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Chapter 6- Confessions in the Water and Naraku's Secret
The next morning dawned bright and early and, surprisingly, Kagome woke up before Inuyasha. As she carefully studied his face, she noticed that he looked younger in his sleep but hey, who doesn't? He started to stir and Kagome, not wanting to be caught looking at him, shut her eyes tightly. Inuyasha woke up and saw Kagome squeezing her eyes shut.
"Kagome, you look constipated." He laughed jokingly.
Kagome grinned evilly and replied, "If you say something like that again I'll get my mom to drive you to the vet to neuter you!"
"Neuter?" Inuyasha said questioningly.
Kagome rolled her eyes. "No way am I gonna explain that..." She sat up and stretched while Inuyasha did the usual dog routine- scratch behind his ear. Kagome laughed and said, "You're such a dog..." while patting him on the head.
"Will you stop treating me like a dog?" he yelled after her. Truth was, he liked the attention even though he didn't want anyone to know that.
Inuyasha walked downstairs, the smell of breakfast heaven to his stomach. Sitting down next to Kagome, he mumbled 'good mornings' to everyone.
"Well good morning to you too Inuyasha!"
"No test today, right?"
"No" Kagome said happily.
Inuyasha mentally did a high five. Back to the feudal era! No more weird future stuff!
Kagome noticed his happy mood and said, "Oh come on Inuyasha it couldn't be that bad..."
"You have no idea..." He shook his head.
"Bye mom!" Kagome yelled as they waved at the well. Inuyasha was carrying her backpack, which was a good thing because it looked like it was gonna rip at the seams.
"Well let's go" Inuyasha said and jumped in the well but just when Kagome was gonna go in, her mom stopped her and whispered in her ear, "I'm too young to be a grandma..."
Kagome looked up to her, a blush creeping onto her face. "Mom!" she said, embarrassed.
"Just warning you," her mom said before Kagome jumped over to the other side.
"Took you long enough," Inuyasha remarked as he helped her out of the well.
"Some distraction, don't worry."
"Must've been that Hobo guy, huh?" Inuyasha said snidely.
"It's Hojo and for your information it wasn't him." Kagome said impatiently. "Now let's go."
"Feh" Inuyasha grunted and began walking towards Kaide's hut. As soon as they got their Sango came running out and Kagome hugged her.
"Kagome! Wow, it's seemed like forever since you were gone!"
Miroku came out. "Lady Kagome!" he said happily.
Inuyasha huffed and said, "Nice to see you guys, too."
Everyone turned to him and Miroku said, "Oh yes, sorry."
"Humph"
Later they were all sitting in the hut and Miroku and Sango were filling them in on news of Naraku's whereabouts. "I've heard that his new place is somewhere in the mountains."
"Well what the hell are we waiting for?" Inuyasha stood up.
Shippo came running in with Kilala and he jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder. "We have to wait till Naraku attacks us."
"Some plan." Inuyasha said sarcastically. "But I guess it's the only one you got?"
"Yup so we just have to wait."
Kagome and Sango went outside while the others were talking about Naraku. The sun was setting and it looked gorgeous. Sango made sure the guys weren't listening and then whispered to Kagome, "I hear there is a hot spring around here somewhere?" She motioned toward the forest.
Kagome got a sparkle in her eyes and said, "What are we waiting for?"
Sango sighed and said, "I just wish the guys wouldn't peek."
Kagome got another sparkle in her eye, this one devious. "They don't have to know..." she said with a smile playing at her lips. Sango smirked too.
The guys came out and Inuyasha said, "We're leaving right now. Which way are we going?"
"That way," Sango said, pointing toward where the hot spring was.
"Whatever," Inuyasha said. Miroku nodded. They said goodbye to Kaide and left. They all walked until it was dark. "Full moon tonight," Miroku commented. After a while, they stopped and made camp. Kagome cleared her throat and said, "Me and Sango are gonna take a walk."
Inuyasha glanced over to her and said, "To do what?"
"Patrol the area." Sango said. The girls got their towels while the boys weren't looking and hid them under their clothes. Just as they were gonna walk out of camp Inuyasha got up and walked towards them.
"What are you doing?" Kagome curiously asked.
"I'm gonna help you patrol. You guys need a bodyguard."
"NO" they both yelled so forcefully that Inuyasha took a step back. "Geez okay... Where are you going?"
"Oh just around." Sango said quickly and they left before Inuyasha could say anything.
As soon as they were out of Inuyasha's hearing range, they burst into laughter and gave each other high fives.
Meanwhile the boys sat down and Miroku stretched. "You know Inuyasha, I hear there is a hot spring around here."
