An Unlikely Pair
disclaimer: Inuyasha and co. belong to the great Rumiko Takahashi-sama
Chapter 8 -Aftermath
A few days later, Kikyou had announced she sensed a jewel shard faintly in the west. Inuyasha nodded, but said nothing more. He wasn't acting like the Inuyasha everyone knew. He has remained silent and reserved since that morning after they learned about Kagome's rape.
"We've decided not to travel with you anymore." Miroku steadily said looking straight at Inuyasha. An irritated look crossed his face before he frowned. Inuyasha nodded in acceptance and stood.
"Let's go Kikyou."
Sango turned to Miroku, "Do you think we should have left them alone?"
"Inuyasha chose Kikyou. Let him deal with his choice by himself."
"I don't think he really thought through all of the consequences of choosing between Kikyou and Kagome." Shippou said sitting between them.
"You have a good point, Shippou." Miroku said.
"Kirara?" Sango called to the little cat demon who had been sleeping nearby the entire time. Her eyelids fluidly slid up before she lifted her head with a mew. "Will you follow Inuyasha and Kikyou?" Nodding her head, she stood up stretching. "Don't let them see you. And if anything suspicious goes on, come back for us." She nodded her head again before bounding out the hut.
Sango sighed after a little while. "Now what do we do while they're gone?" A lecherous glint flashed in Miroku's eyes. A flat look crossed her face. "Keep your hands to yourself pervert." She growled smacking the hand that was just inches away from her rear end.
"But Sango – "he began.
"No but Sango me you lecher. Why can't you be a gentleman for once in your life?" She huffed getting up ready to leave. Before she reached the doorway, Miroku had grabbed hold of one of her hands spinning her around into his embrace. She struggled at first, but it only made him tighten his hold on her. Finally submitting, she hugged him back.
They stood like that for a moment before Miroku said, "Sango… have you not noticed that it has only been you that I've been pursuing? Have you not noticed it is only you that my hands have wandered to?" His voice was soft and sounded almost pleading than questioning.
Sango sighed. "How could I when you have been asking every able female we come across to bear your child?" She felt tears tugging at the back of her eyes.
She was about to pull away when he finally said, "I'm sorry." He lifted a hand up to turn her face to him with her chin. He leaned forward to rest his forehead on hers. "I'm sorry I do those things, but I promise you now that I will no longer do anymore perverted things if…"
"If what?"
"If you give me a kiss." She blushed and was going to slap him, but found nothing perverted in his eyes. He almost looked nervous to her. Yet his eyes were only presenting his honesty.
"All right." She quietly answered.
Miroku softly smiled before leaning forward. Their lips met gently and held for a moment before pulling away. A soft blush glowed from Sango's cheeks.
"Get a room." Shippou finally said. He had been watching the entire time trying not to ruin the moment until they kissed. Sango jumped away from Miroku blushing from embarrassment. The moment was ended. Miroku's shoulders slumped.
'Right when I had her…' he thought before turning on the kitsune. Shippou ran the moment he saw Miroku's murderous glare. Miroku chased him with threats much like Inuyasha used to do. It seemed quite uncharacteristic of the usually peaceful monk.
Sango laughed in merriment watching the two. Her heart felt lighter than ever in the last few days.
Kagura had woken with a jerk the next morning. A roar of growls from a multiple number of wolves and youkai echoed in the cave. She lay there confused for a moment before letting her body go limp when she remembered the night before. Kouga watched the entire time since the firs wolf woke in his cave. He saw her defeat and submission to her fate, but he barked at them to stand down.
His people were growing suspicious of Kouga's loyalty when he spared the wind witch's life. He still held her heart in his possession. He thought of returning it to her, but still has not. The last few days they spent inseparably, yet silently.
Today they're currently sitting near a stream off in the nearby forest of his home.
Kagura sat blankly staring unseeingly into the gentle, but quick trickle of water passing by. Kouga watched her a distance from her left.
"Thank you." She softly said. If not for his enhanced sense of hearing, he wouldn't have heard her. His nose twitched.
"For what?" He asked.
