Hey there guys. Chapter Sixteen! I didn't think I would make it to this chapter but I am still here! WHOOSH! This chapter should be interesting enough. Souta and Sango are now on Inuyasha's ship, and InuTaisho is still hanging around to make sure Inuyasha doesn't screw up! Looks like he isn't doing a great job at it either –sweat drop-

Anyhows,DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha, otherwise Kagome and Inuyasha would always be together and that bitch Kikyo would stay dead! –coughactiveKikyohatercough- on with the story.

Chapter Sixteen: Lecher!

Kagome was out on the deck just staring off into the ocean. A few days had gone by since her run in with Naraku and she was just glad she could move again. She needed some help getting from place to place, but she was just happy that she was able to move again, no matter how slowly. She hadn't tried using her miko powers either as she was afraid of what would happen if she tried. Inuyasha was usually there with her, but he was busy setting up a place they could port so they could get some more supplies and food. Sango and Souta were now aboard the ship, and she couldn't have been happier. When she was first able to see completely clear, she saw her brother at her bedside holding onto her hand. He was usually the one who was helping her about the ship nowadays. Inuyasha would have done it if he wasn't busy keeping his ship's crew in line, or who was left of the crew. That was his other reason of porting. He needed to get a crew. Kagome let out a heavy sigh.

"Hey sis." She heard and slowly turned her head to the side to find Souta taking a seat next to her.

"Hello Souta." She said quietly.

"How are you doing?"

"I'm doing much better, thank you. How are things on the ship going?"

"Inuyasha and that Kouga guy are fighting about what port we're going to." Souta sighed, shaking his head.

"Did you hear what port they wanted to go to?"

"Inuyasha wants to go to Vladivostok, but Kouga wants to go to Ch'ongjin." Souta told her.

"Vladivostok? He does realize that is in the Soviet Union, right?"

"It seems so…"

"And Ch'ongjin… you realize which port that is, don't you?" Kagome gave Souta a side glance. Souta just nodded.

Kagome was about to open her mouth to say something but a loud smacking sound stopped her before she could get anything out. She sighed heavily as she knew who was smacking who and why.

"Come Souta; help me up so I can make sure she doesn't kill him…" Kagome commanded quietly, slowly getting herself up.

Souta took her arm and helped her up and placed her arm around his shoulder as his arm went around her waist supporting her. He walked a bit and then to the main part of the deck. He helped Kagome down the stairs and stopped at the bottom of the stairs at the scene before them. Sango was practically choking Miroku and swearing at the top of her lungs.

"You lecherous monk, I hope you fucking die and burn in hell, you stupid fuck of a pirate!" She shouted her grip getting tighter around the man's neck.

Kagome just sighed.

"Sango, let the poor man go, he can't breathe." Kagome stated blandly and watched as Sango, reluctantly, let go of the man.

"But Kagome…!" Sango whined.

"You must be kind to him, he saved me once." Kagome told her and watched as Sango's annoyed face softened a bit.

"Fine." She said before walking off, leaving Miroku on the deck rubbing his neck.

"I'm sorry Miroku, I should have warned you about her. Though I doubt if I did warn you, it would make no difference."

"Kagome, you know my hand has a mind of its own! Curse this hand!" He defended, glaring at his hand which gropes all pretty girls.

"Yeah, sure." Souta said rolling his eyes.

"Miroku, do you know which port we are going to?"

"I don't know, last I heard Inuyasha and Kouga were still fighting over it. Either port we wouldn't really be welcomed to as they aren't Japanese ports, but I have no problem with either. Though, I don't think we're very welcome in the Japanese ports, but we know people at both ports." He explained walking over to the two.

"I see, which port do you see us most likely ending up going to."

"Most likely the one in China. It's closer and we're running low on supplies." Miroku stated. "Why?"

"No reason. I just wanted your opinion. Souta, can you bring me to Inuyasha? I need to speak with him." She looked to her brother and he nodded.

He helped his sister get to room where Inuyasha and Kouga were still fighting over which port they would be going to. Souta placed Kagome in a chair that was in the room and stood behind her.

"I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO CH'ONGJIN! IT'S CLOSER AND WE NEED SUPPLIES MUTT-FACE!!!"

"YES, BUT YOU DO REALIZE THAT IF WE GO FARTHER THE LESS LIKELY SOMEONE WILL WANT TO FOLLOW US!? VLADIVOSTOK IS PERFECT FOR THAT!!"

"I think we should go to Ch'ongjin." Kagome stated, both males looking at her with their eyes wide. It was obvious they didn't notice her enter.

