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Yes...I'm so sorry for my -checks calender- two year absence.
...Two years?! My god...what can I say, lmao. You might all want to thank Jacxi for this update though, for she is the one who..."motivated" me. If you could call what she does "motivation." -shudders at the thought of Jaxci and her 2x4...which she has oddly dubbed Ploki-Jaxci: ...Two years, Bunny? TWO YEARS? What kind of parent are you to abandon your stories for two whole years?! Bad parent. CHILD-STORY SERVICES! ARREST THIS WOMAN AT ONCE! Wait...arrest her after she updates this chapter! And your poor poor readers...how could you do this to them? They love you, and how do you repay them? By delaying this chapter for TWO WHOLE YEARS. Now mourn...mourn for your poor reviewers/readers.

Bunny: -mourns- ... -sings- I want to be...the very best, like no one ever was! To catch them...is my real test, to train them is my cause! Pokemonz! Gotta catch 'em all!

Jaxci: What kind of mourning is that?!

Bunny: EEP!

Disclaimer: It's been two years, and I still don't own anything.

Broken Promise
By: Mr.CuriosityBunny

Chapter six: Why Me?

And as she stared up into the cold, annoyed golden eyes of none other than Sesshomaru, Kagome couldn't help but wonder, God, why me? Unbeknownst to the both of them, however, a certain dog-eared hanyou was wondering the exact same thing.

"Inuyasha, you stuck up jerk, what is your problem?! Kagome hasn't been back yet for a while because of you! Hurry up and go say sorry so she can come back!"

And as Shippo continued to pull on the annoyed hanyou's delicate ears, he couldn't help but think, Dammit, why me?

…Okay, maybe they weren't thinking the exact same thing, but it was pretty close. Anyways…

"—just go back and get her and apologize, Inuyasha! She deserves that much after what you did to her this time!"

Inuyasha swiped at Shippo with an annoyed growl just before the fox demon went to attack his ears again. He crossed his arms with a huff. "What makes you think that I did anything to her!"

Shippo stared blankly up at the hanyou. "You're joking, right?"

At the utterly confused look on Inuyasha's face, Miroku decided at that moment to step in and intervene before something bad happened. "Let's not be rash, Shippo. It is quite possible that Inuyasha actually didn't do anything to upset our dear Kagome. Perhaps she had another one of those 'tests' to complete." He watched Inuyasha's face closely to see his reaction.

Shippo gapped up at Miroku, wondering if he'd been slapped one too many times by Sango. "Miroku…but…but you were there! How could you defend him after—!" Miroku effectively cut off Shippo's train of speech with his hand. Ignoring the fox demon's struggling, he closely analyzed Inuyasha, who seemed utterly clueless.

Strange, he thought with narrowed eyes. Inuyasha doesn't seem to recall what he did that would make Kagome so upset. I would think that one would remember running off to see a dead priestess after showing interest in a living one…hmm.

"—I'm talking to you bozo! What the hell is going on—"

Miroku ignored the hanyou's question in favour of asking his own. "Where were you the day before, Inuyasha?"

Said hanyou blinked in surprise. "Yesterday? I was patrolling the area for any threats, then I went hunting and…huh. Everything seems like a blank after that. Guess I must've fell asleep or something…"

Yet, even as he said that, Inuyasha himself knew it was strange to have not remembered anything after hunting for food. Miroku narrowed his eyes in contemplative thought. He had felt a small ounce of spiritual power the other day, yet he chose not to think much of it.

The power…it was strange. It wasn't like any normal priestess power he had encountered, or felt before. It seemed…different; not exactly dark magic, but different. But again, he chose not to dwell on the matter, thinking nothing of it. Not because he had overheard Sango telling Shippo that she was going off to bathe at a nearby hot spring or anything…

He just figured it wasn't very important.

…

Anyways.

