Hay! I would have had this chapter up sooner, but I lost the notebook I wrote it in. It's either somewhere in my auntie's car or somewhere between Las Cruces, New Mexico and San Diego, California. Oh well. The winner will be announced at the end of this chapter. Yay!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I do own all the original characters that happen to be in this story.
She and Inucenaru landed right in front of where Inuyasha and Koga were sitting with a THUD!
Inuyasha and Koga using their great instincts leapt to their feet. Kagome and Inucenaru looked down quickly and stared intently at the water. Their faces bright red.
"What were you doing?" Koga demanded.
"Nothing!" Both girls said not looking up.
"What were you doing on that rock?" Inuyasha asked.
"What rock?" Both girls said together still staring at the water.
"Would you look at us?" Inuyasha demanded
"I would rather not." Kagome said still blushing
"Same here." Inucenaru said.
"Why not?" Koga demanded
"Because I really would don't want to see either of you naked." Kagome said 'okay. Maybe I would like to see Inuyasha, just not with Koga and Inucenaru around' she thought but then mentally slapped herself for thinking it
Both boys turned bright red and did the first thing they could think of. They went back into the water even though their clothing was on arms reach.
The two girls looked up slowly, still blushing slightly.
"We'll be going now." Inucenaru said as she and Kagome got to their feet and quickly headed for the shore.
"Leaving so soon?" A new voice asked from behind them. Kagome and Inucenaru turned around. A young girl about 17 with long black hair had appeared out of no where. Kagome couldn't help notice that she dressed strangely. She wore only a yellow bikini made from some strange material. Because she sat in the water no other clothing could be spotted.
"Who are you?" Inuyasha asked reaching for his sword.
"My name is Koharu" The girl replied. "But you're not in any position to be asking question."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha asked getting ready to strike.
The girl waved her hand a dozen guards appeared from beneath the water. They readied their spears.
"What's going on?' Kagome asked taking a step back
"You're under arrest." Koharu answered simply
"Hi Koharu!" Inucenaru said
"Oh, hi Inucenaru. How are you doing?" Koharu said just now spotting Inucenaru
"Great! How about you?" Inucenaru replied
"I'm fine." Koharu added "But I see you're still getting into trouble."
"Of course." Inucenaru said smiling.
One of the guards cleared their throats and Koharu remembered what she was supposed to be doing. Koharu waved her hand again and the guards started to advance. She said "If you resist they will attack, but if you come quietly you might be let off. What's it going to be?"
Inuyasha and Koga got ready to fight. Inucenaru thought for a second and said to Inuyasha and Koga, "Wait, we wont fight them."
"What?" They asked in surprise
"I've gotten arrest by them before and things go a lot smoother if you just go with it."
"Whatever" Inuyasha said. Koga nodded
Two guards came up and grabbed Inuyasha and Koga by the arm and then they sprinkled some strange powder on them. Inuyasha's eyes widened in surprise. Koga lifted his above the water slowly and saw that instead of feet, he had fins! Every one but Inucenaru gasped. Koga stared at his blood red tail and Inuyasha at his dark blue one. Before anyone really had a chance to get over their surprise two more guards grabbed Kagome and Inucenaru and yanked them into the water. The sprinkled the same powder over them the second they hit the water.
Kagome could feel a strange kind of force wrapping itself around her legs and then it continued up around her chest. When it finally faded she looked at her baby blue colored tail in shock. She saw that instead on her normal outfit she now wore a small baby blue tank. She glanced at Inucenaru and saw that she was wearing the same thing just in a dark green.
"What did you do to us?" Inuyasha asked trying to get to stand up. There was a loud SPLASH as he fell back into the water. He sat up with a face full of mud.
"We need to take you to the palace and the only way to get there is to swim." Koharu said.
"We can swim!" Koga said frustrated.
"I can't" Kagome pointed out.
"It's at the bottom of the lake so even if you can swim no land dweller can get there so we turned you into merpeople."
"I don't want to be no stink'n fish." Inuyasha mumbled
"Inuyasha" Kagome said giving him a look that clearly said 'Shut up, before you get us in even more trouble'
"Whatever." He said
"Let's go!" Koharu said as she signaled to the guards. One guard grabbed each of them by them arm and dived under the water. Once they were pretty deep down and they all could handle their new fins pretty well Inuyasha yanked his arm away with a growl. Then he glared daggers at the other guards holding his friends and they quickly released their arm as well. The four followed Koharu in silence.
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Are we there yet?" Kagome asked out of boredom.
