Title: Forbidden Love
By: Kiyoushi
A/N: I know, I know I haven't finished any of my other stories but when I have an Idea I have to write it. Well I hope you guys like this story as much as you guys have loved Bonded!!! If you haven't read Bonded or Apart of Me, please do! I'm waiting for reviews to update on both. If you want this updated, I need ten reviews!!!! Alright peoples??? Sorry if this part is so tedious but more action is to come- if you review that is!!!
Disclaimer: Roses are read, violets are blue, me no own, so you no sue!!!
Words:
Hanyou- half demon inu- dog hime- princess onegai- please gomen- sorry hentai- perverted
I think that's it! I don't think I used gomen but just in case I did and didn't catch it... anything else that isn't up here will be after the word in parenthesis.
Chapter 1 - and so we meet
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It was a beautiful fall day, the leaves of the trees just starting to fall of, not all of them turned just yet, a blanket of red, orange, and golden yellow covering the ground. The soft patter of hoofed feet made its way through a thickly foliaged forest. A shout followed by a strained 'oof' sounded throughout the wood.
"Thank you for catching me," the young woman chuckled and pulled herself up.
"It wasn't so much me catching you as it was you falling on me," he replied.
"Sorry. I didn't hurt you did I?" she asked as she tried to help the man up. She looked him over, the first thing seeing adorable dog ears on top of his head.
"What are you looking at?"
She grabbed at his ears only to get her hands pulled away but he didn't let go of her hands, rather standing there and holding them. "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, they're just so cute!"
He continues to look into her eyes and absently starts to stroke her palm.
She looks around then back to him, a worried look in her brown eyes. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my face?"
He smiled gently. "No, you're just so beautiful."
She tried to hide her blush with a smile. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
She took another curious glance at the top of his head, spotting his ears. "Why do you have dog ears anyway?"
"I am an inu-hanyou," he replied bluntly.
Her petite mouth form an 'O' as she removed her hands from his. "Are they sensitive?"
"Yes, very much so."
She tried to shake the urge to just go on and scratch his ears so she, instead, decided to ask. "Could I touch them, just this once? I promise I won't hurt them!"
Meanwhile, he was beating himself up for calling her beautiful. "NO! You can NOT feel up my ears!!!" he yelled at her. She gave him a pouting look, her sweet chocolate eyes big and sorrowful like a puppy's. "What? You just landed on me after falling off a goddamned horse, and now you want to poke and prod my ears!!!" He looked thoughtful as her crossed his arms before his chest. "I'll let you feel one ear for one gold piece."
She looked crestfallen, her heart sank in her chest, he bright eyes dulled slightly. Then she gently pressed a gold coin in his hand. He stared back at her like she was the craziest person on earth. Then she lifted a hand to rub his ear but stopped.
"What?!? DOG EARS DISGUST YOU???" he yelled angrily.
She looks up with heartbroken eyes, not knowing why she felt so sad because of this. It was just his ears... but they were sooo cute! " just don't want to make you mad at me. I you want my gold," she took out her whole change purse and places it in his hands. "You can have it. But as for your ears, I won't touch them unless you want me to."
He looked happy, happier than ever, like he had just found a million bucks. "For this much gold, lady, you can touch all of me for I care."
"Have you no manners of self-respect?"
He shrugged casually. "No, not really." ::This was so much easier than actually stealing from her, wonder if...:: "I just have my pride. And now, of course, I have your money. If you're not going to extract payment from me, then I should bid you good day. I have a long way to go, and I don't have time to sit around with you as you wait for me to tell you something which, frankly, I never will."
She blinked confusedly as he walked away. Snapping out of her thoughts, she called after him; "What do you think I expect you to say?"
He totally ignored her and kept walking the way he was going.
"HEY YOU! GET YOUR BUTT BACK HERE!!!"
He turned to glare at her with golden eyes. "And who are you to tell me what to do?" he retorted calmly.
She ran around him and in front of him, locking his path and gave him a furious look, placing her small hands on her hips and putting her face close to his, almost nose to nose with him. A few seconds later she found herself looking into his gentle amber orbs, melting at his returned gaze.
::Why don't I tell her off? Why can't I bring myself to push he away? Well, she does have pretty eyes... since when do I use the word 'pretty'?!? Look at what this little wench is doing to me!!!::
She smiled and lushes slightly as they stare into her eyes. "I didn't tell you that your eyes are beautiful, did I?"
He blushes slightly also. "No," he replied. ::Why the hell am I blushing?!?::
She raised a hand to his soft, pointed dog ear and stroked it gently. "Well you do," she said, hushed and her smile widened and her blush grew deeper.
"f you're expecting for me to say that I like you doing that, you're going to e sorely disappointed." He huffed.
"Then why does it look like you could almost smile?"
"..."
"Aha! You do like it, don't you?"
"..." ::I can't figure out why I can't just lie to her like I do everyone else! She throwing me off kilter! Why?!?::
She starts to giggle as she hears a slight rumble In his chest. Then she rests her head upon his chest to listen to the light rumble better, giggling at the soft sound.
He stiffens but then relaxes, oddly, and leans into her hand that is rubbing his ear, somehow extremely comfortable with her.
She continues to giggle and fondles with his crimson haori, it looks somewhat ratty, patched, but clean and fresh. He dressed like a peasant but didn't act like one. "Why do you dress like a peasant?"
"I dress like a peasant because I am a peasant and I am my way to King Higurashi's castle." He answered.
She pulled away, startled, and curtsied. "I am Princess Kagome, daughter of King Leonardo Higurashi, and heir to the North kingdom. It is very nice to meet you, Sir, and I hope you will accompany me to my father's and my home."
He gawked for a moment but regained his posture and bowed to her deeply. "I am InuYasha, Kagome-hime," he replied and looked toward her, she placed a delicate finger to his lips.
"Kagome, please, you are my friend, not just someone who knows me by Princess."
::I was just fondled by a goddamn princess! What the hell is wrong with me, why did I let her mess with me in the first place?!?::
"I said, InuYasha, that you could call me Kagome. There is no formality needed."
"Fine, Kagome," he huffed. "But don't blame me when I get arrested for being disrespectful to you when t get in shit for not calling you 'Kagome- hime'." He took a long side-glance at the horse. "Do you need help getting back on that thing?"
"Hardly," she answered, climbed back on the horse with a small, graceful, leap and offered him a hand.
He crossed his arms and huffed. "I don't do the horse thing. I can keep up on my own."
She looked at him thoughtfully. "Don't worry," she said with a smile. "Anyone that messes with you, messes with me!"
He gave her a strange glance.
"When you said earlier about getting in trouble for the lack of formality, if anyone tries to mess with you about it, they'll have to get through me first."
He gave her another puzzled look. "Why are you being so kind to me?"
She furrowed her brow in disappointment. "Am I not supposed to be? I mean, you haven't caused me any threat, and therefore haven't given me a reason not to trust you. In fact, I would have taken you as a prince if you had not told me otherwise."
"Well, thanks, I guess."
She kicks the horse's sides 'gently' and the horse bolts off, leaving her scared and screaming.
