A/N: From the deepest reaches of the internet, I return, not to update the fics that I've started before, but to start one more adding to my workload. I'm so bad. Its 3:30 am and this came to me while I was strongtrying/strong to do homework. So enjoy
It was raining.
It was nothing unusual, from the normal rainy season.
However what was strange was the young woman standing in the middle of his father's courtyard, head tilted up toward the sky.
The white servant's kimono that she wore was soaked to the bone, and her raven black hair glistened with the light and moisture. All of her facial features were covered by the length of her bangs, save for her full petal pink lips.
Sesshoumaru stood there mildly curious, waiting to see if someone would find her and scold her for her insolence, and wasn't too surprised when no one came.
A moment passed and she brushed the hair out of her face and turned to him, her blue colored eyes lit with a curious glance.
"Kagome-sama!"
She smiled like a thief and put a finger to her lips asking for his silence, Sesshoumaru turned to see who was there, and looked back to see that she was gone.
Panting, there was a maid in waiting, flustered and obviously exasperated.
She cursed colorfully and noted his presence and bowed, "I'm sorry Sesshoumaru-sama.
"Kagome?" he questioned.
The lady in waiting frowned, "Yes, your father had conquered her father's land not even a fortnight ago. He decided to force her people into obedience by mating Inuyasha-sama to her. She has been avoiding him as if he were cursed since his first attempt at claiming her."
She sighed quietly.
"It is if she has learned the way of the castle quite quickly, last time I caught a glimpse of her, she was in a soldier's armor. Inu no Taishou-sama has stated that she has until the third moon of her stay here to surrender to Inuyasha-sama or she will be forcefully claimed."
"I see."
If she were to be that half-breed's then it was no business of his to get involved. In a way, Sesshoumaru was somewhat surprised that his father didn't betroth her to himself. Not that he disliked humans, he just rather not be around some of them. Many of them were unintelligent and fearful of demons, which most of the time led to prejudice.
Leaving the servant, he found his father and brother in the library, his brother looking more agitated than normal.
He thought to ask but left it alone summing it up to "Kagome" being the root of the problem.
"Have you seen a human girl wandering the castle Sesshoumaru?" Inu no Taishou asked.
His face was pinched with annoyance, his tall frame was more exhausted than normal.
Sesshoumaru then remembered her "shushing" gesture and for the life of him, he couldn't bring himself to tell the truth.
"I haven't." he stated solidly.
Her family has some secrets that I wish to access. However, she's bound by a spell to not tell them to anyone but her mate. There are barriers in the main castle that need to be taken down and she's the only one alive that can do it.
There was a slight pause, then Inu no Taishou sighed heavily and motioned to Inuyasha, "She also managed to..."
"There was another pause and Sesshoumaru immediately became curious. There were no visible injuries or changes to the younger male's person. What could that little slip of a human girl do to his brother that could possibly land her in such trouble?
"What did she do?" he pried.
"She put a subjugation spell on your brother. He was making his claim on her and she slipped it on him.
That was it?"Why such a fuss over it?" He probed. Surely it wasn't that bad right?
There was a cough and a growl coming from his brother, "The bitch said that if I wanted to act like a mindless dog, then she would treat me like a mindless dog."
Sesshoumaru coughed behind his hand, "What's the word of subjugation?"
"Sit." a feminine voice answered.
With that, Inuyasha plummeted face first into the desk in front of him, causing the papers the flutter about the area.
'How charming.
There was a groan from Inu no Taishou. He looked around and found her in the doorway with her arms on her hips and her blue eyes blazing with arrogance.
"Unruly pups tend to need discipline. So until he's a good boy, he can sit there and think about why I would need this spell on him."
The sound of wood splintering signaled Inuyasha's slow decent into hell and Kagome seemed pleased and sauntered out of the room.
Sesshoumaru was unfazed.
"Son, please capture her."
He found her sitting in the kitchens with the cooks while she watched over the sweet buns like an animal on the hunt."Kagome-sama, if it would get you to leave the kitchen, I would gladly give you a sweet bun." the cook bargained.
The girl gave the cook a lopsided grin and agreed, when she got her bounty she left the room. He waited until she turned the corner and grabbed her by her free wrist.
"How long was it before he realized what was going on?" Sesshoumaru asked.
She looked up at nothing thinking for a minute, "He was in the middle of undoing his emfundoshi/em. He thought a public claiming would cow me."
Sesshoumaru wasn't sure if he liked her the same or more than he had in the last hour.
"How is it that I can not smell or sense you?"
She grinned, "That's something I can't control, even my father had problems with this."
"Why are you being so forthcoming?"
"Because Sesshoumaru-sama, out of all the living beings in this castle, you're the only one that wouldn't go out of your way to make me do what I'm told."
"I still could lord over you. I am after all the heir." he voiced stonily to her.
She made a thoughtful expression before taking a rather unladylike bite out of her sweet bun.
"You could but, you don't care enough to."
Who was she to presume that she knew what he was thinking?
"Let me clarify, had you cared enough you could have caught me hours ago. Inu no Taishou-sama would have caught me in half the time that it took for you to find me, that I'm sure. However, I'm painfully aware of how strong you are. Even with the knowledge that I've acquired over the last two weeks, and the extensive mapping of this castle I've done, you could have caught me sooner than Inu no Taishou-sama would have if you were really trying."
He was stunned to say the least.
Just how oblivious had he been to his father's conquest?
Blue eyes once lit with interest became dull with boredom.
Sesshoumaru felt her slip from his grasp and as if she were a spirit she dissipated from the room.
"Sorry Sesshoumaru-sama I'm uninterested in binding myself to your brother for any reason."
Looking at the spot that she just stood, Sesshoumaru decided that he wanted the girl for himself.
Never mind the half-breed's feelings.