InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Letters ❯ Finally ( Chapter 5 )

At the Ball scene, since they will be having Simultaneous thoughts:

Kagome

Inuyasha

Chapter 5: Finally-

~Kagome~

I had been riding in this carriage for 7 days. I was tired and sore. Sango also looked miserable, but she was asleep. The ball was tonight. Meeting Inuyasha was tonight. Sleeping in the same bed as him was tonight. My mother and father came along to attend the celebration. I felt nausea. Why did I feel so nervous? I know why. I was leaving my big, beautiful home to live with a husband I had never set my eyes on. I'd have to rush to get ready. I'd have to bathe and dress by tonight. I wasn't about to meet my husband messy and smelly. Then I saw it. It was the castle. I went pale. That was my new home. It looked dark and dreary and though the sun shone brightly, it looked like it had a permanent shadow and mist on it. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. My mother put her hand on mine and smiled. But I started to wonder what my prince actually was. What he one of those dark, scary, pale ones that would like nothing more then to kill me after… Or creatures that I only thought existed only in stories and books… I shook my head of such thoughts. I was probably working myself up for no reason. I just breathed and tried to focus on more serious things. Maybe he's a handsome prince, like the ones I see in my fairy tale books. Nice brown hair, charming smile. I can't judge a person by what they sound like in a letter, or the castle they lived in. I started to actually get exited, that is, until I entered the gates and took a good look at the kingdom. It was dreary, run-down, the people looked miserable. I knew I had to put a stop to this. I didn't want to disobey what I'm supposed to be to my husband, but I'm sure I'll be pardoned if I help a little.

We finally arrived. The castle was covered in spikes and I saw a Gargoyle at every edge. Was I going to live with a dark magic person? I strongly was against magic, though my ancestors in Japan had a history of powers and white magic, which runs in the family. I knew I had special powers, but I refused to use them, it was against everything I believed in. As we stopped in front of the castle, tall men with pointed ears walked up to the carriage. Sango woke up with a string of drool dripping down her chin. In a very unattractive fashion, she woke up and snorted,

"Are we here?"

I smiled and took her hand. At least I wasn't alone. Sango would be with me. We would face this together, but of course she didn't have to worry about marrying a total stranger. Evening was quickly approaching. I had only 4 hours to get ready. I took a good look at the servents that asstisted us. They all had either pointed ears, or a hat and long hair covering over the sides of their heads, which made me a little uneasy. My carriage driver helped us out of the carriage. I looked around and started to tremble. My father hugged me, he himself trembling. I smiled and said,

"Don't worry, Daddy, I'll be okay. I'm strong"

He whispered into my hair, "I know"

I took Sango's arm as we both held on to each other. I know this looked bad, but for the first time in my life, I really didn't care! Once we entered, it was nothing like it was outside. It was lavish and beautiful, more beautiful them my home even. This made me kind of mad. The King was selfish from what I could tell. Then a young man around the age of 18 or 19 walked up to Sango and I.

"You will meet your husband at the ball, but my, I think he's lucky, your beauty was fairly an understatement." I couldn't help but to blush as he took my hand and kissed it. I noticed he had normal ears, and Asian eyes like Sango and I, but who was he?

"I am Inuyasha's hand servant, Miroku," Then he looked over to Sango and got really close to her, her face had a state of panic. He slyly took her hand and before giving her hand a really good kiss, he asked in a very smooth tone,

"Ah, and who is this lovely young lady?"

Sango had a look of the mixed emotions of embarrassment and horror. I replied for her,

"This is my maid servant, Sango"

He looked at her without letting go of her hand.

"Ah, your maid servant." Then he knelt before her. I couldn't believe this man! And I myself almost fell over when he asked,

"I have a family curse and need an heir before I'm gone. Will you bear a child for me?"

Her eyebrow started to twitch as she got a look of horror she yanked her hand from his' and said in a reprimanding voice,

"I most certainly will not you letch!"

That did not stop him. He stood up then stood by her side, one hand on her shoulder, one hand at the small of her back as he began to lead us down the hall. He then said,

"Please forgive me, Sango, I ask that to every beautiful non-royalty woman I see."

