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"When are we leaving?" Inuyasha angrily called.

"Just a minute alright?" Kagome called back as she changed into her miko outfit. The day was cold so she had to wear a yukata over her hakama so she wasn't cold. She had her white haori on but also black robes, like the kuromikos' robes. 

"Are you ready Shippo?" Kagome asked the small kitsune whom was on her shoulder.

"Yes Kagome-mama." He replied happily.

"Let's go Sango!" She yelled to the hut next to hers.

Sango jumped out of the hut and jumped at Kagome. "I did something last night I regret." She mumbled as she draped her arms over her friends' shoulders so she could lean against her friends back.

"Ewwww! Like what?!" Kagome screamed.

"I took a turn for the worst at the drinking country." She said in a twisted voice.

"Drinking…country?" Kagome sounded out. What the hell is the drinking country? Maybe it's a town where they drink, she thought. "You were drinking before our journey?!" Kagome yelled at her friend.

"Sorry, Kagloma. Kagometta…Uh…what's-your-name." she said in a loaded voice.

"It's Kagome. Here, get on my back and I'll carry you until we find camp." Kagome said as she hoisted the other girl onto her back. Sango hiccupped and laughed as she closed her eyes and leaned back against her friends back.

"What happened to her?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome walked down the road with the hiccupping, laughing, dozing girl.

"D-R-I-N-K-I-N-G." she spelled out.

"D-R…she was drinking?" he asked softly.

Kagome nodded and looked up at him. "I hate to have to slow you down." she said in a strained voice.

He looked at her blushing cheeks from holding the heavy girl but smiled in spite of his anger. "Don't worry about it." he muttered as he tried to remember her sweet smile.

Kagome trotted down the road with the drunken girl on her back. She whistled a happy tune as she giggled.

"The miko is…in love?" a voice said from the bushes.

Kagome stopped abruptly and turned to look at the bushes. "What did you say?!" she yelled.

"Y_ you heard me?" the woman asked.

"Yeah. I did." She said.

Inuyasha shot into the bush and pulled out the woman by her hair. She had long red hair and black eyes. She was wearing the outfit of a monk and seemed to act as if she had two different genders on hand. She thrashed around and tried at pull her hair out of his grasp. Kagome pushed Sango farther up her back and walk up next to Inuyasha. "Calm down please." She whispered to him.

He looked at her and nodded. He placed her down but still glared at her angrily.

"Who are you and what do you want with me?" Kagome asked.

"You are the most powerful miko in the land. I need your power to save my own love." She said as she eyed the couple. Her eyes fell on the drunken girl on her back. She took a step back as she saw the Hiraikutsu hanging off of Kagome's forearm. "You see…uh…" she sighed as she tried to get he girl out of the way. "What is the matter with her?" she asked.

"Drunk." Was Kagome's simple reply.

The girl nodded and continued. "I was in the castle with my king when my first love came to visit. The king had been acting odd lately and when he saw me talking to Kuronasuke he attacked him and threw him into a bow and closed it up like magic." She explained. She looked around and whispered something to Kagome.

Kagome's eyes went wide as she nodded.

"What are you talkin' about?" Inuyasha asked.

"Really? That's sad…poor guy." Kagome mumbled.

"So that's what we did that night. He told me all those things and I was really feeling for him. Then Kuronasuke came along and yelled at him. He beat him up and locked him up in that box."

"What's your name?" Kagome asked.

"My name is Keiko. I am the hime of the Kojurona Estate. I was forced to marry Lord Kuronasuke by his family. I never did love him but after a while I got used to him and began to soften. He really isn't a bad man. He is very kind but ever since he fainted two days ago he has been acting really odd. I'm worried." She said as she folded her arms gingerly in her satin robes. "Please Miko-sama, save my King." She pleaded.

Kagome put a hand up to silence her. "Alright but call me Kagome-sama." She said generously.

"Okay Kagome-sama." She said and smiled.

Kagome looked down the hill at the upcoming ten steeper ones and then rolled her eyes at Inuyasha basically saying: We have no choice. The next village is far.

He nodded and leaned against the tree next to him.

"Can you please help me get my king and love back?" she asked Kagome pleadingly.

