Hi ya'll sorry for the long wait. But good news since it took me forever to get on the computer to type chapter 9 up I had time to write all of chapter 10 and I will post that tomorrow.

'Sesshoumaru's demon sides thoughts'

'Yuki's demon sides thoughts'

'Kagome's minds thoughts'

'Shin's demon sides thoughts'

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

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Chapter 9: The Ball

Sesshoumaru and Kagome were still in their same positions. When Sesshoumaru put his hand on Kagome's waist he pulled her closer to him. Chest to chest Sesshoumaru moved his lips closer to Kagome's.

"Kagome"

Sesshoumaru let out an irritated growl and Kagome let out a big breath of air as her means of cursing Shin for interrupting.

Sesshoumaru stepped back from Kagome.

Kagome turned around and opened the door. Once the door was open Shiori was by Kagome's feet. She had left Kagome's shoulder when the tension started. Kagome let Sesshoumaru leave her room before she exited.

"Kagome there you are." Shin said walking up to her. "What have you been doing?"

'Well I was about to make out with Sesshoumaru until you interrupted.' "I was talking with Sesshoumaru."

"Well the kids want to show you something. Lets go."

Staring at Sesshoumaru Kagome took a couple steps backwards then turned around and walked forward.

When they turned the corner and were sure Sesshoumaru could not hear Shin asked, "So what were you two up to?"

"I told you we were just talking."

"I saw those looks you guys were giving each other. You did something else besides talk."

"No we just talked." Kagome said in a depressed tone.

"But you wanted to."

"Uh." Kagome was about to playfully slap Shin on the arm but he used his inhuman speed to run up ahead. "Hey you're cheating."

"I don't remember hearing any rules."

Kagome ran up to Shin but when she got there he was gone. Or so she thought. He was really behind her but before she could figure it out Shin picked Kagome up and ran out to the gardens.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE DAY OF THE BALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kagome and Shin were standing in the doorway of Kagome's room. Shin was leaning against the outside of the door frame and Kagome had her hands folded on top of his shoulders and her chin rested on top of her hands. They were watching all the servants run in and out of Sukia's room.

"How many is that now?" Kagome questioned.

"Twenty I think. I kind of lost track." Shin said.

Kagome and Shin had been ready for the ball since lunch had ended. They had not seen Sesshoumaru since lunch and Yuki said he had to look at something really quick. The Eastern castle was not that far if you had demon speed. Kagome asked how she was going to get there and Shin said he was taking her. Then she asked shouldn't Yuki be taking her and Shin said Yuki, you, and I will leave at the same time but he was not going to trust her in the arms of a man for to long. That was his new brotherly instincts towards Kagome kicking in. Really he didn't even trust Sesshoumaru since yesterday. Shin kept an eye on Sesshoumaru every time he was near Kagome. Now he was really going to have to watch her once every demon at the ball started to get drunk. Kagome also asked why wasn't Sesshoumaru leaving with them and Shin said that since Sesshoumaru was a Lord and one of the better candidates for Sukia's mate that he would be announced to everyone as he arrived.

Sesshoumaru exited his room and saw Shin and Kagome in the hallway. He didn't like that Kagome was touching Shin and wondered way Shin really offered to stay behind to watch after her. Sesshoumaru guessed that Kagome sensed that he was there when she finally looked his direction.

Kagome gave him a sweet smile and backed up off of Shin. Shin turned his head to see why Kagome moved. That's when he noticed Sesshoumaru was there. Shin gave Sesshoumaru a slight nod as a greeting and Sesshoumaru returned the gesture to Shin.

Kagome just rolled her eyes at them. She knew by the way Shin had been acting since yesterday that he was cautions of Sesshoumaru when he was around her. And she knew that Sesshoumaru can get quit jealous even though he wouldn't admit it. But even though they were acting childish she liked it. Kagome liked the thought of having a big brother who didn't like any man who showed interest in her and the idea that Sesshoumaru was jealous. But she needed to stop there stare off. "Are you ready for the ball Lord Sesshoumaru?"

