Disclaimer: Inuyasha is not mine, if he was or any other characters were...I would have kicked kikyou's a$$ by now.....I just thought you should know that....bye....*creeps away*



" " =dialogue
* * =thoughts or actions
*********** = P.O.V. change or setting and scene change
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CHAPTER 5
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" Kamui?....I mean kagome?" Inuyasha called into the darkness of the barn. He had excellent night vision and could easily see her legs sticking out from behind a bale of hay.

"Inu-Inuyasha?", she asked out loud

He crept over to where she was and sat across from her.

"So...your a princess, huh? No wonder you were so bad at chores!" he said trying to lighten the mood" I'm sure you can't wait to go back to the palace right? Must be nice to have servants to feed the pigs instead of you." He laughed but kagome stayed silent. Then she got up and he stood aswell. * I guess this is it* she thought and she kissed him on the cheek and said, "I'll miss you" before heading out the door.

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Inuyasha sat in shock with his mouth agape in the darkness of the hay barn. Then what Kagome had said sank in. He jumped up quicker than he ever had in his life and nearly fell over in the fast movement. He threw the barn door open just in to see kagome in the carriage taking off. *Oh no....she's gone forever* He hunched his shoulders and turned to go tell his mother the news.

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She was home....not exactly the place she had called "home" the last couple of weeks..but hey, her parents were here. She was driven to the grand Hall doors and she stepped gracefully out of the carriage. She stared up at the huge, ivory castle as the carriage behind her drove off. Her mind started to wander back to the cozy lofts in the barn, her cute bed in the farmhouse, and a certain silver haired, amber eyed............

She was startled from her thoughts when her mother burst through the front doors crying, "Kagome Dear! I've been so worried! Let's get you inside and changed out of...whatever your wearing. Besides, it looks as if it's to rain."

Kagome rolled her eyes and let her lead her inside the palace. She was led to see her father, who hugged her, kissed and said " I missed you honey." Then she was sent up to her room to change in to something more "suitable" for a princess. She was walking down the hall with her eyes on the vibrant red carpet of the marble hallway when she crashed into something kind of soft and her and it both fell down on the very carpet she had been staring at. She looked up into a man's hand, and it belonged to a certain suitor...

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Inuyasha slowly made his way into his house to see his mother sitting across from....Kagome? No...it wasn't kagome, this girl had longer and straighter hair and there was a chill in the air around her. Both of their faces turned and the woman put on a what looked like a very stressed smile.

" Inu, honey!", cried his mother, " look who came to visit you! Her name is kikyo and she is the blacksmith's daughter." then his mother whispered so only he would hear, "I think she wants to marry you!"

"What?!?!" Inuyasha's mouth dropped and he stared at the girl. She was still giving that stressed smile and she was starting to show signs of dropping the smile because it hurt her cheeks. *Kagome never got tired of smiling, she smiled all the time except when we teased eachother* inuyasha chuckled at the memory *....but she's a princess, and I'm a farmboy...* He suddenly became gloomy and looked
to his mother and asked "Can I be excused?" then got up and walked to his bedroom to nap and dream of a certain princess chasing pigs...

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Hojo helped kagome regain her footing and gave her a smile. * He really is cute...but he's missing something.....* She looked at the ground while he spoke.

"Are you okay Lady Kagome?"

"Yes, I'm fine"

"Ummmm.........you have a beautiful palace."

"Thank you"

"You are beautiful aswell"

Her heart gave a thump. Inuyasha had never told her that, she wished he had. She shook her head *Why am I thinking of him? He helped me out and that was it. There were no important feelings involved.....so why do I think of him so much?*

" Hellooo.....Kagome....", said Hojo as he waved a hand in front of her face to snap her out of her thoughts.

" I'm sorry, what did you say?"

" Can I walk you to your room?"

" Umm...Sure"

They walked in silence. Well not complete silence as Hojo kept complimenting on parts of the palace, "Oh, what a nice vase!" Kagome stayed in silence. When they reached her door she gave a small smile and said "good night" before closing the door to change.

She was nearly knocked down when she entered a room because a person pummeled her the second the door was closed. She was shocked until she recognized the sweet smelling perfume.

" Sango?"

" Oh kagome, I missed you so much!"

"I missed you too sango....you called me kagome!"

*She must not of heard me the night she left* "Yes, I did, because you're my one and only best friend."

"Really?"

" Yeah"

They hugged in the chamber with the sunlight dimming slowly. Kagome changed and found that her life was back to exactly the way it was before except for Sango calling her Kagome and Hojo being there.