Summary: A slave girl, taken to live as royalty at the castle in the Western lands, must decipher what is going on as the King keeps formulating plans to get her in love with his eldest son, while it was his youngest whom broke her heart. The problem: She hates the block of ice that is Sesshomaru.

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Chapter one:

A man in huge boots walked forward to the line of female slaves. He glanced from face to face in inquiry while his fellow partners jaw slacked slightly and his eyes stopped on one particular slave.

"Kouga, you are a respectable general of the tai youkai household. Remove that dumbfounded look from your face immediately." The taller general narrowed his eyes at the smaller one as he fixed his face to a serious blunder.

The taller general moved his gaze to the girl that had interested the other so quickly. He could see why. Her skin was tanned quite nicely and her black locks of silky hair fell to her mid back. Her eyes were the color of brown chestnut bark and her figure was shaped perfectly. She would do. She would be able to melt the heart of Sesshomaru.

FLASHBACK-THE DAY BEFORE

"Send them in." Two men in uniform walked through the oak doors of the kings study.

"Yes sir? We are at your disposal." He looked at them both.

"Kouga and Naraku. I want you to go to the slave market and find a slave girl that you think could melt the heart of my eldest son. Inu Yasha's heart has been surrendered to Priestess Kikyou, so make sure the girl relates to Sesshomaru-kun. That is all." The king had them ushered out of the room as he sighed to himself.

"This is going to be one long month."

END FLASHBACK

The girl stared up at them in disgust. Naraku neared her form.

"I think you will do, as long as Kouga or Miroku don't get to you first." Her eyes narrowed.

"What do you mean by that?" She watched him chuckle at her reaction.

"Indeed. You are to try to do something for the King that I am sure you can do." She straightened her posture. "And mind explaining what this task is?" He looked at her once again.

"You will find out in due time milady. But trust us, you will be treated with royalty in the castle because we do not need you as a slave. Besides the last one our elder prince had slapped him and escaped. He had treated her badly, but then, you will not be his slave. Now, would you like to come?" She looked into his serious eyes.

"Anything to get away from this dump."

"Good choice. Now lets go."

Kagome had to say she was happy to be relieved of duty. Her biggest fear of getting a new master-this sounds cruel- was that he would be worse than the one before. Beating had never happened in a terrible matter with Kagome, thank goodness, but she had been hit on occasion. She was what you would call witty. Her last master had pushed her to far. They had gotten into a relationship, but some girl kept getting in the way. Kagome felt second best therefore she got mad to a full extent and punched her master. She then ran as far away as possible.

Kagome felt herself surrender one tear as she recalled her ex lover. He had been arrogant with long silver hair and unmistakable golden eyes. Women always swooned over him, but he had said that his heart belonged to her, and that was why the cheating pushed her over.

Kagome straightened in the vehicle and looked at the men that escorted her. One was a tall man with long flowing black hair. His eyes were brown with a red tint and his eyebrows were thick. Naraku was what he called himself.

The other was slightly stouter with medium brown hair in a high pony tail. He wore a headband to keep the excess hair out of his face. He looked more like Kagome's age than the other did. But of course Kagome didn't really pay any attention to that.

Kouga couldn't help but feel that the king-I have no names- was going a tad overboard with his eldest. Yeah, sure the King knew about the infatuation Inu Yasha had had with his last slave, but never had he considered that the slave girls of their time were just not the type of people for his sons. Sesshomaru had kept a distance from his last one, while she flirted mercilessly with his sire. Inu yasha however, cheated on his with the worthless Kikyou. So both boys were a little, cold.

Kouga did however notice the child that was Kagome's soul. She would be good for Sesshomaru, but maybe it was Sesshomaru that wouldn't be good for her.

Kouga watched as Kagome fell asleep with her head bowed down. 'Sesshomaru will make her worship the ground he walks on even if she is not to be a slave. The poor girl will never feel at home here.' Kouga continued to look at her with evident sympathy for her.

-Kagome's point of view-
Why did Inu Yasha come up? There's no reason for him to. He's a fling of the past. Maybe I will find someone new. I mean, I am going to be more pampered then ever before. So, maybe I'll actually look pretty for once. I hope, because I've always dreamed of having beauty.
-Exit POV-

They all looked out the window as the vehicle approached the castle. Kagome gawked at it's beauty. Her last master had lived in a huge mansion, but it was nothing like this eloquent castle. The doors were tall oak painted a deep red with gold emblems and one huge knocker with the shape of a dogs head. The towers to the side reached close to the clouds-not really- almost like a modern tower of Babble.

The gate opened, allowing passage. The three stepped out and made way to the doors. Kagome was still amazed as she compared the village around the castle to the castle itself. The doors opened soon after Naraku knocked and revealed a tall, slim female maid in a long black dress, accented by the white maid apron. A normal maid you could say.

"Hello Kouga, Naraku." She turned her eyes to Kagome.

"You must be the new girl. I'm Fusae but you can call me Saige. I've always fantasized that my name was Saige." She sighed before noticing how impatient the men were. "Oh, come in. Let me take your coats." She ushered them through the doors and took their coats, leading them to the main hall.

"The King would like for her to meet with our sire before dinner, but he is allowing time for her to get ready." The men nodded and followed Fusae to Kagome's room.

"This is where you will be staying. I hope you enjoy your time spent her. There are clothes in the closet and the bathroom is across the hall." Kagome took this time to glance across the hall. It looked as if it were 2 miles away! That would be bad if she really needed to go! But she had been through worse.

The woman walked away and left Kagome with Kouga and Naraku again.

