody else could do anything, Miroku stood up and offered her his hand.
"Here, let me help you," he said, grinning.
Behind him Yoshiko saw Sango glowering but she couldn't figure out why. So she took the monk's hand and stood up. When she had made it to her feet she suddenly found that Miroku's hands weren't just helping her up. A vein in her temple twitched for a second and then the monk found himself on the ground with a fairly large bump on his head.
"You're not supposed to feel my butt! You're supposed to feel Sango's butt!" cried Yoshiko.
When Sango's eyebrow started twitching InuYasha went striding out of the hut to Yoshiko. He grabbed her by the elbow and started leading her far away from the hut. In the background they heard Shippo say, "Hey! Where did everybody go?" Finally, near the big tree, InuYasha stopped and sat back down. By this time the moon had come up and Yoshiko was now completely human. Thankfully she was far more calmer and not as loopy anymore.
"That was… really bad…" muttered Yoshiko.
"Does that happen often?" asked InuYasha, not looking at her.
"Normally I act a little weird before I turn human. Once I do I'm pretty much normal again," shrugged Yoshiko. She looked up into the branches of the large God Tree.
"That's the opposite of me," sighed InuYasha, lying back on the grass.
Yoshiko turned and smiled down at the half dog demon. His eyes were closed and he looked like he was about to fall asleep. She sat down next to him and drew her knees to her chest.
"So… did you find Sueko?" asked Yoshiko, hugging her legs.
"Duh. I said I apologized to her," snapped InuYasha, getting up on one elbow. "Of course she wanted to apologize to me for some reason…"
"No wonder you were so confused," laughed Yoshiko.
"I was not!" cried InuYasha, sitting up.
Yoshiko turned to him smiling and he turned away a little red in the cheeks. Yoshiko reached out a hand and patted him on the top of the head.
"It's okay. It'll all make sense sooner or later," she said.
InuYasha turned to her, glaring. Before he could open his mouth to speak, Yoshiko looked away again. Almost sadly. InuYasha sighed and lay back down.
"So, what's up with you and Sesshomaru?" growled InuYasha.
Blushing, Yoshiko looked down at her knees and cleared her throat. When she didn't say anything for an entire minute InuYasha waved a hand before her eyes. With a startled cry Yoshiko fell backwards. Then she sat up, glaring at him.
"Are you going to answer me or not?" asked InuYasha, crossing his arms.
"Nothing's going on!" snapped Yoshiko. "In fact he's been avoiding me ever since we ran into Koga in the woods."
"You ran into Koga…" muttered InuYasha. "Why would Sesshomaru start avoiding you because of that?"
"Well… it might have been because Koga said I was his women but… why would that get to Sesshomaru?" muttered Yoshiko, suddenly looking like she didn't realize InuYasha was there. "And he actually seemed really worried that I was hurt even though I was practically all healed. Plus he acted almost like he didn't want me to leave. But… why would he even care…"
"Huh?" said InuYasha, blinking.
"Argh!" cried Yoshiko, causing InuYasha to look really scared. "I just don't know anymore!" she said, turning away from InuYasha. "Everybody else's romantic problems make so much sense to me… but I'm always so confused when it comes to Sesshomaru."
"Take your own advice," growled InuYasha.
Yoshiko looked up as he stood up and walked over to the tree. For a minute he just looked at the trunk. He hesitated for a minute then rested a hand on the bark. Yoshiko shook her head sadly and walked over to him. This time she grabbed his elbow.
"I think it's safe enough to go back. Come on," she whispered, half dragging him back down to the village.
When they reached the hut, Shippo was sitting outside still playing the Gameboy thing that Sueko had given him. He looked up when Yoshiko and InuYasha approached. Yoshiko was still holding on to InuYasha's arm causing Shippo's eyes to go wide. He jumped to his feet and pointed an accusing finger at InuYasha.
"Now you're double crossing Sueko!" he cried.
InuYasha and Yoshiko exchanged confused looks. Then almost simultaneously they stepped away from each other. Shippo, however, hadn't seen any of this. His eyes were shut tight in horror and his tiny hands in fists, shaking. In annoyance Yoshiko walked over and picked him up by the head.
"Hey!" cried Shippo, flailing his small arms about.
"Nothing is going on between me and InuYasha. If you say a word I will kill you," muttered Yoshiko.
