The Dog Prince

By. DemonGirl-Setsuna

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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Hi there! Setsuna here!

This is the only chapter I'll be posting today, only because I have to finish writing Chapter 15, and I'm stuck on it!

Not only that I have to work on my other fanfics, especially; 'Tears of Blood'.

So without further delay!

Here is Chapter 13!

Please Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anything belonging to Rumiko Takahashi or 'The Swan Princess'.

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Ch. 13

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"A giant demon", Kagome said.

The creature bellowed so loud, the trees seemed to bend.

"I won't let him die!", Sakura shouts, she picks up her sword and ran it into the beast.

"YEEEAAAAGHHH!", thundered the creature.

As if plucking a small weed, the creature lifted Sakura off the ground, then tossed her down the stone stairs that led to the lake.

Sakura's sword flew out of her hand. She landed in shallow water. Before she could stand, the creature attacked again.

Sakura struggled to her feet. She clamped her hands around the creature's neck and tried to squeeze.

"RRRAAAGHHH".

With it's massive beak, the creature tore into Sakura's shoulder.

"Prince InuYasha!", Sakura screamed, falling to the ground.

The creature thrust itself into the air, then landed on Sakura, grabbing her in it's talons.

Beside InuYasha's side, Kagome whispered to herself, "The bow! I got to find Sakura's bow!", searching around, looking.

Kagome rose to her feet to get a better look at the surroundings.

Above her soared the creature, with Sakura in it's clutches.

Sakura pulls out a dagger and stabs it into the creature's foot.

Crying out in pain, it flung Sakura into a sturdy pine tree.

With a sickening thud, Sakura smacked against it and tumbled to the forest floor.

She tried to stand. Grimacing in pain, she fell unconscious.

At the top of the stairs leading to the lake, Kagome saw the bow hidden in the grass. She quickly grabs it.

As she spun around, she looked for Sakura.

She lay limp on the ground.

The creature circled above her, ready to descend for the kill.

Kagome ran to her beloved's servant's side; bow in hand.

"Sakura, wake up!", she says, shaking Sakura's shoulder.

The shadow of the creature grew larger around them.

'What am I going to do? Sakura is passed out and I have no arrows', Kagome thinks, clueless of what to do next; panicking.

"Kagome…?", Sakura muttered, removing her quiver of arrows from behind her back, "Here's my arrows…", she quietly added.

Kagome spun around. With a snap of her wrist, she snatched an arrow out of the quiver. Loading it onto her bow, she pointed it upward.

The creature stopped in mid-flight. It's evil green eyes whitened with fear.

Kagome let the arrow fly.

Zzzzzing!

The arrow shot upward and planted itself in the creature's chest.

"GRAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!"

The cry swept over the lake with the force of a tsunami. The beast seemed to hover, stuck in the air like an awful, misshapen balloon.

Then slowly, it dropped into the lake.

For a moment the area fell silent. Not a rustling leaf was heard.

Then Kikyo floated to the surface.

Dead.

Sakura sat up, clutching her injured shoulder, watching Kagome.

Kagome took no joy in her kill. She slowly walked towards InuYasha, her bangs shadowing her eyes from view.

"Kagome, I'm so sorry…", Sakura says, "If I hadn't left him here alone and told you what he looked like at night, Kikyo would have never taken advantage of you at the ball".

"It isn't your fault, you didn't know Kikyo was plotting something", Kagome replies, sadly smiling.

Kagome leaned over the lifeless body of her prince. The only true love of her life. The love she had given up.

The love that had blinded her to the evil trick of Kikyo.

'He almost looks like he did when he fell asleep, under the cherry-blossom tree seven years ago. That was when I first started to fall in love with him', she thought, as tears built up in her eyes.

Quietly weeping, she gathered his body in her arms. "Forgive me, InuYasha. I didn't know it was a trick. I only wanted to break the spell. To prove my feelings for you, my love", she choked back a sob, "I'll always love you".

The words seemed to float from her lips and bathe the dead prince. Color flowed into the ghostly white flesh of his face. He felt lighter in Kagome's arms.

And then, he moved.

Kagome pushed his matted hair from his forehead. 'Could it be?'

Slowly Prince InuYasha opened his eyes. "Oh… Kagome! Is that you?", he said, his voice faint.

"InuYasha!", Kagome shouted.

His arms closed around her. And she held him with all the strength and joy in her overflowing heart.

Sakura gazed at the couple. "Well", she said, "There you have it. Everlasting love".

"AH! Kagome… stop hugging so tightly! I can't breathe!", InuYasha cried out.

"I thought I lost you!", she whaled.

"You worry too much, stupid girl", he mutters.

Kagome was about to whack him for that comment, when she noticed he was blushing. She began to blush too.

'Still bickering; just like before, but now they know their feelings for each-other', Sakura thinks, smiling as she watches the couple ague over who was blushing first. She starts giggling, remembering the past.

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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Well? What did you think? Please review!

Catch you readers next time in chapter 14!