A/N:Chap 2 is up. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any related cheractors.
Chapter II
An Inturesting Game
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Inuyasha woke the next morning to a horses whinny as it walked up the street leading to the castle. He stared after it from his tree and cocked his head. 'Is that a messenger?' He mused quietly. He looked after the horse as it traveled up the road. Suddenly he heard a shout from below him.
"Hey Inuyasha!" A voice called. He looked down and raised his eyebrow.
"Sango? What are you doing here?" He asked surprised. She smiled up at him. She was with her little brother Kohaku who was staring up at him as if he were an elephant in a tree.
"Were going to Kagome's castle today to play! You wanna come with us?" She asked. He stared at her in disbelief.
"R-really?" He asked. She nodded. He grinned and jumped from the branch, landing in front of her. "Sure!" He replied. She giggled and pointed to his ears.
"You're gonna have to hide those though." She told him. He turned his eyes up as if he could see his ears and twitched them.
"I have a disguise I can use." He told her, looking back down.
"Then you better use it. They don't allow other youkai besides lords to go into the castle." She explained. He nodded and closed his eyes. When he opened them he no longer had his dog ears, or claws. He still had the rest of his youkai attributes though. Sango smiled and grabbed her little brothers hand.
"Come on! Let's go!" She cried happily and ran off towards the castle. Inuyasha followed her at a slower pace, somewhat nervous. He had never been in a village before, but he had been in a castle. He stared at all the people in the streets selling food and other things.
Sango suddenly ran into a shop near the entrance to the village, and dissappeared with her brother. His eyes widend and he ran into the shop as well. It was one of the few permanite shops in the area. It was made of hard stone and had a low flat roof. It was dark inside, the only light coming from the fernice in the back of the place. He looked around and noticed hundreads of weapons on the walls. There were shields, swords, armor, and other things of the like. He stared dumbly at them all, then noticed the strange scent coming off of the weapons. His eyes widened and his mouth hit the floor.
"T-these are weapons made of parts of youkai!" He exclaimed in awe. He looked around again, and took a tentitive step foreward. The he hesitated, thinking to himself. 'Did Sango lead me here deliberatly?' He asked himself. 'It sure looks like it...why did she bring me here?' Suddenly something grabbed the back of his haori, and he stiffend and spun around. It was Sango and she was giggling her head off.
"You...haha...should have seen...hehe...you're face when you came in here!" She exclaimed laughing out loud. He glared at her.
"HEY! That's not funny! I didn't know they made weapons out of youkai parts!" He defended himself. She smiled and pointed behind him.
"This is my family's business. We sell weapons made of youkai parts. They turn out to be stronger than regular weapons." She explained. He stared at her, then nodded slowly. "I wanted to show you before we went to Kagome's place." She said, with a humorous smile. Then she turned on her heel and dashed off to Kagome's castle. Inuyasha quickly followed her. He didn't like this shop...
Inuyasha followed Sango through the village staring at the people once more. There was a guy selling rugs, a guy selling some wird smelling vegitabale's, a woman selling rings, an old lady selling shawls and herbs, there were people selling everything here! He gaped at all of the things he saw here. There was everything he'd seen in his short lifetime on this earth and more. Then he saw another old lady. This one was also selling shawls and herbs, but she was also offering archery. He stopped and stared at her for a moment. She also stared at him. Suddenly she smiled and beckened him closer.
"Come child, I will not bite." She said, motioning for him to come over. He looked around for Sango to tell her he was going to see what this old woman wanted, but she wasn't in site. He looked around a little more, before hesitently walking up to the womans shop. The shop looked like an old merchents shop, hastily put up and made of wood. It had a small roof that was just big enough to keep the rain off of the merchindise and the seller. It had a wooden pole on the left and right side to keep the roof risen, with a slab of wood in the middle acting like a counter.
The woman smiled welcomingly and leaned over the counter to her shop.
"Hello young one, my name is Kaede the village priestess." She introduced herself. "Who are you?"
He stared at her blankly for a minute, deciding weather or not to tell. He did look like a human so she wouldn't make fun of his name....would she?
"I-Inuyasha..." He stuttered out. Her smile widend.
"Ah, lord Inutaisho's son huh?" She asked. His eyes widend.
"H-how did you know?" He asked nevously ready to run if she showed the slightest sign if hostillity. She smiled again.
"I knew you're father. I was very good friends with him. I am also a Miko, so I could sense you're youki. Tell me, how is you're father and his lovely queen?" She asked. Inuyasha lowered his gaze and his expression hardend.
"Mom and Dad were killed." He said calmly, with no hint of any emotion in his voice. Kaede's smile slid off her face quickly and was replaced with a sympathetic expression.
