Author's Notes: Okay, now we answer the question: "What happens when InuYasha is cast as the 'Fairy Godmother' to Jakotsu of all people?"  I do hope you all enjoy and don't injure yourself laughing.

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Song: 1) Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Disney)

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Act IV-

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The palace was a-bustle with servants running about, hanging draperies, setting out food, and setting up the musicians. The ball was just about to begin, and the Prince… was nowhere to be found.

"Son! Bankotsu! Where are you?" Kikyou yelled out as she stormed down the castle hallways.

The King followed behind her, "Is he in his room still? Perhaps the tailor is having to adjust his suit at the last minute…"

She shot a glare, "I saw the tailor leave an hour ago."

"Oh." Suikotsu said, pausing as he spotted Mukotsu hanging a large floral arrangement over the edge of the balcony from his ladder below.

"What's wrong, your majesty?" He questioned, seeing them rushing by.

Pausing their search for the moment, they walked out onto the balcony he was adorning from below. "Bankotsu's missing- have you seen him?" Suikotsu explained simply.

"And if you're helping him hide again…" Kikyou fumed.

Hearing footsteps from nearby, Suikotsu looked up, "Oh, he's right over ther—" He said, trying to point out the braided figure that just dashed around the corner.

The Queen stopped him, "Hush dear, I'm trying to pry some information out of Mukotsu."

"But Kikyou, he's…"

"Not now, Suikotsu…"

"Bankotsu's over there, your majesty." Mukotsu butted in, pointing to the figure that peeked tentatively around the corner.

Kikyou smiled, "See, that wasn't so hard to tell us, was it Mukotsu?"

The short man sighed, "No, your majesty."

Suikotsu had already made his way over to where Bankotsu stood, "Son, we've been looking all over for you. Is something wrong?"

"Can we…call this ball thing off?" The Prince asked quietly.

The Queen laughed slightly to herself, "Now now son, we can't stop the ball once we've got it rolling."

With that said, she found herself pinned to the wall, her husband's hand about her throat. "What was that?!" Suikotsu growled, his hair spiking.

"Dear, I didn't mean it. It was an accident." She explained herself.

He sat her down gently, his hair calming. Taking a deep breath, he seemed to calm himself. Nervously scratching the back of his head, he spoke, "Sorry about that, you know how those bad puns tend to set me off."

"I know, Suikotsu. I know."

The King turned then to their son, "Bankotsu, why do you want us to call it off? The usual reasons or is there something else this time?"

"I um… I just don't really want to deal with all those giggly princesses."

"The usual." Kikyou and Suikotsu replied simultaneously.

"I probably shouldn't interfere…" Mukotsu dared.

"Probably," The King and Queen replied, turning back towards him.

"But let's say, the Prince goes to the ball tonight…."

"Hey! Since when are you on their side!" Bankotsu spluttered.

"I'm liking the sound of this…" Kikyou said, walking back towards their personal servant.

"And if he finds a bride, that's wonderful, but if he doesn't…"

Catching on with where this was going, the young Prince spoke up, "Mukotsu, that's brilliant. Mother, Father- I'll go to this ball, but if I don't find someone tonight, you'll let me fall in love my own way…"

"But…" The dark-haired woman retorted, until Suikotsu's hand rested on her shoulder.

"It does have a ring of fairness to it."

"I suppose." She finally relented.

"Thank you so much!" Bankotsu said, giving both of his parents a quick hug before running off to finish getting himself ready.

"Don't worry, your majesties, he'll find someone tonight- I can feel it in my bones." Mukotsu muttered.

Giving the ladder a bit of a shake, Kikyou retorted, "You'll feel it in your bones if he doesn't."

The ladder tipped back, and Mukotsu was left hanging from the balcony as the King and Queen walked off to see the progress of the preparations elsewhere.

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Jakotsu stood in the entry way, tattered pieces of fabric hanging off his shoulders and a tear running down his face as the three members of his stepfamily got into their carriage. Not wanting to look at them any longer (and considering what Renkotsu's wearing- I wouldn't blame him) Jakotsu ran through the house and out the back door; sinking to his knees near the edge of the house's fountain in the garden.

As he was about to break down into a fit of despair- a voice caught his ears

"I am NOT doing this! You can't make me!" A sharp male voice yelled.

