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Awakened Dead

Chapter 16. November 30th

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He couldn't take it anymore. He needed to know now if what he thought was at all true. Though he was about ninety nine point nine percent sure he was right, he just felt the need to confirm it. So while Kagome still slept peacefully in her bed, Inuyasha had gotten up and stirred Souta from his slumber. It was morning anyways and close to the time he'd normally be awake so he figured this was okay.

"Ungh…" Souta moaned, opening his bleary eyes to look up at the figure in his room. "Inu—" He yawned widely. "—Yasha-onii-chan?" He mumbled tiredly.

"Get up runt, I need ya to do somethin' for me." He said gruffly, trying as best as possible to not frighten the poor kid so early in the morning. "Well?" He raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms at the boy who was still blinking tiredly up at him.

Souta sighed loudly and sat up. "I'm up I'm up." He grumbled under his breath, pulling his blue bed covers away from him so that he could stand up. He stretched for a few seconds then proceeded to look at Inuyasha, waiting patiently for an explanation or some instructions at least.

"I need you to be my interpreter."

"In-t-ter..pre..toor?" Souta tried to repeat, a little confused as to the meaning behind the word.

Rolling his eyes, the hanyou had decided to rephrase that. "I need you to tell your mom what I am saying since she can't hear me right now. Can ya do that for me runt?"

"My mom can see you?" He asked, very surprised.

"Yeah, long story short she's like you, but she can't hear me and I have a really important question for her, okay?"

"And you want me to ask her the question?" He asked, trying to make sure he was understanding what this half demon ghost wanted him to do.

Inuyasha gave a strong nod, even if he was a bit annoyed at this point with the kid. "Let's go see her right now okay?"

The little boy's mother was always awake before them, and before her was their grand father. They would always be together in the kitchen drinking coffee and reading the newspaper until the kids were up. Gramps would then leave and tend to his usual shrine chores while Kagome and Souta had a quick breakfast. Though usually when Souta came down, he'd already be dressed in his school uniform not his pyjamas, which brought a questioning look onto Mrs. Higurashi's face until she saw Inuyasha standing behind him.

"Ohayo, you're up early. Is there something wrong dear?" Mrs. Higurashi asked softly, being mindful not to stare at Inuyasha too long while gramps was still in the kitchen, sipping on his coffee.

Inuyasha told Souta to ask to speak with her in the living room, this way they could avoid any potential chaos developing if the grand father knew about the half demon ghost. 'I remember what Kagome said about her gramps one night. Something about him being a little off his rocker and the fact that he doesn't really have any spiritual powers.' The hanyou thought with a small smirk. The old man was pretty harmless besides that, and Kagome had said that his sutras were pretty useless at warding off anything. But she'd never tell him that.

Souta had sat next to his mom on the couch and stared at Inuyasha. "Inuyasha-onii-chan?" He asked.

"Huh?" Inuyasha shook himself out of his thoughts and smirked again. "Okay brat, here's first what I need ya to tell her. Kagome isn't going to be able to go to that school place today 'cause she's recovering from some injuries. Nothing too serious, just some bruises that won't allow her to carry her things around without feeling any discomfort. Got that?"

Souta relayed this information to his mom, earning a concerned look and quickly she glanced at Inuyasha. "Is she really okay? What happened?"

"Tell her Kagome's fine. And she probably would rather know less about how she got the bruises to begin with. All complicating supernatural stuff too hard to get you to explain to her. Better wait till we can talk about it."

Souta again told his mother what the hanyou had said as best as he could. He fumbled with some of the words but managed to end everything with a smile and told her that Inuyasha could be trusted and not to worry so much. "He's really cool Mom, and he protects Kagome."

"Yes yes… I believe you sweetie. Now what is this about a question?" She asked. "Was it what you were trying to ask last night?"

Inuyasha shuffled around nervously and nodded. "Okay kid, here's the question."

Souta nodded eagerly. "Go for it!" Hey, you couldn't blame him for suddenly getting excited. It's not everyday that you're woken up by a poltergeist to translate a question to your mother who can now see ghosts but not hear them.

"Ask her about your father. More specifically, if he was a Necromancer and how he.. Passed away."

Souta scrunched up his face and turned to his mom with the important question, struggling when he tried to repeat the word Necromancer. Though his mother had helped him through it and before long she had told him to go get ready for school while she continued to speak to Inuyasha.

