Chapter 5: Snow Princess
A layer of solid ice coats everything. People huddle around weak fires. Anxiety runs high amongst the villagers and guests. Two citizens are fighting over a woodpile. "No. No. You've got the bark facing down. The bark needs to be face-up." "Bark down is drier." "Bark up." "Bark down." "Bark up." A young boy sneaks up behind the arguing men and takes some wood, then runs to his mother.
Like a light in the dark, Kikyo moves through the crowd. "Cloak. Does anyone need a cloak?" Kikyo passes out cloaks to everyone "Arendelle is indebted to you, Your Highness." sais a middle aged woman. "The castle is open. There's soup and hot glögg in the Great Hall." Kikyo hands the stack of cloaks to a guard. "Here. Pass these out."
Just then the Duke approaches Kikyo. "Princess Kikyo, are we just expected to sit here and freeze while you give away all of Arendelle's tradable goods?". Standing tall and confident Kikyo replies "Princess Anna has given her orders and-" "And that's another thing; has it dawned on you that your King may be conspiring with a wicked sorceress to destroy us all?"
Kikyo's nice eyes turn to threatening slits. "Do not question the King. He left me in charge, and I will not hesitate to protect Arendelle from Treason." Flabbergasted and offended Naraku replies "Treason?!"
Suddenly they hear the alarmed whinny of a horse. A palace horse comes bucking and kicking into the city square. Kikyo grabs its reins "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa, boy. Easy. Easy." she sais.
A panicked citizen sais "that's King Miroku's horse. What happened to him? Where is he?" Kikyo steadies the horse, looks up at the mountain. She sees all the panicked faces of the kingdom looking to her.
"...King Miroku is in trouble." she called out "I need volunteers to go with me to find him!" Volunteers, some from Arendelle, some from other lands, rush up to offer their services. "I volunteer two men, my Lady!" Naraku said, then quietly to his men he sais "Be prepared for anything, and should you encounter the Princess, you are to put an end to this winter. Do you understand?" His two thugs sneer.
Miroku, Sango, Kilala, InuYasha, Koga, Ayame & Shippo, and Olaf move through hostile terrain. Wind-swept icicles face horizontal. Koga then asks Miroku "So how exactly are you planning to stop this weather?" confidently Miroku replies "Oh, I am gonna talk to my sister."
"That's your plan? My ice business is riding on you talking to your sister." "Ya" Koga, so stunned by Miroku's casual plan, doesn't look where he's going and ends up with an ice-spike to the nose. He stops short, GULP, moves carefully around the spike. "So you're not at all afraid of her?"
"Why would I be?" Miroku replies. Oblivious to what they are talking about Olaf sais "Yeah. I bet Elsa's the nicest, gentlest, warmest person ever." Olaf backs right into an icicle. It runs through his torso. "Oh, look at that. I've been impaled." He laughs it off.
"So how much farther to the north mountain?" Sango asked. "Not much farther, we should be there by mid-day" Koga replies.
A wile later the group ends up at a dead end. The face of the mountain goes straight up. "What now?" asks Sango, Kilala sleeping in her arms. Koga looks around, sighs. Digs in his rucksack. "...It's too steep, even for a demon. I've only got one rope, and you guys don't know how to climb mountains."
"Says who?" replies Miroku. Shippo nudges Koga, who looks up to see Miroku trying to climb the cliff's flat face. Looking at Miroku like he's ridiculous and sais "What are you doing?" Straining to reach a rock up on the mountain he replies "...I'm going to see my sister."
"You're going to kill yourself." Koga watches Miroku searching for footholds and hand-holds. "I wouldn't put my foot there." Miroku slips "You're distracting me." slips again. "Or there. How do you know Kagome even wants to see you?"
Ignoring Koga, Miroku slowly climes the steep mountain. "You know, most people who disappear into the mountains want to be alone." continuing his clime, Miroku replies "Nobody wants to be alone. Except maybe you-" "I'm not alone... I have Ayame and Shippo"
Miroku kicks a foot above his head to catch a foot hold. "What ever" Miroku then slips and starts to fall. "MIROKU" Sango yells, just before InuYasha could jump, Sango is on Kilala's back and they catch Miroku before he hits the ground.
