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Author's Note:Thanks everybody for the reviews! You know I still get reviews saying Kagome or Sesshomaru… so to make it clearer for you guys; (literally) it's Kagome/ Darien/ Sesshomaru! Yup both of them. Nobody's left out now. Unsolved mystery solved. If I get another review about it I'm going to pull my hair out and scream, so please don't send me to a mental hospital.

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Darien & Kagome
Later on that Night…

"So InuYasha," Sesshomaru mused to himself, "Finally, you come to pay your older brother a visit after 'two full days'. Forgive me for not preparing a suitable reception." Sesshomaru replied trying to sound serious to InuYasha as the two brothers walked into the inner courtyards of the castle that night. A faint smile planted itself onto InuYasha's face.

"Shut up Sesshomaru, it's bad enough that I have to endure your smell everywhere now and since when do you recognize us as 'brothers'?" InuYasha asked.

"Do not flatter yourself InuYasha, that was mere talk." Sesshomaru replied.

"Feh, whatever." InuYasha replied looking up at the stars. "I need to get back to Miroku and Sango as soon as possible." InuYasha left out 'Kikyo' which Sesshomaru took notice to. He was no fool; he could smell the dead miko upon his clothing.

"What is your relationship with the dead priestess Kikyo, InuYasha? You are not a full as to fall into her trap are you? Even as a half-breed you should know better." Sesshomaru replied turning to look at a bitter InuYasha.

"You don't know anything, Sesshomaru! You weren't there! You- you just stand there and pretend like you know everything! I made a promise to her—" InuYasha yelled getting interrupted.

"You made a promise to the dead miko, Kikyo?" Sesshomaru asked sounding insulting.

"She's not dead!" InuYasha shouted.

"She smells of clay and death, not of this world. She's dead and from what I've over heard from the miko Kagome and Darien, the dead priestess is only alive because she with holds a part of Kagome's soul, is that not correct?"

InuYasha fumed, but didn't say a word.

"This Sesshomaru does not concern himself with your affairs, but soon enough Kagome will gain her soul back from Kikyo and the priestess will be gone from this world for good once more. Darien has set it out that this shall occur, your dead girlfriend or not." Sesshomaru replied with no remorse.

"You're just enjoying this aren't you Sesshomaru?" InuYasha asked him heated.

"Enjoying what exactly, InuYasha? Your little tantrums?"

"Don't be a smart-ass Sesshomaru! You don't care that I have to let Kikyo go out of my life! She was… she was…" InuYasha just turned away from Sesshomaru and ran into the forest.

Sesshomaru sighed. Someday he really needed to have a talk with his brother about the facts of life.


Morning somewhat…

Kagome woke up to Darien humming in her ear bobbing his head.

Kagome pushed him playfully as one of Darien's earpiece came out of his ear.

"You woke me up Darien." Kagome said rubbing her eyes as daylight hit her eyes from the opened window. Darien just smiled at her jumping up and down on the bed bringing her up.

"Hey ho let's go! I'm gonna start a riot you don't wanna fight it, one two f- you don't tell me what to do-"

Kagome smiled, this was Darien and her first song together at the Cupid's Club for teens.

(A/N I thought you would like to see Darien and Kagome first starting to get together. If ya don't you can always scroll down and skip it.)

Flash Back:

Darien Taisho, the seventeen year old junior was flipping his lighter on and off at the back the classroom. Hojo who was on the third row at the back of the classroom was reading a book about his family down history.

Darien Taisho was the 'tough guy'. He never paid attention in class unless he was forced to, and he always managed to somehow get into fights every day of the week, which he ended up getting beaten up badly. He always wore his leather jacket, which he was wearing now over his white shirt and wearing his slightly baggy blue jeans. Darien could be nice when he wanted to be, but otherwise he was a sarcastic, moody, brute. He had of course long silver hair and golden eyes. His ears were normal; they weren't demonic.

Kagome frowned at Darien from behind her as Darien kept flicking his lighter on and off. He knew he was annoying Kagome which made it all the more fun. Darien shrugged his shoulders at her as if to tell her to deal with it. Kagome huffed but didn't say anything turning back to the front of the classroom.

Kagome was madly in love with Darien but he seemed blind about it, which wasn't a problem for her. I mean she didn't want to have a crush on Sesshomaru's reincarnation; well that's what she kept telling herself anyway. Kagome was shy around him 'sometimes' other times she was arguing with him about to beat him into a pulp. Her black silky hair was in a curly bun that day she was wearing a pink long sleeved shirt with her light blue jean pants and white sneakers.

