An Unlikely Pair
*disclaimer: Inuyasha and co. belong to the great Rumiko Takahashi-sama
Chapter 3 ~ Enemies
"Look, you slave driver we need rest! Unlike you oh high and mighty Inuyasha!" She was only replied with a "Feh." She sighed exasperated. Inuyasha was being a rather big jerk the next day. "Well, you tried Lady Kagome." Miroku said next to her while putting a hand on her shoulder. Kagome, Sango, and Shippou, who had been riding on her other shoulder, gave him a flat look. Laughing nervously, he released her shoulder and slowed down to walk behind them. "Stupid hentai." Sango muttered.
They continued walking until Kagome was fed up. "Whether you stop or not is up to you Inuyasha, but we humans are taking a break for lunch!" Kagome yelled all ready setting her things down to sit on the side of the road they were on. Inuyasha grudgingly came back, but not before muttering something about weak humans and then disappeared up a tree near by. Kagome ignored him and continued to prepare a lunch for the others. She even prepared a bowl for the stubborn hanyou, and continued to ignore him when he wolfed it down. Grunting, he returned to his tree. The rest continued to enjoy their lunch.
'They're so predictable.' He thought in a tree not too far away. He stood there watching them not long before the smell of earth and bones came to him. He realized he was downwind from her as well as the group of shard collectors. Whether she knew he was there or not didn't concern him.
Inuyasha almost fell out of the tree he was still up when a soul collecting worm demon came up to him. No one below had noticed it. He choked out her name. "Ki-Kikyou?" the worm nodded and began to fly away, but turned its head back to signal him to follow. Inuyasha stood up and followed the demon to her.
"Too predictable." Naraku whispered. He watched as the immature hanyou met with the walking corpse of a woman named Kikyou. It was disgusting to Naraku, but he had to do what he had to do. While Inuyasha was distracted, he decided to make his presence known. Silently, still oblivious to all, he made it just behind the group that was finishing their lunch. He could feel the chunk of Shikon no Tama he had call out to the shards Kagome had. They wanted to be joined.
Kagome felt a cold shiver down her spine. From the tense stances that her friends were taking up and the serious looks on their faces confirmed something was coming. "Kukuku." The evil laughter caused a shiver in all of them. "Once again, I've found you unprepared." His voice dripping with venom. The baboon clad Naraku appeared in the tree right above them. "It appears Inuyasha is not here. I wonder where he has gone. He seems to be more interested spending time with pottery than with living beings." He smirked under his mask when he saw Kagome's face falter for a moment before it set into an angry determination. He had hit a sore spot.
"Hirakotsu!" In a blink, Sango's large bone boomerang weapon sliced the baboon pelt. "Temper, temper... I only came to make a deal." Naraku said as he stepped out from behind the tree, free from the pelt. His crimson eyes glinted darkly. Miroku warily fingered the prayer beads around his other hand. Naraku was too relaxed. "Look," he began with a sigh, "I just want the Shikon no Tama. I'm willing to make a peaceful compromise." Kagome who had been pointing a tightly drawn arrow at him the whole time, said, "Like we could trust a monster like you." Whether this angered him or not he didn't let them see.
"Fine, I will let you think. To help you make your decision I'll give you a gift." With a wave of his land, he sent a gust of wind towards them. When it cleared, he was no longer standing before the tree. "Miroku! Your hand!" Shippou exclaimed. Miroku lifted his hand up to his face and fainted when he saw that there was no longer a cursed hole that sucked everything into it. The prayer beads and glove that once kept it closed lay on the forest floor beside him. Kagome and Sango just stared in disbelief. They were scared that it might be a trick. Cautiously, they approached the fallen houshi. They knelt down one on each side.
"Do you think it's a trick and he's dead?" Before Kagome could answer Sango's worried question, they both felt a wandering hand on their backsides. The resounding screams of hentai, pervert, lecher, and jerk and the sounds of large slaps following them caused animals of all sizes in the forest to flee and hide elsewhere. It was a wonder Inuyasha still hadn't made an appearance after Kagome and Sango were done beating Miroku into the ground. "Do you think Naraku meant what he said?" Kagome asked as they finished putting their lunch supplies away. "I wouldn't trust him. It may be at trap." "He was acting very different, but we'll wait and see. Now where is Inuyasha?!" "Right behind you wench." The gruff voice startled all who were conscious.
Kagome whirled around to yell at him, but stopped when she saw Kikyou at his side. One of her hands was clasped in his. Her face turned red and instead of yelling at him, she turned around and yelled to the heavens, "If it's going to be that way, then fine! I give up!" She started to run, trying to hide her tears from the others. She continued to run despite the pleading yells from Sango and Shippou to come back. Inuyasha had plainly made it clear that he had chosen to be with Kikyou.
Naraku simply watched from a tree not too far away as the young miko ran away with tears streaming down her face.
"Go after her Inuyasha! She could get hurt!" Shippou screamed. Before Inuyasha could reply, Sango said, "Don't expect him to do anything for Kagome when Kikyou is around." Inuyasha was about to say something to her too, but once again was interrupted. "Well, if he's not going after her, then I am. Naraku could still be out there and who knows what his real intentions are." Shippou said bounding off. "Wait Shippou we'll ride Kirara. It'll be faster." Sango said snatching him up to place on Kirara's back. Inuyasha watched them angrily as they went. "Don't worry Inuyasha. Naraku isn't a threat now that we're together. We'll kill him and complete the Shikon no Tama without her." Inuyasha thought for a moment, sighed, and nodded. They settled down to wait for them to come back to tell them the news. They still hadn't noticed the twitching Miroku without his wind tunnel just a few feet away from them.
A/N: Tired, oh so tired... with a non-stop runny nose... joy for me... wait for the next chapter within the next week or so... ??
