The two figures crept across the palace gardens.
"How are we getting outside the walls?" Sango whispered
Kagome just smiled at her, and nodded towards the large fairy fountain. The stone statues stuck out against the dark surroundings. Sango followed her mistress, wondering what she had in mind.
"We're going to get out THIS way!" Kagome stopped and grinned
Sango gulped when she saw the tree, "Uh...that's really...high."
"We'll manage." Kagome started to scramble up, "It's perfect!"
True, it was a good way to escape. The tree was situated by the wall, and its braches reached out over the barrier's top.
"Come on Sango!" Kagome hissed.
Sango sighed and reached out to swing herself up. They climbed near the tree's top, and jumped from the branches, onto the wall. Kagome teetered back and forth until Sango caught her.
"Well Kagome..." Sango looked down at the ground beneath her, "It sure looks like a long way down."
Kagome glanced at Sango, "Aw, you just want an excuse to go back! We'll jump down." She did so, and landed.
Sango sighed for a second time and jumped down. Which was perfect timing, because just as Sango disappeared of the top of the wall, a patrolling guard walked by. He stopped when he heard the sound of her feet hitting the ground, and shone his torch in the direction of the sound.
"Hmmm?" He smiled to himself and continued walking, "Must be an animal."
On the other side of the wall, the two girls raced off into the city streets where people were just waking.
It was dawn.
* Miroku stretched out the window, "What a lovely day for thieving people like us!"
Inuyasha groaned, "Shutup! Some people just want to sleep on days like this!"
"Lazy!" Miroku stepped aside and let the sunlight fall on his friend's face, "Lets go make some MONEY!"
"Noooooo!" Inuyasha sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Dammit. I hate it when you do this, Miroku!"
"I know, I know." Miroku was already half way out the door, "Let's go to the market."
*
"Shut your mouth Kagome." Sango said with deep amusement, "You look like some country girl."
"I didn't know our city had a huge market like this!" She said in awe, and spun around in circles.
"Watch your stuff." Sango said seriously
"Hmmm?" Kagome laid a hand on her pack
"Thieves."
"Oh." The princess looked at her friend wide-eyed
"What?" Sango asked
"You seem to know a lot about the city, Sango." Kagome said
"Yeah, I should." Sango stared straight ahead, and kept walking, "I was born here, and lived here for 13 years."
Kagome remembered the day her father introduced the pale and thin girl that was to be her handmaiden. She had never really thought about how Sango had ended up at the palace, or where her family was.
"Don't you want to visit you family?" Kagome asked with a smile, "We can drop by your house!"
Sango's face twitched, "My family is dead, and has been for seven years."
Kagome opened her mouth, and closed it again. She didn't know what to say, so instead she sunk into thought. Sango said that her family died seven years ago, so she would have been ten. She had shown up at the castle at age 13. Kagome frowned. What had happened in those three years?
"I don't want to talk about it." Sango said quietly, but firmly.
"It's okay Sango." Kagome gave her friend a hug, "Let's wander through the stands."
*
"Whoop." Miroku's hand shot out, and returned with a purse.
"Good one." Inuyasha grinned, "Your pick pocketing has improved over the years."
"Oh? What's that supposed to mean?" Miroku dug through the purse, and looked triumphantly at some coins.
"Remember when you almost got your hand cut off by the guy who caught you?" Inuyasha's grin widened at the memory, "We had to fight our way out of that one."
Miroku's shoulder's sagged, "You live to torment me by reminding me of things like that."
"Exactly!" Inuyasha opened the purse he had stolen, "Now I, on the other hand, have always been a master at pick pocketing."
Miroku didn't answer, he was to busy looking at something over Inuyasha's shoulder.
"What?" Inuyasha turned around, "What are you looking at?"
"Them." Miroku pointed happily at two girls who were shopping.
Inuyasha sighed dramatically, "Girls?"
"Pretty girls." Miroku said dreamily
"You don't change." Inuyasha watched his friend watch the girls
"One with long black hair, one with shorter and wavier black hair." Miroku murmured, "One wearing a lavender cotton kimono, and one wearing a pink silk one."
That caught Inuyasha's attention. "Silk?"
Miroku nodded, "Good quality silk."
Inuyasha looked at the laughing girl, "Definitely rich."
Miroku pointed at the other girl, "That one must be her servant."
"I'm not interested in her." Inuyasha was completely focused on the girl in the pink kimono, "Where have I seen that girl before?"
Miroku turned to regard her as well, "Hmmmm..." He thought back to the royal parade on the King's birthday, and snapped his fingers, "Aha! The princess!"
"The princess?" Inuyasha was getting a weird smile on his face, which meant that he was plotting.
Miroku remained oblivious to his friend's reaction, "I wonder what she's doing out here. The King never lets her out, and if he does...it's always with just about the entire army."
