Love Will Find A Way

By: Angel-With-Attitude

Chapter 9: Oh No

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The sun warmed against Kagome's face and silver eyes slowly opened as Kagome woke up from her pleasant sleep. Oh she had such a wonderful dream, being with Inuyasha of course. She then heard a sweet chirping and she saw a little blue bird perched on her knee. She smiled and laid her head back down on her pillow behind her, thinking back to her wonderful dream.

Wait. The pillow was breathing.

Kagome tried to come up with a reason with why her pillow was moving but she shook them away. Her thoughts where just playing with her head. She slowly looked up and saw that it wasn't a pillow. But in fact it was Inuyasha. She looked around and her eyes widened.

They were still in the tall branches of the God Tree! And really high up, on that same thick branch that they were sitting in that night while watching the stars. Kagome came to the conclusion that they must have both fallen asleep.

The little bird and long since flown away as Kagome turned around slightly. She looked up at Inuyasha and paused for a moment, seeing how peaceful he looked while dreaming. She then gently shook his shoulder. "Inuyasha, wake up." She whispered as not to startle him.

Golden eyes opened slowly as the white haired demon started to wake up. Inuyasha shook his head a fraction and focused on the angel in front of him. "Hey, Kagome." He said, giving her a good morning kiss on the cheek which he noticed Kagome then had a bright red blush on her cheeks which made him smile. "What are you doing here in the garden?" He asked, his head still groggy from waking up.

Kagome couldn't help but giggle as she looked around at the branches of the tree. "I'm not in the garden." She said and she saw him form a questioning look on his face. "And neither are you. We're still in the Goshinboku."

Inuyasha looked around and came up with the conclusion that yes they were up in a tree but then he noticed that instead of seeing the kingdom walls or the porch from the great house they were surrounded but knee length grass. He looked back at Kagome and chuckled. "Oh. I guess we fell asleep up here, huh?" He smiled.

"Yeah we did." Kagome smiled as she looked down at the ground. "Well I guess we better get back before my Dad turned the entire kingdom upside down to find me." She said in a sad tone. Her Dad seemed like such a threat since Inuyasha came into her life, he was always there to bug her about her day and not in the friendly way either. More like an interrogation.

With that said Kagome jumped out of the tree and landed softly on her feet. She looked up, expecting Inuyasha to follow and she couldn't help but laugh as he lazily rolled off the thick branch and landed on all fours before straightening up. Without saying a word, just smiles to show that they were happy, they began their walk back to the Eastern Palace holding hands quietly.

When they got closer to the Eastern Kingdom, Kagome felt Inuyasha's step falter and she couldn't help but let out a sad sigh. Ever since the Western Prince had arrived, Kagome felt like he acted like he was imprisoned outside. Her father wouldn't let him go anywhere near the house, he threatened once that he wouldn't be allowed anywhere near Kagome too. She felt like it was her fault that Inuyasha felt so... so limited to being himself.

Inuyasha heard her sigh and he stopped on the dirt path and turned to Kagome with a soft smile. "Don't worry about me. Just go and tell your parent's that you ain't dead." He joked and gave her a quick kiss on the forehead before she ran off to the house.

Kagome entered the hall and was surprised to see, or to not see the servants running around the halls looking for the 'missing' princess. She slipped her shoes off and slowly walked down the hall, counting down the seconds until she ran into someone. When she turned the corner, that person she ran into was her mother. Her heart skipped a beat, scared for a second that it was going to be her father but she let out an inward sigh.

"Oh, Kagome there you are." Her mother sighed as she wrapped her arms around her in a welcoming hug.

"Ah, about that." Kagome took a deep breath while she looked up at her mother's silver shining eyes. "You see, Inuyasha and I were watching the stars last night by the Goshinboku and we kinda fell asleep." She told the story while rubbing the back of her head.

Lady Yuki only smiled and Kagome could see that her mother understood and she praised the gods for blessing her with such a loving mother. "I wasn't worried. I knew you were with Inuyasha." She placed a soft hand on her daughter's cheek. "He's a very nice young man isn't he?" She lightly laugh, her eyes shining even more.

Kagome couldn't help but smile more. "Thank you for understanding Mother." Kagome was about to turn and continue down the hall to get some breakfast when she heard her mother clear her throat and she knew that her mother had more to say.

"Your father wanted to see you. He's in his training room." The black haired woman said and Kagome could see the worry now apparent in her mother's eyes and she suddenly got the worry that not everything was going to be bright and cherry with her father. "Go on, he's waiting for you." Lady Yuki shooed her daughter off and her daughter headed down the hall to her father.

Knowing the silver haired prince would likely be waiting outside for her daughter, Lady Yuki ventured outside and saw Inuyasha sitting on a nearby rock by the dirt path. She stepped out on the grass to talk to him and told Inuyasha that Kagome had to go see her father and probably wouldn't be out for a while. With the newly attained information he just received, Lady Yuki saw that his ears drooped a bit at the knowledge that he wouldn't see Kagome for a while.

