Summary: Her life was great. She lived a life of happiness and prosperity with her family and friends. She had her beauty, she had intelligence, and she had what she needed. 'Nothing' she thought. 'Nothing could ruin this…ever'. Until one day her life changed forever. Sold to life in a brothel from the dept of money owed, Kagome was a prisoner to a life of a prostitute. Paid for the pleasures for men, mo matter what or how she was treated, she closed her heart; can a certain sliver haired man change that?
DG: Ah hell with it, I was thinking of posting the chapter on my b-day but I guess a day early can't hurt
Kag: Yay! Happy 1 day early birthday DG!
DG: Umm that's a …long greeting.
Kag: I know, but it's not your b-day yet so hey why not: shrugs: anyway is this the start of the story?
DG: Does it look like it? You saw the reviews; they want me to continue…looks like they're interested
Kag: But me… A prostitute! How could you!
Sess: Hmm…I guess you're more than a wench…more like a whore
Kag: Sesshomaru! …. What is he doing here? …. And TAKE THAT BACK!
Sess: Uh…no
DG: He's here because he's in the story too, ah duh
Kag: Oo! You made me a whore and now you're adding him! I already hate this story
DG: Hey they liked the idea, so I have to go with it….go with the flow girl
Sess: Poor whore….oops I mean Kagome : smirks:
Kag: growls:
DG: Story time!
Disclaimer: I own only the plot and a few made up characters. Inuyasha solely belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Also, those who are easily offended by explicit mature content are advised NOT to read. Thank you.
Red Wine
Chapter 1
How it began Part I
Kagome Higurashi here and this is the story of my life. Well….the story of how my life changed to be exact. My life was perfect as can be, smarts of probably 5 average women's brains together, mastered all martial arts, well-known throughout my village, beauty of a megami…or so I'm told, have 2 well loved parents, an annoying pest of a little brother, I live in a castle (Japanese) thanks to the rep of my otou, and friends to the end. Sighh… just hearing this, you'd think my life had no flaws or errors, that it's perfect with nothing to go wrong….: buzzard: Wrong answer! Honestly you'd think at age 19 you'd live a life of freedom, but mine…HAHA…FAR from freedom! FAR from perfect…FAR from nothing going wrong…Far from being far…ahem…you get the point. Anyway, as I was saying, my life changed and it all happened on my birthday July 26. Urm… really it all started 2 days before my birthday….where my life took its turn on the big ride on the roller coaster. Where the ride began….where my life had changed….
-Rewinding back 2 Days-
"Iie! Iie! Iie! Iie!! All wrong!" shouted an onna, "The yukata supposed to be sliver satin with embroidered blue Sakura blossoms and satin blue obi!" the middle aged onna screeched a servant, "Does this look like the yukata I explicitly asked for!?"
The onna in her mid-thirties yet looked like an early 20 year old teen with her jet straight black raven hair that came down all the way down her back and had a light red satin ribbon tying her hair together in the ends. Her eyes sapphire blue as the sea, skin pale as a ghost, full lips as red as blood, and a body that made people mistake her for a mere twenty year old girl. She wore a red silk kimono that matched her flush angry face from all that screaming she had done all day. Her kimono consisted of black threads that were woven around the kimono and had outlined the cloth. Her black silk pants that fit just right on her, showed her feminine curves.
The servant bowed numerous of times taking back the yukata while whimpering, "Iie mistress. Gomen nasai Higurashi-san I'll fix it right away," the servant bowed once again before scurrying off to fix the yukata.
The onna exhaled harshly in a un-lady like fashion, as she fell back into her chair and rubbed her temples. She had been working and screaming all morning, it was passed noon, and still things weren't ready. She closed her eyes and tried to calm down her stressing body; before she had an early death. A few minutes later, another young onna, that looked identical to her but much younger, came into the room smiling and tilted her head at the stressed out onna.
She resembled the onna in many ways, yet had different appearances compared to her. She had a beautiful scent of Sakura and jasmines around her aura for one thing. Her jet black raven hair was slightly wavy, which came down half way down the back of her baby soft skin that too was pale. She wore a plain blue satin yukata, but it fit her like a second skin as it outlined all her curves of her body, 2 slits at the side that showed her long slim legs under it. It matched her smoky blue eyes that you could loose yourself in its fog and depths. And little silk red rose petals woven in bringing out her cherry red lips. In other words she looked more heavenly, or as the villagers would say, the musume of a kami and megami or a replica of a tenshi.
"Working hard mama?"
She smiled as she walked over to where her okaa-san sat and stood behind her, where she then took her okaa's shoulders and massaged them gently, relieving her from her stress. The stressed onna stopped massaging her temples and had them dropped to her lap as she relaxed under her daughter's soothing touch. She slowly opened her eyes and tilted her head back a bit to rest her head on her daughter's chest.
The onna sighed, "Hai Kagome, all to prepare for your 19th birthday," she smiled as she tilted her head up to look at her growing daughter.
Kagome bent down to face her okaa and smiled brightly, "You didn't have to do all this you know. The family, Sango, Miroku, and a big chocolate keki are all I need to be with for my birthday," she said softly, yet matter-of-factly as she furrowed her eyebrows at her okaa.
She patted her musume's hands and shook her head, "You are to marry at this age Kagome-koi, and this may be the last time I get to celebrate or spend time with you," she sighed with a bit of remorse.
