Chap 2: Follow the Scent
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ToDifferentToBeReal- I do not own Inuyasha
Summary: IK MS Kag and San are the captains of the dreaded fleet of pirate females. As most pirates, these scallywags are infamous for tricking and stealing from everyone- especially men. But when, after captain Kagome goes inside one of their ships disguised and ends up steeling the one that the Captains are actually on, leaving them not knowing who she was, the crew finds they're being trailed by Inuyasha and Miroku, because the Captains have figured Kagome out, what'll they do?
Adventure/Action/Comedy/Romance
Alternate Universe
Inuyasha sighed, 3 days was seemingly turning into 3 centuries. Not a single ship had docked at this small port; the only scheduled docking was to come later that day. Inuyasha's crew was bored as hell and he was still sulking. Even though they'd been there for 3 days no one knew that there were pirates bunking in town. It seemed that because this port was so small no one even knew who Inuyasha and Miroku were. They had no clue what was going on in the outside world.
Inuyasha wondered if he really should track down Kagome. What would he do anyway, yell at her? God, he'd screwed up! He truly should steer clear of her; she was going to hate him for the rest of her life.
He sighed, the orders had already been given and spread, and they were tracking Kagome so he really had no choice. He'd just have to pretend that he didn't love her. That would, however turn out to be harder than he thought.
Kagome glanced at the open ocean; they'd already passed the port that she'd left Inuyasha at. She knew he'd be thrown for a loop trying to find her now. He most likely thought she was a couple days to the west. They'd made good time; it'd taken them just ½ a day to get past the port, ½ of the time it'd taken her to get to their rendezvous point from the port.
"Where are we headed now, Kagome?" Sango asked leaning against the railing of the boat.
"No where in particular," Kagome shrugged.
"You sure?"
"Yup," Kagome stated, "I'm just steering in a easterly direction."
"Yeah, well then let me know when something interesting happens." Sango stomped away.
The ship had been easy to steel, they'd barely even put up a fight. Inuyasha'd taken few prisoners, throwing most of the crew over board. He had headed straight for the captain's quarters and slumped down onto the bed. Trusting Kagome she'd turned around to try and confuse him so she was probably going east instead of west. As if reading his mind Miroku entered the room.
"Any idea where they are?"
"Go east," Inuyasha ordered.
"East?" Miroku frowned.
"Yes, east," Inuyasha scowled.
"But we watched her go west," Miroku said.
"Who's known her for their whole life?" Inuyasha glared.
"You," Miroku rolled his eyes.
"We go east," Inuyasha stated again.
"Where east?"
"Just east," Inuyasha shrugged.
"Alright, you can stay in here and sulk some more." Miroku smirked at the growl he received.
Right about now Kagome was having the time of her life. She was sitting in her quarters unsheathing then re-sheathing Torensaiga. She made sure to keep it in its small rusty form, lest she break something. It was times like these that she wondered why she had become a pirate. Sitting on a boat for weeks or months at a time with sometime very low food supplies was absolutely boring especially for a hanyou, she had no place to run on a boat. After thinking that, she remembered the thrill of ransacking a town.
She finally stood up and walked to the door, "Hey, Sango!"
"What?" Sango called back.
"Come here!"
Sango sprinted to the door and gave Kagome a questioning look, "Yes?"
"Our port, take us there," She ordered.
Sango was then staring at the door instead of Kagome, "Alright." Sango turned, "We're headed to our port, people!"
Kagome stepped out of her quarters as they were approaching an island; she advanced toward Sango who was steering the ship. "Hey Sango?"
"Yes?" Sango glanced at her.
"Do we have any new crew members on this ship?" She asked.
"Hmm, just one I believe," Sango stated.
"Does she know about pirate ports?" She stared at the cliff wall in front of them.
"Don't know, maybe you should find her," She turned the wheel a little.
"Might be a good idea," Kagome turned around and addressed one of her crew members, "Mizuki!"
"Yes, Captain?" Mizuki turned toward her.
"Go get me the new member," Kagome ordered.
"Right away!" Mizuki ran off and appeared again a few minutes later with a younger woman in tow.
"Aoi, right?" Kagome asked.
The young woman nodded, "Yes, Captain."
"Do you know about pirate ports?" She questioned.
"No," She said.
"First of all there are only a few of them, and they're hard to find, only a few pirate crews know about them," Kagome stated.