They were in History class; it was the easiest class ever in the school. The teacher Mrs. Chiyo taught the students little about the subject, but she did teach the important little facts that she thought they needed.

There were eighteen desks settled in three rows for students to sit in. The screen T.V. was right in front of the classroom with a VCR on it.

"Good afternoon class." Mrs. Chiyo said to everyone. Mrs. Chiyo was a little bit chubby; her glasses were way too tiny, and she was always dressed in a blue suited outfit. Her white hair should tell the principal that she was way to old to teach, but she kept at it every year.

Nobody really replied back to her because she was really, really, 'really', hard of hearing.

"I thought we should have a change of style today, so I thought we could do something as a group." Mrs. Chiyo said as she brought out a video tape out of her bag.

"We're going to watch a movie about the feudal era and I want two people a group to research something similar to the movie." Mrs. Chiyo put the movie in the VCR.

"Okay, before I push play on the movie, Mr. Taisho, will you turn the lights off?" Mrs. Chiyo asked him as the class groaned about watching another boring movie of hers. Darien got out of his seat slowly and turned the lights off.

Thirty minutes into the movie and Darien was getting really irritated.

"Mrs. Chiyo!" Darien called out loudly waking Kagome out of her sleep.

"Yes, Mr. Taisho?" Mrs. Chiyo asked startled from her spot in front of the TV.

"Can I go to the library and do research?" Darien asked as all the students looked at him knowingly. Darien Taisho going to the library? That was a good one.

"Why what a good idea, Mr. Taisho! Go right on ahead." Mrs. Chiyo said cheerfully.

"Great." Darien replied getting out of his seat leaving the classroom.


30 minutes till school's over…

Kagome and her friends went outside to watch the guys play basketball. Which of course Darien was playing along with Hojo.

Darien watched as Kagome came with her friends Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka as they posted up on the wall watching them. Darien didn't know why he was showing off, trying to dunk, and dribble break fast through the middle. It was worth it to just to see Kagome smile and giggle.

Kagome left during the middle of the game with Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka following her.

"What's up with you and Darien Kagome? Don't you like Hojo anymore?" Yuka asked her as Kagome rolled he eyes.

"What makes you think I came there to see Darien?"

"Because Miss Higurashi 'I love Darien' just so happens to be written all over your face." Ayumi replied making Kagome blush.

"Can we change the subject?" Kagome asked them.

"You know I think Hojo has been following Darien around trying to see what he does that gets your attention so much." Eri replied as Kagome rolled her eyes yet again that day.

"Are we going to Cupid's Club tonight?" Kagome asked changing the subject.

"Of course we are, but were going to have to go—"

"Shopping!"


"So why is it so crowded?" Ayumi asked as Kagome, Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi strolled back into Kagome's home into her room with a handful of bags. She had just got back from shopping for clothes for herself to wear for tonight and the rest of the time while she was in present Japan.

Kagome threw the bags on her bed as she collapsed on the bed. "Argh! Stupid tourist everywhere!" Kagome pouted.

"Why so many of them though?" Eri asked sitting on Kagome's chair by her desk while Yuka sat on the side of Kagome on her bed.

"American Hi-Fi is playing at the Cupid's Club tonight, the one we're going to actually. Their famous over at the U.S. apparently." Kagome replied sitting back up.

"We should get there really early shouldn't we? I mean we'll probably be waiting outside the club all night if we go too late." Yuka replied picking out an outfit she purchased to wear from her bag.


Kagome was wearing a blue strapless silk kimono top with crescent moon patterns on it and wearing long dark blue jeans with her black-strapped high heels.

Kagome, Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka walked into a room filled with neon lights, a stage where the 'American Hi-Fi' was playing their music and the strong smell of apple cider. It was about 7:45 and the party was just starting to heat up. Kagome watched as all the many bodies moving to the beat of the music of "The Geeks Get The Girls"

"Oh, Kagome come on lets dance! This is a great song." Her friends pulled out Kagome to the middle of the dance floor just as Kagome caught a glimpse of Darien walking into the club in the same clothes he wore to school.

