A wish upon a star
I am so sorry for the late update!
It was a busy week!
I had a headache on Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday so I was lying on the couch and watching T.V doing nothing on those three days, then on Thursday I was PACKED with homework, on Friday I got locked out of my house and had to wait till my mother got back so I could get inside and when I did it was almost 8.00 p.m., I hurriedly did all my lousy homework, and when I was finished it was time to watch Inu-Yasha ^.^ - Now on the weekend my sister's laptop went berserk and she had to use the computer...
Now that's a fair excuse... and one more thing before I start replying to some reviews – I finally passed my goal of 60.000 words!!! Though that doesn't mean I'm going to stop writing ^.^
Now lemme just reply to a few questions...and because there are many reviews asking the same questions I'll just answer them with one answer ^.^
And there's just some people who I've answered to individually but that's only because I have limited time on the computer because as you all know my sisters laptop went crazy and now she has to use the computer...
*cough* because I don't want to start a happy birthday column here, lets just say – happy birthday to everyone who just had their birthday!
Inu-Yasha and Sesshomuru are not step brothers, they have the same mother and real step mother...the reason in my story why Inu-Yasha is half-demon and Sesshomuru isn't is because Inu-Yasha had a fatal accident at birth and lost a lot of demon blood and the only way to save him was to transfer his mothers (she is a human) blood into his, but you'll find out the details later. So they are REAL brothers.
inu'nkagforever: Wow, you are SO close, but you didn't find out exactly the whole thing ^.^! LadyYome: *sighs* I had tried not to use names but now I think I have to say it out loud. I am not changing the story from Inu/Kag to Sessh/Kag. I have it written on my bio page, in four chapters, this story is Inu/Kag ^.^ ... I am not forcing you to read my story and I never will but just to let you know, the main pairing in the story is Inu/Kag and Sesshomuru's love life isn't kept out – Rin/Sessh!
I'm sorry if I kept out a lot of you people out but let's get on with the story!
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Chapter Sixteen
Questions on the Contrary
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Kagome looked at the two brothers nervously.
The ship was just coming to a stop and everyone had come to first deck now, Kagome was standing a good 10 feet behind Sesshomuru and Inu-Yasha and was eyeing them both suspiciously.
The captain's or pirate's as Kagome could've have called him words still rang in her mind...
But why would they keep it a secret? Five hundred thousand people in a million have step mothers so why would they be so secretive about it? Unless they had something to hide... apart from that reason Kagome couldn't think about any other conclusion.
"Kagome lets go" Kikyou's sharp voice snapped her out of her thoughts. She glanced at Kikyou and nodded. She gave a quick look at the island they had landed on and all her worries washed away.
The island wasn't so big so you could walk to each side in a matter of 45 minutes. There was sand on the border of the island which stretched out for 25 feet and on the left side of the island Kagome could see that a piece of narrow land stretched out far into the ocean. The middle of the island seemed mostly forest but Kagome could see that there was a path made out and small huts and resting resorts built in the forest. That was all she could see from the point of view she had right now.
Kikyou tugged on her sleeve as everyone started to departure from the boat and Kagome let her pull her across the boat.
"What's wrong with you?" Kikyou asked her as they walked down the steps.
"Nothing" She replied back curtly and as she reached the last step she jumped onto the sand.
"Well, you sure don't act that way" Kikyou snapped at her and Kagome shrugged casually, not really caring what Kikyou thought.
"Kagome! Over here! Kagome! Hey! I'm over here! Look at me!" A shrill voice rang through the air. Kagome, instantly recognizing the o- so familiar voice snapped her head to the left and starting to jump up and down.
Not so far away, Kagome could see Sango waving her hands like crazy, running like a maniac towards her.
"I see you!!!" Kagome squealed, her tone matching Sango's. Wanting to see her friend again after what seemed like the most horrible trip she could remember she started to run towards her. "I missed you so much!"
"Sheesh...it's only been two days..." Came a peeved sigh from behind her, Kagome didn't bother to look around to figure out it was Inu-Yasha who was mocking her.
As she finally reached Sango they both squealed and Kagome grasped Sango's hand tightly.
"I've had the worst trip you could imagine!" Kagome practically yelled out. Sango shook her head.
"Yours is probably no where near bad if you compare it to mine, I had to sleep in the same compartment as Miroku's on the way to the boat, and all I can say is you have no idea what he dreams about" Sango breathed out, starting to turn a light shade of pink.
"Poor you" Kagome giggled "Well, at least you didn't have to bare an egomaniac for almost two days!"
Sango laughed "I wonder what Inu-Yasha did this time"
"I did nothing!" Inu-Yasha yelled out from behind them. They both turned commonplace faces towards him, all excitement washed away in a furry.
Sango shook her head and sighed "Why don't I show you the room you will be staying in?"
Kagome laughed "I forgot...you're going to be my maid this whole week, am I right?"
Sango frowned and nodded drearily "Yeah...but it'll be fun, so let go shall we?"
Kagome nodded enthusiastically "Anywhere away from – him"
Sango laughed and grinned, knowing exactly who Kagome was directing at. "This way" She turned to her left and started to lead Kagome into the forest "Your hut – yes, you have a whole hut to yourself-."
"That's pretty big isn't it?" Kagome cut through her advertising.
"Nah, kind of small" Sango smirked, "Anyway, let's continue, shall we?"
Kagome nodded and Sango pulled her towards the forest once again "Your hut is placed beside an exquisite waterfall so you can have the noise of water rushing down on some more water piercing through your ears all day long"
Kagome snorted "That doesn't sound so nice"
"Nah, it's pretty cool, you've got the shade of banana leaves which are extra humungous here, and then there's this big pond which is remarkably clean where the waterfall ends and the birds can keep you up all night" Sango frowned at the last part.
