KawaiiDragon82: Hiya people! Welcome to the fourth chapter of my fanfic!

Inuyasha: Why do you even bother writing this? Nobody reads it!

Yami: CHIRP! He's got a good point…

Inuyasha: *stares* What's with the bird?

KawaiiDragon82: *irritated* Yami is the bird and you'll be turning into something too soon if ya don't keep that mouth of yours shut!

Inuyasha: Gah!

Yami: You get use to it. -.-'

KawaiiDragon82: I'll deal with both of ya later! Now, on with the fanfic!

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Mai was still dancing with Jou even after it was a few hours after they had arrived. "Oh Jou, this is so fun!" Mai giggled.

"Yeah," Jou smiled. "I hope Shizuka is havin' as much fun as us," he added. Mai gasped remembering something. "What? What is it?" Jou asked a little startled.

"Excuse me, hun, I have to go tell Shizuka something," she said leaving Jou confused. Mai searched around for a few minutes. "Shizuka dear, over here!" Mai called trying to push through the crowd. Shizuka looked up and smiled.

"Hey, what are you doing here? I thought you and my brother would be dancing right now," Shizuka said.

"Well we were but I forgot to tell you something, at the stroke of midnight, all the magic will disappear so you must hurry, it's a quarter to midnight," Mai said. Shizua tried to hide her disappointment and nodded.

"Of course, just let me go find the prince to tell him," Shizuka said glumly. Mai watched Shizuka walk off.

"The poor dear, I hate to ruin her fun…" Mai said sadly. "But, she has to," Mai said sternly to herself and walked back over to dance with Jou.

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"Prince Kai- er…Seto! Where are you?" Shizuka called. Sanmi and Nikore watched Shizuka search for Seto angrily. Shizuka tried calling again.

"Yes? What is it?" Seto called rushing over to her. Shizuka smiled then quickly frowned.

"I'm sorry…I have to go soon," Shizuka said looking down. Seto nodded.

"Of course…maybe we can see each other again sometimes…" Seto said more like a question then a statement. Shizuka shook her head slowly.

"I-I don't think that will happen," Shizuka said thinking about her stepmother and stepsisters. "But perhaps…we will run into each other again…" she added.

"Well…I need to ask you something…" Seto started. Shizuka waited smiling at him. Ding, ding ding! Shizuka gasped and looked at the clock.

"Oh, I must go! I'm sorry!" she said running out of the castle realizing that it was twelve.

"Wait but! Shizuka! Shizuka!" Seto called trying to reach her but failing from the big crowd. Shizuka let some tears slip as she ran as fast as she could home. She knew that the horse carriage would have disappeared since it was after twelve. Her clothes were already turning back to rags. Her house wasn't far, and she knew the way back so it worked out quite well.

"I'm sorry Prince Seto," Shizuka murmured quietly as she sat of the steps of her porch.

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Prince Seto walked back into the castle glumly since he couldn't catch up to Shizuka. His two advisors noticed and walked over to him. "What's wrong, Prince?" Anzu asked trying to comfort him.

"Nothing…" he mumbled.

"Aw come on! We're your advisors, you can tell us," Honda said. Seto sighed.

"It's Shizuka…she had to leave before I could ask her…before I could ask her to…" Seto started turning red.

"To marry you?" Anzu grinned. "Don't worry, we can send out a search party to look for her," Anzu said.

"Yeah, we can start first thing tomorrow," Honda smiled and walked back over to the food table with Anzu. ((KawaiiDragon82: Like I said before. this story is going to be a tad bit different since Shizuka told Seto her name already and she DIDN'T loose her glass slipper -.-' so…too bad for all ya glass slipper lovers. lol))

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Shizuka woke up bright and early since she had a whole list of chores to do. She yawned and went downstairs to cook breakfast. Her stepmother was already there. "Good morning, Shizuka…you look unusually happy today," Kikyo said annoyed.

"Well…I guess I had a good dream," Shizuka lied remembering about last night. Kikyo huffed and walked away. She was suspicious. To marry or not to marry Prince Kaiba was a tough decision that Shizuka was thinking about through the whole time cooking breakfast.

"What are you so happy about?" Nikore grumbled as she saw the happy expression on Shizuka's face. Shizuka blinked and grinned to herself knowing this was the perfect time to rub it in. She had to be careful though.

"Nothing…how was the party?" Shizuka asked.

"Terrible, the prince didn't even notice…WAHH!!" Nikore started. Kikyo covered her daughter's mouth.

"Don't reveal that," Kikyo hissed at her. "It was wonderful not that you need to know," Kikyo lied to Shizuka. Shizuka giggled to herself in her head.

"That's great, breakfast is ready," Shizuka said handing them a plate of pancakes. Shizuka had her decision final. Even though she wasn't still so sure about it, she decided…

KawaiiDragon82: I think I'll leave it there for suspense. ^^

Yami: You're cruel.

Inuyasha: Yeah, we're your helpers! We should at least know!

KawaiiDragon82: Too bad. =P And whoever suggested the idea of Yami liking Shizuka, that's a cool idea but it's just…

Yami: Ah ha! I knew it! Ya do have a crushy wushy on me!

KawaiiDragon82: *blush* I do not! Take that back!

Inuyasha: Hey, why don't ya like me? I'm cute!

KawaiiDragon82: *coughs and points to fan girls of Inuyasha's* Anyways, you and Kagome are soo kawaii!!!

Yami: Erm…hello??? Aren't we on the subject of KawaiiDragon liking me???

KawaiiDragon82: Yami…

Yami: What?

KawaiiDragon82: Shut up.

Inuyasha: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *still laughing hysterically*

KawaiiDragon82: *sweat drop* Why me?