"From saving me from your people." She kept her voice low afraid the wolf people would suddenly appear in the clearing by merely mentioning their existence.
Kouga said nothing.
"Why didn't you let them kill me? I do not deserve to live."
Kouga opened his mouth to respond until she turned her face to look at him. His breath caught in his throat. 'She looks so helpless and scared. Her eyes… are not the eyes of the Kagura I know.'
"Well?" Her voice broke him out of his thoughts. She sounded like she was in pain. Kouga sighed and looked down into his hands. The look on her face was hard for him to look at.
When he finally looked back up she was staring at the water again. She looked so much paler and skinnier than she usually was. She looked beaten and weak and sat there like an abused dog.
"Honestly, I don't really know. I should have taken your life for the lives of my dead brothers, but I just couldn't. Defeating you without actually fighting you was a coward's way out and it would be dishonorable as well."
A long silence settled between them.
"You should have just killed me. My life means nothing. My heart is not my own and has been passed onto another person like I'm some possession or a toy even."
Kouga heard a faint angry strain in her voice, but she sounded mostly defeated and tired.
"Look." Kouga began after a pause. "I will return your heart to you on a few certain conditions."
Kagura turned to him. "What are those conditions?"
"One, you do not kill any more of my people. Two, you will help me destroy Naraku. And three, you will never cross my path or of my people after I return your heart after Naraku is dead."
She smiled at the eager koi swimming up to her as she settled down next to the pond in the garden. They wanted her to feed them and she did just that. The sun was shinning down on her and the pond in patches through the large sakura tree's branches. It was a nice sunny morning and she felt relaxed just sitting there watching the fish snatch up what she gave them.
She hadn't felt this good in a long time.
Flashback
Kagome woke slowly. She didn't want to get up just yet. After a long yawn and a good stretch, she snuggled back into the covers for their warmth and softness. A contented "Mmmm." escaped her throat as she buried her face into the side of the futon Naraku had recently occupied. She pouted a little though because he wasn't there.
"Now don't make that face, love. I'm right here." A voice called to her. When Kagome opened her eyes to look for the source, she found him leaning against the door frame. She smiled and put her arms out for him to come to her. He complied after motioning for someone out in the hallway to come in. Kanna stepped in after Naraku left the door frame to join Kagome, holding a tray filled with breakfast for two. There was even a little vase carrying a red rose sitting in the center.
She stood blankly staring at the couple for a moment. "You can bring it here to us in the bed." Naraku said. Kanna nodded once before proceeding to carefully place the tray before them on the futon.
"Thank you, Kanna. Did you cook this for us?" Kagome asked with a smile. Kanna nodded her head again with an expressionless face. "You're such a wonderful chef, Kanna. Would you mind if I came in sometime to watch you cook?" Kanna stood there for a moment before finally saying something.
"I'd like that, Kagome-sama."
Kagome smiled again. "You don't need to be so formal with me. You may just call me Kagome." Kanna nodded her head again before turning to leave. Before she even left the room, Kagome had begun eating.
"Oh, it's so yummy. I love this." Kagome's words reached Kanna's ears before she exited the room. A ghost of a smile flashed across her face before she disappeared down the hall to return to her favorite place in the estate, the kitchen.
"Yes, Kanna has gotten quite good at cooking and even baking." Naraku added after he swallowed the spoonful of what looked like oatmeal. (shrugs I doubt they had oatmeal back then and there, but you never know…)
"So did you come up with this romantic idea of breakfast in bed?" Kagome nudged him a little in the side.
"Actually, Kanna suggested it." He admitted.
After finishing everything that was edible on the tray, the couple headed off to the bath house.
"Can I ask you something?" Kagome quietly asked as Naraku massaged cleansing soaps into her hair. He could hear a tint of nervousness in her question.
"Of course you can. What is it?" Naraku replied continuing his ministrations.
Kagome licked her lips before beginning. "Could – could we go shard hunting?"
"Hmm?"
"I mean I don't mind spending time with you at your home and being treated like a princess, but I feel restless. I need to complete the Shikon no tama. It's my fault it had shattered."
"I understand. We can head out tomorrow after you wake up. Now you're ready to rinse."
