Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or Peter Pan. I only own this fan fiction piece.

Special Thanks: to Jostanos for the use of his character, Sylt.

Recap: With amazing speed and dexterity, the captain caught up with Kagura, and reaching out, he grasped a hold of one of her dainty wings.

Kagura kicked and struggled but it was no use; she was trapped.

Beware of Pixie Dust

Chapter 8

Grudgingly, Sesshomaru had to admit some form of admiration for the stubborn pixie. Even now, she stood before him with her red eyes flashing and her arms rigidly crossed.

"If you don't tell the Captain where—" Jaken began, growing irritated with the pixie's silence.

With a growl, Sesshomaru halted Jaken's words, "That is enough, Jaken. I wish to speak with her."

Huffing, the first mate stepped back and glared at the world.

A long moment passed in silence before the captain softly said, "You realize that he probably doesn't even know you are missing."

Angrily, Kagura shook her tiny hand at the pirate and lifted her chin in defiance.

"You must have noticed that his attention is no longer on you, but on these human women," Sesshomaru murmured. Then seeing that he had the fairy's attention, he continued, "He does not appreciate you at all, though you have served him for hundreds of years and these girls…" He lifted one of his eyebrows in silent question as he let his voice trail off in a theatrical pause.

Her figure now flaming with anger, Kagura turned away from Sesshomaru and stared at the map of Neverland that had been placed before her.

Smirking inwardly, Sesshomaru demanded, "Tell me where he is. He must be taught a lesson."

Appearing to waver for a small moment, Kagura finally flew forward and dipped her toe in the bottle of ink that graced the elegant desk in the captain's quarters. Then flying over to the map, she drew a path with the ink from the mark signifying the pirate ship over to the spot marked InuYasha's forest. Without pausing, she drew an X where the Goshinboku was located.

Sesshomaru nodded once, now angered that he had not found the spot before.

Still burning with anger, Kagura did not notice the green hand that reached forward, snatched her off the desk, and threw her in a cricket cage alongside a terrified cricket. Horrified, the pixie latched onto the bars with her hands and rattled the wooden prison as she frantically trying to get the captains attention.

Without looking at the girl in the cage, Sesshomaru stood and said, "InuYasha must be taught a lesson, but I will be the one to teach it."

Kagura sunk to her knees in despair; she had foolishly placed InuYasha in grave danger. Not only that, but Kagura was now stuck in a cage with a disgusting creature that had never bathed and was beginning to sing shakily in a key even he seemed to be unsure of. The sound was beginning to grate on her strained nerves, and if he did not quit soon, she would see to it that the insect never sang again.

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Just a few minutes after Kagome's departure, Kouga managed to catch up to the still fuming girl.

After realizing that the Indian prince was following her, Kagome snapped, "What do you want?"

"You left without taking the Shikon," Kouga said as he jogged beside Kagome.

"I do not want it," Kagome muttered angrily.

Kouga gasped. "You don't understand. This jewel is extremely important to the people. You would offend them greatly not to take it, and by participating, you were consenting to become its guardian. You have no choice."

"Besides," he said cockily, "you don't need to worry. Since you're my woman now, I will protect you from anyone who'd try to take it away."

Finally fed up with the male's attitude, Kagome turned around and took the jewel from his grasp. Then shaking her finger in his face, she proceeded to tell him just what she thought of his word choice.

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Finally back at the Goshinboku, Kagome sat down wearily. One of the boys had found a string for her to tie the Shikon around her neck, and it now rested safely under the collar of her shirt.

For the first time that night, Kagome allowed herself a small smile as she listened to the quiet breathing of the boys that were now sleeping. Hearing a noise at the tree entrance, she looked up to see the four figures of her brother, cousin, and friends. A small part of her brain registered the fact that InuYasha was not with them and angrily she shoved the thought away uncaringly…

Just an hour later, that little detail would prove to be very important to her.

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The forest was quiet—deadly quiet. So caught up in his raging emotions, InuYasha did not notice the stillness as he flew, and almost unknowingly landed in front of the Goshinboku. Then startling him from his musings, he heard the telltale rustle of paper, and looking to the right, he discovered its source. Pinned to the tree trunk was a piece of paper with a large X and a crudely drawn skull.

For the first time, InuYasha felt real panic. Rushing inside the tree, he confirmed his fears; the inside was vacant.

