The Prankster Youkai's Revenge
Chapter 2: Suki's Mistake
Soon Sango and Kagome were happily dozing in the warm hot spring, oblivious to the world in their relaxed states. Little did they know what mischief Shippo had in store for them. Shippo, meanwhile, was busy putting the next part of his plan into motion. He quickly ran into the room the headman had provided them all, where Inuyasha was currently sleeping off his huge lunch. "Wake up Inuyasha!" Shippo panted (to pretend he'd been running for a real distance). "Kagome broke her ankle and can't walk; she's in so much pain!" Shippo mentally patted himself on the back for thinking of such a good excuse. Inuyasha was sure to come, and quickly, if Kagome was in pain.
"What happened to her?!" Inuyasha asked, a worried look on his face as he quickly got up and stepped outside, fox demon in tow.
Shippo thought quickly, trying to think of an adequate excuse for her injury "A youkai came out of nowhere wanting her shikon shards! She tripped over a rock and fell funny, that's how she broke her ankle!"
"Wait. You left her, injured, with a demon set on killing her?!" Inuyasha was furious with Shippo. A youkai had been there and Shippo hadn't told him about it first off -or at least stayed to protect Kagome?!
"N-n-n-no!" Shippo protested, realizing his was a dead man if he didn't come up with some excuse. "She got the demon with her sacred arrows first! Then she sent me to get you!"
"How did she shoot if her ankle was broken and she was in so much pain?" Inuyasha asked, getting suspicious. But it was too late for him to escape from Shippo's trick; just as he was about to punch the kit and force the truth out of him he walked into the clearing with the hot spring Kagome and Sango had chosen. His face beet red, he tried to escape the clearing without waking them (they were still dozing). But in his embarrassment, he forgot about the kitsune he'd been on the verge of punching moments before.
"Wake up Kagome! Wake up Sango! Inuyasha was peeping at you!" He cried in mock anger, barely able to hide his glee.
"NANI??????!!!!!!!!!" came Sango and Kagome's response as they quickly woke up to find a very distressed hanyou attempting an escape.
"OSUWARI! OSUWARI! OSUWARI!" Kagome screamed, livid at Inuyasha's behavior, only to hear an equally loud yell as Sango spotted Miroku hiding as well.
"HOUSHI-SAMA! HENTAI! THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU PEEK AT US AGAIN! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU PERVERT!"
"Wait Sango! I can explain!" Miroku pleaded, dodging a hefty blow from the Hiraikotsu. Shippo was a little worried now. He had never meant Miroku to get tangled into this all as well. This was supposed to be his revenge on Inuyasha!
"This is all a misunderstanding! I followed Inuyasha because I heard Shippo telling him Kagome-sama was in trouble! I had no idea you two were bathing here!" Miroku pleaded, turning away as a good will gesture. Inuyasha would have said similar, but he had yet to get all the dirt out of his mouth from being sat with his mouth still open in shock.
"What do you think Kagome-chan?" Sango muttered as they quickly dressed themselves. "Should we believe him? He's the kind that would make up any excuse, easily, but it would explain why Inuyasha was right there when Shippo woke us…he might peek too, but at least he'd know to hide!" Meanwhile, Shippo was attempting a stealthy escape.
"I know, you're right…And look at Shippo!" Kagome exclaimed, finally noticing the kit hastily tiptoeing away from them all.
"Did you manage all this Shippo? You are the one who suggested we go to the baths in the first place." Sango asked, a bit confused as to why he would do such a thing. Shippo took that to mean his cover was blown, and bolted. Sango and Kagome gasped as they realized their mistake and quickly moved to grab him, but both were too late. Miroku and Inuyasha missed him too, hampered as they were with their eyes closed, unaware that the girls were no longer naked.
"Damn that kid! I'm going to kill him when I find him!" Inuyasha fumed, still angry as hell at Shippo for putting him in such a situation. He wasn't the only one. As the group made its way back to the headman's house murderous vibes were practically pouring off them. Shippo, hiding near the house, decided to stay hidden for the next couple of days until everything cooled down. He unfortunately hadn't reckoned on Inuyasha's sense of smell. The hanyou grinned, a vengeful glint in his eye as he caught the kit's scent.
"Got him." he breathed, making a beeline for the bushes Shippo was hiding in. So focused he was on beating the crap out of Shippo that he didn't even notice a new scent, similar to Shippo's, belonging to another youkai hiding in the bushes; a young female fox demon by the name of Suki, to be exact. Attracted by the commotion, she was shocked to see a fellow kitsune being assailed mercilessly by miko, taijiya, Houshi, and hanyou. Entirely ignorant of his past crimes, Suki felt pity for her comrade, and vowed to avenge him. "Besides," she thought "he is kinda cute too! Maybe if I get revenge for him, he'll like me!" She immediately began to observe the group in order to decide which pranks would humiliate them the most. She had been the one playing tricks on the villagers for the past couple of months, and now she would turn her attention toward the unlucky group of travelers enlisted to exorcise her.
A/N: Suki doesn't know they were sent to exorcise her; she's doing this to get back at them for bullying Shippo so unfairly (as she thinks of it). Well, I'm sorry this is taking so long to get anywhere but I promise the next couple of chapters will consist entirely of the pranks. If anyone has any suggestions I'm open, especially for Kagome…I haven't managed to think of anything amusing/ humiliating at all for her, although I have Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha covered fairly well. So R&R please, and send me any suggestions! I hope you're all enjoying it all so far!