Chapter 4 : Finding That Particular Thing and Trying to Bite Your Tongue

"inuyasha!! Michelle!!!" kagome and the others called out. "you there???" they walked around the village searching for the two half demons, but found nothing.

"I wonder where they could have gone?" sango asked the group.

"who knows." kagome replied. "I do know michelle wouldn't just leave like that without fajii." the little dog in her arms yipped and nuzzled kags.

"well, maybe sky could sniff them out." courtney suggested.

"okay, but I'll still go looking around on Kilala." sango said while jumping on the twin tailed cat. "catch up to ya later!" then she took off.

Miroku yawned and stretched a bit. "why are we up so early looking for them? It not even dawn."

"because miroku, there our friends. And they might be in trouble." kagome replied.

"and what about you, lady courtney, why are you helping us?"

"well, michelle still has some medicine to take for a few days. And well….. Never mind."

"never mind what?" miroku and kags insisted.

"nothing. Now do you have any thing that might smell like inuyasha for sky to catch his scent?"

"I dunno." they shrugged. Kagome started to look around in her big yellow backpack. "nope, nothing."

"we're doomed." they all mumbled out.

MINWHILE (BACK TO INU AND MIC)

Michelle stretched and yawned as to sun peeked over the horizon.

"mmmm, I love that morning smell." she said to herself. Inuyasha growled as he woke up, leaning off against the trunk of the tree, he sat up.

"WTF did we sleep up here?" he asked as he looked at michelle. "um…" they both looked down and saw that inuyasha's hand was resting on michelle's butt. they both jumped up and looked away from each other with bright red faces. Inu was the first to break the ever lasting silence.

"I'm sorry, I……I……I didn't mean to…… group you…."

Michelle continued to look away.

"I really am sorry, I……" all of a sudden they herd barking.

"heh, its that mutt of Courtney's." inu blurted out.

"lets go inuyasha."

"huh? Where?"

"to find the others……"

"why? Its not like they miss us. They probably enjoyed that few hours of 'no arguing'."

"yeah, but they've got my dog."

"so."

"so??!!?? If you had a…… ya know what? Forget it. Lets go."

"okay I guess."

So they started off towards the sound of the distant barking, trying to forget about what had happened a few minutes ago.

'dang it!' inu thought. 'why is this happening to me??? Sweet kami please help me!'

'why is that feeling haunting me?' michelle thought to herself. 'its not like I like him or anything. He's so selfish and ignorant and stubborn and stupid and thoughtful and pleasant and romantic and se…… WTF!! What am I thinking???!!! Snap outta it!!! Come on ol' girl, be careful what you think now. But he does have a nice body…… god!!!! Sweet kami!! What am I thinking!!??!!'

So they continued to walk to the sound of the distant barks and whimpers.

Michelle POV

I kept glancing over to see inuyasha doing the same, we quickly looked away but found ourselves doing the same thing once more. Why we didn't know. How was still a mystery.

"I didn't understand a lot, from you to that evil demon you keep talking about, naraku. And that kikyou person, what does she have to do with anything. And all of those people, who were they? courtney, kagome, kiate, miroku, sango, Kilala, where did they come from? To me there weird. They dress funny. The only decent one is sango I guess, I like her dress. Kagome on the other hand, well she's a little on the strange side."

"what is that supposed to mean?" he asked.

"whaa? Did I say the out loud?"

"umm…… yeah."

"sorry, I wasn't supposed to say that. I guess it just slipped out."

"uh huh, sure."

Normal POV

"inuyasha!!! Michelle!!!" a voice came out.

"YIP!!!!!" fajii came out of the woods and hopped into michelle's arms.

"fajii!!!! Oh my god, fajii!!! Are you okay?!?"

"yip!!"

"um, where were you guys?" kagome asked them.

"aaa….well….we were sortta….."

"well?"

"we were out looking for…" michelle panicky looked around for an excuse. "we were looking for sky."

"aaa…. Sky was with us the whole time." courtney interrupted. Sky looked around puzzled and walked over to kagome, then sat down.

"really?"

"yeah really, I guess you don't remember. You were kinda high last night."

"yeah, I guess I was, now wasn't I? inuyasha told me everything."

"well, I suppose we should be heading back now."

"no, we should be following naraku's scent."

"your not ready for anything, now, we're going back…"

"we're going ahead."

"we're going back!"

"no we're not!!!"

