InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome and The Silver Hanyou ❯ Chapter 3

The next day, Kagome woke up after the worst night in her life. In that night she couldn't sleep, although she slept for an hour. She was concerned all night about her parents, Souta, her friends. Suddenly, her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl's face appeared followed by a two tailed at. It was evident that it was a youkai.

-“Good morning. My name is Sango and I brought your breakfast. I don't care what the Captain says, but I can't let you starve. I myself had prepared it. It isn't like you're sophisticated breakfast like the one your chef prepares you but it's better than nothing. Oh, she's my pet cat, Kirara.

Kagome smiled, but her face saddened.

-“Thank you, but I'm not hungry. I can't eat a thing. I'm too worried and if I eat anything, I don't think that I'll manage too keep it.”

After a while she asked:

-“I didn't know that they were female pirates on board. Sango, how did you got here?”

-“It's a long story, but I can tell you that I was the daughter of a count, but I got bored of that life and I was lucky to meet the Captain. Because of him I finally feel free.”

-“Didn't he capture you?”

-“No, I came by my will. It took me quite some time to earn his trust but in the end I did it. It was quite hard, though.”

-“But, did your parents let you?”

-“No, but I don't care. I wished to do something with my life. I didn't want a boring life.”

-“I also don't like my life, but I wish to return to my family, even if it means that I can't do anything I like. I'm sure that they're worried and I don't think that the Captain will release me very soon.”

-“You decide what's better for you. No one mustn't tell you what to do,” Sango advised her. “I know how the Captain is, but to get on his good side all you have to do is…”

-“I know, I know: not to argue with him. Miroku told me.”

-“That pervert touched you?”

-“Yeah, but now I think that he'll keep his hands for himself.”

The two girls laughed.

-“You know what? I like you much. If you ever need my help, I'm always here. I'll leave you the meal, though. Now I must go, I must stitch the substitute sails.”

-“Good bye, I was glad to meet girls on this ship, among all these men. I was feeling quite lonely.”

-“Not only girls. There's also a chills among us.”

-“You mean Shippou-chan?”

-“So you met him. Yes, he was saved by the Captain from another gang of pirates who pillaged and killed his whole village. He was about 4 years old when that happened. Now, he's a trustworthy friend.”

-“I can't believe it! The Captain saved a child? The Silver Hanyou?!”

-“Why are you so surprised? Did you think that the Captain was a heartless person?”

-“Well…yeah, for the manner he behaved to me.”

-“You know, not all the rumors are true. He's not as bad as they tell. Maybe at the beginning he treats you like that, but that's how he treated me and Shippou also. I'm sure that you won't stay here for a long time. I'm pretty sure that when we arrive at our base, you'll stay maximum a week.”

-“A WEEK!!! I don't to stay that long!” Kagome cries.

-“I'm sorry but that's how it is. I can't give you more information. Good bye.”

Sango walked out of the room with Kirara. Alone, Kagome thought at what Sango said.

-“Should I trust her, in what she told me?”

She looked at the plate that Sango let her.

-`At least I won't starve,' she thought.

After she ate, she looked out the small window.

-“I think that I should go up deck before he comes and tears my arm.”

A week had passed on the pirate's ship. The Captain tried to avoid Kagome as much as he could, but this week something has developed towards the beautiful duke girl onboard. Every time he saw her he felt he was getting warm. Kagome still didn't like him but she enjoyed the company of the other pirates. Most of them were very nice to her.

Today, the captain eyed her as she was scrubbing the middle deck again, just below his huge chair. Kagome felt him looking and tried not to get in to and position that would make his view more "pleasant". She sat up to wipe the sweat from her brow. She didn't realize that it would become so humid. She took her hair out of the bun to redo it since it was falling out. The captain watched her with some interest on his face. Kagome tried to ignore it. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up on end as she caught from the corner of her eye him sitting up. She continued to scrub the deck when she heard a thump in front of her. She looked up to see the Captain staring at her. Her heart raced as she made the mistake of looking into his beautiful eyes. She quickly looked away and gulped. He squatted in front of her. He fiercely grabbed her arm and forced her up. She stumbled and fell into him. He grabbed her other arm and stood her up straight.

-„What are you doing?” she asked in a shaky voice.

For a moment he stared into her eyes. She was paralysed. After a moment, he then closed his eyes tightly. He threw her on the grownd while stomping into his quarters. She sat there stunned for a second, but started to work again.

