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The Princess And The Pup Ch. 8
Let It Begin…
"There it is." Breathed out Miroku happily. "There it is."
The monk lifted his arm and pointed to the large castle on the horizon. Light slowly revealed itself as the sun rose up from behind the castle. A small village had its place at the base of the castle…being divided from it by a moat, of course.
Well, no shit. The demon-slayer venomously thought to herself, not wanting to repeat yesterday's argument.
Sango started on her way to the village letting the monk follow behind her as he did on the whole trip.
Normally Miroku would have caught to an equal plain with his traveling companion but in this case he didn't mind following behind…not at all, not at all.
"How long to you think it is going to take to exterminate this demon?" Miroku asked curiously.
"It shouldn't take long if it's just an average demon." Sango answered with no trace of emotion in her voice.
"Average demon?" The monk laughed loudly much to the demon-slayer's annoyance. "This demon befriended the princess enough in mere days to get her to bring her into the castle. It also had her passed out on his floor."
SLAP…
"Ouch…" Miroku moaned as he rubbed his reddened cheek. "You hit harder than most women."
"And why do other women hit you?" Sango asked inquisitively with an eyebrow raised. When the monk smiled lecherously she decided it was a conversation for later. Now back on track… "I suppose you're right about the demon…"
"You think he slept with the princess, too?" Miroku interrupted.
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"This demon might take a bit longer to exterminate than most. It will be especially hard if the princess gets in the way." Sango continued, not commenting on the monk's perverted interruptions.
"Why do you think the princess might get in the way?" Miroku was able to ask between his swelling cheeks.
"Think about it. The demon probably the first man that the princess has seen besides stuck-up nobles that are twenty years older than her, and it seems more than obvious since she invited him into the castle." Sango explained.
The monk pointed ahead seeming to ignore her previous words.
"We're almost to the village." Miroku observed.
The village at the base of the castle was now close enough to throw a rock at which surprised Sango. She must not have been paying attention to not notice the amount of people coming into focus.
The people in the nearby market averted their eyes to herself and Miroku as they began to pass villagers. A familiar feeling of having eyes on them crept upon the monk and demon-slayer as wherever they went a silence followed.
Sango curiously watched as the gazes of the people became filled with hatred at the sight of her.
"They don't seem to take kindly of me." The demon-slayer whispered, trying her best not to move her lips much.
"I told you there were many people who did not approve of the King's genocide of demons. Well, when I said many people, I meant all but a small minority." Miroku clarified for the perplexed woman. "Who do you think the King called upon to slay demons? Remember, some of these people had demon lovers."
Sango shivered at the thought of that. Demon lovers? How could these people stand having demons around? If Sango had lived here she would have cheered the King's crusade the entire way. How come these people couldn't see that demons are just mindless, heartless killing machines?
The idea of that half-breed bastard could give Sango nightmares. She hoped with all her heart that the…monster had been wiped off the face of the earth by now. Son of the Lord Western Lands or not, a half-breed was just sickening.
The trip to the castle doors was unnerving. Silence was quickly replaced by hateful murmurs at Sango's expense.
The guards eyed the demon-slayer and monk as well before finally addressing them.
"Why are you here? We have not been informed of any services needed by the King." One guard yelled rather loudly as if he thought they wouldn't be able to hear him.
"I was under the impression that the King ordered me here to exterminate a demon." Sango sneered through gritted teeth.
The other guard immediately spoke up. "You must be the demon-slayer."
How'd you guess, dumbass? Sango thought sarcastically but only nodded in response to the question.
"The King requested you break in later tonight and attack the demon then." Stated the first guard, piping up again.
Sango rubbed her temples with her fore and middle finger in an attempt to calm the headache surfacing from darting eyes from guard to guard and by the utter stupidity.
"Why has the King requested such?" Miroku inquired, finally opening his mouth.
"Why is the monk with you?"
"His assistance…uh…could assist me in exterminating the demon." Sango wasn't about to say she didn't know where the castle was.
