So, imagine this. You're sitting in your room, watching Aladdin, and suddenly, BAM! You get an amazing idea for a new InuYasha fanfic. That's what happened to me one night, at like midnight. It's like InuYasha and Aladdin combined, with a few characters switched around here and there. Just so I could make it work. Because some characters that were related to others didn't work out and it was just, Gah. I'm not sure how this story will work out, but I'll try to finish it if you guys do like it. It's not exactly the movie plot, but it's pretty close. And I'm keeping with the songs, so they're gonna be in here as well. But with minor changes to the lines to coincide with the story. But some things are staying the same. The speech quotes in italics are singing. And the setting is Feudal Japan. It works well with the time of the actual movie.
Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own InuYasha or Aladdin.
A young girl of about sixteen years ran across the roof of a building, her ebony hair flowing in the wind as she hopped up onto the ledge of the stone wall. She was wearing a short purple kimono, with cherry blossom petals in a scattered pattern. Her hand held tight a large loaf of bread that she had stolen from a local marketplace stand. She looked over her shoulder to see five of the city demon guards chasing after her. "Stop! Thief!" One guard yelled and her, brandishing his sword. "I'll have your hands for a trophy, street rat!"
"All this, for a loaf of bread? Really?" She said to herself, looking down at the pastry, then over the edge of the wall. She saw a clothesline below her feet, and jumped. She slid along the ropes, knocking down pieces of cloth on her way down. She landed in a pile of them on the ground, with the bread still in her hand and intact. She looked back up at the guards, who were glancing down at her. "There she is! You won't get away so easy!" They yelled.
"You think that was easy? Try it for yourselves!" She shouted back, then quickly stood up and removed herself from the clothes. She heard a group of older woman chuckled nearby. She walked over, the bread behind her back. "You two, go search the marketplace, and you follow me, we'll search here." The main guard ordered as they climbed down the steps.
The girl covered herself with a large piece of cloth as a disguise and spoke with the ladies. "Getting into trouble a little early today. Aren't we Kagome?" One asked.
"You really shouldn't be doing this. We can help you, you know. All you have to do is ask." Another said.
Kagome shook her head. "Thanks, but no thanks. And what are you talking about? I'm not in trouble. You're only in trouble if you get caught." She whispered loudly, then was violently grabbed by a ogre demon guard.
His big hands were preventing her escape. "Gotcha!" He yelled.
"I'm in trouble." Kagome mentioned.
"And this time- HMHMHMHMMMHMHMHMH!" The man's hat was shoved down over his eyes and into his face by none other than Shippo, a young fox demon, and Kagome's loyal sidekick. He laughed as he hopped off of the guards head and onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Sure showed him!" He squeaked. "He deserved it."
Kagome laughed as she sprinted down the road. "Perfect timing Shippo. Thanks."
He smiled. 'You're welcome."
"Good, now let's get outta here." She said, smiling again.
Kagome turned to look where she was going and found herself colliding with another one of the guards. "Gotta keep one jump ahead of the bread line. One swing ahead of the sword. I steal, only what I can't afford. That's everything." Kagome sang, avoiding the various sword swings, then dodging around the man to run away.
"One jump ahead of the lawmen, that's all and that's no joke. These guys don't appreciate I'm broke." Kagome sang as she climbed a mountain of barrels filled with various, unknown liquids. She shoved one over, dumping it onto the advancing guards. She then ran away and scaled a nearby scaffolding.
"Riffraff!" One yelled.
"Street rat!" Another shouted.
"Scoundrel!" The third one insulted.
"Take that!" The fourth one threatened as he threw an axe at Kagome, it got lodged in the wood she was hiding behind.
Kagome peeked out from her hiding place and waved the loaf at them, taunting. "Just a little snack guys." The guards then began to shake the scaffolding back and forth, in an attempt to throw Kagome off.
"Rip him open take it back guys." The guards said in tune with their shaking.
She jumped off. "I can take a hint, gotta face the facts, you're my only friend Shippo." Kagome grabbed a hold of a flagpole on her way down and flipped into an open window.
