As stated last chapter, Chapters 1-9 are all premade from two years ago, I'm just editing them and putting them back up. Hope you are all enjoying yourselves!

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Episode 2: Attraction At A Glance

The brilliant sound of trumpets and cheering awoke the young princess from her dreaming world. Groggily she sat up in bed and mumbled something about 'Festivals being stupid' and 'Sleeping in would be nice' before flopping back down and covering her head with a pillow. The room was a disaster, Kagome having had a long night last night of tossing and turning. Blankets were all over, some thrown across the room, others hanging barely off the bed, and one was wrapped tightly around her thin legs. Pillows, too, minus the one on her head, were thrown in various places in the large bedroom.

"LADY KAGOME!" Sango, the servant to Kagome and ex-warrior of the Hume Kingdom, came bursting into the room. She stumbled on a sheet, her feet catching underneath her and sending her sprawling on top of Kagome. Both girls shrieked loudly and tumbled to the floor, tangled in sheets and each other. When the event passed, Kagome was sitting dazed at the foot of the bed, her hair in disarray and the remainders of the sheet wrapped around her waist, while Sango was blinking stupidly at the ceiling from her position on the floor in front of the balcony.

"Why the hell did you do that!?" Kagome snapped, standing and throwing the sheet to the side, Sango stood as well and grinned sheepishly at the princess. Despite their obvious rank differences, Sango and Kagome had been friends since childhood. Their only fall-out had been when Sango had joined the military to become Kagome's personal guard, and due to injury had become a maid to Kagome. Since then, they had been inseperable.

"Sasha is here!" Sango giggled to herself and jumped up and down, forgetting the title that was usually bestowed upon 'Lady Sasha', the princess of the Eastern Wolf Tribes. Sasha was also best friends with Kagome and Sango, though lately they'd seen for too less of their friend due to border disputes. Sasha was a warrior, the pride and joy of her father, and a fierce companion. Kagome had met Sasha when she was five, since then they had kept in contact and become great friends.

As Sango rushed to the clean up the room, Kagome got dressed and washed herself down. Judging by the volume of the crowd outside, it would take Sasha another few minutes to reach the gates, let alone the castle itself. Sasha was well loved in the Human Kingdom, known for being one of the sweetest demons ever.

"Kagome, you know your father doesn't like that outfit..." Sango stated as they left the room. The princess shrugged, tugging anxiously at the green skirt that barely reached mid-thigh.

"I really don't care." Kagome said after a moment, turning sharply down a hidden passageway and heading for the front door. As she burst through the double doors leading to the main courtyard, she was greeted with a rush of sun-light and noise. She squinted and frowned, disliking both, but her attitude changed immediately when she saw Sasha riding gracefully atop a black stallion.

"SASHA!" Kagome cried, racing down the steps to greet her wolf friend, who was already bouning off her horse and meeting her half-way. Sasha was taller than Kagome, about Kikyo's height (as well as Kikyo's age), and had mid-back length black hair that she kept in a tight braid which hung in front of her across her shoulder. Due to the constant warring of her kingdom, Sasha was rarely seen without her armor...a bodice made of red metal outlined in black fur that showed the curve of her breasts but kept her chest safe from harm. A black leather skirt, heavy but easy to move in, hung down to right above her knees, followed closely by armored boots that rose clear up to her knee in a pointed metal tip.

Kagome always wondered how Sasha ran in those boots, considering they had heels. Pointy heels. Billowing behind Sasha was a cloak of pure black, with the emblem of her Kingdom (a wolf head with a bloody snake hanging from his mouth) embossed on the back in red. Her arms held gauntlets of black, protection against daggers and excellent weapons in a tight scramble with the enemy. Kagome always envied the way Sasha held herself, her black tail and ears always on the move...and despite the apparent lack of clothing, Kagome knew Sasha had millions of weapons hidden in places you didn't even think a weapon would fit. Sasha did, however, display her trade-weapons. Twin blades by the names of Skitter and Repranoth, aka: the blood blades. Cruel weapons that only lusted after death and destruction, so long as their craving was drenched in blood, they were calm. If meals were skipped however...well, Kagome shuddered to think what Sasha had to go through if THAT ever happened.

"It's so good to see you Kagome!" Sasha said happily, her voice muffled as she buried her nose in Kagome's hair. It had been almost six months since their last visit. Long overdue in both girl's eyes.

"How have you been! You have to tell me EVERYTHING about the trip to Lafascian! Don't leave anything out! Oh, and we have to go shopping together, the market's got a lovely place to buy those..." As Kagome continued rambling off what Sasha was going to be doing in her free time, the wolf demon embraced Sango and held a quiet conversation about their Human Princess.

"How has she been?" Sasha asked, frowning as Sango's expression changed from one of joy to one of sadness. "That bad, is it?" the wolf asked, and at the maid's nodd, gave a sigh of weariness. No more was said, but a silent promised passed from Sango to Sasha; the maid would explain everything when Kagome was in bed tonight.

