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WARNING

A new twist has been added, sorry if it seemed to quick but I thought we should get this story going!!!!

As the World Falls Down

It had been a week since Kagome had been taken to the castle. Hitomi had been her faithful friend and guardian within the majestic halls. Raven coming by every now and then just to give Kagome the herbs to help keep the poison from coming back into Kagome's system. She almost wished that they would have allowed the poison to take her. She quickly shook the depressing thought out of her head as she walked into a huge room with a golden rug upon bamboo wooden floors, a small table in the middle of the rug. There were five 3 x 3 Tatami mats surrounding the table. In the middle of the table was a golden vase with wild orchids. This was one of Kagome's favorite areas in the castle besides the garden that was just a few feet away from which she now stood.

Rin's loud giggle echoed through Kagome's ears. She turned to see the small child running into the room with a few flowers in her hand, thrusting the small gift at Kagome. Kagome simply smiled as she took the flowers gently from the little girl's small hands and taking them over to the vase, arranging the flowers within the golden container. Hitomi kneeled on one of the Tatami's, a small smile forming upon her solemn face.

"The girl can sense your spirit, Kagome," Hitomi's soft voice said softly as Kagome looked towards the blindfolded lizard demon. Staring at her she tilted her head to the side as curiosity came to her mind over why they covered the woman's eyes anyway. It wasn't that it bothered her that she was blind, nor should it bother anyone else in the castle if she was or not, Kagome thought. Hitomi seemed to sense that Kagome's attention was on her.

"What is it, Kagome?" Hitomi questioned.

Kagome gaped a little and bit her lip, not wanting to ask incase it was considered rude but she was dying to know. She thought that maybe Raven would tell her if she remembered about it later. Her curiosity about the lizardess continued to thrive within her. She had never seen the woman's kind before, nor heard of it even in the future, so to have such a beautiful creature sitting before her so elegant and majestic took her mental breath away.

"I… Er.. Never mind!" Kagome quickly sputtered, trying to brush off the fact that she was caught. A light blush tinted her pale cheeks as she watched Hitomi's head tilt to one side in utter curiosity.

"Don't lie, I can smell it. I want to know what it is that you're thinking about, Miss Kagome," the blindfolded lizardess rose her eyebrows waiting for her answer.

"I was just wondering… Why you wore a cloth over your eyes?" Kagome asked, embarrassment coursing through her veins.

Hitomi's beautiful fanged smile widened from Kagome's curiosity. She often enjoyed being asked about herself. Not many seemed to care, nor even wanted to know it seemed. Not even Lord Sesshomaru himself seemed to be curious about his own betrothed, which was honestly fine with her, but that wasn't the point. She liked being in the center of attention, if she enjoyed the attention of the giver, that is.

"That's all? Silly girl I thought you were going to ask me something more drastic then that by the embarrassing waves I'm getting off of you," Hitomi laughed a soft, cheery laugh, completely amused.

Kagome blushed even more.

"My dear, if you wish to know why I wear this cloth over my eyes I shall tell you. It's wise of you to know in case you decided to take it off," she started but as soon as she said anything a wry smile came to her face as she straightened her shoulders, "Actually I think I'll let Raven tell you the reason, he likes to brag about it, you see," she giggled softly.

Kagome blinked at her confusedly. "But Raven isn't even in here," she muttered as she stared at Hitomi's smiling face.

"Oh he will be very soon," was all she said.

Sure enough, Raven came walking into the living room, clad in a black loincloth that seemed rest just above the knees. He wore no shoes, nor did he wear a shirt. A golden collar rested around his neck that seemed to be about 8 inches wide. His long black hair came to his shoulders, his golden eyes darting from one area to another, black eyeliner surrounding his eyes. His black wings spread apart as he stretched them out, elegantly and gracefully folding the wings back against his body as he came to his lady's side, kneeling down on one knee, resting his arm on the other knee he kept propped up.

"Milady," Raven whispered softly, almost too softly for Kagome to catch it. Her brown eyes shifted to one and the other. For the last week she had noticed certain closeness between the two of them, but didn't say anything. She figured it was none of her business but it sure drove her crazy. She wanted to know more, but bit her tongue this time. Hitomi and Raven didn't seem to notice her curiosity about their relationship anyway, so she wasn't going to push it when it wasn't even noticed, she convinced herself.