After getting down to the ground Sango hits Miroku aside his head "OW, what was that for". Getting angry Sango replies "for scarring me half to death, you could have died falling from that height" "I was trying to get to Kagome" "Well all you had to do is ask to ride Kilala and you could have gotten up there safely"
Olaf looks at Sango to Miroku and sais "you two fight like an old married couple". Sango's furry evaporated and she staired wide eyed at Miroku, blushed then turnd away "I don't love Miroku like that, and besides right now I'm more worried about Kagggg... HENTAI" Sango screamed and slapped Miroku across the face leaving a nice red hand print. "OF ALL THE TIME TO GROPE ME THIS IS THE WORST TIME" Sango screamed at Miroku.
Miroku slowly backed away in fear, "I'm sorry Sango" "YOUR SORRY, OH ILL MAKE SHER YOUR SORRY" just as Sango was about to attack a terrified Miroku, InuYasha held her off "Sango right now we need to find Kagome and get her to bring back summer. Once Kagome has brought back summer then you can kill Miroku. Ok" Sango thought about it, then relaxed "fine, Miroku lives". Miroku relaxes. "...fore now" Sango finished.
Olaf steps out from behind a rock and waves to InuYasha. "Hey, Shippo? Not sure if this is going to solve the problem, but I found a staircase that leads exactly where you want to go." relived Miroku walks towards Olaf "Thankyou Olaf"
Everyone walks around the side of the mountain and they see Kagome's elegant ice palace. "Whoa." sais Sango. Everyone looks at the ice palace in awe. "Now that's ice. I might cry." Koga sais in awe.
"Go ahead. I won't judge." sais Sango. Everyone follows Miroku up the steps. Shippo tries to follow (in his reindeer form). His hooves slip out. He scrambles but can't get traction. Koga runs to his aide. "All right, take it easy. I gotcha." Koga settles Sven back down the stairs and pats him.
"You stay right here, buddy." Shippo puffs to his original form and complains "why do I have to stay here?" "because your a kid and the princess has powers that we don't understand yet"
Shippo huffs, folds his arms and plops down in the snow. Koga climbs the stairs, admiring the ice details. "...Flawless. Miroku arrives at the door. Hesitates. "...Knock..." replies Olaf. He doesn't. "Just knock..." still no knocking, Olaf sais to InuYasha "Why isn't he knocking...? Do you think he knows how to knock?"
Miroku finally knocks. The sound echoes inside. The ice doors slide open. "Ha. It opened. That's a first." just before going in Miroku turns to everyone "can yous wait out here?"
"What?" asks Koga. "I need to talk to Kagome alone. If too many people are around she might get scared" Miroku replies. InuYasha stairs at Miroku in the eyes "you sher?" "yes" "Ok" Koga getting a little upset sais "But, it's a palace made of ice. Ice is my life."
"Bye." Olaf waves to everyone then starts to head inside. Miroku stops him. "You too, Olaf." "Me?" "Just give us a minute." "Okay." As Miroku walks inside. Olaf starts counting. "One...two..." Koga joins in. "Three...four..."
Miroku walks into a great foyer. The place is beautiful, but also eerie. "Kagome? It's me...Miroku?!" He slips. Steadies himself.
"Miroku?" Kagome steps out of the shadows onto a balcony. She sees Miroku, looks to him longingly. Miroku can't help but be struck by Kagome's beauty. "Kagome, you look different... It's a good different... And this place is amazing."
A little cautious but being polite she replies "Thank you, I never knew what I was capable of." Miroku starts to climb the stairs. "...I'm so sorry about what happened. If I'd known-" Kagome backs up, away from Miroku.
"No, it's okay. You don't have to apologize... But you should probably go, please." "But I just got here." "...You belong in Arendelle." "So do you." Miroku takes another step up. Kagome backs up more. "No, I belong here. Alone. Where I can be who I am without hurting anybody." "...Actually, about that-"
"58...59...60." Looking towards the door where the voice is coming from Kagome sais "Wait. What is that?" Olaf comes running in the front door. He waves. "Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs." Shocked, Kagome sais "Olaf?"
Olaf stops beside Miroku, looks up at Kagome, intimidated. A little bashful Olaf sais "You built me. You remember that?" Astonished, Kagome asks "And you're alive?" looking at his stick hands Olaf replies "Um...I think so?" Miroku kneels down beside Olaf. "He's just like the one we built as kids... We were so close. We can be like that again." Kagome smiles, but then a memory returns to her.
FLASHBACK: "MIROKU" Kagome shoots out a stream of snow at Miroku and it accidentally hits him in the side of his head. Miroku tumbles down a snowbank and lands, unconscious.
