Brief Moments

By Mishi

Chapter 10

Appearances Can Deceive

The morning had once again come too soon for Inu Yasha. The buzzing of the alarm was harsh to his ears. As she turned away from him to turn off the clock, he thought to himself, 'Maybe if I smash it, I'll never have to get up again. I could just hold her until she begs me to let go.' The idea of her begging him to let go, while he covered her with kisses, left him smiling.

"What is that about?" She giggled.

"It's nice to see you all giggly," he commented. Taking advantage of the moment, he threw himself on top of her. He gently bit her neck and said, "Let's see if I can get some other nice sounds out of you."

"Inu Yasha, don't we have to leave?" Shippo's voice traveled through the blankets and into their ears.

"You suck, Shippo. I just want to make sure you know that," Inu Yasha grumbled as he raised himself on is arms.

"He's right. We should get dressed and get Miroku and Sango. The villagers will start on the fields soon," Kagome noted.

Inu Yasha turned to reach for his shirt as he whined, "Fine, I'm moving. I don't like it, but I'm moving."

"Inu Yasha," Miroku called out as he entered the hut.

"Miroku, we shouldn't just walk in like this," Sango cautioned. She was still in the doorway, holding open the reed flap.

Inu Yasha emerged from the blankets with Kagome right behind him. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it, Sango. It's not like we're alone anyway."

After the invite, she entered the hut and propped the boomerang bone up against the wall. Kirara was draped over her shoulder when she turned to face the room.

"Hey, Kirara's back," Kagome announced.

Sango lifted her hand to pet the tiny cat. "Yeah, we woke up this morning and there she was…curled up at our feet," She explained.

"Now that we are all together we need to get Shippo out of the village. Nishi's family is already up and waiting for us to leave. Is he still in his...umm?" Miroku trailed off. He pointed his finger at the blankets.

"Room…well…yah, he's still in there. I think I should warn you about something," Inu Yasha tried to explain, but Shippo cut him off.

"I'm ready," Shippo said as he pushed aside the blanket to revel himself.

Kirara meowed and tilted her head to one side. Sango's eyes went wide as she mumbled something under her breath, and Miroku's eye was twitching more rapidly then ever before. All were silent until Miroku moved in closer to Inu Yasha and asked, "How many times is he going to do that? I get the long version of this one, right?"

"Hey, I'm standing right here," Shippo stated in an exasperated tone.

"I think they got that," Inu Yasha said sarcastically.

Suddenly, Inu Yasha heard a small giggle coming from outside the hut. "Damn, this day is getting worse by the minute," he groaned as he moved past Miroku and headed for the door. He threw open the flap to see Nishi standing there with her hand over her mouth. "What are you doing here? Have you lost your mind?" He snapped.

She flew by him before he had the chance to stop her. "I couldn't help it. I had to see him before he left!" She exclaimed as she tackled Shippo.

Miroku was the one to ask the obvious, "Did anyone see you out there?"

Nishi had Shippo in a death grip, which he didn't seem to mind being in. She was looking up into his eyes when she answered, "They didn't see me come here."

Inu Yasha's ears were twitching like crazy. He really didn't like the situation that she was creating. "You don't have a lot of time, so say what you need to and get it over with," he ordered as calmly as he could.