Chapter 21- Plans on the First Day
Sango and Miroku watched as Sota continued to train. The two knew that he wanted to be a part of the group that were working hard to protect his sister. 'I have to get stronger. I have to get more control.' He thought as he blocked the energy ball only to be paralyzed. Sango turned to face Miroku and asked, "Does he know yet?"
"No, and by the looks of it if we tell him he is only going to push his self more." Miroku answered.
"But we have no other choice…we're going to need his help in convincing Kagome to stay with Inuyasha." Sango stated.
"I know…we'll tell him once Vetis and Verin are done training him." Miroku stated.
"Ok, but you do know that this is going to be hard seeing as how we have to convince her without making her think that we're up to something." Sango stated.
"We're just going to have to hope that her mother and brother can come up with something." Miroku answered.
She could tell that it was early in the morning and knew that if she woke up now that there was no way she would be able to go back to sleep. However her body was telling her another story. She could smell breakfast and it only fueled her hunger. 'Wait…Inuyasha doesn't know how to cook…great…if he had some servants brought over I'm going to kill him and go home.' She thought as she began to sit up in bed.
"Good you're up. I thought that I was going to have to wake you up." His voice was heard.
"Inuyasha did you have some servants brought over here just to cook?" Kagome asked as she began to rub the sleep from her eyes.
"No, I just finished making breakfast, come on before it gets cold." Inuyasha growled before he left the door way. 'Why would she think that? I mean I can cook.'
"Oh, sorry." He heard her whisper as she claimed out of bed.
Once out of bed, Kagome quickly followed Inuyasha down stairs and met him in the kitchen. She was surprised to see that he had indeed cooked the food. He had made them some eggs with toast. As she took her seat, Kagome turned to Inuyasha and said, "Thank you for the food. I'll cook dinner."
"Feh. If that's what you want." He growled as he began to eat.
"Inuyasha…who taught you how to cook?" Kagome asked before she took a bit of her food. 'This is delicious.!' she thought.
"Oh, well after a while of living with Sesshomaru I decided to get my own place since Shippo moved out to live with his mate. So I had a house built and I had to teach myself how to cook." Inuyasha answered as if it were nothing.
"Oh, so what are we going to do today?" Kagome asked.
"Well, if you want we can go swimming like you wanted or we can go scuba diving." Inuyasha answered.
"But I don't know how to scuba dive." Kagome replied.
"I'm a licensee teacher so I'll teach you." He stated with a grin.
"Fine…but if I don't like it we're just going to swim." She hissed.
"Fine." He growled.
The rest of their meal was in silence. Once Kagome was done, she told Inuyasha that she would do the dishes and for him to go and take a bath. After much arguing and a couple of 'sits' Inuyasha finally went up stairs and took his bath. 'Now that that is settled, I can practice while washing the dishes.' She thought as she stood in front of the sink. Once she had the water running Kagome used a nearby plant and made the vines grow so that their leaves would hold the plates over the running water. Next she used the air to dry the plate before she took it and placed it in the cabinet.
'There…all done. Now I can go and take a bath.' She thought as she turned around to see Inuyasha walking in with a towel covering his face as he dried off his hair. "Inuyasha?"
"Oh, yeah I came to tell you that I'd finish up so that you could go and take a bath." Inuyasha answered as he removed the towel only to be surprised.
"I'm done already. Just give me an hour." She replied before she ran up to her room to gather her things before jumping into the shower.
'How the hell did she finish so fast?' Inuyasha couldn't help but think as he walked into the living room to watch some TV.
He stood there in shock. Had he really heard right? Was his sister really in that much danger again? He didn't want to believe it but after four weeks of training with Vetis and Verin he knew that there was no way that they would lie to him about this. After taking in a deep relaxing breath, Sota turned to Miroku and Sango and asked, "So what are we going to do?"
"Well, we were hoping if you could help us convince your sister to live with Inuyasha for a while. We haven't told your mother yet and that's why we told you." Miroku answered.
"So that I can tell my mother?" Sota asked.
"No, so that the three of us can explain this to her before she helps us come up with a plan as to how we're going to get Kagome to live with Inuyasha. At least until we find out who is after her." Sango explained.
"Well let's get going. I already have an idea but I don't know if my mom is going to like it." Sota said as he reached for his gym bag and his second weapon. Sota had chosen to learn how to channel his energy into the very same weapon Kohaku had used in the past.
"Are you going to tell us your plan?" Miroku asked.
"Yeah, if I get to drive to the shrine; I brought my sister's car since she lets me drive it." Sota explained.
"So than when are we going to here the plan?" Miroku asked.
"God help me I'm getting married to an idiot. Miroku he isn't telling us until after we have explained things to his mother." Sango hissed as she hit him over the head.
