Chapter 2

It was early evening and the princess had just conveniently missed dinner down in the great dinning room. She was too depressed to move from her cozy king sized bed that had plenty of room for her and someone she deeply loved. She didn't even bother removing her red evening dress that lay flat against her body and the bed upon which she rested on. She caressed the empty spot beside her as she thought about him. It was only yesterday that she met him. Oh the memory was still so clear in her mind.

It was right after noon and she had managed to escape her princess duties in the castle to clear her cluttered mind. Her father had spilled all of this into her lap about marrying the leader of the wolf tribe and that it was what was best for the kingdom she had grown to love.

Now Koga who was the leader of this tribe wasn't too bad of a guy when you took in the fact he is a demon. Of course since he was a demon he had a aggressive bad side of him.

Oh sure he could be romantic and charming, but that wasn't who he truly was. He was demanding and thought he had this power of her and always referred to her as his woman and rarely called her Kagome. It was enough to drive her crazy, but she was in no proper place to speak that way to someone who could protect her father's land. Not to mention that women of her time knew their place.

That didn't stop her from leaving though. She through on one of her outing gowns, tied her up into a classic style ponytail and left the castle undetected of her father, mother or future husband.

Raising her dress up slightly she ran as fast as she could in heels to the nearby forest which of course she was forbidden to go to. She stopped as soon as she entered and looked back behind her at the castle in the distance, it looked so much smaller and it made her feel so much freer. She loved the forest despite it's scary, wicked reputation of killer wolves and horrid monsters.

She wasn't much of a fantasy believing young woman, why should she be, she had already turned the age of a 'proper lady'. Still she felt as though she was stuck in a fairy tale sheltered from living a free life and marrying a prince when all she needed was a knight. A knight in shining armor to come and sweep her away from all that was unjust in her life. It was that exact time, as she looked down at where she was walking instead of where she was going that she bumped into this stranger.

She slowly followed her eyes upward at the body of a demon, no not just a demon, a human too. She gasped, stepping back a couple of steps. She had bumped into a half demon, sometimes which got a worse reputation than full demons. This half demon in particular looked a little savage with tattered red clothing, white long hair, two twitching ears, fangs and claws. Kagome's eyes grew bigger; she was frozen to the spot with fear. A low growling noise sounded from the demon before her. Finally it talked.

"What are you looking at?" the demon demanded.

"Oh, I..I um," she stuttered as she thought, 'Great, what do I do know, it's not like I can say I'm the princess, demons don't care about that.'

But she had to do something.

"Don't come any closer," Kagome ordered, "I'm the princess and if anyone finds me missing they will come looking for me and it will lead them to you," she said with her head held up as she tried to be brave, though she was shaking some what.

The half demon cocked his head to the side and stared at her with a raised eyebrow.

Kagome swallowed, it seemed to be working.

"Feh, I don't eat people if that's what you're saying," the demon spoke again.

"What?" it was as if she couldn't believe such a lone wild demon could understand anything except for violence and disrespect.

"Oh…ok," Kagome finally said.

"If you're the princess what are you doing way out here?" he asked eyeing her questioningly.

Kagome frowned, "These lands belong to my father, I can go wherever I please, how dare you talk to me like that."

"Feh, whatever," and with this he turned to leave.

It was this time that Kagome copied him and cocked her head to the side, "You, demon."

He turned, "Half demon."

"Funny, I thought half demons would be ashamed to admit that," Kagome said, surprising him.

But then he frowned, "What do you want?"

"What kind of half demon are you?"

"Huh?"

"You know, you're species?"

"Species," the half demon said this as if it was an insult.

"Forget it, I was just curious," Kagome now turned to leave.

"Dog," Kagome turned, "I'm a half dog demon."

"Oh, well I will leave you to your whatever you were doing," Kagome turned again.

The dog demon looked around in thought then caught her off guard with, "What's you're name?"

Kagome didn't turn, but said, "Kagome," then she turned with a soft smile, "What's yours."

He blushed a tiny bit, "Inuyasha." He looked at the ground, no human had ever cared to ask him this before.

Kagome smiled a little more, she had never had anyone to treat her like she wasn't just a princess before. She bowed her head a little, a sign of respect. She didn't know why she did this, but as soon as she finished bowing she turned and headed back to the castle.

Inuyasha stood there speechless. Was he dreaming or did a human girl just treat him like a real person?

Kagome opened her eyes to see the once again empty spot beside her in her comfy king sized bed. No, Kagome didn't believe in fairy tales, but she felt as though she was living in one. There was no such thing as love at first sight she was taught, but what if it were possible?

The knocking of her door brought her back to her unfortunate reality. She turned her head slowly to see her mother walking in with a tray in her hands, a warm smile gracing her face.

"Dear," she spoke, "we missed you at dinner, I made you a little snack before you go to bed."

Kagome rolled over onto her other side, now facing her large window and facing away from her mother.

Her mother's smile faded and she just turned and left the room, leaving her daughter's tray on her tea table.

Kagome wasn't in the mood for anything at the moment, not if that anything had nothing to do with the emptiness she felt.

A/N: hope the second chapter was better than the first, please review.