Hey all, thanks for the reviews. Here is the next chapter as promised. Once again I do not own Inuyasha nor The Little Mermaid.
"words" – spoken
'words' – Kagome's writing (Explained later)
Kagome held the little vial in her hand as she quickly swam to the ship that she and Sango had explored earlier that day. She came to it and entered through the hole in the hull of the ship. She went to the trunk full of clothing and began to go through it. Kagome then found a beautiful light blue dress that she believed would fit her. She pulled it over her and then looked at herself in the mirror. Kagome smiled and twirled in it. She then quickly swam out of the ship and headed toward the shore. She had trouble swimming in the dress, but she had to get to shore before sunrise.
Kagome finally broke the surface, but she saw a tiny bit of light hitting the horizon. She looked the other direction towards shore and saw a large castle on top of the cliff. This was near where Kagome had left Sesshoumaru, so she had a feeling that this was his castle. She swam towards shore and then pulled herself out of the water onto the cold, wet sand. She looked back at her home, but then held the little vial up and uncorked it. She sighed and then brought the potion to her lips. As she swallowed the liquid, a burning sensation traveled down her throat and she brought her hands to her neck. But this was only the beginning of her pains. The burning sensation traveled from her throat to her entire body. When the sensation reached her tail, if felt as if someone was taking a dull blade and slicing every scale off individually. Kagome cried out in pain and grabbed onto a rock to try and bare the pain; but the pain was so intense Kagome could not bare it any longer and fell unconscious.
Sesshoumaru, ever since he had been rescued, could not get that girl off of his mind. Her crystal blue eyes that had so much kindness and care in them and long flowing dark raven hair were what he remembered the most, for he had never seen eyes that brilliant before nor filled with so much care and concern. His servants noticed that he now spent a lot of his time down at the beach staring off into the horizon, and some began to worry, but none would ask why. Even Rin began to worry about her adoptive father. But today, she was having a lot of fun playing at the beach. Jaken was keeping watch of her while Sesshoumaru was at his usual spot thinking. As he was thinking, he could swear that he had caught the scent of the one that rescued him; but then it changed slightly. Instead of lilies and sakura blossoms, the scent was sakura blossoms and very, very little bit of water lilies mixed in with something that smelt a little burnt. He sighed and continued to think about the strange girl that saved his life.
Rin decided that she wanted to collect seashells; so she began running down the shoreline to where she knew a lot of seashells gathered. As she was running by a bunch of large rocks, she came upon a young woman that was lying on her stomach. "Sesshoumaru-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama there is a young woman here who looks hurt." Sesshoumaru turned to Rin and jumped down from his rock and went over to where she was. When he got to her, he also saw the young woman who was unconscious on the sand. As he looked at her, he felt that he had seen her before. So, he walked up to her and picked up the young woman. When he saw her face, he gasped to himself, for the women in his arms looked very similar to the one who had rescued him. Sesshoumaru then turned and headed toward his castle that sat on top of the hill with Rin and Jaken following behind him.
Kagome's head was spinning, almost like she was stuck in a whirlpool. She shifted a bit, but then noticed that she was laying on something that was very soft. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was in a fairly large room that had beautiful furniture and to her right was a door that led to a balcony. Kagome sat up and pulled the covers off and she saw for the first time her legs and feet. She also noticed that she had been changed into a silky night gown that was a cream color and went to below her knees. Kagome ran her hands over her legs and noticed how smooth they were and she squealed in delight, but then she noticed that she heard no sound. She found this odd and tried to say "hello," but she heard nothing again. Kagome tried again and again, but still she heard no sound. She knew that it wasn't her hearing, for she could hear the birds chirping outside. She tried once more, but again there was no sound. Kagome put her hand to her throat and tears formed in her eyes. The potion had taken away her voice. She brought her knees up to her chest and cried. How was she going to get to know Sesshoumaru if she could not talk to him?
Kagome wiped the tears from her eyes and then swung her legs to the side of the bed and placed her feet onto the floor, for she want to go to the mirror and see if anything else had changed; but then she remembered that she had never walked before. Though luckily, she had seen humans and youkai walk, so she believe she knew how to. She slowly pushed herself up off the bed, but she quickly grabbed the bedpost so as she wouldn't fall over. Kagome felt very wobbly on her legs, but, while holding onto the bed, she took a step forward. After a few minutes, Kagome was able to walk over to the vanity, though she was still a little wobbly. When she looked into the mirror, she noticed that she didn't have her crystal blue eyes anymore, but now a pair of bluish-grey color eyes. Her hair was still a raven color, but it wasn't as shinny as normal.
As she was looking into the mirror, she heard the door open and she turned her head to see who had walked in. She smiled a little when a cute little girl about the age of nine came into the room. The little girl smiled back at her and then walked up to her and said, "Hi, Rin's name is Rin. Rin thinks that you are very pretty." Kagome smiled and then placed her hand on Rin's head in appreciation and then led her over to the bed and sat down. Rin climbed onto the bed and sat next to her. "What's your name?" Kagome was about to answer, but then turned her head away sadly. She closed her eyes as a tear rolled down her face. Rin looked at her with concern and then said, "What's wrong? Did Rin say something wrong?" Kagome shook her head no. She then tapped her throat and shook her head again, indicating to Rin that she could not speak.
Rin knew what that was like. For a few years before she met Sesshoumaru, she did not speak at all. So, Rin sat thinking for a few minutes and then she came up with and idea. She hopped off the bed and ran towards the door. "Rin will be right back." She left the room and ran down the hall to her own room. While Rin was out of the room, Kagome quickly slipped into her blue dress and waited for Rin to return. In Rin's room, she grabbed one of her brushes that she used to draw with, a piece of paper, and some of her ink. She then ran back to the woman's room and said, "Here, maybe you can write what your name is." Rin set the stuff on the ground and motioned for her to come sit on the ground.
Kagome stood and went over to where Rin was and sat down. Rin handed her the brush and placed the ink near by. Kagome dipped the brush into the ink and began to write out her name in the language that Rin went by. Thankfully, while she and Sango were exploring, they came upon some books written in the common language that humans and youkais went by; and with these books, Kagome and Sango taught themselves how to write in the common language. It took them awhile to learn how, but once they got the basics of it, they would write messages to each other in the common language that no one else in the mer kingdom would be able to understand. Kagome finished writing out "Kagome" and showed it to Rin. "Oh, how pretty. Rin likes your name." Kagome then wrote out Thank you, Rin. Kagome smiled a little, but then put the brush down and stood up. She walked out onto the balcony and saw that it looked out at the beautiful sea, her home. Kagome walked up to the rail and placed her arms onto it and wonder when she would see Sesshoumaru.
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