InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stolen Treasure ❯ Cleaning the hideout ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3

Cleaning the Hideout

 

Kagome awoke to someone shaking her. Opening her eyes and focusing after a few tries, she found Shippo's emerald green eyes staring at her.

 

“The boss said its time for you to get to work on the hideout, oh and also to start breakfast using the leftovers from last night's dinner,”he informed her.

 

“Alright, tell him I'll be right out,” replied Kagome. With that said, Shippo went off to reply his boss. When Shippo was out of the room, Kagome looked at her attire and saw that she would have to change out of her gown. It was stained and covered with dirt off the dishes, making dinner, and the floor that she would have to clean when she got around to it. She would have to ask the leader if he had any gowns from early pillages.

 

Leaving the room, going down the corridor that lead to the main room, Kagome was faced with all 20 of the bandits trying to cook the leftover meat from dinner on the spit like she had, failing miserably. Kagome just laughed, causing everybody to turn and stare at her. Miroku was the first to react and ask for help.

 

“Ummm, milady, would you mind helping us out here with breakfast? We aren't great cooks like you are.” He asked.

 

“Yes, Miroku I will, just get out of my way, sit down or something, so I can cook.” She replied.

 

A chorus of “yes milady” came her way, the men scattered to give her the room she apparently needed. After a few minutes of setting up for breakfast and than starting on breakfast, the boss came in (remember people only Miroku knows his name).

 

He had been out scouting for intruders and officials to come home to smell the heavenly smell of Kagomes cooking. He would never admit, it but he really liked her food.

 

`Man what I wouldn't give to wake up to that every morning' thought Inuyasha.

 

Shippo came up to him to inform him that Kagome had woken up and than jumped on his shoulder.

 

“So your finally awake, I was afraid I would have to dump water on you and get the bed wet.” Inuyasha announced. Some of the men laughed, the rest knew that if they joined in they might not get breakfast.

 

“Well that would be a waste of water now wouldn't it? Anyways, Shippo was kind enough to wake me up before that was and option.” Kagome replied. She was almost done with breakfast and if the boss continued with the insults, he would not be getting any.

 

“When is the food going to be ready wench, I'm hungry?” He snapped. Kagome was fuming inside but kept a calm complexion.

 

“It will be ready when its ready so shut up before I decide that you won't be getting any” Kagome snarled. At that the silver bandit exploded.

 

“YOU DO NOT DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS HIDEOUT, I DO! YOU WILL DO AS I SAY AND WHEN I SAY IT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE PUNISHED!” He roared.

 

“I'M NOT YOUR PROPERTY OR UNDER YOUR COMMAND, I DO WHAT I WHAT BY MY OWN FREE WILL NOT BECAUSE YOU TELL ME TOO!” Kagome retorted. They were nose to nose at this point.

 

“YOU WILL DO AS I SAY AS LONG AS YOUR IN MY PRECENSE! Now today you will clean this hideout till it's spotless.” He demanded. `This girl is so stubborn it's impossible to win any fight. She does look incredibly hot though… no bad thought bad thought pay attention to the fight not the girl breasts' the bandit thought.

 

“I will clean this hideout but only when you and your men are out of the way, meaning out of the hideout. I don't care what you do just stay out of the hideout till nighttime when its partially clean in here.” Kagome claimed.

 

“WHAT? No, no, no, no. We'll do whatever we want to do. Also this hideout will be cleaned by tonight or else you bitch!” He ordered. This was the last straw for Kagome.

 

You think she has amazing patience and self-control, well think again. If you think she exploded at him and started to hit him then you were right she did but on a higher scale. She cursed, kicked, smacked, tackled, yelled and pretty much sent him running with the rest of the gang out of the hideout. Kagome laughed like mad when the boys where out of earshot and the hideout.

 

(I couldn't really think of what she would say so I left her tantrum out of the story. But with the info I gave you can imagine what she did to poor Inuyasha's ears and body.)

Poor little Shippo was stuck in the cave since he had to help Kagome clean up the hideout. He saw the whole episode, Shippo was scared out of his wits at how scary and angry a female could get. Kagome had to coax him out from under one of the tables and feed him some of his breakfast before he calmed down enough.

 

Since breakfast wasn't done when the fight between her and the boss happened, there was plenty of food for Shippo and herself to devour and save for lunch and dinner without having to share with the gang.

 

“Ok Shippo, I want you to first find all the clothes and dirty laundry in this place and put it next to the tub over there please.” Kagome ordered. She got out all the cleaning supplies from the supply closet and went to work cleaning the tables and furniture in the main room.

 

With some careful work, the cabinets and tables were cleaned, fix of any problems like a leg was too short making the table move or the cabinets had a door falling off its hinges and they squeaked when opened.