When Shippo looked so scared he was going to pea his pants, she smiled and set him back down next to his Gameboy gently. Behind her InuYasha scratched his head in confusion. But he soon gave up trying to figure it out, shrugged and walked into the hut. Inside Miroku and Sango were on opposite sides of the room, Miroku with a bit red handprint on his cheek and doctoring his large bump on the head.
"Today has just not been your day, has it Miroku?" said Yoshiko, shrugging.
Miroku looked up smiling guiltily. Because she felt like it Yoshiko walked over and hit him on the head again.
"That was completely random," said Sango.
"I thought you said you were okay to see the others!" cried InuYasha. "I am not going to baby-sit you again!"
"Baby-sit!" shouted Yoshiko, turning to him. "You're the one who needs a baby-sitter!"
"Why would I need a baby-sitter? I'm not the one that needs to be saved because you got one small injury!" cried InuYasha.
"Well, you can't seem to take care of yourself or Sueko one at a time!" snapped Yoshiko.
"You're lucky that Sesshomaru even gives a damn because I wasn't about to take care of you!" shouted InuYasha.
For a minute Yoshiko just stared at the half dog demon. Then she started blinking to stop her tears from falling. She grabbed Miroku's staff and hit InuYasha over the head with it, crying out, "You bastard!" With that she stomped out of the hut and sat down next to Shippo. Yoshiko sighed and started banging her head on the wall of the hut, trying to get Sesshomaru out of her head.
'Damn. This is going to be a very, very, very long night…'
With some effort, Sueko finally managed to climb up and over the well. It was very difficult climbing up when your book bag was so full and heavy…
She was surprised that no one was around. For a minute Sueko just stood there wondering where everyone was and what she should do. Then her brain finally started working and she headed towards the village, thinking that they were hanging around waiting for her.
Entering the hut, she was surprised that Shippo did not jump up and attack her like usual, but then again he did look pretty absorbed in the game he was playing. She was also surprised that no one really did anything when she entered. Not even a simple, "Hello." They didn't even notice that she was no longer wearing her overly big grey sweatshirt, but a black one that actually fit her, which Tamika had gotten her as an apology for throwing away her old clothes.
"Um… what is with you people?" Sueko cried out, dropping her book bag with a sigh of relief and nearly collapsing next to InuYasha. "Did someone die when I was gone or what? And if someone died how come no one came and told me!"
"No one died," said InuYasha in annoyance. He then looked over at Sueko's book bag, which was nearly overflowing with stuff and raised his eyebrows at it. "Why's your book bag so big?"
"Hmm? Oh… well… I have presents," said Sueko.
"Presents?" cried Shippo, suddenly interested.
"Uh huh. I know you people don't even know what Christmas is but I got you all something anyways," said Sueko. "Did you all realize how hard you all are to shop for! Well, except for Shippo, he's easy…"
"Hey!" cried Shippo, acting as though he had been insulted.
"What's Christmas?" asked Yoshiko.
"A holiday in my day," said Sueko simply, rummaging through her book bag. She then pulled out a box with colored paper out of it and tossed it to Yoshiko. She did the same thing, tossing one each to everyone in the room. Everyone looked at the box in their hands, giving funny looks at it.
"You're supposed to rip the paper off of it, people!" said Sueko, sighing a little.
Full of energy, Shippo attacked his box, bits of paper flying everywhere. Then, tearing the lid off, he looked inside the box expectantly.
"It's a ball…" he said tonelessly.
"It's a bouncy ball," corrected Sueko. "Probably not the smartest thing to get you, but whatever… I spent too much money on Keitaro's gift."
"A bouncy ball?" asked Shippo, pulling it out and setting the box down. He held the ball out and then dropped it, and his eyes widened as the ball… well, it bounced. Grinning, he repeated at least five times, before getting this really evil look on his face and throwing the ball at InuYasha's head.
"I knew this was a horrible gift to get you!" cried Sueko, who grabbed the ball and threw it at Shippo's head. She ignored Shippo's cry of pain and waited for someone else to open theirs.
Miroku was the next one to open his, though he looked a little worried as he tore the paper off. Pulling out what was inside and looking at it, he opened his mouth to say something but Sueko interrupted him.
"I'm sorry, but if anyone needs help with romance it's you!" cried Sueko.
Miroku's only response was to look down at his present again and glare at it, which was a book entitled The Right Way to Treat a Woman (Keyword RIGHT)!