"I am sorry to hear that..." She said sadly. "They were good friends to me." Suddenly Inuyasha's head shot up and he glared at her with firey hatered in his eyes.
"I don't need you're sympathy!" He snapped angrilly. "I don't need anyone's sympathy!" He shouted, closing his eyes and running after Sango's scent without another word. The elderly Miko Smiled after him sadly.
"He sure has his father's temper..." She mused to herself.
Meanwhile Sango was searching the village franticaly for the young silver haired hanyou. She ran out of one shop and into another, cursing herself.
"Ahh! Kagome's gonna roast me if I don't find him! She really wanted to play with him again!" She said as she ran out of that shop and into another. "INUYASHA!" She called as she reached the middle of the village. She stopped in the center where there was a circle of stones like in the middle of a city square. She put her hands on her knees and regained her breath. She stood strait and cupped her mouth.
"INU-YA-SHAAAAAAAAA!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Everyone in the square glared at her and slapped thair hands over thair ears. But when they saw her, they shrugged and went back to thair business. Sango was netorious for desturbing the peace... She held her hands up to her chest and looked around worriedly.
"Where is he..." She asked worriedly. Then she heard a voice.
"GEEZ! Do you're lungs EVER explode?! I didn't think anyone had a voice that loud!"
Sango turned around and sighed in releif.
"I thought someone took you... Oh and Kagome has a MUCH louder voice than I do!" She said grinning. "Believe me, someone like you would NOT want to get her to scream like that." She said cheerfully. He twitched one of his snowy white dog ears at the thought of a scream louder than that one. Just the thought of it made him cringe. Sango grinned at him and turned towards the castle once again. "Come on! Kagome really wants to see you again!" She said as she grabbed Kohaku's hand again and walked off, this time watching to make sure Inuyasha didn't get lost. Inuyasha sighed and followed her, thankful for her slow pace.
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Kagome stared out the window to her room, scanning the grounds for Sango and Inuyasha. Sango had come earlier to play, and because she wasn't alowed outside because of her behavier to the wolf prince Kouga, Kagome had sent Sango out to get Inuyasha. He had looked so lonely yesterday when those boys pushed him around she wanted to make him smile and have fun more often. He was a really fun boy to play with, not like those other boys who thought she was too weak to play games with them. He seemed really shy before he got to having fun.
She frowned at the thought. Inuyasha was a hanyou...maybe he was afraid he'd hurt them with his streangth. She shook her head. Inuyasha would never hurt her or her friends. He was too nice. Suddenly she heard a very familuer voice from the village below and grinned.
"INU-YA-SHAAAAAAAAA!!"
Yup. It was a good thing she taught Sango how to scream that loud. But it wasn't a good thing to her parents. They said it was unladylike, and she should only scream if she was in danger and call the gaurds. She quite frankly thought that was boring. She stood and walked away from her window. Sango would be arriving soon with her new friend. She had told the guards to let Sango and the young hanyou boy pass. She grinned at the surprise she held up her sleave for her friends. They would love it! She hoped Inuyasha would too.
She changed out of her pink kimono and into a bright blue one. It was her favorite of all the kimono's she had. It had been given to her by a strange youkai lord, when she was four. It was too big for her then but it was the perfect size now.
He was a strange man, veiled in a white robe that hid his face and attributes. He had been talking to her father about something, she couldn't understand.
*~^~*Flashback*~^~*
A man came out of the throne room looking annoyed but pleased. She had been sitting on the floor trying to decipher a book she was reading. She had been told to try and read it...not that it helped. The man spotted her and she could see him smile softly behind the viel. He walked up to her and looked down. She stared up at him with her cobalt orbs in amazement. He was tall...
He knelt down in front of her and smiled. She smiled back at him and giggled. He chuckled and ruffled her hair stareing her in the eye. She would never forget that man's eyes, so beautiful. His eyes were the deepest color of gold she would ever see. If she stared into his eyes long enough she could see his emotions floating in the endless pools of molten gold. She stared at his eyes untill he began to speak.
"Hello there, you must be princess Kagome." He said in an amused tone. She broke his eye contact and grinned at him, nodding her head enthosiasticly. He chuckled and his eyes took on a shade of amusement. "I hear that you're turning four today." He said. She smiled up at him.
"Yup yup. I'm turning four!" She said, holding up two fingers grinning. He chuckled again and pulled up two more of her fingers with gloved hands.
"That's four." He said. She stared at her fingers in awe. Then grinned again showing him her four fingers.
"Four!" She giggled. He smiled at her, then dug into his robes.
"Here, I can give you this, but you'll have to grow into it." He said pulling out something blue, and handing it to her. She stared at it and took it from him. She unfolded it and held it up before her. She grinned and talked to the man through the kimono.
