Disclaimer: I remembered this time! I don't own any of the characters in Inuyasha.
Rin ran through the hallways in a small race against Natisha to the flower fields. They ran throughout the citadel passages, bursting through the doors, and finally stopping by a Keyaki tree in a field with thousands of flowers and butterflies all pink, blue, purple, red and yellow.
'It's soo beautiful here. I could die it's so lovely!' Kagome contemplated all her surroundings.
Rin speculated the flowers; inspecting each and every one.
"Too small…too leafy…too bent…"
"This one will look perfect in pretty Natisha's room!" Rin squealed in delight at a purple-blue Kakitsubata.
Then, carefully setting the Kakitsubata down by Keyaki tree, Rin ran off in search of more flowers. Natisha, deciding it would be more fun then getting the nasty taste of flowers in her mouth, chased and snapped at some of the local butterflies.
"Natisha! Come here! Look what Rin found! Isn't it pretty?" Rin looked at the approaching wolf expectantly with a gap-toothed smile.
Kagome could tell what it was. 'Poison ivy,' she mentally sighed and tried to get poor, unsuspecting Rin to a stream to wash her hands.
"Ack… girl what is that?!" The ever-annoying Jaken came up and inspected the plant Rin held. "Poison ivy!"
He groaned. 'I hope Sesshoumaru-sama doesn't expect ME to take care of that brat tonight!'
~~~~~A few hours later, after Rin has been treated~~~~~
"Rin-sama, dinner is served," a bowing bear youkai declared.
She looked up at him quizzically.
The youkai replied to the question in Rin's eyes, "Your Natisha-sama will also be served in the dinning hall."
The youkai left leaving a very hungry and anxious Kagome.
'Damn food! Oh, it's been forever since I last ate! And I get to eat in the dinning hall! Things aren't bad at all!'
~~Prologue to Chapter 4~~
The servant led them to the exquisite dinning hall. Inside was scarcely any art or decorative pieces, just an expensive looking table and chairs. To the sidewall nearest to them, where Sesshoumaru and Rin now sat, was a small red velvet carpet embroidered with golden tassels. Also, upon what she guessed was her place mat, were two silver decorated bowls for eating and drinking. Coming closer to the mat, she noticed her name oddly adorned on it.
Yaten: That was a slightly shorter chapter, grr need to write more. Hmm… *reads top again* oh yeah in case I haven't mentioned, Dilanda is the beta reader/tester/person for this fic, YAY! Next chapter: Nightfall! (it gets interesting!--er…) Sesshoumaru finally learns Kagome's secret; review if you want chapter 4 up anytime soon!
Dilanda: Review, or feel the pain of the beta fish. The beta commands you. (Love Yaten while you're at it!)
Reviewer Responses:
SolarFire2: If Kikyou could go around changing people into demons and wolves at will, why didn't she just turn Inu-Yasha into a human in the first place? And why did she stab herself? She's already dead! Very good questions, but this is alternate universe, which means for storyline purposes, she doesn't have to be dead, so she is (err... was) alive. Ah… Idea… the first question will be answered later in the story. Thanks for reviewing!
Forbidden Memories Group:
Jade: I did mark this as AU, didn't I? I'm sorry every one seems OOC, Kagome is depressed (I would be too, if I were her), Sesshoumaru thinks he has more important things to do, and Rin… well lets just pretend she wasn't killed by wolves; therefore she isn't scared of wolves… And Jaken isn't the best company either. As for living by Sesshoumaru's castle, it's fairly safe there since there aren't many bloodthirsty youkai and that's close to were Inu died.
Daemon: Kikyou didn't want Kagome to snap Inu from her spell, and she wanted Inu all to herself. Sweet Sixteen won that. I know Moonlit Curse isn't the most original name, but I want people to remember it and the name goes with the story perfectly! Thanks you two for reviewing, however crude your reviews were!
Sara1664: Sadly, yes, Inuyasha died… Thanks for reviewing!
SilentDark: Hello again! Thanks for reviewing (again)! Is Rin and Kagome's room connected? Yes, I guess you could say so. There's a door in-between though.
Cookie6, Bubbly-girl, Sunnygurl1357, Rured, Duke-of-spades, Myinuyasha04, and ValarSpawn: Thank you for reviewing! My lazy ass is VERY sorry for not giving a special review response to each of you. Some of you asked good questions but they're vital to my story so, sadly, I can't answer them. Sorry!