InuYasha swore, sitting up from the crater he'd dug in the ground, I had been flung clear, but the force of our faces smashing together had given us both quite healthy nosebleeds.

"I came to tell you dinner was ready.."

Se was feigning calm again. Damn it.

"And what do I find? InuYasha kissing on Miroku, I just didn't know you were... You know, that way with each other..."

"Kagome, it's not what it looks li-"

Kagome turned about, her skirt flying about her knees, she cut him off.

"What could it be, then?"

InuYasha looked towards me, pure scorn in his amber eyes.

"You don't understand, Kagome... He... He made me do it!"

Kagome turned about on her heel, sat InuYasha again, and began walking in the direction of camp, growling to herself.

"Pfft... Boys... Miroku and InuYasha... Boys... Kissing... Inconsiderate... Liar... Inconsiderate... Dirty... Pfft..."

I stood up, grabbed InuYasha by the arm and quickly started following her. She was definitely very upset but,well... I can't say it wasn't worth it! InuYasha groaned and swore loudly at me, but he was either too beat up after three sits that day, or too lazy to actually cause me any realdamage.

We finally reached the clearing where we had set up camp, InuYasha was weak on his knees, but he had gathered enough strength to walk by himself. Kagome was sitting by Sango, and by the looks of it, they were deep in conversation.

We both gathered by the fire, above which a pot of oatmeal bubbled happily. InuYasha was quick to voice his displeasure.

"Eew..! Not oatmeal again"

"InuYasha, you should be more polite, if you want Kagome to forgive you.." I smiled softly, pouring myself a bowl.

"It was all your fault, monk!" InuYasha bit back, his ears flattening against his head "You're just such a pervert!"

I smiled, trying my best not to laugh in his face "Just try to act like... You know, like a gentleman..."

We both started walking in the direction of Sango and Kagome, and I managed to overhear a snippet of the conversation they were having.

"Sango, you wouldn't even be able to guess what I caught Miroku and InuYasha doing..."

InuYasha almost instantly started blushing again as he sat down, taking a spoonful of the oatmeal to his eye level and grimacing.

"InuYasha, don't play with your food, dear..." She turned, grinning, and cupped her hand about Sango's ear, whispering exactly what I knew she would. Sango's face turned a bright pink, and she giggled softly, her eyes skipping from me, to InuYasha, and back to me. I took another bite out of my oatmeal, it was good, if a little bit bland and undercooked.

InuYasha watched the girls and stood up, scowling "I'll be back..." He muttered, turning about in the direction of the fire.

As soon as he was out of hearing distance, Sango leaned forward to me "So, how was it, huh, loverboy?" She buried her face in her hands and exploded into peals of golden laughter, and Kagome joined her. I remained calm, for the most part, wiping the last of the blood from my upper lip. "It's just that..." She continued, smiling, her eyes gleaming "I never though InuYasha could be as perverted as you..!"

After a bit of rummaging in Kagome's backpack, InuYasha returned, a small bottle of soy sauce in one hand, which he began to apply rather liberally to the oatmeal. Kagome frowned and tried to take the sauce from him, "No, nonono, InuYasha, that's no good for you..."

InuYasha jerked it back "I don't care, it tastes good!"

Kagome crossed her hands in front of herself, and Sango supressed a giggle.

"No, if you have too much of that, you'll have a heart attack and die, now give it..."

InuYasha started frantically scooping the soy sauce soaked oatmeal into his mouth, speaking between bites.

"It's not my fault your oatmeal tastes lik-"

InuYasha froze somewhere between the seventh and eighth bite, and dropped the bowl, a healthy amount of oatmeal oozing out onto the ground.

"Mmnghnn..."

He closed his eyes, suddenly clutching his stomach, like he was about to vomit, it was truly remarkable, to watch him go from healthily arguing with Kagome to laying down on his side, curled up in a fetal posion. I leaned over him and patted him softly on the shoulder.

"Inu... InuYasha, are you alright?"

InuYasha nodded softly, coughing.

"Something... I ate something bad..."

Kagome sighed softly, turning the soy sauce upright on the grass.

"Told ya so, InuYasha... Maybe you shouldn't be so quick to judge my cooking..."

I looked at Kagome, frowning "I think he's really sick, Kagome... Let's get him by the fire..."

InuYasha shook his head and staggered to his feet, he was pale as a ghost, and he coughed again. "No... I'm alright.. I'll just... Take a little nap..."

He took a couple steps and collapsed beside the fire, and before long, we could hear snoring.

Kagome yawned softly, watching the sleeping half-demon with envy.

"We'd better call it a night as well, pretty soon..."

"Mmn I agree.." I streched, shaking my hair out, the moon was beautiful.

Sango smiled, leaning up against me. "You know, you should keep your new boytoy company during the night.."

I pondered the question for a second, feeling color rise to my cheeks. "Ehm... I'm going to have to respectfully decline..."

Note: There's your new chapter, dammit. I hope y'all enjoy, or something. What has caused InuYasha's sudden illness? Coming up on the next update! Remember to feed the author, reviews please.