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I awoke to Ikko shaking me. His lordhood was nowhere to be found, to my relief. "You'd best be getting ready, my lady." She whispered over and over again.

When I woke, I had a terrible headache, then I looked up and saw that Ikko, Lady Milande, Oha, and that girl, Kagome was also present. While the others had their heads respectfully bowed, Kagome was looking around, she seemed very uncomfortable. Oh yes, Kagome is the mistress to my new half-brother-in-law. I beckoned her over, she hesitated and stumbled over to me. I waved my other ladies out. Then I stood, looking her square in the eye and cupping her chin, we stood like that for a few moments. Soon I let go, "Sit," I commanded.

She sat down his bed. Who are you? "You aren't from around these parts, are you?"

"No."

Well, this girl's got spirit, I haven't been, my ladyed or your ladyshiped by her. "Who are you?"

"Who are you?"

"I am Shiara Koshuniki."

"I am Kagome, Kagome Higurashi." The girl had answered with just a hint of fear lingering in the corners.

"Who is the lord, Inuyasha?"

She looked away. I was a demon's mate. She was a demon's mistress. But we were still women.

She was crying, I could tell, her shoulders trembled. I had never faced someone who was opening the slightest to me. Not since I had lived with the young couple. I was dumbfounded by this. So I just said the first thing that came to mind, "Lady Kagome Higurashi, you seem like an interesting woman. I shall have an escort bring you over to the garden, of His Highness, my mate."

I wasn't lady yet and I wasn't about to lose my claim to the throne. I wasn't even ready to open up to this strange girl, and I REALLY wasn't going to lose face. I waved her away. She turned around as fled through the sliding door. I was dumbfounded by her boldness as I watched her retreating back. There was a knock, "Come in."

The ladies who had been in there before were now back, minus Kagome. "Who is Inuyasha?" I asked Lady Milande, she was my advisor, so she should be aware of these things.

"The lord, Inuyasha is a vile beast who has tried killing our lord countless times. He travels with a demon slayer, a monk, a fox demon, a cat demon, and a priestess. Inuyasha himself is half-brother to Lord Sesshomaru, he is also half demon. However, we have one common enemy, Naraku. The priestess, is of course, our very own Kagome."

I savored this new-found information, thinking it over. "Where is my secretary?"

"Lady Kasumi will be arriving shortly.

They pulled a purple kimono covered in delicate-looking blossoms onto my body and secured it with a midnight-blue strap. Then someone knocked on the sliding door. I motioned for Ikko to get it. She slid out with grace that I could only begin to possess. "Her Ladyship, Shiara is busy ."

I heard someone sneer and the sound of crunching parchment. Ikko walked back inside and presented me with a parchment roll bearing a crest. "Whose crest might this be?" I asked one of my servants.

"It's his Highness's crest."

I looked it over and broke the seal, opening the letter.

Mate,

I have arranged for us to meet. I have been notified that you are not enjoying the time here. I would strongly advise that you don't act up again. You will not like the results.

He hadn't even signed it, shows just how much he cared about me.

In my hair they produced a tight, braided hairstyle that resembled a fan; it had pretty green sparkly feathers woven in. My face was dusted with a flirtatious pink powder and rouge. My eyes were sprinkled with an odd, purple substance. Lady Milande produced a purple silk fan, I wedged it inside a thin band in the sleeve of my kimono. I gave off a sigh and as my ladies opened the door, I stepped out, walking with so much dignity and grace that I felt silly and weighed down. I sighed as I felt the sun tickling my cheek. I turned off to the left and saw an open window, a reluctant, foreign ray of sun streamed in. I had missed the sun. A group of well-dress ladies who were coming in my direction, probably more mistresses, shrieked and cried at the light, flapping their arms around as if the light were the Devil himself. I watched with silent eyes as I pulled my fan out and waved it lightly and airily so it covered everything except my eyes. Seeing such foolishness gave me the will to roll my eyes. Instead, I snapped my fan, slid it in and turned around. My ladies weren't doing much better than my mate's whores. I whipped out my fan again and positioned it on top of the light. It took a few moments, but then they stopped shrieking when they realized the light was stifled. It took a few moments for them to realize I was standing there, but when they did, they quickly dropped in a clumsy curtsy. Silly women. It's just sunlight. I shielded my face with the fan to cover my giggling face. Then, gently, I slid my fan back to its rightful place. I spun on my heel, and, with my head held high, my ladies and I walked out of the hall. As casually a voice as I could muster so I didn't trigger their blind curiosity I asked, "Why did those ladies act in such an uncharacteristic manner?"

