InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Deep Waters ❯ Ch9 ( Chapter 9 )

Important A/N at the bottom! Please read!

 

Ch.9

 

Kagome woke up with a pounding headache. Her eyes refused to open and were clouded over with sleep. A faint line of drool was trickling down her jaw. She slowly stood up and winced, as she became woozy. She felt like throwing up and almost did but saved herself by swallowing deeply. She instantly toppled back onto the bed as her knees buckled. This time she could not save herself from the puke threatening to come up.

 

She barely had time to reach over and grab the almost full chamber pot. By the time she was done it was overflowing with yesterday's meal, some drizzling down onto her lap. These days, luck seemed to hate her, as most other creatures of this earth. She gave a tired sigh and got comfortable on Inuyasha's bed before falling into a fit full slumber.

 

 

The clouds were crying. They seemed to have been mourning for what seemed like hours. Inuyasha was drenched to the bone; his shirt was stuck to his well-chiseled chest, his pants seemed to weigh as much as bricks, and his ears could do nothing but droop.

 

He knew it was cold, he felt the shivers go through his core, he felt the wind whip at his hair and he felt the crew send nasty glares at him for making them work in this weather. Even his second was among the men, giving him the angry glances from the corner of his eye. Fortunately, they understood that he was doing this to keep them alive, his ship from sinking and going to the bottom of the ocean, along with his current infatuation.

 

He bellowed out orders, trying to keep his crew loyal and alive. At that moment, neither seemed possible. The sky was darker than Kagome's hair and constant bolts of lightning flickered through shortly followed by the clap of thunder. It was unbearable, his sensitive ears rung as though a bell was right beside him. The visibility was amazingly low and the waves were phenomenally high. Hundreds of waves threatened to engulf the ship, bringing it to their watery graveyard.

 

Their best bet was to get to a port, unluckily, the gigantic waves and break-speed wind had put them off course and they were now completely lost. Even the men who had sailed the seas since they were but young lads said they would not survive this storm. He could only hope that they were mistaken.

 

 

She woke yet again, this time she was not hit with immediate nausea, but a slight shock. She tumbled off the large bed onto the hard wood floor. She let out a short yelp as she fell. She winced and rubbed her sore rump. She found herself in the awkward position of her legs still being on the bed, tangled in the many sheets and her bottom down on the cool floor.

 

She silently cursed as she began to untangle her legs. Her angry grumbles only enhanced as she felt the sudden rocking of the boat below her. Her stomach gave an angry gurgle and she quickly pulled herself into a tight ball, willing the pain to go away. She slowly stood up when the pain reduced. The ship gave a low moan and she fell to the ground. She threw her arms in front of her as an attempt to break her fall. It worked well but not without a large scratch across her arm. She was starting to worry; this did not look good. She ignored her stinging arm and exited the room.

 

She entered the hallway to find men running around aimlessly. Although many seemed to be busy doing something or another, all their eyes quickly found their way to her. In her hurry she had forgot she was only wearing her breast band and Inuyasha's shirt. She let out an `eep', and ran back into his room, but not without a complaint from her stomach and a few catcalls in her wake. Her face was a deep cherry red and her hands found themselves covering her face in embarrassment. `How could I do that? I'm such an idiot!' She thought to herself.

 

She timidly made her way to his dresser, not wishing to fall again. She began to rummage through his messy drawers, which had no particular order to them. Finally she found a pair of pants that fit her liking. Not that that really mattered right now but all the others had too small a waist or were too long. They were a brown and had cuffs at the bottom. Kagome felt really short then because even with the cuffs she had to roll them up at least three times before they fell comfortably at her ankles. These outfits were kind of comfortable, and she had to wonder, would she be able to go back to the tight corsets and hot and heavy gowns with a ton of makeup on?

 

This time, when she went out into the hallway, it was still the same deal, though this time all eyes didn't turn to her as she entered. The ship gave another loud groan and a lurch. She could have sworn that if she had something in her stomach it would have been gone three times already. She made her way towards the stairs, occasionally sliding into a wall. When she reached the stairs she decided she must have at least ten new bruises, plus her arm was still steadily bleeding. Maybe it was deeper than she first expected.

 

She crawled up the stairs, literally, and tried opened the door without success. The wind was blowing its full force against the closed door. She took a deep breath before ramming against the door with her shoulder at full force. The door jerked but remained closed. She tried again, she was getting desperate, she knew Inuyasha had to work, but in this? Surly he wasn't that stupid. She hadn't seen the monstrous storm yet, but from the many complaints of the vessel she was right to assume it was deadly. She hadn't looked for him downstairs, but if he was down there he should have been with her.