"You are welcome to come inside for something to eat." She invited. "I'm sure you're hungry." With that, the prince got up to his feet and followed the Lady of the East into the house to get some breakfast.

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Her heart started to pound as Kagome got closer to her father's room. Thoughts ran through her mind, both the good and the bad and some of her thoughts even scared her. She blamed it on her creative imagination but it got her to think; she never realized how much she feared for what her father would actually do. When she finally arrived to the room the princess waited for a moment to calm her heart and then lightly rapped her knuckles against the paper doors.

When she got the answer to come in she slid the paper doors open and bowed in respect to her father. When she looked up she saw that her father had been training with another person. But when her father moved to the side, she saw the guy smile at her and she almost died.

But it wasn't one of those blissful ways of almost dying at the sight of a smiling guy. This was a horrible death of seeing someone she most dreaded. She recognized this guy that was on the other side of her father. It was Koga. Oh God it was Koga! A wolf demon that used to hang around the castle when they were younger. About a year older than her, Kagome found him annoying from the very beginning but he just wouldn't take no for an answer. He was too much of a showoff and she turned him down numerous times when he had asked her out.

She really couldn't stand the guy. And this guy was either really stupid or too stubborn to understand the word 'no'. She would try to come up with any excuse she could to get away and to avoid the wolf demon. But as luck would someone help out, his his wolf tribe had a political dispute a couple years back and he hadn't had much time to bug her. But this time there was no turning back. Remembering that she was the princess of the East, she swallowed her distaste for the demon and bowed in respect to him, cursing the entire time.

Trying to ignore him for as long as possible, she turned to her father. "You wished to see me, Father?"

"Ah yes Kagome." The tall dog demon smiled, placing his sword away. "Where were you yesterday?" He got straight to the interrogation.

Kagome looked down at the floor, scared to see her father's face at her answer. "I was with Inuyasha." She didn't lie. "We lost track of time looking at the stars and we fell asleep." Just a father's worst thought; their teenage daughter unsupervised with an uncontrollable teenage male. Kagome expected her father to blow up.

"You were with him again?" He asked, rubbing his forehead in thought. What was he going to do? No matter how many times he told Kagome to stay away from that... that... threat she would never listen. "Well, I was thinking about that Inuyasha person and..."

Kagome's eyes lit up as she looked up at her father with hope. Maybe... just maybe her father will finally see that Inuyasha wasn't bad and he would let him stay. Oh please!

"...and I still do not approve of him here. I don't want you around him anymore. He could be setting a trap. You could get hurt." Her father just threw all of her hopeful dreams out the window.

Bummer. Her ears drooped. "But Father, Inuyasha isn't bad. I've been around him for a while now and he hasn't done anything to harm me. He had even saved me a couple times." She tried to talk in his defense but she could feel the hopefulness leave the room in a cold rush.

"I don't care. You are not to be around him anymore." Lord Akio said raising his voice, looking down at his daughter with a stern look. "In fact, I think he's overstayed his welcome."

Kagome could tell that this conversation was over and she could feel tears surface and threaten to spill down her cheeks but she fought them back. No, she was going to be strong in front of her father. She was about to leave when her father suddenly spoke up.

"Koga here had presented a plan to me." Her ear twitched around at the name Koga and she couldn't help but make a sour face while her back was turned to her father. She looked at her father sideways, waiting for him to continue but not wanting to hear anymore from Koga.

"He had asked me permission for your hand in marriage." Her father's voice echoed through her ears.

Time seemed to stop, Hell must of froze over, the Fat Lady sang and all those other descriptions of something truly horrifying. Kagome whipped her head around, so fast that it seemed like she would surely snap her neck. "WHAT!" Her voice screeched.

At the mention of his name, Koga stepped up from behind Kagome's father and walked up to the stunned Kagome. He reached down and held her hands in his and looked down at her. "Now we can be together, forever." He said.

Together? Forever? Hell no!

"No!" She yelled, ripping her hands from his grasp. She could see the shocked look on both her father's face and on Koga's. "No. I don't."

"What? W-Why not?" The wolf demon asked. He never thought Kagome out ever act this way. He always remembered her as the quiet and very polite princess - little did he realize that she was quiet because she always tried to stay away from him.

"Koga, I don't like you that way. I've never liked you that way. I don't agree to this." Kagome said, stomping her foot like a two year old. She was just so furious at what was going on that she would either stomp her foot or put her first through the wall. She opted for the less harmful one. "I'm not going to marry you." She could feel hot tears form at the corners of her eyes and she knew she wouldn't be able to hold them back this time. And with that she ran out the door.

