Chapter 11: Storming the castle.
Upon entering the village Miroku, Sango and Shippo went strait to Kaede's hut to tell Kaede about their shard searching. While they were walking through the village they were greeted by several people busy with their works. The sun was shining bright, rare clouds drifted across the sky carried away by the light blows of the wind. The atmosphere was filled with joy. That's when the group neared the hut they were in happier mood than before entering. Usual bickering could be heard from the group and a loud "HENTAI" accompanied with also loud *smack*. Everything was back to normal as it supposed to be. But still one person was missing and that was 'Kagome'. Miroku opened the door and the group entered the hut. There in the dim litted room an old woman could be seen sitting in the center of the room. She was making some herbs and when the door opened she slightly turned around but when she saw who entered she turned back to the work she was doing. The group quietly sat near the fire and waited patiently for the elder woman to finish. After several minutes Kaede put all the herbs aside and offered them some tea. They gladly accepted and in return told her the whole story about their adventures.
Miroku started the tale, usually it was Kagome's job to tell their stories but due to her absence Miroku was the one to take this task. He was bored quickly and been the real gentleman passed this hard task on Sango shoulders tactfully pointing out that she could do it much better than him. After sending the death glare Sango continued their story. Sango grew bored even faster then Miroku so it was all left to Shippo to finish it.
"… and today in the morning Inu Yasha woke all of us up with wild shouts and then quickly ran away toward the well. But we all decided to return here and wait for Inu Yasha and Kagome. And that's all." – signed Shippo when he finished their story.
"Talking about Inu Yasha." – Miroku yawned. - "Where is he. He should be back by now. Even if they will return with human speed they should be here by now…"
"Baka!" – interrupted him Sango. – "Who said that Kagome had already came back? She could come back near sunset."
"Who is the baka here? How could you?" – Miroku put his hand on his heart looking hurt by Sango's harsh words. – "She promised to return in the morning."
"If she didn't return in the morning then she might have some problems in her time preventing her from retuning. We don't know anything about her world so stop whining. Hmmm… I don't remember her promising about early returning." – She narrowed her eyes at Miroku.
"Well … she promised … although … I could be mistaken …" – muttered Miroku under his breath thinking about something. – "Morning … morning … something was …. Ah! .. That's right. My mistake …" - Miroku's face brightened when he remembered.
"Well, well, well. "– Sango had a bad feeling about this one. The steel could be heard in her voice. – "What mistake?"
"Nothing .. I was just … mmm ..." – under Sango's intense gaze he quickly blurted out while quickly moving away from her. – "There was a girl who needed my help in getting rid of evil spirits…"
"WHAT!!!"
"NO! … NO! … It's not what you think!" – Trying to save his life Miroku was looking at Sango with pleading in his eyes.
"What do you mean?" – She asked with danger gleam in her eyes while she prepared her boomerang. Miroku paled and was uttering words to sooth Sango but at the look of the things he was failing miserably.
All the while Kaede and Shippo were quietly sitting near the far wall and were watching the two. After some time Shippo whispered to Kaede:
"Aren't they meant for each other?"
"Yes I agree with you. They are perfect together." – Answered Kaede while carefully sipping her tea.
When the mentioned couple heard them they sat far away from each other. All the while Sango was sending a death glares toward the monk who was caressing his bruised head.
Suddenly their quite tea party was interrupted when there heard noise coming from outside. Everybody jumped up and took a fighting stance. Miroku prepared his stuff and Sango readied her boomerang. When the door opened Miroku stood in front of Sango shielding her and prepared for a fight. But when he saw that it was just Inu Yasha he relaxed and put his stuff back.
"Inu Yasha and where ….?" – Kaede asked but was interrupted by silver hanoy.
"HURRY UP!!! WE ARE LEAVING!!! PACK YOUR THINGS NOW!!!" – Inu Yasha was fuming. – "I'M GOING TO KILL, TOAST AND THEN SLICE HIM!!! I'LL MAKE HIM EAT HIS OWN TAIL!!!" – Inu Yasha continued his tirade never noticing the whole group was standing there with shock and gaping at him. A lot of surprise, confusion and questions were written on their faces.
"HOW!!! WHY HAVEN'T YOU PACKED ALREADY? I SAID HURRY UP!!!" – Inu Yasha was outraged by now.
