Through the Rain
Chapter 1
Forbidden Love
By ShimmerSweet
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Inuyasha, I'm just a fan with an imagination.
Today was one of the most beautiful days I've ever experienced, well, so far that is. The sky was clear, no signs of gray at all. The birds sang happily and the surrounding forest seemed peaceful. The ocean waters were crystal clear and lapping at the white sand and the sun reflected brightly off of the waters. It was pretty hot but the gentle breeze made the heat bearable. So more the reason for me to go outside and enjoy it, right? But what would be even more enjoyable than this spring day would be Inuyasha. I loved him and he loved me, but the only problem is that my family doesn't except him. He meets all of their requirements, he's a prince, he's rich, loyal, and loves me, well all of the requirements except one—he's half demon. I was going to see him today and I was going to make sure of that.
Even though the palace was a nice place to spend the day, outside was even better for today, and seeing Inuyasha was even better. Even princesses had to leave the palace every now and then. But I'm no ordinary princess and my mother is no ordinary queen, so therefore I'd have to sneak out.
I left my room and crept around the corridors, snuck past the throne room, my mother's chambers and the den and ran down the main stairway. I was almost there. The front doors were right in front of me. My hand was actually grasping the door handle.
"Kagome, where are you going?"
"Oh, um, hello mother, I was just going um, outside, uh yeah, for a walk, yeah that's it."
Wow, I was extremely smooth when it came to lying…….
My mother cocked an eyebrow and crossed her arms over her chest. She stared at me straight in the eyes. She was a rather antagonizing woman. She knew I was lying, what person wouldn't know, because I'm a horrible liar, a horrible obvious liar.
"Kagome, I know you're lying. Where are you really going?"
How did I get into this, I thought she had a royal meeting to attend, but obviously she enjoyed catching me in the act more, than talking to royal snobs.
"I'm going outside for a walk in the garden, really. You just caught me off guard."
Well, I was telling the truth. Okay, some of it anyway. I was going to walk to the garden then go meet Inuyasha in our secret meeting place in the forest just beyond the garden, but she didn't need to know that part.
"Fine Kagome, but you better not be going to go see that boy. What's his name, Inutasha isn't it."
How did she always figure out my every move? It's quite amazing actually.
"His name is Inuyasha, and no I'm not going to see him. I'm just going out for a walk. Is that so much to ask?"
"Fine Kagome, but I don't want to have to come and look for you."
She walked over to the door and opened it.
"Or else the consequences will be severe."
Then I left. I couldn't stand her presence anymore. Don't get me wrong, I love my mother and we have, well had a great relationship until she found out about Inuyasha. As I approached the garden entrance I pushed all thoughts of my mother to the back of my mind, I was too happy to let the thought of her get me down.
When I entered the garden the smell of jasmines tickled my nose. I followed the scent in order to find the lovely flowers. I bent down to smell them, their fragrance was so divine up close, the other flowers weren't bad either, but my favorite flowers were towards the center of the garden. So I ran my hand along the wall of neatly trimmed shrubbery that stood taller than me as I headed towards the center of the garden. I dropped my hand from the shrub wall and walked over to the rose bush, not the normal red rose bush, but a white rose bush. I don't know why I like them so much but I just do, maybe it's because you don't come across white roses all the time. Or maybe it was their location in the garden. They were neatly arranged around the only water fountain in the garden, it looked as if the roses were part of it. They made the fountain come to life.
Right in front of the fountain and roses was a bench that had rose engravings along the back and handles. So I decided to take a seat and just admire the garden for a little while before I'd go to meet Inuyasha. I sat back and closed my eyes and listened to my surroundings. The gentle water flow from level to level on the fountain was soothing, the gentle chirping of the birds was relaxing, and the sun dancing softly across my face made this moment even better. I was so relaxed I actually started to fall asleep but a gentle peck against my cheek brought me back to consciousness. I batted my eyelids to clear my slightly blurred vision and once they focused on the presence next to me I smiled.
"Hey Inuyasha," I smiled as I sat up instead of slouching on the bench.
