InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Huge Book of Fairy Tales...Sort of ❯ Donkey Skin...Sort of: Part 2 ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
AN: Yay new chapter.

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Ok now that I’m done TALKING TO MY ONE REVIEWER (seriously, you guys can review you know, it’s not like I’m asking for your soul or anything) here’s part 2. Enjoy
Disclaimer- Trust me, I don't own Inuyasha. If I did, I would get him to kill my brother, and then make Sesshomaru bring him back so my mom doesn't get mad.

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I stared in disbelief at the beautiful kimono laying across my bed, and Sangos mouth looked like the Great Wall of China could fit inside.
Somehow Hojo had created a kimono that was even more beautiful shade of blue then the sky.
How in the hell did he manage that? Oh wait I know how he did it.
Minutes after I had told him that if he would give me a kimono the color of the sky, he send out a demand to all the best weavers and kimono makers in Japan to make me a kimono or he would chop off their heads.
And now, four days after, I had one of the most beautiful kimono's I had ever seen laying on my bed.
I turned to glare at Sango "So Sango, he'll never be able to do it will he?" I asked sweetly.
She looked nervously at me and took a big step away.
"Hey, it's not my fault he's cleverer then I first thought." I glared at her. "OK, maybe it is, but damn it how was I suppose to know a wimp like that, who can't even give you a good birthday present, was going to create this?" she asked, gesturing to the kimono.
"The bamboo soles were very practical and made my feet feel great, thank you very much!" I snapped, feeling a weird need to defend the gift Hojo had given me when I turned thirteen. I sighed and wandered off to the balcony again.
I was still living up at Sango's palace, (benefit of having a fairy god sister) I couldn't go back to Hojo's castle, every since he had asked me to marry him it felt like I was an intruder, like I didn't belong in the place where I had lived since I was three.
Damn Hojo for making me fell that way.
I leaned against the railing, looking at the moon as its' beams gently lit the huge balcony up in a almost blue light.
Sango came out and stood next to me, studying the moon's surface.
"Look, I'm sorry I messed up about the kimono thing. I never would have thought someone with no magic powers could create a color like that. Are you mad at me?" Sango asked softly.
I snorted and jumped on the railing looking at Sango.
"Please I could never stay mad at you. We'll just have to come up with another plan."
She smiled softly. "Thanks Kags."
I started kicking my feet against the railing and blinked innocently at Sango when she sent me a worried look.
"How many times have I told you to stop jumping on the railing?"
I shrugged. "'Bout as many times as I've said you would never let me." She shook her head at me and went back to staring at the moon.
"So Sangoooo" I said drawing out her name "Did your lecherous priest visit you in your dreams again last night?"
She started to turn red. "No."
"Well that must have been some nightmare, you would have woken up the Hojo's entire palace if I was still there. "Miroku! Miroku! Ohhhhhhh Mirokuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!'" I moaned, having fun as I watched her squirm and turn redder.
"So Sango, what kind of demon is it that makes you moan a man's name like that?"
She turned to me and grinned slowly, "The kind that lets me ride him till I'm spent and him harmless."
I choked and glared at her. "You didn't have to be so specific!"
She grinned and turned away to look at the moon again.
"So, what happened in that dream of yours anyway?"
She blushed. "I can't tell you, you're virgin ears shouldn't hear of such things."
"I also bribe the servants to tell me all the juicy details of their sex lives. Come on, tell me, tell me, tell me!"
She sighed. "I'll tell you as soon as I remember all right?"
I stare at her. "You forgot what happened in your wet dream?"
She rolled her eyes. "Well it's not like I haven't had them before, I don't remember every single one of them. Though this was the first one that made me come." She mumbled under her breath.
I clapped my hands over my ears. "Virgin ears remember!"
"I thought you knew everything there was to know about sex."
"Yeah well I lied."
I turned around and studied the moon with Sango.
"Hey Sango, you ever think about what would happen if someone could bottle moonbeams?"
"What?"
"You know, if someone could put moonbeams in a bottle and sell it."
"Why would anyone ever do that even if they could?"
"Because moonbeams are really comforting, you know? I love coming out on a full moon and just walk around the forest, every thing's so beautiful and mystical. It's one of my favorite things to do."
Sango jerked her head up and studied the light from the moon with more interest.