 

Two tries later she was about to give up but when a painful image of his lifeless corps drifting to the bottom of the deep she knew she couldn't give up. She grimaced and tried to force the picture from her mind. She took a step back, then rammed up against it. She couldn't tell if it was because the wind let up for a moment or because of her brute strength, but it worked and the door swung open.

 

She rushed through the door, finding men scampering around, tying this down, and loosening this and what not. She could see Inuyasha near the wheel, shouting out orders that were lost in the storm. Rain poured down on her, leaving red welts on her skin. She flinched as her pale skin became bruised and abused.

 

She made her way towards her pirate captain, careful to avoid the mighty waves and stay out of the way of the men without going overboard, she knew if she did right now there would be no chance of saving her, even if somebody did notice she was gone. When she reached him he was too busy to notice her presence. She tried to say hello and then yell at him for being outside in insane weather like this, but her cries were lost into the loud storm. Finally she had to yank his arm down to gain his attention.

 

“Kagome!” He screamed though it only sounded like a faint whisper in the hazardous disaster. “What the fuck do you think you're doing out here!” Though his words were lost and his face was soaked, along with every part of his body, he still looked adorable.

 

“Same thing as you, dumb ass!” She screamed at the top of her lungs. His lips went into a pout and his ears swiveled, trying to comprehend her words. He was in the middle of processing what he had heard when she jumped on him. She wrapped her legs around him torso and clasped his arms around his neck before going into a needy kiss. It was fast and hard, showing their need for the other. She pounded her lips onto his and began to beg for entrance. He was stunned at first but he wasn't going to deny her what she desperately wanted as he did, too, even if it was in the middle of a horrendous storm where his crew and himself were fighting for their lives. He quickly opened up and began the oral assault upon her. His tongue traced her teeth then began fight a war against her own. Her hair was messy and unkempt, her face was red and he could taste some of her previous puke on her tongue, all in all he found that extremely erotic and sexy.

 

“I was so scared!” She hollered at him. Her eyes began to leak tears as she looked into his deep amber eyes. “Come inside, please?” She begged, pleading he would listen to reason.

 

He shook his head, “I can't, the crew's dependin' on me to keep `em safe. How can I go downstairs and be able to live with myself? I couldn't do that knowin' they're out `ere, riskin' their lives for me.” He said.

 

“Then I'll stay with ya.” She said giving a dazzling smile. She looked down, men were still scampering around, doing all they could to keep the ship afloat. She silently praised them for their efforts.

 

“How about no. You're goin' inside. I got enough t'worry `bout without ya clingin' ta' me.” He said with a heavy sigh. “Kagome, I care for you. Please go inside.” His voice was pleading, asking her to comply with his wishes. He saw she was about to argue, he put a finger to her lips. “I promise, if it gets to bad out `ere I'll go in.” They both knew it was an empty promise to reassure her, though she did quite.

 

She nodded slowly before squinting slightly. “Uh, Inuyasha.” She said, tugging on his sleeve to gain his attention. He yelled something at one of the men before looking at her.

 

“Kagome, you said you'd go inside.” He said, giving her a slight push towards the door. “I'll be down in a while.” He promised before turning, not bothering to check to see if she had left.

 

“Inuyasha!” She screeched, gaining his attention. He gave a tired sigh before looking at her as though she was a young child.

 

“Kagome! I don't have time to deal with you right now! Go the hell inside!” He shouted. She was really trying his nerves, he was trying to protect her but she seemed dead set on disobeying him. And that might get her dead. Strangely, the water was starting to calm, but not close enough to give them a successful safe voyage.

 

“Inuyasha! You fucker! Fucking calm your nerves! For god's sake, I was trying to ask you what that row of lights were!” She exploded. She was trying to tell him that there might be land. But just because she wasn't as experienced as him on ships he decided to ignore her and baby her. She refused to listen to that any more.

 

He turned his head, for the first time, noticing what she was saying. It was true; there was a string of lights going across the water; that meant land. They needed land right there or they would get a watery doom with no chance of survival. He wondered why none of the crew had told or noticed this before; it wasn't hard to notice it actually stuck out like a sore thumb. He cursed his look out for not seeing the obvious land. “Kagome! You are amazing!” He shouted giving a short, deep laugh that heaved his chest.

 

She smiled faintly, still a little angry with him, but his sweet comments were wearing down her hatred. He began to bellow out orders at the small amount of crewmembers left on the upper deck. Immediately they began to steer towards the large scrape of land. Now Inuyasha was really beginning to wonder where they were.

