Chibi InuYasha Chapter 10: InuYasha's Feelings... Hurt!

Rustle rustle

Creak creak

Snap!

Miroku winced as he stepped on a branch. He immediately froze and scanned the area. Good, the wolf hadn't heard him. Breathing a sigh of relief, he took one more step forward and was promptly tackled by Kouga.

"Stupid monk" Kouga sighed exasperatedly and knocked the back of Miroku's head to render him unconscious.

"Nearly damn woke up the entire community with his sneaking!" Kouga grumbled and was beginning to think that the monk would be more than a handful. He didn't trust any of his wolves to keep Miroku at bay which meant he had to take time out of his busy schedule to watch the stupid monk like a nanny. However, it was for Kagome's sake and he was sure that she would appreciate later. Maybe she'd even give him a kiss for it… Kouga smiled devilishly and had it not been in the dead of the night, surely more than a few female wolves would have swooned at his feet.

Everyone snapped their gazes to the dungeon but groaned when they realized that the wind was just especially strong that night.

InuYasha fuming at his misfortune, nearly started to swear but held his tongue in check, afraid of Kagome sitting him… wait… sitting him. "You know, that might not be a bad thing… heck it just might work!" InuYasha muttered softly, not realizing he was speaking out loud.

"What might work! Tell me! Get me out of here!" Kagome nearly howled.

All the others stared at her noticing that this was the first time Kagome had lost her cool.

"Uhm, if you sit me, the force might be enough to jerk the chains off this wall." InuYasha weakly suggested.

"My my, today is certainly a day to remember. The first time that InuYasha ever told me to 's' him" Kagome smirked evilly and suddenly, InuYasha wished he had never opened his mouth.

"SIT! AND SIT! SIT SIT SIT!" Kagome hollered at the top of her lungs releasing her pent frustrations.

"GYAAAAH!" InuYasha screamed like a little girl as he was pulled to the cold hard stone floor. What the heck was Kagome's problem? He had hit the floor on the first sit! What was with all the others!

"That felt better" Kagome beamed as she laughed a not-so-sane laugh.

InuYasha immediately recovered however and began to tear the chains off his wrists. He quickly slashed through all the others as well, except for Jaken. Jaken felt that it was his duty to do as his Lord had commanded him and he would gladly suffer for his Lord even if he was in chains. Which in everybody else's opinion was, to put it plainly, stupid.

They all rubbed their sore wrists and proceeded to quickly and not-so-quietly exit the dungeons. They had to subdue about 20 or so guards, but that was all. Nothing too big.

When the ragtag group reached the door that would take them back into Sesshoumaru's castle, they realized that them escaping was for naught. When Sesshoumaru found them again, he would inevitably put them right back where they started.

"What do we do?" Kagome murmured.

InuYasha grunted. Rin shrugged. Suddenly, Kagome realized that Shippou was missing! He hadn't been seen for quite a while actually… He had been missing since she cursed InuYasha! Oh no! What could happen to our beloved Shippou? He was so beatable and punchable and kickable and smackable and eatable and whackable and killable… Kagome's eyes widened in horror. Where could he be!

"InuYasha! Shippou's been gone since you got turned chibi!" Kagome's voice was frantic with worry.

"Feh, who cares? Let the kid learn for himself for once" InuYasha certainly wasn't about to break his neck worrying for the runt.

"But but but! We have to find him! We have to escape!" at Kagome's well-put puppy eyes, InuYasha rolled his eyes and consented.

"But what about Rin? She'll just get sent back to the dungeons cuz my stupid half brother thinks she did something 'treacherous'" InuYasha gave an apprehensive glance at Rin.

"She'll come with us then, we have no choice." Kagome started to crawl through a small window.

"Have you considered the implications of this!" InuYasha hissed angrily. Rin could be hurt! She could be mutilated even! He was NOT about to let that happen. At least she would be safer in the dungeons!

"No! When do I ever stop to think?" Kagome snapped back and held her hands out to Rin.

Rin hesitated but before InuYasha could stop her, she had jumped into Kagome's arms and crawled through the window.

Growling and seeing as he didn't have any choice in the matter, InuYasha jumped through as well.


"Guurr… what happened?" Miroku woke up groggily, looking around. Gah! It was morning! Did he forget to escape? He smacked his head repeated on the nearest stone wall.

"You just can't accept the fact you're stuck here, can you?" Kouga sighed.

"No," Miroku retorted and crossed his arms over his chest with a pout on his lips. He looked kawaii even.

"That was a rhetorical question," Kouga felt like tearing the goddamn monk apart but gritted his teeth to force the sadistic thoughts back inside his head. Honestly! He was the densest male he'd ever had the displeasure of meeting.

"Hmph!" Miroku turned his back on Kouga, albeit it was a bit childish but the affronted look on the wolf's face made him feel a tad better.

"Fine, ignore me, that just makes my job easier. Now I don't have to waste my breath on such a stupid idiot like you." The wolf smirked with baited breath, knowing that the monk couldn't hold back from such an insult.

