Dirty, Sinful, Little Secret

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Chapter Six

How Cheap is Dirt Cheap?

Silence.

It was unnerving, the silence that followed Sesshomaru's last sentence. The sentence that doomed her to Hell and back. Well… they would have had to find out sooner or later… Kagome just really didn't want them to find out that way. It didn't matter now, she realized wryly as she continued to stare at the ground.

A strangled gasp was Sango's response. An unintelligent 'huh' escaped quickly from Shippo. A silence that was almost unnerving was Miroku's. But Inuyasha's response was the one that elicited a sharp retort from Kagome.

Laughter.

It started out as a snicker but quickly grew into a gagging, side-stitching howl. Shippo was the first to inch a little bit away from Inuyasha… Miroku and Sango moved as one a couple of feet away, staring at the Hanyou as if he was sprouting tentacles. It seemed that Inuyasha realized no one else was laughing and it slowly died away….

Even Sesshomaru didn't feel the need to punish Kagome as her eyes flashed angrily at Inuyasha.

White triangular ears flatten against Inuyasha's skull as dull golden eyes narrow at Kagome standing beside Sesshomaru, her body facing the Demon Lord but her eyes focused wildly on him. Her chin was raised in defiance and Sesshomaru had that same emotionless mask on his face.

They looked so perfect standing there it made him want to be sick.

Obviously… it was true. Inuyasha had fool heartedly believed that Sesshomaru was saying what he had just to get under Inuyasha's skin… but the look in Kagome's eyes would suggest other wise. A snarl threatened the back of his throat but he swallowed it down.

This shouldn't be bothering him so much. So why was it? He could not place a claw on it. He had promised Kagome that he would be her protector. She had promised him that she would always be at his side. She had more than promised that her heart belonged to him… so why was she at Sesshomaru's side?

It was the ultimate betrayal, in Inuyasha's eyes.

His mind hazed and all thoughts of understanding or sympathy is blocked as he stares at the two in front of him. He could only think of one word in his mind and it echoed through out his skull, whispering in his ears in a voice that only he could hear. Fangs glisten as his lips curl back away from them.

"Tramp."

The word came out before he had time to think about it.

The reaction, however, was immediate. Sesshomaru had drawn his sword with a might roar, leaping towards an unprepared Inuyasha. Kagome, however, giggled. This stopped both of the brother's… one in mid attack and one in mid draw of his sword. Two pairs of stunning golden eyes come to rest on the little Miko, her lips wryly moon shaped upwards.

It was childish, she knew, and accomplished nothing. Nut the sound of Inuyasha's body crashing into the ground with an angry and pain filled cry made it worth her temporary immaturity. "Sit."

"If you think that you can… sit… down long enough Inuyasha and calm down, I may decide to… sit… down like a mature adult as well. Perhaps Miroku will want to … sit… with us. Or maybe Sango will even fancy… sit… ing down with us as well. And if you are extremely lucky… Sesshomaru might even shed a bit of his dignity to be the better man and… sit… with us as well."

The whole time she had been talking, she had been cold. Emotionless. That was the greatest feeling of all, she realizes, even as she continues to sit Inuyasha in the most nonchalant way possible. That was… oh… she had the audacity to bring up her hand, poking fingers into the night sky as she counts.

One… two… three… four… five… six… Might as well make it an odd number.

"Perhaps…." That silky, ashen tone came back to her voice, growling out ever so lightly. Right. "Kikyo would even be obliged to SIT with us… that is, if I don't kill her first. Such atrocity should not be allowed to walk the earth… and she has part of MY soul anyways."

A strangled gasp comes from every one except for Sesshomaru. He looked, to say the least, amused. There is silence until Inuyasha regains his ability to move, and that is when all hell brakes loose. Inuyasha leaps up with a roar, rounding on Kagome with fiery eyes.

"Fuck you, Kagome! Kikyo is more woman than you will ever be! And it was her soul before it was yours, you stupid wench!" Before anyone could respond, he fled, leaping through the trees to find his lover some where in the forest.

"He will always be an idiot." Sesshomaru breaks the flustered atmosphere as he sweeps Kagome into an embrace, peering half amused at the still stunned faces of her human companions… and that small little Kit.

Sorry that took so long! I hope all of you can forgive my absence. School is a killer! Ciao! Tell me what you think. Apologies to my two beta readers, who I will give further credit to in the next chapter, for not mentioning their names nor allowing them to check this over. I am in a rush…. Drunk friends calling you at twelve o clock in the morning are surely a hastle!