"B-but what if you need to me again?" Souta complained childishly.

"Then I will send Inuyasha to get you." Mrs. Higurashi answered easily. "Now go get ready for school sweetie."

With a final pout, Souta had made his way up the stairs and out of hearing range from his mother so that she could answer the question properly.

"Yes, my husband was a Necromancer." She answered almost immediately after Souta had left. "He told me about his heritage when we were still dating, just before he proposed to me actually. He wanted to make sure I knew everything about him and his life. He told me about the different kinds of ghosts, the poltergeists who could move objects while normal spirits just nagged him to no end. But he lived with it…"

Inuyasha inwardly frowned, a low growl rumbling in his chest. 'Shit, god damn it!' He mentally cursed over and over again. This meant that he was right. That Kagome was a hybrid, and possibly Souta too. Then again, the kid could only see him, he couldn't really manipulate or shove him away like Kagome was able to do. And his aura was actually different, much lighter than Kagome's. The reason for that might be the lack of the necromancer glow.

"He told me that this gene of his, the Necromancer ability, wasn't always passed down to your children. It could skip generations or only apply to say one child out of four." Mrs. Higurashi continued.

'That's it then. The kid doesn't have the gene. His aura's lacks the brightness that comes from being a Necromancer. So only Kagome has it. At least that lowers my worry to one person as opposed to two.' He thought with a bit of relief before continuing to listen to the woman.

The mother's face suddenly went grim, a shadow of sadness washing over her. "He told me he could deal with the spirits, that they didn't bother him too much. But I could see it all over his face. He kept looking more and more tired as they days went on. It was shortly after Souta was born that he finally couldn't bear with the pressure of these bothersome ghosts. He…" She swallowed hard and bit back a sob. "He committed suicide. Ran off the roof of a building. If it were my guess, I'd think it was because he was being chased by one of those spirits, desperate for his attention."

Inuyasha sat down next to the woman, guilt sitting heavy in his chest as he tried to comfort her as best as he could. "I'm sorry, I didn't know it'd be this bad.." He mumbled, despite her not being able to hear him at all.

The older woman had looked up, her eyes filled with unshed tears about the sore topic. She shook her head and tried for a smile while staring at Inuyasha with her loving motherly eyes. "I know you're worried, and feeling a bit guilty. But I'm sure it was for the best that you heard that story. Right? Does it have anything to do with Kagome?" She asked with a small sniffle.

He nodded at her, his ears twitching as he caught the sounds of her sniffles and her choked back sobs. He wished he could explain to her everything, but at this point it was best if she knew less. He didn't want her to worry about her daughter, and besides, she didn't have much to worry about while he was around to guard her from these annoying spirits.

"Is my baby going to be alright? She isn't being bothered by spirits, is she?" She asked a bit desperately.

'She doesn't want her daughter to suffer like her husband did.' Inuyasha thought sadly and opted to giving her one of his famous hanyou smirks. "Don't worry, I'll protect her." He said slowly, trying to mouth his words to her so that she could understand him.

"Prot..tect her?" She smiled a little more and nodded. "Yes, I suppose you will be protecting her, hm? It's nice to know… that someone as kind as you is looking out for her. I don't know what I'd do if I lost her or Souta."

The hanyou snorted. "Feh, I've got it covered. No worries." He grinned toothily at her.

"I'm glad you're here." She sighed a little, her shoulders drooping in relief. "Thank you for everything you've done for us so far, Inuyasha-san." She gave a small bow.

Inuyasha's eyes widened at her politeness towards him and he leaned back a little from her. A human, much less one who had just barely been introduced to the supernatural world, was thanking him. He'd never been so honoured by anyone before. She treated him as if he were the Prince he actually was. 'She so nice, now I see where Kagome gets her natural loving trait from.' He thought, a grin still plastered on his face. "Just call me Inuyasha. Inu-ya-sha." He mouthed to her. Despite it being nice to hear real politeness from someone, he was just too used to his name without the honorific.

"Inuyasha then." She corrected, her eyes now cleared from tears. "Well, I need to make Souta some breakfast. I'll bring something up later for Kagome too. You just watch over her, okay?" With that said, she had stood up and left Inuyasha to mull over everything that he had been told.

