Chapter 19: "Inuyasha, sit."
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Sango and Shippo stared in shock at the wolf plastered to the floor. Then as one they clutched their sides, fell to the floor, and rolled with laughter. Kouga's number one rival was his curse. It was too perfect.
"Hahaha! You should have seen your face Kouga! It was priceless!" gasped Shippo.
Kouga rested his chin on his palm and tapped his other hand impatiently on the ground. "Oh yes. Hilarious," he said sarcastically.
Sango sat up and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Oh man, you're always going to be implanted in the ground. Kagome always says Inuyasha's name."
Kouga bared his teeth at her which only succeeded in cracking her up further. Even Kaede was finding it hard to not roll on the ground with laughter. The only thing keeping her standing was the fact that if she fell down she probably wouldn't be able to get back up. She instead leaned against a wall and laughed.
By this time Kouga could get back up. Now he really wanted to kill the old hag. And since only Kagome could send him flying towards the ground he was safe. Kouga was actually slightly glad that she was still knocked out. He advanced on Kaede, his eyes narrowed in anger.
Shippo saw Kouga advancing on the defenseless old lady so he did the only thing he could think of. He scurried over to Kagome and Inuyasha and lifted Inuyasha's hand off of hers.
"Inuyasha?" called out Kagome softly.
WHAM!
Shippo quickly replaced Inuyasha's hand before Kagome could start freaking out again. He then jumped on Kouga's back and did a victory pose. "Haha! You lose!" he cheered triumphantly.
Kouga rolled over onto his back.
At the sound of a surprised 'oomph!' Sango looked to Kouga. He smiled innocently which immediately concerned her. "Where's Shippo?"
Kouga shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. I think I saw him go outside."
Sango narrowed her eyes suspiciously when she saw an orange tuft of hair poking out from under Kouga's back. "He's outside, eh?"
Kouga nodded. 'Yes! She believes me! I'm saved!'
Sango walked to Kouga and knelt by his face. She grabbed one of his ears. And twisted.
"OW!" screamed Kouga, jumping up in pain. And lo and behold, there was a squished Shippo beneath him.
"Yup, outside," remarked Sango. Kouga glared at her.
Rin slowly sat up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Kouga's girly scream had woken her up. She stared at the scene in front of her. "Ms. Kaede?" she asked tentatively, "why is Shippo shaped like a pancake? And why is the smelly wolf cowering in a corner?"
Kouga stood up indignantly. "Hey! I don't smell!"
"When was the last time you bathed?" asked Sango.
Kouga looked stumped. "Let me think for a minute," he said rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
"Oh that's sick! Go take a bath right now. I had originally thought there was rotten food in here but it's you!" yelled Sango in disgust.
Now Kaede looked pissed. She put her hands on her hips and glared at Sango. "What kind of person do you think I am? Do you really think I would keep rotten food in here?"
But Kouga still wasn't finished with Sango. "How dare you order me, a leader of a wolf demon clan, to bathe! I could kill you right now!"
Sango rolled her eyes and held her hands out to her sides. "So why don't you?" she asked.
Kouga looked at the girl like she was insane. Did she actually just tell him to kill her? He remembered the last time he was about to attack somebody. He got a rosary for it. "I'm going to take a bath," he mumbled while making a quick getaway from the hut.
As soon as Kouga left the hut Kaede rounded on Sango again. "So what are you going to say to me?"
Sango looked puzzled. "Say? Oh! Like I'm sorry?" she asked.
Kaede groaned and threw her hands up in the air. "Why do I even bother with this younger generation? They never learn," she griped while stomping out of the hut.
Sango shrugged her shoulders and helped Shippo peel himself off the floor.
"Thanks Sango. I thought I was a goner. Kouga smelled so bad I couldn't even breathe! And I always thought it was rotten food," said Shippo.
Sango laughed. It was definitely was a good thing Kaede had already left the hut. At the sound of a slight groan she whirled around and saw Inuyasha squinting his eyes.
Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes. He felt something in his hand and when he looked he saw it was Kagome's hand. Inuyasha breathed a big sigh of relief. She was still alive. He painfully sat up and leaned back on his free arm.
"Shit, my head hurts," he groaned.
Sango's jaw dropped. "What? The first thing you can say when you wake up is 'my head hurts'? Not 'oh I'm glad Kagome's alive,' or 'glad to see everyone made it'?"
Inuyasha raised one eyebrow at her. "What's wrong with you? And my head does hurt." For added emphasis he removed his hand from Kagome's and rubbed his head.
"INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha jumped about five feet straight up in the air. "What the hell was that?" he shouted once he landed.