"This, Miroku, is the opportunity of a lifetime." Inuyasha grinned
"Huh? I think I missed something."
*
"Do you think they've noticed that we're missing yet?" Sango asked
Kagome thought for a second, "No. We won't be missed for another fours hours at the least."
Sango let relief flood her, "Great."
"Oooooo! Look at this pretty necklace!" Kagome picked up a single pink- purple sphere jewel strung on a silver chain.
The stand's owner smiled at the energetic girl, "It would match your kimono, and eyes beautifully."
Sango agreed, "You should buy it."
Kagome was already handing over coins, and clasping the necklace around her neck.
Sango shivered suddenly and glanced over her shoulder.
"What's wrong Sango?" Kagome asked
"Nothing." Sango said slowly, "I just felt like some one was watching."
Kagome gave her a light punch in the arm, "You must be imagining it."
"Yeah..." Sango still wasn't reassured
*
"How do you know that they'll come through here?" Miroku asked
"This alley leads to the next line of shops. It's deserted in the morning, and busy in the afternoon. How many times do I have to tell you that?!" Inuyasha said
"That doesn't mean that they'll come through here." Miroku grumbled
"Oho?" Inuyasha said smugly, "Here they come now."
"I hate it when you're right!" Miroku sulked in a corner
"Get over it." Inuyasha set about to making it look like he was moving boxes, "Don't look so suspicious."
Miroku quickly joined him.
*
"This'll lead us to the next line on shops." Sango said
"Oh! There's guys in there!" Kagome pointed, "And one has...dog ears...?"
"Ha, he's a hanyou. Don't worry, they're common in the city, though people hate them." Sango observed the two boys, "At least they're working, and not stealing."
"Why would they be stealing?" Kagome asked curiously
"It's the easiest way to making a living in the city." Sango said softly, "Many people do it, and many get caught."
As the two girls carefully stepped past, the guy with a short black ponytail walked behind them, and the hanyou blocked their path from the front.
Kagome looked fearfully at the guy's silver hair, dog ears, and finally, his golden eyes. He smiled at her in a way that made her shudder.
"Princess..." He said mockingly and bowed, "If you'll be so kind as to come with us..."
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~.~ sorry it's taken so long to update...i've been too lazy to actually sit down and type -_-
*gasp* they have met! but not exactly on good terms! wahahahahaha!
"How are we getting outside the walls?" Sango whispered
Kagome just smiled at her, and nodded towards the large fairy fountain. The stone statues stuck out against the dark surroundings. Sango followed her mistress, wondering what she had in mind.
"We're going to get out THIS way!" Kagome stopped and grinned
Sango gulped when she saw the tree, "Uh...that's really...high."
"We'll manage." Kagome started to scramble up, "It's perfect!"
True, it was a good way to escape. The tree was situated by the wall, and its braches reached out over the barrier's top.
"Come on Sango!" Kagome hissed.
Sango sighed and reached out to swing herself up. They climbed near the tree's top, and jumped from the branches, onto the wall. Kagome teetered back and forth until Sango caught her.
"Well Kagome..." Sango looked down at the ground beneath her, "It sure looks like a long way down."
Kagome glanced at Sango, "Aw, you just want an excuse to go back! We'll jump down." She did so, and landed.
Sango sighed for a second time and jumped down. Which was perfect timing, because just as Sango disappeared of the top of the wall, a patrolling guard walked by. He stopped when he heard the sound of her feet hitting the ground, and shone his torch in the direction of the sound.
"Hmmm?" He smiled to himself and continued walking, "Must be an animal."
On the other side of the wall, the two girls raced off into the city streets where people were just waking.
It was dawn.
* Miroku stretched out the window, "What a lovely day for thieving people like us!"
Inuyasha groaned, "Shutup! Some people just want to sleep on days like this!"
"Lazy!" Miroku stepped aside and let the sunlight fall on his friend's face, "Lets go make some MONEY!"
"Noooooo!" Inuyasha sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Dammit. I hate it when you do this, Miroku!"
"I know, I know." Miroku was already half way out the door, "Let's go to the market."
*
"Shut your mouth Kagome." Sango said with deep amusement, "You look like some country girl."
"I didn't know our city had a huge market like this!" She said in awe, and spun around in circles.
"Watch your stuff." Sango said seriously
"Hmmm?" Kagome laid a hand on her pack
"Thieves."
"Oh." The princess looked at her friend wide-eyed
"What?" Sango asked
"You seem to know a lot about the city, Sango." Kagome said
"Yeah, I should." Sango stared straight ahead, and kept walking, "I was born here, and lived here for 13 years."
