Disclaimer: *sighs* I don't own Inuyasha. I'm really too tired to come up with any sarcastic things right now.
A/N: WWELLL, it's been one long day full of a hell load of shit. Now what is this chapter going to be like? Hmmmm…
The Gladiator
[Last time]
His hand slid down to her cheek, receiving no form of protest, he leaned his head down.
Both eyes closed as they neared.
The gap between them almost closed…
…
Then, it stopped.
"I… can't." He felt her pulling away as his eyes opened once more.
"I can't. I'm so sorry." Then, as easily as she had gotten in, the princess slid out of the bars.
Without another look, she had left him. The hanyou sat on the ground, his arms still in place, holding nothing but air.
Chapter 5 : A Secret Between Friends
Kagome's clutch on her pillow tightened, the soft gentle fabric embracing her.
Soft.
Just like Inuyasha. She remembered the warmth she had felt in his arms. The unbelievable sense of security. How some one so muscular could be so… soft was beyond her. (A/N: Do I have to yell at you to pull your filthy minds out of the gutter?)
Why had she run?
That too, was beyond her. As she lay in the soft warmth and the comfort of her bed, she was deeply resentful of leaving him. Even now, she wasn't nearly as warm as she had been about an hour ago.
Kagome punched her bed in frustration. Why had she pulled away? Why had she ran with her tail between her legs? Was she… ashamed? Ashamed for her first kiss to be a demon? Why should it matter really? It just didn't make much sense at all. Kagome closed her eyes, full with intentions of escaping her current worries via dreamland. Besides, crying was always something that made her tired, a wide open gate to the land of unconsciousness.
Silver hair. Those adorable soft ears.
The princess moaned. He was haunting her, and she didn't like it one bit. Rolling to her side, she cuddled into her blankets, hugging them closer to her body. If only it were Inuy- Kagome blushed at what she had just imagined her innocent sheets to be. Gah! What am I thinking? She gasped, her cling to the covers loosening a fraction.
Stop it! Just relax, Kag. It's not that big of deal. Just… relax. Great, and now the princess was talking to herself.
No matter, all that she wanted to do now was sleep.
"Princess?" Kagome groaned I wanna sleep! I wanna slee-hee-heeeep! Deciding that her whining was rather un-princesslike, even if she hadn't said it out loud, Kagome sighed heavily. Releasing her fortress of blankets, she swayed out of her bed. She shivered. It was the coldest part of the night, and her bare feet became sore from the sting of the floor.
She didn't have to open her door to know who it was, however, she had to open the door to let Sango in. As her maid servant glided in, she closed the door behind her.
"Lord Higurashi seemed curious as to why supper lacked your presence." She said quietly. Kagome sighed, reseating herself once again on her futon. She motioned for Sango to sit next to her. The woman gave a curt nod, and plopped down on the bed as well.
"Sango," she started, deciding to ignore what Sango had just stated.
"What is it, Kagome-sama?" Sango stared at her mistress in concern. "What troubles you?"
"Please Sango…" Kagome sighed, absently standing up once more. "I've told you long before, we're friends when it's just us. Just call me Kagome." She took three steps forward in thought, before turning to face Sango. Her maid servant looked up at her curiously. "Sango, you… you know Inuyasha?"
The woman looked at her for a moment. Inuyasha. Dog… demon? She thought, trying to make sense of the name. "You mean the hanyou?" She asked, recalling recent events. Kagome nodded. "What about him?"
Kagome sighed once more, before turning to her window. For a moment, it seemed as if Kagome were the only one in the room. As she neared the window, she caught full sight of the night's moon.
It was full tonight, bright and shining. The soft light met her beautiful eyes of sapphire.
The specks of rays glistened off of the orbs of stormy blue. "I…" She started, how was she going to admit this? She herself wasn't even sure. "I think that I might be…" Sango remained silent, listening to whatever Kagome was about to say. Despite the fact that she was her servant, Sango had always thought of Princess Kagome as a younger sister. Sure, they had to act as if Kagome was all high and powerful while around others, but at the end of the day. Kagome was just… Kagome. And to her, she would lose the Princess in front of her name. And suddenly, they were equals in life. Sango thanked her lucky stars that Kagome was the way that she was. Kind and warm-hearted. Sango never did understand how Kagome could be so kind. Her heart pure and free. What with her sickly mother and violent father, Kagome, by all means should be a cold and distant soul.
