authors note: still no songs because it doesnt fit the route I'm going. Soon, though, there will be many songs. I want reveiws people! but i'm still gonna write without them. which only rewards your bad behaivior. . i do not own inuyasha or any of the other characters. however, i do own this plott and Mika and Kiyoshi...SO BACK OFF!!!!
-shippo walks up- who's Kiyoshi?
-I lunge at him and huggle him- YOU'RE SO CUTE!!!...you'll have to read to find out who Kiyoshi is.
Last time:
Five minutes later a hyperactive bundle of human female showed up. "MIKA ONEE-SAN, MIKA ONEE-SAN!!!!!! Rin is so happy you are here! Rin begged and begged Sesshomaru-sama to get you so we could play! And now you are here! But Sesshomaru-sama said that Mika onee-san is ill…so we can't play too much…Can Rin come in here and stay with you for a while sometimes, Mika onee-san? PLEASE!!!" she begged as she jumped up on the bed next to Mika.
Chapter eight: Realization and romance novels:
"Of course you can Rin. If that's alright with Fluffy-sama that is. But for now it's okay with me." Mika responded.
That being all the permission Rin needed, she lay down with her big sister figure and hugged close to her. As fate would have it, the little girl soon fell asleep. And that's how Jaken found them 4 minutes later. He said nothing, thankful for the quiet for once, and handed Mika a cup of tea and two sleep pills. She smiled her thanks and took them. She soon fell asleep too.
Jaken sat in a chair across the room and intended watch them for a while. That plan was quickly smothered when Sesshomaru walked into the room and gave him an errand to run. The Taiyoukai took the imps place and smiled faintly. The two girls looked so peaceful, like they belonged there. And for once in a long, long time he felt tranquility.
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When Mika awoke for the second time that day she found Rin was not by her side. Instead the lug head who brought her here was sitting by her bed. She looked at him and smiled through her pain. "Two questions lord fluffykins. One…where'd Rin go? And two…why am I awake so soon?"
"You have not eaten. It is nearly dinner time. Rin is out playing. However, she needed some persistence to leave your side. She is very fond of you." he said with nearly no emotion. "Because you are in such pain I will ignore the disrespect. However, I will not tolerate it when you are well again. My name is Sesshomaru-sama, you will address me as such. A servant will bring your meal." he stood and turned to leave.
"I don't need food. I need some more of that stuff to put me asleep…please? I'll give you chocolate…no wait I need to keep that…um…" she struggled to think of what she could do if only he'd make it so she'd sleep some more.
Sesshomaru eyed her in amusement. This female was delusional. She didn't know what she needed. "You need sustenance before you take any sort of drug. Otherwise you may get really ill. This Sesshomaru does not take orders from a mere girl."
Mika stood up wobbly on the bed. She put her hands on her hips and looked at him sternly. "I AM NOT A GIRL! I am a WOMAN! I am a WORRIOR! I have mastered any and all marshal arts that I have learned! I can wield a sword and shoot straight, I can come off as the most innocent naive geisha ever with only a tessen and a hidden Iaito Iai sword concealed in the handle of an oil paper parasol and kill the mightiest of war lords. All the while still getting off Scott free and getting home before dessert."
Sesshomaru looked at her with slight surprise. If this was all true he had truly underestimated her. Looking at her now it would seem she was bluffing, but knowing she was weak at this time made her story more likely.
Neither of the two occupants noticed a third presence. A demon with long red hair tied together at the nape of his neck with a piece of material. His eyes were a deep green. (a/n: think forest green people.) He had pointed ears and a bushy fox tail. He was a fox demon and suddenly Mika began to miss Shippo. "Can the mistress really do all that?" he looked to be a samurai from one of Sesshomaru's armies.
She gave a cocky smile as she sat back down on the bed, "All that and more…I'm a bounty hunter. My name's Mika. Who're you?"
"This is Kiyoshi, the son of one of this Sesshomaru's most loyal generals. He will be your servant and protector during your stay."
"But milord if she can do all that then why does she need a-" Kiyoshi was cut off at his lords death stare.
"Do not question this Sesshomaru." with that he turned and left the room.
"Pft!" Mika spat. "Lord fluffy gots a stick up his butt just like his little brother, meanie baka head." Kiyoshi looked at her and smiled. "You are most likely needed because I'm at my weakest point for seven days…you don't happen to have any sleep aids do you?" she asked hopefully.
"She's not to have any at this time." Jaken told Kiyoshi as he walked in. "Lord Sesshomaru has ordered it so."
"BUT Master JAKEN!" Mika whined, "I just want the pain to go away!" the tears were starting to come.
"Stop this noise girl! It can't possibly be all that bad."
"That's what you said last time…if I could remember the spell I'd make it so you had to experience it. You're lucky because you're a male and don't have to put up with this. If I just had a heating pad or a hot water bottle."
Both men looked at her like she was crazy. "Um…mistress…what is a 'heating pad' and a 'hot water bottle'? maybe I could acquire them for you." Kiyoshi offered.
"That would be nice. But they aren't anywhere around here. They are simple things that produce heat."
