A wish upon a star
Disclaimer: *Runs around the room in a straight jacket* screaming "I OWN INU-YASHA!"
Guard scoffs "And they said the girl who said Inu-yasha talked to her from her television screen was crazy"
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Chapter Five
Unexpected Meetings
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Kagome was sitting in her balcony, it was around 4.00 in the evening and she was going to go down for lunch soon, not wanting to miss it again, 8 times in a row. Her first week of staying in the castle had passed, and it wasn't so bad – if you leave the torture period's Inu-yasha gave her at dinner.
'God, what is so amusing in pissing ME off? Why not someone else?'
Kikyou was going to arrive next week and she wanted to enjoy her time as much as she could before her snobby, stuck up, excuse for a princess sister came.
She knew Inu-Yasha wasn't going to let that happen. She sighed and sat down on her rocking chair, she had decided she wasn't going to replace it for a bed, this rocking chair was different, it didn't creak when she rocked it, and it made her feel like her grandmother was nearby and she needed that kind of support right now.
"Only one week left, then my stay at paradise would end and summer in hell will once again, start again"
"Why, where are you going?"
She jumped up from her rocking chair just as she had done her first night staying at the castle and proceeded to the railings searching for the source of the voice; she looked to her left and surprisingly found Inu- Yasha.
"How come whenever I'm talking to myself you seem to be listening?"
"Maybe because you speak so loudly?" He turned his body so he could face her, even though there was one balcony separating them both.
"Well, I thought you're always in the forest in the day" She leaned her back against the railing and turned her head so she could see him.
"Feh, I'm just bored" He turned his body back towards the forest and stood there for a while, both of them staring at particularly nothing. All of a sudden he jumped up on his railing and crouched down, as if positioning to jump, just as he was about to take off Kagome yelled out to him.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
He quickly turned his head towards her and raised one eyebrow "Oh, I forgot about you"
Kagome smiled a fake smiled at him which disappeared in a moment "I'm not surprised, you cant remember anything in that nutshell of yours," She rolled her eyes at him, just as he was about to say something back she continued "I was just asking about where you were going"
"Who made you my mother?"
She boiled up on his last comment, 'Ugh! He can be so immature sometimes!' "FORGET IT!"
She turned around, deciding to do something with Sango, just as she was about to open her glass doors to her bedroom Inu-Yasha's voice reached her ears.
"I'm going to the sea stupid!"
Her eyes opened wide 'the sea?' She turned around again, only to see a disappearing figure. Her face formed a frown, hadn't he said that he would take her to the sea? She sighed, disappointed. She kicked her foot on floor of her balcony, and placed her hands on her hips, 'I'll just ask Sango to take me there, seeing Inu-Yasha has no intention of doing so'
She opened her glass doors and stepped inside her bedroom, walking across it; she took a ribbon and tied her hair, feeling too hot to let it open.
When she reached her door she knocked, hearing no reply she knocked again
'Weird, I thought Sango was in her room'
Almost about to leave a thought popped in her mind – of course.
"Sango, it's me Kagome!"
This time the door opened revealing a relieved Sango, she sighed happily "I thought you were Miroku"
Kagome smirked.
"Why, what did he do to you this time?" She stepped in her bedroom and went directly to the big comfy straw chair and sat down in hit, hugging the cushion.
"Nothing, I saw him proposing to himself in the middle of the corridor, I freaked out I guess"
Kagome burst out laughing, the thought of Miroku purposing to himself didn't surprise her, he was always talking about how hot and perfect he was, she had caught him looking at himself in the mirror and smiling twice, but for some reason the joke never got old.
After a few moments she began to ask Sango what she really was here for.
"Hey Sango, I was wondering if you could take me to the. . ." She suddenly stopped.
"Take you where?"
Kagome was too busy to answer her as she watched an angry hanyou pout on Sango's balcony.
'What the heck was Inu-yasha doing on Sango's balcony, and was that death threats her was sending her?'
Half realizing what Inu-Yasha was trying to say to her she said the first thing that came in her mind.
"Gardens?"
Sango stared at her for a while "I thought you knew the way already"
"Yeah, I do, I just want some company" She smiled at Sango who smiled back.
"Sure, lemme change my clothes" Sango walked towards the cupboard and picked out a white kimono with pink lacing.
After Sango and closed the bathroom door she rushed over to the balcony.
"What are you doing here?!?"
"Because I remembered something I had to ask you"
She rolled her eyes; she had already figured this out,
'He's probably here to try to piss me off and get a laugh'
She looked back in the room, what was taking Sango so long? As if on queue, she heard Sango's yell.
"Kagome! I'm going to take a quick bath!"
Not wanting to hear Inu-Yasha's taunting, she turned around and started to head back to Sango
"Oi wench! I come back for you and you ignore me?"
She turned around frustratingly, accidentally knocking over a pile of rocks Sango had stacked on a table, one fell on her foot. "Ow" she heard Inu- Yasha laugh, reaching down to remove the rock she decided she'll deal with Inu-Yasha rather than avoid him. "Why'd you come back?"
"Because," She saw him turn a little shade of red "You wanted to go to the sea anyways," He jumped inside Sango's room and sat down on her bed Indian style, turning his head towards Sango's cupboard so Kagome couldn't see the slight shade of pink on his cheeks. "But if you don't wanna go its fine with me"
So he actually remembered?