Sango pointed one finger to the girl writhing on the floor. "When you're not touching her she gets like that."
Inuyasha's face fell. He gulped and backed up into a corner. "I…I was touching her?" he stammered.
Sango stomped over to the hanyou and slapped him on the back of his head. "Moron. Touching as in holding hands! Not perverted touching!"
Inuyasha's face relaxed. Then he realized something and glared at Sango. "Hey, I told you my head hurts and yet you still hit me!"
"Oh well. Deal with it. Now quit being a baby and protect Kagome from whatever inner demons are attacking her."
"Hmpf." But Inuyasha did return to Kagome's side and gingerly grabbed her hand. When she immediately quieted down he smiled. Sango thought it was cute how he smiled. She no longer thought it was cute when he opened his mouth.
"Hehe, wish Kouga could see me now. He would be insanely jealous."
Sango smirked. "Oh you may not want Kouga to see you for awhile."
"Why not?"
"Because he'll probably want to beat you up?"
"Good, if he does fight me he'll get a rosary."
Sango shook her head at Shippo before he could blurt out Kouga's secret. She wanted Inuyasha to find out when Kouga fell. She needed some entertainment. Now all she needed was for Kagome to wake up.
[ Come on and wake up Kagome! I want you to Inuyasha Kouga! ]
Kagome groaned. Of course the first she had to hear upon waking up didn't make sense. What the heck did it mean to Inuyasha Kouga?
When Inuyasha heard the groan he leapt back from the girl. He didn't think she'd get mad at him for holding her hand but then he didn't thing she'd get mad at a lot of things he did. The countless 'sits' he received proved him wrong.
[ Please don't sit me. Please don't sit me. ]
Kagome opened her eyes and sent Inuyasha a confused look.
Inuyasha mistook the confusion for anger. "Glad you're up," he said before fleeing the hut.
Kagome shrugged her shoulders at Inuyasha's display of insanity. "So how is everybody?" she asked Sango.
"Well Sesshoumaru and Kirara are still out. But that is to be expected since they were the most severely injured. And for some odd reason Miroku is also still out. I would have thought he'd be up by now," Sango walked over to Miroku.
[ Yes! It's working! Now just kneel… ]
Before Kagome could shout a warning to her friend Sango knelt down by the monk.
"Aieee!" she screamed when a hand groped her butt. She recovered from her shock and slapped Miroku. "You're pathetic. Using your injuries to feel me," she growled.
[ Darn it. I thought we had made some progress last night. ]
Kagome raised one eyebrow at Sango's back. She wondered what went on between the two while she was unconscious.
Miroku grinned while he sat up.
[ Even though my head hurts now it was worth it. Man how I love her ass. ]
Kagome promptly blocked out Miroku's thoughts before he could go any further.
[ I just wish I could have squeezed it. Or caressed it. Oh how I love her ass. ]
Kagome shook her head in confusion. She could have sworn she was blocking out Miroku's thoughts. She decided it was because she was tired. She was disrupted from her silent ponderings with a crash from outside. She ran outside with Sango, Miroku, and Shippo on her heels.
"What the hell was that for you damn wolf?" snarled Inuyasha while picking himself up off the ground.
Kouga stood still and just glared at Inuyasha. His hair was soaking wet and dripping water ran down his face onto his glistening chest. His clothing was also soaked.
[ Stupid wolf. Guess he doesn't know what a towel is. ]
[ Eww! Did he even take his clothes off? ]
Kagome was confused. Why was Kouga attacking Inuyasha? And why on earth was he soaked to the bone?
Kouga slowly turned in fear to Kagome. Now Kagome was really confused. Kouga was never scared of her.
[ Oh dear god please don't say Inuyasha. Whatever you do don't say Inuyasha. ]
Kagome didn't think it would be possible to be any more confused, that is until that last thought entered her mind. She had reached a whole new level of confusion.
[ Say it. Say it. Say it. ]
[ Maybe if I think really hard Kagome will somehow hear me. Inuyasha. Inuyasha. Inuyasha. ]
It was getting old really fast. So many more thoughts were getting through Kagome's mental barrier. It wouldn't have been as bad if the thoughts actually made sense. But it sounded like Kouga, Sango, and Shippo had all lost their minds.
The next moment happened in slow motion. Kagome turned to Inuyasha. She opened her mouth. Sango and Shippo's faces broke into wide grins. Kouga held up a hand as if trying to hold in Kagome's words. "NOOOOO!!!" he yelled (like the long, deep, slow-mo voices they use in TV and movies).
"Inuyasha…"
THUD!!
