Hey, peoples! So, why am I typing at the top of the page and not down in DTAC? I wanted to apologize for not updating this in so long! Our internet people killed our computer for a while. So, sorry!!

I also wanted to thank loveXhopeXfaith for all the nice reviews they have given. I'll get more in depth with that at the bottom. See you there!

Walk Away

Chapter 4

"Coming through!"

It had been a week since Kagome had started at the palace and things seemed to be going Ok. Or at the very least, she wasn't dead yet. Being acutely uncoordinated has it's downfalls.

Kagura hadn't been very pleased when she had come home to Kagome's note. Her growl had been heard for miles. Most people thought it was just a hungry werewolf, but Kagome knew better. She slept with one eye open from then on.

She was now carrying five plates of food (four on her arms and one on her head) to breakfast and her fellow servants weren't making it easy.

She had already dropped one plate and nearly trampled an elf. But somehow she managed to make it to the table relatively unharmed.

"Let's see. Eggs and bacon for Sango. Sausage for Miroku. Grits for Inuyasha. Ew! Inuyasha, you like grits?"

Inuyasha just glared at her and she laughed. He had a major "tough-guy" attitude around others but she just found it funny. Like a puppy barking at truck.

"Pancakes for Sesshomaru and all of the above for Rin."

She had just met Rin and Sesshomaru a few days ago when they had returned to visit. Sesshomaru was Inuyasha's half-brother and ruler of Sango's home country. Rin was his ever-happy, ever-hungry wife.

"Thank you, Kagome. Would you like to join us?" Rin asked between bites. She had already polished off the bacon and eggs.

"Oh, No thank you. I still have things that need to be taken care of."

She hurried to start cleaning up the other's rooms before they finished eating.

'Hey,' she thought, 'Naraku wasn't at breakfast. I wonder if he's sick.'

Grabbing a thermometer just in case, she decided to start on his room. She entered slowly to make sure she wouldn't disturb him. It didn't matter because the room was no longer occupied that morning.

Kagome didn't mind. Naraku tended to have the least to clean up. She supposed it had something to do with the "World Domination" thing he was always muttering about. It sounded like a fun club. Maybe she'd join when she had a chance!

She finished work fairly quickly and so decided to go visit Sango.

"Come in," Sango said when she knocked on her door. "Kagome! Come, sit down!"

Kagome found herself being pushed onto a chair and then holding a drink that she wasn't sure where it came from.

"How are you Sango?"

Sango smiled. "Good! I was just thinking about something. But its not important in the least."

Kagome nodded and opened her mouth to speak.

"No," Sango said obviously no longer paying attention to Kagome, "It is important. I have to talk to her about it. But she won't understand. Of course she will! She's your best friend. But she is a little crazy some times."

"Sango!" Kagome yelled getting her attention, "Hey. Sitting right here."

"Oh, Kagome. I'm so sorry. What I mean to say is, I need to talk to you about Miroku."

"Ok. Spill."

"Well, I really like him. You know that! But he was a huge womanizer before I met him. I can keep him in line but how do I know that I'm not just another woman to him?"

So that's what this was about. It's to be expected. Sango did get engaged to Miroku the very day she met him…

"Sango, You are a great person and any guy would be lucky to have you."

Sango glared daggers at Kagome. "That was the cheesiest line you could possibly use."

"All right. How about 'Miroku is obviously smitten with you?'"

Sango sniffed. "Keep going."

"Sango, he hasn't looked at another woman since you got here! Heck, he almost punched Inuyasha when he was rude to you."

"You're right. I guess It was just jitters." Sango leaned her head on Kagome's shoulder.

-

At Kagura's House

-

"Ugh!"

Ever since Kagome had left, Kagura had left the work up to Kikyo. She had claimed that Kanna was much too frail and sickly to be out in the sun. On the plus side, Kikyo wasn't snow white anymore.

The current moment had Kikyo, covered in dirt and stray leaves, pulling weeds from the acre-wide property.

She would never admit it to Kagura, but she actually liked the work. It was something she had never done but it made her feel good.

"Excuse me," a voice called from the front.

Kikyo hurried to the front to see a raven-haired man in royal clothing standing on the front porch. "May I help you?" she asked.

The man looked her up and down, seeming to asses whether or not she could be any help to him.

"Possibly. Is your mistress home?"

"My mother is right inside. I will fetch her for you."

The man seemed to be caught off guard. "Your mother? Aren't you the help?"

"Well, our previous maid ran away so I'm filling in. Now, if you would just come in, I'll go get Momma."

A few minutes later, Kagura and the man who they had learned was Naraku were seated in the sitting room while Kikyo served tea.

"How may I help you, Sir Naraku?" Kagura asked, obviously pleased to have someone of royal lineage visit her home. She always loved feeling more important than she was.

"I am here about your previous maid. Kagome, I believe?"

"Why, yes!" Kagura said leaning forward, her eyes wide with excitement.

"She is now working at the palace. My imbecile of a brother hired her and I would like nothing more than to rid myself of her. I would like to help you get her back."

Kagura's grin widened into an impossible length. "That would be lovely! Kikyo, did you hear that? You would no longer have to work."

"Yes, M'am." She would never let her know that she didn't want Kagome to come back.

"So how will this work?"

-

Back At The Palace

-

It was afternoon now and Kagome was officially done with her work. She had decided to walk the grounds and had accidentally stumbled upon Inuyasha. Literally. He had been napping in the grass when she had tripped over him and then had decided to join her on her walk.

"So, Kagura is actually your step-mother?"

Kagome had been feeling little honest that afternoon and had told Inuyasha everything. Or, almost everything.

"Yes. But I never considered her that. She only took me in because it would make her look bad to do anything else."

"And Kikyo and Kanna. They always seem nice enough. Well, Kanna doesn't actually talk but Kikyo seems all right."

Kagome laughed. "Kanna is silent but deadly. She's a malevolent, mind-twisting girl. Kikyo, however, is all right. She's just a little… un-bright."

"Un-bright?"

Kagome relayed to him the apron story and it had him rolling on the floor. "That's -gasp- that's hilarious!"

"Glad you think so."

Kagome and Inuyasha made their way back to the castle. Inuyasha stopped before going inside.

"You know, I think that I'm really starting to like you." And then he ducked Inside leaving Kagome outside blushing.

'What does that mean?!' she thought and walked away fanning her growing redness.

DTAC!!!!!! (Read this part or you will have no clue what's going on!!!!! Actually, you will. But this part could be a story all on its own. So ha!)

Hey! Again I would like to thank loveXhopeXfaith. I can't believe Sango and Miroku are engaged either! That was very spur of the moment. Luckily, this is comedy so anything can go.

Wow. This story is in no way going the way I had planned! I thought it would be much longer but I can actually see the end in sight! Just 2 or 3 more chapters and than an amazing epilogue done ducky style!

Thank you again to anyone who reads this. I know I'm saying thank you way too much but it really means a lot to me. Who better to read your work than complete and total strangers! XD Believe me, I would never let my friends or family read this. They already think I'm insane enough. So thank you!