Written By: Angel Maiden

If I do not get more reviews on the story, I fear I shall have to cut it. You see, I base my whole story on the stats. If many people like it, I update but when the do not I delete it and it does not show up again. If you like, the stories please review. I accept flames too it helps me to know what I am doing wrong. Now on with story, please enjoy, and for any drama that may come up, I was listening to classical music when I wrote this with a lot of rise and fall to it.

Chapter 8: A pirate town and a rumble at the bar.

P.S. To my dear friend you are in here with your favorite character Edward! I hope I made your day!

Kagome awoke to the sound of boots running overhead. The Whole ship felt as if it was going at a snails pace to what it usually did. She jumped from bed throwing on a pair of men's trouser she had stolen from some of the crew and a loose fitting shirt. She let her raven hair tumble down in soft curls.

The door to her cabin flung open as sango walked in dressed in a black dress. Their mouths hung open as they looked at each other.

"Sango you're wearing a dress!" kagome sputtered

"I am the one who should be surprised, you're wearing pants!"

The shock wore off and they walked arm in arm up to the deck where the crew scurried about dropping anchor, and other things to get ready to go to shore.

Rin ran up in a light pink dress her hair neatly pinned up in a small bun with pieces hanging down most likely from running around.

"Kagome can I wear pants like you?"

"Miroku has a black eye do you know why?"

Sango let out a very un-lady like snort as she looked at the little girl.

"I have no idea." Kagome said in an innocent voice. She nudged sango in the ribs shutting her up.

Grabbing her hand, the three girls walked around the deck watching the crew hurry back and forth all the while yelling commands. Not a one of them dared yell a curse while kagome and sango where around, at least not after last night and the beating miroku got.

"Good Morning Captain Sesshomaru!" Kagome yelled up to the man who stood watching the crew.

He only eyed her before going back to watching the men.

"I said Good Morning captain!" kagome screamed her voice laced with anger

"If I say good morning back will you stop screaming?" his voice never rising from the usual.

"Maybe." She said watching him.

"Then good morning." he watched as she walked on with the others muttering about annoying men.

The island loomed closer looking some what frighten to rin. She leaned over her arms gripping the railing as she watched it.

"Kagome something is not right about the island." She said her little voice shaking with fear.

"Aw come on rin its not that scary it's just the way the light is hitting it." Kagome said watching the little girls face contour with worry.

"Kagome, I have a bad feeling we can't go onto that island there is something bad there!" she said.

"It'll be alright rin I promise." Kagome said looking down at her.

Rin looked up her face only showing trust making kagome's insides twist with worry herself. What will happen if something bad did accrue, could she only blame herself?

The ship slowly pulled into the dock as sesshomaru spoke orders to everyone.

"Half of us will go ashore first, then the second half. If the first party is not back with in to hours send a small search party for us." His words came out seriously with no room for argument.

Slowly the group walked onto the pirate island in search of supplies, trade, and maybe some spirits. (Spirits are alcohol)

Kagome watched as most of the crew went into some kind of run down bar, as the others went off with piles of things to trade in their arms. She jogged up beside sesshomaru Rin's hand still in hers.

"Sesshomaru, where did all those things come from?" she asked watching the men enter a merchants shop.

"A month before we picked you up we robbed a Spain merchant ship." He said his eyes never moving from in front of himself.

"I think I would have rather not known." She said taking huge strides to keep up with him, while rin ran beside her.

"Then you should have not asked." He said watching a group of poorly dressed men that stared to long at kagome and rin.

He walked into a tavern with what was left of the group trailing behind him. "This where we shall eat dinner, every one sit and eat I do not know how long we have before we must leave."

"Sesshomaru we only just got to this island!" kagome said surprise in her voice an eyes.

"It is never too good to stay in one place to long, even more so with this being a pirate's island. The royal navy could find it any day."

They all sat down at a table as a server came over to take their order.

"Good day all, my name is winry and I'll be your server." "Now what would like to eat?"

Winry went down the line getting the orders of everyone; problems arose when she got to miroku though.

"Oh fair lady, bear my children for me!" winry froze looking down at miroku.

She slammed the menus she had collected down on his head. "You lecher! I have a boyfriend, and if Ed heard you talking like that he would kick your butt!"

A teenager with blond hair poked his head around the corner of the kitchen door. What looked like a man in armor following him?

"Is something wrong winry?" A teenage boy's voice cam from the armor. "This man just asked me to bear his children I can't believe the nerve of him."

Miroku's face dropped as he watched the two come closer. "Is it true that you asked my girlfriend that?" asked the boy with blonde hair.

Miroku begin to laugh. "You mean this boy is your boyfriend?" he asked in between shaking laughter.