"Hello beautiful," he said as he handed me a white rose and took a seat next to me.
I took it gratefully and kissed him on the cheek for his gift.
"How'd you know they're my favorite?" I asked as I laid my head down on his shoulder.
"Just intuition I guess."
We just sat there in silence for a little while as I examined my gift. That's when I remembered, and looked towards him, horror striking my heart.
"Inuyasha, we can't be here. Do you know the things my mother would do if she knew you were here?"
He looked at me with the most loving eyes.
"Yes I do. She'd probably through me in the dungeons for the rest of my life or worse, but it'd all be worth it, even if I only got to see you for only a minute."
I smiled and gave him a teasing kiss on his lips.
"Let's not stay and find out."
I told him and stood up. He stood also and took my hand in his and guided me deep into the forest and to our secret meeting spot under the God Tree. He sat down under the tree and pulled me gently into his lap. Then we talked about all sorts of things for a while until he hugged me tight and kissed me on the nape of my neck. His hot breath made my hair stand on end with excitement. I leaned into him more and closed my eyes to relax. He nibbled on my ear then whispered to me.
"Kagome, I need to tell you something important."
Then he positioned me in his lap so I was facing him and my legs straddled his torso. Sure we have kissed and hugged but he had never been this intimate with me so I was worried, but still trusted him with his actions and urged him on by nodding so he would proceed with what he wanted to say. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer and hugged and kissed me on my collar bone. Then his eyes connected with mine. His eyes were different. They were still amber, but they had a soft and intense emotion there that I've never seen.
"Kagome, this is the first time I have told anyone this, and when I say it I mean it."
Our eyes were still connected and the emotion that occupied his eyes only intensified as the silence between us expanded so I nodded slightly without breaking eye contact so he would continue. He placed his hand on both sides of my face. It seemed as if I could see into his soul.
"Kagome I—"
He was abruptly interrupted be a crash of thunder. The sky had turned to a dark grey and the sun was setting. We had been out here longer than I had thought. What was I going to do? I had been away from home for a while and my mother would know for sure that I was with Inuyasha, but I didn't care, I wanted to know what he was going to tell me. Inuyasha then took me from his lap and stood up and offered a hand to me which I gratefully took.
"You have to go home now Kagome before it starts to rain, and your mother is probably already suspicious so it's best for you to go now."
I put a hand on his cheek and kissed him gently on the lips and stared at him in his eyes.
"She can wait, and the rain can too, tell me what you wanted to say."
He covered my hand with his and kissed my palm. Then he opened his mouth to tell me but that's when the heavens decided to open up and rain fell forcefully from the sky. Within seconds we were both drenched in water. He gave me his jacket, but it didn't help.
"We have to go now Kagome, I'll tell ya later."
Then he took my hand and we ran back towards my palace. Once we reached the forest's edge we stopped and took shelter under a tree.
"Thank you Inuyasha,"
I told him as I handed him his jacket. He took it and put it back on. I had to give it back or my mother would become suspicious of the jacket's owner.
"Can we meet again tomorrow at the same time?"
I asked in hopes that he would say yes, but he just hugged me instead, then pulled back and smiled at me.
"I wish we could, but two days in a row is a little suspicious."
He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace. The chain was silver and resembled a vine and there was a rose bud shaped pink diamond dangling from it. The detail was spectacular. All I could do was gasp in amazement; even though I was a princess I have never in my life seen a piece of jewelry this stunning. This was the first piece of jewelry he had ever given me. I stared at him with my mouth open. I was speechless. He was staring at me with soft intensity in his eyes. He was waiting for a response. So I smiled at him a kissed him firmly on the lips.
"Inuyasha, it's so beautiful."
He took the necklace from my hands and walked behind me, then whispered down the back of my neck.
"Lift your hair up love; I want to see you in it."
I eagerly obeyed, and he put it on me.
"Next time we meet, I have to tell you something important, but for now you have to go inside before you catch cold."
He turned me around gently and we kissed one last time. He took a step back, his hands still on my shoulders, and smiled.
"You make that necklace look even more beautiful than what is was before."