"yes we are!!!" the two girls stood there, fists clinched and eye to eye, giving each other the death stare.

"I should of never let you touch my wound, I would have been better off."

"you would have died, wench."

"yeah, well I bet being dead is better than standing here looking at that!"

"that what!??!! Well at least I didn't grow up as a worthless half breed!"

"uh!!! Well at least my parents loved me!!''

"and what is that supposed to mean!??!"

"it means that I wasn't 'sold into' being a priestess! Your mother and father were poor and sick!! They needed money, so what did they do??!!??"

"they……sold me……" court whispered under her breath.

"right!! They sold you!!! sold you, isn't that something to be ashamed of!!??!! You think you're the only problem less person around here!!! Well guess what you have so many problems it unbelievable!!! And for you to have the nerve to come up to me and say I'M worthless and that I'M a half breed!!!! Heh!!!" she looked down at courtney who was now on her knees with a single tear running down her face.

"I guess being worthless……has a point after all……we're just to caught up in our own problems to notice." courtney whispered as she stood up. "and that's why you need to swallow your pride and wake up to the real world!"

"uh??!!"

"heh, of all people to talk! You're the one who thinks she knows everything around here, well you don't know jack shit!! And for you to come up to me and say that damn shit to me??!! Heh the only problem I see here is you!!!"

"fuck you!!" michelle yelled. "damn you to hell!!!"

"right back at ya buddy."

"god damn it!! Arg!!!! you can be such a bitch!!!"

"I try, now lets go." and with that she turned to her village and walked off. Kagome, sango, miroku, sky, and fajii fallowing.

"well lets go." inu pushed on.

"damn her." michelle mumbled.

"come on wench, it wasn't that bad. I've seen worse, she didn't…."

"don't care!"

"I didn't ask you!''

"well maybe you should try it sometime!!! It might work better!!''

"huh?!!? Is that an insult on my manners??!!??"

"what manners??!!??"

"ah!!! Well for a lady you ain't got none either!!"

"asshole."

"bitch."

"what did you call me??!!??"

"a bitch…….oh………I see…….. Lemme rephrase that….um…hey, why are you blushing?"

"because it was funny."

"funny?"

"yeah, you know, when ever a female dog gets done mating, the male always calls her 'his bitch."

"shit! I didn't mean……"

"I know." she said with a giggle. "wait….." she paused with a little laugh.

"then if females are bitches, does that mean that all males are giggles assholes?"

They both started to laugh out loud, holding their stomachs because they were beginning to hurt.

"hey!! Ewww!!! I called you my asshole!!!!! Gross!!!" she tried to yell as she continued to laugh. They both sat down on the grass, and continued a little more giggles and chuckles.

"you can be perverted ya know that?" inu stated.

"its not like I try, I guess there's some things that rub of from some people."

"you are talking about miroku right???" inu asked concerned. Michelle just shrugged as se stood up and started to walk back.

"please tell me you were talking about miroku!'' he begged as he ran after her. "please."

She shrugged again.

"if your talking about me, I'm not that perverted okay?"

"uh huh sure."

"come on, since when did I group someone?"

"this morning''

"that was not my fault okay, we woke up like that."

"true, but what did you dream about? Huh?"

"that's confidential."

"you see, it was probably something perverted."

"was not, it was about ramon."

"ramon with butts?"

"no!…… al though….."

"my god."

"my god what??"

"nothing, nothing at all."

"come on, your weird to."

"I don't dream about ramon with ass cheeks!!" she smart mouthed back as a small laugh escaped her mouth. Inuyasha stood there trying to put together what she said and then chuckled along with her. After a few minutes they both started to walk again in silence.

"hmm, fajii is taking a real liking to kagome, huh?" inu stated hoping it would start up a conversation.

"I guess so."

"what do you mean I guess so? don't you want her back? I mean she is your dog."

"yeah, but fajii was never the 'I'm gunna let you take care of me' type. She has always been a loner."

"oh."

"I remember she'd go away days, even weeks on end. But she did come back for a while."

"what do you mean?"

"well, I guess I'm only an emergency helping aid to her."

"yeah, but doesn't that bother you?"

"eh, maybe a little. After all she is my dog."

"oh."

"why did you want to know anyway?"

"I don't know. I guess its sango."

"sango?"

"yeah, she and Kilala are inseparable."

"I've noticed."

"uh huh."

"didn't you ever have a pet?"

"nope."

"why not?"

