(Unfortunaly none of the Inuyasha characters belongs to me, even if I wished sesshy did ;P But Tauro is aaaaalll minnne w)

The meeting- Torture begins...Now.

The first day couldn't be described as something else than long torture.

Sesshomaru had almost spent the whole day by the same window, looking out at the garden.

Well, he could had mingled with the others as everyone else but small talk wasnt his speciality.

He sighed as he followed the servant that showed him the way to his room that he were going to stay

for this eternity.

Right now, he wanted nothing else than to go home and sink into Dante's arms, holding her as close as he could.

But he couldnt and this week had just started.

And what a start it had been. When he had stood by the window, dreaming of being at home instead of here he'd heard the loud chattering of the group of females that stood a few feet away from him.

He heard their chattering and girly laughter. He also heard their subject-him.

He frowned as he kept staring out of the window, hoping they would loose their interest.

But of course he wouldn't get away that easily.

He'd noticed as one of the females left the group, walking straight to him and stopped in front of him.

He had looked up at her as she flashed him a smile and started talking with him. He answered her politely but as short as he could, ignoring her attempts to seduce him, ignoring the obvious complements she poured over him.

He had hoped she would realise that he wasnt intrested and leave him alone.

But he were wrong again.

Instead of giving up she advanced and pushed him up against the wall and trailed her fingers up to his chest.

He almost ripped her head off.

"Such an impudence!" he thought as he entered the room the servant had given him.

He growled again as the feelings he'd kept under control surfaced, his fury making him shake slightly.

Then he realized what were happening and he forced himself to calm down. It was no use to be pissed at her, he was forbidden to harm her during this week.

But he could always kill her later.

He smiled slightly at this comforting thought and took of his shoes and lied down in the bed, still fully clothed.

As he'd calmed down, his thoughts had drifted towards the dinner he had attended to a few hors ago. The dinner hadn't been much better than the first part of the day, he had done as the tradition was and sat at his place with to the three other main lords.

The one that had the assignment to take care of this occasion, the lord of the east, Tauro had held a speech with a lot of the words " glad", "great" and " honor".

It was...interesting.

If you liked those kind of things.

Then when he was done the dinner had started and Sesshomaru had just quietly eaten what was served to him and did just as previous during the day, he answered when he was spoken to.

But then the host started to speak with him and he couldn't get away that easy anymore.

Tauro had obviously done his research and asked him about how he'd met Dante, how she and Makoto was and also some about the battle against Naraku many years ago.

He apologized for that he hadn't sent any aid to the western land at the time, but laughed it away with a "but it seems you didn't need any help anyway" .

He kept talking with Sesshomaru the whole dinner and invited others to their conversation, as if he tried to help him with socializing with the others.

It seemed he wouldn't get away with just sitting and watch this event.

Tauro would probably make sure of that.

Sesshomaru sighed lightly and stared into the roof.

Its not that he didn't like the eastern lord. He had always looked up to him, back when he had first gone to this meeting with father hundreds of years ago he had been the only one that hadn't treated him like a kid.

Its just that this lord wasn't the type to chat with other royalty or anyone for that matter. The only ones he could truly talk with was Rin, Sonny and Dante, they were the only ones that actually knew HIM and not just the one he seemed to be.

As he thought his mates name, he felt the well known yearning of being close to her, wanting to just leave this very minute.

But he knew his duties, he had to do this. He had to think positive.

"One day done. Just six left, then i'll leave this place as quickly as i can and go home again"

He leaned down at the pillow and closed his eyes, wanting the sleep to make the time go faster.

And a few minutes later, he drifted away into the darkness.