"Why would you want something that produces heat? Are you cold?" Kiyoshi asked worried. Jaken just rolled his eyes.
"No, I'm not cold. Actually, I think I have a fever. Heat causes muscle to relax making it so cramps don't hurt. My cramps are bad enough that I pass out a lot. So normally I take medicine, which I left home or I use heat to relax my muscles. The sleep aids are good too though." She said thoughtfully
"You are truly stupid." Jaken said.
"Aww Jaken, you just need some lovin'!" Both men looked at her like she was on drugs then remembered she was. Mika went over to her bag and pulled out a big romance novel. (a/n: written in Japanese! DUH! Jaken can't speak English, much less read it!) She smiled and threw the book at him. (a/n: no pun intended.)
"What's this?" Jaken said looking at the book he held in his hands.
"Romance novel. I've read that one about 30 times. If you don't like it let me know. I have all different types." she said as she smiled at him.
At this point Kiyoshi was very curious. "What's a 'romance novel?'"
"Oh, would you like one too?" Mika went through her bag and found one for Kiyoshi then got out of bed and walked over to him to hand it to him. "It's a book that basically is all about romance. If you don't like this one let me know and I'll give you a different one."
Jaken by this point had put himself in the nearest corner and began to read the one given to him. The imp being so wrapped up in his book didn't hear the other two converse.
"Are these books really so great that someone would behave as Master Jaken is?" Kiyoshi asked.
"Why don't you sit, read, and find out?" she asked.
"Do you think I could? Would you be okay?" he asked hesitating.
"Honestly…No one knows I am here except, well, the people who are here. And as far as I know I don't have any enemies here. I just got to Japan. So who would wish to harm me?"
"Ah- an outsider," he stated in realization, "That would explain your exotic beauty." she blushed a deep red as she noted the sparkle in his eye.
"Beauty? I don't think so…I'm hardly beautiful…more like plain." she stated.
"Oh no…Trust me on this milady, you are beautiful." he stated.
"Oh hush." she said and pointed to the corner opposite of Jaken. "Go read."
He had no choice but to go. He was ordered to do whatever she bid him. However, three pages into the book he wasn't complaining. Before he had peaked and noticed she had a half a bag of these books. She must have been a foreigner because these books wouldn't be found in any female's possession around Japan. Of that he was almost positive. Romance novel indeed. 'If the lady reads this, she must have similar desires. She seems to be knowledgeable about a lot. But I am willing to wager she's never known a man as depicted in these 'novels' of hers.'
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Every now and then Mika would sense Kiyoshi looking up at her. She was now back on the bed awaiting the so called 'dinner' that was supposed to be coming her way. She was miserable. She was in pain and hungry and in about two seconds she was going to run out of her room screaming unless she got some food. However just as she was about ready to get up Sesshomaru decided to strut into the room.
One look around and Sesshomaru knew he was right to come in and check on things. The scent of lust wafted through the door all the way down the hall. Seeing his men with books only made him fall over. Why should they feel lustful toward books? Unless they were that type of book. In which case they should not be reading them in the presence of a woman. It was then that he noticed Mika, looking as if she were about to kill someone at any given moment.
"You are a liar…and more than a liar, you are a meanie head. Just like your brother." It was Mika's voice and it was full of malice. "Why must the male species be so hurtful?" She was crying, tears swelling and falling from her eyes.
Sesshomaru could feel the pain coming off of her in waves, and couldn't help but feel sorry. Now if only he knew what he was sorry for. "Do not EVER question this Sesshomaru's honor. I am a man of my word."
"HA! A man of your word? Then why, pray tell, is it, that you bring me here, even when I tell you it would be very unwise. Then when you promise to care for me, deny me comfort from my physical pain, telling me I first must eat. And I waited…and I was calm and patient and kind to your men. But I am not fed. I am in pain. And quite frankly, I am wishing for death. Because when I die, I'll go to heaven and there, there is no pain."
Sesshomaru was quite shocked. He had eaten a half hour ago. As did Rin. He HAD given direct orders that food was to be brought to her immediately. And yet she said she was not fed. He knew EXACTLY who was to blame though and had his honor to uphold. Though he wasn't exactly happy about it, why should he have to prove himself to this girl?
'Because she's beautiful. And if that's not reason enough, because she's being treated as a prisoner when she is a guest.'
'You again? I thought you went away when I was a child.'
'Sorry to say this, but I am your inner self. Your conscience. I say what's right and wrong. I also tell you what you really want.'
'so why haven't you spoken until now?'
'Everything has been fine up until this point. Besides…she was kind to your men.' Sesshomaru's inner self was waving a bright red flag.
"How kind exactly were you to my men?" Sesshomaru asked suspiciously.
Mika turned up her nose, "Humph! I let them borrow my books…and look, I didn't even kill them."
"Why would you have killed them?" he asked skeptically.
"Because they're male." she responded as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Sesshomaru mentally sweat dropped. Wow, she could be bitter. "I will see to why you have not been fed. It won't happen again…that is if you can remember your manors. This will be your only warning."
"Thank you. And I'm sorry for that. I'm just in a lot of pain…I need a hot bath after dinner…Would that be okay?"
