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Chapter 5: The Beginning
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AnimaAngel - of course I will keep going! I love my story! (That doesn't happened to much!) ^.^
Liza2 - YAY! Someone other that me has watched Ninja Turtles III! I don't feel like I've lost it anymore!
Moonlit Shadow1 - Please PLEASE think of a title!
emeralddarkness - O.O SUGOI! You posted a lot of reviews! YAY!! Well, arigatoogozaimashita! Sorry that I gave you uhh.. said-syndrome! .
Thing that goes bump - Thanks for your positive review! ^.^ Of course I will help you with dialogue, just e-mail me or send me an instant message! (all info is in my new profile!)
Kaida1 - I really like the 'Being A Slave To You,' I will work with that, but I will get more ideas from other reviewers.
Lunatic Pandora1 - I feel both sorry and jealous.. .
Thank you also to people that e-mailed me! I assume you didn't review because you either wanted to be an enigma or it was because I was stupid and forgot to enable anon comments! Thank you to emeralddarkness who pointed it out!
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Gomen - sorry
Nekote - cat claws
Sayonara - good-bye
Iie - no
Ne - right? (e.g. That's right isn't it? Kind of like a rhetorical question.)
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Yay! I have 16 reviews! I signed in and looked under 'stats' and I was like O.o I was sooo happy! Thanks guys! Here's a cyber cookie for all of you! Anyway, the story will go 'Untitled' but I really am liking some of the titles you guys are suggesting. Also, now I have a few substitutes for 'said,' so now my stories can be at least more various with vocabulary! ^.^
From now on, all conversation in Chinese will be with asterisks. For example, *hi*. All Japanese dialogue will remain in quotes. For example, "hi."
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Hikari woke up as she normally did tired and grumpy. She grunted and rubbed her temple from a head-ache she was getting.
"Oh man Li, I had this terrible nightmare last night," complained Hikari.
"I am not Li, slave," grunted Sesshoumaru.
It took Hikari a couple of seconds to register what was going on. Then she whimpered and ran a hand through her hair. 'Why me?' demanded Hikari, 'Why must the gods take pleasure in seeing me suffer?' Sesshoumaru stretched and got out of bed rubbing the back of his shoulder.
"Slave!" called Sesshoumaru.
Hikari rolled her eyes, but stayed as she was, sprawled across the bed and answered irritably, "nan-yo?" Sesshoumaru turned his head slowly to meet her eyes and gave her an icy glare.
"Oh, my mistake, Sesshoumaru-SAMA," said Hikari sarcastically and exaggerated the 'sama,' "What is it you would like?" Sesshoumaru untied his kimono a little so that his shoulders and the top half of his back showed his scarred back. Hikari grimaced a little at it. 'For someone so prissy he has a lot of scars,' she commented in thought, 'maybe he's not so prissy after-all, they look like scars of a warrior.'
"I have a knot in my shoulder, rub it so it'll go away," commanded the prince. Hikari sweat-dropped. 'So much for not being prissy,' thought Hikari as she worked her hands into his muscle. The future Lord grunted from pleasure and pain, his shoulders were hurting from the knots, but Hikari was giving him pleasure in easing them out. He moaned softly so Hikari could not here, he wanted Hikari to work her ass off to satisfy him. She was still on punishment as far as he was concerned from disrespecting his father. Sesshoumaru caught her hands as a motion to stop. She complied and Sesshoumaru got ready for his day. As Sesshoumaru brushed his hair, he thought of orders for Hikari. He noticed from the corner of his eye that she was looking rather uncomfortable and seemed lost.
"Don't just stand there, do something," grumbled Sesshoumaru.
"Do what? I have no idea how to be a slave!" she barked flailing her arms into there air. Sesshoumaru caught one and gave her another of his emotionless glares.
