The Lost Love

Chapter One

She gracefully leaped from the window of the castle, landing in the soft grass of the west garden. Her delicate but capable hands locked on the rare cement wall, concealing the castle from the outside world. Smiling to herself, she pulled herself over without a glance back at her home. The stars lit the sky and her path to the village. A white owl was seen in an oak tree as she walked, slowly to take up time. She needed to be late to see his reaction. Unwanted thoughts jumbled inside her head as she thought of this.

What if he forgets? Or he's so mad when I show up he just leaves me there instead of taking me to the river again? She shook her head. Don't be so nervous, Kagome. You've done this before and he's never forgotten you... yet.

Kagome sighed and put her white cloak's hood on to cover most of her openly nervous face. She walked through the forest, the quickest way to the village he had told her, when she remembered her shoes. Chucking off her silver slippers, she continued down the path. In a matter of minuts, Kagome was on the edge of Palestine Village in the kingdom of Geneva. Butterflies fluttered around in her stomach as she walked into the market. Even in the middle of the night, villagers roamed aimlessly. Talking to friends and buying food for their families. Her was brought to her on a silver platter. It didn't seem right that, while she did nothing all day, her people struggled for even a morsel of food. When she became queen, everything would change.

At the sight of a group of girls her age, gossiping and laughing with each other, reopened the unhealed wound deep in Kagome's heart. It's burn made her chocolate brown eyes turn hard. Having not a friend in the world, she had no one . No one to share secrets, tell about last night's dream and memories of their friendship. No one to depend on or go to when she was down. And most definitely, no one to encourage her and tell her that only her own opinion mattered.

When Kagome's mother, Kikyo, found out that Lantavior, Kagome's father, had not only lied to her about a "business travel" accompanied by his childhood friend Lord Inutashio of the land of Tinsels, but was unfaithful. Inutashio was happily married to, like himself, a dog demon, Shina - or so that's what everyone thought when they looked at he, Shina, and their son, Sesshowmoru. But then, after the two friends were home for only a month, Inutashio had gotten news from the human he had spent his "business travel" with. She was to have his baby. Her name was Izoie, a beautiful, kind and caring soon to be mother. She seemed to be the only one not to care that her child was going to be hanyou.

Kikyo had banished her own husband from the land of Geneva. Her work had doubled and so had her stress when she leaned about her own pregnancy. Even after seventeen years, Kikyo never has time for her daughter. And she never told Kagome the story of her father, he wasn't to be spoken of. Kagome took this time alone to do as she pleased, eventually leading to sneaking out.

The first time Kagome had sneak out, paranoid and nervous, she had felt over dressed in her silk dress while the villagers (the lucky ones) wore clothing that had patches here and there that didn't exactly match the other ones. She had quickly went back home and stole a servants clothing, witch still grabbed herself a passer's glance.

On the outside, Kagome looked innocent, shy. As if she loved everything that lived when, inside the mask, she was filled excitement. Looking for the thrills and dares. Nothing was her problem... yet. Why waste the time? This all seemed to changed when she met the love of her life. Her insides burned with an unknown feeling when she was around him, something she had never felt before.

She saw him now, two weeks later, as she walked behind a bread stand, almost back into the forest. Though as not wanting to show her excitement, Kagome simply said, "Hey." He didn't move a muscle when he replied, "Why you so late, lass?"

Kagome tried to hide the smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. This was what she wanted, not the tense stance he was in, but he was here, waiting. "Sorry. My Grandmother had visited."

He finally turned his head, hat tilted down, his expression, worried and a little sad, tore at Kagome's heart. His dark, honey colored eyes glowed in the candle light beside him. "It's just, you know I thought your mom had found out - about you. Sneaking out and stuff. I thought you want going to come." He was almost speaking to himself. But he grinned playfully. "I almost had to find myself another girl."

Clearing the space between them, she sat beside him under an oak. His silver hair, mid-back length, moved in the light breeze. "I'm sorry." Kagome hadn't realized he cared enough to worry. "How long were you here?"

"Forever and a day." There was a short pause before he asked, "Kagome, how come you don't call me by my name?"

Kagome looked at him. "I don't exactly know. Would you like me to? Start calling you by name?"

"I mean, I do call you Kagome. And it would be nice to hear it in your voice. It's very sweet and quiet, your voice. As if you don't want anyone to hear it."

She smiled, flattery showing red on her face. "Well, Inuyasha, that's very nice of you to say." Kagome let him play with her hair, a shiny midnight black. He twisted locks of it in his fingers.

"And your smell is like the wildflowers in the spring. And you're always so clean." Inuyasha touched his lips to Kagome's neck. "Your skin is so soft. It's perfect. His fingers trialed a fire down her back. "How is it possible that you are so beautiful?" He rested his brow on hers. "Kagome?"

Kagome's shudder had nothing to do with the coldness. "Hmm?" She didn't trust her voice while her body struggled to maintain control. He gave her a questioning kiss. Testing her lips like a foreign food. "Mmmm...."

Her response pleased him. He shifted his body so that she sat in his lap. Kagome wrapped her thin arms around his neck, relaxing at her touch. Inuyasha tangled one of his hands, who seemed to have a mind of their own, in her hair. The other resting on her waist. Gently, slowly tilting her head back to get his mouth rightly over hers. She protested when he pulled away only to sigh as he skimmed his lips over her neck down to the edge of her coller.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said in a soft dreamy voice. She tried to take his hat off but he only grabbed her hands and held them in his. "I- I think-"

"I think you should go home, Kagome." The voice wasn't Inuyasha's. I belonged to Koga, a servant of the castle but a good friend of the Higurashi family. He came around the corner. "You really should just go home."