Sesshoumaru nodded at her but he did not break his stare off with Shin.

This wasn't going the way she wanted. "You look very handsome."

Sesshoumaru remembered their previous encounter when she said that. He looked her in the eye. He would have given her 'one of those' smirks if it were not for Shin and the servants running in and out of Sukia's room. So he had to settle for a nod.

Shin did not like the way this was heading. His brotherly instincts were kicking in again and they were telling him to move Kagome away from Sesshoumaru. "Kagome it's time to leave for the ball."

"Okay. See you there Lord Sesshoumaru." Kagome waved bye to Sesshoumaru and headed off to Yuki's offices.

Sesshoumaru eyed Shin.

Shin caught this and said, "Do not worry. Kagome will be very safe. No one will touch her." Shin turned around and headed off towards Kagome. (I think ya'll know how they no one is.)

Yuki was heading in Kagome's direction as she was heading in his. He had bought a styled come with a white flower on it for Kagome. Kagome hugged him and thanked him. Then she put it in her hair after doing some flippy thing with her hair to make it look elegant for the ball.

Shin arrived shortly after and they headed off to the Eastern castle.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AN HOUR LATER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It only took an hour because both Shin and Yuki could do that morphing into a ball of light thingy that Sesshoumaru could do. It took Kagome a couple of minutes to regain her eye sight because it was her first time traveling like that and it was really bright. But when she regained her eye sight she was stunned. There were so many demons and demoness and they were all dressed in the most beautiful clothes, jewels, armors, furs, and etc. she had ever seen before. She was also so stunned by the beauty of the decorations that Yuki had to drag her in by the hand.

Kagome didn't notice all the looks she was getting. Some of the looks were of disgust, some were of lust, and others were of confusion. Shin and Yuki gave the stay away and forget it looks to the on lookers. The on lookers diverted their gaze but the one's with lust in their eyes still kept their looks.

They were really early so Shin decided to introduce Kagome to his father. Yuki asked if this was a good idea and Shin said it's better to get it over with, that if Kagome was his female for the night that he could spot it now and know what to look for. Kagome was still admiring the decorations and wasn't paying attention to their conversation.

KNOCK, KNOCK

Kagome was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the knocking, "Where are we?"

"Weren't you listening to a word we were saying?" Yuki asked.

"No not really."

"We're going to see my father." Shin said while opening his father's door to his study.

Kagome squeezed Yuki's hand and Yuki gave Kagome's and a reassuring squeeze. Kagome walked close to Yuki, still holding his hand, as they walked into the Eastern Lord's study.

"Ah my boy." Tojo said as he got up from his chair and hugged Shin.

"Father." Shin said as he hugged his father back.

"General Yuki." Tojo said while he stuck out his hand.

"Lord Tojo." Yuki greeted while grabbing Tojo's hand and shaking it.

"And who do we have here?" Tojo questioned looking at Kagome.

"This is Kagome father."

"It is nice to meet you Lady Kagome." Tojo said as he took Kagome's free hand and kissed it.

"It is an honor to met you too Lord Tojo." Kagome said with a bow of her head. "And I am not a Lady it is just Kagome."

"Oh non-sense some one as beautiful as you must be a Lady."

"I assure you I am no Lady."

Shin and Yuki were watching Tojo very closely. They saw the glee in Tojo's eyes. Shin nodded at Yuki and Yuki nodded back. They both understood Tojo had chosen his female for the night.

"Father I will be returning with Kagome back too Sesshoumaru's castle because I promised Sesshoumaru that I would watch after her until this thing blows over with the North."

"Even though he won't tell me why." Kagome said glaring at Shin.

Shin gave her an innocent smile and said, "Sesshoumaru will tell you when he wants to."

"What is your relationship with Sesshoumaru?" Tojo questioned. He was very curious as to why his son promised Sesshoumaru that he would watch over this human woman.

