Lessons to Learn By DemonMiko
~Chapter One~
Tucked away in at the foot of the mountains lived a great and powerful lord. His subjects obeyed him with great trust and awe. With him lived his daughter and two nieces. (Not counting the servants though.) They lived in relative peace and harmony until one day. . .
There was a loud knock on the door of Lord Tsuka's home. A servant opened the door to see the King's personal messenger with regal letters in hand.
"Yes, how may I help you sir?" The maid asked with a quick curtsy.
"I have a message for Lady Kagome and Lady Sango. This is from the King and is of great importance." He held out two letters with the King's seal on it. "As you may know already, the King's youngest son, Prince Inuyasha, is betrothed to Princess Kikyo. The Princess is required to have two tutors and these Ladies are the best there are in all of Japan. Please give them these letters. That's a direct order from the King. Good day." The messenger turned and left with a shudder from saying the name 'Kikyo.'
When the heavy wooden doors shut, the young maid looked over the envelopes in her hands.
"Um, Riki, was he looking for us?" A voice behind the maid caused her to jump.
Riki curtsied, "Yes he was Lady Sango."
"What did he want?" Another voice asked.
She curtsied again, "The messenger wanted to deliver these to you Lady Kagome. They're from the King. He said something about you two being tutors to the soon-to-be Princess." She gave them the letters and hurried off for her morning duties.
"Hey Sango, why do you think the King sent us these?" Kagome asked eying the envelopes suspiciously.
"I have no idea. We're tutoring the Lord's daughter right now so it better be important. We're almost late." Sango eyed the envelopes with her cousin.
"Kagome, Sango it's time for my lessons." A little girl at around the age of five ran into the Great Hall. She had large brown eyes and a small side ponytail. She wore a plain checkered kimono.
"Good morning Rin." Kagome smiled down at the small child. "Right now Sango and I need to speak with your father so you'll have to miss your morning lessons this one time. It's really important, OK? I promise that we'll spend all afternoon with you. Besides I'm not too sure you like etiquette lessons that much."
Rin looked up unhappily, "OK, you're right about those lessons, but what am I supposed to do until you're done?"
Sango held out a package, "Here Rin, we have a present for you for being such a wonderful student."
She took it gently. Everything that her teachers gave her were special.
"Thank you Sango." She ran off to her room to open it.
"Sweet kid." Sango said smiling.
"Yeah, I know. I'd hate to leave this place after we've been here so long. You know, it's fun to teach our own little cousin." Kagome replied. She and Sango were not sisters but they were cousins that lived with their Uncle's family.
"Enough standing, Kagome. We need to see Uncle Tsuka remember?" Sango hurried toward the Lord's study.
They walked down the hall to the study room. Lord Tsuka heard a knock on his door.
"Please, come in." He said without looking up.
"Sir, we just received letters from the King." Kagome said.
"Aren't you two supposed to be teaching Rin?" He questioned with a gruff voice.
"Yes but the messenger said that these were important." Sango commented. "Would you please take a look at them first?"
"Of course." He boomed cheerily. He took the letters and opened them. Sango and Kagome sat down in the comfy couch by the window and each pick up a good book. From the looks of those letters, it seemed that it would take forever. Now they would read it themselves but since it was from the King the Lord needed to see the letters first. After what seemed like hours Lord Tsuka spoke up; waking them up from a slight doze at the same time.
"Well, it seems that you've been summoned to court as Princess Kikyo's new tutors." He told them.
"Uncle Tsuka, do you think we should go? Besides why should we go?" Sango asked.
"That's up to you two but from the looks of these letters, it seems like you have no choice on the matter. It says that the King wants you both to teach the new Princess the ways of the Court. It looks as if she's becoming somewhat of a rebel." The Lord looked a bit sad at the news of the Summoning.
"Then I guess we have to go. Right?" Kagome spoke up. "I'd hate to leave Rin though."
"The King is giving you two, three weeks to respond. That's plenty of time." Lord Tsuka looked at them with sad eyes. "Tell Rin that she's not having lessons today and go out into the garden with her. She needs some fresh air."
"Yes sir." They replied and backed out of the room. He already handed them back their letters.
The two found Rin already outside. She had her school books with her and was sitting under the shade of a giant tree in the middle of the garden. Under her right arm was a new doll, the one that Sango had handed her that very morning in the box. Her eyes were closed in a light slumber.
They crept up to her and sat down on the soft bench. Rin sprung up wide awake.
"I'm sorry that I fell asleep. I was so tired and the shade was so inviting that." She explained in a rush.
"Slow down Rin. Your father thinks that you are studying too hard. He told us not to give you lessons today and let you get some fresh air." Sango told her. 'I think I understand why.'
"Really?" She saw them nod their heads at the same time. "OK then. Oh, what was the letter about?"
"Um, Rin, how did you know that it was an envelope?" Kagome asked suspiciously.
"I saw it. So what was it about?" She looked up at them with wide eyes full of excitement.
"I'm not sure how to put this Rin." Kagome began.
"You see. . . Um. . ." Sango tried.
"Well?" Rin asked again.
"It's like this," Kagome went into the story of what the letter said.
As she finished Rin looked at her with wet eyes. "You two aren't going to leave me are you?"
"I don't know Rin, I really don't know." Kagome whispered, hugging her little cousin.
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I didn't like the way my other version turned out so. I redid it! How did you like the first chapter (the revised one anyway)? Please tell me! I have to know! Reviews, I need reviews or I'm not going to write anymore for this story. I'll let it dry up and blow away in the wind! Ha, ha, ha. Well not really.
