Author's Note: Hi! I'm just here to clarify a few things. Hakudoshi and Kanna are both older in this story about 16 and 17 years old. If you want to picture how Izayoi looks, see the second Inuyasha movie 'The Castle Beyond The Looking Glass'. The girl Princess Kaguya is more or less how Izayoi looks. I apologize if any of the characters act a little bit off-character. You may still R&R if you like but once again, NO FLAMES PLEASE! I don't own 'Inuyasha' or any songs mentioned in this fanfic.

Chapter 3

The next morning, Izayoi woke up feeling like she truly was the princess of the castle. She yawned and felt that she got a great amount of sleep. She remembered the previous day's argument with Bankotsu and still felt a little mad towards him. Yet she couldn't get him out of her mind. '"That was a totally pointless argument with Bankotsu! Well, it was his fault in the first place. Why I am thinking about that idiot always? All he does is get me angry," she whispered to herself so loudly that if anyone were to have seen her she would've seemed to be insane. She was talking to herself about what she was going to do. "First, I need to get dressed! So where's the suppose servants here?!" Izayoi slid a door open to look inside her closet and started trying on the kimonos hanging there. "This one is too big!" Izayoi was throwing her clothes like crazy trying to find the perfect fit. Then, a servant girl came in and saw Izayoi throwing all her clothes on the bed and around the area. "What's going on here?!" Izayoi turned to face the servant and spoke up with a sort of bossy tone. "I can't find the perfect fit for me. Can you help me find something?!" The girl turned to look at the clothing around her and grabs a random one with pink flowers on it. "How about this one?" Izayoi had a grossed out expression on her face. "No. That's pretty and all, but I don't want to be all loose. I want it tight, but not too tight!"

In the hall, passing through, Kagura was hearing all the noise going about the room and went to investigate. She entered Izayoi's room and it was mess, with all the closet emptied out with a few clothes still hanging. Kagura stood at the doorway and put her fan close to her mouth and said,"What's with all the mess, Izayoi?" Izayoi turned to face Kagura. The servant girl was holding another kimono with yellow flowers on it. "Oh, Kagura! Thank god you're here! I need a kimono!" Kagura took another look around the room and looked back at Izayoi. "Izayoi, you already tried a bunch of them. Just put on whichever one." Izayoi started to complain about her kimonos. "They're all pretty but...THEY'RE JUST TOO LOOSE! Why don't you lend me one of your kimonos, Kagura?!" Izayoi dropped the kimono she had in her hands and stood in front of Kagura with her hands together like she was going to pray. Izayoi wanted to have something like what Kagura was wearing, but a little different. "Oh, come on, Kagura! Please?!" Kagura stared at her with a blank expression on her face. Finally, she accepted. "Alright! Come with me." Kagura lead Izayoi and left the servant girl by herself in the room. "Is this okay?" Kagura said, after choosing a beautiful black and pink kimono adorned with flower designs. "It's too small for me. It might fit you better." Izayoi went back to her room to try on the kimono. The room was clean from all of the kimonos she had thrown onto the floor. She supposed that the servant girl had cleaned the room. Izayoi tried on the kimono and went over to the mirror to see how it looked. And it looked great! Not too tight and not too loose. It was perfect! "I see it fits you well. You can keep it, seeing that it'll take a while for the servants to fix your kimonos to the right size," Kagura said reappearing at the doorway. "Really? Thanks Kagura!" Izayoi said. Kagura went away to do something and Izayoi said,"Now what do I do? Normally I would wake up and watch Spongebob, but there's no T.V. here! I guess I'll go look around." She walked down a hallway and nearly bumped into Kohaku. "Oh, Izayoi! Naraku sent me to look for you.

He said that he wishes to speak to you," he said. "He's in his room." Kohaku began to walk away, but Izayoi grasped his arm and said,"Umm...do you think you can take me there? I don't know this place too well you know." "Uhh, okay," he replied. Kohaku led the way to Naraku. She was finally going to meet her father. Suddenly, she became aware that she had only heard about her father, and not anything about her mother. "Master Naraku, here she is." At the sound of Kohaku's voice, Izayoi snapped back into reality. She hadn't even noticed where they were going. "You may leave, Kohaku." Izayoi heard the dark, silky voice speak her name. "Izayoi, feel free to sit down." Izayoi saw Naraku sitting beside a window with a creepy looking girl with white hair. She had soulless black eyes and was holding a mirror. She approached them and sat down. She glanced up at Naraku and noticed how extraordinarily alike she was to him. He had the same long, wavy black hair, red eyes, and pale skin. Izayoi found it hard to believe that such a handsome man was her father. After a moment, he spoke up.

