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Chapter 2: For my Happiness?

Never question if you are in love or not,
because if you were you wouldn't need to ask.

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Inuyasha, Izayoi and Sesshomaru were staying over for the night. The maid showed Inuyasha to his room.

He looked at his large room then walked towards the balcony, looking at the stars as he thought about the engagement. He growled at the thought.

Keh! Women! Why do we need to have these stupid arrange engagements! This stupid arrange marriage! What good does it give to anyone anyway!

Thinking about how his father, Lord InuTaisho, found his mother. It was in the middle of the war, he found a burning village. He rode his horse towards the burning village. The place was deserted but then he heard a voice. There he saw a woman coughing then she fainted. He carried her to his castle then took care of her, in the process he fell inlove. They both got married and that's where Sesshomaru and Inuyasha came in.

Their parents were always happy when they were together but ever since their father died from a war their mother always had a bit of sadness in her eyes. She would visit his grave every so often.

I don't want to end up in pain like she does, it seems unbearable….

He then notices someone in the gardens.

Cheh! For my HAPPINESS? How could this stupid engagement make me happy? What the hell was my mom thinking! And how could my father agree to this too? I thought he was protective about me and thought he was against about me being with another man besides him! , thought Kagome as she sat down on a fountain in the garden. Looking at the variations of flowers blooming in the night.

She sighed. Feeling miserable about the engagement.

And I thought my mom was idealistic, she always says about marriage should exist because of the couple's love but me and Inuyasha don't love each other! I don't want to love! Aaaarrrggghhh!

"Boo!"

"Aaahhh!", she exclaimed then turned around to see Inuyasha behind her

"Gah! Don't scare me like that again Inuyasha! You almost made me faint!", Inuyasha smirked then sat down beside her.

"So what are you doing here?", Kagome asked with curiousity. Inuyasha raised a brow.

"I should ask you the same thing. It's late and you should be sleeping."

Wait…since when was I concern for her, she can sleep whenever she wants. Like I care!

Kagome let out a breath then looked up at the sky. Admiring the different constellations she saw.

"I was just thinking….", she whispered. Inuyasha looked at her, admiring how the glow of the moon complimented her creamy face. He shook his head.

"You do know that you're going to our Kingdom tomorrow,right?", he asked. Noticing her frown. She stood up then looked down at him. She smiled and he blushed.

"Yeah…..I'll go pack now" then she left.

Kagome went in to her room then walked to the closet to get a big suitcase and started packing her clothes and other essentials.

I wonder what the InuTaisho Kingdom looks like..hmm…, Kagome thought as she placed her clothes in.

I wonder if they have a place to practice archery there, I wonder if Inuyasha is good at it,heh!, she mused. She loved doing archery, she was trained by her father and grandfather when she was little. Ever since she started practicing she had grown fond of it and practiced doing it up 'till now. No one has beaten her yet not even their soldiers have that much accuracy like her. One of her proud talents.

Then her thoughts landed on Inuyasha, remembering how angry he was when he knew that they were engaged. She noticed when he became angry his golden eyes glowered with a strong spark. But for some reason she didn't feel fear when she saw those glowering golden orbs. She welcomed it but she didn't understand why.

And even though he has long white hair…he doesn't look old…it suits him well.

Kagome shook her head not wanting to linger those thoughts any further.

I'm not suppose to like the guy anyway so I could find a way to break off this stupid engagement and I know he thinks the same way too.

The thought bothered her a bit, thinking that Inuyasha didn't want her as his wife.

I don't care! I shouldn't care if he doesn't want me as his wife! I don't want him as my husband anyway! I mean who wants to live with a guy who loses his temper easily, he might abuse me! But that ain't gonnna happen to me, no no no!

With that thought she continued packing with a new determination. She'll never love Inuyasha. She'll find a way to break off the engagement and she will succeed on ruling her Kingdom when she became Queen.

A Queen doesn't need a King.

Next Day: Morning

"I hope everything will work out fine" said Kaoriri, talking to Izayoi as the servants packed their stuff to the carriage

"Don't worry, everything has a reason. Let's just put our faith into it.", Izayoi smiled then hugged Kaoriri

"Watch Kagome for me", the two pulled back from the hug

"She's in good hands, speaking of which, where is she anyway? I haven't seen her since breakfast", as in right on cue, Kagome came down with her suitcase. It seems like she was having a hard time carrying it down.

Ugh! This thing is heavy! I think I may have packed too much. Hey! It's just one suitcase! It's not too much….I knew I shouldn't have skipped my physical education….sigh..

Her thoughts were cut off when somebody took the heavy suitcase from her hand. She looked up to see it was Inuyasha who got her suitcase, lifting the suitcase with ease.

