Perverted Inu would like to thank Tricky bear, dark-demon2156 (also is glad that you are so similar to him perverted-wise), casesherlock, Doujo, darklight989 (even though you're split between guys), and brekary for liking him a whole lot, perhaps even the most.
Chapter 3 …To the Hot Springs!
"I'll count to one hundred," cheerful Inuyasha declared. "Ichi, ni, san, yon, go, roku, nana, hachi, ku, ju, ju-ichi, ju-n—"
"Quit counting!" angry Inuyasha ordered, glaring as usual. (He doesn't really get along with anybody, but he gets along the worst with cheerful Inuyasha. It's no great wonder since they're opposite personalities.) "I all ready told you that we aren't playing hide 'n seek!"
Cheerful Inuyasha's bottom lip began to quiver and tears started to well up in his eyelids. "B-but…"
"It's my place to cry, not yours!" crybaby Inuyasha said, and then he…what'd you expect?…started bawling.
"Now you made both of them cry. Great," normal Inuyasha said with what sounded similar to sarcasm distinctively ringing in his voice.
Angry Inuyasha raised an eyebrow and muttered loudly, "Stupid fuckin' whiners…"
Kagome sighed. Geez, she thought, another fight. At the beginning of every chapter so far, they've argued about something. It's sad that Inuyasha can't get along with himself. She opened up her bag that she had taken with her to the feudal era. She grabbed something out of the bag, and then she crammed it in angry Inuyasha's mouth.
"GRARGH…" Angry Inuyasha coughed, sputtered, and gagged. "What the—"
Kagome hmphed. "That ought to teach you not to cuss. I brought that soap especially for you."
Angry Inuyasha, angry as always, glared something fierce. "You are—"
"Kagome!"
A female's voice from not too far off called to Kagome. Kagome spun around to find out who the voice was coming from, only to see Sango coming her way.
"Oh, hi, Sango," she stated, ignoring the Inuyashas who had (not surprisingly) broken out in another argument, this time about Lucky Charms Marshmallows (Kagome still wondered why she had brought a box of that cereal to the feudal era).
"Kagome," Sango said, "I've got some great news!"
Kagome was thrilled. It had been awhile since she had heard anything good.
"What is it?"
"I just saved a buncha money on my car insurance by—" Nah, just kidding.
Sango actually said, "There's some hot springs nearby! There, we can relieve some of our stress and try to come up with a solution to our 'multiple Inuyashas problem.'"
Kagome grinned enthusiastically. "Yes! That's a great idea! Let's get going!"
What she thought would be relaxing, however, was pretty much the exact opposite…
"This feels nice." Cheerful Inuyasha dipped his foot into the hot spring's soothing water.
He did a canon bomb right in, making everyone quite drenched. Just as angry Inuyasha was about to start yelling at cheerful Inuyasha for soaking him, Kagome shoved him into the water, too. Her headache was bad enough without him creating another argument.
As the six Inuyashas (plus Shippo and Miroku) slowly made their way into the relaxing water, Kagome prepared to do some relaxing of her own. On the other side of some rocks, she found that the hot springs continued much to her delight. It was perfect; the boys wouldn't be able to peek over the rocks and see Sango and Kagome naked in the spring water.
Kagome didn't wait to get in. She threw her clothes off and prepared for some good old-fashioned relaxation. Sango did the same. It didn't take them long to both be in the water, so relaxed that they were dozing off.
Meanwhile…
"What?"
"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. It's the fear of long words. I have that fear. Any long word I see written down makes me wet my—"
Perverted Inuyasha grinned after hearing this phobia that scaredy Inuyasha possessed. He couldn't wait to test how great that phobia truly was (Muahaha!). He reached out of the spring water and got hold of a stick. Then he wrote something out in the dirt.
Curious, the other Inuyashas peered over to see what he was doing. Scaredy Inuyasha immediately let out a panicked scream of terror. He really was frightened of long words. Perverted Inuyasha (or maybe I should call him mischievous Inuyasha) grinned and swiped the dirt over the word he had written in it: antidisestablishmentarianism.
"What does that word even mean?" Shippo asked.
Perverted Inuyasha shrugged. "I dunno. I just wanted to see if Mr. Scaredy Dog over there actually—"
"EWWWW!" crybaby Inuyasha suddenly cried out. "The water around Scaredy is yellow!"
Everyone quickly scurried out of the water except for scaredy Inuyasha himself.
"We should put a diaper on him, I swear—"
"It's all perverted Inuyasha's fault that he peed himself—"
"That is so disgusting—"
Everyone openly discussed how upset they were. Now where were they going to lounge in spring water? They definitely weren't going back into the pee-infested area again.
"I guess we'll have to settle for playing hide 'n seek," cheerful Inuyasha announced, filled with perkiness as usual.
Angry Inuyasha objected promptly. "Oh, no, we are not goin—"
As angry Inuyasha busied himself strangling cheerful Inuyasha and the others remained preoccupied watching, perverted Inuyasha approached Miroku.
"We have certain, um, similarities, you know," he said, and then he winked.
Miroku raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"Yes, we do. Tell me, Miroku," perverted Inuyasha said with a tempting way about his voice, "how would you like to check up on the girls?"
Miroku's interest was sparked. Thus, perverted Inuyasha's plan was called to action. (This will be interesting, I'm sure.)
"This is so nice…" Kagome muttered only loudly enough for Sango to hear her.
"Yes," Sango agreed, "but those rowdy boys are so noisy that I can hear them even through these rocks."
Kagome sighed calmly, not letting that get to her. "Don't let them bother you."
