Kirara discovered the dining hall to be on the rather extravagant side as it had a long rectangular shape table that could hold up to twenty or more seats. The windows were draped by red curtains and the floor was carpeted.
'It doesn't seem as if he eats here often.' She inwardly notes to herself since she could sense emptiness in the room.
"Are you not going to take a seat?" Sesshomaru inquires to her as she glances up from her observation of the dining hall meticulous decor.
"If you don't mind, I would at least like to make sure that my men receive something to eat." Kirara states her demand.
"That's why I appointed Miranda to you. From this day on, think of her as your personal servant," Sesshomaru response in an indifferent tone.
Kirara casually scans her entire surroundings but Miranda was nowhere to be found, 'Just great…where could she possibly be when I really need her?'
However, the scent that she smelt from earlier at the engagement party was now present in the hallway. Those particular scents caused her to slightly tense up, "So they will be eating with us too?"
Sesshomaru had already strolled over to his seat at the head of the table after he removed the seat to his left that signaled to Kirara that it was her designated seat.
She silently accepted the gesture and sat down while the source of the scent she smelt walked inside of the dining room along with Kirara's newly appointed maid.
"Lady Kirara," each one of her men formally greets her with a quick bow and takes their place on her left sitting in the order of importance with Makoto, Toshu, Kenichi and the others until all of the seats were filled.
The next group that enters was those who she had encountered at the engagement part. They were the inu-youkai who swore their upmost
Then it was those who she had encountered at the engagement party, who entered in next, that swore their allegiance to the man that sat on her left. "My lord, it's good to see you again."
They seem to have mirrored the same action as her men and sat at the dining table except they left two seats in between them and Sesshomaru.
Kirara signals for Miranda, who quickly appears by her side, before she whispers in the brunette haired woman's ear, "Who are we waiting for?"
"Master Jaken and Lady Rin," She whispers her response before it hits Kirara.
'Where was Rin during the engagement party?' she ponders to herself.
She suddenly felt disappointed at the fact that she did not keep up with Rin's whereabouts.
"Come on you stupid little girl! We're already late!" Jaken's voice could be heard down the hallway causing the people already in the dining room to turn in the direction of his voice.
"My apologies my lord, it seems as if it was harder to track down Rin tonight." Jaken offers his apology in the form of a bow. The pair soon made their way to their respective seats.
There was a brief silence among the strangers before Sesshomaru clears his throat to eliminate the quietness in the room.
"It would be awfully rude of us if we were to start dinner without knowing who it is that is sitting in front of us." Kirara hears one of Sesshomaru's guards mention.
"We are Lord Sesshomaru most trusted men as you are equivalent to your Lady. We serve to protect him, the land, and the people of the Western land. We total in the number of five with each of us guarding a specific area of the castle and region. I am the head of this force…my name is Akio." The inu-youkai with shoulder length curly black hair and chocolate brown eyes explain.
"My name is Kosei." The inu-youkai with short sable black hair and golden colored eyes introduces himself next.
Then the third inu-youkai with short brunette hair and dark brown eyes introduces himself next, "My name is Itsuki."
Next was the inu-youkai who introduced him, as "My name is Ryoji." He had salt and pepper colored hair with gray colored eyes.
The last one introduced himself, as "My name's Arashi." He had a fawn red hair color with black sesame colored eyes.
'Aside from the crude remarks directed at me during the engagement party, they're quite handsome…' she thought to herself as she found all five of them to be extremely attractive.
She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard her men introduced themselves to those who sat across from them.
When she heard the last of her men introduce themselves, she felt that it was only courteous to greet them since they would soon be apart of her life whether or not she wanted them too. "My name is Kirara and I treasure these people to my right as if they were my own flesh and blood but it's still a pleasure to meet you all."
No further conversation was exchanged as the servants delivered the meal for the evening. The only thing that was heard was the sound of silverware clicking against the white marble plates.
'I know that one of them has to say something about me so how do I go about having them reveal their true feelings.' Kirara thought to herself before feeling slightly full.
"So Rin did you enjoy our little stop at the bathhouse?" Kirara inquires toward Rin, who was more than happy to pause in the middle of eating of her food to answer her question.
"Ah-Uh, simply enjoyed the ride through the city and would like to see you again." Rin answers her question with a beaming smile on her face.
"Lady Rin," the one whose name was Akio speaks up redirecting Rin's attention to him, "so Ah-Uh allowed Lady Kirara to mount him?"
"Does that really sound like such an impossible feat?" Kirara quickly inquires as to the reason why Akio would ask Rin such a question.
Akio cuts his glances over to his lord before returning his sights back to where Kirara was sitting at. "Ah-Uh doesn't necessary take too well to other people let alone strangers to mount him."
Kirara pauses as if to think of a rebuttal to what Akio just told her, "Is that so? Rin didn't tell me that Ah-Uh was that hostile toward new people. I guess I have this irresistible charm about me."
"I would have to agree. Ms. Kirara does have a bright aura! I like that we're sisters now, isn't that right onee-chan?" Rin asks with the same smile on her face.
That caught Sesshomaru, Jaken, and the other five men that sat alongside Rin off guard when they heard Rin's question.
'Good job Rin! I knew I could count on you.' Kirara silently praises the little girl's for catching up on her mental vibes.
