Must I? Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, blah, blah, blah...
~*~Last time:~*~"She...she ran off towards the well." 'Sess-Sesshoumaru saved me?' "Why did you kidnap me?" "What about you?" "I don't eat human food"~*~
~*~Chapter 3: Ramen is Good~*~
Kagome woke up in short of breath. Her dreams had been plaguing her sleep again. She went to wipe the sweat from her forehead and found that she couldn't move her arms. She looked down and gasped, below her were tree tops and a couple clouds floating below her.
"Wha-" She started, stopping when she heard a growl.
"Forget where you were?" Kagome looked up and saw the Taiyoukai of the West. Memories started flooding back. Tears started to form as the memories of Inuyasha and Kikyo came to mind. She also missed Sango, Miroku and Shippou. Even Kirara.
"Umm...where are we?" Kagome asked timidly.
"We just entered the Western Lands." Sesshoumaru said. "Finally." Kagome thought he was talking about being home, but then Kagome saw a dark shape flying towards them. The shape got bigger and bigger until it turned into a large two-headed dragon with horses' manes. Rin blinked at looked at the dragon mount.
"Ah-Un!" The dragon flew along side of Sesshoumaru and Rin climbed off of Sesshoumaru's tail and jumped onto the huge saddle that was on the dragon's back. Rin hugged one of its head and took hold of the reins. Suddenly Kagome was put on the saddle as well, the sudden openness of the sky around her was startling. She grabbed the saddle like her life depended on it.
"Kagome-chan is funny!" Rin chirped. One head was looking at her and growled something to its partner. Kagome could have sworn they were laughing at her. Kagome watched Sesshoumaru fly ahead and then land, Ah-Un continued flying on.
"Where's Sesshoumaru going?" Kagome asked Rin.
"Watch this Kagome-chan!" Rin said happily. "Down Ah-Un!" The seven year old called out. Kagome's stomach dropped as the dragon dropped suddenly. Kagome was still shaking when the sudden fall stopped. "Wasn't that fun Kagome-chan!?" Rin asked. Kagome nodded meekly.
~*~*~
Sesshoumaru, Rin, Ah-Un and Kagome stopped for the night in a nice clearing. As soon as they touched land Kagome's hurt ankle started protesting again. The sky wasn't yet dark and the sun was starting to set. Sesshoumaru wandered off again and came back with more rice. Kagome wondered how many times Rin had rice a week. Kagome put her hands in her pockets and felt something.
"A ramen package?" Kagome whispered. Sure enough it was a package full of the noodles and flavorings.
"Ohh...what is that Kagome-chan? Can Rin see?" Rin asked, her rice bowl empty.
"It's food. Would you like some?" Rin nodded. "You'll have to ask Sesshoumaru first."
"Sesshoumaru-sama! Can Rin have some of Kagome's food? It looks yummy!" Sesshoumaru nodded. "Yay!" Rin said.
"I'll need some wood and your rice bowl and some water." Kagome didn't have a pot, but a wooden rice bowl would do, she could put it above the fire with some sticks. Rin ran off into the forest with Ah-Un following her.
"Who is the dead miko?" Sesshoumaru asked when Rin was gone.
"She's Inuyashas' love. But she died pinning him to the tree. She was brought back to life, but doesn't feel anything but hate. Kikyo wants to drag Inuyasha to hell with her." Kagome said sadly.
"Interesting." Sesshoumaru said. He turned his back to her and watched the stars start to come up. Rin came back with two rice bowls full of water and Ah-Un carried a bunch of sticks in both of its' mouths.
"Here you go Kagome-chan!" Rin said. She put the rice bowls down and the dragon dropped the sticks. Kagome put together a little fire pit and balanced one of the rice bowls on some sticks. She opened the package of ramen and put the dry noodles into the bowl.
"And now we wait for 10 or so minutes, then add this little packet, then we have noodles." Kagome explained. Rin watched the noodles start to soften and Kagome poked them every so often with a chopstick. Sesshoumaru watched with little interest and soon went back to star gazing.
