Unperfect Fairytale by DemonMiko
~*~Chapter 3~*~
On the day of departure, everyone in the palace woke early to make final preperations. The Princess Kikyo stormed around her chambers getting her maids to make her perfect for the journey. During the night she made a promise to herself: To make Kagome look like a fool in front of the Royal family. That way she could be sent right back to China. Then she could be deemed unworthy of being in the Court and be sent away so that Kikyo would be the center of attention once again.
Sango could be found in the dojo making sure that her favorite weapon was going along for the trip. Next to the dojo at the shrine, Mei and Kagome where kneeling before the ancestors and idols, praying for a safe and fun time in Japan.
Kagome, Mei, and Sango all were dressed for comfort in their robes. The robes looked like the miko ones except that they were of a different color on the bottom half of the outfit. Sango's is violet, Kagome's is forest green, and Mei's is midnight blue. Princess Kikyo and her lady-in-waiting on the other hand wore less comfortable clothes for traveling in. They each wore a short, short outfit that had no sleeves, a low neck, and a high slit on either side (think of Yura's outfit). The Princess's lady-in-waiting looked almost as cold-hearted as she did.
The two groups met up on the dock. Kagome and her friends were dangling their bare feet in the cool water waiting for the Princess to get on board the ship first. Kikyo and her friend gave them mocking glances as they passed by.
She then turned and said, "Since we're going to be around you three for the next couple of months you need to know a couple of things. One, I'm the real Princess so don't talk to me unless I speak to you first. I'm not my mother you know. Two, you better send my mother good reports on me. Three, stay out of my way. Got that?"
Before Kagome could answer Mei sprung into action with her hidden attitude that she used very rarely. "Listen here Princess. Whether you like it or not, the Queen said that Kagome would be a Princess so she will be treated like one as well. Unless that is, you have a comment to make on that."
"As a matter of fact, little miko, I do." The obnoxious one began.
"Well don't." Came another voice from behind her.
Kikyo slowly turned around, "Who are you to." Then she came face to face with her mother. With that she fell silent once again. "Mother, what are you doing here?"
"I came to wish you a wonderful time. Now aren't you supposed to be getting on board any minute now? Did you get introduced to each other yet?" She spoke like she didn't notice Kikyo's revealing dress.
"Not yet, Your Highness." Kagome replied. "Princess, this is Sango and this is Mei."
"Call me 'Mother' remember?"
"Wonderful," Kikyo replied sarcasticly. "Behind me is my long time friend Yura."
Together the groups walked on the ship. As soon as they were out of earshot of the Queen, Kikyo hissed over at Kagome.
"I'm going to stay over there so you better stay away from me. And just WHAT are you three wearing? They look positively hidious." Kikyo began to grin.
Sango retorted, "Not as hidious as your sluty little outfit."
Then the two groups seperated for the remainder of the time. A while later someone shouted 'land ahead'.
Mei and her friends were under a canopy on deck practicing their swordsmanship. Kagome was breathing heavily from her daily practice. While she sat, she watched her friends duel. They were much more advanced than she was. Mei, she could see, had the upper hand in this fight and she won in no time at all. They each had their own special weapon that they excelled at and the sword was Mei's.
Just after the duel, the ship docked again and they heard loud cheering of 'Welcome, Princess' and other things. A look over the side of the ship showed hundreds, maybe thousands, of people waving. Kikyo and Yura came up from below deck to see what the commotion was about and began waving to the crowd below. As Kagome scanned over the crowd, something caught her eye. To her left she saw a person with pure white hair. From the looks of it they were in their upper teens and next to them stood a couple dressed in royal robes.
'They must be the King and Queen.' Kagome concluded. 'And that next to them is probably their son, the Prince that Kikyo is going to meet.'
The ramp was lowered and a path straight through to the palace was cleared immediately. The ladies gathered together their swords, thanked the captain for the safe trip, and walked down. Kikyo and Yura were already waiting for them. On their faces, a look of pure terror when they eyed the weapons in the hands of the threesome.
