Hikari: I am starting to really like this story and I hope everyone else is to. Again, I have to give credit to Dymiyuki for helping me with Kikyo's part in this story even though it's not that big. Enjoy!

Chapter 4
Cold

Cold.

His eyes are unbelievably cold.

I meet him today.

He looked right at me.

It was kind of scary.

His eyes are golden and cold.

Freezing even.

I felt like he had frozen me right there where I stood.

He said "Nice to meet you."

I couldn't move, I really couldn't.

It took me, what seemed like hours, to realize I should say something.

I bowed quickly and said "Thank you for letting me be here."

I think I blushed.

I could here Inuyasha snickering from behind me.

I was going to give him an earful the next time we're alone.

I'm wearing the uniform.

As I expected, it's incredibly uncomfortable. Rin must only see maids on T.V. I can't believe Kaede let her do this to me.

It's a short black dress that comes down to my knees. There is white lace that lines the bottom and the puffy sleeves on my shoulders. I felt like a doll.

Embarrassment.

I thought Mr. Taisho would start laughing too but he just nodded when I looked up at him, he is extremely tall. Then he told Kaede that he would be going back to work soon. Kaede tried to convince him to take a day off but he refused. I guessed that those conversations must happen a lot since Kaede did say that she wants him to stop working so hard all the time.

He didn't even stay until breakfast, which was fine by me because I already felt to awkward around him. OH YEAH! And I actually met Jaken too. He didn't talk to me and I don't think he liked me. He left with Mr. Taisho.

So Kaede and I made lunch for 5 people. Me, her, Inuyasha, Rin, and of course Kikyo, she just had to stay.

Sango and Miroku left last night.

Sango wished me good luck and Miroku said to call him if someone hot lived there.

Miroku was scolded and dragged out by an ear.

Poor Miroku.

He doesn't deserve it, he's just stupid, he doesn't know any better.

At breakfast Inuyasha taunted me by dropping his fork on the floor, making me pick it up and then whispering "That dress definitely doesn't look sexy on you. Hehehe."

I threw the fork at him.

To bad it was one of those incredibly sharp forks that were saftey hazards to immature people like us.

Oops.

I scratched his arm.

Growl.

I'm a little scared again but my pride wont let him bully me.

"That's what you get." I stuck my tongue out.

He lunged out of his chair, now I am really scared.

I felt his hand around my neck as he forced me to the wall.

"AHHHHH!" Rin's high pitched scream.

"Dumbass." Kikyo scolded me and continued eating, not bothering to help at all.

I stared at him. I knew in only one second he could choke all of my life out.

His eyes began to bleed red and lose all of there exciting gold color. I think I might have made a mistake by fighting back.

I didn't know what to do. Kaede had already gone upstairs to rest while I cleaned up.

Rin was scared.

She cried.

Kikyo kept eating.

I wanted to slap her.

Ding Dong

Just in time I thought.

Well I thought wrong.

He wont let me go.

"Enough of this, I need to answer the door." I fought for air now. He really was trying to choke me.

He didn't say anything.

"Coming!" Kikyo got up.

I hate her so much.

He still didn't let go.

Rin kept crying.

He still didn't let go.

The door was opened.

He still didn't let go.

Kikyo led Miroku into the dinning room.

He still didn't let go.

"Miroku's here."

He still didn't let go.

"Kagome?" Miroku didn't even stop to ask, he punched Inuyasha in the back of the head and ripped his arm away from my throat.

"Kagome are you ok?"

I nodded.

Inuyasha stared at Miroku, probably trying to convince himself not to fight.

He went to the kitchen.

Then I took Rin up to her room so that she could calm down. All the pink cuteness helped me get calm too.

I went back downstairs and told Miroku what happened. In the end we were both more mad at Kikyo than Inuyasha.

I tried to ignore them both for the rest of the morning which wasn't hard since Kikyo wasn't talking to me anyway because she was only focused on Inuyasha (WHO NEVER APOLOGIZED!) and I was spending most of the day with Miroku and Rin.

Rin was able to forget about what happened, or at least stop thinking about it after a while.

Sango came over too soon.

Miroku told her what happened.

She was just about ready to go cut his head off.

I felt better when they came.

Everything was fine for a while.

It's lunchtime.

I have to go talk to them now.

Kaede is leaving me mostly on my own for now on.

I have to learn how to deal with this on my own right now.

I served salads.

Kikyo's favorite.

I figured she could make Inuyasha eat it too.

Nobody said anything.

When lunch was over Kikyo kept trying to make Inuyasha like her.

It was disgusting.

I went to Kaede's room.

She took the salad and then she informed me that Mr. Taisho would be back later and that he would be staying until the morning. He wouldn't be needing dinner.