Kagome rolled her eyes of how persistence her mother was with her getting married. "Mama, how many times must I tell you, I'm not going to marry? There isn't a guy I find a slight interest in," she groaned, as she stopped massaging her shoulders, bent down, and wrapped her arms around her okaa, laying her head on her mother's shoulder while lacing their hands together.
"And how many times do I have to say, don't say that? There are plenty of gentlemen that would love to take your hand. How about that gentleman, ano...what's his name? Hono...Hobo...Homo..."
Kagome grinned, "Mama…that's mean," she watched her mother form a smile on her lips, "Hojo-kun okaa…and I'm starting to get the feeling I'm not wanted in this family." She pouted.
"Ah yes, Isha Hojo...the one who plans to be a healer, no? And don't feel like that dear, we just want what's best for you."
Kagome chuckled, "Hai, hai, I know...but anyway, he's not my type. Sure, he's sweet and kind, but those are not the words I want my husband to be," she wistfully sighed.
Her mother made a stern face at her musume and sighed audibly. "You say that to all the boys in this village,"
"Mou! …I do not! I only say that to Hojo-kun because he is! The rest are hentai! I might as well marry Miroku while I'm at it!"
True the males at her age had a mind of a pervert such as Miroku, which she didn't want her future koibito to be groping other women while with her. If he did that, it would be like marrying Miroku, and that thought made Kagome shudder in disgust. Now Miroku is a good guy and was very wise when you needed advise, but when it came to relationships, let's just say he didn't really take that into consideration as he fondled with other women's backsides.
Kagome just wanted to have a husband to love her, cherish her, and love her and only her. Someone who is unique…that can be humorous when it get quiet at times, be considerate and compassionate when she's feeling sad and alone, be sweet and yet feisty, just someone…She looked for that certain person that would fulfill that need but sadly, no one in this village was that person. So she was to remain single until she meets that guy and until then, she spent her time with her loved ones because one day she might not see them again when that time comes.
Giving up, she sighed and clasped her hands tighter with her daughter's, "Kagome I just want you to love someone and not live a lonely life." She reasoned, hoping she would reconsider her answer.
"And I will…when I find the right one," she smiled patting her okaa's hand this time. "After all who knows, under this sky the person I love might be under it." she winked.
Kagome's okaa and she shared a laugh. But the mother and daughter moment had to come to an end, when the servants came in. Kagome and her okaa stopped laughing. Kagome released their hands as she then stepped away from where she stood, for her mother to stand up. They turned to the intruding servants.
"Kikyo-sama, the yukata is set and we request your opinion on these decorations," one of the female servants bowed as she spoke.
She sighed, "Very well," Kikyo then turned to her daughter, "Go out, and spend time with friends, ne?" she smiled.
Kagome nodded and gave her mother a kiss to her cheek as she then headed out. She stepped out of the castle grounds into the well streets of her village. She took a deep breath of air before running off to find her friends. As she ran, she passed by a few villagers she knew. The villagers her age turned and greeted her with a smile to their faces.
"Konnichi wa Kagome-chan" her friends Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka chorused.
"Konnichi wa," she waved to them as she ran on passed them.
Kagome turned a corner and accidentally bumped into a chest, sending both her and the other, flying to the ground. Kagome groaned as she rubbed her backside from the impact of the hard soil. She then looked across her to see if the other was okay, only to see Hojo, gathering his dropped and scattered herbs.
"Gomen nasai Hojo-kun! I was in a rush, I didn't see where I was going," she gasped as she started to help him pick up his herbs.
Hojo blushed, but Kagome didn't notice it since she was so engrossed on picking up the herbs. "No problem at all Kagome-chan, daijoubu?" he asked looking over her, for any injuries or such.
"Hai, I'm fine. Gomen for bumping into like that, I was just looking for Sango-chan and Miroku-kun," she smiled when the last of the herbs were picked up, where they then stood up and Kagome handed him the herbs she gathered.
"Arigato...Hm…I recall seeing them at the rice field a little earlier with your otouto and Kohaku-kun," he took the herbs from her.
Kagome's face brightened at the new information given to her. She then smiled as she then bowed and went around him as she ran off with her turning slightly screaming back, "Arigato Hojo-kun, ja!" she waved and turned forward as she ran to the fields.
After running for what seemed like five minutes, Kagome neared the fields and spotted her friends. An onna her age, who had chestnut straight hair wearing her regular kimono she wore for outside bases, a male that was dressed in purple and robes that had short black hair with a small ponytail in the back, 2 earrings in one ear and the other one earring. And then the 2 teenaged boys with them, one being her oh so lovable otouto, Souta, and the other Kohaku, his best friend and the otouto of her best friend's.
They were on the other side that seemed to be chasing each other to pass the time. Miroku was doing his usual, flirting and hitting on rice-field women who were working out in the fields while Sango supervised him. She knocked some sense into him with her fists as he tried to get the onna to bare his children or try to get a feel.
She rolled her eyes and walked their way, tired from her run. Sango was the first one to spot her. Sango, who had one of her fists in the cuffs of Miroku's robes and another raised ready to hit him, then tossed Miroku down like it was nothing and she waved at Kagome as she neared them.
"About time you got here!" she grinned as Kagome grabbed her best friend, who was like an ane-ki to her and gave her a hug.
Kagome rolled her eyes as she released her from their embrace. "Well if someone told me you were gonna be here, I would have come earlier!" she retorted.
