♥New Summary♥:Kagome has found her body and is now staying at Inuyasha's home, the kingdom. But Inuyasha still needs to get married. Can Kagome fall in love with him? Or will his betrothed, Kikyo, steal his heart?
My Feudal Fairytale
by Sk8er7
Chapter 10:
Meet the Parents
Having entered her own body again, Kagome stood up slowly, testing her limbs. It felt so... heavy. Although she missed the feathery lightness of being able to float, having an opaque body suited her much better.
She looked all over herself, making sure that she was whole and not at all see-through. Kagome was in perfect condition.
"What now?" she asked suddenly. Kagome looked up, meeting the golden orbs of her savior. He looked at her gently.
"You can come with me," he told her. "It won't be any problem." Kagome felt her eyes water. Was it even possible that not having had one drop of water to drink, she could produce such tears? But she didn't care.
"Why?" she asked, face as stoic as possible. She looked away, hair covering the sides of her face. "Why are you helping me? You barely know me." Inuyasha was the least to say surprised by this.
"You have to believe in people," he stated firmly. "You might be surprised by the outcome. Have a little faith." Inuyasha lightly grasped her shoulder to turn them face to face.
Kagome was crying. Her voice did not break when she had been speaking before, but now her eyes watered and had trails of tears coming out. She did her best to scrunch up her face to stop herself from crying.
"There's nothing left for me!" she cried. "What can I do? What will you tell your family?" At that, she could have gasped and cried harder. Her family was dead.
"Hey!" Inuyasha cut her off. "We can make something for you. You don't have to be so sad. You can create something for yourself here." Although Kagome had been so happy earlier on about Inuyasha helping her, she now realized that it would not be so simple.
"It won't be easy," she murmured uncertainly. "Don't you have a betrothed? And when you leave with your wife, do you just expect me to stay with your parents forever?" Kagome would die before admitting that she had grown attached to the irrational idiot.
"Nothing is ever easy," Inuyasha replied. "You can find work. I'll help you. And I'll visit you..." he broke off in thought, "every week." Kagome smiled faintly.
Her back still facing him, she said, "You really are too kind for your own good." Inuyasha was shocked at this statement. And then his face returned to its original pompous expression.
"It's not like I'm going to let a girl go about all alone now, am I?" Inuyasha lifted his hands behind his head. "Are you coming or what?"
Wiping her eyes furiously, Kagome stood up, her eyes red and swollen and followed Inuyasha out of the castle.
Their ears were met with a loud hissing and growling. Inuyasha was somewhat surprised before he started to run. "Kirara!" he exclaimed.
Kagome nearly screamed as she saw Inuyasha approach what seemed to be a white tiger. It had two tails and its face looked very vicious. She saw Inuyasha trying to coax and calm down the feline.
"Kirara!" he exclaimed. "It's me, Inuyasha!" The cat had indeed gotten a whiff of her master's friend, but was surprised to find that the scent was not entirely human. She purred as the white haired half human scratched her head.
"Kagome! It's all right now!" Kagome had been frozen to her spot, frightened of the giant cat. But she firmly believed in her savior and cautiously approached the demon.
Kirara sniffed at Kagome's outstretched hand before giving it a friendly lick. The former princess sighed in relief as she became the feline's new friend.
Swinging his leg over Kirara's large body, Inuyasha carefully sat down, making sure that he wouldn't fall. He extended his hand to Kagome. "Come on. This will be way faster than walking." Feeling somewhat more courageous, Kagome accepted Inuyasha's hand and clambered onto Kirara's back. "Let's go."
Kagome did scream as the cat's feet emitted flames and shot up in to the air. As if he was running on an invisible road, Kirara was flying, but his legs seemed to be running.
"Stop screaming!" Inuyasha yelled. The princess forced herself to stop as she gripped the back of his shirt tightly.
Kirara went at a moderately fast pace (for her) and the castle was in close view within approximately ten minutes. Inuyasha slapped his head as he noticed the large amount of people waiting at the front.
"I bet Myoga gathered everyone together," he muttered grudgingly. The gathered people in front of the castle all appeared to see Kirara and her rider. They all yelled and/or gestured to him. Kirara stopped before them and landed gracefully on the soft grass.
"Master Inuyasha!" exclaimed Myoga frantically. His squat little legs carried him quite quickly to the young prince. "Where is he?" Inuyasha nearly fell from his seat on Kirara's back. He was right there! Was the old man blind?
"I'm right here, Myoga," Inuyasha easily slid onto he ground. "What's wrong with you?" The royal advisor took a few steps back.
"Are you Master Inuyasha?" he stammered. The half demon snorted.
"Of course I am," he replied arrogantly. Inuyasha suddenly realized something. Pulling at his long silver hair he asked, "Do you know how to get this colouring out?"
"Inuyasha!" A woman's voice rang out. He turned to see his mother, Izayoi, running towards him. "Inuyasha!" she called again. "Myoga, where is Inuyasha?" Noticing his presence, she turned to her son. "Who might you be?"
"It's me, mom!" Inuyasha told her in an annoyed tone. "Just because I got colouring in my hair... And my wardrobe changed," he added, noticing. Izayoi stared hard at him before her eyes softened and she embraced her son.
"Where were you? We were so worried! We thought you had run away or been kidnapped!" She had amazingly said this all in one breath. "Don't ever do that again!" Inuyasha sighed. Perhaps his weakness for women came from his caring mother.
Inutaisho walked at a leisurely pace towards the mother and son. He nodded curtly at Inuyasha. After all, a king could not show weakness. His eyes widened as he looked behind them.
"So! You finally agreed on the marriage engagement!" he exclaimed heartily. "We had no idea that you went to get the girl yourself!" Inuyasha looked at his father in a confused manner.
"What are you talking about?" he asked. Following his father's gaze, he nearly choked on the air as he realized it was Kagome. "Her? No way!" Izayoi wiped away her tears delicately and noticed the young female sitting on the fire cat's back.
"Kikyou?" she asked. "Why; what are you doing here?" Kagome was shocked to find Inuyasha's parents staring directly at her. Her head whipped around as she looked for the proclaimed 'Kikyou'.
"Me?" she asked uncertainly. "I'm not Kikyou. My name is Kagome!"
"But -" Inutaishio's voice was cut off.
"She cannot possibly be Kikyou," a cold voice said. A figure nearly identical to Kagome stepped up to the royal family. "For I am Kikyou."
DONE!
i'm so sorry that it took so long for this crappy chapter! i'm still fixing up loost ends like in 'A Demon's True Nature'. WE REACHED 100! yay! that makes me so happy! i'm stuck with writer's block so this chapter probably sucks.
i'll do my best to keep up with all of my other stories as well, so just hang tight!
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