Trapped in the Threads of Fate
Disclaimer: It's probably a good thing that I don't own Inuyasha,
because then I would keep him all to myself. So be happy I don't own
Inuyasha and the other characters in the anime or magna!
A/N: Whoo-hoo, am I wired! I had a slushie a little late in the day
and now I'm having a hard time getting to sleep. Hehehe - I hope I
can concentrate on the plot and not get carried away! Hehehe, I'm the
only person awake in my house - and my lil' brother is *sing songy
voice* ~Snoring~. Well, I should stop rambling and get on with the
story before one of you decides to give me vegetables to make me a non-
hyper-dull-writer-person! Hehehe, on with chapter five.
~**~
Recap
"Thanks, and I'll miss you too!" she whispered as she gave him one
last hug. Hastily getting free from her brother's grasp, Sango dashed
for the door. She jumped in her battered car and waved at her family
as she sped down the driveway.
"Do you think she'll come back?" Kohaku asked in a hopeful tone.
"She'll be back, that I know for sure. Let's go have dinner now," his
father said as he led his son back inside the house. 'And when she
comes back, she'll be all grown up! I'll miss my beautiful Sunbeam
till then! You go exterminate that youkai, and make your father
proud!'
~**~
Chapter Five: No Escape
The road came to a dead end as the girl with midnight black hair
came to a halt. Getting out of the old beat-up car, she surveyed her
surroundings.
The gravel road she had followed brought her to an isolated part
of an eerie looking forest. I was early morning with the sun shining
brightly, yet the forest was as dark as night. There wasn't a single
sound coming out of the trees. I was as if something had scared all
the animals away.
'Well Mr. Youkai, prepare to meet your worst nightmare!' Sango
thought as she turned back to her car and unstrapped her boomerang
from the roof. Slinging it onto her back, she headed off into the
forest towards the strange force that was pulling her.
"Just don't let your guard down Sango!" she whispered to
herself. Losing track of the time, she wandered through the dark
dense forest towards her destiny.
~*Back in the Castle*~
Morning's first rays shone through the window waking the
slumbering girl. Kagome sat up and stretched her arms with a big
yawn. After rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, she looked around the
elegant room she was staying in.
On her left was the one-foot thick door with an equally thick
latch, that had kept a certain hentai from disturbing her that night.
Not far from the door, on the same wall, was an stunning dresser-
closet.
On her right was a beautiful glass door that led to a balcony
outside. The door had simple, yet magnificent-looking pink silk
curtains. To the right of the door was a full-length mirror with
roses carved into the wooden frame. To the left of the door was a
pink satin chair that matched the curtains, and had the same roses
carved into it as the mirror.
The bed Kagome slept in was in the middle of the wall in between
the dresser-closet and the full-length mirror. There were four
pillars in each of the corners of the bed, again with the roses carved
in them. The sheets were ivory white and the blankets were a rosy
pink that was a shade or two darker than the curtains and chair.
The pillows matched the blankets.
Kagome slid to the edge of the bed, dangling her feet over the
side. A small giggle escaped her lips when her stomach growled.
'Guess I'm hungry!'
Walking up to the full-length mirror, Kagome gave herself a
disgusted look. 'I look like a dirty sock!' Her pink sweater and
black pants were soiled and tattered. Her raven black hair was in a
tangled mess. "I don't want to be seen like this," she groaned.
Spotting the dresser-closet in the mirror, she squealed in
delight. 'I wonder what kind of clothes Inuyasha's mother wore?"
Kagome crawled over the bed to the dresser-closet and opened its
doors. The open doors revealed a couple of exquisite kimonos, a
picture and frame, a pair of sandals, a hairbrush and a hand mirror.
'Thank Kami, a hair brush and change of clothes!' Kagome took
out a black kimono with silver trim, "I hope Inuyasha won't mind if I
borrow this from his mom!" Holding it up to herself, "I think it
should fit me."
After putting on the kimono, which amazingly fit like a glove,
she went through her knotted hair with a brush. Finally satisfied
that she looked presentable, Kagome took a deep breath and left the
bedroom in search of either the kitchen or one of the guys. It didn't
matter to her which came first.
~*In the Kitchen*~
"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!"
The plate Miroku had been holding went crashing to the floor.
He spun around to face the fuming Inuyasha, "What did I do?"
"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU FUCKING DID, YOU HENTAI! YOU ARE THE
SICKEST MAN-LETCH ALIVE!" Inuyasha stood with his fists clenched at
the opposite end of the table than Miroku.
"I SWEAR, I thought it was Lady Kagome's room!" Miroku said as
he bent down to carefully pick up the broken dish. "And I thought
that you were going to do me bodily harm if I left my room last
night!"
Inuyasha sat down with a thump in a chair and gave Miroku a
glare promising much pain in the near future. "I told you that HER
room was the only room with a lock! Didn't it strike you as odd that
the door wasn't locked?"
A breeze entered the kitchen through an open window. "No, I
thought that I was just lucky. That Lady Kagome had left her door
open for me, so we could share a private moment together!" Miroku had
a dreamy look on his face. "What DID strike me as odd was when I
jumped into her bed and she had no BREASTS! You could imagine my
surprise!" Miroku stated matter-of-factly.
"YOUR SURPRISE? YOU GROPED ME! ME! I WAS FONDLED BY A MALE!"
Inuyasha slammed a fist hard on the table, making the food and dishes
jump a good inch. "THAT'S JUST FUCKING DISGUSTING! I'VE BEEN SCARRED
FOR LIFE!"
"Yeah, well it disturbed me TOO! You were SUPPOSED to be Lady
Kagome!" Miroku said shaking a spatula in Inuyasha's direction.
"Let's just try to forget this little incident and never speak of it
again!"
"Feh! As long as you can keep you dirty lecherous hands to
yourself, I won't kill you! At least not immediately!"
Kagome finally let her presence be known when she couldn't hold
her laughter in any longer. She started to laugh hysterically as she
slid to her knees clutching her stomach.