"Eh? S_sure. I'll try. NO wait! We'll try!" she said and smiled. She walked up to Inuyasha and grabbed his arm with her free hand leaving the softly snoring Sango's foot to dangle at Kagome's side.

 "Feh! Like I'd want to help a stupid king." He said. "Fine." He mumbled.

"Good." Kagome said.

Inuyasha looked up into the sky and sighed. This isn't going to be good.

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Keiko kneeled down in a small room and started to pour some tea while Kagome and Inuyasha hid in the corner to watch as the king stepped into the room.  He seemed to be normal enough. He wore a black hakama and a red and white haori. He had black robes on and was barefoot on the cold floor.

"Hime! Have extra tea ready for your boyfriend! I will bring it to him in the box!" He snapped out at her.

Keiko squealed but nodded and shakily poured another cup of tea into an extra cup.

She pushed the cup in front of her and bowed.

Lord Kuronasuke bent down and patted her arm lovingly as he seemed to regain himself. "I'll try and find a way…out…of this…curse." He panted to her and smiled a weak smile.

Keiko smiled brightly and nodded with tears in her eyes. When she saw that the monster was gaining control she bent her head to the floor again and stated to shake.

The king bent down and clumsily picked up the cup, spilling some on the Hime's beautiful hair.

Kagome gasped and watched as it steamed away into her scalp.

The lord stumbled out of the room and loudly slammed the shoji behind him.

Kagome rushed out and started to clean Keiko's hair with some water out of her furoshiki which was over her shoulders.

"Are you alright?" she asked when she retied Keiko's hair and while she was at it loosely braided her own hair and tied it with a white bow at the end. (Think of Akane's hair before it was all cut off. From Ranma ½) Her hair was as long as Kikyo's used to be now and was even prettier and softer.

Inuyasha watched her as her hair swung over her shoulder while she wiped the tea off the ground.

Keiko was shaking from fright but smiled as the other girl started to ask her some questions about how she liked it before Lord Kuronasuke turned psycho.

"I liked it here. Going to parties and talking to my lard. We had tea together every day and every once and a while he would let me see Nokuja-kun. He really wanted me to be happy seeing that I was forced to marry him. He always treated me kindly and never talked badly about my heritage of a poor girl. Every day I would get my hair done and makeup applied by my maid whom I am sorry to say that he captured and did something I have no clue about." She said and blushed as she smiled at her memories. 

"This seemed to be a one-sided relationship." Kagome whispered to Inuyasha.

He nodded.

"What?" Keiko asked.

"He seemed to love you with all his heart. Not another one could've stolen him heart. He wanted to spend his life with you. He want to have children with you. Hold you in the middle of the night when he felt lonely." Kagome said as she clasped her hands together and closed her eyes sadly. "But the hime's heart was already won by a loser peasant whom can't pay a penny to taxes. Doesn't have enough money to buy a comb and writes lonely stories about tragic love." Kagome continued.

"Don't talk about Nokuja-kun like that!" Keiko cried. She stood up and started fuming.

"Ah! I knew it! It is one-sided love for Lord Kuronasuke!" Kagome pointed at the embarrassed girl.

"well. I love him but_" she started.

"Where's this talking coming from!" The lord bellowed as he slammed the door open.

"Eh?" Kagome blinked and clutched Inuyasha's arm.

"You! You are as pretty as my hime. Come!" he said and pulled her away from Inuyasha's warmth.

"L_let go of me! I said release me!" she cried as she struggled to get free of his painful grip.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled after the retreating man's back. He lunged after her with his claws raised. He chased after him but stopped when he saw her kick the lord in the stomach after he started trying to change her clothes. "You pervert!" she yelled and stomped out. She saw Inuyasha and sighed happily. She ran over to him. "Kill him." She growled.

He blinked then nodded and went into the room where the lord lay unconscious on the ground.

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*The Moon's Effects*

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"Sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry." Kagome apologized. She pulled on his arm and tried to lift him up but he didn't budge. "Does you hurt here? Here? Here?" she asked as she started to press on places on his back.

"Yes! Now quit touching it!" he yelled.

"Good. Your better now go!" she yelled and pushed Inuyasha forward.