"Thank you." Kagome smiled before taking up the little bucket near the water basin near the hot springs that was used to actually bathe. When she was done, she found Naraku rubbing more soaps into his own hair. She came up behind him grabbing another soap to help. "You have pretty hair too. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru have gorgeous hair, but yours is pretty in its own way too." Naraku softly laughed.
"Thank you, Kagome." After finishing with his hair he did the same as Kagome and rinsed off.
While he was rinsing off she picked up another soap bar and rubbed it along her arms. She was almost done lathering the rest of her body when she felt Naraku push her hair aside to wash her back. She blushed slightly because she didn't have the water of the hot spring to hide herself from his eyes. Even though this was like the third or fourth bath with the man, she still felt a little embarrassed to be seen by him. The last time they bathed together in the bath house, Naraku had given her a little privacy as she cleansed herself as she had given him, but this time he had joined her. She had yet to see him completely naked.
Naraku felt it'd scare her if he were completely nude when he helped her bathe so he had worn a cloth around his waist. It covered everything in the front, but Kagome had gotten an eyeful of his derriere when he had gone to rinse his hair.
Kagome blushed harder when she realized he was taking the cloth off of his waist to clean himself as well. She tried to avoid looking below his waist and tried to distract herself by rinsing herself off when he began to rub the soap all over himself as well. When she turned back around from rinsing herself off, she was going to just slip into the hot spring, but almost laughed out when she noticed Naraku had accidentally gotten soap in his eyes and was trying to reach for the water basin.
Avoiding being crashed into, she grabbed his hand and gave him the little bucket after filling it with some water. After he had dumped the water over his head, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled. "Thank you." Kagome smiled back.
"You're welcome, but how exactly did you get soap in your eyes?"
"My hair had somehow gotten into my face and I was trying to push it away when the soap suds on my hands flew into my eyes." Kagome giggled. Naraku sighed and was about to rinse the rest of himself off, but Kagome stopped him by grabbing the soap he had dropped on the floor to scrub his back. He let out a happier sigh when he felt her hands working gently on his back.
When she had finished, she set the soap down with the others and slipped into the hot spring while Naraku rinsed himself off. He joined her in soaking not long after. They had sat next to each other in companionable silence.
"Where do you think we will go tomorrow?" Kagome asked, the first to break the silence.
Naraku thought about that for a moment. "Probably the west. I have yet to venture very far into Sesshomaru's lands. However, Inuyasha may be lurking about if we go in that direction. Maybe we shall go north instead."
Kagome thought about it as well. "No, we should go to the west. Like you said, you haven't traveled very far into those lands. We have traveled into the west, but there may still be more shards about there than we know." Naraku nodded in agreement.
"All right, we will head west. Hopefully, we do not run into the mutt. I don't know if I could hold myself back from tearing him apart for what he's done to you." An angry scowl took over his face. A little afraid he would go do something stupid, Kagome placed her hand on his cheek and kissed his other. A faint blush tainted his cheeks when he realized Kagome was almost sitting in his lap as she had calmed him down. The look in his eyes grew soft as he turned his head slightly to look at her. He smiled lightly as he put a hand on her cheek as well. Hesitatingly, he placed a gentle kiss on her lips, and it was Kagome's turn to blush.
"I'm all right, love. It just makes me so angry to know that filth had done something so horrid to you. I may be evil, but I wouldn't even do such a thing."
Kagome giggled. "Then maybe you're not as evil as we all think you to be."
"Perhaps." He playfully growled gathering her into his lap forgetting their state of dress. When he felt her nakedness against his own, he growled more taking a nip at her neck.
"Naraku." The way she said his name slightly questioning, but breathy made him even more aroused. He took her lips up into a hungry kiss and she returned it just as passionately. They had separated moments gasping for air, but Naraku continued with his assault of kisses traveling down her neck to her collar bone and shoulders. His hot kisses were beginning to travel further down forcing her to straddle his lap and arch her back. Feeling something hard rubbing against her folds brought her out of the daze she slipped into. Blushing bright red, she gently pushed away from him. "Wait."