"I'm not a stupid idiot! YOU'RE the stupid idiot. You're smelly to boot" Miroku taunted right back and stuck his tongue out… quite childishly actually.

"What! I'm not smelly! I'll have you know it's a very masculine sort of scent, something wimps like you can't handle. I'm sure Kagome would love it. Besides, why she hangs around someone as weak as you is a mystery to me." Kouga scoffed and brushed the dirt off his shoulders.

"Oh yeah? At least I don't have freaky fangs like I'm some sort of vampire. You know, fangs turn Kagome off right?" Okay, so that was a lie, but anything that Kagome hated that Kouga had would send him into a horrified fit.

"No! You're kidding right!" Miroku almost laughed out loud, giving the joke away. The stupid wolf's eyes were bugging out and his mouth was opened in the most uncouth way, definitely unlike that of a Prince.

"Of course! I travel with her so I know her quite well, and fangs are most unbecoming." Miroku turned up his nose delicately and sniffed.

"Gah! All this time I've been showing them off and she hates them? No way! You're lying! No WONDER she's been going after dog-face instead of me! Ugh! Stupid stupid stupid me!" Kouga nearly cried from sheer frustration.

The houshi cracked a rare smile and smirked. Stupid wolf, trying to bait him.

"I'll make a proposition with you." Miroku put on his best 'you-have-a-demon-in-your-house-and-I-can-get-rid-of-it-for-a-small-fee' negotiating face.

"What?" Kouga curled his lip suspiciously.

"I'll get Kagome to like your fangs if you let me leave." He even waggled his eyebrows for extra effect.

"Nah, then I lose my deal with Sango," the wolf replied distractedly, thinking of ways to hide his fangs for when Kagome was to visit him.

"I won't let her know that I've escaped."

Maybe he could paint the tips black…

"What am I to say to her when she comes for you?"

"I'll be following her so once I see that she is heading for your den, I will go ahead of her and pretend I've been there all along."

Or he could just not open his mouth, he was sure he could talk with his mouth closed and still smile charmingly…

"How am I to know you will keep your word? And what if she DOES see you?"

"Then I promise to bring Kagome to you for two weeks anyways"

What if he continually hid his teeth behind his tongue?

"Hmmmm" Kouga watched Miroku sweat from out of the corner of his eye. Just to draw this out a little longer, he scrunched his face up and hesitated. Ha! Serves you right, houshi.

Just then a pretty female wolf demon walked by, peeking in shyly at the two. Miroku forgot all about Kouga and dashed for her.

"Beautiful, enchanting wolf goddess, will you do the honour of bearing my child?" Miroku clasped both her hands in his and smiled a smoothly boyish smile that made the lady blush like mad.

"Oh… my!" was all she could manage before Kouga cut in frantically.

"Yes! Yes! Now go before you manage to beguile the entire female population here." Kouga hissed in annoyance.

The monk stifled a laugh before putting a hurt face on.

"I would never do that!" he replied mockingly before quickly hastening away.

Sweet freedom was his mistress now. Oh the horrors for Sango!

"Mmm, yesss…. Oooh, that's so hot!" Sango squealed in delight as she sank deeper into the hot spring.

It was so nice without that peeping houshi around… She laid her head back and smiled contentedly. Then suddenly realized, it felt weird… like really weird… For some reason, not having to worry about the lecherous activities of the houshi was weird...

I've gotten so used to expecting that stupid monk around the corner that when I know he's not… I feel incomplete… This is bad… I shouldn't be feeling like this! I should be happy, carefree… Yet, I'm still worrying over him. Is Kouga treating him okay? Insert several heartbroken sighs here Why is it that he is all I can think about? Why is that every time I do something that has nothing to do with him, I still think about him anyways? Has he become THAT big of a part of my life?

Kagome panted heavily, trying to keep up with InuYasha who was currently too small to have her on his back and instead Rin had replaced her. She pouted, feeling a twinge of jealousy and immediately squashed it.

You should be happy for InuYasha! Besides you got Sesshoumaru right? But how could he swap her for me so fast!

She sighed and concentrated on peddling her bike harder.

"ANY SIGN OF HIM YET?" She yelled into the wind, hoping InuYasha heard her.

"I've got a trail but its awful faint… and there's blood" InuYasha snickered as he heard Kagome go ballistic and nearly trip. Of course the stupid brat was fine, the scent led back to Kaede's village so he had no doubt that the runt was well fed and was probably having more fun playing with the children than he would've had at Sesshoumaru's place.

Kagome could've sworn her heart nearly stopped when she heard there was blood. No! Shippou couldn't have been hurt! Tears formed at the back of her eyes as her maternal instincts kicked in, fearing the worst for her child…


Rustle rustle

Creak creak

Sneak sneak

Sango's ear's perked. Something or someone was nearby. Miroku, of course, sprang to mind but that was impossible! She left him at Kouga's place!

Something wasn't right, humans rarely came around here because of an old tragic tale about the hot springs being cursed so it had to be a demon but there was no demonic aura whatsoever! That meant the demon had to be quite powerful in order to mask its aura like that. However, those demon were usually very quiet in approaching its prey, the way that this demon was walking could wake the living dead!

