Love Potion

Chapter 1

Dashing diagonally to dodge a whip, Inuyasha continues to avoid the attacks of the demoness that was terrorising the surrounding area. It was just the boys this time. Kagome said she had exams to study for while Sango needed to get supplies and repair the Hiraikotsu. Of course, the half demon would rather keep moving and looking for shards than being stationary so here we are.

A nearby village ran into some trouble with a rogue witch wrecking havoc as she passed through the villages. Kaede had so kindly asked for their assistance; with the promise of a handsome pay, of course they said yes.

And besides, Miroku won't admit it out loud but he could relate to hanyou. He too was feeling angsty and pent up as well, for different reasons though. So a little pest control is great for relieving some tension.

Miroku ran forward and used his wind tunnel, pulling the witch back towards him, closing it while they were mid air. Inuyasha took the opportunity and slashed at them with his claws inflicting damage and flinging them to the ground.

"Curse you, half demon! And you damned monk!" they sneered. Clutching the open wound on their chest, Miroku could see the other hand rummaging in the satchel they carried.

"Inuyasha, be careful!"

"Keh, small fry can't hurt me." Inuyasha tried to draw his sword to attack but the witch was quicker to draw and a white sparkly dust was thrown towards them. Miroku managed to block its trajectory, blocking his face with his sleeve but Inuyasha wasn't so lucky.

"What the ..?" The dust hit the half demon in the face and he frantically started sneezing and rubbing his eyes. Miroku was quick to his side with a bottle filled with water Kagome had left behind, holding his head back and pouring it on his face .

"What the hell was that witch?"

She chuckled. "That wasn't exactly what I wanted but it might do the job. Good luck dealing with him, damned monk!"

With one barely good eye, Inuyasha quickly drew his sword and directed a wind scar towards the witch. She disintegrated with a shrill scream.

Finally, that was over. They had proved to be difficult in the beginning by making low life demons and humans they turned into monsters attack them. Small fry but all irritating still, they got through them with little injury to themselves except for right now.

Inuyasha was on his knees, face a little red from sneezing and rubbing his face, clearly inflamed. His eyes watered heavily trying to flush the foreign body out of it. Miroku was to his side and held his face in his hands.

"Hey, hey! Calm down and breathe through your mouth, take deep breaths."

Inuyasha felt like his lungs were on fire, throat was scratchy and it was hard to swallow. His eyes were also burning and the coolest thing he could feel were the hands on his face and soon the water that was poured onto his forehead.

"Talk to me Inuyasha. How are you feeling?"

"Everything.....burns, " he replied, voice raspy.

"Drink the rest of this. There's a river nearby. Come on, I know you can make it," the other man encouraged while handing Inuyasha the bottle and putting his arm on his shoulder for support. The half demon all but clung to the other man's side as they staggered through the forest to the river bank. Miroku still being the coolest thing outside of the furnace his body was currently creating, not fully understanding why. That was one problem.

The other was the separate internal battle he seemed to be having with what he thinks is himself.

"Get out of me!"