Wow...it seems like such a long time ago that i started a new fic ^_^
anyways...THANKU TAMABABYMIKO-CHAN! who gave me, and let me, write the idea
for this fic! And who helps me continuosly! i'm sorta out of it right
now...so sorry if i'm not making sense *apologetic grin* I hope you like
my new fic!
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The summer heat covered the capitol of Japan, and despite the warmth, people were everywhere. Nobles, merchants, traders, commoners, field hands....and thieves. Most remembered to keep their eyes on their purses and merchandise, because quick hands might take what was yours if your eyes strayed completely.
The center of the city had been transformed into an open market. A place where you could buy products of the foreign lands, or local goods. The narrow walkways between stands were crammed with people walking this way and that.
However, we are focusing on a particular shop. A food stand.
The owner eyed the young man with the short black ponytail warily, "What can I get you?" He motioned to the menu.
The young man smiled innocently, "Wellllll...I was thinking about that noodle dish."
"And?" The owner leaned towards his customer eagerly
"It looks good...but I'm deathly allergic to...bamboo shoots."
The owner stared, "Are you serious?"
The guy swished his robes and said dramatically, "Of course I am! Do you mock my misfortune?! Perhaps I should take my business elsewhere!" He observed the surrounding area carefully
The owner grabbed the young man's sleeve, desperate to keep his customer, "What would you like? I can make the dish with out the bamboo shoots!"
The young man sighed, "That's good...but I'm a vegetarian as well..."
"No meat...there will be no pork...!"
"And sweet and sour sauce give me indigestion..."
"There will be no sauce!"
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the layout of the scene. The man had his food lain out on plates and in containers at the back of the stand. This man wasn't very smart, because the back of the stand opened up to a fairly deserted walkway.
While the young man and the chef were talking, a well trained hand snaked up and grabbed several containers of food. Just enough to safely carry, and just enough to last. The hand signaled to the young man, who gave no obvious sign of recognition.
"And those noodles...no no."
"No noodles, no noodles." The owner agreed
The young man sighed again, "Oh my...I have just eliminated everything the plate contained. Maybe this stand isn't suited to me after all. I'm very sorry! Sayonara!"
And he walked off, leaving the owner standing in confusion. He saw the young man start to run, and turned around. Half of his food was gone.
"THIEF!" He roared, and pointed in the general direction his "customer" had headed, "THIEF!"
"Nice job Miroku!"
The young man met up with his companion, and they continued running.
"Thanks Inuyasha! Your hand was exceptionally quick and unnoticeable this time! Though I think the guy caught on a bit to quickly."
"Your many allergies and phobias worked on him! I was able to get us tons of grub! Enough to last us two whole days!" Miroku's companion, Inuyasha, was a young hanyou with silver hair, golden eyes, and dog ears, "Can you take half of it? We have some building climbing to do."
"Sure man!" Miroku reached out and took some containers, he then glanced over his shoulder, "Just as you said, pursuers! Palace guards!"
"How sweet," Inuyasha muttered, "The king had his army out to catch us thieves."
They stuffed the food into their packs, and ran into an alley.
"Hup!" Miroku started to climb up the rope that led up the side of a building, and Inuyasha followed.
"Our magical disappearing trick!" Inuyasha grinned. It had taken the two of them lots of practice to master climbing up the rope in record time, AND pulling the rope up out of sight.
They reached the top and looked down at their now confused followers.
"Where'd they go?!" One shouted
Inuyasha and Miroku grinned at each other, and raced off across the roof tops.
"Filthy STREET-RATS!"
Inuyasha cringed, he hated that name. However, he couldn't deny that that was what he was. His eyes drifted to the castle. He was a street-rat, unlike SOME people.
Kagome shifted her gaze from the ceiling, "Booooooring!" She cried
"I know it's boring Kagome," Her best friend, and handmaiden/bodyguard, Sango said, "But there's nothing we can do. Your father said that he'd call upon you today."
Kagome mumbled something, most likely cusses.
