Finally, after a long journey, the viking ship arrived at its destination harbor, after navigating through the thick fog banks of the northern ocean.
"We did it," Kagome cheerfully exclaimed. "We're back home!"
Usagi and Ami watched as the ship was landing at a long pier of the viking village that was lying in the middle of the Scandinavian fjord. The small huts were coated with a blanket of snow, and it was very cold.
Usagi shivered. "We're really lucky they gave us warm coats... it's freezing here."
"I wonder how we can make them understand our situation," Ami pondered. "While it is nice that they have seemingly invited us to stay at their village, we still have to catch some fish and bring it home to our village back in Gaul..."
Kagome listened to the conversation of the two 'natives of the New World' - of course she couldn't understand a single word - and grinned. "I'll bet they're impressed with our village... I can guess they just live in tents, back where they come from."
"Let's just hope they're really as friendly as they make us believe..." Inuyasha grumbled.
Kagome sighed. "Inuyasha... do you have to mistrust any person you meet?"
"Well, what do we know about them?" the white-haired viking huffed. "Nothing, right? Maybe they're just spies and only came with us to see if they can easily conquer our land."
"Inuyasha, stop being such a worrywart..."
Suddenly, she saw someone coming through the snow flurry... and gasped.
"Now what's wrong?"
Kagome gulped. "It's... it's our leader..."
Inuyasha felt uneasy as well as he recognized the imposing figure of their chief... Gleaming eyes, a fang-toothed smile...
...and when they disembarked, his head just reached up to their knees.
Shippo the Terrible, the feared viking leader, snarled at the crew of his biggest ship.
"Well..." he grumbled in his high-pitched voice. "Well, well, well... Captain Kagome... I see you're back, finally..."
Smiling nervously, Kagome raised a hand. "G-greetings, chief... it's good to see you again!"
"I wish I could say the same thing about you!" Shippo snapped back. "While the rest of our men are out on sea, attacking merchant ships and marauding villages, you just take my biggest ship and our best crew to make a small cruise..."
Kagome cringed under the harsh words of her diminutive leader, but stood her ground. "Shippo... while I'm sorry I just took the boat without informing you, I have outstanding news to tell you: We made an amazing discovery! We found, after sailing many sea miles eastwards, an unknown continent... an entire New World!"
"A... New World?"
She nodded. "A New World!"
But Shippo the Terrible wasn't convinced that easily. "And do you have any proof for that? Because I won't rely on anything just because you and your crew tell me so."
"Hey, what's the problem?" Inuyasha grumbled. "We've all been there and saw it... even though I was kinda sceptical at first... but she is right! There IS a brand new world out there, just waiting to be plundered and ravaged..."
"DID I ASK FOR YOUR OPINION?" Shippo bellowed... as loud as he could with his tiny voice.
Kagome gestured backwards. "You want proof? I'll show you proof!"
Just then, Usagi and Ami appeared next to them, as Sango and Miroku lead them off the viking's ship.
"Excuse us..." Ami said in Gaul. "But could you please give us a ship so we can get back home?"
But Shippo didn't understand her. "Who are those girls?" he wanted to know. "What did they say?"
Kagome beamed with pride. "Those... are natives of the New World, Shippo! They are the proof that I said the truth. Sadly, we can't understand them... they must speak a primitive language..."
Shippo thought about it. "All right, come with me," he ordered. "You will tell me every single detail of your journey!"
"Of course," Kagome nodded. "Miroku is our scholar... he will tell you everything..." She then looked around. "Miroku?"
The purple-robed viking was standing a short distance away from them, chatting with two giggling girls that were looking out of a window.
"Missed me, girls?" he grinned. "Must be because of my undeniable good looks... But yeah, I missed you too..."
"MIROKU!!" Shippo yelled. "Quit flirting and get over here!"
Miroku cringed. "Yes, chief..."
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In Shippo's big and warm hut, Miroku was telling him the story of their journey, while Usagi, Ami and Luna were warming up at the fireplace.
"...and that's all," Miroku finished his tale.
"Amazing," Shippo murmured. "Of course, we have to prepare a bigger expedition soon... We need more ships and more men... So we can carry all the stuff we'll find out there." He grinned. "Yes, that's exactly what my daddy would have done... Tell the inhabitants of the land how lucky they are that they can be of service... and then take everything you can while they still try to befriend you." He grinned. "Yes, I like that..."
"How about preparing a big meal for our two guests?" Kagome suggested with a smirk. "Maybe they can assist us... they can tell their friends how nice we treated them, so they would see us as friends."
Shippo shook his head. "No, no, no... I don't like to give people the wrong impression of myself..." He grinned. "I prefer to see them running in panic as we ravage their villages and enslave their people... But I must say, a big meal is a good idea. We have to celebrate your big discovery, after all. And afterwards, we can sacrifice them to the gods. That's an honor they can't possibly reject..."
And Shippo cackled maliciously...
Usagi looked back at the snickering form of the viking's tiny leader and smiled. "I wonder what he's laughing about? Oh well, perhaps they told him some joke..."
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