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Cousin's ReturnChapter 15: You Again?
Shawn, now fully clothed in jeans and a red T-shirt, sat very still as Inuyasha attempted to wrap her hand in a bandage. He was not doing a very good job, but every time Kagome tried to help he would growl at her and make some comment along the lines of, "As if you care! Go help your 'boyfriend!'" Shawn winced as Inuyasha tied the ends off and accidentally pinched her skin.
"Sorry!" he said as he retied the bandage in a more careful manner.
As he finished Sango called, "Hurry it up you two! We're starting out again!"
Shawn slung her backpack onto her shoulders, "Coming!" she called back. She glanced sideways at Inuyasha, "Are you ok?"
"Of course I'm ok. Why wouldn't I be?" he said sharply, proving that he was anything but ok.
Shawn stood on tiptoe and gave Inuyasha a peck on the cheek, "Don't worry," she whispered in his ear, before sauntering ahead to catch up with Kagome. Inuyasha watched her go ahead. Watched her backside that it.
'ACK! Snap out of it! You are not Miroku!' he thought to himself.
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Later that day the group stopped for lunch under a grove of trees. Everyone sat down in the cool shade as Kagome and Shawn made sandwiches for everyone. Shippo and Rin snuck up behind them multiple times and tried to snatch pieces of bread or a finger full of peanut butter. Shawn and Kagome caught them every time and it became a sort of game.
"Would you hurry it up? The rest of us would like to eat!" yelled Inuyasha, still in a bad mood. Kagome glared in his direction and threw a slice of bread covered with peanut butter at him. It hit his face peanut butter side up and stuck to his cheek.
Shawn, Shippo, Rin, and Sango burst out laughing, while Miroku tried to stifle a laugh. Sesshomaru let a small smile graze his lips, but it did not stay long.
Shawn and Kagome finished making sandwiches when all of a sudden the wind began to pick up.
"Jewel shards," Kagome muttered. Then a twister appeared nearby and began to come closer, "Koga."
"Ah crap! What's he doing here?" griped Inuyasha as he attempted to scrape peanut butter off his face.
The twister stopped a few feet away and, sure enough, out jumped Koga.
"You again! What are you doing here, fleabag?" cried Inuyasha as he wiped off the last of the peanut butter.
"Kagome!" said Koga, completely ignoring Inuyasha, "How nice to see you! I was just in the area when I thought I caught your scent," he hugged her over the arms.
"Uh…. hi?" replied Kagome trying to free her arms. They were pinned to her sides by Koga's hug.
Sesshomaru cleared his throat loudly.
Koga glanced at him, "Oh. Hi Sesshy. How ya been?"
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, "I told you not to call me that."
"Whatever," said Koga in a bored voice. He let go of Kagome and Sesshomaru quickly grabbed her hand, pulling her a little ways away from Koga.
Just then Koga caught sight of Shawn, "Hey who are-," he stopped and stepped closer to her. He examined her carefully; "Is that?" his face lit up, "Shawn, is that you? Wow, long time, no see! How ya been, kid?" he put his arm around her waste. He was aware that about ten feet away Inuyasha had balled his hands into fists and was fuming.
"Um… ok, I guess. Could you-,"
"Did you cut your hair? It looks great. Very sexy," he gave her a mischievous smile and leaned a little closer. Koga was not in love with Shawn. Sure, she was a great girl and all, but his heart belonged to Kagome. And yeah, she was cute enough that he was physically attracted to her if not emotionally, but the main reason for his forwardness was that he was just trying to make Inuyasha jealous. He loved setting that guy off.
"Uh, Koga?" said Shawn with a blush staining her cheeks. She glanced at Inuyasha, who looked ready to rip Koga's head off.
"Yeah?" he said, leaning a little closer, letting his bangs fall into his eyes.
"Would you mind letting- Ah!" Shawn cried out as she was suddenly snatched into the air and placed over someone's shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Back off wolf-boy! She's mine!" barked Inuyasha.
"Oh, very scary, puppy!" said Koga coolly, "I was just saying 'hello.'"
"Like hell you were! Don't touch her!"
"Ohhhhhhh!" mocked Koga, "Is someone a little jealous?"
"Inuyasha! Put me down now!" cried Shawn. Her face resembled a cherry, she was blushing so bad.
"You son of a bitch! I'm gonna kill you one of these days!" yelled Inuyasha.
"Like I haven't heard that one before," said Koga, placing his hands on his hips.
"Inuyasha! Cut it out!" called Kagome.
"You bastard!" Inuyasha was still holding Shawn.
"Inuyasha! Put me down!" Shawn began hitting Inuyasha on the back, which was hard, given her awkward position.
