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JeniNeji Comments:

Star99: I will surely use this one. I absolutely loved it and find it's so accurate. I will put a note when I use it, when the right chapter comes :) Throw more my way and I will try to find a place for them. Or, if you want, I can put them under the chapter number, as a short introduction…but then again, I would need a LOT of them. If you want, we can do it :)

Casedeputy: Surely! Now Sesshomaru is forced, so subtly, to interact with Kagome. Consequences are bound to appear.

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Contigo

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"A mating is quite similar to a marriage but where the marriage is accepted by your god a mating is accepted by your souls," explained Sesshomaru in a deadpan voice, "It would be required for Inuyasha to exchange some of his youki with you."

"What will happen with my miko powers?" interrupted Kagome's concerned voice.

Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at the interruption however; he deemed the question valid, "This Sesshomaru is not sure. The exchange of youki is not supposed to alter your reiki."

"Can Inuyasha exchange youki as he is or will he have to let his beast overtake him to do so?"

Once again Sesshomaru's eyebrow rose, "The hanyou would be able to do it in his usual self. He needs to learn though."

"How long does that take?"

"Miko. Must you always interrupt?"

Kagome shrank into herself, "I'm sorry…but I tend to forget things."

"I sincerely hope your progeny escapes that," commented the demon a little bit harshly, "as I was saying the hanyou will learn. It should take about a day…for Inuyasha maybe two."

"How do you know about this? Are you mated?" asked Kagome with prim lips.

The Taiyoukai couldn't stop his eyebrows from rising, "No miko, this Sesshomaru is not mated."

"Why?" asked the miko with honest curiosity.

"Miko, are we talking about my personal life or yours?"

"I thought we were talking about mating rules."

"Trying would be more adequate."

"You know what, for once, I think you are right."

"No one told this Sesshomaru teaching you was going to be this straining," said the demon Lord aridly.

"Believe me Sesshomaru-sama, I am a fast learner. I used to get stray A's in my exams… until I fell down the well."

"Is that true?" asked Sesshomaru with mild curiosity.

"You see… you are the one who is straying from the course of the conversation. What do my grades have to do with mating?"

"Miko…if you were not about to become part of my pack…I would have stopped the blood flow from passing up the arteries of your neck to your head."

"Yup, I like you too oni-sama."

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GRE Vocabulary class:

Prim- stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval or anything regarded as improper. Purse (mouth or lips) into a prim expression.

Arid- Having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation. Lacking in interest, excitement or meaning.

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