1Disclaimer: Well.....if I did own Inu-chan and co. Kikyo would be dead. There would be more fights between Sesshou-chan and Inu-chan. Sango and Miroku would finally get there feeling for each other to show....and of course...Kagome could get Sesshou-chan.
WD: Well...after a long trip to my father's house (where I had lots of fun by the way), I'm back with all new chapters. Hope I didn't anger any of you guys too much for having to wait so long.
==Last time: "Just as I said, the main computer has approved the sending of the medical supplies to Russia." "I was wondering....the Amazon Jungle isn't too far from here. Can we go on a tour of it? I'm sure there are group tours somewhere." "Insect repellent won't scare away spiders as big as your hand." "There are youkai in this jungle." There was no way he could win, there were still three of the jaguars, and only one Sesshoumaru.==
==Chapter 14: Rescue==
Suddenly an arrow flew out of nowhere and hit one of the jaguars in the throat, killing it instantly. The last two cat youkai looked around, trying to find where the arrows were coming from. Kagome and Sesshoumaru were looking around as well.
Another arrow flew from the forest and embedded itself into the flank of one of the jaguars. It yowled in pain and fled into the forest, but not before another arrow was launched from the tree forest and into the lungs of the fleeing cat. The last jaguar was finished off by another three arrows.
Kagome was still shaking but carefully climbed down from the tree that had been protecting her. She gasped when she saw Sesshoumaru's wound.
"Sesshoumaru! Are you alright? You're bleeding everywhere." Kagome said.
"I guess that means I'll need to get a new shirt." Sesshoumaru said, sighing.
"This is no time to be making jokes." Kagome replied.
"I wasn't." Before Kagome could respond to that, some leaves in the forest were rustled, making Kagome jump.
"What is it?" She asked, looking around, "I hope it's friendly."
"You really should get that wound fixed dog demonio." Something from the forest said. Sesshoumaru turned towards the voice and growled.
"Show yourself." He growled.
"Are you friendly, or are you like the jaguars?" Kagome asked meekly.
"Those jaguars were not normal jaguar demonio." Another voice said.
"And we can be quite friendly." The first voice said. Then from out of the forest came two weasel like creatures. They looked to be maybe three feet long, but no more than a foot high. Most of their fur was brown, but there was a yellow patch of fur under their chins. Both had what looked like very strong claws on both their hind and front feet.
"I don't suppose you have a human form?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Sesshoumaru! Be nice. They saved our lives!" Kagome said. The furry little weasel-like things nodded and grew taller, most of their fur disappearing. They still had the strong claws and a long furry tail swished behind them, the yellow throat patch still remained.
"Are you happy now dog demonio?" The male asked. Sesshoumaru nodded.
"Not to be rude or anything, but what are you two?" Kagome asked.
"We are tayra. My name is Oihane," the female said, then she pointed to the male, "and this is my mate, Clodoveo."
"My name's Kagome," Kagome said, then she pointed to Sesshoumaru, "and this is my traveling companion Sesshoumaru."
"You are not mates?" Oihane asked. Kagome blushed a beet red and Sesshoumaru shook his head.
"Come, we must treat your wound before it gets infected." Clodoveo said, both the tayra headed back into the forest and picked up their bows that they had dropped. Kagome shrugged and followed the pair into the jungle, Sesshoumaru frowned, thinking about something, then followed Kagome and the tayra.
==
"That smells really....interesting." Kagome said when Oihane brought a bowl of green paste over to a small table. Oihane and Clodoveo had lead Kagome and Sesshoumaru to their home, which was inside a very very large tree. They had dug a burrow into the old, dead tree and had made a nice home.
"It smells bad I know. But it's good for wounds." Clodoveo said.
"What's in it?" Kagome asked.
"Pizano bark and root, ayahuasca, coca, sanango....and....green tree viper venom." Oihane said.
