Princess Kagome
Chapter 3
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He waved his hand towards her. "No need to pay me young highness, after all I am good with weapons since the name of the shop is my name."
She gasped when she heard that and she shook her head. "No I need to repay you." She thought for a while and got an idea. She reached into her cloak pocket and pulled out a card. "Here I am inviting you to my birthday party tonight."
Totosai not wanting to be rude took it and nodded. "Thank you your highness", he gave a bow to her and she shook her head at him.
"No need to call me that, call me Kagome and if you want you can invite a friend with you." She smiled at him and looked at Inuyasha who was quiet the entire time. He glared at her. Since she gave him a glare before she left the shop.
Totosai saw them glare at each other and watched Kagome leave. Inuyasha turned to leave and Totosai smiled and spook to him before he left. "Kagome did say I can invite someone so Inuyasha want to come."
Inuyasha hearing him stopped and looked at him. "I guess, to see what its like. I will be back later." He left the shop with his new sword in hand. Totosai smiling one more time and went back into the shop.
It had gotten late during the day and the sun was going down, there was lots of business in the tavern and there was one certain person arguing with his friends. "I am not going to that party, after all the princess was just a stubborn rich girl." Even though Inuyasha had told Totosai he would be back tonight had he second thoughts of going. And from him telling his two friends they were trying to convince him to go.
"But Inuyasha you already told Totosai you would go, you can't go back on your word." He knew his friend Sango was right but he would never admit that. So he just ignored her and turned to the waitress who had brought their drinks.
Miroku saw this and took his drink as well but he turned to Inuyasha to try and help Sango out, "You know she is right Inuyasha." After he said that he took a drink out of his cup. "And anyways Sango and I are going." When Inuyasha heard that he spit out some of his drink and looked at Sango.
She just smiles to him and nods her head, "He's telling the truth we are going." Inuyasha couldn't keep it in any longer he had started to laugh loud and everyone in the tavern turned and stared at them. Sango being very annoyed by this glared at Inuyasha and she kept herself from hitting him over the head. Miroku just sat there waiting for his friend to stop laughing.
After a bit more he stopped laughing and noticed his friends glared at him, but he didn't care much what they were thinking. "Now tell me why would you want to go, and how you going to get in?" He looked at them both waiting for an answer from one of them.
Sango was the first to speak, "You want to know? Fine. We can get in by sneaking in and second the Shikon no Tama is in the castle." Inuyasha was shocked by this and he looked at Miroku to see if it was true. Miroku just smiled at him and nodded his head; Inuyasha just couldn't believe it still so he had to ask.
"How do you know it's in the castle?" He looked at both of them and Sango was done talking and she looked at Miroku for him to fill in the rest of what they knew.
Miroku understanding Sango looking at him he answered the question, "We know because when you went off to get your sword we heard rumors from the guards that the Shikon is in the castle."
Inuyasha had stopped with his drink and leaned back against his chair, he was trying to get all this information he was told. He smirked and started to laugh; he friends thought he was crazy from laughing. He stopped laughing and looked at his friends. "If what you say is true then I believe I will go to the party and find out for my self." He got up from his seat and went for the tavern doors. He was almost out when Sango touched him on the shoulder.
He turned and faced her, giving her a 'what' glare. "Inuyasha you know we won't be the only ones wanting the jewel. I have a feeling." He nodded. He knew Sango's feelings were always right and he could sense trouble near by as well.
"I know Sango I sense it as well. See you two soon." After he said that he left the tavern.
Sango sighed and Miroku came behind her and placed his hand on her butt. "He will be fine."
Sango felt Miroku's hand on her butt and she was mad. She turned and slapped him hard. "Don't do that again you pervert. Now let's go." She left the tavern really mad and Miroku followed her with a smile on his face and his cheek red.
Totosai was waiting outside his shop for Inuyasha to come and he was running out of patience for him. He was about to walk on to the castle when he saw someone walking down the street. He smirked when he saw that it was Inuyasha, "Took you long enough." He crossed his arms over his chest.
Inuyasha gave out a small growl. "Shut up. I am here aren't I?" Totosai nodded his head giving him some approval for coming at least, though a bit late. Inuyasha noticed him nod and turns towards the castle, "Well let's go. Don't want to be later then we are now." He started to walk to the castle now.
Totosai started to follow him when he saw what he was wearing. "Wait Inuyasha you can't go dressed like that." Looking him up and down, he was still wearing fire rat clothing. Inuyasha's ear twitched and heard what he had said. He looked at him and growled. "What's wrong with what I am wearing?"
Totosai shook his head. "First of all you can't go to a party barefooted. Second of all, it's a formal party so you have to dress up." He was thinking of what the old man had told him and he looked down at his clothes. He never liked to wear formal clothes but it seemed he was going need to for tonight.