Sango tried to hide her grin after seeing Miroku's present as she eagerly opened hers. Sueko was glad she liked the fancy comb that you use to decorate your hair, considering the fact that she had only spent a dollar on it.
When opening her present, Yoshiko looked inside the box with shock. Sueko, thinking that she had gotten the wrong thing, cried out, "Well, I really couldn't think of what to get you, and my dad gave me that even though I really didn't want it so I gave it to you because I thought you would like it, and—"
She stopped when Yoshiko set down the box and gave Sueko a hug, which made Sueko think that maybe she did like the present.
"Wow, this is really pretty," said Sango, who pulled what turned out to be a dress similar to hers out of the box.
Just as Sango was putting it back into the box and handing it back to Yoshiko, Sueko turned around to look at InuYasha expectantly. At first he looked confused but then he looked down at the box in his hand and went, "Oh!" Then he eagerly ripped the paper off the box (though he managed to hide his excitement more then Shippo). When he tore the lid off and looked anxiously at what was inside, the enthusiasm washed off his face as he looked with bewilderment at what was inside.
"What is this?" he wanted to know.
Sueko laughed. "It's a portable CD player. It's from my time… You use it to listen to music…"
"What?" cried InuYasha, more befuddled.
"Don't tell me you don't even know what music is!" cried Sueko, putting a hand to her forehead.
"No, I know that…" said InuYasha. He then pulled the thing out of the box to get a better look at it. It was your average portable CD player complete with the headphones, and it was red in color.
"You just put the headphones on and push play. It already has a CD in it," Sueko explained. Then when InuYasha just continued to look at it she added dully, "Those are the headphones," while pointing to them. But then she stopped and looked at them with the same expression as InuYasha was wearing.
Sighing, Sueko went into her book bag and rummaged around until she pulled out another CD player that was blue instead of red. She unplugged her headphones and switched hers around with InuYasha's.
"See, I got two CD players for Christmas: one from dad and one from Keitaro… I found that ironic because I got him a MP3 player… but Keitaro's CD player came with the headphones without a headband… you can't wear headband-headphones with your dog-ears…"
"Um… okay then…" said InuYasha, not understanding a word she was saying.
Sueko sighed again—though in an amused sort of way—and put the earpieces next to InuYasha's dog-ears. Then, after making sure the volume was as low as it could go without being off (for dogs did have sensitive hearing) she pushed play and handed the CD player back to InuYasha.
For about thirty seconds everyone was trying to get a good look at InuYasha just to see his reaction. At first his eyebrows kept going higher and higher up his forehead but then he started moving his head from side to side to go along with the music and pretty soon his foot was tapping too.
Just as Sueko was making a sigh of relief Shippo got up, went over to InuYasha and pulled the CD player away from him while crying, "I want to see that!"
"Hey!" cried InuYasha, making a grab at it. The two then had a tug-a-war with the CD player until Sueko, paranoid that they'd break it, threw Shippo's bouncy ball at Shippo's head, and watched as it hit him on the head and then bounced over to InuYasha's head, finally hitting the ground and rolling over to where Yoshiko was.
As InuYasha started hitting Shippo repeatedly with on the head with his fist Sueko thought, 'This is the last time I go Christmas shopping for people…'
"InuYasha, SIT!" cried Sueko.
"What was that for!" he wailed.
"Shippo doesn't need a concussion," said Yoshiko for Sueko, standing up suddenly. Then she said, "With Sueko back don't you think we should get a move on?"
Miroku and Sango stood up in agreement and everyone got up to exit the hut. Sueko paused before leaving, turning around and crossing her arms.
"Coming?" she asked InuYasha.
He growled as he waited another minute for the spell to wear off before getting to his feet and catching up with the others, Sueko slightly behind with a smile on her face, glad to be back in Feudal Japan.
They had been walking through the forest for about forty minutes, and it was during these forty minutes that Sueko noticed something: everyone was extremely depressed. Either that or something was really bugging them. No one was talking, Yoshiko looked depressed, and they all seemed to be angry with InuYasha (expect for Shippo because he was sitting on Sueko's shoulder playing Pokèmon, which was extremely annoying because she could see the game screen out of the corner of her eye and it was making her want to play it too).
But everyone's quietness was starting to bug Sueko and she was just about to ask someone what was going on when a familiar noise filled her ears.
"Oh, great! Just great!" cried Sueko.
"What?" asked Sango.