"Viper venom?!" Kagome gasped, were they trying to kill Sesshoumaru?
"You needn't worry Kagome, snake venom is often used to treat wounds.(AN: please don't go out and try to find some venomous snake to see if that really works. It doesn't.)" Sesshoumaru said. Then he took his now ruined shirt off and let Oihane put that nasty smelling green stuff on his wound.
"So....what was with the jaguar youkai back there?" Kagome asked, trying not to look at Sesshoumaru's bare chest.
"Like normal jaguars, demonio jaguars don't hunt in packs." Clodoveo said, putting some Amazon tobacco into a hand-carved pipe.
"But lately more and more of the predator demonio have been acting weird. Hunting in packs, attacking the humans that vist and seeking territory that is far to close together." Oihine said, sighing.
"I wonder why?" Kagome said out loud.
"Well, there has been a strange amount of demonio energy floating around one of the main branches of the Amazon River. I wouldn't be surprised if all that demonio energy was causing this mess."
"What did the bad energy feel like?" Kagome asked, thoughts running through her head.
"Much hatred. No compassion and very very dark. Like the demonio that is causing it has no heart." Oihine said while wrapping Sesshoumaru's wound in cloth from his ruined shirt.
"But he died.....it couldn't be....I saw him die....he was destroyed." Kagome said, trying not to panic.
"I killed him myself Kagome. He will not be back." Sesshoumaru growled.
==
Sesshoumaru and Kagome spent the night at the tayra's home. They were fed fish from a clean branch of the Amazon River and were given a nice bed to sleep in....the only problem....there was only one bed.
"There is NO way I'm sharing a bed with you." Kagome said. The sun had gone done in the dense forest that was the Amazon. Oihine and Clodoveo had gone out scouting and wouldn't be back until late morning, which left Kagome and Sesshoumaru to argue over the bed.
"Then you can sleep on the floor." Sesshoumaru said calmly.
"What? No, there are...bugs...and...spiders. You sleep on the floor." Kagome said, making for the bed and getting stopped.
"Why should I sleep on the floor when it was I who saved your life?" Sesshoumaru said, blocking her path to the bed.
"That was then, this is now." Kagome replied, trying to get around the Taiyoukai.
"This may be now, but that doesn't change that fact that I saved your life." Sesshoumaru countered.
"Yeah....so....but....I'm still not sharing a bed with you." Kagome said firmly.
"Why?" Sesshoumaru asked, smirking. Kagome blushed beet red and then some.
"Because you're you." Kagome said.
"Alright." Sesshoumaru said, putting his hands up in defeat. Kagome smiled and headed for the bed, but Sesshoumaru wrapped his tail around her and held her still while he climbed into the bed.
"Hey!" Kagome growled. Sesshoumaru smirked and let her go, he heard some colorful language from the miko before she grumbled and grabbed a pillow to make herself a bed on the floor.
"Consider it payback for all the whining you did on the way here."
==
Halfway through the night it started raining. And when it rains in the Amazon, it pours. Kagome was sleeping fitfully until a huge clash of lightening when through the air, the loud crash of thunder startled her into waking.
'Great.' Kagome thought. Looking out the window, which of course, was a hole in the very large tree that Oihane and Clodoveo claimed as their home. Lightening flashed again, too close to their home of Kagome's comfort. She jumped at the noise of the thunder that imdeadly followed the lightening. The pouring rain didn't help her fears either.
Suddenly there was a huge flash, blinding Kagome for a second. When the rumble of thunder had passed Kagome opened her eyes, and wished she hadn't. A tree was on fire nearby, really really nearby. Kagome started shaking as she watched the flames lick the top of the tree. Even the pouring rain wasn't putting it out.
Kagome wanted to hide under a blanket and wait the storm out before going back to sleep. Unfortantly, the only blanket was on Sesshoumaru. Kagome sighed and headed back for her bed on the ground, until the rumble of thunder and crackling of fire and lightening forced her into the bed with Sesshoumaru.