Sango blushed horribly. It seemed all was well until as we approached the stairs, I noticed as we walked, his hand traveled down, finally grabbing a full grip on her behind. She stopped and gasped as he smiled at her. Sango, with no hesitation, gave him a left hook right acrossed the jaw, he fell on the floor holding his jaw.

"I've gotten slapped by women, but never punched! You have earned my respect, Sango-sama."

I got wide eyes,

"Sama? Are you of Japanese decent?"

"Most everyone in the kingdom has a pure Japanese Bloodline, Such as myself, and your husband. We know you are of pure Japanese blood as well."

He got up and bowed, "Come, Ginkou-Hime, Sango-sama, we have to go to get you ready."

…Ginkou-Hime…

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~Inuyasha~

She was here, it was announced, but I was not to see her till the ball. Miroku said he had seen her. I asked her how she looked, all he said was I'd be surprised, so that meant she was either really beautiful or really ugly, but he went on and on about this servant of her's, Sango. Finally someone has punched him! Even though I'll strongly advise that she doesn't punch anyone BUT Miroku. I was nervous. What will she think of me? I promised myself no matter how pretty she is, not to get all romantic and all that poppycock. Even though I've only seen few women, we have paintings in the hall and study. I knew the difference between beauty and not. I even have a few paintings that I very much admire. But as my servants arrived to get me ready, my knees began to buckle.

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~Kagome~

I ran out of that room so fast and slide on the marble, soak and wet, hollering, while trying to cover myself as best as I could.

"I absolutely do not think so! No!"

Then a young man came out of the room saying,

"Sorry, M'lady, but there are no Female servants in the castle except for Lady Sango, and she very well can't help you with everything!

"I'm sorry! But I can have men style my hair, and take measurements, but NOT HELP ME BATH AND DRESS! Especially a bunch of men who probably haven't seen a woman in a while, maybe ever! But I don't need help bathing! I've been capable of doing that since I was 8, and the only people allowed in my presence while I'm naked are female. Get my Mother and Sango!"

"We can not get your Mother."

"Why not?"

"By royal protocol, no royal member of the family can do a job of a servant."

"That's not a job for a servant, it's a job for my mother!"

"But your mother leaves tomorrow your highness."

"Then get more servants!"

"Females are not allowed to work inside the castle."

I began to get angry for the first time in a long while. I never get mad, but this guy is trying to convince me to have him and 3 other guys help Sango bathe and dress me. I would not have it.

"I am a kind person, you will find that, but I've very strict morals! You and those men leave right now and get my mother! That is an order!"

He sighed, with a look of disappointment, he called the others out. This will not do! After today, only Sango is to see me naked…And …Inuyasha… after we get to know eachother a while. I blushed at the thought but I went back inside to finish getting ready.

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…At the ball…

I stood in the corner of the ballroom as it began to pour in with royalty and members of the Royal Court. I noticed something within a few minutes, Women were staring at me. I wanted to hide. I've never had women stare at me before. I noticed I was the only one with white hair, little lone amber eyes and claws, but I knew I wasn't the only one like this. The subjects of our kingdom, so as not to shock the Princess, Where ordered to hide their non-human appendages such as tails, odd looking ears, ECT. I had to wear a large hat, complete with feather. With all the staring I started to feel uncomfortable and studied my brand new boots.

I entered the large ballroom. My dress's skirt needed to be lifted when I walked, it was very long. I looked around as the music already began to play since guests started to show up early. It was a very large ballroom, complete with balcony seats. I was told that my introduction to Inuyasha wouldn't be till a few more minutes. I looked up at the box where the Royalty sat. My mother and father sat with a strong looking man with his hair tied back in a braid. His hair was kind of a vanilla blonde. I presumed that was the King, but I did not see the prince, so any one of these men could be him. I saw mean of every shape and size. I looked them over. A few were giving snobby attitudes to their servants. One of those had to be him, but my eyes kept scanning until my eyes fell on the most beautiful man I've ever seen standing in the corner, looking down. My heart started to thump as I stared. He had long silvery white hair down just to the small of his back. He wore a forest green velvet suite and hat. Then his eyes started to looked up, I quickly looked away, trying to hide my blush.

After studying my boots for a few minuets, I found nothing special, so I looked up. Something caught my eye. A beautiful young woman quickly turns her eyes from me, blushing. I felt my mouth hang a bit. Though she wasn't glamorous, kind of plain actually, she had a radiance, a light that shown from her. Listen to me! I'm sounding like a hopeless romantic, but I realized, being a man and all, it's nothing I could ever fight, but I froze as her eyes wondered back to me.

