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Everyone's head swiveled to stare at the Lord, who still wore a blank, cold face. Kagome stared at him, eyes wide. She glanced at Asami, the younger princess, who was shaking her head and when she caught Kagome's eye, gave her a pitied look.
"Sesshomaru," Tomoyo said extending a hand, inviting him to join her at the front. Sesshomaru gracefully walked through the crowd that parted for him. They were silent, staring at the inuyokai as he made his way to the front of the hall.
There was a long silence when Sesshomaru reached the princess. She smiled at him but Sesshomaru said nothing. Finally, Lady Zakuro spoke up.
"Well, Lord Sesshomaru, do you accept?" Her tone obviously was expecting a yes.
Kagome could almost hear the hearts beating nervously around her. Her own heart fluttered.
Sesshomaru looked between the queen and her eldest daughter. "I must decline," he said finally. An exhale went through the party, some in relief, and others in shock.
"Why?" The Queen said angrily. She said rising out of her seat. Her bronze kimono fluttered at her feet. "Is my daughter not suitable for you?"
Kagome looked at Asami who was smirking a little at her older sister's clear embarrassment. When she saw Kagome look at her, her smirk widened into a deviant grin.
She stepped forward to her mother before Kagome could stop her. "Because, the Lord Sesshomaru is already engaged!" The girl shouted.
The daiyokai looked at the girl as if she were crazy. Her mother turned her attention to her younger daughter. "To whom?"
Don't say it, Asami. Kagome said knowing what the girl was thinking. Don't say it.
"The Lady Kagome, of course," Asami said as if it were plain as day. She said it.
Everyone turned again to the back of the hall and Kagome felt all eyes on her. The school girl's face turned burgundy and all she could do was wave pitifully and let out a strangled 'hello.'
"Is this true, Lord Sesshomaru? Zakuro asked with a deadly chill in her voice.
Kagome was surprised when Sesshomaru didn't give a quick no. Instead, the Lord took his dear sweet time, pondering the situation. Kagome wanted to scream a no, but no words would come out of her mouth, which opened and closed like a carp. How could Sesshomaru think so hard on such a ridiculous question? He hated Kagome. It hated humans! Why was he thinking so hard?
Sesshomaru final spoke, nodding once. "It is."
t is."aru final spoke, nodding once. "inking so hard?
Hwo the situation. Kagome wanted to scream a no, but no words would come _
"Lord Sesshomaru," Tomoyo said extending her hand to him.
Sesshomaru slowly made his way to the front where the princess stood. Honestly, he'd expected it but had hoped it wouldn't come to this. He was weighing his choices. One, was to accept, but there was no way in the seven layers of hell he was mating this woman. Two, was to kill them all, which was sounding better with every step he took. Third was to lie, and say he was intending to mate someone else. Though, with the lack of a woman's scent on him, he assumed that would be known as a lie right off.
He stopped in front of the princess, staring at her. Her smile faltered under the cold gaze he gave her. He felt the eyes of every other demon in the room. He could hear the heart beats, especially that of the human in the back of the hall. She was nervous of his answer.
"Well, Lord Sesshomaru, do you accept?" the Demon Queen said finally.
He glanced between the two women quickly. "I must decline," he said.
Every heart beat in the room stop for a millisecond when he spoke. It was followed by an audible gasp. He was actually a little impressed with himself and his ability to hold attention.
"Why?" Zakuro hissed angrily. "Is my daughter not suitable for you?"
Sesshomaru was going to give a simple no, even though he wanted to tell the woman that he would never mate such a spoiled, demanding woman, but the young princess spoke before he could get a word out.
"Because Lord Sesshomaru is already engaged," She said grinning like a fox.
Sesshomaru looked at the girl like she was crazy. This had been one of the few options he could have gone with to escape this mating. The last option.
"To whom?" Zakuro asked in surprise.
Sesshomaru saw the woman glance at the human girl and the yokai lord knew exactly what she was going to say. Anger and annoyance flooded him at this girl's arrogance. But she spoke before he could.
"The Lady Kagome, of course."
Sesshomaru looked intently at the girl to judge her reaction. Her eyes bulged in disbelief. She muttered a dim-witted hello to the crowd.
"Is this true?" Zakuro asked Sesshomaru.
He thought his options through carefully. He could say no and have the awkward moment of explaining why he didn't want to mate the girl and call the younger princess out on her lie. Or, he could agree with the ridiculous statement and say he was intending on mating his hanyo brother's wench. If he said yes, it would be only a few days at most of pretending. Her smell was all over him from sharing a room and he could easily say it was because they were intended. If he threatened her, the woman wouldn't say anything. Sesshomaru would make sure he was the one pulling the strings on it. This was the most Un-Sesshomaru thing he could ever do. If someone two weeks ago said he was going to be pretending to be mated to InuYasha's wench, he would have killed the fool, smirking, and maybe even laughing at such a stupid prediction. But here he was, between a rock and a hard place. The way he saw it, he could either stay underground with a difficult woman or pretend with a human. He really only had one choice.
"It is," he said. He glanced at the woman and gave her a stare that said crystal clearly 'say any different and I kill you.' She nodded jerkily, understand the message he sent from golden eyes to chocolate.
The young princess stared at him in utter anger and shock. Suddenly, she opened her mouth and let out an earsplitting shriek of anger. The crystal wine glass she had shattered in her fist. She continued to scream throwing everything she could get her hands on.
The younger princess saved him from being assaulted. She grabbed his kimono front, pulling him through the confused crowd. She drug himself and Kagome out the doors, taking short cuts to get to their room faster.
"What were you thinking, Asami?" Kagome yelled as the girl pulled them along. "And you!" she yelled at the yokai.
"I made sure Tomoyo didn't get what she wants again. I made sure Sesshomaru didn't get drug into this. And I made up your mind," she said listing things off.
She shoved them into the apartment, sticking her head in. "I got to get back to my sister before she destroys the hall." With that, she shut the door behind her,
"What the hell, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked throwing her hands up.
"This Sesshomaru refuses to mate the hemi Tomoyo," he said.
"So you said I was going to be your mate?" she yelled. "That's not any better!"
"Listen to this Sesshomaru," he said sternly. "We're going to pretend that we're going to be mates. It will only be for a few days."
"What's in it for me?" she asked.
"Just because this Sesshomaru is saying you are his mate, doesn't mean he won't kill you," he said setting his fine jaw.
"You won't kill me," she said crossing her arms. "Then there won't be anything to stop Tomoyo from mating you." Kagome got a nasty image in her head but she pushed it aside.
"This Sesshomaru will make sure you wish you were dead. And you will most defiantly not leave this place," he said.
Kagome knew that was final. Either she played along or she was in for it.