InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions of Love ❯ Encounter of the Annoying ( Chapter 4 )

Encounter of the Annoying

Morning arose and the window by Kagome's head had let sunlight shine through. She woke up

with a warm light on her face and stretched gingerly. She flung off her covers and looked out

the window. Judging from the sun's position in the sky, it was 6 in the morning. She quickly

went through the closet and picked out a sky blue yukata with blue birds soaring across the

fabric. She pulled a brush through her hair and tied it up with a white ribbon. Slipping on her

shoes she walked to the archery field. There were a few guards practicing there. Kagome went

into the archery building and picked out a recurve. She strung it and picked out a quiver of

arrows. The guards looked at her strangely, then went back to her shooting. *They probably

think I can't shoot at all* Kagome gave a grin while she nocked her arrow and pulled the

arrow back to it's full position. She breathed out and released the bow along with her breath.

After the first arrow a dozen more followed behind it. Kagome wiped a bead of sweat from her

forehead and walked to the end of the field to survey her work. All the arrows were clustered

in the middle and were deeply embedded. The soldiers all gaped in surprise. Kagome hid a

smile and pulled all her arrows out. She did another round and concentrated on making a

perfect circle around middle. The sun was shining brighter and Kagome could feel droplets of

sweat rolling down her face. She wiped them off her her hand and walked down the field.

"Impressive."

She jumped and turned around.

"Kouga-kun, I didn't even hear you approach."

"It's why I'm the head leader. That's very good shooting Kagome, where did you learn to

shoot like that?"

"I taught myself."

"Really? Very impressive. I don't think I ever see a female out here except for Sango."

Kouga helped her pull out her arrows and he remarked on how deep the arrows had gone in.

The two chatted a for a while and Kouga left Kagome to eat breakfast. Kagome decided to take

a quick bath and clean off her sweat. She was wondering where the bath was when she had an

unwanted visitor.

"Lost?"

Inuyasha gave an all knowing grin.

"Where is the bath?"

"Apologize for getting me in trouble and I'll take you there myself."

"A-apologize! You must be joking, did you eat something wrong last night?"

"Keh! Well, then I won't show you where the bath is."

Kagome could feel something in her forehead popping.

"Fine, you immature kid! I'll ask Kouga where the bath is. I'm sure he is nice enough to show

me where it is."

Kagome turning around to the direction where Kouga had gone when Inuyasha stopped her.

"Alright alright! I'll show you where the bath is. Better than that idiot wolf showing you."

Kagome had to try very hard not to show the triumphant smile that was itching to show.

*Reverse psychology....never failed me yet* The bath house was actually very near to the

archery field and Kagome remembered where it was. Inuyasha followed her into the bath

house to Kagome's horror.

"What are you doing? Following me in here, you hentai!"

"Kora!! I'm taking a bath too! I was working out this morning!"

"Oh, eh", Kagome chagrined. "Sorry."

"Keh, why would I ever follow an ugly girl like you into the bath?"

Two seconds later Inuyasha had a huge lump on his head from Kagome's slipper.

"You really are an immature kid, you baka!!"

Kagome walked into the girl's part of the bathhouse in angry steps. Inuyasha rubbed his head

and stuck his tongue out at her back.

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Half an hour later Kagome was clean and in a more formal yukata. She slid the door of the

dining room to the side and stepped into a nearly empty room. The only person there was

Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's brother. He didn't look up as she entered the room. She looked

around and saw that the only place setting was right next to Sesshoumaru.

"Excuse me, may I sit here?"

He was silent.

"I guess I'll take your silence as a yes."

Kagome gratefully plopped down on the cushion and poured hot tea into a cup. A servant

brought out her meal while she closed her eyes and took in the wonderful scent of green tea.

When her plate was placed in front of her she ate hungrily. During her bites she noticed

Sesshoumaru staring at her.

"What?"

"You're eating."

"Erm, that's what you do at breakfast, you eat."

"Most girls don't eat."

Kagome paused in her eating and turned her full gaze to him.

"Really? Why don't they eat?"

"I do not understand females so how would I know? Maybe to make themselves slimmer?"

Kagome rolled her eyes and started to eat again.

"Why would they want to be slimmer? They're thin enough as it is."

While Kagome was busy eating, Sesshoumaru wondered what kind of girl she was. His staring

made Kagome a little nervous but she finished her meal and poured herself another cup of

tea. She was taking careful sips when she couldn't stand his gaze anymore.

"Is there another reason for you to stare at me? Don't tell me the girls here don't drink tea

either."

He turned away and Kagome thought she heard him mutter mortals in a annoyed tone.

Kagome started to get up but while she did she muttered youkai in the exact same annoyed

tone that he had used. She was walking to the door when he called out to her.

"Youkai have excellent hearing you know."

"I know, which is exactly why I said it."

She slammed the shoji door behind her and muttered all the way to her room about rude

youkai's and hanyou's. Waiting by her room was Sango, Kagome gave a grin and walked faster.

"Sango-chan! How are you?"

"Kagome-chan, I'm well. And how was your morning?"

"Other than a few encounters, it was fine."

"Does one the encounters happen to be Inuyasha?"

"How did you know?"

"He was complaining loudly about it when I was passing him by. You have some spunk

Kagome, and we of the guards enjoy it. Nobody can really make Inuyasha tick, other than

Kouga and Sesshoumaru."

"Yes, I met Sesshoumaru in the dining room. There weren't any girls in it like last night."

"Oh, most of them sleep till late morning so the servants don't bother making a lot of place

settings."

"How many girls are there that's competing to be the princes' brides?"

"Well, I think you are the last one, so around 50 girls."

"Sugoi, that's a lot of girls."

"Are you worried about competition?"

"Why would I worry? Considuring that the girls I saw last night were only a fraction, I don't

think my chances are very high. Some of those girls really are like the legendary nymphs."

Sango gave a snort.

"With the intelligence of simple children."

Kagome gave a laugh.

"Very true!"

"Oh, I came here to ask you if you want to go horseback riding."

"Er...um...I've never ridden on a horse before."

"Really? Well, how about we spend this afternoon learning to? It's a very fun thing to do when

the day is nice."

"Sure, let me put on a hakama and a kosode. Come on in while I change."

Kagome opened her door and rummaged through her closet for some clothes. She got behind

the changing screen and quickly slipped on the light blue hakama and white kosode. Sango

started to tell Kagome the basics as they walked to the large stables.

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The man laughed quietly as his messenger whispered something in his ear. Finally, his time

would come. The time to crush the Inuyoukai family and claim the land was very near. And

all his agents were in place in the capital. His most loyal follower was already heading for the

palace and soon there would be no obstacles in his way. Not like last time.

*a hakama is a type of pants that men wear but women can too. It's like those pants that you see Kaede and Kikyo wear with their miko outfits. And a kosode is a short sleeved shirt. Kora is like the english equivelant to hey. and sugoi means wow, neato, etc