In front of them stood the King and Queen. They were smiling happily.
The King spoke first, "We welcome you to the Shikon Islands of Western Japan. Now, which one of you lovely young ladies is the Princess?"
Both Kikyo and Kagome stepped forward.
"Names please." The Queen asked.
"Kagome."
"Kikyo."
They replied quickly. Then Kikyo began the made-up story.
"This is my twin as you can see. As an infant, Kagome was sent away to train to become a miko and she just recently returned home. Mother wanted her to come along so that I may have some time to bond with her after all the years of seperation."
"Of course." Said the King. "At this palace we act informal so you will not need to call us by titles. Just call us by Mr. and Mrs. Kobyashi. Now we must be getting back to the palace so you two can meet the Prince."
Carriages stood waiting for them. Kikyo and Yura climbed into them but Sango, Mei, and Kagome didn't get into one. Instead Mei turned to the Queen and asked a question.
"Mrs. Kobyashi,"
"Please call me 'Madoka' and what's your name?"
"I'm Mei, Madoka. We were wondering if we could ride on horseback or walk to the palace and if you had a dojo nearby."
"Of course you can ride on horseback to the palace. I got the King to bring a few extra just in case. But, the King and I wanted to get you all to the palace so that you could freshen up a bit to meet the Prince. Why do you want to go to a dojo?"
"Well we wanted to practice on our swordsmanship, archery, and stuff like that if that's fine with you."
They King and Queen whispered for a bit about this. During that time the carriages headed towards the palace in the distance.
Turning to the three in front of them, Madoka smiled. "The dojo is right by the palace. You can all go as long as you are ready to get to dinner by 8:00."
They all cried, "Thank you, Madoka!" Then they went to get a horse and rode to the palace. Smiling all the way.
Their gaze landed on a giant dojo and a humongous shrine as they neared the palace. After their horses were properly put away in the stable they went to the dojo with their swords in hand.
"You know what guys?" Mei asked.
"What?" Sango and Kagome asked.
"I think that we're going to love it here." She said with a smile.
"You can say that again." Sango replied.
From the inside of the dojo it even looked larger than from the outside. Mei and Sango began to duel again and Kagome just sat and watched once again. On the other side of the dojo she saw another person training. 'Hey I think that's the guy I saw earlier.' Kagome thought. Moments later, Sango, once again, lost to Mei.
"Hey Kagome, do you want to practice archery now? I'm getting kinda tired of Mei whooping my butt."
'Hey, where'd he go?' She looked around the dojo to find it completely empty of other people. "I think I want to go find Madoka and see where our rooms are. Don't you?"
"Sure why not." Mei replied.
When they entered the palace they were greeted once again by the King and Queen. Madoka showed them to their rooms and told them that they had an hour and a half to get ready for dinner. Just as she was about to leave, Kagome asked her a question.
"Um.Madoka, you don't mind if we dress in these types of robes tonight do you?"
"How about you wear something a little more formal for dinner tonight. You and the others need to make a good impression on the Prince." With that she turned and left.
They seperated into their own rooms to take a bath and change. They were expected to dress formally so they had to go find one of their new outfits. Since they were in Japan now, they should probably wear a kimono.
At 8:00 on the dot, they stepped into the dining room where they were shown to their seats. On the right side of the King sat the Queen and to the left of the King sat a boy around the age of seventen. Kikyo sat next to this person and Kagome sat next to the Queen. Yura then sat next to Kikyo and Sango and Mei sat Next to Kagome. (Confusing I know @_@)
"Oh, Kagome I don't believe you've met the Prince yet." Madoka said suddenly. "Well this is Inuyasha. Don't mind him, he's not feeling quite himself tonight."
He had long hair and violet eyes when he looked up at her. Quickly, he turned away to face the window.
"Nice to meet you, Inuyasha. I'm Kagome and these two are my friends Mei and Sango." She smiled.
'Now why does he look familiar?' She wondered to herself. 'The guy from the dojo! He's the Prince?'
