Chapter nine
Slap
Reworked
"Well, then I will be going," Kagome said smiling at them and bowing.
She turned to leave, but the eldest youkai said and once again cut her off track.
"Not so fast. You did not answer my question," he insisted and Kagome sighed in frustration.
"Sorry, but that is none of your business."
"I must insist," he pressed and looked at Sesshoumaru whose face was blank.
"You see my grandpup here should be the one telling you that, but I will be gracious," he said. Suddenly for the first time since meeting Shiroheki, his face became serious. Kagome took a deep breath yet again. "He gave his word that he will mate the first female to enter this hall, which just so happens to be you. Now I ask again, are you or are you not mated or courted?"
"I'm human, a miko and his half-brother's friend," she enumerated, hoping he would see reason. He didn't.
"It matters not," he insisted and Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru who remained motionless like a statue.
"Sesshoumaru," she yelled at him, "say something!" He cringed at her cry, and looked at his grandfather with an expression Kagome had never seen on his face. He looked hopeful and more like a puppy that waited for his master to give him a treat.
"She is unwilling, and this Sesshoumaru will never press an unwilling female. Besides, Inuyasha already made his claim obvious," he said, but didn't approach his grandsire.
Kagome thought he was acting cowardly for the first time in his life. She pitied him a little, he must've been really pressured into this. In a move quicker than lightning, the old youkai was next to her. In a sharp motion he pushed the collar of her shirt aside and looked at the pale juncture of her shoulder.
"You're unmarked."
Kagome paled, then slapped him.
Hard.