'It's only until the storm passes. I just need something to hide under.....I feel like such a little girl....hiding under a blanket. But when I was a little girl there wasn't a tree on fire right next door.' Kagome thought. Carefully she lifted the blanket and crawled in, trying to stay as far away from Sesshoumaru as humanly possible.
==
Kagome woke up to the sun shining in her face, she yawned and rolled over, wanting more sleep. She rolled right into someone.
"Sleep well did we?" Someone said. Kagome slowly opened her eyes and blushed. She was curled up right next to Sesshoumaru chest.
"I...ummm....that is....." Kagome continued to blush furiously and jumped out of the bed.
"Are you two sure you're not mates?" Someone from the door said. Kagome blushed even redder, if that was possible, when Oihane came into the bedroom with a plate of fish. "And don't worry, the fish is from a clean part of the river."
"Thank you." Kagome said, taking bites of the fish.
"Are you two going to be heading back today?" Clodoveo asked.
"I don't know how we are going to though. Our guied was killed and we don't know the way back. And what's going to happen when the hotel finds out that one of their men were killed?" Kagome said, sighing.
"We shall cross that bridge when we come to it. At the moment, I think we should be getting back. Our plane back home leaves tomorrow." Sesshoumaru said.
"It's been a week already?" Kagome asked. Time had flown by....and she was getting a little bit homesick.
"We can take you to the edge of the jungle, after that, I'm afriad you're on your own." Clodoveo said. Oihane gave Sesshoumaru a poncho made from leaves and roots to use as a shirt. And after packing a lunch, the four set off.
==
It had started raining again as soon as they stepped five feet into the jungle, Kagome sighed. Oihane and Clodoveo grabbed some large, green tree leaves and wrapped them around Kagome and Sesshoumaru's heads, producing make-shift umbrellas.
"Is this the rainy season?" Kagome asked as the pelting rain hit her little umbrella.
"Nope." Oihane said, stepping into a very large mud puddle. "Rainy season isn't for another couple months."
"How much longer until we get to the nearest road?" Sesshoumaru asked, looking around. Trees surrounded his left, trees surrounded his right, trees in front of him, trees in back of him.
"Another couple hours or so." Clodoveo said. Kagome sighed tiredly, she had gotten used to walking long distances when she was hunting Jewel Shards, but still....it wasn't the most enjoyable thing to do.
==
The group took a break inside a large tree, which was very dry. Kagome eagerly sat down to rest, as did the rest of the group.
"IIIIiiiieeeee!" Kagome screamed, jumping up and running to the other side of the tree.
"What is it?" Oihane asked, his spear ready.
"S...spi...spider!" Kagome squeaked from behind Sesshoumaru, the Taiyoukai had to resist rolling his eyes.
"This little thing?" Clodoveo asked, picking the large spider up.
"Little? That thing is huge!" Kagome said, the hairy brown spider was about the size of her hand, give or take an inch.
"Kagome, this one is small compared to the ones near deeper into the jungle." The tayra laughed at Kagome's fear of spiders. Then Oihane took the spider and took a bite of it, making Kagome gag.
"Sesshoumaru, would you like some?" The male tayra asked, holding the still moving spider towards the Taiyoukai.
"I am fine." Sesshoumaru answered, he could think of better things to eat than a live spider. Oihane shrugged his shoulders and handed the rest to his mate, who eagerly ate the rest of the hairy spider.
"I don't suppose there is anything else besides spiders to eat?" Kagome asked, Clodoveo nodded and took the lunch they had packed out of her bag. There was fish, some leaves of some sort, and what looked like fruit.
"And for water we can put this bowl out to collect rain." Oihane said, passing the fish out to everyone and then taking the bowl outside the tree.
"This fish is really good, what kind is it?" Kagome asked, taking a bite of her fish.
