Title: Forbidden Love
By: Kiyoushi
A/ns: Hey!!! Wow I didn't think so many people would like this! It takes a minute to finish a long chapter such as this, you guys, sorry. OMG I lost the disk with all my stuff on it (including a few homework assignments) so that set me back a few days. Sorry these first two chapters seem so tedious (they do to me because there are parts that I really want to get to!!!!) And sorry that InuYasha seems so ooc. It's just that he's a peasant, she's a princess, he sort of has to be nice. As the story goes on and they get more comfortable around each other, they'll get a little feistier. Hope you like the second chapter!!!!! I want 10 reviews before I update again!!!!! (It'll give me time to compensate for all that I lost! I lost ¾ths of this chapter, half of the chapter for Bonded and the WHOLE chapter for Apart of Me. What's an authoress to do???)
Disclaimer: Roses are read, violets are blue, me no own, so you no sue!!!
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Hanyou- half demon inu- dog hime- princess onegai- please gomen- sorry
Oh, and before I forget, if you guys haven't figured it out yet, :: blah:: are thoughts (because for some reason it won't work why I try to upload bold or italics... go figure.)
Chapter 2- Pinned Ya!
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InuYasha sat still for Kagome as she rubbed his ears for a moment, but then decided it was time for them to go- for obvious reasons beside the one that they were going to be late (which they weren't). He pulled back gently, hoping she wouldn't fuss, knowing that if she did he wouldn't be able to resist her pouting face, and turned away as he stated; "You should probably stop that now."
She looked confused and somewhat disappointed as he started to move away, having the urge to yank his ear back into place -which she didn't because she knew that would hurt him (badly)- and instead questioned him. "Why?"
He groaned. ::because if you don't, I'm going to want to move closer and touch you back you idiot!:: me mused angrily but just replied, "Because we're going to be late."
She blinked. "But we have plenty of time."
He bit back another groan. ::You're a goddamned princess, I can't do that kind of stuff with you! I don't want to be as bad as that wolf prince-guy. I'm sure you don't want me to either.:: "Then you can show me around. I don't want to be getting lost in this big place."
She put on a pout, he turned away. "But-
"Kagome!"
"Alright!" She huffed and grabbed his hand, dragging him from the room and looking about carefully. Satisfied with the current occupants of the hall- namely them and nobody else- she let her hand relax in his and started to walk at a pleasant pace down the hallway.
Unfortunately, she didn't see her father walking down the hallway. He smiled at her gleeful face and caught her eye, then glanced pointedly at her and InuYasha's interlaced fingers with a smirk. She blushed and dropped his hand like a hot potato.
InuYasha looked at her when he felt the heat of her hand and her touch leave his, seeing her blush. Then he turned to the smirking King Higurashi, and then blushed a bit himself. ::she looks ever cuter when she blushing!!!:: He smiled softly as the King brushed against him.
King Higurashi mentioned nothing about this, though, as if he didn't see it. "I'll need to see you when you get back, remember that, Lord InuYasha." He hushed his voice so that only InuYasha could hear him. "Take care of her."
InuYasha nodded slightly and watched as he walked away and into a room father down the hall. "Is that his office?"
"Yeah. He spends all his time in there," she sighed. "I think, just my opinion, that he should do something other than sit on his butt all day in that office... like spend some time with me."
"Well, he's busy! He has to take care of this kingdom, not play with little girls." InuYasha huffed. She looked at him with an irritated glare.
"Would you think he was too busy to remember his only daughter's birthday?"
"Of course not."
"He hasn't acknowledged my birthday in four years."
"That doesn't mean-
She cut him off. "He said I was 15 yesterday."
"And...?"
"I'm 19."
He gawked again at the girl. Being royal here wasn't all that he thought it was going to be. "He was probably kidding."
"Then how come he so thought that I was 15, and that I was lying, that he went inside his office and fished around until he found my birth certificate?" she asked quietly. It was like she was remembering something that was painful to her. She looked so sad.
"So this happens a lot? He... forgets about you?"
"Two days ago, he forgot he even had a daughter."
"How could you say that?!?"
"When I fell asleep before dinner, he forgot to send someone to wake me up. When I went downstairs, he had some guest here. They asked about me. He went, 'Kagome? Do I know a Kagome? Oh, yes, my daughter Kagome! ... I have a daughter?'"
He stopped them from walking and turned her to face him. "Don't you have any duty here?"
"What? Other to train my miko powers, lag around, and be hit on by Kouga? Oh, other than that let my whole life be controlled by a father that doesn't even care about me?" She put on a thoughtful face. "Nope."
"Kagome, I'm sure he cares about you." He kneeled to her, she looked at him like he was crazy. "And even if he doesn't I do. I want you to be happy, that's all."
"If you were anyone else, I'd laugh in their face right now, you know that?"
He blinked. "No, I didn't, but now I do. Why don't you laugh in my face now?"
"I don't laugh in your face because I know you're not just saying it, I know you mean it."
"Good, wench. I don't get sentimental for just anybody." He scuffed, stood, and took her hand in his, holding it gently, smiling slightly when she squeezed it also.
He looked from the corner of his eye as they walked down the hall. What happened to his always macho, gruff, 'I'm the man' attitude? What about him cussing anyone out who even dared to touch him? He was getting so soft so quick it was making his head spin. When he thought about her, he got this goofy smile and felt a tingling warmth all over... not that he was complaining. For the second time that day he asked himself the same question.
Did he believe in love at first sight?
He looked over at her and could help the grin that came over himself when he thought about her being his wife; waking to her beauty in the morning, feeling her petite lips on his, those delicate fingers caress his skin... he sighed dreamily mentally. Then, neither of them would be lonely or without what everyone needed most in life...
Love.
He chuckled and smacked himself mentally, she couldn't love him. But the way she held his hand, the way she gazed at him... there had to something for him in that precious heart of hers.
He had to wonder... did she believe in love at first sight?
"Damn." He heard her swear. She looked around frantically before pulling him through a door. "This is the..." she frowned. "This is the linen closet. As you can see, we keep clean sheets in here, if you ever need any for your bed or anything. The old ones go into this..." she motioned to the basket on wheels. "Trolley."
He looked extremely amused. "It's a very nice linen closet." He said and watched her frown at him.
She leaned to him close and pointed at the door, hissing; "You have good ears! Can you hear him?"