"For one, you can stop talking back and do what I say," debated Sesshoumaru then released her and slightly pushed her away from him. 'Fine fine, what the hell is to do around here,' Hikari questioned herself. She looked at Sesshoumaru's room. Everything was rich and made from the finest materials and was very well kept. Pure silver, silk and gems adorned nearly all his possessions, even his bathroom was made from marble. Whoever designed his room was very good, because with all of the riches, it didn't seem tacky at all. The only thing Hikari saw that needed work was Sesshoumaru's festival kimono that he wore last night. She went into his bathroom, found a basin and began washing his clothes. She didn't wash hard since it was made out of silk and being Chinese, she knew that it was very delicate. When she was done she put his kimono on a line over a heater. 'Damn this room is unbelievable, Sesshoumaru has to be the firstborn..' thought Hikari. Her thoughts drifted to complaints, 'this is sooo boring, nothing to do.. shouldn't being a slave be at least more tedious?' She yawned and felt the fabric and saw that it was dry. She then folded them and put them in a cherry blossom wood drawer.
"So, slave you've made yourself useful," commented Sesshoumaru. She shut the drawer hard.
"Geez, he could at least say my name!" mumbled Hikari standing in place for a few seconds before turning right into Sesshoumaru hitting her face into his chest. Sesshoumaru stared at her as if suspecting something. Hikari caught on.
"Gomenesai, Sesshoumaru-sama.." she muttered turning her head away.
Sesshoumaru gave a soft and quick chuckle, "good slave." Hikari gave another death glare, but he continued anyway, "your going to meet the staff today, most of them you saw last night," he took a clump of her hair, examined it and tossed it aside. "Start looking presentable," he added and walked out the door saying he would be back. Once Sesshoumaru was out of earshot, she jumped into his bed and screamed in a pillow. Curses were thrown in, sliding from Chinese to Japanese and back to Chinese. A few moments later she stood up and ran a hand through her hair, took a clump and looked at it, she tossed it aside and walked up to Sesshoumaru's mirror and glanced in it. She laughed at her own sight, 'damn, that bastard was right, I look awful.' Hikari stripped her clothes and went into Sesshoumaru's bathtub, not caring if it was forbidden or not. She washed quickly and got dressed in a new servant uniform that was laid on the bed along with eyeliner. 'Weird,' she thought. She put on the uniform and quickly put on eyeliner. Not too long later Sesshoumaru walked in, he glanced her over. She wore the same servant uniform that all servants had, the only difference was that her uniform bore her name. Her hair was finely combed straight that stopped mid-back. Hikari's eyeliner resembled Sesshoumaru's, elegant and curved slightly before the end.
"Nice job, ningen, I dare say you even look a little pretty," mocked Sesshoumaru.
"Thanks a lot," she spoke sarcastically. Sesshoumaru caught the sarcasm/disrespect, but let it slide.
"It is time to go to the main castle hall and you shall meet everyone there," Sesshoumaru justified. They walked to the main hall where everyone was gathered. All servants were there, there must've been at least a hundred people again. 'Great, it'll be like going back to school,' Hikari grumbled to herself. There were Lord Inutaisho's servants, Aiko's servants, Inuyasha's servants, hunters, priests, priestesses entertainers, cooks, concubines and maids. They came in both youkai and human. Some were roosters, others were cats, birds and other youkai. They had various creatures doing their every command. Sesshoumaru pushed Hikari down to the middle of the crowd. As she fell with a thud every youkai ear could hear her mumble 'bastard.' Lord Inutaisho smiled understanding her feelings about the current events happening.
"Are you going to cooperate today?" smiled the Lord almost pleading to Hikari to cooperate. Hikari just glared at him. A soldier hit her on the back with the handle of his sword, "Answer the Lord slave!" 'I have a name damnit!' screamed Hikari in her head.
Hikari hung her head in disgrace. By obeying the Lord she dishonored the emperor of China and by disobeying the emperor of China she dishonored her family and all it's lineage. "Hai," she sighed, defeated.
"Great!" grinned Lord Inutaisho clapping his hands together, "From now own, you are a member of the Inutaisho family. You serve the immediate royal family, but you are property of my first born, Sesshoumaru. You may not leave the castle grounds unless permitted to. Treat all members of the family blah blah blah bla-bla-bla blah." 'Geez so many rules, so little time to break them,' smirked Hikari, 'if they want to make my life hell, I can return the favor.' After about five more minutes of 'blahs' the Lord was done, Hikari had to practically slap herself to wake up.
"Is all that clear?" questioned Lord Inutaisho.
"Hai," yawned Hikari cracking her neck at the same time.
