Disclaimer: Inu tachi not mine~~~~~ do you have to remind me?! *sniff* I know that!! Heh heh. They belong to Rumiko Takahashi Sensei. ^_^


ShadowKitsune: As you can see, I changed my name! I'm just tired about people saying I sound gay. XP. Even though I said that in my profile I'm a girl. but not everybody reads the profiles, ne? Tell if this name sounds funny. XP. Because I kind of think it does. I just had the urge to name this chapter Royalty Sucks! Not just under the Fic name.

~thinking~
'thinking within thinking/conscience/making a point' {I added something new!!! Lol}
~it might look like 'this'~

Royalty Sucks!



Kagome looked in horror as a white haired young man, that looks like he's in his teens, swung opened the door. That move surprised her. Then she looked at the top of his head and saw........two dog ears? His face was in a scowl and looked majorly pissed off.

Seeing that he was scowling she thought, ~He must the kind of vicious youkai that Kaede sama was talking about!! The beads!!!!!~ she reaches into her pocket and grabs the prayer beads. She runs to the youkai and dumps the necklace on him.

~What should I say?!!?!? Uh....uh....uh...~

"What the Fu--" the white haired youkai started to say but was cut off by Kagome screaming.

"Osuwari!!"

*Splat* the dog demon face hits the floor. Kagome takes the opportunity to grab Shippou and run to the far side of the cabin.

"What the fuck, bitch?" the youkai growls at her.

""What do you want?!" Kagome yells back at him.

"What? I just come in and you put this stupid necklace on me that made me kiss the floor and you ask me what do I WANT?!" the white dog youkai argued back.

Shippou took a better look at the newcomer. Realization hits him.
"HEY!!! You're the guy that left me in the woods before I saw Kagome!!" Shippou exclaimed.

"What?! How heartless!! How can you leave such a innocent child all by himself?!" Kagome cried.

"Keh! I.m not a babysitter!" the demon spat. Then they were in silence for a couple of minutes, without anything to say.

"Anyway, what are you doing here?" Kagome asked more calmly this time to break the uneasy silence.

"Keh! Why should I tell a wench like you!? You're not worthy eno----" Inuyasha stopped himself. ~Shit! I gotta learn to drop my princey attitude.~ "I don't even know you! Why should I tell about myself to some stranger like you?!"

"He's got a point you know." Commented Shippou.

"*sigh* ok. If you're that civilized to even try to reason with us I'm sure you're not the kind of vicious youkai that Kaede sama was talking about." Kagome concluded.

She walks over to the table and sits there with Shippou at her side. She turns to Inuyasha.

"Come here and 'sit' with us."

*Splat* the dog demon hits the ground again.

"Aa, gomen, that didn't count. I didn't mean it." Kagome waved her hand in peace with a smile .

"............................."


After they were settled........

"Oke. Watashi Kagome desu. Kagome Hireshi. I am living by myself. I have no relatives or family." ~Well....how I consider it anyway. Mama just wants to marry me off.~ she gestures to Shippou. "This is Shippou. As you can see he's a fox demon. And he lost his family so he's living with me now. What about you?"

"Hmph. Ore Inuyasha desu. If you can't tell I'm a half dog demon. I don't have any relatives either. I am looking for a place to live and thought that this place would be vacant.......but I see that it's occupied." he muttered then he gets up and starts to leave.

"Matte!" Kagome calls after him. Inuyasha stops and turns his head around to face her.

"Nani yo?" was the curt reply.

"Ano....saa.. this is not really my house and since there's extra space would you like to stay?" Kagome offered. "I'm sure Shippou chan wouldn't mind a little extra company...ne Shippou chan?" she looks at Shippou. Shippou hesitates a little and then shakes his head no.

"See? That is if you want to stay."

~This girl is offering to share part of her home to a stranger like me? More less a DEMON?! This girl......she's so different from other villagers.......ningens usually don't trust youkais....Plus, I don't have a place to go. She might be a good cover up. A runaway prince living with a peasant, who would think of that?~ Inuyasha considered the offer.

"Keh! Whatever!" and he walks off to a corner with an unoccupied bed, facing the wall.

Kagome leaves the room to the kitchen to get some items.

~So......she invited me but is avoiding me?~ Inuyasha thought. ~Keh! Why did I expect anything different from her? She still a ningen.~ Inuyasha felt a little bitter after thinking that.

He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't hear Kagome return from the kitchen.

"Inuyasha-kun. What are you doing? Come and join us."