"Not a big nature lover are you?" Kagome asked her, seeing her frown.
"Nope" Sango sighed, she wasn't a big fan of having birds and leaves around you, and she would've rather stayed back at the castle until Miroku had come and had stated how much *fun* they would have alone. That got her worried and she had rushed off and had figured out a way to come along with Kagome. "Oh well, where are you staying?" Kagome asked, hoping desperately that she was staying somewhere nearby and Sesshomuru was somewhere far away.
"Pretty far away from where you're staying, I'm one of the maids remember?" Sango assured her as Kagome felt her heart sink.
"What about everyone else?" She asked, new hope springing up inside of her, if Sango wasn't staying near her, maybe the others would be staying somewhere far away as well?
"There was a big mix up, so Kikyou is staying in a hut half a yard away from yours, that's the closest any hut is to yours, Sesshomuru's is near the back of the island, furthest away, and Inu-Yasha's is about..." she strained her forehead as she tried to remember "...I think half a yard away from the pond in front of your hut" Sango stopped for a while as she remembered the directions to Kagome's hut.
As she remembered, she led Kagome through a well made out path throughout the forest. Kagome looked around; the island seemed pretty peaceful, and private enough for her to look through that map she had found...
"Kagome, watch out, this is pretty slippery" Sango looked back at her and pointed towards the steps in front of them. Kagome nodded but didn't heed her warning.
As she walked down the steps, she slipped on the third one and fell sideways down the steps.
"Kagome, are you okay!?!" Sango's panicked voice carried out to her ears. Kagome groaned and sat up, almost immediately, a wrenching pain rushed throughout her legs making her clench her teeth to keep in a cry.
"My ankle – I think I sprained it" She shut her eyes as she felt tears rush up to them.
"This is not good" Sango sighed disappointedly as she reached down and helped Kagome up. "Let's get you into your hut before it gets worse"
"Mhm" Kagome whimpered out "... I hate getting hurt like this"
Sango smiled worriedly "don't worry, you'll be okay"
Kagome nodded as she tried to bare the pinching pain in her ankle. It had felt that someone had grabbed her ankle and had twisted it twice and every bone had been dislocated.
As she felt the sound of a waterfall ahead of her, she opened her eyes and smiled as she saw the place where she would be staying.
It was pretty cool, the waterfall wouldn't bother her so much, and the trees were large with almost equally large banana leaves. The hut seemed like a cozy place to stay in with flowers surrounding the rim. The pond which had remarkably clean water seemed like a nice place to have a swim in.
The only thing disturbing her luxurious, private stay was the fact that she could see Inu-Yasha's hut in front of hers. Couldn't the trees in front be a little bit thicker? Gods...she was going to have nightmares at night by the thought she could see him at night.
The trip had not brought anyone closer but just had made Kagome hate Inu- Yasha even more. She was in the middle of her angry thoughts when Sango pulled her towards her hut.
"Lets go, you can gaze at Inu-Yasha later!" Sango snapped at her, and smirked when Kagome gaped at her.
"I was just thinking about how mad I am at him!" Kagome snapped back, limping towards the hut, wincing at every step.
"Yeah, yeah...now let's go in and get you bandaged up" Sango helped Kagome up the steps of the hut and pulled her in.
Kagome looked around the small hut. There was a bed on the left, a rug in the middle, a chair on the right with a small compartment for cooking.
"Uh... Sango?" Kagome called out to her as she sat down on her bed.
"What?" She asked as she pulled out a roll of bandage out of her bag, Kagome wondered why she had kept it in there but more important matters came to her mind.
"Where's the... um... bathroom?" Kagome asked measly as Sango looked up at her.
"Oh, yeah...you'll have to go in the trees"
Kagome gaped at her "You're joking!"
Sango winced "Yeah..." She laughed before answering "There's one just behind the waterfall"
"How do I get there?" She asked her as soon she had finished.
"You really have to go, don't you?" Sango laughed as she finished bandaging Kagome's ankle.
"Well, who wouldn't? It's been almost TWO DAYS!" Kagome breathed out, got up on her good leg and started jumping up and down.
Sango laughed again "If you look to the side of the waterfall you'll see steps carved it, walk CAREFULLY up them and if you follow them you'll end up in front of the washroom"
"Okay...but it does have a door right?" she asked as she hopped towards the door of the hut.
"Yeah, but the doors made up of vines, but it's as thick as wood so don't worry"
"Thanks" and with that, she hopped down the steps and headed towards the direction Sango had told her.
Just as Sango had directed, there were steps carved in the rocky wall beside the waterfall. After five silence moments of thinking how she was going to get up the stairs with only one working ankle, she decided on hopping her way up and if she fell down during the way – she'd think about what to do when it happened.
It wasn't as hard as it she thought it would be, and she made her way up easily. She was peacefully making her way to what seemed like an ivy door which was probably the bathroom when a cussing half-demon appeared from the other direction and started to head for the bathroom too.
Instantly seeing where he was heading she quickened her pace and desperately started towards the bathroom but Inu-Yasha's speed was much faster.
"I got here first!" Kagome yelled at him as he struggled to pull free of a death tight grasp.
"No you didn't!" He pulled out of her grasp and made a run for the bathroom but Kagome caught onto his sash and pulled him back.
"I really have to go! I haven't gone for almost two days!" Kagome yelled out, while trying to reach the bathroom while trying to manage a squirming half-demon.
"Well – same here! What do you think? I didn't pee in my pants you know!" Inu-Yasha pulled Kagome back easily and held onto her waist so she didn't run to the bathroom while they both fought.