"Well since you cooperated nicely we have a few rewards for you," continued the Lord. Hikari perked her head up. A large wooden door opened revealing soldiers carrying chests accompanied with Li, Chang and Kwok. Hikari's face lit up. She ran to Kwok, hugged him tightly and began to tear. Kwok held her close to him and kissed her cheek. She later began hugging Li and Chang.
"Li, are you alright?" asked Hikari with concern while giving him a hug.
"Ha! This little wound??" he boasted hitting his wound and then rubbed it from the pain he caused himself.
"Baka.." mumbled Chang. He hung his head down and began shaking his head.
Hikari chuckled and picked up Chang and hugged him tightly, "and you, little Chang! Ruin my plans huh?" she joked placing her hands on her hips.
"Gomen.." Chang said sadly.
*Ha! It's not like her plan would ever work anyway..* insisted Li. Li received a slap on the head creating a lump.
*It so would've worked! Right Kwok?!* objected Hikari.
*Hey.. let's leave me out of this!* said Kwok backing out of the conversation.
"Anyway.." interrupted Lord Inutaisho, "in the chest's are probably most of your belongings."
"Probably?" questioned Li.
"I can't control what the army steals or sells." replied the Lord. Li just rolled his eyes, but walked to the chests while the others followed. When they opened the chests all of the court gasped in the insides. The chests contained clothes, dried noodles, pickled veggies, jewelry, ornaments and all that good stuff. Once all of their personal belongings were taken back, they noticed their weapons were not there.
"My lord, we wish to have our weapons back." mentioned Hikari bowing low so that no one could see the disgusted look on her face from bowing to the Lord.
"Guards!" called the Lord.
The guards ran to him immediately and bowed low so that their noses touched the ground.
"Go into the arsenal and retrieve all the weapons collected from Beijing." ordered the Lord of the Western Lands. A few minutes passed and the soldiers brought back three sacks filled with weapons clanging each other. They dumped out the contents and many complicated weapons spilled out, many of which looked powerful and lethal.
"Please take your weapons and have me look them over so I may give you permission to own it," said Lord Inutaisho looking carefully at the weapons they were choosing, "Please go one at a time."
*So what's his highness saying?* asked Kwok with not much care.
*Take your weapon* sighed Hikari. It was getting a little annoying explaining everything to Kwok. Kwok was the first to step forward and out of all the metal weapons in the pool of arms, he chose his wooden rod which made a lot of the staff laugh. Kwok rolled his eyes, people always thought that the best weapons needed to be crafted by metals. Chang picked up his tiny book he usually put inside his cloak to recite spells for magic and found his family daggers his mom had given him. More staff either laughed at him or talked about how 'kawaii' he was, which made him walk proudly away while smirking at Li.
"Little brat," Li mumbled. After his comment he too walked to the mound of weapons and took out his father's sword that he had left to him in his old age. Then he walked off.
The Lord, assuming they were done, began to speak, "Well, I guess that's it, you may
leave, those weapons are fine in my kingdom and-"
"I did not get my weapons," interrupted Hikari. The staff laughed even harder. For the first time she heard Sesshoumaru's brother speak.
"Very cute slave, but no mortal woman would ever have a weapon," protested the young prince rebel.
"That may be so in Japan, but in China we like to think that women do more besides make your brats," quipped Hikari. The Lord's face was cracking. He was trying hard not to laugh at his son's expression from being shot down.
"Please Hikari, take yours too," Inutaisho said half-laughing. After a minute of digging Hikari had collected all her tiny knives and daggers she would hide in various places in her clothes. She also, found a pair of neko-te and her favorite weapon, her whip. A whip was something the Japanese have never seen used as a weapon, more like a punishment tool, so they thought this was especially weird. Hikari turned to her family and her only friend left. They walked to the main door and turned around waiting for Hikari to come.
Hikari read their minds. *You know I cannot go.. as much as I want to, I must stay here," she sighed with regret.
*Where do we go then?* Li defended stepping forward.
*The best I can say is go to the next village and ask if you know of Akira Yamada's family,* she suggested rubbing the back of her head. The rest of them put their head down from over-whelming depression.
"I'll miss you Nee-chan, sayonara," choked Chang.