"Kagome, have you ever seen a color that compares to the light of the moon?"
I thought about it. "You know now that I think about it, no. What color would that be anyway? I guess it could be some kind of gray but that doesn't really sound right so-" I shut up when I saw the look Sango sent me.
"What?"
She sighed. "And here I was starting to think you were smart. If there's no color for moonlight, how can Hojo make a color of it?"
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"But Kagome, after giving you that other kimono, I had hoped we could start to plan our marriage." Hojo said frowning at me.
I smiled at him, fighting the bile that was trying to work it's way out of my stomach.
"Yes see, I had planned the last kimono to wear for our marriage ceremony, but now I've decided that the kimono isn't going to work with the decorations I want."
He sighed. "Very well."
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"Oh my Kami, I can not believe this." I muttered to Sango as Hojo proudly presented the moonbeam kimono.
"So Kagome, is this kimono good enough for you to be married in?"
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"SANGO! YOU TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE A KIMONO OUT OF MOONBEAMS!" I yelled, angry enough to punch my fist through a wall.
...OK I can't punch my fist through a walk but that doesn't mean I don't feel angry enough to try!
She winced and looked away, staring at the floor
"I'm so sorry Kagome, I was sure he couldn't make it, you even said yourself, there's no color that can be used to describe light from the moon. It should have been impossible."
I sighed, feeling ashamed at myself for yelling at her.
"No I'm sorry Sango, it wasn't your fault, I shouldn't have yelled at you."
I leaned wearily against the balcony. "So, what are we going to do now? Our last two plans failed, we have to think of something that will work. I can't be married to Hojo damn it!" I said, tears trying to push themselves past my eyes.
Sango wrapped an arm around me, trying to comfort me.
"Don't worry so much Kags, we'll think of something."
I sighed and leaned my head on her shoulder. "I don't suppose I could just say no if he asked me?"
"I don't think that would work. Hojo's set on keeping his promise to his late wife and marry the most beautiful woman he can find. And that's you sis."
"Great. Just great." I turned around to look out at the sky, but turned back when the sun got in my eyes.
"Ugh, stupid sun, does it have to be that bright? I swear, you can barely see the yellow from the sun, or anything else when it gets this bright and painful to look at."
"Kagome that's it you're a genius!"
"I've known that, why do you suddenly agree?"
"Well if you can barely see the color of the sun when you look at it, how can you make a kimono of sunshine?"
I stared at her, finally shrugging. "It's worth a shot."



Damn it.
Damn it, damn it, damn it.
Hojo had come up with a kimono that looked like sunshine in less then a day.
He even gave the dress maker his jewels to decorate it with, and the kimono was so beautiful the weavers had to wear smoked glasses just to sew it together. I sighed as I watched the clouds dance through the sky from Sango’s castle.
The last thing I wanted was to marry Hojo, but what could I do? The man made me three of the most beautiful (and most expensive) kimono’s ever seen in all of Japan, hell he had taken care of me since I was three, when he could have thrown me out at anytime.
I can’t really blame the guy, all he was trying to do was keep a promise to his dead wife. The honorable thing to do was marry him, give him a heir and then move to some palace by the sea and forgot I ever was married.
But still...
A hand rested on my shoulder. "I’m so sorry Kagome. This is my fault. I should have known Hojo would do whatever he could to keep a promise to his dead wife. If I was royal and prettier then you, I would marry him for you in a heart beat if it makes you feel any better." "Thanks Sango." We stayed silent, just watching the clouds pass. I laughed a little when I saw one that looked like a donkey.
"Hey Sango, see that cloud that looks like a donkey? Kinda reminds me of the one Hojo as in his stables."
"The one with the floppy ears that spills gold every night?"
"Yeah that one. You think he would ever-wait a minute, Sango he gets most of his wealth from that donkey right?"
"So I’ve heard. Why?"
"Well, if I demand the skin of it, he can’t give it to me. And if he can’t give it to me..."
Sango grinned "Then he can’t marry you."
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"But Kagome, why would you want the skin of a donkey?" Hojo asked, I shrugged. "Because you seem to like it more then me. And if I’m going to marry you, I don’t want a donkey to take second place to me." I said, trying to sound spoiled.
