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Sango's father was just another normal man, in these olden times. He had a little daughter to take care of, so he was working a lot, and didn't come home that often. But, seeing as how his daughter was 16, he wasn't to concerned with leaver her home, because she could take care of herself.

But he used to be. Her mother died 8 years ago, and ever since then he had been looking for another wife.

He came home from one of his long journeys one time with some exciting news.

"Sango! Where are you?" He called as he came into his house. In these olden times, it wasn't the best of places to live, but it was still pretty good, and even had an upstairs.

"What is it, Papa?" She said as she came down the stairs. Even though she was 16, she still called him Papa. When she came down, she was wearing a regular brown dress for that time, and her hair was out of the usual pony tail.

"I met this girl on one of my journeys, and her name is Kikyo. I asked her to marry me on my way back home, and she accepted!"

"Really Papa? So, you're getting married?"

"Yes, I am. It's a private wedding, but we will be back as soon as we can. It's tomorrow at 10 in the morning, and while we are getting married, you will be getting acquainted with her two daughters, OK?"

"Yes, Papa, I will, but how old are they?"

“The younger one is 16, like you, and the other is 17. Their names are Kagome and Kagura.”

“Oh, alright…” she then looked to the side as if in thought.

"Sango,” Her Father’s voice broke her out of her thoughts, what ever they were. “... will you be good to them?" He asked.

"Yes, Papa..." she replied, rolling her eyes. She always hated it when her father would have her say that she would be good, even though he knew she would be.

"Thank you... now go get some sleep. I won't be here in the morning, but your Step Sisters will be!"

"OK, Night, Papa," She gave him a kiss on the check and then went back upstairs to her room.

"Good Night, Sango." He watched her go upstairs and into her room, wandering how someone as poor as him could have such a beautiful daughter. He started to worry about needing to get her married, when he wanted her to stay, and not move away.

While he was thinking that, she was up in her room thinking of how her Father is getting re-married at the time that she should get married for the first time. Her Father promised to not be like the other people of this time; the ones that would marry off their daughters for a fat pig. She was thankful for that.

At the Palace:

"Father, really, a Ball to find me a wife?" Prince Miroku of Kazzana said to his Father, King Mushin of Kazzana. Well, he wasn't really his father, but his Uncle. Mushin took the thrown when Miroku's Father had died, but Miroku will still take it when he gets married.

"Miroku, this is the way it has always been, and as next in line for the thrown, you have to have a queen at your side! Not having one simply isn't done."

"You took the thrown, and you are not married, Mushin!" (A/N: He only calls him Mushing when he is mad, but other than that, it's Father. And Mushin knows this.)

"Miroku, I wasn't supposed to take the thrown in my life, but your Father died, so I did! At that point the Royal court decided that I didn't need to have a wife, because I'm not going to take the thrown for very long. We need you to get married, so that's what the Royal Ball is for. You're at the Age for men to get married any way; 17."

"Is it entirely necessary to have me marry someone I have just met?" He said back.

"Miroku, it's the way that it has always been!" He sighed and spoke softer, like how a real father would. "If it were my choice, you would marry any girl you wished, even if you wanted to marry one of your maids, but I can't change the way things are."

Miroku sighed. "Very well. When is it?"

"Two days once Tomorrow starts." (A/N: In the old times that sorts how they talked. So if it was Monday that night, Thursday would be the Ball.)

"Fine. Good night, Father." Miroku said as Mushing left his room, where they had been talking.

"Good Night, son." He said as he closed the door.

Miroku went to sleep thinking of all the beautiful women he had seen when he and his real Father would go about the towns and see how their Kingdom was doing. All the women supposedly loved him.

But what he thought of most was how none of them were really what he would even think to call his wife. All of them had some sort of flaw that he didn't like, but he figured all women were like that, sighed, and went to sleep.

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Sango's House

"Bye, Papa!" Sango waved at the doorway, as her Papa walked out to go to the Church.

"I will be back soon Sango! And your new Step Sisters will be here!" He went to walk the four blocks to the Church.

Sango watched as he did so and then went inside. But as she was about to sit down, there was a nock on the door. She got up, and opened it.

"Hello," was the response of the two girls in front of her.

"Hi... do I know you?"

"You're Sango Hiraikotsu, right?"

"Yes... and you are?"

The older one was the one talking to Sango, and now the younger one did. "Well, I'm Kagome, and this is Kagura. We are you're new Step Sisters."

"Oh my gosh, come in!"

Sango led them into the living room and let them have a seat in front of the Fireplace, which was burning because of the cold fall Morning.

They sat and talked for an hour, and then there was the distinct sound of the door opening. "Oh, Papa's home! You two must meet him!" Sango said with excitement.