"Iie, there is no sayonara, we have a strong bond, we shall meet again ne?" Hikari said fake-smiling, *Kwok, would you like to return to China or stay here?*
*I have no home to go to, nor a family, that's what you guys are to me now,* explained Kwok with a tear escaping his eye.
*Well, we all have things to do now don't we? We will meet once more, this is just the begining* insisted Hikari smiling and waving to her 'family.' Li and Chang returned the wave and headed out the door. Kwok stood there staring at Hikari, Li broke his gaze by putting his hand on his shoulder. He snapped back to reality and walked out the door. Then the door shut with a loud 'boom.' Once she felt the lack of their presence she dropped to her knees and clenched the part of her chest over her heart. Inutaisho, picked her up.
"Maybe you should stay in bed today," The Lord suggested.
"No," snapped Sesshoumaru, "she is my servant she will comply with any demand I throw at her."
"Son, she had a long day," retorted the youkai father.
"Just let me serve him, my Lord," Hikari said standing, she was no longer mad at Lord Inutaisho, she did not believe that so kind of a person invaded her country without a damn good reason, "I'm fine."
"Good, take your silly toys," ordered Sesshoumaru pointing at her weapons, "set them in my quarters, I'll show you your room there." He then took out a necklace from his kimono and put it around her neck.
"What's this?" she asked tugging on it.
"It keeps you from escaping the palace grounds, only I can take it off," he responded a bit calmer than before, "Let's go." Most of the staff said their 'good-byes' and 'good lucks.' They felt extremely sorry for her, they all came here on their own will and enjoyed working here. Hikari was forced to be here serving one of the cruelest youkai in all of Japan.
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AHHHHHHHH!!!! I am so so so so sorry about updating sooooo so late! Two reports and two big tests to finish in two weeks is murder! @.@ ::falls over dead:: Plus this chapter was a little hard because it's a fill in (briges a gap for the past chapters and the future chapters), not that exciting..
-I'm reaching my climax for a different title, the ideas that were given were very good.
-Anymore ideas or suggestions? Just remember I might hear such a good idea that I could change the entire story line that I had planned.
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-Crayons And Root Beer
Chapter 5: The Beginning
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AnimaAngel - of course I will keep going! I love my story! (That doesn't happened to much!) ^.^
Liza2 - YAY! Someone other that me has watched Ninja Turtles III! I don't feel like I've lost it anymore!
Moonlit Shadow1 - Please PLEASE think of a title!
emeralddarkness - O.O SUGOI! You posted a lot of reviews! YAY!! Well, arigatoogozaimashita! Sorry that I gave you uhh.. said-syndrome! .
Thing that goes bump - Thanks for your positive review! ^.^ Of course I will help you with dialogue, just e-mail me or send me an instant message! (all info is in my new profile!)
Kaida1 - I really like the 'Being A Slave To You,' I will work with that, but I will get more ideas from other reviewers.
Lunatic Pandora1 - I feel both sorry and jealous.. .
Thank you also to people that e-mailed me! I assume you didn't review because you either wanted to be an enigma or it was because I was stupid and forgot to enable anon comments! Thank you to emeralddarkness who pointed it out!
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Gomen - sorry
Nekote - cat claws
Sayonara - good-bye
Iie - no
Ne - right? (e.g. That's right isn't it? Kind of like a rhetorical question.)
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Yay! I have 16 reviews! I signed in and looked under 'stats' and I was like O.o I was sooo happy! Thanks guys! Here's a cyber cookie for all of you! Anyway, the story will go 'Untitled' but I really am liking some of the titles you guys are suggesting. Also, now I have a few substitutes for 'said,' so now my stories can be at least more various with vocabulary! ^.^
From now on, all conversation in Chinese will be with asterisks. For example, *hi*. All Japanese dialogue will remain in quotes. For example, "hi."
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Hikari woke up as she normally did tired and grumpy. She grunted and rubbed her temple from a head-ache she was getting.
"Oh man Li, I had this terrible nightmare last night," complained Hikari.
"I am not Li, slave," grunted Sesshoumaru.
It took Hikari a couple of seconds to register what was going on. Then she whimpered and ran a hand through her hair. 'Why me?' demanded Hikari, 'Why must the gods take pleasure in seeing me suffer?' Sesshoumaru stretched and got out of bed rubbing the back of his shoulder.