Darien moved around in the shadows catching Kagome's sakura blossom scent in the mist of sweaty bodies on the dance floor just as Kagome caught a glimpse of him. He didn't know why he followed her here. Obsessed probably. There was just something about her that made him want her, as if they were past lovers or something. He didn't understand what drove him to her, but he didn't mind much, he liked her presences around him.

Gods she was gorgeous, even her dancing made her look mystical.

A few girls came up to him as soon as he sat on a stool by the bar making him frown. He ignored them as they tried to get his attention by flirting with him, which was truly getting on his nerves. Couldn't they see that he didn't want to be bothered with them?

Kagome noticing Darien at the bar with the smuttiest girls she had ever seen walked up to Darien greeting him, as he did nothing but smirk at her and then turned around to face the girls and replied happily.

"Sorry girls this one is mine." Kagome replied grabbing Darien's hand pulling him towards the dance floor as the next song the American Hi-Fi played "The Art of Losing". The girls walked away with huffs and puffs and went back to their seats to keep on the look out for any more hot guys.

Darien moved closer to Kagome not missing a beat in his own dancing.

"Your cuter then them anyway." Darien whispered in her ear. Kagome blushed and continued dancing.

End


"I don't wanna be like you can't you see it's killing me-"

"I'm my own worst enemy, knock me down I'll keep on moving, it's the art of losing!" Both Darien and Kagome sung together laughing just as Kenshin, Airi, and Noyoko walked in with amused expressions on their face.

"I sent Shippo off to breakfast." Darien replied jumping off the bed as Kagome plopped down on it.

"I feel fine." Kagome replied to Airi as she checked her wound.

"It's completely gone." Airi replied touching Kagome's abdomen where her wound was.

"And what about you Lord Darien?" Kenshin replied as Darien shrugged.

"I could use a bath, but other wise I'm peachy. And stop calling me Lord Darien. I'm not a Lord here." Darien replied grabbing Kagome's hand, leading her away from the bed.

"You and Lord Sesshomaru are in 'relations' as you put it, so would you prefer us to call you Prince Darien or Lord Darien? We have to use one or the other; we do get different higher quality demons come visit often. We wouldn't want any confusions." Kenshin replied smirking along with Noyoko. They were sure to find out Darien's 'relations' to now.

Darien smirked back. "What about InuYasha? I've never heard you guys call him Prince, or Lord. Both Sesshomaru and InuYasha are Touga's sons are they not? Both of them were Princes weren't they while Touga was the Lord at the time? What's the difference with me? Why can't you just call me by my name like you do with InuYasha?"

"InuYasha, is well…--"

"Different." Noyoko finished.

"Different how?" Darien asked annoyed.

"InuYasha isn't exactly in the same ranks as Lord Sesshomaru…" Kenshin replied fidgeting a bit by Darien's glare.

"Why, because he had a human as a mother? So if InuYasha had the same mother as Sesshomaru then he would be considered a Prince? Or next in line to be the Western Lord if something happened to Sesshomaru? InuYasha doesn't' get all that stuff because he's a hanyou? Even though both Sesshomaru and InuYasha have the same father? That's a bunch of bull- you know what, whatever just call me whatever your high ass wants to call me." Darien replied leading himself and Kagome out the door.

"That didn't go so well." Noyoko replied as Kenshin stood there frowning.

"I told you guys to drop it." Airi replied changing the bed sheets.


Noon…

An eleven-year-old Rin sat in the lush green grass that afternoon waiting for Shippo to come play with her. She hadn't seen him for a while and she was really starting to miss him, even her favorite Lord, Sesshomaru. Sure she had Ah-Un and Lord Jaken to keep her company right now, but she preferred Lord Sesshomaru and Shippo. Jaken-sama didn't like her much and he was boring, and although Ah-Un seemed to like her just fine he wasn't much company; all he did was sleep all day. So she decided that she would leave the two of them alone and pick flowers in the filed.

"Rin, do not go out of my sight! Sesshomaru-sama will have my head if I were to lose you!" The little toad yelled as she started walking away.

"I won't go far Lord Jaken, I'm just going to pick some flowers." she said over her shoulder. She heard him mumble something under his breath about silly human girls and flowers, but she didn't pay much attention to him as she started walking through the bright colors in the fields.

