Chapter 23: Lost and Found
Just as Kurama shouted his alarm, Kori sat up from her futon and threw a dagger at the wall yelling, "Stupid birds!" The dagger landed right by marks similar to the one this dagger would certainly create.
At his confused look, Sango calmly answered, "She hates birds."
"Hey, it's not my fault I had a bad experience!" Kori defended herself.
At this point, the entire household was surrounding the door where Kurama stood.
"We heard you say something about miss Kagome missing, that we did."
"What?!" Shippou started crying at the thought of his mother-figure Kagome not being there with him. Kurama picked him up to comfort him.
Kaoru yawned. "Last I saw her, she said she was going to go outside to get some fresh air. She might just be out walking."
"Feh, no," said Inu, "I woulda smelled her. She didn't get outside."
"For once, I agree with the dog. Even with my Jagon, I can't sense her energy anywhere near here."
Shippou began to wail. Kurama finally used the aroma of one of the plant seeds in his hair to put him to sleep. He sighed, trying to keep his inner turmoil from showing.
"If I may offer a suggestion," said everyone's favorite rurouni. All attention was glued on him. "There is a powerful lord near us with whom we have an agreement, that we do. He may be kind enough to offer his assistance. If we begin now, we would be able to get there by midmorning."
When Kagome awoke, she didn't ever want to wake up. The bed was even more comfortable than the one she had at home, and she was positive that she was still in the feudal era. The sheets were soft and warm, and the pillow felt divine. All of this was almost too good to be true.
She finally did open her weary eyes when she felt a presence close to her, though it didn't feel the least bit malicious.
Imagine her surprise when her eyes met that of a younger girl, who held her head not half a foot away from Kagome's. Kagome jumped back in surprise.
The girl smiled. "Hi pretty lady. Rin thinks you're really pretty. Rin's name is Rin. What's pretty lady's name? Will pretty lady play with me? Lord Sesshoumaru said that Rin could play with pretty lady while he is working."
While the girl-Rin-took a breath, Kagome decided to break the stream of endless questions. "Hello, Rin, my name is Kagome. And yes, I would be happy to play with you."
"Yay! Rin is so happy!"
When the group (minus Sano, who was being forced to work of some of his gambling debts, and Yahiko, who was visiting his girlfriend. When he was out of earshot, she said he was simply afraid of the lord) finally reached the castle, Inuyasha scrunched up his nose in disgust. "Ugh! This place reeks of Sesshoumaru!"
"That would probably be because this is his castle, that it is."
"What?!"
'I wish Kagome was here to sit him,' thought Shippou. He had refused to be left behind.
"Well, yes," said Kaoru, "He is the taiyoukai we have an agreement with. I'm sure he'll help us. Or at the very least, he won't kill us."
"Feh. Easy for you to say," Inu mumbled. Kori smiled and took his hand in hers. He immediately began to calm down, and a blush was almost visible on his gruff exterior.
Kenshin walked up casually to the door big enough for Sesshoumaru in his inu form and knocked using the giant door knocker. When the doors finally opened, a green toad-thingy appeared.
Of course, he didn't look like his usual self. He was wearing white powder and makeup, and a pink kimono with lace and frills. Someone had found a blonde wig and had secured it to his ugly, wrinkled head. He was also being chased by two people, one who carried his ugly staff bedecked in ribbons and whatnot who was trying to hit him, and the other with bows of all colors.
All the group could do for a moment was stare in shocked silence. Finally, Kurama found his voice. "Kagome?"
AN: Well, what did you guys think? Not much to say right now...
REVIEWer Responses:
SilentDark: Well, you now have at least one dagger.
Youka, Youko's little vixen: It would be kinda cool to just have a torture series of the anime where we could torture everyone that is hated... .