Inuyasha and Miroku's eyes went wide. 'How come I didn't smell
her scent sooner?' Inuyasha noticed the open window and the wind
blowing in, 'Oh, she was down-wind!'
"How much of that did you hear?" Miroku asked cautiously.
"You two, HAHAHA, in the same bed, HAHAHA! YOU GROPED HIM,
HAHAHA, that's SOOO gross, HAHAHA!" she laughed so hard it was getting
hard to breathe. And tears were starting to flow freely down her
cheeks.
"Then, you heard everything?" Miroku said in a small voice.
A low growl could be heard emanating from Inuyasha's throat.
'I'll kill him when he's asleep tonight! That fucking perv is going
to PAY!!'
"Don't you look lovely this fine morning Lady Kagome!" Miroku
complimented trying to change the subject when he caught Inuyasha's
death glare.
"HAHAHA, oh yeah!" Kagome stopped her side-splitting laughter,
but the huge grin stayed glued on her face. "Inuyasha, you don't mind
if I borrow this from you mother's closet, do you? I noticed that
mine were totally wrecked and I didn't want to wear them anymore. I
promise to return this as soon as I get home, get my own clothes on
again, and get the chance to come back here! Please?" Kagome made an
attempt with puppy eyes, but she just couldn't shake the grin from her
face.
As if noticing Kagome's clothes for the first time, a cloud
seemed to cover Inuyasha's golden eyes. As he nonchalantly stared at
Kagome, his mother seemed to melt into where Kagome was. He watched
as his mother's gentle smile and soft turquoise eyes melded onto
Kagome's features. Then there was no more Kagome, just his mother
standing in front of him.
"Inuyasha?" he heard his mother's angelic voice speak softly.
Her hands started fidgeting with her kimono in a very not-his-mother
sort of way. "Inuyasha, why are you looking at me like that?"
Kagome's voice asked as she squirmed under his unfaltering gaze.
Inuyasha blinked as he saw his mother fade back into Kagome.
'Whoa, that was weird! And they look nothing alike, except maybe for
the hair color.' Noticing her uneasiness towards him, he asked,
"What's wrong with you? Did Miroku do something to you?"
"I'm hurt that you would think so lowly of me Inuyasha!
Especially after it was YOU who was giving her the unusual look!"
Miroku faked a hurtful look.
"Me?" Inuyasha gave Miroku and Kagome a dumbfounded look.
Kagome walked up to Inuyasha, put one hand to his forehead and
the other to hers. "You feel fine!"
Pulling away from her hand, "Feh! Like I would care if you wear
my mom's clothes! Not like I'm gonna wear it!" Inuyasha turned to
the food that Miroku was busily putting on the table.
Miroku was putting pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs, hash
browns, orange juice, milk, strawberries, syrup, and bacon on the
table in gigantic amounts. There were already places set for each of
the three.
Kagome's mouth started watering and her eyes went wide, "Miroku,
that's a lot of food! Aren't you afraid it's going to spoil?" She
sat down beside Inuyasha as she watched him pile food on his plate.
"For some reason, I have a feeling that it might not have been
enough!" Miroku laughed when Inuyasha took all the sausages. "Hey,
save some for us, you pig!"
"I'm part dog, there's no 'pig' in me at all!" Inuyasha snarled
looking very insulted.
Kagome giggled at that and started to dig in before Inuyasha
took everything. Miroku just shook his head with a smile, copying
Kagome's lead.
After eating her fill and watching Inuyasha shove huge amounts
of food in his mouth, Kagome decided to leave the table. Miroku had
already started to clean up the dirty dishes and she figured that it
wouldn't hurt to do the dishes, seeing as he had made all that food
that she ate.
"That's really not necessary Lady Kagome! I can do this. After
all, it's part of my job now!" Miroku reasoned.
"No, it's alright! I'll help. After all, there are a LOT of
dirty dishes!" Kagome argued.
"But it's my job!" Miroku complained. Then an idea popped into his
head. His free hand went straight for the girl's butt and gave it a
little squeeze. He was rewarded with a scream, a punch in the
shoulder, and a choking Inuyasha who shortly after broke out in
laughter.
"Fine, if that's how you want it, I won't help you!" Kagome
glowered. She threw the towel she had been holding in his face and
stormed out of the kitchen.
Miroku smiled to himself as he went to clear the rest of the
table and start the dishes.
"You know, you could have let her help! It would have been a
lot less painful!" Inuyasha smirked.
"No! She still looks sore from yesterday," Miroku said with his
back turned.
"What do you mean?"
Miroku turned to him, "While she was eating, she kept rubbing
her neck where she was injured! You didn't notice?"
Inuyasha had a guilty look on his features, "Guess not! But
your cooking is really good!"
Miroku shook his head, "Thanks, I suppose!"
Not long after, Kagome walked back into the kitchen to find the
two guys having a water fight. She cleared her throat, "I'm gonna go
home now!" And with that, she walked out.
The guys froze. "Did she just say what I think she said?"
Miroku asked surprised. When Inuyasha didn't answer him, he shrugged,
"She's leaving already. I thought she would stay a couple more days
for sure!"
'No!!! She can't leave yet!' Inuyasha screamed in his mind.
'She's the first female that I've EVER been able to tolerate!'
Inuyasha dashed out of the room in chase of Kagome, leaving a smug
Miroku.
'I knew he liked her!' Miroku thought.
Kagome had only gotten about ten feet from the castle entrance
when she felt a strong hand grab her arm. Thinking that it was the
hentai Miroku, she squeaked. She was abruptly spun around to face
Inuyasha. "I'll come back later this afternoon to bring your mother's
clothes, if that's what you're worried about!" she said, heart
pounding when she realized that she couldn't tear her eyes from his
golden gaze.
"You can't-"
Inuyasha was cut off when a yell was heard. "HIRAIKOTSU!!"
Then from off in the distance, a giant boomerang came flying at a
great speed towards the two. Inuyasha quickly scooped Kagome off her
feet and leapt into the air, out of its path. They floated air just
long enough to see their attacker.
