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Character: Hanita

Demon type: Fox

Looks: she has long red hair, bright green eyes.

Occupation: works as a maid for Sesshomaru

Chapter Six: Prepare for the Mating Ball

Sesshomaru blinked at her, once, twice, and then he did something she never thought she see, he smiled. It was not the smile that he usually wore when he was killing, this was a genuine smile. Kagome smiled with him, then jumped up and hugged him tightly.

'She has changed me' he thought as he hugged back. 'I may be following in my father's footsteps, but I did not choose a weak human like he did.' He placed his nose in her hair 'I chose a strong woman, one who can defend herself.' Her scent surrounded him; she lifted her head and kissed him softly on the lips.

He placed a hand on her abdomen, "My son will become a great demon."

Kagome laugh "How do you know that the baby is a boy?"

He quirked an eyebrow "All of the first born in my family have been males."

She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck "Well all the first born children in my family are girls. I was, my mother was, so I guess we'll just have to wait."

They headed back to the hut, his arm wrapped around her waist. "Oh! Is your shoulder healed?" she asked suddenly, looking at him he nodded.

"Why where you gone so long?" Inuyasha immediately asked as they walked in.

Kagome glared "We needed to talk about many important things that you are to ignorant to understand." She smirked "Besides we wouldn't even be gone that long if we even did that, isn't that right Sesshomaru."

Inuyasha turned a deep red and looked away with a keh. Sango laughed quietly, as Miroku had that look on his face.

SLAP

"Sango why?" he yelled rubbing his cheek.

"You're the most perverted person I know!" she yelled back shaking her fist.

"But Sango I was only thinking about you." He said taking her hand, she blushed deeply and pulled away.

Kagome sat down Sesshomaru sat next to her, 'we need to go soon we promised Rin that we would be back by tonight she must be worried sick' Kagome thought to him. He nodded and stood again helping her up. "Come on Shippo were leaving." She said Inuyasha jumped up quickly.

"The hell you are!" he yelled

"Inuyasha," Sesshomaru warned, Kagome placed a hand on his chest.

"Let me talk to him"

He nodded and walked out the door, to wait for her. She knew he could still hear them, but didn't care.

"Inuyasha I can't go with you on shard hunts any more, at least not for a few months." She said looking him in the eye.

"Why?" he asked quietly. She sighed softly, and placed a hand on his arm.

"I'm pregnant, Inuyasha, I'm going to have a baby." He growled loudly yanking away from her like she burned him. Everyone in the hut was surprised by her confession, Inuyasha stormed out of the hut towards Sesshomaru. He stopped in front of him, "You better take care of her, Sesshomaru, or I will hunt you down and kill you painfully slow."

Sesshomaru nodded saying "I always take care of what's mine." That surprised Inuyasha, he did not think that Sesshomaru wanted a hanyou for a child, but it seems he has changed, in more ways than one.

He nodded as Kagome walked up to his brother, with Shippo on her shoulder. He turned and walked back into the hut, to where Kikyou was her arms crossed. "How am I to be human if she is protected by your brother?" she said with anger in her voice. "We need to kill her in order for us to be together." Inuyasha growled and walked passed her into the hut.

He heard Sango and Miroku whispering about Kagome and Sesshomaru, which made him even more pissed off.

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It was dark outside as they touched down in Sesshomaru's courtyard. Shippo was asleep in Kagome's arms as she followed Sesshomaru into the palace. He had a maid prepare a room for Shippo, and within minutes he was sleeping in a nice bedroom across from Rin's room. Rin was asleep in her bed, but they were informed by Hanita that she had tried to stay up and wait for them.

Kagome went to their room to sleep, as Sesshomaru went to his office seeing as there was a mountain of paperwork to read, sign and approve of. As he set to work he came across a fancy letter addressed to him from the northern lord. He opened it and it read:

To the Lord of the Western Lands,

You are invited to the annual mating ball held in the Northern Palace, this is not just to find a mate it is for newly mated couples, which you probably don't have one yet being the cold ass that you are. Anyway it will be held in a fortnight, all the lords and ladies will be there. Please come my daughter requests it.

Sincerely,

The Northern Lord Tasu

Sesshomaru growled at the old demon's tactics at trying to get him to mate his daughter. He shuttered at the thought of the northern princess, she was far from the innocent virgin that she played. In his mind she was one of the most disgusting female he had ever come across.

He thought about the look on everyone's faces when he walked into the ball room with Kagome at his side. He nodded silently with a very small smile on his face, with that he got up and headed to bed.

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"We have to go where?" Kagome asked as she took a bit of her breakfast, they were in the dining room eating the children going outside to play.

"To the mating ball, we are newly mated which means no one knows about you, this is a perfect way to let them know, without throwing my own ball." He said she nodded and looked at him.

"But I don't know the first thing about being a lady, what if I embarrass you in front of the other Lords and Ladies." She said with worry in her voice.

He grabbed her hand to her surprise and said "I will have Hanita teach you the basics, you cannot embarrass me easily." She nodded and he continued "I will also send a teacher for you; we do not want you to purify everyone there if you get angry."

Kagome laughed and nodded getting up from the table him following. They were about to go different ways when she grabbed his hand, tugging him in the direction of their room. "You want to know what they say in my time?" he looked at her with questioning look, she continued "They say that if you have sex during pregnancy then it will hurt less when the baby comes." He smirked, picked her up and carried her to their bedroom, where they stayed until dinner.

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*A week later*

"That's it Kagome now expand it until it is surrounding both of us" The miko said as kagome expanded her barrier. This was the last lesson she had to do; they had covered the harder stuff first and her teacher learned that she didn't know how to make barriers, and they began to work on that. "Perfect Kagome now you have completed your training."

Kagome bowed to her saying "Thank you Kumiko-san, for teaching me." Akila bowed back saying that she had to go back to her village. Kagome hugged her tightly and she had left just as she came.

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"Now Kagome when you meet a lord then you must bow you head a bit and shake their hand if they offer it to you, you must stay with Sesshomaru until you are to eat then you must sit on the right side of him, got it." Hanita said and Kagome nodded. She and Hanita were in a field with the children making flower crowns for everyone.

"Kagome?" Rin asked in a sweet voice, kagome turned her attention to her "could I call you mama too?"

Kagome was surprised to say the least, but smiled brightly "yes you can, Rin."

Rin cheered loudly, placing one of the crowns on her head, taking another and placed it on Kagome's. Shippo laughed and placed one on his head too, then gathered an arm full and ran with Rin into the palace. Hanita and Kagome followed with an arm full each of flower crowns; they went around the castle putting the crowns on everybody they seen.

Kagome ran into Sesshomaru's study with her last one and placed it on his head. Hanita gaped from the doorway, thinking her master was going to yell at her. Sesshomaru asked "what are you doing?"

Kagome giggled saying "Well we made crowns for everybody so you need one too, and I must say you look very manly with it on." She outright laughed leaning on his desk, he grabbed her making her squeak in surprise. Then kissed her fully on the lips, Hanita smiled and started walking down the hall looking for the children.

"Now I must get back to work, love." He said Kagome groaned and leaned back "I need to send you to the seamstress for you dress to wear for the mating ball."

He placed a hand on her abdomen she sighed contently, saying "Can you sense him, Sesshomaru?" He nodded rubbing gently.

"Are you saying that he is s boy?" he asked kagome sighed and leaned down to kiss him in the cheek, saying that she would see him at dinner.

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End of Chapter Six

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