"I care for and take care of Rin."

"Sesshoumaru trust the safety of his human ward in the hands of a human." Tojo did not believe it.

"Trust me she is way to powerful." Yuki explained.

"I agree." Shin said.

Kagome gave them both a sweet smile.

"Well if Sesshoumaru, Yuki, and my son say you're that powerful it must be true."

"Father." Sukia said charging into Tojo's study. "You." She said glaring at Kagome.

"Whatever." Kagome whispered under her breath while letting go of Yuki's hand and walking over to the window.

"Sukia." Tojo said while hugging his daughter.

"Father the flower arrangement is all wrong."

"Sukia that's the way you asked for the flowers to be." Sukia opened her mouth to say something but her father stopped her by saying. "No you can't change your mind. You're just going to have to deal with it. Did you learn your lessons?"

"Yes." Sukia said in an annoyed tone.

"Why do you say it like that." Tojo asked.

"Because I had to teach her." Kagome spoke up as she turned around form the window.

"You taught my daughter?" Tojo was surprised.

Kagome knew what he meant by that but to make Sukia mad she said, "Your daughter wasn't that bad of a dancer."

Everyone had to hold in there laughs, but Sukia was glaring at Kagome. Kagome just smiled at Sukia.

"I'll have to see how your dancing skills are by having a dance or two with you." Tojo said.

Sukia was so mad that Kagome took all the attention of every man in her life in so little time that she stormed out of the room.

"I'll go after her." Shin said in an 'even though I don't want to because she is just being a big brat' tone. Shin walked out of Tojo's study to go after his sister.

"You taught that for four days?" Tojo was referring to Sukia's attitude.

"Yes." Kagome said while rolling her eyes in an OMG way.

Knowing that he could not stop a Lord from doing what he wanted especially in his own castle Yuki said, "If you will excuses us Lord Tojo Kagome and I should find our seats."

Kagome walked over to Yuki and took his hand again.

"Right. Nice to see you again General Yuki." Turning to Kagome and picking up her free hand and kissing it again Tojo continued, "It was nice to meet you Lady Kagome. I'll see you during the ball."

Yuki and Kagome both bowed before leaving to find their seats.

To Kagome it seemed that with the seats were like assigned and they weren't at the same time. It was like a class room where the students picked their seats and sat there everyday even though they could sit any where. Every demon and demoness had their own seat and no one else sat in it. The table Yuki and Kagome sat at were full of Yuki's close friends. They were currently questioning Kagome. It seems Yuki has never brought a date to a gathering.

"So I see that our boy finally found a date, and a beautiful one at that." Hikaru said. He was the general of the South and as most of the demons in the south he was a panther demon.

"Thank you. So you're serious that Yuki has never brought a date before." Kagome said.

"Yes. You're the first." Hikaru's mate, Asuka, said. She was also a panther demon.

"Wait does that one tramp count?" Rei asked. She was a wolf demon. Her mate Saihitei, who was also a wolf demon, was a solider in the Eastern army.

"A tramp? Should I know about this tramp?" Kagome questioned while looking at Yuki.

Yuki gave Kagome an innocent look then every one broke out into laughter.

"Well we never saw her again." Shinji said. He was a solider in the Eastern army also, but he was a tiger demon.

"Shinji." His mate, Sukura, said.

"What?" He asked in an innocent voice.

"What I think he is trying to say is that Yuki had a one night stand with this tramp." Kagome said.

"More like a week long." Saihitei said.

"Saihitei." Both Yuki and Rei said. Rei continued with, "It is not our place to tell Kagome of Yuki's past flings."

"It's okay. It's nice to know what Yuki has really been up to."

Yuki gave her an 'I don't know what you're talking about' look.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Don't give me that look." Kagome said reading Yuki's expression.

Everyone started laughing again.

The sound of trumpets silenced everyone in the ballroom.

