Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

A FATED CHANCE

The truth of your destiny lies in your heart

"Waitress!"

"I'm coming Sir,"

"Where's my food, I've been waiting for over an hour!"

"It's coming Sir, I promise"

"Waitress!"

"Waitress!"

"Where's my food!"

"Service here stinks!"

"I ordered my food hours ago!"

Gosh would everyone just shut up, thought a girl named Sango, Where's Kagome with all the orders she better have a good excuse for this!

Sango was a pretty 16 year old girl who had long, dark brown hair and always had magenta eyeliner on. Sango lived with her father and younger brother in their small town.

"KAGOMMMMMMEEEEE" yelled Sango as she entered the kitchen with a bunch of dirty dishes. "Where are all those orders I gave you, there are hungry, complaining people out there who want their food, and we haven't given it to them!"

"Would you stop yelling at me Sango, I'm trying the best I can here," replied a girl named Kagome.

Kagome was a 15 year old girl who had jet black hair and beautiful blue eyes. Kagome lived with Lady Kaede, since Kagome never knew her mother and father. Kagome and Sango were best friends since forever and did everything together.

" We're out of fish, there's barely any vegetables left thanks to this drought we're having, we're left with only 2 bags of rice since someone was too lazy to go out and buy some more, and I'm trying my best to make due with what we have, so STOP YELLING AT ME TO HURRY UP SANGO!" yelled Kagome.

"Well I'm sorry your Highness, but I can't help it if there are people screaming at me to do something about it!" Sango replied back.

"Well tell them to shut up" Kagome yelled back

" I can't Kagome, if you haven't noticed those people pay for our check!"

"Well then Sango, why don't you just…"

" Will you two children stop arguing, now's not the time" their boss yelled, automatically ending the fight, " if you haven't noticed, ever since I have put you two in charge of this restraint, things have gone from bad to worse, I am this close to firing the both of you"

"We're sorry Boss"

"Yes it won't ever happen again"

" We promise" the two girls said in unison.

"Good that's more like it, now I will give you two one last chance to redeem yourselves. The Minister of Kyoto is out there at this very moment and he has just ordered the seafood special, now this is your last chance, and only chance, or else I'm kicking you out the door, GOT IT!" their boss said in a gruff voice.

"But sir, we're all out of fi.." Kagome started but was abruptly cut off by their boss's pounding voice.

"Don't you dare give me any excuses now, I need this to be perfect, absolutely perfect, have I made myself clear?"

"Yes Sir" the Two replied in a robotic unison.

"Good" and with that their boss left the two to deal with a completely impossible task.

"OH God, Oh God, Oh God, Sango what are we suppose to do?" Kagome said in complete horror, " we're all out of fish and there's absolutely no way we can come up with any at this moment!"

"Now Kagome, don't panic, I've got this situation completely planned out, you see it's as simple as can be, and I'll tell you….for a price" Sango assured in mock confidence.

"Tell me oh mighty Sango, for I Kagome am not worthy of this ingenious idea of yours, nor am I worthy to kiss the ground you walk on" Kagome said in utter sarcasm.

"Okay, here's the plan, we simply take all of the ground meet, mold it into a fish, cook it, cover it in fish sauce, fish seasoning, and disguise it under all the other stuff that goes with the seafood special," Sango said.

Kagome could only stare and stare some more at Sango, for any sign of sarcasm, or mockery, but to her utter disbelief, there was none.

"You have GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Kagome yelled.

"Hey I don't here any great plans from you, so we either take it or leave it" Sango replied in a smug looking way.

"Fine, Fine, but if this fails, the blames on you," Kagome said with an exasperated sigh.

"Okay, here's what we do………"

Moments later

"WATER!"

"HELP, SOMEONE I NEED WATER!"

"What have you two moronic wenches done?" Yelled their boss as he tried to help a choking Mister gobble down a glass of water greedily. "You two could of killed this man, what were you two thinking?"

"We're so sorry Boss, we really didn't know, we were out of fish so we though…" Kagome began, but was instantly cut off again by their boss.