"PUT THE GIRL DOWN YOUKAI AND FIGHT ME!" the strange girl in
pink and black armor screamed.
Inuyasha landed and put Kagome behind him, "WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?" He started to crack his knuckles getting ready for a
fight.
The girl walked a couple feet closer as she caught her gigantic
boomerang. "I've come to save that girl and kill you!" She readied
herself for another attack.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with questioning eyes, "What do you
need saving from?"
Kagome shrugged her shoulders with equally questioning eyes, "I
don't know! I don't even think anybody knows where I am!"
"GET AWAY FROM THE YOUKAI AND I'LL RID THE WORLD OF HIM!" the
girl ordered, getting impatient.
Inuyasha snarled getting ready to fight. Kagome surprised him
when she put a hand on his forearm to hold him back and stepped in
front of him. "I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU THINK I NEED RESCUING, BUT I'M
JUST FINE! HE'S NOT GOING TO HURT ME! HE'S MY FRIEND!" Kagome yelled
back at the girl.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome's back surprised, 'She thinks of me as
a friend? But why. we don't even know each other that well?'
The girl with the huge boomerang froze in her spot. "SAY THAT
AGAIN?!"
Kagome reached for Inuyasha's hand and dragged him towards the
girl, all the while yelling, "JUST DON'T ATTACK US! WE DON'T MEAN ANY
HARM, ESPECIALLY HIM!" As she got closer she lowered her voice, "He
wasn't trying to hurt me! Actually he SAVED me last night! So. I
know that he wouldn't harm me!" Kagome gave the girl a sweet smile as
they got close enough to talk comfortably.
Inuyasha had started to scowl when Kagome started pulling him,
but his features softened when he looked down at her hand in his.
'She has such small hands,' he smiled to himself. But then he noticed
that they were very close to the strange girl and stiffened.
"Ka-Kagome, is that you?" the girl breathed.
Kagome gave her a confused look and then a great big smile
graced her face, "Sango? Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's you! I
thought you left the country when you graduated!"
"No. that was just a cover-up! Hehe, I was really training to
be a youkai exterminator with my father. But, I didn't know you had a
friend that was a youkai!" Sango said as she looked from Kagome to
Inuyasha and back again.
"Yeah, tell me about it! Two days ago I would have told you
that you were crazy if you told me that youkai were real! But here I
am!" Kagome laughed. "Inuyasha, this is Sango! She's a girl that I
went to high school with three years ago," she said as she let go of
his hand and put an arm around Sango.
"Feh!" he said as he crossed his arms on his chest.
Sango lifted an arm to scratch the back of her head while
looking embarrassed, "Yeah. about attacking you. I'm sorry! I guess I
should have asked questions first before shooting, instead of shooting
first and asking questions later. Eh heheh, sorry about that!" She
gave Inuyasha a weak smile.
Annoyed that he had been interrupted from speaking to Kagome
earlier, he started to stalk away. "Just don't forget to return that
kimono THIS afternoon!" he called over his shoulder. 'Why should I
care that she's leaving? She'll be back, if she knows what's good for
her!'
~**~
When Inuyasha got to the castle's entrance, he met a winded Miroku.
"What happened to you?" Miroku looked like he had been in a fight of
some sort.
Miroku just gave him a weak smile, "I tripped over a chair, then
knocked my knee on a statue in the hall, then hit my head on a low
candle, and then I fell on a rather large cactus!"
Inuyasha doubled over laughing, "I wish I could have seen that,
HAHAHA!!"
Miroku gave him a blank look, "Gee, laugh at my misfortune why
don't y-" Then he looked past Inuyasha and saw Kagome talking with
another person, more importantly, another female! "Who's that?"
Inuyasha immediately stopped laughing and an annoyed look
crossed his face, "THAT'S the Wench's friend from high school. She's
a youkai killer!" He rolled his eyes at that.
But Miroku didn't catch any of the annoyance in Inuyasha's voice
or face, he was more interested in the girls. "SEE YA LATER
INUYASHA!" he waved as he bolted for them.
Inuyasha gave out a sigh and grumpily walked into the castle.
And shortly after a "HENTAI" could be heard followed by a
"OWOWOWOWOWOW!" "Feh, the letch is at it again!" he snickered.
~**~
"MIROKU, DON'T GO GROPING EVERY PERSON YOU MEET!" Kagome
scolded.
Sango had a smug look on her face as she looked down at the
letch that was holding his head from the hits he had received from her
boomerang. "Don't tell me he's one of your new friends too!" she
asked hoping for a negative answer.
"I'm still not sure if he deserves to be called my friend. But
he can be nice. so we'll call him an acquaintance for now! At least
until he can prove himself!" teased Kagome.
"At least I have a chance at being a friend! Ah, one day Lady
Kagome will surely look upon me with respect!" Miroku said as he stood
up.
"That didn't make any sense! Oh well, Miroku this is my friend
Sango. Sango this is the lecherous Miroku," introduced Kagome.
Miroku held out a hand for her to shake, and Sango hesitantly
shook it. "Lady Sango, it is a pleasure to meet you! I hope that you
will decide to stay with us for a while. so that we can get better
acquainted! Lady Kagome said that she was leaving us, but I truly
hope that she decides to stay longer also!" Miroku gave a charming
smile.
"Oh, Miroku, I really have to get home! My grandfather didn't
even know that I left the house last night. He's gotta be really
worried by now! I'm sorry, but I'll come back this afternoon and
maybe stay for a couple of hours if you like!" Kagome apologized as
she looked into Miroku's seemingly teary violet eyes.
"Well if you must go, then I will see you off!" Miroku said
giving her his arm to put her hand through.
"Uhh," Kagome gave him an untrusting look.
"I'll come with you for now, but I kind of have to stay here!"
Sango said as Kagome slowly took Miroku's arm.
Kagome looked at her old friend, "What do you mean you 'HAVE to
stay here'?"
