~Chapter Four: Should-Be Mate~
"I understand... and if he doesn't?"
"Then he'll be forced. There isn't any reason he wouldn't marry you, darling. You're perfect. And I'm very sure he isn't with anyone anyway." Lady Yumari reassured the young woman.
Kikyou smiled. "I realize what a huge leap I'm making, and I'm sorry if it causes any inconveniences."
"Nonsense. This is perfect for Inuyasha." Lady Yumari replied.
"Thank you again, Lady Yumari." Kikyou bowed.
"Quite welcome, Kikyou. He's in his room now, if you'd like to see him." Lady Yumari informed her.
"I think I will. Goodbye, Lady Yumari." Kikyou said, bowing again and leaving the room.
~*~
"Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, slipping into his room stealthily.
"I'm here. I thought you'd never come!" He said, coming into the doorway, and closing it behind her.
"I was a little late... chores, you know." Kagome said, smiling sadly. "Actually, I can't... I can't see you anymore."
Inuyasha stopped short. "Why not?"
"Because... Sesshoumaru has ordered that no servant leaves before chores are done without a special excuse, and that an official has to be notified of where they are." Kagome said, her smile disappearing.
Inuyasha frowned. "That can't be right... Sesshoumaru doesn't have that kind of power unless.... Damnit! He went to my father to get permission... I can't do anything about it until I prove that something about it is wrong."
"We'll find something, I'm sure." Kagome said as he took her hands.
Inuyasha wasn't sure when they got so close, especially since it had only been two weeks. But he was sure he had kept her as close to his heart as her handprint had been. And he was even surer he'd never let her go.
"Something's always wrong with everything, so it can't be long until we find something soon." Inuyasha said comfortingly.
He wasn't sure what seized him to do it, but he pulled her lithe form into his arms, embracing her. She didn't object, which he took as a good sign, and she embraced him too. But something was all together too perfect with their situation. So to break it, a knock sounded the door and then a feminine voice.
"Prince Inuyasha?" A voice he didn't recognize.
"Kagome, hurry, into the closet!" Inuyasha whispered in her ear, and she raced to the door she knew to be it.
Before opening it, he made sure that Kagome was safely hidden and the door was shut. Then he opened it, to find a pretty woman who was almost exactly like Kagome! Except her features were stronger, her eyes held a violet mist of darkness and she was wearing a miko's outfit.
"Yes?" He said.
"Your mother, Lady Yumari, sent for me. She explained to me that you were to take a wife, and since you hadn't chosen one before now, that she could choose for you. She has chosen me... I hope you don't mind it all too much..." She said a little carelessly.
"Wait a moment... the queen sent for you to be my wife because I haven't chosen one before now? And who are you?" Inuyasha asked, though he understood her words quite well. There was something dreadfully familiar about the young miko that Inuyasha wasn't sure he wanted to recognize.
"Forgive me. My name is Kikyou. Yes, your mother sent for me." Kikyou answered.
'This isn't right... mother didn't say anything about choosing a wife before now... and why not try Sesshoumaru first?! What's wrong with the elder getting married before the younger?!' Inuyasha thought, enraged. "I must talk with my mother first, can you come back tomorrow?"
Kikyou nodded her head, bowed respectively, and left. He knew it couldn't be that easy. The closet door opened and Kagome stepped out, looking worried.
"Inuyasha? How come you never mentioned that your mother wanted you to choose a wife?"
But he knew she was thinking 'Why didn't you mention this and marry me?' But he was way ahead of her.
"My mother hasn't said anything, and if given the chance, I wouldn't marry Kikyou..." He let his words hang.
But she didn't bother to decipher them, suddenly remembering the time and her point in coming anyway. "Oh gods! I'm going to get in so much trouble!"
And Kagome ran from the room, quickly hurrying to find Sango and the others and get her chores done before anyone noticed her absence. Inuyasha sat down on his bed, weighing what his situation was now.
There was Kagome, whom he'd met first, who was beautiful, charming, kind, emotional, and deeply interesting. Then there was Kikyou, his 'should- be' wife, who was almost exactly like Kagome as far as he could tell. That and his mother had sent her to him, telling him that's who she approved of. But that meant he could have someone like Kagome, without the scandal marrying Kagome herself would cause. At that moment, it seemed to him the perfect option out of his mess.
He honestly didn't know how wrong it was.
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*** AN: Sorry it's so short; this is a little rewrite chapter. Something else more along the lines of Kaede was going to happen, but I'll save it for next chapter. There's your preview. Leave a review for suggestions, flames, comments, ect.