"Wow...it's so pretty!" She said happily. He smiled at her. She put the kimono down and folded it the best a four year old could, with her toungue stiking out in concentration. He chuckled and took it from her, folding it neatly. He handed it back to her and stood. She stood as well, and smiled. She walked up to his leg and hugged it.
"Thank you! I really like it!" She exclaimed with a giggle. He bent down and patted her head.
"Take good care of it alright?" He told her, then walked towards the door. She waved.
"Bye bye mister!" She called after him.
*~^~*End Flashback*~^~*
Kagome was brought out of her reminesing by a scream downstaires. She quickly finished getting dressed and ran out of her room, skidding on the tile floors as she sped toward the stairs. She didn't have any shoes on so she went a little faster.
Once she grabbed the railing that connected to the stairs and went around the whole second floor, and peered down at the second floor. She then grinned so wide her face could have broken in two.
Sango had finally made it back with Inuyasha and had probly been running to get up the stairs, because she was now shouting at prince Kouga for getting in her way and making her fall. He was glarng at her, but otherwise said nothing. Inuyasha was standing by the stairs staring at them with an annoyed expression. Kagome quickly ran from the balconey and down the stairs.
"Inuyasha! Sango! You're here! Finally!" She called hapilley as she reached the tile floor. She ran up to Inuyasha and smiled brightly at him. "I'm so glad you came!" She said. Inuyasha gave her a lopsided smile. She looked over to Sango who looked about ready to kill the prince. She walked over to her and put her hand on her shoulder.
"Sango calm down! If you hurt him you won't be able to come to the castle anymore. I already told you what I did to him." Kagome warned her. Slowly but surely Sango calmed down. She glared at Kouga one more time before walking past Inuyasha and up the stairs. Kohaku stared after her, then looked around. Kagome looked at him and smiled.
"Come on Kohaku, let's go find Souta." She said taking his hand. He looked up at her and smiled his thanks. Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "Come on Inuyasha. You can meet my little brother too." She said, then walked up the stairs helping Kohaku along. Inuyasha walked behind her as she slowly helped the six year old climb the stairs one, by one. He growled in annoyence and picked the boy up. Kagome was startled at first, but then smiled when Inuyasha put Kohaku on his shoulders.
"Whare's you're brothers room?" He asked. She looked up the staires then back at him.
"Ano...it's kinda hard to get there with spoken directions." She told him sheepishly. "So I'll lead you there."
He stared at her, then shook his head. "I can get us there faster." He told her. She looked at him quizzicotaly.
"How?" She asked. He smirked.
"Just get on my back and I'll show you." He said, crouching down so she could reach his back. She stared at him blankly. He growled when she didn't respond. "I won't let you fall, I promise."
She still looked a little hesitent, but got on anyway. He grabbed underneath her legs and held her tight. She wrapped her arms around Kohaku and leaned into his back. He held her tighter, and jumped into the air high above the balconey. Kagome squeeked and held on tighter. He landed on the huge chandalier in the middle of the roof and balanced himself.
Kouga stood up and glared at the hanyou boy, growling.
"Hey! Get back down here dog breath!" He shouted. Inuyasha glared at him.
"What did you just call me!?" He shouted back angrily. Kagome peered over his shoulder.
"Kouga, leave him alone!" She shouted down. He looked at her surprised. Suddenly, someone called his name and he turned to look whare the voice had come from. He must have seen something, and turned back to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kohaku.
"I'll be back!" He shouted, then walked towards the voice. Kagome sighed in relief. Inuyasha turned and looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
"You know that wimpy wolf?" He asked. She sighed and nodded.
"Unfortunatly yes. He's a prince from the east. He's not that bad as a friend, but I'm only ten and he already asked to marry me!" She said exaspirated. Inuyasha turned back ahead and jumped off the chandalier.
"Keh! What an idiot. I hate wolves." He said as he landed. He now stood on the balconey above the first floor. Looking around he turned his head to Kagome once again. "Which way?" He asked. Kagome pointed to the right, and he sped off. Kagome'eeped' and held onto his shoulders around Kohaku as tight as she could. Inuyasha smirked and ran faster. Suddenly he skidded to a halt by an intersection, and tuned to her again.
"Which way now?" He asked. Kagome pointed shakily to her left and said,
"T-the last door on the right." She said shakily. He grinned and sped off at top speed. Kagome squeeked and held on as if her life depended on it. Kohaku was laughing and giggling as his hair blew behind him. They passed the doors in record time and stopped abrouptly in front of the last one. Inuyassha leaned down and let Kagome climb off with Kohaku. He turned to her and found that she was laughing along with the little boy, which confused him. Wasn't she scared?