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~*~Chapter 3~*~
On the day of departure, everyone in the palace woke early to make final preperations. The Princess Kikyo stormed around her chambers getting her maids to make her perfect for the journey. During the night she made a promise to herself: To make Kagome look like a fool in front of the Royal family. That way she could be sent right back to China. Then she could be deemed unworthy of being in the Court and be sent away so that Kikyo would be the center of attention once again.
Sango could be found in the dojo making sure that her favorite weapon was going along for the trip. Next to the dojo at the shrine, Mei and Kagome where kneeling before the ancestors and idols, praying for a safe and fun time in Japan.
Kagome, Mei, and Sango all were dressed for comfort in their robes. The robes looked like the miko ones except that they were of a different color on the bottom half of the outfit. Sango's is violet, Kagome's is forest green, and Mei's is midnight blue. Princess Kikyo and her lady-in-waiting on the other hand wore less comfortable clothes for traveling in. They each wore a short, short outfit that had no sleeves, a low neck, and a high slit on either side (think of Yura's outfit). The Princess's lady-in-waiting looked almost as cold-hearted as she did.
The two groups met up on the dock. Kagome and her friends were dangling their bare feet in the cool water waiting for the Princess to get on board the ship first. Kikyo and her friend gave them mocking glances as they passed by.
She then turned and said, "Since we're going to be around you three for the next couple of months you need to know a couple of things. One, I'm the real Princess so don't talk to me unless I speak to you first. I'm not my mother you know. Two, you better send my mother good reports on me. Three, stay out of my way. Got that?"
Before Kagome could answer Mei sprung into action with her hidden attitude that she used very rarely. "Listen here Princess. Whether you like it or not, the Queen said that Kagome would be a Princess so she will be treated like one as well. Unless that is, you have a comment to make on that."
"As a matter of fact, little miko, I do." The obnoxious one began.
"Well don't." Came another voice from behind her.
Kikyo slowly turned around, "Who are you to." Then she came face to face with her mother. With that she fell silent once again. "Mother, what are you doing here?"
"I came to wish you a wonderful time. Now aren't you supposed to be getting on board any minute now? Did you get introduced to each other yet?" She spoke like she didn't notice Kikyo's revealing dress.
"Not yet, Your Highness." Kagome replied. "Princess, this is Sango and this is Mei."
"Call me 'Mother' remember?"
"Wonderful," Kikyo replied sarcasticly. "Behind me is my long time friend Yura."
Together the groups walked on the ship. As soon as they were out of earshot of the Queen, Kikyo hissed over at Kagome.
"I'm going to stay over there so you better stay away from me. And just WHAT are you three wearing? They look positively hidious." Kikyo began to grin.
Sango retorted, "Not as hidious as your sluty little outfit."
Then the two groups seperated for the remainder of the time. A while later someone shouted 'land ahead'.
Mei and her friends were under a canopy on deck practicing their swordsmanship. Kagome was breathing heavily from her daily practice. While she sat, she watched her friends duel. They were much more advanced than she was. Mei, she could see, had the upper hand in this fight and she won in no time at all. They each had their own special weapon that they excelled at and the sword was Mei's.
Just after the duel, the ship docked again and they heard loud cheering of 'Welcome, Princess' and other things. A look over the side of the ship showed hundreds, maybe thousands, of people waving. Kikyo and Yura came up from below deck to see what the commotion was about and began waving to the crowd below. As Kagome scanned over the crowd, something caught her eye. To her left she saw a person with pure white hair. From the looks of it they were in their upper teens and next to them stood a couple dressed in royal robes.
'They must be the King and Queen.' Kagome concluded. 'And that next to them is probably their son, the Prince that Kikyo is going to meet.'
The ramp was lowered and a path straight through to the palace was cleared immediately. The ladies gathered together their swords, thanked the captain for the safe trip, and walked down. Kikyo and Yura were already waiting for them. On their faces, a look of pure terror when they eyed the weapons in the hands of the threesome.