Lady Milande looked at me with such alarm that I almost flinched. "The tragic sun shall scorch our beings, ladyship!" her shriek could have slain a lion.

"Calm yourself, Lady Milande." I looked her straight in the eye to show that I mean business.

"My apologies, lady."

I wandered into a beautiful ballroom. I walked around, admiring the beautiful decoration that seemed so old and unused. Suddenly, my troupe of ladies parted as two guards walked up to us, they weren't common guards, they were the head guard and the chief of the drawbridge. Since they apparently out-ranked me, I curtsied. They grabbed me by the arm and pulled me out in a rhythmic gesture. My ladies continued to follow with a carefully constructed monotone face, but, they did nothing to help. I struggled against them. They stopped in front of his room. I struggled further, not wanting to know what my fate was to be. Lady Milande calmly stepped forward and knocked, His Highness opened the door. They threw me in and my ladies followed. The guards pushed me onto my knees, I felt the familiar feeling of this pose, so long ago. I looked up and glared. That simpleton offered me his hand, I hissed at it. He slapped me, so hard that it made me fall over, all but Sesshomaru, Ikko and Lady Milande exited the room. He grabbed me and threw me at a wall. The impact made me spit out all my air, and blood. Lady Milande peeled me off the wall and joined Ikko, the two curtsied as my dear lord kicked me and I rolled over in pain. He pulled me up and dropped me on the bed. Everyone except Sesshomaru exited the room. He grabbed me and we stepped into the Honeymoon Chamber, we entered the punishment chamber. Naturally, a person would see me as a cold, heartless, woman full of pride. But I would throw my pride away any day. When that monster that was supposed to be my loving husband dropped me down, I grabbed his leg and begged, "My lord, I beg of you, I have done nothing, why do you do this?"

He kicked me off and I hit the wall. He sat on a stool and draped me over his lap and slapped his hand 300 times on my bottom, with his demon strength and poison. It happened so fast that I fainted. When I awoke, I was still sleeping with him by my side. The only thing that proved to me that it was real was the horrible pain that stretched across my body. "Get up."

I scrambled off and knelt. "Good, you will make an obedient mate."

"Today you will be Queen."

I was swept away so fast that I barely had time to think, the only thing that kept me from falling into the dark depths of the wonderful bliss of ruling. Ruling hadn't been in my nature, but, I was born a royal, so this was my destiny. When the makeover was finished, a messenger walked inside and curtsied, "My lady, there is a man who requests your audience."

I nodded, "Send him in."

Then the last person I wanted to see at the moment walked into my chamber. It was Hosh. I never wanted to see him again, yet here he was. "Shiara!" His voice still soothed me, but now that I knew he was a traitor, I couldn't stand him.

"Leave, Hosh, I am going to be Lady of the Western Lands, and you will not ruin this moment!"

"Shiara, I've known you for a long time, and you've never cared for power. Come with me, we can be married and we can forget your past."

"NO! Have you gone mad!?! My mate will surely kill you! Now, be gone, and never return!" my voice cracked as I said those words, but I must show no weakness. "Lady Milande!" When she stepped in and paid her respects I ordered, "Take this young man back, safely to Firo." After I placed my orders, I turned away to look at myself in the mirror.

"Shiara, Shiara, remember me! Remember you beau!"

I shuddered remembering the traitorous reason I had left him. He was the reason I now suffered here. All men are just the same. They use you for their own purposes then throw you aside when they've found something better. Those traitors possess no loyalty.

I rode through the streets smiling and waving in a jeweled carriage. I threw roses and blessed children. I think the people liked me. At the cathedral, I kissed babies, blessed young couples, and showered my people with compliments. Then I walked down a blue velvet carpet (blue, was my new family color, I would learn to hate it). Choirs sang and people cheered, I knelt in front of a line of priests, they all kissed both of my cheeks. Then, they helped me into my throne, my silver, jewel-less throne. A voice that seemed to come from everywhere spoke "Do you, Shiara Koshuniki, 1st mate of Lord Sesshomaru, forever promise to respect and love your people, to offer judgment with kindness and grace? Do you solemnly vow to cherish the crown and it's heirs?"

"I solemnly promise so, to do."

He lowered the crown onto my head and the crowd went wild, I was embraced with song and music, but most of it was drowned by my royal subjects. They like me. They truly like me! I was so happy to be liked by my subjects.

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