Hey everyone! This is the ninth chapter of my fic! The farthest I have ever been! tear Ok to PD and KGIM, I dunno what u look like for u r cameo, but I'll make it up! Ok? And how come ur never on msn? Ok! Sorry for the long wait, you guys. You know how it is with school and everything.
"Oh my goodness!" The King sat up straight in bed.
"What is it dear?" The muffled voice of the Queen asked.
"That missing girl! Her name is Kagome!" The King replied.
"And?" The Queen was obviously tired, and not entirely excited about one of husband's antics.
"We have a maid named Kagome. The missing princess is right in our castle!" The King said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"That's nice dear." The Queen rolled over, and drifted off to sleep.
"I'll have to do something! Right now! Amber!" The King hollered. A small girl with long, wavy brown hair entered the royal bedchamber.
"Yes my liege?" Her soft voice was scarcely heard. She was tired.
"Prepare a guest room. It's for a female so try to make it nice." The King ordered. "Then go find the maid named Kagome. Take her to that room. Tell her to come to breakfast with us in the morning. Treat her with respect; she is a princess you know!"
"Don't you think it's a little late to be waking people up? Even a princess?" Amber retorted, placing her hand on her hip.
"Nonsense! It's never too late or too early to do anything!" The King cried. Amber bowed, and left the room. Boy, was she pissed. The nerve of that King, making her prepare a guest room before sunrise! Amber stalked down the hall and found the large linen closet. She roughly started to pull pink sheets and duvets from the shelves, muttering to herself about lack of sleep. She carried the large bundle of bedclothes to the nearest guest room, and started to make the bed.
When she had finished, she stomped down the hall and into the maid's sleeping chambers. She poked the closest girl, and she woke.
"What?" She hissed.
"Where's Kagome, the maid?" Amber asked her.
"Over there." The girl pointed to the raven haired form, and went back to sleep. Amber jumped over various girls, and shook Kagome.
"Huh…What?" Kagome asked sleepily.
"The King requests you stay in his guest room, and come to breakfast with him the next morning." Amber recited, then remembering she was talking to a princess, curtsied. "Your Highness." Kagome stood without a word, and followed Amber out of the cramped room. When they were out into the drafty halls, realization smacked Kagome in the face.
That girl had called her 'Your Highness', and she wasn't being treated like a maid. How did they know? Inuyasha! He was the only one that knew! Oh, he was going to get it! Now, she could tell his secret. But Kagome realized that his secret was not really a secret at all. Don't tell anyone I was nice! What a laugh. He was just humouring her. He could be so patronizing.
"Here we are." Amber pointed to the door. Kagome nodded, and opened the door.
"Just on more thing. Remember, you have to attend breakfast with the King." Amber reminded her.
"What time?" Kagome asked.
"Sunrise." Amber replied, and left. Kagome sighed, and entered the room. She slipped into the bed in the corner by the window. Her eyelids fluttered, and she fell asleep.
IIIIIIIIIII
Kagome's head nodded for the seventh time that morning. She was waiting for the King and Queen to arrive to begin breakfast. They were late, and Kagome was sort of angry. She had to get up before sunrise to get dressed, and brush her hair, and here the Royal Family couldn't quite make it to their appointment on time.
The King and Queen entered finally, with Inuyasha behind them. When he saw Kagome, his eyebrows lifted a little. Yeah right, Kagome thought to herself. He looked surprised, but she knew he wasn't. She could see right through his little act.
They all settled into their chairs, and Kagome sat up straight. The whole family began to help themselves, and Kagome took little portions for herself. She didn't want to seem greedy or rude.
"So, you're princess Kagome…What are we going to do with you?" The King said finally, resting his utensils on his plate. Kagome said nothing, nodding slightly.
"I think we should alert her parents, and they can come get her." The Queen replied. Kagome did not want to go home. She wasted to stay here. She might be a servant here, but at least it was better then her home.
"Please, ma'am, I don't want to go home." Kagome pleaded. The Queen's eyes widened.
"Why ever not?" The Queen asked.
"You wouldn't understand. But I'd rather stay here, and work for you, if that's alright." Kagome cast her gaze downward. Hopefully they wouldn't ask her any more questions.
"Well, we can't let you work as a maid. How about you stay here as our guest, for however as long as you wish?" The King suggested. Kagome nodded happily.
"Oh, thank you!" She smiled to herself, and began to eat her food on her plate. She heard a cough from beside her, and looked up. It was Inuyasha who had coughed, and Kagome glared at him. He had told her secret, blown her cover. She wasn't about to forgive him either. Inuyasha put on a confused face, and looked down at his food. Kagome just about snorted, and finished her small portions quickly.
