Sleeping Fury
Chapter One- Awakening ..oOo..
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anyone in this story. They all belong to Rumiko .'_'.
..oOo..
At the gates in front of a glamorous palace, two figures stood-both were wearing priest robes. The elder said, "Goodbye prince, although I'm going against your father's command, I think this is the right thing to do. Remember what I've taught you about acting priestly."
"What, Mushin, to drink a lot of sake?" The younger one joked. Soon a bump appeared, decorating the top of his head, and the older monk shook his head.
"You know what I'm talking about. Leave, now. The sun will rise soon."
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Some young women working in the fields looked up from their digging at the monk passing by. "Excuse me, but do any of you lovely ladies know if this is the Cursed Forest?" the monk asked while pointing at the forest near the village.
One of the girls blushed and babbled, "Yes it is, but it's dangerous. There are monsters there, and legend says that a princess lies in a castle there, but no one was ever able to save her. Besides, only princes could save a princess." The girl averted her eyes from the monk. When she looked up again, she saw him entering the woods. Did she remember to tell him that those who entered never exited?
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Miroku looked around, noticing how dark the forest was. When had the weather gone this bad? He swore that there had been no clouds in the sky before he entered, but now dark, foreboding clouds were rapidly forming overhead. He sighed and went on. Obviously someone didn't want him in the forest.
Little did the disguised monk know, a girl dressed in green was sitting on a tree branch watching him. The girl crossed her legs and tapped her cheek with her index finger. "Hmmm." she whispered to herself, "He looks handsome, doesn't he? Yes he does.but is he brave?"
A tree suddenly crashed onto the ground, and Miroku looked up just in time to see a dragon spit out a ball of fire, which he dodged quickly. It missed him by two feet, but he felt no heat emitting from the ball of fire. According to his lessons from Mushin, the ball of fire was an illusion. He ran to the dragon, dodged its swinging tail, and struck it with the bottom of his staff. The dragon shrunk into a tanuki who took one look at the monk and tried to sprint away, but not fast enough.
Miroku took a hold of the raccoon's tail and questioned, "Tell me, where is the princess' castle?"
The tanuki looked at him and stuck out its tongue, "I won't tell!" A lump appeared on its head, and it quickly changed its mind. "I'll talk! I'll talk!"
Miroku went towards the direction the tanuki had pointed out. He soon saw a bunch of thorns and spikes blocking his path, twisting around the trees and reaching so high that he was sure that even a sword wouldn't be able to cut through.
'That good for nothing excuse for a tanuki! He lied to me!' The monk thought angrily, and whacked the thorns with his staff. To his surprise, the thorns parted to reveal a high tower. Miroku entered it and climbed the many steps while wondering if finding the princess was supposed to be that easy. On the hundredth step, he noticed a crack in the wall. When he examined it more, he noticed the crack was part of a door that was made to look like the wall---if he hadn't been more observant, he would've missed the door completely and continued climbing the stairs.
Curious about what was behind the door; Miroku cautiously pushed it open and entered the dark room illuminated by a single candle. A girl sitting on the stool next to the door looked at him and stood up. She touched her green dress and lifted them slightly in a curtsy.
"Are you the princess?" Miroku asked hesitantly.
"Me? No, of course not! Your princess is over there." the girl said, and elegantly pointed a finger at the bed in the corner.
Miroku looked at the small bed and wondered if the girl was lying-why would a princess choose to sleep on a bed as small as this?-but when he looked back, the girl in the green dress had disappeared, so he decided to approach the bed. The princess' mouth was shaped into a frown, but that didn't ruin her beauty. "So we'll live happily ever after, won't we?" he thought aloud. He bent over and kissed her on the lips; for a few seconds, nothing happened.then.SMACK!
..oOo..
Darkness..that was all she remembered after the spell was placed on her. At first she struggled not to fall asleep, but when she realized that she couldn't fight the magic, she sent a last glare towards the spell caster. The last thing she saw was green silk, and the last thing she heard was "Sweet dreams, my princess."
Almost right after she fell asleep, she heard a voice whisper, ".happily ever after, right princess?" Then she felt a mouth over hers, and knew that the spell was broken. She was angry---she didn't want to be married to a pompous prince, and she was going to show it-she swung her arm and was pleased to hear the resulting 'smack'.
A monk was rubbing his jaw when she opened her eyes. Apparently she had hit him pretty hard. Serves him right! It was a good thing he wasn't a prince though, and she gave a sigh of relief. "Good, you woke me up, now you can leave, houshi-sama." She said, and lifted herself off of the bed.
"My name is Miroku." he offered his hand to help her up.
She politely declined and said, "I'm Sango.You're not a prince, are you?"
The monk's happy expression wavered, but he quickly forced it back into a grin. "Why do you ask?" at seeing Sango's unhappy expression, he quickly changed the topic. "So---do we just walk out?" he said, and headed towards the door. Without replying, Sango brushed past him and opened it to run down the stairs. She obviously disliked him. Sighing, he ran after her and reached the bottom of the stairs the same time she did.