Inuyasha looked down at the ground making his bangs cover his eyes and a darkness cover his face.

"inu? You okay?"

No answer.

"sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." she said placing her hand on his shoulder. 'god he's so strong, I can feel his…..ARG!!! Shut up! '

"inuyasha?"

LATER THAT NIGHT inu and kags sitting outside alone

"inuyasha, you haven't said anything since we got back from that big argument with michelle and courtney. Whats wrong?"

"nothing. How many times do I have to tell you?"

"just asking, geese, you don't have to get all defensive."

"well I wouldn't have to if you'd shut your damn mouth once and a while." he smarted off while walking back to the camp area. When he gat there he noticed michelle and courtney on opposite sides of camp. Miroku was talking to sango, michelle was drawing on the ground with a stick and fajii was messing with sky and Kilala. Kagome came running into camp after inuyasha sat down off in his own little corner. He kept watching. A small sigh escaped kagome's mouth as she sat down, inuyasha could tell she was mad.

" fajii, come here girl." michelle called out. The dog ran to her plopping down on her lap. She started to rub and scratch fajii's belly, letting out little giggles as her leg twitched as she came across her "tickle spot". inuyasha sat watching.

The silence was driving everyone insane. And kagome was especially effected, the words inuyasha said earlier were sickening to her. " I wouldn't have to if you'd shut your damn mouth once and a while."

'why would he even say that, its not like him to get that upset. He doesn't even get "upset ' she sighed. ' inuyasha…'

Courtney got up and walked over to sky. Sky barked for a while and nipped for a while and then instantly drew his attention to a noise he had herd. Fajii and Kilala doing the same. Following sky they all went into the woods.

"huh? Sky? Come here boy." courtney called out.

"fajii?"

"Kilala?"

"inu……" michelle stuttered, then herd the same sound.

"what are u doing?" courtney asked in a smart mouthed voice.

"shhh."

"huh?"

"shut up!!!" michelle yelled. "inuyasha? Do you hear that?" inuyasha got up and stood next to the others.

"yeah, but what is it?"

" I dunno." michelle answered.

"what the fuck is going on?" courtney demanded. Inuyasha and michelle looked at her.

"it sounds like some sort of whistle." michelle told her. " don't you hear it?"

Courtney, sango and kagome shook their heads 'no'.

"of coarse they don't." inuyasha stated. " they're pathetic humans. They don't have the high pitched frequency hearing we do."

"where'd the animals get to?"

"who knows……" inuyasha smart mouthed as he turned around placing both hands in his kimono. " heh, I don't blame them that they left. With all you girls around, I would of left too."

"inuyasha sit!!!" kagome yelled out.

"what the hell was that for?" inuyasha asked in a stubborn voice.

"yeah, he didn't deserve that!" michelle blurted out.

"yes he did, he had it coming." kagome said back.

"no, of all people it is you who deserves it!!!''

'' what is that supposed to mean?"

" it means u should take inuyasha's advice and shut your damn mouth!!!!! You always do that to him and he hardly ever deserves it!!!!!"

"well…..I…."

"well….. I…." michelle mimicked. "well I'm putting my foot down!!!" she then reached down to inuyasha and yanked on the necklace around his neck.

"you wouldn't dare!!!" kagome screamed.

Michelle grabbed a tight grip on the beads and looked her dead in the eye. "what can I say????? I'm a dare devil…" and she finished of with a big yank on the beads causing them to break, shatter and spread every where.

"you…you…you….."

"me what?"

"Thanks." inuyasha said standing up. "thanks a lot."

"no problem." michelle replied with a smile.

"you BITCH!!!!!!!!" kagome screamed.

" that's what I am."

"you think that you can come in and take control of everything!!! We were perfectly fine without you!!!''

"oh really? You were perfectly fine huh? Well from what I see you're the control freak! Taking control of inuyasha like he's some type of pet to you!!! Well I hated seeing that so I put my foot down because I……" michelle paused for a minute.

"you what? love him????"

"no…… because…"

"what? Get outta here. He's my protector."

Michelle then turned around walking down the same path the animals did disappearing into the trees. Inuyasha following.

"where are you going????" kagome screamed at inuyasha.

No answer.

"fine be that way. I'll just stay here with sango." she turned to her side to find she was alone. Sango, miroku, michelle, the animals and inuyasha were all gone. She looked around once more and found kouga.

"kouga? What are you doing here?"