The Dog Prince
By. DemonGirl-Setsuna
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Hi there! Setsuna here!
I can think of nothing to say at the moment!
So…
Here is Chapter 15!
Please Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or anything belonging to Rumiko Takahashi or 'The Swan Princess'.
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Ch. 15
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As the guards closed in, Sakura, Prince InuYasha and Princess Kagome were quickly running out of room to move.
InuYasha; who had picked up a sword during the fray, was defending Kagome from the guard's clutches.
InuYasha's sword was quickly parried from his hands; from lack of using one the past five years, Sakura quickly turns to aid her master, only to have a guard grab her injured shoulder while she was distracted.
The guard quickly locks her in a head-lock, and another guard twists InuYasha's arm behind his back.
"InuYasha! Sakura!", Kagome screamed.
"Bring the impostor to me", Sesshomaru orders.
The guards drag the struggling InuYasha to stand in front of Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru grabs InuYasha by the chin and looks his features over, "Your resemblance to my missing cousin is remarkable, but you're five years too young to be him", he spat.
"That is only because he was kidnapped and placed under a spell for the last five years!", Sakura shouts.
"Shut your mouth, traitor!", Sesshomaru commands.
"Stay out of this Sakura. I'll handle it!", InuYasha reassures, his violet eyes glaring defiantly into Sesshomaru's blue ones.
"Excuse me!", a woman's voice piped up.
Sesshomaru turns towards the speaker and sees a 16 year old girl wearing a dark pink gown with white sleeves, her brownish-black hair trailed down to her waist, her brown eyes shone with her strong-will, beside her stood her 11 year old brother with the same hair and eye color as his sister, he wore a blue shirt with black pants. Children of one of the lower royalty members.
"What is it, Lady Sango?"
"Why don't you let King InuTaisho's sword be the judge if the boy is truly Prince InuYasha or not?", Sango requests.
"Ah, yes! How could I have forgotten that!", he looks InuYasha in the eye, "Now we can put an end to your claims, you impostor!"
Before King InuTaisho died, while he laid on his death bed he commissioned a white mage to seal the family-heirloom sword in it's sheath. Only to be drawn from the sheath by the rightful heir to the throne.
"If you're who you claim to be, you should be able to withdraw this sword from it's sheath", Sesshomaru states.
InuYasha stares at the sword standing up-right on the pedestal, he bites his lip as he starts to become nervous.
"You can do it, InuYasha!", Kagome calls out.
InuYasha turns to find Kagome standing there, among the lower royalty, beaming with hope; looking more beautiful than ever. He feels his nervousness ebb away; he grabs the sheathed sword with his left hand and the hilt of the sword with his right.
'He'll never be able to do it', Sesshomaru thinks, smirking.
InuYasha tugs on the sword and it slides effortlessly from the sheath.
Sesshomaru's jaw drops in shock and the other people in the room all kneel on the floor, minus Princess Kagome, and Prince Sesshomaru.
The guards release Sakura, to kneel before their King.
Sakura gently takes Kagome's hand and leads her to stand at the side of her husband.
"I give you Prince…no, King InuYasha and his wife; Queen Kagome!", Sakura announces.
"LONG LIVE THE KING AND QUEEN!", a cry rang out.
"Cousin, I had no clue it was you", Sesshomaru tries to explain.
"I might forgive you…"
"Thank you, thank you".
"…If you tell me why my father's kingdom is in ruins", he adds.
Sesshomaru's face pales, "I…I got too greedy and power-hungry", he says.
"Okay, I for…", InuYasha began.
Suddenly, a man with greasy looking black hair and red eyes bursts into the room. It was Kikyo's demon lackey; Naraku.
"Prince Sesshomaru! Your plan has failed! My master was killed!", he exclaims, "And Prince InuYasha is…", he notices InuYasha, "…on his way…", he trails off.
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DemonGirl-Setsuna: Well? What did you think? Please review!
Catch you readers next time in chapter 16!