"Is it done yet?" Rin asked.
"Nope, not yet." Kagome answered.
"What about now?" Rin asked again. Kagome didn't answer but wondered where her friends where, if they were looking for her, and if they were worried about her.
~*~*~*~
"We should stop here." Sango said. Kirara growled in agreement and landed. Miroku climbed off the cat's back and started looking for something to eat. Shippou yawned and Inuyasha jumped into a tree and was silent.
"Shippou, why don't you sleep?" Miroku asked.
"Because I can't stop worrying about Kagome." The fox said.
"I don't think any of us can stop worrying, but she wouldn't want you tired now would she?" Sango said. Shippou yawned and nodded, then curled up by Kirara and instantly fell asleep.
"Do you think we'll find her?" Sango asked Miroku.
"Of course we'll find her!" Inuyasha said from his perch. "And when we do, I'll kick Sesshoumaru's ass for taking what's mine!" Sango and Miroku were up all night, and watched Inuyasha sneak off. They sent Kirara after him and what came back wasn't good, the cat's head hung low and her eyes were back.
"He's seeing Kikyo." Sango said sadly.
"And by what I've heard, Kikyo isn't very happy about him looking for Kagome." Miroku said. Shippou was up and listening to the monk and huntress.
"We should find Kagome first." The fox said. Sango and Miroku nodded and headed off on Kirara.
~*~*~
"Is it done yet?" Rin asked for the 10th time in 5 minutes. Kagome sighed and looked at the noodles, they looked done. She took the little packet of flavoring and stirred it into the noodles then passed some to Rin.
"Careful, it's hot." Kagome warned, blowing on hers before eating them.
"Wow, these are good Kagome-chan. Rin likes these Kagome-chan! Sesshoumaru-sama?" The Taiyoukai looked at Rin. "Rin thinks Sesshoumaru- sama would like these too!"
"I don't eat human food Rin. You know that." The girl nodded and continued eating. After dinner Rin slept by Ah-Un, curled into a little ball and sucking her thumb in contentment. Kagome tried to sleep but found it eluded her. She wanted sleep, but she feared the dreams she was having, they were so real, so vivid. No dream could be like that. Sesshoumaru continued gazing at the stars.
~*~*~
The next morning after a quick breakfast and feeding Ah-Un, Kagome and Rin climbed on the dragon and it took off, Sesshoumaru following closely.
"Are we there yet?" Rin asked.
"Half a day." Sesshoumaru said.
"Yay! Then Rin can show Kagome-chan all the pretty flowers!" Rin soon fell asleep. Kagome started panicking again as no one was holding the reins of the dragon. But soon sleep overcame her.
~*~*~
The trio arrived at Sesshoumaru's house around midday. Having awakened a little while earlier Kagome was awed at the size of the place from the air. Rin awoke later, just as they landed.
"Rin, go play." Sesshoumaru said. Rin nodded and ran into the flowers. Sesshoumaru then looked at Kagome and she backed up a step. "Follow me." He said.
Kagome was again awed at the size of the house. The entryway itself was bigger than her house. She knew she was going to get lost. Sesshoumaru led her down a bunch of halls and Kagome tried to remember which way they turned.
'Left, right, right, long hall, left, right, right...umm...I think it was left...or maybe right?' Kagome was confused. Unknown to her, Sesshoumaru smirked as she tried to remember the way around. The Taiyoukai suddenly stopped and Kagome ran into him and he growled softly.
"This is your room. Rin's room is to the left. Baths are across the hall. There is a dojo in the basement, ask someone to show you where. There is a library upstairs and my room and study, which you are not allowed in. Food is served at dawn and dusk but if your human body won't last that long, ask someone in the kitchen and they will make you something. You aren't allowed outside without myself or Rin and don't touch anything on the dojo walls." Sesshoumaru said.