"Neither did I!" Kagome snapped back.
"So let me go first!" Inu-Yasha fought back while pulling Kagome around so he could fight face to face with her.
"Haven't you heard the phase 'Ladies first?" Kagome glared at him looking straight into his pools of gold somehow having no affect on her what so ever.
"Who're you calling lady? I don't see one anywhere" He smirked as she scrunched up her eyebrows and glared at him, her glaring didn't seem to have any affect on him so he just stared down at her honey brown pupils.
"So you're saying I'm not a lady?!?" Kagome poked his chest, somehow wishing that she could burn a hole there.
"That's what I said" Inu-Yasha replied leaning forward to match her infuriating glare.
"Well, I've been waiting too long for you two to hurry up and decide who's going first so I might as well just go" A third voice interrupted their conversation. They both snapped back, just realizing how close they had become and looked towards Kikyou who had just entered the bathroom.
"Ugh! This is your entire fault!" Kagome yelled at Inu-Yasha, deciding to shift the blame on him.
"How is it my fault?" He asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I said so!" Kagome replied, thinking she didn't have to have a good enough reason.
"You aren't the boss of me!" Inu-Yasha yelled at her, starting to lose his patience...he had let her scream at her before but not this time...
"Neither are you!" Kagome yelled back, just as loud as Inu-Yasha.
"Stupid wench!" Inu-Yasha growled frustratingly, never in his life before had he been challenged like she was challenging him. Usually, he would fight whoever he had to and he would get what he would want in the end.
Unless it was it mother.
But she had no right to scream at him... she had no right at all to scream at Inu-Yasha... the great almighty Inu-Yasha.
Kikyou stepped out of the bathroom and stared at the glaring couple before shrugging and walking away.
Noticing Kikyou had gone out of the washroom, Inu-Yasha thought up of a perfect plan of getting to the washroom before Kagome did.
Remembering she had kicked him TWICE in the shins he lifted his foot and kicked her straight in the ankle with all the force he had, not all but enough to make it hurt.
Her reaction was not at all what he had thought it would be. Instead of jumping back and screaming at him for hurting her, a wave of pain flashed across her face and she fell back onto the ground.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" she clutched her ankle and shut her eyes tight.
"I couldn't have kicked you that hard, unless you sprained your ankle... - ... oh..." Inu-Yasha lowered his tone as he saw Kagome's wrapped up ankle which she was clutching onto painfully.
He crouched down and fumbled with his words as he darted his gaze to Kagome with her pained expression to her ankle which she was clutching onto.
"Uh... um... I... uh... um... don't know... uh... um... I..." he staggered with his words but gave a confused face when Kagome stood up immediately.
"Tricked you! You didn't kick me on that ankle!" She stuck out her tongue at him and raced into the bathroom, leaving a stunned, confused and equally angry Inu-Yasha.
"Damn you woman! I'll get you back!" he yelled at her and pouted almost immediately, waiting impatiently for Kagome to get out.
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Kagome sighed contently as she lay down on her bed. Her windows and door were open giving way for the breeze of the forest to drift into the small hut she was in. Her bed was pretty small compared to the one she had at home and at the Youkai Kingdom but it was good all the same.
She had taken a shower behind the waterfall while Sango kept a Miroku pervert away from her and now she was wearing what the island offered here.
It was pretty comfortable.
It seemed like a long shirt that went up to her knees and it was made up with the softest and thinnest cloth she had ever felt, her full sleeved sleeves were made from net. It was tight, but not skin tight so it seemed pretty reasonable. All she had to cover her legs was a white jean type material.
All in all, Kagome felt partially naked but when she looked in the mirror she didn't look anywhere near naked.
She stretched her legs on the small bed and sighed again when she smelt fresh water again in the air which drafted in and out of her room. Wondering why it was so quiet now she remembered what Miroku had told her.
For some reason the waterfall stopped the water from rushing down when the moon appeared at the night and started again at day.
No body knew why it happened but no body minded it either way.
Kagome smiled and looked outside of her open door. Remembering she was on an island now she decided she might star gaze.
"Maybe later, right now...its time for dinner..." She got out of her bed and limped towards the door. Her legs were killing her for not having proper rest for such a long time and her ankle wasn't helping the situation.
She got out of her small hut and made her way towards the edge of the island where they had planned to have dinner, it was just beside the sea so they could see the water and wave ripples and it was on the sand so they could have a nice place to sit on.
She stopped as she reached the steps she had fallen on the last time, this time she would go carefully...
She gave her a mental pat on the back as she didn't slip after she had walked up the last step. As she was approaching her destination she remembered that Miroku had told her that Inu-Yasha and Sesshomuru's grandmother was going to have dinner with them tonight and stay the whole day tomorrow and leave for Youkai Kingdom the next day.
Miroku said that their grandmother wanted to see her 'babies' again before they became 'full grown pups and get married' Kagome had laughed but as truth be told, she was confused.
She didn't know if Miroku was talking about their REAL grandmother or their step grandmother.
She – could – ask their grandmother if she got some privacy with her. Grandmothers were always nice, weren't they?
As she reached her destination she noticed everyone had already reached there and were not sitting around a rug where all the food was being kept. She sighed miserably as she noticed the only free space was beside Sesshomuru, who was sitting across of Inu-Yasha.
She sat down beside him and tried to ignore the throbbing pain in her legs as she smiled to the unknown lady sitting around the rug which was probably their grandmother.
"Hi" She said to her, trying to put on a welcoming smile. Their grandmother smiled back at then opened her mouth to talk.
"You know if you rub some honey of a Bumble bee Lilly flower on your leg, it will feel better in no time, and just wrap a leaf of a cherry blossom tree on your ankle and it will heal just as fast" her voice was just the same as any grandmothers voice and it reminded Kagome of her own grandmother.
