Gates of Jade

(Disclaimer: I don't own inuyasha and the idea came from the book Gates of Gold by Mary Casanova but it doesn't follow the book completely read and see)

Chapter 2 Unexpected

(An/Authors note: review answer's are at the bottom.)

The woman's cries continued but I saw no one. A nightingale darted over my head, and then disappeared into the shadows. "Hello?" I called. "Hello? Where are you?" A slight moan was my only reply. The moans of pain went on and I followed them deep into the forest. I came to a sudden stop as we reached the edge of a steep hill, roots, and other odd things sticking out of the ground all the way down.

I slowly lowered my self down coming to a stop next to a mass of sky blue kimonos. The silky material lay ripped on her right shoulder as it lay at an awkward angle. This condition was nothing new to me; I had watched my father treat many people with broken or dislocated limbs before.

Her raven hair had come on pinned and had rolled down to gently sit on top her shoulders. Her porcelain face was contorted with pain. "My father is a doctor; I'll go get him for you." For a minute she opened her piercing green eyes but quickly closed them again, nodding her head ever so slightly. I debated riding the horse to get my father, but being accused of stilling a nobles horse was not on my to do list.

I rushed as quickly as I could back up the hill praying that the women would be safe from wolf's that had been seen recently. I retraced my steps as quickly as I could through the forest. Finally I reached the place I called home. I burst through the door to find my father deep in the book in his hands. In one big swoop of breath I told him all that had happened moments earlier.

I told him about the horse and the noble women lying at the bottom of the hill. He looked surprised but followed my every word with a patient face. "Papa we have to help her!" I practically screamed. My father walked over to where he kept his medical devise. Coughs racked his already weak body as he reached for the medical bag he always kept close by. He sat down the bag as I impatiently watched him wash his hands as he always did before treating a patient. "Papa," I said growing annoyed at the time span. "The woman doesn't care what you look like."

My father scolded me with a look that told me to calm down and be quit. He didn't rule our house like so many other fathers did with beatings and yelling. His gentle heart wouldn't allow it. Several people in the village told him I would be come a spoiled brat if he didn't do something, but he told them my heart was too pure.

"It's better for her health, if my hands are clean." he said drying them on a towel. Gathering up all his things we started out, me practically running down the path. When I came to the still scattered remains of my basket I took a sharp left turn knowing the women was very close. "This way papa," I said. He caught up with seconds later as I stopped at the edge of the hill.

Without a second glance my father started walking down the edge slowly to avoid slipping. He kneeled beside the woman a look of shock, but yet relief passed through her emerald green eyes. My father gentle touched every place on her arm; tears strolled down her face as she tried to keep from screaming. Some called my father crazy but I knew differently.

"Stay still and try to relax your highness." he said in that calming voice. He looked up me and nodded his head indicating he needed my help. "Hold her shoulders kagome don't let go." he said softly so as not to frighten the poor women at my feet. We rolled the woman onto her back, as I gently held her shoulders to the ground.

Her teeth chattered from the coldness the pain caused. "This will hurt for only a moment your highness." he said. I looked back down at the porcelain face so this must be the queen. I suddenly became nervous afraid of what would happen if my father injured her more. With an experience doctor as my father was I didn't worry too much but I still knew the punishment would be horrifying.

I heard a slight popping noise and as the woman's screams slow downed I knew he was finished and let go. For many minutes that felt like hours the women laid there just blinking not moving expect to breath. Finally she sat up with a small smile across her face. "Thank you kind sir for all your help." she said as she moved her shoulder a bit to work out a kink. My father helped the women to her feet and as she stood I was finally able to see the crest of the king on the back of her kimonos.

"Its still sore...but...you truly have done a miracle this day." she said. My father only nodded in response to her words. I looked from her to my father wondering how he knew it was the queen without seeing the crest. But of course none in our village had clothes as fine as the ones the women wore.

The women turned to me with her startling green eyes, " Thank you as a reward I will grant your father a wish that I will grant." she turned back to my father as he looked from me to her. "I wish for one thing and one thing only." he said tears beginning to form in his eyes. "Take my daughter with you and give her a place at court as a princess or duchess so that she will not have to live the life of a peasant." She looked at me with a bit of kindness in her eyes.

"What's your name child." she said. "My name is Kagome Higrushai Madame" (help how you spell her last name?) I said. "Well I see you do have manners, can you read and write?" she asked me. "Yes your highness." I said not wanting to look her straight in the eye. "You will make the perfect princess I'm sure my son will love to me you." she spoke as though we had been friends for years. "Yes your highness." I said bowing my head a little. "O no, please call me izayo, if we are to be friends you must call me that." she said

"Yes your high...I mean izayo." I spoke her name, weird to me. Come, come we can't be late for dinner hope on and I will take you to where we are staying. I looked back at my father who was by now coughing and crying. "Father I will miss you so much." I said, throwing my arms around him. "as I you kagome." he said returning the embrace.

With one last goodbye I sat behind the queen as we rode off towards the castle. I waved to my father till we where out of sight tears streaming down my face. "Do not worry dear your father will be fine, and you will get to live in the place where you shall meet my two sons, inuyasha, and shessourma. (ws?)" She said babbling on as we rode."

As she confides to talk I couldn't help but wonder what this feeling was welling up inside me. Something big was about to happen, something at the time I didn't know. But a secret I was never supposed to know was about to revile it's self to me.

(An/ Authors note)

Ok I would like thank everyone for reviewing this story thanks so much I hope you like the second chapter!

Bye,

Angel