Hello everyone! I'd like to give an extra thank you to the following reviewers:

Draco Olim,Ngbeken Lovette, and FireCat and SnowWhite!

You all were my first reviewers ever, so you get a special prize!

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A sneak peek of an upcoming chapter! For example, if I leave a cliffhanger and decide to leave it that way for a week (Mwa ha ha), and you just can't wait to see what happens next, I will send you that entire chapter early, trusting you not to spoil the cliffy!

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Again another big THANK YOU to you reviewers, but one more thing.

I realize in the author note I said I got the idea to do this story from Google- and I realized I miss-typed something. I got the idea to do this story from a picture I saw on Google. Heh, makes a big difference when it comes to fanfiction ^_^

Also, I realize I need to clarify one thing when it comes to Kagome and Sango's rescue. When Inuyasha dove in to rescue her, he was on the Shikon. When he hauled her up, she was put on his ship. The Shikon is still afloat. For now.

Also-

ooOoo (character point of view change)

Xxxxxxxxxx (time passes)

Now enough from me, enjoy chapter 2 of Love at Sea!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters.

I started to hyperventilate when I realized the situation me and Sango were in, and I began to pace back and forth rapidly. We were stuck on a ship with a not-so-nice Captain who was known to never leave survivors. Great. -Calm down Kagome, you can still get through this alive- I told myself repeatedly. After I finally calmed down enough to think rationally, and I sat down on one of the beautiful Victorian sofas. It was a dark mahogany with a purple velvet covering and plush cushions with matching pillows. I ran my fingers across the soft fabric in wonder- even though my family was rich we never spent much money on overly luxurious items like this. I lay back onto the soft pillows and looked at the ceiling, and was surprised to see that the ceiling was a map! The artistry was magnificent and extremely detailed, and it covered about three fourths of the ceiling. There were markers and notes everywhere, and I wondered how the hell I didn't notice it before. I scanned over it and noticed it was of the entire length of Japan, paying extra detail to each port and military base and where they were located. -Huh that's pretty smart-I thought. No wonder he could get away with stealing so much unscathed. I sighed and continued to study the map some more, and before I knew it I began to drift off to sleep.

ooOoo

I stomped away from the room. What was with her?! I save her and instead of a thank you she yells at me? -What the fuck is wrong with her?!- I seethed inwardly. My beast was also angry at the defiant girl, but I also detected that he was aroused by her defiance. I pushed him back, the last thing I needed was him going berserk.

"Miroku! Put her friend in there too!" I roared at him angrily. He flinched and quickly grabbed the other girl and pulled her towards my cabin. I looked around at my men, and smelled fear from every single one of them. I looked over at the ship, The Shikon, and back at them.

"Well what are you guys waiting for? Go loot the place!" I barked at them, and jumped over onto the other ship. They scrambled over to the ship, and sent some to look around for supplies. I walked over to a cabin where I scented the girl, and walked inside. There were four chests in the room, two full of clothes, one full of cosmetics and one was shut tightly. I picked up the two clothe chests and set them outside the cabin, then the one full of women's cosmetics. I looked at the closed one curiously. The other three chests had what two women would need on a journey overseas, but what was in this one? I shrugged. Not really my business anyways I picked it up and it was surprisingly heavy. -What the hell? What could she possibly need that was this heavy? - I struggled out of the room and set it down with a thud. I picked up the other three with ease and jumped them over to my ship, and then threw the other heavier one onto the deck while on the Shikon.

"Is that everything?" I asked Miroku. He nodded. "Good. Sink it."

I went to walk over to the front of the ship when Miroku stopped me. "Inuyasha are we going to go into port any time soon?"

I looked at him suspiciously, and answered "No, why?"

He sighed and looked like he was choosing his words with care. Smart. "Well Kagome asked me and I thought it would be a good idea to go ahead and stock up on some food and medicine."

I considered his words. I didn't want any of my men getting sick- if one of them got ill so would the rest of them. If we headed for the closest port to us, we could get there early morning.

