Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

Authoress' Note: I found this chapter handwritten in a notebook while I was cleaning out my bedroom. It will most likely be on the shorter side, it being a Cinderella story and all, but I hope that everyone will like it just the same. Please review and tell me what you think.

My Samurai
A Cinderella Story
Part One

"Where's my samurai?" he heard the alluring voice sing.

I wonder what that is he thought to himself as he walked towards the sound, hoping to find its source.

He walked down a flight of stairs o the last floor of the manor, the dungeon.

He wondered what someone with such a pure and innocent voice would be doing in a dark, damp dungeon. He walked into the main chamber, past several guards who recognized him and allowed him to pass.

"I'm your butterfly" he heard the voice sing and he knew that he was getting closer to the song's source. As he entered a smaller chamber he saw the source of the song.

"Green, black and blue make the colors in the sky" the young girl sang on her hands and knees scrubbing the dungeon floor.

For a while he just stood, watching her work and listening to her song.

"Where's my samurai?" she sang and he then decided it was time to make his presence known and cleared her throat loudly.

She jumped, startled to learn that she was no longer alone in the chamber.

"Oh, excuse me" he started, moving towards her.

She stood quickly and bowed low. "No sir, excuse me. I was obviously disturbing you with my singing, otherwise you would not have come here" She said quickly.

"No, not at all. In fact, it was a welcome relief to hear your song over the drone of nobility." He replied, "And please, don't bow, you don't need to do that."

She rose slowly, looking into his amber colored eyes.

"What's your name?" he asked.

"Kag-"she started.

"INUYASHA! Where are you?!" a loud, regal voice came crashing through the space, shattering the quiet atmosphere, cutting her off before she was able to tell him her name.

"I'm coming father!" he shouted back and then faced the girl again, "Sorry, I have to go" he explained before quickly running from the dungeon and up the stairs while shouting behind him, "And I'm Inuyasha!" and then he was gone.

"Kagome." she whispered, "My name is Kagome." she sighed and then picked up her bucket and walked slowly up the stairs. She hauled the bucket to the kitchen and then dumped it out outside the kitchen's back door.

"Hello Kaede" she said cheerfully to the royal cook as she brought the empty bucket back into the kitchen, setting it beside the sink.

"Hello dear. Anything interesting in the dungeon today? Any newcomers?"

"Well, nothing really. Except I did meet the prince" she said non shalantly.

"You met who?!"

"The prince, Inuyasha." She replied, "He said he liked my singing. He's very handsome" she said dreamily, staring into space.

"He is also engaged to Princess Kikyo" Kaede said, bringing Kagome crashing back down to earth. "He is off limits Kagome, especially to the hired help."

"Yes, I suppose you're right. And besides, he ran off before I could even tell him my name. He won't remember me in the morning so it's not really a big deal I suppose."

Kaede left the stove and put a motherly arm around Kagome, "It's for the best child, you could just forget about ever seeing him, it's the smartest thing for you to do."

Kagome nodded, "I better get back to work, the king's nephew and his wife are coming and I need to make their rooms up."

"All right, I shall see ye later child" she said and Kagome left the kitchen.

Kagome stopped in the scullery to get the fresh linens for the bedroom and then proceeded up the stairs. As she passed the door to the king's study, she couldn't help but overhear the conversation occurring within.

"Inuyasha, where have you been? One second you were with me and your mother entertaining the ambassadors from the west and then you were gone. You are a prince, you can't go running off! Explain yourself!" the king roared, enraged at his son's irresponsible actions.

"Father, I am sorry. I was going to the bathroom when I heard the most amazing sound."

"Well, spit it out boy, what was it?"

"A girl singing. It was gorgeous…and when I followed it I ended up in the dungeon with a girl."

"And who was it?"

Inuyasha shrugged, "I don't know. A servant girl. I didn't quite get her name; you interrupted that part of the conversation."

"And that is your excuse?! A servant girl!? Inuyasha, you are a prince and engaged to a princess and you allow your attention to be stolen away by a SERVANT GIRL!"

"Father, there is no need to shout. I will do my duty and marry princess Kikyo, I promise you that." He said calmly, balancing out his father's raged mood.

His father thought for a moment and then turned his back to his son, "You are dismissed."

"Yes sir." He said and Kagome heard him approach the door. She scurried away and began walking down the hall when she heard the door open. She saw Inuyasha walk out of the room and quickened her pace even more.

"Wait!" he called after her, causing her to stop dead in her tracks. She turned around slowly, her eyes somewhat scared.

He looked at her, "Aren't you the girl from the dungeon? The one with the beautiful song?"

Kagome looked down and blushed, "Yes, but I wouldn't say the song was that beautiful. And my name is Kag-"

"You there! Girl!" the king yelled.

Kagome bowed low, "Yes your highness?"

"Is the room prepared for my nephew and his wife?"

"No your highness, I was just on my way to do that right now." She answered quickly, knowing the king didn't like to be kept waiting.

"Then go!" he yelled and Kagome hurried down the hall and out of the king's sight.

That's the second time I've missed her name. Inuyasha thought and then turned to his father.

"Inuyasha. Go and make yourself presentable, Miroku and Sango will be here soon."

"Yes father." Inuyasha said, making his way down the hall, stopping in front of the room where Kagome was working. He heard her singing and paused, pressing his ear against the door to hear her song once more.

"Someone who is strong, but still a little shy. Yes I need, I need a samurai."

He placed a hand on the door and began to push it open but then he stopped himself.

"What am I doing?" he asked himself, "I am already engaged, why am I bothering with a servant girl?"

He began to walk away form the door when he heard her voice from behind him.

"Um, excuse me your highness" she said quietly.

He turned around and looked at her; she quickly averted her eyes so they wouldn't meet.

"Yes?" he asked with a bit of irritation in his voice.

"Kagome" she said softly, thinking she was making a mistake in calling to him. She turned and began to walk back into the room.

He stood there for a while, right in the middle of the hallway. He smiled to himself, "Kagome" he repeated to himself and then continued on to his room to get ready to meet his cousins.

Authoress' Note: well I hope you like it, reading it again after writing it over a year ago, I like it. Please review and let me know how you feel about it.