"Is there a point to this, Captain?" Aoi asked.
Kagome rose both brows, "Now, now, don't get mouthy," Kagome pointed to the cliff wall, "Look there."
Aoi looked up and her eyes widened, "We're going to run into that cliff!"
Kagome crossed both arms and smirked as the young woman began to freak out. Kagome strode back to Sango and leaned against the railing as she watched Aoi run from crewmember to crewmember yelling that they were going to run into a cliff, no one seemed to care, every one of them ignored her.
"Kagome, every time you tell a new member about pirate ports this happens," Sango sighed.
"The young ones are always mouthy and besides it's fun to watch them go crazy," Kagome smiled, "The crew knows not to tell her, too."
"You're going to give her a heart attack," Sango rolled her eyes.
"She's young and healthy, it won't kill her," She grinned.
"You're too bitter, Kagome," She frowned.
"I've been this way since you met me," Kagome said.
"I know you haven't always been this way," Sango shook her head.
"How would you know that?" She glared at her.
"I'm not stupid, Kagome," She rolled her eyes, "By the way you can't torture your crew every time something you don't like happens."
Kagome looked at Sango and blinked a few times, "You wouldn't know, Sango."
She turned back around and watched as Aoi got worse as the ship got closer to the cliff. The young pirate's face was a bright red by now; she looked as if she would tear out her hair. She was screaming nonsense as she ran to the edge of the ship. She poised herself to jump overboard but Kagome leapt from her perch next Sango and grab the girl mid-dive.
"Now, now, Aoi," Kagome smiled, "We can't have you doing that, the sharks might getcha."
Kagome wrapped her arm around the waist of the girl who was just about purple faced as the ship turned into the cliff but they didn't crash. The ship sailed on and it soon became apparent that they were entering a large cave.
Kagome laughed and pointed out the green spots that marked the cave entrance, "This is a pirate port, my dear."
"You did that on purpose," The girl glared at her.
"Precisely," Kagome smiled, "I hope you learned your lesson. Next time you mouth off it'll be worse, you're just lucky that you're in my crew other captains would've killed you on the spot, tortured you, numerous other things that are far less pleasant. When you look at it what I just did is nice and generous compared to the others."
Aoi blinked at her, "Um... I'm sorry Captain."
"Good," Kagome smiled, "get back to work, we'll be docking soon."
The cave was very wide open; it was amazing that such a large ship could steer through easily. At first it seemed as though they were headed back into darkness, as though there were nothing there, but they soon entered an underground city. As the ship came into the town people stop and waved.
"Captain Kagome!" An older woman called as she waved.
"Captain Sango!" A young man grinned widely up at the ship.
Kagome looked at Aoi, who hadn't moved as Kagome had order but had just stared at the cave walls until they reached the city, "This is our port, Aoi."
"What do you mean our port?" Aoi glanced up at Kagome.
"We provide for this port, we created it," Kagome smiled, "This is our home."
"Do we come here often?" Aoi glanced around.
"No, not really this port is rich as it is but all these people are loyal to us so we do come back as much as possible," Kagome explained.
"So Miroku's crew doesn't know about this port?" Aoi asked. "They won't find us here?"
"No they won't," Kagome said.
Aoi sighed, "That's good."
"But we'll still have to face them. We can't hide forever," Kagome affirmed.
Aoi looked at her with wide eyes, "You mean that you don't care if they come after us?"
"It's not if, Aoi. They will come after us, Miroku and Inuyasha don't like to have stuff stolen from them, especially Inuyasha. Don't tell Sango though," Kagome put a finger to her lips, "Sango'll want to run, I won't run."
"How do you know they'll come after us?" Aoi's voice shook.
"I've known Inuyasha all my life, I know him very well," Kagome stated.
"You know the mysterious 2nd captain?" Aoi gaped.
Kagome slapped her hand over the girl's mouth, "Don't be so loud, that's confidential information, don't tell anyone," Kagome glared at the girl.
"So, you really do know him?" Aoi smiled.
"Yeah, we grew up together. I never knew what happened to him until I went and stole one of their ships." Kagome crossed her arms, "But he forgot about me so it doesn't mean much now."
Aoi stared at her, "He forgot about you?"
"Yup!" Kagome said.
"What a jackass? How can someone just forgot a person they've known their whole life?" Aoi threw her arms in the air.
