The Dog Prince
By. DemonGirl-Setsuna
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Hi there! Setsuna here!
I can't think of anything to say at the moment, so…
Here is Chapter 9!
Please Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anything belonging to Rumiko Takahashi or 'The Swan Princess'.
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Ch. 9
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"It can't be", Queen Satsuki said under her breath.
Kagome moved toward the stairs. Around her, the guests murmured in disbelief.
Satsuki leaned toward the podium, "Father! Who is it? Do you know him?"
"I…don't know", Reiko replied.
"Come now, father", Satsuki said, "I know she confides in you. Who is it?"
"I promise, I do not know. And it's Sakura she confides in, not me! Although he does look a great deal like…".
"But it couldn't be!", Queen Satsuki squints at the young man, whose face so resembled the poor, long lost son of King InuTaisho and Queen Izayoi, "Could it?"
Kagome approached her beloved. She reached out and touched his soft cheek, "I was so worried", she said, beaming, "I almost thought…".
"Nothing could keep me away", Naraku lied.
Kagome turned to her grandfather and glances at him. Immediately Reiko cued his orchestra.
As music filled the ballroom, she began to dance with the boy of her dreams.
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A few yards from the moat, Sakura looks around, "Where is InuYasha?", she whispers.
Her hearing heightened by her training as a hunter, picks up the sound of whimpering coming from inside the tower.
She makes her way to the tower, and a few minutes later, Sakura tries to break down the door using her shoulder.
She crashes through the door.
BOOOM!
The impact causes the candle to fall over and go out. Sakura tries to find her footing as she falls forward, but ends up slipping on the mud, and falls on her butt.
InuYasha weakly lifts his head and looks at Sakura as she rubs her bruised bottom, he slowly rises to his feet when he notices the candle's aroma was no longer present.
The sound of rattling chains catches her attention.
"Prince InuYasha!", she cried, crawling over to him and un-shackles him.
He shakes off the water that had formed on his fur, then tugs on her shirt with his mouth.
"What is it, Prince InuYasha?", Sakura asks.
InuYasha tugs on her shirt again, 'We have to go, Kikyo is up to something!', he thinks.
"Is Kikyo up to something?", she questions.
InuYasha could only nod in response.
"Then lets go", she says, trying to stand up, only to fall back onto her knees, "Ow, my ankle", she clutches it.
He nudges her to make sure she was alright.
"Don't worry about me, hurry to the castle before it's too late", Sakura reassures.
He nods in understanding and InuYasha runs off into the forest towards Kagome's castle.
'I hope he makes it in time', Sakura thinks.
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Well? What did you think? Please review!
Catch you readers next time in chapter 10!