Then he gave me a slight nudge so I would go inside, but instead I turned around to face him with a huge smile on my face.
"Thank you"
He smiled again then nodded towards the palace.
"Now go."
I took one last glance at him than ran back towards the palace. I headed towards the garden than entered through the back of it and bumped into someone. Who could possibly be out here in a heavy rain storm like this? My answer was quickly answered as I looked up into the eyes of one of our guards. I felt dread run through my veins, hoping that he wasn't out here looking for me. If he was I was in serious trouble because my mother had warned me before I left that she better not have to come looking for me.
"Princess, come with me, the queen's orders."
That was all he said, than preceded to leading me into the palace through the main doors. I was terrified because my fear had come true. My mother had given me the same warning time after time to not see Inuyasha or stay out late but she had never really sent guards after me. This was serious, and I was scared. I followed the guard but I turned more attention to the crescent moon above me in the black sky. This was the latest I've ever been out. I always came back before the sun set. But as I stared at the moon, I held the necklace that Inuyasha had given me in my palm and whispered his name. Then I tucked it under my shirt so mother wouldn't see it. If she knew it was from Inuyasha she would be livid.
We had just past the two guards outside of the front door and entered the palace and walked up the main staircase. We continued down the corridor until we came to the throne room. The guard stopped opened the door and assumed his position out side of the throne room and nodded for me to proceed. I gulped and entered, and there was my mother, sitting at her throne and my grandfather sat in the king's throne next to her. My grandfather wasn't king but liked to think he was, he felt it was his duty to fill my father's place since father had died in a war years ago and Souta was too young to become king and still is. So my mother ruled the kingdom currently, but that was beside the point. The point now was that I was in serious trouble.
My mother looked actually pretty calm and so did Grandpa. Maybe I wasn't in trouble at all! Or maybe I was just hoping for something that had no way of coming true. Grandpa looked at me and smiled gently. He came over to me and hugged me tight then kissed me on the forehead. He pulled away and looked at me with his gentle and caring eyes.
"Kagome, we were so worried about you. No matter what your mother says or does she was worried too. We both care about you deeply. Remember Kagome, I support what you do, only if it's for a good cause. I hope you staying out late was a good cause because your mother was worried and angry at the same time about you."
Grandpa patted me on the shoulder than left the room so my mother and I could talk. I didn't want him to leave but this was a discussion my mother and I would have to have in private. My mother rubbed her temples and tried to keep a calm face but she wasn't succeeding at it. She stopped rubbing her eyes than looked at me. Surprisingly her eyes weren't angry but sad. She was sad? If anything I would have thought she would be angry with me.
"Kagome, where were you."
My mother's voice was barely above a whisper. I was starting to hurt inside from her sorrow. I was still dumbfounded at the fact that she was sad and not mad. I kept thinking about it until I noticed I hadn't answered her question. So I swallowed so I could speak. I didn't like lying to my mother but I couldn't tell her the truth. Lying was my only option.
"I was out in the garden, then went to the beach, and then—"
"No more lies Kagome!"
My mother yelled at me. It shattered my heart. Sure we have had out arguments in the past but in all of them she had never yelled at me like this before. The sadness was still in her eyes but the anger she had bottled up reached its peak. She stood and was literally shaking with anger. I REALLY felt bad for lying to my mother but I loved Inuyasha too much. I just couldn't let her find out.
"Mother, I'm not lying. After I was done on the beach I went for a walk in the forest and got lost. Honest!"
"So you're telling me that you didn't go see Inuyasha and do God knows what."
"No I didn't. I'm telling you the truth."
I was becoming a great liar and I wasn't proud of it. I guess she intimidated me so greatly that my lying skills went from horrible like this morning to fantastic as of now. The way my mother's facial expression changed so suddenly startled me but I tried my best to not let it show. She went from explosive volcano mode to her normal calm and collected ways. She stared at me, her eyes still sad.
"Kagome, are you telling the honest truth."
She believed me! I answered her but not too quickly or she would know I was lying.
"Yes mother."