Miroku did say he wasn't such a bad guy; she started to have her first doubts.
She smiled at him making his ears twitch. "What are you smiling for?"
"Nothing, can't I smile once in a while?"
"No, it makes you're face even uglier, and to think I thought that was impossible"
There goes the thought of him being nice.
Kagome picked up Sango's pillow and threw it on Inu-Yasha's head "That's for calling me ugly!"
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"Hey! It doesn't hurt to tell the truth once in a while!" He smirked as he watched Kagome's face turn red.
She picked up the same pillow and whacked Inu-Yasha on the head again.
"That didn't hurt you know!"
She whacked him twice with the pillow again.
He laughed at her effort "Wench, you think you can hurt a demon with a couple whacks from pillows?"
She stopped mid-way through her fourth whack. He saw her smirk "Half-Demon, you mean"
His grin vanished from his face immediately but was replaced the minute it had left. "At least I'm not a –." He stopped instantly as the bathroom door opened and Sango stepped out.
They seemed to stare at each other for what seemed like hours but was only a few seconds. Inu-Yasha was sending which obviously seemed to be death glares and Sango had narrowed her eyebrows and had a frown on her face.
Neither one was saying a word.
Kagome, feeling she couldn't take the silence anymore decided to break the silence.
"Uh – so you guys know each other -." Her sentence was interrupted by Sango.
"Oh- Hi Inu-Yasha, nice seeing you in the castle today"
Kagome searched Sango's face for an explanation for the sudden mood swing, wasn't it just a moment ago they both had looked as if either one dared to move they would slaughter each other without regret?
He stood up from the bed and walked casually across the bed reaching the other side of the bed (now closer to the door) he turned around to face Sango.
He crossed his arms over his chest and frowned "Can't say the same about you"
Sango placed her hands on her hips "Inu-Yasha, cant you let it go? I'm only here to help"
"HELP WHAT? RUIN MY LIFE?"
He barged out of room, only turning around to say to Kagome "I'll take you some other day"
He slammed Sango's door shut and headed towards the forest,
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Kagome stared at the door for a few minutes before turning back to Sango.
"What was all that about?" She watched Sango walk over to the bed and crouch down to pick up the pillows from the floor.
"I guess he doesn't like me very much," Sango replied simply, setting the pillows on the bed. She sat down beside Kagome and as if she could read her mind she continued "don't ask why"
Kagome sighed, she had lost her trip to the sea, but she forced that thought to the back of her mind and questioned Sango about what had happened even though Sango wasn't willing to answer.
"Kagome, I feel guilty not telling you, but like I said before, I don't have the right to tell you"
Kagome pouted; jumping off Sango's bed she headed towards the door "Sango, I won't tell anyone"
"That's what I promised the King and Queen!" Sango gave a frustrated sigh and turned her head towards Kagome "Why don't you ask Sesshomuru?"
Kagome's face lit up immediately "Okay!" And with that, Kagome opened the door and skipped out of the Sango's bedroom, obviously hoping Sesshomuru would tell her about why Inu-Yasha had sudden mood swings whenever reminded of Sango or why she was here.
'Why should he? Sango was only here to see if nothing goes out of order because of some family problems going around, right? Wrong!'
Kagome knew Sango hadn't told the complete truth of why she was here. If she had, why hadn't Inu-Yasha told her the truth on the night they had snuck out to the kitchens? It wasn't such a big deal, every family has at least *some* problems.
'Look at my family, Kikyou's a pain in the ass'
Kagome turned a corner heading towards Sesshomuru's door which was four floors above hers.
Reaching Sesshomuru's door, she took a deep breath, this would be the second time talking to him - he hadn't said a word to her after waking her up on the second day of staying in the castle.
Finally feeling confident enough to talk to Sesshomuru she raised her hand and knocked on his door.
Hearing no reply she knocked again, she pressed her ears against his door; it didn't seem as if anyone was in there.
She slowly reached down for the door knob which was had an 'S' carving on it and opened it cautiously.
She peeked inside and gasped. The room was looked as if the wind had been playing around with its contents.
The bed was unmade; there were clothes on the floor accompanied by parchment, bed sheet covers, toys, and what seemed to be petals of at least two dozen roses. The curtains were let down, giving the room a cool touch. Every box, closet, wardrobe in the room were open and there was a small puppy sleeping on the foot of the bed, snuggled up in a big red shirt.
Even though the room looked as if it had anything a guy needed (even though it looked like anything was impossible to find) there was one item missing.
Kagome walked inside the room, looking around to see if Sesshomuru was here or not. After two minutes of searching, she figured out he wasn't here and she would talk to him in lunch.
Before leaving a thought struck up in her mind. She smiled.
Turning around, she crouched down and picked up the parchment, ink bottle, and an ink pen and sat on his bed. She slowly wrote . . . :
-----------------------Hey Sesshomuru!
Clean up this pig sty!
I know this isn't really my business, but I just came
across Inu-Yasha and Sango, and they didn't look so
happy together.
Would you mind telling me what really is going on?
I will understand if it's something personal!
From you're ever loving Kagome.
P.S. I don't think you're supposed to keep you're underwear
on you're pillows – it's unhealthy!
Kagome read through the note again and placed it on his bed hoping he would be able to find it regardless of all the garbage that lay around it.