 

Kagome and Shippo arranged the main room so there was more space to move around and it didn't look so empty by adding a few more tables and trinkets from the treasure room. A grandfather clock was added at the far wall opposite the fireplace, a few statues and small artwork were added to make the place feel homier.

 

Shippo was a great help to Kagome with his demonic strength, it wasn't great but it helped with lifting a few of the heavier objects around the place. He had also collected all the dirty laundry as she had asked and the hammocks that the bandits used for beds. Those were placed outside and on a line that had to be hammered into the wall; all the hammocks were washed first in the waterfall then hung up by their strings.

 

The main room was swept and than mopped of any other remaining dirt and germs that had collected over the rime it had last been cleaned.

 

Kagome and Shippo went outside to eat lunch and collect herbs for medicine and for meals. It took them one hour and a half until they could go inside and place the herbs in jars atop a table near the fireplace. The room looked decent now but there was still a lot more work to do through out the hideout.

 

It had been four hours since the men had left and to Kagome it seemed that there wasn't a lot of chore completed in that amount of time. The next and longest chore was the laundry. Using two tubs, ten trips to fetch water, Shippo, 3 hours, and a whole lot of soap the clothes were washed and place on lines in one of the empty rooms in the hideout!

 

By now, Kagome and Shippo were covered in dirt, grim, and sweat. The hideout still needed work to be done before the silver bandit and his men returned. Shippo was left to dust all the rooms while Kagome cleaned, rearranged and organized the treasure room.

 

The treasure room was filled with stolen goods from all over the country. Beautiful gowns fit for royalty, gold, gold trinkets, silver, silver trinkets, antiques, rugs, silverware, china, statues, fine silk, a rare selection of books that were first edition, and some fine spices and recipe books!

 

The spices and recipe books were moved to the herb table as Kagome dubbed it. Some of the china and silverware were placed in the cabinets. Some of the statues were posted along the hallways and in the bandits room, the rest were rearranged in the treasure room. By the time the room was finished Shippo had finished thoroughly dusting all of the hideout, emptied and refilled the tubs for some hidden dirty cutlery and clothes that were dried/hanged.

 

The most disgusting chore was for Shippo and Kagome to clean out the Stables of poop, clean the horses, and refill the water trough and the hay trough! It was a nasty job! The poop was removed viva buckets and spread through the forest not to far from the hideout but far enough so that it wasn't stepped on by fellow gang members. The smell would also not reach the hideout.

 

The horses were cleaned up and brushed as well as fed by Shippo while Kagome cleaned up the entrance of mold, dust and dirt. She placed a few chairs and a table near the door with some artwork to make the visitor or member feel more comfortable entering the hideout without thinking that the men who lived there were incapable of cleaning up after themselves.

 

The bandit's room was swept, mopped, reorganized, and aired out from a hole with bars going across it in the ceiling that was cleverly hidden from view by a bush. Shippo's room only needed to be aired out, the bed made, and clean up the toys he had. Shippo liked his room clean so there wasn't much to do with his except wait till his clothes dry, to put them away.

 

An amazing discovery was made by Kagome when she was sweeping the hallway. An out of use bathhouse was in the far back of the hideout with a desperate need for a good cleaning. Since this was the chore besides getting the laundry and hammocks put away as well as making the men get a bathe before eating supper.

 

Kagome was just going to make them wash in the waterfall but this was a better place and by looking around the water could be heated by the fires placed around the bathe. Putting away the cleaning supplies that were not needed and making sure that the laundry was almost dry, Kagome and Shippo aired and swept out the bathe house. The bath was scrubbed of dirt, mildew, and mold.

 

Taking a few of the statues and trinkets out of the still cluttered treasure room the bathe house was once again habitable. The bandits were due to be back in two hours so by using the last of their strength Kagome and Shippo ran back and forth carrying buckets of water and wood for the bathe. It took one hour and 45 minutes to refill the bathe and get it heated up by the eight fires surrounding it.

 

Kagome was able to reheat the left over meat with a few herbs that Shippo and she picked, cleaned, and left to dry out in the sun. While the meat was cooking Shippo helped put away all the laundry and set up the hammocks in their proper place.

 

After the meat was done there were still a couple minutes to set the tables up and place food and drinks for all the bandits including the boss.

 

Immediately after everything was done the boss and the bandits reluctantly came in with some stolen goods for the days pillage. It wasn't much of a job but at least it had kept them away from Kagome long enough for the hideout to be cleaned and her temper to calm down.

 

All the men were awed at how clean and organized the placed looked as well as their dinner waiting for them on the table. The boss was clearly the most impressed out of the whole group of 20 men.