"Why?" Kagome asked, already finding it hard to remember what he just said.
"All the weapons have a live edge."
"Why am I here?" Kagome asked, that question had been gnawing at her for a while now.
"Until Inuyasha gets here, which won't be for awhile, you care for Rin. There is trouble in the South and I will be having other Taiyoukais here. I can't have her underfoot. Teach her."
"How do you know I will teach her?" Kagome asked. One Taiyoukai was arrogant enough, Kagome didn't want to be there when 3 or 4 of them got together.
"I have watched you teach the fox." Sesshoumaru said. With that he left,
'Probably to his study.' Kagome thought. She looked to the door to her right and left.
Suddenly the pain from her ankle started up again. As soon as Kagome said "ouch" a servant came and bandaged her foot, then put some foul smelling purple liquid on it. Instantly it felt better, and Kagome wouldn't have been surprised if it had just healed.
"Thanks." Kagome said. The servant bowed and ran off.
'Now.....where in this place am I? They need a map that says 'You are here' on it.' Kagome sighed and started wandering around Sesshoumaru's house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
WD: Well, that's Chapter 3. Yay for me! I got around to redoing another one! Sesshou-chan's so cool. Sorry about not updating this one on Monday....my stupid computer was acting really slow...found out it had a nice little virus. My anti-virus program caught it soon enough and now the little bugger is gone! Yay!!!!
~*~Reviews: ~*~
Sukera: I'll try to update ASAP! Have some candy! *hands out candy to all her reviewers*
ptbear: I'm still working on part 2 if you can believe it. I've been working on Blast From the Past and Yin and Yang...and then there's the other story I'm working on....opps...said to much...again.
Hyper Person: I'm glad you like it!
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Recommendation (did I spell that right????)
Forget Me Not by Youkai Yume: Sesshomaru's always hated humans, Kagome's always thought he was emotionless. But now that he's wounded and under Kagome's care, will his opinion change? Can Kagome see through his emotionless mask? Sess/Kag! Great Story! Go Read!!!!
~*~Last time:~*~"She...she ran off towards the well." 'Sess-Sesshoumaru saved me?' "Why did you kidnap me?" "What about you?" "I don't eat human food"~*~
~*~Chapter 3: Ramen is Good~*~
Kagome woke up in short of breath. Her dreams had been plaguing her sleep again. She went to wipe the sweat from her forehead and found that she couldn't move her arms. She looked down and gasped, below her were tree tops and a couple clouds floating below her.
"Wha-" She started, stopping when she heard a growl.
"Forget where you were?" Kagome looked up and saw the Taiyoukai of the West. Memories started flooding back. Tears started to form as the memories of Inuyasha and Kikyo came to mind. She also missed Sango, Miroku and Shippou. Even Kirara.
"Umm...where are we?" Kagome asked timidly.
"We just entered the Western Lands." Sesshoumaru said. "Finally." Kagome thought he was talking about being home, but then Kagome saw a dark shape flying towards them. The shape got bigger and bigger until it turned into a large two-headed dragon with horses' manes. Rin blinked at looked at the dragon mount.
"Ah-Un!" The dragon flew along side of Sesshoumaru and Rin climbed off of Sesshoumaru's tail and jumped onto the huge saddle that was on the dragon's back. Rin hugged one of its head and took hold of the reins. Suddenly Kagome was put on the saddle as well, the sudden openness of the sky around her was startling. She grabbed the saddle like her life depended on it.
"Kagome-chan is funny!" Rin chirped. One head was looking at her and growled something to its partner. Kagome could have sworn they were laughing at her. Kagome watched Sesshoumaru fly ahead and then land, Ah-Un continued flying on.
"Where's Sesshoumaru going?" Kagome asked Rin.
"Watch this Kagome-chan!" Rin said happily. "Down Ah-Un!" The seven year old called out. Kagome's stomach dropped as the dragon dropped suddenly. Kagome was still shaking when the sudden fall stopped. "Wasn't that fun Kagome-chan!?" Rin asked. Kagome nodded meekly.
