Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous
Disclaimer: I will never own Inuyasha. Get over it people.
AN: Okay I know you are all probably really pissed off with me for not updating. I apologize. I hate to say it but my exams were more important than updating a chapter. Sorry about that. But now its summer so I have a lot more time. Oh and I realize that Inuyasha's parents names are different. I just didn't want to use their real names. Sorry if anyone's mad, but you'll have to deal with it.
Oh and the people who believe that my grandpa isn't controlling and I making it up are really wrong. If you don't think that he has control over me your wrong. He could easily take away my TV, my computer, my laptop, and even my car. You people are lucky if your parent's aren't controlling, but my grandpa is. Sorry if I sound like a bitch but I don't like people calling me a liar.
Catkin Blossom, yes I have read the Daughters of the Moon and I love it. That's where I got the name from. Thank you everyone for being so supportive. I love you all.
THEBLACK-SHADOW390- When I read your flame I couldn't help but laugh. You are the first flame I think I have gotten so far. I love how you cussed at me and then said sorry for the rudeness. I just couldn't stop laughing. The fact is that my story has 380 reviews of people telling me they love my story. Then I have your one flame. It didn't affect me at all and was absolutely pointless. Just to let you know I really don't care what you think when I have tons of people who love my story.
Now that that's over with… On with the chapter.
Chapter 18: Five Days Left
Two days had passed since everyone found out that they were going to be traveling all over the "wilderwild" as Sango called it. Everyone was tired and really wanting the trip to end.
Ayame and Inuyasha
"Just think… Only five days left," Ayame said, as her and Inuyasha finally reached the river that they were supposed to kayak down.
"Yeah only five more days of hell," Inuyasha replied, sarcastically. Inuyasha wasn't tired; he was just annoyed that he had to do this in the first place.
"Come on Inuyasha, you know you're having fun," Ayame replied, smirking. She grabbed the red kayak and began to pull it towards the water. "At least we finally get to kayak." It was a known fact that Ayame loved the water, and loved to kayak. Ayame already had her kayak in the water by the time Inuyasha was even attempting to get his into the water.
"Inuyasha hurry up!" Ayame yelled from her kayak. Inuyasha glared at her and began to pull his golden kayak into the water as well.
"We have to follow this river for about five miles," Ayame said cheerfully, as Inuyasha pulled his kayak up next to hers.
"FIVE MILES?" Inuyasha yelled, angrily. "That's going to take forever!" He put his head into his hands and began to shake his head. "We're going to be paddling all day," he complained.
"Oh Inuyasha suck it up. At least we don't have to walk," said Ayame, trying to look on the bright side. Just then she began to paddle away.
"This is going to be hell," Inuyasha said to himself, following along behind Ayame.
Sango and Sesshoumaru
"Hey Sess how much farther?" Sango asked, who was ahead of Sesshoumaru by about five feet. They were still stuck inside the forest. They had no idea it would take them over two days to get through it. It probably didn't get help that they got lost on the second day.
"Probably another seven miles of walking till were free of this damned forest," Sesshoumaru said, angrily. He wasn't very happy when they got lost on the second day.
"Why did we have to get stuck in the never-ending forest?" Sango question, angrily. "I mean not only did we have to climb over a flipping mountain, but now were stuck in the damned forest that never ends."
"Sango, calm down. I know you're pissed; so am I but freaking out about it is not going to get us out of the 'damned forest that never ends,'" Sesshoumaru said, quoting her. Sango just began to laugh. What are you laughing about?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
"Nothing," Sango said, trying to cover up her giggles. Eventually she couldn't hold it anymore. "You just sound so funny when you're trying to be all smart like that!" she yelled laughing her head off.
"I don't see what's so funny about it," Sesshoumaru said, annoyed that she was laughing at him.
"You're always so monotone and serious about everything, but there was actually concern in your voice. I have never heard that before, and it's kinda funny when it comes from you," Sango explained, now devoid of her giggles.
"Well if I knew you were going to react like that I wouldn't have said anything," Sesshoumaru said, trying to defend his pride.
"Oh Sess don't take it like that. It's nice to know that there is an actual person behind the mask you put on every day," Sango replied, smiling. "Now come on, we have seven miles to hike and it's going to get dark in a couple of hours." Sango began pulling Sesshoumaru along behind her.
Sesshoumaru quickly pulled away from her grasp and walked beside her. "So which way now o wielder of the map," Sango said in a joking manner.