::She is going to so much trouble. oh well, time to play 'knight in shining- okay red- armor'::
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Kagome stares at him as he pulls the mare to a halt and glares at her with pure annoyance and question, patting the mare to calm her. "Do you ride much? Can't control a horse?" He groaned. "Princesses are such a handful!!!"
She blushed from embarrassment and his scolding. "I'm just learning to ride bareback, and this isn't my horse, it's my father's. She doesn't know me very well."
"You shouldn't ride a horse you don't know," he chided her. "What are you doing without a saddle anyway?"
Her blush deepened. "I was getting sick of everyone messing with me because I can't ride bareback and I thought I could teach myself."
"Well, how smart is that." He climbed onto the horse and pulled her close to him so she wouldn't fall. Then her placed his hands over hers and helped her guide the reins. "First you have to place you feet inward so you can have more leverage." He motioned to his in turned feet, she looked at them and followed his example. "Snap the reins lightly to get 'er going." Guides her to snap the reins lightly, not letting go of her hands. The house starts to gallop at a pleasant pace.
Kagome gives him a suspicious look. "Most peasants don't know how to ride a horse."
"Well, how many peasant people have you meet?"
She didn't answer the question, to his annoyance, but leaned into him, telling herself it was just because he was comfortable. It was only natural to take advantage of his. what was the word.? Would you call him cozy? Yes, she could say he was cozy, easy to snuggle up to. He was oh so warm and pleasant to cuddle up to. It's such a nice feeling, it's impossible to resist. "Thank you, by the way, that's twice you've helped me now."
"Normally I would ask for something in return, but I already have your purse, so consider this lesson a freebie in return for your kindness." They feel into a comfortable silence, just delighting in the feeling of them being together. He had finally found someone who understood him, even if she didn't realize that she did. They seemed to know and trust the other completely, something he had never experienced before. It was truly a wonderful thing, to have a friend.
::For some reason, I trust him completely yet I've only known him for over an hour. And he feels so comfortable against me and he so cute! And his ears are so adorable!!::
::She trusts me so fully and barely knows anything about me? I wonder why. how.::
He broke the silence with a question. "Are you always this trusting?"
Taken out of her musings, she hadn't heard the question. "Hmm?"
"I asked if you're always this trusting? You don't know anything about me but my name, but you offered to take me to the city and everything. I could be crazy and drag you off somewhere and leave you for dead, so either you're a fool or else you know some way of protecting yourself." He wrapped one arm around her waist with a low, barely heard growl and his ears twitched as he tried to sense any danger around. "I'm inclined to believe the former."
She sat up straighter, in body language telling him that the comment displeased her, but secretly relished the feeling of his hand against her stomach. She lifted one small hand and let a ball of ki form in it. "I can protect myself just fine, but I do so only if I have to. Using my powers leaves tired and drains my energy. Besides, I feel comfortable with you."
He stared at the back of her head in surprise. "What do you mean by that?"
"I can feel it," she replied. "I just know that you wouldn't hurt me. I can tell when I'm with you, the whole short time I've known been with you, I feel special and... well, that's the only way to express it. You make me feel special."
His eyes grew wide as he listened to her. "How do I make you feel... special?"
She smiled. "I feel like I've known you forever, you treat me like just another person instead of a princess, the king's daughter, you want to know me and not just go through me to my father. There are two others that do that, I only have two real friends, not including my newest friend, of course."
"I'm your friend?"
"Sure you are!"
::I think I like this gal, she's much more complex and interesting than I thought the king's daughter would be. She's so calm and sensible, yet wild and crazy at the same time.:: "Good... and thanks."
They continued in more silence before he broke it again, with yet another question. "So who are they?"
She looked puzzled.
"The people that don't treat you like a princess? Although, really, getting treated like a princess sounds a hell of a lot better than being a peasant. Nobody to put you down, nobody to treat you like scum, a hot meal on the table every night..."
"I guess not, I wouldn't ike being a peasant. No, I would never want to be a peasant. I wish I could help somehow..." she sighed and unconsciously snuggled into his chest again. "No one deserves to be put down because of their heritage."
"Being a peasant is horrible." She turned as much as she could to look at him. "Then could I help you?" Their eyes meet and she saw and unexpected soft look in his amber orbs, looking back at her. "If I tried to help you, if I helped one, maybe one day I could help many, and even if I can't, at least I tried." Her eyes were soft and watery as she looked into his. "Please?"
He wondered why he felt sympathy for her, she just wanted to help. She had more brain in that pretty head than he first thought. "I have duties to your father."
She looked even sadder and groaned disdainfully. "Probably just another slave or servant," she murmured. He looked at her with his black eyebrows furrowed, knowing that he wasn't to hear that statement and that she didn't think he had heard it. "If you are to be a slave, I can ask father to let me have you and I can set you free."
His face fell even more. "Maybe it's just me, but somehow being called a slave seems even more degrading than a peasant. At least as a peasant I can go where I want and do what I want, I don't mind going hungry or being cold... but to be your slave?" ::I wonder if this could involve a bed... gods why am I thinking of her like this? I don't think like this about any other women. What the hell is wrong with me?::
"A servant then. A wage, good food, a nice bed..."
::Could this bed be hers? Damn my mind!!!:: He dismissed his thoughts and pulled her closer to him with a chuckle. "You're fairly easy to talk to, too, Kagome."
"Really?"
He nodded with a content smile.
"Why do you say that?"
He shrugged. "I guess it's because you didn't run away screaming monster when you first saw I had dog ears..."
She giggled slightly. "I don't see why." She looked to their right and up to the red-leaved tree. Fall was so beautiful. They golden leaves of the tree next to the red on reminded her of his eyes; Peaceful, gentle, and vivid. "I mean, when I first noticed your ears, the first thing that I wondered was if they were as soft as they looked."
"You sure found out didn't you?" he teased.
"So!" she huffed. "They were soft! Besides, you like them being rubbed. I can tell."
"Feh!" he snorted.
"Do you think," she started, too absorbed about thinking about his ears to notice the rude grunt. "Would you let me rub them once in a while? You can't hide the fact that you like it. I feel the way your head tilts toward my hand and you make that soft grumble in your chest."
"You seem to making an impression that I'll be sticking around..." He paused in thought. "I get a day off a month." He demanded. "The new moon."
"One day a month? And you..." She grinned. "Are staying, ne?"
"Feh," he huffed in reply.
"Feh," she giggled. She turned to look at his ever reddening face.
"Don't mock me!" he fumed.
She let go of the reins, since he was also holding them with his powerful hands, and crossed her arms over her chest. "Feh," she repeated and earned a scowl from the hanyou behind her.
"Stop doing that!" he seethed.
"Feh," she replied, stifling a giggle.
"I said stop, damn it!!!"
"Only if I can play with your ears anytime I want to."
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"Do you enjoy annoying the hell out of me?"
"Do you enjoy being an antagonistic jerk?"
"Do you really want the answer to that question?"
She nodded.
"I do."
"Then you have your answer."