Kagome turned in shock to the wolf who was now plastered to the ground. In fact Kouga looked suspiciously like Inuyasha did whenever she sat him. Her eyes widened when she saw a rosary encircling his neck. 'Funny, I didn't think he had one before we fought Akki…oh dear lord! You've gotta be kidding me!'
Inuyasha was just as dumbstruck as Kagome. It looked like Kouga was just sat. He replayed the last words spoken by Kagome. A grin suddenly appeared on his face. Kouga lifted his head in time to see Inuyasha's grin.
[ Oh shit. I think they found out. ]
[ This is the best thing that has ever happened to me! ]
[ Eh? Am I missing something? I wasn't knocked out for that long, was I? ]
Sango and Shippo were too busy laughing like idiots to think of any coherent thoughts. And once again Kagome was confused. "Inuyasha…"
THUD!
"OOMPH!"
This time Kagome was sure of what happened. She said 'Inuyahsa,' Kouga was subdued. 'Darn it. Just when I didn't need my life to get any harder this had to happen!'
Kouga finally stood back up and was immediately greeted by a leering hanyou.
"Haha! My name is your curse! I'm sure that hurts the little pride you have left," jeered Inuyasha.
Kouga retaliated by pushing Inuyasha in the chest. He smirked when the hanyou was caught off-balance.
"Inuyasha, sit."
Both of the disobedient boys plummeted to the ground. And Miroku finally understood what was going on.
"Hahahahaha! Kouga got sat! Wait, that's not right. Inuyasha sat Kouga! Er Kagome sat Kouga…damn. Inuyasha is Kouga's sit!" he shouted in confusion.
Everyone chose to ignore the delirious monk as he tried to put into words the scene that had just unfolded.
[ Damn, what happened to all my dignity? That stupid puppy is my subduing word. And I didn't even do anything to deserve it! Stupid old hag, I wasn't actually going to attack her. ]
[ Haha! I won't mind getting sat as much anymore. And Kagome always says my name. It's gonna be hell for Kouga! I can't wait! ]
[ Hehe, Kouga got Inuyasha'd. Yea! I created a new word. Kagome will be proud of me. ]
[ This will be most interesting for now on. Heheh, I wonder if we can give Sesshoumaru a rosary as well. That would be even more entertaining. ]
Kagome was getting a headache. Many of her friend's thoughts kept sneaking past her barrier. She saw Kaede nearing the hut and made up her mind. She jogged over to Kaede.
"Ahh, you're up. That's good," said Kaede. She took Kagome's face which was a mixture of annoyance and worry. "Do you need something child?"
Kagome nodded her head. It was now or never. "Kaede, I think we need to talk."
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There you go for everyone who was begging for Kagome to tell someone besides Sesshoumaru. I'll try really hard to get the next chapter up before Saturday. If you don't see one by Saturday then you'll have to wait until the following Friday. I'm going to LA on Saturday and not getting back until Thurday. I'll try to get one up before then, but no promises.
Review Responses:
Xxmiroku4everxX: It seems that most people don't like reading about their favorite characters. So don't worry, I don't hold it against you!
Tanolike: It's alright, it's fun being crazy. And I hate those stupid IM noises. No matter how many times I hear them they always surprise me. Especially when someone had the volume up loud…stupid sister…
Ladyhawk89: hehe, I'm glad you liked it! It seems that most people liked Kouga's rosary. Poor Kouga, what did he ever do to you?
Crying Crystal Teardrops: Dang, you seriously slept 18 ½ hours? I think the most I've ever been able to sleep has been 12.
Fiery Demon Fox: Aww, thank you! I guess I should quit having low confidence in my writing abilities. Especially since you guys won't let me!
TheGoth: Hmm, you seem to have a bone to pick with Kouga. You like his rosary and you like the fact that his heart was broken. That poor, poor wolf!
Mistress Nika: Ooh, long review, I love it! And for your first idea about killing Naraku and Akki, I have no clue what you're talking about! I've only seen season 1 and the first quarter of season 2, so all those attacks you're talking about I haven't actually seen yet. But I do like your second idea. Think you could send me a bottle of that Raid for Akki? Hehe, all in all I absolutely loved your review, so creative! Hope you continue loving this fic!
Kagome Goddess of Light: Hehe, you sound like me sometimes, confused! I tend to confuse myself a lot. I know I probably shouldn't admit that, but hey, we're all friends here on ff, right?
Moonglow Gal: Glad you liked that small bit of fluff I put in. I'm not exactly a fluffy kind of writer so the few times I can actually include some fluff is amazing. I especially like it when you guys like it!
Siyuri: I don't really know where I get my ideas. They just seem to pop in at completely random times. I didn't even know I was going to Kouga a rosary until I actually started writing it. This story truly does write itself.