Snarling, InuYasha flew from the tree and into the darkening sky.

Then silently he vowed, 'Sesshomaru, if you hurt any of them. I will see that Naraku feasts on the rest of your body.'

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Kagome struggled against the ropes that held her, the other modern travelers, and each of the Lost Boys to the mast at the center of a massive pirate ship.

She did not know whether to be angry with herself or InuYasha, but right now, she really did not care. There were too many lives at stake to focus on anything but freedom.

Frustrated, she called out to the silver-haired figure that stood on the deck facing towards the water, "What did you do this for? We haven't done anything to you!"

The gentle lapping of the waves against the side of the boat was her only answer. Even the pirates were silent as they made their way below deck in wait for some unspoken occurrence.

From behind her, she heard Miroku's whisper, "I believe they are after InuYasha. For lack of better wording, we are bait."

Instantly, the boys around her began to shout angrily. Kagome attempted to calm them down before finally shouting over the noise, "What makes you think he will come after us?"

The boys stopped shouting in surprise. They had no doubt that InuYasha would come.

Without turning from the rail, Sesshomaru finally answered, "He will come, and when he does I will kill him. Until that point though, you will desist from asking this Sesshomaru anything further. It would ruin my plans for you to walk the plank before he gets here."

The boys began to get angry once more at the pirate's threat to their mother, but hastily Kagome, Sango, and Miroku quieted their outraged cries.

Kagome became quiet for a moment before she formed a risky plan

Silence reigned again and after awhile Kagome began to chatter with the boys in an attempt to get their minds off what was going on. Inwardly, she also admitted to chattering just to drive the captain crazy. After all, he said nothing about talking amongst themselves. Eventually, they got to the topic of InuYasha, and as the boys began to tell her of their adventures and the wonderfulness of their father figure, Kagome could see Sesshomaru's shoulders grow more and more rigid.

She giggled, causing the pirate to turn and glare murderously at her. She gulped as she realized that perhaps this plan might not have been her best one.

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a familiar figure rapidly approaching. Without letting her surprise show, she returned Sesshomaru's gaze.

'I have to do something—distract them somehow,' she said to herself as she contemplated her next move.

Since she was tied up, she had few options and she went with the first one she thought of.

"Sesshomaru, why don't you just let us go? He's not coming and I would like to grow old somewhere other than this ship," Kagome said bravely, albeit rather stupidly …since time does not faze Neverland. "Besides, you know that once he's…"

"Jaken," Captain Sesshomaru ground out through clenched teeth. "Plank. Now."

Kagome felt the rope being removed from around her, and once again, she began to feel the need to plan a little further the next time she got into trouble.

Abruptly, she was jerked away from the mast and a longhaired pirate bound her hands before shoving her to the edge of the plank amidst the crying and screaming of the boys.

Yes, now would be the time for a better plan.

She had wanted to get Sesshomaru's attention off watching for InuYasha, and she had done that, but she never intended to drown in the process.

From their spots at the mast, Shippo and Sylt shouted, "Mother!" before frantically struggling against the ropes.

The children's voices barely registered in Kagome's brain before she stumbled on the edge of the plank and for one fatal moment, her body wavered between over the edge before plummeting down.

The noise heightened before suddenly stopping as everyone held their breath and waited for the telltale splash.

There was none.

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Kagome gasped sharply as she felt herself land on something solid. Looking up, she gazed into red-rimmed amber eyes and felt herself sigh in relief.

'InuYasha'

"Why didn't you just fly," InuYasha whispered into her ear.

Half-heartedly, she snapped, "It was a little difficult to find a happy thought, InuYasha."

"Now, what do we do?" she mouthed, noticing the intense hush on the decks above her.

"That's simple," InuYasha smirked, "we save everybody."

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Author's note: Turn's out there will be one more chapter. (I realize I say this every time, but this time I mean it.)

If someone would care to give me a bit of a summary of the pirate battle, I would be indebted to you. I cannot remember it for the life of me. (This would be the portion of the story starting basically where Peter Pan comes back to rescue everyone.)

For those of you reading more of my stories, I will be traveling until the 9th of July, and I doubt I will be able to get to the internet at any time; so I will try to update in the next day or two, but it may be a week or so until I update again.

As always, thank you for reading. Please send a review if you have a moment, and tell me what you think. )