§ Silent Affair §
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An Inuyasha and Kagome Romance
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By: SetoxSerenity4ever
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ChApTeR fOuR: Squabbles from couples.
"This is ludicrous" Inuyasha muttered grumpily as he carried the platter of food inside the hut. He blew his bangs in annoyance as he and Shippou entered the hut, finding the couple situated there, blushing furiously.
Maybe this wasn't a good idea… Miroku thought with regret. He sighed. He hadn't really expected so much. It was better to do it his ways…wasn't it? Well it didn't really work and going to Kagome was practically calling the situation desperate. This was too much.
Inuyasha shoved the plate down onto the small table and left with annoyance, Shippou following suit but with opposite emotions; he actually like this 'restaurant thing' Kagome showed them. It was like a game to him. He hopped onto Inuyasha's shoulder on the way out.
"This is fun isn't it Inuyasha?" Shippou chirped.
"Hardly" Inuyasha replied.
He walked over to where Kagome was; by a stream. She was currently soaking her feet in the cool waters, letting the currents massage them. He plopped down beside her and she in return beamed at him. Inuyasha turned away while Shippou snickered, seeing the crimson plastered over his cheeks.
"Thanks Inuyasha. Miroku's gonna really appreciate this" Kagome praised, her smile never wavering.
Inuyasha lay himself down onto the grass and watched overhead, seeing rays of bright gold, red, and orange starting to appear over the horizon.
"Yeah whatever" he replied gruffly.
"Well it's not whatever. It's nice to see people in love" Kagome chastised.
"Feh. All he wants is to get her in bed" Inuyasha retorted.
"That's a horrible thing to say!" Kagome snapped, praise void of her face left with annoyance and anger.
"It's true!" Inuyasha defended.
"No its not!"
"What do you mean 'get her in bed'" Shippou suddenly asked. He hopped over to Kagome's lap and looked at her.
"Nothing!" both replied hastily in unison. Shippou pouted.
"Man they're worse than us" Sango commented, chuckling softly. They were both standing on a bridge that was on the river of where Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippou were situated by. Both were far enough for the trio not to notice but close enough to hear Kagome and Inuyasha bicker.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Miroku asked. He wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer while Sango resented. She pulled back and slapped his hand away, frowning.
"A nice, polite dinner doesn't really change my view of you monk" Sango said.
Miroku pouted, obviously Kagome's dinner really didn't work. Maybe it broke through her barrier defenses but not her heart.
"So what can I do to persuade you?" he whispered in her ear. Sango blushed furiously at his sudden action. His arms were on the railing, her in between, blocking any escape from him.
She breathed deeply and regained her poise. "Well first of all, you can get off me…" she hissed.
He chuckled at her antics. He thought it was cute of her to try to cover up her blush with hatred and annoyance. She turned around and narrowed her eyes at him.
"What's so funny!" She yelled.
At the sound of Sango yelling, Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou turned towards them and watched.
"Wonder what's going on…" Shippou muttered.
"Hah! I told you he's up to no good" Inuyasha said triumphantly as if he won some sort of bet.
"Oh put a cork in it Inuyasha" Kagome hissed.
"Why don't you?" Inuyasha snapped back.
"Why should I? I'm not the one rambling on and on about Miroku being a pervert!" Kagome shot back furiously. She was getting really annoyed with Inuyasha's current behavior.
"Why are you always defending him!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kagome blinked confused and Inuyasha immediately recoiled, cursing himself.
"What?" Kagome asked, utterly confused. "What's that has to do with anything? Are…are you…jealous?" she exclaimed, eyes slowly starting to widen.
"Feh! What of!" Inuyasha barked. He turned around and met with her curious, confused, wide eyes and immediately recoiled.
Kagome rolled her eyes, scolding herself for asking. Why bother anyway? All he is going to do is deny.
"Miroku…get OFF me! Now!" Sango screeched. "Don't make me hurt you" she warned.
Miroku frowned, annoyed with her behavior now. At first it was amusing but now it was get downright irritating. "Sango, can you HONESTLY say you have no feelings for me!" he suddenly blurted out.
