Well here's another chapter of The Four Kingdoms! Thanks to all of you who have been reviewing! I'll try to update as soon as I can! Oh yeah, Kagome isn't really shy, but well, arg! I can't explain it without ruining the plot! For now she is going to be quiet, later on, she'll be a little more normal (Hopefully) sorry if you don't like how she is now. I'll try to do better!

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The Four Kingdoms

Chapter 3: Kikyou Meets Kagome


Recap of last chapter:

Sango walked up to the girl and stared at her, "Well, maybe she's mute."

"Mute?"

"Yeah, maybe she can't talk."

"Well, I guess that would explain a few things."

Sango nodded; then she said to the girl in a gentle voice, "I'm Sango, the man in the robes is Miroku, and the guy with the silver hair is Inuyasha. Do you understand?"

The girl looked at Sango for a while. Then she looked at Miroku and Inuyasha and back at Sango. After a while, she looked back at Sango and nodded.

Sango smiled, "Well that's good, where do you come from?"

"Sango, if she's mute, I don't think she can answer that," Miroku said.

"Oh yeah. Well, what's your name?"

The girl looked at Sango for a bit then she turned around and began to move her finger in the dirt.

"Don't do that! You'll get dirty," Sango said trying to make her stop.

But Inuyasha held Sango back and said, "Wait, I think she's writing something."

The three of them looked at the dirt where the girl was writing. After a while the girl stopped and walked away from them.

Inuyasha looked at her; then he looked at the ground. She had written one word in the dirt. He opened his mouth and said it.

"Kagome…"


Inuyasha stared at the girl, "Is your name Kagome?"

Kagome looked over her shoulder at him and nodded.

"Well then, Kagome. Do you live around here in Nihon?" Miroku asked.

Kagome shook her head.

"Do you live in Sakura?" Sango asked.

Kagome shook her head again.

"Okay this is getting annoying," Inuyasha said impatiently. He walked over to the girl, grabbed her shoulders, and turned her so that she was looking at him. "Did you live in any of the four countries?"

Kagome looked at him with a blank expression. Then she pushed off his hands walked over to where she had spelt her name, and began to draw something in the dirt again.

Miroku went over to Inuyasha, "Well my friend, it seems that you have successfully scared away another girl. I must compliment you on such an admirable feat."

Inuyasha growled, "Back off bouzu. What's that's girl's problem anyway? Does she even know who she's dealing with?!"

Sango began massaging her temples, "Inuyasha, your hurt pride isn't important right now. The girl, Kagome, said that she didn't live in Ryuujin, Sakura, Nazumi, of Nihon."

Inuyasha looked confused, "So? What does that have to do with anything?"

"Well, if she doesn't come from one of the four countries, maybe she came from overseas."

"And?"

Sango sighed, "She might have come from a country overseas to see if they can conquer this country!"

Inuyasha snorted, "Yeah right Sango! No one can take over while me, my father, and my brother are here!"

"Hey, I'm just trying to be realistic! And besides, your brother and father are planning a journey to the other countries! If a foreign nation were to attack now, then we would be in trouble."

Inuyasha glared at her, "Are you saying I can't protect my own kingdom Sango?"

"No! Will you stop twisting my words around! I'm just trying to be cautious! We are at war you know!"

"Sorry to break this up," Miroku said, catching the attention of his two friends, "but it seems Kagome-chan here is finished with whatever she's doing."

Inuyasha looked over at Kagome. She was standing up, brushing the dust off her dress.

"Kagome-chan, will you show us what you have drawn?" Sango asked.

Kagome nodded and stepped aside to reveal her drawing.

Inuyasha stepped forward and looked at it. "What the hell is that?"

"Inuyasha, don't be rude," Miroku walked by him and examined the drawing, "It looks like, a butterfly," he looked at Kagome, "Kagome-chan, is it a butterfly?"

Kagome frowned, and shook her head.

Inuyasha took a closed look at it, "Aha! It's a moth!"

Kagome shook her head again.

Sango walked up to the two and looked at the drawing, "You two are blind. That's not a moth or a butterfly. It's a dragonfly!" then Sango looked at Kagome, "it's a dragonfly, right?"

Kagome looked at Sango for a while. Then she nodded.

Inuyasha stared at the drawing, "I guess it does look like a dragonfly, but what does that have to do with anything?"

Miroku thought for a while, "Maybe that's where she lives."

"In a dragonfly?"