"Piranha." Clodoveo said, happily eating her fish. Kagome looked down at her lunch and suddenly wasn't very hungry.
==
After lunch the group continued walking through the still falling rain. Kagome looked down at her pants, they were caked with dirt and mud up to her ankles. Her shirt was wet and cold with rain and Kagome didn't even want to think about what things could be stuck in her hair.
"How much longer?" The miko asked.
"This is the edge of the jungle, if you keep going for another half-mile or so, you should get to a public road." Oihane said, smiling.
"Many thanks for your help." Sesshoumaru said, bowing slightly.
"I'll miss you guys." Kagome said, then she remembered she had her camera with her. She had planned on taking pictures of the birds and plants, but the jaguar attack had made her forget. "Can I take a picture?" She asked.
"Sure." The tayra said. Kagome smiled and snapped a couple pictures of her friends. Then after saying farewell again, Kagome and Sesshoumaru went on their way.
"Lets see how that picture came out." Kagome said, thankfully it was a ditagal camera, Kagome turned it on and scrolled through the pictures.
Only to find that Oihane and Clodoveo hadn't shown up in her picture.
"What?" Kagome wondered, she turned around the stop them and get another picture, but all she saw was some mist in the still raining forest.
"What is the matter?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"The picture didn't come out....I have the background, but the tayra didn't show up." Kagome answered. Sesshoumaru and Kagome looked behind them and saw the mist form into tayra shaped forms. One of them smiled and winked, then disappeared into nothing.
"Kami." Sesshoumaru said.
"What?" Kagome asked, watching the mist disappear.
"Tayra-kami. Just the spirits trying to help." Sesshoumaru answered, then he turned from the now gone mist and started walking.
"Wait a second, does that mean that Oihane and Clodoveo weren't real?"
"Of course they were real, they were just not of this world." Sesshoumaru smirked and continued walking, leaving a semi-confused Kagome to wonder.
==
"Finally." Kagome said, stepping onto the road.
"Now all we have to do is get a ride." Sesshoumaru said, looking down the road. There seemed to be a jeep coming, wiether it was friendly or not was a different matter.
"Maybe we can hitch a ride back to the hotel." Kagome said, watching the jeep come closer and closer. Sesshoumaru stepped onto the road and hailed the driver, who stopped and looked at them.
"What do you want?" He asked.
"Would you be so kind as to give us a ride? We are lost." Kagome said. The man looked at them for a second, then nodded. Kagome and Sesshoumaru climbed into the back of the jeep, happy to be getting back.
"Where to?" Their driver asked.
"Sao Luis." Sesshoumaru answered, the driver nodded and continued driving.
The jeep finally got onto a highway and picked up speed, Kagome looked out the window and watched the trees and other cars go by. They would be going home tomorrow, she was homesick...but...it had been fun in Brazil.
"You know what?" Sesshoumaru said, breaking the silence and Kagome's train of thought.
"What?"
"I have a meeting with the sharks tomorrow morning." Sesshoumaru said, smirking. Kagome smiled as well.
"I can't wait to see their faces when you tell them you're not going to sell GT to them." Kagome said, that would be worth a picture or two.
"They will start begging, even for a piece of GT." Sesshoumaru said, he had dealt with people like them. They would do anything for a part of the company.
"You're not going to give them a piece of GT are you?" Kagome asked.
"Oh....I'll give them something." Sesshoumaru said.
"Really? But I thought you weren't going to sell-"
"I never said I was going to sell GT to them Kagome. I'll give them a mousepad with GT's logo on it." Sesshoumaru said, smirking. Kagome smirked as well.
==
"Sao Luis." Their driver said, stopping in the city. Kagome thanked him and handed him some money. The man looked at the amount she had given him and his eyes went wide.
"Thanks again." Kagome said, turning to get out of the car.
"Wait...where in Sao Luis?" The driver asked, pocketing the large amount of money Kagome had given him. Kagome smiled and climbed back into the car, telling the man where their hotel was.
