Naraku's mind games

In pursuit of a library

Argh! I hate you, you stupid idiotic, moronic, miko!

With this thought running through his mind, Sesshomaru bellowed in his gardens, "KAGOME!"

She took one fleeting look at him and scurried away.

Without a second thought, he gave chase.

Miroku and Sango kept to sitting in the lush grass, watching Sesshomaru chase Kagome ." I wonder what he wants now?" Sango mused.

Miroku shrugged, and then a sly smile crept across his perverted face .

" AH! PERVERT!"

The poor birds of the vicinity were forced to take refuge from the hideous noise and a annoyed (that's an understatement) demon slayer.

Kagome panted, running as fast as she could. She took the smallest passage she could, in hopes of slowing down the demon currently hot on her heels of current.

She had used all over her tricks, but to no avail. She couldn't make him flinch!

Except for…..

She led him to the unused part of his gardens, away from everyone, and in the middle of a big mud patch, "Fluffy!"

She knelt by him. "Now tell me why you were chasing me?"

Sesshomaru's stifled voice came out something suspiciously like 'stupid ignorant, moronic, degrading, goddamn miko.'

"I can't really get that, you know!" she reminded.

Like you can get anything! You are un-comprehend-able, and cannot comprehend anything!

Ok, skip the dramatics! Quit beating around the bush!

Beating around the what?

Its an expression!

He muttered, "Never again….." Yeah, so what it is with you and your expressions? Especially the irrelevant ones! One of these days, I swear……

She rolled her eyes at the figure in the mud and decided, for her own safety, she would run before Sesshomaru realized he was in a mud patch. His white clothes…..Oh heheh! It made her giddy just to think about it.

"What are you smirking at?" he asked Kagome suspiciously, narrowing his eyes at the mini skirt clad figure in front of him.

"Uh……. You look so cute when you're covered in mud!" she said coquettishly, totally forgetting that she was not supposed to remind him of how degrading he looked in the mud.

Mud? He looked down. I hate you.

Means nothing!

I still hate you.

Why not telling me why you were chasing me?

Ah yes. About that. I hate you.

Get on with it!

You, being the stupid, ignorant, crazy, dumb -

Why don't you splurge and skip the insults?

-miko you are, he pressed, stupidly gave permission of a project during my last meeting!

Wait….a second……I wasn't invited to any…..oh! The swap?

What else?

Actually I wondering if you had a party with every meeting or something……

I don't want to know. Anyway, as I was saying before a MORON interrupted me, you just gave permission to demolish and build my castle anew during the last swap!

Oh cool! Can I see the demolishing?

I don't want it to be demolished.

Maybe Shippo would like to see it too…..

-that's why I wasn't giving permission, but the lords wanted it, and now I cant go back…..

Or even Inuyasha! He could even help with the demolishing! He'd love that!

-Because they'd never let me disagree now that they've already got 'my' permission once!

Hm…..I bet one sweep from the windscar would do it……..

See how much mess you have put the western lands into? In this time of famine, that much money can not be spent on extravagancies!

Or Miroku could suck it into his wind tunnel……

Are you even listening?

Sango's boomerang could do a bit better though……

What are you doing?

Uh…thinking up ways to demolish your castle?

I'M NOT GOING to demolish my castle! It's because you've been stupid enough to tell that to the nobles….

Hey! I only said yes to whatever they said! It was too boring to listen to anyway!

I'm going to go bald trying to change the opinions of my nobles now!

Kagome giggled. Sesshomaru replayed what he just thought. Going to go bald….oh dear…

Sesshomaru tried to get up and felt pleased to see that the charm had worn off by now. He took one menacing step towards Kagome, who stepped back nervously.

"Uh……you don't want to kill me yet…."

"Why not?" he inquired.

She stepped back. "Uh…fluffy. that's your reason."

The fleeing girl looked over her shoulder to see the great demon lord plummet to the ground.