"It's been along time. The last time I saw you, you were a little girl. Kagura was right, you look so much like me." Naraku looked at Izayoi and extended his hand out to her. She stared cluelessly at it. "Come closer, child,"he smiled and pulled her closer to his chest to hug her. Izayoi face was resting on his chest. She was thinking how he was suppose to be evil from what Bankotsu had told her the previous day. "Isn't Naraku suppose to be evil? That's what Bankotsu said. I mean know for a fact that evil people don't have feeling for nobody, but themselves," she thought. She felt her face turn red and Naraku pulled away from her and said,"The reason why you're here is--"Naraku was cut off by Izayoi. "Because of you I can't watch my shows and well, I can't go back! Basically, I'm stuck here!" Izayoi was angry the fact she had been brought to the Feudal Era and she couldn't go back home. Naraku stared at her because of her reaction and then, out of nowhere, Kagura came in uninvited and spoke up,"Well, Naraku...she is definitely your daughter." Naraku turned around and gave Kagura an evil, dirty look that she ignored. "Kagura..." Suddenly, Izayoi remembered that her cell phone had Internet and she pulled out her cellphone. Naraku stared at the phone. Then Izayoi told Naraku what it was. "It's a cellphone if you're wondering what it is." Izayoi show Naraku and he said,"What does it do? Capture souls?" "No. But it can do a lot. Like text, go on the Internet, tell time, talk to people, and take pictures." "Internet? Pictures?" Naraku questioned her. "Yeah. Ok, stay still and smile for the camera!" Izayoi took the picture of Naraku and showed it to him; made him look a hot sexy model. "You look absolutely good here. You look like you could be a male model and girl's dreamboat guy." Naraku smiled at Izayoi's comment and Naraku continued with his whole 'reason why she was there' explanation. "Well, as I was saying...the reason why you're here is that..." Izayoi turned around and heard Bankotsu's voice say,"Hey, Kohaku!"; Naraku was interrupted yet again. "What's going on, here? Are you ready to go? " Bankotsu came in the room and saw Izayoi holding the cellphone. "What's that?" "It's a phone. I was taking a picture of Naraku." "Okaaaay...I guess," he said, looking confused. Izayoi turned to Naraku and asked,"Can I go with him?" He was staring into the creepy girl's mirror and said,"Yes, you may." Izayoi left with Bankotsu, pleased that she was going to spend the day with him. "Where are we going anyway?" she asked him. "I don't really know. Just to hang out, I guess," he said. "That sounds boring,"Izayoi said. "Fine, I'll take you horseback riding for a while. Is that better?" Bankotsu asked, annoyed. "Really?! I wanna ride a horse!"Izayoi said, sounding like a little girl. They walked to the pond they were at yesterday where Izayoi saw a pretty palomino horse tied to a tree. Bankotsu helped her get on then he mounted on behind her. As he gripped the horse's reins, it seemed as if he was holding Izayoi by her waist. She blushed at this thought. "Is this your horse?" she asked him resting her head on his chest to look at him. "No this is Renkotsu's. I 'borrowed' it, if you know what I mean. He's bound to blame Jakotsu for it anyway," Bankotsu replied. It was actually quite pleasant to ride a horse on a day as beautiful as today. Suddenly, Izayoi's phone rang with 'Kiss, Kiss' (by Chris Brown ft. T-Pain). "What's that?" Bankotsu asked, somewhat startled. "Oh that's just my phone," Izayoi said, taking it out and checking who it was. "Your phone?" Izayoi got off and saw that it was a text message from her friend Reno. It read: hey izayoi wut u been up 2. i haven't seen u since ur b-day party. where u ? She was going to reply when she became aware of the fact that Bankotsu was looking at the phone over her shoulder. "What are doing with your 'phone'?" he asked. "I'm text messaging. What does it look like I'm doing?" Izayoi replied testily. "Text messaging?" Bankotsu questioned, looking even more confused. "Yeah. It's like I'm sending a letter to my friend." "Who's your friend?" he asked. "Uhh...none of your business?!" Izayoi said annoyed. She turned around to continue her message, but Bankotsu would followed her no matter where she turned. "Quit it!" she said angrily. "I want to see what you're writing to your supposed friend. If you even have one." Izayoi felt totally insulted and yelled,"For your information, I am extremely popular back home and I have lots of friends. Lots more than you do!" "Whatever! You're probably texting yourself!" Bankotsu replied. "How could I text myself? You're such an idiot!" She decided to ignore him and texted Reno as fast as she could: let's just say i'm very far away. i'll talk 2 u l8er cuz i'm kinda busy right now. When he replied 'ok!' Izayoi walked up to Bankotsu and said,"Okay, I'm done texting." "Took you long enough!" he in an annoyed way. "Whatever! You would probably take a whole day just to send one message!"

