So, have you figured it out yet? Well, first part is a sort of teaser for you. It will also discredit some of your guesses.

Chapter Four

Baby Names

In another part of the country, a figure was running through a forest, intent on completing her mission. Her lord had entrusted this to her, and she did not wish to let him down. She will finish it! With renewed vigour, she ran on.

Soon, she reached her destination, and quickly made her way through the camp. Panting, she bowed before the receiver of the scroll. The man thanked her and sent her on her way. Pleased to have completed her job, she bowed again, and left, intent on reporting back to her lord.

The man vaguely heard her departure, too shocked at what lay in his hands. His mind just couldn't comprehend what was in front of him.

A scroll. Tied with a single, gold, piece of ribbon.

I'm half tempted to leave it there, but that would be cruel…and I'm sure that you would come after me with pitchforks and burning torches.

A week had passed since Inuyasha had been given that scroll that symbolized the end of his life. Not to mention the end of his thin days as well.

He sat in his tree, eyes red due to lack of sleep, lack of eating and overstressed. He was in the stage where the most random thoughts run through his head. Earlier, he had wondered what colour he should start wearing, as red made him look flushed. Purple would be okay, but his brother wore purple, so he would have to find another colour. Like puce. Now his thoughts were what he would look like with pups, and how fat would he get. He would definitely need new clothes. Maybe stripes this time. Make him look less fat.

'Hmm, I wonder how many I would have.' Deep in thought, he scratched his ear with his foot, lost somewhere in the recess called his mind. 'Five? Ten? Twenty! I have to start thinking of names!'

He hunched over, face all scrunched up. 'Hmm, I have to name them well, like...'

"Hey mutt face!"

'Yes, like Mutt Face.' He nodded to himself. Yes, what a good name. Now he needed…Wait, mutt face! He snapped out of his thoughts to find the person who dared to interfere with his baby naming process. And then make them pay.

He turned to where the sound had come from, only to find the person right in front of his face.

"Ahh!"

THUD

The hanyou laid on the ground, disoriented, waiting for the world to stop spinning. A giggle reached his ears.

He growled. "What?"

Another giggle. "Inuyasha, you do realize that your clothes are inside out, and backwards?"

He gave the world a puzzled look. Then he looked at himself. "Feh. I meant to do that."

"Sure you did."

Footsteps came closer, and he heard the sound of someone jumping down a tree. He ignored both of them, until they filled up his view. Granted, they were upside down, but he figured that they both must have gotten new powers while he was sitting in his tree. He scowled.

"Why do you two get new powers and I don't!"

The faces looked confused. He grew angry. Obviously they didn't think that he was smart enough to figure them out.

"Um, Inuyasha, maybe you should get some sleep, or even eat something."

"Hah! Like if! You just want me to let down my guard, and the moment I do, wham! Off with my shoes you go." He puffed his chest out. "You can't fool me!"

He was so caught up in his 'greatness,' that he missed the looks the two passed, and the approaching footsteps. When one face disappeared, he growled. Another new power! Injustice! He growled, but before he could say anything, something hit the back of his head.

And the world spun itself into darkness.

Kagome looked over at the monk, worried for the half dog demon being carried over his shoulder.

Inuyasha had quickly left the shack after admitting that he was the mima of the relationship. She had called after him, but Sango held her back, saying that he needed time alone. But when he didn't come back after a week, she asked Shippou to help her with finding him. Not that Inuyasha was hard to find. Everyone knows where the hanyou goes when needing time alone.

The god tree.

And sure enough, he was there, sitting on a branch, hunched over, face scrunched up. Shippou had shouted at him, and when there was no immediate reaction, he jumped up to poke at him. When Inuyasha finally moved, Shippou apparently startled him, and he fell out of the tree.

She got really worried then. There would have to be something seriously wrong with Inuyasha if his guard was down that much. He just stayed where he was, upside down on the hard ground, not reacting at all when Shippou started to poke him with a stick. It seemed that the half-demon didn't even realize that he was being poked, and he didn't recognize either of them, else he would have called Shippou a brat and hit him, and called her something unflattering.

So when Sango and Miroku showed up, she asked them what they thought. Sango suggested that they should simply knock him out, and then carry him back to Kaede's hut. Kagome reluctantly agreed. Hopefully the older woman would know what to do.

Thus it was decided, and the four, plus one knocked out, friends started their way towards the village.

Does anyone know what the tree is called? I can't remember. So, was this chapter funnier? And yes, Inuyasha's state of mind can happen. When I get really tired, the weirdest thoughts cross my mind, like what colour of skin I would have if I live on the moon. Or what objects would be called if the original person who named things (like grass for example) had a lisp…okay, so maybe it's just me.

The next chapter may be awhile, as I am going home, and then up north to visit friends. Hopefully it won't be too long, though.

Mistress