"I'm on a mission and it has taken me here. I got this feeling
about a week ago that I had to go somewhere. At the time I didn't
know where that was, but this morning I set out following my
instincts. And they brought me here. When I saw that Inuyasha guy
grab you, I thought that it was him that I had to exterminate. But
when you two came closer, the sensation didn't escalate. So, I know
that it isn't him, but the feeling is very strong around this castle.
And I have to stay until this sensation goes away! That is. if you
don't mind having me around!" Sango explained.
A huge grin appeared on Miroku's face, "Of course I don't mind
that you stay! Feel free to stay as long as you wish!"
"It's nice of you to say that Miroku, but wouldn't it be
Inuyasha's decision? After all. you are technically his employee!"
Kagome reasoned.
"You do have a point there Lady Kagome," Miroku considered a
moment. "Ah, I know! You could be his employee too! You could be
the. the. the maid!"
Sango looked skeptical, "Maybe I should just ask Inuyasha his
opinion!"
"Good idea!" Kagome laughed. The three of them started to walk
away from the castle when Kagome suddenly realized that she didn't
know the way home. She hung her head, "Um. guys. I have a little
problem!"
"Lady Kagome, whatever could be wrong?" Miroku asked with a
worried look on his face.
"I don't know how to get home! Last night I went for a walk in
the forest and got lost. And then I met these guys who tried to rape
me!" Sango gave out a gasp and Miroku tensed up. "I got away before
anything happened!" Kagome assured them. "I don't even know what
direction to go!" she laughed uneasily.
"Do you have any idea where these 'guys' may be as of now?"
Miroku asked through clenched teeth. When Kagome shook her head no,
he let out a growl.
"Kagome, I really wish I could help you, but the way I came in
closed up behind me!" Sango said as she put a hand on her friend's
shoulder.
"You too?" Kagome and Miroku asked simultaneously. Then looked
at each other and laughed.
"Was it a bush that grew thorns when it closed?" Miroku asked.
"Yes!" the girls said as one and all three laughed at that.
"Whereabouts did you come in from?" Kagome asked no one in
particular.
"I came in by the gate," Sango said.
"I came in by a stream with a small foot bridge," Miroku chimed.
"And I came in by the orchard," Kagome laughed.
"That is VERY odd!" Miroku puzzled. "We all came in by
different entrances and all couldn't go back the way we came, even if
we wanted to!"
As they walked on, they neared the guilty hedge. It seemed to
grow thick thorns with extremely sharp ends the closer they got.
"Well, shall we see if we can get through now?" suggested Sango.
All three nodded as they approached the bush. Miroku put out a
hand to see if he could part any of the branches, but they were in
place like rocks. Sango readied herself into attack mode. And as
soon as Miroku and Kagome cleared enough room, "HIRAIKOTSU!" The
boomerang cut into the thick brush, but it was only a small dent
compared to the remaining thickness of bush. "Maybe if I try a
different spot," Sango thought out loud.
"It wouldn't hurt to give it a try!" encouraged Kagome.
"HIRAIKOTSU!" "HIRAIKOTSU!" "HIRAIKOTSU!" "HIRAIKOTSU!"
Sango tried over and over with no progress. "It just doesn't have any
effect!" she said as she collapsed to the ground.
"Lady Sango, Lady Kagome, let me have a try!" Miroku proposed.
They gave him questioning looks as he gave them a determined look,
"Trust me!"
Kagome smiled but obliged. Sango crawled over to sit beside
where Kagome had positioned herself a couple of feet behind Miroku.
"OK, we're ready!" Kagome said in a cheerful voice.
In one swift movement, Miroku took off some rosary that was on
his right hand and yelled, "KAZANA!!" Kagome let out a surprised
scream when she saw that his hand was acting like a black hole. Yet,
not one single leaf on the bush even swayed in his direction. Only
bits of the grass and dirt from around the bush were sucked in.
Miroku immediately put the rosary on his hand again and stopped the
void. "Not even my air void will damage this cursed bush!" Miroku
concluded. He went to sit beside the stunned girls with a thump at
his failure.
Seconds later, the bush seemed to move, but they just figured it
was the wind. Three lone branches without thorns moved like snakes
towards the unsuspecting group. Then, out like lightning, they shot
towards the three. Kagome screamed, Sango gripped her boomerang
tight, and Miroku automatically jumped out of its path. Kagome was
tossed into the air only to be caught by a branch and thrown in the
direction of the castle, screaming all the way. Miroku kept dodging
the branch after him while trying to think of a way to free Sango, who
was being held in midair. She was busily chopping away at the branch
to no avail as she too was carelessly thrown in the general direction
of the castle. Coming to the conclusion that he would share the same
fate, Miroku sped off to follow Sango's descending body.
Sango was rapidly falling to the ground when Miroku gave his
last bit of energy and dived to catch her just as she came within
range. She landed none too softly in his outstretched arms, but they
faced no real damage other than bruises as they tumbled to the ground.
~**~
Kagome had been thrown much harder and was still flying
dangerously fast towards one of the castle walls. Inuyasha's
sensitive ears had picked up her scream earlier, and he was cruising
to her. He jumped out of a window and in the knick of time caught her
as they both went crashing into the wall and down to the ground.
Thinking fast, Inuyasha had quickly made sure that he would be the one
to hit the wall and land on the ground, breaking Kagome's fall.
Kagome groaned when she started to wake up. Not being human,
Inuyasha started to sit up first and try to see if she was alright.
"The bush won't let us leave!" she moaned when she recognized her
surroundings.
~**~
A/N: Well, there you have it folks! Hope you liked it! I had meant
to go further with the plot than this, but I got carried away. So
it'll have to wait for the next chapter! I promise more action, and a
little WAFF between two characters. Bet ya can't guess who! Hehehe,
you probably could, but expect the unexpected - Maybe! Well, I hope
to have the next chapter up soon, so you shouldn't have to worry too
much! Have a goofy day, and don't forget to hug one of your favorite
Inuyasha characters! Ja ne!
