Unmarked Island
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Chapter 10: Gardens
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After breakfast, Hiei decided that he wouldn't go with them, so now, Kurama and Kagome were at the store, trying to find the right stuff.
"Okay…umm…I'm clueless. A little help here?"
"You could grow green beans, carrots, corn, whatever you would like." Kurama said, coming to stand beside her.
"Alright then…these." She said, picking up two of everything. Then walking over to the flowers. "These too." Then they went to the counter, with a dumbfounded Kurama.
"Do you even know what your getting?" He asked, trying to sound as polite as possible.
"Nope." He sweat dropped.
After paying, they walked away to another store. A fabric store, to be precise.
"Umm…that's pretty…and that…what do you think? Choose something you would like. I'm guessing Hiei will like black…then some white, blue, black, red, pink, turquoise, hmmm, that should be it then. Can you carry the seeds, please?"
"…Sure…" He said, taking the bag of seeds out of her hand and watched as she picked up a bunch of fabric and bought it. Bringing it over to him, she began walking away, while he followed behind her.
"You don't have to do that you know."
Blinking a few times in confusion, he asked, "Do what?"
"Walk behind me. You can walk beside me, or even in front of me for all I care." She said, trying to look over the big pile of fabric.
"Would you like me to carry that?"
"No, that's okay…" She said, tripping over a rock, and just barely catching herself. "Okay, maybe a little bit."
Grabbing a bit of fabric off the top of the pile, he began to walk next to her. Seeing a cart, she walked over and grabbed the handle, putting the stuff in. Taking his pile, she stuck it in the cart as well.
"Isn't this stealing?"
"Meh. Their not gonna miss it." Resuming their walk, she stopped by yet another place, and they gave her free wood. After thanking them, they made their way home.
He was studying her the whole time, and so far, all he could tell, was that she really didn't care what other people thought, and enjoyed sparring, and fighting, for that matter. She also seemed to like doing things for other people.
"If you don't mind me asking, what are you going to do with all of that?" He said, motioning to the pile of stuff in the cart.
"The seeds to make a garden, fabric to make clothes, and wood to add on to the house, put a fence around the plants, and add a bedroom to my mom's house." She said enthusiastically.
"Wouldn't you need more wood for that?"
"Yeah, I'll get some later." She said, waving it off. "Now, you will help me make the garden…won't you?"
"Yes."
"Thank you!" She stopped moving and gave him a hug before resuming the walk.
He blushed a bit from the close contact, but still kept walking, only a little behind her this time. "Lady Kagome…you're going to pass the house…"
"Huh? Oh! By the way, no lady in front of my name." Turning, she went to the back of the house, and took the fabric out. "Hey Midoriko! Sango! Do one of you know how to make clothes?"
Coming out from inside the house, Sango nodded hesitantly, while Midoriko replied with a simple 'yes'.
"That's good…I got all this fabric for everyone. New clothes! If you need more, I can go get some." Giving the fabric to the two, they looked at it, smiled, and Sango took it all and went inside.
"Kagome, I asked the others to make a spot for the garden. They finished just before you arrived. We might need another area for other things though, so you are going to need a lot more wood/cement stuff."
"Got it. One for me, one for you, one for Sango, and…whatever." Kagome mumbled, grabbing the garden stuff and walking over to the garden spot. "Make it pretty. Food here, herbs there." She said to no one in particular. "Where's Hiei?"
Just then, he jumped in front of her, staring at her expectantly.
"Umm…hmm…over by the side of the house, you know, the one with the hole in it? Could you put some of the wood stuff over there by it? Gotta make that area pretty too, ya know."
"Hn." Was his only comment, moving a few of the logs and stuff over there, then jumping back into the tree a little bit away from where Kurama and Kagome were planting the vegetables and fruits.
"The herbs, you said you wanted those over there?" Kurama asked, pointing to the dirt piled over to the side, away from the other group of stuff.
"Yup. If you want, you can work on that while I finish up here." She answered, never looking away from her work. "Hey, Hiei? Where is Sai?"
"She went to your mothers." He said, never once opening his eyes to look at her. Just sitting back on the tree relaxing while the wind blew.
"Okay…done." She stepped back and looked at Kurama. "Now what?"
"We need to water them." He said, focusing on his task of making a patch for the herbs.
"Alright…" 'I never expected it to be this hot out today.'
Walking inside, she found a big bucket and filled it with water. She walked back outside, to Kurama and sat it down with a thump, then landing beside it.
"That's heavy…"
Kurama looked over at her, as did Hiei, and they watched what she would do next.
