Strange Engagement
"You what!" Kagome shouted at her mother shocked at the information bestowed to her.
"Your father engaged you to the young man when you were very young." Her mother replied calmly unaffected by her daughter's out burst.
"But an arranged marriage? That's so…old fashioned." Kagome half whined.
"Now I already contacted them to let them know you'd be dropping by to meet him today and stay the night. Father and son have been on a training trip for the past ten years and a friend of mine just informed me that they're staying in nearby in Nerima. Maybe you could go to his high school, sweetheart?" She smiled sweetly.
"I'm going today? But Inuyasha and-"
"I wasn't sure when you'd be back or for how long you'd stay. There isn't any trouble that they need you for at the moment is there?"
"Well, no trouble at the moment, but-"
"Great, then go upstairs and pack an overnight bag." She patted the girls' shoulder and turned back to her dishes. "Oh you might want to take a bath and change out of those filthy clothes."
Kagome, feeling defeated, just nodded her head exiting the kitchen and headed toward the bathroom. Looking down at her clothes, she had to agree with her mother, the last demon encounter she had found herself covered in mud. Listlessly, she began removing her clothing after closing the door to the bathroom behind her. Bending down, she twisted the faucets on the tub, which made a faint squeaking noise as it turned. After checking the temperature and adding some bubble bath she removed the remainder of her clothing. Slipping into the steaming water Kagome felt her entire body melting away, the bubbles tickling her skin.
"God, I needed this." Hot bathes were not common in the feudal states time. Her mind started to drift thinking of Inuyasha. 'A fiancé. What is Inuyasha going to think? Will he be upset…or just accept it and leave me to him? What is this going to be like?' Slowly she took a deep breath letting her head resting against the back of the tub. 'What am I going to do? I still have things to do, obligations in the feudal time. I don't want to leave Inuyasha…Inuyasha, how am I going to tell him…'