KrysTheAngel ^_^
May 2003
Disclaimer: It's probably a good thing that I don't own Inuyasha,
because then I would keep him all to myself. So be happy I don't own
Inuyasha and the other characters in the anime or magna!
A/N: Whoo-hoo, am I wired! I had a slushie a little late in the day
and now I'm having a hard time getting to sleep. Hehehe - I hope I
can concentrate on the plot and not get carried away! Hehehe, I'm the
only person awake in my house - and my lil' brother is *sing songy
voice* ~Snoring~. Well, I should stop rambling and get on with the
story before one of you decides to give me vegetables to make me a non-
hyper-dull-writer-person! Hehehe, on with chapter five.
~**~
Recap
"Thanks, and I'll miss you too!" she whispered as she gave him one
last hug. Hastily getting free from her brother's grasp, Sango dashed
for the door. She jumped in her battered car and waved at her family
as she sped down the driveway.
"Do you think she'll come back?" Kohaku asked in a hopeful tone.
"She'll be back, that I know for sure. Let's go have dinner now," his
father said as he led his son back inside the house. 'And when she
comes back, she'll be all grown up! I'll miss my beautiful Sunbeam
till then! You go exterminate that youkai, and make your father
proud!'
~**~
Chapter Five: No Escape
The road came to a dead end as the girl with midnight black hair
came to a halt. Getting out of the old beat-up car, she surveyed her
surroundings.
The gravel road she had followed brought her to an isolated part
of an eerie looking forest. I was early morning with the sun shining
brightly, yet the forest was as dark as night. There wasn't a single
sound coming out of the trees. I was as if something had scared all
the animals away.
'Well Mr. Youkai, prepare to meet your worst nightmare!' Sango
thought as she turned back to her car and unstrapped her boomerang
from the roof. Slinging it onto her back, she headed off into the
forest towards the strange force that was pulling her.
"Just don't let your guard down Sango!" she whispered to
herself. Losing track of the time, she wandered through the dark
dense forest towards her destiny.
~*Back in the Castle*~
Morning's first rays shone through the window waking the
slumbering girl. Kagome sat up and stretched her arms with a big
yawn. After rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, she looked around the
elegant room she was staying in.
On her left was the one-foot thick door with an equally thick
latch, that had kept a certain hentai from disturbing her that night.
Not far from the door, on the same wall, was an stunning dresser-
closet.
On her right was a beautiful glass door that led to a balcony
outside. The door had simple, yet magnificent-looking pink silk
curtains. To the right of the door was a full-length mirror with
roses carved into the wooden frame. To the left of the door was a
pink satin chair that matched the curtains, and had the same roses
carved into it as the mirror.
The bed Kagome slept in was in the middle of the wall in between
the dresser-closet and the full-length mirror. There were four
pillars in each of the corners of the bed, again with the roses carved
in them. The sheets were ivory white and the blankets were a rosy
pink that was a shade or two darker than the curtains and chair.
The pillows matched the blankets.
Kagome slid to the edge of the bed, dangling her feet over the
side. A small giggle escaped her lips when her stomach growled.
'Guess I'm hungry!'
Walking up to the full-length mirror, Kagome gave herself a
disgusted look. 'I look like a dirty sock!' Her pink sweater and
black pants were soiled and tattered. Her raven black hair was in a
tangled mess. "I don't want to be seen like this," she groaned.
Spotting the dresser-closet in the mirror, she squealed in
delight. 'I wonder what kind of clothes Inuyasha's mother wore?"
Kagome crawled over the bed to the dresser-closet and opened its
doors. The open doors revealed a couple of exquisite kimonos, a
picture and frame, a pair of sandals, a hairbrush and a hand mirror.
'Thank Kami, a hair brush and change of clothes!' Kagome took
out a black kimono with silver trim, "I hope Inuyasha won't mind if I
borrow this from his mom!" Holding it up to herself, "I think it
should fit me."
After putting on the kimono, which amazingly fit like a glove,
she went through her knotted hair with a brush. Finally satisfied
that she looked presentable, Kagome took a deep breath and left the
bedroom in search of either the kitchen or one of the guys. It didn't
matter to her which came first.
~*In the Kitchen*~
"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!"
The plate Miroku had been holding went crashing to the floor.
He spun around to face the fuming Inuyasha, "What did I do?"
"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU FUCKING DID, YOU HENTAI! YOU ARE THE
SICKEST MAN-LETCH ALIVE!" Inuyasha stood with his fists clenched at
the opposite end of the table than Miroku.
"I SWEAR, I thought it was Lady Kagome's room!" Miroku said as
he bent down to carefully pick up the broken dish. "And I thought
that you were going to do me bodily harm if I left my room last
night!"
Inuyasha sat down with a thump in a chair and gave Miroku a
glare promising much pain in the near future. "I told you that HER
room was the only room with a lock! Didn't it strike you as odd that
the door wasn't locked?"
A breeze entered the kitchen through an open window. "No, I
thought that I was just lucky. That Lady Kagome had left her door
open for me, so we could share a private moment together!" Miroku had
a dreamy look on his face. "What DID strike me as odd was when I
jumped into her bed and she had no BREASTS! You could imagine my
surprise!" Miroku stated matter-of-factly.
"YOUR SURPRISE? YOU GROPED ME! ME! I WAS FONDLED BY A MALE!"
Inuyasha slammed a fist hard on the table, making the food and dishes
jump a good inch. "THAT'S JUST FUCKING DISGUSTING! I'VE BEEN SCARRED
FOR LIFE!"
"Yeah, well it disturbed me TOO! You were SUPPOSED to be Lady
Kagome!" Miroku said shaking a spatula in Inuyasha's direction.
"Let's just try to forget this little incident and never speak of it
again!"
"Feh! As long as you can keep you dirty lecherous hands to
yourself, I won't kill you! At least not immediately!"
Kagome finally let her presence be known when she couldn't hold
her laughter in any longer. She started to laugh hysterically as she
slid to her knees clutching her stomach.
Inuyasha and Miroku's eyes went wide. 'How come I didn't smell
her scent sooner?' Inuyasha noticed the open window and the wind
blowing in, 'Oh, she was down-wind!'