'Okay…gotta pick big bucket up and poor water onto soil. No drowning plants. Got it.' Picking the bucket back up, she poured the water over the soil, then when she was finished, she looked over to Kurama who was done as well. When she was done watering those, she backed up, both sets of eyes still on her, and set the bucket down. Looking down at her torn red shirt and blue jeans she sighed, picked the bucket back up and dumped the remaining water down on her head, drenching herself.
"That feels a lot better. You want bucket of water too?" She asked, staring at them, who in tern shook their head in the negative. Shrugging, she walked back to the house, threw the bucket by the steps, which the bucket was caught in mid air by Sayon. Plopping down on the ground on the cliff part again, she stared out at the ocean. Then she looked straight down and found a bit of land, with lots of bones covering it.
Feeling a little sick, she looked back up and sighed.
"Lady Kagome, do you need us to do anything else?"
She looked back, annoyance clear in her eyes. "No lady, remember? And no, you can do what you want." He nodded and sat down under the tree Hiei was in.
When everyone else came outside (The demon peoples) and sat around the yard. They were still getting use to the way things worked here. Looking over at Kagome, they found her on her stomach, staring at them.
"Is this what you do on your free time?" She asked boredly.
"We…normally don't get any free time." Touya answered her, looking at everyone else first.
"I'm bored." She sighed. "Grow plants, grow! Weeeeeeeeeeee!" She exclaimed, all of a sudden rolling around on the ground. "OOOOOOOOOooooooohhhhhhh that's far…." Looking over the side, she began to roll off, only to be stopped by a bunch of roots going around her stomach, picking her up, and setting her down on the ground in the middle of the yard.
"You are a strange onna."
"And proud of it!" She added with a smile. "uuuuuuugggggggghhhhhh. Soooooooooooooooo bored……."
Inutaisho then decided to try something. Though it would be daring, and could cost him his life, he was going to try. Making a whip form with two fingers, he flicked his wrist, along with the whip in front of her, barely missing her with the poisonous whip. Everyone was startled by that.
Kagome blinked a few times in shock, then turned back to him with a big smile. "AGAIN!" She shouted, clapping her hands once and bouncing up and down. "Again, again, again!"
"Kagome…are you okay?" Akira asked slowly and loud enough for everyone to hear.
"You've never seen her when she was bored, have you?" Sango asked from behind him.
"He hasn't. Normally she had something to do, when he was there. Now, she doesn't, and we should really do something about that, in case she decides to try and touch that whip of yours." Midoriko said from beside Sango.
Sango, having an idea of what to do, ran up to Kagome, and tackled her.
"AHH! Get off! Get offffffffffffffff!"
Rolling over to the side, she stood up again, and looked at her. "I dare you to sing."
Blinking, Kagome looked at her as if she grew a second head. "What?"
"Me, dare you, to sing." Sango said, making hand motions while talking.
"What are we doing, playing truth or dare, or something?"
"Yes, and you chose dare."
"You didn't even let me choose though!"
"Quit complaining and sing…What If, by Nicole Nordeman! Haha! Sing it, or I'll find a way to bring Hojo here." She threatened.
"You can't be serious…" Kagome said, a horrified expression crossing her features.
"I am dead serious."
"No, you're EVIL! You got taken over by Godzilla and turned into an evil…thing!"
Quirking an eyebrow she said in a serious tone. "You must be terribly bored. NOW SING! Your not bad at it you know. Though I am still better."
"Yes, but I am better than the both of you. Sango, you sing…Too Little Too Late, by JoJo." Midoriko stated, with a shrug.
"Then you have to sing…Don't Forget to Remember Me, by Carrie Underwood!" Kagome blurted out. "Rock, paper, scissors to see who had to go first, second, and last." With a nod, they did it.
Sango got scissors
Kagome got rock
Midoriko got rock
Last: Sango.
They did it again, the results:
Kagome: Paper
Midoriko: Scissors
Second: Kagome, First: Midoriko.
"That's just sucks." Midoriko complained, getting ready to sing. (Don't own the songs, as I said up there )
Clearing her throat, she sang.
