Chapter 24

'Oh no! Sango! I'm going to kill you! How could you leave me here?' Kagome panicked in her head.

She felt Inuyasha stir beside her, then she felt Sesshoumaru pull her closer to him. She watched as Inuyasha opened his eyes. HE looked at her, smiled his hello, and then continued looking around. He saw Miroku sleeping at the base of a nearby tree. He noticed the absence of Sango, Shippou and Rin. Then he noticed his arms wrapped around Kagome. Colour flooded his face as a deep blush appeared. Then he noticed another set of arms around her. He followed the arms…Sesshoumaru! Not that it would have seemed possible but his face became redder…but this time, it was from anger.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHh" he screamed.

"Wha…where's the demon?" Miroku asked automatically.

"stupid Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru mumbled, slightly playing with his ears in hopes that the obnoxious ringing would stop. What he didn't notice was that in order to play with his ears, his hold on Kagome tightened and he became closer to her.

"Ummm, Sesshoumaru." Kagome began.

As if Kagome saying his name brought him back to consciousness, he noticed his position and with his demonic speed he let her go and stood

beside a nearby tree. But the only thing that could be seen before he stopped was a white blur.

"What's going on here?" Inuyasha started.

"Could you stop yelling." Kagome snapped, still rather tired.

"I would rather like to know how you got in that position Kagome." Miroku said suggestively while wiggling his eye brows.

"So would I." Kagome answered. "I woke up, Rin and Shippou were using my as a pillow and when they woke up they went to go play. When I tried to get up I couldn't and Sango left me here!" She grumbled.

"well, it looks as though you just rolled into that position." Miroku said, sounding slightly disappointed.

"I suppose so." Sesshoumaru agreed.

"Well, now that that's over with…who wants breakfast?" Kagome suggested, trying to get off the uncomfortable topic.

"Feh, sure." Inuyasha grumbled, knowing they wouldn't be having ramen.

"I'll go get the others." Miroku offered.

"I don't eat human food. But I don't suppose it would kill me to try some." Sesshoumaru, in his odd ways, agreed to having breakfast.

Breakfast was very quiet and uncomfortable for Kagome, Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru. Right after everyone was done eating and everything was cleaned up, Kagome and Sango excused themselves to go to the river nearby and have a bath.

"Come on Kagome! Don't be mad." Sango pouted. "I was worried Inuyasha was going to wale up and go mental on anyone nearby!"

"You left me there! What if something happened?" Kagome cried.

"Come on Kagome, think about it! You were with Inuyasha. He would never let anything happen to you." Sango reasoned.

"That doesn't matter, and it's beside the point anyways! You left me there and Miroku started making perverted comments and it was so weird." Kagome said with a shudder.

"But I said I was sorry!"

"Fine, I'll forgive you. But next time with Miroku, you're on your own!" Kagome grinned, knowing that would be torture for Sango.

"That's so cold Kagome!" Sango gasped, pausing at the thought of the next time Miroku did something and she would have to get out of it without the help of Kagome. Unfortunately, she paused while she was washing her hair and the shampoo dripped down from her scalp and into her eyes. She ducked under water to wash everyone else away and when she resurfaced she was hissing in pain.

"Sango? Are you alright?" Kagome asked, not seeing the cause of the strange behaviour.

"It hurts!" Sango cried, splashing more water on her face, hoping to get some in her eyes and wash the shampoo away.

"What hurts?" Kagome asked, hoping that she could help in some way.

"My eyes! It burns!" Sango complained.

"Oh!" Kagome gasped when she realized what had happened. "You just got some shampoo in your eyes. Just take a cloth, wet it, and hold it against your eyes until it feels better." Kagome instructed, while handing Sango a clean cloth.

"Thanks Kagome." Sango said as she followed instructions. After a few minutes, Sango doubled over in laughter. " I feel so stupid." She cried. "I can handle broken bones, blood loss, and fractures. But I can't handle a little bit of shampoo in my eyes." She ducked underwater again in hoped that it would wash away the shame that she felt.

"It's not so embarrassing." Kagome comforted when Sango resurfaced. "Eyes are more sensitive then any other place. We can keep it our little secret. Anyways, it's not as bad as me. We fight demons and I freak out when I see a worm." Kagome giggled at how silly she could be.

"But it's embarrassing, I can fight and kill demons, but soap in the eyes brings me down." Sango sighed.

"Everyone has a weakness. But I promise to keep yours a secret all right?"

"Thanks Kagome." Sango smiled.

"No problem, now lets bet back before the boys come after us." Kagome suggested.

"oh no! You jinxed it! Here comes Miroku, thinking we can't see him." Sango sighed. And sure enough, there was Miroku sneaking through the bushed and popping his head out every few minutes to get a peak.

"He's such an idiot." Sango sighed, although she had a calm demeanor, it was obvious that she was getting angry.

"What are we going to do? We can't get out now or he'll see us." Kagome asked.

"Call Inuyasha." Sango advised. "Tell him Miroku is here and then our problem is gone."

"But then Inuyasha will see us."

"Would you rather Inuyasha having a glimpse as us while trying to help us, or Miroku stare at us forever." Sango asked.

"Fine…INUYASHA! COULD YOU COME AND GET MIROKU OUT OF HERE FOR US PLEASE?" Kagome screamed. After a few minutes, the sound of Inuyasha walking to collect Miroku could be heard.

"Where is he Kagome?" Inuyasha called, making sure not to look in the direction of the river.

"He's a little closer, to the left!" Kagome answered. " And thank-you! We're just about to get out! We'll be back in a few minutes."

"yeah, yeah." Inuyasha's mumbles could only be heard by the odd animal or bug.

Moments later, the thrashing sounds of Miroku could be heard in the distance until it was completely silent.

"How badly do you think they beat him up?" Sango asked, breaking the calm silence.

"Pretty badly I think." Kagome answered. "Inuyasha can be so sweet sometimes." Kagome commented after a few more minutes.

"Yeah, I guess." Sango half heartedly agreed.

"What?" Kagome demanded an answer to the tone that Sango was using.

"Well…it kind of seems like you're in between Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. Aren't you?" Sango asked.

"No! I love Inuyasha. And only Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru is just a friend." Kagome said. Finally happy that she was able to make up her mind. "Although Sesshoumaru is kind, he seems completely out of character! He seems to fake half the time." Kagome confided in Sango.

Sango got out of the river and began to dry herself off. "I know what you mean. " Sesshoumaru seems like he isn't really there half the time." She agreed.

Kagome followed suit and dried off as well, and got dressed.

"We should get back before everyone starts getting restless." Kagome said as she picked up her bag and headed back for the camp.

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