Inuyasha and Kagome: a Romeo and Juliet for our generation
CAST
Romeo- Inuyasha
Juliet- Kagome
Lord and Lady Montague- Inuyasha's parents
Lord and Lady Capulet- Kagome's parents
Mercutio- Miroku
Juliet's Nurse- Sango
Friar Lawrence- Mushin
Benvolio- Shippo
Prince Escalus- Kaede
Paris- Kouga
Tybalt- Naraku
The Apothecary- Mukostu
Rosaline- Kikyo
The story: The classically tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet with an Inuyasha-ish twist.
Chapter 1 A Valuable Lesson for All
"Lady Kaede!" called Rin.
The elderly lady looked up from the police report she was looking over. Her white hair was knotted in a tight bun at the back of her head. Her smart gray suit revealed that she meant business. Her right eye was covered with an eye patch. She had lost that eye when she was still a cadet.
"Lady Kaede!" the girl said again.
"Yes, Rin? What is it that bothers ye so?" the grizzled police commissioner said as she looked at her young assistant.
"I was organizing some old files and I noticed this one," she said as she handed the black folder to her superior.
Kaede looked at the title on the folder. It said 'Takahashi and Higurashi Case'. She sighed and put down the folder. It brought back many memories for her.
"I didn't know what to do with it, so I decided to ask you," the young woman said, pointing at the file on the desk.
Kaede leaned back in her chair. She placed her fingers together so that they formed a steeple.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. If it brings back any painful memories for you, I'll throw it away." Kirara reached for the file but Kaede stopped her hand.
"No. Keep the file. It teaches a valuable lesson," she muttered.
Kirara nodded and picked up the folder.
"May I ask, ma'am? What happened?" she asked.
"Sit down, Rin. This tale may take a while to tell," Kaede said.
Rin sat in the wooden chair in front of the desk. Kaede stood and closed the blinds, save for the ones looking out over the city of Tokyo. Then she sat down again and started her story.
"It's been fifteen years since it happened. The powerful Takahashi and Higurashi families had quarreled for decades. I was a sergeant at the time. The Takahashis had a son, Inuyasha. He was a very talented and handsome young actor. The Higurashis had a daughter, Kagome. She was a beautiful and extremely gifted singer and dancer. The two families hated the very ground the other walked on. Even their servants hated each other. The families were getting into street fights regularly and many deaths ensued; my cousin, Miroku, was one of them. They were both too stubborn to make up and too proud to give in to the other. So, as ye may have guessed, nothing was accomplished. Until that fateful evening…"