Hey readers! If there are any out there…haha. well all I need to say is this is one of my ieads I had that sparked to me after reading a great book. And I know that I WILL update on this story since I, of course, know the storyline, well mostly. Just need a few kinks worked out, but mostly I want an opnion on it! So read away, and review if possible! Thanks!! madison
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Inuyasha or think of all the $$$$$$$ I'd have .
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Silence reigned throughout darkness of an empty mansion, as a thin young girl slowly descended the great mahogany staircase. Again, sleep's gentle caress avoided her, and she hoped a glass of warm milk might encourage peaceful slumber. Free from worries, from the past-- "No I can not think it!!" she young girl thought to herself, pushing acerbic thoughts backwards.
Her stomach began to grumble loudly in protest of skipping supper. "I guess a snack would be in order too." she thought cynically to herself. As she reached the main hall, she paused. Could someone be there? Tilting her head to the side, so that her raven tresses fell over her face like a mask, she listened intently.. Her breath expelled in her relief. The sinister noise was only the tick-tock of the massive pendulum clock close by.
At the bottom of the staircase she stopped, to extend a hand searchingly before her in to the murky darkness. This mansion being new to her stretched in expanse before her, blanketed in a veil of darkness. Vaguely, she recalled the kitchen being located at her right down a long passage. Carefully she proceeded, unnerved in the dark and quiet house.
"Inuyasha my dear, dear brother, you can't be so heartless!! Kagome's parents have been dead only a week!" The girl froze, on account of hearing her name and the anger in the tone of the Duchess of Shikon's normally soothing voice. Just then a loud growl form her stomach was audible and the voices hushed, then carried on heatedly.
The voices permeated through the library, so Kagome shifted to that side of the hall. "Be reasonable Sango! The lass is little more than a child…" came an irritated reply from the Duke. Hearing herself compared to a child made the young girl's blood boil. Just as she reached for the knob, Kagome's heart froze in fear of what she heard.
"You know the girl cannot take care of the boys at such a young age." stated a deep voice. Kagome recognized it to be that of Duke Inuyasha of Shikon, the most daring man of all England. Kagome's gut twisted in fear. If the Duke didn't permit her to stay in Shikon Abbey where would she go?
"As you know, Sango, your husband of late, gave me guardianship over those boys you are raising." said Inuyasha. "If this twit of a girl cannot teach them adequately…" The tone of the Duke was sinister. Kagome's breath seemed to stop; there wasn't enough oxygen!
"Kagome is fifteen, Inuyasha, she can easily deal with two young rambunctious boys. She is a good and smart girl. Kagome wouldn't do anything to disappoint you, or have you question her responsibility. When her parents died-- Oh, Inuyasha it killed her. Being the only survivor! Now the poor girl is an orphan we must allow her to be governess of my boys. It's the best and most logical arrangement." Kagome's heart went out to the kind Duchess, always considerate of one's feelings.
"You say that this Kagome is fifteen?" asked Duke Inuyasha. Sango nodded. "Well I think fifteen is rather young to care for two young boys. Couldn't we find another to raise them? Kaede, maybe?"
"Inuyasha, you know Kaede couldn't keep up with this sort of responsibility! She raised you for heaven's sake! Kagome was now in corridor listening with baited breath awaiting for what her future would hold.
"Well, Sango, I believe that you are very determined with this young girl raising the boys. But let me say now, if I so much as see or feel that this girl isn't up to my standards I shall find another! Agreed?" asked Inuyasha in a demanding tone.
"Perfect." said Sango, "Everything will be fine! My boys will have a perfectly fit governess and Kagome will have a home." Kagome shrank against the wall, her face, pale and slick with sweat. 'Thank god for Sango, without the kind Duchess, her brother might have had me out on the streets!'
"Now Sango you should get some rest, as am I" said Duke Inuyasha. Kagome hearing the soft foots steps of her grace, and the loud clunking boots of Duke Inuyasha, ran away to her room, never stopping once.
When she finally reached sanctuary, Kagome threw herself on the soft bed she was unaccustomed to, thinking, 'What have I done? My parents are dead, and now my benefactor hates me? What did I do to the Duke Inuyasha?" Tears streamed down the pretty face of the girl, as she climbed into the bed. Squeezing her eyes tightly, Kagome tried thinking of a time when the Duke would be gone, a time without Inuyasha… Then Kagome's stomach rumbled. "Why me?" she asked, throwing her hands in the air, "Why me!?"
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maddie