Inuyasha sat up and said, "Really? Great timing the girls aren't around." They both got up and walked in the direction of the hot springs.
Author's Note: I know this spells disaster with a capital D! Read on, its lemon free.
The girls reached the north end of the springs and slipped into the water. There was a heavy fog everywhere. "Man that feels good," Kagome sighed. Sango looked over and said,
"So tell me, what happened?"
"Oh, well I met up with Kikyo and we got into a real fight. I shot her in the chest with an arrow, but it turns out it doesn't effect her!" Sango gaped, her mouth hanging open. Kagome continued, "Then she shoots me in the chest right in front of Inuyasha."
Sango gasped and said, "Oh my god Kagome what happened after that?"
"Well, while I was unconscious, Inuyasha killed her for me." Sango squealed. Kagome said, "I know! So cute. Somehow I ended up with no injuries. Oh yeah and while we were in my era, Inuyasha asked me if he could mark me!"
Sango, knowing what marking was, said, "I'm so happy for you! Me and Miroku had some really cute times while you were gone. Nothing big though."
The conversation dragged on. Meanwhile the guys reached the southern end of the springs, (remember the girls are at the northern end) and plunged into the water. There also was a heavy fog on the south side.
"Damn that feels good." Inuyasha said with a sigh.
"I must agree" Miroku said. "So how long should we wait for Naraku?"
"Whenever he wants to show his ugly ass is fine." Inuyasha relaxed.
"Maybe we should leave Naraku up to the girls." Miroku suggested.
They both looked at each other and laughed loudly. The girls at the other end of the springs heard it and froze their conversation. "Did you hear that too?" Kagome looked fearful.
"Yeah" Sango said, "It sounded like a demon."
"Well it ain't a squirrel," Kagome replied. Sango got her Hitalkos (don't know if I spelled it right) and Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows. "Do you think we should put on our clothes?" Kagome asked.
"Nah," Sango replied, "we're just gonna cross this spring and attack them." They slowly crept to the center of the springs, leaving their clothes behind.
"Shhh," Inuyasha whispered to Miroku, "You hear that?" Splashing sounds came from the center of the spring. Inuyasha motioned for Miroku to follow him. The monk got his staff and Inuyasha drew his Tetsaiga.
"Should we put our clothes on?" Miroku questioned.
"Nah, we'll just attack them at the center." Inuyasha whispered and they waded deeper in, leaving their clothes behind.
Slowly both pairs crept towards each other. Suddenly Sango saw two huge rocks ahead. "Let's hide behind those," she whispered to Kagome, who silently nodded. They each went behind a rock.
Inuyasha and Miroku kept wading until they saw two huge rocks. "They're behind there, I can tell." Inuyasha whispered. They both crept closer and prepared themselves. Meanwhile behind those two rocks, Sango picked up her Hitalkos a little bit and Kagome slid an arrow into her bow. As they heard the demons (actually Inuyasha and Miroku) get closer they stiffened. Sango looked at Kagome and mouthed, 1, 2. They burst out from behind the rock on 3 and charged towards the boys. All of them froze when the fog lifted and they realized who they were charging at. They each stared at each other in battle positions.
"Uh..." Inuyasha said in shock. Miroku laughed nervously and said,
"Didn't see that coming."
The girls finally lifted from their shock and dipped down lower into the water. "Eeek!" they both screamed. Kagome was the first to speak.
"What are you doing here?" she screamed, covering herself with her arms.
Inuyasha, knowing that the water covered everything he needed to cover yelled back, "I should be asking you the same question! What happened to 'we are just gonna patrol the area', what are you patrolling, the hot spring?"
Kagome glared at him and said, "Well couldn't you tell we were here? You could've picked up our scent."
Inuyasha looked at her and snapped back, "Dumb butt, scents wash off in water!"
Sango said, "Oh yeah." Miroku, also knowing he was covered by the water, said, "Well it was nice seeing you guys here but we gotta go."
Sango looked at him and said, "Oh no, we aren't done with you yet. Besides you can't get out because if you take another step towards shore, the water level will drop, exposing you."
"Damn," Inuyasha cursed.
Kagome replied, "Well don't start feeling sorry for yourself because at least you don't have to crouch now."
Miroku got a look in his eyes and said, "We'll close our eyes and you guys can walk to shore."
"NO!" the girls both yelled in unison. "We wouldn't trust you guys naked in our life." Sango growled.
"What and you can expect us to trust you to close your eyes while we walk out? I think not." Inuyasha huffed.
"Well you should!" Kagome snapped back.
"Well then you should trust us!"
"Boys are not trustable." Kagome replied.