Feeling satisfied of herself; she got up and left his room, wondering if she could get her room to be that cool in the summer.
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It was 9.45 pm now and Kagome walked back and forth in front of Sesshomuru's door.
Where was he?
He hadn't come to lunch and he wasn't anywhere in the castle. It was dark outside and if Kagome wanted to go back to her room before the servants blew out the candles and make it pitch dark in the castle again she should start to head back.
Unfortunately, five minutes passed and Sesshomuru was still no where to be seen.
She sighed, 'Maybe I'll catch him tomorrow?'
Frowning she turned around and ran back to her own room.
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Sesshomuru walked through the dark corridors of the dungeons. It wasn't exactly his favorite place to be, but at least it gave him enough time to get away from all the chaos going up in the castle.
He sighed; it hadn't been all that pleasant when . . . what was that girls name again? Oh – yeah, Kagome moved in.
He knew that she had been looking for him and had purposely avoided her. She was too talkative, she kept blabbing on and on.
He could barely keep up with her; she never talked about anything interesting like – well – nothing was really interesting in his point of view.
He didn't know what his younger brother found so -different- in her, he had noticed that his younger brother was now shifting his time in the castle than rather being in the forest, and somehow he knew that it had to do something with –her-.
As he continued walking down the dungeons the smell of rotting bones and blood drifted up his nose.
Didn't anyone through out the dead bodies anymore?
He scrunched up his nose, forcing the unpleasant smell to waver around him rather than drift inside.
Having a delicate nose that he did, he decided, he would walk outside and take some fresh air rather than *infect* his perfect, clean, demon body with the stench of worthless bodies of the dead.
Turning around he headed off into the direction of the fountains, a floor above the dungeons.
As he reached them, he inhaled a deep breath of the clean air. This was so much more relaxing. He dipped his hand into the fountain and drew circles in the water.
The girl did have a point.
He did get bored around here, and now what was he left to do? Draw circles in the water?
He sat down beside the fountain and closed his eyes; he strained all his attention to his ears so he could be aware of the creatures in his presence.
Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, the crickets were chirping, the birds were slowly falling asleep, he could hear the faint sounds of the footsteps in the castle.
Nothing seemed to interest him anymore. Apart from the collection of junk he had in his room, nothing did.
It was same old every day, he looked up and spotted the same star his brother and fiancé had been talking about a week ago.
He mentally slapped himself, he had eavesdropped the whole conversation. He shrugged, it wasn't his fault that he couldn't find anything to do. His brother had said that if a being deserved a wish it would be granted.
He hadn't believed in it – of course – it was a stupid myth after all.
But not finding anything else to do he blinked solemnly at the star and thought about a wish he would like to be granted.
After a few moments of thinking, he opened up his mouth to speak.
"I wish that something would happen in my life that wouldn't be same old ordinary, something that would make –even me- excited, something that I've never experienced before"
He gazed up at the star, it seemed to dim for a moment, but lit up instantly.
He shook his head; it was no time to start seeing things.
He got up, finally wanting to get some rest after walking around the castle the whole day not even slightly aware that his wish would soon be granted.
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Sesshomuru walked through the corridors of the castle. The candles were blown out, that meant everyone was probably asleep.
As he walked up to his room he smelt the girls scent lingering around his door. He shook his head, a tinge of curiosity finally catching up with him.
What had occurred, that meeting him so important?
As he opened his door, he was surprised when he found out the girl had actually dared to step into his room.
He better talk to her in the morning, if she told his father how messy his room was, the Queen would freak.
Shaking his head off all thought he spotted a note on his bed.
So she left him a note as well?
As he read the note he sighed depressively. She wasn't supposed to find out there WERE any problems going on. He shook his head, he couldn't tell her, he winced at the thought of what SHE would do if she found out he told anyone.
As he finished reading the note he looked towards his pillows "So that's where my last pair went"
He started to set his bed but stopped suddenly when he heard a pair of feet running in the castle dungeons.
No body should be awake in these hours, let alone be in the dungeons.
He left his room, and started to head towards the dungeons. As he reached them he sniffed the air.
There was definitely a feminine scent in the dungeons which had definitely not been there before.
Curiosity filling him up, he opened the dungeon doors and listened intently for any signs of movement.
As he continued down the dungeons he reached the same place where the corpses were.
He didn't want to go in there.
He sniffed the air again, trying to figure out where this girl was. Much to his displeasure, her scent leaded north, right down the corridor.
Frowning slightly, he walked slowly, sniffing now and then making sure he was following the trail correctly.
He stopped in the middle of the corridor.
This was weird, definitely weird. The scent finished here, as if the girl who had been leaving it vanished into thin air.
Scrunching up his eyebrows, he tried to figure out what had happened.
He twitched his ears, he couldn't hear anything. It was all too quiet.
He took a step forward but stopped when he heard breathing. His eyes flashed from white to red in an instant.
He walked forward, getting closer and closer to the breathing; the girl had somehow disabled him to breathe her scent, making him more curious about the intruder.
The breathing stopped, he frowned – if the girl wanted to play hide and seek, she could hide all she want, but he would find her sooner or later.
It seemed as if she had vanished again, he stood there – silent. She will have to appear again, she couldn't stay hidden forever.
As he turned around he felt someone punch him in the back.