Well, at least this meant he knew everything for sure.

And it wouldn't bother him anymore.

Well, that was a lie. It would bother him, at least until Kagome gets a grip on her powers. As for the whole destiny thing… He hoped to the gods that those stupid Hunters would be back in town soon. He was getting to be impatient and wanted some answers and for once some help from them.

'Maybe they could help solve the mystery of the spell that was used to trap me in the Tessaiga.' He thought as he dematerialized from the living room. He easily reappeared next to Kagome, the book that he had been reading sitting on the floor, open to the page he was at. So far all the thing talked about were banishment incantations and a bunch of different symbols to keep away almost any type of creature. Be it a spirit, demon, half demon, witch, monk, priestess, hunter, shaman, a sorcerer even and finally a necromancer. This book had it all and even a few tips on containing a demon or demi-demon in a cage of sorts.

'This thing is pretty useless when it comes to the seal used on me though. And even if I were to find the damn spell, there's no guarantee that it would also say how to remove it.' He sat down in front of the book and stared at it, placing an arm on his leg and his head in his hand. 'From what I can get, the kind of enchantment Kikyo used was most likely something she had cooked up herself. Something she kept for safe keeping in case she needed it.' He frowned.

If Kikyo really had made this spell herself, could that mean that she was expecting Inuyasha to crack like that at any time? Had she prepared it just for him? After all they had been through, did she not trust him that much? 'Come to think of it, ever since I had first transformed into my full demon form, she had been a little more cautious around me. Different even.' He couldn't believe he was realizing this almost five centuries later.

'Kikyo…' He thought sadly, his ears drooping a little as he focused on the book. 'You really didn't have faith in me, did you? Even though I protected you and your home with my life you still had your doubts about me. About my heritage.' He shook his head and looked up at the slumbering girl before him. Not that he was completely thankful for being sealed or anything, but if it weren't for it, he would have never met Kagome.

His true mate.

In a twisted sort of way, he was thankful to be here and to be experiencing the odd sensation of actually having a soul mate. He knew that she could feel just as much as him the strange bond between them. But he was also aware of the problems that still lay in between them actually becoming a couple. It would be pointless to start anything with her while he was like this, although he wanted to so much.

He didn't know when he had gotten up to sit next to her, only that she had somehow drawn him in with her abnormal heavenly scent and her beautiful peaceful face. He just barely touched her cheek with one of his clawed hands, being mindful not to accidentally scratch her while he brushed some loose hair from her face. His golden orbs drifted slowly down to her slightly parted lips, and strayed there for much longer than he wanted them to. He sunk his fangs into the insides of his cheeks to stop himself from doing what his instincts kept pushing him to do.

Kami he wanted to taste those lips. He was also very envious of the fact that his youkai counter part had been able to do so without him remembering a thing about it. 'She wouldn't even know about it. Just a little taste.' A soft voice in his head taunted him.

'Come on, what harm will it do?' It taunted some more.

The half dog demon shook his head furiously and glared at some random object in Kagome's room. It happened to be one of her crazy 'sexy men' posters with their perfectly sculpted abs gleaming with sweat. He didn't see what was so appealing about that, but if she though that was hot then his built form would blow her away. He snorted and smirked cockily. Yeah, she'd be all over him if he took off his shirt and started doing some hard labour, getting all sweaty for her. 'Course I'd need my real body to actually sweat and all...' A frown twisted against his lips.

Damn, he was back to this again.

He needed to find a way to break this stupid spell!

He practically jumped off Kagome's bed to sit in front of the useless book on the floor. Even if it so far contained nothing of use to him, he needed to finish it to be sure it didn't hold a clue to this spell.

So he sat, and read for what seemed like the whole morning until Kagome started to stir. By then it was close to noon and breakfast had already been brought in by Mrs. H for Kagome about an hour ago. 'At least she's getting a solid undisturbed sleep. If a damn spirit had popped in I would have beat the crap outta it for troubling Kagome after last nights incident.' Speaking of which, another reason why he needed his body! It was so damn hard to get a hold of each and every little corpse. He suspected it was because he was so distressed about the whole situation in general and couldn't focus his thoughts on properly grabbing the things. Instead, for the most part, he had resulted in clearing them out with some demonic winds.

