The gates to the castle opened. The 3 carriages came in, in a line. Kagome shook her head. Mom tried to hard. Kagome made an attempt to smile at Rin but couldn't quite manage one. Rin pulled on her dress and Kagome picked her up. "Remember we have to be on our best behavior this whole summer. For Mommy." Kagome quietly whispered to Rin.
The carriages opened the door and 2 came out of the first one. 1 out of the next and 1 more in the last one. Kagome sighed in relief. She had thought her mom had found about 10-20 princes. Kagome studied the princes. None of them looked to bad. Her mother went up and shook each one's hand."Welcome to my home. I hope you will find it comfortable." She gestured to Kagome to come up next to her. Kagome put Rin on the ground. Rin grabbed on to Kagome's dress and followed her up. "This is my daughter Kagome." Kagome faked a smile. "Welcome to our castle." Kagome politely said.
"Kagome. This is Prince Sesshomaru." the Queen gestured to the taller man with white hair. Kagome smiled at him and held out her hand for him to shake. He bent down and kissed it. "Nice to meet you Princess Kagome."
"Please just call me Kagome."
"And this is Prince InuYasha. Prince Sesshomaru's litter brother." Kagome held out her hand again. And InuYasha did the same thing his brother did.
"This is Prince Miroku."
Kagome again held out her hand. Miroku pulled her into a hug. The Queen's mouth dropped. Kagome laughed. "Nice to meet you." She pulled away from him and let her mother go on.
"And this is Prince Koga. Prince Koga I thought you were going to bring your little brother. Prince Shippo." Koga smiled at Kagome. She smiled back. "I did he is asleep in the carriage. I shall go get him." Koga smiled at Kagome again and turned to get his little brother. When Koga returned he had his little brother. Kagome looked at Rin. Her mouth had dropped. The little boy was Rin's age. Rin looked at Kagome and smiled. "Shall we go inside?" The Queen asked.
Queen Annabelle led the way. And everyone followed. Rin holding Kagome's hand. Kikyo and Sango following. And then the princes.
Inuyasha looked around. Maybe staying here wouldn't be so bad after all. They had a huge house after all. That Kagome didn't look to bad either. She was polite yet, she didn't seem to enjoy the thought of getting married either.
Kagome and her mom were talking. "Take the boys to their rooms!" the queen ordered. "Fine." Kagome turned around to face the boys. "If you would all follow me. I'll show you where you will be staying." Kagome led the princes down a hall. "Okay. Sesshomaru you will be staying in this quarter. Let me know if we can get you anything. My room is down the hall." Kagome let Sesshomaru look through his room and smile in thanks. "Hope you like it. I'll leave you to unpacking if you want. Or you could come with us as I show them the tour to the rooms and around the castle." Kagome stepped out of the room. "Kagome." She turned around to face Sesshomaru. "Yeah?"
"Thanks." "Mhmm. No problem." She turned around again and led them past a huge double oak door with the Kagome written in gold above it. "Okay. Inuyasha here is your room." It was close to Kagome's, only a couple of doors down. "Hope you like it" Kagome let him pass her. He opened the door and smiled. Kagome kept walking. "Koga here is your room. Hope you like it." Kagome turned. "Here Shippo your room is across from Koga's. Hope you like it too." Kagome led Miroku down the hall until they came upon a door. "Here is your room. I hope you enjoy it." Miroku smiled at her and put his hand on her rear. She slapped him. "Don't touch me like that again!" She turned around and walked back to her room, leaving Miroku smiling in front of his room.
Kagome walked back to her room. She had decided that she was going to go change. She walked into her room and closed the door. Kagome turned and went to her dresser. She found a pair of short shorts. She closed the drawer and opened the one on top of it. In it was her favorite shirt. Her dad's army shirt. Kagome slid the off her dress and put on the shorts and the t-shirt. She went over to her vanity and took of the necklace. She placed it back gently in its box. Kagome pulled the ponytail out of her hair and messed it up. She had had it in a tight ponytail. Kagome put the ponytail on a little looser and turned around and opened her balcony. She walked out on it and sat on the edge. Leaning against the wall Kagome smiled. She closed her eyes and relaxed.
Sesshomaru had finished unpacking and smiled. The place didn't look half bad. He turned around and came face-to-face with InuYasha. "Haven't you heard of knocking?" Sesshomaru quietly growled to InuYasha. "Yeah I did. Several times. You never answered. So I just came in. I finished unpacking. I'm kinda bored. And I have no clue where anything is. What should I do?" InuYasha asked oblivious of the face Sesshomaru was giving him. "Go in your own room. Mess around in your room. Go for a walk. I dont care! Get out of my room!" Sesshomaru growled at InuYasha and gave him the death glare.
InuYasha shrugged and walked out of his brother's room. He walked over to Kagome's bedroom and saw the door open. He was going to pull it shut but he saw Kagome leaning against the wall on he balcony. He knocked on the door and saw Kagome open her eyes. She stood up and walked towards him. "Yeah? What'cha need?" Kagome looked different than she did when he first saw her. "Wanna go for a walk with me?" InuYasha politely asked her.