"Kagome wait!" Koga tried to run after the upset princess but he felt a hand on his shoulder, holding him back. Looking up he saw Lord Akio shaking his head. Realizing that Akio was holding him back from his daughter and realizing that he had upset Kagome, the wolf demon hung his head in defeat.

"I'm sorry Koga."

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After his pleasent breakfast with Lady Yuki, Inuyasha excussed himself from the room and headed out to the God Tree. He realized that Kagome hadn't come out from seeing her father so he decided that he would wait for her by their special place. Thinking about what he just called the God Tree he couldn't help but chuckle at his thoughts. They have a 'special place' now? He sat at the base of the tree with his back against the trunk, letting the light breeze calm him into peace. He had almost drifted off into a doze when he felt a sudden prick on his chest.

Looking down he smacked his chest and a little flea demon floated down into his palm. It was Myouga, his father's retainer. "Master Inuyasha, your father wishes to speak with you." The little flea said, puffing back to his normal size.

Not asking any questions and figuring Kagome wouldn't be back for a while, Inuyasha nodding. "Alright." The dog demon sighed and took off to the skies towards the Western lands. He would never question Myouga about his father but while he was heading back to the West, he wondered why his father would want to see him. Even though the plan was to stay away from the West lands, it must have been important if his father wanted to speak with him.

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Her vision was a bit blurry as the tears clouded her eyes. How could this be happening? She didn't take even one more look at her father or Koga as she dashed out of the room, not even bothering to close the rice paper doors. Kagome rushed passed the servants in the halls and ignored their words of concerns. She knew that she was crying now, fresh tears streaming down her cheeks as she choked back a few sobs. The upset princess dashed into the courtyard and jumped into the sky. When she touched down a couple of yards away from the palace she headed into the valley, to the Goshinboku to think.

Tears continued to flow down her cheeks as she choked back another sob. Stupid Koga. Why did he have to ask her hand in marriage? She knew her father was going to be ever more controlling and now that Koga is in the picture she knew her father would pressure her into actually marrying him. She hated him and she knew that he knew that she hated him - either that or he was a complete idiot. Why didn't he just get the picture and take a hike?

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she tried to calm herself down. She wanted to be strong. Even though she hated her father at this moment she remembered his words on never showing your tears. Showing your tears opens your weaknesses to the enemy. When she closed her eyes, a picture appeared in her mind's eye. Inuyasha. A smiled appeared on her face as she opened her eyes and jumped into the green leaves of the God Tree.

"Stupid Koga." She said up to the sky, too upset to actually come up with a worse name to call him. "Burn in Hell for all I care." She sighed, wiping away the last of her tears as she settled down onto her favourite branch, the very branch that she slept in with Inuyasha the night before. Looking around, she saw that the said silver haired prince wasn't around. "I wonder where he is." She asked out loud but just passed it by thinking that he was just off hunting or something. It wasn't like he had to be with her all the time. 'But that wouldn't be all that bad.' Her mind thought.

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While on the way to the Western Lands, Myouga gave Inuyasha more details of his father's order to speak with him. According to the flea demon, Taisho wanted to see his son in the garden. On the way to the palace on the other end of the valley Inuyasha kept asking himself the same question; why would his father want to see him? Wouldn't this wreck the plan?

At that thought, he almost faltered in step and almost fell on his face. The stupid plan- this is what started everything in the first place. The stupid plan set fire to the valley, killing all the life. The stupid plan forced him to be sleeping in a tree for the past months... the stupid plan made him get closer to Kagome. But he couldn't call the plan stupid because of that, he would praise the plan for helping him fall in love with Kagome but his conscience kept asking him, was it for the right reason. No, the plan is wrong and he decided that he would talk to his father about it. Maybe he can show his father that his ideas are wrong.

When he got to the Western Lands his first thought was 'I'm home.' He hadn't stepped foot in the Western Lands for several months now and he couldn't help but feel a little homesick. Well more homesick in the sense that he missed his bed terribly. Every night when he would be falling asleep in the tree he would always look out into the distance and wish he was home.

Walking down one of the dirt trails the main garden, he was then reminded of another reason why he was homesick. His mother. When his eyes landed on his mother, he couldn't help but feel like a child again, wanting to give his mother a big hug for he missed her so. Instead of running up to her, Inuyasha slowly walked up to her and bowed to the Lady of the West.

Lady Izayoi heard her son was coming home and she had waited in the gardens all day to see him.. When she saw him come around the corner of the dirt path she suddenly felt a wave of relief overcome her. She had been so worried about Inuyasha during the months he had been gone and now he was home. She watched as he bowed to her and she rushed up to him and wrapped her arms around him in a loving hug. "My son."

Inuyasha was a bit startled that his mother tackled him in a hug but he soon melted in his mother's loving embrace. He reached his hands up and hugged her back, breathing in her scent of lilies that he missed so much. He had always been very close to his mother and this little 'trip' away from home made him realize how special she was to him.

