InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ His Demon Heart ❯ Maybe I'm Not Alone Afterall ( Chapter 2 )

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I don't own Inuyasha.

I do own the world though.

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Okay so I don't take French, but I take Latin so these names are in French so bare with me.

- Chateau Etoila Enceil means the castle of the stars in the sky

- Chateau Duox Fonce means the castle of sweet darkness

- Guerrier means warrior

- Renard means fox

- de Vitesse means speedy

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¤ By: Telpelindewen ¤

¤ Chapter Two¤

Kagome could remember everything about anything. Especially the rumors that circulated about the two famous brothers of royalty. Each brother owned his own share of land in their father's kingdom. The Chateau Etoila Enciel and the Chateau Duox Fonce the two fortresses of glamour and prestige owned by the two brothers Sesshourmaru and Inuyasha. Sesshourmaru was the older more conservative brother, the one who was a full blooded demon like his father, but his younger brother Inuyasha was only half, and known to be a bit more than just different. For Inuyasha mother was the 'other woman' with his father. Kagome had been younger back then but she knew what these rumors meant now. The two princes did not get along well and most the kingdom knew of it. Their father who was a content and peaceful king tried to keep his two sons out of trouble as often as possible, but with Sesshoumauru's lust for power and Inuyasha's reputation for trouble there wasn't any way the king could rule the kingdom and his two unruly sons at the same time. And yet as she stepped foot onto the royal threshold of the two brothers, every thought of those rumors left her mind. She politely refused any help in getting down the carriage. She was too busy staring at the stone walls of this fortress that stood mighty before her. The walls were old with age; the stones had either moss or vines covering most of them. The walkway to the door was a mass tunnel of stone arches that led to the brown oak door with two rather large knockers on them (yeah yeah snicker snicker).

Kagome followed the footmen quietly, trying to swallow all of her new surroundings while she walked. She had never seen such a grand place as this, and she knew she would remember this moment forever. The grounds covered a large portion of land. She could see the stables with horses grazing in the fields, a glistening lake, and another castle in the distance.

The prince's footmen led Kagome into the front parlor where she sidestepped out of their way as they bowed and hurried out. Kagome stood there not sure what to do next. I mean they just left her right, so she walked over to where there were a few chairs put out, and to her dismay a young man sat in the chair fast asleep. He had a dark shade of brown hair that was pulled back into a tiny ponytail that could barely hold his hair. While leaning on his arm as he slept with his eyes closed Kagome took him in at the chance to observe. He had a purple tunic on with black riding breeches which were half covered with tall brown riding boots laced up the sides. He was rather handsome, but she had seen many others before and another man was just that. She noticed that along with his normal attire was a staff that leaned across his lap with three dangling hoops at the top and some different colored jewels. She glanced down to make sure he was still sleeping and saw that wrapped around the staff was his hand which was covered in a cloth secured by a ring that surrounded his middle finger, and it seemed to keep it extra attached it was wrapped around with beaded strings several times.

Kagome heard another carriage pull up and started to tiptoe away when she all of a sudden felt something brushing against her backside. She yelped with fright and turned around to smack the young man sitting in the chair who now awake contained a wicked smile upon his handsome face. Kagome was absolutely shocked! She couldn't believe that this man… that this man… had touched her like that!

Sango Guerrier, Shippo Renard, Kohaku Guerrier, and Kouga de Vitesse all walked in to hear the finishing of a resounding slap. "I HAVENT BEEN HERE FOR FIVE SECONDS AND I ALREAD WANT TO GO HOME!!!!!" Kagome could be heard yelling and a smirking crowd could be found behind her.

Kagome turned around red as a tomato and waltzed towards the door as Shippo bounded up to her, "Hmm you really shouldn't let him get to you, he always does that to every woman he meets." Shippo jumped up and into her arms. "By the way I'm Shippo! Another orphan in the messed up household of the royal brothers. Who are you? You must be the other orphan that Lord Inuyasha said they were sending over, although he said you must be another dumb cow but you look rather pretty to me, not that he would know considering he's never met you before."

"Oh my you're just a handful….wait a minute dumb cow?" Kagome claimed and watched as Miroku stood up from his chair to where Sango stood in the corner, "Well I can't wait to meet this 'lord Inuyasha', but in the mean time my name is Kagome but who pray-tell are all you?"

Sango stepped away from Miroku to introduce their group, "I am Sango, this leech over here is Miroku, the little fox in your arms is Shippo, the boy on my left is Kohaku, my brother, and this man is Count Kouga de Vitesse, he's our neighbor. Except for the count and Miroku, the three of us are Orphens that Lord Inuyasha took in. Miroku is just a leech."

"Oh now Sango-chan…" Miroku slinked closer.

"Leecher stay away!" She yelped away.

"I am actually the Physician who serves under the Royal Physician Kaede. Kaede stays at the King's castle while I work for the two brothers." Miroku bowed while everyone else rolled their eyes.

"Are all your men like this one?" Kagome whispered when Sango was closer.

"Of course not my lady." The count had stepped into the light of the hall next to the two women and shooed the two boys off to play and then scooted closer. My my he was quite handsome too, and yet he was also something… Kagome just couldn't put her finger on it. "Most of us men are charming and loyal and would love to accompany a woman as yourself anywhere." Kagome blushed while Miroku took his staff and bonked Kouga on the head.

"Kagome come with me and I'll help you get settled in." Sango dragged Kagome towards another doorway which led to a huge set of stairs that were covered in red velvet rugs.