"You're the one that loves him. I'll meet you two at the bottom of the shrine steps." Sota was heard as ran out of the dojo. 'I need to make sure that mom doesn't faint. I also need to make sure that sis took her weapons with her to where ever Inuyasha to her to.' He thought as he quickly got into his car and drove off.
Once he had met up with Sango and Miroku, Sota and his sister's friend walked up the shrine steps and into the main house. Sota show his grandfather in the well house and knew that he was making sure that nothing was getting out of it. 'To think that he would trust Sis and her seal's.' he thought as he opened the front door.
"Sota is that you?" Ms. Higurashi was heard from the kitchen.
"Yeah its me. Sango and Miroku are here." Sota called back as he closed the front door.
"Oh, well I'm sorry but Kagome isn't here. She left with Inuyasha for a small trip." Ms. Higurashi stated as she walked into the living room.
"We know that, we came to talk to you about Kagome." Miroku stated.
"Oh no…I thought she was done fighting." Ms. Higurashi stated as she realized the truth.
"Mom let them explain. They need our help with this one." Sota was heard.
"Inuyasha are you sure about this? I know how to swim but I might panic about the whole breathing underwater thing." Kagome said as she got deeper into the water.
"Trust me…I'll pull you up if you don't like it and we can just find something else to do. Beside I want to show you something." Inuyasha replied as he pulled her deeper into the water.
"Ok…lead the way." Kagome stated as she began to feel the sea water slowly calm her down. 'Thank you…I want to see what he wants to show me so please…help me.' She thought as she allowed Inuyasha to pull her under.
Once they began to reach the bottom of the water, Kagome couldn't believe her eyes. It was amazing. The colors, the scenery, the serer beauty of underwater world were taking her breath away. Kagome turned to Inuyasha and smiled at him as she squeezed his hand to show him that she liked it.
'Good she likes it so far…now to just get her to go deeper into the ocean so that I can take her to the cave.' He thought as he smiled and pulled her to him.
'Where is he taking me now? I thought this was what he wanted to show me.' She thought as she allowed him to lead her deeper and lower into the ocean floor. Kagome knew that he would never put her in any danger but something was telling her to just go back up and relax. The water was trying to tell her to go back but she kept pushing her feeling away. She didn't want to hurt Inuyasha's feelings; she didn't want him to think that she didn't want to see what he offered her.
'Why is the water getting colder…I don't want her to get sick. I should take her back up.' Inuyasha thought as he stopped and turned to face her. Kagome stared into his eyes with confusion not knowing what he was doing. It wasn't until he motioned for her to turn around and swim back that she realized that he was feeling uneasy about something.
Once they were at the surface of the water, Kagome removed the mouth piece that was giving her air and turned to Inuyasha and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, the water is getting to cold so let's just get out of the water before you get sick." Inuyasha answered.
"Ok, but what are we going to do?" Kagome asked.
"We can swim in the indoor swimming pool if you're still up for just swimming." Inuyasha answered.
"That sounds like fun. Come on lets go." Kagome said as she began to swim back to shore. 'I know…just for the fun of it.' She thought as a grin speared across her face.
'Why is she grinning like that? What is that wench up to?' Inuyasha thought as he swam faster to try to catch up to her. But before he could reach her, Inuyasha was thrown forward and onto the shore by a huge wave. Once on the shore, he was about to run back to get Kagome until he heard her amused filled voice say, "To think you could have told me that a wave that big was coming. You are after all a half demon."
"Are you teasing me?" Inuyasha asked in disbelief.
"Maybe…come on, I want to go and swim and I don't know my way around that house of yours yet." Kagome said as she offered him a hand.
"Feh, I can get up myself." Inuyasha growled.
"Jerk. Sit." Kagome hissed as she stormed off into the house.
"Me and my big mouth." Inuyasha growled before he pulled himself up and yelled out, "Kagome wait! I didn't mean it! Kagome!"
"So what you three are telling me is that a demon and a group of miko's, hanyou's, and demon slayers are after my daughter just because she hasn't completely purified the shikon jewel?" Ms. Higurashi asked.
"Well if you look at it in that way than yes. But they still need to find the dragon miko first." Sango answered.
"Shippo is currently looking for her but so far he hasn't found any trace of her. Not even the oldest miko has been able to track her. It's as if she was able to hid herself as soon as she received her powers." Miroku added.
"So than what are we going to do? I don't want my daughter in any danger or to be left open for an attack." Ms. Higurashi said.
"And that if why I have a plan. But you can't yell at me." Sota stated as he turned to face the three of them.
"Finally. Now can you tell us what you had in mind." Miroku was heard.
"I was thinking…what if my mother talked to Sesshomaru and set up an arranged marriage with Inuyasha." Sota answered.
A/N: well there you have it. The end of this chapter. I know I haven't left any notes after some of my fic but bare with me. I'm working hard in getting this story finished and I am really sorry to keep you all waiting. But don't worry because the fun is about to begin. Please let me know what you think of my fic. Take care,
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