Letting her go, he looked at her questioningly. "I'm sorry. I can't do this." She apologized and commenced to run out of the bath house with a towel wrapped around herself and her kimono in hand.
Break in Flashback
Kagome blushed furiously remembering what had happened during their bath. "After spending so much time being naked around each other, I still hadn't looked at his…" she trailed off before ending her sentence as her blush grew brighter. "But maybe some day…" She giggled at herself. "Now I know what it feels like to be Miroku." Then she laughed out thinking about the perverted monk. It made her think of Sango and Shippou as well. She missed them. For a moment she felt a little sad, but brightened up. "But now I have a new friend in my life."
Continuing Flashback
Naraku had later found Kagome in the kitchen helping Kanna cook. He had surprised her when he came up behind her with a hug. "I'm sorry about earlier." He whispered into her ear.
"It's all right. Don't worry about it. Now, here, try this." She let him taste off the spoon she was stirring with whatever it was she was making. He didn't recognize what it was.
"What is it?" He asked after tasting it.
"It's spaghetti sauce, but we'll be having it for dinner. It's a foreign dish, but it's really good. You put the sauce on noodles. It takes time to cook the sauce so that's why I started it not long ago. It tastes better after cooking it for a while."
"I'm sure it'll be great. It tastes good already."
"Thank you." She smiled.
"Lunch is almost ready." Kanna announced to them.
"Well, I'll get out of your way and head to the dinning room." Naraku began exiting.
"Ok, I'll be there in a little." Kagome said returning to stir her spaghetti sauce.
"Kagome, can you prepare some tea?" Kanna asked her as she was placing rice into bowls.
"Of course."
"Thank you."
Kagome began humming as she placed a kettle on top of the clay stove next to her spaghetti sauce. Kanna had already set out the tea set for Kagome. Kagome found a tray to put it all on. She had been humming the whole time. When the water had come to a boil Kanna had finished placing the contents of lunch onto trays and was calling a couple servants to take it into the dining room. It didn't take long for Kagome to pour the hot water into the smaller tea kettle and lead the servants carrying the food to the dinning room.
Before leaving though, Kagome asked Kanna, "Will you please stir my sauce every now and then while I'm gone?" Kanna nodded her head and Kagome smiled. "Thank you, Kanna."
After setting the tray down, she had sat down to Naraku's right and the servants placed their food in front of them.
"Do you like cooking?" Naraku asked while they ate.
"Yea, but I don't know how to cook very many things. My mom taught me how to cook spaghetti. I kind of miss my mom."
"Maybe you should go visit your family before we go look for shards."
"Can I?" Kagome asked hopefully.
"Of course." Kagome almost knocked him over hugging him.
"Thank you so much. Inuyasha was such a butt about letting me go home, and he woke me up at the crack of dawn to go shard hunting." And she kissed him on the cheek before going back to her lunch. Naraku nervously chuckled at her sudden behavior changes. At first she had been eating casually and then almost knocked him over with her affections and now was excitedly stuffing her face.
End Flashback
When Kagome was done reliving what had happened earlier that day, she realized that the sun had sunken quite low and it was late evening. Realizing she had also almost forgotten about her spaghetti dinner, she raced off to the kitchen in time to see Kanna stirring the sauce.
"Thank you so much for watching my sauce, Kanna. I sort of spaced out while I was in the garden."
"That is all right Kagome. I enjoy cooking, and this spaghetti sauce smells quite good." Kanna replied.
"Well, dinner should be ready in about 15 minutes. I just need to make the noodles. Will you help me?" (A/N: I'm sure whatever noodles they come up with making will still taste good with spaghetti sauce… shrugs … although I'm not completely sure how noodles are made so we're just going to skip ahead to the eating lol)
"Oh, this came out better than I expected." Kagome said after tasting her spaghetti. She looked at Naraku for his opinion. He was still chewing.
"I wasn't sure what to expect, but even though this tastes very different from anything I've eaten. I like it." Naraku finally said. Kagome beamed.
After eating two platefuls together, Naraku and Kagome decided to retire for the night and went back to Naraku's room they had been sharing.