Kagome gaped at her "How'd you know...?"
"I can see what anyone is feeling, their emotion or their pain" she smiled warmly, deepening the wizened creases on her face.
"Wow..." Kagome breathed out.
"So, tell me your name" she asked Kagome.
"Kagome" Kagome replied kindly as she looked at her plate confusedly. Hadn't there been a pastry on it before?
"Nice to meet you – give it back Inu-Yasha!" She slapped Inu-Yasha's hand as Kagome snapped her direction to see what was going on. Somehow, Inu- Yasha had gotten hold of Kagome's pastry and was about to eat it if his grandmother didn't stop him.
He pouted before he placed it back on her plate. Kagome smirked at him for being caught and was about to ask his grandmother what she should call her when she spoke.
"Just call me Granny"
Kagome smiled shyly, was his grandmother telepathic or something? "Inu- Yasha!" Kagome yelled at him as he purposely knocked over her mug of coffee. "What? I didn't meant to" He looked at her innocently and Kagome just glared at him, fully knowing that he couldn't have been so clumsy to reach over and knock her glass down.
She shrugged before sitting back and picking up her glass. She poured milk into it and started to drink it before Inu-Yasha made a rude comment.
"Kagome's been nagging on me all day, she never leaves me alone" Inu- Yasha's innocent voice carried out to her ears.
"Excuse me! You were the one who expected me to apologize for almost everything I did since the day you helped me!" Kagome fought back, not believing her ears; did he expect to make a fool out of her?
"I wasn't talking to you, so don't talk to me" He shrugged and ate some bread.
Kagome scoffed and stated a statement before drinking her milk again "Same goes to you"
Kagome was in the middle of drinking her milk and Inu-Yasha was in the middle of eating his bread when his grandmother decided it was time for her to talk again.
"Inu-Yasha, you're going to be so lucky to have a wife like Kagome" She smiled sweetly.
Kagome spat out the milk in her mouth and started coughing immediately when Inu-Yasha started to choke on his bread.
After the both of them had settled down, Inu-Yasha burst like a volcano "Granny – we both are not -."
He was cut off as his grandmother spoke again. "Your grandfather and I fought the same way you two do before we got married"
This time Kagome spoke "You might have gotten some things wrong, I'm not getting -."
She was cut off as his grandmother spoke again "You two will have the cutest of pups"
By now, the whole group which included Kikyou, Miroku, Sango and Sesshomuru were watching this with much amusement. Kikyou was trying to keep Sango from bursting out in a laughing hysteria and Sesshomuru and Miroku were having a hard time keeping in their insults to throw at the blushing couple.
Inu-Yasha made one last attempt to shut his grandmother up. "Grandma, listen to me -."
His grandmother did nothing of the sort "I can just imagine it, my sweet Inu-Yasha, holding hands with dear lovely Kagome, blushing with happiness, holding a three year old pup on his shoulders"
By now, Inu-Yasha had buried his hands into his hair and was now desperately praying to god for this to end. Kagome – she had her face hidden behind her arms.
"I can't wait till you get married; you seem like the perfect couple" his grandmother finished off.
After a few moments of silence, Inu-Yasha lifted his flushed face and face his grandmother "I'm not getting married to Kagome"
It took a while for his grandmother to process this into her mind and when she did she burst out laughing. "Well, there's no need to turn into blushing tomatoes!"
Kagome whimpered at her bad luck. Could anything be more embarrassing? Obviously not...why did SHE have to be the victim?
"So who's the lucky girl?" his grandmother asked.
Inu-Yasha nudged his head towards Kikyou. His grandmother nodded and smiled approvingly.
The rest of dinner went slowly. No body talked due to certain reasons; Sesshomuru and Kikyou had headaches from not having proper sleep, Kagome's leg was throbbing with pain, Inu-Yasha was too busy eating, Sango kept quiet because Kagome didn't want to talk, Miroku was half asleep because he had done Sango's share of work and was now tired and the brother's grandmother was lost in her own world.
It was a relief when the servants came to clean the food.
Everyone left to their own whereabouts. Kagome was standing up when she was held back by the brother's grandmother.
"You want to go for a walk?" Their grandmother asked.
Kagome hesitated, she wanted to go and check out the parchment and her leg was hurting but as she saw the demanding look on the grandmother's face she nodded obediently.
As she was walking down the edge of the island she felt a tug of a question on her mind. "Excuse me...but may I ask you a question?"
The old lady looked at Kagome and smiled "Of course"
Kagome nodded "Um...are you Inu-Yasha and Sesshomuru's... um... real... grandmother?"
"I see you have figured out that Inu-Yasha has a step mother, am I right?" She asked, seeming a little surprised.
"Well, it came to my mind" Kagome replied feebly, feeling that she was trying to interfere into something completely not her business.
"Did either Inu-Yasha or Sesshomuru tell you?" She asked her another question, completely ignoring Kagome's question.
"No..." She sighed as she started to fidget with her hands.
"I'm not trying to put you in an uncomfortable position dear, well, I guess Inu-Yasha will tell you if he wants to seeing that I am not in the liberty of telling how it happened but yes – I am his real grand mother"
Kagome nodded, smiling at her understanding, almost forgetting the pain in her leg but it was all returned when their grandmother stated a question.
"Now why don't we help that leg of yours?" She asked kindly. Kagome nodded and let the sibling's grandmother lead the way.
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I bet none of you have a clue what I have planned for the next chapter!
*grins evilly*
Don't worry, Kagome will find out what's written on the parchment in the next chapter...
This chapter was basically a pass time chapter, just stalling some time until a little something happens in the next chapter...
