Disclaimer: I didn't, do not, and will not ever own Inuyasha, or the original characters. However, I claim rights to Raishu and Midori as Lord and Lady of the Southern Lands.

Chapter 2

PINK!

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The Taiyoukai stepped out of the trees silently. I bent down to breathe in the fresh scent of the lilies.

"Girl." He sniffed the air, as if searching for my scent. Probably finding none, since I masked it, he stopped.

Hmph. What a way to address me. I don't care much for the titles. But at least give me some face! Calling me a girl as if I was a common mongrel…Geez…

"What?" I asked, miffed at the way he addressed me.

"Why are you here?" He demanded, probably suspicious by the lack of scent coming from me.

"Why else would I be here?" I countered. Maybe…maybe he doesn't know who I am. After all, I am one of those unique youkai who look like humans with abnormal abilities…and I was masking my scent.

"Hn."

He obviously wasn't much for speaking. I wondered…if someone could change that? Nah. He probably wouldn't appreciate it. But then again…how could he appreciate it if he was emotionless and wouldn't talk? Maybe he has emotions and just hid them behind a frozen mask. Someone could melt the mask! Hn. Probably his mate-to-be will.

While I pondered this, the mysterious Taiyoukai left silently. Hmm…what's his name? I'll ask Sango…or Mother…or Father…I'd better get inside. I stood up.

"Kaggie!" Oh Kami…Sango…

"Yea?" I replied.

She came over to where I stood, dragging Miroku with her. "Kaggie…so! Did you meet anyone yet?" She asked me eagerly.

"Yea."

"Who was it?"

"I don't know."

"What!" Sango shouted.

I winced. "Sango, you're hurting my ears."

"Sorry Kaggie. Do you even know who he looks like?"

I sweat dropped. "Um…"

Sango sighed, and threw her hands in the air in exasperation. "Kaggie! No! No! No! You need to—"

"Kagome!" Inuyasha called.

"Yes?" I answered sweetly.

He landed in front of me as he skidded to a stop from his run. "Meet anyone lately?"

"Sort of."

"Sort of! What the hell do you mean by that?"

At this point, Miroku had apparently woken up, and joined our conversation. "Inuyasha, I suggest you stop using such crude language in front of Sango and Kagome, best friends or not."

"Feh." Inuyasha muttered.

"Kagome. So, what do you by 'sort of'?" Miroku inquired. Sango and Inuyasha stared at me intently.

"I was kneeling in the clearing, you know, my favorite, the one with the lilies."

"And then?" Sango urged me on.

"My miko senses told me that there was a Taiyoukai in the trees."

"Ooooh…must be single…" Sango cooed. "And then?"

"And then I said, 'I know you're there.' He said, 'Girl.' I asked him, 'What?' He said, or more like demanded, 'Why are you here?' And I answered, 'Why else would I be here?' And I don't think he knew who I was because I was wearing my cloak, kneeling, looking at the flowers, and masking my scent."

"Feh." Inuyasha snorted. "Sounds like my half-brother."

"HALF-BROTHER!" Sango, Miroku, and I bellowed.

"You have a half-brother, and you never told me? I'm your best, best friend for Kami's sake! We've been together FOREVER! Oops. That didn't come out right. But you know what I mean!" I ranted.

Inuyasha looked sheepish. "Well…uh…we aren't really on good terms…so…"

"Oh! So you guys have a brother feud or something…" Sango nodded firmly, "I understand…sometime me and Kagome have a sister feud..."

"Wait, there's more to it, isn't there?" I asked, reading Inuyasha's bitter expression.

He nodded. "Though Father's alive, Sesshoumaru, my half-brother, is now Taiyoukai. He resents me, resents my very existence."

"And you know this how?" Sango interrupted.

"The way he treats me like dirt. You guys don't understand. Being a half-breed is…difficult. I'm not welcome among humans," Seeing Kagome's protesting look, "Most humans, and very few demos tolerate me…Sesshoumaru hates me…from what I can tell…"

"Inuyasha, what does he look like?" Miroku asked dreamily.

"Uh…whitish, silver hair…a mix of gold and amber eyes…wears mostly white hakemas and haoris…two swords—Toukijin and Tenseiga—Father gave them to him…wait a SECOND! MIROKU you PERVE! Why the hell do you want to know!" Inuyasha shuddered.

"Language, Inuyasha, language. Not so crude in font of the princesses…as for why? So Kagome can see whether who she met was Sesshoumaru or not! Geez…does everything have to do with my hand problem?" He reached down…and…

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! "HENTAI!"