An eyebrow rose in question, "Then how did you know we were here, if you didn't know?"
"Hojo-kun." she merely said as she looked over to Miroku who was dusting off his robes as he stood.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk…should've stayed with him then! And before you say anything, I don't care if you don't like him like that, you really need to find a guy to be with you know." she shook her head as she folded her arms across her chest in a defensive manner.
"Oh look who's talking…but then again, I know you have certain feelings for a certain guy in mind." Kagome grinned as she spotted a tint of pink forming on her friend's cheeks.
"I do not, like Miroku like that!" she fired.
"Who said it was Miroku?"
The two stopped talking when an arm went around both girls as they looked over their shoulder to see Miroku standing there, to their side, grinning.
"You rang ladies? Don't fret, there's enough Miroku, for all." he gave his famous perverted grin.
His cheeks were met by two fists on each one. Miroku fell to the ground, rubbing his abused cheeks; there, formed 2 red rock shaped circles on his face.
"You wish hentai." Sango grumbled angrily looking down at the poor houshi.
Miroku pouted. "Dearest Sango your words hurt me, yet the feel of your bottom heals my soul," he sighed happily as one hand was placed over his heart and the other met with her round derriere.
Sango's eye widened, then heatedly narrowed as she held a clenched fist and gritted her teeth slowly. The fist descended and hit Miroku's head on the mark, making him as good as out for a while. Kagome giggled with her hand covering her mouth from bursting into uncontrollable laughs. Sango quicklu noticed this and sent a death glare her way, but Kagome wasn't affected by it.
"You like him," Kagome said in more of a statement.
Sango rolled her eyes, "Whatever," she grumbled.
Kagome jumped up and down laughing, "You admitted it! You didn't even deny it! HAHA! Sango likes Miroku, Sango likes Miroku," she chanted playfully over and over.
"If you don't be quiet Kagome-chan, you'll end up like him," Sango tried to threaten, by pointing down to the unconscious Miroku.
Kagome looked down to see a lump was starting to form where Sango had hit him at. Sometimes she felt sorry for the guy, but then again he deserved it and never learned. She knew Sango would never hurt her like that, but she knew when to call it quits. It embarrassed the girl enough for one day.
Rolling her eyes this time, she remarked. "Yea, yea, yea whatever you say… Anyway, come on. Okaa is doing the decorations now, and you've been complaining to do them," she grabbed her friend's hand and pulled her along.
"I still can't see why you couldn't just have a regular dinner celebration," Sango mumbled. She turned and called back to the two 14 year old boys, "Oi time to head back, bring the hentai while you're at it," she yelled as she allowed her friend to drag her back to the village.
Once they reached the village, Kagome let go of Sango, letting her walk for herself. They arrived at the castle, where servants were still scurrying around getting things done.
"Wow Kagome, your okaa's really going an all out for this party," she whistled at the food being passed her and Kagome, and the decorations being set up.
Kagome rolled her azure eyes, "I tried to tell her, but she won't listen," she grunted as a servant pushed passed her with flowers in his hands.
"What about your otou? Why isn't he doing anything?" she asked curiously as they started walking around to avoid rushing servants.
Kagome shrugged, "Probably gambling again, I swear that man may be a yakuza but if he keeps this up we're gonna be out in the streets," she scowled.
"Kagome, your otou is the leader of the Kumo gang in this village, why would you live in the streets?" Sango turned as another servant passed them with a tray of fruit. She slyly snatched a momo from the tray and bit into the sweet goodness.
Kagome sighed. "I just get this feeling that's all," she whispered so low, that if Sango wasn't near her at all, she wouldn't have heard it.
All the sudden, Sango stopped chewing gasped. The few pieces of undigested momo fell from her open mouth. Kagome quirked an eyebrow at her as Sango then noticed her un-chewed food on the ground and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand that had the momo, before placing her free hand over her mouth.
She lowered her hand and whispered. "Oh my…you have a feeling…that's not good, not good at all!" she made a frown on her face.
Kagome's looked at her suspiciously. "Naze."
Sango looked suspiciously around them for anyone that was listening in before putting the hand that was over her mouth and placed it on her best friend's shoulder.
"Don't tell me you haven't heard Kagome-chan! …My otou told me when he sailed to the Foreign Western lands, that if you have a feeling about something, it might come true later," she emphasized her point by leaning in and whispering, "Bad things happen when you have an odd feeling about something."
Sango looked around once more to make sure they were alone before continuing.
"My otou told me, in one of his trips a guy had a feeling his wife was using him to get his money. He didn't believe it but, 2 days later when he became broke from gambling, the woman indeed left him when she found out, only to have poisoned him before leaving him for another tycoon."
Kagome's eyes widened for a second, before returning to the normal size, "Is this another joke of yours Sango? Last time it was the Americans being ruled by a monkey with a plant for a name. For all I know, that wife could've been a gold-digger and left the man to keep that money going." She scoffed.
She stood in front of her silent. Sango just stared at her, her chestnut eyes, glaring into her azure eyes unblinking, as if she was actually serious about this one. Kagome stared paled and she gulped a bit. Sango pulled back. The sides of her lips tugged up in a smile before dropping into a roaring laughter at her friend when she observed her reaction.
"I'm kidding Kagome-chan, there's no such thing," she waved her hand and bit into her momo. "I think…that monkey ruling the states is true. And you could be right about that wife being a hussy wanting money, but the feeling? …Nah. You must be coming down on something."