He groaned, irritated. For some reason, they always got off task, off of answering the other's questions. Running the conversation over in his head, he wondered about the questions that had been asked but not answered. How quickly one little statement triggered a whole new conversation between the two, when most of the time, whenever he had a conversation, they kept to the point. Who were those friends of hers? They had been mentioned in the conversations many a time but somehow been taken away from them being mentioned because of something that had been or said or done. What was his job to entail, if, indeed, he was going to e a servant? Why would someone tease her, a princess, about riding bareback? Why could she care? "So," he started again. "What's this job all about?"
"Depends," she answered him like they had had the conversation many an time.
"On what?"
"On who you serve."
"Who will I most likely serve?"
"Who do you want to serve? Me? Father?"
"You."
"Then you would do whatever, errands, maybe take care of me when I'm sick if the nurse isn't there. She's always away. Maybe doing other things. Anything I tell you to really."
He looked at her, her eyes looked lost, lost in her thought. He had a feeling; what did she really want? Someone to run errands? Someone to cuddle with when she was lonely? Someone to protect her from danger? ::I wouldn't mind much, I guess, if It's for Kagome.:: He didn't like the silence. "So, ho are these people who don't treat you like a princess?"
"Haven't you asked me this already?"
"You never really answered me, did you?"
She sighed and giggled softly. "I suppose not."
"So?"
"Well, there's Sango, my best friend, and Miroku, her new husband. They were just married about a week ago." She sighed. "I hope one day I can find someone to love and marry, not just be forced to marry. Ever since I was small, I've known that I'll have to marry whoever my father picks, because I am a princess, and I have to marry royalty or someone who has proved them self 'worthy'. I'd rather marry out of love."
InuYasha wondered why he even asked but a small part of him was glad, glad they could talk this way.
"I doubt it," she huffed. "Father treats me like I'm five, my opinion is useless, and they're forcing me to marry someone who I don't even know. Bull."
He raised an eyebrow at her. "I thought you liked being a princess."
"A princess' life isn't all it's cracked up to be."
He sighed. "Sometimes princesses have to do what they don't want to. It's the prince for their power. I'm sure that whoever your father chooses to wed you to, that prince probably feels the same way. And your dad might treat you like a five year old but maybe if you accepted the fact that you were born into privilege and that you have to pay for such a birth, maybe he might start treating you like an adult." He looked at her shocked face. "Besides, love takes time to build, in relationships like these. You can learn to love each other." Her eyes weren't shocked anymore, just wide that slowly narrowed as her brow furrowed and he noticed the moisture at the brim of her eyelids. They slowly closed and salty tears glistened in the golden sunlight as they ran down her pale face.
"Sorry Kagome-hime" She cut him off with her petite fingertips on his lips.
"Look," she said, her voice low and serious, with a calmness he hadn't seen yet in the girl. "I never asked to be born a princess. I know my tasks and my duties as a princess. I know what things that must be done and how I must act. I do many things I don't want to, most of them that don't benefit me or my kingdom, some of them even taking away from me. But tell me this, did you ever think that a princess could be lonely, surrounded by people that only act like her friend to gain favor with her father? To gain power? Alone... it's a strong word, is it not?" She turned her sad chocolate eyes away from him. "You can be by yourself and not be alone, knowing you have real friends that care for you and that love you for who you are deep inside and not who you were born to. No I take it back..."
"What? What do you take back, Kagome?"
"I'd rather be a peasant than suffer another day of being alone."
God he wanted to cry. He just wanted to take her into his arms and promise she'd never be lonely again, not as long as he lived. He wanted to make her feel loved, to feel how much he had really grown attached to her, how much he loved her fiery spirit and beautiful chocolate brown eyes, her raven tresses. He wanted to show her how much someone really loved her.
But he couldn't love her, they had just met.
Did he ever believe in love at first sight?
They had now stopped at the castle and she slid off the horse, her happy expression back in place. ::How does she do that???:: he asked himself as he slid off the horse. He took her by surprise when he kneeled before her and took her hand, staring up into her beautiful eyes. They shown with a child like curiosity as they gazed into his. "Kagome, would you let me fill that hole in your heart? Would you let me help you to never be alone again? To never feel like you're not appreciated or -
"KAGOME-HIME!!!!"
She sighed disdainfully as InuYasha moved in before her. "No, InuYasha, it's just Kouga."
"Who?"
"Just don't kill him? Please?"
He shrugged. Of course he wouldn't kill him if she told him not to but as her subject, as everyone in her kingdom was, he had a priority to protect her. Was that the only reason? ::No, it's because I've already grown too attached to this girl:: he mused.
A handsome young man, or rather youkai, walked up to Kagome with his aqua eyes shining with pure lust; InuYasha could tell it by the way he smelled that he wanted Kagome. InuYasha's hands instinctively went to Kagome's shoulders and absently drew little circles on them, to get her to relax, which she did. The youkai bowed regally and took her hand, kissing it gently. "Welcome back, my princess Kagome." He said.
InuYasha felt the need to distance her from the youkai so he growled a it to get his attention.
Kouga looked up to look at the red clad, silver haired stripling and gave him a fanged smile. "Greetings." His eyes fell upon broad shoulders and long arms, to big, masculine looking, clawed hands which were resting on the young maiden's shoulders. When he noticed this, he growled softly. "Why are you touching the princess, peasant?" Another inspection lead him to dog ears and fangs. "Correction:" he stated coldly. "Why are you touching my princess, hanyou?"
"Who are you?" InuYasha snarled.
"I should be the one asking that question."
"Kouga, please, don't make trouble for my guest. Leave him be," Kagome almost pleaded. He bowed his apology.
"Sorry to upset you, princess, would you like me to escort you to your room?" he winked seductively at her, he groaned inwardly.
"I have to see him to my father, after our picnic with Sango and Miroku, isn't that right, InuYasha-san?" she looked at him from the corner of her eye.
"Hai," he replied.
"Well, I know you are your picnics, four only," Kouga huffed. "Next time, ne, Kagome-hime?"
::no:: She just nodded slightly. He walked away gallantly, disappearing around the side of the castle.
"I can see why you asked me not to kill him..." InuYasha sighed.
She agreed with a sigh of her own. "And this is one of his better days. He can be really nice, when he's not trying to get down my pants..." she looked at herself with a self criticizing half-smile. "or in this case, up my kimono."
"And who is he, exactly?"
"The wolf youkai prince, works for dad, finances."
He stared at her dubiously. "Your dad trusts him???"
"He has my pops smitten, he doesn't even know that Kouga would ever try such a thing. To dad, he's as innocent as a sleeping koneko (kitten)."
"That bastard, I'll rip his-"
"I wouldn't finish that statement if I were you..." she whispered and motioned behind him. "If he heard you say anything bad about Kouga, he'd have you- she made a motion like slicing someone's throat- like -she snapped her fingers- that."
"What do you mean?"
"He likes Kouga why more for my own good."
"Yours?"
"If I don't find a husband soon or someone else doesn't come along, I have a feeling that I'll end up marrying horny-can't-keep-his-dick-where-it- belongs boy."
