Chapter 10
When Kagome arrived at the village, it was very large. The huts had roofs made out of straw held together by rope and mud. The walls were braced with wood and also made of straw held together by mud. It was actually quiet primitive compared to the houses in the city and well houses in general. ((A/N I am trying to describe the houses in the anime)) The village was circular and all the entrances were faced towards the center of the circle, where a huge fire use to be burning. The fire still had embers in it and two sticks holding up a large one that had the remains of what smelled like pork on it. There were footprints all around the fire, like a celebration had just taken place. She looked at the huts and saw fires burning inside. There obviously was a pit in the house where a fire would be, and the fires were going out at each housing.
She looked to the north of the fire pit in the center of the village to find a rather well built hut with stairs that lead up to it. A sign flapped against the wall of the hut that read : "Rin, come find me to see your job". The steps were made of what seemed like concrete, but the appearence threw her off. When she walked up the steps she felt them mush underneath her a little bit and thought it was clay mud. Shrugging, she put the blankets she had been carrying with her on the railing by the steps and knocked on the door. She thought that whoever it was that lived there wouldn't be able to hear the knocking, but apparently they did. She heard a small "Give me a minute!" and she sat there looking at the door confused. If she were to be a little six year old, she would think that the door was talking to her.
Silence ensued on the other end of the door. Then the door flew open and a really small girl, that looked to be about fourteen, smiled at her and ushered her in. She looked really familiar, but Kagome couldn't but her finger on it. She had black hair that went just a little bit past her hsoulders and one chunk of hair was held by a hair tie. She had big chocolate eyes that were smiling with joy and her smile lit up the house. Kagome didn't feel awkward around her like she did around Master Inutaisho. "Sorry, had to straighten up a little bit, so how are you? What's your name? Where did they buy you? Did you come in bulk? Are you with child? What are your specialties?" she asked while searching through a very nice file cabinet about five feet high.
Kagome felt like with every question that was asked she was getting hit in the head with a log. And everytime she got ready to answer she got hit with another one. Bam! Bam! Bam! Kagome sat down on the chair and watched the little girl roam around the hut. "Uhhh, Kagome, I was bought from Naraku, only one bought by Master Inuyasha, I'm pure, I cook, clean, good with children, and I could be really good at gardening if given the chance. My mother before she sold me had a very lovely garden that she use to let me water when I was four." she said and Rin looked her over. "Well I see that Miroku has cut your hair, he was always a mastermind with that. If you met Miroku you must have met Sango. Have you met Master Sesshomaru yet? Oh he is such a good looking guy you wouldn't even think he was a demon. Minus the markings, golden eyes and great white hair that flies in the wind and lays on his broad shoulders..." she trailed off and drool started coming from her mouth. "Oh, Master Inuyasha is good looking too. So what do you think is the best place for you to work?" she said as she sat down next to Kagome.
"Well, I felt real at home in the garden. I can help Mistress Izayoi with the garden. And if there are kids in the village that need looking after, I can take care of them as well as the garden." Kagome said as she thought about it. Rin nodded as she wrote some things down. Kagome could have sworn that there were people looking in the windows on the side and Rin stood up. "Well, I'll take a look at what we can do for you okay. I already know that we need someone to help Izayoi with the garden and a babysitter, but I don't know if Master Inutaisho will approve of little kids running around the garden." she said.
After about an hour of waiting Kagome got tired and started to lay down on the couch when-
"Eureka!!" Rin shouted and stamped the paper that had Kagome's name and biography on it and put it in the file. "Congradulations Kagome! You now work in the garden from four in the morning to five in the after noon, after that since working in the fields goes on untill nine o'clock at night, you will watch the kids from the minute you get off work at the garden til all the parents come in." Kagome nodded, hey kids weren't that hard to take care of. Rin smiled and clapped her hands together. "Okay then, as of right now, there is no space yet for you, but you can sleep here until a hut is built for you." Kagome nodded and went outside to get the blankets that she got from Izayoi. Rin had cleared swept the floor and thrown an extra pillow by the fire pit. Rin had vanished, so Kagome assumed that she went to bed. Kagome spread the sheets out and felt the fabric. Cotton.
Seeing the two blankets, there was a summer blanket, and a winter quilt. Since it felt like it was getting cooler outside, she decided that she would throw the quilt ontop of the summer blanket. Climbing underneath the blankets, she stared into the fire. Such is the life of a slave. Only these people seem to be okay with their lives. She wanted to meet the people that worked out in the fields and ask them why they liked it so much. Maybe they just havn't known any other life except for this and they are content with it. She rolled over and closed her eyes. She would sort it all out tomarrow.
After he said goodbye to Kagome, Inuyasha had walked home looking at the stars with a smile. When he got into the house his mom was cleaning the counters grumbling about something. "Mom what's the matter?" he asked as he came behind her and wrapped his arms around her in a family hug. She broke out of his embrace and looked at him with irritation eminent in her eyes. "I dont' see why your father wanted her to leave so quickly. All I've heard from him the moment you took Kagome up to your room to clean it is "She's a different one from the other Izzy." She pretended to be his father by replacing her usually happy perky voice with that of a grizzly bear and walking around being all muscular with her nose stuck up in the air.
Inuyasha chuckled and rubbed his mom's shoulders. His mother's impressions of his father or anyone was hilarious. Sometimes it would get annoying though, like when she would do an impression of him. "Maybe he was just in a bad mood mom. Or he just didn't want a priestess in the house. Either way-"
"She's a PRIESTESS!" She stared at him like a fish gasping for air. Inuyasha shrugged and nodded and Izayoi sat down at the table. "Your father never has like priestesses. He never did tell me why, I just know that he never has. But you need to get to bed, its midnight and you have school tomarrow." She kissed his forehead and Inuyasha went up the stairs and into his room. While walking to his room he noticed that his father was in the study and looking through book after book after book and throwing them to the floor. What was he doing? Inuyasha knew better than to disturb his father while he was in the study so he left him to his own and went to his room. When he opened the door his shock at seeing a clean room was still there. He thought he would never get over the fact that he could see his floor. He fell onto his bed and looked up at the ceiling. The only thing that he could see was the image of Kagome waving to him goodbye and that small smile.