"I think I might be…" Kagome tried again. She kept her eyes transfixed on the glowing white orb outside, but really, what she was seeing was Inuyasha. Inuyasha looking back at her.
Kagome closed her eyes before turning back to her friend. And when she did, she re- opened her eyes, allowing herself to say what she had been contemplating. "…I might be falling in love with him."
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Inuyasha finally allowed his arms to fall soundly to the floor. What exactly had just happened? Kagome had long since left the chambers. He had only watched as she fled from him. Leaving him nothing but a memory and to savor the feeling of her petite form embracing him.
"Look at the half-breed!" A nearby demon sneared.
"He's falling in love with the human!" Another stated. Demon laughter rang throughout the corridor. The said hanyou glowered.
"Shut up!" He growled, glaring in all directions. He flexed his fingers knuckles cracking immediately.
"Oh, and what is the little mutt going to do about it?" Kouga, a wolf demon smirked. "Insolent puppy." Unfortunately, the way the demon's voices echoed throughout the chamer made it almost impossible for Inuyasha to ignore. The fact that he didn't exactly have the best control over his temper didn't help much either. Kouga pointed to the collar around his neck, then to Inuyasha, "Why don't you try to attack me?"
Inuyasha scowled. "Once we get out of here, I'll enjoy shredding you to pieces."
"Once we get out, you will run to that human wench won't you?" The demon to his left snickered. Inuyasha growled. How dare he call her that! Sure he himself called her that, but it was different! … It just was!
He was about to say something, some death threat, anything that happened to flow out of his mouth when Kouga spoke. "Actually, she was quite a sight to behold. Come to think of it, she would work for a decent mate." He mused, looking up in thought as he rubbed his chin. Even though Kouga hadn't insulted her, somehow Inuyasha was angrier with him than the other demon.
"You mangy wolf." He scowled, before going off about how bad wolves smell. "Aren't you engaged?"
Kouga's glare earned a mere smirk from Inuyasha. "That's Ayame's point of view. I made no such promise." He growled. Somehow, his mind wandered to the girl. She was a young wolf demon, he had rescued her many years ago when she hadn't been much older than a pup. The Birds Of Paradise had attacked, leaving the girl petrified, he however happened to be passing by the right place at the right time. Her innocence had intrigued him, and she told him of her problems with her pack. It was then, on a night with the moon's rainbow, that he had promised to be Ayame's mate had she ever returned from the mountains, where her pack resided.
He had, however, made this promise with no intentions whatsoever of her ever coming down. She had, however, and demanded that they were supposed to be married. Being the brilliant strategist, he had made up the perfect excuse… that he remembered no such thing. Still, he found himself hoping that she had never gotten caught and dragged into hell the way he had been. With a silent prayer that she was safe in the mountains, he glared at Inuyasha, who was now the one to smirk.
"So who is she anyway?" Kouga asked curiously. She had to live in the castle, the fact being that she came to visit each and every day. The wolf demon could easily tell that Inuyasha struggled on this question. "After all this, you don't even know?" He laughed at that, stupid insolent puppy, thinking he had already owned her.
Inuyasha glared at him. "It never cam up okay?" He growled. Despite his actions, Inuyasha felt a bit guilty. They had spent quite a while talking. It was then that he remembered of their second encounter. He smiled when he remembered. "She said she was a maid servant." He stated, proud that he had gotten worked up for nothing. He did know a thing or two about her.
Kouga's reaction, unfortunately was not one which he had really expected. "And you believed that?" He laughed. He spoke as if Inuyasha were a true, one of a kind, class a… idiot.
"Why shouldn't I?" Inuyasha asked, recovering from surprise. What did Kouga mean? Why wouldn't Kagome be a maid servant.