Bankotsu was annoyed at Izayoi. She looked at him for an instant and then turned to look at a pair butterflies passing by the meadows. She suddenly thought of something to say that would annoy him even more. "Hey, Bankotsu? How can you carry such a big sword with such a small body?" Izayoi said and almost laughed. "I don't have a small body! I've got upper and lower strength!" Izayoi thought about what he meant about 'lower strength' and giggled. (I wonder what he means by lower strength!) Bankotsu glared at her and replied angrily,"What?! Did I say something wrong? Why are you laughing?!" She giggled some more and said in an laughing tone,"I ain't gonna tell ya!" She continued to laughed uncontrollably at him. This annoyed Bankotsu even more. "Tell me!" Izayoi wanted to play with him for a little bit. "How about no?!" Bankotsu yelled at her,"If you ain't going to tell me...I'm going to make you!" Izayoi looked up at him straight in the eye and she challenged him. "Oh, yeah?! How?" He looked at her and came closer to Izayoi with a serious look on his face. Izayoi backed away a few steps and looked at him with a scared look on her face. Bankotsu drew even closer to Izayoi.

She backed up until she bumped into a tree. There was no way for her to get away from him. She was paralyzed. Izayoi just stared as his body came closer to her. Izayoi felt her heart beating faster and faster as if it were going to explode. Izayoi felt her cheeks getting redder with every passing minute. Almost all of Bankotsu's weight was on top of her now. Suddenly she thought that Bankotsu was going to kiss her. (What's going on with Bankotsu? Why is he getting so near? Is he going to kiss me? I hope he does.) Izayoi waited for Bankotsu to 'kiss her'. She suddenly became aware of how even more good-looking Bankotsu was up close. Bankotsu grabbed Izayoi. She was still waiting for him to get it over with it. (Get on with it and kiss me you fool!) However, it wasn't what Izayoi had expected. Bankotsu began to tickle her stomach with his gentle hands. Izayoi was still resting against the tree as she tried to get away from Bankotsu's ticklish hands. "No! Stop--!" Izayoi said it in between her own laughs. Then, as Izayoi fell to the ground shaking with laughter, she accidentally pulled on Bankotsu's hairband from his braid and his luscious hair came loose. Bankotsu stumbled and 'fell' on top of Izayoi. It was a special moment for both Bankotsu and Izayoi. Bankotsu stared at her. His dark cerulean eyes were looking into her crimson eyes. There was such longing in them. Izayoi never took her eyes off of Bankotsu. At that moment, she felt her heart become one with his. When he drew his face closer to Izayoi's, she felt her heart skip a beat. Bankotsu just looked at her and smiled. Gently, he brushed her hair from her face. It began to drizzle. The water drops were falling down on Bankotsu and Izayoi. "It's raining," Izayoi said. Bankotsu looked up at the sky and felt the rain against his skin. Then, he said gently,"Yeah. We better find some shelter or we'll be caught in the rain." Just as Bankotsu finished his sentence, it began to rain even harder and Izayoi stared at him. "You just jinxed it." Bankotsu helped Izayoi up and then they ran to a nearby cave.

They were dripping from head to toe. They sat down on the ground close to the fire to warm their cold shivering bodies from the freezing rain. "Well...what do we do now?" Izayoi asked Bankotsu in a hopeless tone. "All we can do now is wait until the rain subsides. For now, we'll just wait and rest up a bit," he said, braiding his hair. "Do you think I'll ever be able to go back home?" Izayoi said, staring at the fire. Bankotsu looked at her in a confused way and asked,"You want to leave already?" "It's not that I mind being here. I just miss all of my friends," she said sadly. "You can talk to my brothers whenever you want to," he offered. "Uhh...no that's okay. Thanks for the offer though," Izayoi said, thinking of Suikotsu and the first time she met him. "Has it stopped raining?" she asked Bankotsu. He got up to go check. "It's just drizzling a bit," Izayoi heard him say from a distance. "Do you want to leave?" Bankotsu said as he came back. Izayoi's stomach gave out a loud growling noise. "I guess I'll go home to eat something." Bankotsu helped her up and they walked outside where the horse was still there underneath a tree. Izayoi climbed onto the horse with Bankotsu's help and they took a shortcut home through a small forest. Once they arrived, Izayoi got off and walked through the courtyard. When Bankotsu saw that she was nearing the castle's entrance, he yelled out,"Bye, Izayoi!" "Bye, Bankotsu!" Izayoi yelled and waved. "Take care," she added in a whisper. She watch him leave until she could see him no longer. Izayoi walked up the few steps. She decided to look for Kohaku or some other servant. She walked down a long hallway but she couldn't find a single person. "Some service they have here," Izayoi muttered to herself.