"Koga!" cried both Sueko and Yoshiko at the same time.
InuYasha sighed and took off his headphones. "What are you all yelling about now?"
"KOGA!" Sueko and Yoshiko shouted.
"Feh," said InuYasha tiredly.
Sueko squinted through the trees, trying to find that wind tunnel that Koga liked to use to travel but she couldn't see it. It was when she heard InuYasha growl in annoyance that Sueko turned around and realized that she had been looking in the wrong direction.
"What do you want now?" complained Yoshiko, crossing her arms.
"I'm actually not here for you," said Koga casually, "although—"
"I don't want to even think about it," said Yoshiko, putting a hand up.
"Suit yourself," said Koga, shrugging. Then he walked over to Sueko, which puzzled everyone besides Shippo because he was still preoccupied by the game.
Koga just stood there looking at Sueko critically which was totally weirding her out.
"What the hell are you doing?" InuYasha cried.
"I knew your name sounded familiar," said Koga to Sueko. "And now I know where I heard it from."
"Uh…" said Sueko.
"You're the 'Last One'! The protector of the Spirit Shrine! The girl who came out of the Bone Eater's well!" cried Koga.
"Oh… that…" said Sueko sheepishly.
"Feh," said InuYasha, crossing his arms. "Took you long enough."
"For your information, dog-boy, at the time I didn't really care. But now I'm suddenly interested," said Koga.
"Is that so?" mocked InuYasha.
"Wait a second," said Sueko. "Why do you all of a sudden care? Are you after the shrine stones too?"
"Nah," said Koga. "It's just more interesting when it's you six being involved in it."
"Is that supposed to make sense?" asked Sueko. "Because it really, really doesn't."
Koga laughed. "You know, you really don't look like the protector of the Spirit Shrine. What are you, twelve?"
A muscle in Sueko's forehead twitched and her eyes narrowed. Shippo, sensing Sueko's anger, jumped off her and went on Sango, thinking her to be safer.
"I am not twelve years old. I'm sixteen, for your information," said Sueko in an extremely low voice. Then she practically bellowed out, "It's not my damn fault I'm so freakin' short!"
"Okay! Well, aren't you pushy?" teased Koga.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" asked InuYasha, making his face closer to Koga's and glaring.
"You both really have anger management issues," said Koga, grinning.
"AND WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!" bellowed InuYasha and Sueko.
"Would you three grow up already?" cried Sango.
"Humph!" cried InuYasha and Sueko, both looking away from everyone and crossing their arms.
This made Koga laugh a bit, which in turn made Yoshiko say in a tired tone, "Koga, are you done already?"
"I told you, I came here to find out more about the whole shrine thing," said Koga.
"You never said that!" cried Yoshiko.
"I just did!"
"Oh… my… God…" said Yoshiko, putting a hand to her forehead and shaking her head ever so slightly.
"So you do want the stones!" cried Sueko accusingly.
"No, I'm just curious."
"I think I'm going to need some aspirin pretty soon," muttered Sueko.
"And what makes you think we're going to tell you about the shrines?" asked Yoshiko, a muscle in her face twitching as she attempted to not wring Koga's neck.
"Oh, come on! I already told you I'm not after them!" cried Koga.
"Liar!" hissed Yoshiko. It seemed as though she could no longer contain her anger as she walked over and whacked Koga on the head, holding up her fist afterwards as a warning that she'd do it again if she felt like it. "You've had a wind stone all along!"
"Wh—what?" stammered Koga, blinking.
"No he doesn't," said Sueko. "My sword isn't glowing."
"Then how in the hell can he move so fast?" hissed Yoshiko. "It's not like he has those Shikon Jewel Shards anymore!"
"Honestly! I don't have one of those wind stone thingy's!" cried Koga. "I've never even seen one!"
"Okay, now that's a lie," said Sueko.
"Huh?" InuYasha, Koga and Yoshiko all wondered.
"I'm wearing one!" said Sueko, pulling the wind stone that she wore as a necklace out of her black sweatshirt.
"That's the stone?" said Koga. "It's so… puny looking."
"Well, so did the Shikon Jewel, but all the demons seemed to be after that anyways," said—of all people—Shippo.
"Wait… is that supposed to be a Wind Stone?" Koga asked.
