Special Moments in Time
Say What?!
"I'm bored" Shippou whined for the hundredth time that day.
Inuyasha growled in frustration, "Shut up runt or I'll cut you into little pieces and feed you to the bird demons"
"Kagome! Inuyasha's being mean to me again!"
The miko sighed; she just wanted to finish her homework. Was that too much for a school girl to ask? She would have finished it back in her time if a certain 'too impatient for his own good' hanyou hadn't come and dragged her back to the feudal era. It wasn't like there were any jewel shard rumors either. Now, they were just sitting around in a clearing, where they had made camp earlier that afternoon, doing nothing. Hence the kitsune who was saying he was bored every few seconds.
Kagome pinched the bridge of her nose to keep an oncoming migraine at bay.
"Stop whining brat, your giving Kagome a headache!" said Inuyasha, as blunt as always.
Kagome put down her notebook and pen and clapped her hands together, successfully getting everyone's attention, well since she wasn't going to get any work done now, she might as well take a little break, "Ok, let's play a game"
"What kind of game Kagome?" Miroku asked as he and Sango scooted closer to the miko.
"This is a game my friends and I made up when we were little"
"What's it called Kagome?" Shippou asked her.
"Um…it doesn't really have a name" she answered earning a snort from Inuyasha, "but it's a lot of fun to play"
"Keh, we don't have time to be playing silly games" the temperamental hanyou argued.
"Then what else do you suggest we do?" Kagome asked him in a sarcastic tone, "Go after a non existent jewel shard?"
"Feh" he grunted.
Kagome sighed, "Inuyasha, relaxing once in a while is good for you, maybe it'll stop you from being so grumpy all the time" she smirked at him.
"I am not grumpy all the time" he snapped but he sat down next to her anyway causing her to smile.
"So how do you play this game?" Sango asked her best friend.
"Ok, each of us gets a phrase that we need to add after every sentence or word we say" she explained to them.
"What kind of phrase?" the young kitsune asked.
"Oh, it can be anything. We need to give each other the phrases, if one of us forgets to add or doesn't add their phrase, then their out. The last person still in the game is the winner"
"Can the phrase be anything?" Miroku asked the young miko, a mischievous glint in his eye.
"Uh…yeah" she said uncertainly.
This was going to be fun. "Ok Inuyasha" the monk said casually making the hanyou narrow his eyes dangerously at him, "Your phrase is 'Kagome has a nice butt'"
Both the hanyou and miko turned an interesting shade of red.
Poor Miroku, he never saw that clawed fist coming. A few moments later he was cradling a swollen cheek.
"Ain't no way I'm saying that" Inuyasha growled at the injured monk.
"You can't change your phrase Inuyasha" Shippou piped up sagely.
"Unfortunately he's right Inuyasha, if you don't say the phrase you were given then you forfeit the game" Kagome said, a blush still dusting her cheeks.
"Inuyasha lost! Inuyasha lost!" Shippou shouted in an annoying sing song voice, but stopped when Inuyasha bopped him on the head.
"I didn't lose yet you little brat" he snarled at the kit who was still clutching his head, "I'm gonna give you your phrase" he said with a sudden evil smirk.
Shippou gulped.
"Your phrase is 'I got mush for brains'"
"Inuyasha!" Kagome scolded him.
He looked at her innocently, "What? It's just a phrase, if he doesn't say it, he forfeits right?"
Kagome sighed; she gave the kit an apologetic look, "I'm sorry Shippou"
Shippou stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha before turning back and grinning at Kagome, "Can I give you your phrase Kagome?"
"Of course you can" she gave him a kind smile.
"Ok, your phrase is…" he rubbed his chin with one of his small chubby hands, he looked deep in thought, making Kagome giggle at his antics. "I got it!" he announced after a few seconds, "Your phrase is 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'"
Inuyasha growled, "You can't give her a phrase like that runt" he glared at Shippou.
"Yes he can, I said the phrase can be anything didn't I?" Kagome said firmly.
"But that's not a phrase…that's…that's…it's not a phrase dammit". That kit was tricky.
"I'm giving you your phrase Sango" Kagome said, interrupting Inuyasha's futile arguments.
Sango gave her a pleading look, as if willing her not to make her say something too embarrassing.