He turned around almost immediately and grabbed hold of the girl by the wrist.
"Let go of me you bastard!"
Her voice echoed throughout the dungeons, she wasn't old – definitely younger than twenty.
He raised his eyebrows at the wriggling girl. She definitely did not know who he was.
"Excuse me?"
"I said – LET GO OF ME YOU BASTARD!" She yelled out, her voice hurting his demon ears.
Sesshomuru did nothing of the sort. "You're not supposed to be here" He eyed the girl carefully, she seemed to be around seventeen years old, black hair up to her shoulders. "Who are you?"
She gave up on trying to break free of his grasp. "Why should I tell you?" She spat out, giving a fierce glare at Sesshomuru.
Sesshomuru studied her eyes carefully. She was weak, but she didn't suffer from self-consciousness, and had a spark of magic in her blood. "I can turn you in and you will be locked here in the dungeons for the rest of you're life"
He saw her open her eyes wide in shock but they returned to normal size just as quickly.
He felt her arms weaken as if giving up the fight. He smirked; she was as weak as he thought she was.
He stared at the girl for a few moments before speaking "Well, I'll just hand you into the guards..." At this the girl pulled back immediately. He tightened his grip on her hand and she jerked forward.
He shook his head "You won't let me finish!"
"I don't want to you to finish! You're voice is unbearable!"
Before Sesshomuru had a time to react she raised her left arm, and slapped him – hard.
He stood there – shocked, had she just – slapped him? He raised his right arm and touched his cheek, he felt it turn red.
He turned his astonished face back towards the girl, she was currently trying to pry free of his grasp. She had guts, "You better not do that again, or I actually will turn you in"
She gave no attention to what he was saying; she had now started punching him in the stomach with her free hand.
He rolled her eyes and grabbed her other hand, which resorted her into trying to kick his ankles.
"You're kicking and punching doesn't hurt me a bit, so you might as well stop"
She looked up at him and stuck out her tongue.
"Is that supposed to offend me?"
Sesshomuru wished he had taken back those words as she immediately reached down and bit into his wrist – straight into his veins.
He yanked back his hand immediately, forgetting about keeping the girl imprisoned in his grasp.
She yanked her other hand out of his hands and ran towards the entrance of the dungeons, freeing herself from his firm grasp.
"The guard will just catch you, so no use running that way"
She turned around and sent a death glare at him. "Oh yeah?" her eyes turned into slits. "Then where should I go?"
Sesshomuru blankly pointed a finger to his left "There's a small window that way, you should be small enough to crawl through"
Her eyes opened wide and she stared at him in shock, had he just helped her? Why would he? Wasn't he going to try and hand her in to the guards?
As if he read her mind he continued on "I really have no intentions of handing you in, I really don't care, go murder my mother for all I care, just – don't go in my room"
He walked up to her and stopped when he was two feet away from her "Aren't you going to run away?"
"How do I know this isn't a trap?" She questioned him, raising an eyebrow.
"Like I said before, why should I hand you in for trespassing in the castle, it isn't such a big deal, I don't really care, now go before someone who does care appear"
He stared at her blankly.
"Um, well, fine, but if it is a trap you'll regret sending me that way" She folded her arms across her chest and looked nervously at the direction he had given her.
"Who are you?" He still stared at her, showing no expression except boredom.
"Just a runaway"
He just shrugged casually and turned his head back towards the entrance of the dungeons.
Before she had time to say any more the sound of feet echoed throughout the dungeons.
Sesshomuru turned his head back towards the girl who was now looking for the source of the noise.
"It's the guards, now run before they catch you, because if they do; don't expect me to help you"
She snapped her head towards him and nodded; she brushed by Sesshomuru and headed towards the direction he had told her.
He solemnly watched her leave, not moving from his spot. He strained his ears to hear if the girl had found the window.
She had left.
He sighed and raised his arm to check his wrist. The bight marks had healed already and the redness in his face had already left, but there was still a new presence in his body that he couldn't figure out.
Maybe the girl actually trying to defend herself from him had surprised him a little?
Maybe the girl had shocked him by showing such bravery?
He shrugged the feeling away and started to walk back still deep in his thoughts.
Why had he let the girl free instead of handing her into the guards?
That in-fact was still a mystery to Sesshomuru himself.
He shrugged, it was nothing important, he would do the same to others right?
He kicked some dirt, problem was – no one else had ever tried to trespass before.
'Oh well – I'm certain I would do the same to others, there was nothing different about that girl'
He gulped.
Was there?
He shook his head; he was just letting his imagination run wild.
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REVIEWS, REVIEWS, REVIEWS! K .... This chapter was ........... 15 pages in Microsoft Word ...... I know I know.............its pretty short – but everything I wrote everything I planned for this chapter and I thought it was going to be a tinsie bit longer but I guess I was wrong!
But oh well – Hope you liked it!
One person asked if this story has 4 pairings – like – Inu-Kag/ San.-Mir/ Kik/Inu and Sess. /Kagome
Um, yeah, in a way you could say that it has 4 pairings instead of 3 – but even if u count it that way the story will have 5 pairings *I hope this chapter gave u a hint of the 5th pairing*
Either way the story has 5 pairings OR 3 pairings ... Whichever way u like to thing about it.