In front of them stood the King and Queen. They were smiling happily.
The King spoke first, "We welcome you to the Shikon Islands of Western Japan. Now, which one of you lovely young ladies is the Princess?"
Both Kikyo and Kagome stepped forward.
"Names please." The Queen asked.
"Kagome."
"Kikyo."
They replied quickly. Then Kikyo began the made-up story.
"This is my twin as you can see. As an infant, Kagome was sent away to train to become a miko and she just recently returned home. Mother wanted her to come along so that I may have some time to bond with her after all the years of seperation."
"Of course." Said the King. "At this palace we act informal so you will not need to call us by titles. Just call us by Mr. and Mrs. Kobyashi. Now we must be getting back to the palace so you two can meet the Prince."
Carriages stood waiting for them. Kikyo and Yura climbed into them but Sango, Mei, and Kagome didn't get into one. Instead Mei turned to the Queen and asked a question.
"Mrs. Kobyashi,"
"Please call me 'Madoka' and what's your name?"
"I'm Mei, Madoka. We were wondering if we could ride on horseback or walk to the palace and if you had a dojo nearby."
"Of course you can ride on horseback to the palace. I got the King to bring a few extra just in case. But, the King and I wanted to get you all to the palace so that you could freshen up a bit to meet the Prince. Why do you want to go to a dojo?"
"Well we wanted to practice on our swordsmanship, archery, and stuff like that if that's fine with you."
They King and Queen whispered for a bit about this. During that time the carriages headed towards the palace in the distance.
Turning to the three in front of them, Madoka smiled. "The dojo is right by the palace. You can all go as long as you are ready to get to dinner by 8:00."
They all cried, "Thank you, Madoka!" Then they went to get a horse and rode to the palace. Smiling all the way.
Their gaze landed on a giant dojo and a humongous shrine as they neared the palace. After their horses were properly put away in the stable they went to the dojo with their swords in hand.
"You know what guys?" Mei asked.
"What?" Sango and Kagome asked.
"I think that we're going to love it here." She said with a smile.
"You can say that again." Sango replied.
From the inside of the dojo it even looked larger than from the outside. Mei and Sango began to duel again and Kagome just sat and watched once again. On the other side of the dojo she saw another person training. 'Hey I think that's the guy I saw earlier.' Kagome thought. Moments later, Sango, once again, lost to Mei.
"Hey Kagome, do you want to practice archery now? I'm getting kinda tired of Mei whooping my butt."
'Hey, where'd he go?' She looked around the dojo to find it completely empty of other people. "I think I want to go find Madoka and see where our rooms are. Don't you?"
"Sure why not." Mei replied.
When they entered the palace they were greeted once again by the King and Queen. Madoka showed them to their rooms and told them that they had an hour and a half to get ready for dinner. Just as she was about to leave, Kagome asked her a question.
"Um.Madoka, you don't mind if we dress in these types of robes tonight do you?"
"How about you wear something a little more formal for dinner tonight. You and the others need to make a good impression on the Prince." With that she turned and left.
They seperated into their own rooms to take a bath and change. They were expected to dress formally so they had to go find one of their new outfits. Since they were in Japan now, they should probably wear a kimono.
At 8:00 on the dot, they stepped into the dining room where they were shown to their seats. On the right side of the King sat the Queen and to the left of the King sat a boy around the age of seventen. Kikyo sat next to this person and Kagome sat next to the Queen. Yura then sat next to Kikyo and Sango and Mei sat Next to Kagome. (Confusing I know @_@)
"Oh, Kagome I don't believe you've met the Prince yet." Madoka said suddenly. "Well this is Inuyasha. Don't mind him, he's not feeling quite himself tonight."
He had long hair and violet eyes when he looked up at her. Quickly, he turned away to face the window.
"Nice to meet you, Inuyasha. I'm Kagome and these two are my friends Mei and Sango." She smiled.
'Now why does he look familiar?' She wondered to herself. 'The guy from the dojo! He's the Prince?'
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