Until next chapter, this is DemonMiko signing off
~Chapter One~
Tucked away in at the foot of the mountains lived a great and powerful lord. His subjects obeyed him with great trust and awe. With him lived his daughter and two nieces. (Not counting the servants though.) They lived in relative peace and harmony until one day. . .
There was a loud knock on the door of Lord Tsuka's home. A servant opened the door to see the King's personal messenger with regal letters in hand.
"Yes, how may I help you sir?" The maid asked with a quick curtsy.
"I have a message for Lady Kagome and Lady Sango. This is from the King and is of great importance." He held out two letters with the King's seal on it. "As you may know already, the King's youngest son, Prince Inuyasha, is betrothed to Princess Kikyo. The Princess is required to have two tutors and these Ladies are the best there are in all of Japan. Please give them these letters. That's a direct order from the King. Good day." The messenger turned and left with a shudder from saying the name 'Kikyo.'
When the heavy wooden doors shut, the young maid looked over the envelopes in her hands.
"Um, Riki, was he looking for us?" A voice behind the maid caused her to jump.
Riki curtsied, "Yes he was Lady Sango."
"What did he want?" Another voice asked.
She curtsied again, "The messenger wanted to deliver these to you Lady Kagome. They're from the King. He said something about you two being tutors to the soon-to-be Princess." She gave them the letters and hurried off for her morning duties.
"Hey Sango, why do you think the King sent us these?" Kagome asked eying the envelopes suspiciously.
"I have no idea. We're tutoring the Lord's daughter right now so it better be important. We're almost late." Sango eyed the envelopes with her cousin.
"Kagome, Sango it's time for my lessons." A little girl at around the age of five ran into the Great Hall. She had large brown eyes and a small side ponytail. She wore a plain checkered kimono.
"Good morning Rin." Kagome smiled down at the small child. "Right now Sango and I need to speak with your father so you'll have to miss your morning lessons this one time. It's really important, OK? I promise that we'll spend all afternoon with you. Besides I'm not too sure you like etiquette lessons that much."
Rin looked up unhappily, "OK, you're right about those lessons, but what am I supposed to do until you're done?"
Sango held out a package, "Here Rin, we have a present for you for being such a wonderful student."
She took it gently. Everything that her teachers gave her were special.
"Thank you Sango." She ran off to her room to open it.
"Sweet kid." Sango said smiling.
"Yeah, I know. I'd hate to leave this place after we've been here so long. You know, it's fun to teach our own little cousin." Kagome replied. She and Sango were not sisters but they were cousins that lived with their Uncle's family.
"Enough standing, Kagome. We need to see Uncle Tsuka remember?" Sango hurried toward the Lord's study.
They walked down the hall to the study room. Lord Tsuka heard a knock on his door.
"Please, come in." He said without looking up.
"Sir, we just received letters from the King." Kagome said.
"Aren't you two supposed to be teaching Rin?" He questioned with a gruff voice.
"Yes but the messenger said that these were important." Sango commented. "Would you please take a look at them first?"
"Of course." He boomed cheerily. He took the letters and opened them. Sango and Kagome sat down in the comfy couch by the window and each pick up a good book. From the looks of those letters, it seemed that it would take forever. Now they would read it themselves but since it was from the King the Lord needed to see the letters first. After what seemed like hours Lord Tsuka spoke up; waking them up from a slight doze at the same time.
"Well, it seems that you've been summoned to court as Princess Kikyo's new tutors." He told them.
"Uncle Tsuka, do you think we should go? Besides why should we go?" Sango asked.
"That's up to you two but from the looks of these letters, it seems like you have no choice on the matter. It says that the King wants you both to teach the new Princess the ways of the Court. It looks as if she's becoming somewhat of a rebel." The Lord looked a bit sad at the news of the Summoning.
"Then I guess we have to go. Right?" Kagome spoke up. "I'd hate to leave Rin though."
"The King is giving you two, three weeks to respond. That's plenty of time." Lord Tsuka looked at them with sad eyes. "Tell Rin that she's not having lessons today and go out into the garden with her. She needs some fresh air."
"Yes sir." They replied and backed out of the room. He already handed them back their letters.
The two found Rin already outside. She had her school books with her and was sitting under the shade of a giant tree in the middle of the garden. Under her right arm was a new doll, the one that Sango had handed her that very morning in the box. Her eyes were closed in a light slumber.
They crept up to her and sat down on the soft bench. Rin sprung up wide awake.
"I'm sorry that I fell asleep. I was so tired and the shade was so inviting that." She explained in a rush.
"Slow down Rin. Your father thinks that you are studying too hard. He told us not to give you lessons today and let you get some fresh air." Sango told her. 'I think I understand why.'
"Really?" She saw them nod their heads at the same time. "OK then. Oh, what was the letter about?"
"Um, Rin, how did you know that it was an envelope?" Kagome asked suspiciously.
"I saw it. So what was it about?" She looked up at them with wide eyes full of excitement.
"I'm not sure how to put this Rin." Kagome began.
"You see. . . Um. . ." Sango tried.
"Well?" Rin asked again.
"It's like this," Kagome went into the story of what the letter said.
As she finished Rin looked at her with wet eyes. "You two aren't going to leave me are you?"
"I don't know Rin, I really don't know." Kagome whispered, hugging her little cousin.
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I didn't like the way my other version turned out so. I redid it! How did you like the first chapter (the revised one anyway)? Please tell me! I have to know! Reviews, I need reviews or I'm not going to write anymore for this story. I'll let it dry up and blow away in the wind! Ha, ha, ha. Well not really.
Until next chapter, this is DemonMiko signing off