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Escape

Rene stared out her room window and watched as Joji settled up onto his horse along with a group of warriors. He was preparing to go off into battle. Rene prayed that he would die a terrible, terrifying, and miserable death, but she knew her prayers were useless for Joji was a determined and persistent prick.

Before he took off, he gave an order to all of the guards that were not going into battle with him (not including Shingi) and told them to never let Rene out of her room till he returned. He also added for them to check up on her every hour on the hour. Then he left with the clacking of armor echoing behind him.

A smirk blew across Rene's face, but it quickly faded. Now that her husband to be was gone, she had to find a way to escape without being seen. She had a couple of ideas that she had thought of from the night before, but they all ended in her dying, limping away, or just lying on the ground paralyzed.

Think, Rene. Think, she thought. If I jump out the window, I might land on the roof on the second and first floor. But then again, if I do that I could slide off the second rooftop on the second floor and completely miss the first one. If I tie my sheets together and climb out the window that way, I'd probably only reach the second floor. Rene stared out the window for more ideas. Maybe if I stand on the edge of the second roof, I can jump into a tree. That could work, I think. She scanned her enormous bedroom and spotted the long line of chains near the corner of her bed. That could work.

(Back to the present)

"Hold on," interrupted InuYasha. All eyes were on him. "I thought this was supposed to be a Sesshomaru love story. So then why are we only seeing this "Rene" girl?"

"Would you shut up and just watch!" yelled Totosai.

"Yeah. Can't you go for five minutes without interrupting?" asked Kagome. "I want to see how she escapes."

"We'll excuse me for asking," said InuYasha with a mocking tone.

Everyone continued to stare into the orb.

(Back to the past)

Rene knew she should wait for night to fall before trying to escape. No one delivered food or bothered her at that time. So she waited, and when night hit, she tried making her escape. But before she began her escape plan, she grabbed two items. One was a bamboo water container, and the second was something that was most important to her: a flute.

She walked to the edge of her bed and quietly gripped the long chain in her hand. Rene then dragged it to the window but quickly remembered to check and see if it was secure and locked on the bed's leg. She yanked on it to make sure it was. Then, with eagerness for freedom, she threw it out the window. However, instead of the other end of the chain dangling over the grass at the bottom of the castle, it arched back into the room. Rene's eyes follow the chain, trying to see what went wrong. That's when she saw it. The other end of the chain was also locked and attached to the bed's leg.

Are you serious? she asked herself, but then she quickly remembered the dagger she had stolen from Joji. She reached into the belt of her kimono dress and gripped the sharp knife in her hands. She then rushed over to the end of the chain, kneeled down next to it, and raised the dagger high into the air. I hope this works.

Rene brought the blade down onto the chain with all of her might, yet it only put a little gash in it. She did it again. This time it deepened the gash. She did it one more time and finally the chain broke off from the leg of the bed. Its long silver snake-like spin began to slither out the window as soon as it disconnected from the bed. Now the chain was dangling out of the window. She prayed that no one would see it.

Rene placed the dagger back into its case and rushed over to the window with silence. She then peered out- it was a long way down. She took a deep breath, then exhaled. When a lying calm expression plastered her face, Rene began to slowly climb down the chain. Sweat trickled down her cheeks. She relied on her eyes not to gaze at the ground beneath her, but they failed her. Slowly, she inched her way down the tightly latched chain.

Suddenly, her room door swung open, and the guard that was outside her door rushed in. He had heard the clinging of the knife hitting the chain. The guard saw the chain was going outside the window, so he peered outside and saw Rene. "Why you little winch," he said as he slid his sword from its sheath.

She gasped. Halfway there, she thought. Rene picked up her speed for the guard swung his sword at the chain. In one fatal swoop, the chain was cut in two. Luckily, after holding her breath with nervousness and fear, she reached the bottom of the castle before that happened. Joy and excitement stormed through her mind and body, but she quickly composed herself. She was still on the palace grounds. So, with most posthaste, Rene snuck into a nearby forest and took off running. The guard who cut the chain was yelling, "The prince's bride is escaping. Sound the alarm."

Guards began to run after her in the forest. But she didn't care. They had no idea which way she had gone. Rene just wanted to be freed. She sprinted through sharp and stiff vines and branches. Rene had to get as far away from the palace as she could, so she sprinted. She didn't even bother to look back.