Here is the next chapter. Remember, I don't own Inuyasha or Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea.
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Kaiyouko ran up the stairs to the castle and then she silently snuck to her secret door that she used to escape the castle
Kaiyouko ran up the stairs to the castle and then she silently snuck to her secret door that she used to escape the castle. She quietly entered the castle and slipped down the hallway to her room. As she was traveling down the hall, she turned around to see if anyone was behind her; but as she walking backwards, she bumped into three youkai. She gasped and quickly turned around and said, "Oh I'm so sorry. Please excuse me." Kaiyouko slipped around them and walked towards her room. As she walked on, she heard one of the youkai say, "If you ask me, she's a bit strange." Another one leaned over and said, "Don't mind her, she is just mixed breed." Kaiyouko heard the three laugh at her, so she slipped around the corner and then sighed sadly. She then walked to her room and shut the door behind her.
Kagome walked outside of the castle and head to the pond that was created for her. She adjusted her silver with gold trim evening gown and sat on the stone bench that sat underneath a sakura tree. Kagome sighed and stared into the water at the koi that swam under the surface. She sighed again and looked up at the sun that was setting behind the wall and said, "I miss you father. I wish you could be here with us to celebrate Kaiyouko's birthday." Kagome looked up at Kaiyouko's window and saw here daughter rushing around her room. She shook her head and sighed, knowing that her daughter, like always, was running late. Kagome turned and headed inside and up to Kaiyouko's room to see if she could help.
Kaiyouko ran around her room trying to get ready. She stepped behind the screen and pulled her navy blue with silver trim evening gown on and then went to her closet to grab her shoes. As she was putting on her shoes, a knock came to her door. Kaiyouko looked up from her feet to see her mother walk into the room. "I see that we are running a little behind as usual." Kaiyouko smiled slightly and said, "Sorry mother, I stayed in spring too long." Kagome sighed a little, for she too had done the same many times.
She walked over to Kaiyouko and said, "Let me help you with your hair." The two walked over to the vanity and Kaiyouko sat down and let her mother brush her long hair. As her mother ran the brush through her hair, Kaiyouko stared into the mirror and then sighed. "Do I have to go to this mother? Everyone thinks I'm… different." Kagome hugged her and said, "Dear, you're not different. Everyone has trouble fitting in; I know I did, I was a regular fish out of water." Kaiyouko stood up and walked away saying, "You, yea right." She walked out onto the balcony and said, "They just don't understand." Kagome came up next to her and said, "Kaiyouko, there is something more, isn't there. You know you can always tell me anything." Kaiyouko looked at her mother and Kagome smiled. Kaiyouko gave in and said, "Ok, there has been something on my mind and it is that I wish like no other to…" Kaiyouko was interrupted when Sesshoumaru walked onto the balcony and said, "Here you two are. We need to head down the party." Kaiyouko nodded and said, "Yes Father." Kagome smiled and said, "We'll finish our conversation later, I promise." The three left the balcony and headed downstairs and out into the courtyard with the rest of the guest.
Out in the courtyard, the guests were enjoying the party and having a great time. As they were enjoying the party, they saw Jaken go to the staircase. The music stopped and Jaken said, "Ladies and gentlemen, his Majesty Lord Sesshoumaru and her Majesty Lady Kagome of the Western lands." The guest clapped as Sesshoumaru and Kagome came down the steps. Jaken bowed to them as they passed and then said, "And now I present her royal highness, Princess Kaiyouko." Kaiyouko came to the top of the staircase, sighed, and then came down the stairs gracefully. When she reached the bottom of the stairs, a young wolf came up to her and asked, "Would you care to dance?" Kaiyouko looked around with her eyes and saw that people were waiting on her answer. "Sure, I will dance with you." He smiled and took Kaiyouko by the hand and the two began to dance when the music started.
Kaiyouko was enjoying the dance, but as she was dancing, she happened to look across the courtyard to see a group of youkais surrounding Kenji and scaring him to death. She broke away from the wolf youkai and ran across the courtyard. "Hey, leave him alone. What has he every done to you?" One of the youkai looked at her and said, "Why do you care? It's just a stupid animal." Kaiyouko growled and said, "He is not a stupid animal, he's my friend." The group laughs and another youkai said, "He's your friend? Do you talk to him too?" They laughed again and the youkai shouted to everyone, "Hey all, Kai-weirdo talks to animals. Must be because she is a mixed breed." Everyone that wasn't an adult youkai burst out laughing and Kaiyouko ran out of the courtyard with tears streaming down her face. She ran past her parents and Kagome motioned to Sesshoumaru that she was going to follow her. Sesshoumaru nodded and then turned to the young youkais who had just made his daughter cry.
Kaiyouko ran into her room and shut the door. She removed her dress and she was back in her white swimming outfit. Kaiyouko then flung herself onto her bed and tears flowed down her cheeks. She cried for a bit, but then the necklace she found earlier that day caught her attention. She grabbed it and clutched it close to her as more tears flowed down her face.
Kagome came up to Kaiyouko's door and she could hear her daughter crying. She slowly opened the door and walked into her daughter's room. Kagome walked over to Kaiyouko's bed and sat on her bed and said, "Oh Kaiyouko, I am so sorry." Kaiyouko wiped so tears away and then said, "Why am I so different?" "Sweetheart, you are not different." Kaiyouko looked at her and said, "Mother, I can talk to sea animals; that's not normal." Kaiyouko turned away from Kagome and began playing with the necklace as her mother said, "Everyone has trouble fitting in at your age and…"
Before Kagome could finish, Kaiyouko had opened the clam shell and she gasped as a large bubble came out of the shell. She watched as the bubble formed into a mermaid and it began to swim around her. "Wow, it's beautiful." Kaiyouko looked at it closer and then said, "I have seen this bubble before; but from where?" Before Kaiyouko could answer her question, Kagome closed the locket and took it out of Kaiyouko's hand and said, "Where did you get this?" Kaiyouko shifted around a bit and said, "I…I found it." "You've been over the wall, haven't you?" Kaiyouko started to play with her hair and replied, "Well, yes; but I hate that wall." Kagome sighed and said, "Kaiyouko, you know you're not allowed in the sea." "But why; and why is that locket so important?" Kagome was going to explain and said, "Kaiyouko, listen to me…" Kaiyouko narrowed her eyes and said, "You're keeping something from me." Kagome's anger rose and said, "Don't you glare at me young lady. You deliberate disobeyed me; I never want you to go in the sea again, it's dangerous out there." More tears began to fall from Kaiyouko's eyes and she yelled back, "How would you know? You never even been in it." She began to cry hard as she ran passed her mother and grabbing her locket from her mother's hand. She opened the door and ran out passed her father.
Kagome watched Kaiyouko run out the door passed Sesshoumaru and she sighed. She placed her chin in her hands and said, "I'm a terrible mother." Sesshoumaru sat down next to her and said, "Kagome, you are not a terrible mother. We knew that this was going to happen one day or another." Kagome looked to Sesshoumaru and sighed and said, "You're right, Sesshoumaru. It's time I trusted her with the truth." They then got up and went to look for Kaiyouko.
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