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Sorai stood in the corridor. "Oh dear." she kept muttering to herself. She had just been part of the many, many people who had witnessed Kagome (with Rin- who didn't really know what she was doing) running throughout the entire castle singing,

"Its raining its pouring…

Sesshy's gonna go balding

He'll lose his hair

and have no flair,

And would get up BALD in the morning!"

(a/n:- now like good little children fall over the edge of your chair, laughing yourself into hysterics……I am brilliant, aren't I?)

Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku were sitting on one side of the gardens, encouraging

Kagome with shouts every time she passed. As she was doing now.

"GO!"

"Keep going!"

"Yay Kagome!"

Sesshomaru took one look at her running past his secret study and groaned. The glass wasn't thick enough for it to be expected to keep out that annoying and loudly sung tune.

He wrapped a lock of hair around his finger and gazed at it intently. He hoped to every god imaginable he would never have to cross the bridge of balding.

As said before, he liked his hair, even in vain of it.

That meant he did not take kindly to having songs sung about the time he lost it by a certain miko all around his castle, well.

He got up with another groan, and deliberately pushed his chair back to make a loud crash in the stone floor.

Jaken came running. He always knew when his master was in a particular mood, but was always dim-witted enough to stay close to him. Call it loyalty, or stupidity.

The next few minutes saw Jaken kicked outside the doorway, and Sesshomaru in one of his frequent I'm-pissed-off-with-the-world moods.

Luckily for everyone also who had a wit of fear for their lives, no one got in his way while he found Kagome, scurrying past him in the corridor.

As she saw him her pace changed from a delightfully cheery saunter, to a full fledged run with her screaming for Inuyasha. (Rin had gotten tired of this and had gone to play with Shippo)

She didn't have time to lead him into small passages where he couldn't run, so he caught up to her fairly easily and held with one arm around her neck, pinning her.

"Calling to Inuyasha to come and save you now, wench?" he growled. "God knows you need to be saved."

"INUYASHA! HELP! YOUR CRAZY PHYSCO BROTHER IS TRYING TO KILL ME!"

Before Sesshomaru could move to cover her mouth though, Inuyasha was sliding past her, with his hand on Tetsuiga to come knock Sesshomaru back into his senses.

"Hey!" Kagome called. "Chill!"

Inuyasha loosened his grip on the Tetsuiga and leaned casually against the wall. "Fine, happy now?"

"Uh no!" she choked out.

"You're hurting her!" Inuyasha hollered at Sesshomaru, now with his Tetsuiga whipped out.

Sesshomaru loosened her a bit.

No! Kagome! Is he hurting you? He'd better not be hurting you! I'll kill him!

Kagome smirked a bit. Had Sesshomaru really thought she was all that weak?

"Uh! Cant breathe!" she mocked, choked out.

He loosened her a bit more, peering at her face from around her shoulders to make sure she wasn't dying.

He didn't really want her dead, she could still be useful. He had also developed the slightest acceptance for his brother and her together, even if they didn't admit it, although he dare not even think (or admit it himself) it.

Kagome smirked a bit more. Shem using her now free leg, kicked the great Sesshomaru where ever she could reach, and fluffy'd him as soon as she stepped away.

"Don't worry! I can take care of myself too, you know!" she smiled sweetly at a dumbfounded Inuyasha, still wondering how the scene had managed to get from Kagome being choked by Sesshomaru to Sesshomaru on the floor in a matter of seconds.

"Having a hard time believing that?" Inuyasha nodded dumbly. "Sit. That's how."

Inuyasha muttered something in the dirt that was incoherent, but his thoughts were crystal clear.(not in meaning) Damn it Kagome, what with the vicious behavior? God you look scary when you're grumpy like this! First you call me then sit me! I'm not your slave! Ok…..you don't think I am, but I am! Damn it, that has nothing to do with the argument! Am I her slave? She sits me, and I protect her, and feeds me, and keep her away from danger, she sits me, and I help her, she sits me, and I carry her around……I guess I really am her slave…….