Kagome glared, annoyed at her friend and she just shrugged.
"But then again…you take things so seriously, no wonder you get these 'feelings'," Sango quoted with her fingers as she joked and threw away her finished momo. "Just don't jinx it, ne?" she smiled.
"Jinx? …what's that?"
Sango placed her hands on her hips. "Something father picked up when he sailed to Europe, said weird onna that have round glass balls and wear smutty outfits as they tell one's future, have the power to jinx you or curse you," she tapped her chin thinking about it.
Kagome looked at her ane-ki flatly and rolled her eyes once again.
"Really now Sango; onna cursing another person? That is just plain ridiculous, that's as ridiculous as the witchcraft my okaa used to tell my otouto back then. If anyone's jinxed it's your otou picking up on that crap," she said heatedly.
Sango smiled unaffected by the comment, "Hey, that's what I get for having an interesting otou that travels around the sea," she then giggled.
Kagome sighed. "Come on, we need to finish these decorations."
Nodding, they then for the rest of the night, Kagome and Sango helped setting up around the castle. When it was late at night, Kagome said her goodbyes to Sango and headed to bed. She went to her room and slid her shoji door close. She lay down her futon and sighed. She turned to her window and smiled dreamily to midnight sky. Who knows, under this sky the person I love might be under it… Kagome smiled and drifted to sleep.
SKSKSK
The next morning the sun rises came through Kagome's windows and sprayed on her face. Kagome was then roused awake as she opened her eyes only to be blinded by the light. She groaned covering her eyes from hurting her sight and stretched lazily as she was still laid out. She stretched her legs and arms like a neko, before sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She smiled slightly as she jumped from her futon and dashed around collecting her clothes she was to wear for the day as she headed to the onsen to relax. Heading to the onsen, she stepped out of shoji where she then spotted Muso, one of her otou's gang members, standing around the gardens. Wonder what he's doing here...probably doing something for otou...oh well.
Muso looked identical to her otou, like a twin brother, but they weren't related at all. Muso had black inky hair that waved down his back; he was muscular with his strong abs and steel biceps. But his face made him look harmless and was the only thing that differed from her father; when he had calm blue-green eyes and baby soft skin, her father had red piercing eyes and rough smooth skin. When Kagome first laid eyes on Muso, she found him attractive, but when she saw him in action when he killed off a yakuza from another gang, she thought twice. She didn't want to have a violent husband so, she remained friends with him.
"Ohayo Muso-kun," Kagome smiled as she neared him.
Muso turned to face her and nodded in response.
"Have you seen my otou? I haven't seen him all week and he didn't come home last night," her tone a little concerned.
Muso paused for a moment thinking whether to tell her, but seeing her sweet, happy face he couldn't, at least not yet. "He…he had business to take care of Kagome," he smiled slightly. "Don't worry, he's fine." he assured her.
Kagome nodded and smiled in trusting. "Arigato Muso-kun, be sure to tell my otou that I'm proud of him and miss him."
Muso nodded and Kagome walked off to her destination. Muso watched her retreating form and sighed. He was supposed to tell her, but she looked so much alike like her okaa and was so sweet, he couldn't tell her the truth. But sooner or later she was to find out, it was either now or the hard way. As always, when it came to bad news, someone got hurt in the end. This time it was Kagome.
Muso sighed; kami must love him for making him the messenger of reporting the bad news, it was as if he were the grim reaper. He turned and walked away, what fun his job was he thought bitterly.
Kagome reached her private and secluded onsen and stripped out of her clothes. She placed her clothes nearby and stepped into the warm water. She sighed and smiled tomorrow was her birthday and all her friends and family were going to be there. She washed her body and her hair from the dirt that was stuck to her skin with her freshly oils. She then dunked down under water washing off the bubbles and foam. When she emerged, she exhaled and sat back at the side of the onsen. She sat there for a few minutes, before getting out, drying herself, and placing on her outfit. It was a sliver silk kimono that had kanji writings all over it in woven in black thread, wit sliver sleeves were just an inch past her shoulders. Her black hakamas hanged loosely as she then walked back to the castle.
Arriving back to the castle, she noticed Muso was long gone from the last time she saw him. Once inside, she gasped when she saw who stood there. She broke into a grin and ran over to him who turned to her and smiled back opening his arms for the incoming hug.
"Papa! I missed you so!" she smiled throwing herself into his open arms.
He smiled and hugged her. "Now Kagome I wasn't gone that long, was I?" he joked.
Kagome released her otou and stared sternly at him, like a child that had been misbehaving.
"Last time you were here was when I was born," she teased, giggling as he made a frustrated face. She punched him lightly on the shoulder, "So you are staying for my birthday, huh, huh. ne?" she asked hopefully as she made a puppy face.
Her otou chuckled, "But of course, it's my eldest child's 19th birthday, I wouldn't miss it for the world," he cupped her face with his hands and kissed her forehead.
"I missed you papa," she whispered.
Her otou chuckled and pulled her back to look at her face, where a tear dropped, he wiped the tear with his thumb and smiled, "And I too, Kagome."
After a few minutes of silence, her father released her and stretched. He looked around at the surrounding beautiful decorations around him. "Wow, you've been busy. Kikyo's really on a roll." he chuckled observing the blues, whites, blacks, and reds.
"Yea, no thanks to you," came a voice.
