Naughty little Secret
Lady Nefertiti
Summary: Chance meeting. It was an accident…of course. **Hot spring Hi-jinks Challenge**
A/N: Hi-jinks Definition: Wild, rowdy, noisy playful behavior. Horseplay, Mischievous pranks etc… I don’t own Inuyasha. Thanks.
Chapter 1: Nishi
A beautiful sunset in the Sengoku Jidai as usual….but no one was enjoying it. Inuyasha was a deep crater in the ground. Kagome’s face said she was going home---for quite a while it seemed. Miroku’s face was red….courtesy of Sango---who obviously did not enjoy being groped (or did she? The world would never know) Shippo was glaring into the ‘Inuyasha crater’ about hurting his mama yet again and then at Kikyo whose face always remained impassive. How annoying. Who thought it was a good idea to let her come along with their tachi this time? Usually she just hid around nearby until Inuyasha came and found her.
“Lady Kagome…” Miroku started but then chose to say anything further as Inuyasha jumped out of his crater. It would just add more fuel to the fire. He sighed as he watched Kagome and Inuyasha glare at each other.
He, Inuyasha had been told countless times that Kagome was not his property just because he traveled with her and saw her first! That was like two children fighting. Even the ‘sit’ command didn’t knock sense into Inuyasha.
“Honestly! You make the biggest deals out of …well everything and anything!” Kagome said sighing for the hundredth time. She didn’t want to sit him all the time---why couldn’t he just grow up? It seemed that his hair always stood on end and he drove everyone crazy all the time---just because they were on the borders of the west again.
“Keh. Your well is too far from here. You gonna go off on your own?” Inuyasha taunted. Kagome’s eye twitched---itching to say something that would make Inuyasha blow a gasket or two. Instead it was little Shippo who piped up first. Something that didn’t sit very well with Inuyasha as his inner demon---eyes blood red started to come forth…..
‘Oh shit’ was on everyone’s face. It really wasn’t the right time but it sure made its uhh..….made Inuyasha’s eyes bleed red in rage. ‘Eeep!’ and Shippo hid behind Sango’s leg.
“Sit!”
(BOOM!)
Kagome sighed and sat on the large rock by the clear stream. It was great having clear water to drink, fill their water bottles and all but what Kagome really needed was a hot spring right about now. She needed to soak her worries and tense muscles away. Sitting Inuyasha took a lot of energy out of her.
“Kikyo don’t say a word. Not a single word. It’s too bad I don’t have a command for you.” Kagome said in a strained voice and rubbed her temples. Shippo jumped into her lap and said he was sorry about what he said to Inuyasha. She patted his head, stroking it in a loving manner that she wasn’t angry and told him not to worry. Perhaps it knocked sense into Inuyasha. Perhaps not.
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The sky was dark as coal---the moon bright, glowing and the rays were illuminating their camp. The silent whispers from the trees with the wind blowing made the aura feel romantic---the moon engulfing them with its hidden secrets. For lovers who just stole a moment away to be with each other…..
…..and this made Inuyasha’s scowl get deeper. He was sulking in a tree while keeping a very close watch everywhere---his body language suggested that someone would pop out of the trees and kill them all that very second. It wasn’t his idea to make camp here. He’d do anything to stay the hell away from here even if Naraku was hiding here---Shikon shard be damned!
A shiver ran down Kagome’s spine and she said she was cold, determined to find a hot spring nearby. She ignored Inuyasha who rudely said, (remembering what Shippo had said earlier) “Hell no you aren’t bathing and getting naked here in the western lands wench! You can wait until we get out of these woods.” He jumped down from the trees and continued “…..Besides you smell just fine to me.”
“Sit!”
(BOOM!)
“Who said you can sniff me you creep?” Kagome said. She said she was going to find herself a hot spring and that was that. She didn’t want anyone to accompany her. Sango gave Miroku a worried look. He reassured her with a smile and she’d be fine because they were safe in the west. No one would dare attack Kagome. This seemed to calm Sango a little bit.
Although inside Miroku was a little more than worried himself because here in the west the danger was different….He looked up at the dark sky. It was an ominous feeling he had. He couldn’t shake it off.
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It was pitch dark but the moon lit Kagome’s way as she looked around for a hot spring. Inwardly she was fuming about Inuyasha’s behavior---especially of recently and him telling her when and where she could take baths. Sniffing her? What was he? Her mate? She’d be damned if Inuyasha had started ‘scent marking’ her as his potential and future mate. Sango had warned her of such things.
Now after seeing Inuyasha’s recent behavior she wouldn’t put it past him and would try and stay away. It should’ve ‘hit her like a pile of bricks’ sooner, so to speak. Inuyasha would always be faithful and love Kikyo. She was just killing herself mentally by thinking about it all the time.
She stood in a clearing and looked up at the trees that loomed above her. Had someone been watching her she looked like an ethereal angel fallen from the heavens and come and offer something to earth---The moon making her seem to glow. She looked up curiously. She heard something or was it someone? Was she being watched?
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White silk blew in the cold wind, as amber eyes narrowed in at the fuming Miko who was marching in his direction now standing looking in his direction. Interesting. The hanyou had managed to irk the Miko again. She always managed to find herself in danger when she was angry stomping everywhere to calm down. Must be a human thing. Interesting creatures they were.
He had known of the tachi’s presence in his lands for a while. He should’ve been insulted at what the kit Shippo had said earlier about him. He should not have said those things to aggravate Inuyasha---knowing his temperament. This Miko….Kagome…she protected the kit as her own. Just like he did his Rin.
She had not been angry at Shippo and had not reprimanded him. Soothed his worries away and said that ‘all was well and she took care of it.’ He grudgingly admitted. It was admirable…for a human of course. Human she might be but even Inuyasha should know enough to respect the ones with holy powers. Had he tested and annoyed Kagome’s patience he wouldn’t put it past her to use those powers to put Inuyasha in his place.
He wondered whether he should let his presence be known to her. He wasn’t going to harm her of course. Even he had a few subjects with holy powers in his palace---in case their ‘service’ was required to take care of an enemy, however, the Miko he had in his palace didn’t have as much power (not to mention as much mouth to speak) as Kagome did.
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“That wench better be back soon!” Inuyasha said from his tree. Sango poked at the fire with worry. Kagome and she always went together! What was so different about now? Miroku looked from Sango to Inuyasha. Then Miroku said something to Inuyasha that hit a little closer to home then Inuyasha expected…..
“Sesshomaru would never do anything to harm her physically---give your half-brother more credit than that Inuyasha….and Sango I’m sure Kagome-sama just wanted a little time alone.”
Inuyasha jumped down from the tree. “Keh! You’re absolutely right monk! Sesshomaru would high-tail it out of there even if he saw Kagome naked! She’s human! What was I worrying about?”
‘………..’
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‘Smart Miko. Undressing behind a large boulder’ Sesshomaru thought and heard a big splash ‘….Or not. Letting the entire forest know someone jumped into the hot spring’. He scented/smelled something, eyes narrowed at the Miko already deep in the water----and decided to let his presence be known.
“Miko.” Sesshomaru said walking closer to the water, now at the edge. Blue eyes widened into his amber ones---thanking that the water was covering all of her----said hello. This didn’t phase him in the least.
“What has that mutt done to you?” Sesshomaru asked her. He knew it was not out of her own will.
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Lady Nefertiti: Please read and review! thanks.
Nishi---West