Before he could say anything else he felt a pull on his arm from Totosai. "Come on. I have some extra clothes in my shop." He pulled him back inside his shop and into the back where the clothing was. Totosai thinking, "This is going to be a long night."
Inuyasha was thinking the same thing and he rolled his eyes, "Going to be a hell of a long night."
Kagome was watching the sun go down and she sighed. She knew it was almost time for the party and she had to get dressed soon. She went into her room from watching the sun go down and she looked at the nice red dress that was on her bed. It was a gift from Hojo and she didn't want to wear it.
But she knew she had no choice. Her father was there when he had given it her, and her father insisted for her to wear it. So she just laid on her bed looking up to the ceiling, she didn't know how long she was staring until she her a knock on her door and the maid walked in.
The maid saw her on the bed when she had come in and saw she was not dressed yet. She shook her head when she saw Kagome like this. "M'lady I believe you should get ready. It's almost time." Kagome sighed and stood up. She didn't answer the maid and she started to undress.
The maid watched her movements and went to help her get ready for the ball tonight. The maid knew the young princess was being nervous about this whole thing but she couldn't do anything about it to clam her down. As she was getting dressed and felt her maid helping her get changed.
She was praying to kami, "Oh dear kami please help me get through this night and you too mother help me." She closed her eyes after she said all that and heard her maid say she was done. She nodded and told her maid to leave. The maid left and Kagome looked over at her dresser and spotted the Shikon no Tama and the bracelet that had the symbol of the dog on it.
She still didn't know who had given it to her but she liked it a lot and so she placed it around her wrist as she put the Shikon around her neck. She looked in the mirror and saw she was ready. She muttered, "Well here goes nothing." So she left her room and went down the hallway to the staircase that leads into the ball room.
Back outside the town's gates stood someone in the shadows and she was smirking. "We are here." She looked back and smirked more seeing all the demons she had with her. They were all there for one thing, the Shikon no tama. She spoke to her warriors, "We are here. Do not attack until I give the orders. Now let's go."
After her little speech she started to walk to the town and the demons had nodded to what she had said and started to follow her. She sighed as she kept walking and thinking, "Damn you master for sending me in when you should do this." What she was planning on doing she didn't want to do it. But she had no choice but to listen to her master so she kept walking on into town.
Totosai and Inuyasha made it to the castle gates and Totosai showed the guard their invites. He nodded and let them through he gates. They started to walk up the stone steps to the front doors of the palace when Inuyasha started to complain.
"Damn you Totosai I hate these things you call shoes." He was having trouble walking in them since he went barefooted most of the time he had lived. Totosai looked back and couldn't help but laugh a bit at what he was seeing. He saw Inuyasha looking down at his feet and growling at the shoes.
"Well Inuyasha you have to get use to it now come on." He continued walking and Inuyasha growling, followed Totosai to the entrance of the castle. They were stopped by another guard who asked for their invites and their names. Totosai had no trouble giving the guard his name but Inuyasha was another story.
Inuyasha heard the guard and growled to himself he didn't want to give his name but it seemed he had to. He thought, "No I can't give them my real name. Come on Inuyasha think and think fast." He tried to think of a fake name to give to the guard and the guard didn't like to wait for so long.
Totosai shook his head seeing he was having trouble, "His name is Yasha he just doesn't like giving his name that's all." The guard nodded wondering why he had a weird name since Yasha meant demon. But he shrugged it off and wrote their names down and told them to go in. Inuyasha was still shocked at all this so he stayed quiet until they got inside before he started to talk to Totosai.
"Why did you give him my real name old man?" He went in front of him and growled.
Totosai shook his head, "Inuyasha if I didn't give him a name he would have thrown us out." He walked on with Inuyasha still following him.
"Well you didn't need to give him half my name," saying nothing more and walked through the doors of the ball room. Inuyasha crossed his arms over his chest. He hated being ignored but he knew Totosai was right about the name thing. When he walked into the ball room he gasped at how nice it looked inside.
While they went inside, Sango and Miroku were near by and saw them go in. Miroku shook his head and said, "Lucky they got in since Inuyasha has a short temper."
Sango couldn't help but laugh at what he said and agreed with him. "You're right but they're in now and it's time for us. Come on."
Sango grabbed Miroku's hand and started to drag him all around the castle to find a way in. They stop in the garden since that as far as they got close to entering the castle. They both sat down on a bench to think their plan over. Sango was the first to speak, "Why the hell there are too many guards around? We can't get in."
Miroku smirked at her silly question. "Lovely Sango you know as much as I do that is a silly question." Sango blushed at what he had said and knew he was right. They stayed in the gardens thinking of a way to get in until they heard voices. They looked at each other and got up and followed the voices.
