Part Two, ya'll!



Inuyasha made his way through the woods, waiting, yet really not wanting to, for the people following him. Kagome, pushing her bicycle, was rather annoyed by Inuyasha's impatience, and yelled ahead,

"Inuyasha! Would you slow down for once! I don't think that we are going to catch this creature if I keel over and die of exhaustion!"

"Shut up, Kagome! We have to catch up to her if we want her jewel shards!"

"Her?" Miroku said as he ran to catch up. " Sounds like you know this creature, Inuyasha."

"Just hurry up."

The creature had made her way to her castle in a clearing. Running her fingers over the deeply etched bricks, she walked up the steps. Turning around, she waited for her visitors to arrive. Brushing blond tendrils of hair behind pointed ears, she smiled a little, her cornflower blue eyes shimmering in the afternoon light.

"Perhaps I should put some tea on..." The half elf, half faerie giggled lightly, her musical laugh catching upon the wind and reaching the ears of the approaching group. Inuyasha's ears pricked lightly, and he ran forward, his nose twitching lightly.

"Inuyasha! Get back here!" Kagome yelled ahead to the retreating figure.

Inuyasha ran through the woods, following the sound of the laughter. His silver hair flew away from his rather handsome features, his fangs bared. He broke through a grove of trees and into a clearing, and stopped short.

Inuyasha looked upward. The castle towering in front of him was huge. It wasn't something that would be normal in the Feudal Age, but it seemed to work. The castle was made of brick, gray and overpowering. Inuyasha came closer to a tower and reached a clawed hand up to touch the crumbling brick, and caught a glimpse of a shimmering wing. Moving closer to the stairs, he finally looked upon the creature that seemed to grip his heart.

She turned, and set cornflower blue eyes upon his golden ones. A smile crossed her features, as she tipped her head downward, long lashes closing over those eyes.

"Welcome sir..."

Inuyasha came closer to her, unable to speak. His hand was still upraised to touch the brick, but it came towards her face. She lifted both of her own, clasped his gently, and then pushed it down.

"Do I get an introduction, sir?"

Inuyasha seemed to come out of a daze, and he shook his head. A sheepish grin crossed his features as he smiled.

"Sorry, I'm Inuyasha, half-demon and master of the Tesuaiga."

She smiled, then curtsied lightly, her cerulean butterfly wings lifting to frame over her head.

"I am Queen Genniifer of the Dromindian FaerieRose Empire. Or just Gennii..." She giggled her musical laugh, which caused Inuyasha to smile goofily. She reached out her small hand and gently touched his cheek. There was a rustling of the bushes and Kagome's arm reached through.

"SIT! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!!!"

Inuyasha dropped like a stone to the grass next to the stone steps, as Kagome stomped to his side, her brown eyes glaring at the woman on the steps.

"Alright, you... you ... you floozy! Don't you dare touch my Inuyasha! And furthermore, you are touching what is mine, and..." She realized that she was saying her innermost feelings out loud, and stammered a bit, as Inuyasha pulled himself off the ground.

"Alright, you idiot girl! You have no right to claim me as yours, and furthermore I would never want to be in love with a dimwit like you!"

A soft giggle interrupted the couple's argument. The group turned to the figure on the steps.

The half elf smiled gently as she tipped her head downward.

"I didn't mean to offend, but I was simply greeting your dog eared companion. A touch on the cheek is considered an honor on Drominda. I didn't know that he was your suitor, or else I wouldn't have touched him so... shall we say, intimately?" She tipped her head to the side in a rather cute manner, causing Miroku and Inuyasha to suck in a silent breath. Miroku gathered his bearings and bowed regally.

"I am Miroku, a Buddhist monk. Perhaps you are in need of some healing, or perhaps some comfort on some level?"

"Down boy," Shippo said, a dry look upon his little face. He then looked to the woman on the steps with a smile, "Are you searching for the jewel shards too, Miss...?"

"Gennii... and you are, my small master?"

"I am Kagome, and this is Shippo, Miroku, and you've already met Inuyasha," Kagome shot a dirty look to Inuyasha, who hadn't taken his eyes off of Gennii, after interrupting Shippo's answer.

"Well met, my friends. Would you like to come in? I do believe that the night draws nigh," Gennii turned, and motioned to the door, which opened. "It would be a great honor to me, if I may serve you dinner, unless you've already eaten?"

The three boys, hearing the word "dinner", immediately began to make their way towards the steps, but Kagome held them back.

"Before we have anything to do with you, I have to know whether or not you have any jewel shards."

"After dinner, Mistress Kagome... After dinner."

There ya're Part Two... Part Three soon!!