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Chapter four: Her only comfort.

Kagome sat in her silence and stared at her hands. All she could picture as she stared at her hands was the blood. The blood of her Mother, Father, and the most recent of the blood, Souta. Her Mother and Fathers blood was tattoed into her skin in the splattered patterns. Her brothers blood was still wet on her hands.

Why did he have to die? She thought miserably. She clutched her hand into a tight fist and the blood in her hands oozed and dripped from her hands. She almost cried out in frustration to the unanswered question.

Now, for Kagome, it seemed like every question she has asked herself in the past couple days are all unanswered. And they were. Why did her brother die, instead of her? Why was she kidnapped? Was she going to ever be free again? And the most pressing one that has just become the most of her problems right now was, does she love the Captain? Could she love him?

No. No way in hell.

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Yes. Yes, it was killing him. He had fucked up this time. Was it going to be fixable? Inuyasha layed on his hammock, one leg rested over the edge of the hammock and his foot was gently rocking it back and forth unconsiously as he thought.

You are one dumb asshole, do you know that? It seemed lately his Demon and Human where talking more and more now. And now it was the Humans turn to berate him.

"Yes!" He growled aloud. Nows he talking to himself. Great.

You're not talking to yourself, your talking to your better halves. His Demon joked.

Good. Now that you realize you're a jackass, go apologize. His human demanded.

No. He retorted. She refused him. She was suppose to apologize. Not. Him.

You arrogent bastard! She was scared out of her mind. You can't just pounce on her like that. His Demon sided with his Human now. He was being ganged up on.

Would you guys just shut the fuck up! I'll do this my way! He cried out. He then pushed the protesting halves of him into the darkest part of his mind so he didn't have to hear them. He needed to think. Alone.

Inuyasha stopped swinging the hammock and hopped off. He began to pace his room. What was he going to do? He reached up to scratch his head. He touched his ears. Where was his hat? He looked around for a second and then remembered. He had left it on deck. Well, I should go get it.

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Kagome needed to clear her mind and she now found herself right back on deck were the incident with the Captain happened hours before. She leaned gently against the railing of the ship. He ribs throbbed for a second and then she got comfortable.

She looked to her right and saw the Captains hat. The floppy black and beaten hat rested next to her, quietly. She slowly reached out and snatched it to her. She set it infront of her and stared at it. It was stained, with blood probably, and ripped. She balanced herself on the deck to the swaying ship, so she didn't have to hold on to the railing. She held the hat up and examines had no insignias or anything on it. Just a plain black hat. If it was so plain and cliche, then why did he wear it all the time?

Footsteps snapped Kagome back to earth. She looked up as the footsteps stopped and saw Inuyasha standing a yard away from her. He wore his pants and a red bandanna as he stood infront of her. He wore no shirt, and his muscles glisned in the moonlight.

She stared at him in awe for a momment and then he took a few steps and then stood centimeters away from her. She looked up at the tall man infront of her, he had a soft look on his face as he gazed back at her. She staggered a few steps back and the swaying ship made her fall clumsily on the ground. She gasped in pain. She jolted her ribs and dropped the hat to wrap her arms around her torso delicately in her pain, pulling herself from the ground to stand shakily. Inuyasha was next to her in a flash.

"Kagome?" He asked, using her name in a tone of voice she had yet to hear from him. It sounded like.... Concern?

Gasping again in pain, that had seemed to shoot from her ribs down her spine unexpectedly. She went to the floor on her knee's, and Inuyasha held her gently. She gasped and cried out loudly in pain. Inuyasha hoped she had not awoken anyone on the ship as he held the near-tears girl.

He cuddled her closely, his back to the hallway that lead to his room and his higher-authority crew mates. He took his lips to her ear and whispered calming words, ones that Kikyou had taught him, to calm the crying girl.

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Sango and Miroku awoke with a start when they heard the cry of pain. They glanced at one another and dressed. They walked out to deck to where they heard the cry of pain to see Kagome crying on the floor, and Inuyasha infront of her, covering her almost completely from their view. His back was to them, and his hat lie on the ground next to them.

They immediately thought the worse and Miroku and Sango ran to the two on the deck floor, Miroku pulled the Captain off of Kagome and punched him as hard as he could in the face, and that began a squabble. Sango rushed to Kagome's aid, holding the crying girl. It was sad to hear the first thing Kagome was a cry of pain. Sango blamed Inuyasha for Kagome's pain. She glared daggers at Inuyasha as they fought and she held Kagome, calming the crying girl.

"What did you do to Kagome, asshole?!" Miroku yelled to the pissed Hanyou, throwing another punch to Inuyasha, wich he swiftly caught and reveresed the attack on Miroku, giving him a bloody nose with a crack.