The room had three girls preparing their mid-day meal. One wearing pink, another wearing green, and the last wearing blue. They all turned to Kagome as she landing softly on the floor. "Who? Oh it's sad, Kagome's hit the bottom. She's become a one-woman rise in crime." They sang, turning away and holding their heads high.
Their mother came striding in with a broom in hand and began drawing it through the air, in an attempt to whack Kagome with it. "I'd blame parents except she hasn't got 'em." She sang, swiping the broom through the air once again as Kagome ran to the other window with Shippo following behind and sat on the windowsill.
"Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, tell you all about it when I got the time. One jump ahead of the slowpokes. One skip ahead of my doom. Next time gonna use a nom de plume." Kagome chimed as she fell out of the window and fell onto a awning, then bounced off.
She ran to behind a monk performing a street show. Kagome hid behind him and followed his movements exactly. She had seen this routine enough to know the first few moves, but was soon revealed by the monk crouching down. The guards spotted her and chased after the girl. "There she is!" One shouted.
Kagome jumped a fence and landed in a sheep pen. "One jump ahead of the hit men. One hit ahead of the flock. I think I'll take a stroll around the block." She sang, hopping onto the animals and running across their backs.
The guards threw the fluffy animals out of their way, and continued the chase. They chased her through the sheep and to the marketplace. Shippo stopped at a nearby stand, and was looking through the jewels as one of the guards came and grabbed him by the wrist. "Vandal!" He yelled. Kagome heard the ruckus and rushed back. Shippo climbed onto her shoulder as one of the necklaces snapped, throwing beads everywhere. "Shippo! Don't do that! You could get caught!" Kagome said, running away.
"Sorry!" He squeaked. Kagome gave him the bread to hold as she turned a corner, slamming into a guard, with more behind her.
"Let's not be too hasty." She sang, trying to calm them down and let her go free.
Suddenly, an man opened the door behind Kagome. He was young, but pudgy and was just plain weird. "Still I think she's rather tasty." He said to Kagome, putting his arm around her. She ducked and rolled out of the way, ending up between the guards again. It was better than being with that guy.
"Gotta eat to live, gotta steal to eat, otherwise we'd get along!" Kagome's voice rang out, echoing off of the high walls as she leaned up against one of the guards. All of them suddenly sprang at her, attempting to get a shot at her capture.
"Wrong!" Every single one of them managed to strangle one of their own brethren, and none caught Kagome. She was sneaking away silently with Shippo following close behind. One guard was actually smart enough to spot her and get untangled from the mess. "Get her!" He bellowed, and rushed towards her.
"I'll stop them!" Shippo squeaked, then skidded to a stop. "Fox fire!" A large ball of teal fire burst from the young fox's fingertips, frightening them into shrinking back and pausing their chase.
Shippo lit the soft sand alight with flames, then darted off to join back with Kagome. "Fixed it!" He said happily, hopping up onto her shoulder again.
"Good job! Let's go!" Kagome said, smiling, and ran off to an intersection.
There, a good amount of guards blocked her every way. "One jump ahead of the hoof beats." Kagome crooned, turning on a dime to dash the opposite way.
"Vandal!" One screamed as he blocked her way of escape.
She darted the opposite way and ran down a side road. "One hop ahead of the hump"
Another guard stopped her in her tracks. "Street rat!"
"Why are these guards everywhere?" Kagome questioned herself as she climbed a flight of stairs. "One trick ahead of disaster."
"Scoundrel!" The lead sentinel chased Kagome up the stairs, swinging his sword around.
Kagome found a nearby window and jumped through it. "They're quick, but I'm much faster." She flew through the rooms. She found another window on the opposite side of the flat, and looked out it. "Hey Shippo, what are the chances of us surviving that fall there?" She questioned.
"I'd say, about almost none." He squeaked.
"I'll take it." Kagome said. "Here goes, better throw my hand in, wish me happy landing', all I gotta do is jump!"
She leapt out the window. With Shippo following close behind. The guards followed. "Hey Shippo!" Kagome yelled into the wind. "Let's go!"
