Chapter 6: Meeting Keiko

Lord Rasachimo looked at the group behind Kiramita. He eyed Kamiko up and down. He then eyed Inuyasha, 'They are similar in a way.' Lord Rasachimo thought to himself as he guestured behind him. "My daughter Keiko is this way," he said bowing slightly. They walked down a long corridor in the cave walls. They came up to a big wooden door. Kiramita and Rasachimo opened the doors and the group walked in. Kiramita walked passed them and walked up to a girl with long white hair and deep blue eyes, she was wearing a white pelt with a chest plate of armor. She stood and hugged Kiramita.

"Kiramita, your back. So who are these people?" she asked looking at the group.

"Well this is Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara," she said pointing everyone out. "And this is Kamiko, she is Water, the third element." At this Keiko smiled at Kamiko.

"Hello Kamiko we've been looking for you for a while," Keiko said. She eyed and examined Kamiko, she had ice-blue hair with a silver streak of hair by her face and piercing green eyes, she was wearing a blue leather tank top and some tight fitting blue jean like pants.

"Nice to meet you Kamiko, I'm Keiko," Keiko said walking up holding out her hand. "So do you have any special scars anywhere on your body, which for you would be in the shape of the symbol for water," Keiko asked.

"Yeah, how did you know?" Kamiko asked.

"All of the elements have a scar thats shaped like their respectful Kanji symbol. Kamiko lifted her hair out of the way to reveal a deep blue scar on her neck that looked like the symbol for water.

"Excellent," Keiko said.

"So all the elements have these kinds of scars?" Kamiko asked.

"Yes," Keiko said showing Kamiko and the group hers on her ankle, it was a silver gray color shaped like the Kanji for Wind. Kiramita then walked up and turned her back to them and lifted her shirt slightly to reveal her red scar on the small of her back shaped like Fire.

It was starting to get late and the sun was setting. And a new person had arrived at the door. He was a hansome wolf demon with baby bluish hair pulled back into a low ponytail wearing an outfit similar to Keiko's except he had on black pants instead of a pelt skirt. He had dark blue eyes like oceans you could drown in.

"Ah, Rokan, I was about to ask for you," Keiko said waving him into the room.

"What is it you request my princess," he asked bowing.

"Its getting late see to it that all of our guests get some of the nice guest rooms to sleep in and see to it that they are comfortable, if you see my father he will tell you where to put them, in the guest wing," Keiko ordered.

"Yes, my lady," he bowed, "Please honorable guests follow me," he said gesturing everyone out the door, Kiramita stayed behind. They walked along many long cave cooridors until they came to another giant wooden door.

"Please wait here while I ask the Lord where you are to be placed," he bowed. He walked inside the doors while Inuyasha, Kagome, Kamiko, Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara, who was in Sango's arms sleeping, stood outside waiting. Inuyasha looked at the strange half demon in the dim candle light that lit the long hallways, she wasn't looking at him so he only saw her profile. She was quite attractive. Kagome and Sango sat on the ground next to each other tired from all the walking today, plus they hadn't gotten a good nights sleep for a couple of days. They both wished they could find a hot spring to bathe in. Inuyasha was still staring at Kamiko thinking, 'Is she for real or is she leading us into a trap?' he thought to himself. Without turning Kamiko whispered so that only Inuyasha could hear, "What are you staring at Inuyasha?" Kamiko asked. Inuyasha's eyes widened and turned away blushing going to sit against the wall as well. Kamiko smiled to herself. Then the door opened and Rokan stepped out.

"Alright then, right this way," he gestured helping the two girls up off of the floor. They walked down a few more hallways and came up to a hallway with many small doors. "Here we are," Rokan said. He gestured Kagome and Sango into a room, Shippou and Miroku into another room and Inuyasha and Kamiko into the final room. Inuyasha and Kamiko exchanged questioning looks then they looked towards Rokan, but he was already half way down the hallway, giving Kagome a wink as he passed. He turned facing everyone at the end of the hallway, "Good night and there are bells in the rooms if you need anything I will be here late in the morning to fetch you all for breakfast about ten. He then bowed and turned and walked away. Everyone went into their rooms.

The Girls

"Why do you think they put Inuyasha and Kamiko in the same room?" Kagome asked Sango.

"I don't know probably maybe the Lord thinks that they might be mates since they are both dog half demons," Sango answered putting on one of the comfortable night gowns that were layed down on the bed.

"Yeah I guess," Kagome said slipping on the green night gown, Sango had a black one on.

"Anyway, goodnight," Sango said climbing into one of the small beds, as Kagome climbed into the one next to it.

"Goodnight," Kagome smiled as she blew out the candle in the room. Kirara jumped into Sango's bed and curled up under her chin.

Miroku and Shippou

Miroku put on the silk purple pants that were in the room and climbed into the very comfortable bed as Shippou climbed into the one next to it.

"Goodnight Miroku," Shippou said snuggling down into the covers.

"Goodnight Shippou," Miroku said blowing out the candle. 'I wonder how Sango is doing?' Miroku thought as he stared at the ceiling. More like how Inuyasha and Kamiko are doing?' he laughed silently. 'Now that must be interesting.'

