"Fiction is the truth inside the lie."
~Stephen King
All's Fair in Love and War
Chapter 29: Replication
~Hikari Fortress (Inuyasha's POV)~
"Your Majesty." A young servant enters the room and curtseys. "Prince Kouga reminds you of your meeting with him tonight."
I stare at her in shock. Can Kouga really be willing to pursue the matter further while Kagome is ill? With the added risk that Kikyo is the only suspects, he is playing a dangerous game.
"My brother is far too busy tonight. We will possibly meet with Prince Kouga tomorrow morning." Sango snaps impatiently.
The servant looks hesitantly at me, seeing no response she curtseys and turns.
"Wait." I say, almost unconsciously. "Tell Prince Kouga I will meet with him shortly in the conference room."
The servant curtseys again and then leaves the room.
"How can you concern yourself with that right now?" Miroku asks angrily.
"I am King, no matter what is taking place. Once Kagome becomes Queen I will expect the same from her."
With that I stride from the room to the conference room. Inside Kouga is sitting in the middle of the long table. I walk to the other side of the table and sit opposite him. We sit there in silence for a few seconds, measuring each other.
"You have these contracts with you?" I ask, breaking the silence.
He nods and takes out a roll of parchment wrapped in leather. He opens it and holds the parchment flat on the table. My eyes search the contract, looking for some discrepancy. I know it must be fake, though it is impossible to tell, Kagome assured me that there were no such contracts and I believed her.
"As you can see it is perfectly legitimate." Kouga says with a slight smirk.
"Not quite." I say as my eyes rest on the seal.
Kouga looks at me in shock.
"I don't know if you learned anything about Shi Wase history in your training but it would have been helpful if you did. I think it would have been a perfect forgery if not for one thing. Hundreds of years ago Shi Wase used carved wood for their seals, most people found that it wore away too easily and soon changed to metal. Truthfully, everyone but the family of Regenbogen. They found a way to preserve the seal and it is still used by his descendents."
Kouga is staring at me, his face is set not to show any emotion.
"This seal is obviously mad of metal, it is too smooth and too perfect to be wood. If you looked carefully at any of the letters received from Kagome you will see that it is rough, with a network of cracks throughout it. This seal is fake so therefore the agreement outlined in the contract is void. If you wish to peruse this further..." I trail off.
"Well..." Kouga begins hesitantly. "It seems that Kikyo and I will be leaving in the morning."
"You may leave but Kikyo will stay here until she is proven innocent of poisoning Kagome." I reply.
I see honest surprise on his face which is soon replaced with disbelief.
"I will wait until she is proven innocent. She didn't approve of the match between you and Kagome but she wouldn't ever poison her."
I listen to this with an air of polite disinterest. Finally he walks quickly from the room. I continue to sit in my chair, considering what has taken place.
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i'm back! (obviously...) i'm sorry this chapter is so short but i haven't had a lot of time to write and i also am still...-_-;;...working out exactly what's going to happen in the couple of chapters...i'll try and update really soon!
thanks to: Thesmartazngirl, The Spider, SwtAngl53, bonessasan, ShadowSpinner, Rei, Sara, Taina, Soudesuka-Shurikens, Paragorgon, hyperchica11, Mitsuko Maxwell, Neovincent, Gueshoo, Inutori, ShellBabe and Mishi for reviewing!
~Stephen King
All's Fair in Love and War
Chapter 29: Replication
~Hikari Fortress (Inuyasha's POV)~
"Your Majesty." A young servant enters the room and curtseys. "Prince Kouga reminds you of your meeting with him tonight."
I stare at her in shock. Can Kouga really be willing to pursue the matter further while Kagome is ill? With the added risk that Kikyo is the only suspects, he is playing a dangerous game.
"My brother is far too busy tonight. We will possibly meet with Prince Kouga tomorrow morning." Sango snaps impatiently.
The servant looks hesitantly at me, seeing no response she curtseys and turns.
"Wait." I say, almost unconsciously. "Tell Prince Kouga I will meet with him shortly in the conference room."
The servant curtseys again and then leaves the room.
"How can you concern yourself with that right now?" Miroku asks angrily.
"I am King, no matter what is taking place. Once Kagome becomes Queen I will expect the same from her."
With that I stride from the room to the conference room. Inside Kouga is sitting in the middle of the long table. I walk to the other side of the table and sit opposite him. We sit there in silence for a few seconds, measuring each other.
"You have these contracts with you?" I ask, breaking the silence.
He nods and takes out a roll of parchment wrapped in leather. He opens it and holds the parchment flat on the table. My eyes search the contract, looking for some discrepancy. I know it must be fake, though it is impossible to tell, Kagome assured me that there were no such contracts and I believed her.
"As you can see it is perfectly legitimate." Kouga says with a slight smirk.
"Not quite." I say as my eyes rest on the seal.
Kouga looks at me in shock.
"I don't know if you learned anything about Shi Wase history in your training but it would have been helpful if you did. I think it would have been a perfect forgery if not for one thing. Hundreds of years ago Shi Wase used carved wood for their seals, most people found that it wore away too easily and soon changed to metal. Truthfully, everyone but the family of Regenbogen. They found a way to preserve the seal and it is still used by his descendents."
Kouga is staring at me, his face is set not to show any emotion.
"This seal is obviously mad of metal, it is too smooth and too perfect to be wood. If you looked carefully at any of the letters received from Kagome you will see that it is rough, with a network of cracks throughout it. This seal is fake so therefore the agreement outlined in the contract is void. If you wish to peruse this further..." I trail off.
"Well..." Kouga begins hesitantly. "It seems that Kikyo and I will be leaving in the morning."
"You may leave but Kikyo will stay here until she is proven innocent of poisoning Kagome." I reply.
I see honest surprise on his face which is soon replaced with disbelief.
"I will wait until she is proven innocent. She didn't approve of the match between you and Kagome but she wouldn't ever poison her."
I listen to this with an air of polite disinterest. Finally he walks quickly from the room. I continue to sit in my chair, considering what has taken place.
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i'm back! (obviously...) i'm sorry this chapter is so short but i haven't had a lot of time to write and i also am still...-_-;;...working out exactly what's going to happen in the couple of chapters...i'll try and update really soon!
thanks to: Thesmartazngirl, The Spider, SwtAngl53, bonessasan, ShadowSpinner, Rei, Sara, Taina, Soudesuka-Shurikens, Paragorgon, hyperchica11, Mitsuko Maxwell, Neovincent, Gueshoo, Inutori, ShellBabe and Mishi for reviewing!