Hojo sighed and hung his head. Finally he lifted himself up and looked right at me. "Guards, bring me the skin of the ass in my stables."
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Three hours later I was still crying, clutching the donkey skin to me like a lifeline, back in Sango’s castle where I had fled to after the donkey’s skin had been laid at me feet, almost like a prize.
Sango was just holding me, waiting until I was done crying. "Kagome, I am so, so sorry." I sat up and wiped my tears away. "It’s alright Sango, it’s not your fault. It was my idea. At least your ideas got me a couple of kimonos, mine got me a dirty donkey skin."
Sango chucked. "Listen Kagome, I’ve been thinking, I don’t think there’s anything we can do to keep Hojo from wanting to marry you, unless you die. So that’s what we’re going to do."
I jumped up and stared at her in shock. "WHAT?"
"You heard me, we’re going to fake your death and run away together."
"That’s going to work?"
"Why wouldn’t it? We’ll get some blood, spread it around some torn up piece of clothing and Hojo will think you’ve been taken by wolves. He’ll forget about you and find someone else."
I sighed and shrugged. "Fine. We can’t do anything else."
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I wrapped the donkey skin closer around me as I shivered and the night wind blew around me. We were close to the edge of the forest outside of Hojo’s palace, and I was standing off to the side while Sango was ripping up one of my kimono’s. She threw it on the ground and started to kick dirt on it, and arranging it so it looked like some wild animal had torn it up. "Give me your arm." Wordlessly I held my arm out, forcing myself to stand still has she made a cut along my forearm and let the blood drip into the clothes and rubbed it in.
When she decided it was enough she led me around, making my blood drip in a trail to the forest. When she thought it was enough, she cleaned my arm and got on her demon cat Kirara, pulling me up beside her. "Come on, we have a lot of ground to cover. We still have to decide where we’re going."
I grinned at the back of her head. "How about we to the West, I want to meet this Miroku of yours." I could almost see her blush even if she wasn’t facing me. Slowly she turned around and grinned. "You know that’s not a bad idea. We can go for a visit at least. We can sell the tickets for the boat you were planning to take on that trip of yours, get cheaper ones and move to Europe for awhile. I hear it’s lovely this time of year." She turned Kirara towards the West and we rode in silence for awhile.
Just before dawn broke and I felt like I was going to fall of Kirara, Sango started to guide us down to the ground. As soon as Kirara’s paws touched the ground I jumped off and stretched, my muscles cramped from sitting like that for hours. Sango got off and started setting camp. We fall asleep and woke a few hours later, nearly in the middle of the day. Sango had decided it would be better if we traveled near the end of the day, for the first few days, until Hojo’s men had stopped searching for the creature who had ‘killed’ me.
Sango caught a couple of fish for our dinner and I cooked them, we watched the tree’s wave and sway in the light wind as we chewed our food silently. Sango swallowed her last piece and got up preparing to practice with her weapon when a large whirlpool appeared behind her.
"SANGO!" I screamed about to run towards her. "Kagome don’t! It’s alright, there’s probably some nest of demons that some villages need destroyed, this is how I get there. Don’t worry it’s normal. But you have to stay back."
"Why?" I asked, wanting nothing more to go to Sango who was slowly being pulled toward the circle of pooling light. "Only Kirara and I can go, fairy slayer rule." She explained trying to smile as Kirara leaped into her arms in her kitty form. "You have to keep moving toward the West Kagome, try to find work as a servant somewhere, and don’t worry I’ll find you as soon as I kill the demons. But you have to keep your identity a secret, keep the donkey skin around you and tell no one you’re a princess. Hojo would be furious to find you tricked him." Her words got fainter to hear as she was drawn closer to the light. "And if you need those kimonos, they’re traveling with you right underground, to get them just-" the rest of her words drown out as she was finally sucked into the light, leaving me alone.
Numbly I put the fire out and erased all signs I had been there. Standing straight I wrapped the donkey skin closer around me and pulled the head over mine, the head and ears nearly hiding my face and hair. I would have to find some thread and scissors later, so I could make a better cape out of it. I squared my shoulders and started to walk towards the West, with the knowledge deep in my gut that for the first time in my entire life I was truly alone.
Oh well, could be worse,. The trip around the world I was to take really could have been my honeymoon with Hojo.
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