"Do you need any help?"

"No thank you Kouga. Just wait for me or I will get lost." He laughed roughly and sported a broad grin.

"No prob!" With that Kagome went inside to decide what to wear.

The closet indeed held many articles of clothing. She flipped through many different kimonos until finding the perfect one.

It was a deep emerald with gold prints of flowers and birds. It went down to her feet where she wore emerald go a heads and on her eyes she adorned white eye shadow. She had painted her lips blood red and her cheeks a light pink. He hair was combed by a chamber maid to be silky and flowing.

Kagome knew for sure that she could get used to this life. She felt pampered and she hadn't even left her room yet. Of course when she did, the two men that had been accompanying her stood with their mouths agape. She had changed from rags to pure innocent beauty. Not one girl had done this before. At least not in this castle.

Kouga knew instantly that Sesshomaru would find her beautiful, even if she was human. He would learn to respect her in many ways. Kouga was also excited for Kagome to meet Sango, the kings personal servant.

This was because Sango was a solitary soul whom always kept to herself. Kagome would be the one to open Sango up, thus bringing fourth the obvious relationship of Sango and the unholy monk named Miroku.

Miroku was always flirting with the women. He was the priest that taught about well, holy happenings and he also preformed exorcist. Most of the women he confronted would giggle and blush before replying, 'Oh, monk. Your such a joker.', and slide away. Most women were nervous around him.

The two men and Kagome walked gradually down the stairs and went to the hall where Kagome was to meet Sesshomaru. She didn't know what his name was but she was in for a surprise.

They rounded the corner and stopped in front of the kitchen.

"So while we wait, Kagome, tell us about your last master." Kagome looked at Naraku.

"Okay. Um, well he was quite tall. He had long silver hair and golden eyes. He was arrogant, that's for sure. I loved him with my full heart. Never had one had the type of love we did. That's what I thought anyway." The whole time she spoke, the two men sat in silence. It was weird how the description fit young Inu yasha well.

"He had hid from me the fact that there was another woman. He would come home late expecting a warm dinner and every night he would start to get angry with me. Being who I was, I got curious and so I followed him one night to see where he kept disappearing to. That's when I found him with her." Kagome stopped and looked to the men. Kouga nodded.

"Continue please." She smiled gingerly at him and continued.

"I couldn't stand it anymore so I punched him really hard and ran as far as possible." Now the story sounded very familiar to the men. They became even more curious about this girl.

"What was her name, Kagome?"

"Her name was…" Kagome never got to finish as the King walked up.

"Hello, hello! You must be Kagome, the girl I have heard so much about. I would like for you to meet my son." He brought fourth a tall young man with long silver hair and golden eyes. Kagome jumped when she saw him.

"Inu Yasha…", she whispered. Then she spoke louder with venom. "You traitor! How dare you cheat and lye!" She pointed her finger at him accusingly. "I hate you! And you.", she turned to the two men. "expect me to be his friend? Well, sorry but never again!" She turned on her heel and ran up the stairs back to her room.

When she reached it, she plopped herself down and cried. She didn't want to see him again. The one whom had broken her heart. No.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch,
"What was her problem, Naraku?" The King had a look of confusion on his face as he watched how calmly the two men had taken her outburst.

"We think she was the one that Inu yasha cheated on." Sesshomaru stood up.

"What does this have to do with me?", he asked in a cold deserted voice.

"It means that she mistook you for Inu Yasha."

"How the heck could she confuse me with him.", stated Sesshomaru.

"We think it might have been because she hasn't seen Inu yasha in a while. Don't worry. You don't look quite like him. Only at first glance." Sesshomaru had to admit that he felt slight, only slight mind you, sympathy for her. He knew all about what had gone on with Inu Yasha and Kikyou while he was with his slave. So Sesshomaru felt obliged to take her the dinner that she missed, and to explain himself.

"Kagome, can I come in? I brought your missed dinner." He got no reply and decided that if she wanted to be that way, fine. He walked in to find her crying. She didn't notice him so he laid down the tray and rested his elbow on the door frame.

"I can't believe it. I don't want to be near him. He's such an inconceivable little… ARG!" Sesshomaru smirked at her rambling and continued to listen.

"If he dares to speak to me again! That jerk!"

"Wow. He must've been a really bad person. I guess you would know a little something about being crude." Kagome lifted her head.

"What are you doing here Inu Yasha?" Sesshomaru walked toward her.

"In case you haven't noticed, I am not Inu yasha. I am his older brother Sesshomaru. We only appear as the same by our eyes and hair." He sat at her feet. She sat up and rubbed her eyes to get a better look.

"Your right. Inu Yasha was shorter and maybe a little cuter." Sesshomaru growled. 'Oh great! Now I need an alibi.' Kagome searched her mind and used the only idea she had.

"Tha… that's because your hotter. Yeah that's it." She smiled in triumph before she realized what she had said. She mentally slapped herself silly and dared to look up to him.

He sat there, his ego growing by the millisecond. She was amusing him to no end. One minute she looked like she had won some war of wits the next, she looked innocently scared.

He would have some fun with this one. "So, you really think so. Good. More people should be like you. Not one person has had the courage to say something like that to me." Her face lit up as though she felt she were being complimented.

"However, I do not like such petty ideals to be spoken. You realize I should have you severally punished, do you not?" She nodded solemnly. This was not looking good for her.

"Your lucky you amuse me wench. Now, eat your dinner and tomorrow, you will eat with the rest of us." He walked out of the room, leaving Kagome to her dinner, which she ate hungrily.

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