Kagome and her otou turned to the voice to see Kikyo standing there looking annoyed with her arms across her chest.
"Where have you been Onigumo?" Kikyo narrowed her eyes on him dangerously.
Onigumo shook his head and walked to where his koi stood. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. She didn't return the hug as she continued to cross her arms and scowl at him, in a way that said 'I'm-not-backing-down.'
"Nice to see you too, Kikyo."
Kikyo pulled away from him and looked up into his red eyes. "How many did you kill? How many did you sacrifice?" she calmly said coldly.
Kagome watched her father and mother display their odd way of expressing their love.
"Kikyo-koi, you know I can't tell you that since I, myself, don't even know...I seemed to have lost track after 1." He grinned earning a deeper scowl from his wife. He smiled as he continued, "Besides Kikyo-koi, that's my life, I must make sacrifice to ensure I excel," he reasoned glancing back at his daughter for a bit at the corner of his eyes.
Kikyo sighed, there was no end to him and his ways, "Well leave Naraku to your life of killing, but in this house you're Onigumo, husband and father of 2 kids, who might I add, need you here."
Onigumo captured his koibito's lips with his for a few seconds before they broke apart from an 'aw' from behind them. Kagome couldn't help but aw at the sight when her parents were all lovey dovey. This is what she sorted wanted in a husband….excluding the gambling and killing other life. Times like these, she wished her otou wasn't the yakuza leader, then it would be like this everyday...happy...complete.
"Correction wife, we have 1 kid and one bijin," Onigumo smiled looking back at Kagome who blushed.
He brought out a hand for Kagome to take which she complied as she walked forward to take her father's hand. He pulled his musume into the embrace as he hugged the two onna he valued in his life. Kagome smiled happily and wished it could stay like that forever. But sadly life was cruel and had other plans for her.
"Now, to make up for not being here, I'm gonna spend this whole day with my musume, ne?" Onigumo smiled letting go of the women and turned to his musume. "How about going around the village once more, for old time sakes?" he smiled.
An eyebrow rose at the suggestion, "Demo….papa, it's not like I'm leaving for good," she suspicious glared.
"True, but I haven't had done that with my musume and I might never once you get married," he reasoned.
Kagome sighed annoyed. There it goes again! ...With the never getting to do things anymore once I get married...if I EVER get married! Kami! They make it sound like I'm leaving for good...I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED! Get it through your heads! Kagome was mentally screaming in her head, but managed to shut her mouth, only showing discomfort when her eye twitched.
"Fine," she grumbled, as she kissed her okaa goodbye and headed out the door.
Onigumo too kissed his wife goodbye as he followed his musume out. He held out his arm for her to take when he stood outside with his musume. Kagome rolled her eyes and forced a smile as she looped her arm with his and they went off into the village. Kagome waved hello to the villagers and they looked over her to say hello as well, but one look of who she was walking with they scurried away in fright and muttering. "Naraku," as they ran back inside the safety of their homes.
Kagome watched the villagers run back inside their huts and sighed annoyingly at her father, who was pointing his nose up in the air at the reactions he was getting. Apparently, he was happy of the fear the villagers were giving him, it showed they knew who he was and to know who not to mess with if they valued their lives.
"Papa, stop that," she hissed at him, "Remember what okaa said, leave Naraku to your yakuza gang, you're not with them now, you're my otou, Onigumo Higurashi, so act like him."
Onigumo chuckled at his musume, "Hai, hai of course koi. My, you remind me so much of your okaa." He teased.
Kagome huffed silently as they walked to the fields where the wind blew through their hair and they stayed a bit to enjoy nature and its beautiful scenery, before moving on. They walked around observing as the villagers stood by their merchants and trinkets out to sell. Kagome let go of her otou's arms and walked over to look at the items. She awed when she spotted a black Sakura blossom sitting there. She picked it up and looked at it as she lightly brushed her fingers over the silk petals down to the black ribbons making sure not to apply to much pressure in fear of breaking such a beautiful and fragile item. Kagome felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up behind her to see her otou, looking straight ahead, but pointing to the hair accessory in her hand. She followed his gaze to the villager who was nodding, but had a little fear shown in his face. Obviously he knew who he was dealing with. Her otou took out a couple of hundreds of yen and handed to the merchant before turning to Kagome. He smiled as he took the blossom from her hand and placed it behind her ear in her hair. He took a step back and nodded.
"There...Kansei," he smiled taking his hand and brushing it across her soft skin.
Kagome was a bit flushed, as she murmured, "Arigato otou."
Onigumo nodded. Kagome smiled and took his hand once again and went off around the village. Soon after a long while, the sun was setting and they needed to get home. When they arrived home, they were greeted with dinner set and ready to be eaten.
"Arigato otou, I had fun," Kagome kissed her father and went to sit down next to Souta, who was sending envious glares at her.
"Oi, no fair, you got to spend a whole day with papa," whined Souta.
Kagome grinned, "Better luck next time otouto."
Souta grimaced as Kagome helped herself to her bangohan, smiling the whole time. Her otou shook his head, sitting down to eat as well.
SKSKSK
Next morning Kagome was ecstatic, it was her birthday today and she couldn't help, but be wide awake early in the morning; clearly the sun was still rising and her family was still asleep. She had even been at the onsen and had her sliver satin yukata on that her okaa had made. She smiled and when she saw her reflection of herself in the water.