He didn't believe that for a second. "Your dad wouldn't be that cruel and tasteless, would he?"
"Father will do whatever with my life as he pleases."
"But! HIM! AND! That slobbering pile of-
Her hand clamped over his mouth as her face brightened considerably. "Konichiwa tou-chan (good afternoon, dad)!!!" she yelled to the man behind InuYasha happily. She sure could switch moods fast. She ran to her father who hugged her tightly.
"Kon'wa (short for konnichiwa or konbanwa, which means good evening) Kagome- chan! How's my little hime today?"
Inwardly, she groaned, but rather she responded to her father; "Fine, father!" the motioned to InuYasha. "This is InuYasha, father, he says you're the one he sent for."
"You are indeed InuYasha, ne?" the king asked.
InuYasha nodded.
"Then you will meet me after..." he looked to her daughter.
"After the picnic and I get him a room."
"And we'll discuss why I called you here, Lord InuYasha."
"What?" they both gawked.
"It will be explained when you come to me and I tell you of your job to me."
They quirked their eyebrows at the King and looked at each other. Kagome shrugged at the look he gave her and turned back to her father. "Papa, about Kouga-
"For the LAST TIME Kagome, I'm not firing him because you say that he's been trying to have sex with you. He denies it every time I ask and I trust him completely. Anyway, you might end up marrying him."
Kagome glared at her father and grabbed InuYasha's hand. "Good day father," she snarled and dragged InuYasha into the castle, muttering about hentai wolves, naïve fathers and so unnecessary things being said because, no matter if she was betrothed to the bastard or not she refused to marry him, no matter what her father said. She heard InuYasha chuckle. "What???"
He shrugged.
"Stop smiling like that!!!"
"What smile?"
"That one!!!"
He pressed his lips into a thin line and she turned away from him. "So what are you here to do anyway?"
"I have not the slightest clue."
She chuckled, her face brightening up like the dark sky at daybreak. She looked so happy and peaceful... she was just so beautiful like that. He smiled once again and she widened hers, turning the knob on one of the doors at the end of a long corridor. "This can be your room," she said, motioning through the open door. "If you like it I mean. If you don't-
"It's fine, thank you."
She grinned brighter. "This room," she looked across the hallway to an oak door with an intricate rose and sakura leaves carved beautifully into the wood. "Is mine. Whenever you want me just come over and get me."
"Even in the middle of the night?"
"What, scared of the monsters under the bed?"
InuYasha glared at her.
She giggled. "Sure, anytime, promise."
He gave her a smile and stepped into the room. "Thanks," he said and looked around the room. Forest green, the walls an off midnight blue, the ceiling covered in silver stars and the chandelier in the middle of the room in a star shape. The bed was the forest green color, it's comforters a soft, plush darker green and the pillows the same as the walls. "Give me twenty minutes to freshen up, Kagome and I'll be out in to join you."
"Alright," she went to her door. "I'm going to change too."
::Gods I hope one day I can heal the poor princess's heart. I hope she'll let me help her:: He proceeded to get freshened up.
She changed into a hakama and gi in her room. ::I have this weird feeling that even though I have just meet him, that he's the one I need in my life.:: She sighed. ::as if... but he's so wonderful!!!:: She sighed again, with a smile on her face. InuYasha finished bathing and such and knocked on Kagome's door. She yelled for him to enter and he looks around taking in the light blues and white in her room. He watched her as she pulled her dark hair into a ponytail to keep it from her eyes.
"What?" she asked, her curiosity getting the best of her.
"Do I need a reason to stare at a beautiful princess?" he replied. She blushed, leaned up and kissed his cheek softly. "I guess not but don't get any ideas, I don't want you to end up like Kouga."
He cringed. "Hell, why would I do that? I just said that you we're beautiful!"
"And I thanked you didn't I? I just wanted you to be on your guard," she shrugged and looked at the sundial through her bedroom window. "We have a while. Do you want to get there, set up and then help me with the horse stuff again?"
"Sure," he replied, looking her up and down and thinking that she looked great in everything that she wears. "Where are we going?"
"On a picnic."
"A picnic?"
"Picnic! That's what I said isn't it? Do you want me to spell it out for you?"
"I can spell just fine, thank you very much."
"Good," she cooed. "Now come over here." She motioned to the window she was standing in front of and he walked over to her. She reached up and started to stroke one of his ears. "They're so cute!!!" she squealed and added in a whisper, "and so is the rest of him."
He watched her. "Kagome, didn't you just ask that you wanted to get up there and set up the picnic?"
"Yea," she sighed and stopped but he grabbed her hand and lifted it back up to his ears.
"I didn't say stop, I just wanted to make sure."
She giggled and leaned into him, raising both hands to stroke the base of his ears, giggling more when he leaned into her touch.
::gods that feels good::
"I didn't think you liked it." She said.
He sighed contently. "I never said that, they're just sensitive and you're the only one that knows how to rub them just right." He backed up and sat on the bed and she followed him. "So it feels good and it doesn't hurt."
"I'm glad you like it."
He smirked. "Very."
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KIyoUsHi
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Today is the 17th of December, and I was looking over this to do chapter 3, which I had to do -well, you'll figure it out when I update. I hope you people are happy to know that I've lengthened the story line a bit, so it'll be longer than I first planned. Around, 10 or 11 chapters, depending on how this goes. But he, each chapter is about 15 pgs in word, or 5000 words and I will allow it to be no less for this story. Well, I this has been revised, and I hope I helped with all the spelling mistakes. I'm going over chapter 2 also and going over some corrections. I seem to be ale to find these things better _after_ I post ^__^; ...yea... Oh, and for those who want to know how I get my ... to show up (because I find it extremely irritating that ff.net does that when uploading.): when using word, you have autocorrect options, if you go to 'TOOLS' on your toolbar at the top of your screen, somewhere on there under it should be autocorrect options. Click on that and a window should show up. Then click on the auto format tab or the auto format as you type tab. It should give you a bunch of options. From here you should be able to disable the thing that makes your triple dots into 3 spaces and not one. That way it will show up on ff.net. If that doesn't work, while you type and you use the '...' thing, hover over it with your mouse and a thing with an 'I' should show up. Click on that and it will say 'stop automatically correcting '...''. if you click that it should make the triple dots use up three spaces and not one. That's why it doesn't work on ff.net, it has to be three periods in a row and not three periods in one space, the last two get cut off. Complicated, huh? But I think it should work. It irritated me when I went to look at my stuff and it did that... so I think it might irk a few other people too.
Well, that's it for my extra long author's note!!!! Not much has been changed from the original chapter so you don't have to re-read this. But for the people who actually pay attention to these things, where InuYasha asks himself if he believes in first sight, originally, he answered his question in this chapter. His answer has been taken out because it is repeated in later chapters. He will answer it, but not yet, just letting you people know. I know someone has noticed it, so I thought I would point it out. Well, off to work on ch.3!!!! Ja!!!!