"Who?" he cocked his head inquisitively and if she wasn't so desperate, she would have thought it cute.
"KOUGA!"
He perked his ears and swiveled them to pick up any sound, besides the cooing of he girl. He looked back to her, into those fierce yet peaceful chocolate brown eyes. She placed her hands on his shoulders and, for some reason or another -he didn't know (or care) why at this point- he rested his hands on her well formed hips, absently noticing that they flared perfectly from her narrow waist, and leaned toward her. He nuzzled his nose against hers and smiled when she giggled. She stepped away, remembering Kouga, knowing that if the wolf youkai caught wind of anything (a.k.a. if he smelled her anywhere), he would find her. "I can't hear him." InuYasha stated.
She walked to the door, leaning to poke her head out of the doorway, inspecting the hallway. He watched as she pressed one palm on the wall and her foot raised slightly. She then casually slipped into the corridor and started to stroll down the hallway like nothing out of the ordinary happened. He soon joined her.
"So, is this the usual, typical day for you? Falling off of a horse, getting carried away of said horse, feeling up strangers, getting hit on by wolf youkai, and then hiding in closets!?"
She sweat dropped and placed a hand behind her head. "Pretty much..."
He thought back to his 'assignment' from the King. "Shit, my work is SO cut out for me."
She blinked and turned to him with an inquiring look on her face. "What work?"
"Oh, nothing," he said, flushing.
She took another glance at is ears, wondering what different things she could do to his ears that he much like and what kind of reaction she could get from him. ::Would rubbing his ears serve as a stimulant?:: she giggled. A STIMULANT?!?! That would be what he said that she should stop, because he would want too... nah. ::Well, we'll find out later. Am I harboring an ear fetish? I wonder what would happen if I blew in his ear... or licked the edge... or bit it lightly... or kissed them...? I'm going nuts...!!! Well, at least he's a hottie!!!!:: She hid a blushing grin.
He noticed this and instantly got irritated. "What's with you and blushing?!?"
"You blush sometimes too!!"
"Only because you compliment me!"
Her face dropped. "Aren't you used to being complimented?"
"I'm more used to be challenged to a battle because of being a hanyou."
She looked even sadder. "Oh."
"I bet you're used to compliments."
"Only because my father makes them."
"Why wouldn't the compliment you on their own?"
She shrugged. "Beats me."
"Before you," he started, looking away thoughtfully. "Only my mother complimented me."
"Then I guess I'll have to make up for that, huh InuYasha?"
"I wouldn't complain if you did."
"No, I doubt that you would." She paused as she thought of something to talk about. "SO, do you fight a lot?"
"All the time, because so many want my hide just for being hanyou."
"Well if I have something to do with it, no one will be messing with you!" She exclaimed happily, grinning proudly.
"Feh," he grunted. "Protection from a princess that can't even ride a horse..."
"I can kick your butt anywhere, anytime, InuYasha!" she huffed and glared at him from the corner of her eyes.
"Maybe we can test that theory..." he said thoughtfully. She looked at him with eyes full of surprise and happiness, and for maybe the tenth time that day, he blinked his confusion.
She looked at him starry eyed and clasped her hands beneath her chin, looking at him with all the hope her brown orbs could muster. "Really? You'd spar with me?"
::She probably has never fought with anyone just for fun before...:: "Hell, why not?" he grinned.
Her starry eyed-ness hadn't went away as she sighed and rolled her eyes. "Because no one would ever dream of it! I'm to be protected, not protecting." She sighed again, a little more heavily, and her grin just grew larger. He found himself holding back a laugh at this large smile, it went from ear to ear, and it gave a twinkle to her eye not present before. "You have no idea how happy you've made me today..."
He felt his grin grow at just the thought of being the cause of her happiness. Not because she was the princess, because she needed a friend and so did he, because she deserved to be happy. She was just as lonely as him at times, if not more. At least he was free to do what he wanted. "Feh, whatever," he replied, quite rudely. ::There you go! That's the InuYasha we all know!:: "You just have to keep your father from killing me if you get a bruise or two."
"Deal!" she cried happily, grabbed his hand, and shook it fervently.
His mouth grew a smirking expression as he leaned into her and whispered in her ear. "Does this include grappling?"
She frowned, but still not completely losing her smile, as it still shown in her eyes, yet she upturned her petite lips upward with disgust and disappointment. "I think you are as bad as Miroku, InuYasha."
He took a passing glance at the window and his eyes widened with worry. He kept his grasp on her hand and sprinted, she running, laughing, and practically tripping every five steps behind him. "Come on InuYasha! I can't run as fast as you can!!!" she screeched.
"We have to get going to make it to the picnic without being late!" he yelled to her and kept running, felling her weight pull on him as she tripped again.
"Oh, I totally forgot!" she yelped and he looked back at her as if she was crazy. He lifted her by her arm and swung her over his back, she landing to straddle his lower back. She had squealed. He mentally thanked her for wearing a hakama. Once on his back, she squeezed a tighter hold on his shoulders, which made him smile. He sniffed the air.
"Which way to the stables?"
She pointed left. He ran until he got there, then paused before letting her off his back, which she did so reluctantly.
"Which horse is yours?" he asked.
"Sugar!!!" she called and a white stallion galloped happily over to her. Kagome gently stroked her hair and the mare nuzzled her palm.
"She's beautiful," InuYasha whispered, as if he spoke any louder the horse would run away. Then he too began to pet and stroke the mare, who only obliged to her special treatment. "What horse am I using?" he inquired, taking a look around. He spotted a black stallion, beautiful and strong as it neighed. "Could I ride him?" he asked, motioning to the black male.
Her eyes widened and she looked from him to the horse, back to him again. "You want to ride Blackberry? Well, alright, if you can tame him. He's a feisty one. The only ones who've ridden him yet is me and Sango. For some reason he has taken a liking to Sango. But he won't even let anyone else touch him."
He walked over and started to pat the horse's head. "Hey boy," he cooed. "Do you want to go for a ride?"
"Well, you still have to mount him." She said as she stared.
He just grinned at her. "You're a handsome thing aren't you, huh? I bet all the ladies must find you attractive." He chuckled as the horse neighed and shook his raven mane in agreement. "I bet you want some exercise, don't you?" Come on, won't it be fun to screw with their heads and watch us leave together, and then no one else can get close to you again?" The horse reared, whinnied, and settled. InuYasha grinned at a bewildered Kagome. "I think we understand each other."