Inuyasha and Kamiko

They walked into the large room, there was only one large bed, with a fireplace with two beanbag like chairs in front of it. 'Great, Lord Rasachimo must think that Inuyasha and I are mates.' Kamiko thought. She walked up to the bed where there were two pairs of clothing folded on the bed. One was a long red nightgown and the other a pair of silk like red pants. Kamiko took the nightgown and went into the bathroom and shut the door to change. Inuyasha grabbed the pants and changed quickly in case she walked out of the bathroom. 'How did we get into a room toget...' he stopped eyes going wide. 'Rasachimo must think that Kamiko and I... oh great.' Inuyasha thought then he heard something coming from the door. In the bathroom Kamiko looked at herself in the large mirror infront of her she looked horrible. She found the running water and put her head under the spicket and washed it. After that she found a brush like thing and brushed out her hair. Then she washed her face, she looked so beat up with some dried blood still on her face. When she looked back in the mirror she didn't look all that bad anymore. She started to lift her shirt up over her head, "Ah," she winced as the dry blood had stuck to her shirt pulling up some of the bandages up off her too. "Damn it," she said through her teeth seething. Inuyasha cautiously walked up to the door. "Ah, Damn it," he heard. He slowly opened the door, "Hey are you ok?" he asked stepping in. She still had her shirt on it was just raised up resting on her chest so he whole stomach was showing. It had some old bandages covered in her odd colored bluish green blood and some of it had escaped the bandage and was on the rest of her skin. "Here let me help you," Inuyasha said walking up to her. He lifted her up onto the counter like ledge and bent down to get a better look at her bandages. He looked around and found a roll of bandage in the little bathroom and unwraped her old bandages. Her wounds were still open but not very deep anymore but they were covered in old blood. Inuyasha grabbed a piece of cloth and got it wet and started gently scrubbing the dried blood off her stomach. He accidently hit the side of her open wound and she winced, "Sss," she said through her teeth taking in a quick breath. "Oh sorry," he said backing off a little. "Its ok," she said, and he continued cleaning. When the blood was all washed off, he wrapped up her wounds in a new bandage. When he was done she smiled at him, "Thank you Inuyasha," she said, "I think I can take it from here."

"Your welcome," he said smiling back. He left the bathroom and walked back into the bedroom which was a little chilly.

Kamiko watched him leave and when he shut the door she stripped off her clothes ran them under water to get the blood off and hung them up to dry as she slipped into the beautiful red nightgown. She walked out to see Inuyasha bent down by the fireplace starting up the fire. "Good, a fire is just what we need in here," she said rubbing her arms.

"Yeah," Inuyasha said not looking up, he was wearing the silk red pants and no shirt, 'Hes not that bad looking,' Kamiko thought, as she admired Inuyasha's well built body. Once he got the fire going really good he stood up and looked at Kamiko. 'Wow,' he thought as he stared at her with the red nightgown on. 'She really is beautiful, especially without all that blood on her face and hair.' he thought. He suddenly felt an urge in his pants.

"Uh, Inuyasha, your staring," Kamiko blushed looking down at the floor.

"Oh sorry, your just... so beautiful," he blurted out. 'Why am I talking like this, I never talk like this.' he thought.

"Uh, thanks but I'm not," she stuttered blushing more. Inuyasha walked up to her, "Yes you are, Kamiko, you are beautiful," he said putting his hands on her arms.

"Inuyasha, we can't do this," she said backing away from him.

"Why not?" he asked her.

"Because you don't feel that way about me, you love Kagome and she loves you," Kamiko stated walking past him and sat down in the beanbag chair. He walked over to her and pulled up the other chair next to hers. "I don't love Kagome," he said.

"Yes you do," she stated staring at the fire not looking at him. "You truly love her, and she loves you. Your just saying these things out of lust," she said turning away from him. He reached over and pulled her chin to look at him with his finger. "How do you know how I and Kagome feel," he stated not taking his hand from her face.

"Because, you two have known each other for a while, I can tell, and the way she looks at you, and... I don't know, I guess I'm just... not sure about this whole thing," Kamiko admitted. She looked into the golden pools he had for eyes and fell in love with his eyes. He looked into her green eyes and was lost. Inuyasha leaned in closer and kissed her lightly on the lips. She pushed him back.

"Inuyasha, this isn't right, we've only just met," Kamiko said getting up. He stood up and looked down at her. He saw only confusion in her eyes. "Ok, we'll wait, but I'm not giving up," he said giving her a small kiss. She climbed into the big bed and he climbed in next to her but they kept their distances. 'I can't fall for him, I can't do this again, the last man I fell for betrayed me and used me. I swore never to trust another man again, but that kiss, wow, I've never been kissed like that.' Kamiko thought as she fell asleep. Inuyasha thought about it, 'Well, do I love Kagome, no how could I love a human, again, I swore never to fall in love with another human again. Kamiko on the other hand is my species, shes a dog half demon, like me. She can understand.' Inuyasha thought as he fell asleep.

A/N:

Sorry for all of you fans who like the idea of Inuyasha and Kagome together but I'm still not sure who to put together. I got the idea of Kamiko and Inuyasha together from a few of my reviewers. Believe me I love it when Inuyasha is sweet to Kagome and love having them together so I still don't know if I'm gonna hook up Kamiko with Inuyasha. Anyway hope you like it and please review and please help give me some more ideas. Luv all, She-Demonstriss.