"How much of that did you hear?" Miroku asked cautiously.
"You two, HAHAHA, in the same bed, HAHAHA! YOU GROPED HIM,
HAHAHA, that's SOOO gross, HAHAHA!" she laughed so hard it was getting
hard to breathe. And tears were starting to flow freely down her
cheeks.
"Then, you heard everything?" Miroku said in a small voice.
A low growl could be heard emanating from Inuyasha's throat.
'I'll kill him when he's asleep tonight! That fucking perv is going
to PAY!!'
"Don't you look lovely this fine morning Lady Kagome!" Miroku
complimented trying to change the subject when he caught Inuyasha's
death glare.
"HAHAHA, oh yeah!" Kagome stopped her side-splitting laughter,
but the huge grin stayed glued on her face. "Inuyasha, you don't mind
if I borrow this from you mother's closet, do you? I noticed that
mine were totally wrecked and I didn't want to wear them anymore. I
promise to return this as soon as I get home, get my own clothes on
again, and get the chance to come back here! Please?" Kagome made an
attempt with puppy eyes, but she just couldn't shake the grin from her
face.
As if noticing Kagome's clothes for the first time, a cloud
seemed to cover Inuyasha's golden eyes. As he nonchalantly stared at
Kagome, his mother seemed to melt into where Kagome was. He watched
as his mother's gentle smile and soft turquoise eyes melded onto
Kagome's features. Then there was no more Kagome, just his mother
standing in front of him.
"Inuyasha?" he heard his mother's angelic voice speak softly.
Her hands started fidgeting with her kimono in a very not-his-mother
sort of way. "Inuyasha, why are you looking at me like that?"
Kagome's voice asked as she squirmed under his unfaltering gaze.
Inuyasha blinked as he saw his mother fade back into Kagome.
'Whoa, that was weird! And they look nothing alike, except maybe for
the hair color.' Noticing her uneasiness towards him, he asked,
"What's wrong with you? Did Miroku do something to you?"
"I'm hurt that you would think so lowly of me Inuyasha!
Especially after it was YOU who was giving her the unusual look!"
Miroku faked a hurtful look.
"Me?" Inuyasha gave Miroku and Kagome a dumbfounded look.
Kagome walked up to Inuyasha, put one hand to his forehead and
the other to hers. "You feel fine!"
Pulling away from her hand, "Feh! Like I would care if you wear
my mom's clothes! Not like I'm gonna wear it!" Inuyasha turned to
the food that Miroku was busily putting on the table.
Miroku was putting pancakes, sausages, scrambled eggs, hash
browns, orange juice, milk, strawberries, syrup, and bacon on the
table in gigantic amounts. There were already places set for each of
the three.
Kagome's mouth started watering and her eyes went wide, "Miroku,
that's a lot of food! Aren't you afraid it's going to spoil?" She
sat down beside Inuyasha as she watched him pile food on his plate.
"For some reason, I have a feeling that it might not have been
enough!" Miroku laughed when Inuyasha took all the sausages. "Hey,
save some for us, you pig!"
"I'm part dog, there's no 'pig' in me at all!" Inuyasha snarled
looking very insulted.
Kagome giggled at that and started to dig in before Inuyasha
took everything. Miroku just shook his head with a smile, copying
Kagome's lead.
After eating her fill and watching Inuyasha shove huge amounts
of food in his mouth, Kagome decided to leave the table. Miroku had
already started to clean up the dirty dishes and she figured that it
wouldn't hurt to do the dishes, seeing as he had made all that food
that she ate.
"That's really not necessary Lady Kagome! I can do this. After
all, it's part of my job now!" Miroku reasoned.
"No, it's alright! I'll help. After all, there are a LOT of
dirty dishes!" Kagome argued.
"But it's my job!" Miroku complained. Then an idea popped into his
head. His free hand went straight for the girl's butt and gave it a
little squeeze. He was rewarded with a scream, a punch in the
shoulder, and a choking Inuyasha who shortly after broke out in
laughter.
"Fine, if that's how you want it, I won't help you!" Kagome
glowered. She threw the towel she had been holding in his face and
stormed out of the kitchen.
Miroku smiled to himself as he went to clear the rest of the
table and start the dishes.
"You know, you could have let her help! It would have been a
lot less painful!" Inuyasha smirked.
"No! She still looks sore from yesterday," Miroku said with his
back turned.
"What do you mean?"
Miroku turned to him, "While she was eating, she kept rubbing
her neck where she was injured! You didn't notice?"
Inuyasha had a guilty look on his features, "Guess not! But
your cooking is really good!"
Miroku shook his head, "Thanks, I suppose!"
Not long after, Kagome walked back into the kitchen to find the
two guys having a water fight. She cleared her throat, "I'm gonna go
home now!" And with that, she walked out.
The guys froze. "Did she just say what I think she said?"
Miroku asked surprised. When Inuyasha didn't answer him, he shrugged,
"She's leaving already. I thought she would stay a couple more days
for sure!"
'No!!! She can't leave yet!' Inuyasha screamed in his mind.
'She's the first female that I've EVER been able to tolerate!'
Inuyasha dashed out of the room in chase of Kagome, leaving a smug
Miroku.
'I knew he liked her!' Miroku thought.
Kagome had only gotten about ten feet from the castle entrance
when she felt a strong hand grab her arm. Thinking that it was the
hentai Miroku, she squeaked. She was abruptly spun around to face
Inuyasha. "I'll come back later this afternoon to bring your mother's
clothes, if that's what you're worried about!" she said, heart
pounding when she realized that she couldn't tear her eyes from his
golden gaze.
"You can't-"
Inuyasha was cut off when a yell was heard. "HIRAIKOTSU!!"
Then from off in the distance, a giant boomerang came flying at a
great speed towards the two. Inuyasha quickly scooped Kagome off her
feet and leapt into the air, out of its path. They floated air just
long enough to see their attacker.