Miroku, Sango and Shippo were just coming to their senses when the fate blew them another surprise. From behind Inu Yasha came Kouga.
"Well Inu Yasha? Are they coming or not? How long are we going to wait for them?"
"I don't know! They are standing there from the moment I entered!" – Inu Yasha answered with annoyance.
"Really? Then let's just leave them all behind. We could do it on our own. Let's go." – Kouga growled.
"HEY!!! WAIT UP!!! What's going on! You two cant's stand each other, or is there something we don't know about?" – Sango asked with curiosity and haste at the Inu Yasha's retreating back.
"We teamed up for the first and the last time to accomplish one goal - to save Kagome!" – answered Inu Yasha and sent a glare towards Kouga. He also received one in return. Their glaring contest was interrupted by everyone's cry:
"WHAT?! KAGOME?! TO SAVE HER?! FROM WHOM?! HOW?! WHY?!"
"Near the well we found her backpack," – Inu Yasha began his explanation. – "it gave the impression of lying there for weeks. Also near the well we saw 2,5 pair of foot prints. First pair belonged to Kagome, the second – we think to my bastard brother Sesshoumaru, and the third – well it was one foot print but it was huge, we don't know to whom it belonged but definitely not to any youkai or other beasts …"
"And now we are going to pay a visit to Sesshoumaru's castle and save Kagome from his evil clutches. Come on Inu Yasha." – Kouga turned around and tugged hanoy after him.
"STOP!!!" – Sango's outburst gained attention of the two. She asked with a light smirk on her lips. – "And how are you going to get there? On foot? Well then we'll meet you there in two weeks."
"We are fast. We'll be there in no time." – Replied Kouga and Inu Yasha with smug faces and puffed out chests.
"Relax guys I have a better idea." – Sango called Kirara to her with a smile.
"Brilliant idea Sango! We'll get there in few hours." – Inu Yasha agreed that it would be much better and he would be able to save his strength.
"I hate cats!" – Kouga replied with ignorance. He looked down at Kirara with disgust and turned away with his nose high in the air.
"Kirara is NOT A CAT!!!" – Sango exclaimed outraged.
"What's the difference. I hate them anyway. I'll get to the castle by my self. See you there." And he left leaving only clouds of dust behind him.
"Inu Yasha just give me few minutes and we'll be ready." – Sango left and soon retuned with some provision just in case. She gave each small bag to each member. Miroku carried her bag also leaving her with only her boomerang. They decided to leave the village and then make Kirara transform so she wouldn't scare people. When they exit the village Kirara transformed in to her huge form. When they prepared for the ride suddenly two persons in long kimonos passed them without giving them a second glance. One, male, was in long deep blue kimono with small lightning bolts on the hem. Another female was wearing a long forest green kimono with big pink sakura tree embroidered on the back. They passed them talking about their own. Even Inu Yasha with his keen hearing couldn't understand what they were saying. Suddenly when the pair reached the first house the female turned around and looked at them. She had a pale skin, she had emerald eyes and long bright pink hair made in a bun on top of her head. She smiled and clapping her hands together.
"Have fun storming the castle!" Then with quick bow she turned around and together with her companion they disappeared behind the buildings.
The group stared at the spot for several seconds then shaking their heads they climbed on Kirara's back and left toward the castle.
Strong wind blew in the Inu Yasha's face who was sitting unmoving on Kirara's back. His silver hair flew past him giving an illusion of roaring fire. They kept annoying Miroku, who was sitting behind Inu Yasha. But he paid less and less attention to it because Sango, who was just behind him, pressed herself to his back to hide from the wind. And because of this he could be uncomfortable if only Sango would stay the same way. Underneath them could be seen forest with small lakes and rivers together with tiny villages and roads.
Once Miroku thought he saw a pair of humans flying not far from them, but when he blinked he didn't see anyone. He shrugged it off believing it was just his imagination. But still he noticed there were rose petals carried by the wind in the place where he saw two mystic figures. Miroku wanted to gain attention of his friends but he was interrupted by Sango, who was trying to out shout the wind blows:
"THERE IS THE CASTLE!!! IN SEVERAL MINUTES WE'LL BE THERE!!!"
