Gates of Jade

Chapter 6 Caves of Ice

BY angel maiden

Last time

I broke down and started crying wishing once more to see my father and my perverted, but kind friend miroku, He was the village monk, but he could never forget about women.

Our first meeting was one I would and never will forget...

(Flash back)

It was soggy and damp that afternoon, but I still hurried through the market gathering the medical supplies I'd been sent to get. A flash of purple caught my eyes but I choose to ignore it.

I had just found a very rare item father needed for some of the medicine we made when I felt a hand clamp down on my back end. I turned around socking the person that would dare touch me.

When I looked down at the passed out person, I was surprised to see a monk. I began to panic releasing I had hit a monk made terror run through me.

I leaned down beside him trying to bring him back to the world, hoping he would understand when yet again I felt another hand on my butt.

I slapped him yet again, only to panic more. He set up and gave me a smirk. "You have a very fine back end my lady." of course he was slapped at again.

(End flash back)

New tears started to fall even if he was pervert he was a good friend. Someone picked me up off the ground and carried me back to my bed where I fell into a dreamless sleep.

I awoke an hour before dawn; my body felt like as if been kicked repeatedly. I rolled over hoping that sleep would once again come to me, but I had no such luck.

I stood from the warm silk sheets and walked over to the balcony door; quietly I opened them and looked out across the courtyard.

I had a perfect few to what some would call a training dojo. Sesshomaru stood on the mats swinging what appeared to be some kind of short blade sword. He wore only pants his muscle glistening with sweat.

I turned away if I was the princess everyone was talking about I was to be wed to inuyasha, how could I think such horrible thoughts? The door to my room began to open and I quickly walked back inside closing the balcony doors so the person could not see what I had.

"Kagome, I thought I would come and get you to see if you would like to come with us to go shopping in the village?"

Sango barged into the room, as I tried to act as innocent as possible.

"I guess, but who all is coming?"

I asked as I watched sango pull clothing from my closet.

"Oh, you know the usual; Inuyasha, Miroku, Sesshomaru, and maybe shippo."

My mouth dropped as clothes where tossed onto the floor.

"Miroku is here! Why did you not tell me sooner?"

Sango begin to laugh at me.

"So you know the pervert to, lord I think he has met every woman on earth."

I rushed to finish dressing not caring how I looked. We rushed down the hallway sango still buttoning or trying to button my dress as I ran.

There at the bottom of the steps stood inuyasha, Miroku, Sesshomaru, and shippo all waiting patiently at least everyone but inuyasha who at this point was tapping his foot in annoyance.

"Miroku, I thought I would never see you again!"

I flung my self into his arms as I started crying.

"Kags...Kagome, how in the world did you get here?"

I stood up and looked up at his surprised face.

"It's a secret! Now how in the world did you get here your self?"

We walked off leaving four surprised people behind us, but not because miroku and me where friends.

"Kagome wait, your dress is still unbuttoned!"

Sango yelled my face turned red as miroku leaned back to look.

"Pervert!" I yelled slapping him in the face as sango ran to button the rest up.

We walked on as miroku caught up. "I'm sorry kagome, but you still have a beautiful backside!"

Sango slapped him upside the head as I turned beet red. Sesshomaru and inuyasha stepped up beside me. "How do you know the monk?" Sesshomaru asked.

I opened my mouth to tell the story when miroku beat me to it. "I was walking one day and met kagome in a local village. Of course, she thought I was the most handsome man she had ever met. We spent several happy nights together before I had to leave for a reason I still cannot talk of."

Inuyasha's mouth fell open as he looked at me with bulging eyes. "You mean that you… and…he…did that!"

"Of course not!" I yelled as I glared at a grinning monk.

"We met but I chose to ignore him so he rubbed my ass, which I slapped him for and ever since we have been friends that's it!"

"Ah, but kagome we could be so much more!"

I laughed as I skipped a head of the group "come on I want to get there before sunset!"