"But Kagome!" Inuyasha and Souta said.

"If we need supplies then we need to get somewhere as soon as possible, even if it risks a fight." She stated calmly, clasping her hands in her lap. Inuyasha gave her a disbelieving look, and Souta looked at her with the same shocked expression. Inuyasha was the first to recover as he glared over at Kouga.

"Fine, we are going to go to Ch'ongjin. When we get there take your time loading the ship. I will be looking around the underground taverns in search of some crew. Kagome, why do you need to go to Ch'ongjin?"

"What makes you think I have a need? I was just stating the obvious, but since we are going to be there I think I will stop by to see an old friend. Souta would you like to come with me?" She said innocently. Souta gave her a curt nod, his face had taken one of indifference, but his eyes gave away surprise still.

"Fine, but I think you should have someone escort you there." Inuyasha stated.

"I will be fine. I can take care of myself, unless you're suggesting Sesshy?"

"He can't as he was called back to port by the bastard himself."

"Oh. Souta will you help me back to my room?" Kagome said ending the conversation there. Souta wrapped an arm around her waist and she draped her arm across his shoulders and leaned on him, only for some support.

Inuyasha watched them go and turned to find Kouga in a chair, his feet up on the table. He could tell the wolf was waiting for the siblings to leave to talk to him.

"Did you hear the kid when his sister told us what port we should go to?"

"Yeah, what do you think that was about?"

"Dunno, but it just means Kagome hasn't told us anything about her past before she got here, and if she has told us anything then how do we know it wasn't a lie?" Kouga thought out loud.

"Not too sure myself, that's why I told her I wanted her to take an escort, but she refused, which means…"

"Someone's going to follow her." The wolf finished Inuyasha sentence for him.

"Exactly… but who isn't stupid enough to get caught? Who can you spare?" Inuyasha thought out loud, tapping his finger on his chin.

"Ginta can do it. He's good at keeping his demonic aura down and tracking for that matter." Kouga told his captain off-hand.

"That's good, Kagome still feels bad for him getting hurt from Muso, so if he does get caught she won't do anything too harmful… maybe just verbal abuse." Inuyasha mused out loud.

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Kagome linked her arm with Souta's as they walked down the path away from the docks. They arrived in Ch'ongjin last night and it was an hour before noon. Kagome had dressed herself in a white button up shirt and a casual skirt which touch the ground, underneath a pair of shorts that clung to her thigh, and a leather strap around her left thigh which held a hunter's knife. A pair of warn heeled boots could be seen peeking out from under the skirt. Souta had on a light blue button up shirt and black pants which were tucked into black boots, his sword by his side. They walked into the town and Kagome would stop them every few seconds to look at the trinkets and food which looked good. They were completely oblivious to the shadow that was following them, keeping a good distance away from them, but still close enough to observe them. Kagome finally started them again and they walked past the market and on a path which lead into the forest. The shadow was confused by this but continued to follow them. Kagome and Souta walked on for ten minutes before they stopped in the middle of the path and walked to their left onto a hidden path which went into the trees. It was a few minutes before a clearing came about and a cottage was seen. This cottage looked almost like a shrine, but it looked a bit run down. The siblings had stopped in front of it. Kagome turned to Souta and nodded. He stepped forward and knocked on the door to the shrine-looking house. He took a step back and waited for an answer. When the door opened a woman could be seen in the door-way as a man stood behind her a few feet back in another room, looking towards the door. The woman's eyes widened as she saw who was there. Kagome rushed forward, as did the woman, and they embraced each other in a tight hug. The man had gotten up from his place and came to the door looking at the two women and to Souta. He held out his hand, with a grin, and Souta took it, with a smile of his own, and shook it.

Kagome held onto the woman longer.

"I missed you, mom." She whispered, but unknowingly a shadow had heard it and gasped as he turned back in the direction he had come and headed back to his bosses.

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Inuyasha had gone into town and went to the down down part of downtown where all the underground taverns were. He knew where these were, especially in Ch'ongjin as he had spent some time here before, and he was a pirate. He had a radar of where the good booze was. If he as a pirate had one, every pirate had one. That or they had someone tell them where they could go to get it. Either way, they got the booze they wanted. Now as good as rum sounded about now, he wasn't there for run, he was there to gather a crew as most of his blew up in an explosion. If word got around that he was here looking for a crew, the new members would be looking for him. Everyone wanted a chance to be a part of the famous Inuyasha crew. Captain… fucking captain! Why can't anyone get it right!? He thought with a snort. He entered the first pub, which was in the middle of the alcohol lane, and took a seat at a table in the back. It was only a few seconds when the first wave of hopefuls came by offering him a drink for a chance to make it to the crew.