"Look, when we leave the forest, we separate, okay?" Sango said the last word forcefully.
"But I'm the one who saved you, Princess Sango. You're supposed to stay with me.that's what I found out according to the history books about your spell." Miroku replied, happy with his knowledge.
"No, I stay with you only if you're not a prince!" Sango said, and stormed out of the tower, only to be stopped by an invisible barrier. "What the---" She glared at the skies and it started raining.
"Kagome! I know you're trying to keep us in the tower, so stop the rain! I want to get out!" Sango yelled.
"Fine, fine, fine." the rain stopped abruptly, and the girl in the green dress appeared. She straightened her sleeves and closed her eyes, as if concentrating on something; from her back sprouted two wings, and a wand appeared in her right hand. "What do I need to help you with?"
"I know you made this bonding spell, and I don't want it."
"No! I've finally found a match for you, even though he's not a prince! This is for your own good! I'm not removing the spell!" After saying that, the stubborn godmother disappeared with a 'poof'.
Sango sighed, and squatted on the ground. "We're going to be stuck like this for a long time.what's the limit for our distance?"
"About three feet." Miroku replied.
"What?" Sango yelled, "Three feet only? How could I sleep that close to you? I can't take a bath like that! Where's my privacy? How can I do ANYTHING?!"
"Well, it's not that bad." Miroku said, and received an icy glare, "At least not for me. If you're sure you don't want the spell, I think I can remove it. Inuyasha! I need you!"
Smoke appeared next to a tree and revealed a white-haired, dog-eared man. He ran to Miroku and cuffed the disguised monk's head, yelling, "About time you called me, I couldn't find you, and your dad's about to blow up with anger!" Inuyasha noticed Sango looking at him with wide eyes, and asked, "What? Think it's weird to see someone appear out of nowhere?"
"No.you're a godfather aren't you?" then she smiled and said, "Then you can remove the spell."
"The bonding spell?" Inuyasha asked, and when he saw the surprised look on Sango's face, he said, "I can sense it, no need to be surprised. Well I can't remove it. Once it's placed on you, it can't be removed.unless you do what the spell wants you to do."
"And what is that?" asked Sango.
Kagome appeared again, and smiled mischievously, "The spell wants you to fall in love."
..oOo..
Another story! Review if you like it! Thanks to Xenophile for correcting my mistakes!
Chapter One- Awakening ..oOo..
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anyone in this story. They all belong to Rumiko .'_'.
..oOo..
At the gates in front of a glamorous palace, two figures stood-both were wearing priest robes. The elder said, "Goodbye prince, although I'm going against your father's command, I think this is the right thing to do. Remember what I've taught you about acting priestly."
"What, Mushin, to drink a lot of sake?" The younger one joked. Soon a bump appeared, decorating the top of his head, and the older monk shook his head.
"You know what I'm talking about. Leave, now. The sun will rise soon."
..oOo..
Some young women working in the fields looked up from their digging at the monk passing by. "Excuse me, but do any of you lovely ladies know if this is the Cursed Forest?" the monk asked while pointing at the forest near the village.
One of the girls blushed and babbled, "Yes it is, but it's dangerous. There are monsters there, and legend says that a princess lies in a castle there, but no one was ever able to save her. Besides, only princes could save a princess." The girl averted her eyes from the monk. When she looked up again, she saw him entering the woods. Did she remember to tell him that those who entered never exited?
..oOo..
Miroku looked around, noticing how dark the forest was. When had the weather gone this bad? He swore that there had been no clouds in the sky before he entered, but now dark, foreboding clouds were rapidly forming overhead. He sighed and went on. Obviously someone didn't want him in the forest.
Little did the disguised monk know, a girl dressed in green was sitting on a tree branch watching him. The girl crossed her legs and tapped her cheek with her index finger. "Hmmm." she whispered to herself, "He looks handsome, doesn't he? Yes he does.but is he brave?"
A tree suddenly crashed onto the ground, and Miroku looked up just in time to see a dragon spit out a ball of fire, which he dodged quickly. It missed him by two feet, but he felt no heat emitting from the ball of fire. According to his lessons from Mushin, the ball of fire was an illusion. He ran to the dragon, dodged its swinging tail, and struck it with the bottom of his staff. The dragon shrunk into a tanuki who took one look at the monk and tried to sprint away, but not fast enough.
Miroku took a hold of the raccoon's tail and questioned, "Tell me, where is the princess' castle?"
The tanuki looked at him and stuck out its tongue, "I won't tell!" A lump appeared on its head, and it quickly changed its mind. "I'll talk! I'll talk!"
Miroku went towards the direction the tanuki had pointed out. He soon saw a bunch of thorns and spikes blocking his path, twisting around the trees and reaching so high that he was sure that even a sword wouldn't be able to cut through.