-once again, Much Love, Pocky, Chocolate, and Bunnie Hops, KIyoUsHi
By: Kiyoushi
A/N: I know, I know I haven't finished any of my other stories but when I have an Idea I have to write it. Well I hope you guys like this story as much as you guys have loved Bonded!!! If you haven't read Bonded or Apart of Me, please do! I'm waiting for reviews to update on both. If you want this updated, I need ten reviews!!!! Alright peoples??? Sorry if this part is so tedious but more action is to come- if you review that is!!!
Disclaimer: Roses are read, violets are blue, me no own, so you no sue!!!
Words:
Hanyou- half demon inu- dog hime- princess onegai- please gomen- sorry hentai- perverted
I think that's it! I don't think I used gomen but just in case I did and didn't catch it... anything else that isn't up here will be after the word in parenthesis.
Chapter 1 - and so we meet
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It was a beautiful fall day, the leaves of the trees just starting to fall of, not all of them turned just yet, a blanket of red, orange, and golden yellow covering the ground. The soft patter of hoofed feet made its way through a thickly foliaged forest. A shout followed by a strained 'oof' sounded throughout the wood.
"Thank you for catching me," the young woman chuckled and pulled herself up.
"It wasn't so much me catching you as it was you falling on me," he replied.
"Sorry. I didn't hurt you did I?" she asked as she tried to help the man up. She looked him over, the first thing seeing adorable dog ears on top of his head.
"What are you looking at?"
She grabbed at his ears only to get her hands pulled away but he didn't let go of her hands, rather standing there and holding them. "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you, they're just so cute!"
He continues to look into her eyes and absently starts to stroke her palm.
She looks around then back to him, a worried look in her brown eyes. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my face?"
He smiled gently. "No, you're just so beautiful."
She tried to hide her blush with a smile. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
She took another curious glance at the top of his head, spotting his ears. "Why do you have dog ears anyway?"
"I am an inu-hanyou," he replied bluntly.
Her petite mouth form an 'O' as she removed her hands from his. "Are they sensitive?"
"Yes, very much so."
She tried to shake the urge to just go on and scratch his ears so she, instead, decided to ask. "Could I touch them, just this once? I promise I won't hurt them!"
Meanwhile, he was beating himself up for calling her beautiful. "NO! You can NOT feel up my ears!!!" he yelled at her. She gave him a pouting look, her sweet chocolate eyes big and sorrowful like a puppy's. "What? You just landed on me after falling off a goddamned horse, and now you want to poke and prod my ears!!!" He looked thoughtful as her crossed his arms before his chest. "I'll let you feel one ear for one gold piece."
She looked crestfallen, her heart sank in her chest, he bright eyes dulled slightly. Then she gently pressed a gold coin in his hand. He stared back at her like she was the craziest person on earth. Then she lifted a hand to rub his ear but stopped.
"What?!? DOG EARS DISGUST YOU???" he yelled angrily.
She looks up with heartbroken eyes, not knowing why she felt so sad because of this. It was just his ears... but they were sooo cute! " just don't want to make you mad at me. I you want my gold," she took out her whole change purse and places it in his hands. "You can have it. But as for your ears, I won't touch them unless you want me to."
He looked happy, happier than ever, like he had just found a million bucks. "For this much gold, lady, you can touch all of me for I care."
"Have you no manners of self-respect?"
He shrugged casually. "No, not really." ::This was so much easier than actually stealing from her, wonder if...:: "I just have my pride. And now, of course, I have your money. If you're not going to extract payment from me, then I should bid you good day. I have a long way to go, and I don't have time to sit around with you as you wait for me to tell you something which, frankly, I never will."
She blinked confusedly as he walked away. Snapping out of her thoughts, she called after him; "What do you think I expect you to say?"
He totally ignored her and kept walking the way he was going.
"HEY YOU! GET YOUR BUTT BACK HERE!!!"
He turned to glare at her with golden eyes. "And who are you to tell me what to do?" he retorted calmly.
She ran around him and in front of him, locking his path and gave him a furious look, placing her small hands on her hips and putting her face close to his, almost nose to nose with him. A few seconds later she found herself looking into his gentle amber orbs, melting at his returned gaze.
::Why don't I tell her off? Why can't I bring myself to push he away? Well, she does have pretty eyes... since when do I use the word 'pretty'?!? Look at what this little wench is doing to me!!!::
She smiled and lushes slightly as they stare into her eyes. "I didn't tell you that your eyes are beautiful, did I?"
He blushes slightly also. "No," he replied. ::Why the hell am I blushing?!?::
She raised a hand to his soft, pointed dog ear and stroked it gently. "Well you do," she said, hushed and her smile widened and her blush grew deeper.
"f you're expecting for me to say that I like you doing that, you're going to e sorely disappointed." He huffed.
"Then why does it look like you could almost smile?"
"..."
"Aha! You do like it, don't you?"
"..." ::I can't figure out why I can't just lie to her like I do everyone else! She throwing me off kilter! Why?!?::
She starts to giggle as she hears a slight rumble In his chest. Then she rests her head upon his chest to listen to the light rumble better, giggling at the soft sound.
He stiffens but then relaxes, oddly, and leans into her hand that is rubbing his ear, somehow extremely comfortable with her.
She continues to giggle and fondles with his crimson haori, it looks somewhat ratty, patched, but clean and fresh. He dressed like a peasant but didn't act like one. "Why do you dress like a peasant?"
"I dress like a peasant because I am a peasant and I am my way to King Higurashi's castle." He answered.
She pulled away, startled, and curtsied. "I am Princess Kagome, daughter of King Leonardo Higurashi, and heir to the North kingdom. It is very nice to meet you, Sir, and I hope you will accompany me to my father's and my home."
He gawked for a moment but regained his posture and bowed to her deeply. "I am InuYasha, Kagome-hime," he replied and looked toward her, she placed a delicate finger to his lips.
"Kagome, please, you are my friend, not just someone who knows me by Princess."
::I was just fondled by a goddamn princess! What the hell is wrong with me, why did I let her mess with me in the first place?!?::
"I said, InuYasha, that you could call me Kagome. There is no formality needed."
"Fine, Kagome," he huffed. "But don't blame me when I get arrested for being disrespectful to you when t get in shit for not calling you 'Kagome- hime'." He took a long side-glance at the horse. "Do you need help getting back on that thing?"
"Hardly," she answered, climbed back on the horse with a small, graceful, leap and offered him a hand.
He crossed his arms and huffed. "I don't do the horse thing. I can keep up on my own."
She looked at him thoughtfully. "Don't worry," she said with a smile. "Anyone that messes with you, messes with me!"
He gave her a strange glance.
"When you said earlier about getting in trouble for the lack of formality, if anyone tries to mess with you about it, they'll have to get through me first."
He gave her another puzzled look. "Why are you being so kind to me?"
She furrowed her brow in disappointment. "Am I not supposed to be? I mean, you haven't caused me any threat, and therefore haven't given me a reason not to trust you. In fact, I would have taken you as a prince if you had not told me otherwise."
"Well, thanks, I guess."
She kicks the horse's sides 'gently' and the horse bolts off, leaving her scared and screaming.