"Princess?" A timid voice called
"Yes?" Kagome asked, all sweet and sugar like
"Your father, the king, summons you to the hall immediately."
"I'll be right there!"
The servant left, and Sango groaned, "God Kagome! That was fake!"
Her best friend snorted, "I'd like to see you do much better!"
"That snort wasn't very princess like!" Sango pointed out
"Shut up!" Kagome grinned and got up, "I'll be back soon!"
"Good luck!"
Good luck?, Kagome though, What would I need good luck for?
((In the hall))
Kagome bowed to her father, King Sesshomaru. Her father was beautiful, with long silver hair, golden eyes, and pale skin. The king was also a youkai, which made things interesting, though not many people knew. Her father looked so human. Kagome took completely after her dead mother, with long black hair and violet eyes. Strangely, there was no physical appearance of the youkai blood inside her, but she had always had strange abilities like some priestesses within the temples and shrines.
"Daughter," Sesshomaru began solemnly, Kagome had never seen her father laugh, "It is time you marry."
Kagome looked at him in shock, "What?! I'm 16! Can't you wait another...2 years!?"
"You have gotten an offer of marriage from the King of a neighboring land. King Naraku. He will be coming to visit you, and court you soon."
Naraku? Kagome thought about the last big party her father had held. She saw a strange man with long brown wavy hair in her mind. THAT'S Naraku?!
"You have got to be kidding." She gulped
He father gave her a you-will-do-what-I-say look.
"Yes father." She bowed, kissed his cheek, and dashed out the door.
Once she reached her chambers, Kagome slammed the doors shut, and leaned against them with her eyes closed.
"Kagome!" Sango saw her friend's pale and shaky figure, "What's wrong?!"
"I'm going to be married to a CREEP!"
"Naraku?" Sango asked
"How did you know?!"
"Gossip among the servants. But gossip was all I thought it to be!" Sango raised her hands defensively to Kagome's why-didn't-you-tell-me glare.
Kagome walked out onto the balcony and stared at the city and its people with envy.
"I am a bird within a cage, Sango. I want to leave this place, I want to get out."
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Hmmmmmmm? Well...whatcha think?
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The summer heat covered the capitol of Japan, and despite the warmth, people were everywhere. Nobles, merchants, traders, commoners, field hands....and thieves. Most remembered to keep their eyes on their purses and merchandise, because quick hands might take what was yours if your eyes strayed completely.
The center of the city had been transformed into an open market. A place where you could buy products of the foreign lands, or local goods. The narrow walkways between stands were crammed with people walking this way and that.
However, we are focusing on a particular shop. A food stand.
The owner eyed the young man with the short black ponytail warily, "What can I get you?" He motioned to the menu.
The young man smiled innocently, "Wellllll...I was thinking about that noodle dish."
"And?" The owner leaned towards his customer eagerly
"It looks good...but I'm deathly allergic to...bamboo shoots."
The owner stared, "Are you serious?"
The guy swished his robes and said dramatically, "Of course I am! Do you mock my misfortune?! Perhaps I should take my business elsewhere!" He observed the surrounding area carefully
The owner grabbed the young man's sleeve, desperate to keep his customer, "What would you like? I can make the dish with out the bamboo shoots!"
The young man sighed, "That's good...but I'm a vegetarian as well..."
"No meat...there will be no pork...!"
"And sweet and sour sauce give me indigestion..."
"There will be no sauce!"
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about the layout of the scene. The man had his food lain out on plates and in containers at the back of the stand. This man wasn't very smart, because the back of the stand opened up to a fairly deserted walkway.
While the young man and the chef were talking, a well trained hand snaked up and grabbed several containers of food. Just enough to safely carry, and just enough to last. The hand signaled to the young man, who gave no obvious sign of recognition.
"And those noodles...no no."
"No noodles, no noodles." The owner agreed
The young man sighed again, "Oh my...I have just eliminated everything the plate contained. Maybe this stand isn't suited to me after all. I'm very sorry! Sayonara!"