~Huh?~ Inuyasha turned around and saw that Kagome had prepared a serving for him. He gets up hesitantly and joins them at the table. They eat in silence for a while. Then Inuyasha looks up to look at the girl that invited him to live with them.

~She looks so familiar......and she smells familiar too. Where did I ever meet her? Her smell is so.........elegant...~

Kagome, feeling that someone was staring at her looked up and saw Inuyasha staring at her. His golden eyes bore into her grey blue ones.

"Nan desu?" Kagome touches her face to see if any food was stuck on her face.

"You like a princess I saw somewhere." Inuyasha commented.

"Eh?!" Kagome said surprised. ~I know I never went out in public 'besides the time of the ball, but that's not really public' so no one should know that I'm a princess! Shoot!! How could he know?~ Kagome thought worriedly.

"Like Kikyou.... I think her name was, or was it Kyoko? Of the Shinjo kingdom."

"Oh." ~Whew!! That really scared me!!~ Kagome sighed mentally in relief. Kagome tried to hide her worriedness behind a joke.

"Eh..heh....heh... How could I be royalty?" ~think, Kagome, think!~ Suddenly her encounter with the villagers flashed back into her mind: 'Shindo: It's every peasant's dream to be royalty!!' "I wish. There would be maids and servants, money, luxuries and good food." Kagome tried to look convincing.

"Keh! There's no freedom, people telling you how to dress, telling you what to do, people following you around, no making choices of your own........."Inuyasha growled, looking down at his food, feeling angry again thinking about his previous life in the palace.

"Yeah...................~Wow even he thinks like that, then it's no problem if I continue with what I really think.~.............no privacy, fixed marriages...now that you think about it-"

"Royalty Sucks!" they finished together at the same time. They looked up in shock to think that someone else actually thought the exact same thing as themselves. Then their eyes met and they looked into each other's eyes again for a moment.

"What are you guys doing? Having a staring contest? Can I play?! Can I play?!" Shippou broke the silence.

Kagome broke the eye contact and looked down blushing somewhat. ~Kyaa!! What was I doing? But he looked kind of cute like that though, with those beautiful gold pools.......aa!!!What's with me!?~

"Kagome?" Shippou looked at Kagome blushing furiously.

"Hai Shippou chan?" Kagome looked to trying to avoid Inuyasha's eyes.

"Iie....never mind."

They ate the rest of their meal in silence.

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At the same time.....(Inu's POV)

~What was I thinking staring into her eyes like that?! So what if she thought the same thing as me? A lot of people could think like that! 'Nuh-uh! How many people did you see that wouldn't want the luxuries of the royal families? How many do you know that disliked royalty like you did?' Ah Shuddap! 'fine! But you're gonna miss me! And I'm not gonna come out anymore to give you advice! Hmph!'~ Inuyasha argued with his conscience.

He looked at Kagome as the little fox got her attention. He could see that she was blushing somewhat and not as calm as she was before.


They finished the rest of their meal in silence. When they were done, Kagome took the plates and utensils and carried them to the kitchen. Shippou followed her to the kitchen trying to help.

Inuyasha took this time to go to his horse and take his pack. Then he saw another horse, sticking out from the back of the little cottage and went to check. There he saw a well groomed black horse tied to a tree behind the cottage. When he looked back at the cottage, there was a door opened and saw Kagome washing the dishes and passing the washed ones for Shippou to dry.

Inuyasha walked alittle inner into the garden but the black horse there neighed when he got a step closer.

*Neigh~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

"Thunder! What's wrong with you!?" Kagome scolded from the kitchen hearing her horse neighing.

"This horse is yours?" Inuyasha asked.

"Aa."

"Where'd you get it? It seems to be a rare breed." Inuyasha studied her horse. ~Regular peasants can't get their hands on these that easily.~

"My okaa-sama gave it to me for my fourteenth birthday."

"Sou ka. Where did she get it?"

"I don't know but I know it's worth a lot."

"Oh."

Inuyasha took his horse in and took his pack with him into the house. He unpacked what he needed.

It was while before Kagome came back into the room.

"Inuyasha-kun....."

"Nan de?"

"I think you should get a job."

Tbc


ShadowKitsune: I know, that's not a cliffhanger at all. But I don't know how to end this chapter ne! So how was it? Reviews are nice. Flames are nice too, because they tell me what I should improve on! Any way I think there was a misunderstanding about the votes. I cant decide whether Sesshoumaru and Kikyou should be together or not. So, what I'm trying to know is, if I should keep them together for this fic or not. Personally I don't like them together, but they're not important in here so I don't know if I should take them apart or not. Please tell me if you want them together!! Arigato!