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Disclaimer: *Runs around the room in a straight jacket* screaming "I OWN INU-YASHA!"
Guard scoffs "And they said the girl who said Inu-yasha talked to her from her television screen was crazy"
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Some of you guys asked questions in you're reviews – All the answers r on the bottom of the page!
Chapter Five
Unexpected Meetings
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Kagome was sitting in her balcony, it was around 4.00 in the evening and she was going to go down for lunch soon, not wanting to miss it again, 8 times in a row. Her first week of staying in the castle had passed, and it wasn't so bad – if you leave the torture period's Inu-yasha gave her at dinner.
'God, what is so amusing in pissing ME off? Why not someone else?'
Kikyou was going to arrive next week and she wanted to enjoy her time as much as she could before her snobby, stuck up, excuse for a princess sister came.
She knew Inu-Yasha wasn't going to let that happen. She sighed and sat down on her rocking chair, she had decided she wasn't going to replace it for a bed, this rocking chair was different, it didn't creak when she rocked it, and it made her feel like her grandmother was nearby and she needed that kind of support right now.
"Only one week left, then my stay at paradise would end and summer in hell will once again, start again"
"Why, where are you going?"
She jumped up from her rocking chair just as she had done her first night staying at the castle and proceeded to the railings searching for the source of the voice; she looked to her left and surprisingly found Inu- Yasha.
"How come whenever I'm talking to myself you seem to be listening?"
"Maybe because you speak so loudly?" He turned his body so he could face her, even though there was one balcony separating them both.
"Well, I thought you're always in the forest in the day" She leaned her back against the railing and turned her head so she could see him.
"Feh, I'm just bored" He turned his body back towards the forest and stood there for a while, both of them staring at particularly nothing. All of a sudden he jumped up on his railing and crouched down, as if positioning to jump, just as he was about to take off Kagome yelled out to him.
"Hey! Where are you going?"
He quickly turned his head towards her and raised one eyebrow "Oh, I forgot about you"
Kagome smiled a fake smiled at him which disappeared in a moment "I'm not surprised, you cant remember anything in that nutshell of yours," She rolled her eyes at him, just as he was about to say something back she continued "I was just asking about where you were going"
"Who made you my mother?"
She boiled up on his last comment, 'Ugh! He can be so immature sometimes!' "FORGET IT!"
She turned around, deciding to do something with Sango, just as she was about to open her glass doors to her bedroom Inu-Yasha's voice reached her ears.
"I'm going to the sea stupid!"
Her eyes opened wide 'the sea?' She turned around again, only to see a disappearing figure. Her face formed a frown, hadn't he said that he would take her to the sea? She sighed, disappointed. She kicked her foot on floor of her balcony, and placed her hands on her hips, 'I'll just ask Sango to take me there, seeing Inu-Yasha has no intention of doing so'
She opened her glass doors and stepped inside her bedroom, walking across it; she took a ribbon and tied her hair, feeling too hot to let it open.
When she reached her door she knocked, hearing no reply she knocked again
'Weird, I thought Sango was in her room'
Almost about to leave a thought popped in her mind – of course.
"Sango, it's me Kagome!"
This time the door opened revealing a relieved Sango, she sighed happily "I thought you were Miroku"
Kagome smirked.
"Why, what did he do to you this time?" She stepped in her bedroom and went directly to the big comfy straw chair and sat down in hit, hugging the cushion.
"Nothing, I saw him proposing to himself in the middle of the corridor, I freaked out I guess"
Kagome burst out laughing, the thought of Miroku purposing to himself didn't surprise her, he was always talking about how hot and perfect he was, she had caught him looking at himself in the mirror and smiling twice, but for some reason the joke never got old.
After a few moments she began to ask Sango what she really was here for.
"Hey Sango, I was wondering if you could take me to the. . ." She suddenly stopped.
"Take you where?"
Kagome was too busy to answer her as she watched an angry hanyou pout on Sango's balcony.
'What the heck was Inu-yasha doing on Sango's balcony, and was that death threats her was sending her?'
Half realizing what Inu-Yasha was trying to say to her she said the first thing that came in her mind.
"Gardens?"
Sango stared at her for a while "I thought you knew the way already"
"Yeah, I do, I just want some company" She smiled at Sango who smiled back.
"Sure, lemme change my clothes" Sango walked towards the cupboard and picked out a white kimono with pink lacing.
After Sango and closed the bathroom door she rushed over to the balcony.
"What are you doing here?!?"
"Because I remembered something I had to ask you"
She rolled her eyes; she had already figured this out,
'He's probably here to try to piss me off and get a laugh'
She looked back in the room, what was taking Sango so long? As if on queue, she heard Sango's yell.
"Kagome! I'm going to take a quick bath!"
Not wanting to hear Inu-Yasha's taunting, she turned around and started to head back to Sango
"Oi wench! I come back for you and you ignore me?"
She turned around frustratingly, accidentally knocking over a pile of rocks Sango had stacked on a table, one fell on her foot. "Ow" she heard Inu- Yasha laugh, reaching down to remove the rock she decided she'll deal with Inu-Yasha rather than avoid him. "Why'd you come back?"
"Because," She saw him turn a little shade of red "You wanted to go to the sea anyways," He jumped inside Sango's room and sat down on her bed Indian style, turning his head towards Sango's cupboard so Kagome couldn't see the slight shade of pink on his cheeks. "But if you don't wanna go its fine with me"
So he actually remembered?