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I am so sorry for the late update!
It was a busy week!
I had a headache on Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday so I was lying on the couch and watching T.V doing nothing on those three days, then on Thursday I was PACKED with homework, on Friday I got locked out of my house and had to wait till my mother got back so I could get inside and when I did it was almost 8.00 p.m., I hurriedly did all my lousy homework, and when I was finished it was time to watch Inu-Yasha ^.^ - Now on the weekend my sister's laptop went berserk and she had to use the computer...
Now that's a fair excuse... and one more thing before I start replying to some reviews – I finally passed my goal of 60.000 words!!! Though that doesn't mean I'm going to stop writing ^.^
Now lemme just reply to a few questions...and because there are many reviews asking the same questions I'll just answer them with one answer ^.^
And there's just some people who I've answered to individually but that's only because I have limited time on the computer because as you all know my sisters laptop went crazy and now she has to use the computer...
*cough* because I don't want to start a happy birthday column here, lets just say – happy birthday to everyone who just had their birthday!
Inu-Yasha and Sesshomuru are not step brothers, they have the same mother and real step mother...the reason in my story why Inu-Yasha is half-demon and Sesshomuru isn't is because Inu-Yasha had a fatal accident at birth and lost a lot of demon blood and the only way to save him was to transfer his mothers (she is a human) blood into his, but you'll find out the details later. So they are REAL brothers.
inu'nkagforever: Wow, you are SO close, but you didn't find out exactly the whole thing ^.^! LadyYome: *sighs* I had tried not to use names but now I think I have to say it out loud. I am not changing the story from Inu/Kag to Sessh/Kag. I have it written on my bio page, in four chapters, this story is Inu/Kag ^.^ ... I am not forcing you to read my story and I never will but just to let you know, the main pairing in the story is Inu/Kag and Sesshomuru's love life isn't kept out – Rin/Sessh!
I'm sorry if I kept out a lot of you people out but let's get on with the story!
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Chapter Sixteen
Questions on the Contrary
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Kagome looked at the two brothers nervously.
The ship was just coming to a stop and everyone had come to first deck now, Kagome was standing a good 10 feet behind Sesshomuru and Inu-Yasha and was eyeing them both suspiciously.
The captain's or pirate's as Kagome could've have called him words still rang in her mind...
But why would they keep it a secret? Five hundred thousand people in a million have step mothers so why would they be so secretive about it? Unless they had something to hide... apart from that reason Kagome couldn't think about any other conclusion.
"Kagome lets go" Kikyou's sharp voice snapped her out of her thoughts. She glanced at Kikyou and nodded. She gave a quick look at the island they had landed on and all her worries washed away.
The island wasn't so big so you could walk to each side in a matter of 45 minutes. There was sand on the border of the island which stretched out for 25 feet and on the left side of the island Kagome could see that a piece of narrow land stretched out far into the ocean. The middle of the island seemed mostly forest but Kagome could see that there was a path made out and small huts and resting resorts built in the forest. That was all she could see from the point of view she had right now.
Kikyou tugged on her sleeve as everyone started to departure from the boat and Kagome let her pull her across the boat.
"What's wrong with you?" Kikyou asked her as they walked down the steps.
"Nothing" She replied back curtly and as she reached the last step she jumped onto the sand.
"Well, you sure don't act that way" Kikyou snapped at her and Kagome shrugged casually, not really caring what Kikyou thought.
"Kagome! Over here! Kagome! Hey! I'm over here! Look at me!" A shrill voice rang through the air. Kagome, instantly recognizing the o- so familiar voice snapped her head to the left and starting to jump up and down.
Not so far away, Kagome could see Sango waving her hands like crazy, running like a maniac towards her.
"I see you!!!" Kagome squealed, her tone matching Sango's. Wanting to see her friend again after what seemed like the most horrible trip she could remember she started to run towards her. "I missed you so much!"
"Sheesh...it's only been two days..." Came a peeved sigh from behind her, Kagome didn't bother to look around to figure out it was Inu-Yasha who was mocking her.
As she finally reached Sango they both squealed and Kagome grasped Sango's hand tightly.
"I've had the worst trip you could imagine!" Kagome practically yelled out. Sango shook her head.
"Yours is probably no where near bad if you compare it to mine, I had to sleep in the same compartment as Miroku's on the way to the boat, and all I can say is you have no idea what he dreams about" Sango breathed out, starting to turn a light shade of pink.
"Poor you" Kagome giggled "Well, at least you didn't have to bare an egomaniac for almost two days!"
Sango laughed "I wonder what Inu-Yasha did this time"
"I did nothing!" Inu-Yasha yelled out from behind them. They both turned commonplace faces towards him, all excitement washed away in a furry.
Sango shook her head and sighed "Why don't I show you the room you will be staying in?"
Kagome laughed "I forgot...you're going to be my maid this whole week, am I right?"
Sango frowned and nodded drearily "Yeah...but it'll be fun, so let go shall we?"
Kagome nodded enthusiastically "Anywhere away from – him"
Sango laughed and grinned, knowing exactly who Kagome was directing at. "This way" She turned to her left and started to lead Kagome into the forest "Your hut – yes, you have a whole hut to yourself-."
"That's pretty big isn't it?" Kagome cut through her advertising.
"Nah, kind of small" Sango smirked, "Anyway, let's continue, shall we?"
Kagome nodded and Sango pulled her towards the forest once again "Your hut is placed beside an exquisite waterfall so you can have the noise of water rushing down on some more water piercing through your ears all day long"
Kagome snorted "That doesn't sound so nice"
"Nah, it's pretty cool, you've got the shade of banana leaves which are extra humungous here, and then there's this big pond which is remarkably clean where the waterfall ends and the birds can keep you up all night" Sango frowned at the last part.
