AN: Well, here's another chapter. I feel pretty good. I already have 4 reviews! I love my reviewers! Oh, and I got a review that said I forgot to say how old they are! Sorry about that, it completely slipped my mind! Anyway, Kagome is 16 and Inuyasha and Miroku are 18. When Sango comes in, she'll be 17. I'll tell you the other character's ages as I go. Hehe, I guess you wanna read the chapter now. Ok!

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"Here, drink this, child. Ye will be drowsy, but it helps heal the wounds," she explained as she handed the cup to Kagome. Kagome downed the whole thing, despite the putrid taste. Her eyes immediately began to close as she fell back down on the bed, dropping the cup on the floor and falling into a blissful sleep involving her rescuer. Her last conscious thought was that she had made a mistake by stealing from that man...but it was a mistake gone right.

A Mistake Gone Right

Chapter 2: A New Identity

Kagome slowly regained consciousness and opened her eyes. She shot straight up, but immediately regretted it as pain raced through her whole body. She fell back against the bed and tried to remember exactly what had happened yesterday. Her memories came soaring back to her. She remembered that Inuyasha and Miroku and Kaede had saved her life. Kagome looked down, studying her bandages. Some of them had red stains, while others were still clean. She relaxed when she saw she had new, clean clothes on, although her body was still pretty dirty. She desperately wanted a bath, but she knew that that would probably have to wait. She took in her surroundings. It was the room she had been put in yesterday. Her eyes landed upon a certain silver-haired hanyou and she smiled. He was sitting on the floor, his back leaning against the wall and he looked so content. She continued taking everything in when she spotted the hentai monk from yesterday lying on the floor, slightly curled up. They both looked so peaceful. Kagome let her eyes wander back to Inuyasha. She saw his oh-so-cute dog ears perched on top his head and felt a longing to pet them.

"So cute..." she mumbled to herself.

"Oh, so you're awake?" To Kagome's surprise, Inuyasha looked up from his position on the floor and opened his eyes. Kagome nodded.

"Yes, I'm awake," she said, trying again to sit up, only to have pain shoot through her once again. "Aaahh," she groaned and winced in pain. Inuyasha quickly got up and was at her side in an instant. He gently pushed her shoulder back so she was lying down again.

"You shouldn't move, you're injuries haven't had much time to heal," he explained. Kagome's mouth formed a small 'o' shape and she sighed dejectedly. "What did you to do to make that guy so mad at you yesterday?" he asked, hoping to get more information about this girl.

"Why does it matter?" Kagome questioned him, not wanting to tell him that she'd stolen from him.

"I'm just curious! I think I deserve an explanation since I'm the one who saved you from certain death!" argued Inuyasha.

"Well I wish you hadn't!" shouted Kagome back at him, sitting up as she did so, ignoring the pain her body was suffering through. Inuyasha looked taken aback. Was her life really that bad that she would rather have been killed? Inuyasha's eyes immediately softened. He somehow felt that he understood this girl's pain.

"Your life can't have been that bad!" he retorted.

"If only you knew..." she mumbled as tears started streaking down her dirty face. Inuyasha turned back to her when he smelt her tears.

"Don't cry! Please, don't cry! I can't stand to see an innocent girl cry!" he calmly said, trying his best to comfort her. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked softly as he pushed her back down again so she was, again, lying down. Kagome's crying softened, but it didn't stop. She shook her head and quickly focused her gaze anywhere but his eyes. She found his eyes very enchanting and had a hard time not spilling her guts to this stranger. "Well if you do ever need to talk, I'm here for you. I promise, I'll always be here for you," she looked up at him when she heard him say those words of trust and promise.

"How will you always be there for me? You're a royal and I'm just a peasant, a nobody. I can't become a royal unless I marry one," Kagome remarked smartly. Inuyasha mentally cursed himself. She was right, of course. But he didn't really want to leave her behind, where that man and possibly his friends could hurt Kagome more. Then he got a brilliant idea.

"You can travel with Miroku and me! You can pretend to be a royal from a far away kingdom!" he suggested with excitement in his eyes. Kagome pondered this for a moment before nodding.

"That's a good idea, but I'm afraid I don't own any royal clothes or anything and I have no money. I'm also sort of bed-ridden," she said, indicating her current injuries.

