Summary: It is a White Dragon Demons' custom that should a newly wedded couple wanted a divorce; they must wait until the seventh day of their marriage. Until then, Kagome is stuck with Prince Hideyuki whom is trying to win her love before that day comes.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of Inuyasha's characters but any unfamiliar characters in this story belong to me.

Title: Seven Days With the Prince

Chapter 1: Complain Day

Every ruler has a day for their citizens to complain about the way they rule and voice out their dislikes or opinions on how they can improve. As for the Lord of the Northern Lands, it is today---the twentieth day of winter. And believe it or not, it is the day the rulers hate most. It is the day they drag themselves to sit on the throne and listen to complains all day long.

Lord Kogugawa was no exception but he had a plan to evade listening to complains all day. That was by faking sick and making his eldest son who was the next in line to the throne, to take his place in the throne room and listen to all the complains.

Prince Hideyuki sighed as he took his seat on the throne early in the morning right after the night of his marriage. That morning was beautiful like many other mornings and he longed so much to go outside to take a long flight in the sky.

He told the guards to open the tall, great door to let the people in to complain. He sighed again as he already knew there was over three hundred of demons and humans outside there waiting to come in and drive him up the wall.

As soon as the door opened, the people poured into the great hall like water. After a few minutes, they form a line and stood a few feet respectively before Prince Hideyuki. They began murmured to each other why Hideyuki was conducting the Complain Day instead of Lord Kogugawa.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Prince Hideyuki slammed the scepter three times on the ground. Then he shouted, "SILENCE! Lord Kogugawa is ill today so I, Prince Hideyuki shall listen to all of your complains today in his place. Now, let's get started!"

Then he motioned for the first person to come forward. A man stepped forward and voiced out his complain. "I don't get it! Why do you have to build your palace up on a peak!? It's so hard to find!"

Prince Hideyuki turn to look at the rat demon standing beside him to make sure he started writing all the complains down. Then, he turned his attention back to the man. Here it goes again. They sometimes find complains out of no apparent reason to relieve their anger onto someone else, he thought unhappily.

"If you really want an answer to that, well, I'm sorry because I don't know at all. The best person to ask is my ancestors. NEXT!"

The man didn't protest and left the great hall. The next person who was a wolf demon, began firing him with complains.

Prince Hideyuki sighed. This is going to be a loooonngg day, he thought.

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While Hideyuki was listening to the complains, Kagome had woken up in Hideyuki's room. She sat up and yawned in the futon. She turned to see the spot where Hideyuki slept yesterday night only to find it empty. She grinned at the thought how she and Shippo managed to get him off the futon so they have it all to themselves. Poor Hideyuki was forced to sleep on the hard floor. As for Shippo, he was still sounding asleep beside her.

She gently shook Shippo up. "Wake up, Shippo. It's morning now. Let's go down to meet the others and have some breakfast."

Shippo woke up and rubbed his eyes sleepily. "Where's he?" he asked groggily.

"I think he is downstairs by now," she said. "Let's change and wash up first."

"Okay," Shippo answered. Then they got up and left the room.

When they got down to the dining room, they found the others were already at the dining table already except for Lord Kogugawa. Prince Senka and Princess Shika was surprised to see Kagome.

"So he didn't try to kill you?" Senka asked her. Kagome shook her head. She was surprised but then she remembered. She took a seat next to Sango. She looked around for Inuyasha but he was nowhere to be seen.

"That's a big surprise," Princess Shika said incredulously.

"Um…where's Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.

"We don't know," Sango said.

"He's probably around the palace," Miroku said. "Don't worry, he'll be fine."

Has he gone to find Hideyuki? Kagome thought.

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"Why are you the heir of the throne?" Hyouga, a bat demon asked. "You don't seem to be best suited for the job. You just dozed off right in front of us just now." Everybody gasped when he asked that question. Nobody in their right mind would ask such a question in front of Prince Hideyuki. Lord Kogugawa maybe, but definitely not Prince Hideyuki. He is unpredictable and should you incur his wrath, you have no idea what he will do to you.

There was a dead silence. Then Prince Hideyuki smiled slowly and wickedly that left people shivering in fear. They all took a step away from Hyouga while he stood his ground boldly.

"Funny that it should come from you, Hyouga. You, the great warrior and mercenary who never kneel to lords. You, who never show the slightest interest in politics," Prince Hideyuki said. Then, he stood up from his throne and took a great leap and landed right in front of Hyouga. Now, they stood face-to-face. Everybody behind Hyouga recoil from them involuntarily.

"Yes, Hyouga I did doze off for a while just because it's so boring to listen to some complains that are only let out because they need someone to relief their anger on. But let me tell you something---I did not choose to become the heir to the throne. If I was given a choice, I would have chosen to be a mere prince instead. After all, it is the princes that have all the fun." Then he muttered a few words under his breath.

Suddenly, Hyouga found himself on the throne instead. "Hey!" he cried when he found out his bottom was glued to the throne. "Get me out of here!" he screamed.

"You will sit on the throne and listen to all the complains until I get back. You will get a taste of how it feels to be a prince or a lord or whatever. Until then, see you this afternoon," he said and ran out of the great hall laughing maniacally.

"No wait! Come back, Hideyuki. COME BACK!" Hyouga screamed frantically. The people were laughing at his struggle to get his butt off the throne seat.

I'm free, I'm free, I'm FINALLY FREE! Hideyuki thought happily as he ran out of the palace. Suddenly, something red and silver moved quickly to block his path. Hideyuki skidded to a stop.

"Oi, we need to talk," Inuyasha said.

Here's the sequel for the Never Ending Story. I hope all of you like this first chapter :-). Please write me a review about your opinions, please.