But only Kikyo entered, holding some weird looking papers. "Hello," was all she said when Sango ran up to her.

"Where is Papa?" She asked.

"He isn't with us anymore. But, since I married him a few minutes before his death, I now own this house."

"Death...? When did he die?" Sango's eyes started to fill with tears. Kikyo saw this.

"You wench of a daughter!" She back-handed Sango, so she hit the floor. Kagura and Kagome came up, and smiled at their Step Sister. "He is gone, and we will never speak of it again! Hear the orders of your Mother, and do as I say!"

"Step Mother, please," Sango tried to get up again, but she was hit down, once again.

"You will call me Mother! Either that or Master; You're choice. Now, go and clean. I want you to clean out your room, and move whatever you want to keep down stairs to the basement. Throw the rest away. You will then help Kagura move into your room, and Kagome into another.

"When you are done with that, you will clean the Kitchen, Fireplace, Chimney, feed the Horses, feed the chickens, take a quick shower, and then make me and my daughters lunch."

Out of sarcasm, Sango said, "And what do you want me to make us for lunch?"

"Us?" Kikyo asked. "You are making me and my daughters lunch. And because, apparently, I'm not your Mother, you're not my daughter. Tomorrow if you decide to be my Daughter, then you will get food. And if I see you sneaking any, I swear I will beat you! Oh, and we want fish. By hand, I want you to gut it, skin it, clean it and cook it. Now go clean!"

Sango looked at the ground and got up. "Yes, Mother..." She went to her room to clean it out, while letting silent tears fall. Papa... What happened to you...? I wish I knew...

Back at the Palace

"Oh how trouble-some indeed..." Mushing said aloud as he walked by Miroku's bedroom door.

"What is it Father?" Miroku asked as he came out of the large door. This startled Mushing, seeing as he didn't know where exactly he was; he was just walking around.

"Oh... the bodies of a man and a Wedding's Priest were found outside the Church I used to serve at... it was a stabbing, and the Bride's body wasn't found, so maybe she wasn't killed..."

"Or maybe she did the killing..." Miroku pondered.

"Just what I was thinking... but we can't find the records for which wedding was taking place there. They are supposed to be with the Priest at all times, but whoever killed them knew where to look in his jacket."

"She must have taken the records just so we wouldn't know who killed them... The bride, whoever she is, must have married him just for his property, or money."

"Yes, but it isn't likely that she would kill the Priest as well, unless she was planning something else, as well.”

"Father, could we get off such a bad subject and focus on things that don't have to do with deaths?"

"Oh, yes. You're Ball is going to happen in two days-"

"Yes, yes, I already know that! But I want to know what you're planning."

"I am inviting every girl that is 16, or 17, to the Ball. I can still remember when people married at 14... But now you are waiting way to long, in my opinion."

"What are you guys talking about?" Inuyasha said as he walked up to them.

"Inuyasha, we are talking about the Ball Mushin is making me have. I need to get married, so he is going to find me a bride the weirdest way possible," Miroku finished his sentence by glaring at Mushing.

"Ha! You have to get married first! I told you ya would!" Inuyasha answered in a very childish way. Just him saying that reminded Miroku, and Inuyasha, about why they were friends.

Inuyasha's Father, InuTashio of Suiga, was making an alliance with Miroku's Father, Hitatakei of Kazzana. The alliance would be permanent and both sides agreed on this fairly quickly.

Inuyasha and Miroku first met each other when they were 3.

They did everything together. They would go into the towns sometimes, with their Bodyguards, of course, and just play pranks on people. They were inseparable at times, and impossible to get near each other at others.

When they got older, they found out how bad it was to mess with people, so they decided to help them, the elderly mainly. They went from being known as trouble makers to helpers. Especially helpers to the ladies.

But what brought them even closer as friends was when both of their Fathers died.

They were going to a war, as the Generals, and the other side surprise-attacked them from the sides.

Because they were the first into the battle, forces joined, they were the first to die. When the news hit home, Miroku's Mother killed herself, and Inuyasha's wasn't seen ever again.

As sad of an event as that was, it was behind them now. They were going to be Kings, with Queens at their sides, in a short time.

"Hey, Miroku," Inuyasha said, after a long pause to remember his Father. "I hope you find a good wife. When is the Ball?"

"Two days," Miroku and Mushin answered at the same time, but Miroku just glared at Mushin.

Back With Sango

Sango had most of the things in her room cleaned out and into the basement.

As she grabbed the last thing, a necklace her Mother got her, she looked at the room, and then left.

"Kagura," Sango said as she walked into the living room, fire still going. "I think I'm supposed to help you move into my old room now..."