Kagome remembered the day her father introduced the pale and thin girl that was to be her handmaiden. She had never really thought about how Sango had ended up at the palace, or where her family was.
"Don't you want to visit you family?" Kagome asked with a smile, "We can drop by your house!"
Sango's face twitched, "My family is dead, and has been for seven years."
Kagome opened her mouth, and closed it again. She didn't know what to say, so instead she sunk into thought. Sango said that her family died seven years ago, so she would have been ten. She had shown up at the castle at age 13. Kagome frowned. What had happened in those three years?
"I don't want to talk about it." Sango said quietly, but firmly.
"It's okay Sango." Kagome gave her friend a hug, "Let's wander through the stands."
*
"Whoop." Miroku's hand shot out, and returned with a purse.
"Good one." Inuyasha grinned, "Your pick pocketing has improved over the years."
"Oh? What's that supposed to mean?" Miroku dug through the purse, and looked triumphantly at some coins.
"Remember when you almost got your hand cut off by the guy who caught you?" Inuyasha's grin widened at the memory, "We had to fight our way out of that one."
Miroku's shoulder's sagged, "You live to torment me by reminding me of things like that."
"Exactly!" Inuyasha opened the purse he had stolen, "Now I, on the other hand, have always been a master at pick pocketing."
Miroku didn't answer, he was to busy looking at something over Inuyasha's shoulder.
"What?" Inuyasha turned around, "What are you looking at?"
"Them." Miroku pointed happily at two girls who were shopping.
Inuyasha sighed dramatically, "Girls?"
"Pretty girls." Miroku said dreamily
"You don't change." Inuyasha watched his friend watch the girls
"One with long black hair, one with shorter and wavier black hair." Miroku murmured, "One wearing a lavender cotton kimono, and one wearing a pink silk one."
That caught Inuyasha's attention. "Silk?"
Miroku nodded, "Good quality silk."
Inuyasha looked at the laughing girl, "Definitely rich."
Miroku pointed at the other girl, "That one must be her servant."
"I'm not interested in her." Inuyasha was completely focused on the girl in the pink kimono, "Where have I seen that girl before?"
Miroku turned to regard her as well, "Hmmmm..." He thought back to the royal parade on the King's birthday, and snapped his fingers, "Aha! The princess!"
"The princess?" Inuyasha was getting a weird smile on his face, which meant that he was plotting.
Miroku remained oblivious to his friend's reaction, "I wonder what she's doing out here. The King never lets her out, and if he does...it's always with just about the entire army."
"This, Miroku, is the opportunity of a lifetime." Inuyasha grinned
"Huh? I think I missed something."
*
"Do you think they've noticed that we're missing yet?" Sango asked
Kagome thought for a second, "No. We won't be missed for another fours hours at the least."
Sango let relief flood her, "Great."
"Oooooo! Look at this pretty necklace!" Kagome picked up a single pink- purple sphere jewel strung on a silver chain.
The stand's owner smiled at the energetic girl, "It would match your kimono, and eyes beautifully."
Sango agreed, "You should buy it."
Kagome was already handing over coins, and clasping the necklace around her neck.
Sango shivered suddenly and glanced over her shoulder.
"What's wrong Sango?" Kagome asked
"Nothing." Sango said slowly, "I just felt like some one was watching."
Kagome gave her a light punch in the arm, "You must be imagining it."
"Yeah..." Sango still wasn't reassured
*
"How do you know that they'll come through here?" Miroku asked
"This alley leads to the next line of shops. It's deserted in the morning, and busy in the afternoon. How many times do I have to tell you that?!" Inuyasha said
"That doesn't mean that they'll come through here." Miroku grumbled
"Oho?" Inuyasha said smugly, "Here they come now."
"I hate it when you're right!" Miroku sulked in a corner
"Get over it." Inuyasha set about to making it look like he was moving boxes, "Don't look so suspicious."
Miroku quickly joined him.
*
"This'll lead us to the next line on shops." Sango said
"Oh! There's guys in there!" Kagome pointed, "And one has...dog ears...?"
"Ha, he's a hanyou. Don't worry, they're common in the city, though people hate them." Sango observed the two boys, "At least they're working, and not stealing."
"Why would they be stealing?" Kagome asked curiously
"It's the easiest way to making a living in the city." Sango said softly, "Many people do it, and many get caught."
As the two girls carefully stepped past, the guy with a short black ponytail walked behind them, and the hanyou blocked their path from the front.
Kagome looked fearfully at the guy's silver hair, dog ears, and finally, his golden eyes. He smiled at her in a way that made her shudder.
"Princess..." He said mockingly and bowed, "If you'll be so kind as to come with us..."
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~.~ sorry it's taken so long to update...i've been too lazy to actually sit down and type -_-
*gasp* they have met! but not exactly on good terms! wahahahahaha!