Ed blew up his hair almost standing on end. "Who you calling short little flea you old gramps!" he shouted at miroku.

Al held him back as he tried to reason with ed. "Brother, he never said that!" Ed calmed down enough before he pulled winry closer to him. "Leave my girlfriend alone!"

Miroku just nodded before quickly giving them his order and turning to pissed off sango was promptly knocked out.

Kagome sat down at the end giggling at the whole scene that took place.

"You do know it is rude to stare or for that matter giggle at other peoples problems." A cold voice said from behind her.

Kagome turned around glaring at sesshomaru. "His, my friend I can stare at his problems if I want to!" she shouted causing the whole table to glance up at her before all together ignoring her again.

Sesshomaru lifted an eyebrow as a smirk spread across his face. "I mean I can stare at what his doing."

"And just what is he doing when you stare at him?"

"That's not what I meant and you know it sesshomaru!" she said her voice rising.

"I know not of what you speak kagome." His voice never rising.

"Oh, just forget about it." She sat back down slowly ignoring the looks she was getting from strangers.

Dinner was eaten and the group made their way back to pick up the rest of the people that had broken off from them earlier.

The arrived at the bar in time to see a man probably one of theirs crash through a window onto the ground at Sesshomaru's feet.

"Get up and tell me what has happened!" he said nudge the man to his feet.

"A huge man with glowing red eyes cam in and wanted to know where she was!" he said pointing to kagome. Everyone turned to look at her as sesshomaru grabbed her by the shoulders.

"Who is this man?" he asked searching her eyes.

"I do not know the only people I know are the ones I have met on your ship or in my town and none of them have red eyes!"

The man they had spoken ran through the door and skidded to a stop in front of them. "Give her to me, she is mine!"

Kagome looked at him in fear as sesshomaru shielded her with his body. "How do you know kagome?"

"I met her once, under the sea you might say!" his voice raspy as if it had not been used in a while.

Kagome stepped closer to sesshomaru. "That's the thing that pulled us under when we fell off the ships it's got to be."

Sesshomaru looked closer the glowing red eyes coming back to him. "What do you want with kagome?"

"She has the power of the shikon jewel I must posses it!" he shouted diving towards them.

Sesshomaru pulled out his sword and slashed at the man keeping him a few feet away. "Inuyasha, take kagome, and the others back tell the crew what is happening and send more!"

Inuyasha tried dragging kagome off; she stubbornly dug her heels down into the dirt. "I will not go I can fight just as well as any body!" her voice showing she was trying to break free of inuyasha.

"Come on kagome, he said too, not me!" he said as he tugged at her waist.

Kagome looked back at inuyasha. "I am sorry this might hurt you." She let her miko powers out some forcing inuyasha to let go as he hand sizzled from a minor burn.

She ran back to sesshomaru her powers now ready to fight as she had been trained.

The two had already begun the ancient dance of fighting. Both circling then lunging swords clashing against each other as sparks flew from the metal.

Kagome drew in on her powers letting them form into her hands. Slowly walking up behind the strange man, she stuck her hands on him letting her miko begin to purify the thing within.

Sesshomaru stepped back as he watched her. Her hair flying in some kind of magical wind, as a pink light engulfed around her body.

"Kagome I told you to go back to the ship." He yelled as he watched the thing writhe in pain.

"I couldn't leave you here sesshomaru, I'll never leave you."

With her concentration else were her powers went down some allowing the man time to release a cloud of black ink before disappearing.

A voice rang through their group proclaiming it would be back for her and the shikon jewel.

Kagome sat down trying to regain her strength, sesshomaru bent down in front of her. "Climb on we have to get back to the ship."

Slowly she hauled herself up and let him carry her. "You know I am not sorry I did not listen to you."

I dry laugh was caught by her ear. "Ah so the great sesshomaru does laugh."

"Not often, now sleep."

Kagome only nodded as her eyes closed letting her drift off to a more peaceful place.

Night Blue eyes opened as moonbeams feel across her face. Kagome looked around the dark room only to see one person sitting in the corner. Standing up she padded across to the person only to pull back in surprise.

For there in the chair, set sesshomaru his head over to one side as he silently slept. Had he stayed there the whole time?

"Back to bed kagome." Kagome yelped in surprised as he glanced at her.

Quickly she raced back to the bed feeling somewhat safer with him sitting there.

"Good night Sesshomaru." She drifted back into her world of dreams as sesshomaru looked over at her.

'Maybe' he thought 'Falling in love with a village priestess wasn't the worst thing that could happen'

Ok its finally done chapter 8! Wow I cannot believe I have made it this far! Well enjoy and remember to read the memo at the top it is very important. Now review for the stories sake!

Angel Maiden