"No Inuyasha. Miroku is saying that maybe Kagome lives in someplace where there are a lot of dragonflies."

"But there are tons of places where there are dragonflies!"

"Well, maybe we should ask Kagome-chan again," Miroku turned around, but Kagome was no where to be seen. "Inuyasha, Kagome-chan has disappeared again!"

"What? That wench is getting on my nerves," he said, "Come on Miroku, Sango, let's go look for her before she gets into anymore trouble."


Meanwhile, Kagome was walking in the castle halls. As she was walking down she heard someone sneak up behind her. Kagome turned around, and there was a small girl with a pigtail in the side of her head.

"Hi Kikyou-san!" the girl said happily.

Kagome looked at her confused.

"Kikyou-san, where did you get those clothes?" (Sorry if this is confusing, but when Rin went to get Kaede, she didn't see Kagome, so Rin thinks that Kagome is Kikyou.)

Kagome shook her head, as if to tell her she had the wrong person and walked away, but Rin grabbed her hand and started dragging her down the hall.

"Come on Kikyou-san, Inutaisho-sama says he wants to have a talk with you," and Rin dragged the confused Kagome down the hall into the throne room.


Kaede was walking down the halls in search for Rin. She had told the girl to get Kikyou, but she had a feeling that Rin had forgotten about. Kaede walked into the garden expecting to find Rin playing with the butterflies, but instead she found Kikyou, sitting on the bench, looking sullen.

"Kikyou, what are you doing here child?"

Kikyou looked up at Kaede and sighed, "Kaede-san, I had a fight with Inuyasha. He forgot about our date to spend it with some girl he found at a river."

"A girl at the river? Are you talking about the girl in the infirmary?"

Kikyou frowned a bit at her, "What are you talking about Kaede?"

"Inuyasha found a girl wounded at the river. He brought her back to the infirmary to have me check on her wounds. Although, the child disappeared when I left the room."

"Wait, you mean he didn't cheat on me?"

"Not to any of my knowledge."

Kikyou stood up happily, "Oh, I must go apologize to him right away!"

"Ah, before you go child, I sent Rin to tell you that you were needed at the throne room. She seems to have gotten sidetracked, but would you go there before you reconcile with Inuyasha?"

"Ah, of course Kaede I'll go right away!" and Kikyou ran off to the throne room. (Ahhhh, this is killing me! I don't want to write anything about Kikyou!)


"Father, are you sure that Inuyasha can handle running a country by himself?"

Inutaisho sighed, "Well, hopefully Miroku, Sango, Kaede, and Kikyou will advise him on the matters of state."

"I see. Why did you call the miko here?"

"You mean Kikyou? I was hoping that she would be able to make some protection wards on the castle."

"Why?"

"Just to give Inuyasha some extra protection."

"You worry about the brat too much father."

He sighed, "I guess I do."

Then there was a knock on the door, "Sesshoumaru-sama, Inutaisho-sama! Rin brought Kikyou-san!"

"Alright, bring her here Rin."

Rin opened the door and ran into the room, "Presenting, Kikyou-san!" she said happily.

Kagome walked into the room and stood by Rin. She looked up at the two youkai and stared at them blankly.

Sesshoumaru glared at her, "Rin, who is this?"

Rin looked confused, "Rin doesn't understand. Isn't this Kikyou-san?"

"No it isn't. Why have you brought an intruder into the castle?"

Rin shook her head, "She isn't an intruder sir. I found her wandering the castle halls."

Inutaisho stood up and walked toward Kagome, "I see. She does bear a huge resemblance to Kikyou, but her scent is different."

Sesshoumaru glared at Rin, "Rin,, are you telling the truth about this girl?"

"Yes Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin is telling the truth."

"Sesshoumaru, don't scold the child. Any human would have mistaken this girl for Kikyou. Why, she could be Kikyou's twin."

"Kikyou doesn't have a twin, her parents died when she was ten. And there are no records of them ever having a second child."

"I know that. Well then girl, who are you?"

Kagome stared up at Inutaisho. Then she walked past him over to the map of the world hanging on the wall.

"Girl, my father has asked you a question."

Kagome ignored him and pointed to the kingdom of Nihon on the map.

"That is Nihon, the country that you are in," Inutaisho explained patiently, "Where do you live?"

Kagome looked at Inutaisho and turned back to the map, she was about to point to something, when the front door opened.

"Inutaisho-sama, you wanted to see me?" Kikyou came in and stopped in shock when she saw Kagome.