She looked at her iPod touch and shrugged. "I have nothing else to do for a while. Sure why not." Kagome slid on her flip-flops and stuck her phone in her pocket. "Where do you wanna go?" InuYasha shrugged. "I dont know. I was in a cramped space for about 2 days. I just wanna be able to run and stretch out." He explained. "I see. We could go down by the pond. If you want I can show you the way." He shook his head at her offer. "No thanks. Just get on my back." She raised her eyebrow. "Why?"
"I told you I wanna run. I can run faster if I dont wait for you. Humans are kinda slow." InuYasha shrugged.
"Oh thanks. That makes me feel wonderful!" sarcasm and acid in her voice. "Hey chill. You gonna get on my back or not?"
Someone grabbed Kagome from the back. Kagome screamed. When they let go she turned around and found Kikyo standing there laughing. "I hate you." Kagome said and started to laugh. Sesshomaru walked to see what was up with Kagome. "Hey Sesshomaru wanna go for a walk with Inuyasha and I? Kikyo you can come to if you want." Kagome offered. Kikyo shook her head. "Nah I'm good. Mom wants me to help clean Rin's room. I thought you might wanna help. But if you are gonna go on a walk I won't make you help." Kikyo said, she too had changed, into a tank top and sweats.
"Oh."
"Kagome I think I'll tag along. I want to see the scenery around here anyway."
"Okay. Kikyo I'll clean it when I get back if you want. I feel bad enough leaving you in the mess. But doing something without you, Sango or Rin really makes me feel guilty."
"Miko don't worry bout it! Its fine. Besides I owe you! Remember? You saved my butt a lot. Its my turn to repay you." Kikyo hugged Kagome.
"Ahem. Can we get going?" InuYasha said impatiently.
Sesshomaru hit his arm "Chill. Okay?"
"Fine."
Kagome turned around. "Ready?" InuYasha offered her again to ride on his back. But when Sesshomaru offered she took him up, and got on his back. "Why are you riding on him?"
"You said you wanted to run. So run. Besides remember we humans aren't as fast." She recalled. InuYasha sighed. "Okay." He took off running. Sesshomaru holding Kagome took off running to. Passing InuYasha. Kagome was taking pictures with her iPod. When Sesshomaru stopped Kagome jumped off his back. She turned and said "Smile!" she took a picture of him. In time it took for InuYasha to catch up, she had pictures of Sesshomaru and her and just Sesshomaru. She set one of her and Sesshomaru as her background. Sesshomaru and Koga right now were the nicest princes. Sesshomaru sat down on the grass near the lake and let Kagome sit next to him.
At that second InuYasha caught up with them. Kagome looked up at him. "What took you so long?" InuYasha sat next to her. He shook his head. "Nothing got distracted." Sesshomaru stood up and walked over to the tree. "One second Kagome, I'll be right back." He walked into the forest. Kagome took out her iPod and took some pictures of InuYasha. "Why do you keep taking pictures?" InuYasha asked Kagome as she took some more pictures. "I don't really know. Its a habit. I take pictures of everything. Before my dad died I took photos with him. It was our thing. My mom never takes pictures. No one else does. So I took it upon myself to become the family photographer. Here." Kagome turned her iPod touch to her pictures and handed it to InuYasha. "Tell me what you think." InuYasha looked at her pictures while Kagome laid down in the grass and stared up at the sky. Sesshomaru came back and sat down next to Kagome. "Wanna get going back to the castle?" He asked her. "I think we missed dinner." Kagome laughed. "Oh alright. Come on InuYasha." InuYasha stuck her iPod in his pocket. "I'll give it back to you later."
"Kay."
Sesshomaru picked up Kagome and put her on his back. He took off running back to the castle with InuYasha on his trail.
When they got back to the castle, Kagome brought them to the kitchen. "Hold on I'll make you dinner." Kagome opened up a couple of cans of soup and turned on the stove. She poured them into a big bowl. About 20 minutes later she took it off and poured it into a couple of bowls. She grabbed a couple of spoons and placed them into the bowls. Kagome stepped back and let the boys eat. She placed a piece of toast in the toaster and ate the toast. "Alright. I guess I'll see you later." Kagome turned to walk out the door when InuYasha said, "Kagome you forgot this." He walked over and handed Kagome her iPod. "Thanks. See you guys later!" Kagome walked up to her room and shut the door. She locked it and sighed. Maybe this summer wouldn't be so bad. Kagome walked over to her bed and grabbed her pajamas and slipped out of her clothes and into her tank top and pants pjs. Kagome grabbed her brush and brushed her hair. Kagome slid on to her bed,grabbed her iPod and laptop. She grabbed the cord for her iPod and plugged it in. She downloaded the pictures from today. And posted them on her FaceBook and MySpace. Kagome sighed and smiled. She closed her computer and set on her nightstand. She closed her eyes and fell right asleep.