"Don't know how but apparently he figured it out," Kagome laughed.
"Kagome!" Sango called.
"What?" Kagome turned around and looked at her friend.
"We're ready to dock!" Sango gestured to the docks.
Kagome smiled, "Alright!" She looked to Aoi, "Later, I'll be going now," Kagome walked to the edge of the ship and hopped onto the railing. She waved to Aoi grinning and with a powerful push of her legs she was in the air heading toward the docks. She landed gracefully and was greeted by several people. She pushed through the crowd and spotted the woman she was looking for, a wide grin spread over her face, "Akane!"
Akane smiled back at her, "Hey, Captain Kagome!"
Kagome jogged to the girl and threw her arm around her shoulders, "How's it been here without me?"
"Kinda boring," Akane said.
"Isn't it always boring without me?" Kagome laughed.
"So where to first?" Akane asked.
"The house," Kagome yawned, "I'm tired, I took a nap a couple days ago but I haven't had a good night's sleep in about 2 weeks."
"Ah, well, you should get some sleep before tomorrow night," Akane ordered.
Kagome grimaced, "Stupid new moon."
"Yes, well, no matter how much you hate it, it's still there." Akane glanced toward the large house they were approaching. "I'll prepare you some nicer clothes while you bathe, after that you can have a good night's sleep, 2 days from now there will be festivities and a large dinner because of your return. Tonight you will get a good night's sleep I assure you!" Akane opened the large doors and they entered the house.
"Thanks, Akane," Kagome smiled, "What would I do with out you?"
"Come home to a very dirty house. It's a big house too, you don't want to clean it yourself," Akane winked.
"You know I really never needed this big house, I prefer to sleep outside in the trees. Not to mention all the people it takes to clean this place." Kagome grinned sheepishly.
"Nonsense, you and Sango provide for this port! We have our money because of you, stolen or not! You created this town and gave us all a place to live, every last one of us is indebted to you," Akane nodded.
Kagome sighed, "Whatever you say."
"Exactly," Akane grinned.
Akane turned a corner while Kagome kept going straight, "I won't be long Akane."
"Drivel! You take a nice, long, relaxing dip in the hot springs! You have hours upon hours! Nothing important is happening until the day after tomorrow," Akane discarded Kagome's statement.
Kagome smiled and bound off toward the back of the house, she exited a back door and was greet by a flight of stairs. She ascended the stairs and broke into sunlight, closing the hatch she'd come out of she turned and walked a short distance before she reached the hot springs. The sun was low enough in the sky that the towering trees surrounding the springs shaded them. Kagome stripped out her clothes and set them on a large boulder next to the springs. Sinking to the hot water with a sigh, she thought that she should've told Akane that she'd been in the above ground springs and not the underground ones. The girl would quickly find her either way.
Kagome laid her head against the rock behind her and sunk a little deeper into the water. She smiled, she always liked this, when she came here she was treated like a princess. She didn't deserve it; she was far from a princess, she was a pirate. Either way these people loved her, they were loyal to her, they were her friends. This wasn't actually home but it was home for now.
If she ever found a way home she couldn't leave these people in the dust she'd take them with her if they wanted to go. She'd still be a pirate whether they stayed or went so she could bring them money every now and again. She could bring them enough money to keep them a wealthy town for a long time.
Kagome had been soaking in the water for quite a while when she heard her name called, "Is that you, Akane?"
"Yes," The woman came into view and smiled. "I've brought you fresh clothes. If you'll slide over to this side of the pool I'll wash your back and hair for you."
"Akane, please," Kagome said, "I can do this myself."
"Nonsense, Captain Sango is downstairs being treated to similar luxuries," Akane huffed.
Kagome furrowed her brows, "She jumped at the offer?"
"No, but she eventually accepted, as will you," Akane's grin returned anew.
Kagome sighed, "Fine but only a quick scrub and I'll be washing the rest of me myself and dressing myself thank you, I don't need handmaids."
"Both you and Captain Sango seem to think that," Akane snorted.
"Not think," Kagome corrected her, "KNOW!"
"Fine, Fine," Akane gestured, "Just come over here."
Kagome sighed and scooted to the opposite side of the pool, her back was now facing Akane and the girl bent over slightly and rubbed a cloth across her back. Once she finished with Kagome's back and hair the girl retreated back to the caves knowing full well that Kagome wasn't about to give in to any more. Kagome finished washing and dressed.