Kagura got up, and then walked behind Sango, which is something she would not do very often. They went up to her new room, with a bag of stuff.

They finished moving all of her stuff in about an hour later, and it was just how she wanted. She sent Sango away, to go help her sister move into her room.

On her way down the steps, Sango thought OK, so after this I have to... Oh, yeah!

Help Kagome Move in

Clean the Kitchen

Clean the FirePlace

Clean the Chimney

Feed the horses

Feed the Chickens

Get washed up

Make Lunch for my Step Sisters... fish... eww..


Sango went to her work without another word.

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At Sango's House

When Sango finished getting cleaned up, she went to the Kitchen to prepare food for her Step Mother and Step Sisters. She was glad that she had a big breakfast with her dad before he left.

Her dad...

Tears started forming in her eyes. Will I have to live with this girl for the rest of my life? She thought as she got a fish and started gutting it.

When she cooked it and served it to her Step Mother and Sisters, they wouldn't stop complaining. They would tell her to cook it longer, that it was to hot, that they needed her to wash her hands more next time, that sort of stuff. She hated all of it, and was so happy when there was a knock on the door.

"Sango! Don't just stand around! Answer the door!" Kikyo yelled at her. Sango got up and opened the door.

"Why, Hello, there," the kind looking old man said. It was Mushin, but Sango didn't know him.

"Hi..." she couldn't say much, seeing as she knew exactly where he was from. The Palace. He had the formal robes, which were made of the finest silk and cotton. Only Royalty are allowed to wear such fine pieces of clothing.

"I am a Priest from the Palace, and I am here to invite you, and all the other girls in this house hold, to the Royal Ball. All the information you need is in this envelope, and we ask that all who can attend do. Have a good day, miss," he finished as he handed Sango the Letter. She gave him a bow to show respect and then went back into the house.

"Sango! Who was it?" Kikyo yelled.

"It was a Priest from the Palace..." Sango said, barely able to finish that sentence.

Kikyo's face went slightly pale. "Oh? What did he want?" That one sentence sounded nicer than anything she had ever said.

"He invited us to a Royal Ball, happening at the Palace. He said that all the women in this Household were invited to come," Sango finished what she had to say by handing Kikyo the letter, and stepping back.

Kikyo read the letter in silence, and then decided to take notice of the others in the room. "Girls, you have an opportunity to go to the Palace as the Prince's guests!-" Kagome and Kagura were already getting excited-"Every girl under the Prince's rule that is 16 or 17 and their mothers are invited.

"The prettiest ladies get to dance with him, and, if he likes you, you might be chosen as the PRINCES BRIDE!!!" The girls were screaming at this point, and ran up stairs to their rooms to pick out the best gowns for them to wear.

Sango started to go down the stairs to the basement where she was moved in when she hear Kikyo behind her.

"Sango," she said. Sango turned around. She continued, "You could have said a lie and just hid this from us, so I will allow you to..." she couldn't believe she was about to be nice to Sango, of all people. “To… go with us to-"

Back at The Palace

"Ah, Mushin! You're back!" Miroku said as he walked down from the Grand Stair Case, and up to his Uncle. "Have you sent out all the invitations?"

"Yes, and we need to get you fitted for your formal clothes," Mushing said. "You know that all the girls you dance with will want to feel your garments, so we better get some durable ones..." Mushin said, jokingly. He and Miroku laughed for a bit, and then decided it would be best to get back to real business. They both went their separate ways in the Palace.

Mushin to go sign more papers, treaties, taxes, news laws, and such. Miroku to go and get fitted for his robes for the Ball two nights ahead.

But, His mind wasn't where is was supposed to be through-out the day. He was thinking of all the ladies he saw in the towns when he and Inuyasha would go to help them. He wondered if one of them would be his bride.

Two Nights Later

Miroku looked at himself in the full-sized mirror. He hadn't yet gotten into his Robes he was fitted for two days ago. He was just in his normal Cotton ones, and was thinking more of what could happen later that night.

Miroku's door was slightly open, so he could hear the people down stairs, the Chefs cooking Cakes, Lobster, Tuna, and other delicacies.

Appetizers and main courses were being made, and were going to be on tables in the Grand Hall, where the Royal ball was being held, in literally a few seconds.

Miroku walked over to his window and looked out. There were already people in carriages, or walking coming toward the Palace.

He heard a knock on his door, but didn't say or do anything. He didn't even turn around.

"Miroku, you really should get dressed. Those girls out there are here to see you."

"I will Father, don't worry. I just want to think for a little while."

"Very well. I will be greeting the Guests. Please be ready by the time they blow the Horn."

"I will Father."

