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Summary: Kagome Higurashi is the princess of her kingdom Shikon. Inuyasha is a commoner and also a orphan. He meets Kagome after he saves her life. Can these two find love in each other when he's protecting her from thieves that want to steal her life and kingdom.

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A Race Against Time Part 2 - Chapter 22

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It was some time before Kagome woke up and when she did, her body was stiff and she smelled a fire near by and the sun was setting in the sky. She groaned as she tried to remember what happened earlier. Nothing came to her except pain.

"Good. Your awake." A familiar female voice said to her near by. "You've been sleeping all day. I was afraid you were never going to wake up."

"Sango…" Kagome said groggily. She opened her eyes and saw Sango's figure hovering above her, looking worried then relieved. She sat up with the help of Sango and looked around. They were in a clearing that was green and had trees around them. Not far from her, she saw Miroku stroking the burning fire, that had fish cooking on sticks near it, then looking up at her smiling. She returned the smile then looked at Sango.

"What happened to me, Sango?" Kagome asked her friend.

"Well…" Sango said hesitantly after thinking about it for less than a minute. "When we were flying, you suddenly started screaming bloody murder (Lol.). And Miroku and I didn't know what was wrong with you until we landed and looked you over. That's when we saw the mark."

Kagome instinctively put her hand over her mark and a soft 'oh' escaped her lips.

"But what does that mean?" Kagome asked.

"Once you're mated to a demon -half demon in this case- you can feel your mates pain, if you get wounded." Sango added, seeing Kagome shocked expression. "And I was thinking those guards might have been beating on Inuyasha."

Kagome gasped.

"When did you and Inuyasha mate, Kagome?" Sango asked Kagome.

"The other night." Kagome answered, a darkening blush appearing on her cheeks. "Why do you ask, Sango?"

"No special reason." Sango told her, faking a small smile.

Kagome gave her a questioning look. But decided not question her.

"Fish are done!" Miroku announced, holding two fish sticks in his hand then giving them to Sango and Kagome. They said their thanks and began eating.

"I think we better go now." Sango said to them after they ate the fish that was cooking over the fire and then sitting in a long silence. "We got to get to the castle as soon as we can." She got up and walked over to Kirara who was relaxing next to the fire and petted her.

Kagome and Miroku nodded and soon they were off in the sky, racing towards the castle.

(At the Palace)

Hogo was walking down the halls a week and a half ago when he first saw her. Black wavy hair that was to her shoulders and bright brown eyes that shone when he looked into them. Her laugh was like church bells ringing softly. But yet, her laugh was brighter than the sunshine.

He tried keeping away from her when he first started thinking he was in love with her. But he couldn't be. He was in love with Kagome, right? But when ever he was walking down the hallways, from seeing Kagome or from the library, he always saw her walking down the hallways, making sure the plants were well watered and talking to other maids.

Hofo sighed as he walked down the corridors. He couldn't get that maid out of his mind. But yet he had too. Once Kagome was well and up to it, they would get married.

Hodo looked up as he saw something pale green move in front of him. He saw that maid, humming to herself while watering the plants. His heart stopped in his chest for a split second then started beating really fast. His breath caught in his throat as he watched her move towards him.

She saw him and stopped in front of him and did a small curtsy.

"Good afternoon, Prince Hojo." She said to him a delicate voice. For a split second, he imagined her wearing a beautiful silver tiara and waving to the people of the kingdom with him at her side.

Hastily, he shook his head of the image and looked at her, not in the eyes, for he was scared of falling for them.

"Good afternoon to you too, Miss…Miss…" He remembered he didn't even know her name.

"It's Ayumi, Your Highness." She told him, slightly pink on the cheeks. She never told a boy her name, not even the Prince!

"Ah, yes it is." Hoso said to her, slightly embarrassed that he didn't know her name. "And it's a wonderful name too." The words escaped his mouth before he could stop them. He flushed a darker color.

Surprisingly, she giggled at his response and he smiled at her.

"Prince Hojo!" A man yelled to Holo as he ran down the hall way towards him. "Sir! I have news!" He stopped in front of him and panted, trying to catch his breath.

"What is it?" Hoko asked the man.

"They've captured the half breed." The man told him then panted heavily. Apparently, he wasn't used to running a lot with excellent news. "Just today, Your Highness!"

A wicked grin appeared on Hoto's face and Ayumi gasped, involuntary taking a step back.

"When will he be arriving?" Horo asked the man.

"In a few short days, My Lord." Answered the man. "He was close to the village of Little Neako(Ne-oko). It is not that far from here, My Lord, only about a three days journey."