Meanwhile, in his quarters, the Captain had his face in his hands as memories came back to him.

 

xxx flashback xxx

 

-„Inuyasha! Are you thetre?” A girl in a white dress called out onto the white sanded beach.

She walked through a grove of trees. All of a sudden, something grabbed her around the waist from behind her. She yelped and turned around. Inuyasha was in a soft, white shirt with black trousers on. He smiled as she smiled back at him, lightly tapping him on his chest.

-„Don't scare me like that!”

He chuckled:

-„I'm sorry.”

She leaned against his chest. He embraced her, resting his chin on the top of her head.

-„I'm so happy we are finally getting to do this!” she smiled.

-„I thought we'd never convience your father to letting me marry you!” he said as he held her tighter.

-„I love you, Inuzasha!”

-„I love you, Kikyou.”

 

xxx fade in to another flashback xxx

 

-„Kikyou! Kikyou! Where are you?!”he yelled over the gun fire and screaming people.

He looked in burning houses and in the woods. The Japanese army were rampaging the small port because it housed pirates that were tealing gold from ships and ports. Inuzasha ran to find Kikyou yelling his name. Out o relief, he ran to her, but before they could reach each other, Kikyou stopped in her tracks and whispered:

-„Inuyasha?”

He stood in horror as blood was running out of her mouth. She fell with bullet wounds in her back. He yelled as he rushed to hold the women he loved. She was already dead in a pool of her own blood. He held her body as he too got shot, but being a hanyou he didn't die.

Though he wanted to.

 

xxx end of flashback xxx

 

There was a knock at the door.

-„Captain? Can I come in?”

-“Go away Miroku!” he growled.

Miroku slowly walked in.

-“I thought I told you not to come in!” he grumbled.

-“You finally saw it, didn't you?”

Miroku slowly sat beside him. The Captain growled.

-“What? You noticed right away?”

-“Inuyasha, we've been friends for as long I can remember.”

Inuyasha grumbled:

-“You think you know me so well?”

-“You are mad because she reminds you of Kikyou.”

-“Shut the hell up!”

Miroku put his hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

-“It's okay. I suspected this would happen.”

Inuyasha then said softly:

-“I don't know how I missed it till just a while ago I was watching her scrub the deck. She took her hair out of her bun, just like Kikyou, and she carries herself like Kikyou. I don't know how long I can have her on my ship.”

-“That's understandable, my friend, but don't take it out on her.”

-“It's my ship! I can do whatever I want!”

-“Inuyasha! It's been 5 years since Kikyou has died. You still aren't over, are you?”

Inuyasha growled:

-“Gee, I wonder.”

Miroku sighed:

-“This girl isn't Kikyou. She doesn't even act like her. She's a totally different person.”

Inuyasha looked at him half mad, half comforted. But then stormed out the door saying,

-“I know how to handle this!”

He grabbed Kagome's arm and yanked her up. He didn't care if she was totally up or not. He dragged her down to the galley.

-“You stay down here, Wench! Clean all these pots and pans!”

He walked up to Miroku and said:

-“She doesn't look as much like Kikyou as I thought!”

Miroku nodded in an `I told you so' way.

 

The next day, when Kagome was stitching the sails that were torn by the storm that had place last night and which had almost sunken the ship, she felt something strange. It was like a tingling feeling, and it was coming from in front of her.

Suddenly, the ship stopped. So did Kagome in what she was doing.

-`What's happening? Why did we stop?' she thought.

Sango came to her.

-“Ah, home sweet home!” she said with a smile.

-“Home?” Kagome said puzzled. “There's nothing here but water!”

-“You wait and see.”

Then, the Captain walked in front of the ship and took out a necklace.

-“What's that?” asked Kagome.

-“It's a gift from his former love, Kikyou,” Sango said.

Kagome couldn't believe it. The Captain, the one who abused her, who insulted her and worked her to the bone, had love in his heart! She looked at Sango with disbelief, but asked her:

-“And…what happened to her?”

Sango's face saddened.

-“She was killed.”

Kagome gasped. Sango continued.

-“It has passed 5 years from her death. I will tell you more about Kikyou and…

-“You've known her?”

-“Yes, we were good friends.”

-“Sorry, continue.”