The same night some place else…
"I think it'd be better if we didn't sit idly around anymore. We need to find Naraku." Kouga told Kagura as they sat eating dinner just outside of the caves.
"I agree. Although I know where Naraku is, he may not be there much longer."
"Why do you say that?" Kouga questioned.
"He'll probably be out shard hunting now that she's in his company."
"Who are you talking about?"
"You didn't know?" Kagura asked. She looked surprised for a moment.
"Know what?" While Kouga was looking quite confused.
"Naraku and Kagome have joined alliances. Well, from what I've seen, it may be more than just a truce to search for the shards. They've been quite friendly with each other. Naraku has been protecting Kagome from Kikyou."
"What!" Kouga looked furious now.
"Kagome has also saved his life from Inuyasha. I think there is more between the two than I have seen."
"Kagome couldn't have possibly saved that monster! He's evil! He's our enemy! He must have done something to her! I'm going to kill that bastard if he has done anything to her!" Kouga raved missing the flashes of hurt and jealousy in Kagura's eyes as she watched him become enraged.
"He hasn't done anything to her, Kouga. I would have known. She has been with Naraku willingly. Something must have happened to her while she was with Inuyasha to trust someone like Naraku with her life. Besides, now that she is with him, it will be easier to track him down when he isn't at his estate." She tried not to yell.
"I don't believe you." Kouga began. "I think he put a spell on her or something. I know Kagome and she wouldn't team up with a creep like Naraku. He's hurt so many people and her friends. I can't believe what you're saying." Kouga stormed off.
A small wet splash that had landed on her hand made Kagura snap back to reality. She looked up at the sky but didn't see any rain clouds. Confused, she touched her face.
"Why did I cry?" She asked herself angrily. "It's not like I care what Kouga thinks. That stupid wolf." She huffed.
The same night in another some place else… namely the village near Inuyasha's forest where Kaeda lives…
"We should get to bed soon." Sango said poking at the fire in the middle of Kaeda's hut one last time before heading towards her designated sleeping area.
"I agree. We should head out tomorrow to look for shards as well." Miroku said.
"Can I come with you guys?" Shippou asked yawning.
"Sorry Shippou, but we think it'd be safer if you stayed with Kaeda. You can help her out and you'll also get to play with the village kids as well." Sango said.
"Oh, all right." Shippou said sounding a little down.
"We'll bring you back something if we pass any villages." Miroku offered.
"That sounds great!" The kitsune perked up. "Too bad we don't have many things like the candy Kagome used to bring back for me." And he was a little down again.
"Don't say such things." Sango said gathering him into her arms. "I'm sure Kagome will come back soon. She won't ever forget about you Shippou. You know that."
"I hope so." Shippou said settling down with Sango to sleep. "Thanks, Sango. Goodnight everyone." After the others had replied, the little fox was soon fast asleep, and the others followed not much later after.
"Ok, Kagome, hold onto me." Naraku told Kagome as he readied himself to transport them closer to Inuyasha's forest. She did as she was instructed holding tightly onto the little bag of gifts she was bringing back to her family.
Within seconds, they were standing in the middle of Inuyasha's forest cutting down days of travel on foot.
"Wow, that's amazing." Kagome said when they began walking towards Kaeda's village.
At the same time at the village…
"Well, that should be enough supplies for us to travel to the next village." Miroku said lifting a pack to his back. Sango had a similar looking sized pack on her back along with her weapon Hirakotsu.
"Be careful ye two. Come back safely." Kaeda told them.
"We will. Be good Shippou." Sango said as the two began walking off in the opposite direction that Kagome and Naraku were approaching the village from.
At the same time in another part of Inuyasha's forest…
"They're here." Kouga said. "I can smell Kagome. She's not too far away from us." He told Kagura. "You were right. He would be easier to find when he's with Kagome." She only nodded before they quickly headed towards the unsuspecting couple.
At the same time high up in the sky… (A/N: I know… but I can't help it lol)
"Naraku has grown weak." His emotionless voice came out clearly even through the winds blowing at him at the height he was traveling at on his youki cloud. "While that woman is in his presence, he lets his guard down and doesn't know he's being tracked down." And Sesshomaru wasn't one to help those who manipulated and used him, so he lingered in the sky, undetected, watching.