"That was so much fun!" She giggled. She looked at him and smiled brightly. For some reason that made him feel good... She took Kohaku's hand and led him into the room in front of them. Inuyasha followed closely behind.
There was a little boy sitting in the large room, playing with some speacially made wooden knights and horses. When they entered he looked up from his game and stared at the intruders. He suddenly smiled brightly and stood up walking over to Kagome and Kohaku. He stood in front of them and smiled up at Kagome.
"Thanks for binging Kohaku nee-chan." He said politely. Kagome mentally cringed at the royal tone, but smiled at him. Kohaku let go of her hand and walked up to the little boy. Kagome motioned for Inuyasha to come closer, and he did. The little boy noticed him and laid, huge innocent eyes on him in amazement. Inuyasha fidgeted a bit under the boys gaze.
"Souta, this is Inuyasha. He's Sango and my new friend." She introduced him. Souta smiled and walked up to Inuyasha. He stared up at him with those innocent eyes again. Inuyasha fidgited some more and growled.
"What?" He asked gruffly. Souta suddenly grinned.
"You look neat!" He said. Inuyasha blushed and turned away with a 'keh'. Kagome smiled again and grabbed Inuyasha's hand pulling him out the door while calling over her shoulder.
"Souta! You can tell Kohaku what we're going to do tonight but not Sango!"
He smiled and nodded.
Kagome closed the door and turned to Inuyasha grinning. He raised an eyebrow.
"What are you planning?" He asked slowly. Her grin only widened.
"It's a surprise for you and Sango." She told him. He cocked his head. "But...we have to go on a small mission to get what we need for it, and I need Sango and you to help me get it." She said, happily. He looked at her suspiciously. He hadn't put his full trust in her yet, and was going to make sure she wouldn't betray him.
"What exactly are we going to get?" He asked. Kagome fidgeted with her hands behind her back and smiled sheepishly.
"Um.....We're gonna....kinda....raid Kouga's room?" She said with a small nervous shrug. Suddenly he grinned.
"Oh okay! I wouldn't mind doing that!" He replied mischeaviously. Kagome stared at him for a second before smileing once again and turning around. Inuyasha looked surprised. "Hey! Where'er you goin?!" He asked. She tuned and faced him.
"To my room where Sango is." She said. He snorted.
"You know you can always ask for a ride if you want to." He said gruffly, turning his head away from her. Kagome could have sworn she saw a light pink on his cheeks... She smiled again and nodded. He crouched down once again and she slipped on. Putting his hands under her knees he stood up as if Kagome wasn't even there. Kagome smiled at the back of his head.
"You're really strong!" She said giggling. He blushed, but she couldn't see it from her vantige point, which he was grateful for. Her lifted his nose and sniffed the air slowly, sorting out Kagome's scent. Kagome looked around nervously. If anyone saw him doing that they might get suspiscious. Plus she was riding on his back, which would probly give her mother a heart attack if she came around the corner and saw her like this.
Inuyasha found her scent trail and started running towards it. As he passed the entersection he sped up and ran almost top speed the rest of the way. Kagome was laughing the whole way. He couldn't help but smile at her antics. They made it to the room faster than any human could have, and Kagome couldn't stop laughing. Inuyasha let her down gently, and soon her giggles subsided. She looked up at him, once she had stopped laughing and grinned.
"That was so much fun! I should have met you when I was younger!" She said giggling. Inuyasha smiled. She walked over to her bedroom door, and pushed it open, inviting him in. He complied.
Sango was there, sitting on Kagome's bed and glaring at the wall. When Kagome walked in she turned to her and scowled.
"Boy's are idiots!" She said angrily. Kagome giggled. Inuyasha growled.
"Hey! I'm a boy!" He said defensively. Sango looked at him then grinned.
"You're the only boy who's not an idiot!" She said. "You don't ask people to marry you as soon as you meet them!"
Inuyasha blanched, and blushed a deep red. He crossed his arms over his chest and turned his nose in the air with a 'keh'. Kagome giggled. Inuyasha looked at her for a moment. She was really excited today... But he didn't know if she was like this every day or only today. She walked over to her bed and plopped herself down next to Sango and grinned.
"I have a surprise for you two!" She said happily. Inuyasha and Sango looked at her expectantly. She shook her head and grinned again. "I'm not gonna tell you till we get what we need from Kouga's room." She told them. Inuyasha sighed.
"What do we have to get?" He asked. He was somewhat hoping it was valuable.
"You'll see!" She grinned, and began dragging them down the hall.
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A/N: YAY!!! I've fin chappie 2!! ^_^ I think I'll stop putting the bottom note on....Okay then, from now on there will be no bottom note to my fics!
Ja ne!