"That's all right; we can easily get you some royal clothes and don't worry about money. And we won't continue traveling until you're well enough to do so."

Kagome thought for a moment before smiling. This might turn out to be a blessing that Kami had finally graced her with. "Ok, let's do it!" she said determined.

"Ok, you're going to need a royal name and I can send Miroku out to go shopping for clothes. Hmmmm...a name..." he pondered, rubbing his chin with his thumb and forefinger.

"How about Kaitou Hitoride?" asked Kagome. Inuyasha looked at her. How did she come up with a name so fast? He decided to voice his question aloud.

"How did you come up with a name so fast?"

Kagome shrugged. "Well, what do you think?" Inuyasha pondered the name for a while. 'Kaitou Hitoride...Kaitou Hitoride...Kaitou...' He decided it was as good a name as any and he nodded.

"That will be your name; Kaitou Hitoride. Now we need to make up a land where you come from."

"How about Fumounochi?" she suggested. He was surprised yet again. She had to have quite an imagination if she could think up stuff like that that fast.

"Okay, you're Lady Kaitou Hitoride from the land of Fumounochi, which is located far to the east. I found you walking alone in this village and noticed you were a royal so I approached you. You left your kingdom by your parents' orders in order to find a suitable husband." It was Kagome's turn to be awe-struck. If he thought she could think fast, he should listen to himself sometime. He stared at Kagome, waiting for approval on the story. Kagome nodded and smiled. He smiled back. A slight grumbling caught their attention and they looked around to see what had caused it only to find Miroku stretching and yawning.

"Good morning," he said sleepily while rubbing his eyes.

"It's about time you woke up, monk!" Inuyasha shouted at the now awake Miroku.

"Well excuse me for being human and wanting to sleep," retorted Miroku.

"Feh!" was Inuyasha's reply as he crossed his arms over his chest and turned away. Kagome stared on in amusement and soon couldn't help but giggle. "What's so funny, wench?" Inuyasha asked harshly. Needless to say, Kagome was shocked. Inuyasha had been nothing but nice to her since they met, even if it was only yesterday. This new turn of personality confused her. She was used to people calling her names like that, it happened every day, but she never expected her rescuer to call her that.

"Oh, you wanna know what's funny, eh? Well, look in a mirror!" she shouted back, sitting up again.

"I look better than you do right now!"

"Well excuse me for not being all rich and getting beat up by a big ugly man!"

"A big ugly man that I saved you from!"

"I'd rather be with that big ugly man than with you!"

"Fine, go back to him! See if I care!"

"Fine, I will!" she said as she climbed out of bed. It hurt like hell, but she started to walk stiffly to the door only to have Inuyasha pick her up and put her back in bed.

"Don't move around too much or you'll hurt yourself, stupid," he said softly. Even though he added that insult at the end, Kagome could see the concern in his eyes. Her eyes immediately softened as she smiled. Miroku cleared his throat to grab the attention of the two.

"If you two love-birds are done, I'd like to have breakfast," he stated calmly. Inuyasha would have hit him for the 'love-birds' comment, but he too was hungry and his loudly growling stomach proved it.

"Fine, you and me will go get something to bring back here and eat. Kagome, don't move around too much or you might reopen your wounds, got it?" he added as he and Miroku left, leaving Kagome to her own devices. She decided she really wanted a bath, so she slowly and painfully got out of bed and began walking down the hall. She got to the service desk and saw Kaede.

"Lady Kaede, could you point me in the direction of the bath?" she asked the old lady, causing her to look up.

"Ye should not be out of bed, child!" she exclaimed as she came around the corner to support the girl.

"But I really want to take a bath," Kagome protested. Kaede sighed as she led the girl down the hall.

"All right, but ye must be extremely careful," she said as she led Kagome through a door and to the bath area. It was like a big swimming pool, a big heated swimming pool with candles all around the edge and various soaps set out. "I'll come in to check on ye later, child," Kaede said as she left the room. Kagome carefully sat on the edge and took off her clothes and slowly slid into the hot water.