NO! must not think that! But you don't mind! Mind what? Being her slave! Of course I don't! I do……do I?

Kagome sighed. Inuyasha's thoughts were never going to make any sense. All she could deduct from this that she was still in Inuyasha's good books.

She apologized, helped Inuyasha up, and walked off to meet Sango and Miroku in the garden, leaving Sesshomaru in the mud.

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Naraku dragged himself into the area his house was. He was leaning heavily on a stick he had picked up where his barrier bubble burst.

"Naraku!" his mother gasped and ran up to him from the window.

"We were worried sick, where did you go? We found Kohaku in the bushes, he didn't remember anything, why are you so pale? What happened to you? Were you……."

And the sight and sound of his mother faded as he fell into unconsciousness.

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Kagome was at the dinner table. She was ravenously hungry, but wondered how to hide herself from a certain lord who was going to be sitting next to the guests table. After all she didn't sing songs about him, run away from him, and then fluffy him in the mud TWICE for nothing!

She decided she should ask one of the servants to bring her dinner up to her room, as she 'wasn't feeling well.'

Spinning around, she decided to ask Sorai to come up to the room with her, as it would make the servant much more willing to bring their food up there if someone like her was there.

"Sorai!" she tapped her on the shoulder, interrupting her conversation with a stuffy looking nobleman.

"What is it?" she asked pleasantly, turning around. "Uh…..I am not feeling well at the idea of seeing Sesshomaru right now, if you're not busy, could you come up with me?"

She got up and smiled a wide grin at Kagome. "Thank goodness you arrived. I was dying to throw off THAT noble."

The noble narrowed his eyes at Sorai and seemed to mutter some incoherent words to himself before turning away.

Sorai and Kagome went around in circles, trying their hardest to locate a servant who could bring their food up to them and without asking too many questions. Finally they bumped into one, literally. He also proceeded to spill hot tea all over the floor and some on both the ladies that had crashed into him.

Sorai whipped around, her kimono all wet with scorching hot tea. "where do you think your going mister? Watch where you walk won't you? Now look what you've - huh?"

She looked to see Kagome tugging on her kimono. "Do I know you from somewhere….?" she asked suspiciously. The guy seemed to be only about twenty years ago, with black hair pulled up in a ponytail, and face downcast but still slightly recognizable.

"Huh?" he raised his gaze to fall on Kagome, and exclaimed, " Oh yes! You are lady Kagome, are you not?"

Sorai looked from one earnest face to the other. "And you…….ah! Now it's coming back to me! You're Nobunaga! Uh…..Amari Nobunaga?"

"Correct my lady! How pleasing it is to run into you again!" he exclaimed, obviously having no doubts about who Kagome is.

She grabbed his hand and led him into his room with Sorai trailing behind her, still looking confused, and his muttering something about having to go serve somebody.

"Oh no you don't!" Kagome proclaimed. "You're not going anywhere until we catch up!"

"But…..lady…..I must complete my tasks set for today…" he mumbled.

"Royal frostbite can wait." she replied.

"Royal….who?" Nobunaga asked, confused.

"Frostbite…..oh! You mean Lord Sesshomaru!" Sorai laughed. Kagome did have a knack for making funny nicknames.

"No, I mean royal frostbite!" Kagome replied peevishly.

Sorai giggled a bit. "Wait till his court get a hold of this!"

Kagome stopped outside her door. She pushed knobbing in, and after telling them to stay put, or else, ran back to the dinner table in search of Inuyasha.

Miroku, Sango and Shippo didn't even know him, so she figured she'd better have them eat their dinner in peace first.

She tore through the hallways, and past the gardens, until she ran smack into a pair of golden eyes. Not bothering to look further, she grabbed his hand to tried to lead him to her bedroom when she heard a voice say, "Miko?"