::She is going to so much trouble. oh well, time to play 'knight in shining- okay red- armor'::
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Kagome stares at him as he pulls the mare to a halt and glares at her with pure annoyance and question, patting the mare to calm her. "Do you ride much? Can't control a horse?" He groaned. "Princesses are such a handful!!!"
She blushed from embarrassment and his scolding. "I'm just learning to ride bareback, and this isn't my horse, it's my father's. She doesn't know me very well."
"You shouldn't ride a horse you don't know," he chided her. "What are you doing without a saddle anyway?"
Her blush deepened. "I was getting sick of everyone messing with me because I can't ride bareback and I thought I could teach myself."
"Well, how smart is that." He climbed onto the horse and pulled her close to him so she wouldn't fall. Then her placed his hands over hers and helped her guide the reins. "First you have to place you feet inward so you can have more leverage." He motioned to his in turned feet, she looked at them and followed his example. "Snap the reins lightly to get 'er going." Guides her to snap the reins lightly, not letting go of her hands. The house starts to gallop at a pleasant pace.
Kagome gives him a suspicious look. "Most peasants don't know how to ride a horse."
"Well, how many peasant people have you meet?"
She didn't answer the question, to his annoyance, but leaned into him, telling herself it was just because he was comfortable. It was only natural to take advantage of his. what was the word.? Would you call him cozy? Yes, she could say he was cozy, easy to snuggle up to. He was oh so warm and pleasant to cuddle up to. It's such a nice feeling, it's impossible to resist. "Thank you, by the way, that's twice you've helped me now."
"Normally I would ask for something in return, but I already have your purse, so consider this lesson a freebie in return for your kindness." They feel into a comfortable silence, just delighting in the feeling of them being together. He had finally found someone who understood him, even if she didn't realize that she did. They seemed to know and trust the other completely, something he had never experienced before. It was truly a wonderful thing, to have a friend.
::For some reason, I trust him completely yet I've only known him for over an hour. And he feels so comfortable against me and he so cute! And his ears are so adorable!!::
::She trusts me so fully and barely knows anything about me? I wonder why. how.::
He broke the silence with a question. "Are you always this trusting?"
Taken out of her musings, she hadn't heard the question. "Hmm?"
"I asked if you're always this trusting? You don't know anything about me but my name, but you offered to take me to the city and everything. I could be crazy and drag you off somewhere and leave you for dead, so either you're a fool or else you know some way of protecting yourself." He wrapped one arm around her waist with a low, barely heard growl and his ears twitched as he tried to sense any danger around. "I'm inclined to believe the former."
She sat up straighter, in body language telling him that the comment displeased her, but secretly relished the feeling of his hand against her stomach. She lifted one small hand and let a ball of ki form in it. "I can protect myself just fine, but I do so only if I have to. Using my powers leaves tired and drains my energy. Besides, I feel comfortable with you."
He stared at the back of her head in surprise. "What do you mean by that?"
"I can feel it," she replied. "I just know that you wouldn't hurt me. I can tell when I'm with you, the whole short time I've known been with you, I feel special and... well, that's the only way to express it. You make me feel special."
His eyes grew wide as he listened to her. "How do I make you feel... special?"
She smiled. "I feel like I've known you forever, you treat me like just another person instead of a princess, the king's daughter, you want to know me and not just go through me to my father. There are two others that do that, I only have two real friends, not including my newest friend, of course."
"I'm your friend?"
"Sure you are!"
::I think I like this gal, she's much more complex and interesting than I thought the king's daughter would be. She's so calm and sensible, yet wild and crazy at the same time.:: "Good... and thanks."
They continued in more silence before he broke it again, with yet another question. "So who are they?"
She looked puzzled.
"The people that don't treat you like a princess? Although, really, getting treated like a princess sounds a hell of a lot better than being a peasant. Nobody to put you down, nobody to treat you like scum, a hot meal on the table every night..."
"I guess not, I wouldn't ike being a peasant. No, I would never want to be a peasant. I wish I could help somehow..." she sighed and unconsciously snuggled into his chest again. "No one deserves to be put down because of their heritage."
"Being a peasant is horrible." She turned as much as she could to look at him. "Then could I help you?" Their eyes meet and she saw and unexpected soft look in his amber orbs, looking back at her. "If I tried to help you, if I helped one, maybe one day I could help many, and even if I can't, at least I tried." Her eyes were soft and watery as she looked into his. "Please?"
He wondered why he felt sympathy for her, she just wanted to help. She had more brain in that pretty head than he first thought. "I have duties to your father."
She looked even sadder and groaned disdainfully. "Probably just another slave or servant," she murmured. He looked at her with his black eyebrows furrowed, knowing that he wasn't to hear that statement and that she didn't think he had heard it. "If you are to be a slave, I can ask father to let me have you and I can set you free."
His face fell even more. "Maybe it's just me, but somehow being called a slave seems even more degrading than a peasant. At least as a peasant I can go where I want and do what I want, I don't mind going hungry or being cold... but to be your slave?" ::I wonder if this could involve a bed... gods why am I thinking of her like this? I don't think like this about any other women. What the hell is wrong with me?::
"A servant then. A wage, good food, a nice bed..."
::Could this bed be hers? Damn my mind!!!:: He dismissed his thoughts and pulled her closer to him with a chuckle. "You're fairly easy to talk to, too, Kagome."
"Really?"
He nodded with a content smile.
"Why do you say that?"
He shrugged. "I guess it's because you didn't run away screaming monster when you first saw I had dog ears..."
She giggled slightly. "I don't see why." She looked to their right and up to the red-leaved tree. Fall was so beautiful. They golden leaves of the tree next to the red on reminded her of his eyes; Peaceful, gentle, and vivid. "I mean, when I first noticed your ears, the first thing that I wondered was if they were as soft as they looked."
"You sure found out didn't you?" he teased.
"So!" she huffed. "They were soft! Besides, you like them being rubbed. I can tell."
"Feh!" he snorted.
"Do you think," she started, too absorbed about thinking about his ears to notice the rude grunt. "Would you let me rub them once in a while? You can't hide the fact that you like it. I feel the way your head tilts toward my hand and you make that soft grumble in your chest."
"You seem to making an impression that I'll be sticking around..." He paused in thought. "I get a day off a month." He demanded. "The new moon."
"One day a month? And you..." She grinned. "Are staying, ne?"
"Feh," he huffed in reply.
"Feh," she giggled. She turned to look at his ever reddening face.
"Don't mock me!" he fumed.
She let go of the reins, since he was also holding them with his powerful hands, and crossed her arms over her chest. "Feh," she repeated and earned a scowl from the hanyou behind her.
"Stop doing that!" he seethed.
"Feh," she replied, stifling a giggle.
"I said stop, damn it!!!"
"Only if I can play with your ears anytime I want to."
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"Do you enjoy annoying the hell out of me?"
"Do you enjoy being an antagonistic jerk?"
"Do you really want the answer to that question?"
She nodded.
"I do."
"Then you have your answer."