"Oh so you just thought that you could poison the Minister of Kyoto and get away with it did you , You just thought that you could ruin my restraint did you, and you just thought that I wouldn't let you get away without punishing you did ya!" yelled their boss as he got redder and redder with disbelief and anger.

"But Boss, we didn't know the Minister was going to be alergi.." Kagome said as she was interrupted a third time.

"Well what in Kami's name would of possessed you to do something as disguise grounded COW as a FISH, did it ever occur to you that maybe the Minister didn't order the beef because he was ALERGIC TO IT!" yelled their boss, getting even more read in the face.

As all this was transpiring, there was only one thought in Kagome's head,

Sango's a dead women, Sango's a dead women, Sango's a dead women, Sango's a dead women, Sango's a dead women,

Before Kagome's thoughts could get any farther, they were interrupted by the loud coughing fits of the Minister, causing their boss to stop his raging rampage to kneel down and help him quickly recover.

Suddenly, Kagome felt someone grab hold of her wrist and whisper something, very softly into her ear, " Now's our chance, make a break for it"

It was Sango.

Having been totally entranced by her thoughts, Kagome had forgotten all about Sango who was standing right next to her.

Quickly and quietly, the two girls ran for their lives out the door and into the bustling streets, before their angry boss could even notice that they were gone.

"So, what do you want to do now Kagome, now that we're fired and free?" Sango asked in a laid back tone of voice.

"What do you mean what do you want to do?" Kagome sighed, "if you haven't notice, WE JUST GOT FIRED, we don't have any source of money income, or at least I don't"

"Oh come on Kagome, you got to admit, that job was pretty lame, and the paycheck stunk"

"okay, fine I'll admit that, but still…"

"but what Kagome, we have a whole new road ahead of us just think of the possibilities"

Sango said while using her hands as emphases.

"well, maybe you are ri…." Kagome replied but was once again cut off.

"Hey Kagome, check out that big crowd over there, what do you think it is, we should go check it out, you think Kago…. Kagome, hey where'd you go?"

Kagome was already headed towards that big crowd wondering what was going on.

Not being tall enough to see over the humongous crowd, all Kagome was able to do was listen to the piercing voice of the royal proclaimer announce the latest news.

"As I have said before, the queen of the Northern Kingdom has decreed that any eligible maiden who is interested in marriage to the great prince Inuyasha will be given a chance to live in the castle for 2 months and be trained in the etiquettes and proper principles of a princess suited for prince Inuyasha. She will be given free housing in the castle, she will be fed delicious meal made by the very cooks that cook the royal meals, and she will live a life of a princess in training for 2 whole months. By the end of those 2 months prince Inuyasha himself shall decide who will be his future bride."

"there are no required limitations of how the bride should look, act, talk, social standards, or reputation. There is no limitations to how many maidens can enter in round one that is. Until then anyone can enter. Once they have reached the castle, they shall undergo a critical test to see if they have the right qualifications. After that there shall only be 10 maidens left who still seek after the hand of prince Inuyasha. After the first month the number will we lowered to 5, and after the second month the maiden will be chosen to wed Prince Inuyasha. That is all, anyone who sounds interested in this shall report tomorrow morning, where the carriages will be awaiting for those who look to go to the palace. Until then." And with that they left and the great crowd dispersed.

"Did you hear that Kagome, we should enter it" Sango said to Kagome as the two of them headed down the road.

"I don't know Sango, I'm not looking for marriage right now, and who now's of we're even going to qualify to get in" Kagome said with doubt.

"Well, we're never know if we don't try, and think about it, if we do get in, it'll be a month of luxury and free food, maybe even 2 months if were luck, I mean who says we'll even stick around long enough to get picked and hitched off to some prince" Sango said in an all knowing voice.

"You know, your right, count me in" Kagome said in a determined voice, " I mean who knows, this might be that great road of destiny you were talking about earlier"

A/N: well I hope you like it. This is my first fic. And im like so totally nervous if I did a cruddy job so please review and tell me. THanx