"Well, well. You must be Izayoi," a soft, male voice spoke. Izayoi turned and saw a boy of around 16 behind her. He was taller than her and had unusual light purple eyes and long, white hair with a purplish tinge to it. His skin was so pale it seemed to emit an extremely faint glow. Overall, Izayoi thought he was a little creepy but definitely not as creepy as the Band of Seven(excluding Bankotsu of course). Once she got over the first impression, Izayoi thought it all seemed to suit him well. "Who are you supposed to be?" she asked him. "I'm one of Naraku's incarnations. I was surprised to find out that he had hired a mere human to protect you," he said in the same soft, caressing voice. "What's wrong with Bankotsu? He may be human but he's strong," Izayoi said in Bankotsu's defense. "Yes. He is strong for a human. However he is no match for me. Everyone thought Naraku would've given me the responsibility of looking after you," he said. There was a strange look in his eyes as he said all this. He approached her and lifted her chin up a bit to look at her more closely. Izayoi stared back at his somewhat handsome face. When her scarlet eyes met his violet ones, she felt as if he was able to see through her mind. "The intensity of your gaze tells me you're a feisty one. I like that," he whispered, withdrawing from her. With one last look at Izayoi, he left. Izayoi stayed where she was. "Who the hell was that?" she whispered. "That was Hakudoshi." Izayoi saw Kagura coming walking towards her. "Ignore him. He just thinks he is superior to others just because he can read others thoughts." "What?!" Izayoi exclaimed. "Oh wait, I forgot! Almost everything is possible in this era." "Just avoid him whenever you can," she advised before disappearing around the corner. Izayoi continued in her search of a servant. "Lady Izayoi!" Izayoi heard a small voice say. She turned and saw that she had just walked past a room that had a dining table in it. "Do you require anything, my Lady?" a little girl asked. "Uhh, actually I do. I was getting hungry and was looking for--" "Don't worry miss. We will make you a delicious meal," the little girl said. "Please, just give us a few minutes, my Lady." The girl led Izayoi to the table. Izayoi sat down and almost immediately the girl came carrying a tray with food came and set it on the table. She bowed and then left. Izayoi thought the food looked delicious. It was a lot of food. "I'm not that hungry," Izayoi said, picking up a pair of chopsticks. She only ate a bowlful of rice and some sushi.

She called for the little girl to take away the rest and to bring her some tea. As she drank the delicious tea, Hakudoshi came in. Izayoi stared at him and decided to follow Kagura's advice about ignoring him. He sat down in front of her and said,"So...you have feelings a specter like Bankotsu, right?" Izayoi nearly spit out her tea. "I do not. Even if I did, how would you know?" she said angrily. Suddenly she remembered something. "Damn! I forgot that this fucker can read my mind!" she thought. "Kagura already told you that. So why do you question yourself?" Hakudoshi glared at Izayoi with smirk on his face. He continued to look at her, amused that he was really pissing her off. "You son-of-a-bitch! What are you smiling about?! I'll wipe that smirk off your face and beat the shit out of you!" He continued to smile evilly and gave out a little vile laugh. "Don't get so worked up over nothing," Hakudoshi went on, smiling and laughing at Izayoi. "GET WORKED--UP--OVER--NOTHING?!" Izayoi really wanted to beat the shit out of him and give him a piece of her mind, but then Kagura came in and held down Izayoi before she had the chance to do anything stupid that she would later regret. "Izayoi! Calm down!" Kagura was struggling with the outraged Izayoi from trying to kill the bastard Hakudoshi. He had been asking for his ass to get kicked by Izayoi. "Kagura, let go! I'm going to kill that fucker!" Hakudoshi smiled at Izayoi and got near to her face then lifted Izayoi's chin. "I was right! You are feisty. Anyway, I'll be leaving now...I hope you can calm yourself down. Then, we can talk like people." Hakudoshi ticked off Izayoi. She started to kick and move around to get Hakudoshi. Hakudoshi started to walk away and Izayoi continued to yelled at him from the end of the table. He ignored her. When he reached the doorway, he turned and gave her a smirk before he left. "You get back here! You motherfucker!"

"He's gone for now. You shouldn't let him get to you. I know how you feel; you want to beat him up, but Hakudoshi will recover quickly from an injury like that." Izayoi felt at peace when Hakudoshi finally left the room. Izayoi smiled at Kagura and then she said happily,"I'm going to go outside, wanna come with me?" "No, I have some things to do for Naraku, but maybe next time." Izayoi left Kagura there and walked outside.