AN: Hey! Gomen (Sorry) it took me so long. I was worked to the bone! Well, Chapter 5 is finally up! Here are my props to my reviewers!
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Here you go!
Runaway
An Evil Plot
"Kuso!" A dark man slammed his fist on the desk. His unruly raven hair seemed to prickle with anger.
"Oh, Naraku-sama, are you hurt?" A woman mocked him, holding her hands together sweetly. Her voice dripped with sarcasm.
Her dark hair was held in a bun, feathers placed in her hair just right. Her kimono composed of a red and white diagonally striped design. She held a fan in her favored right hand protectively.
"Please, save me the sarcasm, woman." The man seemed to be in a horrible mood. His awfully narrow red eyes accented with purple eye shadow turned into two dark slits on his face. "Where the hell could that wench be!"
Naraku grabbed the files he'd been looking through and tossed it against the wall. "Stupid girl! She's ruined my plans!"
The door clicked open. A girl stood in the door, looking over the files that'd been tossed uselessly aside.
Her skin was pale and cold, her dark hair ran down in cascades. Her unwelcoming eyes bore into the man, but he shrugged it off.
Dressed in miko garbs, she bent down to pick up the vanilla folder. "My, my, Naraku. You've sure developed a temper!"
Naraku ignored the woman. Don't listen to her, Naraku. She's just a wench. "Now, how do I get a hold of her?"
The 'wench' straightened up, the same no nonsense look plastered on her face. "That is why I'm here, Naraku. The queen has sent two strong, smart men to search for the missing princess, bring her back, and force her onto that throne."
Naraku looked up, an evil smirk plastered on his face. "Oh, is it so?"
The dark man turned to a tiny girl with paler skin than the miko. She wore a kimono as white as flour and clutched a mirror in her midst. Her blank empty eyes stared, her lips set in a line. "Kanna, get ready for some snooping."
Again, Naraku swiveled around. "Kagura, take this bead and you better keep it safe. That is how I can locate the searchers. You will look for them and go with them."
Kagura nearly choked on air. "With mortal men! No way, no how, I'm not trailing behind them!"
The man growled as he reached toward the vase which held her organs. She bit her lip, but numbly shook her head.
The priestess stepped forward to the kaze youkai's rescue. "Excuse me, Naraku, but I would like to trail those men."
Naraku whirled around, his eyes narrowed to slits. "Why should I let you?"
Stubborn, she went on, searching for hidden facts deep. "Because one man is hanyou—very much like you—," Naraku growled, "and could recognize Kagura as a demon. The other man is a houshi and would be able to tell if she is evil. They will have no regret of disposing your spy, as I presume."
Kagura fanned herself as she released a breath. The woman continued, "I am not even partially youkai and as pure as you can get around these corrupted lands."
Naraku waited, his glare never withering. Finally, he responded slowly. "Kikyou, you may go...but if you reveal us, I will jeopardize your village, your sister...you..."
Kikyou nodded. "You have my word, Naraku, that through life and death, I will not forsake you."
The strictly business-like woman took arrows and bow before taking the bead. The bead she concealed under the white ribbon that swept her long hair away from her face. She turned around to face Naraku. "Sayonara, Naraku."
"Mou...I swear, this is the same rock I stubbed my foot on this morning!" Kagome dragged her feet, unused to the labor.
Sango sighed at the princess's whining. "Kagome! Get a hold of yourself! By the looks of it, we're at least 20 miles away from Asa."
A similar sigh was emitted from the young girl. Twenty miles away from home...
She clutched the pendant under a casual kimono she wore. When she had taken that cloak off after their frightening encounter, she had burned it. To never be caught in that again.
"Ah!"
Kagome ran around the bend. "Sango! What's wrong!"
Sango hopped up and down gleefully. "We're at the next village!"
Kagome was too happy to be annoyed. She jumped around too. "Yay! A hot bath, a nice bed, fresh clothes."
Sango shook her head sadly. "You wish. We're going to have to look around for a place to stay. Nothing pricey."
"Sango, Sango, Sango! Remember? We took all the money I've saved from allowance, birthdays, guests, and holidays! We could positively afford an expensive room in the top inn!"
Her friend looked at her, not sharing the enjoyment soaring in Kagome. "Kagome...we can't. Since we're running away, we'll need every yen we could pinch. We...just can't..."
The cheerful girl seemed to sink in disappointment. "B-but...—,"
"Kagome, ie. We have to save our yen for emergencies. Plus, if it's going to last, we'll need to have enough." Sango shrugged, "We'll probably stay at a low-class inn or someone's hut. Either of those or we'll camp."
Now, the spirited girl has sunken to her knees. "Okay..."
Hours later, the two leaned against a lamppost. They were dog tired. The girls had run through the city, trying to find a place to stay. Every hut and inn refused them.
"Humph! Well, I never! Have they never heard of me?" Kagome crossed her arms angrily.
Sango was a bit annoyed at her friend's prissy attitude. "They probably had. But we're undercover, right?"
With another huff, the princess replied. "Yeah, I know... But it's hard, you know?"
Sango smiled at her friend. "No, I don't." She tugged her best friend's arm toward a building. "Come on! Let's feed ourselves before we set up camp!"
"I have a feeling I won't like camping..."
Sango laughed out loud. "I'm sure you wouldn't."
The approaching site was a bar. It reeked of alcohol, its paints were peeling off, the wooden door frame was rot—the overall condition of the bar was pitiful.
Kagome wrinkled her nose. "Eww...please tell me we're not eating here!"