"Not a big nature lover are you?" Kagome asked her, seeing her frown.
"Nope" Sango sighed, she wasn't a big fan of having birds and leaves around you, and she would've rather stayed back at the castle until Miroku had come and had stated how much *fun* they would have alone. That got her worried and she had rushed off and had figured out a way to come along with Kagome. "Oh well, where are you staying?" Kagome asked, hoping desperately that she was staying somewhere nearby and Sesshomuru was somewhere far away.
"Pretty far away from where you're staying, I'm one of the maids remember?" Sango assured her as Kagome felt her heart sink.
"What about everyone else?" She asked, new hope springing up inside of her, if Sango wasn't staying near her, maybe the others would be staying somewhere far away as well?
"There was a big mix up, so Kikyou is staying in a hut half a yard away from yours, that's the closest any hut is to yours, Sesshomuru's is near the back of the island, furthest away, and Inu-Yasha's is about..." she strained her forehead as she tried to remember "...I think half a yard away from the pond in front of your hut" Sango stopped for a while as she remembered the directions to Kagome's hut.
As she remembered, she led Kagome through a well made out path throughout the forest. Kagome looked around; the island seemed pretty peaceful, and private enough for her to look through that map she had found...
"Kagome, watch out, this is pretty slippery" Sango looked back at her and pointed towards the steps in front of them. Kagome nodded but didn't heed her warning.
As she walked down the steps, she slipped on the third one and fell sideways down the steps.
"Kagome, are you okay!?!" Sango's panicked voice carried out to her ears. Kagome groaned and sat up, almost immediately, a wrenching pain rushed throughout her legs making her clench her teeth to keep in a cry.
"My ankle – I think I sprained it" She shut her eyes as she felt tears rush up to them.
"This is not good" Sango sighed disappointedly as she reached down and helped Kagome up. "Let's get you into your hut before it gets worse"
"Mhm" Kagome whimpered out "... I hate getting hurt like this"
Sango smiled worriedly "don't worry, you'll be okay"
Kagome nodded as she tried to bare the pinching pain in her ankle. It had felt that someone had grabbed her ankle and had twisted it twice and every bone had been dislocated.
As she felt the sound of a waterfall ahead of her, she opened her eyes and smiled as she saw the place where she would be staying.
It was pretty cool, the waterfall wouldn't bother her so much, and the trees were large with almost equally large banana leaves. The hut seemed like a cozy place to stay in with flowers surrounding the rim. The pond which had remarkably clean water seemed like a nice place to have a swim in.
The only thing disturbing her luxurious, private stay was the fact that she could see Inu-Yasha's hut in front of hers. Couldn't the trees in front be a little bit thicker? Gods...she was going to have nightmares at night by the thought she could see him at night.
The trip had not brought anyone closer but just had made Kagome hate Inu- Yasha even more. She was in the middle of her angry thoughts when Sango pulled her towards her hut.
"Lets go, you can gaze at Inu-Yasha later!" Sango snapped at her, and smirked when Kagome gaped at her.
"I was just thinking about how mad I am at him!" Kagome snapped back, limping towards the hut, wincing at every step.
"Yeah, yeah...now let's go in and get you bandaged up" Sango helped Kagome up the steps of the hut and pulled her in.
Kagome looked around the small hut. There was a bed on the left, a rug in the middle, a chair on the right with a small compartment for cooking.
"Uh... Sango?" Kagome called out to her as she sat down on her bed.
"What?" She asked as she pulled out a roll of bandage out of her bag, Kagome wondered why she had kept it in there but more important matters came to her mind.
"Where's the... um... bathroom?" Kagome asked measly as Sango looked up at her.
"Oh, yeah...you'll have to go in the trees"
Kagome gaped at her "You're joking!"
Sango winced "Yeah..." She laughed before answering "There's one just behind the waterfall"
"How do I get there?" She asked her as soon she had finished.
"You really have to go, don't you?" Sango laughed as she finished bandaging Kagome's ankle.
"Well, who wouldn't? It's been almost TWO DAYS!" Kagome breathed out, got up on her good leg and started jumping up and down.
Sango laughed again "If you look to the side of the waterfall you'll see steps carved it, walk CAREFULLY up them and if you follow them you'll end up in front of the washroom"
"Okay...but it does have a door right?" she asked as she hopped towards the door of the hut.
"Yeah, but the doors made up of vines, but it's as thick as wood so don't worry"
"Thanks" and with that, she hopped down the steps and headed towards the direction Sango had told her.
Just as Sango had directed, there were steps carved in the rocky wall beside the waterfall. After five silence moments of thinking how she was going to get up the stairs with only one working ankle, she decided on hopping her way up and if she fell down during the way – she'd think about what to do when it happened.
It wasn't as hard as it she thought it would be, and she made her way up easily. She was peacefully making her way to what seemed like an ivy door which was probably the bathroom when a cussing half-demon appeared from the other direction and started to head for the bathroom too.
Instantly seeing where he was heading she quickened her pace and desperately started towards the bathroom but Inu-Yasha's speed was much faster.
"I got here first!" Kagome yelled at him as he struggled to pull free of a death tight grasp.
"No you didn't!" He pulled out of her grasp and made a run for the bathroom but Kagome caught onto his sash and pulled him back.
"I really have to go! I haven't gone for almost two days!" Kagome yelled out, while trying to reach the bathroom while trying to manage a squirming half-demon.
"Well – same here! What do you think? I didn't pee in my pants you know!" Inu-Yasha pulled Kagome back easily and held onto her waist so she didn't run to the bathroom while they both fought.
"Neither did I!" Kagome snapped back.