"Slave!" called Sesshoumaru.
Hikari rolled her eyes, but stayed as she was, sprawled across the bed and answered irritably, "nan-yo?" Sesshoumaru turned his head slowly to meet her eyes and gave her an icy glare.
"Oh, my mistake, Sesshoumaru-SAMA," said Hikari sarcastically and exaggerated the 'sama,' "What is it you would like?" Sesshoumaru untied his kimono a little so that his shoulders and the top half of his back showed his scarred back. Hikari grimaced a little at it. 'For someone so prissy he has a lot of scars,' she commented in thought, 'maybe he's not so prissy after-all, they look like scars of a warrior.'
"I have a knot in my shoulder, rub it so it'll go away," commanded the prince. Hikari sweat-dropped. 'So much for not being prissy,' thought Hikari as she worked her hands into his muscle. The future Lord grunted from pleasure and pain, his shoulders were hurting from the knots, but Hikari was giving him pleasure in easing them out. He moaned softly so Hikari could not here, he wanted Hikari to work her ass off to satisfy him. She was still on punishment as far as he was concerned from disrespecting his father. Sesshoumaru caught her hands as a motion to stop. She complied and Sesshoumaru got ready for his day. As Sesshoumaru brushed his hair, he thought of orders for Hikari. He noticed from the corner of his eye that she was looking rather uncomfortable and seemed lost.
"Don't just stand there, do something," grumbled Sesshoumaru.
"Do what? I have no idea how to be a slave!" she barked flailing her arms into there air. Sesshoumaru caught one and gave her another of his emotionless glares.
"For one, you can stop talking back and do what I say," debated Sesshoumaru then released her and slightly pushed her away from him. 'Fine fine, what the hell is to do around here,' Hikari questioned herself. She looked at Sesshoumaru's room. Everything was rich and made from the finest materials and was very well kept. Pure silver, silk and gems adorned nearly all his possessions, even his bathroom was made from marble. Whoever designed his room was very good, because with all of the riches, it didn't seem tacky at all. The only thing Hikari saw that needed work was Sesshoumaru's festival kimono that he wore last night. She went into his bathroom, found a basin and began washing his clothes. She didn't wash hard since it was made out of silk and being Chinese, she knew that it was very delicate. When she was done she put his kimono on a line over a heater. 'Damn this room is unbelievable, Sesshoumaru has to be the firstborn..' thought Hikari. Her thoughts drifted to complaints, 'this is sooo boring, nothing to do.. shouldn't being a slave be at least more tedious?' She yawned and felt the fabric and saw that it was dry. She then folded them and put them in a cherry blossom wood drawer.
"So, slave you've made yourself useful," commented Sesshoumaru. She shut the drawer hard.
"Geez, he could at least say my name!" mumbled Hikari standing in place for a few seconds before turning right into Sesshoumaru hitting her face into his chest. Sesshoumaru stared at her as if suspecting something. Hikari caught on.
"Gomenesai, Sesshoumaru-sama.." she muttered turning her head away.
Sesshoumaru gave a soft and quick chuckle, "good slave." Hikari gave another death glare, but he continued anyway, "your going to meet the staff today, most of them you saw last night," he took a clump of her hair, examined it and tossed it aside. "Start looking presentable," he added and walked out the door saying he would be back. Once Sesshoumaru was out of earshot, she jumped into his bed and screamed in a pillow. Curses were thrown in, sliding from Chinese to Japanese and back to Chinese. A few moments later she stood up and ran a hand through her hair, took a clump and looked at it, she tossed it aside and walked up to Sesshoumaru's mirror and glanced in it. She laughed at her own sight, 'damn, that bastard was right, I look awful.' Hikari stripped her clothes and went into Sesshoumaru's bathtub, not caring if it was forbidden or not. She washed quickly and got dressed in a new servant uniform that was laid on the bed along with eyeliner. 'Weird,' she thought. She put on the uniform and quickly put on eyeliner. Not too long later Sesshoumaru walked in, he glanced her over. She wore the same servant uniform that all servants had, the only difference was that her uniform bore her name. Her hair was finely combed straight that stopped mid-back. Hikari's eyeliner resembled Sesshoumaru's, elegant and curved slightly before the end.