The village was full of people walking to get things needed for daily needs. Sango and miroku split off from the group going to look at some kind of weapons. Inuyasha walked off seeing his friends standing near a fountain.

Sesshomaru and I walked on. "Lets get something to eat I have not eaten all morning." I said as I pulled him off to one of the many tea shops set up.

The people in the shop when on with their business as if Sesshomaru came in here everyday. We sat down at a table in the back corner away from everyone else. I poked at the soup the server had sat before me.

"So Sesshomaru tell me about your self." My soup had lost my interest and he seemed far more interesting.

He glared at me before going back to sipping his tea. I nodded my head, "That all sounds so very exciting." He rolled his eyes.

"Woman are you…picking on this Sesshomaru?"

"The names Kagome and yes you seemed interesting but maybe I was wrong for once."

"You are always wrong women, when in the presence of Sesshomaru."

I got up and bowed to the royal pain in the ass. "I'm sorry your royal stick up the ass king, please forgive this low women for ever thinking you could carry a conversation."

I smirked at him before sitting back in my sit. "You are not like or princesses." He said as he eyed me over his cup.

"And you my lord or not like other kings." He nodded whatever I said passing for a complement.

"So I think you need some fun, come with me!" I grabbed him by his hand pulling him out of the restaurant our meal forgotten.

"What do you call fun women?" I laughed as I pulled him towards the lake.

"Come on Fluffs, you'll enjoy it I swear."

The woman who rented the boats just smiled as she let us pass. "Enjoy the boat ride your highness."

I laughed and looked back at the women, "That's Lord Fluffs!" The woman giggled before waving us off. I pushed off the dock watching Sesshomaru try and maintain his balance or what was left of it.

Slowly we begin to row to the spot I had discovered a while back a secret place on the lake no one knew of.

"Women stop dragging me along and tell me where we are going."

"Be patient your highness, you'll see." I smirked at him as he growled at being defied by someone lower than him. With much grumbling and a few short threats later we finally arrived at the caves. Every chance I had caught I had snuck up here to enjoy the beauty of them.

He seemed to be impressed he was speechless but of course with him it's hard to tell. The crystals that had formed on the wall of the caves sparkled in the afternoon sunlight causing the place to glow with a brilliant light.

"So this is where you run off too."

"Every chance I get." I smiled as he examined one of the many crystals.

"What do you think?" I eyed him carefully hoping for once to get a truthful answer from someone.

"It's very…Wonderful." I laughed he must have a hard time expressing himself.

"So Mr. Wonderful, Do you want to sneak up here tonight with me?" He looked at me from the corner of his eye.

"It's a full moon tonight is it not?" I nodded hoping I would have company.

"I shall come along just to make sure you are not eaten by some wild beast."

I smirked, "I didn't know you cared lord fluff." He growled.

"Where do you come up with these annoying names?"

I just smiled skipping back to the boat, I had things to do if we where planning to come back tonight.

We rowed back towards the dock, talking about when and where to meet.

"So tonight at midnight down at the docks."

He nodded walking off back towards the castle, I shook my head I would make him open up if it was the last thing I did.

Racing back to where we where suppose to meet up I rejoined the group. Miroku with a fresh hand print on his face, sango all the while glaring at him. Inuyasha laughing at the two, While shippo sat on his shoulder with a lollipop cornered in his mouth.

Miroku smiled, "So where have you and Sesshomaru been all this time?"

"No where."

Sango looked over at me, "Well you two had to be somewhere I mean what where you doing the whole time?"

"Nothing."

I skipped ahead avoiding the questions the little group continued to throw at me. The others stopped following me and I was finally able to walk in peace.

Ok well that's all I'm sorry its been so long and I promise to have a new chapter out soon because I know this one is short. Bare with me I've been kind of busy as of late. Well enjoy the chapter I hope you like there will be more soon! Trust me!

Thanks for all the reviews Angel!