"Fine. But we'll only be there for 2 days." I replied, and headed off to my cabin. I could get those girls off of my hands and continue my search for the Shikon no Tama. I opened the door to my quarters and looked around. The Sango girl was asleep on my bed, and I looked around for the other one, Kagome. -She'd be the one to surprise attack me- logic reminded me. I sniffed around and smelled her over on my couch. I narrowed my eyes and stalked over to her, preparing to tell her how things are on my ship, but I was surprised to find she was fast asleep. Her face looked relaxed and comfortable, and she reminded me of a little girl as she slept. Her skin had more color to it, and her lips looked rosy and just as kissable when I first laid eyes on her. My eyes traveled down her body following the womanly curves and noticed she was wearing some of my clothes. My beast began to purr, liking that the female was covered in my scent. I shook my head to clear my thoughts. -Shut up you- I snapped at it. I returned my eyes to her face and noticed her blue eyes were open now.

ooOoo

I opened my eyes to find that Inuyasha was once again too close for comfort, and my hand came up to smack him of its own accord. Again.

"EEP!" I squeaked. He reeled back, putting his own clawed hand to his face.

"DAMMIT WENCH, WOULD YOU QUIT DOING THAT?!" he shouted at me.

"WELL I WOULDN'T KEEP DOING THAT IF YOU WOULD LEARN PERSONAL SPACE! " I shouted back, sitting up. He was sitting cross-legged on the floor, glaring at me. I realized then that he was watching me sleep, and my face turned red from embarrassment.

"Hey, why were you watching me sleep?! Are you some kind of pervert?!" I questioned him, narrowing my eyes in suspicion. He blinked and a blush began to stain his cheeks.

"N-No! Why would you think that?!" he stammered, looking guilty and embarrassed at the same time.

"Well why else are you sitting on the floor facing me? You are a pervert aren't you!?" I yelled, scooting away from him. He stood up and glared at me.

"I'm not a damn pervert! I was just wondering why you fell asleep on my couch and I was about to wake you up!" I stared at him for a minute, and then looked away. Shouting at him wasn't going to help our situation -If I want to get us out of this alive I need to be nicer to him- my conscious reminded me.

"Now what is it?!" he snapped irritably, still glaring at me. I kept my eyes down and said softly, "I'm sorry I slapped you." There was a pause, and I heard his intake of breath, however quiet it was.

"Keh, its fine. Your stuff is over there." My eyes shot up to his in surprise, and he pointed over to a corner of the room. Three of our chests were there stacked on top of each other, and I noticed he even bothered to get my books.

"Thank you so much!" I looked at him and smiled. His cheeks tinted red and he looked away.

"It was nothin'. "He said gruffly. I walked over to my chest full of books and looked through them to make sure they were all there and unharmed. He walked over to where I was, peering into it.

"Huh. So that's why it was so heavy." he said, and I noticed his eyes scan over some of the titles with interest. I remembered he had an entire bookshelf on demons, and wondered why a pirate like him would bother with books.

"So you read a lot right?" I asked him, curious. He looked shocked and then embarrassed, like he wanted to look like a tough guy but didn't want to be called a nerd. -Awwe that's sweet- I thought. -Wait a minute, how is that sweet? Why do you think the fact that he reads the same books as you do sweet? Um hello girl, yeah he's handsome, but he's also bloodthirsty, rude, and need I remind you who exactly imprisoned you and Sango? - My conscious snarked at me. I really needed to learn how to shut her up one of these days.

"Err, yeah. I mean it's good to know other demon's weaknesses and stuff like that, so it makes it easier to beat them." he replied awkwardly. I smiled inwardly. It seemed the big tough pirate had a nerdy side. I could see him now, books scattered around him while he had a book in one hand and a fancy tea cup in the other, spectacles on the bridge of his nose. I started laughing uncontrollably at the mental image, and fell into one of the chairs next to the chest of books. Tears began streaming out of my eyes and my sides were hurting, but I couldn't stop laughing at the mental picture. I looked up to see Inuyasha looking at me like I was crazy, and laughed harder.

"Kagome? What's so funny?" he demanded. I finally began to quiet down, wiping the tears from my eyes, chuckles escaping every now and again.

"I-I'm sorry Inuyasha, I just- something you said there just reminded me of something." I fibbed, I didn't think he would appreciate me laughing at him reading books; he seemed insecure enough about it.