"Introducing the Lord of the South Lord Hatsuhara, the Lady of the South Lady Kaho, the Princes of the South Prince Shigeru and Prince Kimihiro." The announcer said.

Everyone stood up from their seats and bowed. Once the Southern family started walking down the stairs everyone resumed what they were doing.

Kagome was studying the Southern family. It seemed that Shigeru and Kimihiro were twins. There were some differences though. They both had long black hair that in certain light would look blue. They both had the symbol of the south a purple triquetra on their foreheads (A/N: for those of you who don't know what that is. It is three rings inside a circle or for those of you have seen the show charmed it is the symbol on top of the book). They were both very tall, about 6'0".

Shigeru had olive green eyes. He had two light blue strips on his cheeks and wrist. He wore light blue eye shadow (like Sesshoumaru's). He wore a formal outfit. It was black and the sash that held his sword was white. Kagome guessed that it wasn't his normal wear, that he was just wearing it for the ball.

Kimihiro had light brown eyes. He had two red strips on his cheeks and wrists. He wore eye shadows like his brother. His outfit was the same as his brothers.

Kaho had shoulder length blonde hair. Her eyes were violet and she had no markings on her face. She wore a long white kimono. The sleeves covered her hands and her obi was violet. Obviously bringing out the color in her eyes. She was about 5'8". But what surprised Kagome the most is that Kaho was human.

Katsuhara had the symbol of the south on his forehead, two black strips on his cheeks and wrist, and he had a small scar across his left cheek. His eyes were night black as was his long hair. He wore black eye shadow. He was five inches taller then his sons. His clothes were like his sons but he wore a formal armor that a Lord would wear.

Kagome looked away when Shigeru locked eyes with her. Kagome leaned over to Yuki and whispered, "Is Lady Kaho a human?" She just wanted to make sure.

Yuki leaned over to Kagome more and whispered back, "Yes. Didn't Sesshoumaru tell you?"

"No. he told me the Southern family was panther demons, but he failed to mention this little detail."

"Oh, well she is."

Kagome laid her head down on Yuki's shoulder and grabbed his hand. Yuki laid his head on top of Kagome's.

"Ahhhhhhhh." Everyone at the table said. Kagome got embarrassed. She moved her head to where her forehead was resting on Yuki's shoulder. Yuki smiled at everyone.

"So how did you guys meet?" Asuka asked.

"I was sitting up in a tree over looking Sesshoumaru's camp site. Sesshoumaru wasn't there so I was waiting for him to return." Yuki started.

"I was walking back to the camp from the stream. Earlier that day the North tried to attack us and someone hit me really hard in the head so I went to the stream to clean of the blood. That's when I felt a demon's presence and I knew it wasn't Sesshoumaru's. So I launched myself at the intruder and pushed him to the ground." Kagome said.

"All I saw was someone flying at me then I was on the ground. But I did like the position we were in when we hit the ground." Yuki said.

"Shut-up." Kagome said in a playful tone while she lightly slapped him on the arm.

Everyone started laughing.

The sound of trumpets quieted everyone again.

"Introducing the Lord of the West Lord Sesshoumaru." the announcer said.

Everyone got up and bowed. Once Sesshoumaru started walking down the stairs everyone once again resumed what they previously were doing.

Sesshoumaru looked around the ball room until he spotted Kagome. She was staring at him. She gave him a sweet smile and mouthed hi. Hi nodded to her as a greeting. Sesshoumaru headed over to the table were the Southern family was seated. It seems that the Lords and their family all sat together.

"How do you know Lord Sesshoumaru, Kagome?" Shinji asked.

"Well I use to travel with his idiot half brother, and four years ago when Lord Sesshoumaru and the idiot was fighting in their father's tomb I was there. He tried to kill me a couple times later."

Everyone, including Yuki, gave Kagome a surprised look.

"WOW." Is what Sukura said breaking the silence. "You survived an attack from Lord Sesshoumaru?"

"I am pretty powerful." Kagome stood her ground, but her tone was still nice.