Back With Sango

Sango was in her room, and she just couldn’t' believe her luck.

"I hate this dress..." Kagome muttered as she walked past Sango.

"I think it looks cute Kagome. You should wear it to the ball."

"You know what?" Kagome said holding the dress up to Sango. "You wear it. It seems to be your color anyway. You look real good in red."

"Really? Oh, thank you, Kagome!" The gown was Gorgeous. It was the basic outline of a formal dress, slightly puffy shoulders, holds tight around your upper body, and then comes puffing out from the waist down, but there were some things that were special.

The dress had a matching, slightly off shade, Shaw that you would put around your shoulders, the bottom was beautifully ribboned, and it was the color of the rose on a nice summer day.

There were also a pair of clear Crystal shoes that would go beautifully with any out fit, especially this one.


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"Oh my gosh!" Sango said as she looked at herself in the mirror. She had tried on the Dress because Kagome insisted on it.

"Now," Kagome said. "Come on up stairs and help me get into my dress for the evening. I still haven’t picked it out yet, but I think you can help me."

After they had picked out the dress, they both helped her get into it. She decided to wear a basic green one. It was very plain, as was Kagura's, which was, according to Kagome, red.


Sango looked at herself one last time in the mirror, and then turned and went to the door.

"Kagura! Kagome! Sango! Let's go!" Kikyo called up the stairs, and then she saw Sango starting towards her.

"You look... nice..." Kikyo said, and then she turned her attention to her Daughters coming down the stairs.

"SANGO!" Kagura yelled. "Why do you have the same color dress as me?" You could tell at this point that she was getting angry

"What's wrong with that? So we have the same color dress; Big deal-"

She was cut off by Kagura back handing her to the floor. Then Kagura saw the fancy lacing on the bottom of Sango's dress.

"This is mine! Why did you steal it?!" she yelled as she ripped it off. Honestly, it was something she was throwing away because of it being old. Kagome took it and put it on the dress.

"Kagome gave me the dress!" Sango said getting up.

"You lying wench!" Kikyo ripped off another part of Sango's dress. "How dare you blame one of my daughters of giving someone like you a dress with such fine silks!"

They continued ripping off parts of Sango's dress until it was ugly and pointless to have on. They pretty much took turns ripping up or off random parts of the once beautiful dress. Most of the bottom part was ripped up and there weren't any fancy laces or anything like that left.

"Wench!" Kikyo yelled at her as she lay on the floor. "You will stay here. While me and my daughters are at the Palace with the Prince, you will be here all by yourself!”

Kikyo, Kagura and Kagome left without another word to Sango. They left her there, crying.

Sango got up and ran out of the house threw a back door that led to a large Garden her Mother had started.

She ran to a Bench, and kneeled in front of it. She put her folded hands on the Bench, and then laid her head on it. She continued crying, and was sure she could for the rest of the night.

"Stop your tears, Child. All will be alright..." Sango heard. She hadn't heard the voice before, and when she looked up, she had her arms folded on the lap of a kind looking old Lady.

"Who-Who are you?" Sango said. The kind-looking Old Lady was wrinkly, and she only had one of her eyes. The other was covered up by an eye Patch.

"I'm you're Fairy-God-Mother," she answered, saying the last part fast. "And I'm here to get you to the Ball. You want to go, right?"

"Yes, I do," Sango got up and held out the sides of her dress. "But I'm not dressed well enough to even get into the Ball."

"I can make you an even better dress," the Old Lady replied, then she started patting herself as if looking for something. "I know I put it here somewhere..." she said as she looked threw her Haori.

"Oh! Now I remember!" She put her hand in front of her with her pointer and thumb fingers out. "I put it away," and with that she brought her hand down about a foot, and a skinny blue wand was where the air used to be.

"How did you-" Sango was cut off.

"No time to talk! We need you to get into a gorgeous Ball Gown!" with that she spun the wand around Sango, Magical dust falling all around her as she did this.

Then in seconds a Beautiful gown started appearing on Sango. It was a beautiful shimmering Blue color. It was like the one she had, but blue. It had the puffy shoulders, skinny waist and everything, except the laces at the bottom, which Sango didn't miss all that much. The top part was made of a silky material that Sango really liked.

And on her feet were a beautiful pair of Clear Glass Slippers.

"This is Beautiful!" Sango exclaimed.

"Yes, Child, it is..." The Fairy God-Mother said. "But, you can't have it for the whole night. At the stroke of twelve, the spell will be broken, and all the magic will be lost. Do you understand, Sango?"

She knows my name... Sango thought, and then she remembered she was asked a question. "Oh, yes, I understand! Thank you! But, there is something that is still wrong... I have no way of getting to the Ball; my Step Sisters and Step Mother took a Carriage."

