I went to my closet, half expecting my outfit from yesterday to be there waiting for me when I realized I was still wairing it. Insted I found a regular pair of American imported blue jeans and my favorite green jacket, along with a white tank top and a note on the sleeve. I read it as I changed. It said, Dear kagome, I know what happened last night must have hurt you deeply, non of us are blind to how long you have awaited the return of your brothers and the rest, though I hope you can find it in yourself to forgive them eventually. I have decited to give you the day off from chores, Toma and I will be able to take care of them for today. Also, Izaoi told me to tell you to come up with someway to reprimend Inuyasha and the others for last nights... unfortunate incounter. But save that for tomarrow, tonight we celebrate their safe return with a ball. Be prepared!
sincerly yours,
Kiade.
I sighed, " Man do I hate balls, oh well... so I get to punish them then...hmmmm?" I had just finished putting my jacket on when a knock came at the door. "Lady kagome, may I come in?" I sighed again shaking my head." yes, Shisa, and Iv told you a thousand times now, call me Kagome, no need for lady in front of it." I had to put a hand to my mouth to keep from laughing at Shisa's red face when she came in the door. "The queen has requested I wake you for lunch with herself and the other members or your family, though I see I will not have to wake you." We laughed at this and I nodded." My brothers are really back then, arnt they, it wasent a dream?" Shisa shook her head and I looked away." Didnt think so.." I said goodbye to Shisa and left down the long halls tord the dinning room. I'v waited ten years to see them again, and now that I have, I dont want to anymoor. I thought. I know they mistakled my identity for Kikyo's, I know I look like her, but still, I wish they had known better... I stopped at the entrance to the dinning hall and put a hand to the door, willing myself to open it. "Something wrong, or you just not hungry?" I jumped and turned to find Toma standing there behind me, arms crossed and leaning agenst a wall to my left.
"N-no, why do you ask?" I felt my face heat up. Tomas pushed off the wall and walked over to me." Im not stupid kagome, I know your afraid to face them" Im not afraid, I thought, Im petrified.
" Nuthing to it" I said and pushed the doors open. every one was already in the room and seated at the table. as much as I didnt want them to, they all looked up at me when I entered. Everyone present from lat night looked up and away, huh, bunch of... "kagome, good afternoon to you, I hope you slept well! Izaoi said, cutting off my privious thought. " Ohh yeah, I went out like a light! Of corse a long day in the village, a longer walk from here to there and back, and a fight for my life took everything out of me, never had a better sleep in my life!" I said, smirking as I watched most of the faces in the room stoope a little lower with each word. I heard toma whisper a laugh and walk over to sit next to sango, who was on the uper left side of the table. I went to my place beteween kiade and Izaoi. Lunch was finished in silence after that, only a few small conversations in between. I was aboout to stand and leave when Izaoi stopped me. "kagome dear I know you may not want to, but would you please take my sons and the others and show them around the castle grounds and such, show them what is new so they dont get lost, please?" I sure as hell didnt want to, but I couldnt tell her no." Sure, why not? I dont have anything better to do today." I walked to the door and stopped, glancing over my shoulder at the dumbfounded group I was sapposed to tour around. "Well, are you comming or not?" They all seamed to come back to earth and stood up, saying goodbye to Izaoi and the king before walking over to fallow me out of the room. We were in the older parts of the castle and walking down a large hall way tord the newest wing in the eastern part of the castle when I stopped and turned around, the silance killing me. " I dont care about what happened last night, I dont let things like that linger when I know I can get some revenge for it later, but I also know that all of you have at least SOMETHING you wanna say about it so spit it out all ready!" That caught them off gaurd, Miroku recovered the quickest. "I know you must have been lonely, with us being gone for so long... but you must know it was not our intentions, nor did we mean to harm you last night. It was... a mistake in identity." I nearly fell over at that.
"There are so many things I wanna say to that, if I was 5 again, I probubly would, god knows Inuyasha's language rubbed off on me and lets just say I know its not vary good to.. use it in most sircumtances, so I wont say anything other than for you all to just forget about it. I should have expected no less, your not the first ones to mistake me for Kikyo, you wont be the last." "Like hell it ok! Inuyasha exploded." We nearly killed you and your just.. just letting it go like nuthing happened?" I sighed turning around. "Ill get you all back for it tomarrow, hope your ready to work." So Im letting it go. Its been ten years Inya, I just want my family back like it should have been ok, and moor than that, I want to go out and jump through trees till I forget my own name, I really dont want to see anyone right now. So lets just get this over." Inuyasha's mouth opened then closed and he nodded."Were gonna talk about this later though, Im not gonna let this go so easily." I figured he'd say that but didnt push it any further. We had made it to where their rooms were redone. "This is where we'll begin."
"A demon attack had left the rooms compleatly destroied, so we had to have them redone."I said, they all gasped. Everything had been all.. midevil when they last were here, now things were moor... modern. The castles old age had left its mark on things, but now instead of the sliding shoji doors, there where hard swinging wooden ones. This was only the first stop on our tour of the new parts of the castle. I took them all around from the new gardens to the new training halls to the newer pathes in the woods. It was near sundown when we were finished.