"You have to say 'Buddhist monks are cute'" Kagome gave her friend a sly look. Sango cringed slightly, looking over at Miroku; said monk gave her a suggestive smile.
"Fine!" she huffed in annoyance, "Here's your phrase Miroku, 'I am a dirty perverted man'"
"Sango, your words wound my innocent soul" Miroku pouted.
"Innocent …? Please save it for someone who's actually stupid enough to believe you"
"Okay guys" Kagome successfully stopped their battle of words before it could grow into a full out war, which Sango would probably end with her Hiraikoutsu, "Let's start, from this moment on we have to add our phrases after everything we say, 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'"
"I love you too Kagome" he beamed at her, that is until Inuyasha let out a triumphant laugh.
"You didn't say your phrase Shippou, you lose, 'Kagome has a nice butt'" he mumbled out the last part.
Kagome sighed, "He's right Shippou, 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'"
"It's ok Kagome, I'm happy just to hear you say your phrase" Shippou's words wiped the triumphant smirk off the hanyou's face. The stupid, no good, tricky fox. He had planned this from the very beginning. Inuyasha growled at the smug look the kitsune sent his way, damn, he should have known this was how the fox's twisted mind worked.
"Well, it seems only the four of us are still in the game, 'I am a dirty perverted man'" Miroku said his phrase with an unusual amount of dignity, as if it were a noble title, as he slowly inched his 'cursed' hand closer to Sango's derrière.
"Darn right you are you stupid lecher, 'Buddhist monks are cute'" the demon slayer slapped his hand away resignedly; after all, she did have to do this everyday.
"Why Sango, I'm flattered that you think so, 'I am a dirty perverted man'" Miroku referred to her phrase while flashing her a charming smile which would have made any other girl swoon, however Sango was not any other girl.
She glared at him, "I never said you were one of the 'cute' Buddhist monks, 'Buddhist monks are cute'"
Miroku pouted at that. Shippou muttered something along the lines of, "That Miroku will never learn"
"Oh no, crap!" Inuyasha cursed, then added his phrase after a few seconds, "'Kagome has a nice butt'"
"What is it Inuyasha? 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'" Kagome asked noticing her hanyou companion's sudden rigid posture.
A dangerous snarl ripped out from Inuyasha's mouth as he stood up, tentatively sniffing the air, his nose then scrunched up in disgust, "Mangy wolf, 'Kagome has a nice butt'"
A look of comprehension dawned on his friends' faces. They all engaged one solitary thought. Kouga. And sure enough, they saw the small tornado making its way through the forest surrounding them signaling the arrival of the wolf prince.
Before Inuyasha could step in front of Kagome to shield her from Kouga, said wolf youkai stopped in front of his 'supposed' woman and took her hands in his, "It's so nice to see you again Kagome, how's my woman been?" he enquired to her well being.
Kagome laughed nervously, "I'm fine Kouga, 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'" the game was still on so they still had to keep saying their phrases. Too bad Kouga didn't know about that.
He dropped her hands as if he had been stung, he gave her a look of hurt and betrayal. Before Kagome could explain things to him he started yelling, "What the hell Kagome! How could you do this to me? I thought you loved me" he glared at the little kitsune who was currently perched on Miroku's shoulder, "He's just a pup! Surely you can't love him"
Miroku, Sango and Inuyasha stared at the wolf prince. Inuyasha started snickering, then it grew into full out laughter, "You're so dumb, 'Kagome has a nice butt'" even through the laughter he managed to choke out his phrase, too bad Kouga heard.
Kouga charged at him and grabbed a fistful of Inuyasha's red haori, "How dare you say something like that about my Kagome"
Inuyasha stopped laughing and glared at Kouga, "She is not your woman" he ground out before adding, "'Kagome has a nice butt'"
"I think it is best if you explained things to him Kagome, 'I am a dirty perverted man'" Miroku suggested calmly before adding his phrase.
Kouga stared at him, "You actually admit that?" he asked incredulously, his fist still holding the front of Inuyasha's haori.
"No Kouga, it's a game we're playing" Kagome intervened before anything else happened, "We have to add the phrase, that we give each other at the beginning of the game, after everything we say, 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'"
"Oh…that's why you keep saying that right?" he asked her, not noticing that the hanyou, who's haori he was still holding, was getting more pissed with each passing second.
