Maybe Megumi was right, for once. About Pandora. I'm only saying that because she acts weird around here. Always coming out of nowhere, always hanging around me. She even set up a body guard for me, but I refused. I guess she's probably worried that I might leave, or get taken by someone. I can't blame her. People always want to kill the Lord/Lady of the lands, or they want to absorb the strongest ones out there. But, it can get annoying, having her go everywhere with me. And I made sure that I let her know about it, too. Well, I guess I should start from the beginning on this topic. It started the day after I arrived here.
The day after that, I had another peaceful sleep. But when I woke, Pandora was right there, standing over me. Annoyed as I was, I calmly told her to get out of my face and get out of my room. I gotten used to calling this my room now. It was a huge room. One that I wished I had back at my real home, in my world. It had a nice, wide open bed. The walls were a nice, calm color, like a dark red, I believe.
Before I could even get up, servants came through the room. A whole lot of them. They started to drag me off, saying they had to get me ready. Ready for what? I had no idea. They rushed me to another room, where there were several ladies. It looked like a bathroom, of sorts. I didn't know they even had bathrooms back then. As soon as I was put in there, they pounced on me. Well, not literally. The big, scary looking woman grabbed some of my hair and scowled.
"Your hair is ruined! It'll take hours to get it fixed. Ladies, lets get to work! We've got to make Milady presentable." she ordered, and the ladies all surrounded me. I was scared for my life. I had no idea what they were gonna do. They started to take my clothes off. That was a big no no.
"What the hell are you doing?!" I shouted, pushing them away.
The big scary woman came up, glaring at me. "I know all about you. You may not be Lady Megumi on the inside, but on the outside you're still her. So, we have to get you ready for the revealing today. Either you cooperate, or we do it by force." she threatened. Her breath was right in my face. It stunk, and she had a manly voice. I could hear Megumi in my head laughing at me.
This is hilarious! I always hated these ladies, always so rough! Ugh. But I did the wrong thing.
"No." That was it. The big scary woman then grabbed a hold of my ears, well, my dog ears. If you think having regular human ears pulled hurts, grow some dog ears! It's like, ten times worse. Especially when the big scary lady screamed in my ear. And you know how a dog's senses are all heightened? Then you know the pain of what I am feeling with my sensitive dog ears.
I couldn't really do anything at that point. I was in pain, and disoriented, and such from what that big scary lady just did. The servant's then preceded, taking my clothes off and splashed really cold water on me Now, for all those sick minded people, I won't go any further.
After that, they made me wear these really big, heavy robes. They were heavy. It started off with some light kimonos. They were comfortable, and I think they were made out of silk! It felt like silk. Well, I don't know, but it was soft and comfortable. I think I could get used to this kind of life. Then they decided to throw on this really big kimono that pretty much consumed my very being! No kidding. I was a short girl, but this was outrageous. You'll couldn't see my arms, and the kimono stretched out around me. I struggled to stay up, because it was heavy! who would have thought it would be this heavy.
The big scary woman stood back. "Yeah, take it off. We'll put the others on first, then this one."
What?! More! No! Before I could protest, the servant ladies swarmed me, forcing the huge kimono off, and throwing on smaller kimonos. I know that in ancient Japan, the queens and such had to wear elaborate kimonos. I think they wore about twelve or more kimonos on their person. Now, for me, who has never really wore a kimono in my life, it seems stupid. But, the kimonos are pretty. And it really separates you from the others in Japan. And, that's what they did. They piled on kimono after kimono after kimono. they decided in the end that the huge was wasn't going to work. thank god!
"Ugh!" Ugh to you, too, scary lady. What now? "You're hair got ruined! Sit, so I can fix it!" she demanded.
I turned around, a frown on my face, and before I could say anything, she was giving me the death glare. I gulped, sat down and turned around, for her to torture me with my hair. Now, I'm really tender headed. She was pulling my hair out of my scalp! It hurt like hell, and several times I cried out in pain. she just laughed and did it a little harder. "Teach ya to smart mouth me next time!" she warned with another laugh. How did Megumi stand this woman?!
UGH! I hate getting dolled up. After a couple of hours of doing my hair, they insisted that I was supposed to wear make up. I hate make up. Absolutely hate it. End of discussion. The only time would be for Halloween. That's it. The scary woman held me down with her big, buff arms. No kidding! She had muscles! I gulped, and closed my eyes as several other servant ladies tipped my hair up and did my make up. After about another hour or so, I lost count because I would pull away. They started to pluck eye brows, and such! That hurt! Being in put in the place of royalty sucked! At one point, they had to restart my make up session all over again, because I messed it up by rubbing my face. So, I had to go through the same process. AGAIN!
My stomach growled as I sat in a chair. I was supposed to sit there. I could have gotten up, if I wanted to. But, my buddy, the head of that ninja clan thing, was here, keeping a close eye on me. He stood next to me, like a body guard.
"Ugh, I'm so hungry." I whined.
"You can't eat until the end of the ceremony, Milady." he said, standing there.
"But I haven't eaten anything at all! I woke up and than this torture started!" I raised my voice, and my stomach growled immensely, proving my point. "You don't mind sneaking me some food, do ya?"
"I would," he thought. "but if you messed up that pretty make up, or spilled something on your beautiful kimono's, the man lady would come back and put you through hell again."
Yup, that was true. I shut up about food right away. But I couldn't help but notice the hint of his voice as he spoke about me. Was he flirting with me?
You're right. The head of the ninja clan has always been my mother's favorite choice of a husband. Though, no matter how many times I told her, I never wanted a husband. Megumi said.
And she wanted to marry Inuyasha's father. Well, whatever. I looked at him. He stood there, lean and tall. Well, I couldn't help it. He was cute. I suddenly remembered Daisuke. they were similar in a lot of ways. Daisuke had a lot of the same qualities of his older brother, and they could practically be twins! I sighed and decided to ask.