"No need to worry, Child, I can have you there in a little bit. Now, what to use..." She looked around, and then spotted some Pumpkins, mice, and other tings she could use. "Bippity Boppity Boo!"

Because you have seen the movie, you probably know what happens here, so let me elaps time a bit.

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"Thank you, Fairy god Mother!" Sango said as she got into the back of the Giant White Pumpkin Carriage.

"You're welcome, Sango. But Remember, be back by Mid Night!" She called as the Carriage started going.

"I will! Good-Bye!" Sango waved out of the Carriage, and was off to see the Prince. She honestly just wanted to see him. Through-out her life, he and a Prince, from another land, named Inuyasha of Suiga, would go through her town and help people.

But every time they did her dad would send her into the house. He did that when he learned they would play pranks on people and when he found out that they liked helping girls their age, just to flirt with them.

As Sango's carriage got closer, she got more and more excited. What did he look like? What did he sound like when he spoke? Was he handsome? Was he likeable for who he was?

All these questions were running threw Sango's mind and before she knew it, she was at the Palace.

Here goes nothing she said to herself as she was let out of the Carriage by a fairly decent looking man. She walked up the steps to enter the Palace. When the doors were opened by two Palace guards, she saw a gorgeous room.

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The room was gorgeous! Marble flooring, walls that just plain looked rich, Chandeliers above her, Royal Guards on either side of the entrance, and in the middle of the room, going up a Grand Staircase, and a beautiful red carpet with gold trim all along the sides.

Sango started going up the stairs, and was getting really excited. Her heart was pounding as she got up the stairs.

She heard the Horn blow when she was outside, but she didn't know what it was for. But when she got to the top of the stairs, she saw the Prince and his Father coming down another flight of stairs.

There was practically a line of girls. They went up two or three at a time, normally sisters going together, and bowed down in front of him.

He would kiss their hand and have them introduce themselves. If he didn't really like the way they acted around him, or he knew they were just there to try and be Royalty, he would politely send them away. His bodyguards would help with that.

As the line of girls got smaller and smaller, Sango got more and more nervous. Then, at the end of the line, Sango saw Kagome and Kagura, in their Green and Red dresses, bowing before the Prince.

As Miroku was about to send them away, he saw behind them, by the Grand Staircase, a beautiful young women. He was a little interested in this woman. She looked modest, unlike the other girls, and he could tell she was nervous about being there.

Kagome and Kagura thought the Prince was interested in them, because he hadn't shooed them away yet, but then he walked past them, saying a quick, "Excuse me," and going to that strange looking girl.

"Madam," Miroku said. Sango knew who it was by the kind of clothes he was wearing, and by the politeness he had. She bowed real low.

"Yes, your Highness?" she said as she stood up straight.

"Would you like to dance?" He asked holding his gloved hand, and taking a small bow himself.

"I would love to, your Majesty," she said as she took his hand. He led her to the center of the Ball room floor, and started dancing. There was a band in the corner with Violins, Cellos, and those kinds of instruments, playing a nice, slow song.

A circle of people formed around them. Mainly girls that wanted to dance, but there were some people that were there just to see the beauty he was dancing with.

Some girls acted like they didn't care and just danced with their boyfriends, who they dragged along. Other girls just went to the food and ate until they were full.

"So, tell me about yourself," Miroku said in a Charming voice. Sango didn't know where to start, but then she thought that her name would do.

"I am not from the richest of families..." Sango said a little embarrassed.

"Well, that's alright. I have always thought rich girls as snobs. But you do seem quite... not..." he finished while looking into her Chocolate brown eyes.

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." She said looking at the ground.

After a short pause, Miroku decided he should continue their conversation in a more private area. "Well, I don't like a whole bunch of people around me, so how about we go somewhere else?"

Miroku led Sango by the hand to a Balcony about 20 feet away. There was a certain like thing that could cover the entrance. Miroku opened it in the middle, nodded to his guards, and then went out to the Balcony.

Some of the ladies wanted to follow him out there, but the guards, by Miroku's silent orders, wouldn't let them.

When they were out on the Balcony, Miroku sat Sango on a bench by a waterfountain that was quite beautiful.

"So... what's it like being Royalty?" Sango asked playfully. Miroku smiled as he answered.

"I wouldn't know. I mean, compared to being a normal person I wouldn't know, seeing as I never knew any different. Every moment of my life is planned out for me, and I barely have time to myself."

"Oh... in a way I wish I was Royal, but I wouldn't be able to stand having to live me life by what someone else wants me to do."

