Down a cliff by the palace our happy trio stands, and the pup-eared one speaks: There's no doubt about it. Heh! This place is filled with the scent of a Mononoke. I'm sure it has a Shikon no Tama shard. Good, let's get inside now! He offers his back to Kagome. And a certain fellow comes aboard. Hey! Why're you coming on for?! Nobunaga answers that he has business here. Then get in by yourself! >Kagome: We're going in anyways, what's the big deal? Nobunaga: Please. The luggage carrier: Geez, I guess so. Hold on tight. One jump, and they're over. Huh, the sentry's asleep. So's the other fellow! Kagome: The security's so careless here. Everyone's asleep. Inuyasha-sama, be careful. They've been put to sleep by a dark magic spell. Perhaps...everyone in this castle is. Nobunaga runs the castle grounds, searching for a 'Princess Tsuyu': Nobunaga's here to save you! Princess! Princess Tsuyu! Kagome: Is it okay, letting him yell so loud? Inuyasha: Well, looks like they're sleeping soundly because of that spell. Besides, if he makes enough noise, the mononoke's sure to come to us. Opening the door: Princess! And entering the room: Princess Tsuyu! Wake up, please!! Oh, how a princess sleeps! Princess, who could have done this to you? Kagome: Um, Nobunaga-kun... isn't this her? The princess you're looking for? There's your Rosebud! [slight reference to Citizen Kane] Myouga: Oh, what a beautiful princess! Let's wake her.   Ever-eager for new blood, that flea. Slap! He papers off and she wakes. Nobunaga: Princess! Tsuyu: Nobunaga...? Why are you here? Him: Princess Tsuyu, do you remember me? Tsuyu: I would never forget you. To me, you are my precious childhood friend. Ah, I am not worthy of such kindness, blush-boy says thumbs a' twiddling; I thought your highness would have forgotten a lowly servant like me.... The princess: You would fall in a lake, or fall stepping on horse manure just to make me laugh. That slight-buffoon: Ah? Ha... Kagome: Hey, Inuyasha... would Nobunaga-kun have a crush on the princess? Inuyasha fehs: How boring. Tears brim Tsuyu's eyes: Those old times... I wish I could go back! My lord has been acting so strange lately...it began not long after I arrived here. Down the corridor he's walking... He fell in a lake in the garden, and caught a high fever... Rather than a personality change, it's like he's become a different creature. My, look at him! Oh, Nobunaga, what should I do? He answers: No question about it! Your highness must return to Kai with me!