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My Samurai
A Cinderella Story
Part Three

Inuyasha walked into the main dining area, attempting to be inconspicuous. He slid into the seat beside Miroku, praying his father thought he had been there the whole time.

"So nice of you to join us Inuyasha" Inutaisho said from the head of the table.

"I apologize father." He murmured, praying that the food would be brought as so he wouldn't have to carry on the conversation anymore. As luck would have it, as soon as he uttered his apology the kitchen doors swung open and the servants began bringing the food out, laying it on the table in front of the guests.

Inutaisho stood and held his goblet up, the rest of the guests following suit. "A toast" he declared, "To the presence of my nephew and his beautiful wife. And to our guest who will be joining us tomorrow afternoon, my future daughter-in-law Princess Kikyo. To family" he said, taking a drink from his goblet.

"To family" the rest of the table repeated and Inutaisho sat down and the food was served.

Inuyasha sat quietly at the table, pushing the food around on his plate rather than eating. His mind was flooded with images of the servant girl, scrubbing the floor and still able to sing in such a beautiful and strife free song of love. As he pushed the food around a melody entered his head and words that he had once heard his father serenade his mother with.'All I want is you, will you be my bride, take me by the hand and stand by my side? All I want is you will you stay with me, and hold me in your arms and sway like the sea.'

He felt Miroku nudge him in the side and he snapped out of his daze. He looked at his cousin who was giving him a weird look.

"What?" he asked.

"Got a song in your heart cousin?"

"What are you talking about?" he asked, taking his first bite of his now cold meal.

"You were humming, with a rather happy look on your face. Excited about your betrothed coming to visit tomorrow?"

"Yeah, something like that" he said, taking another bite to make things less awkward. He never had any problems with his cousin before, but for some reason he felt awkward around him when it came to matters of his love life. Miroku had known he wanted to marry Sango since the day he met her, and he let the world know it; Inuyasha knew that he could never do anything like that.

He looked up from his plate across the table to his father. He stood up from his chair and pushed it in, still looking at his father, who had yet to look at him.

"Father, if you'd grant me leave I would like to retire to my rooms for the night."

"Leave not granted Inuyasha, sit down" Inutaisho said, not bothering to look up.

Inuyasha began to pull his chair out again but then stopped, "No father. I'm not feeling well and I am going to my chambers for the night." he said as sternly as he could muster and walked away from the table. Rather than walking out of the main dining hall towards his room, he walked into the kitchen via the servants doors.

"Inuyasha! Get back here!" Inutaisho roared, not caring about saving face in front of the dinner guests.

"Uncle, if I may." Miroku started, attempting to calm his uncle. "Inuyasha seems rather on edge since we have arrived. I think that he needs some time to rest, to clear his head."

Inutaisho took a deep breath, knowing that Miroku was right. Rationality was something that ran in Izayoi's side of the family and Miroku seemed to have inherited it as well. He simply nodded and returned to eating his meal, the rest of the dinner guests following suit.

Inuyasha walked into the kitchens and walked straight through to the other door, stopping as his hands were on the door to push it open. He stopped and took a deep breath, almost wishing to hear the girl's voice again, or anything that would calm him down. Not hearing her anywhere he pushed open the kitchen doors and walked briskly to his bedroom, closing the door behind him without bothering to lock it.

He threw himself onto his bed and closed his eyes, the rest of the song floating through his head. "If you were a river and the mountains tall, the rumble of your water would be my call. If you were the winder I know I'd be the snow, as long as you were with me, let the cold wind blow. All I want is you, will you be my bride, take me by the hand and stand by my side?"

There was a soft knock on the door and Inuyasha rolled over. "Go away" he muttered.

He heard the door open slowly; he groaned and put a pillow over his head.

"Excuse me sire?" he heard a soft voice ask. He pulled he head out from under the pillow and looked at the door where the servant girl was standing. She took a few more steps towards Inuyasha's bed, waiting for him to stop her. He sat up in bed and watched her walk toward him.

"Stop for a second" he said and took a few seconds to settle his thoughts. "What are you doing here?"

"Forgive me sire, I simply saw how upset you looked when you left dinner and I was wondering if there was anything I could get you, or do for you to make you feel better."

