Sucker Punch by bug

Chapter 1

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A/N: More of drabble that anything... Hope you enjoy! Pulled the title, which was the inspiration, from RosieB's TSS.  R&R please (constructive comments welcome)! Thanks!

No one ever knew how exactly she did it.  Kagome was just that good.  No matter the situation, she could always find some way to get herself into a load of trouble, seemingly from nothing.  The thinnest of air could produce life threatening chances, just for her, it seemed.  This particular situation?  She’d been on her way to the village, after a quick trip home to take a test and replenish the quickly dwindling supply of ramen.  There she was, lugging her overstuffed bag down the trail, minding her own business, when suddenly Inuyasha comes bolting up the path.

“Oi, wench!  What-” Inuyasha was then interrupted by a reddening Kagome.

“Inuyasha, my name is Kagome, Ka-Go-Me!” Her voice containing a warning that the hanyou couldn’t miss, his ears immediately pinned to the top of his head.

“Keh, whatever,” Inuyasha crossed his arms and thrust his nose in the air, which promptly started scenting the air.  His eyes popped open wide, “Shit, get behind me.”

“What is it now?” came the exasperated response.

Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga, pointing it at the tree line nearest him and Kagome.  From the shadows stepped Sesshoumaru.  Kagome couldn’t help but admire him, always looking so pristine in such an era.  She gave a little sigh, just looking at him was like taking a vacation – well, a very dangerous and possibly fatal vacation. 

Sesshoumaru heard the little miko’s sigh and quirked a brow at her, which just annoyed Inuyasha to no end.

“Did you come here to fight or what, prick,” Inuyasha said and charged his half-brother, who simply side-stepped out of the blundering half-breed’s way.  He continued to walk towards Kagome, his arm coming up and drawing a sword.

Having heard the sword being pulled from its sheath, Inuyasha hurled himself, fist first, at Sesshoumaru, forgetting his sword in his rush to save Kagome from being chopped up by his brother.  Sesshoumaru, being superior in speed, once again side-stepped his bumbling kin…

Who promptly punched Kagome in the eye.  Luckily, Inuyasha had just enough time to lessen his blow from deadly (to a human) to a tap, relatively speaking.  Still, Kagome was momentarily lifted from her feet, hitting the ground hard.  Before Inuyasha could even blink, Sesshoumaru threw a punch, hand still laden with the weight of Tenseiga, which sent Inuyasha reeling into the trees behind him.  Stepping up to Kagome, who was slowly sitting up with a hand to her eye, he bent with his sword in front of him.

“Oh great, first I get hit in the face, by my own protector!  Now you are going to take advantage of a chick on her rump,” she said in a huff.

“Miko, I merely wished to ask your opinion of Tenseiga’s odd behavior,” came the rumbling response.

“Really?  Well, since the issue of you has been resolved, excuse me for a moment while I go deal with the matter of my assailant.” Kagome then stood, with an evil sparkle in her azure eyes, headed straight for a groaning Inuyasha.

This Sesshoumaru could come to enjoy that light in her eyes, Sesshoumaru thought to himself with an evil smirk of his own, sitting back in preparation for the show.

Inuyasha could only whimper as he watched a very angry Kagome head his way... and like some many other times, he only had himself to blame.

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A short while later, as Inuyasha and Kagome were returning to the village, the gang took in the shape of each.  Kagome was sporting a black ring around an eye and Inuyasha was covered in scratches, dirt, and bruises, still not faded from earlier.  Sango just shook her head, having an idea about what may have happened.  Miroku was also chasing an idea around his head about the events leading to his friends' disheveled appearences, though his was much less G-rated.  As he was about to open his mouth with one of his infamous comments, Sango's Hiraikotsu "slipped" from her hand into his head, effectively shutting Miroku's mouth before he could make the mistake of openning it.