And he walked off, leaving the owner standing in confusion. He saw the young man start to run, and turned around. Half of his food was gone.
"THIEF!" He roared, and pointed in the general direction his "customer" had headed, "THIEF!"
"Nice job Miroku!"
The young man met up with his companion, and they continued running.
"Thanks Inuyasha! Your hand was exceptionally quick and unnoticeable this time! Though I think the guy caught on a bit to quickly."
"Your many allergies and phobias worked on him! I was able to get us tons of grub! Enough to last us two whole days!" Miroku's companion, Inuyasha, was a young hanyou with silver hair, golden eyes, and dog ears, "Can you take half of it? We have some building climbing to do."
"Sure man!" Miroku reached out and took some containers, he then glanced over his shoulder, "Just as you said, pursuers! Palace guards!"
"How sweet," Inuyasha muttered, "The king had his army out to catch us thieves."
They stuffed the food into their packs, and ran into an alley.
"Hup!" Miroku started to climb up the rope that led up the side of a building, and Inuyasha followed.
"Our magical disappearing trick!" Inuyasha grinned. It had taken the two of them lots of practice to master climbing up the rope in record time, AND pulling the rope up out of sight.
They reached the top and looked down at their now confused followers.
"Where'd they go?!" One shouted
Inuyasha and Miroku grinned at each other, and raced off across the roof tops.
"Filthy STREET-RATS!"
Inuyasha cringed, he hated that name. However, he couldn't deny that that was what he was. His eyes drifted to the castle. He was a street-rat, unlike SOME people.
Kagome shifted her gaze from the ceiling, "Booooooring!" She cried
"I know it's boring Kagome," Her best friend, and handmaiden/bodyguard, Sango said, "But there's nothing we can do. Your father said that he'd call upon you today."
Kagome mumbled something, most likely cusses.
"Princess?" A timid voice called
"Yes?" Kagome asked, all sweet and sugar like
"Your father, the king, summons you to the hall immediately."
"I'll be right there!"
The servant left, and Sango groaned, "God Kagome! That was fake!"
Her best friend snorted, "I'd like to see you do much better!"
"That snort wasn't very princess like!" Sango pointed out
"Shut up!" Kagome grinned and got up, "I'll be back soon!"
"Good luck!"
Good luck?, Kagome though, What would I need good luck for?
((In the hall))
Kagome bowed to her father, King Sesshomaru. Her father was beautiful, with long silver hair, golden eyes, and pale skin. The king was also a youkai, which made things interesting, though not many people knew. Her father looked so human. Kagome took completely after her dead mother, with long black hair and violet eyes. Strangely, there was no physical appearance of the youkai blood inside her, but she had always had strange abilities like some priestesses within the temples and shrines.
"Daughter," Sesshomaru began solemnly, Kagome had never seen her father laugh, "It is time you marry."
Kagome looked at him in shock, "What?! I'm 16! Can't you wait another...2 years!?"
"You have gotten an offer of marriage from the King of a neighboring land. King Naraku. He will be coming to visit you, and court you soon."
Naraku? Kagome thought about the last big party her father had held. She saw a strange man with long brown wavy hair in her mind. THAT'S Naraku?!
"You have got to be kidding." She gulped
He father gave her a you-will-do-what-I-say look.
"Yes father." She bowed, kissed his cheek, and dashed out the door.
Once she reached her chambers, Kagome slammed the doors shut, and leaned against them with her eyes closed.
"Kagome!" Sango saw her friend's pale and shaky figure, "What's wrong?!"
"I'm going to be married to a CREEP!"
"Naraku?" Sango asked
"How did you know?!"
"Gossip among the servants. But gossip was all I thought it to be!" Sango raised her hands defensively to Kagome's why-didn't-you-tell-me glare.
Kagome walked out onto the balcony and stared at the city and its people with envy.
"I am a bird within a cage, Sango. I want to leave this place, I want to get out."
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Hmmmmmmm? Well...whatcha think?