Pretty much upping his youki, which tossed them up in the air, and them shot them into the surrounding woods.

He glowered at the memory. To think he actually had to put so much effort into getting rid of small animal bodies. Tch, how pathetic was he?

"Mmnnegff.." Kagome's groans brought him back to reality.

He looked over at her and smiled inwardly at the silly girl. "You better get up wench, your mother brought you breakfast an hour ago." He told her loudly.

Kagome winced at the noise and groaned again. She slowly sat up in bed and stretched a bit painfully before taking in the appearance of her room. "Huh?" She turned sleepily to Inuyasha, revealing the necklace that still hung around her neck over her pyjamas. "What time is it?" She covered her mouth when she yawned.

"It's midday at least."

"But isn't it Monday?"

"Yeah, what of it?" Inuyasha asked with a short grunt.

"I should be at school…" She mumbled, though it was painfully obvious that she didn't give a rats ass about school right now. She just kept wincing and twisting her face in mild pain whenever she made a wrong move.

He rolled his eyes and glowered at her. "Don't be movin' so much if you're hurting so badly. Eat your breakfast and swallow that medicine I had her bring up for ya before I force it down your throat myself." Honestly, why was this girl putting herself through pain when all she had to do was take those two little pills to make the pain go away. He was getting all antsy with each soft gasp his ears would catch, and each twist of pain he would see in her face.

God damn! If only he had his stupid body! He'd be able to heal her that much more quickly with his half demon saliva. 'Maybe I should try to hunt down that idiot and his brother and force them to come back here. Yeah… But Kagome's seems to have a bad habit of being a magnet for trouble. I bet the moment I leave her side she'd need me to help her.' He began to fidget a little.

Finally, she had first grabbed the medicine on her night table and swallowed it, putting an end to Inuyasha's nervous fidgeting. Next she ate quickly and drank the rest of her juice. She placed her dishes back where she found them and smiled brightly at her poltergeist roommate. "So, what's on the agenda for today?"

To tell her of her heritage, or to not tell her of her heritage… Hmmm.

"Once you're ready, we can go see the monk. We need that book back and I need to rip shit at that baka drunkard." Inuyasha said in all honesty, deciding to leave out the part about the whole your-father-was-a-necromancer-and-so-are-you sort of. Yeah, it was too early in the 'morning' for her to actually respond to something like that, let alone take it in. He decided he'd tell her another time.

Yup.

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She wouldn't be too pissed at him for this… Right?

"Okay, well I'll go shower then. Do you mind doing some rounds of the property to see if there are any lingering… you know…" She trailed off, looking everywhere but at him for a few minutes.

Ghosts or zombies? Heh, no problem.

'She's still a little upset about it. Even though I know she hasn't raised anything since last night. I'll go take a look around anyways, just to calm her down.' He thought, standing to his feet easily. "I'll be back soon then." He said with a comforting smirk, dematerializing from the girl's room quickly.

Kagome blushed a little and felt herself shiver from the simple smirk he gave her. 'W-what was up with that?' She carefully got out of bed and made her way to the washroom. She knew that her roommate was unbelievably hot, and that she was undoubtedly in love with him at this point. But could a simple smirk really render her to a pile of Jell-O? Just like that? 'Oh man Higurashi, you are above and beyond having the hots for a five hundred year old half dog demon.' She mentally groaned and bumped her head against the wall of the washroom.

'Kami, what have I gotten myself into? Feeling all weak kneed from a stupid smirk? He's probably laughing it up out there on how easy it is to make me blush and go into a daze from one little smirk.' She turned on the hot water and waited for it to warm up. 'Cocky prick.' She mentally added.

Meanwhile she undressed and took a good look at the bruises on her shoulders. They were turning from a purplish to a greenish colour, which she assumed was a good thing at this point. It meant it was healing. And her cracked bone was most likely healing just as well.

Still hurt like a bitch though.

'It's okay though, this is nothing compared to what could have happened if I wasn't saved by Inuyasha.' She smiled a little and entered her steamy shower with the hanyou continuously plaguing her thoughts.

Oh yeah, she was definitely above and beyond any normal standards of falling in love.

So what was this extra feeling that was nagging at her. The feeling of constantly wanting to jump the hanyou each time she saw him. And the weird way they could just read each other's thoughts so easily.

Did this have something to do with the whole mate thing?