~*~*~
Sesshoumaru, Rin, Ah-Un and Kagome stopped for the night in a nice clearing. As soon as they touched land Kagome's hurt ankle started protesting again. The sky wasn't yet dark and the sun was starting to set. Sesshoumaru wandered off again and came back with more rice. Kagome wondered how many times Rin had rice a week. Kagome put her hands in her pockets and felt something.
"A ramen package?" Kagome whispered. Sure enough it was a package full of the noodles and flavorings.
"Ohh...what is that Kagome-chan? Can Rin see?" Rin asked, her rice bowl empty.
"It's food. Would you like some?" Rin nodded. "You'll have to ask Sesshoumaru first."
"Sesshoumaru-sama! Can Rin have some of Kagome's food? It looks yummy!" Sesshoumaru nodded. "Yay!" Rin said.
"I'll need some wood and your rice bowl and some water." Kagome didn't have a pot, but a wooden rice bowl would do, she could put it above the fire with some sticks. Rin ran off into the forest with Ah-Un following her.
"Who is the dead miko?" Sesshoumaru asked when Rin was gone.
"She's Inuyashas' love. But she died pinning him to the tree. She was brought back to life, but doesn't feel anything but hate. Kikyo wants to drag Inuyasha to hell with her." Kagome said sadly.
"Interesting." Sesshoumaru said. He turned his back to her and watched the stars start to come up. Rin came back with two rice bowls full of water and Ah-Un carried a bunch of sticks in both of its' mouths.
"Here you go Kagome-chan!" Rin said. She put the rice bowls down and the dragon dropped the sticks. Kagome put together a little fire pit and balanced one of the rice bowls on some sticks. She opened the package of ramen and put the dry noodles into the bowl.
"And now we wait for 10 or so minutes, then add this little packet, then we have noodles." Kagome explained. Rin watched the noodles start to soften and Kagome poked them every so often with a chopstick. Sesshoumaru watched with little interest and soon went back to star gazing.
"Is it done yet?" Rin asked.
"Nope, not yet." Kagome answered.
"What about now?" Rin asked again. Kagome didn't answer but wondered where her friends where, if they were looking for her, and if they were worried about her.
~*~*~*~
"We should stop here." Sango said. Kirara growled in agreement and landed. Miroku climbed off the cat's back and started looking for something to eat. Shippou yawned and Inuyasha jumped into a tree and was silent.
"Shippou, why don't you sleep?" Miroku asked.
"Because I can't stop worrying about Kagome." The fox said.
"I don't think any of us can stop worrying, but she wouldn't want you tired now would she?" Sango said. Shippou yawned and nodded, then curled up by Kirara and instantly fell asleep.
"Do you think we'll find her?" Sango asked Miroku.
"Of course we'll find her!" Inuyasha said from his perch. "And when we do, I'll kick Sesshoumaru's ass for taking what's mine!" Sango and Miroku were up all night, and watched Inuyasha sneak off. They sent Kirara after him and what came back wasn't good, the cat's head hung low and her eyes were back.
"He's seeing Kikyo." Sango said sadly.
"And by what I've heard, Kikyo isn't very happy about him looking for Kagome." Miroku said. Shippou was up and listening to the monk and huntress.
"We should find Kagome first." The fox said. Sango and Miroku nodded and headed off on Kirara.
~*~*~
"Is it done yet?" Rin asked for the 10th time in 5 minutes. Kagome sighed and looked at the noodles, they looked done. She took the little packet of flavoring and stirred it into the noodles then passed some to Rin.
"Careful, it's hot." Kagome warned, blowing on hers before eating them.
"Wow, these are good Kagome-chan. Rin likes these Kagome-chan! Sesshoumaru-sama?" The Taiyoukai looked at Rin. "Rin thinks Sesshoumaru- sama would like these too!"