"No!" One of the guards replied
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Are we there now?" Kagome asked
"No"
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"Are we there yet?" Kagome asked again
"No"
"Hey Inuyasha, are you okay?" Inucenaru asked
"What?" Inuyasha replied. He had been really deep in thought.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Are we there yet?" Kagome asked the guard.
"Nothing really." Inuyasha replied to Inucenaru.
"No!" The guard almost yelled. Kagome was really starting to annoy him.
"It doesn't seem like nothing" Inucenaru said to Inuyasha ignoring Kagome's antics.
"What do you know?" Inuyasha replied coldly.
"I'm your sister. I know a lot." She said with a small smile.
"Are we there yet?" Kagome asked
"Yes." Koharu said swimming toward a grand castle.
They couldn't help, but stop and stare at the palace. It was built right into a reef and was decorated in types of shells. There were plants growing in a large garden. There were fish swimming about each with a destination in mind. In one word the palace was very colorful.]
"Keep moving!" A guard ordered jabbing the end of his spear into Kagome's back.
"Oww!" Kagome cried out in pain. Inuyasha let out a protective growl. Kagome looked up at him in surprise. She suddenly remembered what he been talking to Koga about at the hot spring earlier and blushed slightly.
They entered a grand hall adorned with small statues and beautiful paintings. One of the paintings caught Koga's eye. It was a portrait of a beautiful woman with shoulder length black hair and big chocolate colored eyes. He nudged Inuyasha with his elbow and jerked his head toward the painting.
"That looks like. . ." Inuyasha cut himself off as he continued to stare.
"You two better hurry up." Inucenaru warned. They quickly swam and caught up, but the painting still imprinted in their mind.
Soon they came to the end of the hall where a man and a woman were in the middle of a heated discussion. They were able to catch a few words of it before Koharu interrupted.
"My Lord, My Lady." She began bowing to each one, "We found the four who bathed in the Sacred Spring."
The King eyed them warily, but the queen smiled warmly, "I am Lady Artesia and this is my husband Lord Zenas. We rule over all the waters" She said, "Now that you know who we are, may we know your names."
Kagome stepped forward, "I am Kagome, Princess of the Fairies"
"I am Inucenaru, only daughter of Lord Inutashio, but you already know me."
"Yes, a little to well Lady Inucenaru" Lady Artesia said
"I am Inuyasha, second son of Lord Inutashio"
"I am Koga, next leader of the demon wolf pack."
"It is a pleasure to meet you Princess Kagome, Lord Inuyasha, and Prince Koga. You have been brought here under accusations of a serious crime." The queen said.
"Even more serious then when I stole some magic powder from one of your guards and started sprinkling it one unsuspecting humans." Inucenaru asked.
"Yes" Lady Artesia said.
"What about the time I stole a Sea Horse from the Royal Stables and rode it trough town telling everyone that we were under attack."
"Yes"
"What about the time I threw a rock at the Princes favorite pet cat fish and I died."
"That was you?" The queen gasped.
"Oops." Inucenaru said smacking her head, "I didn't get caught for that one did I?"
"As I was saying you have committed a very serious crime. You four bathed in the Sacred Springs." Lady Artesia said
"Actually," Inucenaru said raising her hand, "Kagome and I didn't"
"But you went into the water didn't you?" Lady Artesia said
"We fell in" Kagome said.
"You still went into the water" Lady Artesia said
"It was an accident!" Kagome said, "The rock broke."
"Whatever the reason you still went into the water and the punishment for that is normally prison for life." Lady Artesia said sadly.
"What?" Inuyasha yelled
"Is there any other way?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. I am willing to let you go if you do something for me."
"Exactly what do you want us to do?" Koga asked suspiciously
"You see my eldest daughter, Sango, is missing again."
"Again?" Inuyasha questioned
"Yes. You see she is always going off somewhere. Normally we don't mind, but tonight there is a very important ball and she need to be here." Artesia said
"Let me guess," Inuyasha said, "you want us to find her."
"If you can find her and bring her back here in time for the ball all charges against you will be dropped. Plus you will invited to join us at the ball." Artesia explained.
"Don't worry My Lady" Koga said. "We will find Lady Sango"
"Thank you." Lady Artesia said as she nodded at them.
Koharu led them out of the palace. "You better hurry if you are going to find her." She said as they reached the exit.
"Where do you usually find her?" Kagome asked.
"She normally comes back on her own really late at night. I don't know where she goes though." Koharu answered
"I know where she is!" Inucenaru said suddenly as she began to swim up.