"Wow, their so pretty!" she clapped her hands together as she took in the sight in front of her. There were yellow, green, pink, purple, red, gold, and even blue flowers all around her. She ran to the middle of the field where the flowers were brightest and sat down and started to make a ring of flowers for Lord Sesshomaru. She knew that he didn't have any use for them, but he always took them with the slight nod of his head. She was sure that that was his way of saying thank you, and it always made her feel good on the inside. So she hummed happily as she started to string together the flowers.

"What are you doing?" Shippo asked Rin wiping a bit of toast crumbs off of his face with his right hand while holding a red ball with his left.

"Shippo! Now that you're here we can play," said Rin, smiling at him.

"Darien blew up this red ball for us to play with, he said he used to play with it with his brother." Shippo replied tossing it to Rin whom smiled and caught it.

"Darien has a brother?" Rin asked throwing the ball back.

"Yeah, his name is Yuji, he'll be five in nine days, I think." Shippo replied as Rin smiled.

"Do you think we should make something for him?" Rin asked as Shippo passed the ball to her.

"We could draw something for him." Shippo replied shrugging as Rin smiled wider.

"Can you draw Shippo?" Rin asked him as Shippo held his head up in the air.

"Mama says I'm a very good drawer."

"Good then you can draw him a picture and Rin will try to make Yuji something." Rin replied thinking of what she could make.


Still Noon…

Even though youkai and humans were living in harmony and supposedly equal in the society, youkai had always been a step higher due to their superior physical abilities and supernatural powers. Youkai and humans alike understood that youkai are superior, and humans are only allowed to be considered equal because the youkai lords allowed it.

Though there are many youkai who either looked down on humans, or liked to prey on the weak, there are also many kind-hearted youkai who lived in harmony with the humans in or near their villages. They helped defend the villagers in times of trouble, and the humans welcomed them. Villages, which had peaceful youkai living among them, had far less chance of being raided, by humans or youkai alike, than those who faired on their own or with only their miko to guard them.

Cases of human villages being raided, people being brutally murdered or maidens being raped by youkai were usual occurrences and the youkai lords could care less what happened to the mangy humans infesting their lands like so much mice. The human lords tried to keep order as much as they can, but they did not dare to openly hunt youkai, especially higher-class youkai for fear of offending any youkai lords and courting their own deaths.

Thus, the job of defending the humans from evil youkai falls to the taijiya, warriors who hunted and killed youkai criminals; these included humans and some youkai or hanyou. These warriors usually live in normal villages, and farmed like everyone else, the only exception being they also trained vigorously in combating and youkai-fighting skills, and hunting and tracking skills. Anyone is welcomed to join a taijiya village to train with them, they may choose to stay and settle in the village, or go back to their own village. A lot of people come and go in taijiya villages, coming to be trained by the experienced fighters and then going back to their own village to help defend it. Taijiya villages often took in orphans or wanderers whose villages were destroyed. There are also many wandering taijiya who did not really belong to any village, but traveled among them and hunted any youkai criminals along the way.

As so many youkai and humans intermingle, many hanyou were born. Hanyou were generally weaker than the pure youkai breed they came from, but they could also be very powerful if their youkai parent was powerful. Some of the more powerful, pure-breed youkai looked down on and disliked hanyou, though most youkai did not openly shun them. Humans, however, did not mind hanyou. Usually hanyou were brought up in the human parent's village, and they were treated as an equal among the humans; to the humans, they viewed hanyou as a good line of defense for their village.

Slaves were common in this era. Slaves were traded or sold like objects, and considered property of their owners. They would be expected to do whatever their master commanded, with no right to object; they were also punished severely for disobeying; and of course, they got no pay for their hard work. Even though many felt pity for the slaves, and treating slaves badly were looked down upon, using slaves were common and popular among the lords and upper class. They were a lot cheaper and easier to keep than servants, and no one would question why a slave disappeared mysteriously. Legally, capturing free citizens and selling them into slavery was not allowed, but it was done nonetheless; children of slaves were doomed to also be slaves.

There were human slaves as well as youkai slaves, though mostly only youkai lords kept youkai slaves. Human slaves were plentiful; countless of them were needed to keep a lord's castle and lands running. The only way for slaves to be free is if their master set them free, or if someone bought their freedom from their master. Even though a slave was allowed to buy his or her own freedom, it is virtually impossible for a slave to obtain any money at all.