That scared me. I didn't know what he thought of me, but whatever it was, I was afraid to find out. I'm pretty sure that this dress made a bad impression (Kaede says I can wear regular clothes until I can get a new uniform). On top of that, I was so nervous I barely realized that I should talk. He thinks I'm stupid, I just know it.

I just continued my day as if he wasn't coming. Kikyo had left after lunch.

I'm making dinner.

Kaede came downstairs to join us.

Ding Dong

Kaede answered it.

I continued cooking.

Kikyo.

What's she doing back here?

"If its her don't let her in." Inuyasha must not like Kikyo either. I don't blame him. That was the first time he spoke since our incident this morning.

Kikyo came with instant ramen. It was a gift. For Inuyasha. Who gives somebody ramen for a gift. She made it for him. She still ignored me even though we were both in the kitchen.

When she gave him the bowl he thanked her and then explained that he had never had it before.

I guess when you have been rich all your life you don't really get a chance to buy cheap quick meals like that.

Rin tried some to. She hesitated even though he said go ahead, I think she was still scared.

Kikyo stayed for dinner.

We had spaghetti.

After dinner Sango and Miroku told Kaede what happened even though I didn't want them to.

She was worried about me.

"Oh Kagome I will punish him for you. I'm so sorry, he gets mad easily."

"No I'm ok."

"Are you sure?"

"Yep." I don't know what I'm feeling anymore but all I know is that I didn't want to think about, I just wanted to move on and forget about it.

But of course nothing could be that simple.

Mr. Taisho came home.

I tried to stay out of his way by washing dishes.

Kaede was talking to him in the dinning room though, so I could hear their whole conversation, and of course it was about me.

She told him.

She just had to tell him.

I didn't know what to do.

Of course he would want to talk to me then.

He came into the kitchen.

It was to late to avoid him.

"K-Kagome Higurashi." I bowed again. I thought I should introduce myself properly since I don't remember telling him my name before.

Oh no I stuttered.

Now I am embarrassed all over again.

He looked a little confused.

I calmed down and tried over.

"I am Kagome Higurashi. I think I was a little rude earlier because I never introduced myself so I just thought I might try now. I will work my hardest for you this summer." I bowed once more. I almost forgot to stand up again.

He smiled softly. It was kind of calming to see.

"Sesshomaru Taisho. Nice to meet you. I think that I was the rude one before. I was in a hurry so I didn't get to greet you properly."

"No um." I didn't want to continue that conversation because I knew we would just end up going back and forth, blaming our selves for being rude. "It's ok."

I smiled.

Trying to look confident.

His smile faded.

"I hear that my brother has been causing you some trouble."

Time to get serious I guessed.

"Eh um oh no it's fine."

"It's not fine. I'll take care of him so that you wont have to worry anymore."

I didn't want this to be a big deal.

"NO! Um I mean don't, it's not that important, I will be ok. I don't want to make you and your brother fight or cause you any trouble…"

He was already walking.

"Don't worry about it, it's no trouble." He said as he walked out.

I ran after him.

I didn't know what else to do.

So I just ran.

It was all I could do.

I stopped when I saw him thump Inuyasha on the back of the head.

They walked into Inuyasha's room together, well more like Mr. Taisho pushed Inuyasha in with almost no effort as Inuyasha started cursing him out.

The door closed.

I heard some talking but it was so surprisingly calm that I couldn't make out the words.

More cursing.

"OWW!"

The door opened.

Mr. Taisho walked out very calmly.

"I don't think he will be bothering you anymore." He smiled again.

Inuyasha came out and glared at me from behind Mr. Taisho. Then Kikyo was started coming upstairs. Inuyasha took one look at her and ran back inside his room.

I wanted to laugh.

She came up to Mr. Taisho and explained who she was.

He didn't really seem to care and just told her to enjoy her stay.

He walked toward his room.

"U-um goodnight." I was still a bit nervous.

He looked back.

"Goodnight Ms. Higurashi."

What did he just call me?

"Kagome."

"Huh?"

"I prefer Kagome."

"Ok then goodnight Kagome."

I blushed when he said my name.

It was weird coming out of his mouth.

He walked into his room.

Now I was thinking again, which is usually a bad thing.

I was thinking about him. I just met him though so it was weird to think about him. I had to stop before I thought about something that I shouldn't.

Even though I stopped thinking about him, I still walked to my room smiling.

Maybe Mr. Taisho wasn't so cold after all.

Hikari: I finished this chapter pretty fast. I guess ,since Dymiyuki helped me a lot for the next chapter, it might be posted soon. She doesn't write but she is my creative influence so THANKS! Anyway hope you enjoyed this. BaiBai!