She had a smiled to show her being pleased, but it wasn't as beautiful as her usual smile. She was sad. "So you're leaving?"
He steered the horse over to her side and took her chin in his hand, gently tracing her chin with a clawed finger. "Not unless you or your father kicks me out."
She gave a little contented sigh and leaned into his hand, causing a grin to sprout from the hanyou's already upturned mouth. "Never," she breathed, softly.
"Ah, but I probably will live sometime. After you are married." He responded and continued to stroke her delicate chin. Her contentment was sighed for a second time.
"You better not," she huffed fiercely. "I'm not getting married anytime soon, at least until I find someone who loves me and I love them."
"Didn't we already have this talk?"
"So," she shrugged, her cheek nuzzling his hand, silently asking him to continue.
"Kagome..." he whispered and drew back his hand. He saw her frown slightly with disappointment. "So do you want to try riding bareback again?"
"Hell yes, I'm not about one little incident keep me from... NOW why are you looking at me like that?"
His smile grew. "Just that I didn't think I'd ever meet any princesses like you, let alone there was actually one like you in the world. I mean; you ride bareback, you dress in pants, you swear, and if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you're flirting with me."
She flushed and quirked her eyebrows. ::Wow, this child is really dense...:: He watched her with a smug grin. "Wow, you noticed..." she huffed from atop her horse. She frowned and looked away.
He looked at her disdainfully. "Don't frown, it isn't you," he said finally.
She looked at him wide-eyed then they narrowed. "What do you know me? You haven't known me for a day!"
He gave her a content smile. "I know the you're kind and beautiful, considerate, and doesn't judge people by how they look or what they are but by who they are. You have a fire in you that I've haven't seen since... well since ever."
She returned his gentle smile and blushed slightly.
"That's the little wench I know!" he snickered when she scowled but his gentle smile returned when hers did.
"I'm glad to know you like me happy."
"All in a days work." He faked a frown that made her laugh. "Besides, you seemed so unhappy earlier."
"I think if you just fell off of a horse, you wouldn't be too happy either."
"Speaking of which, aren't princesses supposed to be light? I think you nearly broke my back... is it too late to pretend I'm hurt?"
"Yes," she huffed. "Why would you want to do that?"
He grinned slyly, knowing that his next comment was going to tick her but he wanted to see that feistiness from her. For some reason he liked her stubborn, fowl side more than her sweet, 'look-I'm-a-princess' side. It seemed more... becoming, more unusual, interesting. It was her. "Maybe one day I'll show you."
Instead of yelling her head off like she would have, seeing the playful glint in his eyes, she automatically knew he was just trying to push her buttons. She sighed. "Yup, worse than Miroku." She sent him a glare. "And a hundred times more infuriating."
He chuckled inwardly, knowing if she heard him laugh at her, she'd get even madder.
::And a hundred times more hott...:: She smacked herself, for real this time, and he chuckled out loud, knowing she must have been thinking something she didn't want to think, probably about him.
"So," he said, snapping her out of her reverie. "Ready?" She answered with a nod. "Okay then, lets see how much you remember."
"What?" she looked at him puzzled. "But... well... aren't you going to get anything for Blackberry? A bit or at least reins?"
He shook his head negative. "I don't need them. I told you, we understand each other. He wouldn't toss me if I don't piss him off or anything, and I wouldn't do anything like that to a fine stallion like this."
She pulled Sugar up close to Blackberry and gave the black stallion a sweet pat on the head. She looked at InuYasha defensively. "You'd better not, ne, Blackberry? Not only will my baby stallion toss you but I'd give you the beating of your life." Both horses neighed in agreement. InuYasha laughed joyfully.
"Don't worry, my sweet, sweet princess. I would never do anything to upset or harm your baby Blackberry."
She giggled as she had her mare gallop a ways in front of them. "I think I'm jealous."
"Whatever for?"
She pouted. "He gets more attention than I do."
He gave her a wicked smirk. "Oh, I could give you a whole lot more attention than that..."
She narrowed her eyes at him once again as her mare whinnied. "InuYasha!" By time she had gotten his name from her mouth, he had already gone, running far ahead of her with the black stallion. Without a moment's hesitation, she and the white stallion mare was off, momentarily forgetting that she was riding bareback.
Once she caught up, they slowed down to a trot. "And because he understands you," she spoke up. He gave her a questioning glance. "Why I would be jealous. He understands you. You know me like the back of your hand... all the good parts at least, but I know almost nothing about you. I mean, where did you come from? Why did my father want to hire you? Do you have a last name or is your name just InuYasha. How can you ride a horse so well if you're just a peasant?"
"You're just full of questions, huh? I guess you'll just have to get to know me better."
She groaned. "Well, I guess..."
"I wonder, Kagome, why do you call Blackberry your baby stallion. He seems not to mind it from you..."
"He is my baby; him and Sugar. They were gifts for my thirteenth birthday from Sango, that's why he took to her. She had given me them when they were only three weeks old, and even now I take them to see their mothers sometime. Chestnut and Calico. They are both beautiful mares, and what's odd is that Blackberry's mother is a purebred white stallion and Sugar's is a black stallion. Funny, ne? I've raised them myself." She looked happily to the blanket of leaves that towers of light streamed through here and there, creating shadows in some placed and others none. "I love these two, they are the only ones that share some of my deepest secrets, which seems funny them being horses, but I like it that way; they don't tell and they don't talk back."
Both horses neighed in agreement, Sugar shaking her mane which glittered as they trotted through a rivulet of sunlight. "Oh, I see. I had a horse like that once," he said dreamily. "His name was Moon."
"Moon?"
"He was a silver-like white and my brother always said he shined light the moon at night. That and he had a crescent moon shaped mark on his forehead. When he was small, I used to say that he was once a unicorn and that mark was where his horn was." He chuckled. "Those were the days..."
She smiled at the memory and then stopped when they reached a beautiful field. "Here is where we will have the picnic. Isn't this a beautiful spot?"
He took a look around and nodded at her, watching her eyes light up with satisfaction. "Well, don't tell anyone about this place. There aren't many that know about it and we would like to keep it that way." She continued. "I love this place. There's a stream where I like to think at. It's a beautiful land."
"I promise I won't tell, Kagome. Does..."
