Whoa... Eight chappies already. Can you believe it that I took about four hours just to do three chapters?
Disclaimer: Yeah, I own this story, not you-know-whos.
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Chapter Eight
The dark prince finally laid down on his mat after lighting up the incense sticks. He closed his eyes and thought back to his meeting with his cousin from a week ago.
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Flashback...
"Onigumo, I see that the Prince of a kingdom of thieves has walked on his very on feet just to see his only cousin. I must say that I'm very flattered," Naraku smirked.
Onigumo sneered at his only cousin, "I'm not here to play hooky Naraku. I'm here to help you."
He raised an eyebrow at Onigumo's words, "To help me? Do tell me, dear cousin, just what do you intend to help me with?"
Onigumo chuckled as Naraku's smirk dropped, "I know you desire Shatura to be one with your large kingdom. I could help you with that."
Naraku scoffed, "Who told you of such things cousin?"
"Why, your bitches' bastards did. They're quite smart you know, for little kids anyways. It's a shame though; they were only little kids. It's too bad they had to die."
Naraku was suddenly in front of Onigumo with a venomous blade at his throat.
"You killed my children?" Naraku demanded with poison in his voice.
"And why not? It's not like you would do anything with them except marry them off to gain allies and they're not even old enough to be married. You're better than that, cousin. I know that you don't give a damn about your kids. I know that you're the type to take what you want."
Naraku thought about it for a second and brought back his sword. Then he started to laugh and walked back to his throne. He sat down on his throne and smirked evilly at his cousin.
"I guess you know me all too well cousin. And just how do you expect to help me conquer Shatura?" chuckled the dark prince.
"I have some... friends you may say, who can help you very well, but they will only help you through me," replied the prince of thieves.
"Really?.. And just what do you want to get in return? I know that you're not the type to give something away and get nothing in return. You want something, I can smell it."
Onigumo was quiet, then he smiled smartly, "There is this girl that I want. She smells just wonderfully, and she's very beautiful. She's a miko, a very famous one by the way and there is no easy way to get her because she has her own love..."
'A girl huh...' thought the dark prince.
Suddenly, his cousin's face turned dark and menacing, "Her love is non other than that stinking Prince Inuyasha of Shatura! I want him dead and gone! Only we can help each other on this cousin! He holds her love and I want him dead! I want her very badly! I only dream of the day I will take her from that bastard hanyou!"
"Hmm... Interesting... and what is her name?"
"...Kikyou..." Onigumo whispered as if her name was a rare and precious thing.
'Kikyou? She was a very well known miko. It would be hard to get her, but since Shatura's younger prince was her lover...'
A plan came to mind and a dark smile plastered itself on Naraku's lips and it creeped Onigumo out. Even if they were cousins, there was a limit on how long they could stand the other...
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End Flashback...
Naraku's eyes opened suddenly.
Kikyou was a young miko with extraordinary powers. If Onigumo had not been chasing after her, he, himself, would have taken her by whatever means necessary, but there was another who was almost identical in appearance to Kikyou. She was unique, different than the calm and composed Kikyou that many said her to be. The girl who he was obsessing over was an assassin, a very good one and he knew that she had killed many, but not so much as Naraku had killed. She was much like him, and he knew she would be easy to break so that he could take her whenever he felt it. Gods, he wanted her...
"Kagome..." the name fell on his lips like flowing honey.
"His highness proposes that we help him defend Shatura against the forces of Prince Naraku of Darkenhold," my uncle stated plainly to me, "They have declared war against Shatura and Lord Inuyasha had enlisted us in defending our home country."
This took me back a bit. I looked at the prince who stared back at me.
'How long has he been staring at me?...'
"Okay... so what do you want me to do Master Taka?" I asked him.
Uncle looked at Inuyasha then at me, "There is a spy or more in castle. Your job is to find this spy or spies and lead our people against Naraku's forces."
"WHAT!!!!???" I practically screamed.
"You will represent our people since you are our best. You will lead them the ones at the castle because I have other business to tend to back here-"
"What do you mean at the castle!?" I interrupted him.
Inuyasha decided to finally step in for my uncle, "You're going to stay with us at the castle with your people."
"WHAT!!!??? WHY!!!!????" I screamed for an answer.
My uncle held his head from my loud voice.
"Kagome, if you stay here and Shatura is attacked, they will not and probably cannot make it to us in time since the capital is quite far away from here," answered my uncle.
"But, I thought we couldn't go back to Shatura because-"
"I have stated my case to my father, he will allow you in, but the people of Shatura won't be as lenient..." replied the hanyou prince.