"Thank you for breakfast. May I be excused?" Kagome asked.
"Of course." The King waved her out, and Kagome stopped just out of sight of the people in the room. She leaned up against the solid wall, and let out a sigh of relief. She heard some voices come from the dining room, but Kagome didn't care what they were saying. She started to jog down the massive hall, her dress dragging as she went along. Unexpectedly, an arm grabbed hers, and she almost fell over. Kagome turned to see who had grabbed her.
"What?" She glared coldly.
"What was the dirty look for, back at breakfast?" Inuyasha asked defensively.
"Oh, don't play innocent with me." Kagome spat.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha cried.
"You told! You told them about me!" Kagome replied, heat rising in her face.
"I did not! I never told!" Inuyasha yelled.
"How else would they know?" Kagome shot back. Inuyasha seemed to shrink.
"I don't…. know?" Inuyasha tried. Kagome searched his eyes for a moment.
"You must have told. No one else knows." Kagome said softly.
"I swear I didn't." Inuyasha breathed. "You didn't tell my secret did you?"
"What secret? Don't tell anyone I was nice? What kind of secret is that? You were just humouring me." Kagome replied. Inuyasha smirked.
"Yeah, I was just humouring you." Kagome pulled away from his grip on her arm.
"Thanks, but I don't need babying." Kagome pouted.
"No, but you did need your secret kept. I wanted you to think it was a fair trade, ok?" Inuyasha looked at her.
"Ok." Kagome nodded. "I still think you told."
"Are you still mad?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome paused for a moment, and then nodded.
"Yes, very." Kagome started to walk away.
"Stupid girl." Inuyasha grumbled. Kagome stopped.
"What?" She asked.
"I said, stupid girl!" Inuyasha answered.
"Inuyasha, I'll never forgive you, ever!" Kagome turned around, and scrunched her nose. Inuyasha laughed. "It's not funny. I'll never forgive you."
"So? Like I care! You're insignificant to me, you don't matter. I doubt you matter anyone." Inuyasha grinned. That was meant to hurt. Tears stung Kagome's eyes, and she wiped them away.
"People care about me…" Kagome whispered.
"Who?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome was silent, and didn't say anything. "Exactly. You don't seem to want to go home, so I'm thinking your parents don't love you. Nobody here cares about you. You are nothing. You're just there." Inuyasha finished. Kagome realized he was right. She knew all along, but she never let that thought surface.
"Inuyasha, you may just be right." Inuyasha saw the immense hurt in her eyes, and immediately felt a pang of guilt. "I'm nothing." Kagome began to drift back to her room. She closed the door, and fell into the newly made bed. Her sobs could be heard throughout the castle. A light knock came at the door a few hours later.
"Who is it?" Kagome asked.
"A maid." The person on the other side of the door opened it, and came and sat down beside Kagome. Kagome realized it was the maid from before. The one who had woken her up this morning.
"Are you ok? Someone said I should check on you, so I decided I would. My name is Amber." Amber's brown eyes were filled with concern, and she looked quite scared.
"Yeah, I'm not ok." Kagome admitted.
"What's wrong?" Amber asked.
"I'm nothing." Kagome said simply, and shut her eyes.
"Who told you that?" Amber was disgusted, and whoever it was, they were going to get a beating.
"Inuyasha." Amber gasped. Sure, Inuyasha had been mean to her before, but not degrading and cruel. "Well, he's just a stupid jerk. Why don't you come have some supper with the King and Queen?" Amber suggested.
"Will he be there?" Kagome asked.
"No, he's gone off somewhere." Amber smiled warmly.
"Ok." Kagome followed Amber off to the royal dining room.
IIIIIIIIII
The wind toyed with Inuyasha's locks as he sat in his favourite tree. The same picture kept flashing into his head. The hurt eyes of Kagome, filled with tears. He felt guilty. He had caused a lot of pain.
Kagome hadn't stopped crying when he left the castle. She probably was still crying. But he had been so mad. She wouldn't forgive him, when he had done nothing wrong. You still went too far, he told himself. You told her she was nothing, and it was true. You meant it. You can never take it back. Why should I? He thought to himself. She doesn't matter to me. She's just another face in the crowd. But you should still apologize.
Inuyasha leapt from his branch, and back towards the castle.
Kagome entered her room, and lit a candle. She walked over to her mirror, and sat down in the chair in front of it. She picked up her brush, and held it idly. She spotted a slip of paper on her desk, and picked it up. It was folded, and she lifted one side. On it read one simple word. 'Sorry.' Kagome smiled. She didn't need an explanation, she knew who it was from.
Well? Kind of angsty that chapter, but this is not an angst story, so no more, well at least not for a while. lolz ok, review please! Bye for now!