My mother's eyes looked so relieved. She smiled then walked over to me and hugged me lightly.
"I was so worried about you Kagome. I thought that you had been kidnapped or worse, went to be with that thing you call a man. Inuyasha is his name, right?"
She basically spat the word thing. I couldn't stand it when she talked about Inuyasha like he was scum. So of course I had to say something. That was one problem I had—I never knew when to shutup. So I pushed away from my mother and scowled at her.
"Why must you talk about him as if he's scum? You've only met him once and he treated you with the most respect I have ever seen in my life. But still you hate him for what he was born, and that's something he can't help or change. Why can't you just judge him for his personality instead of his heritage?"
Okay, that was a mistake on my part, but I had to say something. I just couldn't let her talk about him like that when he's not even around to defend himself.
"Kagome, he's a demon and—"
"He's a hanyou"
"It doesn't matter Kagome. He still has demon background and—"
"But his other half is human"
"Kagome, a demon is a demon, full or half it doesn't matter. They're all dangerous and I refuse to have you fall in love with him."
"Mother you don't underst—"
"Kagome, please."
My mother held her hand up to her temple again and shut her eyes in irritation before going on. I didn't say anything else because she was obviously stressed so I didn't want to make it any worse than what it was. She withdrew her hand and opened her eyes slowly.
"Kagome, I really don't want to discuss this anymore, especially tonight."
She stepped closer and hugged me tight. She hugged me as if it was the last time she would ever see me. She's hasn't held me this close for years.
"Kagome, I was really worried about you. I didn't know what I'd do if you never came home. I was terrified, I just didn't know—"
She pulled away from me and cocked an eyebrow. Her eyes glided to where my necklace was under my shirt. Oh my God, had she felt it through my shirt when she hugged me. Her hand grasped the gem without removing it from my shirt.
"Kagome what's this?"
"It's just—"
I didn't finish my sentence because she had pulled it out of my shirt and studied it. Her eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Oh, it's beautiful Kagome, where did you get it? I never remember you wearing it before."
As I scrambled my brain for an excuse she flipped it over and frowned. What could have possibly caused this reaction? Was it chipped? I hoped it wasn't because I had just received it. She looked at me and anger filled her eyes again.
"I thought you didn't go to see Inuyasha again."
She dropped it around my neck and took a step back. I was confused now so I decided to look at the gem myself. I flipped it over on the back and it read in the tiniest script:
'I love you now,
And I always will,
No matter what,
Never forget that
My love is real.
Love, Inuyasha'
I was in shock. My heart fluttered and I felt lighter than usual. Is that what he wanted to tell me that was so important? That he loved me? He had called me love before but never told me he loved me.
"Kagome, how could you! You went to go see him didn't you?"
There was no need to hide it anymore. I had been busted. I accepted it so I responded truthfully. There was nothing else I could do now besides dig myself deeper into this pit of despair. I couldn't look her in the eyes so I looked at my feet.
"Yes, I did."
I slowly looked up to see how angry my mother had gotten but she wasn't there. This was strange. Why did she just leave like that? I found out that answer when she came storming back in. Her motives were starting to scare me.
"Kagome, you lied to me deliberately! I can't believe you! Has he corrupted you this much! What were you doing with him for that amount of time!"
Mother was fuming and I was afraid to answer, but I did anyway, or tried too.
"Well, we—"
"Kagome I don't even want to know anymore! I am so disappointed in you! I never raised a liar so it must be his influence!"
"No Mother! It's not his f—"
"It doesn't matter whose fault it is Kagome! Because you won't see him for a long time or ever again if I can help it!"
Mother was starting to scare me now. What did she mean that I wouldn't see him for a long time? Nothing can keep me from him.
"What are you talking about?"
"You're leaving; you're going to the bordering human country to our kingdom so you can go to an all girl's school there. I love you too much to have you stay here and sneak off to see him every time you get a chance."
She had stopped yelling and stepped closer to me, anger still drenching her eyes.
"Go get your valuables because I left earlier to summon a carriage and it will be here soon. You're leaving tonight."
End of chapter 1