To say that Sesshomaru had thrown a temper tantrum unlike any that had ever been since the days of his late father- would be a gross understatement. He had been so pissed that he hadn't even paused to think of how immature some of his actions were until he had well and destroyed his mother's room, her furniture and even shredded her wardrobe.

And no- he wasn't fucking giving her any more.

The bitch could walk around naked and be sexually assaulted by his soldiers for all he cared- it meant nothing to him. Especially after the first pieces of his mother's gossip had reached his ears about his new concubine.

Gods he had had half a mind to seek out his mother and rip her to pieces! In more ways than one.

Kagome didn't deserve this shit. Hell, he doubted that she would even know what a concubine is or what the position would entail. Which meant that before he brought her here he would have to explain everything to her. But more than that, he already knew that once word got out about his concubine- everyone would come far and wide to use- er- he meant to say, see her. See her. And the fact that she was hayou would only make their desire to use/see her that much worse.

The only way that he could think of to save her at this point was to give her the position of his favored concubine. Though he had never had one before. The position was second only to his own within the palace since it is not outside the well of possibility that he could/would at some time mate said concubine and make her the Lady of his lands.

And since Sesshomaru had absolutely no intention of allowing Kagome to be passed around or being mated while Kagome lived with him, he would simply keep her as his favored concubine until she was either old enough to be mated to someone, or she wished to leave on her own.

In which case he planned to provide her a dowry fit for a queen, lands not far from where he lived, and even have a home built for her and soldiers to protect her.

And if she wished to be mated, then he would send for the most noble and honorable of males for her to meet in the hopes that one would strike her fancy. He had no wish to mate her to someone that he knew would abuse her tender heart, mind and body like most of their kind would.

She was a princess of the West dammit! She deserved better.

And despite the current situation quickly snowballing out of control, he would see to it that she had better.

Making quick work of the rest of his mother's wing of the palace, he then set everything aflame and then walked away. Not caring that his mother would need new rooms- if she made any demands of him, he would see to it that she slept tied down, spread eagle outside in her skin and nothing else- he had no time for her useless demands.

He needed to plan ahead for Kagome's arrival since it would no longer be the kind of arrival into his home that she may be expecting. Then again, he didn't exactly know what went on in the heads of female pups, so he was a little bit at a loss there.

Making his way from the fiery part of the palace, he managed to reach his treasury and pulled several large chests of gold, silver and semi precious trinkets and stones from the room and upon thinking about things for a moment, carried them to Kagome's room and placed them again the wall over by the window.

Once that was done, he opened one of the heavy chests and pulled out three hundred gold coins, two hundred and fifty silver, one hundred and twenty five bronze, and several jade pieces.

Not for Kagome, but for her human companions.

He knew that the pup would likely balk at the thought of leaving them behind. So once he spoke to her about the position of his favored concubine, perhaps he could hire the two humans to come and stay at the palace as her companions? It made sense.

The three of them almost functioned like a pack. So of course Kagome would not wish to leave them without first giving them some means to care for themselves.

However if he could hire them to come and stay in the palace and help him protect Kagome, then they need not ever worry about money, a home or food ever again. He would see to it personally. However he felt it only right to take something to them so that they can survive for a while.

The funds he would give them would be enough to buy clothing, food, and other things for quite a while if they used it wisely. But just in case they didn't, he would collect materials for Kagome to make things with and he would have them sold at the local market so that the pup could send them some of the money that she made.

But the rest of it would be added to her funds to do with as she wished.

Nodding his head upon finishing his current 'work' he then stepped outside of the room and gently closed the door that would likely become Kagome's prison and sighed. He was already dreading what he would have to say to her as well as the reason's why.

But it couldn't be helped.

Waling away from the room, his mother met him half way down the hall in a snit. No doubt she had ended her tea early to go see how he had retaliated against her for her damn rumors and had just been stunned by the fact that he had set her part of the palace ablaze.

"Well! Have you anything to say for that debacle?" The bitch spat, her eyes tinted pink with rage.

Sesshomaru merely grinned at his mother and said, "Fire is pretty." And just kept on walking as the female gaped at his back before letting out a loud angry screech and stomping off to parts unknown to likely think of some way to retaliate against him as he stepped outside and quickly ordered a few dozen soldiers, two of his generals a wagon and a carriage to be prepared for departure.

An hour later, Sesshomaru leaned back against the plush pillows of his carriage staring out the window in boredom. It would take them a few hours to travel to collect the pup this way, and while he may have wished to collect her personally, by himself- he couldn't very well allow his favored concubine to be seen. So the carriage was necessary.