InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stuck With You ❯ Inu's messy eating ( Chapter 4 )

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As Inuyasha stared up at the huge, ivory palace, he sighed heavily. He had planned on ignoring the queen's invitation and spending his time gambling, but in his daily forage for food and money, he found nothing, save a rotting….um….thing and a dirty piece of what he hoped was cloth. Deciding he valued his health too much to chance trying to eat either of those, Inuyasha came to only one conclusion. To the banquet he would go. He would just avoid the princess.

Inuyasha took a deep breath and walked up to the palace doors. There was a very big and not-so-intelligent looking person standing guard. Inuyasha, being himself, thought it impossible for anyone to not know him after his famous victory. And so he gave a slight nod to the ogre-like guard and walked through the palace doors.

It looked even huger inside, if that was possible. Inuyasha glanced at the servants who were walking leisurely around and decided that it would be a while until the banquet began. Maybe he would go explore the place. And, if he got lucky, which he always did, then he would find the treasure room.

And so he walked for a while, an uneasy feeling growing inside of him. Then finally, after various turns and dead ends, Inuyasha finally realized he was lost! The eyes of the pictures seemed to be following him wherever he went. Starting to feel quite nervous, Inuyasha started walking backwards, not taking his eyes off the marble statues that seemed to be leering at him. He was starting to get dizzy from the hugeness of the palace.

All of a sudden, he hit something. "Oh!" he heard a female voice say. Inuyasha whirled around to find `Mizuho'. He wasn't scared. Heh heh. Not scared one bit or at least in his mind he wasn't. He put on his usual proud smirk, trying to cover it up.

"Hey Mizuho!" he said rudely. "What would YOU be doing at a place like this?" Inuyasha stuffed his arms up his sleeves. Inuyasha didn't notice that she was wearing royal clothes. One of which only a princess or queen or at least nobility would only wear; not some peasant or servant.

`Mizuho? Who in the world is this…..Mizuho? Wait a second! Oh, I see! I am this "Mizuho." I had almost forgotten about that! Silly me!' Kagome thought and then she said, "I-I work here." She said.

"Oh yeah?" said Inuyasha like she was lying. Kagome almost thought he had found her out. "As what?" Inuyasha asked her.

"As t-the…. Cook of course! In fact I must be getting to it right now! My encounter with you might have delayed me just a tad bit too much! I'd really rather not get fired so I have to get going now! See you later!" Kagome said nervously trying to sound cheerful and believable.

Inuyasha still didn't seem to notice her clothes that just happened to be much too royal for a cook. "Wait!" Inuyasha said and she turned around. Inuyasha twiddled his fingers around timidly and then finally said, "You wouldn't happen to know where the banquet would take place, would you?"

Kagome tried hard not to burst out laughing at that question. The great Inuyasha admitting that he was lost. She managed to get her irresistible urge to laugh under control. "But of course," she said. "I am the cook after all. This way now, follow me." As soon as she turned around she started laughing really hard but silently so he wouldn't notice. Once they got to two tall doors she stopped, got her laughing under control, and turned around like nothing ever happened. "It's right here. We should go in now. I expect it to be starting soon,"

"You're coming in too? Does that mean the servants eat with the royalty here?" Inuyasha asked surprised. Since when have the servants eaten with the nobility?

"Uhh… Only certain servants get to eat with them. Heh heh," Kagome said to him. She was going to continue faking it until she had no choice but to tell the truth. `If only it wasn't him who won the tournament,' she thought sulkily.

"Okay," Inuyasha believed her of course. Why wouldn't he?

"Inuyasha, my dear!" exclaimed a very cheery voice. Inuyasha turned to find the queen smiled at him. "So glad you could make it! Now, the banquet is about to start. Why don't you sit next to the princess?" The queen pointed at a chair. Next to the chair sat Mizuho on one side and a very ugly, fat lady on the other.

Inuyasha inwardly groaned. Why did he have to marry such an ugly person? Maybe he shouldn't have come after all. Mumbling a hello, Inuyasha slid into his seat and sulked. But he was happy again when they brought out the food. Inuyasha started pigging out on <insert what jap food you want here>.

Everyone, including 'Mizuho', watched in disgusted awe. Most wondered how such a foul-mannered dog won and didn't he know when was sitting right next to the princess? Inuyasha did know and he didn't care. Why SHOULD he care for such an ugly wench? If she was pretty then maybe, but someone as ugly as her? No way! He was probably going to ditch her right after dinner.

After a while Inuyasha looked up from his plate and caught everyone staring at him. "What?!?" he said with his mouth full causing everyone to get a glimpse of what was inside there.

Some shuddered, some tried not to laugh, some of their eyes widened in horror. One girl even excused herself, feeling a bit nauseous. Kagome just rolled her eyes and started her food. Eating like that at a royal dinner table was considered a very big deal especially for a to-be-king. After Kagome started eating her food, People gradually started getting back to theirs also. Inuyasha just shrugged and messily went back to his food, oblivious to the eyes still watching him and the stares.