Inuyasha.
Five hours later, I was getting annoyed. Really annoyed. I was ready to kill something. Sesshoumaru refused us the right to rest. So what if his castle was really close?
'Who cares anyway?' I shot him glares every now and then. I would have killed him, too. Except Kagome was asleep on my back…
"Feh."
Sesshoumaru turned his head slightly towards. "If you are tired from carrying her, why don't you just stay behind?"
"I'm not tired. They are." I retorted, jabbing a finger in the direction of Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kohaku and even Kirara.
"We are almost there." he replied. Rin was asleep in the furry piece of…I mean…his mokomoko (1). I glared at him again, but I saw his castle was actually quite close, like he'd said. So I let it go.
'Feh…hanging around Kagome too much has made me soft.' This tolerance thing was annoying too.
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We arrived at the door to Sesshoumaru's castle only five minutes later, the others lagging behind holding in yawns. A guard at the door made way for us with a deep bow to Sesshoumaru, and our feet made soft thuds on the ground as we followed him into the more protected parts of the building.
"Your woman, this cat and the demon slayer can stay here." Sesshoumaru said, stopping at a room and putting the cat demon Chasuki on a bedroll. "The monk and yourself can stay in the one next to it. That boy and the fox, they can stay here, in between Rin's room and the women." He turned and melted into the shadows, leaving us with little option. Kohaku and Shippo trudged into their room without a word as Sesshoumaru actually showed compassion and tucked Rin in. Sango swayed over to her bedroll and was asleep instantly. I think Miroku had collapsed onto his the minute he found it. I laid Kagome down and pulled a blanket over her, stifling a yawn myself as I did so. The last thing I remember is almost laughing as I glanced over at Miroku, because I'm pretty sure that sleeping in such a position would be really painful in the morning.
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I regretted my words later though, because Miroku had rolled over and, lucky me, I'd woken up to his foot hitting me in the mouth. I jumped up, spluttering, and took my turn to wake him up with a foot to the mouth.
"Ow…Inuyasha…" he groaned. "What was that for?"
"Idiot…" I muttered. I slid open the door to find Kagome standing right in front of me. Startled by her sudden appearance, I took a step backwards and crashed into Miroku.
"Shit, Inuyasha!" Miroku exclaimed. "For a dog demon, you're really not very alert, are you?"
"Shut up! What do you want?" I snapped at Miroku and Kagome respectively.
Kagome's face fell, and I instantly regretted yelling at her. I looked down and noticed she had a tray full of food.
"Sesshoumaru-sama let me into the kitchen and I thought I'd make you something…" she trailed off. She looked up and glared at me. "But if you're going to have an attitude like that, forget it." she stalked past me and gave the tray to Miroku. "Idiot."
"What! You're the one who just came barging in here!"
"I didn't barge in here! I was about to knock on the door when you came charging out like you were going to kill something!"
"I did not! I opened the door, I didn't expect to see you there!"
"Shut up! Idiot!" Kagome screamed at me, eyes shut and hands curling into fists by her side.
"You're kinda cute when you're angry…" I murmured, looking her up and down. "And really, very pretty in normal clothing…" I added, noticing the light kimono she was wearing.
"…What?" she took a step back.
I grinned at her, then turned and stole some food from Miroku's plate.
"This is delicious, Kagome-sama." Miroku said, stuffing his face. I was too busy doing the same thing to reply, but she knew I liked it, I'm sure.
I looked up to see her still standing there with a somewhat shocked expression. I knew she hadn't expected me to say anything like that to anyone in my life, but the truth was, she and Kikyo were both so different… 'I don't know how I didn't see it before…or maybe I was denying it because of what Naraku did…to try to make things right between me n' Kikyo…?' I sighed. 'Idiot, it's not like she loves you.'
"Something wrong?" I asked her.
"No…n..nothing." she stammered, backing out.
I shrugged and kept eating, then stopped as I realised Miroku was staring at me. "I know something's wrong with you…"
"Inuyasha…you truly are an idiot…"
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(1) For those who don't know, it's that fluffy boa around his shoulder that has led to his unfortunate nickname, Fluffy.