"Duh," said InuYasha, rolling his eyes. "Actually, it's the pansy stone…"
It was then that Koga gave an extremely guilty grin and scratched the back of his head while trying not to look at Yoshiko. "Erm… I guess I do have a Wind Stone…"
"I KNEW IT!" cried Yoshiko, whacking Koga on the head again.
"Stop that!" moaned Koga, putting his hands on his head.
"You mean you didn't know you had one?" said Sango.
"Well…" said Koga, leaning down and pulling something off one of his fur leg-bands. He held it up so Sueko could see a small yellow rock that was perfectly round like hers on a small chain. "I got this a long, long time ago… I think I was five… Whatever, I just always kept it around for good luck," said Koga, shrugging.
"Where'd you get it from?" asked Sueko curiously.
"My dad," said Koga. "Or maybe it was my uncle… or was it my other uncle…"
"Well, if you don't mind," hissed Yoshiko, "I'll be taking that back to its true owner!"
Yoshiko made a grab for the rock in Koga's hand but was stopped by Miroku, who had rushed over to stand in between them while grabbing Yoshiko's arm and crying out, "Wait!"
"WHAT?" Yoshiko hissed in a dangerously low voice.
Miroku didn't look the slightest bit scared by Yoshiko's tone as he said calmly, "Did you say that once the stone has come in contact with Sueko that the sword won't glow blue any more, thus no longer 'call out' to the stone?"
"Yes. So?" said Yoshiko crankily.
"Maybe it also only glows when the stone wants to be found. Koga's stone doesn't want to be found so therefore the sword won't glow," explained Miroku.
"So you're saying the stone wants to stay with Koga?" asked Sueko.
"It's probably safe with Koga," said Miroku, nodding to what Sueko said, "because Koga won't use the stones power for evil purposes, only when he needs it."
"This is all making sense now…" said Sueko. "Is something wrong with me?"
InuYasha put a hand on her forehead. "Nope," he said.
"Oh, I don't give!" cried Yoshiko, trying to get her arm out of Miroku's grip. "The stone's just an idiot for wanting to stay with Koga!"
"You heard the monk!" said Koga. "I get to keep the stone." When Yoshiko just glared and hissed at the wolf demon Koga whined, "Oh, don't be mad at me! You know I don't like it when you're mad at me!"
"What are you, some messed up married couple?" cried Sueko.
"Well… she is my woman…" said Koga slyly.
"Oh!" cried Yoshiko, finally removing her arm from Miroku's grip and using it to whack Koga on the head. "I'm not your woman, dammit!"
"First Kagome, now her?" cried InuYasha. "They're nothing alike!"
"But Kikyo and Kagome had nothing besides looks in common yet you kept going from one to the other," said Shippo. Sueko didn't even say sit as InuYasha went over to kick Shippo on the head.
"Well," said Sueko to Koga after a minute or two passed, "we actually don't really know that much about the stones… just that the demons want them to get more power and they want me for some reason or another…"
"That's it?" cried Koga. "Then why are you chasing all over Japan to get the darn things?"
"So the demons don't get them first, you retard!" said InuYasha.
"Can you leave now?" muttered Yoshiko moodily. "We don't have anything you particularly want…"
"Actually…" said Koga, "I've been wanting to ask you something—"
"No."
"But I just—"
"No."
"Let the guy talk!" said Sueko. "Sheesh, Yoshiko, take a chill pill!"
But Sueko regretted letting Koga talk as he asked Yoshiko, "So, is there anything between you and Sesshomaru or was I just seeing things when I ran into you in the woods?"
"Why… you… you bastard!" cried Yoshiko, reaching over to put both hands on Koga's neck. But he dodged the attack and started running away… Yoshiko chased him and everyone's head was turning as they watched the two run around in a circle.
"InuYasha? Can you take that necklace of yours off? I'd really like to use that 's' word on Koga right about now!" said Sueko.
"I think Yoshiko needs it more than Koga," said InuYasha.
It was then that Yoshiko had decided to pull out her sword and she started to swing it at Koga. Finding it difficult to both dodge the swings of the blade and run away from Yoshiko at the same time, he gave a quick wave of good-bye before turning into a wind funnel and rushing away back into the forest.
Yoshiko sheathed her sword, turned around and walked straight in the direction that the group had been walking before the interruption. Shrugging, everyone else followed, Shippo running a few paces back to go back on Sueko's shoulder, thinking it safe to sit there again. Though Sueko just found this annoying because now she wanted to play Pokèmon again.