"Grrrrroooowwwllll..."
"SANGO, MAKE THAT STUPID CAT STOP!"
"Hey now, leave her alone!"
As the sun was rising, the silhouette of an impressive ship was gliding through the ocean's waters. Attached to its front was a wooden, scary-looking dragon head that was looming menacingly over the waves.
And directly behind that dragon head, on the ship's bow, the massive form of a giant cat was standing, looking straight ahead into the direction the boat was going.
A young woman with a black pony-tail stepped next to the big cat and petted her head. She was dressed in a fur coat and metal armor. "What's wrong, Kirara? Did you smell something?"
"Now what should that overgrown bag of fleas have smelt out here?" a young, white-haired man grumbled as he stepped next to the girl. He was similarly dressed as her, but also had a necklace of pearls hanging around his neck. "There's nothing here... nothing but water. If you ask me, we should go back home and forget about this stupid idea..."
"Well, Kagome said she wants to go on a little further..."
"Bah! That girl is dimwitted, I tell you! If we keep going like this, we will reach the end of the world and fall off. This journey is a complete joke, as all of her ideas are..."
"Um, Inuyasha..."
"What?"
Sango raised her finger and pointed behind him. Inuyasha turned around... and saw the female, black-haired captain of the ship standing there, a snarl on her pretty face.
"Um... Kagome, I..."
"SIT!!"
WHAM!
Cracks appeared in the wood of the deck as Inuyasha smashed down by Kagome's command.
Sango winced. "You know, I told you the ship won't withstand much more strikes of Inuyasha's hard head..."
"Ah, the jerk had it coming," Kagome grumbled and stepped up next to her friend Sango and her pet Kirara. "That'll teach him to question my plans..."
"But seriously, Kagome... do you really believe that there is land in this direction? We've been at sea for nearly a month now and didn't find anything."
"I just know there is something more out there, somewhere behind the horizon," the captain of the viking ship insistet. "Let's search one more day, if we haven't found anything by then, we can go home, I promise!"
"Umm... okay! Whatever you say!"
"And I still say this is ridiculous," Inuyasha grumbled as he got up to his feet. He turned around to face the crew. "Don't you all agree? Let's go home before it's too late!"
Various murmurs of approval were rising among the crew. Kagome got angry, but also nervous. She couldn't do much if the crew decided to conspire against her... A mutiny was the last thing she needed.
"Growl! Meooow!"
Gritting his teeth, Inuyasha turned back around to face Sango. "I swear, I'll kill that cat if it continues to..."
"That's strange," Sango murmured. "Normally, she would only act like this when we're near... land."
"Look! Oh, look over there!" Kagome shouted in excitement.
Inuyasha and Sango looked over the ship's rail with gaping mouths. In the distance, they could see the coast of a big, unknown continent...
"Well, I'll be damned..." the white-haired viking muttered. "She was right after all..."
----
Usagi and Ami had managed to get out of the forest and reached the coast. However, they couldn't find the cliff where they had abandoned their wrecked boat. Instead, they were now standing on a small island in the middle of a grand bay.
Ami peered out on the open sea. "A ship..." she exclaimed.
Usagi looked as well. "Romans? Egyptians? Phoenicians?"
"Only one way to find out. We'll have to signal them to come over..."
Usagi nodded. "Yeah, or else our dear 'daddy-in-law' and his friends will be here to pick us up..."
They made a big pile of rocks and Ami climbed on its top, carrying a burning torch which she raised high above her head. In her other hand, she was clutching a small bundle of things they took with them from the native camp...
Luna looked up at the imposing figure of Ami, while the torch was burning brightly. "Strange... she muttered. "Somehow, when looking at her like that... it seems to be a sign of liberty..."
----
Kagome let out a gasp. "Land! With human beings! Quick, go for it..."
Sango smirked while the other crew members continued to row. "You know, you never seem to surprise me, Kagome... Just imagine how everyone at home will react, if we tell them of our discovery..."
----
Some time later, the female captain and several of her crew members were standing in front of Usagi and Ami, looking at them with content faces.
Ami smiled and stepped forward. "Thank goodness! I thought we'd be stranded out here for eternity. Please, could you take us with you in your boat?"
Kagome blinked. Then, she turned around to her friends. "Um, what did she say?"
"I dunno," Miroku shrugged. "I don't think I've heard this language before... although, I have to say... it does sound familiar."
Usagi groaned. "Aaahh, dang... They don't understand us..."
"Well, perhaps we can make ourselves understood in some other kind of way?" Ami wondered.
"Lemme take care of this..." Inuyasha mumbled and stepped in front of his captain. He gestured at the two girls, then at the boat. "You... come... with us? Understand?"
They just stared at him blankly.
Sango snickered. "Somehow, I doubt that they understood you..."
Meanwhile, Kirara had approached Luna and sniffed her curiously.
Luna felt a little nervous when facing the enormous cat, but she relaxed after realizing Kirara didn't mean her any harm.
"Mrrrooowwllll?" the big cat growled curiously.
Luna blinked. "Meow! Mew mew meoooww!"
"Meow? Grrrr... Meow meoooww!"
"You understand her?" Usagi gasped. "What did she say?"
Luna sighed. "I'm not too sure... She speaks with a heavy Norse accent... but I think she said they want us to come with them."
Usagi grinned. "Well, then what are we waiting for? That's exactly what we want, right?"
Kagome, not having understood the conversation between the two strangers and their cat, seemed to have come to a decision. "Let's introduce ourselves to them... perhaps then they will have more trust."
"Good idea," Sango nodded.
Kagome pointed at herself. "I am... Kagome! Kagome the Black-haired! Got it?"
The two girls looked at each other, then nodded. The blonde one imitated Kagome's actions. "Usagi." The blue one followed quickly: "Ami."
Inuyasha stepped forward. "Inuyasha... the Stubborn!"
Sango smiled. "I'm Sango the Agile."
The man wearing purple robes grinned at the girls. "I am Miroku the Lecherous..."
----
A few hours later, the boat was gone, and the two Gauls with them.
A single canoe reached the island, and some of the natives were stepping out.
A handsome, pig-tailed man walked to the small pile of rocks in the middle of the island. There, he saw a burnt out torch and a small bundle.
Kneeling down, Pig-Tailed-Horse picked up the bundle and unwrapped it. Inside, he found the painting of the two foreign girls which had been made after their hunt.
He smiled as he looked at the group picture, where the blue-haired, the blonde and their black cat were standing next to each other, in front of their prey, and grinning proudly.
He stood up, looked at the sea and smiled.
Clutching the painting to his chest, he raised his right hand... to bid the two strange but cute girls farewell. He then went back to his father and friends, and they returned to the camp.
He would never forget them...
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