"Kagome wishes to know about the cloth around my eyes, Raven, I told her you will tell her the story and the reasoning." Hitomi explained to him quietly. He nodded as he turned his head towards Kagome to look into her eyes intensely with his own golden ones.

"The reason why milady wears her blindfold is not out of shame, but because of protection," Raven began, watching Kagome's features closely as he began to tell the story, "Not protection of her, but of everyone around her. You see she was born with this incredible power which is a gift and a curse. One day her mother watched her open her pale violet eyes only to be turned to stone within minutes, soon after her new born daughters eyes opened. She didn't have to look at her mother for it to happen… She is the first of her kind that they know of. She is my special treasure, this one."

By the time Raven was done explaining about his lizardess, a wide smile formed upon his handsome features, his very skin glowing with glee, proud of his very beautiful woman he was to protect with his life.

Kagome gaped.

"So she's like Medusa?" Kagome whispered as she thought about the old stories she had heard in fairy tales about roman soldiers coming to defeat the woman with the snake heads. She stared at Hitomi and shook her head quickly, not understanding how in the world her great, great, great, great granddaughter managed to look so ugly.

Hitomi and Raven turned their attention to Kagome, both of their eyebrows rising in unison.

"Medusa?" They asked at the same time.

"Uh," Kagome panicked, looking at the both of them then shaking her head quickly. "It's nothing! Never mind!"

Hitomi lowered a brow as the other one still stayed quirked. She could sense the girl panicking but decided to let this go. She figured she was better off not knowing about the future concerning her and whoever else she was supposed to mate with sometime during her life. Shaking her head she stood gracefully. She felt Raven stand beside her as her blind eyes' eyelashes brush against the light cloth as she placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I apologize for leaving, but I'm going to retire for now… I'm tired…" She excused herself, bowing lowly and walked away, leaving Kagome and Raven standing there watching after the woman walk gracefully away, her long white scaled tale trailing behind her against the wood floor. Raven then turned to Kagome.

"Have you spoke to Lord Sesshomaru yet?" Raven asked, his handsome face held nothing but concern, but a friendly smile soon flickered upon his face when the girl shook her head.

"No… I'm afraid if I go near him again he'll rip my head off." Kagome explained, her arms crossing over her chest protectively as she bit upon her bottom lip. Ever since the confrontation in the Lord's bedroom she hadn't even looked for the demon's presence. When she felt the painful shiver run along her spine when his presence have came into her view, her eyes darted down onto the floor and simply pretended there was some sort of imaginary dust on her clothes. Raven had noticed this situation the last few times play out before him.

"Now, Miss Kagome, I believe Milord has relaxed from then. Whenever he comes close to you his very spirit still stays calm. Unless he's doing an amazing job controlling his anger." Raven placed a gentle assuring hand upon the young girl's shoulder, watching her recoil a little from his touch. This too was something he had grown used to seeing. Ever since Sesshomaru's attack, Kagome recoiled as if wincing from a strike whenever someone touched her, or even raised a hand.

Kagome simply looked at him after she had gained control herself once more.

"I don't want to talk to him…" Kagome said defiantly. Raven watched her face for a moment before shrugging, walking away.

She watched him leave, a sudden feeling of loss and regret clouded her mind. She knew she was acting stupid, but she was scared… she was alone here in the palace besides Hitomi, which was supposed to be Sesshomaru's betrothed, and Raven, who was Hitomi's personal guard. Either way, it all lead back to Sesshomaru being the answer. She could almost scream with the frustration she held for this. Was there no one in this stupid castle that felt the same way she did for the stupid Demon lord?!

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It had been a week since Sesshomaru had taken Kagome's injured form to his domain. Her wounds were almost healed but he had ordered Hitomi's servant to continue giving her herbs to keep the poison from his own claws from taking over. They have been avoiding each other like a plague, but for different reasons, he knew. He for not wanting to show his concern to her, while she avoided him out of fear. The little tango drove him crazy, but he knew it had to be done.

Sighing inwardly he walked through the halls of his domain. The walls were made of rice paper, shoji doors along the halls leading to various rooms. It wasn't too fancy within these halls, for it was the servant's courters he was walking through. Once he came to a door on the far left, he slid the door open almost viciously. The two people in the room turned their heads to him. One jumped, not expecting him and out of nervousness, the other simply smiled.