Love,
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Inugirl
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any related cheractors.
Chapter II
An Inturesting Game
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Inuyasha woke the next morning to a horses whinny as it walked up the street leading to the castle. He stared after it from his tree and cocked his head. 'Is that a messenger?' He mused quietly. He looked after the horse as it traveled up the road. Suddenly he heard a shout from below him.
"Hey Inuyasha!" A voice called. He looked down and raised his eyebrow.
"Sango? What are you doing here?" He asked surprised. She smiled up at him. She was with her little brother Kohaku who was staring up at him as if he were an elephant in a tree.
"Were going to Kagome's castle today to play! You wanna come with us?" She asked. He stared at her in disbelief.
"R-really?" He asked. She nodded. He grinned and jumped from the branch, landing in front of her. "Sure!" He replied. She giggled and pointed to his ears.
"You're gonna have to hide those though." She told him. He turned his eyes up as if he could see his ears and twitched them.
"I have a disguise I can use." He told her, looking back down.
"Then you better use it. They don't allow other youkai besides lords to go into the castle." She explained. He nodded and closed his eyes. When he opened them he no longer had his dog ears, or claws. He still had the rest of his youkai attributes though. Sango smiled and grabbed her little brothers hand.
"Come on! Let's go!" She cried happily and ran off towards the castle. Inuyasha followed her at a slower pace, somewhat nervous. He had never been in a village before, but he had been in a castle. He stared at all the people in the streets selling food and other things.
Sango suddenly ran into a shop near the entrance to the village, and dissappeared with her brother. His eyes widend and he ran into the shop as well. It was one of the few permanite shops in the area. It was made of hard stone and had a low flat roof. It was dark inside, the only light coming from the fernice in the back of the place. He looked around and noticed hundreads of weapons on the walls. There were shields, swords, armor, and other things of the like. He stared dumbly at them all, then noticed the strange scent coming off of the weapons. His eyes widened and his mouth hit the floor.
"T-these are weapons made of parts of youkai!" He exclaimed in awe. He looked around again, and took a tentitive step foreward. The he hesitated, thinking to himself. 'Did Sango lead me here deliberatly?' He asked himself. 'It sure looks like it...why did she bring me here?' Suddenly something grabbed the back of his haori, and he stiffend and spun around. It was Sango and she was giggling her head off.
"You...haha...should have seen...hehe...you're face when you came in here!" She exclaimed laughing out loud. He glared at her.
"HEY! That's not funny! I didn't know they made weapons out of youkai parts!" He defended himself. She smiled and pointed behind him.
"This is my family's business. We sell weapons made of youkai parts. They turn out to be stronger than regular weapons." She explained. He stared at her, then nodded slowly. "I wanted to show you before we went to Kagome's place." She said, with a humorous smile. Then she turned on her heel and dashed off to Kagome's castle. Inuyasha quickly followed her. He didn't like this shop...
Inuyasha followed Sango through the village staring at the people once more. There was a guy selling rugs, a guy selling some wird smelling vegitabale's, a woman selling rings, an old lady selling shawls and herbs, there were people selling everything here! He gaped at all of the things he saw here. There was everything he'd seen in his short lifetime on this earth and more. Then he saw another old lady. This one was also selling shawls and herbs, but she was also offering archery. He stopped and stared at her for a moment. She also stared at him. Suddenly she smiled and beckened him closer.
"Come child, I will not bite." She said, motioning for him to come over. He looked around for Sango to tell her he was going to see what this old woman wanted, but she wasn't in site. He looked around a little more, before hesitently walking up to the womans shop. The shop looked like an old merchents shop, hastily put up and made of wood. It had a small roof that was just big enough to keep the rain off of the merchindise and the seller. It had a wooden pole on the left and right side to keep the roof risen, with a slab of wood in the middle acting like a counter.
The woman smiled welcomingly and leaned over the counter to her shop.
"Hello young one, my name is Kaede the village priestess." She introduced herself. "Who are you?"
He stared at her blankly for a minute, deciding weather or not to tell. He did look like a human so she wouldn't make fun of his name....would she?
"I-Inuyasha..." He stuttered out. Her smile widend.
"Ah, lord Inutaisho's son huh?" She asked. His eyes widend.
"H-how did you know?" He asked nevously ready to run if she showed the slightest sign if hostillity. She smiled again.
"I knew you're father. I was very good friends with him. I am also a Miko, so I could sense you're youki. Tell me, how is you're father and his lovely queen?" She asked. Inuyasha lowered his gaze and his expression hardend.
"Mom and Dad were killed." He said calmly, with no hint of any emotion in his voice. Kaede's smile slid off her face quickly and was replaced with a sympathetic expression.