Golden eyes shawn like the sun and silvery white hair that glimmered like fresh fallen snow. Izayoi pulled away and placed a soft hand on her son's cheek. "Oh how I have missed you. How have you been?" Her white dog ears rested on the top of her head just as her son's and her husband's and her snow white hair was let down, reaching passed her lower back. She was dressed in a white kimono that had embroidered images of lilies and herons on it.

"I have missed you also Mother." Inuyasha showed Izayoi a smile. "I've been ok, I guess." He said with a shrug of his shoulders.

"And the plan?" She questioned, her golden eyes turning a dull yellow for a moment. She had never liked the plan and while her son was away that was all she could think about and how much she disliked her husband's ideas.

"Ok." Inuyasha murmured, not able to meet his mother's eyes. Instead he looked down at the ground.

"Well your father wishes to speak with you so I won't hold you back anymore." Lady Izayoi said, changing the subject. She gave her son one last hug and watched as her son walked past her toward Taisho. "Be safe."

Inuyasha made his way down the dirt path until he came to the garden and took a deep breath. When he walked into the garden he saw his father standing under a tree, talking to a young lady.

Oh no, not her.

Inuyasha saw who it was and groaned quietly as he continued to walk. Oh how he wished he could just turn right around and run to Kagome.

Kikyo. Oh boy that name brought shivers down his spine. That girl was trouble and nothing but a headache. When they were little she would run after him wherever he would go. She would always bring him flowers and ask him on 'dates' though they were only ten. The answer was simple: no.

No way in Hell.

But still, he was the Prince of the West and if he would turn around right now his father would surely kick his ass for being rude. So he pushed his thoughts back for a moment and walked up to his father, bowing in respect as always. He then turned to her with very cold eyes and also bowed, being polite and everything. As he looked up at her he couldn't help but look her over. She had long black hair and was dressed in red and white priestess attire.

"Inuyasha." Lord Taisho greeted, placing a strong hand on his son's shoulder. "I figure you already know Kikyo here." He announced, looking over to the girl to his right.

Inuyasha followed his gaze back to the girl, his face changing to no emotion as he looked at her. She was a damn cat. Yeah that's right, a cat in these parts. Cats ruled the South regions while dogs rule the East and West. But she did have some power. Priestess power; hence the clothing. While he looked at her he couldn't help but point out in his thoughts that she looked a lot alike someone he already knew.

The thought hit him like he had just been punched. In the gut, in the head or in the heart he didn't know where the punch hit him but he couldn't believe it. Wait! She looked like Kagome!

Kagome. As he thought about the princess he couldn't help but let a small, almost unnoticeable smile. At first he and his father were going this to get back at Lord Akio, although he never understood why in the first place. But even though he didn't understand what was really going on, he knew this plan would bring nothing but more trouble. And while he had been 'living' in the Eastern Land he came to know Kagome and realized that he had fallen in love with her. He was in love with Kagome. During all that time together he realized how much Kagome meant to him.

"We have great news Inuyasha." Lord Taisho smiled, placing a gentle hand on Kikyo's shoulder. Her expression on her face hadn't changed since Inuyasha had arrived and the silver haired prince wondered if her expression would ever change.

She had longer hair than Kagome; her hair had a tint of brown while the princess he loved had a tint of lighter black -almost blue. Kikyo's eyes were a stone brown and very cold while Kagome's silver eyes shawn with life. Kikyo seemed to be all about uniform by the way she wore the priestess outfit and her bow and arrows resting against the nearby tree.

His father's words broke through Inuyasha's thoughts and the prince looked up at his father. "We have arranged a marriage between you and Kikyo. This bond with strengthen our relationship with the South."

Inuyasha couldn't believe his ears and all he could get out was a very shocked, "What!" He tried to collect his thoughts but he couldn't get words out right. "W-What about the plan?" He asked, trying to get his mind away from Kikyo. Sure, he didn't like the plan anymore but if he married Kikyo -oh God- than that would mean that he would never see Kagome again.

"Don't you worry son, the plan is still in motion." Lord Taisho explained, his evilish smirk returned. "You will complete the plan and dump the girl like a rock and come straight back here to marry Kikyo." His father's words burned in his ears and all he could manage was to shake his head.

Married to Kikyo? That witch... that cat? Not if Inuyasha had anything to say about it!

"No." Inuyasha said, stepping back. He knew that he would hear from his angry father later but he didn't care, he didn't agree with this. "Hell no. I'm not marrying a damn cat." he barked, sending a hard glare at Kikyo who's expression still hadn't changed - there was something wrong with this girl. He took one last look at his father , who he could see was seething in anger and without another word he ran out of the garden and jumped the kingdom walls, running towards the east - to Kagome.

Oh boy.