Kirara simply laughs with her eyes closed before answering her with a wide smile, "That's right imouto!"
The girls shared a bout of laughter with one another, "So it seems as if Lady Kirara and Lady Rin has already established a sisterhood with one another. Wouldn't that work out to your advantage, Lord Sesshomaru?"
"If everyone is finished with their meals it is time for you to all leave." Sesshomaru spoke up with his eyes closed and an empty plate.
Kirara merely observes as those around her seem to closely follow the order and decides that she should go along with the flow.
Once they finished cleaning their area, the group left in a rather quiet fashion while Kirara thought that it was an order for her as well.
"Kirara," he mentions her name causing the bell to ring, "Stop exactly where you are and remain quiet in the process."
She felt as if someone stitched a zipper across her lips and zips them completely shut. She could not produce a single noise to warn her men that something was wrong.
"That order that I gave was not for you but was rather for everyone else." Sesshomaru mentions causing Kirara to cast her gaze at Sesshomaru.
Kirara could not speak a sentence due to the order that Sesshomaru gave her to remain quiet let only move to defend herself in case he might try something.
"You tried to start a riot at the dinner table tonight but it failed miserably. I do give you some type of credit for making my men take a rather strong liking to you." Sesshomaru quickly comments before adjusting the flowers that was in her bun.
'Dang it…how could he figure that out?' she mentally asks as she clearly thought she had the plan formulated in her head.
"So you thought that your primitive plan was going to go unnoticed by me? You should at least have some ounce of dignity for me." Sesshomaru claims with a small smirk on his face.
Kirara had muffled something under her breath as if to tell Sesshomaru that she had something on her mind and that she should at least be able to voice it.
"You can speak now." He gave her another order as Kirara felt her mouth being freed from an invisible force.
Kirara stared at Sesshomaru for a good minute, 'I can't run or hide or he will just call me back to him. What the heck can I do?'
"Your men seemed to be smitten by my presence. Is that why you're so upset that you had called dinner to an end?" Kirara inquires in a teasing manner.
Sesshomaru simply lowers his eyes to a dead slit before leaning in to whisper in her ear and responding with, "You figured it out."
This caused Kirara's face to turn red from embarrassment at how bold he was coming off, "If you want to keep intact you should take a step back from me."
"Even if you could, you know it won't happen," he confidently mentions before leaning back away from her.
"Follow me." He orders her before turning away from her and making his way out of the dining room and back in to the hallway.
'I didn't know that Sesshomaru was the jealous type.' Kirara mentally notes to herself as she reveled in delight after discovering one of his weaknesses.
'Just exactly where are we going?' she thought to herself as she decides to focus in on her surroundings incase something fishy might go down and she would need to make a break for it.
The hallway shifts into the foyer when she realizes that she had to climb up flights of steps but instead of making a right they made a left.
'This is starting to really bother me…' Kirara thinks, as the ceilings on this end seem to be a little lower than the rest of the castle.
Sesshomaru continues on his pace before making it all the way down to the end of the hallway and pauses at a wooden door that had a rather large black dungeon lock on it.
'So he's going to put me in the dungeon?' Kirara thought when she hears the loud creaking noise of having the door opening.
"Go in." he instructs her as Kirara feels herself move against her own will and stops once she cross the threshold of the door.
The sound of the door slamming shut nearly causes her to leap out of her skin since she dreads hearing the lock being locked again.
"Follow." He ordered her once he passed by her on the walkway.
"There's a flight of steps coming up. I'm sure you can manage." Sesshomaru warns her before he makes his ascent on the steps.
'What!' she thought, as there was dim lighting in whatever room that they were currently standing in.
'Well the next best thing I can do is crawl since I don't know how high the ceiling is from me to fly.' She thought to herself when she shuffled until her foot hit the bottom of what appeared to be the start of the steps.
Kirara could not help but inwardly laugh at how she had to move around until she got the feeling of the steps.
Once she reaches the last of the steps, she cold feel a cold air breeze hit her warm body causing goose bumps to appear on her skin.
"Sesshomaru...what exactly is this place?" Kirara inquires as she pauses at the top step with her eyes wide open.
"I know you're not dumb, a little clueless maybe, but what is your first reaction to this room?" he questions while looking over his shoulder at her.
Kirara did not immediately respond to his question as she felt a lump suddenly develop in her throat before responding. "It's your bedroom."
"You should drop the y in your statement." He interjects, which causes her to stare at the ground instead of looking him directly in the face.
"For once it seems as if you have nothing to say," he claims as he makes his way over to where she was standing.
'Okay…just breathe. It's only a room nothing more and nothing less.' She thought to herself but her eyes remained glued to the floor.
"Don't ever lower your gaze for anyone!" He suddenly proclaims, "It doesn't suit you at all." Kirara can feel his hand underneath her chin forcing her to look up at him.
"Shouldn't you be telling me the opposite of that especially since you want me to play the docile neko-youkai?" she inquires as she directly stares at him in the face.
"And you're back…" he mentions to her with his hand underneath her chin. "Besides it's not as exciting when you are obedient and submissive."
"Never that…the instant you remove this thing from around my neck, we will have a fight and I will be the victor. I will leave this place with no worries." Kirara declares while pointing at the collar.
"I will make sure it never comes off then." Sesshomaru firmly states as it causes Kirara's eyes to focus in on him.