"I never have time to do what I want... and I can never really trust someone, girls I mean... If they are Royal, I can a little bit. But I don't know if others are around me because I am Royalty, or because they like me. I can never really tell."

Sango sat quietly there for a moment to take in everything he just said. He can't trust people... why am I here, then?

"Do you think you can trust me?" Sango asked quietly, almost hoping for him not to answer.

"I think I can, actually..." he replied.

"I only came here because I wanted to see you, just once. You come to my town a lot, I know, but I was always told to go inside when you came."

"I think I trust you now more than anyone..." he looked over at her, and she looked beautiful. The little light coming from inside did wonders to her dress, making her look like the most beautiful thing ever. Especially with the light that reflected off the water fountains.

He didn't even know her name! And he was falling for her!

He moved closer to her lips, and she moved closer to him. Just as they were about to close their eyes, Sango heard the large town clock struck it's well known tone, signaling five minutes to Midnight.

Sango's eyes shot open. "I have-- got to go!" she said as she started running towards the curtain.

She drew it open, hearing him call for her, "Wait, please!" She ran through the Ball room, getting some attention. She heard Miroku call, "Guards! Stop her! Close the door!" But she had already gotten out.

She was descending down the stairs to her carriage when she heard the Guards, who finally got the message from the Prince, yelling for her to stay. When she was half-way down the stairs, her glass slipper fell off her left foot.

She didn't notice until she took a few steps. When she did, she turned to get it, saw more people coming towards her, then turned back to get to her Carriage.

As she got into her Carriage, 2 minutes had passed. Her carriage pulled away as she heard one last order from the Prince. "Close the Palace Gates!"

The horses on the Carriage went as fast as they could, and made it just in time. The Palace Gates closed on the Guards, making it to where they couldn't go after her.

As the Carriage went on, past the Palace, it slowly turned back into its normal self. But thankfully it was able to last until her house. She looked around at all of the pumpkins and mice that were just a Carriage and people and Horses.

Seeing that she was back into her old clothes, she decided to go back inside of her house, but then she saw the twinkle of something on the ground.

She went over to it, and picked it up. It was the other Glass Slipper!

She looked at it, and decided to keep it to remember the night. Her Step Mother and Step Sisters would be home soon, so she figured she should hide it, Change, and clean some stuff.

I might never see him again... but I will always remember tonight...

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At the Palace

Miroku reentered the Palace after trying to see where his beloved fled to. He whispered into his Guards' ears and by his orders they told the Ladies to leave the Ball room, most blowing kisses to him on their way out.

Miroku went up to his Father, who was going up the Stairs they had come down when the Ball started.

"Father," Miroku solemnly said. Mushin turned around.

"Yes, my son?"

"Look," He held the glass slipper out to his Uncle. It was what he found when he left to see where the beautiful woman went. "This was hers."

"Her who, my Son?" Mushin seemed to be more interested in this conversation now.

"That woman I danced with tonight. She fled at the stroke before Midnight. I wish to marry her," Miroku answered. Mushin seemed pleased.

"Oh, yes, my son, of course! What is her name?"

"Uhh... I don't know..." Miroku answered in a Childish manner. Mushin no longer seemed pleased.

"Miroku, how do you expect to find her?"

"We will send for the girls that attended tonight. We will have them all try this on, and the one who fits it is her!"

"Why don't we just look around for her?"

"Because by the time I see all the faces of the other girls', I might forget hers."

"Very well... I will have someone accompany you on going around the Palace towns and search for her."

"I'll go with him," Inuyasha said from the top of the stairs. (A/N: They still hadn't gotten to the top, remember?)

"Are you sure, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked.

"Of course I'm sure! I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't!" Inuyasha answered in a harsh sort of tone, but Miroku knew what he ment by it.

"Thank you," Mushin said. "I will have a Carriage driver bring you around the towns tomorrow. But for now, go to sleep, my son," Mushin finished by going up the stairs to him room.

Miroku and Inuyasha decided to do the same.

Sango's House

Sango was thinking about what happened earlier that night when she heard the door open, and three annoying voices talking.

Sango went up to them to hear their bickering, and to take their shalls and put them in the closet.

"So how was your night?" Sango asked hoping for them to not answer.

"Horrible!" Kagome answered. Dang it... "The Prince was just about to ask me to dance when this nobody girl shows up from no where, and he asked her to dance!"

"Yeah, like he would have asked you to dance, Kagome!"

"Both of you: Shut up!" Kikyo snapped. "You both did horribly! How hard is it to get a guy to notice you?"

There wasn't that much more talking before they all changed and went to bed.

The Next Day: At the Palace

"Are you ready to go, Miroku?"

