Inuyasha crossover Howl's Moving Castle
Chapter 10: Men

After that day in the fair, Kagome was back in her room, already seeing a pile of the things that she has bought in her room. Her teacher was doing some light reading when she had came back to drop by her wing of the Palace to pass her the requested items as one of the Page-Boys took it from Kagome.

She must admit, the clothes that were hand chosen for her by her mentor looked really good and it made Kagome felt good in appearance wise, though not so much in her confidence much at times.

Knock, knock, knock…

"Kagome?" came the familiar voice of Benjamin as he knocked on her door waiting for her to open it on the outside as he looked about the hallway.

"Benjamin?" Kagome asked as she cracked the door to her room open, as she looked to see the wizard standing outside of her room.

"I got something for you from the fair, wanted to give it to you just now but…" he trailed off, not exactly wanting to complete what he was saying.

"Oh? You didn't need to," Kagome said as she tried pushing the gift back to him, not wanting to own more things than she needed so that it will be easier for when it was time for her to leave.

"It's just a little something, nothing big," Benjamin told her, "You can think of this as a 'get-to-know-you' present or 'welcome-to-the-neighborhood' present?"

"It's too much Ben," Kagome told him as she tried rejecting the gift.

"I insist that you take it," Benjamin said as he reached out for her hand to clasp it over the small box before he smiled and left her, leaving her no room to reject or say no.

Stubborn man, Kagome thought as she sighed when he disappeared so quickly down the hall as she shut the door to her room. The box now in her hand, Kagome contemplated if she should return it or keep it as he had gifted to her.

Knock, knock, knock…

Another knock caught her attention as Kagome quickly go towards it to open the door again, hoping that perhaps it might be Benjamin.

"Kagome," greeted the Prince, somewhat dressed down now as she greeted him with a curtsy as always keeping her head lowered as was protocols that was taught to her by Madame Suliman who liked everything to be proper most of the time.

"You do not need to do that, not when it is just the two of us," he told her softly with a smile as he watched Kagome come to an upright position.

"It is only proper, Your Highness,"

"Also it is just Justin," he reminded her again as Kagome was back to being all prim and proper before of him.

"Of course Your Highness," Kagome said again.

"Justin remember," he asked her with a teasing smile.

"Yes, Y- Justin," Kagome corrected herself as she smiled at him politely.

"I wanted to come by the see how you are…and thank you for today, it was really fun," he told her, hands behind of his back as he behaved almost shyly around her.

"It was fun today," Kagome agree, smiling in memory of what they did today, mostly of her time with the two wizards more, especially at the conversational flow going back and forth between them.

"I got you something from the fair, and hope that you will accept it," Justin said, taking the small gift box he had held hidden behind of his back so that she would not be able to see it at first.

"That is really too generous of you You-, I mean Justin, but I really cannot accept it," Kagome told him as she tried to reject the gift from him like she did with Benjamin, only to have failed.

"This is just a token of my appreciation, and nothing is ever too much for you," Justin told her as he tried to push the gift box to her, and saw that in her hand se held a similar box in size.

"Really Your- Justin, this is too much for me to accept," Kagome told him again with a distress look upon her face as she tried to push it back into his hand.

"I insist, and if you feel bad about it, perhaps we could go out again together when you have a break from Madame Suliman?" Justin suggested as he was already geared towards wanting another day out with just her company and no one else.

"I think that will be rather inappropriate, please, I really should not and could not accept your generous gift," Kagome insisted as she tried her best to reject him.

"How will it be inappropriate?" Justin asked, this time it was his turn to frown at her words.

"I'm a nobody, you should date someone of your social standing and status Your-, Justin," Kagome said trying to break the habit of calling him by his proper title.

"I think that you are of my social standing and status Kagome, so please do not worry too much about it," he told her already insisting that she accepts the gift he had gotten her.

"It is rather late, and you have a long day, so please accept this and I will see you in the morning," Justin told her, reaching for Kagome's empty hand like what Benjamin had done as he placed a good night kiss to her cheek before smiling and bowing slightly to her as he left her room.

Kagome was rather stun by his show towards her, but then again, English men are so much more different in her culture back in Japan and how they would carry themselves. No doubt that if Inuyasha were to catch her in these positions, he will most probably rattle her ears off for who knows how long.

Sighing, Kagome shut the door to her room as she took the two boxes in, looking at them in her hands before placing them on her dressing table, not too sure what she should really do about it. The men she had met so far are all nice and charming but somewhat persistent as well, though luckily not as bad as Hojo who gets nothing at all.

A/N:

Hello Readers
Sorry for the lack of update, though I do hope that all of you are enjoying this new chapter. If you're asking me about the pairing choice for this fan fic, I'm honestly still hmm clueless on who would be paired with Kagome and how the plot should continue on. Another reason for my slow update as well. Though, do feel free to let me know! I hope that you enjoy this new update!

To Silversun XD
Thanks! I see that your vote is with Prince Justin. Hope that you enjoy this new update!

To kakashixangela
Haha well there is always a lot of chapters to develop the plot and story, one will never know, it is still rather early in the story, at least it is to me. Though honestly, I'm still unable to decide who should she pair up with.

To ultima-owner
One will never know~ Enjoy the new update!

To kanamelover101
Haha okay so another vote to Justin I see.

To KEdakumi
Well one will never know as well, I'm still deciding as well, very much so unsure of how this will flow at the moment. Curious though, which version of Howl are you referring to? Hope that you enjoy this new update!