Sesshomaru had been watching the two of them for a while, their sneaky attempts to be alone. Normally, he wouldn't care, but since their betrothal was to keep the peace of their nations, they were treading dangerous ground. It was already taboo in the courts for a noble to have relations with a servant, and that on top of the whole problem was almost overwhelming. He was starting to wish he never agreed to this. He watched the winged demon slowly scoot away from his mistress, but no farther than arm's length. Hitomi's body language screamed disappointment.

"You two are needed in the main room immediately in the tea room," a growl threatened to thread itself along with his words but he stopped it from escaping. He would have sent a messenger to tell them this but the slave's timid and scared attitudes would have panicked if they saw what was happening within these walls and would have talked, which was something Sesshomaru didn't need to be leaked out. He watched the two of them stand in unison. Both of their hearts beat wildly within their chests. He inhaled deeply to try and calm his own spirits but immediately he wished he hadn't. The problematic situation just grew ten times bigger.

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Kagome stifled a yawn as she walked once more back into the tea room she was in earlier. She ran her fingers along the golden walls, red stone carved into them to form a red dragon; other various colored stones ran along the dragon to create a more life-like appeal for the scales. The floor creaked bellow her as she walked along the hard bamboo floor, getting closer to the destination she was required at. The table in the middle of the golden rug appeared before her, her eyes immediately darting to the golden vase in the middle of the table to see the flowers she had arranged in there were still there, but two branches of a cherry tree was added, the pink petals causing a feminine touch to it.

One of the Tatami that was surrounding the table was removed, only four of them were left. Only four people must have been asked to show up here for the meeting, she thought as she bit her bottom lip. She sighed softly. What the meeting was about she had no idea. All she knew was after a week of dodging each other Sesshomaru had come to her room and had told her she was needed in the tea room. She could tell by the sound of his voice that he was troubled, thus was the only reason why she even agreed to come.

She stopped at the end of the hall to look at the vase, but movement on the other side of the room soon caught her eye. Sesshomaru walked gracefully into the room from a different hall that was right across from her. The tea room was the center of four different halls that connected to that one room. No matter where you were if you were needed there in that room it was right in the middle. She watched his golden eyes catch hers, and for a moment she saw nervousness flicker upon his features, but just as quickly as they came, the expression vanished to only be replaced by a cool aloof look.

I wonder what's going on? Kagome asked herself as she looked around the room. She saw more movement from her left side and turned her head to see Raven walking into the room, his black wings ruffling up as he came into the room. More movement caught her eye from her right and turned her head to see Hitomi walking into the room as well. Kagome watched at the two of them walked further into the room towards the Tatami on the floor. Something was wrong, Kagome thought, her two friends were acting too strange.

Sesshomaru watched as the three of the people he had asked personally to show up here walk to the table. The scent of Hitomi filled his nostrils, almost causing him to retch. Taking a deeper breath to calm himself down he kneeled down onto one of the Tatami on the right side of the table. Kagome watched as a look of discomfort appeared upon his face as he lowered himself down. She turned to look at Hitomi.

Hitomi walked gracefully to the table, her hands held tightly together. She was trying her best to hold her guard up, keep herself reformed and calm. Her secret was to be kept only hers, but how Sesshomaru seemed to react when he came to get her made her heart stop. She felt Raven's nervousness as he watched her. She knew that he could tell that she was starting to panic. He masked his own fear well.

Once they were all at the table, kneeling down on their knees, they all held a different expression. Sesshomaru looked at all of them, Kagome looking more uncomfortable and confused than ever. He didn't expect her to understand what was happening here, but since she was residing within his domain, she needed to know.

"Hitomi is with child," Sesshomaru began, "And the child is not mine… and because of this, a war will befall these lands… for the deal we made to keep peace has been shattered."

Kagome felt a sudden shift of the earth below her, and turned to look at Hitomi, whose purple cloth was now becoming wet from a tear that threatened to break free from its bounds.

Sorry it's taken me so long to set this chapter up! Each time I've tried to add it to here my computer either shut down from over heating or something crazy. I FINALLY GOT IT UP THOUGH!!! WooT!!!!! HECK YEAH!!! Anyways 333 Thanks for all the reviews! I hope all of you will continue to like it.. I think it's great :)