"Kagome, you must do as I tell you. Whatever you say won't matter. Either way, you're going and Lord Inuyasha has personally asked for you to go to the castle with him to lead our people," explained my uncle who was now a bit enraged by my outbursts and behavior in front of our prince.
I was at a loss for words. What could I do? It was a big responsibility and I wasn't sure if I could do it, but my uncle was all who I had left. Better me than him if we were attacked. He was the only one I had left of my family...
I sighed, "So when do we leave?"
My uncle's face was flushed with anger, but it began to fade away as a small smile came to his lips.
"Tomorrow morning. I have chosen another to take care of your task tomorrow morning so rest up. You leave early tomorrow morning with those I have chosen to go with you to the castle," replied my uncle.
I looked at Inuyasha who quickly turned his gaze away from me. Lords know what he was thinking...
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Okay, why are my chappies getting longer and longer? Oh well, the more the merrier, well, if they're good anyways. At least I'm getting somewhere with his story. Inu-chan seems to be OOC, I'm sorry, but I'll try to get his usual behavior in, but he's gonna have to change a bit for the story. Okay, R and R.
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This chapter might be kinda long... Anyway, sorries for the extremely long delay. Even though I had spring break, I had work. Now tomorrow's back to school and my homework's not done, but I don't really feel like doing it at the moment. Hehehe...
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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I often have dreams of a boy (was it a boy?) who comes to me in the dead of night and takes me away to his secret place where the moon's light reflects on all the beautiful floral and fauna. His face is always a blur so I can't see his face, but I know he's happy to see me and excited about us about to sneak off. He'd always pick a flower for me, I think it was a rose, but the color of the rose is always different in each dream.
He would give me the rose and I would grab it, rather clumsily and the thorns would prick my hand, introducing blood into the dream and forcing me to wake. I usually woke to a silent and dark night, with sweat running down the side of my face. The prickling sensation would still be there on my right hand (which always grabbed the rose) but there's no clue as to why my hand would always feel as if thorns pricked it. There was sometimes blood on my hands, but that was due to my fingernails digging into my skin... At least I hope so... but... What does it all mean?..
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Chapter Nine
"The journey here took longer than expected..." I sighed with exhaustion.
It was night, very late might I add. We had just made it over the walls of the palace after climbing over the great walls of the capital and then scouring the whole city for a safe route to take to the palace without being seen.
"We would have been here earlier if Mr. Priest here could keep his hands to himself!" added Sango with an angry glare at the innocent-looking houshi.
"What? I'm sorry if the man looked like a woman. I just assumed that he was a woman, but how should I have known that he was in a big gang?" he defended himself.
I rubbed my temples as Sango and Miroku faced off again on the "incident."
"Look, I don't want to hear about the "incident" again okay?" I broke in and sighed.
"Fine..." pouted the houshi.
"Kagome, are you okay?" Inuyasha finally spoke up.
Over the course of the five-day trip from the headquarters to the capital, Inuyasha and I became rather quick friends. Everyone took advantage of this and paired us together as a couple, which we weren't too happy with.
"I'm fine... Just tired..." How long has it been since I slept?..
"Then we'd better hurry," he said to me.
My group was scattered, coming over the walls at different times and in different areas.
They were silent as shadows, and quick, just the way they were trained to do.
Inuyasha and I hid behind a bush as a couple of soldiers passed by. They suddenly stopped in front of the both of us and began chatting about the newest girls they met. I held my breath and counted slowly in my head. After a minute, I began to breath again, but as quietly and slowly as possible.
"Dumb soldiers... I really need father to remove them and put in better ones or we'll all be dead..." mumbled Inuyasha.
Finally, after I reached about 300, the soldiers left, laughing about who got whose girl in his bed.
"What buffoons! I really have to talk to father!" Inuyasha mumbled louder as we continued to our destination when the coast was clear.
I couldn't see my comrades anymore, but I knew they were close because they knew where I was too. We made it to the castle wall and Inuyasha pointed to a window that was lit. It was his father's room. He then directed me to a portion of the castle where the moon could not illuminate its light on. I took out my special climbing daggers and before I could dig it into the wall, Inuyasha stopped me.
"What? No? Why?"
"Because," he began, "I know of a more quieter way in."
I watched as he felt his hand around behind a bunch of vines growing along the castle wall, but above a rose bush.
"Where is it...Ah ha! Here we go!" he grinned.
Just then, the rose bush moved forward and a small passage opened up in the wall.
"Now you won't have much work to do and have the guards catch you!" the Prince smirked.
'Whatever, as long as we get in...'
I crawled through first with Inuyasha following me from the behind. We braved our way past cobwebs and creepy crawlies until we came to hear something sounding like running water.