"Uhh…thanks", she said

Inuyasha murmured a welcome then carried the suitcase and placed it in the carriage.

That guy is strong, I give him that she thought, staring at him.

Inuyasha felt like someone was staring at him and he turned around to see it was Kagome, he smirked. Kagome turned away when he looked at her, noticing his smirk she got annoyed.

He is so arrogant….men!

"KAGOME!", she turned around then got tackled by her brother, Souta

"Souta! Get off me!", she exclaimed then Souta let go of her with a smile

"What did you do that for?", she asked, rubbing her back

"Oh no reason, I just wanted to do that and since you're leaving so it seems like a good idea to do it now", he grinned. Kagome rolled her eyes

"Watch yourself squirt, I'll get back on you someday when I return", she had an evil glint in her eyes making Souta cringed a bit but took his stand, not fearing the wrath of his sister.

"Well I just hope that you'll stay there for a very long time", Souta smirked

"Don't count on it", she scowled then the two continued arguing not noticing that someone was watching them from afar.

"They seem close", Inuyasha turn around to the source of the voice, Sesshomaru

"Keh!" was all Inuyasha said and he turned around to look at the arguing siblings.

They sure somewhat reminded him and Sesshomaru. Always bickering and arguing each other. Sometimes they would actually fight each other when they were VERY angry which happened a lot, on Inuyasha's part cause he gets angry easily most of the time.

Then he saw Sango tackling a hug on Kagome, he smirked.

What if I'll do that to her…..wait! What am I saying! Get a hold of yourself Inuyasha! Oh great now I'm scolding myself….I'm really out of my mind and it's all because of that damn woman!

He growled, not aware of Sesshomaru noticing it. He was too preoccupied with his thoughts about the engagement and Kagome. Mostly Kagome.

"Isn't this great Kagome! You're engage to Inuyasha!" exclaimed Sango with a big smile on her face, so happy for her bestfriend. Kagome sighed.

"No, it isn't great Sango. I don't want to be married!" she replied with a down look on her face. Sango patted her shoulder.

"Kagome everything will turn out right, I can see that Inuyasha is a match for you", Kagome looked up with a curious look on her face.

"A match? How is that? We have nothing in common", Sango shook her head

"You don't need to have something in common with him to be a match. Plus how do you know that you two don't have anything in common anyway? You haven't gotten to know him yet"

"I don't want to waste my time on spending time with him just to know him, I don't care about that"

"Well you have to cause you're engage to him and that's why you're moving with him so you two would get to know each other and get along, just give it a chance Kagome, you don't know what you're missing here!"

"I'm not missing anything!", Kagome sighed

"I never wanted this to happen….", she murmured. Sango hugged her though Kagome didn't hug back.

"Give it a chance, your parents want what's best for you and they could see that Inuyasha could give you happiness that you wanted and more", Kagome pulled back, raising a brow with a look of amusement.

"Since when did you get wise,eh?", Kagome asked, Sango laughed

"I have always been wise you're just too blind to notice, see that's what I'm talking about, you could be oblivious on what's in front of you!", Kagome gave it some thought

"I guess…..we'll just see what happens. I don't know what am I supposed to do there anyway", Sango nodded with a smile, happy that she put some sense on her best friend.

"Don't worry, they'll take care of you", finally Kagome smiled.

She needs to smile more often , Sango thought. Hoping that Kagome will find happiness in Inuyasha.

It was time for the 4 to leave.

"I'm gonna miss you guys!" Kagome said as she hugged Sango, Souta and her mom.

"We'll miss you too, take care of yourself ok?" said her mom, hugging her tight that Kagome gasped for breath

"Mom….let…g-go..!" she gasped, Kaoriri let go of her with a sheepish smile on her face

"Sorry sweetie", Kagome just smile at her showing her that she's fine now.

"Oi! Kagome! Hurry up or we're gonna leave you!" exclaimed Inuyasha, an annoyed look on his face as he waited for her in the carriage.

"Coming! Gotta go now, goodbye!" then Kagome ran off inside the carriage. Once she closed the door she noticed that it was only Inuyasha inside.

"Uhh…where's Izayoi-san and Sesshomaru?", she asked with questioning look on her face

"Keh! They're riding on another carriage. It was mom's idea that we'll ride in separate carriages.", he replied with an annoyed look on his face

I'd rather be in the same carriage with Sesshomaru than with this wench! I know that mom set this up! Fuck it!

In the other carriage, Izayoi giggled which caught Sesshomaru's attention.

"Anything funny mother?", he asked, raising a brow

"Nothing son, nothing at all", she replied with a big smile on her face

She must have done something to Inuyasha, he thought.

He sighed when his mother kept on smiling

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