(I'm very sorry it took me so long to update! As I said before, my updates may be slower but I am going to finish my stories. I'm thinking that I want to start another story sometime soon. Very drama/romance like. Lol. Thanks for the reviews!)
Kagome gulped and tried not to let the fear shine through her eyes.
'If I tell Kaede about Inuyasha–then she'll have him killed for sure!'
"I was helping Sango with something on the ship." Kagome lied, her voice sounding a bit bitter to her own disliking.
Kaede raised an questioning eyebrow to her answer, but sighed an honest reply of relief.
"I'm glad that ye told the truth Kagome. Whoever that curse went to it will only cause trouble." Kaede said.
"Trouble?" Kagome questioned as she wiped the few wet strands of hair from her face.
"Yes Trouble. If that power goes to a human, then the curse will immediately take over their human form. The power will be too great for them to hold all on their own so it will turn ugly real fast. Do ye understand?" Kaede said, her expression firm but with a soft touch toward her granddaughter.
Kagome nodded.
"But what if we used something to contain that power?" Kagome asked, trying not to sound too obvious.
"Like my protection beads that ye took from the sacred hold?" Kaede said mockingly.
Kagome gasped.
'She knew all this time? God...I guess I suck at lying!'
"Kagome.....Ye know what the cost is for your actions." Kaede said quietly, her eyes sad but her voice monotone.
"I'm going to loose my place as queen, which means Kikyo gets it since Rin is two years below the age of being picked. And....I will be banned, wont I?" Kagome replied wearily
Kaede nodded and said,
"We'll see you off tomorrow morning." She then turned her back to Kagome and began a slow walk to her quarters.
Kagome's shoulders slumped forward and she lowered her head to her chest.
She knew these rules were old, but why did they have to go by them still?
Out of her sisters, Kagome thought herself to resemble her father most–and she really wanted to become queen.
Now Kikyo was going to live her dreams out..
Kagome turned abruptly to the voice of her younger sister Rin.
"Kagome, What is the matter?" Rin asked, her eyes looking concerned and her sweet baby face looking too young to fit her grown up body once again.
"I've been hiding the person who got Raku's curse and now I'm banned from home and have lost my place in the role to queen." Kagome said quickly, her eyes filling with tears.
"I think Kaede is being too harsh on you. Your actions have always served us well. Oh Kagome I'd rather have you as queen then Kikyo!" Rin said, her arms flying open as she jumped forward and embraced her older sister.
"Thanks." Kagome choked out with a small laugh as she patted Rin's back.
"I should probably go pack though....I'm leaving tomorrow." Kagome said solemnly as she broke the embrace and headed towards her room without looking back. She didn't want to for fear of never letting Rin go.
(Later that night.)
Kagome was packed and had decided that it was best for her to leave in the middle of that night because it was just to much for her to have everyone watching her depart in the morning.
"First things first." Kagome sighed as she reached her hand to the wood cabin's door handle.
"I need to bring them home."
Kagome stepped inside the dark small cabin and quietly closed the door behind her.
She saw two sleeping figures, one of which who was snoring quite loudly.
Kagome guessed that to be Miroku so she went to the other sleeping figure.
"Inuyasha." Kagome muttered quietly as she gently shook him by the shoulders.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said a bit louder as she shook him a bit harder.
Inuyasha sighed in his sleep and reached up toward Kagome, putting his arms around her and bring her down on top of him.
"Hey!" Kagome said loudly, her voice louder as her face lay inches in front of his.
Inuyasha's eyes snapped open and his grip loosened around Kagome, almost dropping her.
"Hello." Inuyasha said.
"Hi." Kagome replied, very aware how close their lips were.
"Sorry about that." Inuyasha said shyly as he let go of Kagome and sat upright in his bed while Kagome sat up a bit stiffly.
"It's alright." Kagome said with a small smile that Inuyasha saw in the dark.
"So....What are you doing here this late?" Inuyasha asked as he scratched behind one of his doggy ears.
"Kaede found out about you and has banned me from home, but I thought it wise to take you and Miroku back to your time now so you both wont get hurt." Kagome said, her eyes shining in the pale moonlight that seeped in from the small window.
"God kagome, if I knew that this would cause so much trouble then I would of asked to go home earlier." Inuyasha said, his eyes a mix of longing and concern.
Miroku stirred a bit in his sleep and then quickly sat up, looking to the side where Kagome and Inuyasha were.
"What have I woken up to?" His voice sleepy and sarcastic like.
"Shut up you pervert!" Inuyasha yelled at him. "Can't you see that we are having a serious moment over here?"
"I know." Miroku said with a laugh as he got up out of his bed, arms folded as he walked over to where they were.
"No, I didn't mean it like that!" Inuyasha whined.
Kagome only smiled, she couldn't really laugh right now.
After Kagome told Miroku what happened and the two young men got ready; they were ready to head out the door when a loud knock came.
Kagome's eyes went wide and her thoughts began to race around in her head.
'Have they come for Inuyasha and Miroku already?'
Kagome slowly opened the door, only half of her ready for what was behind it.
There Sango and Rin were with big smiles on their faces.
"What are you two doing here?" Kagome asked shocked.
"Yeah!" Miroku chirped in quickly as he began to fix his hair when he noticed Sango.
"Well," Rin started looking to Sango then back at Kagome. "When you told me what happened I went to Sango and told her. We then decided to come with you. Home just wouldn't be the same without you Kagome."
Kagome smiled and said, "That's really nice, but don't you think it'd be best if you two stay here? I mean...you both have so much to offer for your future here."
Sango shook her head.
"Our future is with you." She said with a smile.
"I guess it's settled then." Kagome said with a smile. "But where will we go?"
Inuyasha and Miroku looked at each other then back at the girls.
"You all could stay with us in the modern time. I'm sure my brother wont mind some extra company. He lives all alone and we go to his house on our college breaks." Inuyasha offered, looking from one girl to another.
"Brother huh?" Rin questioned with a small smile. "What's his name?"
"Sesshomaru." Inuyasha replied to Rin.
"Oh Inuyasha I don't know...I'd feel bad with us all intruding like that." Kagome protested.
"No problem. It's really ok." Inuyasha said smiling.
So off they went to Kagome's ship to go to Inuyasha's modern life.