"No, neither my father nor Kouga knows about this place and actually, it's protected by a shield that Kaede-sama and I put up. No one can see it except who pass through it with us. It hides it and its smell even."
"Ah," he sighed and dismounted Blackberry, leading him and Sugar over to a patch of grass and lifting Kagome off of Sugar so the mare could have lunch too.
"I can lay out the blanket, Sango's cooking this time, and then we can have a bit of fun!"
"Fun?"
"Sure! Sparring!"
"Now? Here?"
"Sure!" she chimed happily. "They won't be here on time anyway. They never are."
"Well you never know."
"I do know!" she huffed and looked at him with her hands on her hips. "I know this bunch and they're always late. Besides, I want to spar with you, if you want to, of course." She looked down, suddenly shy, and twitted her thumbs.
He gently lifted her chin so she would look at him, not sure what to think of this sudden change in nature. Was she nervous? Was she afraid that he wouldn't spar with her over something as petty as letting her friends see them spar? Let them watch for all he cared, at least he hoped that they would give a good show. "Why wouldn't I?" he asked tenderly.
She grinned, so happy that he smelled salt at the edge of her lower lids. He didn't think that something so simple could make this princess so happy. And he thought she was going to be stuck up, snobby, requesting that he carry her over puddles of mud and because their little feet hurt, or that they needed a rest after three seconds of walking. She wasn't like that and he found himself thinking that he wouldn't mind picking up a princess to carry her over a mud pit, if it were she, that is. Knowing her, she wouldn't let him. "Well, how about two fights, one hand to hand and the other using weapons."
"Suits me!" He crouched into a fighting posture. She did also.
"Ready? Set?"
"Fight!" He leaped forward and she dodged it. He skidded to a stop a few feet behind her and turned his head to look at her as she stared back at him. He then sped at her again so she dug her feet into the ground and poised her shoulders. When they collided, she pushed down on his shoulders so he ended face down in the dirt. He immediately got into a crouched stance and gently punched her stomach, enough to stumble her but not enough to really hurt her. She scowled at him.
"I'm not a porcelain doll! You can hit harder than that! Oh, wait, you might just be that weak." She ran forward her fastest and pushed him down, her falling on top of him, effectively pinning him to the ground. "Pinned ya!"
"What are you talking about!? I let you have that shot! "
"Did not!"
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"What did I say about that?!?"
"Not to mock you..."
"Then stop it!!!"
"Make me butt wipe!!!"
"Then I will!!!" He flipped them over, so she was pinned under him, and made himself comfortable sitting on her stomach.
"Oh come one! You're heavy! I can a barely breathe down here!!!"
She pushed him with a little ki added to her touch and he fell back. "Wench!!!" he yelled at her so loud she fought the urge to flinch.
"Okay, ear boy, lemme see what you can do with that sword!" she shouted. He smirked and pulled the blade from it's sheath.
~~~~____~~~~ At the palace ~~~~____~~~~
"It's nice to have you with us, I hope your stay will e a pleasurable one." The King chimed as he greeted him new guest.
"I am sure I will, once I meet your daughter, King Higurashi. I have heard wondrous things about her and I wish to see if all these things are true."
"I am sorry, but my daughter is out at this time. You will be showed to your room and then you may join me for lunch, if you'd like, King Tanaku."
"Oh, Naraku, please. If we are to be such good friends, we may get rid of these silly formalities. It's something I, myself, hate. I am a servant of my people, and my people adore me. I hold my kingdom higher than myself, of course."
"As you wish, Naraku. My name is Leonardo but you may call me Leo if you'd like."
"Thank you. I am looking forward to lunch, Leo, I am sure we'll have a wonderful time chatting."
"I am sure of it also, Naraku."
~~~~____~~~~ The picnic ~~~~____~~~~
Kagome and InuYasha were having a staring contest, neither winning nor losing as they stood ready with their weapons.
"Begin!" Kagome called and rushed forward just as he did, their weapons clanked as they collided. After a few second of pressing back and forth, she crouched, letting him push her down and counter weight her so she would not lose her balance. When she was low enough, she quickly swung one leg around and under his feet, in an attempt to trip him. He twisted and flipped so he didn't fall. They nodded their approval to each other, sowing that they appreciated such an interesting opponent. He blotted toward her, his sword lined up with her stomach. She jumped behind him and let her weapons, a pair of kadachis, disappear and grabbed his arms from behind.
"Flirt," he huffed and wrapped his large hands around her waist before finding her arm and pulling her in front of him. He let go of him and tried to punch him her hardest in the gut. He just blinked.
"Horny boy!" she huffed back.
He blinked and looked around, momentarily forgetting that they were sparring. "Where?!?"
She giggled. "No where."
"Wench, that's distracting! Why do you have to resort to such low tactics???"
"What?!?! I was calling you a horny boy!" She laughed.
He grabbed her waist and started tickling her, she doubled over with laughter. "Oh come one, InuYasha, stop!" she choked out between her chuckling. "We're in the middle of sparring!"
He leaned toward her and breathed into her ear, "We'll finish it later."
"We haven't fought that long! I was just getting warmed up!"
"Later," he said again and kept tickling her.
"Fine, fine! *haha* just stop tickling me!!!"
He leaned in even more. "Nope."
"I will get you for this!!!" she yelled, trying to sound somewhat evil but couldn't manage it with all her laughing.
"Nope," he stated passively, inside laughing at her ticklish-ness.
"STOP IT!!!"
"Feh!"
She kept laughing.
He frowned. "Alright then," he said, falsely pouting. "But only because someone's coming."
After regaining her posture she tackled him, causing her to fall to the ground once more. "You big meanie!!!" she screamed, pounding her small fists on his chest. She straddled him and smiled fondly when she noticed something. She leaned down low and screamed "Pinned ya again!" into his ear. She felt him cringe involuntarily beneath her.
He groaned.
"What?"
"Just get up, cow."
Her expression darkened. "I am not a cow!!!"
"You weigh as much as one!!!"
"Do not!!!"
"Do too!!!"
"Not!!!"
"Feh!"
They heard footsteps and gasping. "Kagome!" one female voice yelled, exasperated.
"You naughty little princess!" they heard a male call, followed by an "Itai..."
Kagome frowned. "Oh shut up you guys!"
InuYasha gave her a humorous look. "Late huh?"