They followed the voices to the back of where the kitchen doors were and they saw a maid arguing with a delivery guy. Sango and Miroku couldn't hear what they were arguing about but they both knew this was there chance to get inside. After the maid was done talking with the delivery guy Sango went for the kitchen doors. Miroku did not wait and followed right behind her; they made it and went inside the doors.
When they went in they saw how busy it was. There were lots of servants going around carrying stuff or cooking. Sango turned to Miroku with a smile on her face. "We made it. Now let's go and sneak through before these servants notice us." After she said that she started through the kitchen and Miroku was right behind her.
They make it through the kitchen without being noticed and they were both happy with that. Sango looked at Miroku. "We made it. Now let's get into the ball room." Miroku nodded his head and they went for the ball room where they heard the music coming from. Before they go in Miroku took out a mask.
"Can't let them see our faces just in case they recognize us." He put the mask over his face and with the mask the outfit he was wearing was a real nice one. He had a long white cloak that at the tips of the cloak there were red lines going around the outside, but not just the outside but also over the top where he could close it up near his chest. But down at the bottom it was open a bit to show he had black pants on and was wearing golden boots underneath. And still in his had he held his staff. He would not go anywhere with out it.
Sango looked over at him and scanned him over. She thought he had looked good in his outfit, but would never admit it. She looked away from him since she felt herself blushing. She went and got out her mask, "You're right. I just hope Inuyasha got a mask." She placed it on her face and Miroku looked her over next.
She was wearing some black boots with a long purple skirt that had lots of stars on it. Also the top she was wearing was white and it tied around her neck. The top showed her back but she also had yellow scarf with flowers tied round her back and waist. She also had long white sleeves that had a bit of purple color at the tips. She kept her hair the same in a ponytail and she didn't have her sword with her. She had no weapons with her that can be seen.
Sango put the mask on and looked over at Miroku when he was looking over her she glared at him. "Don't get any perverted ideas." After she said that she walked on to the ball room and the guards that were there opened the door and bowed to her as she walked in. Miroku chuckling a bit followed Sango inside the ball room.
Inuyasha and Totosai walked into the ball room and Inuyasha gasped at seeing how nice it looked. It had lots of colorful designs all around the room. And the symbol of the North was hanging on a banner; the symbol was a phoenix bird. He also noticed all the people around talking and dancing.
Totosai smirked seeing Inuyasha's state of shock and he looked around also and he spotted the King over at his throne. Totosai nudges Inuyasha out of his state of shock and whispered to him, "Look there is the King." Inuyasha hearing Totosai's voice looked over at the King. He was sitting in his seat looking around the room and his golden crown on top of his head.
"Well Inuyasha I shall leave you alone now I must talk with the King about the weapons he wanted me to make for him." Before Inuyasha could respond Totosai walked away from him and went to the King and bowed to him. Inuyasha watched this for a moment and seeing them talk he went and walked around to see if Miroku and Sango had gotten in yet.
He was glad he was wearing a mask since he didn't know if any of these people would recognize him. He wondered where Miroku and Sango could be and wondered where the Shikon jewel was since that was the main reason they were there. He had stopped in the shadows when he heard a horn being blown and a guard speaking, "Ladies and gentlemen the person you have been waiting for Princess Kagome." After he said that, the doors open and out walked the Princess of the North.
Kagome had just gotten down stairs and was told to wait for them to introduce her. She nodded and waited. She was nervous because this was the time her father was going to announce her engagement to the whole kingdom. She sighed. She didn't want to marry Hojo but her father told her that she had no choice, and so she was going to learn to deal with it.
The next moment she heard the horn and the guard announcing her entrance. When she saw the doors open she put on a fake smile and walked through. When she walked through she saw lots of people waiting and smiling towards her. They had made a row for her to walk down to her father.
She smiled at all of them when she started to walk down the row, she pauses her eyed on someone over in the shadows. She didn't know who it was but she had started to get a weird feeling in her stomach that she might know him. She moved her eyes off of him and in front of her and went over to her father. When she got in front of her father she curtsied to him, "Hello father."
The princess had walked in and Inuyasha couldn't keep his eyes off her when she had walked in. He couldn't believe that was the same girl he met in town was the same one that was now walking in. He thought her very pretty of what she was wearing.
What she was wearing was a real nice dress that the bottom of it was purple and the top was red with a golden belt. Going around her waist and had a big red diamond in the middle of the belt. And her shoulders were showing and two golden strings where holding up the little mini red sleeves at the side. And around her neck was the Shikon no Tama. Her black hair was tied up in a bun with two little hairs coming down the side of her face.
Inuyasha couldn't keep his eyes off her and he thought she was the most amazing girl ever but then he spotted the jewel around her neck and he returned from that thought. He couldn't believe she had the jewel around her neck. He now had to think of a way to get the jewel from her with out getting found out.