"Whoops!" and she ran off without giving Sesshomaru a chance to catch and do something about her misdeeds earlier today.

This time she ran straight into the dining room where servants were just about to serve the meal.

"Inuyasha!" she panted. "Come! I have someone for you to meet!"

"You guys eat dinner then come up! I don't want you to be missing your meal." Sango and Miroku nodded. Shippo was still somewhere with Rin.

She led a puzzled Inuyasha to her room, pausing to look around corners to make sure Sesshomaru was no where in sight. One run in was enough for today.

"Uh….Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.

"What?"

"Uh….why are we sneaking around up to your room?"

"I don't want to run into royal frostbite."

"Say what?….oh! Sesshomaru! Ok, but why not?"

"Uh…..Inuyasha, I've been singing songs about him going bald, then sitting him twi- Oh my god! Inuyasha! I am so sorry!" she apologized as he flew to the ground.

"Damn wench! He doesn't even get sat! he gets fluffy'd!"

"Im sorry!" she said again as she helped him get up now.

"Are we there yet?" he asked gruffly.

"Yep!" she smiled, and pushed Inuyasha into the room.

"Inuyasha, do you remember who he is?" she asked, his gaze immediately locking on Nobunaga.

"Of course! He's that fall-off-a-cliff-idiot-with-a-monkey-boy-who-was-in-love-with-that-princess, we helped him save!" he said immediately, punching him in the back playfully. He fell over with the impact. "Uh…oops. Wasn't supposed to hit that hard…."

"So, Nobunaga, where is your monkey?" Kagome asked, pausing to help him up.

He whistled. A monkey poked his head around the door a moment later.

Sorai stifled a flinch. Monkeys lived on trees, and she hated trees.

He jumped into Amari's arms. "There's my boy! Do you remember them, Hiyoshimaru?"

The monkey nodded and proceeded to prove it by rooting through Kagome's back pack for food.

"Yep, he remembers alright!" Kagome laughed as Inuyasha tried to shoo the monkey away from his ramen.

Sorai sat silently. How exactly had they encountered Nobunaga before?

She decided to pose her question to Kagome.

"So how exactly do you know each other?"

"Oh! We were looking for jewel shards and came across him and his monkey in a fortress. We helped him defeat the wait….what was it?"

Inuyasha spoke up. "The ninety ninth frog of the ninety ninth generation who had possessed some weird crazy guy who was his-" he pointed to Nobunaga, who lowered his head. "romantic rival!"

Sorai looked at Nobunaga. "You helped save your romantic rival from death?"

"Yeah…..that's me, the world's biggest idiot. But it's alright now, because the princess had been widowed and she married me afterward, leaving her lands to the deceased lord's nephew."

"Oh? Than congratulations to you, Nobunaga!" Kagome patted him on the head.

"then what are you doing here anyway?"

"I was appointed Lady Rin's tutor." he replied.

"Ah! So you're the guy she hates so much!" Kagome exclaimed, remembering Rin's and Shippo's plans to get back at him. She decided not to enlighten him of this fact.

"So….where's the princess…..Tsuyu?" Inuyasha scratched his head.

"You remember her name?"

"It's hard to forget when you witnessed you running through an entire castle yelling her name fifty million times!" Inuyasha said dryly.

"She's currently Rin's tutor in dancing, arts and calligraphy."

"So she's here with you?"

"Yes. She had been called." he patted Hiyoshimaru.

Inuyasha turned to kKgome. "Uh…Kagome? Why do you and Sorai both smell like tea?"

Nobunaga lowered his face.

"Ah, nothing! I should go get changed now.." and she ran off in the bathroom to change into the jeans and shirt Sango had worn the day before yesterday.

Sorai stood up and bowed. "I might as well see to a servant bringing us food."

She returned as Kagome was exiting the bathroom.

"Food's ready!" she returned with a servant who scurried away after setting the tray down and princess Tsuyu.