Miroku did say he wasn't such a bad guy; she started to have her first doubts.
She smiled at him making his ears twitch. "What are you smiling for?"
"Nothing, can't I smile once in a while?"
"No, it makes you're face even uglier, and to think I thought that was impossible"
There goes the thought of him being nice.
Kagome picked up Sango's pillow and threw it on Inu-Yasha's head "That's for calling me ugly!"
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"Hey! It doesn't hurt to tell the truth once in a while!" He smirked as he watched Kagome's face turn red.
She picked up the same pillow and whacked Inu-Yasha on the head again.
"That didn't hurt you know!"
She whacked him twice with the pillow again.
He laughed at her effort "Wench, you think you can hurt a demon with a couple whacks from pillows?"
She stopped mid-way through her fourth whack. He saw her smirk "Half-Demon, you mean"
His grin vanished from his face immediately but was replaced the minute it had left. "At least I'm not a –." He stopped instantly as the bathroom door opened and Sango stepped out.
They seemed to stare at each other for what seemed like hours but was only a few seconds. Inu-Yasha was sending which obviously seemed to be death glares and Sango had narrowed her eyebrows and had a frown on her face.
Neither one was saying a word.
Kagome, feeling she couldn't take the silence anymore decided to break the silence.
"Uh – so you guys know each other -." Her sentence was interrupted by Sango.
"Oh- Hi Inu-Yasha, nice seeing you in the castle today"
Kagome searched Sango's face for an explanation for the sudden mood swing, wasn't it just a moment ago they both had looked as if either one dared to move they would slaughter each other without regret?
He stood up from the bed and walked casually across the bed reaching the other side of the bed (now closer to the door) he turned around to face Sango.
He crossed his arms over his chest and frowned "Can't say the same about you"
Sango placed her hands on her hips "Inu-Yasha, cant you let it go? I'm only here to help"
"HELP WHAT? RUIN MY LIFE?"
He barged out of room, only turning around to say to Kagome "I'll take you some other day"
He slammed Sango's door shut and headed towards the forest,
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Kagome stared at the door for a few minutes before turning back to Sango.
"What was all that about?" She watched Sango walk over to the bed and crouch down to pick up the pillows from the floor.
"I guess he doesn't like me very much," Sango replied simply, setting the pillows on the bed. She sat down beside Kagome and as if she could read her mind she continued "don't ask why"
Kagome sighed, she had lost her trip to the sea, but she forced that thought to the back of her mind and questioned Sango about what had happened even though Sango wasn't willing to answer.
"Kagome, I feel guilty not telling you, but like I said before, I don't have the right to tell you"
Kagome pouted; jumping off Sango's bed she headed towards the door "Sango, I won't tell anyone"
"That's what I promised the King and Queen!" Sango gave a frustrated sigh and turned her head towards Kagome "Why don't you ask Sesshomuru?"
Kagome's face lit up immediately "Okay!" And with that, Kagome opened the door and skipped out of the Sango's bedroom, obviously hoping Sesshomuru would tell her about why Inu-Yasha had sudden mood swings whenever reminded of Sango or why she was here.
'Why should he? Sango was only here to see if nothing goes out of order because of some family problems going around, right? Wrong!'
Kagome knew Sango hadn't told the complete truth of why she was here. If she had, why hadn't Inu-Yasha told her the truth on the night they had snuck out to the kitchens? It wasn't such a big deal, every family has at least *some* problems.
'Look at my family, Kikyou's a pain in the ass'
Kagome turned a corner heading towards Sesshomuru's door which was four floors above hers.
Reaching Sesshomuru's door, she took a deep breath, this would be the second time talking to him - he hadn't said a word to her after waking her up on the second day of staying in the castle.
Finally feeling confident enough to talk to Sesshomuru she raised her hand and knocked on his door.
Hearing no reply she knocked again, she pressed her ears against his door; it didn't seem as if anyone was in there.
She slowly reached down for the door knob which was had an 'S' carving on it and opened it cautiously.
She peeked inside and gasped. The room was looked as if the wind had been playing around with its contents.
The bed was unmade; there were clothes on the floor accompanied by parchment, bed sheet covers, toys, and what seemed to be petals of at least two dozen roses. The curtains were let down, giving the room a cool touch. Every box, closet, wardrobe in the room were open and there was a small puppy sleeping on the foot of the bed, snuggled up in a big red shirt.
Even though the room looked as if it had anything a guy needed (even though it looked like anything was impossible to find) there was one item missing.
Kagome walked inside the room, looking around to see if Sesshomuru was here or not. After two minutes of searching, she figured out he wasn't here and she would talk to him in lunch.
Before leaving a thought struck up in her mind. She smiled.
Turning around, she crouched down and picked up the parchment, ink bottle, and an ink pen and sat on his bed. She slowly wrote . . . :
-----------------------Hey Sesshomuru!
Clean up this pig sty!
I know this isn't really my business, but I just came
across Inu-Yasha and Sango, and they didn't look so
happy together.
Would you mind telling me what really is going on?
I will understand if it's something personal!
From you're ever loving Kagome.
P.S. I don't think you're supposed to keep you're underwear
on you're pillows – it's unhealthy!