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Much Love, Pocky, Chocolate, and Bunnie Hops, KIyoUsHi
By: Kiyoushi
A/ns: Hey!!! Wow I didn't think so many people would like this! It takes a minute to finish a long chapter such as this, you guys, sorry. OMG I lost the disk with all my stuff on it (including a few homework assignments) so that set me back a few days. Sorry these first two chapters seem so tedious (they do to me because there are parts that I really want to get to!!!!) And sorry that InuYasha seems so ooc. It's just that he's a peasant, she's a princess, he sort of has to be nice. As the story goes on and they get more comfortable around each other, they'll get a little feistier. Hope you like the second chapter!!!!! I want 10 reviews before I update again!!!!! (It'll give me time to compensate for all that I lost! I lost ¾ths of this chapter, half of the chapter for Bonded and the WHOLE chapter for Apart of Me. What's an authoress to do???)
Disclaimer: Roses are read, violets are blue, me no own, so you no sue!!!
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Hanyou- half demon inu- dog hime- princess onegai- please gomen- sorry
Oh, and before I forget, if you guys haven't figured it out yet, :: blah:: are thoughts (because for some reason it won't work why I try to upload bold or italics... go figure.)
Chapter 2- Pinned Ya!
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InuYasha sat still for Kagome as she rubbed his ears for a moment, but then decided it was time for them to go- for obvious reasons beside the one that they were going to be late (which they weren't). He pulled back gently, hoping she wouldn't fuss, knowing that if she did he wouldn't be able to resist her pouting face, and turned away as he stated; "You should probably stop that now."
She looked confused and somewhat disappointed as he started to move away, having the urge to yank his ear back into place -which she didn't because she knew that would hurt him (badly)- and instead questioned him. "Why?"
He groaned. ::because if you don't, I'm going to want to move closer and touch you back you idiot!:: me mused angrily but just replied, "Because we're going to be late."
She blinked. "But we have plenty of time."
He bit back another groan. ::You're a goddamned princess, I can't do that kind of stuff with you! I don't want to be as bad as that wolf prince-guy. I'm sure you don't want me to either.:: "Then you can show me around. I don't want to be getting lost in this big place."
She put on a pout, he turned away. "But-
"Kagome!"
"Alright!" She huffed and grabbed his hand, dragging him from the room and looking about carefully. Satisfied with the current occupants of the hall- namely them and nobody else- she let her hand relax in his and started to walk at a pleasant pace down the hallway.
Unfortunately, she didn't see her father walking down the hallway. He smiled at her gleeful face and caught her eye, then glanced pointedly at her and InuYasha's interlaced fingers with a smirk. She blushed and dropped his hand like a hot potato.
InuYasha looked at her when he felt the heat of her hand and her touch leave his, seeing her blush. Then he turned to the smirking King Higurashi, and then blushed a bit himself. ::she looks ever cuter when she blushing!!!:: He smiled softly as the King brushed against him.
King Higurashi mentioned nothing about this, though, as if he didn't see it. "I'll need to see you when you get back, remember that, Lord InuYasha." He hushed his voice so that only InuYasha could hear him. "Take care of her."
InuYasha nodded slightly and watched as he walked away and into a room father down the hall. "Is that his office?"
"Yeah. He spends all his time in there," she sighed. "I think, just my opinion, that he should do something other than sit on his butt all day in that office... like spend some time with me."
"Well, he's busy! He has to take care of this kingdom, not play with little girls." InuYasha huffed. She looked at him with an irritated glare.
"Would you think he was too busy to remember his only daughter's birthday?"
"Of course not."
"He hasn't acknowledged my birthday in four years."
"That doesn't mean-
She cut him off. "He said I was 15 yesterday."
"And...?"
"I'm 19."
He gawked again at the girl. Being royal here wasn't all that he thought it was going to be. "He was probably kidding."
"Then how come he so thought that I was 15, and that I was lying, that he went inside his office and fished around until he found my birth certificate?" she asked quietly. It was like she was remembering something that was painful to her. She looked so sad.
"So this happens a lot? He... forgets about you?"
"Two days ago, he forgot he even had a daughter."
"How could you say that?!?"
"When I fell asleep before dinner, he forgot to send someone to wake me up. When I went downstairs, he had some guest here. They asked about me. He went, 'Kagome? Do I know a Kagome? Oh, yes, my daughter Kagome! ... I have a daughter?'"
He stopped them from walking and turned her to face him. "Don't you have any duty here?"
"What? Other to train my miko powers, lag around, and be hit on by Kouga? Oh, other than that let my whole life be controlled by a father that doesn't even care about me?" She put on a thoughtful face. "Nope."
"Kagome, I'm sure he cares about you." He kneeled to her, she looked at him like he was crazy. "And even if he doesn't I do. I want you to be happy, that's all."
"If you were anyone else, I'd laugh in their face right now, you know that?"
He blinked. "No, I didn't, but now I do. Why don't you laugh in my face now?"
"I don't laugh in your face because I know you're not just saying it, I know you mean it."
"Good, wench. I don't get sentimental for just anybody." He scuffed, stood, and took her hand in his, holding it gently, smiling slightly when she squeezed it also.
He looked from the corner of his eye as they walked down the hall. What happened to his always macho, gruff, 'I'm the man' attitude? What about him cussing anyone out who even dared to touch him? He was getting so soft so quick it was making his head spin. When he thought about her, he got this goofy smile and felt a tingling warmth all over... not that he was complaining. For the second time that day he asked himself the same question.
Did he believe in love at first sight?
He looked over at her and could help the grin that came over himself when he thought about her being his wife; waking to her beauty in the morning, feeling her petite lips on his, those delicate fingers caress his skin... he sighed dreamily mentally. Then, neither of them would be lonely or without what everyone needed most in life...
Love.
He chuckled and smacked himself mentally, she couldn't love him. But the way she held his hand, the way she gazed at him... there had to something for him in that precious heart of hers.
He had to wonder... did she believe in love at first sight?
"Damn." He heard her swear. She looked around frantically before pulling him through a door. "This is the..." she frowned. "This is the linen closet. As you can see, we keep clean sheets in here, if you ever need any for your bed or anything. The old ones go into this..." she motioned to the basket on wheels. "Trolley."
He looked extremely amused. "It's a very nice linen closet." He said and watched her frown at him.
She leaned to him close and pointed at the door, hissing; "You have good ears! Can you hear him?"