Kagome looked at Kikyou, and walked over to her, stopping three feet away from her.

"W-who are you?!" Kikyou yelled.

(I almost ended the chapter here, but I guess I should keep going.)

Kagome stared at Kikyou for a while. Then she walked over to her, took a handful of her hair, and tugged softly.

Kikyou's eyes widened, "What are you doing?!" she screeched, and tried to push make Kagome let go, but Kagome didn't she just stared at Kikyou's hair.

Rin looked at Kikyou and Kagome, then back to Kikyou, "Kikyou-san, why are there two of you?"

"There aren't! This girl is an imposter! A fake!"

Then the throne room doors opened and Inuyasha came storming in. "I heard screaming! Are you alright Kikyou?"

"Inuyasha! Tell this bitch to let go of me! She's hurting me!"

Inuyasha stared at Kagome, "So that's where you went!"

Sesshoumaru stared at his brother, "So you know this wench Inuyasha."

"Tell me how you know her Inuyasha."

"Well, I found her by the river, she was injured so I sent her to the infirmary so that Kaede could look after her. She escaped the infirmary, but me, Miroku, and Sango found her."

"Well then little brother, how is it that she came here?"

"Inuyasha slow down!" in came a panting Miroku, and behind him, Sango.

"Inuyasha, we're supposed to be looking for her! Why did you come here?!" Miroku asked.

"She's right here Miroku."

Miroku looked over Inuyasha's shoulder, "Ah there you are!" he and Sango ran over to Kagome, "Please don't run off like that; it's dangerous to wander around here."

"So, you let a human escape you? I would have thought you inherited more of our demon qualities than that. But seeing as you can't even keep track of one girl, I must have been mistaken."

"You want to say that again Sesshoumaru?!"

"Stop it Inuyasha," Kikyou yelled, "Would you stop fighting and tell this girl to let go of my hair?!"

They looked over to Kagome. She was still holding on to Kikyou's hair and was staring at Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru blankly.

Sango walked over to Kagome, "Kagome-chan, will you please let go of Kikyou's hair?"

Kagome stared at her. Then she let go of Kikyou's hair and went over to Inutaisho's throne chair (lame, I know, but I forgot what you call the chairs that kings sit on!)

"So the girl is called Kagome?" Inutaisho asked walking over to Sango.

"Yes Inutaisho-sama."

"How did you figure out her name?"

"Well, she wrote it for us."

"I see, do you know where she came from?"

Miroku shook his head, "No, when we asked where she came from, all she did was draw a dragonfly."

"What does the dragonfly mean?'

"We don't know father. Miroku said that it probably meant she lived in a dragonfly."

"No, I said that she probably lived in a place where there were a lot of dragonflies," Miroku said while sighing.

"Whatever, anyway to put it simply we have no clue where she lives. She said she didn't live in Nihon, Nazumi, Sakura, or Ryuujin."

"We thought she might have come over seas, but we are not sure," Sango said.

"I see..."

"Don't worry father, she's not a demon," Inuyasha said.

"That doesn't matter now! Why does she look like me?!" Kikyou asked.

"We don't know. Calm down, I'm sure it doesn't mean anything. Probably a coincidence," Inuyasha said, trying to calm her down.

"A coincidence?! She looks exactly like me!" Kikyou went up to Kagome and said, "Who are you?! Why do you look like me?!"

Kagome turned around and stared at her.

"Don't ignore me!" she yelled, "Answer my question! Who are you?! Why do you look like me?!"

Kagome stared at Kikyou. Then she looked down at the floor.

"Kikyou! Please stop yelling. She's mute, she can't talk."

"Well then you answer me Inuyasha!"

"How the hell am I supposed to do that?!"

"Well you found her! You should know more about her than any of us!"

"Please come down Kikyou-san" Miroku said, "We don't know why she looks like you. We would ask her, but she is mute."

"Sango, maybe you should ask her."

"Why me Inuyasha?"

"Well, when you asked the questions she answered you. Maybe if you ask again, she'll tell you."

"Inuyasha, she's mute. How can a mute person answer this kind of question?"

"Just do it please, Kikyou is getting on my nerve," Inuyasha asked quietly.

Sango sighed, "Very well," she walked over to Kagome, "Kagome, why do you look like Kikyou?"

Kagome looked at Sango. Then she walked over to the large window showing the castle gardens.

"Kagome doesn't know. Kagome is Kagome, why does she look like Kagome?"


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