"Kiyoshi will show you to your hot springs after you have eaten." was his reply before he left to deal with rebellious servants.
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Inuyasha stopped in his tracks when he got to a place that smelled of his brother. A deep loathing growl was his response to this. It was on the trail that Mika would have had to take to get back to the well. That must mean they had a confrontation.
Kagome stiffened when she heard Inuyasha growl. A warning siren went off in her mind. "Inuyasha, what is it?"
"Sesshomaru…." he replied, his voice dripping with hatred.
"What could that mean?" Sango asked.
"It means that he couldda caught up with her…he couldda taken her. Or even worse; killed her."
"What reason could he have to take her? Or kill her, for that matter." Miroku put in.
"She's all about bein' big n' tough. If they had a pissing contest he wouldda won. I know Sesshomaru and he wouldina hesitated to kill her." Inuyasha shot back.
"I hate to say it but he's right." Kagome said. "Mika, especially during this time, is like a wounded animal. She would fight Sesshomaru in anyway she could. One reason being he's male."
"What's being male gotta do with it?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"Because men don't have to go through the same thing as women…" Sango replied bluntly.
Kagome laughed, "Which is true. What she's going through is tough and it won't stop until she's old or if she gets pregnant."
Miroku's eyes lit up and Sango hit him upside the head. "Don't even think about it monk."
"Well anyway, we should split up." Kagome said.
"Why?" Shippo asked.
"So we can find Mika faster." she answered him.
"She said not to look for her though. She might be upset if she knows we're looking for her." Shippo reminded them. But it seemed that no one was listening.
Shippo turned to Kirara and sighed. "No one ever listens."
To this Kirara mewed in agreement.
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Miroku was assigned to go with Inuyasha so the girls wouldn't have to deal with his perverted ways. So it was Miroku and Inuyasha, and Sango, Kagome, Shippo, and Kirara.
For some reason neither Miroku nor Inuyasha felt like conversing. So neither of them spoke a single word up until half way to Sesshomaru's home.
"Do you really think that Lady Mika is in trouble, Inuyasha?"
"Yes! Sesshomaru is not someone who will pick up a random girl in the woods and treat her like royalty."
"What if Sesshomaru doesn't even have her? I mean, you said yourself, Mika has no scent. So there's no way of knowing she was anywhere near that spot when Sesshomaru was there."
"Miroku, I just know okay? Mika is like family to me. She's like a little sister. If anything happened to her…I just don't know." Inuyasha looked forlorn.
"I understand." Miroku smiled at his friend.
"But if you tell anyone I said that, I'll kill you! That girl can be annoying enough as it is, I don't need her runnin' around getting a big head." he warned.
Miroku chuckled. "She is very unique. One minute she's part of the group and happy, the next she's distant and depressed. It's easy to tell why she and Kagome are so close. They're so similar."
"Yeah they are!" Inuyasha agreed.
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Mika was currently walking with Kiyoshi, who was a little upset about being made to put down the book. They were on their way to the hot spring, so he wasn't too sad. He could just imagine what Lady Mika looked like underneath all those clothes.
Mika looked at Kiyoshi. "Where exactly is the hot spring located."
"It's a natural spring located behind the castle, but don't worry. There is a wall surrounding it." he replied.
"That's so cool. I've never had a bath in a hot spring. I used to bathe in the river behind our house. My father didn't allow me to bathe indoors like he and my mom." she said with a hint of sadness.
Kiyoshi gave her a worried glance. "That's strange…Why weren't you permitted to bathe indoors?"
She looked at him with a hardness in her eyes as she said, "You don't want to know." and then she looked away from him.
"Mistress…" he gently put his hand on her shoulder. "What is it?"
"Please…" she sounded almost pleading as she pulled out of his grasp, "Please don't touch me…I can't speak of it. I - AH!"
The next thing Kiyoshi knew Mika was on the ground holding her belly in pain, screaming and clawing at where her womb was located. He quickly knelt beside her and though he wanted to help he didn't dare touch her.
"Mistress! Mistress what is wrong?!" he shouted fear in his voice.
Mika saw a dagger strapped to his waist along side two swords. Her eyes lit up as she continued clawing at her stomach and yelling out her pain. She quickly said a prayer in her head and grabbed the dagger quicker than a hawk catches it's prey. She positioned it above her head, aimed at the place she had recently clawed at. She was going to end the pain once and for all. Her hands brought the dagger down fast and then….
THAT'S ALL YOU GET!!! UNTIL I GET AT LEAST ONE REVIEW! and to all you lazy butts who think "well someone else will review. so it doesn't matter." YOU'RE WRONG! Look at the reveiw thingy! it'll tell you i only have TWO FREAKING REVIEWS. -breaths hard the huggles shippo more-
-shippo- Maybe there's a reason you aren't allowed to drink this... -he looks at a 2 litre bottle of mountain dew.-
-me- well if you have a problem with it maybe YOU shouldn't have it... -attempts to take it away.-
-shippo- NO!!! NOT MY PRECIOUS CAFFEINE!! -he hides it and then looks at me with a betrayed expression-
-me- -sweat drops-
