"Mother"
Both women turned to see Sesshomaru, Kagome quickly turns away, and hoped he didn't just hear that.
"Why my son, come, join us" She said with a sly tone,
"Are we mating her off or me?" He asked as he sat at the head of the table, one woman on each side.
"Well since you won't let me pick for you, perhaps I will educate the miko a little more"
Kagome was going to die, she laughed "Um, no no, I'm good"
"Your old" His mother stated flatly
"I am not" Kagome snapped,
"Still, if it's a demon mate you seek, you will need to listen to me"
Kagome sighed, she didn't think Sesshomaru's mother would be a good fit for choosing a mate. There was a reason Sesshomaru was not using her.
"Your supposed to be unconfusing the miko not confusing her more"
"What else do we need to talk about"
Kagome eyed her, then Sesshomaru, she didn't want to talk about it in front of him!
"Oh, sex then, right, what are you confused about" His mother was not shy one bit,
Kagome shifted "Not exactly"
"Oh, then what"
"His lack attraction?" She said slowly,
"We are all attractive miko" She said,
"I know that darn it but still, there are a lot of good looking demons, I'm not attracted to them all"
"Are you attracted to him?"
Kagome pushed away from the chair "Don't tease me" She was not going there, of course he was good looking, but that was not the point!
Luna smiled, she liked riling up the miko "Oh your no fun" She stood "Fine fine, come"
Sesshomaru just watched as his mother took Kagome by the arm, he once again was second-guessed his choice on the matter.
"He cant hear us now miko"
They walked the halls "Did it hurt?"
"What"
"What Inuyasha father did"
The woman sighed "No"
Kagome looked at her "Really?"
"At first I was angry only because she was human, but as I watched I began to understand him, you know he was not caring to her at first, in fact, he was very mean"
"Really?"
"Yes, but slowly she became a puzzle, then a game and then" She trailed off for a moment "Demon women are cold, not all of us, I am, some are sneaky, and when we are in heat it can get passionet, but we are not like humans, humans have sex for more than just relife and breeding, they are tender, warm, caring, they want"
Kagome listen with great care,
"Inuyasha's mother loved him, wanted to touch him to feel him, wanted to kiss to give him love, wanted to have children to make something with him, and he was drunk on her affection"
She still felt bad for Sesshomarus mother,
"While I regard him as strong and my protecter and father to my son, it was his son, and while I did find him attractive, I was cold and unmoving, I personally like slaves to my bend to my call, I want to be the leader and one can not be the lead to someone like Inutashio, we were bored with each other, my sex appeal was not enough to rule over him, he did not thirst for me, and that, that was ok"
"Does Sesshomaru know alll this"
"No"
They reached a balcony and looked out at the falling snow "You care about him" His mother looked down at Kagome,
"Well yeah, sort of, I mean he did try to kill me once, but he did save me once to"
"I understand what you want for him, but he does not, it's not that you dont understand him, its that he does not understand you"
"Can you help?"
"No," She said stern "You do not need my help"
"I don't think he wants mine"
"You would not be here"
"I mean he doesn't want the kinda help I want to give him, he just wants me to weed out the sneaky ones"
"Is it just Sesshomaru or are you like this with everyone"
"Its a flaw of mine I guess"
"Perhaps it's not all about what you want for others but what you want for yourself"
"Everyone wants love"
Luna sighed "Sesshomaru doesn't know Love miko, how can you want something you have never had?"
"He does though, look at Rin"
"Rin was an instinct to him, that is different, he gave her life again, he was and is responsible"
Kagome was getting frustrated again "I thought love was just a natural thing"
"For humans it is a lot less complicated, time changes things, people, hearts, and for the humans time has been a friend, sadly the same can not be said about us, we are becoming no more Kagome and because of that cause, we now have the effect, demons rule by law and power, not by the heart"
Kagome looked at her "You said my name"
"You earned it" She smiled.
Kagome smiled, that was deep.
"Be firm with him, but do not fret on this Kagome, his life will be fine, he wont make a bad choice, even if it's not the right one in your eyes, he has a past, my past, his fathers passed, what bothers you, may have little to no effect on him,"
Kagome felt defeated still
"Do not dwell on it, you will do the job well, it just might not be by your standers, besides, remember what I said, you have more power over him than you think, he may the Lord but right now your in charge"
The with a puff of smoke she was gone.
Kagome breathed deep and looked at the heavy snow fall. She just needs to let it go and go with the day, she didn't even know what to expect anyway, for all she knew someone may walk in and he may fall head over heels.
"My mother left"
Kagome jumped "Oh, yes, she did"
"She didn't eat you"
"No, she even called me by name"
Sesshomaru didn't give anything away,
"When can I go out?" She needed to think
"Your not a prisoner Miko"
She looked at him "Oh, no, I know that, I just didn't know if I needed anyone with me"
"No one will harm you, they know who you are"
Even though the snow was heavy she wanted to go out, "Thank you"
She turned away and he followed "You where crying"
She hated that he could smell so good "Yes"
"Why"
"I thought about what you said, about the future, for all I know my mother doesn't even know who I am, remember me" She fought back tears.
They reached the font and she stopped "lll never been born"
"You will be born miko"
"But you said the same soul cant live at the same time"
"You are from 500 years in the future, you won't live that long, perhaps thing will not have changed and you will be born again"
A tear slipped from her cheek, she shook her head and then slipped out quickly. He watched her go into the thick snow, he was confused and puzzled by her response, did she not believe him? Something was off-putting but he could not put his finger on it. He knew one thing, he spent way to much time trying to figure her out, it was almost annoying. Sesshomaru turned from the door and headed back to his room, soon his castle would be filled with women, like one confusing miko and one sly mother wasn't enough to deal with, was it to late to call it off for another year?
Hidden from view his mother lifted her chin to the air "Stupid boy, if only your father could see you now" She smiled and then vanished.