I giggled. "Wonder how she keeps him under control, eh?"

Inuyasha grinned. "Miroku, try doing that to my half-brother and your life will be snapped in half in seconds."

Miroku paled. "I'll…keep away then…but I never planned on trying…Inu-perve…" Then he smirked. "You can have the honors."

"Fine—" Inuyasha's eyes widened and he gaped at Miroku. "Wait—WHAT! You PERVERT!"

"What?" Miroku asked, mock-bewildered. "You warned me to keep away from your half-brother like a mate, so I said 'You can have the honors'. Is something wrong?"

Inuyasha roared. "Like HELL THERE IS!"

"Inuyasha, language!"

"Shut up, HOUSHI! You've gone TOO FAR! I don't give a crap about my language!"

Sango and I exchanged grins. I motioned for her to walk away with me, for I wanted to discuss this matter of who I met further. She nodded ever so slightly, and inched away slowly. I flick my wrist twice, trapping the two bickering males in my energy bubbles. They would be able to get out once they figured out to say the words 'please' and 'sorry'."

"So…" Sango whispered mischievously.

"What?" I asked…somewhat reluctantly, for Sango was most likely to cook up some trouble.

"Are you going to meet again?"

"This Ceremony is going to last? For how long?" I grew anxious. Great. Real great. Sango will have time to cook something up for sure…

"Yep. I think it's going to last a month or so…or until we get mate-to-bes."

I groaned "Sango…how am I going to last? And please, please do not interfere with my…doings…but…then again, we can—"

"Ah, my dear ladies, what are you doing out?" Miroku strode toward us, finally free of the bubble.

Sango grinned, with an evil look glinting in her eyes. She said nothing. Miroku recognized that look.

"Oh Sango! No…don't try and some up with something crazy…remember what happened last time?" He turned to me…

"Create some mayhem…" I finished my sentence, grinning with that same evil glint in my eyes.

"Oh no! Not you too, Kagome…" He sighed, looking defeated. "Very well. But, include Inuyasha in this."

Inuyasha suddenly appeared. "Include me in what? And what did you girls run off for! And WHAT was the FREAKING bubble FOR!"

I ignored him. "Mother won't be disappointed with us."

Sango agreed. "Mother told us to have some fun. And she's the one that came up with most of the ideas with subtle hints when we were younger."

"Stop IGNORING me!" Inuyasha complained loudly.

"Inuyasha, be quiet." Miroku told him.

"Shut up, houshi." Inuyasha crossed his arms.

Miroku, Sango, and I ignored him. "Ok, so…what should we do?"

"Do our usual stunts?" Without waiting for an answer, she said, "Nah. We'll do a performance…" She winked at Miroku, who seemed to get what she meant and rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

I looked from Sango to Miroku, and then back to Sango, confusion marring my face. "Wha?"

Inuyasha, finally seeming to get over being ignored decided to contribute into our conversation. His eye gleamed. "Centered on Kagome…"

I glance at my three busy plotting best friends, bewildered. "What do you mean, 'centered on me'?" I rubbed my temples. I shook my finger at them. "You guys better not do anything perve—"

Oh damn. "Damn." I muttered, wincing.

"What's the matter Kagome?" Inuyasha asked concernedly.

"I forgot. The relaxation spell Momma cast is fading and my super-hyperness is suddenly coming back. We'll talk about this…performance…later." I sighed. "Sango? Inuyasha? Can you help me get to Momma?"

Sango held my arm and stabled me. Inuyasha came to my other side. Miroku was stepping forward when Sango, Inuyasha, and I glared at him, telling him that he would get injuries if he dared take another step. He shivered, backing away. Sango asked Inuyasha and me, "Ready Kagome? Inuyasha, this might feel awkward." We nodded. Sango and I felt for Momma's aura. "There, in Daddy's study…with Daddy, your father, Inuyasha, and someone who feels like you." A flash of light pink, blue, and white and we were gone. As we went I saw Miroku scratching the back of his head. He said to himself, "Where did they go?"

We appeared before Momma, Daddy, InuTaishou, and someone who looked slightly like Inuyasha and more like his dad. Inuyasha yelped in surprise and stumbled backward. I sat down in a meditative position and Sango kneeled down next to me, making sure I was ok. She put two glowing pink fingers to my left temple in concern. The sudden rushing of pain when all my extra miko powers appear came. I hissed in pain. "Momma…"

Without a word, Momma knelt down and held two glowing lavender fingers to my right temple. Together, because this time the spell needed to be regenerated completely, both Momma and Sango murmured the spell. I shuddered as I felt as if ice-cold water drenched me. Slowly I began to warm up. My body glowed blue. My eyes snapped open; I stood up, and walked to a small door in Father's study. I went in.