"Fuck you! I didn't do anything to her!" Inuyasha yelled, and Miroku lunged for him, punching him in the mouth, and blood poured from his mouth.

Bye now the whole crew had ran upon deck, watching Miroku fight the captain as they hurled insults at one another. The crew stared on in awe. Soon, the jeering began, making the quiet night into fight night. Some hollered for Miroku, others hollered for Inuyasha, some just hollered fight moves they could pull on one another.

Kagome looked up, shocked to see Miroku and the Captain fighting. She shook her head and got up, ignoring the seering pain in her ribs, and jumped between the fighting men, she shoved her hands into their chest, and they were thrown away from eachother with a shock. Kagome had forgotten about her being Miko. Now she really had to explain this to everyone. She didn't care though. She just wanted them to stop fighting.

Looking at the two fallen men, Kagome gasped and ran to the room. What had she done? How was she suppose to explain this? She sat down on the bed, he ribs pounding from her running, the pain was nearly unbearable. She gasped, her breath faultering constantly with her sobs of pain and confusion. She laid herself down on the bed, the ship rocking her as she cried.

Kagome had always loved the sea. After her mother and father had died, she had become more and more drawn to the sea. It was her parents favorite thing, so after they had died, she began to spend her time with the sea as Souta slept. She would talk to the sea, telling it her problems and what her day had been like, hoping her mother and father heard her.

Sobbing harder as she thought of her brother and her parents, Sango walked in, wanting to speak to the girl.

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"Go back under deck, to sleeping quarters. Now!" Inuyasha ordered as he and Miroku sat on the ground, their shirts removed and chests bound with bandages. Sango had bandeged them up, and left to tend to Kagome.

The men hurried below deck, there was rustling and then dead silence. The men feared their captain, and respected him highly.

Inuyasha listened for a second, making sure they were asleep, before turning to Miroku. He glared at his first mate, a snarl ripping through his body, telling Miroku he was severly pissed. "You better tell me, what the hell you were thinkin!" He yelled.

Miroku flinched,"I thought you were hurting Kagome, so did Sango, and we were tired of you abusing her. So when we saw you hovering over her, we thought the worst, so we had to stop you." Miroku said, his voice not faultering in the least. He knew when dealing with Inuyasha when he was enraged, that you needed to be calm and try to show no fear.

"Apparently not, Miroku." He growled.

Miroku thought fast, and turned the tables,"So, what were you doing?" He asked, his face stern.

Inuyasha's aura of anger dropped, he scrambled for an answer. "I-we-uh..." He stuttered,"I was-uh- speaking to her... and I-uh-..... Yeah...." Inuyasha explained.

"What did you say? Threatening the poor girl some more?" Miroku questioned some more.

"No!" Inuyasha started to protest, but was cut off.

"You are so unbelievable! This poor girl is scared out of her mind! You kidnapp her, torture her, and continue to, knowing it hurts her, you sadistic ass!" Miroku continued his rant, and Inuyasha tried to cut in to correct him.

"Miro-" He was cut off once again.

"Inuyasha! I'm tired of your excuses, you need to let this poor girl go!" Miroku pleaded.

"No!" He snarled,"I can't. Don't you understand.... I just- I just- can't!" Inuyasha yelled. He was breaking down.

"Then why?!" Miroku screamed. That poor girl had been through to much, she needed to have a normal life, and Miroku couldn't watch as his friend abused a woman, hurting her immensly.

Then, something was said that changed everything, and it had just slipped. "I can't let her go, because I love her!" Inuyasha whispered harshly, wanting to end the conversation.

Miroku blinked at his friend, absorbing his words. Oh, no. He's going to get hurt, again. Miroku thought, worrying over his friend. Was this going to be a good ending or a bad one?

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"Kagome?" Sango asked, sitting next to the girl. She sobbed more and Sango rubbed her back. "Kagome, are you alright?"

Kagome looked up, her eyes red and face blotchy, she nodded yes.

"Then why are you so sad?" Sango asked.

In a simple act, Kagome held up her hands, indicating her Miko power.

"Are you afraid that we reject you?" Sango asked. It was like talking to a child, but Kagome was terrified, and this was the only was she would respond.

A sob was released and Kagome shook her head 'yes', vigorously.

"Kagome, we are far from hating you. Now, we understand you more, and because you don't talk, it's a good thing. Kagome, being Miko is special, and I think you are very important. Now we have a more knowledgable resourse for healing. Miroku's only an ex-monk. But you probably learned more than him. Kagome, will you be our new medical person on this ship?" Sango asked, wanting to help the girl feel more accepted on the ship as long as she was here.

Kagome smiled and nodded, she hugged Sango, her silent thank you. Maybe this could work. Just maybe.

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Short, I know, but if you have good suggestions for this story and how i should continue it, email me. I hope you enjoyed!

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