"Trust me she is very powerful." Yuki said while rubbing his shoulder.

"Is your shoulder still bothering you." Kagome asked.

"No."

"If it is you know you can tell me. I can fix it for you."

"What happened to you shoulder?" Saihitei asked Yuki.

"Well I kind of sort of dislocated it." Kagome said.

"Almost." Yuki said.

"Well I would have if Sesshoumaru didn't come when he did."

Everyone was very confused.

"Well see when I shoved Yuki to the ground when we first meet I knew this tactic were you add a lot of pressure to the shoulder to dislocate it. It is a slow and painful tactic and I was doing it to Yuki to get some answers as to what he wanted."

"You would be a dangerous enemy if you could do only that with your hands." Rei said.

"Thank you." Kagome took that as a complement towards her strength.

Kagome took a quick glance at the Lord's table. To her Shigeru and Kimihiro looked 18 years old but were probably 400 years old. "Does any one know how old Prince Shigeru and Prince Kimihiro are?"

"450. Why?"

"Well their mother is human right?"

"Yeah."

"Well than wouldn't she have died along time ago of old age."

Everyone gave her a strange look.

"What?" Kagome questioned.

"If a human mates a demon then they have the same life span as said demon." Yuki explained. "Didn't you know."

"Obviously not, but that is really cool."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because if a demon and a human mate and really love each other than the human dies it would be really sad for the demon to go through the rest of is never ending life knowing he lost his love."

"I see." Yuki said.

"You have spent too much time around Lord Sesshoumaru."

"What?"

"You're picking up on his short answers."

Yuki chuckled. "So it seems."

The sound of trumpets silenced everyone again for the last time.

"Introducing the Lord of the East Lord Tojo, the Prince of the East Prince Shin, and the Princess of the East Princess Sukia." The announcer said.

Everyone stood up and bowed. Once the Eastern family started walking down the stairs everyone went back to their previous engagements.

Sukia spotted Kagome on the way down the stairs and gave her a death stare.

Kagome saw this and gave a 'toddle-lu' look which irked Sukia more. Sukia snapped her gaze away from Kagome and looked forward. She spotted her favorite Lord and headed his way.

"Hello Lord Sesshoumaru." Sukia said sitting down next to him.

Sesshoumaru gave her a greeting nod. He wasn't really paying attention to her because he was listening to Shigeru's conversation with his mom.

"Hey mom I think that girl over there is human."

"Really?" Kaho questioned.

"Yes I can smell it."

"She is very pretty."

"That she is."

"Shigeru." Kaho said in a warning tone.

"Yes mother." Shigeru said all innocently.

"I swear you're as bad as your father."

Hatsuhara was listening to them and when Kaho said that he squeezed Kaho's thigh. Kaho sent him a death a glare and he gave her an 'I don't know what you are talking about' look.

'Do you still not care what Kagome does with her personal life as long as she watches Rin?' '…' 'Because if you don't you might want to watch out for Shigeru.' '…' 'I see.'

'Looks like we are going to be on high alert tonight watching after our sister.' 'Indeed.' Shin had also overheard their conversation.

"Lord Sesshoumaru you have picked a lovely woman to watch after your human ward." Tojo said.

"You trust someone to watch after your human ward?" Hatsuhara just couldn't believe it.

"You have met the miko?" Sesshoumaru questioned.

"I have."

"So she is here?" Hatsuhara asked.

"Yeah right over there." Tojo pointed to Kagome.

Shigeru's eyes widened. He was talking about someone that worked for Sesshoumaru in front of him. And Sesshoumaru has known him long enough to know what he does when he thinks a woman is pretty. But if she was important to him in 'that' way then he would have said something. So he just calmed back down and continued his plan of how he is going to get 'close' to her.

"She is a miko?" Hatsuhara asked.

"She is." Sesshoumaru answered.

"How did you manage that?"

"Manage what?"

"To get a miko to work for you. All mikos hate demons."

