Chapter Twelve: Bumps

A/N: Edited on 8/30/15

InuYasha coughed. Kagome always wanted to help him out of everything; it was starting to get irritating. Now he heard that his jackass brother is following him as well. He did not want Sesshomaru's attention now.

"Ouch!"

Kagome's 'treatment' was not pleasant. Kagome gave him a look. Kouga stood over her, his arms crossed. InuYasha sneered; Kouga had to be here seeing him in this state. Sango and Miroku stood by Ginta and Hakkaku, all four of them were deep in conversation.

"InuYasha hold still. I have to see your back." Kagome sighed. She tried, her tenth time, to remove his fire rat.

"It's fine leave it."

"InuYasha for God's sake! Can't I just not look at it!?" Kagome snapped. Kagome looked at Kouga. "So no sign Naraku."

"Maybe, unless he's possessed mutt, then I haven't been able to track him." Kouga muttered. InuYasha felt his temper rise again. He stood up staring down at the wolf demon.

"Shut up Kouga."

"Mutt, I am not scared of you or your ugly face."

InuYasha felt his mouth pull back and hiss.

"Sit Boy!"

He no longer saw Kouga, but the ground. Growling he looked at Kagome. "Stop that!"

"No, how would I know if Kouga or you don't kill one another?" Kagome said.

Miroku walked over. "Is everything okay, Lady Kagome?"

Sango looked at Miroku and rolled her eyes. "As you can see monk, Kagome has not even begun to help yet!"

InuYasha sneered and turned his back on them. He knew that this Inuhidoi was the cause all of this. Suddenly Sesshomaru's scent slammed his nose, he was here. InuYasha didn't think twice, he jumped away from Kagome and ran deep into the woods.

"InuYasha!" He heard Kagome's voice yell from behind him. He didn't stop, he was not going to let Sesshomaru see him.

Kouga turned towards his direction. "He's in a hurry." Suddenly Kouga snapped his face around, Sesshomaru was there.

Sesshomaru stood at the top of the path, his tail blowing in the breeze. His golden emotionless eyes stared down at them. "Where is InuYasha?"

Shippo jumped away and hid behind Kagome. The fox demon had always been scared of Sesshomaru, no matter what anyone told him. Miroku looked up at the Demon Lord.

"He does not wanty to see you Lord Sesshomaru." Miroku answered him.

"I was not talking to you monk, I was talking to the priestess." Kagome flinched.

"He's in a bad mood, I would not bother him." Kagome said. InuYasha heard every word. His dog ears flinched at every vibration, every sound.

"Fuck you Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru had no right to be here. InuYasha felt his own anger burn through his body. This caused a massive urge to itch his back again, which was a great temptation.

"Kill him."

"Shut up!" InuYasha closed his mouth; he had not meant to say that out loud. Suddenly he saw Sesshomaru's eyes close to his own. Silence.

"As I thought." His brother said.

"Get the hell away from me!"

InuYasha hissed and retreated back to Kagome, hands on his Tessaiga. Sesshomaru made no sudden movements, he just stared. Kouga looked between them but said nothing. Miroku and Sango looked grim; they knew a fight would break out at any moment.

"Sesshomaru, please I was trying to avoid..." Kagome started.

"No need to explain priestess." Sesshomaru said calmly. InuYasha barred his fangs, not like they were already out.

"Leave now."

"Little brother, I will do no such thing."

"Fuck you."

InuYasha sneered and withdrew Tessaiga, transforming it into its full form. The Wind Scar wrapped around the fang, he was ready. Sesshomaru made no attempt to remove his Tokijin.

"Half-demon, you know why I'm here."

InuYasha snorted. Kagome tightened her grip on his shoulders, breathing in air sharply. "Please don't fight InuYasha." she whispered.

Sango put her hand on Tessaiga's hilt and pushed it down slowly. "Maybe Sesshomaru just wants to talk, put Tessaiga away." Miroku moved with Shippo and put his hand on Kirara who had transformed into her larger self.

Sesshomaru looked at him. "You no longer smell like a half-demon." InuYasha flinched, transforming into his demon form had triggered Sesshomaru's nose. Though the transformation still didn't seem to be stopping.