"That way," Sesshoumaru replied, pointing out their destination. With that, the two of them began their long journey out of "the damned forest that never ends."
Kagome and Miroku
"Miroku I'm telling you that we have to go left here, not right!" Kagome shouted, angrily. She and Miroku had been arguing for the past twenty minutes. They were about to begin their ascent on a mountain, and were currently standing on the mountain path. However there was a fork in the path.
Miroku thought they should go right, and Kagome thought they should go left. They looked at the map and it had no indication of which way was actually correct. Both were adamant that their way was the correct one.
"Okay, Kagome if you really believe that you're correct then why don't you go left and I'll go right," Miroku suggested. Women were so stubborn and he was tired of fighting with her.
Kagome looked shocked at his suggestion. "Fine be that way then Miroku. I'll see you on the other side," Kagome stated, angrily, as she walked off to the left. Miroku sighed and walked off to the right.
"Woman," he said aloud, before continuing his way down the path. Miroku was walking for about half and hour before he realized something.
I shouldn't have let Kagome go off on her own. Inuyasha will have my head if anything bad happens to her. What was I thinking? Crap I have to find her and make sure nothing bad happens. Maybe if I get to the other side of the mountain quickly then I can go down the path Kagome chose. Then I'm sure to run into her. Man I hope this works, Miroku thought, frantically. He began to run down his path hoping to get to the other side of the mountain and go down the path Kagome chose, before anything happens to her.
Kagome on the other hand wasn't worried at all. Stupid Miroku. He'll find out soon enough that he was wrong to doubt me. I know I'm right. He's probably realizing that he shouldn't have left me along. Stupid men and their pride, Kagome thought, as she made her way down the path of her choice.
Kouga and Rin
Not only had Kouga and Rin easily navigated themselves out of the forest, but they had also climbed over the mountain. Kouga and Rin always got along just fine. Kouga was normally a hothead, but Rin was calm and that normally made Kouga calm down as well. There was no need for the two of them to fight with one another.
The two were now faced with their biggest challenge yet. They had to rock climb down one side of an immense canyon and rock climb back up the other side to continue their journey.
While the two were walking on the second day, they came upon a piece of equipment that they had missed before—rock climbing equipment. "Well now we know what the rock climbing stuff is for," Rin stated, reaching for her pack to retrieve the things they needed.
"Ever been rock climbing before Rin?" Kouga questioned, mimicking her actions.
"Nope," she replied. "This should be interesting. Luckily, Kouga had been rock climbing before, and showed Rin how to put the harness on, and how to kick off the side of the canyon and ease her way down.
Rin wasn't nervous at all. She loved heights and liked doing things that she probably wouldn't get another chance to do.
"You ready?" Kouga asked—who was finally harnessed and ready to begin their descent.
"You know it," Rin said, as she kicked off from the wall, hard. Kouga soon followed after. It soon became a race between the two of them to see who could get the bottom first.
A Couple Hours Later
Ayame and Inuyasha
"Come on Inuyasha we don't have all day. It's going to get dark soon," Ayame called from her kayak. Inuyasha was quite a ways behind her. It's not like he was weak, he just didn't like kayaking.
"Shut up Ayame! I'm coming as fast as I can," Inuyasha shot back. Ayame sighed.
"Inuyasha do you want to be paddling in the dark?" Ayame questioned. "We only have half a mile left. Please just try and hurry up," Ayame pleaded. Inuyasha may like the dark but Ayame didn't want to be on the water while it was dark. "We still have to set up camp and everything."
"Yeah yeah I know. Look don't flip out we'll get there in plenty of time," Inuyasha said, trying to calm Ayame down so she wouldn't start flipping out.
After what seemed like an eternity, they finally pulled up to the shore of where they were going to be spending the night. "At least we get a nice beach to stay on," Ayame said, running her feet through the sand.
"I'll grab our sleeping bags," Inuyasha said, walking away to grab their sleeping bags and the food. Inuyasha got back with the food and sleeping bags. Ayame set out the sleeping bags, while Inuyasha began to work on the food.
Ayame lay down on her sleeping bag and began staring at the stars, since it was now dark out. "Wow, you can really see the stars out here where there isn't any light," Ayame said, in awe.
Inuyasha remained silent, but continued to cook. After the two of them had eaten, they both lay down in their sleeping bags and stared at the stars.