'That good for nothing excuse for a tanuki! He lied to me!' The monk thought angrily, and whacked the thorns with his staff. To his surprise, the thorns parted to reveal a high tower. Miroku entered it and climbed the many steps while wondering if finding the princess was supposed to be that easy. On the hundredth step, he noticed a crack in the wall. When he examined it more, he noticed the crack was part of a door that was made to look like the wall---if he hadn't been more observant, he would've missed the door completely and continued climbing the stairs.
Curious about what was behind the door; Miroku cautiously pushed it open and entered the dark room illuminated by a single candle. A girl sitting on the stool next to the door looked at him and stood up. She touched her green dress and lifted them slightly in a curtsy.
"Are you the princess?" Miroku asked hesitantly.
"Me? No, of course not! Your princess is over there." the girl said, and elegantly pointed a finger at the bed in the corner.
Miroku looked at the small bed and wondered if the girl was lying-why would a princess choose to sleep on a bed as small as this?-but when he looked back, the girl in the green dress had disappeared, so he decided to approach the bed. The princess' mouth was shaped into a frown, but that didn't ruin her beauty. "So we'll live happily ever after, won't we?" he thought aloud. He bent over and kissed her on the lips; for a few seconds, nothing happened.then.SMACK!
..oOo..
Darkness..that was all she remembered after the spell was placed on her. At first she struggled not to fall asleep, but when she realized that she couldn't fight the magic, she sent a last glare towards the spell caster. The last thing she saw was green silk, and the last thing she heard was "Sweet dreams, my princess."
Almost right after she fell asleep, she heard a voice whisper, ".happily ever after, right princess?" Then she felt a mouth over hers, and knew that the spell was broken. She was angry---she didn't want to be married to a pompous prince, and she was going to show it-she swung her arm and was pleased to hear the resulting 'smack'.
A monk was rubbing his jaw when she opened her eyes. Apparently she had hit him pretty hard. Serves him right! It was a good thing he wasn't a prince though, and she gave a sigh of relief. "Good, you woke me up, now you can leave, houshi-sama." She said, and lifted herself off of the bed.
"My name is Miroku." he offered his hand to help her up.
She politely declined and said, "I'm Sango.You're not a prince, are you?"
The monk's happy expression wavered, but he quickly forced it back into a grin. "Why do you ask?" at seeing Sango's unhappy expression, he quickly changed the topic. "So---do we just walk out?" he said, and headed towards the door. Without replying, Sango brushed past him and opened it to run down the stairs. She obviously disliked him. Sighing, he ran after her and reached the bottom of the stairs the same time she did.
"Look, when we leave the forest, we separate, okay?" Sango said the last word forcefully.
"But I'm the one who saved you, Princess Sango. You're supposed to stay with me.that's what I found out according to the history books about your spell." Miroku replied, happy with his knowledge.
"No, I stay with you only if you're not a prince!" Sango said, and stormed out of the tower, only to be stopped by an invisible barrier. "What the---" She glared at the skies and it started raining.
"Kagome! I know you're trying to keep us in the tower, so stop the rain! I want to get out!" Sango yelled.
"Fine, fine, fine." the rain stopped abruptly, and the girl in the green dress appeared. She straightened her sleeves and closed her eyes, as if concentrating on something; from her back sprouted two wings, and a wand appeared in her right hand. "What do I need to help you with?"
"I know you made this bonding spell, and I don't want it."
"No! I've finally found a match for you, even though he's not a prince! This is for your own good! I'm not removing the spell!" After saying that, the stubborn godmother disappeared with a 'poof'.
Sango sighed, and squatted on the ground. "We're going to be stuck like this for a long time.what's the limit for our distance?"
"About three feet." Miroku replied.
"What?" Sango yelled, "Three feet only? How could I sleep that close to you? I can't take a bath like that! Where's my privacy? How can I do ANYTHING?!"
"Well, it's not that bad." Miroku said, and received an icy glare, "At least not for me. If you're sure you don't want the spell, I think I can remove it. Inuyasha! I need you!"
Smoke appeared next to a tree and revealed a white-haired, dog-eared man. He ran to Miroku and cuffed the disguised monk's head, yelling, "About time you called me, I couldn't find you, and your dad's about to blow up with anger!" Inuyasha noticed Sango looking at him with wide eyes, and asked, "What? Think it's weird to see someone appear out of nowhere?"
"No.you're a godfather aren't you?" then she smiled and said, "Then you can remove the spell."
"The bonding spell?" Inuyasha asked, and when he saw the surprised look on Sango's face, he said, "I can sense it, no need to be surprised. Well I can't remove it. Once it's placed on you, it can't be removed.unless you do what the spell wants you to do."
"And what is that?" asked Sango.
Kagome appeared again, and smiled mischievously, "The spell wants you to fall in love."
..oOo..
Another story! Review if you like it! Thanks to Xenophile for correcting my mistakes!