 

`The wench actually did a fine job cleaning the place; this makes me want to keep her more than I already did. Dammit I'm finding more reasons to keep the wench here than ways to throw her out.' The boss thought.

 

“Hello men, why don't you let us take those good for you we know the perfect place for them to go” Kagome said while taking the goods out of their hands and handing some for Shippo to carry. They went to the treasure room and placed each of the good in appropriate places. The men were watching them and looking around the place to see what it looked like now that it was more habitable.

 

“So before you men go dig in I want each and every one of you to take a bath in the bathe house without complaining or no supper,” Kagome commanded. As she headed to said room. A chorus of mumbles and whines followed her into the room.

 

“No way am I taking a bath” said Miroku. A few heads nodded in agreement.

 

“Yeah I'm not stepping one foot in that water it looks too hot, I'd prefer the waterfall to this” said Corrin

 

“That's fine by me as long as you take a bath. If you don't then you won't get supper, I have slaved all day to make this place decent and this is all that I ask of you in return.” Kagome replied.” If you don't want supper than don't take a bath, but I warn you if you don't bathe than you won't get any food, and if I hear another complaint than you will have to wait until morning to get something to eat.”

 

“WHO IN THE SEVEN HELLS MADE YOU IN CHARGE, BITCH?” The boss yelled. He came storming up into the front of the group looking pissed. He did not want to take a bath and would not even if it meant going without Kagome's delicious cooking. He would never fall so low as to follow a woman.

 

“Well, what's so hard about taking a bath? You are all dirty and sweaty; I thought it would be nice to take a nice bath before a meal and bed. And I don't want you SMELLY men ruining my hard work by making the place dirty and smelly after the amount of time I put into it to make it clean.” Kagome replied.

 

“Humph! Well my men can take a bath but I won't. I'm not going to follow your orders just for some meal.” The boss left the room and headed into his, slamming the door on his way.

 

“Well, that could have gone better!” Kagome huffed. Turning to the men she ordered them to leave their clothes in the basket near the door so they could be cleaned while they bathe. The men did as they were told and spent half and hour cleaning themselves. They had to admit it was actually nice in the water and they preferred being clean to sweaty any day with Kagomes cooking waiting for them once they were done.

 

When the men weren't paying attention Kagome came in and took the basket of dirty laundry into the room officially dubbed the laundry room because of all the clotheslines in there. She left the clothes to do as one of tomorrows chores.

 

She then went to make the bandits food was still warm and placed the few meals that needed heating up close enough to the fire to warm up and not get burned or overdone.

 

After the men were done bathing and dry Shippo came in to hand, them clean clothes and take the wet towels to dry in the laundry room and replace them with new ones. When Kagome saw the men all clean and dry she allowed them to eat their meals.

Some of the men needed their hair brushed so while they were eating Kagome brushed and redid the ponytails or whatever style they had their hair in before. It was a sight for sore eyes; the men looked like proper bandits and could be mistaken for gentlemen.

 

Finally allowing herself to relax Kagome went to her room, cleaned it up a bit, and added a few goodies from the treasure room and some of the dresses to her wardrobe. She collapsed on her bed to fall asleep.

 

Kagome awoke to Shippo shaking her. He told he that the men were done eating and asleep.

 

“I gathered the dishes and put them in the tub, its filled with water. I thought you might want to clean them since they will be easier to clean now than later” Shippo said innocently. He was dressed for bed and looked like he might fall asleep at any moment.

 

“Thank you Shippo, I'll do the dishes. Go to bed ok you've had a long day” Kagome told him. She kissed him on the head and sent him to his room. A few nights ago he had a nightmare so he stayed with the boss. Tonight he was kicked out so he had to sleep in his own bed.

 

Kagome went into the main room and started to clean the dishes but soon fell asleep after done with the last dish was dried. She was found asleep propped up by the tub by the silver bandit. He had hoped to sneak something to eat but instead found Kagome and decided to take her back to his room and placed her on his bed.

 

`She looks so peaceful when she sleeps.' The boss wanted to join her but decided against it incase she woke up and got the wrong idea. So instead he kissed her on the forehead and went to sleep in his chair by the fireplace.

 

Getting comfortable, he decided that since Kagome had done an amazing job that he would let her sleep in.

 

`Its really getting hard not to let her go now. She's so beautiful, I want her and yet I can't have her! Soon I'm gonna have to send out a ransom to her family so that they think she still alive and don't send out any hunters to try to find her. He sighed.

 

This girl was starting to become trouble. It was giving him a headache with all the work he'd have to do. Hearing the beautiful girl on his beds breathing and her heartbeat he was lulled to sleep thinking of her and ways to keep her.