Unperfect Fairytale by DemonMiko
~*~Chapter 1~*~
"Mother!" An angry princess stomped to her mother's study, slamming the door after her.
"Yes, Kikyo. What is it?" The widow Queen peered over a letter, obviously unconcerned about the fuming teenager before her.
"What do you mean 'What is it?', you know perfectly well what it is!" Kikyo hissed. "How could you do this to me? Just send me a letter to say that I'm going to be wed to a Prince that I haven't met yet! In another country no less!"
"Kikyo, sit down." She reluctantly sat down. "Your late father and I planned this arrangement ever since you were born. Whether or not you want to go is not up to you. End of discussion!"
"Then why me? Why not someone else?" She refused to give up the subject.
"You're going and that's final! You leave in two weeks. You are allowed to choose up to three of your ladies-in-waiting to go with you. Choose wisely." The Queen spoke in a voice that really meant 'The End'. Grumbling, the usually calm and collected princess stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
The Queen sighed and called for the Court Miko. She needed to know what to do with her daughter. 'She has been such a spoiled brat lately.' The Queen thought rubbing her temples.
The miko quietly stepped in the room. "Yes, Your Excellency?"
"Kagome, you have served my kingdom well for over five years now. So that makes you about. what? Sixteen, seventeen?"
"I'm sixteen, Your Highness. The same age as the princess that just stormed out of this room. I heard the yelling and the door slam."
"That's the reason I called you here. I want to know what to do with her. She's acted like this ever since her father, the King, passed away. So I wanted to know what to do with her. Any ideas?"
Kagome thought for a moment. "I think that you should just send her over to Japan. She and the prince don't have to be wed as soon as she arrives there. You could just wait a bit to let them get to know each other. After that if she still refuses to marry then find her someone else and call the whole thing off."
The Queen pondered over this for a bit. "That would work." Then her expression softened. "You look so much like Kikyo that sometimes I wish that you were my daughter instead."
"Th-th-thank you, Your Highness. I appreciate the compliment very much. Is that all that you wanted to speak to me about?" Kagome spoke uneasily.
"For now it is. Thank you for speaking with me Kagome. Now would you call down Kikyo ?"
"Yes, ma'am." With that she hurried off to the princess's chambers.
Kagome stepped in front of a beautifully carved wooden door. She knocked on it three times.
"What is it?" The princess hissed.
"Your mother, the Queen, wishes to see you again." Kagome replied.
"I have no desire to see her at all!" The princess said coldly.
"This is an order from the Queen not a request." Kagome could see what her Highness meant by the princess's attitude.
Unexpectedly, the huge wooden door swung open. Princess Kikyo peered coldly at the messanger before her.
"Tell mother that I'll be a moment." With another cold glare the door slammed shut.
'I wonder what her Highness wants to speak with Kikyo about.' Kagome thought after she told the Queen that Kikyo would be down soon. She quickly made her way to the shrine. Walking through the door Kagome met a wave of incense. A sign that someone had recently come to pray. 'Now I wonder who just came.'
She sat down on a mat and cleared her mind. After some time of meditation someone pried her from her peaceful state of mind. It appeared to be a messanger.
"I have a message for you from the Queen." She said bowing.
"What's the message?" Kagome asked gently.
"Her Highness requests your presence immediately in the study." Bowing once more, she turned and walked out the door.
Kagome in turn stepped out of the shrine soon after. About ten minutes later she found herself in front of the Queen's study just like before.
Again she quietly stepped inside and bowed. "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes I did." The Queen began.
The princess, who was in the room at the moment, interrupted her. "Who do you think you are? A princess like me? You don't just walk in here without knocking first. You should be punished for that!" Her words where poison to the Queen's ears.
"ENOUGH!" The furious Queen yelled. Kikyo quickly quieted down. "Kagome is the Court Miko and is welcome in here any time she wants. You have no right to speak to her in such an awful manner. You are a princess, not a commoner. What's worse is that you interrupted your mother and the Queen! Apologize!" She hissed coldly.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you and interrupting the Queen. I had no right to yell at someone I don't know yet." Kikyo said bitterly.
The Queen's face softened a great deal when she turned toward Kagome. "Anyway, Kagome, I want you to go with Kikyo to Japan."
"To Japan, your Highness?" Kagome couldn't believe it. 'Why did she choose me to go?'
The Queen spoke again. "Kikyo and I have talked about this and our idea could work. As you already know, you two are nearly identical. Lucky for me that the Prince doesn't know the Princess's name yet. Anyway, I want you to go along and keep an eye on the Prince. You will be something of a spy for me. By keeping me informed of his business, you will help me understand more about his nature. All I know about him is that he is seventeen. I need to know more than that. I understand that you are not trained as a spy but at times you will have to impersonate the Princess."
"Mother, couldn't she just be called my twin sister that was sent away as a child to train to become a miko and just returned or something like that? It'll be hard for her to pretend to be me you know."
"I don't know." Turning to Kagome the Queen asked, "What do you think about that idea? Is it better than you being the Princess and yourself?"
"Well your Magesty, I think that the Princess's idea sounds better than me being her." Kagome said.
"OK then it's settled! You and Kikyo leave in two weeks. Since you are going to be a Princess during this journey the you will need some robes, dresses, and things like that. You may also have a couple ladies-in- waitings or friends go with you. Do you have some people in mind yet?"
Kagome smiled, "Yes, yes I do have two people in mind."
"Oh really, who Kagome." Kikyo snickered mockingly.
"That's for me to know and you to find out in two weeks." With that Kagome left.