When she had awakened, the first thing she noticed was the beautiful yukata that was set out for her at the foot of her futon. Immediately, she knew it was from her okaa, since her otou didn't have the time to get her such clothing done and Souta didn't even know her favorite colors were blue and sliver. She even saw the servant making it as she grumbled incoherent words about her okaa, last night.
Now, Kagome stood in her beautiful yukata, with her hair out with the blossom her otou had bought her last night in her hair once more, as she ran back into the village to wake her family. But when she reached there, she saw already her friends and family there waiting her.
"Minna," she whispered.
Sango scowled. "Are you gonna stand there all day or are you gonna celebrate your birthday?" she reached for Kagome's hands and pulled her inside.
Kagome gasped. Most of the villagers in the village were there to wish her a happy birthday. She was near to tears when, three girls and a boy came up to her.
"Tanjobi Omedeto Kagome-chan!" chorused her tomodachi.
Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka gave her a warm hug before moving aside for the others for their turn. Kagome giggled as Hojo turned a bit pink as he wished her a happy birthday. She pulled him into a hug, making his blush even darker. Her friends laughed as he quickly let go, before waving goodbye to mingle with other villagers, along with Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka, leaving her with Sango and Miroku, where he had yet to wish her as well. Knowing him, Kagome glared at him and held out her hand to shake.
"Kagome-sama, I'm offended. We have known each other for a decade and you don't trust me?" he shook her hand.
Kagome rolled her eyes as she answered with a simple, "Nope."
Miroku smirked as he pulled her into an embrace anyway. Kagome gasped and felt Miroku's hands for the first time above her waist. Sango seemed a bit stunned too, but sighed anyway, 3...
"There...now that wasn't bad, now was it," he grinned pulling her arms distances apart from her. 2...
Kagome looked at him impressed "I guess I was wrong...Gomen Miro-" 1...
Before she could finish, she felt a squeeze to her butt. She gritted her teeth and punched him to the ground.
"I knew it was too good to be true," Sango looked at him not surprised.
Miroku groaned, "I couldn't help it! She looks too sekushi in that yukata," he grinned.
Sango and Kagome lifted a foot and stomped on Miroku's back, making him arch as he yelped.
"Let that be a lesson hentai," Sango made a resemblance of a growl as she and Kagome walked away from the pained man.
"Tanjobi omedeto...Kagome-sama," Miroku gasped out before he groaned an "ow" he looked across the room to see a bishoujo by herself.
Before the young onna could blink, Miroku was in front of her with her hand in cupped with his.
"Hello milady," he grinned.
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Sango and Kagome were talking with some villagers, sharing a good laugh. When her okaa came out with a chocolate keki, Kagome gasped happily. When she was about to cut the keki, Sango stopped her.
"Matsu Kagome-chan!" Sango exclaimed.
Kagome shot Sango an impatient glare waiting for her to continue. Sango pulled out 19 sticks out of her kimono and started to place them on the keki.
"Oi! Oi! What are you doing?" Kagome inquired as she watched her ane-ki continue to put odd looking sticks with strings on the top of her keki until it the top layer of the chocolate keki was fully covered. "Sango" she looked at her dangerously, waiting for an explanation.
Sango sat back down and a flicked some sort of lighter that made fire, then placing it over the sticks until all 19 stick's strings were burning with a flame on top. Kagome looked at Sango confused.
"Those are candles, you blow them out," Sango explained. "I told my otou about your tanjobi and he sent me some from his trip from the Foreign Western Lands...you make a wish and blow them out."
"Then?"
Sango put her hands on her hips, "Then it might come true, okay? Now blow them out before you ruin your keki," she pointed to the candles as they started to drip.
Kagome shrugged. She looked around to see her family and friends, and knew something was missing. She furrowed her eyebrows and looked once more, and noticed right away that her otou wasn't around. And he promised too…
"Kagome!" Sango snapped her out of her gaze.
Kagome looked up to Sango's eagerly waiting face for cake and the deeper concern for her hesitation. Kagome smiled a bit and nodded as she then sighed sadly and closed her eyes. Nothing...nothing could ruin this ...ever...I wish this could stay like forever. She then opened her eyes and took a deep breath as she blew out all the flames. She then heard clapping and she smiled weakly. Where did otou go? She thought sadly. The chocolate keki was then cut and passed out.
Kagome then turned to her okaa. "Mama...where's otou?" she asked.
Just when Kikyo was about to respond, there at the shoji door opened and there stood five men wearing black kimonos with stoic looks on their faces. Kagome didn't recognize any of them and she knew everyone in the village.
One man, who seemed to be the ringleader, was tall and muscular. He had a blue star on his forehead, long black braided hair, and looked dangerous with his big katana at his side. Along with his men, one man who seemed feminine had short black hair, and 2 green tear drop marks that went from under his eye down his cheek. Though he seemed womanly, he looked strong with his snake katana at his side. Another guy had black wild spiky hair with white streaks, 2 green marks down each cheek and was muscular like the first guy. He held no sword but had two steel glove claws in his hands. The fourth man had a bandana on his bald head, but looked dangerous with his 1 red stripes that were on each cheek and held a jar in his hand. The jar looked harmless, but Kagome was taught not to underestimate her enemies. And the last guy who looked built from the rest, he had red hair, odd to have from the group and he held no weapons. Kagome glared at him. He must be a good fighter to not need weapons, not even a katana.
"Can I help you?" Kagome said getting up from her seat and walking to them.