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Sango's P.O.V.

A flash a light, and we were in Father's study, standing before Momma, Father, InuTaishou, and someone who looked a lot like Inuyasha and InuTaishou. I believe that he is a Taiyoukai. Inuyasha yelped in surprise and stumbled backwards. I ignored him; he could take care of himself and would behave properly in front of all these adults.

Kagome was shivering. I knew the pain would come. She sat down in a meditative position and I knelt next to her, stabling her. I held two glowing pink fingers to Kagome's left temple, trying to come her down as Momma and I prepared the spell. Momma held two fingers also, gently massaging her temple. I did the same as we muttered the spell. Done.

Momma and I backed away from her, knowing she would go to the Spell Room, a special room created for Momma, Kagome, and me. She entered and shut the door gently. I started to whisper with Momma, while Father chatted with InuTaishou and the stranger. "Momma, that was too close for comfort. Momma, I could feel some of her pain…"

"She'll be alright Sango." Momma tilted her head and motioned for me to listen. Father noticed and paid attention to the door closely. InuTaishou, Inuyasha, and the stranger seemed a bit confused. Inuyasha attempted to speak. "Wha—"

I flicked two fingers at him. He was frozen and wouldn't be able to unfreeze or talk unless I released him.

I could hear booms coming from the room. Ah…she was releasing the pent up power…3…2…1…the door opened and Kagome walked out unfazed by what just happened. She noticed InuTaishou, Inuyasha, and the other Taiyoukai staring at her, but just grinned and shrugged. She bowed to InuTaishou and the Taiyoukai. "InuTaishou…" She murmured. She locked eyes with the Taiyoukai and was blushing, though very faintly. I glanced at Momma and winked. She grinned and indicated Kagome's light pink cheeks. I giggled. This sound brought Kagome to tear her eyes away from the Taiyoukai's. She bowed and said very faintly, "Lord…Sesshoumaru…"

She walked back to here I sat with Momma. She turned her back to Father, InuTaishou, and Lord Sesshoumaru. I should have guessed. The similar looks to Inuyasha…speaking of Inuyasha, he spoke up, "Hey Ka—" He broke off as Momma, Kagome, and I shook our heads slightly. He nodded as a sign of understanding. InuTaishou inquired us, "What is going on with Princess, here?"

Kagome ignored him and I did the same. Momma spoke sternly, but not to answer InuTaishou's question. "Kagome, I hope you cleaned up your mess. As much as I love you, I am not cleaning up your purifying messes."

The others, with the exception of Father and Lord Sesshoumaru—who, by the way, seemed to have no emotions, or simply hid them from the world—looked taken aback with Momma's tone with Kagome.

Father said lightly, "Kagome cleaned."

Momma frowned. "Raishu. Last time I checked, the room was a mess. They blew it up! I had to drag them all the way back to clean it!"

"Oh yes," He replied. "But, I made sure that they wouldn't ever do that again, didn't I, girls?"

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Kagome's P.O.V.

Sango and I nodded. We shuddered at the remembrance. I explained for Inuyasha, who looked at Sango and I for an explanation. "After Father punished us, we couldn't move for days. Sitting in bed for a whole week! Doing lessons the whole way through." I added, at his flabbergasted expression. "It's Daddy's way of torturing us!"

Momma, Father, Sango, and I smiled brightly, remembering what Sango and I, mainly what I did to the castle afterwards. It was…colorful. I painted the hallways all different colors, and then kept changing them to my mood. Sango and I planted flowers; she did roses and I planted lilies. Then we picked them and scattered them in every hallway we could enter.

I turned to Sango. "Why do I have the feeling…"

"That we forgot something…" She continued.

"Or…somebody!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

"Miroku! Damn." I snapped my fingers. A ball of energy would be encasing around Miroku and flying him here. 3…2…1…SNAP! "That did the trick…In 5…4…3…2…1…"

SMACK! BAM! BOOM! "You IDIOT! HENTAI!"

Momma and I glared at him. "Don't even think about it."

He backed away, smiling sheepishly. "Uh—sorry…my hands seem to have a mind of its own…"

Sango, Inuyasha, and I looked at him disbelievingly and turned our back on him. Father and InuTaishou were chuckling. I glared at them. Father stopped smiling and paled slightly at my look.

"Oh dear…Ka—" Momma shook her head sharply. "My little Princess girl, calm down…" Father attempted to calm me.

InuTaishou inquired again, "What's the matter?"