"Yes, 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'"
"Let go of me you ass wipe! 'Kagome has a nice butt'" Inuyasha shouted ripping Kouga's hand off the front of his haori.
"So that's your phrase dog turd" Kouga narrowed his eyes at him, "Who gave you that phrase?"
"Keh! Not that it's any of your business…" right then he saw the monk shake his head vigorously behind the wolf demon's back and the hanyou's lips curved into a sneer, this would be the perfect revenge, "…but Miroku did, 'Kagome has a nice butt'"
The wolf prince turned menacing eyes at the monk in question. He stomped over to him, how dare this impudent human give the flea bag such a phrase, it was degrading! Miroku backed up slowly, holding his hands in front of him in a placating gesture, "Now Kouga, it was just a game"
"Hey, Miroku forgot to say his phrase" Shippou observed before the monk was punched squarely in the jaw by an irate wolf demon.
"You better not touch my woman, monk!" Kouga threatened.
"What! She is not YOUR woman you jerk! 'Kagome has a nice butt'" Inuyasha scowled at him, his nose suddenly started to twitch, his gaze shifted to his right, something was coming.
"What is it Inuyasha? 'I love Shippou more than anyone else'" Kagome asked him, noticing his tense stance.
Kouga's nose started to twitch as well and he groaned, "Don't tell me it followed me here"
Everyone turned to stare at him questioningly, that is until a huge demon bear came crashing through the foliage and stopped in front of them.
Inuyasha's eye started to twitch, "You led it right to us, didn't you, you bastard! 'Kagome has a nice butt'"
"I thought I lost it, don't blame this on me biscuit breath" Kouga scowled at him.
"Well whatever the case, let's finish it off now" Miroku suggested, not having to say his phrase anymore since he was already out.
The bear's big front paw, complete with razor sharp talons came swiping at them. Luckily, it was poorly aimed and everyone was able to dodge it.
"Hiraikoutsu!" Sango flung her huge boomerang at it and was able to hit its head, thus knocking it off balance.
"Sango forgot to say her phrase too" Shippou said from his perch on Kagome's shoulder, after all, that was the safest place during a fight, what with the assurance that the inu hanyou wouldn't let anything happen to the miko, "You and Inuyasha are the only ones still in the game Kagome"
Kagome only nodded, too busy keeping an eye out for swiping bear paws. Unfortunately, the bear had taken a swipe at Inuyasha, leaving a long gash on his arm that was leaking blood. The hanyou pulled out his sword and faced the stumbling demon. "Wind scar!" he yelled unleashing the attack and then mumbling, "Kagome has a nice butt"
The attack hit the bear demon, annihilating it into dust. He smirked at the demon's ashes before the Tetsusaiga transformed back into its katana size and he sheathed it. He was about to take a step forward, but he stumbled, Kagome was immediately at his side holding him up, "Are you alright Inuyasha?" she asked him. She was worried that the bleeding gash was more serious than it looked; maybe the bear's claws were poisonous.
"Kagome" Miroku said, "You didn't say your phrase either"
"Does that mean Inuyasha's the winner?" Sango asked her friend.
"Yeah it does" Kagome grinned at the hanyou, "You won Inuyasha" she said brightly.
"Keh" he snorted, "Like I care" he straightened up, he didn't need her help to walk, he wasn't handicapped or anything, it was just a small scratch.
Kagome was about to go get some bandages for Inuyasha's wound when she found her hands being held by the wolf prince, "I must be going now Kagome" he said, he was way too cocky for someone who didn't even help kill the demon that HE had led to their camp in the first place. Inuyasha huffed.
"So long!" he gave her his parting greeting and disappeared into the forest.
"Good riddance" Inuyasha muttered.
"Well, I'll go get the first aid kit" Kagome said walking over to her yellow backpack.
"I don't need first aid for this tiny scratch" he argued but Kagome blatantly ignored him. Inuyasha glared at the back of her head for a few seconds before his eyes shifted lower, a small smile found it's way to his lips.
'Hmm…' he thought, a slight blush dusting his cheeks, 'She does have a nice butt'
AN: - First of all, I would like to thank kagomesbutterflyfeeling for giving me the idea for this one shot and also for proof reading this for me. And before anyone accuses me, I don't think the last line is OOC because, Inuyasha may not be as bad as Miroku but he's still male, and he's still got testosterone in his veins.
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