InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Very Serious Wooer ❯ Tensiegfried ( Chapter 9 )

There comes a time in every decent, well-bred captive damsel's life when she must flee from her captor. Some damsels actually get so good at this that they actually succeed in escaping, which causes a grand scandal. Others become quite obsessed with the whole business, and can't even go to the bathroom without seeking to flee the latrine halfway through.

 

For Kagome, that time was now. She had prepared her pack and screwed her courage to the sticking point, which proved rather difficult, because Kagome still couldn't figure out what a sticking point was. It sounded suspiciously like a sharp kitchen utensil.

 

Her best pathway of escape was without a doubt the window, because if she escaped by way of the door she would have to make her way through a castle of demons doing devious demony things and thinking devious demony thoughts.

 

So now, Kagome was poised on her window, looking down at the gardens below. She lowered her self-styled rope down carefully before tying it securely to a latch on the wall. She had been forced to make it out of the multitudes of colorful silken kimonos Sesshoumaru had made for her, which she couldn't help but feel a little bad about. However, as K'tanya had pointed it out, you'd think that if she started tearing the bed sheets apart, someone was bound to notice.

 

Slowly clambering down, Kagome forced herself to take deep breaths and tried not to concentrate on the drop below her. `You've gone over this before. You need to do this to escape years of confinement and a forced marriage! Even if you fall, it doesn't matter! Better a broken bum than a broken heart, eh?'

 

After almost losing her grip twice, Kagome had to admit that the importance of keeping her heart intact was greatly lessening. She was pretty sure that she wanted her bum intact too—and it was bigger, so there.

 

There was also the less than reassuring thought that if she did, in fact, fall, all of Sesshoumaru's horses and all of Sesshoumaru's men wouldn't be able to put Kagome's bum back together again. (A/N: yah so I no that tensiegfried or whatever its called could, but its not a horse or a man so it still makes sence so there)

 

Finally reaching the ground, she breathed a sigh of relief as she gazed across the empty garden in front of her to the woods beyond.

 

It is always of utmost importance for a maiden in distress to flee into a forest instead of a meadow or any other such nonsense. It's easy to trip and twist an ankle during a desperate sprint for freedom through deep woods, which makes for a completely unexpected plot twist. Meadows…well…let's just say that it's most noticeably harder to trip over a shrubbery.

 

Shrubbery bad. Deep woods good.

 

Taking a deep breath, Kagome stepped out from the shadow of the castle to dart across the garden. She'd never been a fantastic sprinter in school, but she didn't have to worry about any of that now.

 

She was a demoness. Nothing could stop her. Her powers were far too sparkly and her will was far too strong. She had wings, she had shimmery hair, she had fancy birthmarks, she had pubic hair, and although she may not have a tragic past, she could damn well make one up.

 

In a matter of seconds, she reached the shelter that the woods provided. In a few more, she was sufficiently deep inside the forest that she couldn't see the castle at all.

 

This streak of luck would not last for long, however. Kagome was about to encounter An Obstacle. (Obstacle: Noun. A large demon or two, preferably smelly and/or hairy with tentacles, that go around attacking young girls because they didn't get enough love as a child.)

 

The beast and its mate, who appeared without warning, barreled out the nearby trees to lash out at Kagome with their blood-covered paws. Kagome shrieked and ducked just in time to avoid the blow before turning to run, the demons in close pursuit. In fact, things were so hectic that she completely forgot about her demonic powers.

 

Ooopsie! Ah, well. It's understandable. Things like that are so easy to forget.

 

Darting madly through between the trees, Kagome screamed again as the first demon leapt at her once again, missing by inches. Her breath came in desperate pants and her hair was flapping madly against her face as she continued her panicked run.

 

So when she ran directly into someone's rock-hard chest, she was nothing if not surprised. Her eyes darted up to meet those of a very familiar demon—Kouga. She stared at him in shock as he merely darted her a toothy grin before assuming a fighting position in front of her, positioning himself between her and the hostile creatures.

 

“Oh, my god,” gasped Kagome, “it's Kouga!”

 

“Ha-hah,” the youkai closest to Kouga sniggered, oblivious to the real danger at hand, “it's yet another young and attractive strong male romantically and sexually interested in the main female character popping up out of nowhere. God, I love when this happens.”

 

“Shit,” snarled the larger of the two beasts, recognizing the true nature of the menace, “it's a plot twist!”

 

As this last recognition sank in, the two youkai were consumed with an enormous and powerful hatred. Their muscles tensed in anticipation of the fight to come as they tore at the earth beneath them with barely constrained wrath.

 

The battle was on.