"You're being rather protective, Inu-trasha. Afraid I'm gonna steal her away from you?" said Koga.
"Inuyasha! Si-!" Sesshomaru placed his hand over Kagome's mouth before she could finish her 'sit' command. He was having way too much fun watching his brother make a fool of himself. He would not let even his lover ruin this moment.
"Mmmph!" Kagome let out a muffled scream of protest.
"You're dead!" bellowed Inuyasha, diving at Koga. He allowed Shawn to fall as he tackled Koga. Shawn hit the ground hard on her side, getting the wind knocked out of her. She lay on the ground for a few minutes, gasping for air.
Meanwhile, Koga and Inuyasha were rolling around in the dirt, raising up small dust clouds. Inuyasha kicked Koga off and sent him flying. They both quickly leapt to their feet and began circling each other and bearing their teeth.
Shawn finally managed to recover from her fall and was sitting up in the dust with the help of Sango and Miroku. Kagome was still trying to get Sesshomaru's hand off of her mouth.
"Are you all right?" Shippo asked Shawn. Shawn simply nodded and glared over in Inuyasha's direction. Miroku and Sango crouched down and tried to bring Shawn to her feet.
Just then Koga flew by the small group and snatched Shawn on his way past, "Later, mutt-face!" he called over his shoulder before he disappeared in a retreating twister.
"You damn fleabag!" called Inuyasha as he started after them.
"SIT!"
Inuyasha was flattened. He looked up at Kagome and saw that she had somehow managed to pry Sesshomaru's hand off of her mouth, "Kagome…" he growled.
"Don't take that tone with me!"
Inuyasha growled again.
"Sit!"
"What the hell is wrong with you!" barked Inuyasha and stood up, "Koga just made off with your cousin! Are you just gonna stand there or are we going after her?"
"Oh, please," muttered Kagome.
"Koga is in love with Kagome," explained Sango, "The only reason he took off with Shawn was to piss you off and make you jealous."
"Yeah!" agreed Shippo; "Even a little kid like me knew that!" He promptly received a blow to the head, "Ouch!"
"You know, Inuyasha. If you didn't have such a short temper, you would never have problems like this," said Sesshomaru smoothly.
"As if you would know!" Inuyasha growled back.
"Well, it's no use just standing around," said Miroku, "We might as well get going and follow them. They can't have gone too far. I'm sure Koga just took her back to the Den."
"Feh," was all Inuyasha had to say. He turned around and started stalking in the Den's general direction.
"Guess that means, 'yes'," said Sango as she set Shippo on top of Kirara. Kagome sighed heavily.
A little farther away, under the cover of trees, a wasp buzzed and took to the sky.
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The wasp buzzed into the miasma filled castle and flew under a screen, threw a window. It landed in Naraku's cold hand and started relaying its message. His eyes narrowed.
"What is it, my lord?" Hiten pushed aside a screen door and entered the dark room.
"Did you forget something?" Naraku menacingly. Hiten bowed and then kneeled before Naraku, "It seems our wolf friend has taken off with the girl."
"What?" screeched Harashi's voice. Her sharp tone pierced the air as a blue aura radiated from Hiten's body.
"Calm yourself Harashi. This may work out in our favor," drawled Naraku. He squished the bug in his hand and let its dead carcass float to the ground, "Besides, it's always so much more fun when things get a little complicated," he smiled coldly. Then he turned towards a dark coroner and called out sharply, "Kanna!"
A little girl, dressed in nothing but white, stepped forward.
"Your part in this game will come very soon. Be ready."
Kanna nodded and flashed the mirror she held in her hands.
Hiten looked up hesitantly.
Naraku looked at him icily, "What? Do wish to see her? You lover?" he mocked.
Hiten looked away, "…"
Naraku said, "Very well. It's not like I care. Show him, Kanna."
The little girl flashed her mirror again and Shawn's face came into view. It was covered in a deep blush and she looked very angry. It probably had something to do with the fact that she was thrown over someone's shoulder. Hiten was sure that it was very uncomfortable. The mirror flashed once more and Shawn disappeared.
"Have you found a body?" Naraku suddenly asked.
"A body-maker, my lord. An apprentice of the dead witch Yurasuwei (sp?),"
"Good. Go then. Prepare. It will not be much longer now."
"Yes, my lord," Hiten stood, bowed, and left the room.
'Very soon. We shall make our move very soon…' thought Naraku.
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Author's Note – Well that's it for this chapter. Remember the more reviews I get, the faster I update. I'd like to give a special thanks to my friend, Whitney, who gave me a lot of ideas for this chapter. Hopefully, you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
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DramaQueenABZ