"OH!!! I SEE THE GATES!!!" – Also shouted Inu Yasha.
"THERE I CAN SEE KOUGA STANDING NEAR THE DOORS!!!" – Shouted Sango pointing ahead of her.
When Kirara was near the door Inu Yasha didn't wait for her to land and just jumped down. Others slowly landed and got off.
While they were landing Inu Yasha landed near Kouga and together not waiting for others they started pounding the door together with shouts and curses.
"HEY!!! OPEN THE DOOR YOU BASTARD!!! GIVE US BACK OUR KAGOME!!!" They shouted together.
Suddenly Jaken appeared on the small balcony just on top of the front door.
"Lord Sesshoumaru isn't at home right now. Please leave a message or come later …"
"WHAT ARE YOU MUMBLING THERE DISGUSTING TOAD?!!!" – Inu Yasha shouted.
"Ah! It's only you lowly half-breed. I didn't notice you there …" – Jaken replied with annoyance.
"WHAT?!!! YOU … WHAIT TILL I GET THERE!!!" Inu Yasha jumped up with idea slicing Jaken in half. He would have succeeded if Kouga didn't do the same thing. But unfortunately during their jump they collided with each other and fell down in a heap.
"OK! OK! Calm down!" – Sango came up to them trying to bring some order. She looked up.
"Where is Sesshoumaru-sama?!"
"He is not at home. He left together with that disgusting human wench to visit her village."
"WHAT?!!!" – Inu Yasha who already managed to got up glared at Jaken. - "QUIT LYING TOAD. WHERE IS MY BASTERED BROTHER?!!!"
"IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME THEN SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!" – Jaken shouted back wanting nothing else then to kill all the unwanted 'guests' but without his Lord he didn't dare to do it. – "Come in and DON'T YOU TWO DARE BRAKE THE DOOR DOWN!!!" – The last he shouted toward Kouga and Inu Yasha who already got ready to do the exact thing.
When the door opened the wolf youkai and a hanoy raced inside the castle not waiting for the others turning up side down all the items which got in their way.
Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara slowly and quietly entered the castle. The doors closed after them with soft click. They found themselves in huge dark stone hall with three hallways leading in different directions. They were surprised by the size and stylish interior of the castle. But what shocked them was when from one of the dark passages a small girl appeared. She had black hair and dark brown eyes. She was wearing pink kimono with butterflies on it.
"Hello, my name is Rin. You came to visit my 'mother'?" – She asked not forgetting to bow to the guests.
"Your mother?" – Sango asked surprised. – "We came here to find our friend, Kagome. Are you sure she was here?"
"Sure. You are looking for my mother. Well not yet but soon she would be." – She corrected herself shyly. – "They left a couple of days ago together with Sesshoumaru-sama and soon should return home."
"Oh! Then Jaken told us the truth then. We didn't believe him at first." – Miroku rubbed his chin in thought.
"That's strange." – Everybody looked with question at Rin. – "Usually he tries to mislead humans because he hates them. But I think he was afraid of Sesshoumaru's wrath if he did something wrong."
The conversation died away itself. Miroku, Sango and Shippo looked around themselves while Rin was exploring them with curiosity.
"Well. I think we found out enough. We should go back and meet Kagome near the well." – Sango concluded.
"First we need to wait for those two morons." Shippo reminded them with sarcasm.
"Yes … yes of course. But the castle is huge. It would take them several hours. Those thick heads …"
Rin interrupted Sango's angry outbursts.
"Tea?"
"Really? Thank you sweetie." – Sango bent down and hugged little girl.
"Really!" – Shippo cried happily. – "Thanks! Let's go!"
She giggled and guided them toward the medium sized room on the first floor with doors which led out in the gardens.
On their way Rin managed to catch several things which fell from their shelves. During their search Kouga and Inu Yasha made some strong blows which shook all the walls in the castle. One time Miroku grabbed Sango while rescuing her from falling armor. He couldn't resist himself and after that groped her, the result was a loud *smack* and 'HENTAI!' was heard through the whole castle. After some walking finally they reached their destination.
When the group entered they gasped at what they saw. The room was painted in pale blue. It has a lot of flowers everywhere: on the walls, tables and near the walls. The room definitely had a woman's touch.