Inuyasha moved closer to Kagome. "Oh, like girls are?"
Kagome, forgetting about her nakedness, stood up. "YEAH they are!"
Inuyasha completely forgot too. He zoomed up to Kagome and said, "Who told you that little lie?"
"MY MOM!"
"Well she taught you wrong!" Inuyasha yelled in her face.
"Are you saying my mom is a liar!"
"Damn right!"
Sango and Miroku looked to each other. "Do they realize they are both completely naked?" Miroku asked Sango.
She shook her head and said, "Probably not. Should we leave them?"
"No, I wanna watch their faces when they realize that they aren't wearing any clothes."
"Me too," Sango agreed. They both laughed. Kagome and Inuyasha turned to them.
"And just what the hell are you laughing at?" Inuyasha growled at them.
"Inuyasha and Lady Kagome, do you guys realize you two are totally naked right by each other?" Miroku calmly said.
It took a moment for their brains to register that. As soon as they did, they looked at each other, then down. Both of them blushed an all time red and quickly covered them selves, avoiding each others eyes. Finally Kagome spoke, "I don't care who sees me, I'm gonna get my clothes. You guys better turn around."
The boys both turned around and Kagome stood up and walked towards shore. Inuyasha caught Miroku sneaking a glance behind him. He hit him over the head causing a cry of pain to escape Miroku. "Don't look at her." Inuyasha hissed.
Sango stood behind them. "My turn." She announced before wading towards shore.
"You can look at her." Inuyasha told Miroku. He eagerly turned around. "Perverted monk," Inuyasha shook his head. "ARE YOU GUYS DRESSED?" he called out to shore.
"YUP!" came the reply. "WE'LL MEET YOU AT CAMP."
Inuyasha motioned to Miroku and they waded to shore. When they returned to the camp, both girls glared at them which sent shivers up their backs. "We aren't done with you," Sango said deadly.
Inuyasha looked at them and said, "What about Shippo and Kilala? You don't want them to hear you yelling..."
"Nice try, Inuyasha," Kagome continued, "but they are asleep. You have no excuse now."
Suddenly an ominous aura spread through the forest. Inuyasha shook his head and said, "I can't believe I'm saying this but, saved by Naraku." Kagome woke Shippo and Kilala up and she mounted Inuyasha. Miroku, Shippo, and Sango got on top of the transformed Kilala and they ran towards the origin of the aura.
Naraku stood his ground and waited for their arrival. He was trying to figure out why he wanted to see that miko again. Could it be Onigumo's heart has taken on the desire for someone else? Pathetic human feelings. But still, I feel...empty whenever I don't see her. He looked up and realized that his enemies were approaching. I'll take Kagome, but first I have to kill that half demon she travels with, Inuyasha. Kilala landed right in front of Naraku and Inuyasha jumped into the clearing a second after, with Kagome on his back. Naraku's heart skipped a beat at the sight of Kagome.
Inuyasha sneered and said, "Nice to see you in person, bastard."
"Why you too, Inuyasha. Isn't it your time of the month?" Naraku snidely replied.
"What are you doing here, Naraku?" Inuyasha unsheathed his sword.
Naraku thought about that for a moment. He knew his desire was Kagome, so he might as well say it loud. "My heart desires the miko, Kagome"
Everyone's jaw dropped. You could've heard a pin drop. Naraku begin to get nervous and he wondered if he should've said that. Kagome was the first one to recover. "WHAT!"
Inuyasha walked over to a tree and banged his head against it. "Dammit Kagome do you have to flirt with everyone? First Koga, now Naraku!"
Kagome looked over to him, her face flushed. "I don't flirt with Naraku!"
Naraku cleared his throat and yelled, "I'm gonna try to take Kagome even if it kills me!"
Well this shut them up. Kagome slid an arrow in her bow. "Just try it," she hissed.
Inuyasha got in front of Kagome. "No way am I gonna ever let you even touch her!"
Naraku smirked. He charged toward them and Inuyasha yelled out, "Wind Scar!" as he thrust the Tetsaiga down. Naraku shot up in the air, unnoticed by everyone. "What the hell," Inuyasha said as the light cleared. Suddenly Naraku landed beside Kagome and grabbed her.
"I'll see you around Inuyasha," he smirked as a cloud of miasma lifted him and Kagome into the sky. Kagome screamed. Naraku hit her on the back of the head and she slid into unconsciousness.
"NO, KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled as he watched her being taken away.
I beg for your forgiveness! I know it's another bad cliffy, but bear with me, only one more chapter I'm gonna post tomorrow. Please review!
Next Chapter: Will Inuyasha get Kagome back before Naraku marks her for life?