"Nice job, ningen, I dare say you even look a little pretty," mocked Sesshoumaru.
"Thanks a lot," she spoke sarcastically. Sesshoumaru caught the sarcasm/disrespect, but let it slide.
"It is time to go to the main castle hall and you shall meet everyone there," Sesshoumaru justified. They walked to the main hall where everyone was gathered. All servants were there, there must've been at least a hundred people again. 'Great, it'll be like going back to school,' Hikari grumbled to herself. There were Lord Inutaisho's servants, Aiko's servants, Inuyasha's servants, hunters, priests, priestesses entertainers, cooks, concubines and maids. They came in both youkai and human. Some were roosters, others were cats, birds and other youkai. They had various creatures doing their every command. Sesshoumaru pushed Hikari down to the middle of the crowd. As she fell with a thud every youkai ear could hear her mumble 'bastard.' Lord Inutaisho smiled understanding her feelings about the current events happening.
"Are you going to cooperate today?" smiled the Lord almost pleading to Hikari to cooperate. Hikari just glared at him. A soldier hit her on the back with the handle of his sword, "Answer the Lord slave!" 'I have a name damnit!' screamed Hikari in her head.
Hikari hung her head in disgrace. By obeying the Lord she dishonored the emperor of China and by disobeying the emperor of China she dishonored her family and all it's lineage. "Hai," she sighed, defeated.
"Great!" grinned Lord Inutaisho clapping his hands together, "From now own, you are a member of the Inutaisho family. You serve the immediate royal family, but you are property of my first born, Sesshoumaru. You may not leave the castle grounds unless permitted to. Treat all members of the family blah blah blah bla-bla-bla blah." 'Geez so many rules, so little time to break them,' smirked Hikari, 'if they want to make my life hell, I can return the favor.' After about five more minutes of 'blahs' the Lord was done, Hikari had to practically slap herself to wake up.
"Is all that clear?" questioned Lord Inutaisho.
"Hai," yawned Hikari cracking her neck at the same time.
"Well since you cooperated nicely we have a few rewards for you," continued the Lord. Hikari perked her head up. A large wooden door opened revealing soldiers carrying chests accompanied with Li, Chang and Kwok. Hikari's face lit up. She ran to Kwok, hugged him tightly and began to tear. Kwok held her close to him and kissed her cheek. She later began hugging Li and Chang.
"Li, are you alright?" asked Hikari with concern while giving him a hug.
"Ha! This little wound??" he boasted hitting his wound and then rubbed it from the pain he caused himself.
"Baka.." mumbled Chang. He hung his head down and began shaking his head.
Hikari chuckled and picked up Chang and hugged him tightly, "and you, little Chang! Ruin my plans huh?" she joked placing her hands on her hips.
"Gomen.." Chang said sadly.
*Ha! It's not like her plan would ever work anyway..* insisted Li. Li received a slap on the head creating a lump.
*It so would've worked! Right Kwok?!* objected Hikari.
*Hey.. let's leave me out of this!* said Kwok backing out of the conversation.
"Anyway.." interrupted Lord Inutaisho, "in the chest's are probably most of your belongings."
"Probably?" questioned Li.
"I can't control what the army steals or sells." replied the Lord. Li just rolled his eyes, but walked to the chests while the others followed. When they opened the chests all of the court gasped in the insides. The chests contained clothes, dried noodles, pickled veggies, jewelry, ornaments and all that good stuff. Once all of their personal belongings were taken back, they noticed their weapons were not there.
"My lord, we wish to have our weapons back." mentioned Hikari bowing low so that no one could see the disgusted look on her face from bowing to the Lord.
"Guards!" called the Lord.
The guards ran to him immediately and bowed low so that their noses touched the ground.
"Go into the arsenal and retrieve all the weapons collected from Beijing." ordered the Lord of the Western Lands. A few minutes passed and the soldiers brought back three sacks filled with weapons clanging each other. They dumped out the contents and many complicated weapons spilled out, many of which looked powerful and lethal.
"Please take your weapons and have me look them over so I may give you permission to own it," said Lord Inutaisho looking carefully at the weapons they were choosing, "Please go one at a time."