"Oh….well I guess it must have been pretty funny…" he said. I stood up and closed the chest of books, and then I remembered the ceiling.

"OH, Inuyasha? Where did you get that map?" I asked, and he looked at me quizzically.

"What map?"

"The one on your ceiling, did you steal it from an artist?" I asked. He looked angry and I immediately regretted asking about the map/ceiling.

"What, you think just because I'm a pirate I steal everything that I can get my hands on? I actually made that map myself." he bit out angrily, glaring at me. -Whoops, I guess I shouldn't assume things about him just because he's a half-demon pirate captain- -Even though he probably stole the stuff to make that map- I thought.

"Sorry, I guess I shouldn't assume stuff about people. It's a really awesome map; the detailing you put into it is astounding." I complimented him. He looked at me for a minute, and then turned beet red.

"Thanks, by the way we'll be in port by morning." he said, and abruptly walked out the door. I was shocked, he was actually going to let me and Sango go? But what was that thing about 'no survivors'? Wait a minute he didn't say anything about letting us go, but why was he going to keep us? Were we going to be ransomed off or something? As I worried over what was going to happen to me and Sango, I didn't realize that she had just woken up.

"Kagome? What was all that shouting about?" I jumped when I heard her voice, and I whirled around to see her looking at me with concern.

"Oh nothing Sango, Inuyasha just came by to tell us we'll be in port tomorrow." I replied, trying not to make her worry anymore over silly old me.

"Really? That's great Kagome! That means he's gonna let us go!" she squealed and ran over to me, giving me a rib-crushing hug.

"Sango! Can't….breathe..!" I gasped out.

"Oh whoops." she chuckled, and let go of me. Though she may not look like it, Sango was really strong and a great fighter. Her parents were both demon slayers and passed their knowledge to their daughter and son, Kohaku. Sango excelled and soon became the best demon slayer in the village, and soon enough in the whole country. However, no matter how much fame she got, she never acted any differently, and never abandoned her friends. This meant the world to me, seeing as we had been best friends since we were little. She usually carried her hirakotsu around on her back, but once we boarded the ship they requested she put it down in the armory with the rest of the weapons. She agreed under one condition- that she could keep the rest of her weapons (I. e. sword, knife, poison, throwing knives, etc.) It was comical to see the faces of the soldier when they realized how many weapons she had hidden on her body, and that was without the demon armor she wore.

"So when do you think they're gonna give us some food? I'm starving." she asked me, rubbing her stomach for emphasis. Right on cue Miroku walked into the room with a tray of food.

"Thank you." we said and he nodded and left the room. There were two loaves of bread, some cheese, and water.

"Well it's not much, but it'll have to do." I said, and we chowed down. When we were finished, I walked over to the couch and picked up the book I was reading earlier, and sat down on the bed with Sango. I looked out the window, and saw it was already sunset. We had been here for a couple hours, so I decided to get to bed early-I hated getting up early, but we were probably going to be kicked off of the ship as soon as they docked. With that in my head, I drifted off to sleep.

ooOoo

I rushed out of the room as soon as I told her we would be docking, feeling strangely unsettled. That girl was strange, and I didn't know what to think of her. Most people- human or demon- looked at me with disgust, whereas this girl looked at me with her blue eyes full of curiosity tinged with fear. My beast whined - he didn't want her to fear us. Which reminded me of another thing- why did my beast make an appearance as soon as she defied me? It wasn't the first time my beast had made an appearance. Thanks to him, I couldn't get aroused by anyone other than my soul mate, and it frustrated me to no end that after 200 years of living I was still a virgin. Several women had tried to pleasure me, but every time I felt extremely dirty afterwards. Whenever I had used my mouth to pleasure a woman- what any gentleman would do- my mouth would burn and I would have to satisfy her with my fingers. Either way I killed them when I was done, I didn't need the fact that I couldn't get hard spread around.

However this girl, with her fiery blue eyes and curvy body, turned my beast into a frisky puppy. I sighed in disgust and hopped up into the crows nest to watch the sun set. The sky was painted with fiery colors of red, orange, yellow, and gold, with a hint of purple on the clouds. The sun turned the ocean into a glittery mass of liquid gold, and I felt peace overcome me. I would just get rid of the girl and her friend tomorrow and continue searching for the Shikon no Tama. Now that that was settled, I drifted off to sleep letting the warm salty breeze comfort me.