"So let me go first!" Inu-Yasha fought back while pulling Kagome around so he could fight face to face with her.
"Haven't you heard the phase 'Ladies first?" Kagome glared at him looking straight into his pools of gold somehow having no affect on her what so ever.
"Who're you calling lady? I don't see one anywhere" He smirked as she scrunched up her eyebrows and glared at him, her glaring didn't seem to have any affect on him so he just stared down at her honey brown pupils.
"So you're saying I'm not a lady?!?" Kagome poked his chest, somehow wishing that she could burn a hole there.
"That's what I said" Inu-Yasha replied leaning forward to match her infuriating glare.
"Well, I've been waiting too long for you two to hurry up and decide who's going first so I might as well just go" A third voice interrupted their conversation. They both snapped back, just realizing how close they had become and looked towards Kikyou who had just entered the bathroom.
"Ugh! This is your entire fault!" Kagome yelled at Inu-Yasha, deciding to shift the blame on him.
"How is it my fault?" He asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I said so!" Kagome replied, thinking she didn't have to have a good enough reason.
"You aren't the boss of me!" Inu-Yasha yelled at her, starting to lose his patience...he had let her scream at her before but not this time...
"Neither are you!" Kagome yelled back, just as loud as Inu-Yasha.
"Stupid wench!" Inu-Yasha growled frustratingly, never in his life before had he been challenged like she was challenging him. Usually, he would fight whoever he had to and he would get what he would want in the end.
Unless it was it mother.
But she had no right to scream at him... she had no right at all to scream at Inu-Yasha... the great almighty Inu-Yasha.
Kikyou stepped out of the bathroom and stared at the glaring couple before shrugging and walking away.
Noticing Kikyou had gone out of the washroom, Inu-Yasha thought up of a perfect plan of getting to the washroom before Kagome did.
Remembering she had kicked him TWICE in the shins he lifted his foot and kicked her straight in the ankle with all the force he had, not all but enough to make it hurt.
Her reaction was not at all what he had thought it would be. Instead of jumping back and screaming at him for hurting her, a wave of pain flashed across her face and she fell back onto the ground.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow" she clutched her ankle and shut her eyes tight.
"I couldn't have kicked you that hard, unless you sprained your ankle... - ... oh..." Inu-Yasha lowered his tone as he saw Kagome's wrapped up ankle which she was clutching onto painfully.
He crouched down and fumbled with his words as he darted his gaze to Kagome with her pained expression to her ankle which she was clutching onto.
"Uh... um... I... uh... um... don't know... uh... um... I..." he staggered with his words but gave a confused face when Kagome stood up immediately.
"Tricked you! You didn't kick me on that ankle!" She stuck out her tongue at him and raced into the bathroom, leaving a stunned, confused and equally angry Inu-Yasha.
"Damn you woman! I'll get you back!" he yelled at her and pouted almost immediately, waiting impatiently for Kagome to get out.
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Kagome sighed contently as she lay down on her bed. Her windows and door were open giving way for the breeze of the forest to drift into the small hut she was in. Her bed was pretty small compared to the one she had at home and at the Youkai Kingdom but it was good all the same.
She had taken a shower behind the waterfall while Sango kept a Miroku pervert away from her and now she was wearing what the island offered here.
It was pretty comfortable.
It seemed like a long shirt that went up to her knees and it was made up with the softest and thinnest cloth she had ever felt, her full sleeved sleeves were made from net. It was tight, but not skin tight so it seemed pretty reasonable. All she had to cover her legs was a white jean type material.
All in all, Kagome felt partially naked but when she looked in the mirror she didn't look anywhere near naked.
She stretched her legs on the small bed and sighed again when she smelt fresh water again in the air which drafted in and out of her room. Wondering why it was so quiet now she remembered what Miroku had told her.
For some reason the waterfall stopped the water from rushing down when the moon appeared at the night and started again at day.
No body knew why it happened but no body minded it either way.
Kagome smiled and looked outside of her open door. Remembering she was on an island now she decided she might star gaze.
"Maybe later, right now...its time for dinner..." She got out of her bed and limped towards the door. Her legs were killing her for not having proper rest for such a long time and her ankle wasn't helping the situation.
She got out of her small hut and made her way towards the edge of the island where they had planned to have dinner, it was just beside the sea so they could see the water and wave ripples and it was on the sand so they could have a nice place to sit on.
She stopped as she reached the steps she had fallen on the last time, this time she would go carefully...
She gave her a mental pat on the back as she didn't slip after she had walked up the last step. As she was approaching her destination she remembered that Miroku had told her that Inu-Yasha and Sesshomuru's grandmother was going to have dinner with them tonight and stay the whole day tomorrow and leave for Youkai Kingdom the next day.
Miroku said that their grandmother wanted to see her 'babies' again before they became 'full grown pups and get married' Kagome had laughed but as truth be told, she was confused.
She didn't know if Miroku was talking about their REAL grandmother or their step grandmother.
She – could – ask their grandmother if she got some privacy with her. Grandmothers were always nice, weren't they?
As she reached her destination she noticed everyone had already reached there and were not sitting around a rug where all the food was being kept. She sighed miserably as she noticed the only free space was beside Sesshomuru, who was sitting across of Inu-Yasha.
She sat down beside him and tried to ignore the throbbing pain in her legs as she smiled to the unknown lady sitting around the rug which was probably their grandmother.
"Hi" She said to her, trying to put on a welcoming smile. Their grandmother smiled back at then opened her mouth to talk.
"You know if you rub some honey of a Bumble bee Lilly flower on your leg, it will feel better in no time, and just wrap a leaf of a cherry blossom tree on your ankle and it will heal just as fast" her voice was just the same as any grandmothers voice and it reminded Kagome of her own grandmother.