Miroku and Sango where in the crowd and were shocked as Inuyasha that she had the jewel. They knew this would be a hard mission to accomplish. The next thing they knew they heard claps and saw the King standing up from his throne. He was speaking to everyone in the room so they all turned their heads to pay attention to what the King had to say, but some of them were still trying to think of a plan to get the jewel.
The king smiled at his daughter and nodded. "Hello daughter and happy birthday." He stood up and gave his daughter a hug. After he hugged her, all the people started to clap. Kagome turned to them and smiled while she waited for the clapping to stop. After it did he raised his hand and spoke.
"Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate my daughter's sixteenth birthday. We really appreciate it. But there is one other thing we are celebrating and that is my daughter having a suitor." Everyone was shocked at this news but then clapped, but Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku who were also shocked and didn't go along with the clapping.
Kagome sighed when her father made the announcement. She didn't like the idea but she kept her fake smile on and pretended that she did. After the clapping stopped he had spoken again. "I know you all are waiting to see her suitor so now here he is Prince Hojo of the eastern region." The doors had opened once again and in came prince Hojo. He was wearing a nice tuxedo and had a sword tied to his waist.
Some people had bowed when he came in others had clapped. He made it to the King and the Princess and bowed to them, "I am honored to be here and honored to be Princess Kagome's fiancé." After he said that he went to Kagome's side. She gave him a fake smile and Hojo not knowing it was a fake gave a smile back to her.
He turned around and smiled at the people, "As the king said thank you for coming and celebrating my fiancés birthday. We appreciate it." The whole crowd clapped again and he smiled and spoke again. "Now Princess Kagome and I will start off the dancing." Hojo held out his arm and Kagome taking it he leads her to the dancing floor, he put his arm around her waist and the other in her hand.
She felt his hand go on her wait and she put her hand in his and her other one around his neck. She heard the music start and they started to dance. While they were dancing she knew he was looking into her eyes but she wasn't. She was scanning around the room and saw that the rest of the people started to dance.
She also saw her father looking at them and smiling. She sighed knowing why he was smiling since he was the one who had arranged this whole thing. She knew she had to look back to Hojo since it would look weird that she was not looking at him, so she slowly starts to look back at him. But her eyes paused at the same guy she saw when she came in. When her eyes stopped on him she felt her heart start to race and she didn't know why she was feeling that way.
Inuyasha was watching the whole thing especially when Princess Kagome's father had announced her engagement. He growled to himself when he saw the guy named Hojo come in and started to talk. He was shocked he had growled when he saw the guy come in and was shocked he had actually thought the princess's engagement to him was stupid. He shook his head and thought, "Stupid human side of mine."
While he said that, he had watched the two go out onto the dance floor and watched them started to dance. He didn't know why but he was starting to have weird feelings every time he was watching the princess. He also noticed she was looking around the room and saw her eyes stop on him. Inuyasha knew he should have looked away but he didn't. He started to have those feelings again but when he saw the jewel around her neck he came to from that stare and went deeper into the shadows.
Kagome saw him staring at her, even though he was wearing a mask she saw his eyes. And they were golden eyes and she was wondering where she had seen them before and saw him back away in the shadows. She thought, "Golden eyes. Where have I seen them before?" She was so caught up trying to figure that out she didn't know Hojo was talking to her.
"Kagome hey are you okay?" he kept staring at her noticing she was looking at something and wondered who or what it was. She finally heard him and turned her attention back to Hojo.
She smiled at him "I am sorry Hojo. I didn't hear you. What is that you said to me?" She kept that fake smile on and she at the same time trying to figure out where she has seen those golden eyes before.
He just smiled back at her. "It's okay. I was just asking you when you would like to have our wedding." They kept dancing around the room listening to what he was saying. She didn't know how to answer that since she had no idea when and that she hoped somehow to get out of the marriage.
Outside in front of the castle were lots of demons waiting to go in and attack all the people. Their leader went in front of them and smiled. "Okay you may go in and kill anyone or anything you want but leave the King and his daughter to me."
She heard a 'yes master' and they started forward towards the castle doors. The leader raising her fan in her hand and swinging it "Dance of blades." When she said that, the attack came from her fan and broke the doors down.
When they broke down the doors, the demons ran in with their swords out, axes and even their claws ready to kill. She smiled seeing them go in all happy thinking "This better be worth it master all just for the damn jewel." After she said that she walked in following the demons destruction they had made.
Okay that is my other chapter please tell me what you think I made it longer then the other one. I will keep going and making them longer each way. Oh and come on who do you think whose attacking its very easy since I gave away her attack. Ok please review and like last time if you have any ideas tell me and I will try and put them in.