"Who?" he cocked his head inquisitively and if she wasn't so desperate, she would have thought it cute.
"KOUGA!"
He perked his ears and swiveled them to pick up any sound, besides the cooing of he girl. He looked back to her, into those fierce yet peaceful chocolate brown eyes. She placed her hands on his shoulders and, for some reason or another -he didn't know (or care) why at this point- he rested his hands on her well formed hips, absently noticing that they flared perfectly from her narrow waist, and leaned toward her. He nuzzled his nose against hers and smiled when she giggled. She stepped away, remembering Kouga, knowing that if the wolf youkai caught wind of anything (a.k.a. if he smelled her anywhere), he would find her. "I can't hear him." InuYasha stated.
She walked to the door, leaning to poke her head out of the doorway, inspecting the hallway. He watched as she pressed one palm on the wall and her foot raised slightly. She then casually slipped into the corridor and started to stroll down the hallway like nothing out of the ordinary happened. He soon joined her.
"So, is this the usual, typical day for you? Falling off of a horse, getting carried away of said horse, feeling up strangers, getting hit on by wolf youkai, and then hiding in closets!?"
She sweat dropped and placed a hand behind her head. "Pretty much..."
He thought back to his 'assignment' from the King. "Shit, my work is SO cut out for me."
She blinked and turned to him with an inquiring look on her face. "What work?"
"Oh, nothing," he said, flushing.
She took another glance at is ears, wondering what different things she could do to his ears that he much like and what kind of reaction she could get from him. ::Would rubbing his ears serve as a stimulant?:: she giggled. A STIMULANT?!?! That would be what he said that she should stop, because he would want too... nah. ::Well, we'll find out later. Am I harboring an ear fetish? I wonder what would happen if I blew in his ear... or licked the edge... or bit it lightly... or kissed them...? I'm going nuts...!!! Well, at least he's a hottie!!!!:: She hid a blushing grin.
He noticed this and instantly got irritated. "What's with you and blushing?!?"
"You blush sometimes too!!"
"Only because you compliment me!"
Her face dropped. "Aren't you used to being complimented?"
"I'm more used to be challenged to a battle because of being a hanyou."
She looked even sadder. "Oh."
"I bet you're used to compliments."
"Only because my father makes them."
"Why wouldn't the compliment you on their own?"
She shrugged. "Beats me."
"Before you," he started, looking away thoughtfully. "Only my mother complimented me."
"Then I guess I'll have to make up for that, huh InuYasha?"
"I wouldn't complain if you did."
"No, I doubt that you would." She paused as she thought of something to talk about. "SO, do you fight a lot?"
"All the time, because so many want my hide just for being hanyou."
"Well if I have something to do with it, no one will be messing with you!" She exclaimed happily, grinning proudly.
"Feh," he grunted. "Protection from a princess that can't even ride a horse..."
"I can kick your butt anywhere, anytime, InuYasha!" she huffed and glared at him from the corner of her eyes.
"Maybe we can test that theory..." he said thoughtfully. She looked at him with eyes full of surprise and happiness, and for maybe the tenth time that day, he blinked his confusion.
She looked at him starry eyed and clasped her hands beneath her chin, looking at him with all the hope her brown orbs could muster. "Really? You'd spar with me?"
::She probably has never fought with anyone just for fun before...:: "Hell, why not?" he grinned.
Her starry eyed-ness hadn't went away as she sighed and rolled her eyes. "Because no one would ever dream of it! I'm to be protected, not protecting." She sighed again, a little more heavily, and her grin just grew larger. He found himself holding back a laugh at this large smile, it went from ear to ear, and it gave a twinkle to her eye not present before. "You have no idea how happy you've made me today..."
He felt his grin grow at just the thought of being the cause of her happiness. Not because she was the princess, because she needed a friend and so did he, because she deserved to be happy. She was just as lonely as him at times, if not more. At least he was free to do what he wanted. "Feh, whatever," he replied, quite rudely. ::There you go! That's the InuYasha we all know!:: "You just have to keep your father from killing me if you get a bruise or two."
"Deal!" she cried happily, grabbed his hand, and shook it fervently.
His mouth grew a smirking expression as he leaned into her and whispered in her ear. "Does this include grappling?"
She frowned, but still not completely losing her smile, as it still shown in her eyes, yet she upturned her petite lips upward with disgust and disappointment. "I think you are as bad as Miroku, InuYasha."
He took a passing glance at the window and his eyes widened with worry. He kept his grasp on her hand and sprinted, she running, laughing, and practically tripping every five steps behind him. "Come on InuYasha! I can't run as fast as you can!!!" she screeched.
"We have to get going to make it to the picnic without being late!" he yelled to her and kept running, felling her weight pull on him as she tripped again.
"Oh, I totally forgot!" she yelped and he looked back at her as if she was crazy. He lifted her by her arm and swung her over his back, she landing to straddle his lower back. She had squealed. He mentally thanked her for wearing a hakama. Once on his back, she squeezed a tighter hold on his shoulders, which made him smile. He sniffed the air.
"Which way to the stables?"
She pointed left. He ran until he got there, then paused before letting her off his back, which she did so reluctantly.
"Which horse is yours?" he asked.
"Sugar!!!" she called and a white stallion galloped happily over to her. Kagome gently stroked her hair and the mare nuzzled her palm.
"She's beautiful," InuYasha whispered, as if he spoke any louder the horse would run away. Then he too began to pet and stroke the mare, who only obliged to her special treatment. "What horse am I using?" he inquired, taking a look around. He spotted a black stallion, beautiful and strong as it neighed. "Could I ride him?" he asked, motioning to the black male.
Her eyes widened and she looked from him to the horse, back to him again. "You want to ride Blackberry? Well, alright, if you can tame him. He's a feisty one. The only ones who've ridden him yet is me and Sango. For some reason he has taken a liking to Sango. But he won't even let anyone else touch him."
He walked over and started to pat the horse's head. "Hey boy," he cooed. "Do you want to go for a ride?"
"Well, you still have to mount him." She said as she stared.
He just grinned at her. "You're a handsome thing aren't you, huh? I bet all the ladies must find you attractive." He chuckled as the horse neighed and shook his raven mane in agreement. "I bet you want some exercise, don't you?" Come on, won't it be fun to screw with their heads and watch us leave together, and then no one else can get close to you again?" The horse reared, whinnied, and settled. InuYasha grinned at a bewildered Kagome. "I think we understand each other."