"PUT THE GIRL DOWN YOUKAI AND FIGHT ME!" the strange girl in
pink and black armor screamed.
Inuyasha landed and put Kagome behind him, "WHAT DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE DOING?" He started to crack his knuckles getting ready for a
fight.
The girl walked a couple feet closer as she caught her gigantic
boomerang. "I've come to save that girl and kill you!" She readied
herself for another attack.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome with questioning eyes, "What do you
need saving from?"
Kagome shrugged her shoulders with equally questioning eyes, "I
don't know! I don't even think anybody knows where I am!"
"GET AWAY FROM THE YOUKAI AND I'LL RID THE WORLD OF HIM!" the
girl ordered, getting impatient.
Inuyasha snarled getting ready to fight. Kagome surprised him
when she put a hand on his forearm to hold him back and stepped in
front of him. "I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU THINK I NEED RESCUING, BUT I'M
JUST FINE! HE'S NOT GOING TO HURT ME! HE'S MY FRIEND!" Kagome yelled
back at the girl.
Inuyasha looked at Kagome's back surprised, 'She thinks of me as
a friend? But why. we don't even know each other that well?'
The girl with the huge boomerang froze in her spot. "SAY THAT
AGAIN?!"
Kagome reached for Inuyasha's hand and dragged him towards the
girl, all the while yelling, "JUST DON'T ATTACK US! WE DON'T MEAN ANY
HARM, ESPECIALLY HIM!" As she got closer she lowered her voice, "He
wasn't trying to hurt me! Actually he SAVED me last night! So. I
know that he wouldn't harm me!" Kagome gave the girl a sweet smile as
they got close enough to talk comfortably.
Inuyasha had started to scowl when Kagome started pulling him,
but his features softened when he looked down at her hand in his.
'She has such small hands,' he smiled to himself. But then he noticed
that they were very close to the strange girl and stiffened.
"Ka-Kagome, is that you?" the girl breathed.
Kagome gave her a confused look and then a great big smile
graced her face, "Sango? Oh my gosh, I can't believe it's you! I
thought you left the country when you graduated!"
"No. that was just a cover-up! Hehe, I was really training to
be a youkai exterminator with my father. But, I didn't know you had a
friend that was a youkai!" Sango said as she looked from Kagome to
Inuyasha and back again.
"Yeah, tell me about it! Two days ago I would have told you
that you were crazy if you told me that youkai were real! But here I
am!" Kagome laughed. "Inuyasha, this is Sango! She's a girl that I
went to high school with three years ago," she said as she let go of
his hand and put an arm around Sango.
"Feh!" he said as he crossed his arms on his chest.
Sango lifted an arm to scratch the back of her head while
looking embarrassed, "Yeah. about attacking you. I'm sorry! I guess I
should have asked questions first before shooting, instead of shooting
first and asking questions later. Eh heheh, sorry about that!" She
gave Inuyasha a weak smile.
Annoyed that he had been interrupted from speaking to Kagome
earlier, he started to stalk away. "Just don't forget to return that
kimono THIS afternoon!" he called over his shoulder. 'Why should I
care that she's leaving? She'll be back, if she knows what's good for
her!'
~**~
When Inuyasha got to the castle's entrance, he met a winded Miroku.
"What happened to you?" Miroku looked like he had been in a fight of
some sort.
Miroku just gave him a weak smile, "I tripped over a chair, then
knocked my knee on a statue in the hall, then hit my head on a low
candle, and then I fell on a rather large cactus!"
Inuyasha doubled over laughing, "I wish I could have seen that,
HAHAHA!!"
Miroku gave him a blank look, "Gee, laugh at my misfortune why
don't y-" Then he looked past Inuyasha and saw Kagome talking with
another person, more importantly, another female! "Who's that?"
Inuyasha immediately stopped laughing and an annoyed look
crossed his face, "THAT'S the Wench's friend from high school. She's
a youkai killer!" He rolled his eyes at that.
But Miroku didn't catch any of the annoyance in Inuyasha's voice
or face, he was more interested in the girls. "SEE YA LATER
INUYASHA!" he waved as he bolted for them.
Inuyasha gave out a sigh and grumpily walked into the castle.
And shortly after a "HENTAI" could be heard followed by a
"OWOWOWOWOWOW!" "Feh, the letch is at it again!" he snickered.
~**~
"MIROKU, DON'T GO GROPING EVERY PERSON YOU MEET!" Kagome
scolded.
Sango had a smug look on her face as she looked down at the
letch that was holding his head from the hits he had received from her
boomerang. "Don't tell me he's one of your new friends too!" she
asked hoping for a negative answer.
"I'm still not sure if he deserves to be called my friend. But
he can be nice. so we'll call him an acquaintance for now! At least
until he can prove himself!" teased Kagome.
"At least I have a chance at being a friend! Ah, one day Lady
Kagome will surely look upon me with respect!" Miroku said as he stood
up.
"That didn't make any sense! Oh well, Miroku this is my friend
Sango. Sango this is the lecherous Miroku," introduced Kagome.
Miroku held out a hand for her to shake, and Sango hesitantly
shook it. "Lady Sango, it is a pleasure to meet you! I hope that you
will decide to stay with us for a while. so that we can get better
acquainted! Lady Kagome said that she was leaving us, but I truly
hope that she decides to stay longer also!" Miroku gave a charming
smile.
"Oh, Miroku, I really have to get home! My grandfather didn't
even know that I left the house last night. He's gotta be really
worried by now! I'm sorry, but I'll come back this afternoon and
maybe stay for a couple of hours if you like!" Kagome apologized as
she looked into Miroku's seemingly teary violet eyes.
"Well if you must go, then I will see you off!" Miroku said
giving her his arm to put her hand through.
"Uhh," Kagome gave him an untrusting look.
"I'll come with you for now, but I kind of have to stay here!"
Sango said as Kagome slowly took Miroku's arm.
Kagome looked at her old friend, "What do you mean you 'HAVE to
stay here'?"