"Well," Began the second guard. "The King did not bestow the knowledge of why to attack the demon later but his reason shouldn't matter."
The demon-slayer felt the urge to knock out the guard because of his gall but decided against it.
"Very well." Sango replied and walked away with a confused monk not far behind.
"Yes! It feels great to be demon again!" Inuyasha barked happily. His stretched his arms above his head trying to get the feeling back in his asleep limbs.
The half-demon observed the princess who had just awakened, due to his loud proclamation. Kagome sat up slowly, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"Did you say something?" Kagome yawned. When her eyes opened, she saw Inuyasha's appearance. "Inuyasha, you're demon again!"
"Sure am!" The half-demon agreed with his returned arrogance. "It feels great!"
The princess smiled at his response as she rose out from under the blankets of her royal bed. She didn't know where the half-demon had slept last night because she had fallen asleep first. Inuyasha was probably too scared to sleep on the new moon.
Inuyasha put a hand on the Tetsusaiga as to make sure it was there and drew that raggedy blade that couldn't cut wet paper.
"Damn, I want to try this baby out." Inuyasha groaned out. He swung the sword around recklessly like a child with a new toy.
"What's there to try out? It looks shitty." Kagome stated bluntly which caused Inuyasha to laugh out loud for a moment before shutting up.
"Well, if I were to go back to the forest I could show you, but some evil bitch has kept me from my forest…" Inuyasha smiled toothily, a fang shimmering in the morning sunlight.
The princess pouted for a second but sighed, caving in. "We can go to the forest if you promise you will come back."
"You know where I live; I'd have the royal army on the doorstep by sunset." The half-demon retorted.
"Don't over exaggerate, Inuyasha, you don't have a doorstep." Kagome joked seeing Inuyasha's unchanging expression.
The princess hopped of her bed and walked over to Inuyasha.
"Shall we take the window?" Kagome suggested, her smile widening as he nodded.
The half-demon sheathed the Tetsusaiga and squatted down. Inuyasha looked peculiarly at the princess as she was about to hop on his back.
"You going in that?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow and looked down at the regal purple dress that she had to wear to the dinner last night…and sleep in.
The princess bit her lip for a minute and shrugged.
"What the hell."
Kagome got onto his back and Inuyasha shrugged as well.
"Whatever you want." Inuyasha said indifferently.
Inuyasha stood up with Kagome on his back and put a foot on the windowsill. The half-demon leaned forward to fit himself and the princess through the window. He took a final glance at Kagome before propelling himself from the fourth-story window…doing his best trying not to grope the woman on his back.
Kagome let out a squeal of delight, and, on a similar note, Inuyasha's ears started to twitch at a loud noise. He heard screams of fear from the surrounding village and dismissed his annoyance at he was already spotted.
They landed on the ground softly enough to not have pain in the half-demon's legs but enough that dust was hit into the air causing Kagome to cough.
He stood up slowly and didn't move anymore much to Kagome displeasure.
"Get off…we're walking through town." Inuyasha demanded, voice changing from happy-to-live to adamant.
"Okay…" The princess complained confused and complied.
Kagome looked behind her to see that they had indeed jumped over the castle's surrounding walls and were outside the palace's confines.
Inuyasha grabbed her hand and led her toward the village. They were soon at the central market and a path had been cleared for them. The kingdom's citizens had gathered and stared suspiciously at Kagome and Inuyasha.
The princess blushed at the sudden attention and the fact she was being dragged by a half-demon holding her by the hand. This would start rumors…
"Demons still live within the kingdom!" A woman cheered out of nowhere.
Inuyasha stopped for a second, looking around apprehensively…expecting the torches and pitchforks.
His anxiety was lightened when he heard many more happy cheers…that and a large boomerang suddenly hit him from the side…
That's this chapter. Hope you readers are satisfied and will review…at least until this story gets more reviews than TNOTRM. Also, check out my profile page for more story ideas from yours truly. Still haven't heard back from kitsune3 again.