"I don't eat human food Rin. You know that." The girl nodded and continued eating. After dinner Rin slept by Ah-Un, curled into a little ball and sucking her thumb in contentment. Kagome tried to sleep but found it eluded her. She wanted sleep, but she feared the dreams she was having, they were so real, so vivid. No dream could be like that. Sesshoumaru continued gazing at the stars.
~*~*~
The next morning after a quick breakfast and feeding Ah-Un, Kagome and Rin climbed on the dragon and it took off, Sesshoumaru following closely.
"Are we there yet?" Rin asked.
"Half a day." Sesshoumaru said.
"Yay! Then Rin can show Kagome-chan all the pretty flowers!" Rin soon fell asleep. Kagome started panicking again as no one was holding the reins of the dragon. But soon sleep overcame her.
~*~*~
The trio arrived at Sesshoumaru's house around midday. Having awakened a little while earlier Kagome was awed at the size of the place from the air. Rin awoke later, just as they landed.
"Rin, go play." Sesshoumaru said. Rin nodded and ran into the flowers. Sesshoumaru then looked at Kagome and she backed up a step. "Follow me." He said.
Kagome was again awed at the size of the house. The entryway itself was bigger than her house. She knew she was going to get lost. Sesshoumaru led her down a bunch of halls and Kagome tried to remember which way they turned.
'Left, right, right, long hall, left, right, right...umm...I think it was left...or maybe right?' Kagome was confused. Unknown to her, Sesshoumaru smirked as she tried to remember the way around. The Taiyoukai suddenly stopped and Kagome ran into him and he growled softly.
"This is your room. Rin's room is to the left. Baths are across the hall. There is a dojo in the basement, ask someone to show you where. There is a library upstairs and my room and study, which you are not allowed in. Food is served at dawn and dusk but if your human body won't last that long, ask someone in the kitchen and they will make you something. You aren't allowed outside without myself or Rin and don't touch anything on the dojo walls." Sesshoumaru said.
"Why?" Kagome asked, already finding it hard to remember what he just said.
"All the weapons have a live edge."
"Why am I here?" Kagome asked, that question had been gnawing at her for a while now.
"Until Inuyasha gets here, which won't be for awhile, you care for Rin. There is trouble in the South and I will be having other Taiyoukais here. I can't have her underfoot. Teach her."
"How do you know I will teach her?" Kagome asked. One Taiyoukai was arrogant enough, Kagome didn't want to be there when 3 or 4 of them got together.
"I have watched you teach the fox." Sesshoumaru said. With that he left,
'Probably to his study.' Kagome thought. She looked to the door to her right and left.
Suddenly the pain from her ankle started up again. As soon as Kagome said "ouch" a servant came and bandaged her foot, then put some foul smelling purple liquid on it. Instantly it felt better, and Kagome wouldn't have been surprised if it had just healed.
"Thanks." Kagome said. The servant bowed and ran off.
'Now.....where in this place am I? They need a map that says 'You are here' on it.' Kagome sighed and started wandering around Sesshoumaru's house.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
WD: Well, that's Chapter 3. Yay for me! I got around to redoing another one! Sesshou-chan's so cool. Sorry about not updating this one on Monday....my stupid computer was acting really slow...found out it had a nice little virus. My anti-virus program caught it soon enough and now the little bugger is gone! Yay!!!!
~*~Reviews: ~*~
Sukera: I'll try to update ASAP! Have some candy! *hands out candy to all her reviewers*
ptbear: I'm still working on part 2 if you can believe it. I've been working on Blast From the Past and Yin and Yang...and then there's the other story I'm working on....opps...said to much...again.
Hyper Person: I'm glad you like it!
~*~
Recommendation (did I spell that right????)
Forget Me Not by Youkai Yume: Sesshomaru's always hated humans, Kagome's always thought he was emotionless. But now that he's wounded and under Kagome's care, will his opinion change? Can Kagome see through his emotionless mask? Sess/Kag! Great Story! Go Read!!!!