Father answered, cringing, "Nothing I can't handle."

Yea, right. Last time he did something like this he couldn't hear for a week, cringing at the slightest noise.

Father shook his head slightly and indicated for me to go back into the Spell Room. I rose up, and silently waited at the doorway. Mother and Sango shook their heads briefly, and passed down some earplugs. InuTaishou and Sesshoumaru put them in, but Inuyasha didn't, probably thinking that he got used to Kagome shrieking.

Mother and I erected a barrier around every object that's precious. He questioned, "Wha?"

"You'll see why later, after I'm finished. Daddy, you're going to quit stalling time and come into the Spell Room right now or else I'm going to start out here, at this very moment! Then everything will be broken until I fix it and everybody will be deaf for weeks! Oh and Inuyasha, even with your lessened hearing and the barriers, if you don't put on those ear plugs right NOW, I'm going to make you deaf for the rest of your life!"

Father stood up, sighed and proceeded toward the room. He entered, and I went in after him.

"Daddy…how could you? You could have told me what Ceremony this was going to be! Come on! WHY did you do this! I'm not ready to be tied down and have a family yet! DADDY!" Father cringed slightly but knew he deserved whatever onslaught Kagome threw upon him.

"And WHY were you and InuTaishou CHUCKLING when Miroku GROPED Sanggie! You're up to something Daddy, and I don't like it! And WHY is Sesshoumaru here for Kami's sake! WHO are you and InuTaishou going to MATCH him up WITH!"

"Why, daughter," Father said slyly. "You don't care about him, do you?"

"You know WHAT! FORGET I asked! You KNOW I didn't mean THAT and I DON'T! QUIT thinking PERVERTED thoughts! You're no better than Miroku! Except that you keep your hand to yourself…" I added, pausing, as I heard shouting from outside.

"You PERVERT! DON'T you DARE call me SANGGIE! That name is RESERVED for my DIRECT FAMILY ONLY!"

"Why Sanggie dear, I am going to be family soon aren't I?"

Sango ignored him. Then she thought about what I was shouting about. She leapt to her feet and strode over to the door, opened it, went in, and slammed the door. "WHAT! DADDY! You CAN'T INTERFERE! Stop—"

"PLAYING MATCHMAKER!" Sango and I bellowed. There. Finally. Our anger diminished. We grinned at each other, dusted our hands off (though there was no dust on our hands), and held our thumbs in the 'good-job' manner. "We're not sorry, Daddy." Sango said pointedly.

Sango and I walked out, talking cheerfully. "Could you see the look on his face when we did that? It was amazing…I haven't done that in about a year…"

"Yea I know—I'm kinda sorry for Daddy…but he deserved it after what he point me through." I shot a glare back at the room, from where he was emerging.

"Hmph. Interfering with our affairs are NOT an option." Sango stated.

"Oh, Sango. Help me take down these barriers?"

"Sure." With that, we begin taking down barriers. Then I started scanning the room for broken items. When I found one, I used my healing powers to fix them. Yes, I can heal inanimate objects as well as living beings.

"Sango…"

"What?"

"Ano…" I used some hand motions that Momma, Father, Sango, and I created to communicate with each other when Father couldn't hear due to our yelling. "Why are they staring at us?"

"I don't know. Momma?"

"They are probably in shock, dear. Why don't you wake them from their current state?"

"All right, Momma." We responded.

Í told Father, "I'm sorry Daddy…"

He said, "That's all right."

I continued, "But you deserved it."

He agreed. "Yes I did."

Sango smiled wickedly. "Kagome, you take Sesshoumaru-sama."

"What about you, Sango?" I asked.

"I'll do Miroku." She said simply. "And get him back for all those times he groped me!"

"All right. But first we freeze them and put them into a deep sleep."

"Agreed. ALL of them, except for InuTaishou-sama and Inuyasha, because they didn't do anything unkind to us." Just before they put Miroku and Sesshoumaru into a long deep sleep, InuTaishou-sama broke in and said amusedly, "And you're dunking Sesshoumaru because…"

I added, "He didn't do anything! That's his crime."

"And he was rude to Kagome by calling her 'Girl'. The least he could have done was leave our poor Kaggie some respect…" Sango mused, "Though he's probably older than her, and Taiyoukai of the Western Lands already, and she's only the youngest daughter of the Lord of the Southern Lands…"

I retorted quietly, as I finished putting Miroku ad Sesshoumaru-sama, "What some youkai and humans should do is—"

"Respect your youngers!" Momma, Sango, Kikyou (who had just walked in), and I chimed together. Kikyou yawned and stretched. "Nothing's happening outside so I decided to drop in." She saw the looks on our faces and asked, raising an eyebrow, "What in the world are you up to? And what's up with Inu?"