Mmm...Sango. Miroku was abruptly pulled out of his fantasy of Sango bathing under the moonlight when Shippo chose to clamp down on his hand with his small fangs at that precise moment. With a startled yelp, Miroku released his hold on Shippo in favour of rubbing the abused appendage.

"What do you mean 'you guess you fell asleep?!' You two timing jerk! How could you just do that to Kagome and act like you don't remember it!" Shippo continued to beat on the hanyou's head with a new found vigour.

"Wha? Ow! Shippo, what the hell are you talking about?! Get offa me you little runt!"

That moment, Sango chose to make her grand entrance. Miroku secretly thanked the gods that she happened to return from gathering herbs at that exact moment.

"…What's going on here?"

Inuyasha stopped mid-struggle with Shippo and turned aggravated amber eyes onto the demon slayer. "Keh, I think all that damn chocolate has finally gone to the runt's brain."

Sango's eyes narrowed on Inuyasha in anger. "I wasn't talking to you—"

Miroku was quick to work. "My dearest Sango! How I've missed you so…you look more beautiful than ever. And my, your bottom feels exceptionally firm today—"

"PERVERT!"

The harsh sound of skin striking skin echoed throughout their camp grounds. Miroku sheepishly rubbed his crimson cheek. "Inuyasha, it's getting late into the afternoon…"

"Yeah, what of it?"

Miroku sighed at his friend's gruff tone. "I'm sure everyone's hungry, so why don't you go fetch us something for lunch before it get's dark?"

"Keh!" He dropped Shippo and bounded to the forest trees without another word, happy to get away from the rest of them.

When Miroku was sure that he was out of ear shot, he let loose another sigh, this one wearier.

"Miroku? What was that all about?"

Said monk turned his attention back to his female companion. "I fear something is not right with Inuyasha."

Sango looked taken aback. "What do you mean?"

Shippo, upset that he had been momentarily forgotten, jumped into the conversation. "He's pretending like he didn't go off to see Kikyo yesterday! He saw that we saw him when he went, so I don't know who he thinks he's trying to fool."

"Sango," Miroku called calmly, seeing the confused and angered look on her face. "It is my knowledge that Inuyasha knows not of what he did at that time. He says that after he went hunting for food, he isn't able to remember what he did or where he went, claiming that he must have fallen asleep. However, we all know that Inuyasha isn't one to succumb to sleep that easily."

Sango took a minute to process what Miroku was saying. After another moment of silence, she looked to him searchingly. "This doesn't make any sense."

"I realized that." Miroku turned a silencing look to Shippo, who opened his mouth to protest. "However, some time after Inuyasha had left to go patrolling for any possible threats, I felt priestess powers at work in the air. Although, they were slightly…different. They weren't exactly pure, and yet, they weren't exactly dark either…"

Sango was able to catch on quickly. "Kikyo…"

Miroku nodded. "Precisely."

Shippo hopped up onto Miroku's shoulder, his face scrunched up in confusion. "So what are you saying, Kikyo did something to Inuyasha to make him forget that he went to her?"

"Not exactly Shippo," Miroku stated. "More along the lines of Kikyo did something to make Inuyasha come to her in the first place."

"And now he has no recollection of what transpired." Sango finished.

Once again, Miroku nodded in the affirmative. "Precisely. The only question now is what exactly is Kikyo planning?"

The group fell into a short lapse of silence, mulling over the turn of events. The silence was cut short, however, as another slap was echoed throughout the camp.

"PERVERT!"

Sango sighed in exhaustion, wondering how someone so seemingly wise could be so hopelessly stupid. Looking back at the satisfied grin on Miroku's abused face, she sighed again, this time in disgust.

Why me?

Jaxci: I've sat at my computer for three days straight waiting for this chapter...THREE DAYS, repeatedly reading "Broken Promise" which you just did!

Bunny: Omg...you...you used my own title and plot against me! -cries-

Jaxci: ...Next time update...or face the wrath of Ploki!

Bunny: eep. -cowers-