InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Princess Recalls Her One Adventure ❯ Kagome Rennt!!! ( Chapter 5 )

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I screwed my eyes shut, No, this couldn't be happening, no, no, no… please no!!!

 

“Are you alright?” came a …girl's voice? Huh? I don't remember seeing any women with them, but I can't be too certain either…

 

Daringly, I turned to look up, a girl with Dark hair and concerned eyes looked back, she was alone.

 

I turned to look down both ways in the ally. No Men.

 

Nothing.

 

It was just me and her.

 

“Umm are you ok?” she said again. Looking back at her, I gave her a weak smile, “yeah...yes, I think I'm alright now, Thank You…”

 

I sighed as my levels of adrenaline settled back to normal. Too many near-heart-attacks lately.

 

“Come on girl,” her hand left my shoulder as she bent down to pick up a few of my petty items; I reached to gather the rest.

 

After safely tucking them back into my make-shift cloak/pack, she helped me up and I thanked her. She then, unusually enough, made a hand gesture for me to walk along with her like a gentleman. We walked along in silence until we came upon an Inn, three stories high, and in decent condition.

 

She opened the door to allow me inside first and told me to `wait here', which was by the stairs, while she made her way over to the fat, balding Landlord and talked to him. The man then nodded and clicked his fingers and a serving maid scurried over, he talked quickly to her and she nodded and moved off somewhere. The girl came back over and cocked her head as if for me to follow her upstairs.

 

Sitting own on one of the beds in the twin room, it just occurred to me, `what the hell am I doing here?' I didn't know the girl and for some reason I was sitting in a bedroom with her. At least she can't rape me or anything…

 

The girl sat across from me, “Hope you don't mind, but I figured it'd be cheaper for both of us if we shared a room, have you any money at all?” I nodded.

 

“Well then I won't have to pay for you, either way it's cheaper. I don't mean to be nosey but, are you sure your ok? Are you in some kind of trouble? Was it those men in the ally way before? Oh… and my name is Sango by the way...” the girl trailed off bashfully.

 

She'd seen the men, at least they weren't imagined.

 

“Uh, no I'm not in trouble, I'm just travelling south, I'm looking for work and I just wanted to see the sea…” I flushed, that sounded so stupid, “and I'm Kagamiko.”

 

She looked at me a bit sceptical, but said, “I'm travelling south too if you'd like company.”

 

I smiled, “sure, I'd like that.”

 

Moments later, whilst we were undressing for bed, a maid popped in and left in Sango's things, seems she had another room, I gladly crawled into bed.

 

Next morning I awoke to a thundering crash coming from below. It was way too early to be a drunken fight…

 

I dressed quickly and made my way down stairs to where the racket was still continuing.

 

In the main common, the staff were working, cleaning and basically ignoring the strange sight of a woman in men's clothing holding someone in a headlock.

 

It was Sango, how I didn't notice last night, I don't know, she definitely stood out, with her long dark brown hair in a high pony-tail, men's black shirt, men's black trousers and presumably men's leather boots.

 

She had some unfortunate in an extremely awkward and painful looking headlock, his arms where also stuck in the hold along side his head.

 

She turned around and smiled, “Good morning!!”

 

The unfortunates face also lighted up, “Ah, Good Morning fair Kagamiko!!”

 

I jumped. That git again!!!!

 

Sango looked startled, “You know him,” she asked incredulous.

 

“Not really, he talked at me once, just some weirdo pervert…”

 

“Did he grope you too?” without waiting for an answer, she kneed him in the face. Ouch.

 

Disturbingly enough, the knee to the face didn't faze him and he looked up at Sango with an innocent face, how he managed it is a mystery.

 

“I must apologise most precious of all blossoms, but I can no longer play, could you please release me so I may once again attend to my soldierly duties?”

 

Soldier?

 

Oh crap! He was wearing one of those red coats aswell…

 

“Oi Miroku!!” an angry growl accompanying it.

 

In the door way, stood a man, quickly glancing over the room before settling his death glare on Miroku. He was shorter than most of the men behind him and had long black hair, his skin was also slightly darker, Miroku was of a similar shade, his coat was red too, but a different cut. Now I thought of it, they stood out like sore thumbs here.

 

We all had lighter skin and the majority of people had fair or brown hair, Sango told me she wasn't from here so her dark hair wasn't that unusual to me now.

 

Granted my hair was black so I can't really say `we', my siblings and I are extremely odd in that we got our unusual hair colouring from my mother, she was from one of the more tropical countries, which I guessed these where all from.

 

All the same, the man still looked familiar. Then it hit me, the guy on the horse looked like him!! They're face shapes were kind of different, but the expression was the same, eyebrows drawn, pissed off glare, and a snobbish/disgusted with the world because it's not good enough for me demeanour about them.

 

“Get your face outta her chest and get moving we have work to do!!” he yelled and marched off, soldiers following him.

 

Sango then promptly dropped the man and moved towards me, grabbing my arm, she smiled, “I'm hungry, let's get breakfast.”

 

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`Stupid Lecher… supposed to be looking for that stupid girl… dammit!!!'

 

The idiot then came up beside me and started apologising. I forgave him with a smack backside of his head…

 

I was walking back to the Inn we'd stayed at. We had been searching Inns since sunrise, those off which that weren't searched last night. The girl was obviously gone on ahead.

 

“Please say you at least entered that place with the intention of looking for her.” I gave him a sideward glance. Innocent face my ass.

