ChApTeR oNe
I came up with this idea on my other fanfiction account, so this is a better version. Please R&R! Flames very welcome, but just tell me how I can improve!
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Inuyasha smirked in triumph. Again, he had managed to defy the royalty. Vengeance was sweet.
Sweet vengeance: the only thing he lived for.
"What?" Prince Koga slammed his fist down in rage. "That bastard Inuyasha managed to escape again?"
"Forgive us, Milord, but—"
"What kind of security are you? This is the eighth time he robbed the royal treasury! Why haven't you caught that criminal yet?"
"He's too tricky. Besides—"
"Scour the city." To be honest, Koga didn't know what else to do.
"Yes your majesty." The sheriff bowed once more and exited the room, closing the large doors behind him.
Koga sank back onto his throne. Damn that half-breed. Time after time, countless times, he had raided the treasury, stolen gifts to the other nations, murdered ambassadors, and slain goods. He had done everything to make the country look bad. He had destroyed or stolen everything that Koga had wanted.
Koga had vowed to kill this Inuyasha someday.
Inuyasha snickered as he watched armed soldiers rush down the avenue with their rapiers and rifles drawn, scouring the city but finding nothing. Everyone overlooked the ragged old man under the filthy cloak sitting in the gutters. A perfect disguise was one that royalty avoided.
As the soldiers passed Inuyasha tore off the cloak and artificial beard. Now to the more important matters, he thought.
He climbed up an old rose trellis leaning rotting against the wall and onto the shingled rooftops. Down below in the city square, a pudgy man read out a decree. "The bandit Inuyasha, now charged with fourteen murders, homicide, burglary, threatening the royal family, and robbing the treasury eight times (nine, thought Inuyasha angrily, I robbed it nine times!) is now up for a price of 20,000 gold coins and 5,000 silver coins if caught!"
The half demon smirked, "Feh. If caught. Anyways, there won't be that much money in the treasury much longer."
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In the small upstairs lounge of a small mansion, a merry fire cast a red glow about the room as a man with a small ponytail read the evening paper and a woman with a long ponytail paced around the room worriedly.
"Do you think it's still safe? Any citizen would gladly give their life for that price." Sango looked worriedly at Miroku. They had been Inuyasha's old friends before he became an outlaw, and now they, being too nice to turn him in to security or turn him out of their home, were helping hide him.
"I wouldn't. Would you?"
"No," replied Sango thoughtfully. "But if anyone finds out we've helped him, it's off with our heads," she said.
"No one will find out, honey," said Miroku soothingly, but all it did was cause Sango to slap him. After all, his hand wasn't where it was a second ago.
Miroku sighed. He finally gets his girl to be his fiancé, and she still strikes him.
"But still, what if?" Sango was definitely not in an optimistic mood today, thought Miroku.
"No one will," Both Sango and Miroku jumped as Inuyasha hopped in through the open window. "You forgot one important element."
"What?" asked Miroku.
"I'm Inuyasha the Great. No one is going catch me anytime soon." Inuyasha said smugly.
"Hey, since when did you add the great part? You're more Inuyasha the Vain if you ask me," retorted Sango playfully.
Inuyasha glared at the girl. Still, it wasn't a real glare, because no one could possibly get mad at those two. He had to admit they were the most pious and respectful couple on earth. They were probably the only people within a thousand mile radius he could trust.
"Well," said Sango, carefully closing the shutters to the window and padlocking it, "What're you after this time, Inuyasha the Great?"
"Well," said Inuyasha, smiling devilishly. "I'm going after the one thing our Prince Koga wants most." After so long, he had finally discovered what Koga treasured most.
"What is it?" asked Miroku curiously. Inuyasha had waited all his life to destroy what Koga wanted most; to finish his revenge. Well, finish it before murdering Koga himself.
"Not it," said Inuyasha, his smile widening. He leaned forward and whispered hoarsely, "She."
"What?" Sango was very lost now. "I don't get it."
"Inuyasha leaned back and plopped himself roughly on the couch. "The one person he wants most."
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"It's for you, Kagome!" an overexcited queen ran up the marble staircase towards her daughter's room
Kagome rolled her eyes as her mother bombarded into her room with a huge red silk box. "What is it?" she asked dully. Probably another colossal jewelry box another one of her suitors gave her. She already had three of those.
"It's a surprise!" The hyper queen said. "You must be very excited!"
Kagome raised her eyebrows. "Whatever," she mumbled as she raised the lid off the box.
Inside was something made of white silk. Another dress probably. Not too bad, dresses were better than necklaces and headbands that felt like they weighed over a ton. She gasped at how pretty it was; a thin, white strapless skintight gown that flowed past her heels. "It's really pretty," she said, awed. Itreally was pretty.
"There's more!" said the queen enthusiastically.
That was right; such a large box couldn't just hold a dress. Kagome lifted up a thin layer of cardboard, and under that was a small ivory box. She opened it and almost screamed. Diamond earrings…was this a dream? And a white silk choker with an inlaid amethyst too. "Wow," she whispered.
"There's more," screeched the queen. Kagome rolled her eyes. Of course there is, Mom, she thought.
Under the next piece of cardboard was a larger box—this time just made of wood. She opened it slowly. A beautiful pair of snow white stilettos that matched the dress was inside. She gaped. "What is the occasion…?" she asked her mother.
"You'll see," said the queen. When her daughter raised another eyebrow, she added, "There's more, Kagome!"
"Yes, yes," said Kagome, lifting up the last piece of cardboard. Something made of sparkling material was underneath. "What is it…?"
She gasped, both in excitement and horror. It was a bridal veil.
Before the dumbfounded Kagome could say anything, the queen chirped, "We've chosen your groom, Kagome darling! It's Prince Koga, my dear, aren't you excited? You're getting married! The princess is marrying!"
"Wait—what?"
"Prince Koga has paid and donated very much to our country! We owe his kingdom very much! What more can we give them than the hand of the princess he has wooed since you were eight?"
"Mother, I'm only fifteen," exclaimed Kagome.
"You're already fifteen," corrected the queen. "And you're leaving tomorrow. Prince Koga has also requested you wear the wedding gown when you arrive. He just wants to see you in your best when you come."
"Mother—"
"Enough my dear." The queen didn't realize how distressed her daughter was.
Kagome collapsed onto the floor as the queen exited. She was going to marry a man she had only met twice. How could she?
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"And," finished Inuyasha, "I'm going to kill her."
Miroku and Sango stared. "Not kill!" said Sango right away. "Abduct. That's all I'm going to allow."
Inuyasha stared at her as if challenging her to continue.
"Or else I'll turn you in. You're not going to kill a young princess in cold blood."
"You wouldn't dare." Inuyasha looked Sango straight in the eye. Sango stared back. Then her gaze faltered. That was true; she wouldn't turn Inuyasha in. She just couldn't. Poor Princess Kagome, whoever that was…
"But," said Inuyasha thoughtfully, "You're right, Sango…fine. Just abduct then. I could get a good ransom anyways…"
Miroku smiled. "So it's decided?"
Inuyasha smiled back. "So it's decided."
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