Nothing except the voice is mine.
The rest belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Not me. I am a high schooler
who can only draw one pine tree on a good day. Do you honestly think
that I could have written and drawn an immensely popular manga
series? 'Cause if you do, you need help.
Badly.
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The voice observed everything that was happening in the small room, and did the mental voice equivalent of shaking its head.
Stupid, idiotic, slow, irritating, proud sentient beings! Why can't they just do what they want! It would make my existence so much easier! If I didn't know taking over bodies was extremely unethical, and could get me in major trouble with the National Mental Voices Association, I'd take over theirs and force them to get together. They'd probably thank me in the long run! The voice sighed, and wished that he could bang his head against the wall. Sure, he had gotten InuYasha to admit that he loved Kagome, but Kagome still believed she was in love with Hojo. Granted, she was starting to have her doubts, but the voice was relatively certain that Kagome would not ditch Hojo until InuYasha confessed his love for her. Unless, of course, Hojo did something incredibly stupid. If the voice could have grinned demonically, he would have. Hojo was certainly capable of doing that. Heck, the boy was something incredibly stupid waiting to happen! It was relatively certain that if it just let Hojo be himself, he would do something dumb enough to annoy even the eternally too forgiving Kagome to the point of breaking up with him and shipping him forward to his own time. All he had to do was wait.
That, and ensure that InuYasha did not do something incredibly stupid himself. Like, kill Hojo, for example. Then again, the half-demon did not want to annoy Kagome, and he was intelligent enough to know that killing her boyfriend was an excellent way to annoy her, so he probably would not do anything. The voice observed the look of pure and utter hatred in InuYasha's eyes every time he looked at Hojo.
Then again, better safe than sorry... It had been a several hours since Kagome had fallen asleep. Shippo was still curled up next to Kagome, although he had shifted from her neck to a position at her side, and Kagome had wrapped an arm around him. The voice did his equivalent of a smile.
At least that worked out. Nothing's official, but it won't take them too long, once they wake up. Kagome's not going to give up her son, and Shippo's not going to give up his mother, without a fight. Knowing Hojo, he might just say something about Kagome being too young to be a mother. That would certainly get him into trouble. Especially if Rin shows up too. It's amusing that Hojo has no idea that Kagome practically has two children. He'd be horrified if he knew that his girlfriend is a mother of two. Hmmmm... is there a convenient way for Hojo to find out about that? I could check with the mental voice that's been dealing with Sesshomaru, pestering him to formally adopt Rin. Maybe they're in the area...
"...She's been out too long! We should dump water on her!" The voice did his demonic smile equivalent again.
Ahhh, the stupid git's acting stupid faster than I imagined possible. Brilliant. This will make my work much easier... The voice glanced at Sango and Miroku. They had gotten closer together since Miroku had put an arm around Sango, due to Sango's disgust and to be quite frank, their hidden fondness for each other. They were keeping their mouths shut, and not warning Hojo at just how dangerous suggesting interrupting Kagome's sleep around InuYasha was. The voice did its equivalent of a smirk.
It's amusing how the idiot has no idea just how deep a hole he's digging for himself...
"Are you insane? Kagome needs to sleep! She'll wake up when she's ready!"
"This is the second time she's been out like this today! It could mean that she's really sick! We need to see if she's in a coma! The only way I know of to do that is to dump water on her. Even if you don't care about her, I do!"
Oh, shit. The voice thought, knowing that Hojo had just said the one thing guaranteed to make InuYasha snap. I can't stop InuYasha from killing Hojo this fast! This could seriously mess up my plans!
"Don't you EVER say I don't care about Kagome." InuYasha said in a voice that positively rang with fury. The voice noticed that InuYasha's hands were clenched into fists, and that if InuYasha did not watch what he was doing, his claws would start drawing his own blood. The voice was impressed with InuYasha's Hojo ignored him, and started to reach for a bucket by the door, which just happened to be filled with water. The voice did its smile equivalent again; it loved happy coincidences. The door to the hut banged open, and the familiar voice of a certain wolf-demon rang throughout the room, making the voice get a warm, fuzzy feeling.
Someone else for Hojo to annoy. Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
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This chapter was fun. It is entirely from the point of view of the absolutely AMAZING voice. Sort of how he feels about this whole mess.
Hojo is going to get into SOOOOO much trouble next chapter...