"I am sorry to hear that..." She said sadly. "They were good friends to me." Suddenly Inuyasha's head shot up and he glared at her with firey hatered in his eyes.
"I don't need you're sympathy!" He snapped angrilly. "I don't need anyone's sympathy!" He shouted, closing his eyes and running after Sango's scent without another word. The elderly Miko Smiled after him sadly.
"He sure has his father's temper..." She mused to herself.
Meanwhile Sango was searching the village franticaly for the young silver haired hanyou. She ran out of one shop and into another, cursing herself.
"Ahh! Kagome's gonna roast me if I don't find him! She really wanted to play with him again!" She said as she ran out of that shop and into another. "INUYASHA!" She called as she reached the middle of the village. She stopped in the center where there was a circle of stones like in the middle of a city square. She put her hands on her knees and regained her breath. She stood strait and cupped her mouth.
"INU-YA-SHAAAAAAAAA!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Everyone in the square glared at her and slapped thair hands over thair ears. But when they saw her, they shrugged and went back to thair business. Sango was netorious for desturbing the peace... She held her hands up to her chest and looked around worriedly.
"Where is he..." She asked worriedly. Then she heard a voice.
"GEEZ! Do you're lungs EVER explode?! I didn't think anyone had a voice that loud!"
Sango turned around and sighed in releif.
"I thought someone took you... Oh and Kagome has a MUCH louder voice than I do!" She said grinning. "Believe me, someone like you would NOT want to get her to scream like that." She said cheerfully. He twitched one of his snowy white dog ears at the thought of a scream louder than that one. Just the thought of it made him cringe. Sango grinned at him and turned towards the castle once again. "Come on! Kagome really wants to see you again!" She said as she grabbed Kohaku's hand again and walked off, this time watching to make sure Inuyasha didn't get lost. Inuyasha sighed and followed her, thankful for her slow pace.
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Kagome stared out the window to her room, scanning the grounds for Sango and Inuyasha. Sango had come earlier to play, and because she wasn't alowed outside because of her behavier to the wolf prince Kouga, Kagome had sent Sango out to get Inuyasha. He had looked so lonely yesterday when those boys pushed him around she wanted to make him smile and have fun more often. He was a really fun boy to play with, not like those other boys who thought she was too weak to play games with them. He seemed really shy before he got to having fun.
She frowned at the thought. Inuyasha was a hanyou...maybe he was afraid he'd hurt them with his streangth. She shook her head. Inuyasha would never hurt her or her friends. He was too nice. Suddenly she heard a very familuer voice from the village below and grinned.
"INU-YA-SHAAAAAAAAA!!"
Yup. It was a good thing she taught Sango how to scream that loud. But it wasn't a good thing to her parents. They said it was unladylike, and she should only scream if she was in danger and call the gaurds. She quite frankly thought that was boring. She stood and walked away from her window. Sango would be arriving soon with her new friend. She had told the guards to let Sango and the young hanyou boy pass. She grinned at the surprise she held up her sleave for her friends. They would love it! She hoped Inuyasha would too.
She changed out of her pink kimono and into a bright blue one. It was her favorite of all the kimono's she had. It had been given to her by a strange youkai lord, when she was four. It was too big for her then but it was the perfect size now.
He was a strange man, veiled in a white robe that hid his face and attributes. He had been talking to her father about something, she couldn't understand.
*~^~*Flashback*~^~*
A man came out of the throne room looking annoyed but pleased. She had been sitting on the floor trying to decipher a book she was reading. She had been told to try and read it...not that it helped. The man spotted her and she could see him smile softly behind the viel. He walked up to her and looked down. She stared up at him with her cobalt orbs in amazement. He was tall...
He knelt down in front of her and smiled. She smiled back at him and giggled. He chuckled and ruffled her hair stareing her in the eye. She would never forget that man's eyes, so beautiful. His eyes were the deepest color of gold she would ever see. If she stared into his eyes long enough she could see his emotions floating in the endless pools of molten gold. She stared at his eyes untill he began to speak.
"Hello there, you must be princess Kagome." He said in an amused tone. She broke his eye contact and grinned at him, nodding her head enthosiasticly. He chuckled and his eyes took on a shade of amusement. "I hear that you're turning four today." He said. She smiled up at him.
"Yup yup. I'm turning four!" She said, holding up two fingers grinning. He chuckled again and pulled up two more of her fingers with gloved hands.
"That's four." He said. She stared at her fingers in awe. Then grinned again showing him her four fingers.
"Four!" She giggled. He smiled at her, then dug into his robes.
"Here, I can give you this, but you'll have to grow into it." He said pulling out something blue, and handing it to her. She stared at it and took it from him. She unfolded it and held it up before her. She grinned and talked to the man through the kimono.