In this era, the land was generally divided into four parts, a bit like countries. The Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western, lands each had a Ruling Lord over the lands. In the four lands, each had plenty lesser lords with their own individual castle, lands, and villages. These lesser lords paid fealty to the Ruling Lord, in exchange for protection from the other lands. Two of the four lords were youkai, one of them a hanyou, and one is a human. Due to the different nature of the lords, the populations in the four lands also differ greatly

-Kura-sama

"Kagome, please tell me your not reading after just getting healed?" Darien asked her sitting in front of her, putting his feet on top of the table that was in-between them. They were in Sesshomaru's library and believe me it was huge. It was like a public library.

Sesshomaru's servants had told them that Sesshomaru specifically ordered training clothes for Darien that day which he was wearing, uncomfortably. They were the exact same clothes that Sesshomaru alls wore, but without the armor and whatever that fluff thing he carries with him over his shoulder. He definitely now looked like Sesshomaru even though Darien didn't have the markings on his face which only seem to appear when he's in his demonic form, which he wasn't at the moment.

"And if I am?" Kagome asked him closing the huge brown leather book.

Kagome wore a simple yellow long sleeved kimono that went to her thighs with circle patterns on it and short black spandex underneath with her wooden shoes for she and Darien were supposedly going to be trained today.

Golden eyes clashed with sapphire ones as they stared at one another.

"What brings you here, Kagome?" Darien asked tilting his chair slightly.

Kagome simply grinned at him.

"I heard that Sesshomaru is trying to make alliances with other Demon Lords. I was just trying to figure out their names and what they were like." Kagome replied shrugging.

Darien's eyes flickered in surprise.

"So Kouga and InuYasha are there to?" Darien asked getting up.

"No, it's already over, wait a minute, Kouga is one of the rulers isn't he? Eastern Lands? How could I forget? Wait, where are you going?" Kagome asked getting out of her seat also.

"Hey!" Kagome hurried after Darien as he walked out the library door. Kagome clashed against Darien's back that had stopped abruptly.

"I wish you would warn me when you're going to do that." Kagome scowled at him looking past him to see Haruki and Sesshomaru standing before them.

"In order for you to improve on your demonic speed and strength I will have Haruki to train you until you manage to wound him. If you are able to wound Haruki then you will be able fight against me." Sesshomaru replied as Darien frowned a bit.

"And what if I'm unable to wound him?" Darien asked Sesshomaru.

"You will, because if not you will be stuck fighting with Haruki until you do so without any food or nourishments." Sesshomaru replied as Darien gaped at him.

"I suggest you two get started." Sesshomaru replied to both Haruki and Darien as Haruki led Darien away from them towards Sesshomaru's personal dojo.

"Come." Sesshomaru said to Kagome pushing the doors to the outside.


"You're kidding!" Darien wailed into the dojo.

"I assure you, this situation does not consist of any humor, whatsoever," replied Haruki, turning the key.

"I suggest you get started, as you will not be provided with any food until you have found a way to injure me. Let's go."

Those two words commenced the most horrendous, miserable, torturous, stressful, and hellish, but otherwise progressive time of Darien's entire life. Right after those syllables were uttered, Haruki had launched at him, Darien yelled and dodged him, Haruki's bear claws just grazing his back.

"ARE YOU F— CRAZY?!" Darien shouted, dodging another blow.

"I am perfectly sane, thank you for your concern," was Haruki's response.

"STOP!" Darien said frantically turning into his demonic side, markings on his face and everything. No red eyes of course.

"Find a weapon if you must." Haruki replied when Darien was doing nothing but dodging his attacks.

It continued in this manner for two and a half solid hours.


"I can't believe you would actually do something like this to a girl!" Kagome complained, running her hands through her hair.

"It was this Sesshomaru's impression that you wanted to get better in your skill level." Sesshomaru replied as Kagome pouted.

"Yes, but I don't know anything about fighting, I'm worse than Darien I'm sure."

"We shall see now wont we? I will be fighting you—"

"What?!" Kagome exclaimed. "You…how am I supposed to fight you?!"

Sesshomaru smirked claws extended and dripping with acid.


A/N Okay I was thinking about names for Darien's sword. So from this list what do you guys think I should use?

Ishikengo: strong determinationstrong-willedhaving strong will powerfirmness of purpose.

Kan strong; just right; love of peace

Kigatsuyoi: strong-willed; strong of heart

Oninikanabou: making a strong person even stronger

Tsuyomaru: to get strongto gain strength

Sugoi-yaiba Amazing, cool, blade; sword.