Chapter 10: Trouble begins
After about a week Miroku proved to be a valuable source of knowledge and great wisdom. He was, however, overly perverted and tended to 'attack' Kagome with his 'cursed' hand. He did have a cloth and prayer beads on one of his hands, but she highly doubted that his hand was cursed in such a way. He was charming when he wanted to be, and he was able to cook without Kagome's help. InuYasha and Sesshoumaru were too use to eating food raw or getting food from others, so they couldn't really cook. Miroku, however, was a travelling monk and often cooked on his own.
During this time, Miroku had also found a liking to Ramen, however, and that left Kagome to do most of the cooking on her own. Shippo did try to help, every so often, and was learning little by little. His tail would twitch with pleasure as he learned more and more about his adopted mother, and his green eyes would glow brightly as she praised him.
Kagome giggled and laughed as InuYasha chased Miroku about for the third time that day. Miroku was checking out her butt after all, or what little she had of one. She looked back and gazed at her tight pants that made her ass seem a bit bigger than it actually was. Why would it interest him so? Or any guy for that matter?
Sesshoumaru grinned and decided to do something to get his brother angry, a habit that often amused the kitsune and Kagome to no end. He smirked and was instantly behind Kagome, pulling her up against him, his crotch pressed to that delicious little rear she had seemingly taken an interest in. He licked her ear and she pouted, squirming. She wouldn't get away now! Not until his brother noticed and wanted to fight, at least. Or this would turn into a nice little romp between him and Kagome, which would be the better choice, but he bet she would be angry later if that happened.
"Sesshoumaru! Let go of me!" She squealed out and watched as InuYasha tackled Sesshoumaru right off of her. Miroku gave her a mischevious look, but Shippo snorted.
"Sesshoumaru's playful today, huh Kagome? He's been messing with InuYasha's head all day, flirting with you, even playing with me!" Shippou said and Kagome nodded. He had been rather nice and cuddly as of late, plus the fact that he wasn't clawing Miroku's eyes out.
"Not to mention not killing Miroku for trying to touch me." She snarled out at Miroku as his hand came near her rear.
"Me? Why Kagome! I'm but a poor innocent monk with a cursed hand!" Miroku said, and Kagome laughed.
"Miroku, you're about as innocent as a devil." Kagome snorted and watched the brothers attack each other, though not even laying a finger on one another. InuYasha was either getting very good at blocking, or Sesshoumaru was holding back a great amount of strength, which was Kagome's guess. Miroku had never really seen many fights between the two brothers and by Kagome's frustrated look he guessed that it happened quite often.
With a sigh Kagome threw two rocks at the inu males, both missing by a mile but catching their attention. InuYasha grinned and laughed at her, Sesshoumaru covered his mouth with his free hand, the other was preoccupied holding InuYasha's fist that he had blocked but moments ago.
"If you hadn't NOTICED, idiots, that I'm wanting to get this adventure over with, go home, and get back to being normal! If you don't mind, and more than that, MIROKU KEEPS TRYING TO TOUCH ME! Lets get moving, PLEASE!" Kagome said and crossed her arms, the two brothers eyes, however, were not on her but glaring daggers at Miroku.
Shippou nodded. "Sesshoumaru, InuYasha, tell Miroku to sto---p! I tried to stop him earlier, and ended up falling off of Kagome's shoulders!" He whined.
InuYasha snarled. "Shut up, ya little brat! You coulda climbed back up with those claws of yours, you coulda even caught yourself, shrimp!"
Sesshoumaru, Kagome, Miroku, and Shippou sighed all at once. Sesshoumaru grabbed InuYasha's hair and tugged him backwards until he fell over. He then brought a foot to rest on his younger brother's chest.
"You see no problem with Kagome's skin being marred by a demons claws?" He said and looked down at him.
"Um, no. I've got scars all over from that crap and Kagome still thinks I'm fine, besides, she heals." InuYasha said and Kagome scowled.
"One! SIT! Two! I'm a GIRL! I want flawless beautiful skin, dumbass! Mou! Three! You're fine because, INUYASHA, you are half demon! You don't scar like I do! I get bruises when I FALL! You get bruised when you tumble down a mountain with an avalanche at your heels!" Kagome snapped, and Miroku shook his head.
"She does have a valid point, InuYasha, demons, or half demons, do not hurt easily. We humans, however, are harmed by what may seem the oddest, weakest things to you. Sesshoumaru's tail, for instance. If he were to have that wrapped around his face while he sleeps, he'd be fine. You demons don't even breath as much as we humans do. If that were to happen to Kagome, however, she'd die in her sleep." Miroku said and Kagome kicked him in the shin as she saw Sesshoumaru pale slightly.
"Koi, is that true? Are you ningen so fragile that my very tail could kill you?" Sesshoumaru said, swiftly walking towards her and pulling her to his chest, holding her and stroking her hair.
"Well, that depends on the density of your tail. I need to breathe for my heart and organs to function properly. It wouldn't be a problem, really, unless your tail was like directly over my mouth and nose, which would cover my entire face and neck as well. Now if like the tip was tickling my chin or something, it'd be fine because I could still get air through the fur, I just can't through the muscle that works your tail." Kagome said and smiled.
Sesshoumaru breathed a sigh of relief. He should really get to learn more about humans! They are more complex then he originally thought.
InuYasha growled at Sesshoumaru and threw a rock at his back, of course Sesshoumaru had dodged it entirely with Kagome in his arms.
"Fool, what if I had been turning around? Kagome would have been hit, and probebly would be bleeding to death at this very moment." Sesshoumaru said, calmly.
Kagome blinked. Sesshoumaru was a bit angry. His muscles were stiff and his aura was menacing at the moment. She stroked his tail, causing him to loosen up and murr a bit before scowling down at her.
"I'm trying to be living up to my reputation, koi." Sesshoumaru said and Kagome laughed.
"Oh, well, I haven't seen much of the big bad evil lord. I've seen a lot of a sweet fluffy tailed dog demon who likes ramen and loose clothes. Also a sweet guy who likes to play with his little brother's head and get into mock fights." Kagome said and poked him in the chest.
Shippo grinned and was, by that time, sitting on InuYasha's shoulder. "Sesshoumaru is weird, huh InuYasha. So's Kagome."
InuYasha snorted. "Yeah, ain't gotta clue where they get that shit from, though. I mean, Sesshoumaru use to beat me senseless until she came around. Now he's all goody-goody and bouzou over there ain't even gettin' attacked for touchin' her or lookin' at her ass!"
Miroku shook his head and dropped his staff on top of InuYasha's head. "This BOUZOU is a holy man who has no real intentions towards Kagome. She's a special one, that girl."
Shippo nodded. "Yeah, Kagome's very special. She comes fro—"
InuYasha's hand slapped over Shippo's mouth and he growled. "He will learn of that when Kagome is ready to tell him, runt!"
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. "About, InuYasha. He will learn ABOUT that. Really, Kagome, how do you keep from loosing all your braincells listening to this hanyou talk?"
InuYasha fumed.
Elsewhere a dark figure circled a mirror. "So...She has come back..."