 

“Of course InuYasha-sama, but erm, I believe there is a teeny tiny little problem with that…”

 

“What the maids skirts get in your way”, I snapped back mockingly.

 

Miroku laughed hesitantly, “well no, sometimes yes, but,” he put his hands up in a pacifying manner at my warning glare. My eyes were beginning to strain at all my glaring…

 

“you see, none of us here, except you actually knows what the Princess looks like, and I doubt she's stupid enough to answer to `Lady Princess Kagome' to a bunch of soldiers if she's run away, so… how are we to conduct this search without that vital piece of knowledge?”

 

I sighed, bouzu had a point. I knew I should have swiped one of those weird portrait things. Ah well…

 

“She looks like… She is rather, remember that girl back in the Inn we stayed at before we left for the castle, the one that squawked”

 

“Ah, you mean Kagamiko, why that was her back there with that beauteous warrior maiden”

 

What?

 

I stopped and grabbed Miroku by the collar, pushing him up against a nearby wall.

 

“What the fuck?” I didn't know weather to be shocked or angry.

 

“Why didn't I notice her? Bitch! Your fucking right, it just didn't click…”

 

Mercilessly letting him fall to the ground, I whirled around, “Adaru, we have her, get the men.”

 

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After our small but tasty bowls of porridge, loaded with honey I might add, we headed up to our room to pack our things and head out.

 

I was still laughing at all the stories Sango had of other men trying to grope her, and they're demise. Girl is dangerous.

 

“I just realised now how weird it was me bringing you here…”

 

Suddenly, below us, there was a large crash, like a slamming of the large wooden door followed instantly by jumbled yelling, whomever it was yelling, they sounded extremely annoyed.

 

The memory of the soldiers jerked me back to reality. How stupid of me to forget them. It was beyond stupid really.

 

In confusion and out of curiosity, Sango went over to the door and opened it to catch some of the shouting. Sounded like orders…

 

“I want this entire fucking place turned over, that Princess is going home tonight!” bellowed a voice.

 

Sango looked over at me, confused but laughing at the strange orders… “Can you believe…”

 

She stopped short at my no doubt very pale face.

 

“I lied, I am in trouble, Sango help me!!” my plea ended in a yell and tears instantly poured out from my eyes.

 

Loud footsteps in the direction of the stairs reached us and she glanced about, hopefully she'd help me.

 

Making up her mind, she grabbed my arm and pushed my pack into my chest. Grabbing her own bag, Sango had her own leather bag, she moved to the window and pulled it open, climbing out.

 

I just looked at her.

 

Her frantic waving brought me back to my senses and I too climbed out after her.

 

We clung onto a trellis covered in ivy, there was an extended room a few feet below, must be the kitchen, and jumped down onto its roof.

 

Reaching the end of the extension, Sango jumped down and said she'd catch me. True to her word she did, with a little bit of wobbly footwork, she put me down. Girl is strong.

 

Looking back up at the open window, we both froze as that guy from the door spotted us and screamed bloody murder at the other soldiers.

 

Sango grabbed onto my hand and we ran through the gate leading into a garden, going out the side entrance of the Inn would be a given I guess.

 

Several more private gardens and we came into a dyeing workshop. Bolts of wet, colour dripping fabric hung from lines above us. We kept running, constantly being splattered by droplets of varying colour.

 

The place smelled dreadful. My nose stung from it as we kept running.

 

Exiting the dyeing yard and round a corner was a hay cart.

 

The driver was arguing with some marketer to get out of his way, so we took the opportunity to dive into the huge pile of hay.

 

Digging myself in, I found a bare leg, which giggled when I touched it.

 

Swimming up I found it was in fact two young lover's looking for privacy, and we had interrupted.

 

Turning towards me, the boy looked at me, double taked, and before a word could be said, he had a hand over his mouth. Sango's hand.

 

Taking the initiative I placed mine over the girl's mouth, just in case.

 

Sango's head made an appearance, and threatened in whispers, instant death upon any kind of noise, intentional or otherwise.

 

The two tried to straighten their dishevelled clothing and we all sat in silence for what seemed to be hours.

 

Sango occasionally peeked out, informing us that we were moving at a decent pace.

 

Finally she decided it would be safe enough for us to hop out, and we did, and to my amusement, she didn't even say sorry to the pair.

 

We hopped out, into a forested area.

 

“Ok we're going to climb a tree and hide out until the rider's pass us out. Quickly now.”

 

She climbed up first and I threw the packs up to her, she then pulled me up, when we both discovered, I couldn't climb trees to save my life, which ironically enough, was exactly what we were doing.

 

Finally sitting in a position were I wasn't being molested by tree branches, I thought to ask, “Why haven't they passed us yet, and how do you know that they've even coming this way?”

 

She looked over, slightly worried, “I don't know why that haven't passed, they must have had trouble, and they have to come this way, there's only two roads, north and south, and I know this isn't the north road because I came in that way… sssh” an she held her finger against her lips.

 

We could hear the galloping of horses coming closer, took long enough, how could they not beat a hay cart?

 

As they passed underneath us, I could feel the tree vibrate, it was funny.

 

When I looked over, after they'd gone, I watched as Sango suddenly swung upside-down, watching them vanish probably.

 

She said it would be safest if we waited a while longer before climbing down and walking on.

 

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A/N: I can't believe it took me so long to do this, I'm very very very very sorry.

 

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