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The Golden Rule
Chapter One:
Stubborn Girl
"Please?"
"No"
"Pretty please?"
"No!"
"Come on Kagome! Just say you'll marry him!" Kagome's mother pleaded with her daughter. "You know the strict rule that we have to follow; it's almost your 19th birthday and you know what that means."
Kagome sighed and recited the rule. "If any princess by the respectable age of nineteen does not wed, it is hereby called treason and therefore be put to death." Kagome scoffed. "What a joke. Just because a princess does not wed doesn't mean its treason. Besides, we shouldn't be put to death for such a stupid reason. Stupid people." Kagome mumbled the last part.
"It is not only you, but all the princesses throughout the world." Her mother reasoned with her. "You must choose quickly or else there will be no good quality husband for you."
"Mother, the husbands can either accept or deny their fiancée. It's not like they're slaves that you can just demand something from them." Kagome said still being stubborn as always.
"Why won't you marry Kouga? He loves you for crying out loud!" Kagome's mother now paced her room back and forth tirelessly.
"Simple, because I DON'T love him!" Kagome emphasized the point on the love part. "He's rude and obnoxious, not to mention he draws attention to himself. He always calls me HIS woman, and I am not his woman!"
"Is this because he is a youkai?" Her mother said with a serious tone.
"No! Of course not! Mother, you know I treat youkai's, hanyou's and people and all other sorts of creatures the same! I am not narrow-minded against anyone's and anything's race." Kagome sighed and continued. "I know there are injustices in the world, but just because I don't want to marry Kouga doesn't mean I'm biased." Kagome said
"Then why don't you just give him a chance?" Her mother said, while looking inside her closet for a gown for Kagome.
"Mother! I HAVE given him plenty of chances, but he keeps acting like he owns me!" Kagome said, now really frustrated at her mother's tenacious personality. "And what are you doing looking through my close?"
"I'm looking for a dress for you" She simply said, still going through her closet, and leaving it like a tornado touched down there.
"Why?" Kagome asked, eyeing her mother carefully. She already having known her mother for years, she knew something was coming, VERY unexpectedly.
"Didn't your father already tell you? We're having a party in honor of your brother Souta." She said.
"Great, what did the little twerp do this time? Kill the biggest boar with his bare hands?" Kagome said mockingly. "This is how you spoil him. Just because he made a paper crane you throw a party. This is just like you and father." Kagome said, now lying on her bed, watching the ceiling. There is when she notices that there are small angels panted next to the big painting in the middle. She still cant figure out what it is.
"Kagome!" Her mother scorned at her. "That's no way to speak of your brother!"
Kagome just rolled her eyes and decided to keep quiet. "So when is this party going to happen?" She said, changing the subject.
"Tomorrow night. Oh and Kagome?" She said, heading towards the door to leave.
"Yes Mother?"
"Wear your best dress, there will be a great deal of bachelors there." She said behind the door, she knew what was coming afterwards.
"WHAT?!" Kagome said, quickly sitting up in her bed. "I CANT BELIEVE YOU!" She said going after her mother. "YOU SET THIS WHOLE PARTY UP!!!!" Kagome screamed at the top of the stairs, while her mother quickly rushed down the stairs and stopped at the door.
"No I didn't, and besides, King and Queen Akida want for you to become reacquainted with their son, Inu Yasha."
This made Kagome stop thinking. 'Inu Yasha?' she thought. "Me? But why me?"
"It's simple daring, its because out of all the friends that Inu Yasha has had, you are the one they most like." Kagome's mother said with a bright smile.
Kagome slightly blushed at this comment. She was honored that King and Queen Akida liked her beyond the rest. They were the Rulers of the Western Domains of Japan. The Higurashi's were the Rulers of the East.
"But if we haven't talked this whole time, why do they want us to become friends again?" Kagome asked at her mother with a slight bit of enthusiasm in her voice.
"That I don't know, they wouldn't tell me." Queen Higurashi said with a wink, then she disappeared behind the door. 'That will keep her quiet.' She thought to herself while heading somewhere to look for her husband.
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AN: Something really weird is happening on ff.net, or maybe its just happening to me since it doesn't like me @_@. Neways, I tried posting this story as a .doc file, but something happened and I needed to post it as a .html file. *sigh*
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