Kagome gaped at her "How'd you know...?"
"I can see what anyone is feeling, their emotion or their pain" she smiled warmly, deepening the wizened creases on her face.
"Wow..." Kagome breathed out.
"So, tell me your name" she asked Kagome.
"Kagome" Kagome replied kindly as she looked at her plate confusedly. Hadn't there been a pastry on it before?
"Nice to meet you – give it back Inu-Yasha!" She slapped Inu-Yasha's hand as Kagome snapped her direction to see what was going on. Somehow, Inu- Yasha had gotten hold of Kagome's pastry and was about to eat it if his grandmother didn't stop him.
He pouted before he placed it back on her plate. Kagome smirked at him for being caught and was about to ask his grandmother what she should call her when she spoke.
"Just call me Granny"
Kagome smiled shyly, was his grandmother telepathic or something? "Inu- Yasha!" Kagome yelled at him as he purposely knocked over her mug of coffee. "What? I didn't meant to" He looked at her innocently and Kagome just glared at him, fully knowing that he couldn't have been so clumsy to reach over and knock her glass down.
She shrugged before sitting back and picking up her glass. She poured milk into it and started to drink it before Inu-Yasha made a rude comment.
"Kagome's been nagging on me all day, she never leaves me alone" Inu- Yasha's innocent voice carried out to her ears.
"Excuse me! You were the one who expected me to apologize for almost everything I did since the day you helped me!" Kagome fought back, not believing her ears; did he expect to make a fool out of her?
"I wasn't talking to you, so don't talk to me" He shrugged and ate some bread.
Kagome scoffed and stated a statement before drinking her milk again "Same goes to you"
Kagome was in the middle of drinking her milk and Inu-Yasha was in the middle of eating his bread when his grandmother decided it was time for her to talk again.
"Inu-Yasha, you're going to be so lucky to have a wife like Kagome" She smiled sweetly.
Kagome spat out the milk in her mouth and started coughing immediately when Inu-Yasha started to choke on his bread.
After the both of them had settled down, Inu-Yasha burst like a volcano "Granny – we both are not -."
He was cut off as his grandmother spoke again. "Your grandfather and I fought the same way you two do before we got married"
This time Kagome spoke "You might have gotten some things wrong, I'm not getting -."
She was cut off as his grandmother spoke again "You two will have the cutest of pups"
By now, the whole group which included Kikyou, Miroku, Sango and Sesshomuru were watching this with much amusement. Kikyou was trying to keep Sango from bursting out in a laughing hysteria and Sesshomuru and Miroku were having a hard time keeping in their insults to throw at the blushing couple.
Inu-Yasha made one last attempt to shut his grandmother up. "Grandma, listen to me -."
His grandmother did nothing of the sort "I can just imagine it, my sweet Inu-Yasha, holding hands with dear lovely Kagome, blushing with happiness, holding a three year old pup on his shoulders"
By now, Inu-Yasha had buried his hands into his hair and was now desperately praying to god for this to end. Kagome – she had her face hidden behind her arms.
"I can't wait till you get married; you seem like the perfect couple" his grandmother finished off.
After a few moments of silence, Inu-Yasha lifted his flushed face and face his grandmother "I'm not getting married to Kagome"
It took a while for his grandmother to process this into her mind and when she did she burst out laughing. "Well, there's no need to turn into blushing tomatoes!"
Kagome whimpered at her bad luck. Could anything be more embarrassing? Obviously not...why did SHE have to be the victim?
"So who's the lucky girl?" his grandmother asked.
Inu-Yasha nudged his head towards Kikyou. His grandmother nodded and smiled approvingly.
The rest of dinner went slowly. No body talked due to certain reasons; Sesshomuru and Kikyou had headaches from not having proper sleep, Kagome's leg was throbbing with pain, Inu-Yasha was too busy eating, Sango kept quiet because Kagome didn't want to talk, Miroku was half asleep because he had done Sango's share of work and was now tired and the brother's grandmother was lost in her own world.
It was a relief when the servants came to clean the food.
Everyone left to their own whereabouts. Kagome was standing up when she was held back by the brother's grandmother.
"You want to go for a walk?" Their grandmother asked.
Kagome hesitated, she wanted to go and check out the parchment and her leg was hurting but as she saw the demanding look on the grandmother's face she nodded obediently.
As she was walking down the edge of the island she felt a tug of a question on her mind. "Excuse me...but may I ask you a question?"
The old lady looked at Kagome and smiled "Of course"
Kagome nodded "Um...are you Inu-Yasha and Sesshomuru's... um... real... grandmother?"
"I see you have figured out that Inu-Yasha has a step mother, am I right?" She asked, seeming a little surprised.
"Well, it came to my mind" Kagome replied feebly, feeling that she was trying to interfere into something completely not her business.
"Did either Inu-Yasha or Sesshomuru tell you?" She asked her another question, completely ignoring Kagome's question.
"No..." She sighed as she started to fidget with her hands.
"I'm not trying to put you in an uncomfortable position dear, well, I guess Inu-Yasha will tell you if he wants to seeing that I am not in the liberty of telling how it happened but yes – I am his real grand mother"
Kagome nodded, smiling at her understanding, almost forgetting the pain in her leg but it was all returned when their grandmother stated a question.
"Now why don't we help that leg of yours?" She asked kindly. Kagome nodded and let the sibling's grandmother lead the way.
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I bet none of you have a clue what I have planned for the next chapter!
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Don't worry, Kagome will find out what's written on the parchment in the next chapter...
This chapter was basically a pass time chapter, just stalling some time until a little something happens in the next chapter...
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