Kagome read through the note again and placed it on his bed hoping he would be able to find it regardless of all the garbage that lay around it.
Feeling satisfied of herself; she got up and left his room, wondering if she could get her room to be that cool in the summer.
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It was 9.45 pm now and Kagome walked back and forth in front of Sesshomuru's door.
Where was he?
He hadn't come to lunch and he wasn't anywhere in the castle. It was dark outside and if Kagome wanted to go back to her room before the servants blew out the candles and make it pitch dark in the castle again she should start to head back.
Unfortunately, five minutes passed and Sesshomuru was still no where to be seen.
She sighed, 'Maybe I'll catch him tomorrow?'
Frowning she turned around and ran back to her own room.
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Sesshomuru walked through the dark corridors of the dungeons. It wasn't exactly his favorite place to be, but at least it gave him enough time to get away from all the chaos going up in the castle.
He sighed; it hadn't been all that pleasant when . . . what was that girls name again? Oh – yeah, Kagome moved in.
He knew that she had been looking for him and had purposely avoided her. She was too talkative, she kept blabbing on and on.
He could barely keep up with her; she never talked about anything interesting like – well – nothing was really interesting in his point of view.
He didn't know what his younger brother found so -different- in her, he had noticed that his younger brother was now shifting his time in the castle than rather being in the forest, and somehow he knew that it had to do something with –her-.
As he continued walking down the dungeons the smell of rotting bones and blood drifted up his nose.
Didn't anyone through out the dead bodies anymore?
He scrunched up his nose, forcing the unpleasant smell to waver around him rather than drift inside.
Having a delicate nose that he did, he decided, he would walk outside and take some fresh air rather than *infect* his perfect, clean, demon body with the stench of worthless bodies of the dead.
Turning around he headed off into the direction of the fountains, a floor above the dungeons.
As he reached them, he inhaled a deep breath of the clean air. This was so much more relaxing. He dipped his hand into the fountain and drew circles in the water.
The girl did have a point.
He did get bored around here, and now what was he left to do? Draw circles in the water?
He sat down beside the fountain and closed his eyes; he strained all his attention to his ears so he could be aware of the creatures in his presence.
Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, the crickets were chirping, the birds were slowly falling asleep, he could hear the faint sounds of the footsteps in the castle.
Nothing seemed to interest him anymore. Apart from the collection of junk he had in his room, nothing did.
It was same old every day, he looked up and spotted the same star his brother and fiancé had been talking about a week ago.
He mentally slapped himself, he had eavesdropped the whole conversation. He shrugged, it wasn't his fault that he couldn't find anything to do. His brother had said that if a being deserved a wish it would be granted.
He hadn't believed in it – of course – it was a stupid myth after all.
But not finding anything else to do he blinked solemnly at the star and thought about a wish he would like to be granted.
After a few moments of thinking, he opened up his mouth to speak.
"I wish that something would happen in my life that wouldn't be same old ordinary, something that would make –even me- excited, something that I've never experienced before"
He gazed up at the star, it seemed to dim for a moment, but lit up instantly.
He shook his head; it was no time to start seeing things.
He got up, finally wanting to get some rest after walking around the castle the whole day not even slightly aware that his wish would soon be granted.
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Sesshomuru walked through the corridors of the castle. The candles were blown out, that meant everyone was probably asleep.
As he walked up to his room he smelt the girls scent lingering around his door. He shook his head, a tinge of curiosity finally catching up with him.
What had occurred, that meeting him so important?
As he opened his door, he was surprised when he found out the girl had actually dared to step into his room.
He better talk to her in the morning, if she told his father how messy his room was, the Queen would freak.
Shaking his head off all thought he spotted a note on his bed.
So she left him a note as well?
As he read the note he sighed depressively. She wasn't supposed to find out there WERE any problems going on. He shook his head, he couldn't tell her, he winced at the thought of what SHE would do if she found out he told anyone.
As he finished reading the note he looked towards his pillows "So that's where my last pair went"
He started to set his bed but stopped suddenly when he heard a pair of feet running in the castle dungeons.
No body should be awake in these hours, let alone be in the dungeons.
He left his room, and started to head towards the dungeons. As he reached them he sniffed the air.
There was definitely a feminine scent in the dungeons which had definitely not been there before.
Curiosity filling him up, he opened the dungeon doors and listened intently for any signs of movement.
As he continued down the dungeons he reached the same place where the corpses were.
He didn't want to go in there.
He sniffed the air again, trying to figure out where this girl was. Much to his displeasure, her scent leaded north, right down the corridor.
Frowning slightly, he walked slowly, sniffing now and then making sure he was following the trail correctly.
He stopped in the middle of the corridor.
This was weird, definitely weird. The scent finished here, as if the girl who had been leaving it vanished into thin air.
Scrunching up his eyebrows, he tried to figure out what had happened.
He twitched his ears, he couldn't hear anything. It was all too quiet.
He took a step forward but stopped when he heard breathing. His eyes flashed from white to red in an instant.
He walked forward, getting closer and closer to the breathing; the girl had somehow disabled him to breathe her scent, making him more curious about the intruder.
The breathing stopped, he frowned – if the girl wanted to play hide and seek, she could hide all she want, but he would find her sooner or later.
It seemed as if she had vanished again, he stood there – silent. She will have to appear again, she couldn't stay hidden forever.