"Well? What do you think?" – Rin asked with pride. - "My 'future mother' did this together with Sesshoumaru."
"Really and Sesshoumaru agreed?" – Sango arched one of her eyebrows with curiosity.
"It is strange but most of ideas and work he did himself." – Rin smiled and giggled.
"WHAT?!!!"- Exclaimed Sango, Miroku and Shippo in unison.
"Yep! It was his idea to do this …" – Rin told them quietly.
"Oh!" – They never imagined always cool and calm Lord of the Western Lands to do something like that.
"Wait here and I'll be right back with tea." – Remembering her task Rin quickly left only to return in five minutes back. She brought back big tray with small cups and one teapot. She put them all on the small table in the center of the room. She prepared green jasmine tea with rose petals. The group carefully took their seats around the table on the mats on the floor and sipped the tea. Even Shippo was behaving which was rare especially when Kagome wasn't around. Rin
told them about herself, about her life here, how she met Sesshoumaru and took care of him when he was wounded. Then Miroku told her about their adventures and Rin just loved them. She prepared tea four times because some 'fox' in their group drank it all in huge amount. After some time they heard strange noises coming their way which was accompanied with loud crashing sounds of falling items. Then suddenly the door which was closed was blown away, and upon falling down shattered to pieces. Through the dust cloud Inu Yasha and Kouga stepped through.
"So how did it go?" – Asked Miroku calmly while sipping his tea.
"THEY ARE NOT HERE!!!" – barked a very angry hanoy.
"We know." – Sango stated as a matter-of-fact.
"Where from?" – Kouga asked from behind Inu Yasha.
"Rin told us." – Shippo replied winking at the blushing girl.
"Who? This little brat?"
Shippo jumped from his seat and as he prepared his angry tirade he froze looking at something outside.
"THERE THEY ARE?!!!" – He shouted and ran outside with the rest on his heels. Their argument for the time forgotten.
End of chapter 11.
Phew! Finally I managed to finish this chapter. Anyway, thank you all for reviews. And please I want more of them.
If you like anything to be added please feel free to write to me and later I'll see what I can do. Any suggestions about the characters are welcome.
Your's
Luabendga
Upon entering the village Miroku, Sango and Shippo went strait to Kaede's hut to tell Kaede about their shard searching. While they were walking through the village they were greeted by several people busy with their works. The sun was shining bright, rare clouds drifted across the sky carried away by the light blows of the wind. The atmosphere was filled with joy. That's when the group neared the hut they were in happier mood than before entering. Usual bickering could be heard from the group and a loud "HENTAI" accompanied with also loud *smack*. Everything was back to normal as it supposed to be. But still one person was missing and that was 'Kagome'. Miroku opened the door and the group entered the hut. There in the dim litted room an old woman could be seen sitting in the center of the room. She was making some herbs and when the door opened she slightly turned around but when she saw who entered she turned back to the work she was doing. The group quietly sat near the fire and waited patiently for the elder woman to finish. After several minutes Kaede put all the herbs aside and offered them some tea. They gladly accepted and in return told her the whole story about their adventures.
Miroku started the tale, usually it was Kagome's job to tell their stories but due to her absence Miroku was the one to take this task. He was bored quickly and been the real gentleman passed this hard task on Sango shoulders tactfully pointing out that she could do it much better than him. After sending the death glare Sango continued their story. Sango grew bored even faster then Miroku so it was all left to Shippo to finish it.
"… and today in the morning Inu Yasha woke all of us up with wild shouts and then quickly ran away toward the well. But we all decided to return here and wait for Inu Yasha and Kagome. And that's all." – signed Shippo when he finished their story.
"Talking about Inu Yasha." – Miroku yawned. - "Where is he. He should be back by now. Even if they will return with human speed they should be here by now…"
"Baka!" – interrupted him Sango. – "Who said that Kagome had already came back? She could come back near sunset."
"Who is the baka here? How could you?" – Miroku put his hand on his heart looking hurt by Sango's harsh words. – "She promised to return in the morning."
"If she didn't return in the morning then she might have some problems in her time preventing her from retuning. We don't know anything about her world so stop whining. Hmmm… I don't remember her promising about early returning." – She narrowed her eyes at Miroku.