"You don't have any other work?"

"No sire, I finished everything I had to do for the day. Is there anything you need?" she asked again.

"Actually…" he started and then stopped himself, "Never mind."

"No sire, what do you want? I'd be more than happy to get it for you."

"Could you possibly…sing something for me?" he asked timidly, feeling weird asking her for something like that.

"Sire?" she asked again, not comprehending what he had asked her or why he asked.

"Could you sing something for me? Your voice is very calming and I am in need of something calming."

"Very well then sire, what would you like to hear?" she asked, sitting down on a chair near Inuyasha's bed.

Inuyasha shrugged, "Sing your favorite song. One you enjoy the best."

Kagome bowed her head, "Very well sire." She closed her eyes for a moment, as if to recall the words to her song.

"Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, black bird, how is it you sing? How can you jubilate sitting in cages, never taking wing? Outside the sky waits, beckoning, beckoning, just beyond those bars. How can you remain, staring at the rain, maddened by the stars? How is it you sing…anything? How is it you sing?" she looked over to where Inuyasha had been lying on the bed to find that her song had put him to sleep. She stood up and slowly walked out of the room, she stood in the doorway and turned back and looked at him. "Good night sire" she whispered and softly closed the door behind her.

She walked down the hallway and to the servant's quarters. Instead of going to her room she walked to the door of Kaede's room, knocking lightly to see if she was still awake.

"Who is it?" she asked

"Kagome"

"Come in, come in Kagome."

Kagome opened the door and walked into the modest room that Kaede had to herself. Kaede was sitting on her small pallet of a bed and she patted the bed beside her. Kagome sat down on the bed and sighed heavily.

"Child, what is the problem?"

"The prince"

Kaede sighed heavily, "Kagome, what did I tell ye about the prince? He is engaged and his fiancée is coming here tomorrow for a visit. Leave the prince's matters to the prince and you deal with your problems."

"But Kaede, he seems so…sad"

"Sad? What are ye talking about?"

"He was just so…he seemed as though something had broken inside him. He is nothing like the prince that was here when I first arrived in the palace. That prince was defiant and headstrong and didn't take no for an answer. This prince is meek and…sad."

"Kagome." Kaede said in a warning tone.

"Kaede, I…feel like I need to help him. I feel like…he needs me." Kagome confessed, although she felt very foolish saying it out loud, for what prince needed the help of one of his servants?

"What gives ye that idea child?"

"He asked me to sing to him. He said that he needed something to calm him and he asked me to sing for him…and then he fell asleep."

"Kagome! How did this happen!? You didn't go looking for him did ye?!"

Kagome looked down and her face turned red with shame, "Not…exactly…"

Kaede shook her head, "I don't know what to do with ye Kagome. I don't know what to do with ye."

Kagome knew that it was time to end the conversation before Kaede got any madder at her.

"I'm getting rather tired Kaede. I'm going to go to bed now and I will see you in the morning."

"Do think ye are getting off that easily, this conversation will continue in the morning. Until then, good night."

"Good night Kaede." Kagome said and she left the room. She walked down the hall until she reached the room that she shared with four other servant girls. She walked in quietly and lay down on her pallet. As she drifted off to sleep the song that she had sung to Inuyasha rested in her head. 'My cage has many rooms, damask and dark…nothing there sings, not even my lark. Larks never will you know, hen they're captive. Teach me to be more adaptive…'

Authoress' Note: hope you enjoyed! Please review and tell me what you thought!

Responses to Reviews:

TokyoBabeYup! That's the song all right, I must say, even though I'm 19 I do enjoy those Barbie movies (I'm not ashamed) and I'll be sure to look up that version of the song!

Moonlightshadow123: Miroku is a human and he is related to Inutaisho because of Izayoi, I haven't really decided who Sesshoumaru married or if I'm going to put him in yet, I'll just see how it works out and unfortunately no Shippou in this fic. And the song was called "If You Love Me for me" and it's from the movie "Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper"

Inuyasha-Loves-Kagome: yes they are demons, I didn't change that and Inuyasha's mother is dead in this story.

Pure Shikon:Inuyasha does like Sango and Miroku, he's just too stressed out with his life to handle them being at the castle

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