 

After twenty short minutes of sailing they were safely anchored a small ways away from the port. From there on they began all the sailors except around thirty, to guard the ship, into rowboats and began to paddle towards land. It was a miracle none of the small boats capsized or sank with the tremendous waves. Kagome's face was hit time and time again by the hard waves. Each time left her spluttering for air, gasping in what little she could. She was amazed by how the sailors kept an emotionless face, not showing any pain or whatever condition they were in show. Even Inuyasha did not flinch as he was struck by the waves.

 

When they reached ten feet from shore and the bottom of the boat scrapped the sea floor, three men from every boat would step into the raging waters and pulled them onto the sanded ground. Kagome had never been so grateful to step onto a solid floor that didn't creek and moan when the waves lapped it. She was close to kissing it but stopped when she noticed every one was departing, leaving her alone on the cold beach. From past experiences she knew she was safer with Inuyasha at her side.

 

She ran up to Sango's side. “Umm, Sango?” She questioned. She winced as a larger raindrop landed on her cheek. The older girl looked down at her. It seemed like she had just noticed that she was there.

 

“Oh, hey there Kagome.” She said kindly. “That was a pretty crazy storm, eh?” (Showing my Canadian heritage there.) “I almost lost my lunch a couple of times.” Kagome just nodded. She liked Sango, she was really nice to her and she treated her like an equal. She had a lot of interesting views on things and liked to say them. She was going to miss her and Miroku. Thinking of that, she wondered what was going on between the two. There seemed to be some tension between the two, she would have to ask later.

 

“Oh, I was just wondering where we're going?” She asked innocently, her big blue eyes sparkling. She wondered if Inuyasha would have her sleep with him or not. They slowly made their way up through the beach. It was harder than she expected it to be the wet sand sunk with every step making it a workout. By the time they reached a gravel road Kagome was panting for breath.

 

“Oh, yeah, you've never been on a pirate ship before.” She laughed. Kagome gave a slight blush, she felt like the new kid in town, learning the way things work and being laughed at for asking stupid questions. “It's okay, don' worry, when I was new I asked questions like that. We're goin' to a tavern then to an inn. It's fun, we drink ourselves silly, then we go to sleep and wake up wit' a massive headache the next day. Most of the men take those bar whores to bed. You're lucky, you get to sleep with the cap'n, that means you won't be sleepin' in the same room as one of the men, listenin' to them do their business with a wench.” She gave a slight moan at the idea, while throwing her hand up and sliding it down her face.

 

Kagome was a little scared at the thought of drinking with all those men, past experiences told her that she was unlucky when it came to drunk men. “Well that sounds wonderful.” She said sarcastically, earning a short chuckle from her friend. “But I doubt I'll be any better off.” She said giving a glare at Inuyasha; she still hadn't forgiven him for his rude comments. “Anyway, where are we?”

 

“Hmm, I dunno. We'll find out when we get to the village, probably Osaka or something.” She said nonchalantly. She looked forward, “Better hurry up or we'll be left behind.” She said before jogging up towards the crew. Kagome quickly followed.

 

As they made their way into the town they saw a sign that clearly read Hyogo. “I was close.” Defended Sango, “It's only a couple of miles away.” She said before walking on, “We'll probably go to the kofuku na me-ushi.” She said pointing towards a large building. (Haha to any one whom can read that, it should say Happy Cow or something along the lines of that.)

 

They swiftly marched through the village to a small tavern called `futota hiyoko'. (The fat chicken or something like that) There they walked in, though nobody noticed or cared. Kagome ran to catch up with Inuyasha. While she was jogging to catch up with Inuyasha she heard two drunken men's conversation. “-ear, that royaaaaal naavy guy,” He paused to hiccup, “Is going to go find his fiancée, uhhhh, Kago-“ Kagome fainted.

 

Evil cliffy…HAHAHA

 

A/N: VERY IMPORTANT! MUST READ! Okay I have two ideas for an upcoming story, it will either be Stand Beside Me or Moonlight Stroll.

 

Moonlight Stroll- Kagome sees Inuyasha and Kikyou in bed together. She runs away but not before Inuyasha sees her. He leaves not wanting her to be hurt, he chases after her to see her get kidnapped by Naraku, how will he save Kagome from the fate Naraku will surely give her?

 

Stand Beside Me- Kagome and Sango, her best friend, but a summer home in the lovely state of Hawaii. There she meets the handsome hanyou Inuyasha. They have a summer time fling, or so both believe but what happens when summer is over and Inuyasha has to go back to Kyoto and Kagome to Tokyo?