A/N: What's up? This is Cassia font. It's kind of frightening, don't ya think? I like this font better – so I'll use it! You can tell I'm very bored! I just got back from vacation and my brain is fried! Oh well!

InuYasha's Twin

Chapter 12

Waking up, InuMaru noticed that InuYasha, Sango, Miroku and Kagome were sitting in a circle, whispering.

'Hey, what's up?' asked InuMaru as she walked over to the group.

Everyone fell silent.

'Were you talking about me?' demanded InuMaru.

Way to be blunt, thought InuYasha.

'No!' answered Kagome and Miroku a little too quickly.

InuMaru rolled her eyes. 'What ever.'

InuYasha sighed.

Sango turned to Miroku. 'So, what were you saying about quicker ways of killing fish demons?'

Kagome asked InuMaru if she wanted to go bathe in a nearby hot spring.

'Ok,' answered InuMaru as she and Kagome walked off.

Miroku and Sango were arguing about whether a fish demon died easier burnt if electrified.

InuYasha stretched and got up.

Kilala ran over to InuYasha, bored of the fish demon argument.

InuYasha ran his hand over Kilala's soft back. 'Ready to go see Sesshoumaru today?'

Kilala's hackles raised at the mention of Sesshoumaru's name.

InuYasha gave a forced laugh. 'I agree.'

Suddenly InuYasha noticed that Sango and Miroku were staring at him in an odd way.

'What?'

'I've never seen you interact with Kilala in such a friendly way before, that's all,' was Sango's reply.

InuYasha looked at Kilala. How can such a little cat cause such a fuss? 'Yeah? What of it?'

'Not that you're going soft or anything, but you barely even noticed Kilala before,' answered Miroku.

'Soft? Soft!' exclaimed InuYasha. 'You've got to be kidding me! What kind of a retarded monk would think that I'm soft?'

'Miroku,' answered Sango innocently. 'He's a retarded monk. He's also perverted, but let's stick to the situation at hand.'

Miroku turned to glare at Sango. 'Gee, thanks a lot.'

'You're welcome, I do what I can.'

'I still say that electricity kills a fish demon faster than burning them,' insisted Miroku.

'No way!'

There they go again, thought InuYasha.

Kilala purred and rubbed against InuYasha's legs.

InuYasha reached down to pet her but stopped. Am I going soft?

At the hot spring, InuMaru and Kagome were engaged in a conversation about lazy men.

All of a sudden, InuMaru held up her hand to silence Kagome.

Kagome looked at InuMaru strangely.

Out of the bushes stepped Sesshoumaru.

Kagome and InuMaru sank deeper into the water.

'Seeing as you've already smelled me, I may as well come out.' Sesshoumaru kicked InuMaru and Kagome's clothes away from them along with their weapons.

'Sesshoumaru! My brother. Nice to meet you!' cried InuMaru.

Kagome sighed. 'Oh dear.'

'I don't care about you, only your Tetsusaiga. I cannot touch it, so you shall bring it to my castle for me,' growled Sesshoumaru.

'I'll ask InuYasha first. Can you please pass me my clothes?'

'No. Come get them,' smirked Sesshoumaru.

A/N: Ok. I am very rusty! I definitely need to work on my writing. R&R.