"We're punishing the bad boys. Inuyasha's receiving the lighter treatment. Sanggie's fed—"

"Don't call me Sanggie!"

"Up with Miroku's groping," I continued on, "and he's supposed to be a monk!"

"And Sesshoumaru-sama's crime is…?"

Sango told Kikyou the rest while I put some makeup on Inuyasha while he was frozen. "Oh! His crime is not doing anything, being a non-emotional jerk, and not addressing Kaggie correctly!"

"Don't call me—"

Kikyou smothered some giggles. Ah, her little sisters were crazy! "Kaggie, yes Kaggie dear, we know!"

I hmphed and crossed my arms. "Sanggie, Sang, Sag, Saggies, Saggo…Kikki,Kik,Kiko…"

Sango plugged her fingers into her ears and yelled, "Ok, ok, ok! We get it! Please…stop this torture of nicknames…"

"Whatever you say…Sanggie!"

Sango groaned and unstuck her fingers. She turned Miroku's clothing into a girl's. Kikyou put him in a pink kimono with a pink obi. They even applied pink lipstick and pink eye shadow! And then Sango and Kikyou dyed his hair pink! Momma came over and inspected their work, and said, "Why don't we paint his skin with pink face powder? And paint his claws pink. Then cut his claws to the human length. Then we lock him and Sesshoumaru in the same room with one futon. Put them in one energy bubble, Kaggie."

Father came over, saw the PINK youkai-houshi and chuckled till tears filled his eyes. At this point, InuTaishou chose to stand up. InuTaishou-sama took one look at the two and burst into laughter. "My dear Midori, Sango, Kikyou, and Kagome, what do you plan for Sesshoumaru here?"

We launched into discussion. He needed something different. I asked Momma. "Can we cut his precious hair? Keep the cut-off hair and afterwards I'll heal it."

"Kaggie, that's good. But we need to dye it hot pink!" Kikyou cut in.

"Girls, don't be too hard. But…leave something for InuTaishou-sama, Inuyasha, your father, and me…"

"What about me?" Sango whined.

"Sanggie, free Inuyasha, dear. I want him to get involved in this…" Momma cajoled.

She pouted but did what Momma told her to. Inuyasha leapt up, furious. "What the freaking hell! What the freakin' crap was that for, eh! Cut the poop! Never do that ever again!"

I intervened. "Inuyasha…sit down for once!"

Father and Inuyasha (after peeling himself from the floor) protested. "Oh no! I am not getting involved. First Kagome yelling at me, then Sango. I do not need a furious Taiyoukai at my neck! I'll go prepare the rooms." Inuyasha added, "Hell no! He's usually at my neck, why the hell give him more reason!"

I smirked, and said to Sango loudly (so that he could hear), "For once, I think Inuyasha is showing some brains…"

He snorted. "I do have SOME common sense, ya know…"

"Room. Only one. And ONE futon." Mother corrected Father. He left the room, but Inuyasha stayed to watch.

"All right. I'll take off his markings, the stripes and the crescent moon." Mother listed. "InuTaishou? Could you strip him—"

Sango and I made a choking noise. "Momma!"

"Strip him enough of his youkai powers so that he appears to be a hanyou until it is time to save our necks from his wrath? And take away Toukijin and Tensaiga and Tetsusaiga. Kagome, Sango. Work your illusion powers and change the color of his eyes to…pink!"

Sango laughed evilly. "We got a PINK theme going here!"

When we finished, the results were unbelievable. "Ok. Energy bubble…done!"

Momma grinned. "I'm keeping this moment forever. Kagome, could you?"

"Yes Momma." I got my canvas, paints, and brushes. I painted them, and then stowed the canvas away.

Sango whistled. "Wowie!"

InuTaishou-sama stayed and watched. He kept on chuckling. "Oh, Sesshoumaru, my son, you would never believe the cunning of women."

Momma handed the job of transporting Sesshoumaru-sama to me as she stopped InuTaishou-sama from lifting Sesshoumaru-sama. "InuTaishou-sama, Kagome will be fine. Come along, Kagome, Sango, Kikyou, Inuyasha." She used my name. I don't know why the change…

Anyways, I followed Momma, towing Sesshoumaru-sama in his special bubble I created for him, to the room where Miroku currently resided in. Momma instructed me to put a bubble around Miroku, and then a big bubble encasing the two smaller ones. Hah!

Wait till you see the look on their faces they'll surely have when they wake up!