Sesshomaru travels over to Kirara, who stands alongside one of her subordinates slightly curious as to the content of the pair's conversation.
"I don't know. I will handle it then." He overhears Kirara tells to the man name Makoto before she peers over at him.
"Is there something wrong?" She directs her question to him after they quickly concludes their conversation.
"You have the afternoon and the early part of the evening to yourself. You will stay within the castle grounds." He simply states while he stares her in the face.
'Something is weird…' Kirara inwardly notes to herself at Sesshomaru's apparent willingness to let her have some free time to herself with no strict requirements.
Kirara continues to studies Sesshomaru's face to make sure that he was not telling her a fib. 'He is dead serious.'
She watches Sesshoamru's back retreat down the corridor and makes his way away from her current standing position.
Makoto signals for the others to draw near where they stand at the moment and voices, "My lady,"
Kirara faces Makoto once again only to realize that the others were now with him. "The reason why Lord Sesshomaru gave you the rest of the afternoon and some of the evening off to yourself is because this is the last night that you are considered a single woman."
They witness their leader eyes grow wide after she listens to what Makoto just told her. "Surely you couldn't have forgot about that."
"I mean…its just I would…normally have girls. Since it's a bachelorette party…" Kirara pause in between her sentences, as if to word it correctly.
Makoto places his right hand on Kirara's left shoulder before speaking up, "We know it is not the way you want to spend your last day as a single woman but we are all you have here. Besides, tradition only seems to flow in the favor of Lord Sesshomaru."
'Makoto actually makes sense.' She thought while nodding her head to show she inwardly agrees with her thoughts and Makoto's plan.
"After all my lady, we want you to have a good time! So are you ready to go?" Toshu inquires while looking at Kirara.
She could not help but to laugh at the question. "What would I do without you all?"
"Probably die of complete boredom…" Kenichi slips in, which causes the group to burst out in to laughter at his joke.
When they advance forward Kirara halts in the middle of her stride, "Before we go...there's someone else that is coming with us."
The men pauses to look at Kirara before Makoto speaks up again, "It's no problem."
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Sesshomaru casually strolls through the corridors of his castle with his eyes close and his breathing even when a familiar scent hits his nose.
"What was the response that you receive?" he inquires to the presence that occupies him in the corridor.
"Yes." The voice simply replies while in a kneeling position.
"Is there anything else that I may need to know?" Sesshomaru inquires to the presence in front of him.
"There are total of six of them. Both parents are alive with five children in total, with three of them being males and one of them being a female. They live midway between the central and southern kingdom." The voice relays the information that they were able to acquire from their trip.
'So she has are three brothers and one sister…' Sesshomaru inwardly thinks to himself after hearing the report.
"You have served me well Akio." Sesshomaru thanks Akio before he strides past him.
'I hope Lord Sesshomaru know what he's getting into with Lady Kirara.' Akio contemplates to himself after he serves as a first hand witness at how Kirara's family acts.
'To think that she had family…I wonder why she doesn't talk about them?' Sesshomaru inwardly contemplates to himself before rounding a corner.
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"Lady Kirara," Kenichi's voice was heard among the group as they stroll through the West Kingdom village while they earn strange expressions from the residents.
"Yes, what is it?" She inquires while she peers over her right shoulder to look at Kenichi.
"Did you really have to wear that cloak out here?" Kenichi asks as he positions his intertwine hands behind his head with his eyes cut towards his leader.
Kirara fires daggers toward Kenichi, who shrieks behind Makoto which earns laughter from the little girl.
"I want us to enjoy a simple night out without being hounded. If I expose this kimono then we will have everyone following us every where we go!" Kirara explains with her eyes close as she continues to walk.
"Onee-chan, does have a point. Lord Sesshomaru's crest is known by everyone here!" Rin's child voice was heard as she too was hidden within a cloak.
"So imouto, do you know any good eating places that serve sake?" Kirara turns her focus to Rin, who currently holds her hand.
"Lady Kirara, you didn't have to put it so bluntly towards Lady Rin." Toshu speaks up after he listens to the question.
"I really don't mind answering…it should be one coming up." Rin responds to both Kirara's question and Toshu's statement.
Kirara faces Toshu before she sticks her tongue out towards the male, who laughs at how child-like their leader act whenever she was around Rin.
"There it is!" Rin declares while she points to a place with a sign that displays restaurant and bar.
Kirara turns to face Rin before she clasps her tiny hands inside of hers and exclaims, "This is perfect!"
A wide happy grin stretches across the little girl's face after she receives credit for her work.
Makoto holds the door open for the two ladies while he leaves the door open for the other guys to enter.
"Let's take those seats over there!" Kirara points to a small cluster of seats that could hold their entire party.
Kirara and Rin share a booth with one another while Makoto, Lee, Aito and Isshi takes one booth while Toshu, Kenichi, Saito and Hiro share a booth with one another.
"Waiter, can I get a bottle of sake for each one of the tables and milk?" Kirara shouts loud enough for the bartender to hear her request.
"Three bottles of sake and milk coming up!" the bartender says loud enough for Kirara, Rin and her gang to hear his response.
