Chapter two: Where do I live?
Kagome had been walking for what seemed like hours, "Master" Gyou was taking her to her new quarters, where she would live. They were out in the poppy fields, Kagome always like poppies, but she was slightly allergic to them. She sneezed.
"What was that, slave?" Gyou asked harshly.
"Nothing, Gyou." Kagome said, but soon regretted it. Her back was granted with yet another gash from a whip, she had gotten used to the pain, the only two things that worried her was infection, or dying from blood loss.
"What did you say?" He asked again.
"Nothing, master Gyou." Kagome replied sadly.
"Good, good, well we're here, this is where you'll be staying, and you have one roommate. You will report to the cleaning headquarters at sunrise tomorrow." Gyou said.
Kagome hesitantly opened the door to where she might have to live for the rest of her life. It wasn't what she was expecting, it was far nicer than what she had imagined. There was a sink and a bathroom, she guessed, surrounded by a curtain to her right, a counter to her left, with cupboards under it. On the ceiling there was a small light, but that was tolerable. There were two cots in the corner closest to her left as well. The hut was like one giant room. The thing that bothered her the most was the mirror, not the object so much, as the image it portrayed. The figure was tall, and very slender, pale, almost. Her hair was a mess, she had dark bags under her eyes, and her dress was now a deep shade of red, with a few light brown spots that hadn't been soaked in blood, yet.
"Hello?" A voice rang out
"Hello." Kagome replied.
"Who's there?"
"Kagome, who are you?"
"Sango, its nice to meet you, hold on." A tall, slender figure, walked out from behind the curtain Kagome had observed earlier.
"Sorry, I was washing my other dress, I assume you're my new roommate?" Kagome nodded. "Oh, so you're our new head maid? Lucky you, the last one tried to escape, but was shot down, we all miss her dearly." Kagome cringed, why was this girl telling her this? It was her first day here.
"Oh! I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you!"
"It's alright, really, um can I take a bath? It was kind of a long journey here." Kagome asked.
"Sure! Want me to help you set up the bath?" Sango asked.
"No, I'll be fine, thanks." Kagome said, and walked over to the curtained area, and closed the curtain, and there was yet another mirror! Kagome placed her bloodied dress over the reflecting object, so she wouldn't have to look at the haunting figure she called herself. Kagome turned the nozzle on the bath, and cool water came rushing out, Kagome was thankful, because she was burning in this desert-like wasteland. Kagome guessed it was nicer around the lord's palace. Kagome took off her undergarments, and slowly stepped into the refreshing water. Kagome began thinking about what the future held for her. 'I wonder if I will meet the lord, what will he look like? Is he mean I wonder? Why did the head maid runaway? Why do I care? So…tired.' Kagome began drifting to sleep, and she slid down a little too far in the tub, and her back got caught on something, Kagome froze, and tried not to think of the pain. She had just scrapped her new cut on the drain. Kagome got out of the tub and drained it, feeling refreshed, despite her newly opened wound. Kagome wrapped a towel around herself, and tried to wash off some of the bloodstains on her dress. She did manage to lighten the color of the dress, but not get the color out completely.
"Kagome! Are you all right in there? We're getting dinner in half an hour! Hurry up!" Kagome wrung out her dress as best she could, and dabbed it with her towel, that now had a few blotches of blood on it.
"Yeah Sango! I'll be out in a minute!" Kagome replied.
Kagome exited the bathroom, with a damp dress on, and went to find Sango. Kagome went outside of the hut, and found Sango sitting on a bench in a small garden. Kagome took a seat next to her only friend.
"Hey Sango?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah?"
"Have you ever met the lord of this place?"
"No, I haven't but I've seen him and stuff, I've heard some nasty rumors that he killed his older brother and poisoned his parents just to get the throne, although, its just a rumor, right?" Sango laughed.
"Ha, yeah, I guess so… Do you think I'll see him and stuff? Because I clean around his quarters now?" Kagome questioned nervously.
"Maybe, I'm not sure really."
"Oh… I see, so what exactly does a head maid do?"
"You know, I'm not really sure, although, the cleaning manager will surely explain things to you."
"Oh, alright then. Say, Sango, what do you do?"
"I am a security guard for the section C1 of the castle."
"Right…." Kagome said, not really knowing what C1 was. She decided not to ask, to just keep the conversation light. There was a long silence, and neither of them really bothered to break it. After about ten minutes, a loud bell rung. Kagome jumped a little bit, and slipped of the bench, Sango laughed a little, then held her hand out to help. Kagome chuckled as well, but winced because of her wounds.
"So, what's that?" Kagome asked.
"Dinner. Let's go, don't wanna be late!"
A/N: There ya go! Another chapter! Sorry if i missed changing some HTML tags, I originally made this story for another site that didn't preserve bolds and other things, you know how it is... Hope you liked it! Review please if you get the chance!