… Hi! Thanks to a lack of homework and a long streak of boredom, I will now work on Chapter 6! does freaky cheer and lands flat on face Oof! Next time I'll go without the excess cheering…
Chapter 6 … The Accursed New Moon
"Nooooooo!" Kagome's grandfather stood before the empty bottles that used to be filled with wine. "What happened here!"
Sota stood next to his grandfather, trying to count all of the wine bottles but quickly loosing his place. "Um…why do we have this much wine?"
"Don't avoid the subject!" Grandfather snapped. "And where's Kagome? Wasn't she here yesterday?"
Sota sighed. "Inuyasha got drunk off of your wine. Well, actually six Inuyashas got drunk b—never mind. Long story. They left two hours ago, though."
Grandfather's eyes widened. His mouth twitched slightly in surprise…or was that horror?
"That was sacred wine! It's been passed down our family's bloodline since…"
Sota stopped listening. As he toned out his grandfather, he couldn't help but think, wow. Even wine can be sacred. Now I've seen it all.
"…and anyone who drinks it will become sick!" Grandfather rambled. "We must warn Inuyasha and Kagome!"
"Gramps, the Inuyashas were all ready sick. They had their hangover," Sota stated, not being able to resist rolling his eyes a bit.
"Not that kind of sick! I mean lovesick!" Grandfather blared.
"Huh?" Sota's eyes bulged. "L…lovesick?"
There was big trouble in store for the Inuyashas, he knew. This might not end very well…
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"Yahoooooooo! I have a coooookie!" cheerful Inuyasha screeched.
Kagome groaned. "Stop singing that song! Who taught it to you anyway?"
Cheerful Inuyasha grinned childishly (as usual). "The author of this story. She taught to me as a way to apologize for making me pick my nose in the last chapter."
Kagome hmphed. "Good grief."
They were in a dense forest (probably more dense than Inuyasha's head, but it's hard to tell) surrounded by dark, thick, prickly bushes. Their trail to find Roku had led them here. It was desolate even of demons even though the food was plentiful here. It had an eerie calm to it, and the temperature was unusually cool. It was the perfect place for something bad to happen.
Sango seemed to notice this and shivered. "I don't like this place. How about you, Kelala?"
"Mew?"
"Hm. The Inuyashas have been rather quiet for the past few minutes. I wonder why?" Miroku commented.
"OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAUGHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Miroku heaved a sigh. "Never mind. I spoke too soon."
They turned around only to see Sango and cheerful Inuyasha fighting over a lollipop. Kagome was trying to coax them to share it, and angry Inuyasha was tugging on crybaby Inuyasha's hair. It was a disastrous yet funny sight.
"Can we keep moving please?" normal Inuyasha snapped. "I wanna get out of here as soon as possible. Look, it's all ready getting dark and th—"
He let out a surprised gasp.
"What is it?" Kagome asked worriedly.
Normal Inuyasha didn't answer; he simply grabbed the other five Inuyashas and pulled them into a big bush. Kagome and the others stared.
"Um..Inuyasha…?"
"Go away! We're sleeping here tonight!"
"Wha…? Why?"
Realization came over Kagome's face. She couldn't help but smirk a little. "Oh, I get it. It's the new moon. Aw, c'mon. I've seen you in human form before."
Crybaby Inuyasha let out a grunt. He stood up from the bush, revealing shining black hair and gray eyes. Cheerful Inuyasha soon followed, and everybody except angry Inuyasha eventually came out of the bush.
"I ain't comin' out," he commented stubbornly.
Kagome shrugged.
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"So anyone who drinks the wine will confess their love to the one they care most about?" Sota asked.
"That's right," Grandfather stated matter-of-factly. "They will obsess over their beloved for a very short amount of time. Since Inuyasha drank so much, though, he could obsess over whoever it is for over two hours."
Sota didn't bother to correct his Grandfather to say Inuyashas He was too concerned about the situation. Plus, he didn't want to explain the 'six Inuyashas' problem.
"Oh, wait!" Grandfather let out a large sigh of relief. "Never mind what I said. I just remembered that the wine only affects humans. Inuyasha has nothing to worry about."
Sota sighed too. "Thank goodness. I thought for a minute there that Inuyasha might actually confess his love…" (a/n: Oh, the irony of it all.)
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A sudden jolt came over perverted Inuyasha. He always had these mental jolts; they were his 'perverted urges' as he called them. This one was more powerful than most, however, and it seemed unnatural. He paid it no heed, though, because he was busy flipping through the Playboy magazine he had secretly brought with him to the feudal era. That was enough joy for him at the moment.
Szam! The jolt came again, this time even more urgent and insistent. What the heck was going on? But it felt so nice…so wonderfully nice…
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Kagome was sitting by the fire she had helped to make. The forest spooked her, and the fire was comforting. The darkness would only taunt her about her cowardness. Yes, fire was definitely a good thing.
But something deep down inside her felt weird. She didn't know what it was, and she wasn't sure she even wanted to know.
That's when it happened. Six Inuyashas all sped full-throttle toward her. They were moving so quickly you'd have thought Naroku had made a surprise appearance. Their black hair glimmered by the firelight.
"Kagome!" they all shouted at once with a rather odd tone.
