The Sun and the Moon
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Chapter 6: Oops, It Slipped
InuYasha and Kagome let go of each other's hands, and began walking to the horses. As they looked over them, there were some areas where the tips of their coats had been singed, but they had no flesh wounds. Kagome placed the repaired jewel shard in her small glass bottle on her necklace. She took InuYasha's Kimono and her blanket (it had caught all the blood that fell on the brown horse; the small gray one was covered in splotches still) and went far upstream, until InuYasha was only a tiny black dot to her. There, she began the process of scrubbing all the blood off herself and cleaning the clothes.
Downstream, InuYasha was standing in the water, bathing himself. He'd put his pants under a rock in the water, so the current was cleaning them. He was clean in no time, but stayed in the water. Pretty soon, blood ran down the river from upstream, where Kagome was cleaning. InuYasha smelled it, and was also trying to pay attention to any new scents, incase there were more demons. How could he protect Kagome if she was only a spot upstream? He got out of the water and shook himself dry. He shook out his now-clean pants until they were merely damp, and put them on. Kagome was still washing his shirt, however.
InuYasha was about to untie the horses and start heading over to Kagome when he smelled the one person who he couldn't dislike more: Koga. Soon enough, he saw the whirlwind that announced his arrival. Koga ran up to InuYasha and knocked him over, before stopping and looking around for Kagome.
"Where is she?" Koga announced, in his deep voice. "What have you done with my Kagome?"
"Feh… I wouldn't go looking for her just now, wolf. You'd be in for a nasty surprise."
"Like what? She's not hurt, is she?"
"No, Kagome's fine."
"Then how come there's blood everywhere?"
"Just a small demon problem."
"Are you sure Kagome's fine?"
"Better than you'd be if you found her."
"Where is she?"
"Fine, your funeral… she's upstream. Don't say I didn't warn you."
As Koga headed upstream, InuYasha sat back and watched. It didn't take long for Kagome to explode. He could hear her from all the way downstream. InuYasha smiled as he saw Koga's whirlwind reappear and head towards him. It came up it him, and stopped right in front of him.
"So, Koga, have fun?" Koga was covered in bruises, and a shoe-print on the side of his face.
"You mutt! You conveniently left out a few important details! Like she's bathing!"
"Well, you just wanted to know where she was. I told you."
"I'm only sticking around so I can explain to Kagome, and talk to her. I'll be over there, waiting for her." Koga stated, and sat on the edge of the bank, quite far from InuYasha.
A few minutes later, Kagome returned, in a stormy mood. Koga jumped up, and got right to explaining after picking up her hands.
"You're mutt over there conveniently left out a few important details, I'm sorry for any discomfort I caused you, my precious Kagome."
Kagome was blushing, but her mood lifted.
"It's okay, Koga, just fine. There are more perverted people in this world." Kagome said, thinking of Miroku. She remembered when she and InuYasha had first met Miroku, and he had asked her to bear his children. InuYasha had been pretty upset and protective then, too… in fact, where was he now?
As if in answer, InuYasha shoved between Kagome and Koga, holding his bare arms out like a wall.
"Watch it, Koga." He said threateningly.
Koga was about to respond when Kagome intervened.
"InuYasha, here's your kimono." She said, handing it back to him clean and dry.
"Thanks, Kagome. InuYasha said, and hugged Kagome, shooting a gloating smirk over her shoulder at Koga who looked like he'd been hit with Kagome's shoe again.
They separated, and Kagome was blushing more than ever. Koga took her hands again, after knocking InuYasha to the ground.
"Kagome, I must be off again, we never seem to have much time." He gave her hands a quick squeeze, and then started leaving. "I'll bring you Naraku's head!" He shouted to her over his shoulder, and was gone.
"Stupid wolf." InuYasha said disdainfully, as he and Kagome continued along the trail. The blush was still ebbing off of Kagome's face.
"InuYasha, he's just trying to help."
"Yeah, but does he have to take your hands every time?" InuYasha said, scowling.
"Is that such a bad thing?" InuYasha suddenly cringed, realizing what he'd said, and how there was no way he could pass it off as anything other than jealousy. Kagome smiled at him, realizing his situation, and didn't press the issue.
Well, another chapter finished. Spring Break's great, huh? I'm getting so many chapters done… and saving all the days of homework for Saturday and Sunday. Yay me! Keep in mind, I appreciate any comments, etc. On to the next chapter.