*disclaimer: Inuyasha and co. belong to the great Rumiko Takahashi-sama
Chapter 3 ~ Enemies
"Look, you slave driver we need rest! Unlike you oh high and mighty Inuyasha!" She was only replied with a "Feh." She sighed exasperated. Inuyasha was being a rather big jerk the next day. "Well, you tried Lady Kagome." Miroku said next to her while putting a hand on her shoulder. Kagome, Sango, and Shippou, who had been riding on her other shoulder, gave him a flat look. Laughing nervously, he released her shoulder and slowed down to walk behind them. "Stupid hentai." Sango muttered.
They continued walking until Kagome was fed up. "Whether you stop or not is up to you Inuyasha, but we humans are taking a break for lunch!" Kagome yelled all ready setting her things down to sit on the side of the road they were on. Inuyasha grudgingly came back, but not before muttering something about weak humans and then disappeared up a tree near by. Kagome ignored him and continued to prepare a lunch for the others. She even prepared a bowl for the stubborn hanyou, and continued to ignore him when he wolfed it down. Grunting, he returned to his tree. The rest continued to enjoy their lunch.
'They're so predictable.' He thought in a tree not too far away. He stood there watching them not long before the smell of earth and bones came to him. He realized he was downwind from her as well as the group of shard collectors. Whether she knew he was there or not didn't concern him.
Inuyasha almost fell out of the tree he was still up when a soul collecting worm demon came up to him. No one below had noticed it. He choked out her name. "Ki-Kikyou?" the worm nodded and began to fly away, but turned its head back to signal him to follow. Inuyasha stood up and followed the demon to her.
"Too predictable." Naraku whispered. He watched as the immature hanyou met with the walking corpse of a woman named Kikyou. It was disgusting to Naraku, but he had to do what he had to do. While Inuyasha was distracted, he decided to make his presence known. Silently, still oblivious to all, he made it just behind the group that was finishing their lunch. He could feel the chunk of Shikon no Tama he had call out to the shards Kagome had. They wanted to be joined.
Kagome felt a cold shiver down her spine. From the tense stances that her friends were taking up and the serious looks on their faces confirmed something was coming. "Kukuku." The evil laughter caused a shiver in all of them. "Once again, I've found you unprepared." His voice dripping with venom. The baboon clad Naraku appeared in the tree right above them. "It appears Inuyasha is not here. I wonder where he has gone. He seems to be more interested spending time with pottery than with living beings." He smirked under his mask when he saw Kagome's face falter for a moment before it set into an angry determination. He had hit a sore spot.
"Hirakotsu!" In a blink, Sango's large bone boomerang weapon sliced the baboon pelt. "Temper, temper... I only came to make a deal." Naraku said as he stepped out from behind the tree, free from the pelt. His crimson eyes glinted darkly. Miroku warily fingered the prayer beads around his other hand. Naraku was too relaxed. "Look," he began with a sigh, "I just want the Shikon no Tama. I'm willing to make a peaceful compromise." Kagome who had been pointing a tightly drawn arrow at him the whole time, said, "Like we could trust a monster like you." Whether this angered him or not he didn't let them see.
"Fine, I will let you think. To help you make your decision I'll give you a gift." With a wave of his land, he sent a gust of wind towards them. When it cleared, he was no longer standing before the tree. "Miroku! Your hand!" Shippou exclaimed. Miroku lifted his hand up to his face and fainted when he saw that there was no longer a cursed hole that sucked everything into it. The prayer beads and glove that once kept it closed lay on the forest floor beside him. Kagome and Sango just stared in disbelief. They were scared that it might be a trick. Cautiously, they approached the fallen houshi. They knelt down one on each side.
"Do you think it's a trick and he's dead?" Before Kagome could answer Sango's worried question, they both felt a wandering hand on their backsides. The resounding screams of hentai, pervert, lecher, and jerk and the sounds of large slaps following them caused animals of all sizes in the forest to flee and hide elsewhere. It was a wonder Inuyasha still hadn't made an appearance after Kagome and Sango were done beating Miroku into the ground. "Do you think Naraku meant what he said?" Kagome asked as they finished putting their lunch supplies away. "I wouldn't trust him. It may be at trap." "He was acting very different, but we'll wait and see. Now where is Inuyasha?!" "Right behind you wench." The gruff voice startled all who were conscious.
Kagome whirled around to yell at him, but stopped when she saw Kikyou at his side. One of her hands was clasped in his. Her face turned red and instead of yelling at him, she turned around and yelled to the heavens, "If it's going to be that way, then fine! I give up!" She started to run, trying to hide her tears from the others. She continued to run despite the pleading yells from Sango and Shippou to come back. Inuyasha had plainly made it clear that he had chosen to be with Kikyou.
Naraku simply watched from a tree not too far away as the young miko ran away with tears streaming down her face.
"Go after her Inuyasha! She could get hurt!" Shippou screamed. Before Inuyasha could reply, Sango said, "Don't expect him to do anything for Kagome when Kikyou is around." Inuyasha was about to say something to her too, but once again was interrupted. "Well, if he's not going after her, then I am. Naraku could still be out there and who knows what his real intentions are." Shippou said bounding off. "Wait Shippou we'll ride Kirara. It'll be faster." Sango said snatching him up to place on Kirara's back. Inuyasha watched them angrily as they went. "Don't worry Inuyasha. Naraku isn't a threat now that we're together. We'll kill him and complete the Shikon no Tama without her." Inuyasha thought for a moment, sighed, and nodded. They settled down to wait for them to come back to tell them the news. They still hadn't noticed the twitching Miroku without his wind tunnel just a few feet away from them.
A/N: Tired, oh so tired... with a non-stop runny nose... joy for me... wait for the next chapter within the next week or so... ??