"Yes, father," Miroku answered, holding the Glass slipper in his gloved hands. He carefully put it in a Red box that had bluish purple colored velvet on the inside.

"I do hope you find her. Best of luck to the both of you," Mushin waved to them as their carriage pulled away.

"How important is it to you to find this girl?" Inuyasha answered.

"Very," Miroku answered looking out the Carriage window, which was slightly covered with a thin cloth like material.

There wasn't much more spoken between the two until they got to the first house. They did what you would expect:

They went to each house and explained what was going on: That the Prince was looking for a girl he met at the Ball, and that, if they were interested, which they all were, they were to try on the slipper.

Miroku and Inuyasha found it very hard to find the right match, seeing as the slipper was to small. They thought many times that the feet were so big that it would brake the glass, but thankfully it never did.

"Miroku, I'm sorry, but I don't think you are going to find her. Not anytime soon, at least," Inuyasha said. It was the truth, yes, but he wasn't that good at telling it nicely.

It was getting dark and they were just going into the Carriage to go back to the Palace. They were going to do the rest of the town and another one, which was significantly smaller, tomorrow.

As the Carriage pulled up to the Palace, Miroku and Inuyasha stepped out. As they did, Mushin came out of the Palace doors to greet them. He had a big smile one his face.

"So how did the search for this mystery woman go?" He asked Miroku as he walked by.

"Fine..." Miroku muttered as he went in the Palace doors.

Sango's House

Sango was just cleaning and doing her normal Chores, when someone knocked on the Door. With a yell from her step Mother to open it, she got up and answered with a, "Can I help you?"

"Yes; I'm looking for Kikyo."

"Oh, hang on," Sango said as she closed the door and went to get her Step mother.

When Kikyo went to the door, the girls immediately started talking. But, as Sango was doing her Chores, she heard every word.

"The Prince came to my house yesterday and was asking to have my daughters try on this Glass slipper! I think he will come to this town today, but the thing is that the girl who fits the slipper is who he will marry. There was this big thing on how he danced with her, and then she left, but he wants her back."

"Really...?" Kikyo said, very interested. "Thank you. Have a good day," Kikyo finished by closing the door. She then yelled for her daughters, meaning not Sango, to come to where she was.

She told them all about what happened. And you can bet they were interested. But the thing was, they needed to get rid of Sango before they came. But, of course, they had moved to another room when talking about what to do with Sango, so she had no idea.

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Sango's House

Sango woke up early that morning to get a start on her Chores for the day.

She was working on the dinning room, when Kikyo came down stairs. She looked out the window and saw a Carriage. A Royal Carriage. She seemed very interested in it.

"Sango," She said, finally taking notice of the girl scrubbing the floors. "Go down to your room. I need you to get a book I left in there," was the best thing Kikyo could come up with.

Sango, having never seen a book in her Step Mother's hands, was very confused, but did as she was told.

When she entered her room, she found that there was in fact a book laying there on her mat she slept on.

As she bent down to pick it up, she heard the slight screeching, and then clicking of the door closing and then locking.

Sango was slightly surprised at this, and went to the door to try and open it. It wouldn't! She didn't want to be trapped in her room for the rest of her life, so she kept trying, but she couldn't get it to open. She started to panic.

But then she knew what was happening. She heard her Step Mother and Step Sisters laughing outside her door.

Miroku and Inuyasha

"Well, first house of the second town," Inuyasha announced as they came up to Sango's house. "The thing is, there are three more towns after this one, and they are a lot bigger."

"I get it, Inuyasha, you don't have to remind me," Miroku said, slightly irritated.

"But you know I still will," Inuyasha said back. "Come one; You expect to find this girl soon, don't you?"

"Well, yes," Miroku said.

"But what chance do you have that she will still be here?"

"What? You think she moved in that short of a time?"

"No. I think she might have danced with you just because you're Royalty and you know every girl thinks you’re the 'cutest thing ever,' and we both know you flirt with them all the time. I'm just saying that you might like someone who just thinks you're cute-" Inuyasha stopped. Anyone could see by the way Miroku was looking at him that he hit a nerve. Neither said anything after that.

As they got closer, Miroku got more nervous. He didn't know why, because he was only this nervous at the first house, but none of the others.

When the Carriage came to a stop in front of the house, Miroku got out first. He held the velvety box close to his side as he walked towards the door.

Back with Sango

Sango began to get worried. She looked around her room. When she had to move down to this one, she put a spare key in the room, just in case they were planning to do something to her.

But there was a problem.

She never used it, so she didn't know where it was.

She began to panic. What if she couldn't find it? What would they do if she couldn't get out? Would they just leave her there? Her heart was racing.