"I have…" Sesshoumaru tried to find the right words, "… meet her many times before and knew she use to travel with demons."

Sukia was getting really mad. This was her ball and all the Lords could do nothing but talk about Kagome. She has only been in their presences for a couple of hours and she was hogging all the glory. Sukia was going to put a stop to it though. She got up from her seat and headed over to her friends.

Kaho wanted to get to know Kagome better so she got up from her chair to go talk to her.

"Where are you going love?" Hatsuhara asked.

"I am going to go talk to the miko."

Everyone had a concerned look on their face.

"Don't worry I just want to ask her a couple of questions."

Kaho made her way to Kagome. Everyone at Kagome's table was in deep conversation. So when everyone stopped talking and looked over Kagome's head she turned around to see why they stopped. She was surprised to see Kaho.

Kagome go up, bowed, and said, "Lady Kaho."

"Hello my dear." Kaho greeted back.

"It is an honor to meet you."

"As it is you."

"Me?" Kagome was very confused.

"Come."

Kagome looked at Yuki and he gave her a 'go ahead' nod.

Kaho and Kagome started walking around the ball room.

"Lady Kaho if you don't mind why is it an honor to meet me?"

"Well first of all it is an honor to meet the only miko to not hate demons, and it is an honor to meet the first woman to capture Lord Sesshoumaru's attention. Seeing how you're a human miko that is very impressive."

"I do not mean to be rude but I don't think I have captured his attention in anyway." 'Liar.'

"Oh I bet you can find something he has done or will do to tell you that you have his attention. Hatsuhara had his own way of telling me."

"Do you mind me asking how you guys got to be?"

"Not at all dear. Let's see how did it start? I was a princess of part of his lands. My father was the Lord of the coast part of the South, he did the trades for Hatsuhara. One day I was walking in the forest when I came upon some blood. It trailed off to a river and when I got there I saw someone leaning next to the river. I slowly walked up to him then kneeled down next to him. When I laid my hand on him he growled and his eyes glowed red. I backed off a bit tell he calmed down. Then he fainted. I cleaned and bandaged his wounds and waited for him to awake. When he did he said 'Human why are you helping me.' I just said you needed it. I spent a week helping him till one day I went back and he was gone but a beautiful rose was where he sat." Kaho explained.

"That's really romantic. What happened after that?"

"He came every week after that to look after the 'trades' instead of sending someone. I always caught him staring at me and every time I went to my room I would find a rose on my bed. A month later he asked me to bare his children."

"That's so sweet. Lord Sesshoumaru would never do anything like that even if he did like me."

"So you do like him."

Kagome put a hand over her mouth and blushed.

"Has he done anything at all?" Kaho asked.

"You have to promise not to tell anyone."

"My word as a Lady I promise I won't tell a living soul."

Kagome leaned in close and whispered, "Um… three days ago we almost kissed but Prince Shin interrupted before we could."

Kaho hugged Kagome. Kagome was shocked but hugged her back.

"Has he tried anything else?" Kaho asked all excited.

"No. Prince Shin is like my big brother and as most big brothers they don't like men around their little sisters."

"Hm. I see this may be a problem." Kaho put on one of those thinking postures.

"What are you thinking Lady Kaho?" Kagome didn't know if she should be worried or excited that Kaho was trying to hook her up with Sesshoumaru.

"Well-"

"What are you Ladies up too?" Hatsuhara had come over when he saw Kaho thinking. It wasn't good for her to think. Her thoughts were always medaling into people's lives and it became mischievous.

"Hello Lord Hatsuhara." Kagome greeted with a bow.

He smiled and nodded at her.

"We're doing nothing sweetie. You can go back to your seat." Kaho said.

Hatsuhara leaned in and whispered. "I saw that look."

"What look?" Kaho questioned all innocently.

"You're thinking look. You are up to something. What is it?"

"Nothing."

"Young Lady what is your name?" Hatsuhara asked Kagome nicely.