Kagome made her way back to the hatch, heading back down the stairs and into the house. She turned a few corners and entered her bedchambers. She didn't bother to look for her sleepwear; she merely kicked off her boots and fell onto her bed. She was almost immediately asleep, here nothing really mattered she didn't have to worry so it wasn't just a half-sleep as usual. This was one of her once in a blue moon naps, where she didn't have to stay aware of what was going on or be ready to wake up at a moments notices, she had hours this time.
Akane shaking her insistently awoke Kagome, the girl smiled when Kagome finally opened her eyes, "I have to wake up already?"
"When you know you're safe you are a very sound sleeper, Captain Kagome," Akane grinned.
Kagome stretched and smiled, "Normally I'm not but I know that no one will find me here so I don't have to worry about staying vigilant while I sleep."
"It's good to know you feel safe here," Akane turned.
"What are we doing today?" Kagome yawned.
"Everyone is preparing for tomorrow's feast though not many of them know why we have to wait until tomorrow." Akane said.
"Stupid, new moon," Kagome growled.
"Stupid, boring, new moon!" Kagome stared at the ceiling.
She hated being in her human form. She couldn't smell as good, or see as good, or hear as good. She never slept on the night of the new moon, not even when she was here at her port. She hadn't even slept on the night of the new moon when she was little and she was on an island with a barrier around it, in a house surrounded by family and friends. Never would she sleep on the night of the new moon.
Inuyasha lay on his stomach on the bed, staring at the wall. He knew it was the night of the new moon, and he knew he wouldn't sleep. That, however, wasn't what was preoccupying his mind.
Kagome was glad when the change came about at dawn. Although, even after it did she didn't leave her room. For some reason she was thinking about him. She was thinking very deeply about him. She was completely preoccupied. She thought for hours and hours about several different things revolving around him. She didn't stop thinking until Akane entered the room around mid-afternoon.
"Good afternoon!" She smiled.
"Afternoon," Kagome said.
"I hope you had a nice morning! I brought you lunch!" Akane provided the food upon saying this.
"Thanks," Kagome said. As soon as she finished she glanced at Akane, "What now?"
Akane grinned, "Now, it's time to dress for the festivities tonight."
Kagome blinked than groaned, "I've got to wear some fancy gown don't I?"
"Yes!" Akane turned around grinning so wide it looked like her face would crack; a ball gown lay in her arms.
Kagome moaned, "I hate wearing fancy dresses can't I just wear what I normally do? I only wear gowns when I need to disguise myself at ports or anywhere else I may need to disguise myself."
"You will not wear men's clothing to a feast in your honor," An evil grin spread across her face, "Captain Sango agreed."
"Damn her!" Kagome wailed. "Why do you keep pulling that card?"
"Because you'd never agree if I didn't tell you that she had," Akane smirked.
"Did she willingly agree?"
"No, actually, she put quiet a fight it took many women to hold her down and get the corset on and as soon as we let her go to get the dress on she bolted, finally we caught her and got her to agree but we had a hell of a time getting her to agree to the makeup." Akane explained.
"Makeup?"
Akane nodded, "Yes."
"Sorry, Akane, but no," Kagome bolted, pushing past the girl with amazing speed.
Akane stuck her head out of the room, "Someone catch her!"
Humans surrounded Kagome but none could catch her, running was becoming a nuisance so she jumped into the rafters and lounged there as everyone stared up at her. "I'll just stay up here until it's time for dinner!"
Akane looked up at her, "Please, Captain Kagome?"
"Nope!"
Akane sighed, "You leave me no choice," She turned to one of the other women who surrounded her, "Go find several youkai women and tell them we need help capturing and dressing, Captain Kagome."
"Shit," Kagome cursed. Well she'd stay here until they came to get her then she'd run again. The human women dispersed and when Akane wasn't looking Kagome made herself scarce. It just wouldn't do for them to catch her just yet, she knew they would though with youkai on their side it was inevitable, but perhaps she could prolong the inevitable.
"Captain Kagome?" Shit they were here already? She made her way across the rafters toward the doors of the house, the open doors.
"Where is she?" One woman asked.
"Up there somewhere," Akane pointed to the rafters.
"We know that," Another said, "We can smell her."
