A morning fog lay atop the forest area, making it hard for Miroku and Sango to glare at Inuyasha and Kagome with their envy. Shikigami were floating around their camp all night, and the two young adults never slept to keep their souls safe within them. But Inuyasha and Kagome of course slept peacefully together, not even concerned with the fact Kikyo was trying to get Inuyasha's attention.
"I don't know if I should be happy or upset." Sango groaned; rubbing her tired eyes with Shippo and Kirara were curled in her lap sound asleep.
"I'm just tired," Miroku sighed. "Why couldn't Inuyasha take care of what Kikyo wanted before he went to sleep?"
"Well I guess this answered our earlier question of how he would treat her if she came around while their under this spell." Sango said sitting up a little.
"Maybe, but that isn't something he would usually do."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about it Sango. If this spell was to just get Inuyasha and Kagome to reveal their true feelings, since they were placed under it they haven't been acting like their real selves. Even if these are Inuyasha's true feelings about Kagome, he would still go to Kikyo if she called."
"Yeah, you're right." Sango agreed. "So this curse does change some of the rationality that they have."
"Precisely."
"Then I wish if Inuyasha had to act different, that he would be nicer to us and get rid of these shikigami."
"Kagome did say they saw them last night when they went to gather firewood, but Inuyasha said if Kikyo wanted to talk she could come to him."
"Do you think she will?" Sango asked staring off to where the shikigami were returning.
"I highly doubt it." Miroku sighed.
"Well, I'm going to light a fire to make some breakfast." Sango muttered setting Shippo and Kirara on Kagome's bag as she crawled over to the pile of wood they had used last night for their fire, and took out one of Kagome's fire sticks to start one. After a few tries, she finally lighted one and the moment the small flame formed at the end of the little stick, Inuyasha shot awake.
Sango looked at him a little confused when she tossed the match in the piles of wood with a few dead leaves as a small fire began to grow. Seeing Sango was only starting a fire, and that there was no harm coming to Kagome, he sat up and held her sleeping form in his lap. He looked down on her peaceful face and a small smile graced his lips that vanished once he noticed the shikigami floating around.
"So she's still calling for me. I thought that by now she would have given up."
Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. This was Kikyo, Kagome's former self, so she had to have some of the stubborn will Kagome had.
"Why don't you at least go and tell her to leave us- I mean you alone?" Miroku suggested as he eyed his target that he was slowly moving to.
"Because if I go she'll try and make me pity and feel guilty for what happened fifty years ago." Inuyasha huffed.
"Oh so that's what happens when you see each other." Miroku muttered.
"What?" Inuyasha growled looking at Miroku with a dangerous glare.
"Anyways, Inuyasha you could always try bringing Kagome to support you." Sango said when a rubbing occurred in the usual area. "HENTAI!"
Kagome jumped awake when she heard the scream and clung to Inuyasha. Upon seeing it was just Sango yelling at Miroku she relaxed in Inuyasha's embrace.
"Why can't Miroku touch her once everyone's awake?" She sighed although the arguing couple didn't pay attention and were just in the usual argument after Miroku being a pervert.
"Because he's a pervert." Inuyasha snickered kissing her temple.
"She's still calling for you." Kagome said not leaving Inuyasha's gaze.
"How can you tell?"
"For one, I can tell by your expression."
"What expression?"
"It's in your eyes," She giggled. "Over time I've been able to notice the truth through your eyes."
"Is that so?" He smirked. "Then can you tell what I'm feeling right now?" Before Kagome could respond, Inuyasha lowered down to her lips, passionately kissing her.
"I don't need to look in your eyes to tell what that's about." She smiled. "But you want to know how else I know?" She was cut by Inuyasha kissing her again.
"How?" He breathed softly against her ear.
"She has a jewel shard." Everything went quiet. Sango and Miroku stopped arguing and looked over at the two wondering what would happen.
The usual Inuyasha of course would yell at her asking why she hadn't said anything earlier.
"Then I guess we have to go and get that shard." Inuyasha grumbled helping Kagome up. And of course this wasn't the usual Inuyasha.
"We'll wait here for you than Inuyasha." Miroku said taking a seat by Sango, who glared at him.
