Happy Bath Ending

I don't own this, so you don't have to pay! Isn't it sparkly?

“What is that…that smell?” Kagome asked, turning her nose up in disgust. Sango and Miroku exchanged glances at each other, at their clothes, and back at each other before determining neither was the source of the pungent smell. Kagome ran around the makeshift camp, smelling bottles and piles of clothes before she stumbled over Inuyasha, who was attempting to meditate.

“Inuyashaaaaa,” Kagome whined, poking his shoulder, “You stink. You smell like ass!” she declared, shoving a chubby finger at the hanyou. Inuyasha’s eyes flew open as he gave a hard glare at Kagome, and then Sango and Miroku who snickered at what the miko said. Inuyasha ‘humped’ and frowned at them, closing his eyes again to meditate. He did not feel like being bother, and moreover did not stink. Idiots.

“Inuyasha!”

“WHAT?!!” he roared, instantly in Kagome’s face. She cowered initially, but the pulled herself up and shoved a small blue bottle into his hand.

“Here is something to make you smell less like your Inu side and more like your human side!!” Kagome smirked and turned to walk away, her green skirt twirling.

Inuyasha smirked back. “If only you knew. Humans smell way worse than any youkai or hanyou. I mean really, have you smelled yourself when you have your monthly bleeds? Makes me wonder why you don‘t wear a red skirt, since everyone knows when you have it.”

Miroku chuckled and Sango’s mouth gaped open. No woman wants her cycle to be discussed, even though Kagome may as well had an all points bulletin as she wore such short skirts and also was not…hygienic. The smell of her blood at times was enough to make Inuyasha vomit the ramen noodles he so loved.

“SIT!! SIT! SIT! SIT!!!” Kagome screamed reddening in embarrassment. How dare he?? Inuyasha’s head bashed into the ground a series of times, seeming to bounce off of the grass easily. She coldly tossed a towel on him and sauntered off, leaving the hanyou fuming mad, but somewhat powerless. Mumbling, he snatched the soap, shampoo, towel and stomped off toward the nearest spring to wash and delouse.

"That wasn't nice," Miroku said as Kagome switched past him. Kagome turned and shrugged. She was so over Inuyasha and his weird moods. She pulled on Sango to follow her to the tent where she had a modern magazine that had a hairstyle that would be nice for her. Miroku sneered at the girls and went to go gather firewood in the woods.

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Inuyasha pouted and leaned back in the hot spring. The others had no right telling him he smelled bad. Stupid humans.

Humans.

They treated him better than the youkai did, but not by much. Humans also saw him as an abomination, but under different terms. Humans were scared of demons, animals, hell even of their own shadows. Youkai saw him as a disgusting inbred mistake that should have been slashed out of his mothers womb before he even hit air. His brother especially thought that. Inuyasha’s frown deepened as he submerged himself under the hot spring. He thought of his lonely existence and contemplated whether or not to remain under the water until his life expired. His head eventually began to hurt and his vision hazed over, so he gracefully rose to the top of the water, his white hair fanning out like a daisy in the water. He paddled over to the rock where he had his soap…

Inuyasha looked around in confusion. His soap materials were gone. He quickly ducked under the water and frantically tried to locate the lost products. He didn’t want Kagome to bitch fit him again, so finding those soaps were pretty important.

“Looking for something, half-breed?” Inuyasha jerked his head up to see his brother, his rival, his nemesis, Sesshoumaru. The youkai was sitting in a tree across the spring, opening and sniffing the bottle of soap. His yellow eyes narrowed and he coldly smiled.

“Give that stuff back, ya idiot! It’s not even mine!” Inuyasha screamed, throwing a rock toward Sesshoumaru.

The Western Lord moved only his head, ducking the rock. “Why don’t you come take it from me?” he asked in a bored voice.

The blush on Inuyasha’s face answered his question. The half breed was obviously naked, although Sesshoumaru had not even considered that when he first came upon his brother washing in the spring. His evil smile deepened. Perhaps now that Inuyasha was vulnerable, was the time to stake his claim and give his brother a permanent reminder to never cross him.

"Just shut up and give me back my stuff." Inuyasha's tone was almost as flat as Sesshoumaru's.

Sesshoumaru jumped down from the tree and advanced upon his brother, licking his lips at his new found prey. He cocked his head to the side and met Inuyasha eye to eye. He shrugged. "Perhaps I shall join you," he said, waking closer to the bank. Inuyasha warily eyed him as he neared closer and closer to him.

"Don't worry, pup. I don't bite...hard," Sesshoumaru added, making Inuyasha nervous. He didn't like his brother in such close proximity to him, and wondered what the next move would be. But then again, anywhere was better than being back at camp. Inuyasha relaxed and closed his eyes a few moments before feeling a weight on him. He opened them to find Sesshoumaru floating in front of him, so close their noses were touching.

"Do you think you can take them from me now?" he rasped, staring into his brother's eyes. Inuyasha gulped. He was not ready for this, not by a long shot...


A/N: I was going to do a one-shot but I need to go to bed. Tomorrow I will finish and post the rest, or at least another chapter. Happy weekend freaks! Lol...