The ringleader grunted at her and spoke. "We need to speak to the onna named Kagome."
Everyone was silent and looking over to the men a bit frightened.
Kagome crossed her arms and an eyebrow rose skeptically. "I am she...and who are you?"
"And what do you want," Kikyo added as she walked up to her musume, putting her hands on her shoulders in a protective manner.
"We're here to pick you up," the man narrowed his eyes at the older onna at his side and the people around them that were staring at them.
"Nani? Where is she going? What do you want? Who are you?" Kikyo pulled Kagome behind her defensively.
Seeing her as an obstacle of doing their job, the leader turned his head back to his men and indicated for 2 of his men with head at Kikyo. The 2 men beside the ringleader, understood, and went forward, where they then took a hold of Kikyo and held her aside. Kikyo screamed out and struggled out of their grips.
"Unhand me this instant!" she commanded.
"Let her go! What do you want?" Kagome screamed as she glared at the men with her mother then the leader in front of her.
The same man who spoke growled, not liking to be repeating his words twice, "I told you, we came for you. Now make this easy and harmless and come quietly."
"Why you-" Sango gritted her teeth rolling up her sleeves, ready to beat the guy to a pulp.
Kagome held her hand up to silence Sango. Sango quickly became quiet as she and Miroku then emerged from the audience and stood on each of her sides in front of her, as if saying 'if you want her, you have to get passed us first'. The ringleader nodded silently to the other two men from behind. They nodded understanding in silence as they snagged Sango and Miroku by the arms and pulled them aside as the other two did with Kikyo. Each of them protesting and trying to fight and struggle out of their grasps.
"Oi! It's me you want, let them go!" she took a fighting stance.
"If anyone else has a death wish, like these three here are heading to, please step forward and try to defy us," man called out to the villagers incase they decided to rebel as well.
The villagers held their tongues and stayed back, wanting to keep their lives. Kagome noticed this and grimaced at them. Cowards...
"So, did you come here to scare the lives out of the villagers like bullies or did you come for me?" she snapped, "I don't think killing or threatening the people has anything to do with me."
The man growled and stepped forward only to be held back by a hand. All eyes turned to the man that stopped the leader and their eyes widened. Kagome turned to him as well and her body that was tense from the moment they came in, suddenly relaxed, knowing they're going to be okay. She then exclaimed.
"Papa! Thank kami you're here! This man is intruding our home and wishes to take me some place I don't know nor want to go!"
The man grunted angrily. "Naraku, you best follow up on your deal if you wish to keep your and your families' life."
Kagome looked at the man then her otou baffled. Deal? What deal? Who is he? What does he want?
Onigumo sighed, "Very well Bankotsu...Kagome, go with the men peacefully." he nodded to her.
Kagome glared at the man named Bankotsu, then her otou angrily. "What the hell is going on? Why are you agreeing with him?" she wasn't about to be taken easily until her questions were answered.
"Naraku…" Bankotsu narrowed his eyes on him. "You didn't tell her did you?"
"Tell me what?"
Naraku was quiet as he gazed at her musume, who near to tears. H-he's been keeping something from me? ...That explains why he was acting funny yesterday!
"Muso." he grumbled angrily. The fool didn't do his job...
"Onigumo, what is the meaning of this!" Kikyo exclaimed as freed her mouth from the man who was covering her mouth as he held her, by biting it.
Since he wasn't going to answer and this conversation was going no where. Bankotsu spoke up and answered just so he could get out of this place.
"Naraku, is in debt of Raimeikaze, Ryuura. We have come to pick up his 'winnings,'" he sneered.
Everyone gasped. The villagers mumbled to each other in shock. Kagome paled as the pieces of the puzzle came together. Sango, Miroku, and Kikyo were still fighting out of the men's grips. As for Onigumo, he looked at his musume sadly.
"W-winnings?" she whispered.
"Hai, he gambled in his money and daughter and had lost and now you must come with us," he said loosing his patience at the wasted time.
"Iie…." she whispered, "Iie!" she yelled backing away, "How could you papa? How could you do this to me?"
"Understand this Kagome, I had to make sacrifices to excel," he said softly.
Tears burst through her eyes, running down her cheek. "You were willing to sacrifice your own flesh and blood for your mindless game? You sick teme!" she shouted.
Onigumo flinched and knew he deserved it.
"As much as I hate sappy goodbyes...we must be going now...Ryuura-sama isn't a patient man," Bankotsu stepped forward only to have Kagome step back each time he approached. "My dear, don't make this harder than it is," he snarled, "I have orders and you belong and are to work for Ryuura-sama until your otou's dept is paid, you're lucky that's all you have to do, otherwise you and your otou over there would be 6 ft under and 6 ft deep."
Kagome's reasonable logic at the moment was to panic as she then turned to run, only to have Bankotsu tackle her. He held her in his grip as she struggled, kicking and screaming fowl names to her otou. Bankotsu grew tired of her nonstop movements, so he pressed the pressure point in her neck, knocking her out, with only the words of her okaa screaming, "Kagome", did she last hear before becoming unconscious.
Once she was fully out, the men tossed the three inside and left with an unconscious Kagome over Bankotsu's shoulder as they exited. Kikyo got up and ran to the door to get her daughter back, but only to have Onigumo step in front of her, preventing her from advancing. He crossed his arms and shook his head 'no'. Kikyo raised her hand and everyone winced when they heard a sharp snap. They watched the scene of the Kumo yakuza leader get slapped by his wife. His head turned to the side with a red hand print forming and a panting heavily wife with her hand still up in the air. Without turning she said coldly to everyone.