"I'm on it!" He said, concentrating hard.
A cloud of pink smoke enveloped both of them. When it disappeared, Kagome was crouching on a giant pink ball, with large eyes and little hands and feet. "Over to the alleyway Shippo!" Kagome shouted. "Quick!"
"Gotcha!" The pink balloon said, then went with the wind to a different part of the city where there were less guards. He let Kagome slide down is side before changing back into his normal self. "We sure showed them didn't we?"
Kagome laughed, and pulled out the bread loaf that caused the whole thing. "Definitely!" She said happily, splitting the bread in two halves and handing one to Shippo. "Here you go little buddy!"
He smiled widely and grabbed the piece of food. He took a big bite and happily chewed it. Kagome was raising it to take a bite when she caught sight of two young children rummaging around in a dumpster. She glanced down at her bread, then back at the children. She sighed, and got her feet. Kagome walked over to them and held out the food. "You look hungry, why don't you take it. I can get more." She said quietly.
The children shrunk away at first, but then got used to the fact that Kagome wasn't going to hurt them. The oldest one reached out and snatched the food from Kagome's hand. They hungrily nibbled on the crust. Kagome smiled and walked away. Shippo was still chewing happily. He saw that Kagome had given her piece to the kids, and decided to follow her lead. The little fox gave his bread to the children. They patted him on the head lovingly, then went back to eating. Shippo bounded over to Kagome.
She was entranced by a beautiful black horse striding down the road being led by a group of priests and priestesses. A young woman sat on it's back, holding her head high. She was dressed in the expensive robes of a daughter of a lord. "Who is that?" She asked quietly. "I wonder what's going on."
Kagome shoved her way through the crowd that had convulsed to get a glimpse of the girl. "I guess it's that time of year again." A stranger to Kagome's left said to his friend.
"Definitely, the great lord's son must be getting desperate." The friend said.
Kagome hadn't paid any attention to them, she was too entranced. She followed the small parade through the streets, curious on where they were going. Shippo managed to catch up to her and jump onto her shoulder. "Kagome, what are you doing?" He questioned. "Why are you following them?"
"I just want to see where they're going." She answered.
The parade paused at a large gate made of large logs, as it raised up to let them in. Kagome caught a glimpse of what was inside.
A flash of silver hair caught her eye, but disappeared as the gate closed once more.
~~~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~~~
Kagome waited by the gate for hours on end. She finally moved when she saw that the sun was setting over the horizon. Shippo was sleeping on her lap, and was woken up by Kagome's hand. "Let's go home, bud. I don't think we'll see them ever again." She said quietly.
She picked him up in her arms gently, and carried him back down the street. "Riff-raff, street rat, I don't buy that. If only they'd look closer." She crooned softly, and exited the city's walls.
She slowly climbed up a hill overlooking the village. There was a small hut at the very top that nobody had occupied for years. "Would they see a poor girl, no siree." Kagome sang leisurely as she entered the hut and set Shippo down on a soft pile of rags and blankets. "They'd find out, there's so much more."
Kagome walked to the window and slowly opened the curtains. It revealed a dazzling view of the whole village, with the lord's castle in the center. "To me." She finished, a single tear running down her cheek. "Shippo, someday we're gonna be like them." She said to the sleeping fox demon. "We're gonna be living life to the fullest and not have to worry about anything."
Kagome sighed, closed the curtains, and went to sleep.
~~~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~~~
The paper door slid to the right furiously, and a young woman with flowing black hair angrily stepped through the doors. "I hate him!" She yelled. Her kimono was torn at the sleeve and hanging loosely.
A man was standing by the doors. He had a white kimono on, with a trail of fur flowing from his shoulders down to his feet. It was pure white. Three swords hung from his belt and his eyes were the purest gold. His ears were pointed and stuck straight through his long silver hair. "Lady Kikyo, you must give my son a chance, he is my youngest and has yet to realize-" He started, but was cut off.
"He should have realized it long ago, Inu-Taisho!" Kikyo yelled. "That's the problem with demon and human relationships. They never work. Especially for this child"
Kikyo stomped out of the building and left for home. Inu-Taisho sighed heavily. "InuYasha." He said, as if the name explained the whole situation.