A few drinks later, he had only a few men who had made it onto the crew. He tried everything to scare them away from the job, but they stuck around. He smiled and got up from his seat. He motioned for his new mates to follow him as he headed back to the ship. When he finally arrived at the docks he had noticed the familiar scent of Ginta and thought it strange that he was back already. He silently picked up his pace, still walking, and was on the deck of his ship in no time. He noticed Ginta was talking a million miles a minute to Kouga. When Ginta had stopped, the shocked look on Kouga's face was even more unsettling. Inuyasha made his way over to the two to find out what was going on and to have Kouga take the new lot on a quick tour of the ship and have them get to work right away.

"What's going on?"

"It's what Ginta found out about Kagome. Who are they?"

"New crew mates, I need you to show them the ropes and get them started right away." Inuyasha ordered earning a nodded from the wolf yōkai. He watched as he took the few new mates and walked them to the under-deck. He turned his attention back to Ginta who had been looking at the new crew mates as well.

"Couldn't scare them off?"

"Nope, now, tell me what you found out."

"Well I followed her and her brother through the market and then they went into the woods, on the path, but a few minutes they stopped and stepped off the path and onto a hidden path that went through the trees to a clearing where a shrine-looking house was and the boy had knocked on the door and a few minutes later a woman answered and Kagome hugged her and then a man came out a shook hands with Souta and then Kagome said "I missed you, mom."" The wolf said in one breath, talking extremely fast, but not fast to the point where Inuyasha couldn't understand him. It took a moment for Inuyasha to register what he had just said and when it sunk in, his eyes widened.

"Mom!? I thought her parents were dead!?"

"I thought so too, but I think it was her mom and her grandpa. The man looked a bit old to be her father or for the woman to want to marry him. Plus I think it is Kagome's Mom's father." Ginta stated. He looked to the inu hanyō and saw the look of deep thought on his face.

"But she said her parents had died…" The captain said in contemplation, scratching the back of his head. His brows furrowed in frustration, letting out an annoyed groan. Then something hit him.

"Is this the same shrine-looking house that I am thinking of?" He asked turning to Ginta, who gave him a nod and his eyes widened further.

"She is her mother!?" the hanyō exclaimed and looked in the direction of the hidden cottage.

"Who is who's mother?" a deep suave voice came from behind Inuyasha. He turned around to find his father looking in the same direction as the hanyō.

"Where the hell have you been?"

"Oh, here and there, just making sure you're not doing anything to screw up with Kagome, but from what I can tell you have already done something to jeopardize her trust. So, what did you do?" the elder yōkai asked.

"He had me follow Kagome as she was going to visit a friend." Ginta answered knowing Inuyasha was going to deny everything. Inuyasha shot him a glare and he took off to find something to do.

"You did that?" InuTaisho turned to his son and noticed the glare he sent to wolf.

"I'll take that as a yes. Why did you do that?"

"I wanted to make sure she would be okay, and to find out who she was going to go see."

"And…?"

"Apparently it was her mother."

"Her… mother… but didn't you tell me her parents died?"

"She told me her parents died." Inuyasha told his father. Both scratched their heads.

"You know you're going to have to tell her you had someone follow her if you want the information from her, right?"

"Yes, yes I know." Inuyasha groaned already not looking forward to THAT conversation with Kagome.

"You'll be there to hold her down won't you?"

"Of course." InuTaisho responded taking his leave. Inuyasha watched as he left and then turned his gaze back in the direction of the hidden cottage.

Elsewhere on the ship and loud flesh meeting flesh sound could be heard.

"GODDAMMIT MIROKU! CAN'T YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF!?"

"Sango, my love, you know this hand is cursed! I have no control over it!"

"BULLSHIT!"

"But it is true!"

"If I didn't know any better I would say they have the hots for each other." Shippou muttered.

"I can only agree with you there, young one." Myoga stated with a nod of his head.

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Well as I said before, looks like InuTaisho can't handle the job of keeping Inuyasha in Kagome's good light. Oh well… wonder how Inuyasha is going to get out of that one… hm… -evil laughter-

Ahem… So yes Kagome's mother is alive and her grandpa is alive, her daddy ish not… you will be learning of this in the next chapter.

Next Chapter: Kagome.

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-Pnkrockninja