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I woke up just as the sun began to rise and paint the sky with rich colors of pink, purple, and blue. I blinked. I had fallen asleep in the crows nest! I stood up and immediately regretted it. My back was sore from being hunched over all night, and my neck was stiff. I looked down and saw Miroku guiding us into one of the docks. I hopped down from my perch and stretched, hearing my joints pop and crack a bit.

"Morning Inuyasha." Miroku said pleasantly. I grunted. I hated mornings with a passion; Sleeping in such and uncomfortable position all night didn't exactly help either.

"Are those two awake yet?" I asked quietly, and he looked at me strangely for a minute.

"No, why?"

"I'll go wake them up." I said, and walked towards my cabin. Those damn girls probably had a wonderful night sleeping on that bed; the thing was especially handmade for some lord with a bad back. Unfortunately for him, I got it instead, and I definitely decided to keep it after one good long nap on it.

"Get up! We're here." I barked at them. Kagome was the first to wake up, and she groaned as she sat up, rubbing her eyes. She glared at me and shuffled over to the washstand to splash some water on her face.

-Huh not a morning person either-I realized. She shot me a dirty look and walked over to the side of the room farthest away from the bed.

"Sango!" she shouted, and the woman jumped up and got into a fighting stance pulling a knife out of somewhere, then realized there wasn't a threat. She looked over at Kagome and said in a groggy voice,

"Morning 'Gome." and walked over into the restroom to relieve herself. I looked at Kagome curiously, and decided to ask why her friend had such a violent response.

"What was all that about?" she looked at me, as if judging if she could trust me, and that irked me a bit.

-Fine. Don't trust me-

"Sango is a demon slayer. If you wake her up from a deep sleep, she attacks instinctively, not recognizing a face until she's completely awake. She almost killed me one time because I woke her up at 3 am to go see something." she explained as if it were the most normal thing in the world. I was shocked silent. -Wow, they must be really good friends if she's okay with almost getting killed-

"So where were you guys' headed before…well y'know?" I asked awkwardly. She gave me a look, and sighed.

"We were heading to a priestess shrine. I have spiritual powers, and I need to train so I don't hurt someone." She got an irritated look on her face, and continued, "Apparently I'm not obedient enough to be a housewife, so they also sent me to the shrine to learn how to be docile." She rolled her eyes made a disgusted sound, flopping down into a chair. "The maids are the worst- 'A Lady must always be quiet and graceful. A lady must never speak out of term. A lady must always to her best to please her lord. A lady must always show perfect manners. A lady must always have a fucking stick up her ass." It seemed like she was talking to herself now. "I wouldn't mind getting married if men didn't treat me like I was stupid and fragile. They always talk about the most boring things- politics, money, manners- and I feel like they treat me like an unruly child." she finished angrily, pacing around. I couldn't hold my laughter in anymore. I clutched at my sides, bending over I was laughing so hard.

"What's so funny? Inuyasha dammit don't laugh at me!" she shouted, but I couldn't stop. I wasn't expecting her to have a mouth like a sailor. Her angry face was hilarious, like an angry kitten. I smelled to scent of salt, and it was like cold water was being thrown on me. I looked up to see she was crying angry tears, and immediately regretted laughing at her.

"I'm glad to know you find my problems so amusing." she snapped, wiping away some tears, "My parents said that if I can't find a husband they'll send me off to the first available bachelor, no matter what he's like. Funny thing is, the only available man in our village enjoys beating women. The last wife he had was beaten to death for serving him the wrong tea on accident."

I stilled. Her parents were alright with sending her to some man who enjoyed hitting women? I felt rage seep into my body, and my beast growled dangerously. No, I wouldn't let that happen to her. She was too pure, too kind to have to deal with someone like that. It would break her. -Well she could stay with you. It would give you some time to see why your beast reacted to her- my subconscious told me. I made a decision. She was going to stay with me whether she liked it or not.

Annnd that's Chapter 2!

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