*So what's his highness saying?* asked Kwok with not much care.
*Take your weapon* sighed Hikari. It was getting a little annoying explaining everything to Kwok. Kwok was the first to step forward and out of all the metal weapons in the pool of arms, he chose his wooden rod which made a lot of the staff laugh. Kwok rolled his eyes, people always thought that the best weapons needed to be crafted by metals. Chang picked up his tiny book he usually put inside his cloak to recite spells for magic and found his family daggers his mom had given him. More staff either laughed at him or talked about how 'kawaii' he was, which made him walk proudly away while smirking at Li.
"Little brat," Li mumbled. After his comment he too walked to the mound of weapons and took out his father's sword that he had left to him in his old age. Then he walked off.
The Lord, assuming they were done, began to speak, "Well, I guess that's it, you may
leave, those weapons are fine in my kingdom and-"
"I did not get my weapons," interrupted Hikari. The staff laughed even harder. For the first time she heard Sesshoumaru's brother speak.
"Very cute slave, but no mortal woman would ever have a weapon," protested the young prince rebel.
"That may be so in Japan, but in China we like to think that women do more besides make your brats," quipped Hikari. The Lord's face was cracking. He was trying hard not to laugh at his son's expression from being shot down.
"Please Hikari, take yours too," Inutaisho said half-laughing. After a minute of digging Hikari had collected all her tiny knives and daggers she would hide in various places in her clothes. She also, found a pair of neko-te and her favorite weapon, her whip. A whip was something the Japanese have never seen used as a weapon, more like a punishment tool, so they thought this was especially weird. Hikari turned to her family and her only friend left. They walked to the main door and turned around waiting for Hikari to come.
Hikari read their minds. *You know I cannot go.. as much as I want to, I must stay here," she sighed with regret.
*Where do we go then?* Li defended stepping forward.
*The best I can say is go to the next village and ask if you know of Akira Yamada's family,* she suggested rubbing the back of her head. The rest of them put their head down from over-whelming depression.
"I'll miss you Nee-chan, sayonara," choked Chang.
"Iie, there is no sayonara, we have a strong bond, we shall meet again ne?" Hikari said fake-smiling, *Kwok, would you like to return to China or stay here?*
*I have no home to go to, nor a family, that's what you guys are to me now,* explained Kwok with a tear escaping his eye.
*Well, we all have things to do now don't we? We will meet once more, this is just the begining* insisted Hikari smiling and waving to her 'family.' Li and Chang returned the wave and headed out the door. Kwok stood there staring at Hikari, Li broke his gaze by putting his hand on his shoulder. He snapped back to reality and walked out the door. Then the door shut with a loud 'boom.' Once she felt the lack of their presence she dropped to her knees and clenched the part of her chest over her heart. Inutaisho, picked her up.
"Maybe you should stay in bed today," The Lord suggested.
"No," snapped Sesshoumaru, "she is my servant she will comply with any demand I throw at her."
"Son, she had a long day," retorted the youkai father.
"Just let me serve him, my Lord," Hikari said standing, she was no longer mad at Lord Inutaisho, she did not believe that so kind of a person invaded her country without a damn good reason, "I'm fine."
"Good, take your silly toys," ordered Sesshoumaru pointing at her weapons, "set them in my quarters, I'll show you your room there." He then took out a necklace from his kimono and put it around her neck.
"What's this?" she asked tugging on it.
"It keeps you from escaping the palace grounds, only I can take it off," he responded a bit calmer than before, "Let's go." Most of the staff said their 'good-byes' and 'good lucks.' They felt extremely sorry for her, they all came here on their own will and enjoyed working here. Hikari was forced to be here serving one of the cruelest youkai in all of Japan.
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AHHHHHHHH!!!! I am so so so so sorry about updating sooooo so late! Two reports and two big tests to finish in two weeks is murder! @.@ ::falls over dead:: Plus this chapter was a little hard because it's a fill in (briges a gap for the past chapters and the future chapters), not that exciting..
-I'm reaching my climax for a different title, the ideas that were given were very good.
-Anymore ideas or suggestions? Just remember I might hear such a good idea that I could change the entire story line that I had planned.
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-Crayons And Root Beer