==
"Thanks so much." Kagome said, the man had driven them to the hotel and dropped them off at the front building.
"Thank you miss." The driver said. Kagome nodded and handed him a very large tip. The driver smiled and thanked her again, the drove off.
"You're too nice Kagome." Sesshoumaru said.
"Well...one of us here has to have a heart." Kagome responded.
"Prepare to get bombarded with questions." Sesshoumaru said, looking towards the group of people coming towards them. The sharks had spotted them.
"Sesshoumaru-sama! Where were you all yesterday?" One of the men asked. Sesshoumaru ignored them and started walking towards their room, Kagome following closely.
"Did something happen?" Another man asked.
"We wished to have another meeting, but we couldn't find you." Yet a third man asked. Sesshoumaru growled and walked into his and Kagome's room, quickly shutting the door in the men's faces.
"Awww....that wasn't very nice." Kagome said, flopping on her bed.
"So?" Sesshoumaru said, calling up room service and ordering dinner to come to their room.
"I'm going to take a nice, long, hot shower." Kagome said, heading towards the bathroom with a towel and clean clothes.
"Try to save some hot water please." Sesshoumaru said, opening up the fridge and grabbing some liquor and a candy bar.
==End Chapter==
WD: Wow...that was a long chapter, 10 pages according to my computer.
==Reviews==
Nakashima: Yes, I must torture you all, it keeps you interested. I know, the last chapter was pretty short, but this one's 9 pages by my computer, so it's a bit longer than that last chapter.
Rose Rain: I guess Kagome is kinda wimpy, but she doesn't have her bow or arrows with her, so what would she use to fight with? She doesn't know how to use a sword or her fists...so is kinda depending on Sesshoumaru to keep her safe.
Sukera: I still can't believe that you like my story that much. Much love to you. All my readers make me soooo happy! And you make me really happy because you really like my story and now I'm ranting so I'm going to stop typing now....Yay!
HieilovesBotan: I've never seen her use her miko powers without her bow or arrows ever in the show, unless you count that one time in episode one.
Mystic Hanyou: I know, she's whinny quite a bit I'll give you that, but Sesshou-chan seems to be putting up with it. Don't worry, as the story goes along, she gets better with defending herself. In the next chapter or so she gets to defend herself in an amusing way...I guess.
Fiery Demon Fox: I'm really really glad you like it. Sesshou-chan didn't get all that hurt, which was good.
AngelMiko69: Sorry about the cliffy....somewhat, I enjoy writing cliffhangers, they keep all my wonderful fans on the edge.
Kay's Craft: Shippou will be coming in shortly, the next couple chapters I think. Glad you liked!
Tbiris: We'll just say that the branches are too thick.....yes, lets go with that. Thanks for reviewing, and I probably could have had Kagome do something, but I didn't think to. Oh well.
Shinna: Thanks! Glad you liked and thanks again for reviewing!
Inu-fanforever: Then you won't like the next chapter if your wondering what happened to Inuyasha, Sesshou-chan finally tells Kagome what happened to our hanyou friend. Have you read my other story, Actions Speak Louder Than Words? That's a Inu/Kag fic.
Christi: I don't have a younger brother, I do have a younger sister. And 2 older brothers, and 5 other older sisters. Everyone but my little sister is out of the house and on their own. So it's just my little sister and me, and I don't play pranks on her, I don't know any really good ones that might backfire on me.
Silverstargazing: Sesshou-chan's alright, so is Kagome. Yay! Thanks for reviewing! Yay!
Suzuko: Well, hoped you want more after this chapter. Glad you liked!
Amy: Well, cliffhanger is over....for the moment. There will be more cliffhangers very soon.
Madam Sorceress: I know about sisters, was it your younger or older sister?
Ptbear: Shippou should be coming in real soon, the chapter after next I think.
Kostos: Sorry about the cliffy....