A Princess with Power
Prologue
"This child is a disgrace!" yelled the elder princess, Naria. She threw the poor little baby across the room, leaving only Alya to catch her. The younger princess dove for the poor abandoned child and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Naria-Katherine, what do you think you are doing?" the smaller princess yelled out. "This is our niece! Our dead brother's daughter!" Naria went over to her sister and yelled in her face,
"Don't associate that thing with our brother! He may have made mistakes, but he was never that foolish!"
"Being with a human was never foolish! They are just as important as us!" Then, Naria growled angrily at her sister and then struck her across the face.
"Never put those humans in the same class as us! If you want to defend that mistake child, then prove to me that she is worth something!"
"I can and I will! Just name your contest, and I'll beat you at every corner!!"
"Fine, then! If that child can master all of her training and kill Naraku, then I'll consider letting her live here."
"Naria, that's not fair! You know that I can't even do that and you know how powerful I am!"
"Well, tough luck. Looks like you can't beat me at every corner, huh? Now get that thing out of my face." Alya held onto the unloved toddler and did one of the craziest things on record.
"Fine, we'll take your challenge. And I'll make sure that I prove you wrong."
Naria turned around with an evil smile on her face and then said,
"Good. I'll give you a year. Until this curse is gone, don't even think about returning."
"Fine then!" After that day, Alya kept her niece with her almost everywhere she went. She feared for the poor child's safety. And then, the day soon approached where she was to leave the psychic village. That day, she was walking with her boyfriend of two years, Shinichi.
"Alya, what are you trying to prove to her? You know that she won't let Mira stay even if she can get rid of Naraku single-handedly and remove the spell on your hand."
"Shinichi, I know that I can't prove anything to my jackass of a sister. But if I can at least get her through the hard training that I had to go through, that'll prove something to everyone else."
"But only you have been through that kind of training. No one else was able to pass it. That'll especially be hard for her, seeing as though she's part human."
"This is exactly why I need to use that on her. She can pass it all; I just know it."
"Well, you know best, I guess. Just hear me out before you go; I want to tell you something." Alya stopped walking as Shinichi walked in front of her and faced her.
"Alya, I love you. I loved you the first day I saw you. And I want to be yours forever."
"What are you trying to say, Shinichi? That I shouldn't go on this trip? That I should give up and let Naria have the last laugh?"
"No. That's actually the farthest thing from my mind. What I want to say is this…" He got down on one knee and pulled out of his pocket a ring that he had been too nervous to give to her for months.
"Princess Alya-Michelle, will you marry me?" Alya felt her eyes flood with tears, for she knew the outcome. She fell to her knees and embraced him.
"Shinichi! I love you too; so much! But I can't marry you." Shinichi looked at Alya, his expression clearly stating confusion.
"Why not? Don't you love me?"
"Shinichi, it's not that simple. Every day I draw closer to my death and now that I have to chase Naraku, the odds of my death grow stronger and stronger. If I was to be killed and we had been married, then the pain would be a lot worse. I don't want to put you through that, Shinichi. It would be best to wait until I can remove the psychic strain; that may take forever."
"Alya, you just don't get it. Even if we weren't married and you were killed, then I'd feel just as bad as I would if we were married; besides that, I don't care if getting that spell off of your left hand will take forever. I'll wait that long if I have to. I've already told you; I love you. Please believe that I do." Then, he kissed her, wiping her tears away. When they parted, Alya responded,
"I do believe that you love me, Shinichi. And I love you too."
"Thank you."
Later that day, Alya went into the master chamber to see her mother. There, her mother gave her this advice:
"Find Inuyasha."
"But, mother, who's Inuyasha?" Alya asked her mother.
"He's a half dog demon. Find him and four others: a monk, a demon slayer, a fox demon, and a human priestess with strange clothing. That is your key to defeating Naraku. And hurry; my death is calling me."
"Yes, mother."
"Now go, child. Hurry onto your journey and come back successful, or you'll never live to see your marriage."
"MOTHER!" Alya yelled. Her mom had been eavesdropping on her and Shinichi again.
"No time for that now! GO!!!" then, Alya grabbed her niece and flew out of the hidden psychic village, off to find Inuyasha. Somehow, she figured that her journey would be a long and unpleasant one.
End of Prologue