My eyes couldn't help but to look towards that man. The man that I could not take my eyes off of… He was looking at me. His absolutely gorgeous amber eyes met with mine for a moment. I quickly looked away, trying very hard, with no succession, to hide my blushing face, I found myself gushing. Oh no! I gushed! To a man that's not my husband. I tried to be angry at myself, but when I looked into his eyes, I felt happy and warm.

When her eyes met mine, She stared for a seconds before…What did she do?! She quickly looked away with an embarrassed smile and a very noticeable blush. I all of a sudden got a sensation I've never felt before. I felt a half smile draw on my lips. Then she brought her eyes to me again…

When I noticed my eyes wonder back to him… HE WAS SMILING AT ME! I nonchalantly looked around to see if there were any one else behind me. Though I was standing at the middle of the ballroom, everyone else was dancing, and everyone had their attentions on their dance partners. My heart started to pound. The most gorgeous guy in the world smiled at me!

Now I understand why Miroku told me all women were strange. She all of a sudden checked around her. I wasn't to sure what the reason was, but I, Inuyasha, The one would won't let anyone step on him, who is tough and doesn't take any guff from anyone, especially women, was going numb because of a beautiful, confused young lady. I decided it wouldn't hurt to just talk to her. I began to walk towards her. The look on her face was priceless!

As my gaze drew back at him… HE WAS WALKING IN MY DIRECTION! I froze. This wasn't good, but I stared straight into his eyes as he dodged people to come my way. I felt my face trying to decide whether to blush or drain of color, but a troubled look came over his face as he stopped.

I don't know why, but when I remembered I was married, I felt guilty and froze. I looked at her as I smelled her excited smell fade. Her eyes turned confused. I gave her an apologetic smile and turned around. I had never felt guilt before I got involved with this woman. This Princess Kagome. I only could wish her beauty was close to that young lady that I sadly left behind. I sighed as my father announced that it was time for me to meet my wife. I dreaded this with a passion. I dragged myself to the stage, looking half ahead, half to the floor.

He walked away? He was waking towards me with a smile, stopped, gave me a sad smiled and walked away. I felt my heart sink into my stomach. The most gorgeous man ever was about to talk to me…and... Then the announcement came for me to go to the stage to be united with my husband. I did not feel like it, especially not then.

I slowly stepped up onto the platform that had red carpet. I heard her right front of me as she walked up the other side, I refused to look up.

As I stepped up onto the platform, not taking my eyes off of the ground. The King of Western Tainu took my left hand and reached over to his son's.

I watched as my father reached for her hand, then my own, I closed my eyes as he clasped our hands together…But her hands were silky soft…Then I caught her her scent. I began to look up.

I watched as my hand was clasped with a hand that had long claw-like fingernails, I started to tremble, but I looked at the sleeve. It looked familiar. My eyes began to trail up.

Then

Our

Eyes

Met… I looked straight into the familiar amber orbs that I had just seen. The gorgeous guy?! Is… INUYASHA! I stared right into his eyes, I couldn't help it. I found my heart get faster, then it got harder to breath. He looked at me with the same shock. He also was extremely surprised.

My eyes met with…Princess Kagome?! The girl! Is… Princess Kagome! I studied her shocked face. She had a lump she kept trying to swallow. Her eyes were wide and her I could hear, even through this hat, her heart was racing. Mine wasn't exactly calm either. So this girl…is my wife? But then I thought about something about before…

I was so shocked I thought I was going to faint. He started to look at me like I was the greatest thing he ever saw. A smile almost developed on his face…Until… He began to sneer at me. His jet black eyebrows furrowed and he started to growl. I began to get afraid. During this, the ballroom was clapping and cheering, before they knew it, Inuyasha's very strong father slammed us together into eachother saying.

"Okay, Son, give her a kiss!"

We both looked at him like he was nuts.