Frowning, she scanned the area and saw nothing. Strange… probably a small animal then. Satisfied with her reasoning, she went back to soaking in the spring.

Miroku leered at his beloved as she lowered herself back into the hot spring. Buddha was too good to him! If all went well (which we all know it won't) he'd get away undetected.

Suddenly, a low growling was heard nearby and Sango's body stiffened. This time, a low level demon was unquestionably in the area. Her biggest worry however was not whether or not she could defeat it but how could she defeat it without clothes. She didn't think showing off her 'assets' as Kagome put it, would be very decent.

Her clothes were near where she heard the first rustle and as she tried to judge the distance between her and her clothes, she caught sight of the demon.

It was an ugly little thing. It had horribly sharp teeth and she knew that even though it was puny, its hide was incredibly tough. Not even Hiraikotsu could break through it. It was one of those annoying little creatures and just wouldn't die unless you managed to flip it over and stab its vulnerable stomach. But because it was so low to the ground, it was a bit tricky.

It had spied her and was sniffing the air, wondering if she was worth the trouble.

She sighed and swam over to her clothing, swearing she heard a few crackling leaves but she figured the demon must've done it.

Miroku squirmed a bit as he saw her step out clutching her clothes to her body. Great, just bloody great, how was he supposed to run away from a sight like that? He managed to back away into the underbrush without being seen and stared at her lovely derriere. He felt something wet drop on his robes and realized with a red face that he'd been drooling. What? He's never had this sort of opportunity before!

Sango quickly donned her battle gear and sighed, pulling out her dagger. The demon circled her and she waited patiently. Then, without warning, she leaped over the demon and caught it by the tail, though she was careful not to wrap her hand around it because of the sharp spikes along the top. With a mighty heave, she flipped it over and was about to stab it when it swung its tail and knocked her off her feet. The wind was momentarily knocked out of her and the demon took the time to wriggle back onto its feet as she recovered.

It snarled angrily as it charged her and she dodged its poisonous horns clumsily. She picked up Hiraikotsu and smashed it down on the demon's head to knock it out. It didn't produce the intended effect however and the demon simply shook its head and howled in rage. Sango screamed and fell into the water as it rushed her again. The demon exterminator scrambled out of the hot spring and glared at the demon. Alright, time to get serious. With lightning fast reflexes she grabbed both horns (they were unaffected by the poison because of the gloves she was wearing) and lifted it up. It squealed in surprise as she swung it in Miroku's direction.

"OOMPH!"

The demon had landed on Miroku full force and it was a miracle he was able to throw it off and roll away before Sango hopped over the underbrush and proceeded to destroy the lizard-like demon.

Sango could've SWORN she heard the demon land on someone or something. She had distinctly heard the wind being knocked out of someone or something and she was curious as to what it was. Her wary and keen eyes searched her surroundings for clues as to wear they may have disappeared to.

Miroku tried to even out his breathing as he lay hidden from Sango's view in the hollow of a tree. God he didn't regret the demon being thrown on him. Seeing Sango's behind was worth almost anything. He sighed dreamily and his face flushed as he noticed a growing bulge between his legs. Honestly, he'd always get aroused at the stupidest times. Oh well, he hoped she would start to move away soon since the space was so cramped.


Kagome heard rather than saw the orange ball of fluff slam itself into her gut as Shippou gave her a rather nice welcoming.

"Keh, see? Nothing's wrong with the runt." InuYasha rolled his eyes.

"Look who's the runt now! You're only a year or two older than I am!" Shippou growled and stuck out his tongue.

InuYasha snarled back as usual and the two of them tumbled onto the ground biting and kicking and howling.

"Poopooface!" Shippou cried yanking on a lock of InuYasha's precious silver hair.

"Dummyhead!" InuYasha yowled and took a bite of Shippou's tail.

"Buttwipe!" The enraged fox head butted InuYasha who responded with a furious,

"Useless piece of -"

"ENOUGH" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs.

Both had the decency to look apologetic but it was Shippou's pouty lips and watery eyes that melted Kagome's heart.

"He started it!" InuYasha whined trying mimic Shippou's expression of total innocence.

It didn't work.

"SIT!" InuYasha whimpered in a hurt tone.

"YOU SUCK 'GOME." Tears fell from him eyes as he hastily wiped them away and promptly took off into the forest...


A/N Not exactly what I wanted, but I apologize for the wait as always (insert apologetic expression here). Constructive criticism is always appreciated and loved. Oh and I hadn't meant to make Kagome sound so mean but I'm aiming for some character development here. See you next chapter! Oh and if you wish me to reply to your review, simply say so in your review and i'll e-mail you or if i can't find your e-mail, I'll review a story of yours or if you don't have a story or will not display your e-mail, you better e-mail me so thatI can contact you. I won't reply to reviews here because I feel these chapters should only be of the story and a short authors note. Whatever you want to discuss or if you wish me to acknowledge you, shouldn't be done here. Haha, okay? Thanks for your support!

-Tenma Kitsune