"How many "maid servants" do you know who own dresses like that? Wasn't there another woman who came once? She was dressed differently. A lot lower classed if you ask me." Kouga mused, recalling rather in recent events.
Inuyasha had never thought about this. Who was Kagome, exactly? Why hadn't she said anything before? Here he had thought he was so close to her, and yet he doesn't even know who she is. "What are you suggesting? That Kagome's the princess or something?" Inuyasha voiced his humour, finding Kagome to be the princess quite a joke.
However, the wolf gave him a strange stare. It was funny really, he almost looked as if he were trying to tell Inuyasha… that he was correct.
Inuyasha let out a small chuckle. "Kagome? The princess!?"
"Well, why not?" Kouga asked. "The king did come that one day."
Inuyasha struggled to remember. The day they had met, a few months ago, maybe? Yes, that wretched king had come. "Maybe he was just trying to fetch his servant." Inuyasha mused, ignoring all possible signs.
"Inuyasha, don't be naïve. You know just as well as I do that Kagome is his daughter. They have the same eyes, after all."
"What kind of freak notices people's eyes?" Inuyasha asked, ignorance seemingly his greatest weapon.
Kouga rolled his own eyes, "They are there." He said simply.
"Kagome is not that bastard's daughter!" Inuyasha growled. "She's too kind for that!"
"Oh, and is that why she left you?" Kouga voiced, smirking.
Inuyasha stopped at that. Why had Kagome left? "I have to kill that bastard and his family one day."
He muttered.
"Why is that?" Kouga asked, confused.
Inuyasha growled at him, "I have reasons!" he snapped. With full intentions of forgetting about the wolf's existence, he turned to the barred window (which is more like a hole in the wall with bars over it).
He smiled at the thought that Kagome might be staring into the same moon as he found himself doing each night. She had told him about how much she loved the glowing, gently orb. His problem, however, was where she was looking at it from.
He could only hope that it wasn't from any chambers. Especially that made for a princess.
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"I knew it!" Sango exclaimed merrily, disturbing the quiet atmosphere. Kagome, undisturbed by Sango's outburst, turned from her window.
Sango frowned. "So… what's wrong?"
"Sango! Are you listening to yourself? You're the one who used to be an exterminator!" Kagome's eyes widened when she realized what she had said. Her hands flew to her mouth. She could only watch as her friend's face saddened, she turned her face to the ground. It was now Sango's turn to turn away.
"Sango… I'm, I'm so…" She had recalled unhappy memories. Sango had first come here three years ago when she was fifteen, and Kagome had been fourteen.
[Flashback]
Kagome sang a soft melody to herself. It had been a song she had written in her spare time. She smiled when she found some of the most lovely flowers. Gathering them, she made a mental note to give some for Souta, who wanted to impress a certain village girl by the name of Hitomi.
Kagome smiled at the thought of her little brother.
She heard a thump near her. Startled, Kagome turned toward the sound, praying that it wasn't a demon.
No, it wasn't. Just to the side of the flowers, lay a girl. Her long dark hair in a high ponytail which sprawled out on the ground.
Kagome edged closer to the girl and gasped. She was soaked in blood. Despite her flowing white dress, Kagome carried the girl all the way back to the castle.
Finally, after her maid servants had cleaned the girl up, she had finally came to. "Please." She choked. "please. I have no where else to g-go." Her breathing was heavy, and she was gasping desperately for the strength of words.
Kagome couldn't understand what she was saying when her mother had placed a towel on the girl's forehead.
Her wounds were serious and she was losing a lot of blood. "Please… Just… kill me." Kagome and her mother were in shock. It was later discovered that she was a young demon slayer. However, a mysterious attack on the slayers village. She was most likely the last of the village slayers.
She was alone.
[End of Flashback]
"Don't worry about it." Sango said quietly. "So." She said, deciding to change the subject. She turned to Kagome. "Wait a minute… does he know who you are?" Sango asked.
Kagome shook her head, no. "But I don't think I'm going to see him again."
A/N: Grrrr. What does Kagome mean? Even I don't know… or do I?
Dun dun Duuuuuun.
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