" That is all there is to be shown, new kimonos have more than likly been left for you all in your rooms to be picked threw for what you want to wair for the ball." I said as we entered the hall where our rooms were. "I guess you can get ready now and Ill see you when it begins." I ment to walk down to my room when Inuyasha's clawed hand around my wrist stopped me." We will talk tonight ok kagome, I mean it, I havent forgotten out promice." I looked into his eyes and away, not wanting him to see the sadness that had long ago been etched into my own. "Ill find you and we'll..talk then, ok?" He nodded and we parted, though only for the time being...
sincerly yours,
Kiade.
I sighed, " Man do I hate balls, oh well... so I get to punish them then...hmmmm?" I had just finished putting my jacket on when a knock came at the door. "Lady kagome, may I come in?" I sighed again shaking my head." yes, Shisa, and Iv told you a thousand times now, call me Kagome, no need for lady in front of it." I had to put a hand to my mouth to keep from laughing at Shisa's red face when she came in the door. "The queen has requested I wake you for lunch with herself and the other members or your family, though I see I will not have to wake you." We laughed at this and I nodded." My brothers are really back then, arnt they, it wasent a dream?" Shisa shook her head and I looked away." Didnt think so.." I said goodbye to Shisa and left down the long halls tord the dinning room. I'v waited ten years to see them again, and now that I have, I dont want to anymoor. I thought. I know they mistakled my identity for Kikyo's, I know I look like her, but still, I wish they had known better... I stopped at the entrance to the dinning hall and put a hand to the door, willing myself to open it. "Something wrong, or you just not hungry?" I jumped and turned to find Toma standing there behind me, arms crossed and leaning agenst a wall to my left.
"N-no, why do you ask?" I felt my face heat up. Tomas pushed off the wall and walked over to me." Im not stupid kagome, I know your afraid to face them" Im not afraid, I thought, Im petrified.
" Nuthing to it" I said and pushed the doors open. every one was already in the room and seated at the table. as much as I didnt want them to, they all looked up at me when I entered. Everyone present from lat night looked up and away, huh, bunch of... "kagome, good afternoon to you, I hope you slept well! Izaoi said, cutting off my privious thought. " Ohh yeah, I went out like a light! Of corse a long day in the village, a longer walk from here to there and back, and a fight for my life took everything out of me, never had a better sleep in my life!" I said, smirking as I watched most of the faces in the room stoope a little lower with each word. I heard toma whisper a laugh and walk over to sit next to sango, who was on the uper left side of the table. I went to my place beteween kiade and Izaoi. Lunch was finished in silence after that, only a few small conversations in between. I was aboout to stand and leave when Izaoi stopped me. "kagome dear I know you may not want to, but would you please take my sons and the others and show them around the castle grounds and such, show them what is new so they dont get lost, please?" I sure as hell didnt want to, but I couldnt tell her no." Sure, why not? I dont have anything better to do today." I walked to the door and stopped, glancing over my shoulder at the dumbfounded group I was sapposed to tour around. "Well, are you comming or not?" They all seamed to come back to earth and stood up, saying goodbye to Izaoi and the king before walking over to fallow me out of the room. We were in the older parts of the castle and walking down a large hall way tord the newest wing in the eastern part of the castle when I stopped and turned around, the silance killing me. " I dont care about what happened last night, I dont let things like that linger when I know I can get some revenge for it later, but I also know that all of you have at least SOMETHING you wanna say about it so spit it out all ready!" That caught them off gaurd, Miroku recovered the quickest. "I know you must have been lonely, with us being gone for so long... but you must know it was not our intentions, nor did we mean to harm you last night. It was... a mistake in identity." I nearly fell over at that.
"There are so many things I wanna say to that, if I was 5 again, I probubly would, god knows Inuyasha's language rubbed off on me and lets just say I know its not vary good to.. use it in most sircumtances, so I wont say anything other than for you all to just forget about it. I should have expected no less, your not the first ones to mistake me for Kikyo, you wont be the last." "Like hell it ok! Inuyasha exploded." We nearly killed you and your just.. just letting it go like nuthing happened?" I sighed turning around. "Ill get you all back for it tomarrow, hope your ready to work." So Im letting it go. Its been ten years Inya, I just want my family back like it should have been ok, and moor than that, I want to go out and jump through trees till I forget my own name, I really dont want to see anyone right now. So lets just get this over." Inuyasha's mouth opened then closed and he nodded."Were gonna talk about this later though, Im not gonna let this go so easily." I figured he'd say that but didnt push it any further. We had made it to where their rooms were redone. "This is where we'll begin."
"A demon attack had left the rooms compleatly destroied, so we had to have them redone."I said, they all gasped. Everything had been all.. midevil when they last were here, now things were moor... modern. The castles old age had left its mark on things, but now instead of the sliding shoji doors, there where hard swinging wooden ones. This was only the first stop on our tour of the new parts of the castle. I took them all around from the new gardens to the new training halls to the newer pathes in the woods. It was near sundown when we were finished.
" That is all there is to be shown, new kimonos have more than likly been left for you all in your rooms to be picked threw for what you want to wair for the ball." I said as we entered the hall where our rooms were. "I guess you can get ready now and Ill see you when it begins." I ment to walk down to my room when Inuyasha's clawed hand around my wrist stopped me." We will talk tonight ok kagome, I mean it, I havent forgotten out promice." I looked into his eyes and away, not wanting him to see the sadness that had long ago been etched into my own. "Ill find you and we'll..talk then, ok?" He nodded and we parted, though only for the time being...