"Wow...it's so pretty!" She said happily. He smiled at her. She put the kimono down and folded it the best a four year old could, with her toungue stiking out in concentration. He chuckled and took it from her, folding it neatly. He handed it back to her and stood. She stood as well, and smiled. She walked up to his leg and hugged it.
"Thank you! I really like it!" She exclaimed with a giggle. He bent down and patted her head.
"Take good care of it alright?" He told her, then walked towards the door. She waved.
"Bye bye mister!" She called after him.
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Kagome was brought out of her reminesing by a scream downstaires. She quickly finished getting dressed and ran out of her room, skidding on the tile floors as she sped toward the stairs. She didn't have any shoes on so she went a little faster.
Once she grabbed the railing that connected to the stairs and went around the whole second floor, and peered down at the second floor. She then grinned so wide her face could have broken in two.
Sango had finally made it back with Inuyasha and had probly been running to get up the stairs, because she was now shouting at prince Kouga for getting in her way and making her fall. He was glarng at her, but otherwise said nothing. Inuyasha was standing by the stairs staring at them with an annoyed expression. Kagome quickly ran from the balconey and down the stairs.
"Inuyasha! Sango! You're here! Finally!" She called hapilley as she reached the tile floor. She ran up to Inuyasha and smiled brightly at him. "I'm so glad you came!" She said. Inuyasha gave her a lopsided smile. She looked over to Sango who looked about ready to kill the prince. She walked over to her and put her hand on her shoulder.
"Sango calm down! If you hurt him you won't be able to come to the castle anymore. I already told you what I did to him." Kagome warned her. Slowly but surely Sango calmed down. She glared at Kouga one more time before walking past Inuyasha and up the stairs. Kohaku stared after her, then looked around. Kagome looked at him and smiled.
"Come on Kohaku, let's go find Souta." She said taking his hand. He looked up at her and smiled his thanks. Kagome turned to Inuyasha. "Come on Inuyasha. You can meet my little brother too." She said, then walked up the stairs helping Kohaku along. Inuyasha walked behind her as she slowly helped the six year old climb the stairs one, by one. He growled in annoyence and picked the boy up. Kagome was startled at first, but then smiled when Inuyasha put Kohaku on his shoulders.
"Whare's you're brothers room?" He asked. She looked up the staires then back at him.
"Ano...it's kinda hard to get there with spoken directions." She told him sheepishly. "So I'll lead you there."
He stared at her, then shook his head. "I can get us there faster." He told her. She looked at him quizzicotaly.
"How?" She asked. He smirked.
"Just get on my back and I'll show you." He said, crouching down so she could reach his back. She stared at him blankly. He growled when she didn't respond. "I won't let you fall, I promise."
She still looked a little hesitent, but got on anyway. He grabbed underneath her legs and held her tight. She wrapped her arms around Kohaku and leaned into his back. He held her tighter, and jumped into the air high above the balconey. Kagome squeeked and held on tighter. He landed on the huge chandalier in the middle of the roof and balanced himself.
Kouga stood up and glared at the hanyou boy, growling.
"Hey! Get back down here dog breath!" He shouted. Inuyasha glared at him.
"What did you just call me!?" He shouted back angrily. Kagome peered over his shoulder.
"Kouga, leave him alone!" She shouted down. He looked at her surprised. Suddenly, someone called his name and he turned to look whare the voice had come from. He must have seen something, and turned back to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kohaku.
"I'll be back!" He shouted, then walked towards the voice. Kagome sighed in relief. Inuyasha turned and looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
"You know that wimpy wolf?" He asked. She sighed and nodded.
"Unfortunatly yes. He's a prince from the east. He's not that bad as a friend, but I'm only ten and he already asked to marry me!" She said exaspirated. Inuyasha turned back ahead and jumped off the chandalier.
"Keh! What an idiot. I hate wolves." He said as he landed. He now stood on the balconey above the first floor. Looking around he turned his head to Kagome once again. "Which way?" He asked. Kagome pointed to the right, and he sped off. Kagome'eeped' and held onto his shoulders around Kohaku as tight as she could. Inuyasha smirked and ran faster. Suddenly he skidded to a halt by an intersection, and tuned to her again.
"Which way now?" He asked. Kagome pointed shakily to her left and said,
"T-the last door on the right." She said shakily. He grinned and sped off at top speed. Kagome squeeked and held on as if her life depended on it. Kohaku was laughing and giggling as his hair blew behind him. They passed the doors in record time and stopped abrouptly in front of the last one. Inuyassha leaned down and let Kagome climb off with Kohaku. He turned to her and found that she was laughing along with the little boy, which confused him. Wasn't she scared?
