Unlucky In Love

Summary: She is found by an old man, brought in, and trained. She was trained to be a lady in waiting, for the Scion, Ren Tao. Kagome can't help but wonder, how did this happen!? Kagome could do nothing but go along with this disaster; the old man had after all...saved her life...

Anime/Manga: Shaman King/InuYasha

Pairing: Kagome/Ren

Genre: Romance

Rated: M for Mature Content

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'Why...'

Towards the bottom of a large mountain engulfed in the shadows of hell, where blood and bones littered the earth's floor, lay a child. The child being there was not a coincidence, nor an accident.

'Daddy...why...'

Left for dead, bleeding from internal and externals wounds; beaten, bloodied, and frail. Her body ached with each forced breath she took. The pain wracked at her body as she cried out for release. She wanted the pain to stop; she wanted it to be over.

"Someone...somebody...help~"

Her voice barely above a whisper...she knew it would hurt more to scream, but she was scared, and she was desperate. Would anyone even hear her?

"HELP~!"

She'd take her chances with the pain that now burned her throat.

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(Flashback)

"It's creepy..."

"Momma...what's creepy?"

A woman sighed sadly from beside her. She was a Japanese woman who had married a Chinese military man. Bad combination, but she was happy to have done so, because she had a beautiful little girl gifted to her. "These people don't understand your gift."

"What gift momma?"

"The people you can see and talk to, the dead people who you speak so fondly of, it's a gift that you and only a select few have. You are what we call, a shaman, dear,"

"What's a shaman?"

"A shaman is-"

"Kagome!"

"Zhao!"

Kagome looked up in surprise as her father pulled her from her mother's grip.

"Zhao, where are you taking her?!"

"I'm getting rid of a rumor."

"A...what...? What do you mean a rumor, what do you mean getting rid of?!"

He turned a crooked and evil smile to her mother, "The town thinks we have a child who can speak to the dead, I'm getting rid of the rumor."

"MAMA~!"

"Kagome!"

~SLAP!~

Kagome watched in horror as her father knocked her mother back with his hand.

Zhao turned to her and slapped her equally as hard, if not harder. "That was your fault. I hit her because you exist...because you can't be normal!" He continued to hit her, he kicked her in the sides, she was sure something was broken...

He brought her to the edge of a cliff; she swore death was waiting at the bottom. She couldn't even see the end! It was nothing but clouds of darkness. Without any remorse, he threw her out of his reach, and she plummeted to the dark depths, reaching out for anything, she gripped many times at rocks as she fell. Only a few times did she manage to grab one and keep herself from falling, but she would always lose her grip and fall again. She was continuously falling, and falling, and falling. Why...

"MAMA~!"

(End Flashback)

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A warm hand brushed away her bangs, she whimpered, her whole body hurt. Her fingers were bleeding from the damage caused by the rocks for every one she had tried to grab.

"You must have an incredible supply of Furyoku, to have done what you did."

Silence sounded around her after those words were spoken, and consciousness was lost to her.

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When I came to, I was lying in a lavish castle, or maybe it was a palace...I don't know, but I do know that I was met with the icy cold, golden gaze of the prince of said whereabouts. He had dark indigo hair which stood on point and those golden eyes which seemed to have an eerie glow, and a slight green edge to his already hypnotizing gaze.

"So she is awake,"

There were others surrounding me, but for the life of me, I couldn't take my eyes away from that golden glare.

"How cute, she seems to be captivated."

"...Ren, leave."

I had to watch the boy leave and finally my eyes were drawn to the other three in the room.

"Can you speak?"

I couldn't talk...I could barely breathe...

"Father, it doesn't look like she can. Some rehabilitation will do her good..."

Again...I fell unconscious...so much darkness.

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"Ren, you will be trained as the scion of the Tao family."

"I know that already, old man." The ten year old glared at his grandfather.

"Yes, well...I have talked it over with your father, and the girl will also stay."

"What are you telling me for? Won't you kill her like all the others who come to our estate?"

"Not this one, she will become your wife, starting today, she will be your fiancé. Am I understood?"

"Do you even know her name?!"

His grandfather smirked, "With Furyoku like hers, who needs a name. She will be trained to fight for you, and she will learn that your life is hers to protect, and by no means, are you to die. If it comes down to it, she protects you with her life. It's simple...she will be just another tool for you to use. When you are of age, if she is still alive...you will bed her for the purpose of creating an heir."

"...right." He scoffed, 'Twisted old man...'

Ren turned his back to his grandfather and left to the bedchambers where he knew the girl lay sleeping. He entered, knowing full well that his mother and sister had gone down to one of the storage units to get some clothes for their new permanent houseguest. Walking up to her bedside, he took in her features. She was cute, and when she grew older, he was sure she would be beautiful. He had seen pictures of his mother and sister when they had been kids, and they were now beautiful after having been cute as children. "God must really hate you..." his fingers touched one of the wounds that ran along her arms, "to cause you so much physical pain, then imprison you shortly after in the very depths of hell itself. You would have been better off dying."

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Me: Here is chapter one, I hope you all enjoy it! I'm in a very Shaman King mood, and I've been reading and watching the episodes religiously! LOVE YOU GUYS!