Kagome was just above the doors, right next to the wall, she sidestepped and fell quickly to the ground, landing gracefully in front of the doors, "I take my leave," She smirked and turned bounding out the doors.
The women were in close pursuit, she ran through the crowds of people, many of which only saw a blur as she pasted by. She jumped to the rooftops and paused, looking back at the youkai women following. When she paused several people noticed her and pointed notifying others.
Kagome listened as it quickly flew through the crowds that 'Captain Kagome is being chased down by youkai again. She probably won't dress up for the festivities tonight, same old, same old.' She ignored it all and began running again; she took a sharp turn and bound across more roofs. Normally in their little chases she didn't do that and the youkai who were chasing were so used to their normal routine that she had them skidding to a stop.
Kagome left them behind and went back toward the house, she ran straight through the house and up through the hatch. She'd have them running in circles for hours before they finally found her, or before she went back herself, but they'd never guess the she'd come up here. They wouldn't use their noses either, they'd try all of her usual tricks first, and there were quiet a few, it would take them a while, before they started using logic and realized that she wasn't going for same old same old, she was going to win this time.
She headed toward the ocean at a leisurely pace. When she arrived at the cliff that the cave entrance was on she looked down and smiled, she had a while. She hoped up into a tree and looked out at the ocean for a while, lounging on the branch in peace. She glance up at the sun's position in the sky, she'd give them an hour. Glancing back into the trees she saw nothing so she looked back out at the ocean. A ship had come into view, she hadn't noticed it a while ago but now she could tell that is was a ship it must have been coming her way for a while because it was moving at sluggish pace but she could see it clearly though it was small because of its distance. She squinted as she tried to make out the flag.
She gasped, "Inuyasha!" He'd gone east not west; maybe he wasn't tracking her, something told her otherwise.
"Kagome!" Akane growled when her captain came into view, "Where the hell have you been?"
"Enjoying the view," She gestured upwards lazily.
Akane scowled and dragged Kagome toward her room, "Now I only have a small amount of time to get you ready."
"This happens every time and every time you get unbelievably angry," Kagome drawled out.
"That's because the whole time you put up a fight, even after you're caught, even after you lose your little game!" Akane snarled.
"Don't get snippety with me," Kagome scolded.
Akane glared at her captain and gripped her wrist tighter expecting her to struggle. She closed the door to Kagome's room and went to work. It was always just her helping Kagome dress, the youkai women would stand outside the closed door so even though Kagome struggled she couldn't bolt and if Akane ever needed help then the women would come in but it never got that out of hand.
However, this time Kagome put up no fight at all, she just sat there almost limply as Akane pushed her this way and that and yanked on stupid strings. Kagome was completely calm through the whole process and this shocked Akane but she proceeded.
Inuyasha sighed as he stared at the ceiling of his newly acquired quarters. He'd been laying in bed for a while now; he hadn't left his quarters since they left to follow Kagome. For 3 days he'd stayed in this one room thinking about the one thing, the one person, that he wished he didn't have to think about at the moment. The new moon had come and gone just last night yet he still stayed in the room thinking of only her. If he hadn't done something as asinine as to forget her it wouldn't be so painful to think about her at the moment.
"Of course," He murmured to himself, "why wouldn't it be painful to think that the person that you love is probably going to hate you for the rest of your life?"
He huffed and sat up, his eyebrows furrowing as the frown he'd been wearing since he figured Kagome out, appeared on his face again, "Well, I guess it's time I see where we are."
His door swung upon and everything stopped as his crew looked at him, "What?" The bustle began again but everyone was watching him out of the corner of their eyes.
"Done sulking yet?" Miroku said from above him.
Inuyasha turned around and spotted Miroku steering the ship. "I'm not going to answer that because you already know the answer."
"Ah, yes, you'll never be done sulking," Miroku sighed, "Unless, of course, she doesn't hate you."
Inuyasha laughed, "Fat chance!"
"You never know, my friend," Miroku smiled.
"How can you smile while talking about this?" He barked.
Miroku laughed, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Inuyasha jumped and landed next to Miroku, "Sure you do."
"Can't you ever use the stairs like normal people?" Miroku rolled his eyes.
"I, my friend, am not a normal person," Inuyasha placed a hand on his chest.
"No, definitely not normal," Miroku muttered.
"Was that an insult?"
"No, no, of course not," Miroku chuckled.
"Liar," Inuyasha said.