"I know that jackass."

"Then you know why I'm here."

"Feh."

InuYasha sheathed Tessaiga and sat back down to let Kagome treat his back, but he was ready if Sesshomaru made any move against him. Sesshomaru looked at him, his face blank of any emotion then he spoke awkwardly.

"It is what I thought."

InuYasha flinched. " And what would that be?"

Sesshomaru stared at him. "You will find out in due time."

"Oh yeah? How about now since I'm stuck like this!"

"This Sesshomaru will not repeat himself."

"Whatever you lying..."

"Mutt your brother can say nothing." Kouga broke in. "You're just aggravating things." InuYasha wrinkled his brow in confusion.

"Interesting."

"Shut the hell up!"

Kagome jumped back. "InuYasha I didn't say anything." Her voice quivered, InuYasha realized that he had turned his head to Kagome and yelled that.

"I wasn't talking to you Kagome."

"Then who were you talking to?" Sesshomaru asked, his eyes burning into his.

"Kouga." InuYasha lied. Kouga snorted and gave him a evil look.

Kagome began to remove his fire rat with ease and started to lift his under shirt to put that weird white liquid on his back. He felt her hands go cold against his back and rub the liquid in. Suddenly Kagome gasped.

"Oh my..." Kagome said.

"What?"

InuYasha turned around to see what Kagome had been so startled about, but Kagome had no interest in letting him see. She grabbed his shoulders and jerked him around.

Miroku walked around and stood next to Kagome. "What's the matter Lady Kagome?" He asked.

"This. Something is wrong." Kagome shuttered. InuYasha snapped up. What the hell was going on?

InuYasha gave no warning to Kagome and swung around. He couldn't see his back, not at the angle he was in. Though he could see Kagome's face as clearly as reading a scroll. It was a face of true confusion, of a fear of not understanding.

Miroku had the same look. Sango rushed over to see what the matter was, but InuYasha had had enough. He threw on his under shirt on, snarling.

"If you won't tell me..."

InuYasha saw Sesshomaru move quickly out of the corner of his eye, he moved just at the right time to miss his brother's poisonous whip. Sesshomaru glared at him.

"You missed jackass."

InuYasha snarled, he should have know better then to have trusted Sesshomaru. He reached for Tessaiga with ease when he felt a sudden pain come shooting from his hand.

"Ugh!"

InuYasha looked down; his hand smoked like it had been burned. It had been Tessaiga's barrier. InuYasha felt his head spin. Was Tessaiga rejecting him? No it couldn't be!

"Fool."

Sesshomaru had not moved since his first attack, he just stood there standing in silence.

"InuYasha are you okay?" Sango asked. InuYasha didn't respond, he felt his anger suddenly turn to Sesshomaru, he knew something. InuYasha could feel it.

"Sesshomaru!"

With his boosted speed he grabbed his brother by the collar and slammed his back to a nearby tree. Sesshomaru, for the first time, felt smaller then him. InuYasha could even smell the twitch of surprise that leaked through Sesshomaru's aura.

"You will tell me everything or I'll rip your throat out!"

"InuYasha stop it!" He heard Kagome's voice yell, yet he ignored her. Sesshomaru's eyes had flicked from gold to red for a second then glared at him angrily.

"Get your hands off of me you half-demon filth."

"I'll kill you if you don't tell me what's going on!"

"Get off me half-demon, or you will feel this Sesshomaru's wrath."

"You don't scare me anymore." It was out of his mouth before he could stop himself. He heard Inuhidoi's laughter in his head.

"You're acting more like me now."

"SHUT UP!" InuYasha released Sesshomaru and grabbed his own head. Tessaiga snapped fast against him. InuYasha felt Sesshomaru's breath on his face as his brother slammed his back into the ground. He could feel Sesshomaru's anger.

"Who is talking to you half-demon!?" Sesshomaru snarled in his ear.

"I don't know!"

"Sesshomaru, InuYasha stop it! Fighting will not solve anything!" Miroku's voice rang through the air.

Suddenly InuYasha felt his body fall away from him once more. "No! Get away from me, all of you!" Sesshomaru, Kouga, and his companions were now at the mercy of Inuhidoi.