"Kag! Slow down, we've got three weeks to enjoy each other's company! Besides, don't you have other things to worry about?" Sasha laughed softly as the Human Princess stopped in mid-speak, turning to give the wolf demon a confused look.

"Like what?" Kagome asked, nearly tripping on the front steps. Sasha caught her with one hand and righted the human before she had a chance to hurt herself, and Kagome was again amazed at the strength of the demon-girl. She wished she was that strong...

"Like the ball? It's in three days, if I'm counting correctly, is it not? Don't you have errands to run, things to prepare?" Sasha chuckled at Kagome's expression, and opened the door for the two human's before stepping inside behind them.

"Nope!" Kagome said happily, "Kikyo said she'd take care of it for me! I'm free to shop all day with you! We need a girl's day out!"

Sasha frowned, "You do realize that when Kikyo is married off, it will all fall into your lap? The planning of the ball, the upkeep of the castle. You can't keep relying on Kikyo to be there."

Her words were lost on Kagome, who frowned and shrugged them off. A few moments passed and the Human princess was chattering away, seemingly to have not even heard Sasha's previous comment. This bothered the wolf demon more than the sight of war...Kagome was not one to shirk her duties for a 'girls day out'.

Several Hours Later

"Did you SEE him!?" Kagome cried, throwing herself on her bed and closing her eyes. Her face was flushed, as if she'd just run a mile, and for the first time in months Sango could honestly say Kagome was happy. Sasha flopped lazily into a chair, disinterested in Kagome's fantasy-man, and leaned her head back against the wall. Sango, on the other hand, sat quietly in the window seat and chuckled to herself.

On the way back to the castle, after a long day of shopping, the three girls had passed by Lord Sesshomaru and his younger brother Inuyasha. Naturally, Sasha knew Sesshomaru from a border dispute years back, but had never seen Inuyasha before. She assumed the hanyou was merely a servant to the dog-lord. Sango and Kagome had never even seen Sesshomaru, so were oblivious to anything but the way they had looked. Kagome had thought they were both gods, gorgeous in every aspect and flawless in her human eyes.

Sasha was completely disgusted. "They were dog demons, Kagome. Mutts. Disgusting in every way possible. To even suggest one would as a 'god' is ridiculious." she sneered, but Kagome hadn't heard her. She was still imagining their faces, prestine and positively PERFECT! She giggled to herself, jumping up from the bed and racing around the room.

"You guys have to help me find out who they were! I want to run into them again!" Kagome said, excitement on her features. Sasha nodded, rolling her eyes, and Sango eagerly agreed to do some snooping around.

"I still don't know what you see in them, Kagome. Dog-demons are trouble, they lie and cheat just to satisfy their needs. Besides, they have no honor..." she growled, remembering the battle she had Sesshomaru had had all those years ago. It had been hell, and had left her wounded. He'd called her filthy names before walking away, adding insult to injury. At least when a wolf made a kill, they made it swift...they didn't leave their prey to die slowly and they most certainly didn't tear up his pride!

"They're filthy animals..."

Her words again were lost on Kagome, who had fallen into dreamland sometime during her musings, she glanced at Sango but found that the maid, too, had fallen asleep.

"Figures..."

"Find out who she was." Inuyasha shoved Miroku out of his chair, who had been drifting off to sleep.

"I know, I know!" Miroku grumbled, glaring up at his lord. "She's probably some common girl, she was riding with Sasha Darkwaters afterall...and she's human-born. What do you want with her anyway?"

A servant scrambled in, bowing hastily and placing two silver dishes in front of Inuyasha, and a larger dish in front of Miroku who grinned and began digging in. It was rare for him to get human food, he usually got raw meat that he had to cook over an open fire...the price you pay for being a servant to a dog-lord.

"I doubt it. Darkwater's was talking to that girl like she was an equal, anyone as high up in royalty and snobbishness as Sasha wouldn't usually waste her time with a human unless that human was important. Now find out who she was dammit!" he slurped ramen up out of a dish, making grunting noises of approval as he did so.

"If she intrigues you so much, why don't you find out who she is!" Miroku snapped, eating more of his meal. No one dared talk to Inuyasha that way, except Miroku...the two had been friends for a few years now and were as close as any demon and human could be.

"I agree with Miroku m'lord, it's always best when the male seeks out his mate!" Myouga popped up on Inuyasha's shoulder, hungrily eyeing his master's neck. The dog-lord growled, flicking the flea off his shoulders.

"Who asked you, anyway? I don't give a damn about the human, I just want to know who she is. I'll take out my lust, and be done with it. It's bad enough I've got to marry the princess of this filthy castle..." he shuddered and began working on his second dish of Ramen.

God he loved ramen...

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