"We're all going to go, so after we take the shard we can go on and continue our way back to Kaede's." Now there was complete silence in the camp. Everyone was stiff and were hardly breathing hearing Inuyasha say they would all go see Kikyo.
"Kagome," Shippo yawned jumping into Kagome's arms. "Why is everyone acting weird?"
"Well come on, let's eat so we can get going." Inuyasha said sitting down and stuffing his hands in his sleeves. They all sat in silence as they ate although it was extremely tense, mostly with Miroku and Sango who didn't know how to make with the situation.
They never intended to be tangled in with the mess Inuyasha and Kikyo had as a relationship. They had no say in who Inuyasha chose, but they just wished he chose. But they knew they would have to go, if Inuyasha said he chose Kagome while under a curse and turned Kikyo away, he would regret it once he came to his senses.
The Inu-taichi group soon finished their breakfast, and were gathering their things while Inuyasha led the way the shikigami were. Not even Kagome was walking beside him, and that would have probably been how she normally would have done, but was just a few steps behind him basically hiding.
Miroku and Sango saw the small glow of the souls that were brought to Kikyo and swallowed, both having a bad feeling of what would happen. Then, she came into view. Sitting on a large root, she was leaning against the back of the tree looking calm.
"Why did you bring your friends Inuyasha?" She asked calmly but everyone could tell she was upset, just not actually showing it.
"I just came here to take care of business Kikyo." Inuyasha said, sounding like his gruff self and not calm and caring like he was with Kagome.
"I see, and then it was good that I found this shard for that child to find."
"Well that's odd; I never knew Shippo could sense the jewel shards." Kikyo narrowed her eyes.
"You know who I'm talking of Inuyasha, that girl is nothing more than a child, even that small demon amounts more than her." Kagome flinched from the harsh words that Kikyo said, even though she knew she had some potential when she saved her all those times.
"But the jewel shard isn't all I came here to do Kikyo." Inuyasha said cracking his knuckles. "I have to say, it isn't good that a soulless corpse roams the Earth taking others souls to keep her sustained, I'm afraid it has to be time putting you to rest."
"WHAT!?" The rest of the group said completely shocked.
"Having you live like this is a nuisance to me, and I don't want you to interfere any more in mine and my mate's life."
"Mate?" Miroku repeated.
"Miroku we have to stop him!" Sango hissed to him.
"No you shouldn't Sango, because I have to do this." Inuyasha shouted back to her hearing her, Kikyo actually looked fearful again.
"You're actually going to kill me?"
"Yes," Inuyasha said. "I only regret I haven't done it earlier." Miroku immediately leapt to hold Inuyasha in place with his staff.
"Get out of here Kikyo! Inuyasha isn't thinking clearly! Get away!" He yelled. Immediately Kikyo was whisked away with her shikigami and taking to the sky and getting away. Inuyasha threw Miroku off him and into a tree as he hit the trunk with a 'grumph'.
"Why the hell did you stop me?!" Inuyasha shouted stalking over to him with an angry glare. "That business was mine; you didn't have a reason to interfere." He raised his fist to punch him when Kagome stepped in front of him with her arms open wide.
"Don't Inuyasha," she pleaded. "Don't take this on Miroku, he's our friend, I'm sure he has his reasons to stop you, but it's alright." She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his torso. Inuyasha's angry expression melted off his face as he wrapped in arm around her waist to pull her closer to him.
"Just don't act scared?" He requested. "I never ever want to scare you or hurt you; I was trying to do the best for us."
"Their acting like their married." Sango said slowly viewing over the couple as she helped Miroku up.
"Well she has a mark like Mama had on her neck." Shippo said hopping on Sango's shoulder.
"What?"
"Yeah, two teeth marks right here." Shippo pressed right into the junction of Sango's shoulder and neck.
"Wait you mean-"
"You never answered my question last night Kagome." Inuyasha murmured brushing aside the hair off her shoulder to show the teeth marks Inuyasha was talking about. "You never said how many pups you want to have." As the two began to kiss again.
"WHAT?!" Miroku and Sango yelled, realizing this spell just got more complicated.
Ending there 'cause I have other stuff to write so review please tell me what you think and I'll be back soon. Classes are starting again, summer vacation's coming to an end, and I have soooooooo much to do.