"I understand... and if he doesn't?"
"Then he'll be forced. There isn't any reason he wouldn't marry you, darling. You're perfect. And I'm very sure he isn't with anyone anyway." Lady Yumari reassured the young woman.
Kikyou smiled. "I realize what a huge leap I'm making, and I'm sorry if it causes any inconveniences."
"Nonsense. This is perfect for Inuyasha." Lady Yumari replied.
"Thank you again, Lady Yumari." Kikyou bowed.
"Quite welcome, Kikyou. He's in his room now, if you'd like to see him." Lady Yumari informed her.
"I think I will. Goodbye, Lady Yumari." Kikyou said, bowing again and leaving the room.
~*~
"Inuyasha?" Kagome whispered, slipping into his room stealthily.
"I'm here. I thought you'd never come!" He said, coming into the doorway, and closing it behind her.
"I was a little late... chores, you know." Kagome said, smiling sadly. "Actually, I can't... I can't see you anymore."
Inuyasha stopped short. "Why not?"
"Because... Sesshoumaru has ordered that no servant leaves before chores are done without a special excuse, and that an official has to be notified of where they are." Kagome said, her smile disappearing.
Inuyasha frowned. "That can't be right... Sesshoumaru doesn't have that kind of power unless.... Damnit! He went to my father to get permission... I can't do anything about it until I prove that something about it is wrong."
"We'll find something, I'm sure." Kagome said as he took her hands.
Inuyasha wasn't sure when they got so close, especially since it had only been two weeks. But he was sure he had kept her as close to his heart as her handprint had been. And he was even surer he'd never let her go.
"Something's always wrong with everything, so it can't be long until we find something soon." Inuyasha said comfortingly.
He wasn't sure what seized him to do it, but he pulled her lithe form into his arms, embracing her. She didn't object, which he took as a good sign, and she embraced him too. But something was all together too perfect with their situation. So to break it, a knock sounded the door and then a feminine voice.
"Prince Inuyasha?" A voice he didn't recognize.
"Kagome, hurry, into the closet!" Inuyasha whispered in her ear, and she raced to the door she knew to be it.
Before opening it, he made sure that Kagome was safely hidden and the door was shut. Then he opened it, to find a pretty woman who was almost exactly like Kagome! Except her features were stronger, her eyes held a violet mist of darkness and she was wearing a miko's outfit.
"Yes?" He said.
"Your mother, Lady Yumari, sent for me. She explained to me that you were to take a wife, and since you hadn't chosen one before now, that she could choose for you. She has chosen me... I hope you don't mind it all too much..." She said a little carelessly.
"Wait a moment... the queen sent for you to be my wife because I haven't chosen one before now? And who are you?" Inuyasha asked, though he understood her words quite well. There was something dreadfully familiar about the young miko that Inuyasha wasn't sure he wanted to recognize.
"Forgive me. My name is Kikyou. Yes, your mother sent for me." Kikyou answered.
'This isn't right... mother didn't say anything about choosing a wife before now... and why not try Sesshoumaru first?! What's wrong with the elder getting married before the younger?!' Inuyasha thought, enraged. "I must talk with my mother first, can you come back tomorrow?"
Kikyou nodded her head, bowed respectively, and left. He knew it couldn't be that easy. The closet door opened and Kagome stepped out, looking worried.
"Inuyasha? How come you never mentioned that your mother wanted you to choose a wife?"
But he knew she was thinking 'Why didn't you mention this and marry me?' But he was way ahead of her.
"My mother hasn't said anything, and if given the chance, I wouldn't marry Kikyou..." He let his words hang.
But she didn't bother to decipher them, suddenly remembering the time and her point in coming anyway. "Oh gods! I'm going to get in so much trouble!"
And Kagome ran from the room, quickly hurrying to find Sango and the others and get her chores done before anyone noticed her absence. Inuyasha sat down on his bed, weighing what his situation was now.
There was Kagome, whom he'd met first, who was beautiful, charming, kind, emotional, and deeply interesting. Then there was Kikyou, his 'should- be' wife, who was almost exactly like Kagome as far as he could tell. That and his mother had sent her to him, telling him that's who she approved of. But that meant he could have someone like Kagome, without the scandal marrying Kagome herself would cause. At that moment, it seemed to him the perfect option out of his mess.
He honestly didn't know how wrong it was.
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*** AN: Sorry it's so short; this is a little rewrite chapter. Something else more along the lines of Kaede was going to happen, but I'll save it for next chapter. There's your preview. Leave a review for suggestions, flames, comments, ect.