Kagome gets up and runs to her brother and holds him "It's ok Miroku. I got you" A streak of Miroku's hair, where struck, turns white. The ice starts to get thicker and cover the walls coming from Kagome. "Mama Papa" Kagome yells for her parents.
THE PRESENT: Kagome's face sinks in pain. "No, we can't." Kagome turns and heads up the second story steps. "Goodbye, Miroku." "Kagome, wait-" calling back Kagome sais "I'm just trying to protect you." Kagome continues to flee. Miroku pursues.
"You don't have to protect me. I'm not afraid. Please don't shut me out again." remembering how Kagome loves to sing, Miroku starts to sing to her.
You don't have to protect me I'm not afraid
Please don't shut me out again,
Please don't slam the door
You don't have to keep your distance anymore
'Cause for the first time in forever
I finally understand
For the first time in forever
We can fix this hand in hand
We can head down this mountain together
Miroku reaches the top floor. Kagome walking ahead of him, scared.
You don't have to live in fear
'Cause for the first time in forever,
I will be right here
Kagome takes a deep breath and turns toward her brother
Miroku,
Please go back home, your life awaits
Go enjoy the sun and open up the gates
Miroku takes a step towards Kagome
Yeah, but -
Kagome holds her hands up in front of her.
I know
You mean well, but leave me be
Kagome walks out onto the balcony, Miroku follows.
Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
She turns to Miroku and walks past him.
Just stay away and you'll be safe from me
Miroku starts to follow Kagome.
Actually we're not
Kagome quickly turns around.
What do you mean you're not?
Miroku stops walking.
I get the feeling you don't know
Kagome is getting a little worried.
What do I not know?
Knowing there was no easy way to tell her.
Arendelle's in deep, deep, deep, deep snow
Shocked, Kagome sais "What?" Miroku just decides to tell her the truth "You've kind of set off an eternal winter... everywhere". Snow starts to fall around them "Everywhere?". Miroku having complete trust in Kagome, sais "It's okay, you can just unfreeze it" Kagome is getting rilly scared, "No, I can't, I - I don't know how!"
Believing in Kagome, Miroku sais "Sure you can! I know you can!" and he starts to sing again.
'Cause for the first time in forever,
The falling snow is starting to turn into a blizzard. Kagome turns around and slowly walks away with Miroku following her.
Oh I'm such a fool, I can't be free!
[Miroku:]
You don't have to be afraid
[Kagome:]
No escape from the storm inside of me!
[Miroku:]
We can work this out together
[Kagome:]
I can't control the curse!
Miroku is starting to get worried for his sister because the snow storm has turnd into a full blown blizzard.
[Miroku:]
We'll reverse the storm you've made
Kagome turns to Miroku.
Ohhhh, Miroku, please, you'll only make it worse!
[Miroku:]
Don't panic
Kagome looks at her reflection in the mirror.
There's so much fear!
[Miroku:]
We'll make the sun shine bright
Kagome turns back to Miroku.
You're not safe here!
[Miroku:]
We can face this thing together
[Kagome:]
Oh!
[Miroku:]
We can change this winter weather
Kagome can feel her power trying to be release and she tries to hold it in.
AHHHHH...
[Miroku:]
And everything will be alright...
[Kagome:]
I CAN'T!
Kagome's fear, so strong, sucks the blizzard back into her and then it bursts out, unwittingly, like a sharp snowflake. Miroku is struck right in the heart. He grasps his chest in pain and stumbles back. He falls to his knees.
Kagome gasps when she sees Miroku. Just then, Sango, InuYasha, Koga, Ayame and Olaf runs into the room. Sango and InuYasha runs to Miroku's side. "Miroku. Are you okay?" Sango asks, worried. "I'm okay... I'm fine." Miroku gets to his feet, determined to hide the pain.
Scared at seeing everyone, Kagome sais "What are yous doing here?". Sango looks at Kagome "We came here to help you Kagome, and to ask you to bring back summer". Kagome looks at Sango then to InuYasha. Just like at the ball, InuYasha did not show any fear, this time instead of seeing surprise in his eyes, she saw worrie.
"Why didn't you ever tell us that you have powers?" InuYasha asked. Kagome looks away and dose't answer. Then Miroku asks "Did mom and dad know?". Kagome looks Miroku in the eyes and nods "Yes... They knew". "why did they not tell me, how did mom and dad keep your powers a secret from everyone?"