"The agreement was whoever lost would be the one to go through with it." A calm male voice intoned in reply.

"Oh yeah! Well, I think it's stupid so I'm not doing it!" The first retorted.

"Some man you are. Can't even uphold his end of the deal." The second said with an air of victory.

"What did you say?!" The other spluttered.

"A true man would have a mark against his honor if he backed out on an agreement." He explained simply.

"Well yeah! I bet they didn't have to wear this sugar-coated stupid sparkly thing!"

"An agreement is an agreement despite its terms."

"I am still not doing this!" He protested again.

"Then I'll just have to make you."

"Like you can!"

Jakotsu, who'd been listening in to the two bickering voices, cleared his throat, "Excuse me, but some people are trying to angst around here."

One of the two white-haired men turned to see who'd spoken- and was promptly pushed out from the bushes by the other man.

Blinking, Jakotsu rubbed his eyes and looked at the man, "Kawaii!" He squealed, practically launching himself onto the ridiculously clad dog-eared boy.

"Ack! Get off me! Get off!" He flailed, finally freeing himself from Jakotsu's grasp.

The young man inspected the other closely- he was a bit shorter, silverish white hair and dog-ears adorning his head; a scowl was on his face. This was, in part, due to the outfit he was in. It was a glittery pink dress, with light teal frills about the arms and bottom. A decorative ribbon outlined the bodice and a pair of pink and purple fairy wings on his back. Hanging from his ears were long silver earrings with little dangling stars- and in his hand he clutched a silver wand with a silver star on its tip.

Figuring that, hey it couldn't be anything else, Jakotsu asked him,  "You're my fairy godmother, right?"

"No, my brother ditched this part because he said being in drag was undignified for true inu-youkais and stuck me in his place. So I'm your fake fairy godmother...er person." The man muttered.

Jakotsu smirked, "So what's your name there, cutie?"

The one in question twitched, "Keh! It's 'InuYasha' and don't you get any weird ideas. I'm just here to get you to that ball then I am so out of here."

Edging closer to him, the black-haired man traced a finger down his chest, causing a lot of fairy dust to trail off into the air, "Forget the ball, I'll take you."

"Hey! I'm not like that! Don't get any ideas just because my title has "fairy" in it!" InuYasha protested, jumping back from the intrusive touch.

Before Jakotsu could say anymore, InuYasha paused and glared back towards the bushes. Finally, he stormed over there and yelled towards the base of the tree behind them.

"And don't you dare laugh about this, you…you…. argh! I hate you!" He yelled.

The one in question, quirked an eyebrow and allowed himself a slight smirk, "Go on, finish your job with the main character. Unless, you'd rather I leave you two…alone."

InuYasha resisted the urge to jump his elder half-brother and kill him right on the spot, "Shut up! This is all your stupid fault anyways!"

"I did not know that the casting call pertained to such a ridiculous role. Plus, if I remember correctly, you were the one bragging that you would win the part from me." He explained, lounging back against his tail fluff and the tree-trunk.

"Argh! I hate you so much!"

"Go on, the leading man is waiting for your return…" Sesshoumaru started as InuYasha turned to go back over to Jakotsu. Then, the elder brother finished his sentence, "Or waiting to get that dress off you for other activities. One can't be too certain."

Pausing, InuYasha balled his fists and once again stormed back over to the bushes, "Why I ought to…"

"Careful now." He mocked, noting how tightly InuYasha's fist was about the wand, "Wouldn't want to break the magic wand- now would we?"

"Keh! I'm gonna…"

Before the disgruntled fairy godmother could finish his sentence, he felt two arms wrap about his chest from behind.

"Inu…yasha…can you show me some magic with that wand of yours?" Jakotsu whispered seductively as he traced lines on the white-haired man's chest.

With a panicked expression, InuYasha pushed Jakotsu off him and looked back to his half-brother for assistance- only to find him enjoying a bag of popcorn.

"How can you make me go through with…with…this?!" He stammered, pointing down to the black-haired man. "And how did you get popcorn?"

"I would address the matter with the protagonist first." Sesshoumaru noted, gesturing to the fallen Jakotsu who had just lifted up the back of InuYasha's dress.

InuYasha blinked, then- exactly 5.3921 milliseconds after noticing it, he began to go off, "What the hell?! Get away from me you…you…thing!"