She went up immediately to Inuyasha. "Ah! Mister! I had not gotten the chance to thank you before, but I thank you now for helping Nobunaga save me from that toad!"

"Feh. It was nothing."

"I am in your debt."

They ate their food in silence, and Nobunaga and princess Tsuyu left with Hiyoshimaru.

Kagome pranced over to Inuyasha. "How great is our running into Nobunaga?"

"Im bored."

She sat down next to him. "Me too."

"What to do?"

"I dunno……hey, Inuyasha?" she asked.

"What?"

"Does Sesshomaru's castle have like anything else to do?"

"How would I know?" he asked her.

"Uh….exactly how many years have you lived here exactly?"

"Yeah….right…..um.. There's a bathing area, gardens, dining hall, bedrooms, servant quarters…..uh….and political halls" kagome shuddered.

"Training area for the army and the secret stuff, like passage ways and Sesshomaru's secret study and secret conference room."

"Cool!" Kagome exclaimed, her eyes as wide as saucers.

"Where is the army training facility?" she asked, curious to see how it looked like.

"Uh…..I don't really remember. It was secret, for one thing, I know that. I don't really know where it is, although Im guessing it must be huge, 'cause Sesshomaru's army is too, and I kinda remember the inside. It's just like a normal hall with a few rooms attaching, and windows….."

Kagome smiled. "Inuyasha, before we leave to get Naraku, we will find the training facility. Ok?"

"Finally a challenge!"

After running wildly in the corridors for about two to three hours, Kagome came to a stop. She grabbed Inuyasha as he ran by, and panted, "Well….plan A isn't working!"

"Well…..what do you suggest?"

"Did we even have a plan?" she asked, tapping her head to try and recall.

"I don't think so…." Inuyasha said thoughtfully.

"WHAT? You mean we've been randomly wildly running around for three hours, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A PLAN?"

"Well I thought we'd stumble across it sooner or later…." Inuyasha said, still in his thoughtful mode.

"Idiot!" and she slapped him across the head.

"Hey! What was that for? Wench!" he shouted as she closed her eyes and ears, trying to think.

He slapped him across the head again. "For not letting me concentrate!"

Inuyasha grumbled something incoherent, but then quieted down eventually.

"Ah! Inuyasha, you remember the training rooms having windows, right?"

"Yeah…" he said meticulously, worried about every last detail.

" What did they look out into?"

"Hm… I think in the secret gardens….."

"Oh great! Why is everything so damn SECRET?"

"Wait……I know that all the secret things are together. The training facility, gardens, study and secret library are all together to provide the minimum people knowing about them."

"Ok…..any other clue?" she asked him. She was going to go up and demand to know the location from Sesshomaru himself if she didn't find the thing soon.

"Uh……" he struggled to grasp any other details that might come in handy.

"Um………I know the secret library's entrance is somewhere from inside the un-secret library!" he exclaimed, giddy at the fact he was able to recall a useful piece of information.

"Fine. Off to the library we go!" Kagome said, and dragged Inuyasha to the great hall before pausing and asking meekly, "Uh…..where was the grand library again?"

Inuyasha sighed.

And she said HE was immature.

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Yay!

I was actually starting to think that writing all those sad/ drama chapters might have stinted my joke cracking mind, but I THINK I was wrong. A big I THINK there.

Please tell me which part you thought was the funniest, and I'll be obliged!

I think my chapter are getting short again, after five super long chappie's this one is ten pages, whilt they all were anywhere from 10-20 pages long. Oh well, strtched out chapters arent fun to write or read.

And another thing, I've started two more funny stories on my account, please check them out. And another note. 'reasons' is not to be taken seriously in any way, at all. I know they are loops in the plot, huge holes, but I couldn't resist writing and posting that chapter of it. (oh and Naraku had a personality disorder, he's not gay or a cross dresser…..he really does think he's a girl…….couldn't resist…hehe….)

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