Sango grunted her agreement and then began to doze off again. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt so calm and relaxed…
She didn't rest long. An odd noise close by made her raise her head in full alert. She heard people snickering…more importantly, men snickering…
Her eyes flinched. Her voice coldly warned, "Miroku, if that's you…"
Perverted Inuyasha and Miroku gave themselves away by snickering even louder. Kagome and Sango saw them standing just outside of the spring water, holding up something that was long and dangling.
"Hey!" Kagome and Sango both rose from the water quickly after discovering what the two perverted males were holding.
What they didn't realize, however, was how much they revealed by standing up from the water. Miroku's eyes bulged at the sight, and Kagome could've sworn as she splashed back into the water to hide her naked body that she saw some drool coming from perverted Inuyasha's mouth.
"You pervos!" she exclaimed madly. "Drop our panties and leave!"
But the boys weren't finished "exploring." There were still plenty of clothes left to look through.
"Leggo of my bra! Hey, listen to me!" Kagome cried.
Upon hearing all of the commotion and shouting on the other side of the rocks, the other Inuyashas hurried over. Great, Kagome thought, full of sarcasm. Just great. Sango shared her horrified look.
The two unfortunate girls watched as the Inuyashas poked through their garments and things. It wasn't the pleasantest of things to witness, as I'm sure you can imagine. Cheerful Inuyasha was wearing Kagome's underwear as a hat, and normal Inuyasha was sniffing through Kagome's socks and bra. Miroku had set his gaze toward Sango's panties. Perverted Inuyasha wasn't interested in clothes; he wanted to see Kagome and Sango get out of the water. Of course, they refused to. They reasoned that why the heck would they get outta the water with eight pairs of male eyes of them (including Shippo, although he didn't count for much in this case).
Ten minutes into this chaotic mess, Sango and Kagome finally seized their chance to escape. Miroku, for some odd, unknown reason, was holding out two towels, waving them around. These towels were just in Sango's reach. The girls got a hold of the towels and quickly got out of the water. They forced the boys away and managed to change, vowing never to let that happen at a hot spring again.
That day, the males all received a huge swelling bump on their heads, except for perverted Inuyasha and Miroku, who received two. They were lucky to get off that easily, according to Sango.
Later in the evening, however, the hot spring situation was quickly forgotten. While Kagome was alone in the woods searching for good firewood, everyone else was setting up a camp. They were in the middle of a seemingly vast forest that showed no signs of having evidence to getting to Roku-Shujin.
There came a piercing scream that was quite disturbing, and then everyone blacked out.
The next morning at the break of dawn once everyone had awoken, normal Inuyasha noticed something and blared, "Where is Kagome?"
Everyone was there except for her. She, mysteriously enough, was absent from the camp.
Sango gave normal Inuyasha a quizzical frown. "Who is this Ka-goh-me you speak of?"
Normal Inuyasha made a "feh" sound. "Quit joking around. Where is she all ready?"
Miroku looked puzzled. "Are you feeling okay? There is no one named Kagome."
"Yeah," cheerful Inuyasha agreed, "you need your head checked."
Normal Inuyasha didn't understand what was going on. Of course there was someone named Kagome! Had the others all lost their minds? What was going on?
A/N: Cliffy! Sorry this chappie took so long to put out; my mom wouldn't lemme on the computer. I'll try to get the next one out sooner but there are no guarantees. Oh, and I can't possibly respond to all of my reviews, but there are a few I'd like to say something about.
Jadepriestess, thanks for reviewing. Glad you read mosta my few stories!
inashosetai, hope you keep laffing. Laughs are what make me keep writing this!
The-Female-Inuyasha, as always, good critique. Thank you for the idea! I will consider it. –grins-
Oo.Summer.oO, ha! I love that part of Finding Nemo! I guess it does kinda remind me of that part! "Mine!"
lovelykeadeinufan, -sigh- I can agree with you. lol
Kakolily, give your friend my profound sympathies. No Internet? I couldn't survive without it!
The Violent Tomboy, yep! You're pretty observant!
Chaos the shadow Inu Hanyo, your review reminds me of one of my fave quotes: It's enough to make you cry…with laughter.
Delonto, glad to have you aboard to read my fanfic! Enjoy!
NEXT CHAPTER: Kagome, the Girl that Never Existed? (a more serious chapter, I'm thinking)
It is my greatest pleasure to announce the long-anticipated, newly released side story, INUS MEET GUMBALL MACHINE (idea provided by ice cream-filled cousin):
...in present time Tokyo, Japan
...crybaby Inu: "Hey, Kagome…"
...Kagome (in surprise, turning around to face six Inuyashas): "What in the world are you doing in the present time?"
...perverted Inu (slyly): "We followed you here because you forgot your panties back with us."
...Kagome (glaring): "Ha, ha. Very funny. I know I didn't forget my underwear because I happen to be wearing it right n—"
...scaredy Inu: "OHHHH! What's that?"
...points shaky finger at gumball machine
...Kagome: "Good grief. That's just a machine full of gumballs."
...normal Inu (poking glass containing gumballs): "Hmph."
...glass cracks and breaks, gumballs wreak havoc upon the world
...scaredy Inu: "WHAGH! The gumballs will kill us all!"
...gumballs pour out to form a mound on top of Kagome and Inus
...cheerful Inu: "WHEEEEEE! Mmm, this one's strawberry!"
...crybaby Inu: "WAHHHHHHHHHH!"
...angry Inu: "What a bunch of idio—ow!"
...man (thwacking angry Inu on the head with a broom): "What'd you do to my gumball machine? You are terrible people! You…!"
...Sesshy appears
...Sesshy (gaping with mouth open wide): "S-s-six of them?…I thought that guy said my drink had no alcoholic content…Rin, throw me some Tylenol, fast!"