Chapter 4

They'd been sailing for hours. It got to the point that Kagome had gone up to Jack and commandeered the ship instead. Now that Jack had been reduced to one of the other crew members, and Kagome the new captain, everyone had lightened up.

"Oi, Cap'n! Where we headed?" Pintel cried, and Kagome glanced at him.

"I can see a spot of land. Just north of here, don't jump for joy yet, I still don't know if we can stop there." She replied, and the pirate nodded.

Jack, who had heard the whole encounter, was currently sulking with his bottle of Rum. He was supposed to be the captain; it was his ship... right?

"Jack, what's gotten into you? Lettin' a lass control yer ship aye, 'tis a shame when a cap'n gives 'is ship to a lass as fine as she be." Joshamee Gibbs, Jack's best friend, and right-hand man said, and Jack glared.

"I did not give the wench my ship. It's my ship! I did let her command it. Or she would've sunk me Rum! What wench would drown me Rum?" He remarked, his words slurred.

"Aye, 'tis be the cap'n be fancying himself a lass..." Gibbs commented, walking away.

"Land ho!" Kagome cried, and the crew cheered.

'It's my ship... She's not the new cap'n... Is she..?' Jack asked himself, and shook his head, clearing away the thoughts.

He staggered towards her, and growled when Will hugged her. 'Aye, the cap'n be fancying this young lass. She best do good fer his soul.' Gibbs thought, with a sly smile as he turned away from Kagome and the men.

'That bitch... Will is rightfully mine... Not hers! Just wait; she'll get what's coming to her...' Elizabeth thought, and glared at Kagome, whose arms were linked with Jack and Will's.

"Alright, now then, crew, get ready to make port." Jack commanded, and said crew did as they were told.

"Jack, how do you know she's not just leading the crew to a trap? For all we know, it could be an island of cannibalistic people!" Elizabeth complained, and Jack looked at her oddly.

"Bah, 'tis no such thing." Gibbs jumped in, and Elizabeth glared at him, before going to Will.

"Will, what if she's leading us into a trap...? How do we know she can be trusted?" Elizabeth asked, and Will looked at her.



"Because I would never do that to people, no matter how many times it's happened to me. Besides, if I couldn't be trusted, I wouldn't be the Guardian of a Sacred Jewel." Kagome explained, appearing behind Elizabeth, Shippo on her shoulder.

"Hah! You, able to protect something, that's a bloody lie. You couldn't—"Elizabeth was cut off by a sword at her throat.

"Don't you dare insult me, or it will be the last thing you do. I've fought Youkai that could crush you like a twig, and yet, I'm alive. I've protected Shippo, and I can tell you can't fight, nor have you ever been in a fight, well, a real one, where no one has ever protected you. I faced a Taiyoukai several times, and have insulted him all those times. Meanwhile, I fought against a Hanyou, who ended up killing everybody I knew and loved. Now, care to insult me again?" Kagome calmly said, and Elizabeth whimpered.

"That'll be enough. None of that on me ship." Jack interrupted, and Kagome put away her sword, walking away, muttering things about 'damn blubbering Baka Onna'.

"Elizabeth that, is how I know she can be trusted. Meanwhile, you go off, after allowing me to have your hand in marriage, and trick Jack, and wander off to other men. Don't think I didn't know... I was up all those times..." Will told her, and walked off with Jack.

"I will kill her..." Elizabeth vowed.

They finally made port, at an island that Kagome had spotted, and were shocked to see people in clothes like Kagome's.

"Shippo-Kun, do they look familiar...?" Kagome whispered, and Shippo's eyes widened as he nodded. "Thought so... Oh Kami, its Sesshomaru." Kagome cried, and jumped off the ship, and hugged said Taiyoukai.

"Onna, why are you here? Did the Hanyou not kill off all of you...?" Sesshomaru asked coldly as she pulled away.

"Shippo-kun and I made it to the well before Naraku could get to us. Your half-brother turned against us, and chased away Shippo-kun and I." Explained Kagome and Sesshomaru inclined his head to the others.

"Rin will like to see you. As she is with child, she is confined to the castle." Sesshomaru said, and motioned for all of them to follow him.

They walked through the forest and were surprised to see a magnificent palace in their wake. "Sesshomaru-Sama how is it you do not approve of Hanyou, yet your mate is a Ningen, wouldn't that make your heir(s) Hanyou also?" Kagome commented, and Sesshomaru turned to her.

"Rin is not a Ningen. She is an Inu-Youkai like this, Sesshomaru. When I mated her, she had been turned into an Inu, due to the blood fusion. She is requesting that Shippo and you do the same, that way 

you will be Shippo's blood-mother. Along with me and you doing this, so as to make me your Aniki, and an heir to the throne of the Western Lands." Sesshomaru told her, and she nodded, smiling.

"I will do it. That way, I can protect Shippo more, and not die before my Kit." She replied, and he Sesshomaru gave a single nod, approving of her choice, and why.

"Oi, lass, were be we going?" Gibbs cried, and Kagome looked at him.

"We're almost there." She said, and continued to talk to Sesshomaru.

"Will, I'm telling you, she's not trust-worthy. She's probably plotting to kill us, with that rotten child, and the man she is talking to. Just you wait, she'll soon trap us, and steal the Pearl, and then she'll take over." Elizabeth whined, and Will sighed.

Soon, a hand was around Elizabeth's throat. She was picked up, and looking into the golden eyes of a Taiyoukai. "This Sesshomaru will not hesitate to kill you, pathetic Onna. You will refrain from talking about this Sesshomaru's Imouto, or this Sesshomaru will not hesitate to snap your filthy neck." The Taiyoukai threatened, and dropped the shaking woman to the ground, joining Kagome up ahead.

"You've been warned, twice. Give it up Elizabeth, she's trust-worthy, and has the respect of these so-called Youkai, that alone means she is to respected." Will told her, and she huffed, walking away.

Well, there we go. Chapter 4, after much demand, and a Writer's Block, it's done. Well, the plot thickens, as I've introduced Rin and Sesshomaru to the story... Dun dun dun dunnnnnn...

Now, I do not own anyone, except, maybe, a pebble, which I will use to beat away the angry lawyers, wishing to have me sued, or banned of FF... Sayonara!

Oh, I edited Chapter 3, so please take a look. :)