Kagome starers at her brother with sad eyes. "Some of the castle staff knows about my powers. Mom and Dad made them promise not to tell anyone". Miroku gets upset "how could they force you to hide your magic th..." Kagome stops him "I didn t use to have to hide my magic"
Miroku stars at Kagome "What do you mean?". Not wanting to tell him but the words seem to be coming from her mouth before she could stop them "when we where kids, you knew about my powers" confused, Miroku asked "how did I know about your powers and not remember?" Kagome was about to tell Miroku the truth when she saw the wight highlight in his hair "I'm sorry Miroku"
"Sorry? What are you sorry about?" Miroku asked. "we where playing in the ballroom, you were fal..." Kagome shakes her head "It doesn't matter. You have to go" "No, I know we can figure this out together-" Miroku started to say but Kagome stopped him, saying desperately "How? What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?"
Miroku doesn't have the answer. Koga sees spiky ice shadows creeping down the walls. Puts a protective arm around Ayame. "I think we should go." Desperate to get Kagome back Miroku sais "No. I'm not leaving without you, Kagome."
Heartbroken but decisive Kagome sais "Yes, you are." Kagome waves her arms and builds a giant, menacing snowman. Everyone takes a step back from the giant snowman. Excited, Olaf sais "I have a brother. I'm going to call you Marshmallow"
Marshmallow picks up everyone and takes them to the front door. "Stop. Put us down!" Sango ordered the giant snowman. Olaf sais to Marshmallow "You are a lot stronger than I think you realize."
Marshmallow tosses Miroku, Sango, InuYasha, Koga and Ayame down the steps. Like a bouncer Marshmallow sais "Go away!". Ayame & Koga slide past Shippo, who's got his tongue stuck to the ice railing.
"Heads up!" Olaf's head smashes into a snowbank nearby. "Olaf!" sais Sango. "Watch out for my butt!" Everyone ducks as the rest of Olaf slams into the snowbank. Marshmallow turns to go back into the castle. Incensed, Ayame tries to march back up the stairs. "It is not nice to throw people!"
Koga grabs her, pulls her back. "Ayame calm down" "Let me at him Koga, I can get him" "Woaw. Just let the snow man be" "I... Okay. I'm Calm" Ayame backs down...for a moment. Then she grabs a snowball and throws it at Marshmallow.
The tiny little ball hits Marshmallow's back, not making even the slightest dent. But it's enough to infuriate him. He ROARS. Spikes shoot out of his joints. "Uh-oh. Now you made him mad!" Koga sais to Ayame.
"...I'll distract him. You guys go." Olaf offers. Koga pushes Ayame along, everyone else follows. Shippo runs off in the opposite direction. Olaf's belly and butt fall and follow Shippo. "No, no, not you guys."
Marshmallow goes charging after Ayame, Koga and the others as Olaf's head falls and lands face down in snow. In a muffled voice Olaf sais "This just got a whole lot harder."
As the group is running from Marshmallow they leap and slide down a steep slope. They tumble to a stop at the bottom just as Marshmallow lands hard right behind them. They're off again...through a maze of conifers that sag under the weight of the snow, Marshmallow hot on their trail.
"This way!" Koga calls over his shoulder. Sango grabs a branch of a sagging trees and releases all of the snow. The tree snaps upright, knocking Marshmallow back. "Ho-ho-ho!" Miroku sais, Impressed with Sango. "I got him!"
The group burst out of the conifer forest and almost run right off a cliff. They stop short, toes on the edge. "Whoa, stop!" Koga yells. Sango looks over the cliff "It's a hundred foot drop." "It's two hundred, actuality" Koga replies.
Miroku looks at Sango "we could ride down on Kilala". "we cant Miroku. Kilala twisted her ankle when the giant snow man throw her". Everyone hears a terifiying rowar. Koga throws a rope to InuYasha "tie that around your waists" then he drops to his knees and starts digging a u-shape in the snow with a pick axe.
"What's that for?" Sango asks. "I'm digging a snow anchor." Koga replies. Not trusting him, Miroku sais "What if we fall? Two of us are human" "There's twenty feet of fresh powder down there; it'll be like landing on a pillow... Hopefully." They hear an angry ROAR coming closer.