"Ahhhh," Kagome sighed, relaxing in the water. She closed her eyes and a smile touched her lips. She then grabbed some soap and began scrubbing her skin, cleaning all the dirt and grime off. When she completed her first task, she grabbed the shampoo (I don't know if they had shampoo or conditioner back then, but in my story they have a primitive version of it, k? thanks for understanding!) and squirted some in her hair and lathered. The scent filled her nose and she was completely and utterly relaxed. When she had finished washing her hair, she stayed in for a while longer. She wanted time to think. And that's exactly what she did. She thought about everything. She wondered why Inuyasha had saved her and why he wanted her to travel with them. Her thoughts then wandered back to her family. Her parents and little brother had been killed by a local gang. Apparently her father owed them some money but he didn't have it so they took his and his family's lives. It happened when she was around 6 years old. Now it was 10 years later. She hadn't been there because she was visiting her friend, Sango. But the week after her parents and brother died, Sango and her family moved. Kagome doubted she would ever see her again. She continued thinking in the water when Kaede came in.

"Are ye finished?" she asked. Kagome nodded and Kaede went to grab her some more clothes and a towel. When she arrived, Kagome got out and dried off and changed. Kaede then helped walk her back to her room where Inuyasha and Miroku were waiting.

"Oi, wench, I told you not to move!" Inuyasha shouted the minute she came in. He then took in her appearance. Despite her bandages, she was now even prettier than before, now that she had cleaned up.

"I'm sorry, but I really wanted a bath," she apologized. Inuyasha walked over to her and stopped. He took in her scent. She smelled like a field of flowers. When Kagome saw that he was just standing there, staring at her, she decided to break the silence.

"When are we leaving?" she asked. Miroku raised an eyebrow from his seat in a corner.

"We?" he repeated, obviously confused. Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. He had forgotten to tell Miroku the story they had made up.

"Yeah, she's coming with us. Her name is going to be Lady Kaitou Hitoride from the far east land of Fumounochi," Inuyasha explained.

"I see...So why is she coming with us?" Miroku asked.

"Because we can't leave her here with that creep, ya moron!" Inuyasha said, as if it should have obvious.

"My mistake, I should've known," Miroku replied sarcastically.

"That's right, ya should have!" Inuyasha agreed, completely oblivious to the sarcasm.

Kagome shook her head at the guys' antics. It was just too funny. She decided to interrupt their little 'conversation' before it got out of hand.

"So...when are we leaving?" she repeated, hoping to catch their attention. She did and they looked over at her.

"We'll leave when your wounds heal," stated Inuyasha.

"But why can't we leave today?" she asked.

"Did you not hear me? You're not well enough yet!" explained Inuyasha.

"I am so! Look, I can walk without anyone's help!" she said as she took a few steps forward. Unfortunately she tripped and landed in Inuyasha's arms. She looked up and saw his face expressing concern.

"Looks to me like we won't leave until at least tomorrow," he said as he led her back to her bed. "We brought back some food," he said as he put a bowl full of oden in front of her.

"Oden!!" she shouted and almost jumped back out of bed in sheer joy, but she didn't want to spill any. Inuyasha sweat dropped and handed her a pair of chopsticks and she practically inhaled it. When she was finished she let out a long and content sigh.

"Aren't you going to eat, too?" she pondered out loud.

"We ate while we were waiting for you to get back from your bath," Miroku explained. "Inuyasha wanted to go get you, but I had to convince him that it was very un-gentlemanly to walk in on a lovely lady while she was bathing."

"I did not!" Inuyasha argued. Kagome blushed from embarrassment.

"Denial is always the first stage," Miroku said smartly. Inuyasha growled and held up his fists as a threat. "Whoa, down boy!" Miroku said smiling. That was the last straw. Inuyasha hit him and Miroku hit the floor, now unconscious. Inuyasha made a gesture as if he was wiping his hands clean as he smiled.

"Get some rest, you'll need it," Inuyasha advised as he perched himself against a wall and closed his eyes. Kagome smiled. She wasn't tired at all. 'I have a feeling I'm going to have quite the adventure traveling with these two.'

AN: Wow, that's shorter than usual. ::shrugs:: Oh well! I did pretty good considering I wrote it while having a case of writer's block! Tomorrow, they begin their journey and some...stuff...happens. I don't know exactly what'll happen yet, but it doesn't matter, because I have to update Stealing Four Souls and a Few Hearts before updating the next chapter to this one! If you haven't checked that story out yet, I'd appreciate it if you did! Time for Reviewer Responses!!

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