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Chapter 20

You head off into the female spring, walking down the wooded hallway, which then lead you into a changing room. In the room had many shelves up to hold ones' clothing and wasn't at all being used at the time. You head into an empty aisle and quickly remove your clothes to put on the towel, and then head to the front of the changing room and out the door leading to the outside. Your bare feet steps onto the warm stony surface of the path below and you continue to walk down the footpath looking for an empty spring. You find one and head toward it, and then slowly descend into the hot, spring h2o.

You lean back into the spring and your chin dips into the hot spring water. You feel the warm water soothe your aching muscles that you just now noticed is aching. You start to close your eyes, but not planning on falling asleep.

"Hello (Insert Name)!" You open your eyes and jump to find Naomi, who you almost confused with the girl that recently attacked you, Kaori, sitting in front of you in the spring.

"Hi Naomi..." You say and sigh, then blink. "Um, what are you doing here?"

"Earlier, I was at a village that was in need of help, there was a lack of supplies so I went off to find the nearest village... I didn't and I found this place, Mr. Gyki let me in and said that he was sending a pack of soldiers there to help... Mr. Gyki insisted I stay here and rest awhile..." She finishes.

"Oh, that's strange... Me and Inuyasha are here for the same reason... But, a girl led us here and she was poisoned, so Mr. Gyki had her taken to the castle doctors, I think..." You reply and lean back into the water. "I think something could be up..."

"That definitely sounds suspicious... But maybe it could be a coincidence..." Naomi replies.

"Well, coincidence or trap... Let's just enjoy this nice, cozy spring while we still can instead of worrying..." You say and close your eyes.

Sooner or later, you and Naomi leaves the springs wearing a castle provided, white yukata. You two part ways at the entrance and you meet up with one of the maids, who brought you here, whose name is Maja. Maja takes your clothes to wash them and then leads you to a room. After a while of walking through the castle halls and going up a few stairs you and Maja finally reach your room and Maja slides open the fusuma {sliding door}, blocking you from entering and steps out of your way.

"Here's your room, Lady , please enjoy..." Maja says and you step inside a bit hesitant and look around suspiciously. "I will be back with your clothes soon..." Maja says.

"Thanks, bye!" You reply back to Maja and she bows and slides the fusuma closed then walks away.

You look around the room you'll be staying in to see that it's fairly big and very elegant. In the room there was an already made nice size, futon with pretty silk sheets, a couple of cushions here and there, a small low table, and a small mantelpiece. You walk over to the table, sit on the cushion beside it and slide the Kyojin under the table, which you've had hooked on to your yukata since you've left the spring.

You then look around for any hair combing device in the room and you don't see one so you rake your hand through your slightly wet hair, running out the small tangles... After improving your hair as much as you could, from the wet look you walk over to the futon and lay on the soft, warm silk sheets. You roll over on your side slightly, now feeling the silk caress your cheek and you gradually close your eyes, until you hear the fusuma slide open and close, quickly. You promptly sit up and look toward the entrance to see Inuyasha.

"Hey Inuyasha..." You greet smiling and lay back down.

"Hey..." He replies.

"This place has comfy futons..." You say smiling lazily. You feel the futon move and shift weight slightly and you glance to side-ways to see Inuyasha has joined in on your recline.

You roll over slightly, and lay your head on his shoulder and you then feel his arm wrap around your waist, pulling you closer to him. You listen to his heartbeat even out and feel his chest rise and fall and feel him lightly run his clawed hand through your still, moist hair. Feeling most comfortable in this position, laying your head on his chest you close your eyes.

"Ne, Inuyasha?"

"What?"

"Don't you think it's-"You're cut off by-

"Excuse me? Lady (Insert Name), Lord Inuyasha?" A voice says outside the door and you recognize it as Maja. You slowly sit up, followed by Inuyasha and head to the door/fusuma and slide it open where Maja appears.

"Yes, Miss Maja?"

"I've brought back your clothes from cleaning them." She says and hands you your clothes, which aren't in the least bit moist. 'Well, that was quick...' You think to yourself.

"Thanks..." You reply.

"No problem... Also, Lord Gyki has requested you and Lord Inuyasha to join him for dinner in regard of your sick friend..." She says and you nod. "I'll be down the hall, when you're ready..." She says and bows, then walks off. You slide the door closed and notice Inuyasha still lying down, with his arms folded behind his head and staring up at the ceiling.

"Ne, Inuyasha?" You say and walk towards him.

"What?" He says and closes his eyes.

"I wanna change..."

"Ok..."

"Ok, soo?" You gesture to the door, looking down at him.

"...What?" He says opening one eye and looking up at you.

"This is the part where you leave the room, so I can change..." You say, glancing around the room and rubbing a darkening cheek lightly. Inuyasha sits up and sighs and rolls his eyes.

"Why? It's not like there's anything I haven't-"

"Inuyasha! Get out!" You yell glaring and pointing towards the door, with a flame of ki igniting around you.

He gets frightened look and flees. You sigh and start to change into your now clean gi and hakama, while remembering the incident that happened in the pass year that Inuyasha just brought up... In the pass year, once you decided to bathe in a nearby river and sooner or later you were done so you got out you found Inuyasha there... Staring, which pretty much, soon lead to violence... He said he thought you were in trouble and it was an accident... But, the way he looked at you, wasn't one of his average stares... And it looked like he was- You shake away the thought blushing and finish putting on your hakama and gi.

You exit the room to find Inuyasha waiting for you outside. You then both walk down the hall and find Maja then she leads you both to where dinner is being held. After a while of walking she finally stops in front of the door and slides it open for you. You thank her and she bows then walks away. You both enter and you notice Naomi sitting next to a low table on a cushion, talking to Gyki who's sitting across from her.

"Mr. Inuyasha, Miss (Insert Name), pleasure of you to join me and Miss Naomi, please sit!" Gyki says looking up at you two. You both sit down, you beside Naomi and Inuyasha beside you. "...Well, I'm going to see what's keeping dinner, please wait here!" Gyki says and gets and exits the room.

"I think you could be right about this being a trap, (Insert Name)..." Naomi whispers to you.

"Yea, but why would he want to trap us?" You whisper back.

"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Inuyasha asks, placing an elbow on the table and resting his cheek in his palm.

"We're-"Just then Gyki walks back into the room and sits back down.

"The dinner should here anytime now" He says smiling brightly. "Also, I suppose the lord will be attending dinner with us today..."

"The lord?" Naomi asks raising a brow.

"Lord Blade, he owns this castle." Gyki answers. The door slides open and you turn to it, expecting foods, but instead shudder slightly, at the person who seems to be glowering at you and only you somewhat intensely... Who must be the castle lord, Lord Blade...?

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Banzai chapter completed!! Hope you enjoyed and sorry for the lateness... Anyways, in the reviews, a reviewer, Sparrow666, requested a lemon... Right now, I'm not sure about it, but I'll see what I can do... Also, Gyki's name is pronounced Guy-key....

Fusuma- A sliding paper door, thicker than a shoji...

Shoji- Sliding paper door...

Oh, and if you'd like to know more about kimono's or just design your own go here-

http: www. geocities. com /kkfan007/ fzone4/ funfacts. html (Without the spaces...)

(GYPSY-CHAN'S FUN FACTS ZONE, does not belong to me under any circumstances and I am just using it to help the readers...)

Later!