Inutori: Sorry it took so long to update this, I've been halfway banned from the internet by my dad so I can catch up on my homework.
Inuyasha: It's your fault for not doing it in the first place.
Inutori: No it's not. I was sick!
Sagi: (a friend and fairly faithful reviewer of mine) Yeah right, you little fibber.
Gem: (my alternate personality) Don't be stupid. Inutori is a trustworthy person, it is me you should be calling a deceitful person.
Sagi: Both you and Inutori are the same person, and you're both liars.
Inutori: I do not lie!
Sagi: Then why do you go around telling people that you own Inuyasha? Hmm?
Gem: Because I will in the near future.
Sagi: I wasn't talking to you, Germ. I was talking to Inutori.
Gem: Like I care? And the name is Gem, not Germ.
Chapter 6
And I Doubt You Can Handle
Inuyasha shifted uncomfortably on the scratchy hammock he was given to sleep in. There was no blanket or pillow, and he was really beginning to believe that he was going to catch a cold shortly. His back was to the door as he listened to the hinges creak with the entrance of someone into his chambers.
The scent was definitely feminine, and there was a hint of lavender mixed into it: it was Lady Kagome. He was just about to roll over when a soft blanket was draped over him and a pillow was inserted under his head after being lifted up slightly by her small hands. So the woman was being kind to him, how quaint.
If she had so much freedom on this boat, why couldn't she just tell the pirates to set her free or something? Inuyasha gritted his teeth, regretting ever wanting to face the crew of the Shikon no Tama.
Tama. That's what Miroku had called the captain. But was that her real name, or an alias. If so, what is her real name? So many things about her confused him, and he couldn't think clearly with Kagome-sama's enticing scent still filling his lungs.
"Inuyasha, you should be thanking Sango-chan, she's my unwelcome conscious on this ship right now." The woman's whisper startled and confused the hanyou prince, not really knowing what she was talking about.
After those few words, Kagome once again left the room, leaving Inuyasha in a much more comfortable state where he could relax and get some rest before tomorrow.
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"Two points to port, I want us to be flowing with the trade and not against it when that storm hits." Captain Tama walked confidently down the stairs from the upper deck to the lower deck quickly, knowing that Ookami was listening intently to her orders.
Inuyasha was scrubbing the decks again, Shippou gnawing on the silver-haired demon's head in his pink-bubble form. From the looks of things, the prince was just about ready to kill the kit, but was attempting to hold back.
She approached him without a moment's hesitation, catching Shippou when he transformed and leaped at her automatically.
But she did stop dead in her tracks about three feet away from the hanyou when he took a deep, curious breath through his nose and looked at her.
"What's wrong, kaa-chan?" Shippou looked up at Kagome innocently, curious as to what would scare the captain so easily.
"I get it now." That was all Inuyasha said before he looked away from her and went back to work scrubbing only one area of the deck with unnecessary force.
"You will eat dinner with the crew this evening, and you have cleaning duty afterward." Tama, better known as Lady Kagome, spoke to Inuyasha in her demanding voice, not wanting to be questioned.
"Good, didn't want to have to eat near you again." Inuyasha didn't look up at her, but went on scrubbing that one section of wood in his obvious anger.
"What's he babbling about, okaa-san?"
Kagome looked down at Shippou lovingly. "Nothing, Shippou-chan. Absolutely nothing." There was a pause as Kagome looked for her words. "A storms coming, I'd like you to go below deck before it hits so I don't have to worry about you blowing away, okay?"
"Hai." Shippou jumped out of Kagome's arms and ran to the stairs leading to the lower decks.
"Can't hide much from you, can I?" Kagome looked back at Inuyasha out of the corner of her eye, shifting her weight from one foot to the other.
"Keh, a demon never misses anything." Inuyasha didn't look back at her, but just continued scrubbing the floorboards in that one spot alone.
Kagome merely snorted quietly after his words and turned to return to the upper deck. "Secure the sails! We don't need them torn."
Men immediately acted on her words and soon the dirty white material was being tied up to the mast to protect it. Inuyasha watched up out of the corner of his eye as he begrudgingly continued cleaning the deck.
The storm came without delay, and Inuyasha stayed on deck just to spite Kagome's order for him to go below deck. She was getting soaked herself, staying by the helm to keep things in order. It really looked like she was having a tough time up there.
A large wave washed over the boat and Inuyasha found himself gripping onto some nearby ropes just to stay aboard. This wasn't the first water spilling over the deck, but it was certainly the strongest wave yet.
Through the rain, Inuyasha could make out only a few words, "captain," "overboard," and "drown." In his head, Inuyasha realized what it must mean: Kagome had been flushed off of the deck by that last wave.
Without even realizing what he was doing, Inuyasha was jumping into the water himself, swimming as fast as he could to who knows where. He had been rash in his decision to jump into the water, and now he was beginning to regret it; after all, he didn't even know where Kagome was.
After a few minutes of being tossed around by the storm, Inuyasha spotted what he thought was a part of the Shikon no Tama Captain's top. He had long since lost sight of the pirate ship, so wasn't in any position to question whether to dive after the object that had caught his eye.
What found its way into his hand was the small wrist of an unconscious Kagome that looked like she was about to drown. Her hair was plastered to her face and her mouth was parted slightly. Inuyasha wrapped a strong arm around Kagome's chest to keep her afloat, and attempted to tread water in the tossing sea to keep himself and his fiancé alive.
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Gem: Once again, sorry for the time it took to update, and I'm sorry about how short this chapter is. Please forgive me.
Inuyasha: How can anyone forgive a slacker?
Inutori: Will you shut up, Inuyasha, you're giving me a headache!
Sagi: Inuyasha, where's Fluffy-chan?
Gem: Didn't you already steal his boa? What do you want from him now?
Sagi: He's been stalking me to get it back, and I wanted to know if I was safe form him.
Inuyasha: Stupid wench, you ought to know that you can't best a dog-demon.
Gem: You can if you're the Grim Reaper.
Sagi: Or a fate!
Gem & Sagi: So mehg :p
Inutori: *gawking at other self & friend* Yeah…well, hope to see all of the readers next chapter! Ja!