Chapter 2: False Identity
"Wow, Kagome!"
Sota was ashtonished at the sight before him. Everywhere you looked people were laughing, and talking and kissing even! He saw some boys playing marbles on the street.
"Awww, sweet!" he gasped in awe.
"Hey, kid." One of the boys were offering Sota to play with them.
"Can I?" he looked up at Kagome.
"Of course, let's go buy you a bag first."
A moment later they were back and the kids were teaching Sota how the game was played. Kagome remembered when she first played marbles...
"My name's Kohaku. What's yours?" said the little boy.
"Sota," he said with a shy smile."
"Cool, okay so the object of the game is to try to hit my marble before I hit yours..."
Kagome decided to look at the stand a man had set up on the left of them, without taking her eye off of Sota that is.
"Well hello my beautiful princess!"
Kagome froze like an ice cube.
Oh no! Someone's recognized me!
"Please, tell me your name," he said.
Or he hasn't...
"Uhm..."
She didn't want to give away her cover so she just made up a name from the top of her head
"...its Kikyo." For some reason this name made her want to gag.
"I see. And would the beautiful Kikyo be interested in any merchandise I have on display here? Your style is very unique, where do you shop?"
"I go to that Vintage store just around the block, have you heard of it?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I have." He laughed," I even own that shop myself!"
Jesus Christ...
Kagome looked at Sota who had seemed to be winning for he had double the amount of marbles than he originally started off with. Then she looked back at the stand.
She picked up a diamond necklace.
"Ahhh, good pick milady, would you like to purchase it?"
"How much?"
"Naaa, i'll give it to you, since you're so beautiful."
Kagome blushed, no man's ever said that before,...maybe cuz she's not 'allowed' to go see anybody.
"Here let me help you put that on," he said.
"Thanks."
She turned around and he put it around her neck. Then all of a sudden...
SLAP
"How DARE grab my ass like that!" Kagome screamed.
"I'm sorry, my apologies...My hand gets carried away sometimes," he stammered.
"Humph," Kagome flipped her hair over her shoulders and turned around
"No, wait!"
The man called on someone to watch his stand as he followed in step with Kagome.
"My name's Miroku and if you ever need anything, I'm your man," he said nudging his thumb at himself.
Yea if i never need feeling up i'll be sure to call on you...
"So do you live here in Paris?"
Kagome thought he left, but answered with short answers," Yes."
"Really? Hmmm, you don't look very familiar, and I usually know most of the ladys around here...well except Princess Kagome of course." He looked over his shoulders to see if anyone was listening in on their conversation. "Word on the street is that she's the most beautiful girl on the planet (Kagome blushed at this) ...but that she's not allowed to associate with anybody. I have no idea why, but some say that she's scared of people..."
"WHAT! That's insane!" Kagome screamed.
"Yeah, I know right. So one of these days I'm gonna try to get in and see for myself."
Kagome laughed at the very thought of someone trying to get past the guards...which wouldn't be too hard if even she could do it.
"That's my little brother," Kagome said as they watched Sota and Kohaku.
He nodded. "That's my friend Sango's little brother."
Kagome dead-panned.
O...my...fucking...GOD...
"Yooo hoo!" Miroku was waving a hand in front of Kagome's face," any body home?"
"Yeah, sorry." She ran over to Sota. "Come on we've gotta go."
"Awww come on sis! I never get to do stuff like this. I mean...I made a new friend!"
He looked so cute and Kagome didn't wanna say no, but I mean come ON! How bad of a situation is this! Her cover was gonna be blown!
"Yea come, Kikyo, we'll go see if Sango's home right now! I know you two would really hit it off!" Miroku helped Kohaku gather his marbles.
"Kikyo?..."
Kagome dragged Sota off to the side a bit.
"Yea Sota, when we're out here we have to keep a low profile, do you understand what that means?"
"But I already told them my name..." he looked down as if he were embarrassed he did something wrong.
"It's okay Sota, cuz no one really knows a lot about you okay? But lots of people know me so we have to make up a different name for me for a bit. And we have to pretend we don't know Sango as hard as it will be okay?"
"Okay Kag...Kikyo..."Sota hugged his big sister.
"You guys ready to go?" Miroku asked.
They let go of each other. "Yea, let's go."
"Did I mention that Sango works for Princess Kagome?"
Sota looked up at Kagome and giggled.
"No...wow, that's pretty cool. So she gets to see her everyday, huh?"
"Yea, she's pretty lucky. Cept she never tells me what she sees and how she looks like, she knows it kills me."
"Haha. So you guys are pretty good friends then?" Kagome asked.
"They're MORE than friends!" Kohaku added, "they kiss all the time!"
Kagome was stunned. She goes into the city and the first person she meets is Sango's boyfriend.
"Are you her boyfriend?" Sota asked him.
"You could say that," he smirked.
They were entering a meadow now.
"Follow me Sota!" Kohaku yelled. And they both ran across the meadow and went past a gate into a cottage.
"This is where Sango lives?" Kagome asked Miroku.
"Yup, they're parents left it behind for them when they died."
"Oh...I'm sorry..." wow I guess I don't know Sango too well after all...
"Naa don't be, it was a while ago."
Miroku knocked on the door and opened it a bit so he could stick his head in.
"Sango, are you home?"
"I'm in here!" she yelled.
"I brought a friend with me I wanted you to meet. Sango this is Kikyo."
"Why hello Kikyo, its nice to me..." Sango came around the corner and almost fainted.
"Hi Sango, it's very nice to meet you!" She ran up to hug her and whispered," Sorry, I didn't know!"
They let go. "Sorry my place is a mess," Sango apologized and tried to frantically pick up stuff off of the floor.
"Sango stop," Kagome said, and to Miroku's surprise she listened.
"Wow, how'd you do that? I can never get her to listen to me!" he asked.
"Uhm...here let me help you,"Sota offered.
He picked up Kohaku's toys and put them in his room, and Kagome went to start dishes.
Sango was almost in tears at the sight. Kagome ran over to her.
"Sango its really alright, this is supposed to be your day off and we just barge right into your home, we'll leave. Come on Sota."
"NO...I mean...no its okay, i'm just a bit overwhelmed," she reassured them.
About half an hour later they all helped prepare supper and cleaned that up too. Miroku had passed out on the couch and Kohaku and Sota had so much fun playing Kagome didn't want them to stop.
"Can I stay the night here Kagome? Huh? Can I, can I!" Sota pleaded.
Kagome and Sango gave each other weary looks. Then whispered to each other across the table so that Kohaku wouldn't be able to hear them.
"I could go home and tell my mom that Sota'll sleep in my room 2nite, she never really checks up on us anyways."
"Yea and tomorrow when I come to work I'll get him to sneak in through that hole you always crawl out of before I go in the front gates."
"Okay and then I'll go into the garden to get him."
"Okay Sota, I guess you can sleep in Kohaku's room tonight," Sango told him.
"Yay!" Kohaku cheered.
"And tomorrow can I get some toys just like Kohaku's? Please! They're really nice you should see them!"
"Sure, kiddo."
Kagome hugged Sota before she left and thanked Sango and slapped Miroku while she had the chance. Then she began on her long journey home.
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I mean that last sentence isn't foreshadowing anything...what are you talking about...8-)...
lol well whaddaya think of this one? haha sweet huh? well REVIEW again!