Maybe… Maybe she should ask him?

'I should… Later.' Kagome thought.

-X-

They arrived a couple of hours later at the houshi's place. First thing on Inuyasha's to do list was tearing into Mushin, which he had almost as soon as the door had been opened. This all happened while in the meditation room, just the two of them, Kagome waiting patiently out in the living room with Sango and Miroku. He had made sure that the others would keep her busy so she wouldn't overhear anything he yelled.

"She's raised the dead, in her sleep old man! Do you have any idea what kind of crap she went through? All because you had to go and explain to her what a Necromancer can do. You dumb fuck!" He howled angrily, feeling his youki rise warningly around him.

Mushin merely kept that stupid smile on his face all the while he got chewed out from Inuyasha until he just couldn't yell anymore. By then the room was severely tainted with his demonic aura, but it was at least still in one piece! "Now now," Mushin shook his head. "I didn't know that this would happen. I assure you, I was merely explaining this for learning purposes. I thought it would be ideal for her to understand the difference between a Necromancer and a Miko despite the similarities." He explained.

"And look where that go us! She can freely summon zombies without lifting a finger!" He snapped back with a snarl.

Mushin was giggling again, very amused with this whole turn out in general. "Do you know what this means? She is exactly like—"

"Midoriko-sama yeah yeah, I get that already. Believe me I've already looked into it. Her mother definitely has the powers of a Priestess, and her father was without a doubt a Necromancer." He interrupted the old man bitterly, turning away from him to gather his wits.

"Heehee." Mushin giggled again. "It's so incredible, the power to summon a ghost or even a zombie without the proper tools and herbs. That kind of power is wondrous."

"Until some greedy ghost wants it to himself!" Inuyasha added sharply. He swore again under his breath and pinched the bridge of his nose. 'What we need is a teacher. Some one who can help her develop the other half of her abilities.'

"Well, I do have some good news for you my boy!" Mushin piped brightly, as if they had never had this whole conversation to begin with. "I was looking through that book more thoroughly and caught a glimpse of what could have been used to seal you away!"

Say what?

He had turned swiftly, staring down the old man. "What did you find?"

Mushin backed up and held his hands up in defence. "Don't get too excited. I merely found what the spell might have been based on. I believe your miko took the essential parts of it and added some of her own words into the incantation to create an entirely new and improved one. Unfortunately there isn't anything mentioned about breaking the curse. It's possible she again created her own and passed it down perhaps from generation to generation."

"Generation to generation huh?" Inuyasha repeated.

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Sesshoumaru stared blankly at Kagome, "My idiot half brother had his entire body and spirit sealed into the Tessaiga due to the fact that he had gone on a murderous rampage the night of All Hallows Eve five centuries ago."

"Then that means the spell to release him that I used was incomplete. I only released half of him."

"Correct, if he had been completely released this city would have been annihilated that very night," Sesshoumaru explained.

-X-

She drummed her fingers against the picnic table, eyes constantly bouncing back and forth from Inuyasha to Bankotsu, "That's right, it's been in my family for generations. Gramps used to tell me stories about it all the time."

Bankotsu was deep in thought. "The Tessaiga was said to be the sword that a mighty demon was sealed in. In my family, the legend that's been passed down is that the demon was sealed on the night of All Hallows Eve, when the moon was full. We were always told that we were the ones in charge of keeping the Tessaiga from being taken and wielded by evil youkai. But we never had it, as much as Sesshoumaru-sama searched, he couldn't find it with any of our family members."

"Ain't it obvious? Your ancestors probably made it known that you were the ones guarding my sword so that Kagome's family wouldn't be looked at twice," Inuyasha told them in a matter-of-fact tone.

-X-

"… It's possible she again created her own and passed it down perhaps from generation to generation."

"…generation to generation…"

'No, it wouldn't be that easy, would it?' Inuyasha bit his lip and suddenly stormed out of the meditation room, leaving a baffled Mushin to sit in the youki filled room by himself.

Kagome had just been sitting on the couch talking amiably with her friends when her usually grumpy hanyou had appeared in front of her with a goofy grin on his face. "Uhh?" 'Oh yeah, that's a real smart thing to say Higurashi.' That annoying voice in her head had pointed out sarcastically. Kagome shoved the voice back and cleared her head to properly formulate a response to Inuyasha's unusual chirpy attitude. "Did Mushin do something to you?"