Back with Kagome and Naraku…
"We're almost there." Naraku said. Kagome shook her head. It looked like she wasn't paying attention for a moment.
"How'd you know about the well?" Kagome asked surprised as they passed the goshinboku tree.
"You were traveling with a nuisance that has been in my way for over 50 years. I've known about the well ever since you first met Inuyasha."
"You know…" Kagome trailed off before continuing. "That sounds a little creepy." She was silent another moment longer before a crimson blush stained her cheeks. "How do I know you haven't been spying on me while I was bathing?"
Naraku stopped and turned to her. "But you already know the answer to that my love. We did bathe together than morning."
"Oh yea." This time Kagome blushed not only from the look in Naraku's eyes, but from embarrassment for not thinking before speaking. While she was distracted, Naraku carefully guided her towards the well by the hand. She smiled softly when she noticed her unoccupied hand currently being gently engulfed in his larger hand.
"Well, here you go Kagome. Take as long as you want. I'll be here when you return." Naraku said as they stood face to face.
"Thank you. I won't be longer than a day." Kagome said. Naraku pulled her close to him in a hug. The pulled slightly apart and a pink blush covered Kagome's cheeks as Naraku stared into her eyes with that look again. She didn't know what it was, but she had caught him looking at her that way numerous times during their time together at his home. She barely noticed the distance between their faces had come only centimeters apart until they were rudely interrupted.
"Get your hands off of her!" Came a gruff yell.
Panicking, Kagome screamed, "Osuwari!" When the thud and cursing hadn't come she opened her eyes to look over Naraku's left shoulder to see who it was. Despite the unwelcome and undetected intrusion, Naraku had quickly placed himself before Kagome. To her surprise it was Kouga.
"Kouga-kun, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked still behind Naraku.
"Get away from him Kagome. Come to me. I'll protect you from this monster."
"I'm fine Kouga really." Kagome tried to tell him, but he wasn't convinced.
"Are you blind wolf?" Naraku asked.
"I can see perfectly fine. You've done something to Kagome."
"I think you should get your eyes examined because I have done nothing to Kagome except care for her."
"An evil treacherous monster like you could never care for anyone except yourself." Kouga spat. Kagome's left eye brow had began twitching unnoticed by the two arguing.
"Get away from him Kagome, so I can destroy the bastard. I don't want you to get hurt." Kouga called.
"What is with everyone!" Kagome exploded. Stepping in front of Naraku she continued. "Naraku is not a monster! What is with you and Inuyasha? Are you both too stupid or too blind to notice that I'm not dead or even injured? If Naraku was so horrible, I wouldn't be standing here. So why don't you just go away? You ruined the moment!" Kagome was really mad.
Kouga stared at her with his mouth hanging open. He had never heard Kagome so angry or so loud except when she was arguing with Inuyasha.
"This has got to be a trick." Kouga said after getting over his shock.
"Dear Cami, help him and Inuyasha and their stubborn ignorance." Kagome said with a hand on her forehead. "And I thought Kouga was the smarter of the two." She mumbled.
While she had been talking seemingly to herself, Kouga had taken the opportunity to attack Naraku who had been ready for it the entire time. The wolf prince was down in only moments with scrapes, scratches, and a wound from Naraku's katana that he had pierced completely through Kouga's stomach. Before Naraku could completely dispose of him, he had been stopped not only by Kagome, but by Kagura.
The wind witch stood before the hunched over Kouga with her fan out. Kagome had placed a hand on the katana that he held before him. In the corner of his eye, he could see the pleading look she gave him to spare Kouga's life.
Despite the pain he was going through, Kouga was watching the interaction between Naraku and Kagome.
"You should be thankful Kagome is who she is." Naraku said wiping the blood off of his sword before placing it back in its sheath.
"Thank you for not killing him." Kagome said hugging him. Naraku kept his eyes on the wounded wolf as well as Kagura who still stood with her fan out.