"Get out."
Not needing to be told twice, everyone stood up and scrambled out the door. Miroku lead a now sobbing Sango out the room and looked sadly to Kikyo, then Souta who had his head down stunned. He sighed and left the family alone. If Naraku was bad, Kikyo was deadly when it came to her being angry.
Kikyo cried and ran to her room. Souta looked at his otou disappointed before heading to his okaa's room to comfort her.
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Kagome woke up with a groan. She rubbed her head with her eyes closed.
"Please tell me that was a dream," she muttered. "Please tell me I didn't just get captured because of my idiot otou's gambling…."
When she heard a response, she snapped her eyes open to look up.
"Sorry honey, but it's real."
Kagome looked into the red eyes of an onna, and then looked around her. She was in a building, she was sure. But where was the question.
She stood up, only to be pulled back down. She looked down to see her legs and arms chained to the floor, wearing the smuttiest outfit she has ever seen. It was a silk robe that barely covered her body. It was mostly white but had red flowers at her sleeves. Even though it was nice silk, it was still inappropriate to wear for her and she confirmed it when she saw her bosoms popping out, causing her to shriek as she covered it. Apparently, they removed her kimono to replace the sluttish one in place. She gulped as she looked around to see other onna, wearing similar robes as well as looking gloomy. She then noticed a window behind her where men were ogling them. Her eyes widened and her mouth open with words, "Where the hell am I?!"
Dictionary
Ane-ki-big sister--Matsu-wait
Ano-um-- Musume -daughter
Arigato-thank you--Megami-goddess
Bangohan-dinner--Momo-peach
Bijin-beautiful woman--Minna-everybody
Bishoujo-beautiful girl--Naze-why
Daijoubu-are you ok-- Ohayo-good morning
Demo-but-- Oi-hey
gomen nasai-I'm sorry-- Okaa-mother
Hai-yes--Otouto-little brother
Hentai-pervert--Onna-woman
Onsen-hot spring
Houshi-monk-- Otou-father
Iie-no-- Sekushi--sexy
Isha-medical doctor-- Shoji-paper or wood door or screen
Ja-later-- Tanjobi omedeto-happy birthday
Kami-god-- Teme-bastard
Kansei-perfection--Tenshi-angel
Katana-sword--Tomodachi-friend
Keki-cake--Yakuza-gang/hoodlum
Koi-love
Koibito-lover
Konnichi wa-Good afternoon
Kumo-spider
Break Skit
DG: Argh dear lord, for my first chapter I wrote a lot, damn
Kag: O O;; Girl, how many pages is that?
DG: shrug: Don't know, probably around 21 or 22 or more...
Sess: Why so much?
DG: Sighh...because I couldn't stop writing, I just kept adding more and more lines when I was revising it
Kag: You're crazy!
DG: I know, thanks for the reminder
Sess: Interesting...for the first chapter you made it into a cliffy already
DG: shrug: if I keep writing like this I'll end up making the whole story on one chapter: laughs: wouldn't that be something
Sess: Hmm...
DG: Ok I've spent like 3-4 hours writing this and thinking how this was going to go so the least you can do is, Review dammit!
Kag: Hey! No cussing the reviewers!
DG: Gomen, but I'm tired. I've about updated most of my stories and I need a break
Sess: Then take it; go on a 2 week break, duh
DG: Not a bad idea Sess: grins: you're good for something after all
Sess: I'm gonna just ignore that
DG: ok anyway, update this in two weeks; maybe by then I'll have another long chapter for you until then...
Kag: JA!
DG: Hey! That's my line!
A/N: Ok I'll be honest and blunt. I was inspired to write this fic from episode 11 in Samurai Champloo. As Spiltty said, Jin falls in love with a woman named Shori, I believe that's how you spell her name, and anyway she becomes a prostitute because her husband pretty much is useless since he takes the money she earns and gambles with it, and is a lazy ass in NOT getting a job. So anyway, I pretty much formed a story in my head with bits and pieces of parts in that story. Just a LITTLE! I'm not going to steal other people's ideas, that's plagiarism.
Umm yea, the castle is Japanese styled just as it is in Inuyasha, not the ones that are stone in medieval times. Just so you know.
Uh, if you have watched Samurai Champloo, the time this takes place is around that time. That's why I have Sango's dad a foreign sailor, around that time they have people importing stuff from other countries, like guns. (Don't worry, no guns here, pretty much samurai fights and fist fights) Uhh...oh yea! When I said Foreign Western Lands, I don't mean the Western Lands of Sesshomaru's in Japan. I meant like going west, west. To Europe and America and such is what I meant.
Ohh yea, and if you're wondering where I got Ryuura. I got him from Inuyasha 4th Movie Fire on the Mystic Island. He's an actual character. Lol. He also has 3 other brothers which I will put in the story as well. As for the last name I gave him, Raimeikaze that I made up. Raimei means thunder and of course you no kaze is wind. In the 4th movie he's pretty much the wind/thunder god...oops! Omg. I gotta stop before I ruin the movie for those who didn't watch. Gomen! You have to watch it yourself, not getting any info from me! Nope! Nada! ...
Ok that's about it. If you have questions, I'll b happy to answer them in the next chapter. Until then ja!