"Onee-chan," Kirara hears Rin call for her attention, "Yes, what is it imouto?"
"I know you aren't happy about marrying Lord Sesshomaru but are you excited for the wedding?" Rin asks with the same smile on her face.
'No.' "I just never had time to think about marriage let alone settling down with just one person." Kirara answers.
"...but onee-chan isn't it every girl's dream to have a fairytale wedding where her knight in shining armor sweeps her off of her feet and they live happily ever after." Rin questions.
'Sesshomaru as my knight in shining armor…yeah right, I rather die a lonesome death than be married to him.'
'She is still a little child.' She reminds herself before she closes her eyes. "You know what imouto…you're right! That is every girls' dream!"
Her men knew that Kirara had lied but it was for a good cause. 'Lady Kirara didn't want to destroy Lady Rin's fantasy about marriage.'
By then the sake and milk makes its way to their table along with sake cups and menus. Once they place their orders in and pour sake and milk into their sake cups Makoto suggests a toast.
"To our lovely Lady Kirara and her last night as a single unmarried woman." Makoto announces before the sound of saucers click against one another was heard.
They down their drinks before they pour another cup of sake and milk as conversation continue to flow between Kirara and Rin.
"Onee-chan…why don't you ever talk about your siblings?" Rin wonders before she brings the rim of her saucer to her lips to drink.
"What would you like to know about them?" Kirara inquires as she feels the alcohol looses up her muscles and relaxes her nerves.
Rin thought about the question that she would like to ask about Kirara's siblings. "What about their names?"
"There's Naoki, Ayume, Jiro and Isamu, three brothers and one sister." She answers Rin's question.
Rin looks as if she tries to commit those names to her memory. "So why don't you talk about them?"
Kirara pauses in her next sip to think about the answer to Rin's question. "How about I tell you a story that will probably answer every single last question that you have to ask me?"
"Oh, I like listening to stories." Rin exclaims before she rests her saucer on the surface of the table.
"When I was growing up, I seemed to have acquired numerous suitors, who had vigorously tried to obtain my hand in marriage. My parents were adamant about one particular suitor, who left their fan for me in the box. It was at that moment that they had decided that a mi-ai was necessary.
"I never really had feelings for the other party so being force to marry someone I was not in love with me caused me to rebel."
"I remember my youngest brothers, Isamu, told my parents that he had chosen to become a demon slayer and that he wanted me to join him in his travels. Of course my parents didn't want their princess out there in the big world all on her own fighting youkai twice her size and risking her life on a everyday basis. So I took my most trusted servant along with me and I ran."
"And now I am here once again in the same situation except this time I can't run away." Kirara concluded the rest of her story once their food had arrived.
Rin remains quiet the rest of the dinner but shows that she still had fun whenever she flashed a smile and giggled at jokes that Kirara told her.
Kirara feels a good buzz, since it has been a while since she had a good drink surrounded with friends and newfound family relations
'I wish I could stay in this moment forever.' She considers to herself before she wraps up her dinner and downs the rest of the sake bottle.
"Alright, Lady Kirara, it's time we call it a night." Makoto expressed in a stern tone, which had snapped Kirara out of her daze.
"Sure, besides I want to show Rin the stars on our way back." Kirara claims while she teeters a little in order to slide out of the booth.
She extends her hand over to Rin, who graciously takes it and squeezes it with her small hand. 'Do they forgive me for what I have done?'
"Onee-chan…" Rin calls for Kirara's attention, which she gives it with a turn of her head to face her.
"Thank you for tonight. I haven't had this much fun since I got here."
A wide smile and a warm feeling course through her heart as she notices the innocent smile that was on Rin's face.
'Maybe…just maybe…Rin is my source of happiness.'
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Sesshomaru could tell the Kirara disobey his orders and left the castle's grounds yet he figure that she was going to disobey his orders anyway.
Matter of fact, he had just finished up the last of what needed to be done for tomorrow while she was gone.
What he did not expect was the fact that Kirara took Rin along with her on her way out of the castle.
The instant he could smell the various scents along with Rin and Kirara, he knew then that they had arrived back onto the castle grounds later issuer the required time.
Not only that but the aroma of sake was strong among the group with a faint smell of milk from Rin, which means that they enjoyed a couple of drinks.
He merely rubs his temples as the smell of sake was starting to become overbearing for his taste before saying, "Kirara."
The group ambles in the foyer of the castle amidst in laughter before the sound of a bell ensnares their attention.
"Unfortunately, we will have to call it a night since it seems as if my fiancée is calling me. However, I did appreciate the gesture for a nice dinner with you all so I thank you." Kirara broadcasts to the group while she bows at the waist.
The move signals to her men that she was internally grateful for them sticking it out with her. She bites back the tears that starts to bream behind her close eyelids.
"The pleasure is all ours my lady." The men decrees in unison while they drop to a knee in front of Kirara.
Rin senses that the love for one another was not just of a master and servant but one of a deep friendship that could be seen as family.
A smile graces her face while she thought, 'This is a family. This is a real family.'