1Fairest
Twisted Sister
Kagome smiled as she read the end of the book, 'And they lived happily ever after.'
"Hello prince charming," Kagome said as Inuyasha came into the library of her family's
palace.
He smiled at Kagome's playful comment.
"Sorry, I was just reading a fairytale," Kagome blushed as Inuyasha closed the distance
between them and warmly hugged her.
"I'm going to ask Kikyo if she'll marry me. Today!"
Kagome jumped up and down excitedly, "My twin sister is going to be married? Then
you'll be my brother-in-law! Oh, it's going to be so perfect for you two." Inuyasha was
just like a brother to her, and everyone had known for a very long time that her sister and
Inuyasha loved eachother.
He rubbed his hands together nervously, "That's if she says yes."
"Kikyo loves you, Inuyasha. Go find her," and with that Kagome excitedly pushed
Inuyasha out the library door.
So when is prince charming coming to get me? Kagome giggled at her thought. Kikyo
was lucky to have someone that loved her unconditionally.
Although the sisters had been drifting apart over the years, Kagome only wished Kikyo's
well being.
She ran her fingers over the backs of the books, trying to figure out what she wanted to
read next.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw a flash of silver hair enter the palace's library.
"I don't know where she is either, so good luck finding her." When no one responded to
her light comment she turned around to face the person she had been talking to.
Sesshomaru.
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Kikyo traced her fingers across the intricate designs of the mirror. While Kagome read
her books of adventures, Kikyo took her own. She longed to discover. And she had
found this incredibly handsome mirror in the large and spacious attic of the royal palace.
The mirror glowed and Kikyo pulled her hand back in surprise. Letting superstition get
the better of her Kikyo uttered the magic words that she had heard used in children's
stories. "Mirror, mirror on the wall. Whose is the fairest of them all?"
An ugly toad like green face appeared in the mirror. Kikyo stared in horror at it and then
dived behind a dusty chest. In the fairytales this kind of thing happened, but not here in
real life. This was ridiculous, she had to be imagining this.
Kikyo poked her head around the corner of the chest to look at the magnificent mirror,
and the green face stared back at her. Oh kami!
"What is it that my lady wishes?"
The face spoke! Not only was she seeing faces in mirrors, but now they were talking to
her. Kikyo desperately wished she was back in the library with her twin.
"I want you to go away."
"You don't want to know who the fairest woman of the kingdom is?"
"Your kidding right? This stuff only happens in children's story books!"
The mirror droned on in its obnoxiously high pitched voice, "You are the fairest of them
all."
Kikyo stepped out from behind the wooden chest suddenly entranced by the power of the
mirror. "Me? I'm the fairest of them all?"
"Yes, your majesty."
Kikyo ran her fingers over her face. She had been told she was beautiful before, but who
wouldn't tell a princess that she was beautiful. Not if you didn't want the king to behead
you.
"Kikyo! Kikyo, where are you?" She heard Inuyasha's voice from below her in a lower
level of the castle. She turned from the mirror to savor the way he said her name. She
loved him. When she turned back the face and the green glow to it were gone. As Kikyo
walked down the stairs of the attic she promised herself that she would return.
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"What brings you here?" Kagome asked politely knowing that Sesshomaru only came to
the Eastern Lands to discuss business.
"An agreement between my father and yours. Rebel guerilla forces of humans have been
attacking the Western Lands in the name of exterminating demons. Our fathers need to
declare our peace before a war is started."
Kagome sighed. War, famine, someone trying to take over the world, there would never
be peace in Japan.
As Kagome thought her gloomy thoughts a servant appeared at the entrance of the
library. "Prince Sesshomaru, Princess Kagome," the servant bowed in respect, "King
Higurashi requests your presence."
"Hai." Kagome smiled and ran to the great meeting chambers.
Sesshomaru, who looked like he had all the time in the world, followed at a slow walk.
Soon he heard the tinkling sound of laughter as the approached the great chamber.
Demons and humans alike were talking and laughing together. The buzz was about the
engagement of Princess Kikyo and Prince Inuyasha.
A cheer went up as the two Princesses from the East and the two Princes from the West
gathered together in front of the royal thrones. Kagome grinned as she bowed, if this
wedding didn't stop the oncoming war the Sesshomaru was talking about, she didn't
know what would.
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