"You have a younger brother, right? Name's Daisuke?" I saw him give a look of surprise as he raised his eye brows, and then looked at me.
"Yeah, I do. How do you know that?" He asked.
"I met him." I reached in my pocket, where I put the necklace he gave me. I had to take it off, or else the man lady would rip it off. she said I could keep it in the pocket, though. "He gave this necklace. Said his mother was a jewelry maker."
He smirked and then started to laugh. "That's funny."
"What is?" I asked, holding it in my hands.
"Daisuke gave you a necklace. He's clearly lost his mind." he replied.
"Is it because he beat you to it?" I asked with a smug smile. "you know, to win over my heart? Or something?"
He tensed up. "No!" he said suddenly, turning away. I could see the faint blush of his cheeks. I started to laugh. "Yeah, I know about it. Megumi's mother always wanted the leader of your ninja group to be Megumi's husband."
"That's not true." he said quickly.
"Alright, alright, I'll leave it at that then." I said with another laugh. "Man, it's so mich fun to torture guys with this kind of stuff." I then put the necklace away as Pandora came in, along with Megumi's mother.
"Megan, it's time for the festival." Pandora smiled and nodded. "Kyo, escort Megan to the balcony so she may give her speech."
So, Kyo was his name. He bowed and replied with a "Wes ma'am."
"Wait, what am I supposed to say?" I asked as I walked up the stairs.
"Just address the crowd that you've returned. You have to be Lady Megumi tonight, not Megan. They public doesn't yet know about you." Pandora spoke, not looking at me.
"Well, they deserve the right to know." I responded.
"It would not be wise. All the Lords and Ladies will be there, and they might take advantage over the situation." she replied.
"I don't care. They deserve to know. I don't want to put on a fake persona!" I raised my voice.
Pandora turned on me suddenly, a fierce look in her eyes. "Fine! Then just stand there and let Megumi do the rest!"
"What are you talking about?" I asked, a little scared for my life.
I can't really explain what just happened after that. It felt like I got pulled out from my own body, and was just watching myelf stand there and walk. but that wasn't me. It was Megumi, in my place. That means I took her place, inside my own head! I heard Pandora's voice say something all of a sudden, and I was met with a wave of drowsiness.
When I finally awoke, I was sitting up. I looked up, the lights were all blurry and mixed together. I had this wicked head ache. A feeling of nausea washed over me. I couldn't explain it. I couldn't remember what just happened to me. All I can remember was walking up the stairs to the balcony and now I'm sitting in a chair, separated from the supposed party going on around me.
"Milady, are you awake?" I remember that voice. Kyo.
"Yes, I'm awake." I said, my voice groggy. "What happened?" I asked.
"You gave your speech at the balcony." he only said, as he stood by my side. "Then you passed out from not eating." He sounded like he wasn't speaking the whole truth.
"You're lying." I put it bluntly.
He inhaled and exhaled. "If I speak the truth, Pandora would do something horrible to me with her power." He said. Now, I could tell that was the truth.
"Can you tell me at a time where Pandora won't know?" I asked.
"Yes, but not right now. Later." He said, looking at me now. His eyes were mixed with worry and relief that I was ok.
"So, what's going on now?" I asked.
"The festivals almost over. Most of the people have left by now. Most people are waiting for you to come out and joined the party." Kyo replied.
"Joy." I moaned and rolled my eyes. "Do they want me to dance or something? I'm not a very good dancer."
"I could show you the ropes." he said, a little too happy about that.
"Nah, I'll pass." I said with a sigh.
"Come on. What good of a host are you if you don't dance at your own party?" He chuckled a bit.
"Fine, whatever." I moaned, and stood up. I lost my balance for the moment. Before I stumbled, Kyo caught me and steadied me. I could feel his hands shaking through the twelve kimonos. He was scared to touch me. Or we was nervous. One of the two. I rolled my eyes. "Are you gonna lead me out to my own party? It's the guy's part to lead, isn't it?"
"Uh, right. Yeah. Sure." Man, this was just so cute! Seeing the supposedly fierce leader of the Kamikaze fighters get all choked up about a girl. That girl being me. I never had that happen to me before. I think I'm gonna reap all the benefits of that in one night. If I can't have kouga, or the other main characters of this show, I always have a back up plan. Well, two, it you counted Daisuke.
He took my hand and lead me out to the party. Several of the people there started to clap as I finally arrived. Some came up to chat, and I just B.S.'d the whole thing. Then Kyo, taking my hand in his and, shakily, one around my waist, lead me into a slow dance. This really was my first time slow dancing with a guy. Honest to God! I was a little nervous, always looking own at my feet. I didn't think a fierce ninja could dance at all. But, Kyo could. He danced really good, too. Better than me.
I normally wouldn't just fall in love with a guy like this. Even if this was real, i just couldn't. We belong in two different worlds. We couldn't really be together. Although, I just knew that Kyo would always be my side, even if he was ordered to do something else. He would disobey to stay by my side. I could tell by the look of his eyes. He had fallen in love with me tonight. But, I don't believe in love at first sight. I was in a touch situation.
The night went on and the last of the guest finally left the festival. It was just me and Kyo, eating and talking with each other. And anytime Pandora came by, or Megumi's mother, he would stand up quickly, pretending to be my body guard or something. I would just laugh once they went away and he sat back down. I didn't really care what happened earlier. It was behind me at the moment. I was just enjoying my time here. This was probably the first time I ever had a real vacation in this world, despite all those other times. Now, if only I could stay in this world, in this place, forever, then it would be like my heaven.
Alright, I'll stop getting mushy now.