"Perfect." Howo said, a wicked smile still on his face. "Go inform the guards of the dungeons to reserve the "special" cell for our half breed."

"Yes, sir!" The man bowed than ran down the hallway again.

"Prince Hojo," Ayumi started timidly. "What do you have planned for the half demon?"

"That is not information a woman should know, Ayumi." Hoyo told her, imaging all the things he would do to Inuyasha once he got there. "It would give you nightmares for the rest of you life." With that, he left her standing shocked with a hand over her mouth.

Hodo made his way down the halls to Kagome's room. There, he knocked and went in a saw her sitting on her gold and pink striped bed reading a novel. Her hair was still long and her skin was still pale and her eyes were greyer, if possible then when she first came back. But the wounds that Inuyasha put on her, were some what healed and better looking.

"Hello, Hojo." Kagome greeted him, marking her page in her book and putting it on the marble night stand. "What brings you here?"

Hozo chuckled a little.

"To see you of course, Kagome." He told her. "And to bring you good news." He went over to her and kissed her on the forehead then sat down at the edge of her bed.

Kagome giggled.

"And what is the good news?" Kagome asked him.

Hoko smiled at her before saying:

"They've found that half breed." Hofo told her, a smile still on his face. He expected her to get excited about it but all she did was stare blankly at him. "Uh, Kagome, isn't this the part where you jump up and down and scream your head off about him being a devil's child for him almost murdering you?"

"WHAT?" Kagome yelled loudly, making Hodo wince as the sharp sound reached his ears. (Lol.)

"I thought you'd be happy about that." Hodo (I'm gonna start calling him Hodo. Its close to Dodo bird) said to her.

"Well I'm not!" Kagome snapped at him, making Hodo lean back away from her.

"Why not?" Hodo asked her, a light growl in his voice.

"Because it's not right that you want to kill him!" Kagome fumed.

Hodo was taken aback. He hadn't expected her to say that. How did she know that he wanted to kill Inuyasha?

"How did you know that?" Hodo asked her, still a little taken aback by her.

"Keade told me when I asked what Inuyasha's punishment was for attempting to murder me!"

Hodo growled as he got up and stomped towards the door and slammed on his way out.

Kagome sighed then she opened her book and begun to read but not before thinking:

"It's getting tougher everyday to hide who I am." Kagome thought then began reading.

(With Inuyasha)

Inuyasha grunted as he was hit once again with a club of some sort by the guards. He already had multiple bruises and scratches all over body from those bastards. Worst of all, he couldn't fight them back no matter how hard he tried. And when he did try to fight them back, they just started beating on him again until he was unconscious.

He was getting really tired of it. But he just kept thinking of Kagome, to ignore the pain he was having, and thinking she was alright and safe.

But that didn't keep him from thinking negative thoughts about her safety. Like, was she starving or was she hurt somewhere? Did she miss him at all? Of course she did. She was his mate, after all.

That made a sickening feeling rise in his stomach. He knew she would be feeling his pain now. But she was strong enough to handle it.

Nearby, he heard one of the guards laughing with another guard and then he saw vaguely a guard hover over him.

"You'll be alive for about four days, half breed." The guard said to him then laughed madly.

Inuyasha growled at him before he felt a heavy object hit his head and drifted into unconsciousness.

(With Kagome, Sang, and Miroku)

The sky was a color between ruby and dark blue when Kagome started feeling another burning sensation all over her body again. She whimpered and felt arms hold her shoulders as she started falling backwards.

"Kagome," Came Miroku's concerned voice. "Are you all right?"

Kagome nodded her head and Sango looked at her concernedly.

"Should I stop?" Sango asked and Kagome shook her head.

"Keep going." Kagome said through her pain. "We…need to…castle…" She drifted into a state of darkness, then.

So Sango nodded and silently urged Kirara to keep going, while Miroku was holding onto Kagome by the shoulders.

(Three days later)

(Sango, Miroku, and Kagome)

For three days, Sango, Miroku, and Kagome traveled, only stopping to rest, eat and sleep. They didn't even stop when Kagome was screaming in pain. But now, they were only a days journey from the castle. So close to it.

(Inuyasha)

"Were here, half breed." The guard who was walking close to the cart Inuyasha, who was currently, half conscious to what was going on around him. Inuyasha through the slits of his eyes, saw the grey castle. It felt ominous to him at that moment as they rolled up to the gates of it.

(Hodo)

"Prince Hojo sir," The general of Hodo's army said to him, in a bow. "The half breed is in the dungeons, awaiting your arrival."

"Excellent." Hodo replied, a wicked grin on his face. He walked over to a table full of random objects and picked up a whip then walked down the corridor to the dungeons.

To Be Continued………………………..

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