A/n: Hi ya'll! I know I said I would be updating somewhere near September 15, but a computer just happened to fall from the sky that had Internet connection and Microsoft Word. (Truth is I'm over at a relative's place who has a computer). Lucky for both of us.

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha. He belongs to Rumiko Takahashi (tell me if I spelled that wrong).

Chapter Fourteen: Secrets Revealed

Kagome sat up from her unmade bed and sleepily rubbed her eyes before stretching. She was just about to head to the bathroom to wash her face so she could get ready for work until she realized something was wrong: Her uniform was still in her (and Sango)'s room.

"Damn," Kagome hissed, under her breath.

She took a deep breath and tried to comfort herself.

'It's going to be okay,' she tried to convince herself, 'All I have to do is go into the room and get the clothes. No big deal. I've been doing this for almost two months now,'

She stopped trying to comfort herself for a couple of nerve-racking seconds until she realized, in shock that her limit to find a husband was almost here.

'Great,' she said to herself, again (a/n: Boy, she talks to herself a lot, doesn't she? Nut case! j/k), 'Just great,'

Kagome buried her face in her hands and mumbled aloud, "What in the hell am I suppose to do, now?"

She was too depressed to worry about Sango and that whole deal, so unconsciously, she walked to her (and Sango's) room and pulled out a drawer, grabbed her clothes and was out the door without a word.

All of this happened right in front of Sango's eyes.

Sango sighed heavily and yelled, "Wait!"

Kagome turned around slowly.

Sango looked at Kagome with glossy eyes and said quietly, "I won't tell anyone. I promise. I promise!"

Kagome looked back at Sango and hugged her with tears in her eyes.

"Oh Sango! I already know that you won't. You don't have to tell me."

So, for a long while both girls sat, weeping as if in a soap opera.

"Sango," Kagome sniffled, "How do you know about me being... Princess Kagome and all?"

"Well, when you got into the carrige, I don't know if you remember or not, but you took your mask off." Sango began to explain, "At least that's what I was told. When you left your glass slipper behind, it caught Rin's eye."

Kagome did remember taking off her mask. And she also remembered how Kagome's own glass slipper caught the attention of Rin.

Flashback

Rin took off her shoes and slowly put them in the lake's cool water.

She splashed her feet around a bit and watched Kagome copy her.

Rin looked out across the lake, then at Kagome.

"Ya know, I met Lord Sessomaru here."

Kagome looked at Rin, "So, you saw him, again? Why are you talking about him, again? Do you maybe...like him?"

Rin stared at Kagome for a minute, "Of course I don't!"

Kagome looked back at her, "C'mon Rin, you can tell me anything!"

Rin looked across the lake, "Okay, okay, yeah, I have a crush on him. But it's only a little tiny, tinsy....Oh, who am I kidding? I think I'm in love, Lady Kagome!"

"That's terrific for you, Rin! Oh, I'm so sad now! I can't believe your going to have to leave me and Souta for some other grumpy, ugly maid."

"Don't worry Lady Kagome! Hey, I'll tell you what. Once I get married to Lord Sessomaru, you can be my brides maid. How about it?"

First, Kagome thought Rin might be joking. I mean, a maid and a prince getting married? Very, very unlikely. But, of course, Kagome would never say that to Rin.

"Okay. It's a deal!"

"Great! Oh, I almost forgot. I have a present for you, Lady Kagome!"

Rin pulled out the most magnifisant pair of glass slippers from her handmade backpack.

"I want you to have them Lady Kagome."

Kagome stared at her, then the slippers, in awe, "They're beautiful! But I couldn't have them! I'm the one who's suppose to be giving you a present!"

"Oh, nonsense! These old things are way to small for me, anyways (a/n: Oh yeah, by the way, Rin is older than Kag in this fic. Only by a hair, though). Please Kagome. Take them!"

Kagome looked at Rin then said in surrender, "Okay, okay. Thank you so much Rin!"

"No problem. Now, don't forget our promise!"

"I won't" Kagome cried into the distance.

End Flashback

"Hello? Kagome? Are ya still on Earth?" said Sango, trying to snap some sense into the hypnotized girl.

"Oh, sorry." Kagome apologized. 'I can't believe Rin and Sessomaru actually got married!' She secretly thought.

"Anyways," Sango continued, "She thought it was you, Kagome. So she ran after you and your carrige and told me that your were, well, you. I honestly didn't believe her in the beginning. But I still wanted to know if it was true or not without having to ask you. So, I thought I could just say I knew about all of it. You know, about you being princess and all. And I thought you might think I was out of my mind. Even so, my curiosity took over my logic and I just happened to blurt it out. So, when I saw your reaction, I knew it had to be true."

"I see," said Kagome, "But you have to promise not to tell anybody. I have my reasons for being here."

"I know, I know...."

Kagome smiled, "I'm glad you're my friend and that I trust you. I had to threaten (or bribe) InuYasha not to spill my secret."

"InuYasha knows, too?!" Sango shouted.

Kagome nodded.

"So, what did you threaten (or bribe, WHATEVER!) him with?"

"Uhh....Hey look! Cake!"

"CAKE?!"

Kagome ran away.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE!"

Sango fades away in the darkness of the hallway.......