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Yay I got lots of good reviews, and one that called my story ridiculous, not sure about that one, but anyway, here's the new chapter. And just so you know, I'm in kind of a bad mood, might reflect a little in here. :)
Chapter 15: Surprise
Kagome was drawing on a piece of parchment with Inuyasha pacing behind her trying not to look over her shoulder. He had already got into trouble for that. The flower had told her the precise location of Utopia, and she had been trying to put it down on paper, but she wasn't a master map maker the best she could do was draw a rough sketch. Inuyasha had offered her his map but she hadn't recognized a single land mark on it. Not surprising since the ones she had seen were probably not there anymore.
"Okay, here you go." She said handing it to him.
He took it was a thanks and looked it over. The land masses were shaped wrong, and he didn't recognize most of it, but she had done her best.
"I translated as best I could but..."
"No it's fine." He said tucking it into his shirt pocket making a mental note to have Miroku check it out later. "You did what you could."
"I can see it so clearly in my head, I just can't put it down." she tried to explain.
"It's alright." he sounded very understanding. "We only wanted the map as a just-in-case. You can do most of the leading. Come on." he took her hand and led them back to the room were Miroku had taken out the largest map he could find and spread it over the table.
The map was easily two man hieghts tall and just as wide and needed four tables pushed together to display it fully. Miroku was putting stones at the corners to wiegh it down when they came in.
"Wow, where did you get that thing?" Kagome asked.
"Found it." Inuyasha said. She knew that meant he got it off a ship he had taken down.
He took out the map and handed it over. "That's what she came up with."
Miroku and Kagome walked over to the bottom edge of the map and started comparing land shapes.
"This one?" Miroku pointed.
"No, it's shaped more like a half circle." Kagome looked it over then climbed on top of the map and started walking across it. Miroku knew if he followed her example Inuyasha would yell at him, so he watched from the side-lines.
Finally she sighed in frustration.
"Can't find it?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome's eyebrows furrowed. "This is the closest one I can find and it has this large chunk taken out of it."
Miroku looked at the spot she was pointing. "That's the Mona Callaya. Huge cliff face shaped like a fourth of a circle. Almost like a piece of it was taken off."
"Then that's it." Inuaysha said. "We go there."
Kagome shook her head. "But it's still missing the island that's right off it's coast."
"Kagome maybe the island vanished beneath the waves." Miroku suggested.
Kagome looked at him funny. "Then that would be bad because it's the island we need. That's where Utopia is."
"I have a question." Inuyasha said. "This place, no one has been to it or even seen it since the Great Battle, right?"
"Yes." Kagome said not looking away from the map.
"So why would it be on a modern day map?" he seemed genuinely confused.
Miroku and Kagome both looked at him quickly. "What?" He said.
"That's it!" Kagome ran over to him grabbed his face and kissed him quickly. "Inuyasha your a genius!"
"Um...okay." she walked over and grabbed the smaller map and looked it over. "Then if Mona Callaya is here, then the island is right here!" Miroku circled the area and smiled.
"Great! Then we have our heading!"
"Han, can you take us that direction?" Kagome asked excited.
"Be glad to, my lady. We just have one problem."
"Oh, and what's that?" Inuyasha asked.
A huge cannon blast rocked the ship.
"There's a ship coming up behind us."
"You could have told us that sooner!" Inuyasha yelled as all three ran outside and looked behind them.
"Woh." Miroku said.
"What?" Inuyasha asked.
"Their flag." he pointed and Kagome gasped.
"That's the Shikon no Tama." and there was indeed a large purple sphere shining against a black surface on thier flag.
"How do they know of it?" Inuyasha asked confused as the crew started getting ready for battle.
"What's that?" Kagome pointed to someone one the bow(that is the front right?) of the ship.
Inuyasha squinted and what he saw made his heart stop.
Kikyo, his Kikyo, had been tied up and was being held by a tall man with long black hair and a wicked smiled.
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha gasped.
"Kikyo?" Kagome and Miroku asked at the same time.
When the man saw Inuyasha had seen him, he held up his cannons to stop firing and walked around to the port side with Kikyo still in front of him.
"Hold your fire!" Inuyasha yelled to his crew. "No one moves until I order it!"
The ships drew up side to side with each other and the man smiled at Inuyasha who had run over to the starboard side.
"Good evening, Captain Silver." He said as if they had met over friendly drinks. "My name Captain Naraku."
"Inuyasha I'm sorry!" Kikyo burst out struggling against her bonds. "I didn't mean to say anything! I tried not to but he..."
"Shut up wench!" Naraku said tugging at her ropes, silencing her.
Inuyasha growled and dug his nails into the railing causing Han to grumble about the discomfort.
"Let her go!" Inuyasha demanded.
"Gladly." Naraku smiled. "I shall handover Kikyo exactly as she is, is return for that girl next to you. A Singer for a Singer. That's fair isn't it?"
"You aren't going to touch Kagome." Inuyasha growled as Kikyo and Kagome looked at each other for the first time. "Now hand over Kikyo before I have to sharpen my claws on you!"
Naraku shook his head sadly. "Now, now Silver. We can discuss this like reasonable men, can't we?" He picked Kikyo up and held her over the water.
"Naraku!" Kagome screamed at him.
Neither Kikyo nor Kagome had taken their eyes off each other, they were amazed that they looked so much alike and only Kagome knew why.
"Yes?" He said smiling at her.
"Drop her!" Kagome said.
"What!" Inuyasha screamed.
Naraku seemed to think she was bluffing. "Only if you want me to."
"Do it." Kagome said her face sever.
"What are you doing!" Kikyo screeched.
"You really think I should?"
"No!" Inuyasha and Kikyo screamed.
"Yes." Kagome said calmly.
"What is wrong with you?" Inuyasha asked
"Alright." Naraku said and released her.
Kikyo screamed as she hit the water with a splash.
"NO!" Inuyasha ran to the edge but Kagome beat him to it.
She jumped over and dove into the water.
"Wow." Naraku looked down. "Get them." he ordered and one of his crew members immediately jumped in.
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha called desperately but there was no answer. The water was still as both ships looked down.
Then there were two tiny bubbles that popped on the surface, followed by a huge explosion.
The girls screamed as they were shot out of the water.
Kikyo fell onto Inuyasha's deck where he promptly caught her.
But Kagome, who was in the crew mates arms, landed onto Naraku's.
"Let me go!" Kagome struggled.
"Well, I am a man of my word." Naraku said. "Kikyo is all yours. Fire at will."
Suddenly all his cannons slammed into Inuyasha's ship causing Han to scream in pain as water poured in.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed as she was led into the captain's quarters.
"Kagome!" He yelled back but one of the sails had fallen on him and he was stuck and most of his crew was scrambling, trying to save the ship. "KAGOME!"
But their ship was leaving. The crew was laughing at them as a wind caught their sails and moved them away.
"NO!" Miroku and Sango ran over and lifted the heavy sail off of Inuyasha but his leg had been broken and would no longer support his weight.
Their ship got away.
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Now don't anybody throw lots of questions at me. I will answer them all next chapter, okay?