"I'd say someone had finally pulled that stick out of his ass." Miroku muttered dryly, ruining the mood momentarily when the half demon had shot very dark glares his way, his golden eyes promising certain death. Miroku cleared his throat in response and looked away sheepishly.

Shaking his head, Inuyasha had turned back to Kagome to explain the moment of enlightenment he had just experienced. "Do you remember how my brother explained to us about the full spell used on me?"

"Sure, he said something about sealing away your spirit and your body. What about it?" Kagome crinkled her eyebrows in confusion, trying her best to understand what Inuyasha was trying to tell her.

"The spell you had used freed my spirit, completing half of it." Inuyasha informed, still staring at a blank Kagome who didn't really understand anything. He grumbled a little and narrowed his eyes at her, huffing in exasperation before continuing. "Look, what if the spell you were told about was only the first half. What if the other half of it was entrusted to the second family who was assumed to be carrying the Tessaiga? Kikyo could have purposefully split the incantation, the spirit portion and the body portion, in hopes that one day I could be resurrected once a solution was found to get rid of the other soul trapped in my body."

"That would mean that Bankotsu-san might know the last part of the spell." Miroku concluded.

"Because his family was rumoured to have the Tessaiga." Kagome also added, finally understanding it all. "But why would she have split up the spell in the first place?"

Miroku had contemplated that question for a moment before coming up with a suitable answer. "Perhaps she did it in case someone unintended ever managed to get a hold of the Tessaiga. If in the wrong hands, Inuyasha could have been revived to only continue the rampage he started centuries ago."

"That makes sense." Sango replied, turning to observe Kagome's reaction.

'Oh my god, this could mean that we have what it takes to set Inuyasha free!' She turned and squealed in delight at the thought of him having his body back, shocking the others with her burst of happiness. "I'm so excited for you Inuyasha!" She grabbed him and forced him into an awkward hug from her position on the couch.

Sango had coughed loudly, her magenta eyes never leaving Inuyasha's form. "Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this still doesn't solve the whole dilemma here. Even if we did free his body, there's still the problem about who is in possession of it. Does big bad spirit ring any bells?"

The mood in the room took a turn for the worst.

Right, what would they do about that?

"What's with the doom and gloom?" A new voice piped up innocently.

Everyone was on high alert, aura's flaring and battle stances taken. There was a new spirit in the room, a little girl actually who looked to be a bit bored with everything. She was roughly around twelve years old and had some tattered clothes and small smears of soot all over her cheeks and arms.

Inuyasha stood in between Kagome and the spirit protectively, having already decided that the houshi could take care of himself as well as the hunter. He had a snarl ready and his claws poised if the girl even remotely looked like she was going to attack his mate.

"Why do you all look so mean? Ban-Ban said you were nice people!" She accused hotly, pointing a finger at them with unshed tears in her eyes.

"Ban-Ban?" Kagome repeated behind Inuyasha. "Say, you wouldn't happen to be talking about Bankotsu-san?" She asked sweetly, placing a hand on Inuyasha's arm to calm him somewhat. She was just a kid after all.

"Ya! Ya! That's the man!" The girl smiled widely and bounced happily. "He told me to come here!" She giggled playfully, ignoring the fang bearing half demon.

"Well spit it out! What did he send you here for, you brat?" Inuyasha harshly barked.

The girl stopped her bouncing and puffed up her cheeks in a pout. "I won't be nice if you're being a meanie!" She stuck out her tongue at him, her form beginning to look transparent.

"W-wait!" Kagome held her hand out. "On-onegai, don't go. At least tell us your name!"

The girl's form solidified momentarily, her eyes focusing only on Kagome. "I'm Mayu!" She grinned again, disappearing with a wave goodbye. Though her voice echoed in the room, making everyone look around wearily. "I'll come back when you aren't mean!"

All eyes were on Inuyasha, and he knew what was going to happen next. With a small whimper he flattened his ears against his head and plummeted to the floor with a loud yelp.

'Sat again…' Inuyasha thought painfully.

"Idiot…" Both Sango and Miroku mumbled simultaneously.

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A/N More of Inuyasha's thoughts if anything. And a little bit about Kagome's father… Good, no good? R&R!