"I'm on a mission and it has taken me here. I got this feeling
about a week ago that I had to go somewhere. At the time I didn't
know where that was, but this morning I set out following my
instincts. And they brought me here. When I saw that Inuyasha guy
grab you, I thought that it was him that I had to exterminate. But
when you two came closer, the sensation didn't escalate. So, I know
that it isn't him, but the feeling is very strong around this castle.
And I have to stay until this sensation goes away! That is. if you
don't mind having me around!" Sango explained.
A huge grin appeared on Miroku's face, "Of course I don't mind
that you stay! Feel free to stay as long as you wish!"
"It's nice of you to say that Miroku, but wouldn't it be
Inuyasha's decision? After all. you are technically his employee!"
Kagome reasoned.
"You do have a point there Lady Kagome," Miroku considered a
moment. "Ah, I know! You could be his employee too! You could be
the. the. the maid!"
Sango looked skeptical, "Maybe I should just ask Inuyasha his
opinion!"
"Good idea!" Kagome laughed. The three of them started to walk
away from the castle when Kagome suddenly realized that she didn't
know the way home. She hung her head, "Um. guys. I have a little
problem!"
"Lady Kagome, whatever could be wrong?" Miroku asked with a
worried look on his face.
"I don't know how to get home! Last night I went for a walk in
the forest and got lost. And then I met these guys who tried to rape
me!" Sango gave out a gasp and Miroku tensed up. "I got away before
anything happened!" Kagome assured them. "I don't even know what
direction to go!" she laughed uneasily.
"Do you have any idea where these 'guys' may be as of now?"
Miroku asked through clenched teeth. When Kagome shook her head no,
he let out a growl.
"Kagome, I really wish I could help you, but the way I came in
closed up behind me!" Sango said as she put a hand on her friend's
shoulder.
"You too?" Kagome and Miroku asked simultaneously. Then looked
at each other and laughed.
"Was it a bush that grew thorns when it closed?" Miroku asked.
"Yes!" the girls said as one and all three laughed at that.
"Whereabouts did you come in from?" Kagome asked no one in
particular.
"I came in by the gate," Sango said.
"I came in by a stream with a small foot bridge," Miroku chimed.
"And I came in by the orchard," Kagome laughed.
"That is VERY odd!" Miroku puzzled. "We all came in by
different entrances and all couldn't go back the way we came, even if
we wanted to!"
As they walked on, they neared the guilty hedge. It seemed to
grow thick thorns with extremely sharp ends the closer they got.
"Well, shall we see if we can get through now?" suggested Sango.
All three nodded as they approached the bush. Miroku put out a
hand to see if he could part any of the branches, but they were in
place like rocks. Sango readied herself into attack mode. And as
soon as Miroku and Kagome cleared enough room, "HIRAIKOTSU!" The
boomerang cut into the thick brush, but it was only a small dent
compared to the remaining thickness of bush. "Maybe if I try a
different spot," Sango thought out loud.
"It wouldn't hurt to give it a try!" encouraged Kagome.
"HIRAIKOTSU!" "HIRAIKOTSU!" "HIRAIKOTSU!" "HIRAIKOTSU!"
Sango tried over and over with no progress. "It just doesn't have any
effect!" she said as she collapsed to the ground.
"Lady Sango, Lady Kagome, let me have a try!" Miroku proposed.
They gave him questioning looks as he gave them a determined look,
"Trust me!"
Kagome smiled but obliged. Sango crawled over to sit beside
where Kagome had positioned herself a couple of feet behind Miroku.
"OK, we're ready!" Kagome said in a cheerful voice.
In one swift movement, Miroku took off some rosary that was on
his right hand and yelled, "KAZANA!!" Kagome let out a surprised
scream when she saw that his hand was acting like a black hole. Yet,
not one single leaf on the bush even swayed in his direction. Only
bits of the grass and dirt from around the bush were sucked in.
Miroku immediately put the rosary on his hand again and stopped the
void. "Not even my air void will damage this cursed bush!" Miroku
concluded. He went to sit beside the stunned girls with a thump at
his failure.
Seconds later, the bush seemed to move, but they just figured it
was the wind. Three lone branches without thorns moved like snakes
towards the unsuspecting group. Then, out like lightning, they shot
towards the three. Kagome screamed, Sango gripped her boomerang
tight, and Miroku automatically jumped out of its path. Kagome was
tossed into the air only to be caught by a branch and thrown in the
direction of the castle, screaming all the way. Miroku kept dodging
the branch after him while trying to think of a way to free Sango, who
was being held in midair. She was busily chopping away at the branch
to no avail as she too was carelessly thrown in the general direction
of the castle. Coming to the conclusion that he would share the same
fate, Miroku sped off to follow Sango's descending body.
Sango was rapidly falling to the ground when Miroku gave his
last bit of energy and dived to catch her just as she came within
range. She landed none too softly in his outstretched arms, but they
faced no real damage other than bruises as they tumbled to the ground.
~**~
Kagome had been thrown much harder and was still flying
dangerously fast towards one of the castle walls. Inuyasha's
sensitive ears had picked up her scream earlier, and he was cruising
to her. He jumped out of a window and in the knick of time caught her
as they both went crashing into the wall and down to the ground.
Thinking fast, Inuyasha had quickly made sure that he would be the one
to hit the wall and land on the ground, breaking Kagome's fall.
Kagome groaned when she started to wake up. Not being human,
Inuyasha started to sit up first and try to see if she was alright.
"The bush won't let us leave!" she moaned when she recognized her
surroundings.
~**~
A/N: Well, there you have it folks! Hope you liked it! I had meant
to go further with the plot than this, but I got carried away. So
it'll have to wait for the next chapter! I promise more action, and a
little WAFF between two characters. Bet ya can't guess who! Hehehe,
you probably could, but expect the unexpected - Maybe! Well, I hope
to have the next chapter up soon, so you shouldn't have to worry too
much! Have a goofy day, and don't forget to hug one of your favorite
Inuyasha characters! Ja ne!
KrysTheAngel ^_^
May 2003