The others shrugged and followed. Kagome was right behind Inucenaru on the long swim to the surface and as she watched her back something caught her eye. She studied it carefully as she swam.
'What is that on her back?' Kagome thought. 'All I can see is the bottom of whatever it is and yet it reminds me of something. It reminds me of my own birthmark, the one that symbolizes the Chosen Ones. Could Inucenaru possibly be a Chosen? No! She can't be. If she was she would be in a palace or something, but she did runaway.' Kagome was pulled out of her thoughts as they came to the surface.
"Do you see anything?" Inuyasha asked looking around. They were in the middle of a vast lake. Surrounding the lake was a beautiful meadow.
The turned around and saw a young mermaid sitting on a large rock near the shore. Her long black hair covered her back. Sitting next to her was a young man with brown that was just short enough to be pulled into a small ponytail at the back of his neck. Just as Kagome was going to call out to them the mermaid slapped the guy making him fall into the lake screaming "HENTAI"
Kagome giggled instead as the man came to the surface with a red handprint across his cheek. As he pulled himself up onto the rock he spotted them.
"Hey there!" He called waving his hand, "Would you like to join us?"
"Sure!" Inucenaru called back.
They disappeared under the water for a second and then reappeared next to the rock. Inuyasha and Koga pulled themselves onto the rock first and then helped Inucenaru and Kagome up.
The guy quickly went to where Kagome was sitting and took her hands into his. "My name is Miroku. What may I call you by fair maiden?" he said
"Kagome." She answered nervously staring at heir hands.
"Kagome, would you please consider bearing my child?" Miroku said, "Or perhaps you would like to?" he said to Inucenaru releasing Kagome's hands and placing them on the girls backs. Both girls turned bright red from embarrassment and then they turned red with anger when they felt Miroku's hand go a little to low.
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Miroku was back into the water in seconds.
"I'm Sango." The mermaid said extending her hand to Kagome who was the closest one to her.
"I'm Kagome" Kagome said.
"My name's Koga."
"Name's Inuyasha."
"You already know me." Inucenaru said
"How could I forget?" Sango said laughing.
"I'm Miroku!" Miroku said climbing onto the rock.
"We all know you!" Inuyasha said angrily.
"We've been looking all over for you, Sango." Inucenaru said
"Really? Why?" Sango asked
"Your mom sent us to get you?" Kagome said.
"The diner!" Sango said alarmed, "I have to go! See you soon Miroku."
"Bye" Miroku said happily as Sango dove under the water.
"See ya!" Kagome said as they all dove under the water after Sango.
"Bye" Miroku said again as they disappeared. He sat there for a second, "I have better get ready." He said as he jumped into the water and swam to shore.
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"Kagome and Inucenaru can come with me to get ready for the ball." Sango said as she swam down a hall in the palace. "You two" she referred to Inuyasha and Koga, "can see my brother. He'll take care of you"
"Who's your brother?" Kagome asked
"You can meet him right now." Sango replied as she stopped in front of a door. She knocked.
"Who's there?" a muffled voice came from behind the door.
"It's Sango." She called
"Hold on I'm coming." The voice called back
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Finally the door opened to reveal a little boy. He smiled.
"Hey Sis!" He said as he opened the door all the way allowing everyone to enter his room.
They all looked around and saw that the entire floor was covered in items. There were books, toys, clothes and even furniture that had toppled over.
"Hey Kohaku." Sango said as she sat down on his bed. "I would like you to meet some new friends of mine. This is Kagome, Inuyasha, and Koga. Plus there's Inucenaru, but you already know her," Sango said as she motioned to each on of them as she called out their name.
"Hi, I'm Kohaku." He said
"Do you think you can help Inuyasha nd Koga get ready for the ball? They're all new around here." Sango asked
"Sure"
"Alright then." Sango said swimming towards the door followed by Kagome and Inucenaru.
"Bye" Kagome said with a wave of her hand.
"Have fun" Inucenaru said as she left he room.
They followed Sango to her room and went inside. It was the complete opposite of Kohaku's. Everything was clean and even though the room was huge there was very little furniture inside. At the end of the room there was a large door that led out to a balcony.
Sango led them to her bed and asked them to sit there. Then she went to small night stand and opened the drawer. She took out a few brushes and tossed two to Kagome and Sango. Then sat down next to them on the bed.
"Let's get ready!" She said as she began to brush her own hair,
"Can I do your hair Sango?" Kagome asked
Sango grinned, "Sure"
"I'll do Kagome's" Inucenaru volunteered
"I'll do your hair then." Sango said to Inucenaru.
They got to work quickly and happily
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