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Kagome had discovered that she could possibly have a good time after all. With Sango she had actually found a new friend, and the two boys were adorable as could be. The doctor man, Miroku, however she could do without. Two hours after the footmen had brought Kagome's personal belongings up to her room, Sango helped her unpack into a room that was a grand room. The walls were covered in green paper with gold patterned flowers on top. The floor was covered in a soft and deep furry carpet that covered the room to all four corners of the room. In the corner was a large counter with a mirror that was all surrounded by wood. The wood was carved by the most delicate lines, only the most expensive she had ever seen. Then after the two women were finished then took two chairs by the window and sat down with a big plop and major sighs. A knock came at the door and the butler came in with a tea tray for them and left them to drink.

"So Kagome would you eh… oh never mind." Sango started.

"Like to share my story with you?" Kagome laughed when Sango nodded in shame and so with her story her mood dropped, "Sango its okay I don't mind. A little ago my parents were on their way to a ball in one of the most splendid carriages ever. Well that's not the point but anyway, I wasn't allowed to accompany them on this journey…and so days later had passed and yet there was still no return of my parents. Eventually they sent out a group to see if they could investigate what happened to my missing parents. And…" she paused trying to remain tearless, "soon enough my parents carriage was found my mother's burned body inside. The horses were gone and my father was no where to be found. They assumed that my father had been burned or thrown off a nearby cliff and I was left without parents and without any surviving relatives." Kagome tried to fight the tears she really did.

"Kagome-chan I'm so sorry…" Kagome nodded and tried to look away but she noticed that Sango became extremely interested in her cup of swirling tea. "I lived in a small village, nothing like this palace," she waved to the surroundings, "It was my brother, our mother and father and our demon cat Kiara. We had a good life, my parents were hired exterminators for helpless villages. My brother and I were in training by ourselves when they were taken from us. A demon attacked. My mother was washing clothes in the river, while my father was hunting. The water in the river was the color of blood by the time that we returned. Kohaku and I ran to find our parents but we were too late, a demon in the shape of a white baboon stood before us, I found my mothers boomerang and without thinking I launched it at the demon in front of me. To my horror the demon disappeared and standing behind him, was my father, who was barely alive as my mothers boomerang throw by me, swiped through air and killed him. My parents were only trying to protect our home, and it's my entire fault." Sango let a tear slip and Kagome looked at her in horror as all this registered and she leaned forward and wrapped Sango in a hug. After a few minutes they pulled back and laughed at each other wiping off whatever remained of their tears. "Boy aren't we a pair."

"So Sango tell me about this Lord Inuyasha." Kagome wondered after all their tears had been shed.

"Well he's basically the beast that everyone talks about. He's rude, ill-tempered, horny, and heartless." Kagome raised her eyebrows at all this new information, "But he does have a soft side that people rarely see."

"How do you know, about his soft side I mean." Kagome asked.

"Well he seems to have a soft spot for Kohaku. I mean, Kohaku doesn't talk too much because of - well you know, so it seems that he warms only up to Inuyasha." Sango looked down at the window as she saw Kohaku and Shippo playing on the front lawn with a bound ball in leather as Miroku and Kouga stood nearby chatting. She smiled sadly. "Though lately Inuyasha hasn't been around too much at all. It seems that he's been visiting different women's beds all around or so I hear. He's notorious for being the playboy and that he is but I can't say if that's true. I have never seen him let any woman stay anywhere. But I would say his bark is bigger than his bite, or his growl."

Kagome looked down shyly at her feet thinking about her new Lord.

"Sango, do you like it here?" Kagome asked her.

Sango smiled, "Even though Inuyasha seems rather tough at first, and his brother is an absolute icicle I might add, it's perfect here. I mean I do miss my village once and a while though we can't go back - there's nothing left; but everything you could ever want is being given to you. We're no allowed to wander too far by ourselves, but theirs fields beyond fields to ride in, lakes to swim in, hot springs all over, there are balls constantly to attend, and dances to dance, garden parties, riding competitions, and the men here are constantly fighting duels over the most meaningless things. But my brother and I have no home, and we had nothing left - and Inuyasha took us in."

"Inuyasha? But Sesshoumaru was the one who brought me from my home." Kagome wondered.

"Well - yeah - it was Sesshoumauru's idea to start taking in orphans to put a softer side onto his hard exterior, his father claimed that he would never marry if he didn't show a little compassion. So, he formed the plan and Inuyasha took us in. I wouldn't want to be around Sesshoumaru for too long anyway - he's terrifying." Sango shuddered. "But don't tell anyone I told you, I was uh… well eavesdropping on the two brothers when they were fighting about this once." Kagome giggled at hearing her friend eavesdropping.

The girls finished unpacking and then headed down the stairs to where Miroku was playing chess with Kouga, and the butler standing nearby. Kouga jumped up when he saw Kagome heading down the stairs and Miroku walked quickly to where Sango was (I swear to you that this is only a means to provide conflict between Inuyasha and Kouga). Sango stepped closer to Kagome to get away from the leech who would have been more than happy to lend them a hand in any way possible. Kouga bowed and announced to the girls, "We shall have lunch at my house today, a picnic by the lake." The girls accepted and gathered the boys in the front and then they all piled into a gray carriage to ride to Kouga's estate.

Just as they pulled out, a messenger came in on a horse out of breath and gave a telegram to the butler standing by the door. The butler kindly accepted the notice and handed two coins to the boy and told him to fetch some water for his horse.

A maid came out, "Jaken, what is it?"

"Lord Inuyasha returns home to Chateau Duox Fonce today."