Chapter- An Overprotected Prison (We don't own Inu Yasha or any of the characters. We also don't own the Britney Spears song, Overprotected. And thanks to my lyrics providers.) Hey, I actually remembered the sog disclaimer this time. Um…TTFN-Neptune

'I need time (time) Love (love) Joy (joy) I need space I need me (Action!)
Say hello to the girl that I am! You're gonna have to see through my perspective. I need to make mistakes just to learn who I am. And I don't wanna be so damn protected. There must be another way. Cause I believe in taking chances. But who am I to say. What a girl is to do God, I need some answers.'
Kagome wakes up in a room decorated with the most beautiful of things; silks, jewels, gowns, gold, the list continues on and on. She's been spoiled since four, wanted since ten, and loved since never.

She gets off the futon, raven black hair falling past her milky shoulders. A white gown drops to the floor as she looks at herself naked and free momentarily of her prison. Her body is pure and still untamed. She turns around in front of the gold-plated mirror and spins at the thing she hates most; a butterfly shaped birthmark lies just below her right shoulder.

'What am I to do with my life (You will find it out don't worry). How Am I supposed to know what's right? (You just got to do it your way) I can't help the way I feel. But my life has been so overprotected.'

It ties her to her family and honor; her prison.

'Knock, Knock, Knock'

"Milady, are you up yet?" comes the voice of her best friend, Sango. Kagome pulls on a robe quickly and opens the door letting Sango in.

"Milady…" Sango is quickly cut off by Kagome.

"Ka-go-me. Sango we've known each other for years. You know better than I know myself, so please drop the milady and princess of the north thing," Princess Kagome says as she walks over to a closet full of elegant dresses and gowns.

'I tell 'em what I like. What I want. What I don't. But every time I do I stand corrected. Things that I've been told. I can't believe what I hear about the world, I realize. I'm Overprotected. There must be another way. Cause I believe in taking chances. But who am I to say. What a girl is to do. God I need some answers.'

"Sorry, Kags." She says as she walks over to the princess and helps her with her gown. 'It's just not fair for you sometimes,' she thinks to herself. The robe is soon replaced by an old-fashioned red gown, with white stitching and trimming on the chest and shoulders. It reaches the ground as black flat shoes lay covered. Sango pulls the sash tight around her waist and ties in into a small bow. Kagome pulls her hair up in a bun, leaving a small curled piece of hair on the right side of her beautifully decorated face.

"Here you go your highness," Sango says laughing as Kagome gives her a slight glare. Kagome takes the diamond filled crown from her and places it on her head. 'Great now I'm on display again,' thinks Kagome. "Okay, now for those suitors," she says a plan already forming in her mischievous head.

What am I to do with my life. (You will find it out don't worry)
How Am I supposed to know what's right? (You just got to do it your way) I can't help the way I feel. But my life has been so overprotected'

Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha sit in a carriage silence, bored and yet dignified next to their honorable father, the King of the western Lands. Sesshoumaru the older dog-demon prince has silver hair that glistens down his back. Golden eyes glow vivdly through the anger that reflects within. He has since hated humans, except those few that he had deemed worthy long ago. The half-breed, as Sesshoumaru calls him, sits across the ways. He has been hated by his half-brother since anyone could remember, giving sibling rivalry a new meaning. Amber eyes look much like his brother's except for a softness that which is entirely Inu Yasha.

The carriage is pulled to a stop and the footman opens the door to the western family.

"Now be nice and remember my sons, she…" starts the king.

"Is needed for the merge between the western and Northern Lands," finishes Inu Yasha not wanting to marry someone for the kingdom. The King sighs as he gets out of the carriage followed shortly by the princes, his sons.

"Kagome, they're here," says Sango scrambling from the window. "Are you sure about this," she asks.

Kagome nods and looks at her sister. They are so much alike; appearance.

"You need to be back in two weeks," says Kikyou to her half-sister. 'I have my own engagement,' she adds in her mind with a frown. Kagome smiles and takes the crown off of her head and puts it on Kikyou's.

'I need… time (love) I need… space (This is it, this is it)' 'I don't need nobody's Tellin me just what I wanna. What I what what, what I'm gonna. Do about my destiny. I Say No, No, Nobody's telling me just what what, what I wanna do, do I'm so fed up with people telling me to be Someone else but me. Action.'

She gives her a magical black cape that will cover her face except for rosy lips and making her aura match own. Kikyou puts it on as Kagome pouts one on too. Sango looks between them and smiles.

"This might actually work," she says. They all walk silently out of Kagome's chambers and down the winding staircase; 3 humans side-by-side and hand-in-hand.

'What am I to do with my life (You will find it out don't worry)
How Am I supposed to know what's right? (You just got to do it your way)I can't help the way I feel But my life has been so overprotected
I don't need nobody's Tellin me just what I wanna What I what what, what I'm gonna. Do about my destiny, I Say No, No
Nobody's telling me just what I wanna do, do I'm so fed up with people telling me to be. Someone else but me.'

Reaching the bottom, they mutter quick good-byes and part ways. Wind rushes though the girls' dresses as the castle becomes just a thing in the distance. They stop at the village that lies closest to the castle and yet far enough away. There are few people but all are friendly. They quickly search for their friend Miroku; a local monk with a perverted mind and hand.

'What am I to do with my life (You will find it out don't worry) How Am I supposed to know what's right?

"Hello, my dear," greets their father, Taro, thinking he's talking to Kagome.

'(You just got to do it your way) I can't help the way I feel.'

"Hello father," answers Kikyou in a Kagomish-tone. Her father smiles and she does too as Kagome's plan seems to be working…

But my life has been so overprotected.'