He groaned, irritated. For some reason, they always got off task, off of answering the other's questions. Running the conversation over in his head, he wondered about the questions that had been asked but not answered. How quickly one little statement triggered a whole new conversation between the two, when most of the time, whenever he had a conversation, they kept to the point. Who were those friends of hers? They had been mentioned in the conversations many a time but somehow been taken away from them being mentioned because of something that had been or said or done. What was his job to entail, if, indeed, he was going to e a servant? Why would someone tease her, a princess, about riding bareback? Why could she care? "So," he started again. "What's this job all about?"
"Depends," she answered him like they had had the conversation many an time.
"On what?"
"On who you serve."
"Who will I most likely serve?"
"Who do you want to serve? Me? Father?"
"You."
"Then you would do whatever, errands, maybe take care of me when I'm sick if the nurse isn't there. She's always away. Maybe doing other things. Anything I tell you to really."
He looked at her, her eyes looked lost, lost in her thought. He had a feeling; what did she really want? Someone to run errands? Someone to cuddle with when she was lonely? Someone to protect her from danger? ::I wouldn't mind much, I guess, if It's for Kagome.:: He didn't like the silence. "So, ho are these people who don't treat you like a princess?"
"Haven't you asked me this already?"
"You never really answered me, did you?"
She sighed and giggled softly. "I suppose not."
"So?"
"Well, there's Sango, my best friend, and Miroku, her new husband. They were just married about a week ago." She sighed. "I hope one day I can find someone to love and marry, not just be forced to marry. Ever since I was small, I've known that I'll have to marry whoever my father picks, because I am a princess, and I have to marry royalty or someone who has proved them self 'worthy'. I'd rather marry out of love."
InuYasha wondered why he even asked but a small part of him was glad, glad they could talk this way.
"I doubt it," she huffed. "Father treats me like I'm five, my opinion is useless, and they're forcing me to marry someone who I don't even know. Bull."
He raised an eyebrow at her. "I thought you liked being a princess."
"A princess' life isn't all it's cracked up to be."
He sighed. "Sometimes princesses have to do what they don't want to. It's the prince for their power. I'm sure that whoever your father chooses to wed you to, that prince probably feels the same way. And your dad might treat you like a five year old but maybe if you accepted the fact that you were born into privilege and that you have to pay for such a birth, maybe he might start treating you like an adult." He looked at her shocked face. "Besides, love takes time to build, in relationships like these. You can learn to love each other." Her eyes weren't shocked anymore, just wide that slowly narrowed as her brow furrowed and he noticed the moisture at the brim of her eyelids. They slowly closed and salty tears glistened in the golden sunlight as they ran down her pale face.
"Sorry Kagome-hime" She cut him off with her petite fingertips on his lips.
"Look," she said, her voice low and serious, with a calmness he hadn't seen yet in the girl. "I never asked to be born a princess. I know my tasks and my duties as a princess. I know what things that must be done and how I must act. I do many things I don't want to, most of them that don't benefit me or my kingdom, some of them even taking away from me. But tell me this, did you ever think that a princess could be lonely, surrounded by people that only act like her friend to gain favor with her father? To gain power? Alone... it's a strong word, is it not?" She turned her sad chocolate eyes away from him. "You can be by yourself and not be alone, knowing you have real friends that care for you and that love you for who you are deep inside and not who you were born to. No I take it back..."
"What? What do you take back, Kagome?"
"I'd rather be a peasant than suffer another day of being alone."
God he wanted to cry. He just wanted to take her into his arms and promise she'd never be lonely again, not as long as he lived. He wanted to make her feel loved, to feel how much he had really grown attached to her, how much he loved her fiery spirit and beautiful chocolate brown eyes, her raven tresses. He wanted to show her how much someone really loved her.
But he couldn't love her, they had just met.
Did he ever believe in love at first sight?
They had now stopped at the castle and she slid off the horse, her happy expression back in place. ::How does she do that???:: he asked himself as he slid off the horse. He took her by surprise when he kneeled before her and took her hand, staring up into her beautiful eyes. They shown with a child like curiosity as they gazed into his. "Kagome, would you let me fill that hole in your heart? Would you let me help you to never be alone again? To never feel like you're not appreciated or -
"KAGOME-HIME!!!!"
She sighed disdainfully as InuYasha moved in before her. "No, InuYasha, it's just Kouga."
"Who?"
"Just don't kill him? Please?"
He shrugged. Of course he wouldn't kill him if she told him not to but as her subject, as everyone in her kingdom was, he had a priority to protect her. Was that the only reason? ::No, it's because I've already grown too attached to this girl:: he mused.
A handsome young man, or rather youkai, walked up to Kagome with his aqua eyes shining with pure lust; InuYasha could tell it by the way he smelled that he wanted Kagome. InuYasha's hands instinctively went to Kagome's shoulders and absently drew little circles on them, to get her to relax, which she did. The youkai bowed regally and took her hand, kissing it gently. "Welcome back, my princess Kagome." He said.
InuYasha felt the need to distance her from the youkai so he growled a it to get his attention.
Kouga looked up to look at the red clad, silver haired stripling and gave him a fanged smile. "Greetings." His eyes fell upon broad shoulders and long arms, to big, masculine looking, clawed hands which were resting on the young maiden's shoulders. When he noticed this, he growled softly. "Why are you touching the princess, peasant?" Another inspection lead him to dog ears and fangs. "Correction:" he stated coldly. "Why are you touching my princess, hanyou?"
"Who are you?" InuYasha snarled.
"I should be the one asking that question."
"Kouga, please, don't make trouble for my guest. Leave him be," Kagome almost pleaded. He bowed his apology.
"Sorry to upset you, princess, would you like me to escort you to your room?" he winked seductively at her, he groaned inwardly.
"I have to see him to my father, after our picnic with Sango and Miroku, isn't that right, InuYasha-san?" she looked at him from the corner of her eye.
"Hai," he replied.
"Well, I know you are your picnics, four only," Kouga huffed. "Next time, ne, Kagome-hime?"
::no:: She just nodded slightly. He walked away gallantly, disappearing around the side of the castle.
"I can see why you asked me not to kill him..." InuYasha sighed.
She agreed with a sigh of her own. "And this is one of his better days. He can be really nice, when he's not trying to get down my pants..." she looked at herself with a self criticizing half-smile. "or in this case, up my kimono."
"And who is he, exactly?"
"The wolf youkai prince, works for dad, finances."
He stared at her dubiously. "Your dad trusts him???"
"He has my pops smitten, he doesn't even know that Kouga would ever try such a thing. To dad, he's as innocent as a sleeping koneko (kitten)."
"That bastard, I'll rip his-"
"I wouldn't finish that statement if I were you..." she whispered and motioned behind him. "If he heard you say anything bad about Kouga, he'd have you- she made a motion like slicing someone's throat- like -she snapped her fingers- that."
"What do you mean?"
"He likes Kouga why more for my own good."
"Yours?"
"If I don't find a husband soon or someone else doesn't come along, I have a feeling that I'll end up marrying horny-can't-keep-his-dick-where-it- belongs boy."
He didn't believe that for a second. "Your dad wouldn't be that cruel and tasteless, would he?"