"That was so much fun!" She giggled. She looked at him and smiled brightly. For some reason that made him feel good... She took Kohaku's hand and led him into the room in front of them. Inuyasha followed closely behind.
There was a little boy sitting in the large room, playing with some speacially made wooden knights and horses. When they entered he looked up from his game and stared at the intruders. He suddenly smiled brightly and stood up walking over to Kagome and Kohaku. He stood in front of them and smiled up at Kagome.
"Thanks for binging Kohaku nee-chan." He said politely. Kagome mentally cringed at the royal tone, but smiled at him. Kohaku let go of her hand and walked up to the little boy. Kagome motioned for Inuyasha to come closer, and he did. The little boy noticed him and laid, huge innocent eyes on him in amazement. Inuyasha fidgeted a bit under the boys gaze.
"Souta, this is Inuyasha. He's Sango and my new friend." She introduced him. Souta smiled and walked up to Inuyasha. He stared up at him with those innocent eyes again. Inuyasha fidgited some more and growled.
"What?" He asked gruffly. Souta suddenly grinned.
"You look neat!" He said. Inuyasha blushed and turned away with a 'keh'. Kagome smiled again and grabbed Inuyasha's hand pulling him out the door while calling over her shoulder.
"Souta! You can tell Kohaku what we're going to do tonight but not Sango!"
He smiled and nodded.
Kagome closed the door and turned to Inuyasha grinning. He raised an eyebrow.
"What are you planning?" He asked slowly. Her grin only widened.
"It's a surprise for you and Sango." She told him. He cocked his head. "But...we have to go on a small mission to get what we need for it, and I need Sango and you to help me get it." She said, happily. He looked at her suspiciously. He hadn't put his full trust in her yet, and was going to make sure she wouldn't betray him.
"What exactly are we going to get?" He asked. Kagome fidgeted with her hands behind her back and smiled sheepishly.
"Um.....We're gonna....kinda....raid Kouga's room?" She said with a small nervous shrug. Suddenly he grinned.
"Oh okay! I wouldn't mind doing that!" He replied mischeaviously. Kagome stared at him for a second before smileing once again and turning around. Inuyasha looked surprised. "Hey! Where'er you goin?!" He asked. She tuned and faced him.
"To my room where Sango is." She said. He snorted.
"You know you can always ask for a ride if you want to." He said gruffly, turning his head away from her. Kagome could have sworn she saw a light pink on his cheeks... She smiled again and nodded. He crouched down once again and she slipped on. Putting his hands under her knees he stood up as if Kagome wasn't even there. Kagome smiled at the back of his head.
"You're really strong!" She said giggling. He blushed, but she couldn't see it from her vantige point, which he was grateful for. Her lifted his nose and sniffed the air slowly, sorting out Kagome's scent. Kagome looked around nervously. If anyone saw him doing that they might get suspiscious. Plus she was riding on his back, which would probly give her mother a heart attack if she came around the corner and saw her like this.
Inuyasha found her scent trail and started running towards it. As he passed the entersection he sped up and ran almost top speed the rest of the way. Kagome was laughing the whole way. He couldn't help but smile at her antics. They made it to the room faster than any human could have, and Kagome couldn't stop laughing. Inuyasha let her down gently, and soon her giggles subsided. She looked up at him, once she had stopped laughing and grinned.
"That was so much fun! I should have met you when I was younger!" She said giggling. Inuyasha smiled. She walked over to her bedroom door, and pushed it open, inviting him in. He complied.
Sango was there, sitting on Kagome's bed and glaring at the wall. When Kagome walked in she turned to her and scowled.
"Boy's are idiots!" She said angrily. Kagome giggled. Inuyasha growled.
"Hey! I'm a boy!" He said defensively. Sango looked at him then grinned.
"You're the only boy who's not an idiot!" She said. "You don't ask people to marry you as soon as you meet them!"
Inuyasha blanched, and blushed a deep red. He crossed his arms over his chest and turned his nose in the air with a 'keh'. Kagome giggled. Inuyasha looked at her for a moment. She was really excited today... But he didn't know if she was like this every day or only today. She walked over to her bed and plopped herself down next to Sango and grinned.
"I have a surprise for you two!" She said happily. Inuyasha and Sango looked at her expectantly. She shook her head and grinned again. "I'm not gonna tell you till we get what we need from Kouga's room." She told them. Inuyasha sighed.
"What do we have to get?" He asked. He was somewhat hoping it was valuable.
"You'll see!" She grinned, and began dragging them down the hall.
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A/N: YAY!!! I've fin chappie 2!! ^_^ I think I'll stop putting the bottom note on....Okay then, from now on there will be no bottom note to my fics!
Ja ne!
Love,
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Inugirl