He stepped out into the courtyard where his son was. "InuYasha!" He shouted, his loud, booming voice shaking the ground. "Come here at once!"
A boy about seventeen stepped around the corner. He was dressed in a blood red kimono from head to toe, with bare feet. He was followed by a large cream-colored cat demon with flames licking at it's paws. In it's jaw was a strip of fine silk fabric, the same fabric being worn by Lady Kikyo. "Yes father." He said arrogantly.
"InuYasha." Inu-Taisho said a bit softer. "Why must you do this with every young woman you meet?" He interrogated, ripping the cloth from the cat's mouth.
InuYasha scoffed. "Why don't I? They're all weakling humans and have no respect for us half-demons." He said. "It's not as if I can change my personality in an instant. And what's more you never have let me go battle stronger demons than the ones here in the gardens."
His father huffed. "InuYasha." He began. "You're brother Sesshomaru had no trouble in finding a mate-"
"But he's a full-demon."
"Yes, but Rin was a human girl. You must learn to take chances. Maybe for the better. He was able to earn his responsibility of going out and slaying other demons. I hope you can make me proud one day soon. Don't fail me, my son. Do not forget, you must wed by the end of the summer, when mating time is at it's most powerful. Only then, will I permit you to fight demons on your own."
InuYasha scoffed again. "Feh."
His father turned and walked away quickly. InuYasha turned back to his cat friend. "I just don't know about him, Kirara." He mentioned. "He just doesn't understand."
Kirara purred, and rubbed her head under InuYasha's clawed fingers.
~~~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~~~
Inu-Taisho strode into the front courtyard of his castle, pacing back an forth angrily. "What possesses InuYasha to take such drastic measures?" He asked himself, going over to a tree and laying his hand on the trunk. "Why couldn't he have inherited his mother's traits?"
He sighed and stared through the leaves to the sky. He heard footsteps. He glanced around and saw his advisor, and bodyguard, Naraku. With his apprentice, Hakudoshi. "Ah, Naraku, I'm glad you have come. I'm having a bit of trouble with my youngest, and I need your assistance." Inu-Taisho said, bowing to Naraku in respect.
Both Naraku and Hakudoshi bowed back. "My humblest apologizes for not coming sooner, my lord." Naraku said in a calm tone. His voice deep an flowing. "We had some urgent matters to attend to."
"No matter." Inu-Taisho reassured them. "InuYasha is determined to refuse everything I say. He says he won't take a mate no matter what. I don't know what to do with him anymore."
Naraku paused. Hakudoshi pulled on his kimono sleeve lightly, and gestured for Naraku to lean over to him. Hakudoshi whispered something into his ear, and smiled. Naraku did also. "Very good idea, my apprentice," He said, then turned to Inu-Taisho. "Hakudoshi has kindly suggested that we try to come up with a solution back at our quarters."
Inu-Taisho sighed with relief. "Thank you." He said. "I don't know what I would do without you two."
"There is one problem though," Hakudoshi whispered.
"And what is that?"
"To find a solution to your problem, it requires the use of one of the great lord's demon swords."
Inu-Taisho grabbed one of the hilts. "Why is that?" He interrogated.
"It is an important part in the process." He answered.
The great lord then removed one of the swords from his belt and handed it to Naraku. "I will trust you with Sounga. One of the most powerful demon swords in the world. I hope you will correct this matter soon and return it to me." He stated, letting go of the scabbard and letting it fall into Naraku's hands.
Naraku and Hakudoshi bowed low in respect. "Thank you, lord." They said in unison, then walked away silently.
Inu-Taisho stood in silence, with only the birds for company.
~~~/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\~~~
Hakudoshi sneered. "Must we keep attending to his every need, master?" He questioned. "I do not like doing this. We have to go on with our plans."
Naraku held out his hand. "Silence, young one. You must be patient. It is not yet time to put our plans into action. Soon we will rule without challenge. But we must get there in a smart manner."