Colhan3000: See? Inuyasha already found out about Kouga's rosary. And of course he loved it. Mean little hanyou.
Mystical-Maiden: Hmm, what was Kagome dreaming about? I may put that in next chapter, if not I'll just leave it up to your imaginations. Right now the only thing I know is that it was definitely about Akki.
ACDCchicky: Of course Kirara is too cute to die, plus she did nothing to deserve death. And that chapter was definitely a sad one for Kouga. His rival got the girl and his rival's name is his curse. Hmm, I wonder why I was so mean to Kouga.
Silverfoxgirl: Well I guess I didn't really have to do that to Kirara, but I did anyways. And plus she's alive so I didn't really do anything that bad to her!
Kitsune-Tenshi-16: Yes, Kouga's curse is Inuyasha's name and my curse is not being able to change something I wrote. Must say though, Kouga's curse is worse!
Mirokuluver: Well would you look at that, your term, 'inuyasha'd' made its way into my story. Thanks for the word!
Livvy22: Well next chapter she'll be telling Kaede about her ability. But she won't be telling anyone else. I haven't decided yet if she's gonna tell the others or not.
Sesskag2832: Well it's gonna be inu/kag, but nothing really strong with the pairings. I'm not overly into writing fluff (which means I'm not good at it!).
Raewolfdemon: Ah-ha! I knew you Kouga lovers were out there somewhere! I was waiting for one of you to show up. You were the first Kouga defender to show up, everyone else was happy he got a rosary!
Dark Inu Fan: Hehe, alright, the rosary has a theme song! And I wonder if Kouga will be able to move after a full day with the Inu group, I'm beginning to doubt it.
Demondoggie: I'm guessing you're a squirrel hater? Then you definitely came to the right place! We're all squirrel haters here.
Hanyou Goddess: Well I try to make my transitions smoothly, I'm glad to see that the last one worked. I also feel somewhat sorry for Kouga, but not that much, afterall I'm the one who gave him the rosary.
Makeyourselfduo: Aww, thank you, you make me feel special. Hehe, glad you liked Kouga's rosary scene. That was definitely my favorite in the chapter.
ColaDragon: Thanks for bringing to my attention those two things. For the first one, I don't really know. I don't know how the whole 'subduing' word works. So I made it up. : ) And for the second one, you're right, I messed up. The reason I used 'casualty' for 'death' is because whenever I hear the word it always seems to be talking about the deaths. So it has sort of taken on the meaning of 'death' for me. But thanks for letting me know and I hope you continue reading (and liking) my story.
AngelCat Hellfire: Ooh, thanks for the website, it is greatly appreciated! I'll definitely be going there a lot.
Lily of the Shadow: Another person telling me to quit with my lack of confidence. I love you for it. I guess I really should listen to you people! Glad you like the mix of drama/humor. The only way to have a real plotline would be to include drama and plus the stories that are insanely humorous annoy me after awhile. Humor is good, but you do need a good plotline to back it up!
Mistaken Otaku: Ahh! Everyone is changing their names on me! And see? Kagome is going to tell Kaede. She actually does have a little bit of a brain left. And you felt sorry for Shippo? Wow, I didn't even try to make someone feel sorry for Shippo. And I liked doing that to him. Seems you have a bigger heart than me. : )
LovablePyscho07: You actually have to laugh to have your family think you're insane? That's not fair. No matter what I do my family always thinks I'm insane.
Demoness Saki: Uh-oh, you're addicted to? Guess I'll start a MRAA-Mind Readers annonymous.
Kay: Well Sesshoumaru was lying down since Akki had dragged him to the ground. So Sesshoumaru was only able to shield Akki from one side. So Sango and Miroku attacked from the sides Sesshoumaru wasn't covering. Hope that makes sense!
Triss Skylark: Hehe, death by tickling. That's a new one!
Allycat588: Wow, thank you so much for reviewing every chapter! You're so awesome! And since you read it all at once (very impressive I might add) I definitely appreciate you telling me that my plot and characters have developed. I'm glad to know that it's not growing stale.
Lone-Puppy: Yup, the lovable hanyou has yet again saved Kagome. What would she do without him? Probably die. : )
Danny: Wow, another person who read it straight through! And til 5:30 in the morning? I'd be moody too! Thanks for spending so much time with my story.
Earthy876: Yeah, Kouga should give up on Kagome by now. It's obvious he's only a friend to him. But then he's also hopeless, so there's no telling what he'll do!
To everyone else I missed: I still greatly appreciate your reviews. You all talked about the rosary being great and to be honest I wouldn't be able to think of something witty and creative for each of you. Sorry for being lazy. Hope you'll forgive me. I still love you all.