"They really are beautiful," Inuyasha said, finally commenting on Ayame's earlier statement. Ayame silently agreed as the two sat in silence just admiring the beauty of the stars.
Sango and Sesshoumaru
"YES! FREEDOM!" Sango yelled, running from "the damned forest that never ends." Sesshoumaru walked out of the forest smirking. He was just as happy as Sango that they were finally free of that stupid forest.
After Sango and Sesshoumaru celebrated the fact that they were free, they decided to look at the map. "Our next destination is to get over that mountain and down a river and go for three miles. That's our next campsite," Sango explained.
"Well that's too far to travel before dark. I think we should just get sleep here, and get up early tomorrow," Sesshoumaru said.
"Good idea. I'm tired anyway," Sango replied. Sesshoumaru went to get the bags while Sango began cooking. They were both tired and hungry, so staying where they were seemed like a good idea to them.
Sango and Sesshoumaru ate their dinner while laughing about the forest that they were trapped in for over a day. "I can't believe we got lost in that thing. I think the map was lying, because it was much bigger than the map showed," Sango complained.
"I bet it was just trying to trick us," Sesshoumaru said, smirking.
"I totally agree," Sango said, laughing. "Well, we should probably try and get some sleep. We have a long way to go tomorrow, because of that stupid forest."
"Yeah I agree. Night," Sesshoumaru said, turning over in his sleeping bag. Sango soon followed suite. The two of them were soon asleep; dreading the day to come.
Kagome and Miroku
Miroku ran like mad for as long as he could. He had to walk as well, because he wasn't in the best of shape. Finally he saw that the path was getting wider. Maybe I'm finally on the other side of the mountain, Miroku thought, hopefully.
When Miroku rounded a corner he was shocked by what he saw. There was Kagome, sleeping. He instantly went to wake her up.
"Wha-what's going on?" she questioned, sleepily. "Oh, Miroku it's you," she said, sitting up. "I was wondering when you were going to get here. The path I chose was a shortcut, so I have been here for about two hours waiting for you. I decided to take a nap while I waited," she explained.
"So I guess you were right," Miroku said, instantly regretting not following Kagome's advice.
"Yep," she smiled happily. "Why do you look so tired?" she questioned.
"Well, I thought that maybe you had chosen the wrong way to go and that you were going to be in trouble. I knew that Inuyasha would kill me if anything happened to you, so I decided to get here as quickly as I could. If you weren't here I was going to start down your path and make sure that you were alright," Miroku explained.
"I'm glad you cared, but as you can see I am totally fine," Kagome said, happily.
"I can see that," Miroku said, with a perverted glint in his eyes.
"That's not what I meant you pervert and you know it," Kagome said, slapping him lightly on the shoulder.
"Ouch Kags that hurt," he complained.
"You deserved it," she said. "Now come on we have to set up camp so we can get some sleep." Miroku quickly followed behind her so they could set up there stuff, eat, then go to sleep.
Rin and Kouga
Rin ended up winning the race to the bottom of the canyon, even though Kouga wasn't far behind. The two then began to make their way across the bottom of the canyon. It began to get very dark, very fast. Kouga and Rin were barely able to get across the canyon before it was almost too dark to see.
"I guess we'll have to set up camp here. We can't climb up this side of the canyon without plenty of light," Kouga said.
"Yeah, good idea. I definitely don't want to be rock climbing at night," Rin said.
"Wise choice," Kouga replied.
"Okay well I'll cook dinner if you get the sleeping bags out and stuff," Rin said.
"Fine by me," Kouga replied. "We need to get plenty of sleep, because tomorrow morning we have to climb up this side of the canyon, and I think we have to canoe down a river as well."
"Joy," Rin replied. Kouga lay in silence looking at the stars while he waited for Rin to finish cooking dinner. He had offered to help, but Rin said no, knowing that he would probably ruin it.
When Rin finished cooking the two of them began talking while eating. They talked about a lot of things. Soon they were finished with dinner and decided that they should get some sleep.
"Night Kouga."
"Night Rin."
AN: Okay school's out and I actually have time to write. I swear the only reason I didn't update was because I really needed to study for exams and it was really stressful. Anyway I apologize for making you guys wait for so long. I feel really bad. I know this chapter is short, but I promise the next one will be longer. Anyway I'm going out to play volleyball. Till next time… Ja ne!