"The kitchen?" I asked behind me, but I couldn't see Inuyasha because it was pitch black.
"No," came my answer, "it's where people... defecate."
"...O...kay..."
We crawled past the running water sound and I followed Inuyasha's instruction the rest of the way.
"Are we lost?" I asked him.
"...No..."
"Are you sure? How many times have you been in here?
He hesitated a bit, "just once."
I stopped and blinked stupidly at him in the dark.
"What?"
"I'm just following where my father says to go. He knows of all the secrets passages because when he became king, (many tried to kick him out for not being of royal blood but he became king), he wanted to know where all the passages were incase someone should attack.
Now, who and why should they want to attack Shatura anyways? (It's a waste of time and Shatura boasts of one of the best military in the world.)
"Right...Left...Left...Right...Here we go...STOP!" shouted Inuyasha.
I came to an abrupt halt and fell flat on my face.
"B-baka! You could have at least warned me before hand!" I screeched back at him.
He chuckled to himself.
"I don't see what's so funny..." I pouted.
"Ha ha... It's nothing. Hey, watch your step."
"What?"
Before I could understand what he meant, I was pushed forward in a rough manner and found myself fall about half a foot (on my face again )on a smooth, tiled floor with light all around me. After being in the dark, small tunnels for who-knows-how-long, the lights were almost heaven, at least I could see! Well, not really, after being in there so long (was it long?), the light blinded me and so my eyes were shut tight, trying to get adjusted to it.
"Hey! Move it! I got to get through too you know!" came Inuyasha's voice behind me.
I stumbled forward onto my feet and took a few steps away from where I came from, wherever it was.
"Where are we?" I asked as my eyes opened little by little to focus on my surroundings.
Thomp!
I jumped by the sound.
"Whoops! Heh... Sorry... I didn't know it'd be that loud when it closed. Um... We should be in the mess hall... I think," he answered.
My sight was blurry, what was wrong? I couldn't see, well, except for these figures in front of me with these long pointy things... What?
Clink!
There was cold metal by my neck and it was sharp.
"Make one move and you're dead," came a harsh, unknown voice, most probably the owner's.
'Crap...'
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Maybe too long? I dunno. Any mistakes then tell me, I can't promise that I'll fix them right away or ever, but hopefully it's the storyline that counts. Okies, R&R! (^_^)
Disclaimer: Yeah, I own this story, not you-know-whos.
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Chapter Eight
The dark prince finally laid down on his mat after lighting up the incense sticks. He closed his eyes and thought back to his meeting with his cousin from a week ago.
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Flashback...
"Onigumo, I see that the Prince of a kingdom of thieves has walked on his very on feet just to see his only cousin. I must say that I'm very flattered," Naraku smirked.
Onigumo sneered at his only cousin, "I'm not here to play hooky Naraku. I'm here to help you."
He raised an eyebrow at Onigumo's words, "To help me? Do tell me, dear cousin, just what do you intend to help me with?"
Onigumo chuckled as Naraku's smirk dropped, "I know you desire Shatura to be one with your large kingdom. I could help you with that."
Naraku scoffed, "Who told you of such things cousin?"
"Why, your bitches' bastards did. They're quite smart you know, for little kids anyways. It's a shame though; they were only little kids. It's too bad they had to die."
Naraku was suddenly in front of Onigumo with a venomous blade at his throat.
"You killed my children?" Naraku demanded with poison in his voice.
"And why not? It's not like you would do anything with them except marry them off to gain allies and they're not even old enough to be married. You're better than that, cousin. I know that you don't give a damn about your kids. I know that you're the type to take what you want."
Naraku thought about it for a second and brought back his sword. Then he started to laugh and walked back to his throne. He sat down on his throne and smirked evilly at his cousin.
"I guess you know me all too well cousin. And just how do you expect to help me conquer Shatura?" chuckled the dark prince.
"I have some... friends you may say, who can help you very well, but they will only help you through me," replied the prince of thieves.
"Really?.. And just what do you want to get in return? I know that you're not the type to give something away and get nothing in return. You want something, I can smell it."
Onigumo was quiet, then he smiled smartly, "There is this girl that I want. She smells just wonderfully, and she's very beautiful. She's a miko, a very famous one by the way and there is no easy way to get her because she has her own love..."
'A girl huh...' thought the dark prince.
Suddenly, his cousin's face turned dark and menacing, "Her love is non other than that stinking Prince Inuyasha of Shatura! I want him dead and gone! Only we can help each other on this cousin! He holds her love and I want him dead! I want her very badly! I only dream of the day I will take her from that bastard hanyou!"
