Hey guys! Sorry it took so long for me to write this, but with finals and a job, I haven't had much time to write. But now that school is over I have a LOT more time to work on my projects! Please forgive me for making you wait so long. But anyways, here is the next chapter! Thanks for reading and please review! Thanks! Enjoy!
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Focus on REAL Life
Chapter Four: The Evil Plot
By/: Candy2323
The castle was eerie quiet. The only noises heard were the sobs of the queen over her lost son, the guttural aching coughs of the king, and the clicks of servant shoes as they hustled and bustled to prepare the chambers for Princess Kikyo. Even though Inuyasha wasn't there, they still had to get everything ready for her, for when he returned, whenever that would be.
"Are Princess Kikyo's bedchambers ready for her," Ayame, one of the maids, asked Hikoe, another maid.
"Yes, the sheets have been changed, the flower vases are all filled, and the room has been dusted."
"All right. I am leaving you to greet and escort her to their Majesties before taking her to her chambers. And from this moment on you are her personal maid. Understand Hikoe," Ayame asked.
"Yes. I wonder what she's like."
"You have no time to wonder, you need to get back to work. Make sure everything is perfect for her arrival."
"Alright. I wonder how she'll feel when she discovers Inuyasha isn't here."
Ayame pondered this for a moment before remembering her responsibilities and rushing off to fulfill them, but not before shoving Hikoe to the Princesses quarters.
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"Where is he? Have the guards returned, yet? Do you think they have found him, yet," the Queen sobbed into her pillow as she laid in her bed, unable to get up. She had been moping and weeping around the house ever since she discovered Inuyasha had went missing.
"Darling, I don't," the King began before coughing violently for several minutes the continued, "I don't know. But he's done this before. Remember when he took for three days after Sesshoumaru died. He'll return. Just give him some time.."
"You are right dear, but I can't help but worry about him. I mean what if he's hurt and alone and needs our help. He is still my baby after all. Time can never change that."
"I know dear, but if he's hurt I'm sure he'll find a way to make it back here. Now why don't you go and clean yourself up. You need to look presentable if you're going to be a good host for Princess Kikyo."
"I know dear. But I wonder how she'll take it when she realizes that Inuyasha is not here."
"I guess we'll find that out soon enough."
"I guess so," the Queen said before getting off of her bed and heading to her bath next to her bedchamber. The King just watched his wife walk away, head down, with tears rolling down her cheeks. Inuyasha come back son. Please, your mother and I need you here. Wherever you are, please come back.
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"I don't even know why I agreed to come here Kaede. I can't believe mother just set me up with some price without even consulting me first. I mean I was quite happy with Naraku."
A young lady, around the age of seventeen, with long brown and large brown eyes said sighing before looking out of the window of their carriage toward the moving landscape. She was slim and quite pale, yet her figure was shown quite well through the tight pink kimono she wore. At first glance, she was quite beautiful, but one look into her eyes changed her demeanor from beautiful to evil. Her eyes, a deep brown, were dull, lifeless, cold, and quite malicious.
However, the person sitting next to her was the exact opposite. Wearing a long blue kimono, the young girl, who looked exactly like the other girl except a few years younger, had an aura of happiness and a childlike quality about her. Her hair was shorter that that of the girl sitting next to her, and her face darker showing off many years of playing out in the sun with friends. It was hard to believe that this girl was the younger sister of Princess Kikyo. Her eyes were more radiant and caring than that of her sister's.
"Aye, dear sister. I know that, but as mother and father also said, Naraku is nothing but a thieving scum who doesn't even deserve to shine your shoes, much less wed you."
"Hold your tongue Kaede. Don't speak of my lover like that."
"LOVER? But you were supposed to wait until your wedding night with Prince Inuyasha before you did that!"
"I don't think so Kaede. And as for marrying Inuyasha, I highly doubt it will be for long. As you well know, his father has fallen deathly ill. Once he dies, I can simply kill his mother as well as him and take all of their riches. Then Naraku and I can marry and be King and Queen of not only this land but ours as well."
"Ye wouldn't dare harm Inuyasha or the Queen!"
"I would. But I will need your help Kaede."
"Whatever it be, I will most certainly not help ye."
"Oh Kaede, I think you will. You see, all I have to do is just make one signal to Naraku and he will destroy our home village, killing mother, father, all of your little friends. Would you like to be responsible for their deaths, Kaede?"
"Ye couldn't, wouldn't do that!"
"Oh, but I would Kaede, I would. Now are you going to corporate or am I going to have to kill our family?"
"Ye, I will help, but only to keep our family alive!"
"Good, now here's what I need you to do," Kikyo said whispering into her ear. Kaede visibly paled as the carriage entered the Shikon Precinct. Nobody knew it yet, but with Kikyo around, trouble was sure to start brewing. And the lives of many people were about to change. Yep, history was about to take a turn for the worst. But the question was, was any one out there that was strong and brave enough to stop it?
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There you go. I know it's not very much, but I'm going to start writing longer chapters with the next one. And what was Kikyo planning? What happened to Inuyasha and Kagome? What's wrong with Inuyasha's father? All this and more in the next couple of chapters!!! Thanks for reading! Please R&R! Thanks! Hope you enjoyed! Bye!
Candy2323