She had a smiled to show her being pleased, but it wasn't as beautiful as her usual smile. She was sad. "So you're leaving?"
He steered the horse over to her side and took her chin in his hand, gently tracing her chin with a clawed finger. "Not unless you or your father kicks me out."
She gave a little contented sigh and leaned into his hand, causing a grin to sprout from the hanyou's already upturned mouth. "Never," she breathed, softly.
"Ah, but I probably will live sometime. After you are married." He responded and continued to stroke her delicate chin. Her contentment was sighed for a second time.
"You better not," she huffed fiercely. "I'm not getting married anytime soon, at least until I find someone who loves me and I love them."
"Didn't we already have this talk?"
"So," she shrugged, her cheek nuzzling his hand, silently asking him to continue.
"Kagome..." he whispered and drew back his hand. He saw her frown slightly with disappointment. "So do you want to try riding bareback again?"
"Hell yes, I'm not about one little incident keep me from... NOW why are you looking at me like that?"
His smile grew. "Just that I didn't think I'd ever meet any princesses like you, let alone there was actually one like you in the world. I mean; you ride bareback, you dress in pants, you swear, and if I didn't know any better, I'd say that you're flirting with me."
She flushed and quirked her eyebrows. ::Wow, this child is really dense...:: He watched her with a smug grin. "Wow, you noticed..." she huffed from atop her horse. She frowned and looked away.
He looked at her disdainfully. "Don't frown, it isn't you," he said finally.
She looked at him wide-eyed then they narrowed. "What do you know me? You haven't known me for a day!"
He gave her a content smile. "I know the you're kind and beautiful, considerate, and doesn't judge people by how they look or what they are but by who they are. You have a fire in you that I've haven't seen since... well since ever."
She returned his gentle smile and blushed slightly.
"That's the little wench I know!" he snickered when she scowled but his gentle smile returned when hers did.
"I'm glad to know you like me happy."
"All in a days work." He faked a frown that made her laugh. "Besides, you seemed so unhappy earlier."
"I think if you just fell off of a horse, you wouldn't be too happy either."
"Speaking of which, aren't princesses supposed to be light? I think you nearly broke my back... is it too late to pretend I'm hurt?"
"Yes," she huffed. "Why would you want to do that?"
He grinned slyly, knowing that his next comment was going to tick her but he wanted to see that feistiness from her. For some reason he liked her stubborn, fowl side more than her sweet, 'look-I'm-a-princess' side. It seemed more... becoming, more unusual, interesting. It was her. "Maybe one day I'll show you."
Instead of yelling her head off like she would have, seeing the playful glint in his eyes, she automatically knew he was just trying to push her buttons. She sighed. "Yup, worse than Miroku." She sent him a glare. "And a hundred times more infuriating."
He chuckled inwardly, knowing if she heard him laugh at her, she'd get even madder.
::And a hundred times more hott...:: She smacked herself, for real this time, and he chuckled out loud, knowing she must have been thinking something she didn't want to think, probably about him.
"So," he said, snapping her out of her reverie. "Ready?" She answered with a nod. "Okay then, lets see how much you remember."
"What?" she looked at him puzzled. "But... well... aren't you going to get anything for Blackberry? A bit or at least reins?"
He shook his head negative. "I don't need them. I told you, we understand each other. He wouldn't toss me if I don't piss him off or anything, and I wouldn't do anything like that to a fine stallion like this."
She pulled Sugar up close to Blackberry and gave the black stallion a sweet pat on the head. She looked at InuYasha defensively. "You'd better not, ne, Blackberry? Not only will my baby stallion toss you but I'd give you the beating of your life." Both horses neighed in agreement. InuYasha laughed joyfully.
"Don't worry, my sweet, sweet princess. I would never do anything to upset or harm your baby Blackberry."
She giggled as she had her mare gallop a ways in front of them. "I think I'm jealous."
"Whatever for?"
She pouted. "He gets more attention than I do."
He gave her a wicked smirk. "Oh, I could give you a whole lot more attention than that..."
She narrowed her eyes at him once again as her mare whinnied. "InuYasha!" By time she had gotten his name from her mouth, he had already gone, running far ahead of her with the black stallion. Without a moment's hesitation, she and the white stallion mare was off, momentarily forgetting that she was riding bareback.
Once she caught up, they slowed down to a trot. "And because he understands you," she spoke up. He gave her a questioning glance. "Why I would be jealous. He understands you. You know me like the back of your hand... all the good parts at least, but I know almost nothing about you. I mean, where did you come from? Why did my father want to hire you? Do you have a last name or is your name just InuYasha. How can you ride a horse so well if you're just a peasant?"
"You're just full of questions, huh? I guess you'll just have to get to know me better."
She groaned. "Well, I guess..."
"I wonder, Kagome, why do you call Blackberry your baby stallion. He seems not to mind it from you..."
"He is my baby; him and Sugar. They were gifts for my thirteenth birthday from Sango, that's why he took to her. She had given me them when they were only three weeks old, and even now I take them to see their mothers sometime. Chestnut and Calico. They are both beautiful mares, and what's odd is that Blackberry's mother is a purebred white stallion and Sugar's is a black stallion. Funny, ne? I've raised them myself." She looked happily to the blanket of leaves that towers of light streamed through here and there, creating shadows in some placed and others none. "I love these two, they are the only ones that share some of my deepest secrets, which seems funny them being horses, but I like it that way; they don't tell and they don't talk back."
Both horses neighed in agreement, Sugar shaking her mane which glittered as they trotted through a rivulet of sunlight. "Oh, I see. I had a horse like that once," he said dreamily. "His name was Moon."
"Moon?"
"He was a silver-like white and my brother always said he shined light the moon at night. That and he had a crescent moon shaped mark on his forehead. When he was small, I used to say that he was once a unicorn and that mark was where his horn was." He chuckled. "Those were the days..."
She smiled at the memory and then stopped when they reached a beautiful field. "Here is where we will have the picnic. Isn't this a beautiful spot?"
He took a look around and nodded at her, watching her eyes light up with satisfaction. "Well, don't tell anyone about this place. There aren't many that know about it and we would like to keep it that way." She continued. "I love this place. There's a stream where I like to think at. It's a beautiful land."
"I promise I won't tell, Kagome. Does..."