Sango shrugged as she opened the door. "Okay, I won't tell you."
As they entered, a horrid odor hit them full blast. It was the vile stench of sake. Kagome covered her mouth and let out a show of a coughing fit. Sango elbowed her.
The men inhabiting the bar turned to stare at the two young girls with beady eyes. Their teeth jutted out of their mouths in awkward angles. Their hair was mussed into a weird shape. They were unbearable!
Kagome latched onto her friend's arm. They're more like apes than humans!
Sango stepped up to the counter and tapped it as she slid on a seat, cool as a cucumber. Kagome followed suit, trying not to make a disgusted face. "Excuse me! Bartender!"
The man she was calling for laid his head down against the counter, asleep. Sango had had enough of acting nice. She grabbed some drunk's drink and harshly spilled it over the bartender.
The now sticky man sat up sharply, snorting as he awoke. "H-huh? N-nani?"
Sango smiled her 'innocence'. "Oi! How are you? Well, while you're awake, you mind getting us two sandwiches and some tea?"
Kagome cut in. "Boboa tea for me, please!"
The man grumbled as he left to prepare their food. He grumbled something about 'little bossy, polite prostitutes'.
The girl sitting on the stool beside her turned around to scold her. "Kagome, isn't that laying it a little thick? I mean—,"
Sango was cut off when she heard something. Her eyes bulged. Kagome watched her friend, her concern mirroring in her eyes. "Daijobu Sango?"
Sango shushed her. She turned around. Again, Kagome mimicked her.
A tall man sat there with another shorter man. The tall man's skin was like the pale moon. Speaking of the moon, a blue crescent moon seemed to be tattooed to his forehead. Two stripes adorned either side of his long face. His hands held claws where nails should have sprouted. Up his arms were also two magenta stripes. He wore a pure white kimono with exquisite designs on them. His most attractive and unusual features were his long silver hair and deep, cold amber eyes.
Kagome gaped at the beauty. Oh my God! He's so gorgeous. He-he's hot! She shook her head all of a sudden. Why does he look so familiar?
A silver-haired young man picked up the back of her cloak, his claws digging into her back. She looked up to meet an amber gaze. His puppy ears wiggled around. She wanted so much to touch them!
The boy smirked into her face, his fangs shiny. "Punk, where can we find a place to rest?"
Kagome came back to reality. A squeaky noise erupted from the girl. She turned to Sango. Her friend was deathly pale.
"What did you say again, Sesshoumaru-sama? The drunks are singing too loud."
Sango and Kagome took their time observing in disgust at the speaker. He was a putrid thing. His skin was scaly green. His eyeballs were yellow with black slits as pupils. He wore a tiny hat similar to a Chinese take-out box strapped down on his bald head. They shivered with loathing.
The Sesshoumaru man glared at him for his impudence. "I said, my little brother and his perverted friend—,"
Kagome and Sango looked at each other. Little brother? Perverted friend?
"...are looking for the rebelling princess. She'd pay a great price. But I, Lord of the Western Lands, need nothing."
The toad squawked. "B-but! Sessoumaru-sama! You'd get more power!"
He glared at him. "I have more power already so what does it matter, Jakken?"
The two females turned around in their seats, awfully relieved. The rude bartender returned with their food and drinks.
Repulsively, the two dug in their food. They were greedy with hunger. They'd had no food in a day! Even the feeding times at the palace for servants were consistent!
"You disgust me."
Kagome froze, dropping her sandwich from between her teeth. Sango did so likewise, her sandwich nearly torn to shreds. Both cocked their head skyways to meet the handsome man's face.
He continued to give them that cold look. "You're the princess, aren't you?"
Kagome stared, her eyes like dishpans. "H-how'd you know?"
Sesshoumaru regarded them. "You do know that there's a lot of yen over your heads?"
Kagome and Sango shook their heads dumbfounded. He continued. "Well, it just so happened that I'm interested in helping you two out."
Sango snapped out of her lost state quicker than Kagome. "Oi! What if you trick us and return us to the palace for that prize money!" She crossed her arms.
Sesshoumaru's cold amber eyes seemed to baffle her mind. "Please. I know you snoops were eavesdropping. Now do you want an ally or not?"
Kagome jumped at the opportunity. She hurled herself against him. "Hai! Hai! Hai! Onegai!"
He glared at her. "Get—off—of—me..."
She hopped off. Clearing her throat, she dusted his shoulder. "Gomen nasai, Sesshoumaru-sama."
He shrugged her fingers off. Jakken chased after him, stumbling over his two-headed staff. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama! Is it really alright to store these two barbaric wenches in your home?"
Sango grabbed Jakken and socked him right into a tree. "Grrr...sexist toad!"
The lord of the western lands half-turned to the young girls. "Follow me if you want a roof over your head to hide."
With a raised eyebrow, they looked toward each other for help. Sango shrugged her shoulders and followed the youkai.
I don't know... Kagome trailed after the ugly toad. I don't know if this is a good thing.
Sesshoumaru led them to his manor. I can use this to my advantage... He smirked to himself. I certainly can...
AN: Hey, Sesshoumaru fangirls! You like my description? (So I'm not good at it...)
Japanese Words:
kuso - dammit
miko - priestess
kaze - wind
youkai - demon
hanyou - half demon
houshi - monk
sayonara - bye
mou - (groan)
asa - morning
ie - no
nani - what
oi - hey
daijobu - Are you okay/ I'm okay.
hai - yes
onegai - please
gomen nasai - sorry (formal)
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