"Hmm... Interesting... and what is her name?"
"...Kikyou..." Onigumo whispered as if her name was a rare and precious thing.
'Kikyou? She was a very well known miko. It would be hard to get her, but since Shatura's younger prince was her lover...'
A plan came to mind and a dark smile plastered itself on Naraku's lips and it creeped Onigumo out. Even if they were cousins, there was a limit on how long they could stand the other...
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End Flashback...
Naraku's eyes opened suddenly.
Kikyou was a young miko with extraordinary powers. If Onigumo had not been chasing after her, he, himself, would have taken her by whatever means necessary, but there was another who was almost identical in appearance to Kikyou. She was unique, different than the calm and composed Kikyou that many said her to be. The girl who he was obsessing over was an assassin, a very good one and he knew that she had killed many, but not so much as Naraku had killed. She was much like him, and he knew she would be easy to break so that he could take her whenever he felt it. Gods, he wanted her...
"Kagome..." the name fell on his lips like flowing honey.
"His highness proposes that we help him defend Shatura against the forces of Prince Naraku of Darkenhold," my uncle stated plainly to me, "They have declared war against Shatura and Lord Inuyasha had enlisted us in defending our home country."
This took me back a bit. I looked at the prince who stared back at me.
'How long has he been staring at me?...'
"Okay... so what do you want me to do Master Taka?" I asked him.
Uncle looked at Inuyasha then at me, "There is a spy or more in castle. Your job is to find this spy or spies and lead our people against Naraku's forces."
"WHAT!!!!???" I practically screamed.
"You will represent our people since you are our best. You will lead them the ones at the castle because I have other business to tend to back here-"
"What do you mean at the castle!?" I interrupted him.
Inuyasha decided to finally step in for my uncle, "You're going to stay with us at the castle with your people."
"WHAT!!!??? WHY!!!!????" I screamed for an answer.
My uncle held his head from my loud voice.
"Kagome, if you stay here and Shatura is attacked, they will not and probably cannot make it to us in time since the capital is quite far away from here," answered my uncle.
"But, I thought we couldn't go back to Shatura because-"
"I have stated my case to my father, he will allow you in, but the people of Shatura won't be as lenient..." replied the hanyou prince.
"Kagome, you must do as I tell you. Whatever you say won't matter. Either way, you're going and Lord Inuyasha has personally asked for you to go to the castle with him to lead our people," explained my uncle who was now a bit enraged by my outbursts and behavior in front of our prince.
I was at a loss for words. What could I do? It was a big responsibility and I wasn't sure if I could do it, but my uncle was all who I had left. Better me than him if we were attacked. He was the only one I had left of my family...
I sighed, "So when do we leave?"
My uncle's face was flushed with anger, but it began to fade away as a small smile came to his lips.
"Tomorrow morning. I have chosen another to take care of your task tomorrow morning so rest up. You leave early tomorrow morning with those I have chosen to go with you to the castle," replied my uncle.
I looked at Inuyasha who quickly turned his gaze away from me. Lords know what he was thinking...
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Okay, why are my chappies getting longer and longer? Oh well, the more the merrier, well, if they're good anyways. At least I'm getting somewhere with his story. Inu-chan seems to be OOC, I'm sorry, but I'll try to get his usual behavior in, but he's gonna have to change a bit for the story. Okay, R and R.
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This chapter might be kinda long... Anyway, sorries for the extremely long delay. Even though I had spring break, I had work. Now tomorrow's back to school and my homework's not done, but I don't really feel like doing it at the moment. Hehehe...
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and company belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Viz and company.
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I often have dreams of a boy (was it a boy?) who comes to me in the dead of night and takes me away to his secret place where the moon's light reflects on all the beautiful floral and fauna. His face is always a blur so I can't see his face, but I know he's happy to see me and excited about us about to sneak off. He'd always pick a flower for me, I think it was a rose, but the color of the rose is always different in each dream.
He would give me the rose and I would grab it, rather clumsily and the thorns would prick my hand, introducing blood into the dream and forcing me to wake. I usually woke to a silent and dark night, with sweat running down the side of my face. The prickling sensation would still be there on my right hand (which always grabbed the rose) but there's no clue as to why my hand would always feel as if thorns pricked it. There was sometimes blood on my hands, but that was due to my fingernails digging into my skin... At least I hope so... but... What does it all mean?..
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Chapter Nine
"The journey here took longer than expected..." I sighed with exhaustion.
It was night, very late might I add. We had just made it over the walls of the palace after climbing over the great walls of the capital and then scouring the whole city for a safe route to take to the palace without being seen.