"Um…what? Is something…wrong?" Kagome was hesitant to say anything. Something definitely wasn't right here!
Perverted Inuyasha took Kagome's hands into his own and held them quite tenderly. "My dear, please allow me to sit beside you."
Kagome's face flushed, and I don't mean the flush your toilet does. She quickly pulled her hands away from perverted Inuyasha, knowing this was odd behavior even for him.
"Wait! No! I wanna sit next to Kagome!" cheerful Inuyasha sprang in between perverted Inuyasha and Kagome.
"You don't know how to treat a lady. Let me sit next to her," angry Inuyasha growled.
"No way! You'd only annoy her!"
"Excuse me?"
"Wahhhhh! Stop fighting! I want to sit next to—whoa!"
Shocked expressions soon came to everyone's faces. The usual afraid look of scaredy Inuyasha's face was now calm. He had taken off his cloak of the fire rat and white undercloth leaving his bare chest exposed. He looked…well, frankly, sexy.
"Kagome, you wipe my fears clear away. May I sit next to you so I may further enjoy your presence?"
Argument immediately erupted again.
"Hey! That's a dirty trick, showing her your chest!"
"Yeah, makes me wonder why I didn't think of it…"
"I know what'll really make Kagome happy! I'll strip completely!"
"WHAAAAT?" Kagome's face was overcome by astonishment. "Why the hell are you all acting so—"
"Strangely?" Angry Inuyasha smiled slightly, looking very hot and hunkalicious. (a/n: drools and melts to the floor) "Love makes creatures act differently sometimes, my sweet."
"Your WHAT?" Kagome boomed in utter surprise.
"Would you prefer sugarpants?"
"S-sugarpa…are you guys sick? And where's normal Inuyasha?" She hadn't noticed before through her shock that he was missing.
"Who cares? You've got me, my wildbunny."
Kagome twitched and laughed nervously. She stood up hastily and faced the Inuyashas.
"Back up, all of you. Stay away! Three feet away!" she commanded. "I want to…er…be alone! So please go away!"
The Inuyasha immediately looked sad, but they obeyed. They dragged their feet and went away. As they were leaving, Kagome kept sneaking glances at them as she snuck to the bushes to think this through.
When she got there, she was met by none other than normal Inuyasha.
"Inuya—what are you doing here?" she asked.
"I…"
Normal Inuyasha's eyes had something glowing in them that Kagome couldn't identify. He was looking at Kagome in an odd manner, making Kagome realize that he had the same weird behavior as the other Inuyashas. However, he seemed more reserved and quiet.
"Would you like me to leave you alone, too?" he asked softly.
Kagome studied normal Inuyasha for a long moment before responding. "Would you like to sit by the fire with me?"
Normal Inuyasha smiled. It was a smile Kagome couldn't resist gaping at. He looked so peaceful and handsome. She felt very happy all of a sudden.
She sat by the fire with him all night. They spoke not a word, enjoying every bit of it nonetheless. Kagome fell asleep on normal Inuyasha's shoulder, and Inuyasha fell asleep soon afterward as he gently combed his hands through her hair. The other Inuyashas, purely jealous, watched with rage from far off, only being held back by Sango and Miroku, who seemed to understand the connection between the two of them at the moment.
It was a beautiful night in a ghostly forest.
But the next morning…
Normal Inuyasha awoke, startled. He found Kagome sleeping on his shoulder with his hand tightly holding her close to him. How the heck had they gotten into this sleeping posture? His face turned bright red with embarrassment as he recalled the events of the night before. What had possessed him to do that?
Kagome's eyes popped open after Inuyasha abruptly moved away from her. She looked up at him, unsure what to think. She remembered perfectly what had happened last night.
"Inuyasha…" Her voice trailed off.
"No way! Back off!" Normal Inuyasha felt himself say as he blushed terribly. "Three feet! Three feet! Got that, woman?"
Kagome sat up and grumbled to herself. This was definitely different than the events of last night. Whatever had happened to the kind, human Inuyasha from last night? It had been so pleasant…
She concluded that it must've been hormones that had made the Inuyashas act so profoundly abnormal. That had to be it; yes! Hormone overdrive! It made sense!
"EEEEEEEEEECKKKKKKKKKKKK!"
Kagome groaned, annoyed. Couldn't she go through one day without hearing an Inuyasha screaming out? She turned around where the other Inuyashas had just woken up. Scaredy Inuyasha was wailing loudly.
"WHY AM I BARE-CHESTED?"
A/N: Hmm. I actually added some romance to this chapter. Romance because of wine. Interesting and rather peculiar concept, ain't it? But anyhoo…I am still superly-dooperly hyperly…um…hyper! And I'll be bored as soon as I get off the computer. Wahhhh! (Now I sound like crybaby. Great.)
NEXT CHAPTER: Six Sesshomarus too?
THE SIDE STORY! Hooray!
Inuyasha meets Fire Hydrant
...Inu sees fire hydrant...
...Inu sniffs fire hydrant...
…moments later, Inu doin' his doggy business…la, dee, da…
Kag: "No, Inuyasha! No!"
( Before I go, could everyone pitch in a vote of his or her favorite Inuyasha of the six? I wanna see who the favorite is, even though I all ready have a good idea about the results. )