"18 years have
come and gone Before you hit the
highway Just one more thing before you leave
This downtown apartment sure
makes me miss home
For momma they flew by
But for me they just
drug on
We were loading up that Chevy
Both tryin' not to cry
Momma kept on talking
Putting off good-bye
Then she took
my hand and said
Baby don't forget
You better stop for gas
There's a 50 in ashtray
In
case you run short on cash
Here's a map and here's a bible
If
you ever loose your way
Don't forget to remember me
and those bills there on the counter
Remind
me I'm on my own
And just like every Sunday I called momma up
last night
And even when it's
not, I tell her everything's alright Tonight I find myself kneeling by the
bed to pray
Before we hung up I said
Hey momma, don't forget to tell my baby sister I'll see her in
the fall
And tell mee-mal that I miss her
Yeah, I should give
her a call
And make sure you tell Daddy that I'm still his little
girl
Yeah I still feel like I'm where I'm supposed to be
Don't
forget to remember me
I haven't done this in a while
So I don't know
what to say but
Lord I feel so small some times in this big ol'
place
I know there are more important things, but
Don't
forget to remember me
Don't forget to remember me"
Looking at Kagome, she said in a deadpan voice. "Sing."
"Yes ma'am!" She took a deep breath and released it, then sang.
"What if
you're right?
And he was just another nice guy
What if you're
right?
What if it's true?
They say the cross will only make a
fool of you
And what if it's true?
What if he
takes his place in history
With all the prophets and the kings
Who
taught us love and came in peace
But then the story ends
What
then?
But what if
you're wrong?
What if there's more?
What if there's hope you
never dreamed of hoping for?
What if you jump?
And just close
your eyes?
What if the arms that catch you, catch you by
surprise?
What if He's more than enough?
What if it's love?
What if you
dig
Way down deeper than your simple-minded friends
What if you
dig?
What if you find
A thousand more unanswered questions down
inside
That's all you find?
What if you
pick apart the logic
And begin to poke the holes
What if the
crown of thorns is no more
Than folklore that must be told and
retold?
You've been
running as fast as you can
You've been looking for a place you can
land for so long
But what if you're wrong?"
Taking a deep breath, she turned to Sango. "Sing. Now." While glaring at her.
"Whatever you say…" Sango said smiling, than began the song.
"Ooh no
Come with me, stay the night
You say the words but boy it don't feel right
What do you expect me to say (You know it's just too little too late)
You take my hand, and you say you've changed
But boy you know your beggin don't fool me
Because to you it's just a game
So let me on down
Cause time has made me strong
I'm starting to move on
I'm gonna say this now
Your chance has come and gone
And you know
It's just too little too late
A little too wrong
And I can't wait
Boy you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late)
You say you dream of my face
But you don't like me
You just like the chase
To be real, it doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)
I was young and in love
I gave you everything but it wasn't enough
And now you wanna communicate
Go find someone else
In lettin you go, I'm lovin myself
You gotta problem
But don't come askin me for help
Cause ya know
It's just too little too late
A little too wrong
And I can't wait
Boy you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late)
You say you dream of my face
But you don't like me
You just like the chase
To be real, it doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)
I can love with all of my heart baby
I know I have so much to give (I have so much to give)
With a player like you, I don't have a prayer
That's the way to live, yeah oh
It's just toolittle,too late
Yeah
It's just too little too late
A little too wrong
And I can't wait
Boy you know all the right things to say (You know it's just too little too late)
You say you dream of my face
But you don't like me
You just like the chase
To be real, it doesn't matter anyway (You know it's just too little too late)"
Stopping, she felt about ready to scream. "Oh…my…god…no more singing! BAD!"
"Sango! It isn't that bad!"
"Don't you ever make me do that again!"
"We didn't make you do anything." Midoriko said innocently.
"Yeah right. I know you two better than that, and if you had to sing, and I wouldn't, you'd torture me for the rest of my already short life!"
"It wouldn't be that bad! No need to be overly dramatic." Kagome said with a smirk threatening to form.
"Have you ever seen yourselves when you were torturing someone? Your pure evil."
Ignoring the sentence, Kagome went in front of the garden and laid down on her stomach, watching it.
"GROW ALREADY! I don't wanna be patient…" She pouted, staring at it.
Kurama looked at her once, then the garden. Deciding to make a few things grow, he concentrated on the plants, making them grow right in front of her eyes.
Their eyes widened in shock while watching the plants grow. Not totally ready to pick, but they still grew overly fast.
"It grew!" The three yelled out. Kurama and some of the others let out an almost silent laugh.
"You grew it, didn't you?" Sango asked, looking at Kurama, who nodded in reply.
Kagome ran over and gave him a big hug, repeating over and over again, "They grew!"
Letting go of him, she didn't realize she was sitting in his lap until it was time to go inside to eat, which then she blushed, with an already blushing Kurama.
To Be Continued…
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