Miroku gasped, "I'm offended."
"You shouldn't be because you were after all lying," Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Anyway, where exactly are we?"
Miroku waved a hand behind Inuyasha, "By an island."
"Wow, thank you for being so descriptive," Inuyasha said, sarcastically, turning around. He dragged his eyes over the cliff of the island that the ship was sailing parallel to. The ship was moving along at a sluggish pace, little wind wasn't catching the sails, so they'd be by this island for a while, "Why are we so close to the island?"
"Deep waters," Miroku informed him, "and we hoped to maybe find something of Kagome."
Inuyasha turned and some invisible force seemed to tug him toward the island, "Lower the sails."
"What?" Miroku frowned, "but then we won't move at all."
"Lower the sails," Inuyasha ordered, "and drop anchor."
"Are we going to go to the island?" Miroku asked.
"No not just yet, we have to find a beach to do that and right now I just want to watch the island," Inuyasha waved a dismissive had.
Miroku shrugged and left him alone, as his orders were carried out.
The whole thing should have been fun but it was more of a blur to Kagome. She moved through everything like a ghost. Ate only because it was necessary, danced when asked because she had to, she didn't drink. She was thinking about other things, about other people, one person in particular.
She had a short conversation with Sango when she'd bumped into her.
"There you are!" Sango had smiled. "I've been meaning to talk to you."
"Really? About what?" Kagome asked absently.
"Telling Aoi may not have been smart if you didn't want her to tell anyone. She'll keep quiet for a while but she's new and she'll talk eventually," Sango had warned.
"I know," Kagome murmured, "I wouldn't have told her if I didn't expect her to tell."
"You want the crew to know?" Sango had been confused.
"No, not really but it's better they find out from her than me because either way they find out eventually," Kagome said.
Sango had been dragged away by a young man then, who had asked her for a dance.
Kagome slipped away soon after that going unnoticed by anyone, she'd attended so Akane would be happy, and she always left early anyway but normally for different reasons. She slipped stealthily into the house and into her room, she considered changing everything but that would take to long. She slipped pants on under the dress and took off.
She was up the hatch in mere seconds, it was dark out now but she could see as if it was a clear, sunny day. She lifted her skirts and jogged toward the ocean. In the hours she'd been gone she knew that the ship had gotten closer to the island, much closer but she expected it to be half gone by now. She stopped at the cliff's edge and stared at the ship, it was straight ahead of her and very close to the island.
Inuyasha stared at the island for hours; it never changed; yet he continued to stare at it. Something was here, but he couldn't figure out what wanted him on this island. Was Kagome here?
Miroku came by several times asking if they were going to find beach and go onto the island. Inuyasha had responded the same way every time with an 'I don't know.'
The sky darkened and he continued to stare at the rocky cliff, his vision adjusted to the light change and he could see as if it were daylight out. The stars and moon rose above him and he stared at the island.
"Inuyasha," Miroku taped him on the shoulder. "If we're not going to go on the island can we leave?"
"No," Inuyasha murmured.
"Why are you staring at it?" Miroku sighed.
"Something's here," Inuyasha stated.
"What?" Miroku asked
"I don't know what but it's there?" Miroku hadn't really been looking for that answer but he took it, turning he left his friend to watch the island.
The invisible force pulled his attention to the trees at the top of the cliff. Bolting up right from his slumped over position, his eyes widened and he stared.
There he was, the man who'd occupied her thoughts all day today. The man she should hate but couldn't seem to stop loving. He noticed her immediately, she watched him bolt up and could even tell when his eyes widened. His silver white hair whipped around him with the sudden movement, his Inu ears swiveled furiously atop his head. His clawed hands almost splintered the woods under his grip. He was there, he was beautiful.
"Inuyasha," She whispered.
She was there, the woman who occupied his thoughts constantly now. The woman who he had forgotten but who he couldn't seem to get out of his head anymore. The woman who he should just give up on but found that he had loved fully all along. The woman who his heart yearned for right now, who he never should have forgotten. She was staring at him, her eyes wide as she did. Her long black hair settled chaotically across her back and over her shoulders, it and her Inu ears seemed to blend in with the dark night. Her clawed hands were fisted in the skirts of the gown she wore, lifting them slightly. He could tell she'd just been running her chest was heaving, her breathing harsh. She was there, she was gorgeous.
"Kagome," He whispered.