"This isn't over Naraku." Kagura said. She was preparing to attack both Kagome and Naraku, but Kouga stopped her.
"Don't!" He attempted to push her out of the way and ended up stumbling and crashing into her sending them both to the ground.
"Get off of me! You're heavy!" Kagura uncharacteristically shrieked as Kouga's head met her chest. She struggled to shove him off of her and only ended up hurting him more.
Kagome ran to help them while Naraku watched very closely from where he still stood. "I'm so sorry this happened Kouga. But I told you I was fine. Do you want me to help you with those wounds?" Kagome asked.
"No, don't worry about it." Kouga said. He couldn't look her in the eye. "Let's get out of here." Kouga said to Kagura. In no time they were sailing off in the sky on Kagura's feather.
When they were only a speck in the sky, Kagome turned back to Naraku. He had picked up the little bag Kagome had dropped in the scuffle, and made sure everything in it was still intact. Finding everything was fine he handed it to Kagome. She smiled at him.
"We just keep getting into these dumb fights with people because we're spending time together." She looked sad. He pulled her into another hug.
"It's because most of your friends here are my enemies." He kissed her forehead. "Now, you should go see your family. It will do you good to get away for a little bit." This made her smile. She hugged him back with extra squeeze and a kiss on the cheek before disappearing down the well.
"How touching." The cynical tone of voice she used made him tense with anger. When he turned around he wasn't surprised to see the dead miko standing in the clearing with him.
"Kikyou." (A/N: yea, she's supposed to be somewhere in the west with Inuyasha, but I thought she should also be here for this chapter… let's just pretend Inuyasha is still sleeping right now, doesn't know she's gone, and isn't trying to figure out where Kikyou has run off to)
"I told you to get rid of her not fall in love with the twit."
"Please refrain from calling her names. It's unbecoming of you."
"You're not holding up your side of the deal."
"Oh, but I am. Inuyasha is yours now is he not? And Kagome is not in your way anymore now is she?"
"I meant for you to kill her."
"You didn't specifically tell me to kill her, dear Kikyou. You only told me to take care of her so she is no longer a hindrance for you to be with Inuyasha." The angry look in Kikyou's eyes blazed brightly. She was getting ready to leave with her wormy demons to carry her back to Inuyasha. "And don't think I won't forget about what you had Inuyasha do to her, Kikyou, and you will pay for that."
She laughed. "I doubt that." And she was gone.
"Kagome?" Shippou sniffed the air and happily bounded towards where her scent was coming from. He wasso happy he might have a chance to see her again that he had not noticed the presence of others in the area.
When he reached the clearing that held the well, he was disappointed to see Kagome wasn't there, but frightened when he realized there were other people there. Namely Naraku and Kikyou.
"You're not holding up your side of the deal."
'Deal? What deal is she talking about?' Shippou thought.
"Oh, but I am. Inuyasha is yours now is he not? And Kagome is not in your way anymore now is she?"
"I meant for you to kill her."
'I knew it! Kikyou has only been around to get rid of Kagome! That stupid head Inuyasha!'
"You didn't specifically tell me to kill her, dear Kikyou. You only told me to take care of her so she is no longer a hindrance for you to be with Inuyasha."
'Good she's going away. Those wormy things are creepy. Kikyou is creepy. I don't like the smell of her. She smells like dirt and bones. Not like how Kagome smells. I don't get how Inuyasha can stand being around her for so long. But I guess that's what love does to you. It makes you stupid.'
"And don't think I won't forget about what you had Inuyasha do to her, Kikyou, and you will pay for that."
'Even Naraku knows she did it. Inuyasha is so dense.'
She laughed. "I doubt that." And she was gone.
'Good riddance. I hope she stays away much longer.'
A/N: sorry it took so long for me to update… but thanks to my little group of fans that have read my stuff and asked me to update… I have successfully passed my writer's block for the time being and know what to write for the next couple chapters… and upon curiosity, I did a search on the story title An Unlikely Pair and there were 3 results for Inuyasha including my story (mine being the first published with the title although I don't really care so much about the title as I do the story)… and 25 results in the rest of including mine, which doesn't surprise me