Where did I put it? Where'd I put it? Where is it? Went through her head over and over. She kept thinking she was stupid for not knowing where her key was.

Whenever she would look under a pillow, a dresser, her mat, dirty clothes she wasn't allowed to clean, she wouldn't find it. She was on the verge of tears.

Where could it be?

She thought of all the places she last had it. She put it on her mat the first day she moved in there, but then she moved it under a pile of clothes when Kikyo expected her room to see if she kept anything valuable.

She could hear her Step Mother and Sisters laughing as they went to do whatever it was they wanted to.

Kikyo, Kagome and Kagura

As they walked away, they patted their hair, and their faces, as if to make sure they were just right. When there was a knock on the door, the two Sisters went and sat on the couch, while their Mother went to answer the door, just as planed.

"Hello?" Kikyo answered, with a slight bow.

"Hello," Miroku said, returning the bow. "I am the Prince from the Palace," he said.

"Oh, I know you’re Majesty; I saw you at the Royal Ball. Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Yes, there is, actually. I have something I would like every girl in this house to try on real quick. I need to find someone I met at the Ball, and she was wearing this," Miroku finished by opening the red box. Kikyo marveled at it's beauty.

"Why, it's gorgeous!"

"Thanks, but I really need the ladies in this house to try it. May I?"

Kikyo invited both of them in, and told them that she and her Daughters were the only ones in the house.

Miroku first tried the slipper on Kikyo, but she had to big of feet.

Then he did it on Kagome, who had too small of feet, but still said, "Look! It's fits!" Miroku didn't buy it for a minute.

"Now your turn, miss," Miroku said as he put the Glass slipper on her foot. Or at least he tried to. She also had too big of feet, just like her mother.

In Sango's room

As Sango looked around her room, she still couldn't find it. She could only think of one thing to do: Stop and think about it.

She knew she probably didn't have time to stop and think where she last seen it, but she knew it was the best thing for right now.

She sat down and thought hard, eyes closed.

A minute went by, still nothing. She slowly opened her eyes, and saw her answer:

Right in front of her was her mother's necklace. She remembered then that she had put the key on the necklaces' string seeing as how it was as long and looked like the other things dangling from it.

She ran to the necklace, grabbed the key and opened the door.

As she did, she heard a voice (One she never thought she would hear again) saying, "Are you sure that there are no other girls in this house?" Knowing that voice, she ran back into her room to get a prized possession, as Miroku put the red box in Inuyasha's Hands.

"I am your highness. It is just us three," She grinned wickedly.

"Very well, then. I shall be on my way. Good Day to yo-" He stopped mid-sentence.

"You’re Highness!" He heard a familiar voice call. Could it really be her?

Miroku turned around, to see the woman of his dreams walking up stairs to the front room. But, maybe she just looked like the girl he met at the Ball. Only the glass slipper could tell.

"Your Highness, I am here as well," Sango panted, seeing as she was running up the stairs.

"Yes, I see that," Miroku grinned. "Please, sit," He finished by walking her to a soft looking chair.

"Thank you," She silently whispered as she sat down.

"Inuyasha," Miroku called, turning to his friend. "Hand me the slipper."

"OK," he said as he took the slipper out of the box. It sparkled perfectly in the light. He put the box on a table near by.

Kikyo looked at the box, then at Sango's feet. It can't be! She thought to herself. She might fit the slipper!

Inuyasha started walking towards Miroku, slipper in hand. Kikyo had to think of something, and quick.

Without a second thought, she waited for Inuyasha to be in front of her, and then she put her leg out to trip him, and it worked.

With a gasp from everyone, fake from one person, they all watched in slow motion as the slipper went flying in the air, and then came crashing down next to Sango's feet.

"Inuyasha...!" Kikyo said, as if on Miroku's side. "How could you?"

"I saw what Happened, Lady Kikyo. You tripped him," Miroku said, and then he turned his head to Sango. "And now we will never be able to know if she is the one I met at the Ball."

"But, I am, Your Highness," Sango's sweet voice told him. Then she pulled something out of her outfit pocket. "For you see, I have the other slipper."

Miroku's face lit up. He took the slipper from her soft hands, and gently placed it on her small right foot.

"IT FITS? SANGO, HOW CAN IT FIT ON YOU?" Kikyo's eerie voice yelled.

Sango, is it? Miroku thought.

"Because I went to the Ball," Sango said, but before she could say another word to her Step Mother, she felt Miroku take her hands.

"Sango, will you marry me?" He asked. Sango's face lit up, and she answered him quickly.

"YES!"

Miroku and Sango went and got married the Next day. From then on, The Little Maid Sango was known only as Queen Sango of Kazzana.




 
 
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