She was taken aback with his question. He hasn't been so forward with her like this; excluding the 'would you bear my children' act and so forth. This was serious. She looked down but immediately regretted it for doing so. She could imagine the snide smirk on his face when she would look up. Furious, she looked up, expecting it on his face but there was none. In fact, he was void of emotion all except one; seriousness.
She looked away from his eyes, unable to see them for afraid of falling into his emotional trap. She fidgeted with her fingers and sighed, thinking about his question now, putting her anger on the sidelines, for now.
Did she have feelings for him? At times, she would feel some tendency of jealousy when he fawned over other women. But did that mean anything? Yes…it brought up a point of if she were his girlfriend would he still do his lecherous ways? She was afraid of the results. She was afraid of…rejection, betrayal.
She bit her lip, trying to find the optimistic side in all of this. She couldn't find any at the moment. Sighing she shoved him aside and walked across the bridge to the opposite side of where Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippou were. Miroku watched her trail off to where the hot springs were. Sighing heavily he walked the other way, back towards their campsite.
"Something major happened…" Shippou said suddenly, breaking Inuyasha's and Kagome's silence.
They both looked the fox's way. "Hm?" Kagome inquired. Shippou pointed a finger of where the two departed, going opposite ways. "Uh oh…this doesn't look good"
"Yeah" Shippou agreed.
Kagome stood up and stretched while Inuyasha sat there and watched.
"Hm…what are you looking at!" Kagome screeched at him.
"Nothing!" he barked hastily. He stood up and retreated back to the campsite, leaving Kagome seething with anger.
"And he calls Miroku the pervert…" Kagome muttered, flushed, even though she was wearing a long white skirt and a yellow turtle neck. She stomped off to where the hot springs where, longing for the need of a nice, warm, bath to get rid of her tired joints. "Go back to Inuyasha Shippou" she ordered gently. "It's getting late and you shouldn't be here"
"What about you?"
"I'm going to take a dip in the hot spring" Kagome said, taking a small knapsack with her.
"Hm…okay" Shippou said, running to the camp. "Come back soon Kagome!"
"Hey Sango" Kagome greeted as she swam over to where she was. She sighed comfortably and rested against the corroded rocks.
"Hello Kagome" replied Sango. She offered her a half-hearted smile. Sighing deeply, she retreated back to her thoughts.
"So…I take it things didn't really go well with Miroku…" Kagome supposed.
The slayer shrugged and refused to meet with Kagome's eyes. "I heard you and Inuyasha fighting again. What was it about this time?" Sango asked, changing the subject.
Kagome shrugged. "Honestly I can't tell. But I think it has to do with being jealous of Miroku"
"Jealous of Miroku?" Sango said, scoffing, amazed the while.
"Well he sure is acting like it. He asked me 'why I was defending Miroku'. I mean what's wrong with defending someone?" Kagome half lectured, half asked to herself.
"What were you defending him about?" Sango asked, interested.
"Well, he thought Miroku was still a–" Kagome broke off, unsure of whether to tell her about Inuyasha's and her opinions about them. She didn't want to offend her. "Nevermind" Kagome said, breaking into a smile.
"Kagome! Tell me!" Sango demanded.
"Well…" Kagome looked at Sango, seeing that the she was never going to let of this. She sighed. "See Inuyasha thinks Miroku is still a pervert because he thinks Miroku only wants to get you into bed but I believe Miroku's changed and that he really does love you"
"What makes you think he loves me?" Sango asked quietly.
Kagome smiled; grateful her friend really didn't go into a fit. "Well, by the way he came to me for advice on tips on how love is in my era"
Sango chuckled, not realizing this before. She sighed and dipped deeper into the water. "I don't know…"
"Come on! No relationship is perfect"
"Well that's very true…you and Inuyasha aren't really hitting it off" Sango replied, smiling sardonically.
Kagome splashed her. "Inuyasha and I aren't in a relationship. We're far from a relationship Sango!" Kagome scolded while Sango laughed at her actions. She looked at Kagome who was flushed and not because of the hot water.
"Well, you go on about Miroku changing, what about Inuyasha? He's changed too in my opinion"
"Oh?" Kagome said, arching a brow. "How so?" she challenged.