"But aren't you supposed to grant me my wishes?" Jakotsu asked, sly smirk on his face.

"Not those kind of wishes!" The white-haired boy retorted.

Pouting, the dark-haired man looked down at his tattered dress, "That asshole Renkotsu, now I can't go to the ball and my fairy godmother won't give me any."

"Keh. I'm here to get you to the stupid ball." InuYasha grumbled, crossing his arms. "So bring me some things so I can do some magic and stuff and get you out of here…"

"What kind of things?" Jakotsu asked, once again plastering himself all over his fairy godmother, his hand sneaking down his side, seeking for a way to get the dress up again.

"Ack! Not that again!" He got himself free from the death grip, a horrified look on his face, "Do you want to go to the stupid ball or not?"

"Anou…"

"Okay, that's close enough. I need some cute animal things…" InuYasha muttered looking about, obviously wanting to get this done and over with so he could get himself out of the dress.

Jakotsu blinked, "Well, there's some bees that can talk to me, will those work?"

"Yeah, sure whatever… Where are they?"

"Over there." Jakotsu said pointing to the large 'bees' that sat on the various flowers.

"What the hell are those things?! Those are too big to be bees!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

The insects in question woke at the noise, and flew over to Jakotsu; one perching on his upheld finger. "I think they're really called Saimyoushou, but I couldn't say that as a kid, so I just called them bees. Will they help?" Jakotsu questioned.

"Whatever," Scowling, he held up the magic wand and was about to say something when the looming form of his brother appeared behind him, "What?" He snapped.

Sesshoumaru frowned, and handed over a wad of papers, pointing to something written on them.

"No way!" The younger brother yelled, "What is that thing anyways?!"

"The script. You have to follow it, or we'll be stuck in Act IV until we get it correct." The elder brother explained.

Muttering curses under his breath, InuYasha glared at the bees and held up his wand. He paused, turning back to Sesshoumaru, "If you laugh, I'm gonna kill you."

Already walking back to his seat by the tree, he merely raised an eyebrow and replied, "I would like to see you try."

Taking a deep breath, and obviously dreading what he was about to do, InuYasha held up his sparkly wand and… began to sing, while turning each of the bees into a footman and a nearby rock into a carriage.

"Kaze no Kizu, Sankon Tetsusou and Bakuryuuha too.

Why am I singing this stupid song?!"

He paused to yell towards the bushes, "Because my brother is evil and stupid and stuck me with his stupid part!"

Clearing his throat, he returned to singing,

"Kaze no Kizu, Sankon Tetsusou and Bakuryuuha too.

This dress is stupid, and I hate this a lot! ....

Bakuryuuha…"

Seeing that all things had been transformed, he halted mid-verse, "Keh...screw this!"

Thinking his job was finished, he was just about to storm off and rid himself of the fairy-getup when Jakotsu stopped him.

"Um, aren't I supposed to have a pretty, sparkly blue dress and a lovely tiara so I can be mistaken for a mysterious princess and my stepfamily will be green with envy?"

InuYasha blinked, "Okay, but that's all and I'm leaving!" Sighing with annoyance, he tapped the wand on Jakotsu's head, a rain of silver glitter coming forth and transforming the tattered rags of the destroyed dress into a beautiful ball gown (which of course, matched the description given).

On Jakotsu's feet appeared a pair of delicate glass sandals.

"Hey, these are supposed to be slippers!" He retorted.

But, fearing the chance that he still might fall prey to Jakotsu's over amorous exploits, InuYasha had already fled the scene- a note remaining where he once stood in a pile of glitter.

The now-beautified Jakotsu looked down to it, and attempted to read the scrawled handwriting, "The stupid magic stuff wears off at midnight, or something. So yeah…don't be doing things then."

Looking off dreamily towards the castle, which of course was dramatically lit with a huge special effects budget, Jakotsu sighed then quickly got into the carriage and headed off for the ball.

A light smile lit on his features as he reflected back on his encounter with the man in the village, "I sure hope he is the Prince. He was sexy."

Riding onward the carriage went up the hills towards the castle, Jakotsu glancing out with anticipation towards the palace up ahead.

"I hope this goes okay."

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Preview for Act V-

Okay, so Jakotsu's finally on his way to the ball. But can he meet up with Bankotsu without his evil stepfamily interfering? And won't someone notice how flat his chest is?

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