Inuyasha sighed, obviously irritated by the interruption. "Is there something that you want from me? 'Cause if I owe you money, this is the wrong time. As you can see," he tenderly caressed Kagome's reddened cheeks, "I'm busy."

Kagome stood cautiously. "Okay, I'm coming home, Kanel."

Koga gave her a puzzled look at the name.

"Who are you? Her pet? Kagome has every right to be here. Maybe she didn't want to that wolfish face of yours again."

"Right and she'd rather spend her night letting a puppy lick her."

Inuyasha stood his ground even as Kagome stared at him. Puppy? What was that supposed to mean? She wondered if there was something Inuyasha was hiding from her. She hadn't been totally honest with him but she told him everything.

"Tastes good too."

Kagome pushed back Koga as he advanced for Inuyasha, who still sat unflinching. "Let's just go home." She pulled Koga with her as she walked away, not looking back.

"I don't know what the heck is wrong with you, Kagome. He could be setting you up. It's all happened before. "Koga said angrily. "Next thing you know, the hanyou will be -"

"What?" Hanyou? It can't be. Kagome's feet stopped. Her body shook. "Inuyasha is not a hanyou..."

Koga regretted his laugh when she shot him a look that could kill. Koga, a full-blooded wolf demon, had known about the hanyou the first time he had smelled him on Kagome. Koga's sense of smell had lead him to Kagome tonight. He'd been thinking about following her the first night but decided against it. Good thing, he thought, that I did tonight. Who knows what could have happened. "Kagome, surly you can see that he is. Dog demon. What a filthy half blood- "

"You will not speak of Inuyasha in that way, "Kagome hissed. "Do you understand that?"

"Of course."

"Tell me how you know he is a hanyou."

"He does not do a very good job in hiding his scent. And his silver hair shows the dog demon."

Kagome stayed silent. How could she forget her lessons? Koga was right, Inuyasha could have easily saw through her disguise. But he was so nice. Telling her things that seemed private. Had she been wrong about everything? A tear rolled down her cheek. She wiped it away impatiently. She would not let him do this to her.

"Does he even know who you are? What did you tell him?"

She ignored him and began to walk home. He grabbed her arm to stop her. "What did you tell him? "He asked. She snatched her arm away. The rest of the walk was silent.

"Kagome," Koga began as they climbed The Wall. The wall that separated Kagome from a normal life. She tried to walk to the castle but he stopped her again. ",do you understand that he's going to end up hurting you? "His voice was softer now. "I'm sorry but if .... if you go to see this boy again, I'm going to have to tell Queen Kikyo."

The Kagome had been holding back, streamed out uncontrollably. She chock on them and they made she weak. Kagome stared at Koga, the closest thing she had to a friend, hating him with every passing second. He let her go and she ran for her room.

The flow of tears had only stopped when they made Kagome fall into a deep sleep. Blood pounded under her swollen eyes. Her cheeks blotched and pale. The sky was a hazy blue now. And her window was open. A tap on her arm woke her up. A dark figure stood over her. Kagome could only gasp as a hand came over her mouth.

"God, Kagome.", a whispered voice said. "Calm down."

She stopped thrashing around. "Noawha?"

He released her. Kagome's eyes adjusted to the darkness. He was sitting on her bed now. He came for her? Clearly this was a dream she would soon wake up from. That thought was demolished as he said, "Kagome, are you okay?", and she broke down again.

Inuyasha gathered her in his arms. "Come on, girlie. Don't do that. "He rested his cheek on her head. "Every thing's okay."

"N-no it's not. Nothing ever is for me. "Kagome pushed away to stand. She needed to move, to do anything other then cry. "Inuyasha, I'm so so sorry that I put you in this. I was wrong and I just need you to understand that I-"

"What are you talking about? That guy said I don't know a thing about you."

Koga. Kagome was sure he was going to tell Inuyasha everything, just for the fun but he was worse she thought. He was going to make her do it. "Inuyasha, you don't know me."

"But I do. We tell each other everything."

Kagome wouldn't bring up that he hadn't told her he was a hanyou, or even demon for that matter. "That's only part of me. For starters, I live here. At the castle."

"Okay, well, that's a good thing. Why wouldn't you tell me that. So where is your family?"

"My family lives here."

"What kind of work do you do?" He presses as he notices all of her jewelry boxes and silks. "Kagome?" Inuyasha's face was so innocent, everything fell apart again.

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha. I really am. I didn't know what eles to do," she sobbed.

Unsure of what to do himself, Inuyasha shook his head. "I don't understand."

"I'm not a servant here.... Inuyasha, I'm the princess. Princess Kagome."

He stiffened. His body turned ice cold. Inuyasha finally spoke, and not quietly. "I trusted y ou! Told you everything! How could you do this to me? I thought you were different from every other girl out there! But look, you're far more worse!"

"Shh, Inuyasha," Kagome said. But that was all she could say. He didn't hit or dishonor her like she had thought. Instead Inuyasha did something that hurt Kagome far more hurtful then the most powerful hit.

Inuyasha turned from her. Walking out of her life as easily as he had come.

"It's all happened before," Koga whispered in her ear.