"Well … she promised … although … I could be mistaken …" – muttered Miroku under his breath thinking about something. – "Morning … morning … something was …. Ah! .. That's right. My mistake …" - Miroku's face brightened when he remembered.
"Well, well, well. "– Sango had a bad feeling about this one. The steel could be heard in her voice. – "What mistake?"
"Nothing .. I was just … mmm ..." – under Sango's intense gaze he quickly blurted out while quickly moving away from her. – "There was a girl who needed my help in getting rid of evil spirits…"
"WHAT!!!"
"NO! … NO! … It's not what you think!" – Trying to save his life Miroku was looking at Sango with pleading in his eyes.
"What do you mean?" – She asked with danger gleam in her eyes while she prepared her boomerang. Miroku paled and was uttering words to sooth Sango but at the look of the things he was failing miserably.
All the while Kaede and Shippo were quietly sitting near the far wall and were watching the two. After some time Shippo whispered to Kaede:
"Aren't they meant for each other?"
"Yes I agree with you. They are perfect together." – Answered Kaede while carefully sipping her tea.
When the mentioned couple heard them they sat far away from each other. All the while Sango was sending a death glares toward the monk who was caressing his bruised head.
Suddenly their quite tea party was interrupted when there heard noise coming from outside. Everybody jumped up and took a fighting stance. Miroku prepared his stuff and Sango readied her boomerang. When the door opened Miroku stood in front of Sango shielding her and prepared for a fight. But when he saw that it was just Inu Yasha he relaxed and put his stuff back.
"Inu Yasha and where ….?" – Kaede asked but was interrupted by silver hanoy.
"HURRY UP!!! WE ARE LEAVING!!! PACK YOUR THINGS NOW!!!" – Inu Yasha was fuming. – "I'M GOING TO KILL, TOAST AND THEN SLICE HIM!!! I'LL MAKE HIM EAT HIS OWN TAIL!!!" – Inu Yasha continued his tirade never noticing the whole group was standing there with shock and gaping at him. A lot of surprise, confusion and questions were written on their faces.
"HOW!!! WHY HAVEN'T YOU PACKED ALREADY? I SAID HURRY UP!!!" – Inu Yasha was outraged by now.
Miroku, Sango and Shippo were just coming to their senses when the fate blew them another surprise. From behind Inu Yasha came Kouga.
"Well Inu Yasha? Are they coming or not? How long are we going to wait for them?"
"I don't know! They are standing there from the moment I entered!" – Inu Yasha answered with annoyance.
"Really? Then let's just leave them all behind. We could do it on our own. Let's go." – Kouga growled.
"HEY!!! WAIT UP!!! What's going on! You two cant's stand each other, or is there something we don't know about?" – Sango asked with curiosity and haste at the Inu Yasha's retreating back.
"We teamed up for the first and the last time to accomplish one goal - to save Kagome!" – answered Inu Yasha and sent a glare towards Kouga. He also received one in return. Their glaring contest was interrupted by everyone's cry:
"WHAT?! KAGOME?! TO SAVE HER?! FROM WHOM?! HOW?! WHY?!"
"Near the well we found her backpack," – Inu Yasha began his explanation. – "it gave the impression of lying there for weeks. Also near the well we saw 2,5 pair of foot prints. First pair belonged to Kagome, the second – we think to my bastard brother Sesshoumaru, and the third – well it was one foot print but it was huge, we don't know to whom it belonged but definitely not to any youkai or other beasts …"
"And now we are going to pay a visit to Sesshoumaru's castle and save Kagome from his evil clutches. Come on Inu Yasha." – Kouga turned around and tugged hanoy after him.
"STOP!!!" – Sango's outburst gained attention of the two. She asked with a light smirk on her lips. – "And how are you going to get there? On foot? Well then we'll meet you there in two weeks."
"We are fast. We'll be there in no time." – Replied Kouga and Inu Yasha with smug faces and puffed out chests.
"Relax guys I have a better idea." – Sango called Kirara to her with a smile.
"Brilliant idea Sango! We'll get there in few hours." – Inu Yasha agreed that it would be much better and he would be able to save his strength.
"I hate cats!" – Kouga replied with ignorance. He looked down at Kirara with disgust and turned away with his nose high in the air.