"Father will do whatever with my life as he pleases."
"But! HIM! AND! That slobbering pile of-
Her hand clamped over his mouth as her face brightened considerably. "Konichiwa tou-chan (good afternoon, dad)!!!" she yelled to the man behind InuYasha happily. She sure could switch moods fast. She ran to her father who hugged her tightly.
"Kon'wa (short for konnichiwa or konbanwa, which means good evening) Kagome- chan! How's my little hime today?"
Inwardly, she groaned, but rather she responded to her father; "Fine, father!" the motioned to InuYasha. "This is InuYasha, father, he says you're the one he sent for."
"You are indeed InuYasha, ne?" the king asked.
InuYasha nodded.
"Then you will meet me after..." he looked to her daughter.
"After the picnic and I get him a room."
"And we'll discuss why I called you here, Lord InuYasha."
"What?" they both gawked.
"It will be explained when you come to me and I tell you of your job to me."
They quirked their eyebrows at the King and looked at each other. Kagome shrugged at the look he gave her and turned back to her father. "Papa, about Kouga-
"For the LAST TIME Kagome, I'm not firing him because you say that he's been trying to have sex with you. He denies it every time I ask and I trust him completely. Anyway, you might end up marrying him."
Kagome glared at her father and grabbed InuYasha's hand. "Good day father," she snarled and dragged InuYasha into the castle, muttering about hentai wolves, naïve fathers and so unnecessary things being said because, no matter if she was betrothed to the bastard or not she refused to marry him, no matter what her father said. She heard InuYasha chuckle. "What???"
He shrugged.
"Stop smiling like that!!!"
"What smile?"
"That one!!!"
He pressed his lips into a thin line and she turned away from him. "So what are you here to do anyway?"
"I have not the slightest clue."
She chuckled, her face brightening up like the dark sky at daybreak. She looked so happy and peaceful... she was just so beautiful like that. He smiled once again and she widened hers, turning the knob on one of the doors at the end of a long corridor. "This can be your room," she said, motioning through the open door. "If you like it I mean. If you don't-
"It's fine, thank you."
She grinned brighter. "This room," she looked across the hallway to an oak door with an intricate rose and sakura leaves carved beautifully into the wood. "Is mine. Whenever you want me just come over and get me."
"Even in the middle of the night?"
"What, scared of the monsters under the bed?"
InuYasha glared at her.
She giggled. "Sure, anytime, promise."
He gave her a smile and stepped into the room. "Thanks," he said and looked around the room. Forest green, the walls an off midnight blue, the ceiling covered in silver stars and the chandelier in the middle of the room in a star shape. The bed was the forest green color, it's comforters a soft, plush darker green and the pillows the same as the walls. "Give me twenty minutes to freshen up, Kagome and I'll be out in to join you."
"Alright," she went to her door. "I'm going to change too."
::Gods I hope one day I can heal the poor princess's heart. I hope she'll let me help her:: He proceeded to get freshened up.
She changed into a hakama and gi in her room. ::I have this weird feeling that even though I have just meet him, that he's the one I need in my life.:: She sighed. ::as if... but he's so wonderful!!!:: She sighed again, with a smile on her face. InuYasha finished bathing and such and knocked on Kagome's door. She yelled for him to enter and he looks around taking in the light blues and white in her room. He watched her as she pulled her dark hair into a ponytail to keep it from her eyes.
"What?" she asked, her curiosity getting the best of her.
"Do I need a reason to stare at a beautiful princess?" he replied. She blushed, leaned up and kissed his cheek softly. "I guess not but don't get any ideas, I don't want you to end up like Kouga."
He cringed. "Hell, why would I do that? I just said that you we're beautiful!"
"And I thanked you didn't I? I just wanted you to be on your guard," she shrugged and looked at the sundial through her bedroom window. "We have a while. Do you want to get there, set up and then help me with the horse stuff again?"
"Sure," he replied, looking her up and down and thinking that she looked great in everything that she wears. "Where are we going?"
"On a picnic."
"A picnic?"
"Picnic! That's what I said isn't it? Do you want me to spell it out for you?"
"I can spell just fine, thank you very much."
"Good," she cooed. "Now come over here." She motioned to the window she was standing in front of and he walked over to her. She reached up and started to stroke one of his ears. "They're so cute!!!" she squealed and added in a whisper, "and so is the rest of him."
He watched her. "Kagome, didn't you just ask that you wanted to get up there and set up the picnic?"
"Yea," she sighed and stopped but he grabbed her hand and lifted it back up to his ears.
"I didn't say stop, I just wanted to make sure."
She giggled and leaned into him, raising both hands to stroke the base of his ears, giggling more when he leaned into her touch.
::gods that feels good::
"I didn't think you liked it." She said.
He sighed contently. "I never said that, they're just sensitive and you're the only one that knows how to rub them just right." He backed up and sat on the bed and she followed him. "So it feels good and it doesn't hurt."
"I'm glad you like it."
He smirked. "Very."
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I hope you like the first chapter! I want 10 reviews before I update this!!! Please review!!!!
Much love, Pocky, Chocolate, And bunnie hops;
KIyoUsHi
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Today is the 17th of December, and I was looking over this to do chapter 3, which I had to do -well, you'll figure it out when I update. I hope you people are happy to know that I've lengthened the story line a bit, so it'll be longer than I first planned. Around, 10 or 11 chapters, depending on how this goes. But he, each chapter is about 15 pgs in word, or 5000 words and I will allow it to be no less for this story. Well, I this has been revised, and I hope I helped with all the spelling mistakes. I'm going over chapter 2 also and going over some corrections. I seem to be ale to find these things better _after_ I post ^__^; ...yea... Oh, and for those who want to know how I get my ... to show up (because I find it extremely irritating that ff.net does that when uploading.): when using word, you have autocorrect options, if you go to 'TOOLS' on your toolbar at the top of your screen, somewhere on there under it should be autocorrect options. Click on that and a window should show up. Then click on the auto format tab or the auto format as you type tab. It should give you a bunch of options. From here you should be able to disable the thing that makes your triple dots into 3 spaces and not one. That way it will show up on ff.net. If that doesn't work, while you type and you use the '...' thing, hover over it with your mouse and a thing with an 'I' should show up. Click on that and it will say 'stop automatically correcting '...''. if you click that it should make the triple dots use up three spaces and not one. That's why it doesn't work on ff.net, it has to be three periods in a row and not three periods in one space, the last two get cut off. Complicated, huh? But I think it should work. It irritated me when I went to look at my stuff and it did that... so I think it might irk a few other people too.
Well, that's it for my extra long author's note!!!! Not much has been changed from the original chapter so you don't have to re-read this. But for the people who actually pay attention to these things, where InuYasha asks himself if he believes in first sight, originally, he answered his question in this chapter. His answer has been taken out because it is repeated in later chapters. He will answer it, but not yet, just letting you people know. I know someone has noticed it, so I thought I would point it out. Well, off to work on ch.3!!!! Ja!!!!
-once again, Much Love, Pocky, Chocolate, and Bunnie Hops, KIyoUsHi