As he turned around he felt someone punch him in the back.
He turned around almost immediately and grabbed hold of the girl by the wrist.
"Let go of me you bastard!"
Her voice echoed throughout the dungeons, she wasn't old – definitely younger than twenty.
He raised his eyebrows at the wriggling girl. She definitely did not know who he was.
"Excuse me?"
"I said – LET GO OF ME YOU BASTARD!" She yelled out, her voice hurting his demon ears.
Sesshomuru did nothing of the sort. "You're not supposed to be here" He eyed the girl carefully, she seemed to be around seventeen years old, black hair up to her shoulders. "Who are you?"
She gave up on trying to break free of his grasp. "Why should I tell you?" She spat out, giving a fierce glare at Sesshomuru.
Sesshomuru studied her eyes carefully. She was weak, but she didn't suffer from self-consciousness, and had a spark of magic in her blood. "I can turn you in and you will be locked here in the dungeons for the rest of you're life"
He saw her open her eyes wide in shock but they returned to normal size just as quickly.
He felt her arms weaken as if giving up the fight. He smirked; she was as weak as he thought she was.
He stared at the girl for a few moments before speaking "Well, I'll just hand you into the guards..." At this the girl pulled back immediately. He tightened his grip on her hand and she jerked forward.
He shook his head "You won't let me finish!"
"I don't want to you to finish! You're voice is unbearable!"
Before Sesshomuru had a time to react she raised her left arm, and slapped him – hard.
He stood there – shocked, had she just – slapped him? He raised his right arm and touched his cheek, he felt it turn red.
He turned his astonished face back towards the girl, she was currently trying to pry free of his grasp. She had guts, "You better not do that again, or I actually will turn you in"
She gave no attention to what he was saying; she had now started punching him in the stomach with her free hand.
He rolled her eyes and grabbed her other hand, which resorted her into trying to kick his ankles.
"You're kicking and punching doesn't hurt me a bit, so you might as well stop"
She looked up at him and stuck out her tongue.
"Is that supposed to offend me?"
Sesshomuru wished he had taken back those words as she immediately reached down and bit into his wrist – straight into his veins.
He yanked back his hand immediately, forgetting about keeping the girl imprisoned in his grasp.
She yanked her other hand out of his hands and ran towards the entrance of the dungeons, freeing herself from his firm grasp.
"The guard will just catch you, so no use running that way"
She turned around and sent a death glare at him. "Oh yeah?" her eyes turned into slits. "Then where should I go?"
Sesshomuru blankly pointed a finger to his left "There's a small window that way, you should be small enough to crawl through"
Her eyes opened wide and she stared at him in shock, had he just helped her? Why would he? Wasn't he going to try and hand her in to the guards?
As if he read her mind he continued on "I really have no intentions of handing you in, I really don't care, go murder my mother for all I care, just – don't go in my room"
He walked up to her and stopped when he was two feet away from her "Aren't you going to run away?"
"How do I know this isn't a trap?" She questioned him, raising an eyebrow.
"Like I said before, why should I hand you in for trespassing in the castle, it isn't such a big deal, I don't really care, now go before someone who does care appear"
He stared at her blankly.
"Um, well, fine, but if it is a trap you'll regret sending me that way" She folded her arms across her chest and looked nervously at the direction he had given her.
"Who are you?" He still stared at her, showing no expression except boredom.
"Just a runaway"
He just shrugged casually and turned his head back towards the entrance of the dungeons.
Before she had time to say any more the sound of feet echoed throughout the dungeons.
Sesshomuru turned his head back towards the girl who was now looking for the source of the noise.
"It's the guards, now run before they catch you, because if they do; don't expect me to help you"
She snapped her head towards him and nodded; she brushed by Sesshomuru and headed towards the direction he had told her.
He solemnly watched her leave, not moving from his spot. He strained his ears to hear if the girl had found the window.
She had left.
He sighed and raised his arm to check his wrist. The bight marks had healed already and the redness in his face had already left, but there was still a new presence in his body that he couldn't figure out.
Maybe the girl actually trying to defend herself from him had surprised him a little?
Maybe the girl had shocked him by showing such bravery?
He shrugged the feeling away and started to walk back still deep in his thoughts.
Why had he let the girl free instead of handing her into the guards?
That in-fact was still a mystery to Sesshomuru himself.
He shrugged, it was nothing important, he would do the same to others right?
He kicked some dirt, problem was – no one else had ever tried to trespass before.
'Oh well – I'm certain I would do the same to others, there was nothing different about that girl'
He gulped.
Was there?
He shook his head; he was just letting his imagination run wild.
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REVIEWS, REVIEWS, REVIEWS! K .... This chapter was ........... 15 pages in Microsoft Word ...... I know I know.............its pretty short – but everything I wrote everything I planned for this chapter and I thought it was going to be a tinsie bit longer but I guess I was wrong!
But oh well – Hope you liked it!
One person asked if this story has 4 pairings – like – Inu-Kag/ San.-Mir/ Kik/Inu and Sess. /Kagome
Um, yeah, in a way you could say that it has 4 pairings instead of 3 – but even if u count it that way the story will have 5 pairings *I hope this chapter gave u a hint of the 5th pairing*
Either way the story has 5 pairings OR 3 pairings ... Whichever way u like to thing about it.
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