"No, neither my father nor Kouga knows about this place and actually, it's protected by a shield that Kaede-sama and I put up. No one can see it except who pass through it with us. It hides it and its smell even."
"Ah," he sighed and dismounted Blackberry, leading him and Sugar over to a patch of grass and lifting Kagome off of Sugar so the mare could have lunch too.
"I can lay out the blanket, Sango's cooking this time, and then we can have a bit of fun!"
"Fun?"
"Sure! Sparring!"
"Now? Here?"
"Sure!" she chimed happily. "They won't be here on time anyway. They never are."
"Well you never know."
"I do know!" she huffed and looked at him with her hands on her hips. "I know this bunch and they're always late. Besides, I want to spar with you, if you want to, of course." She looked down, suddenly shy, and twitted her thumbs.
He gently lifted her chin so she would look at him, not sure what to think of this sudden change in nature. Was she nervous? Was she afraid that he wouldn't spar with her over something as petty as letting her friends see them spar? Let them watch for all he cared, at least he hoped that they would give a good show. "Why wouldn't I?" he asked tenderly.
She grinned, so happy that he smelled salt at the edge of her lower lids. He didn't think that something so simple could make this princess so happy. And he thought she was going to be stuck up, snobby, requesting that he carry her over puddles of mud and because their little feet hurt, or that they needed a rest after three seconds of walking. She wasn't like that and he found himself thinking that he wouldn't mind picking up a princess to carry her over a mud pit, if it were she, that is. Knowing her, she wouldn't let him. "Well, how about two fights, one hand to hand and the other using weapons."
"Suits me!" He crouched into a fighting posture. She did also.
"Ready? Set?"
"Fight!" He leaped forward and she dodged it. He skidded to a stop a few feet behind her and turned his head to look at her as she stared back at him. He then sped at her again so she dug her feet into the ground and poised her shoulders. When they collided, she pushed down on his shoulders so he ended face down in the dirt. He immediately got into a crouched stance and gently punched her stomach, enough to stumble her but not enough to really hurt her. She scowled at him.
"I'm not a porcelain doll! You can hit harder than that! Oh, wait, you might just be that weak." She ran forward her fastest and pushed him down, her falling on top of him, effectively pinning him to the ground. "Pinned ya!"
"What are you talking about!? I let you have that shot! "
"Did not!"
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"Feh!"
"What did I say about that?!?"
"Not to mock you..."
"Then stop it!!!"
"Make me butt wipe!!!"
"Then I will!!!" He flipped them over, so she was pinned under him, and made himself comfortable sitting on her stomach.
"Oh come one! You're heavy! I can a barely breathe down here!!!"
She pushed him with a little ki added to her touch and he fell back. "Wench!!!" he yelled at her so loud she fought the urge to flinch.
"Okay, ear boy, lemme see what you can do with that sword!" she shouted. He smirked and pulled the blade from it's sheath.
~~~~____~~~~ At the palace ~~~~____~~~~
"It's nice to have you with us, I hope your stay will e a pleasurable one." The King chimed as he greeted him new guest.
"I am sure I will, once I meet your daughter, King Higurashi. I have heard wondrous things about her and I wish to see if all these things are true."
"I am sorry, but my daughter is out at this time. You will be showed to your room and then you may join me for lunch, if you'd like, King Tanaku."
"Oh, Naraku, please. If we are to be such good friends, we may get rid of these silly formalities. It's something I, myself, hate. I am a servant of my people, and my people adore me. I hold my kingdom higher than myself, of course."
"As you wish, Naraku. My name is Leonardo but you may call me Leo if you'd like."
"Thank you. I am looking forward to lunch, Leo, I am sure we'll have a wonderful time chatting."
"I am sure of it also, Naraku."
~~~~____~~~~ The picnic ~~~~____~~~~
Kagome and InuYasha were having a staring contest, neither winning nor losing as they stood ready with their weapons.
"Begin!" Kagome called and rushed forward just as he did, their weapons clanked as they collided. After a few second of pressing back and forth, she crouched, letting him push her down and counter weight her so she would not lose her balance. When she was low enough, she quickly swung one leg around and under his feet, in an attempt to trip him. He twisted and flipped so he didn't fall. They nodded their approval to each other, sowing that they appreciated such an interesting opponent. He blotted toward her, his sword lined up with her stomach. She jumped behind him and let her weapons, a pair of kadachis, disappear and grabbed his arms from behind.
"Flirt," he huffed and wrapped his large hands around her waist before finding her arm and pulling her in front of him. He let go of him and tried to punch him her hardest in the gut. He just blinked.
"Horny boy!" she huffed back.
He blinked and looked around, momentarily forgetting that they were sparring. "Where?!?"
She giggled. "No where."
"Wench, that's distracting! Why do you have to resort to such low tactics???"
"What?!?! I was calling you a horny boy!" She laughed.
He grabbed her waist and started tickling her, she doubled over with laughter. "Oh come one, InuYasha, stop!" she choked out between her chuckling. "We're in the middle of sparring!"
He leaned toward her and breathed into her ear, "We'll finish it later."
"We haven't fought that long! I was just getting warmed up!"
"Later," he said again and kept tickling her.
"Fine, fine! *haha* just stop tickling me!!!"
He leaned in even more. "Nope."
"I will get you for this!!!" she yelled, trying to sound somewhat evil but couldn't manage it with all her laughing.
"Nope," he stated passively, inside laughing at her ticklish-ness.
"STOP IT!!!"
"Feh!"
She kept laughing.
He frowned. "Alright then," he said, falsely pouting. "But only because someone's coming."
After regaining her posture she tackled him, causing her to fall to the ground once more. "You big meanie!!!" she screamed, pounding her small fists on his chest. She straddled him and smiled fondly when she noticed something. She leaned down low and screamed "Pinned ya again!" into his ear. She felt him cringe involuntarily beneath her.
He groaned.
"What?"
"Just get up, cow."
Her expression darkened. "I am not a cow!!!"
"You weigh as much as one!!!"
"Do not!!!"
"Do too!!!"
"Not!!!"
"Feh!"
They heard footsteps and gasping. "Kagome!" one female voice yelled, exasperated.
"You naughty little princess!" they heard a male call, followed by an "Itai..."
Kagome frowned. "Oh shut up you guys!"
InuYasha gave her a humorous look. "Late huh?"
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