Chapter IV: Oi, Princess!

"Stop looking at me!" She screeched, pushing herself farther away from the leering eyes of the sailors.

At the current moment, Kagome was sitting on top of very tall (and steady) bookcase, fingering a book, threatening to hit one of the men. Of course, she wouldn't actually hit somebody because if she didn't actually like the book she was reading and if she couldn't actually aim, she would but since she liked the book and had a good shot, she wouldn't.

She's been on the ship for almost three days, not once has she seen the very boorish, vulgar Captain anywhere in sight. Good, because if she saw him, she wouldn't know what she would do but all she knew that these emotions were not going to be contained, not anymore!

Besides, if she saw him, she would be able to request for a lock on the door and maybe a few bodyguards, preferably not male and not females with lesbian tendencies or fantasies.

"You're really pretty!"

"Gauh!" Kagome screamed, throwing the book at some fool at the right corner.

Score!

Damn. Kagome fingered her palm absentmindedly, she was at the part where Raul finds out that Victoria isn't really Victoria but her twin sister, Veronica. Oh well. Kagome smiled to herself, jumping down onto the floor being steady by those who were too afraid of Inuyasha to even dare to look at her and was cringing at the fact that they were touching her because they were so afraid. Good. Let them be afraid. Maybe she should drop this Inuyasha's name around some more.

Whoever this kid, Inuyasha, was. She just heard his name being dropped around while she was walking to the chamber pot and seeing the effects that name had gave her an idea. Well, actually, it just made her realize if she used his name a couple of times, those fools with lingering hands would stop touching her and it was an interesting enough name and as soon as she said his name… well, it was like magic.

Men scampered away from her and cowered in the corner while she walked out of the door, "As I said before, Inuyasha is gonna—"

"What am I going to do?"

There he was, the leering bastard, the Captain, Captain… Kagome pondered whatever his name was. It was so forgettable even though he was a very famous pirate. Anyway! There he was, leering at her again while that damn leer of his! It made her want to smack him in the—oh just kidding, that was what she was already doing. Her bad.

"What are you doing!" Captain Slawgans hollered.

"Sorry, in my mind, this part was handled differently." Kagome replied calmly, folding her arms around her chest.

"Oh and what happened?"

"You ran away, of course, but that's after you dropped me off at my castle. OH and scared all my "potential" suitors away."

"What!"

"Did I tell you that in my mind I'm also a pathological liar?"

A single silver eyebrow rose as he smirked, "No but I'm beginning to think the pathological thing is not just in your mind."

"Ye—hey wait!" Kagome exclaimed, "I am not crazy and you're not Inuyasha! I specifically said Inuyasha was gonna and you just appeared out of nowhere, flattering yourself thinking everybody is talking about you, well, I have news for you, we're not!"

"You're such a silly little girl." Inuyasha chuckled lightly, "I am Inuyasha."

"I never been the one to faint but you may want to hold me for a second."

"Why?"

"Because I'm going to faint." And with that Kagome crumbled to the ground.


Damn snotty, snot nosed bitch! Fainting! On him! On him nonetheless. Nobody cared that she fainted, other than those perverted bastards who immediately rushed to her aid, asking him that if since she was dead and was it okay to rape her. What? How in the fuck did those morons get hired on his ship anyway… unless…

Nawh… He hasn't been drunk in three days and he could've sworn that he hasn't seen those faces before. Though, yesterday doesn't even count him being drunk, seriously. It was just three bottles of whiskey. Three was like water to him. But anyway, there he was, carrying her, the stupid snotty, snot nosed bitch to the nurse.

And he hated the nurse. Not because she was young and her name was Sango and she was kind of manly acting. No because that bitch was crazy and she was going to find someway to blame his psychotic ex for it even though they haven't seen Kikyou, his ex, in almost three years. She probably died.

Or was that her that jumped off the ship and most likely drowned?

No. That was Sesshomaru's maid. It was hard to keep up with women with psychotic tendencies nowadays.

"Inu! Set her gently down on the cot."

"I am." Inuyasha lowered his voice as he muttered something else.

"Now! And don't call me a bitch!"

"Oi! I didn't call you a bitch."

"You did too."

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"ARRGH! Shut up!"

Inuyasha sharply turned to Kagome who was running her hands against her forehead. Obviously she wasn't dead. He knew what he was talking about. Duh. He was the captain; of course he knew what he was talking about. He didn't even know why he even doubted himself. Then again, he did know why.

"See, look what Kikyou did, that bitch probably came in spirit to haunt her. Damn you for making her fall in love you." Sango scowled before gently placing a cold towel on Kagome's forehead, "Poor girl, probably has a headache because of this selfish bore."

"Bore! Look who you're calling a bore, you whore!"

Sango gave him a steady look before proceeding to catering to Kagome. He hated being ignored. Hated it. It reminded him of when he was a kid and was ignored and called mean names. Oh well. He did get them all back though, when he became all big and strong, he beat everybody's asses, actually, he stole from them because he was too nice to kill them but beating their asses sounded so much better and less womanly like.

"You're such a jerk." Kagome replied.

"Jerk! Don't call me a jerk, you snot nosed, barely there princess!"

Kagome snorted, "That's all you got."

"I'm more intimating than insulting."

"That's true." Sango agreed.

"Look, I ain't got all day, I need to find the Shikon—"

"Shikon Jewel!" Kagome squealed, "You're looking for that, too?"

"Yeah. And you're--?"

"Actually, it was my brother looking for it and he set out on this never-ending journey. Never found it, too busy raiding people and sleeping with whores."

Now why did that sound so familiar? He probably just heard something of that nature passing through.

"Oh." Inuyasha said blankly.

"Yeah, but I could use it, you know, maybe wish for ugliness. Nawh, I'm too vain for that. I'll probably wish for all those desperate fools to disappear." Kagome smiled, "But this is so great! I can help you look for the jewels!"

"Help me?" Inuyasha snorted condescending, "How in the hell can you help me without attracting trouble? You're more trouble than your worth. My crew is willing to sell their treasures to me for you. You think I want you? I'm going to take you back."

Kagome's face fell. This was what she wanted but… she couldn't go back. Her parents were coming back and they said that if she didn't find a proper suitor within the time they came back, they were going to find one for her. And they wanted her to marry the weirdest guy. Some guy named Miroku, supposedly he was a Monk and she needed some heavenly guidance from him or something. Gauh. No way. No way, no how!

"You're not taking me back! Are you kidding me? I'm like an expert at finding jewels. I can find jewels from a mile away! I'm like the official jewel spotter."

"Even though you're a princess?" Inuyasha questioned suspiciously.

"Err… yes."

"Then you know that the jewel is broken up into a thousand pieces, eh?" Sango asked.

"Yes. Yes, of course. I know everything."

"And you will find me the jewel." Inuyasha raised an eyebrow again.

"Of course." Kagome smiled charmingly, "I'm an expert. This will be a piece of freaking cake."

Sweat rolled down her back as she continued to smile and lie. Never in her life did she have to lie to keep captured. And she wasn't a finders-keepers type of person. She got lost in the bathroom. She loses stuff that usually ends up being penned to her shirt! She doesn't know half of what she was s supposed to know about jewels. In fact, diddly shit.

She was so screwed.

Kagome doesn't know she can see the jewel. And I know Miroku is on the ship. You'll know more of his story later and how he was going to be engaged to Kagome. My hands hurt. See ya.