"Kirara is NOT A CAT!!!" – Sango exclaimed outraged.
"What's the difference. I hate them anyway. I'll get to the castle by my self. See you there." And he left leaving only clouds of dust behind him.
"Inu Yasha just give me few minutes and we'll be ready." – Sango left and soon retuned with some provision just in case. She gave each small bag to each member. Miroku carried her bag also leaving her with only her boomerang. They decided to leave the village and then make Kirara transform so she wouldn't scare people. When they exit the village Kirara transformed in to her huge form. When they prepared for the ride suddenly two persons in long kimonos passed them without giving them a second glance. One, male, was in long deep blue kimono with small lightning bolts on the hem. Another female was wearing a long forest green kimono with big pink sakura tree embroidered on the back. They passed them talking about their own. Even Inu Yasha with his keen hearing couldn't understand what they were saying. Suddenly when the pair reached the first house the female turned around and looked at them. She had a pale skin, she had emerald eyes and long bright pink hair made in a bun on top of her head. She smiled and clapping her hands together.
"Have fun storming the castle!" Then with quick bow she turned around and together with her companion they disappeared behind the buildings.
The group stared at the spot for several seconds then shaking their heads they climbed on Kirara's back and left toward the castle.
Strong wind blew in the Inu Yasha's face who was sitting unmoving on Kirara's back. His silver hair flew past him giving an illusion of roaring fire. They kept annoying Miroku, who was sitting behind Inu Yasha. But he paid less and less attention to it because Sango, who was just behind him, pressed herself to his back to hide from the wind. And because of this he could be uncomfortable if only Sango would stay the same way. Underneath them could be seen forest with small lakes and rivers together with tiny villages and roads.
Once Miroku thought he saw a pair of humans flying not far from them, but when he blinked he didn't see anyone. He shrugged it off believing it was just his imagination. But still he noticed there were rose petals carried by the wind in the place where he saw two mystic figures. Miroku wanted to gain attention of his friends but he was interrupted by Sango, who was trying to out shout the wind blows:
"THERE IS THE CASTLE!!! IN SEVERAL MINUTES WE'LL BE THERE!!!"
"OH!!! I SEE THE GATES!!!" – Also shouted Inu Yasha.
"THERE I CAN SEE KOUGA STANDING NEAR THE DOORS!!!" – Shouted Sango pointing ahead of her.
When Kirara was near the door Inu Yasha didn't wait for her to land and just jumped down. Others slowly landed and got off.
While they were landing Inu Yasha landed near Kouga and together not waiting for others they started pounding the door together with shouts and curses.
"HEY!!! OPEN THE DOOR YOU BASTARD!!! GIVE US BACK OUR KAGOME!!!" They shouted together.
Suddenly Jaken appeared on the small balcony just on top of the front door.
"Lord Sesshoumaru isn't at home right now. Please leave a message or come later …"
"WHAT ARE YOU MUMBLING THERE DISGUSTING TOAD?!!!" – Inu Yasha shouted.
"Ah! It's only you lowly half-breed. I didn't notice you there …" – Jaken replied with annoyance.
"WHAT?!!! YOU … WHAIT TILL I GET THERE!!!" Inu Yasha jumped up with idea slicing Jaken in half. He would have succeeded if Kouga didn't do the same thing. But unfortunately during their jump they collided with each other and fell down in a heap.
"OK! OK! Calm down!" – Sango came up to them trying to bring some order. She looked up.
"Where is Sesshoumaru-sama?!"
"He is not at home. He left together with that disgusting human wench to visit her village."
"WHAT?!!!" – Inu Yasha who already managed to got up glared at Jaken. - "QUIT LYING TOAD. WHERE IS MY BASTERED BROTHER?!!!"
"IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME THEN SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!" – Jaken shouted back wanting nothing else then to kill all the unwanted 'guests' but without his Lord he didn't dare to do it. – "Come in and DON'T YOU TWO DARE BRAKE THE DOOR DOWN!!!" – The last he shouted toward Kouga and Inu Yasha who already got ready to do the exact thing.
When the door opened the wolf youkai and a hanoy raced inside the castle not waiting for the others turning up side down all the items which got in their way.
Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara slowly and quietly entered the castle. The doors closed after them with soft click. They found themselves in huge dark stone hall with three hallways leading in different directions. They were surprised by the size and stylish interior of the castle. But what shocked them was when from one of the dark passages a small girl appeared. She had black hair and dark brown eyes. She was wearing pink kimono with butterflies on it.
"Hello, my name is Rin. You came to visit my 'mother'?" – She asked not forgetting to bow to the guests.
"Your mother?" – Sango asked surprised. – "We came here to find our friend, Kagome. Are you sure she was here?"
"Sure. You are looking for my mother. Well not yet but soon she would be." – She corrected herself shyly. – "They left a couple of days ago together with Sesshoumaru-sama and soon should return home."
"Oh! Then Jaken told us the truth then. We didn't believe him at first." – Miroku rubbed his chin in thought.
"That's strange." – Everybody looked with question at Rin. – "Usually he tries to mislead humans because he hates them. But I think he was afraid of Sesshoumaru's wrath if he did something wrong."
The conversation died away itself. Miroku, Sango and Shippo looked around themselves while Rin was exploring them with curiosity.
"Well. I think we found out enough. We should go back and meet Kagome near the well." – Sango concluded.
"First we need to wait for those two morons." Shippo reminded them with sarcasm.
"Yes … yes of course. But the castle is huge. It would take them several hours. Those thick heads …"
Rin interrupted Sango's angry outbursts.
"Tea?"
"Really? Thank you sweetie." – Sango bent down and hugged little girl.
"Really!" – Shippo cried happily. – "Thanks! Let's go!"
She giggled and guided them toward the medium sized room on the first floor with doors which led out in the gardens.
On their way Rin managed to catch several things which fell from their shelves. During their search Kouga and Inu Yasha made some strong blows which shook all the walls in the castle. One time Miroku grabbed Sango while rescuing her from falling armor. He couldn't resist himself and after that groped her, the result was a loud *smack* and 'HENTAI!' was heard through the whole castle. After some walking finally they reached their destination.
When the group entered they gasped at what they saw. The room was painted in pale blue. It has a lot of flowers everywhere: on the walls, tables and near the walls. The room definitely had a woman's touch.
"Well? What do you think?" – Rin asked with pride. - "My 'future mother' did this together with Sesshoumaru."
"Really and Sesshoumaru agreed?" – Sango arched one of her eyebrows with curiosity.
"It is strange but most of ideas and work he did himself." – Rin smiled and giggled.
"WHAT?!!!"- Exclaimed Sango, Miroku and Shippo in unison.
"Yep! It was his idea to do this …" – Rin told them quietly.
"Oh!" – They never imagined always cool and calm Lord of the Western Lands to do something like that.
"Wait here and I'll be right back with tea." – Remembering her task Rin quickly left only to return in five minutes back. She brought back big tray with small cups and one teapot. She put them all on the small table in the center of the room. She prepared green jasmine tea with rose petals. The group carefully took their seats around the table on the mats on the floor and sipped the tea. Even Shippo was behaving which was rare especially when Kagome wasn't around. Rin
told them about herself, about her life here, how she met Sesshoumaru and took care of him when he was wounded. Then Miroku told her about their adventures and Rin just loved them. She prepared tea four times because some 'fox' in their group drank it all in huge amount. After some time they heard strange noises coming their way which was accompanied with loud crashing sounds of falling items. Then suddenly the door which was closed was blown away, and upon falling down shattered to pieces. Through the dust cloud Inu Yasha and Kouga stepped through.
"So how did it go?" – Asked Miroku calmly while sipping his tea.
"THEY ARE NOT HERE!!!" – barked a very angry hanoy.
"We know." – Sango stated as a matter-of-fact.
"Where from?" – Kouga asked from behind Inu Yasha.
"Rin told us." – Shippo replied winking at the blushing girl.
"Who? This little brat?"
Shippo jumped from his seat and as he prepared his angry tirade he froze looking at something outside.
"THERE THEY ARE?!!!" – He shouted and ran outside with the rest on his heels. Their argument for the time forgotten.
End of chapter 11.
Phew! Finally I managed to finish this chapter. Anyway, thank you all for reviews. And please I want more of them.
If you like anything to be added please feel free to write to me and later I'll see what I can do. Any suggestions about the characters are welcome.
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