As my father collided us into eachother, for the first time, I've felt those cushy things women have on their chest, and for some reason, I blushed! I've never blushed in my whole life. When my father told me to kiss her, I felt embarrassment and anger. Why? She was smiling at me, without out knowing who I was, but she didn't…till…I did. I felt bad for sneering at her which sent a burst of fear into my nostrils. I blushed. She looked up at me with nervous eyes. I didn't know what to do! I've never kissed before, and she told me once in a letter neither has she. Fear surged through her when my father began to growl. She actually without knowing it, coward into me. This girl already was turning me soft. I wasn't about to let that happen.

As his father began to growl, it only felt natural to cower into Inuyasha, who tensed up. That's right, He's never been touched by a girl besides his mother…ever. I looked up at him, seeing if he were going to obey his father.

I hesitated at first, but upon looking into her eyes, I mused my father and gave her a quick, second kiss. But her lips were so soft…She turned beat red which I found really cute inside. All these feelings I didn't want were hitting me like cannon balls.

As He bent down to kiss me, I froze. I've never been kissed, but there was no emotion in it, so I won't consider this my first kiss. As he got up, he saw me blush and gave a small smile. As he got up more, the feather on his hat tickled my nose and he laughed when I twitched my nose, everyone else did too. I wanted to die.

"Now let's give a hand as the new couple dances their first dance!"

We both froze and looked at each other. After a moment, she did something I wouldn't expect in a million years. Sh…she gave me a warm look, stepped back and held out her hand.

"May I have this first dance?" She asked with the sweetest voice I've ever heard. All I could do was nod. I tried to stay strong and such, but it was hard with this girl. Hopefully I'll get a bit braver and can actually say no, but as of now, she took all my words and thoughts way.

The look he got when I held out my hand was very cute. When I asked him to have this first dance, He looked like a shy little boy. He nodded and took my hand. He led me to the middle of the dance floor, the lights dimmed. All eyes were on us. I revealed something to him,

"I've taken lessons, but I've never actually danced in front of people with someone other then my instructor before."

I gave an apologetic look. For the first time I heard his voice.

I wanted to run. I was melting like snow with this girl. I usually am loud and obnoxious, but this girl hypnotized me. Then she told me she's never actually danced. I found it scary, but cute, but I told her the truth.

"At least you've had lessons."

She gave a nervous smile and said,

"Okay, first, take my left hand,"

Which I did, carefully, I didn't want to cut her, though I tried not to care. She was driving me nuts! I didn't know whether to go crazy or just fall into it. This wasn't me! I'm not this! But I still continued to follow her instructions,

"Now put your hand on my waist like this."

She placed my hand right above her hip. I started to sweat and get nervous.

After I placed his hand on my waist, both of us blushed and began to sweat. He was so gorgeous, I was so intimidated by him. He wasn't much larger then me, but he had claws. I had a feeling soon I'd find out about those "Special features". The music began and people were watching us. I knew I had to lead, so I told him what to do. He slowly followed as I counted off the 1 2 3 of a waltz. He was stiff at first, but he got the hang of it after a while. He smiled at me…This time I got a good look at his teeth. He had…FANGS! ACTUAL FANGS! But he gave me a warm look and I smiled back. Is this really the snobby, cocky, spoiled tyrant that wrote me those letters? It couldn't be!"

As I began to get the hang of the waltz, I became more comfortable. She just taught me how to dance! No way! I can… Oh no! I didn't! I smiled at her. She saw my fangs. I could tell by the smell of fear she gave, but she looked at my eyes and smiled. I'm going to have to fight this. I will not let a woman get the best of me. But… I was being driven nuts. The dance was relatively slow. I could not, absolutely not believe what she did next, which the crowd got a gushy about. She leaned her head to my chest. What did I do to signal she could do this? I felt like pulling away. I've never been touched by a woman before. I was getting feelings I never knew existed. But I felt her sigh. Nothing prepared me for this!

He tensed when I leaned my head against his chest. Why did I do it? It seemed so natural, plus I wanted to know what he'd do. He got really nervous and tense at first. Then he began to relax. But the waltz ended. I felt kind of sad. They lit the lamps back up to lighten the ballroom again. Inuyasha and I separated and blushed. Then he politely took my hand to lead me back to where we were to sit. I sat next to my husband. This man…this…, I could not believe the way he was. I hope he's still nice when we are alone. We sat there, giving occasional glances for 2 hours. Maybe this won't be so bad…

"It's time for these lovers to go to bed, wish them a blessing as they spend their first night together!"

I could be wrong