Koga ties himself to the rope that everyone else is tied to "Okay, On three." Sango holds onto Kilala. "One..." Koga throws the remaining rope off the cliff "Two..." A huge tree flies through the air toward them. "TREE!" Sango yells then jumps off the cliff and pulls everyone with her. They hang upside down over the cliff by the rope. The rope catches their fall. "Whoa! That happened." sais Koga.
Back up top, Olaf emerges from the woods. He's a complete mess, all his body parts are in the wrong places. He huffs and puffs, struggling to run. "Ah. Ah. Man, am I out of shape." He stops. Puts his body back together in the right order.
"There we go. Hey, Sango! Shippo! Where'd ya guys go? We totally lost Marshmallow back there!" Marshmallow steps up behind Olaf. Olaf turns to face him and happily sais "Hey. We were just talking about you. All good things, all good things."
Marshmallow roars and approaches Koga's snow anchor. "NO!" Olaf jumps onto Marshmallow's leg trying to stop him, but not making much of a difference. "This is not making much of a difference!" Marshmallow flicks Olaf off his leg and right over the cliff. "WHOA!"
Olaf passes the group. "Olaf!" Sango cry's out. "Hang in there, guys!" Marshmallow starts yanking everyone up the rope. "Wait, what?" said Sango. Miroku's head hits the cliff. "Aargghh!" Miroku passes out and hangs like a rag doll. "MIROKU!" Sango yells. Marshmallow pulls them up. He roars and breathes snow all over them.
"Don't come back!" grossed out by his snow breath Ayame sais "Ugh. We won't." Ayame whips out a knife and cuts the rope. Miroku comes to just as they fall. They all SCREAM!
SLAM!. Sango opens her eyes to find herself buried up to her shoulders in the soft thick snow. She laughs. "Hey, you were right. Just like a pillow." She looks up to see Olaf's upper half hanging onto InuYasha's boots, which are sticking out of the snow. Shaking the boots Olaf sais "I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!"
Suddenly, InuYasha's head pops up. He spits out snow. "Those are my legs." Olaf's bottom goes running by. "Ooh. Hey, do me a favor, grab my butt." InuYasha grabs Olaf's head and puts it on his body. "Oh, that feels better."
Shippo comes running up to the group "YOUR ALIVE" he jumps into Ayame's arms "I thought I'd never see yous again" "Its ok Shippo, were all ok" replies Ayame. Miroku goes over to help Sango, who is stuck in the snow. "Here." He lifts her out easily. "Whoa!"
Miroku looks at Sango with worrie in his eyes "You okay?" "yes, I'm ok Miroku" They meet eyes. Wait. Is that chemistry? "...Um... How's your head?" She touches the spot where he banged his head.
"Ah! Ooh!" He catches himself. Waves off the pain with a giggle. "I mean, It's fine. Ah...I'm good. Ha. I've got a thick skull." Looking up at Miroku and Sango, Olaf sais "I don't have a skull... Or bones." An awkwardness befall them. Breaking the silence Sango sais "So what do we do now" "Hu" Miroku replies. "Miroku, Kagome kicked us out and theres Koga's Ice Business" ""I don't know" Miroku replies, worry in his eyes.
"Don't worry about my Ice business, worry about Miroku's hair?!" sais Koga. "Excuse me? I just fell off a cliff. You should see your hair." Miroku sais. "No, I mean yours is turning white." Sango looks at Miroku's hair and gasps "Koga's rite Miroku, your hair is turning white" Shacked "What"
InuYasha walks over "It's because she struck you; isn't it?" "Kagome didn't mean it" Miroku sais defensivly "I never said that she did Miroku" " Miroku you need help. Now, come on." Sango sais and heads towards the sunset. Olaf follows "Okay! Where are we going?"
"To see my friends." Sango replies. Miroku catches up "What friends, Sango?" Looking at Miroku, Sango replies "When I was a kid, I lost my parents. Me and Kohaku had nowhere to go. We ended up lost in the woods, that's when I first saw Kilala. She took me and Kohaku to these people who took us in. There experts in magic and love" InuYasha snorts and sais "Love Experts?"
"I never new you lost your parents Sango" replies Miroku. "Don't worry about it Miroku. It was a long time ago. Now follow me, they can fix this" Sango sais then continues walking. "How do you know?" InuYasha asks. Sango looks at InuYasha and replies "...Because I've seen them do it before." Everyone fallows Sango as she leads them to her friends.
There yas have it chapter 5. I want to say that i know that this story isnt like yous thought it would be like but this is how i want it. if yous dont like it then yous dont have to read it.