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~*~Chapter 1~*~
"Mother!" An angry princess stomped to her mother's study, slamming the door after her.
"Yes, Kikyo. What is it?" The widow Queen peered over a letter, obviously unconcerned about the fuming teenager before her.
"What do you mean 'What is it?', you know perfectly well what it is!" Kikyo hissed. "How could you do this to me? Just send me a letter to say that I'm going to be wed to a Prince that I haven't met yet! In another country no less!"
"Kikyo, sit down." She reluctantly sat down. "Your late father and I planned this arrangement ever since you were born. Whether or not you want to go is not up to you. End of discussion!"
"Then why me? Why not someone else?" She refused to give up the subject.
"You're going and that's final! You leave in two weeks. You are allowed to choose up to three of your ladies-in-waiting to go with you. Choose wisely." The Queen spoke in a voice that really meant 'The End'. Grumbling, the usually calm and collected princess stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
The Queen sighed and called for the Court Miko. She needed to know what to do with her daughter. 'She has been such a spoiled brat lately.' The Queen thought rubbing her temples.
The miko quietly stepped in the room. "Yes, Your Excellency?"
"Kagome, you have served my kingdom well for over five years now. So that makes you about. what? Sixteen, seventeen?"
"I'm sixteen, Your Highness. The same age as the princess that just stormed out of this room. I heard the yelling and the door slam."
"That's the reason I called you here. I want to know what to do with her. She's acted like this ever since her father, the King, passed away. So I wanted to know what to do with her. Any ideas?"
Kagome thought for a moment. "I think that you should just send her over to Japan. She and the prince don't have to be wed as soon as she arrives there. You could just wait a bit to let them get to know each other. After that if she still refuses to marry then find her someone else and call the whole thing off."
The Queen pondered over this for a bit. "That would work." Then her expression softened. "You look so much like Kikyo that sometimes I wish that you were my daughter instead."
"Th-th-thank you, Your Highness. I appreciate the compliment very much. Is that all that you wanted to speak to me about?" Kagome spoke uneasily.
"For now it is. Thank you for speaking with me Kagome. Now would you call down Kikyo ?"
"Yes, ma'am." With that she hurried off to the princess's chambers.
Kagome stepped in front of a beautifully carved wooden door. She knocked on it three times.
"What is it?" The princess hissed.
"Your mother, the Queen, wishes to see you again." Kagome replied.
"I have no desire to see her at all!" The princess said coldly.
"This is an order from the Queen not a request." Kagome could see what her Highness meant by the princess's attitude.
Unexpectedly, the huge wooden door swung open. Princess Kikyo peered coldly at the messanger before her.
"Tell mother that I'll be a moment." With another cold glare the door slammed shut.
'I wonder what her Highness wants to speak with Kikyo about.' Kagome thought after she told the Queen that Kikyo would be down soon. She quickly made her way to the shrine. Walking through the door Kagome met a wave of incense. A sign that someone had recently come to pray. 'Now I wonder who just came.'
She sat down on a mat and cleared her mind. After some time of meditation someone pried her from her peaceful state of mind. It appeared to be a messanger.
"I have a message for you from the Queen." She said bowing.
"What's the message?" Kagome asked gently.
"Her Highness requests your presence immediately in the study." Bowing once more, she turned and walked out the door.
Kagome in turn stepped out of the shrine soon after. About ten minutes later she found herself in front of the Queen's study just like before.
Again she quietly stepped inside and bowed. "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes I did." The Queen began.
The princess, who was in the room at the moment, interrupted her. "Who do you think you are? A princess like me? You don't just walk in here without knocking first. You should be punished for that!" Her words where poison to the Queen's ears.
"ENOUGH!" The furious Queen yelled. Kikyo quickly quieted down. "Kagome is the Court Miko and is welcome in here any time she wants. You have no right to speak to her in such an awful manner. You are a princess, not a commoner. What's worse is that you interrupted your mother and the Queen! Apologize!" She hissed coldly.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you and interrupting the Queen. I had no right to yell at someone I don't know yet." Kikyo said bitterly.
The Queen's face softened a great deal when she turned toward Kagome. "Anyway, Kagome, I want you to go with Kikyo to Japan."
"To Japan, your Highness?" Kagome couldn't believe it. 'Why did she choose me to go?'
The Queen spoke again. "Kikyo and I have talked about this and our idea could work. As you already know, you two are nearly identical. Lucky for me that the Prince doesn't know the Princess's name yet. Anyway, I want you to go along and keep an eye on the Prince. You will be something of a spy for me. By keeping me informed of his business, you will help me understand more about his nature. All I know about him is that he is seventeen. I need to know more than that. I understand that you are not trained as a spy but at times you will have to impersonate the Princess."
"Mother, couldn't she just be called my twin sister that was sent away as a child to train to become a miko and just returned or something like that? It'll be hard for her to pretend to be me you know."
"I don't know." Turning to Kagome the Queen asked, "What do you think about that idea? Is it better than you being the Princess and yourself?"
"Well your Magesty, I think that the Princess's idea sounds better than me being her." Kagome said.
"OK then it's settled! You and Kikyo leave in two weeks. Since you are going to be a Princess during this journey the you will need some robes, dresses, and things like that. You may also have a couple ladies-in- waitings or friends go with you. Do you have some people in mind yet?"
Kagome smiled, "Yes, yes I do have two people in mind."
"Oh really, who Kagome." Kikyo snickered mockingly.
"That's for me to know and you to find out in two weeks." With that Kagome left.
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