"Well…he cares about you a lot"
"Hah! Sango I've been here for a day now"
"Well before you were here. He wouldn't really show it, but you can tell from that doggy look on his face that he was thinking about you, missing you" Sango replied easily while Kagome blushed.
"Hmph" Kagome said after regaining her composure. "Yeah right"
"He's hardheaded. Just give him a chance. Soften him up a bit" Sango chastised, relaxing into the warm waters now. She closed her eyes and sighed.
"And what about you?"
"What about me?"
"Stop being so hardheaded!" Kagome said with a grin as she splashed her.
"Where have they gone?" Miroku asked, concerned. He kept pacing back and forth.
"They'll be fine" Inuyasha replied grumpily. He drummed his fingers on the dirt below him, his other hand propped up against his chin. This was his way of showing concern.
"It's late and dark. I doubt they'll be able to find there way back here" Miroku said.
"They're at a hot spring" Shippou said as he took a bite of his chocolate bar that Kagome left behind.
Both men looked at him angrily. "Why didn't you inform us earlier Shippou?" Miroku asked steadily, trying very hard not to show his anger.
"You never asked me" Shippou replied.
Inuyasha bonked him on the head and stood up. "That place is dangerous at night. Why do you think we have camp way out here!" Inuyasha lectured angrily.
"I-I didn't know!" Shippou whined as he rubbed his head soothingly.
"Come on Miroku"
They walked over to the bridge and crossed it, being aware of anything that might have been there.
"Stupid plants" Inuyasha muttered as lead the way, cutting the long grass and with his claws.
"How did they get pass this place?" Miroku pondered.
"Hey…" Inuyasha suddenly said as he stopped. "Where's Shippou?"
"Wasn't he with you?"
"No! He was with you!"
Miroku sighed and shook his head. "This night is not faring well"
"I like this material. It's very soft" Sango commented as she wrapped herself with one of Kagome's towels. Fortunately, Kagome had brought her knapsack along for her bath.
"I'll buy you some when I get back home—" Kagome said but stopped abruptly when hearing noises. "Did you hear something" she said when hearing rustling bushes and breaking of twigs.
"Yes. Be on guard Kagome" Sango told.
"With what!" Kagome hissed.
"Um…rocks! Here! It's the only weapon we have"
The rustling became more dire and ominous, becoming louder and louder with every passing second until they saw a little, furry object pop out.
"Shippou!" Both said in unison.
"There you are! We've been looking for you!" Shippou said ecstatically as he jumped onto Kagome. He frowned. "What are you wearing?" he asked, indicating Kagome's towels.
"Something that will dry us off" Kagome explained.
"Shippou, where's Inuyasha and Miroku then?" Sango asked.
"Uh—" He looked behind him expecting them there but didn't see. "I think I lost them on the way. But I don't get how. It was a dirt trail…" he trailed off, pondering.
"We better get dressed then—" Kagome said quickly but stopped when seeing two figures emerge from the bushes, both disgruntled and dirty from the plants and bushes they shoved through. She shrieked when seeing them, Sango following suit.
Without thinking both threw there rocks at them, without bothering to see who it was.
"Hey, HEY! CUT IT OUT!" Inuyasha growled. He blocked some easily, but at times not so fortunate when getting hit on the head.
When hearing Inuyasha's voice Kagome immediately stopped. "Inuyasha?"
"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU—" He yelled but stopped immediately when seeing the sight of Kagome. She looked so…vulnerable. He stood there, mouth open, speechless, Miroku following suit, looking at Sango instead.
Kagome was flushed, Sango also, from embarrassment to anger.
"SIT!"
"AHH!"
"MONK!"
"Wait Sango, before you throw those rocks at me—ahh!"
"Whoa…what a day" Shippou muttered softly.
"And he says what's the matter with me! That perve! Stupid dog!" Kagome muttered as she stomped off, Sango following suit, muttering curses under her breath.
A/n: Yay done! Sorry it took so long. I would respond to reviews but I got this e-mail that said that says you can't respond to reviews otherwise that story will get removed or something. So they're making some sort of petition. I don't want to take riskes.(shrugs) Sorry. Please review!