"My name is Kagome."

"It is nice to meet you Lady Kagome. Come I want you to meet my boys."

"Okay."

Kaho put a pout on her face. Hatsuhara was purposely taking Kagome away. Kagome and Kaho followed Hatsuhara to the Lord's table. When they arrived Shin got up form the table and hugged Kagome. He kept one arm around her shoulders as they talked. "What have you been up too?"

"Nothing much just talking?"

Hatsuhara was behind his sons and laid a hand on their shoulder when he said, "Lady Kagome these are my sons Shigeru and Kimihiro."

"It is nice to meet you both." Kagome said with a bow.

Shigeru got up form his seat, walked over to Kagome, took her hand, and kissed it. "It is nice to meet you too Lady Kagome."

Kagome could fell Shin's chest vibrating. (He still had his arm around her shoulders). She looked up at him and gave him a 'cut that out' look.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH SUKIA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"See look she has got almost every man at that table drooling over her." Sukia was disgusted. "That little slut."

"Who does she think she is anyways?" Kuan said. Kuan was a panther demon. And as you can guess she is from the South.

Yen, Kuan's twin sister, said, "Seriously, and she is not even that pretty."

"Girls I need you to help me keep her away from my Sesshoumaru. This ball after all is mine and I'm looking for my mate and Sesshoumaru is my perfect match." (Some one is in denial.)

"You're so lucky." Yen said.

"Yeah he is so dreamy." Kuan said.

"I know." Sukia said in her snotty way. "Now here's what you guys are going to do. Anytime you see her near Sesshoumaru and I am not there get either him or her away form each other."

"Gotcha." Yen and Kuan said at the same time.

"Now I am going to go back over. Remember the plan."

Yen and Kuan both nodded.

When Sukia got to the table everyone was laughing except Sesshoumaru (of course) and Shigeru.

"What is so funny?" Sukia asked.

Kaho put a hand on Shigeru's shoulder and said, "Just telling Lady Kagome about some of the things Shigeru use to do when he was little."

"Why don't we tell some things Kimihiro use to do when he was little." Shigeru suggested.

Kimihiro gave his brother a death glare and said, "Lets not."

"Oh come on you don't want to tell them when you were little how you use to tie some sheets around your neck and went around the castle fixing problems." Shigeru said.

Kimihiro must have been more sensitive about his past then his brother because he got up and started walking away. Kagome walked over to him and said, "It is not that embarrassing. I could tell you things about myself that would make them forget yours."

Kagome ushered Kimihiro back to his seat and thought what story she could tell. "Um…lets see when I was five I use to use items in my back yard to build a boat and I would pretend that I was the captain and I was going through a terrible storm."

Everyone could not control there laughter except for Sesshoumaru.

Kagome had been standing behind Kimihiro. She leaned in and whispered, "See we all go through embarrassing stuff." Kagome realized she had been gone form her table for a long time. "I should probably be getting back to my table now."

"Oh of course. Sorry to have kept you this long." Tojo said as he got up and headed over to Kagome to hug her.

Hugging Tojo back she said, "No problem. I had fun talking to all of you."

"Don't forget that dance you promised me."

"I won't."

"I'll take you back to your seat Kagome." Shin said.

As Kagome walked off with Shin her eyes locked with Sesshoumaru's. There was something different about them but she couldn't figure it out.

Shin's voice brought her way from Sesshoumaru. "Has Yuki been behaving himself?"

"Yes." Kagome said in an 'OMG chill' tone.

"Hey I am just looking out for my little sister."

Kagome froze in her tracks. Shin turned around to see why she stopped, but all he saw was Kagome staring at him.

"What?" Shin asked.

"You called me your little sister."

"Sorry. I didn't mean-"

"Don't be. I'm honored because you're like a big brother to me."

Shin smiled and held out his hand. Kagome smile and took his hand.

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How did ya'll like it? Chapter 10 should be up tomorrow. Until next time.