-“With a few days after my enrolling, she appeared and I am sure that it was love at first sight. The Captain saved her from a youkai. After they met each other better, they fell in love. They began courting at the age of 14. He proposed to her at the age of 1. The wedding supposed to have place at her 16th anniversary. But…”

-“But?”

Sango's voice became quieter.

-“Miroku told me that because in the night before the wedding, Japanese soldiers attacked the village to wipe out the pirates and their families because they were pillaging all the Japanese trade ships.”

Kagome started to stare at her as her face became pained.

-“Miroku told me that because of the tradition of not seeing your bride the day before the wedding, that night, they were separated. He got burnt a few tomes looking in buildings and houses, but then he was relived to see her. But…*gulp* as they ran for each other, Kikyou got shot 6 times in the back.”

Kagome covered her mouth with her hands and tears began to fall.

-“Miroku told me that by the tome he got to her, she was in a puddle of her own blood. The Captain held her body, crying for the first time in his life, till they shoot him 3 times and he laid there with Kikyou's body, playing dead until they left.”

Kagome was in shock and pale. She asked:

-“Where were you?”

-“Being the maiden of honor, I had to get my dress, but I had to hide. I heard from Miroku that he found the Captain next morning, his face was tear-stained and his clothes were caked with blood. He was lying asleep on a fresh grave. Kikyou's grave. Miroku thought that he was dead but when he approached him, he woke up and growled at him. After this, he decided to become a pirate, to try and forget about these memories. After Kikyou's death, he went off the deep end. He killed without mercy. But I observed that in the last period he'd become quieter. But he won't forget Kikyou.”

Kagome looked at Sango with tears still in her eyes, and then looked at the Captain.

-“I didn't know that he had such a painful past…Now, I'm kind of sorry for him. But I still don't realize why he'd been so cruel with me.”

-“Maybe is because Kikyou looked like you.”

-“What? She looked like me?”

-“Yes, I remember her and to be honest, you look very much alike. Maybe he behaved like that just to forget about her.”

Kagome looked back at the Captain. He pulled out the necklace and held it. Then the rock that it was on it began to light up. Then, a kekkai appeared in front of them, and disappeared, revealing a island. Kagome looked surprised.

-“This is…”

-“Our home. Izayoi Island. Izayoi was the Captain's mother, and in her memory, he named this island with her name. He loved her very much. After Miroku's telling, of course. He was the Captain's best friend.”

They sailed to the island. Kagome saw a bay in front of her, where there was a port.

-`So this is the base of The Silver Hanyou. No wonder that it was never found!' thought Kagome. Then she heard a child:

-“They're here! Silver Hanyou is back!”

The ones that heard, came to the water's edge. Kagome hid herself behind Sango, not to be seen by a whole city in her undergarments. They docked. The Captain got off of the ship and told his crew:

-“Bring the treasure in the Treasure room, and bring the wench in the jail. She'll remain there until her parents will recuperate her.”

Kagome got scared. Then Sango got in front.

-“My apologies, Captain, but I think that the “prisoner” should stay with me. I will keep an eye on her.”

The Captain eyed Sango, then Kagome.

-“It looks like there's a friendship between you two. But I won't let her to stay with you. But you can bring her food in the time she is in jail. At least you can keep her company for a few minutes,” he said with a smirk on his face.

-“But…”

-“That's an order!”

Sango subjugated herself. She watched how Kagome was brought to the jail by two men. Miroku came to her and put his hand on her shoulder. Sango looked at him, tears appearing in her eyes.

-“Don't worry, Sango. I'll try to talk to the Captain. I will free your friend from there.”

Sango smiled and wiped her tears.

-“Thank you, Miroku,” she said and she hugged him friendly. But you know that his hand goes to other places. Felling something on her but, she screams:

-“Hentai!”

A slap is heard.

Meanwhile, Kagome was brought in what it supposed to be the coldest, most humid cell in that jail. She was thrown on the cold, hard concrete. She winced at the contact.

The Captain stepped in front of her.

-“You'll stay here until your patents will pay for your return. And I'll hope it will be soon,” he said with a smirk.

Kagome gave him the same stare of death as the one at their first sight. The Captain still didn't believe that she hat such courage. He yelled to her:

-“Sleep well this night! Don't think that if you stay in the jail, you won't have to work! Tomorrow you'll have enough!”

With that he left, leaving her alone, watched by two men. Kagome sat in the corner, in her wooden bed, covered with straws and huddled herself. Tears began too fall and that's how she slept that night.