"We would have been here earlier if Mr. Priest here could keep his hands to himself!" added Sango with an angry glare at the innocent-looking houshi.
"What? I'm sorry if the man looked like a woman. I just assumed that he was a woman, but how should I have known that he was in a big gang?" he defended himself.
I rubbed my temples as Sango and Miroku faced off again on the "incident."
"Look, I don't want to hear about the "incident" again okay?" I broke in and sighed.
"Fine..." pouted the houshi.
"Kagome, are you okay?" Inuyasha finally spoke up.
Over the course of the five-day trip from the headquarters to the capital, Inuyasha and I became rather quick friends. Everyone took advantage of this and paired us together as a couple, which we weren't too happy with.
"I'm fine... Just tired..." How long has it been since I slept?..
"Then we'd better hurry," he said to me.
My group was scattered, coming over the walls at different times and in different areas.
They were silent as shadows, and quick, just the way they were trained to do.
Inuyasha and I hid behind a bush as a couple of soldiers passed by. They suddenly stopped in front of the both of us and began chatting about the newest girls they met. I held my breath and counted slowly in my head. After a minute, I began to breath again, but as quietly and slowly as possible.
"Dumb soldiers... I really need father to remove them and put in better ones or we'll all be dead..." mumbled Inuyasha.
Finally, after I reached about 300, the soldiers left, laughing about who got whose girl in his bed.
"What buffoons! I really have to talk to father!" Inuyasha mumbled louder as we continued to our destination when the coast was clear.
I couldn't see my comrades anymore, but I knew they were close because they knew where I was too. We made it to the castle wall and Inuyasha pointed to a window that was lit. It was his father's room. He then directed me to a portion of the castle where the moon could not illuminate its light on. I took out my special climbing daggers and before I could dig it into the wall, Inuyasha stopped me.
"What? No? Why?"
"Because," he began, "I know of a more quieter way in."
I watched as he felt his hand around behind a bunch of vines growing along the castle wall, but above a rose bush.
"Where is it...Ah ha! Here we go!" he grinned.
Just then, the rose bush moved forward and a small passage opened up in the wall.
"Now you won't have much work to do and have the guards catch you!" the Prince smirked.
'Whatever, as long as we get in...'
I crawled through first with Inuyasha following me from the behind. We braved our way past cobwebs and creepy crawlies until we came to hear something sounding like running water.
"The kitchen?" I asked behind me, but I couldn't see Inuyasha because it was pitch black.
"No," came my answer, "it's where people... defecate."
"...O...kay..."
We crawled past the running water sound and I followed Inuyasha's instruction the rest of the way.
"Are we lost?" I asked him.
"...No..."
"Are you sure? How many times have you been in here?
He hesitated a bit, "just once."
I stopped and blinked stupidly at him in the dark.
"What?"
"I'm just following where my father says to go. He knows of all the secrets passages because when he became king, (many tried to kick him out for not being of royal blood but he became king), he wanted to know where all the passages were incase someone should attack.
Now, who and why should they want to attack Shatura anyways? (It's a waste of time and Shatura boasts of one of the best military in the world.)
"Right...Left...Left...Right...Here we go...STOP!" shouted Inuyasha.
I came to an abrupt halt and fell flat on my face.
"B-baka! You could have at least warned me before hand!" I screeched back at him.
He chuckled to himself.
"I don't see what's so funny..." I pouted.
"Ha ha... It's nothing. Hey, watch your step."
"What?"
Before I could understand what he meant, I was pushed forward in a rough manner and found myself fall about half a foot (on my face again )on a smooth, tiled floor with light all around me. After being in the dark, small tunnels for who-knows-how-long, the lights were almost heaven, at least I could see! Well, not really, after being in there so long (was it long?), the light blinded me and so my eyes were shut tight, trying to get adjusted to it.
"Hey! Move it! I got to get through too you know!" came Inuyasha's voice behind me.
I stumbled forward onto my feet and took a few steps away from where I came from, wherever it was.
"Where are we?" I asked as my eyes opened little by little to focus on my surroundings.
Thomp!
I jumped by the sound.
"Whoops! Heh... Sorry... I didn't know it'd be that loud when it closed. Um... We should be in the mess hall... I think," he answered.
My sight was blurry, what was wrong? I couldn't see, well, except for these figures in front of me with these long pointy things... What?
Clink!
There was cold metal by my neck and it was sharp.
"Make one move and you're dead," came a harsh, unknown voice, most probably the owner's.
'Crap...'
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Maybe too long? I dunno. Any mistakes then tell me, I can't promise that I'll fix them right away or ever, but hopefully it's the storyline that counts. Okies, R&R! (^_^)