Somehow sleep manages to elude Kirara since her thoughts consist about the the time she had to "report" to Lord Sesshomaru.
'Maybe its because I drank a lot more than usual.' She inwardly considers when she thrusts open the enormous dungeon doors that leads to Sesshomaru's bedroom.
Although Kirara felt intense anger coupled upset at her unprecedented future, the large amount of sake she consumed allowed her body to rest and relax her nerves.
"I knew that if I were to give you an order you would have only defied them because of your pride." His voice registers in her thoughts when he addresses her.
Kirara blinks twice after she overhears what Sesshomaru just says to her when she questions,"Are you lecturing me?"
Sesshomaru maintains a stern gaze in Kirara's direction, who merely ignores the expression present on her so called fiancée flashes her.
"Isn't that obvious?" he firmly asserted as he slowly raised up from his seated position and on to his feet.
Kirara desperately attempts to maintain her joyous mood yet whenever she was around Sesshomaru it would constantly flees when he tries to converse with her.
"I really don't care what you say, do or think Sesshomaru." She starts before she adds, "If it wasn't for this hideous collar you forced on me...we wouldn't have to have this conversation.
"Tomorrow is going to be a long day so get some sleep and be ready to get up early." Sesshomaru counters Kirara's outburst with a set of instructions that she should follow.
A "whatever" emits from Kirara as she rotates away from him and strolls toward the balcony in order to get some fresh air.
'My head is killing me.' she thinks to herself as her temples start to throb when she runs her fingers through her hair only to remember that the servants style her hair in a bun at the request of Lord Sesshomaru.
Kirara gently tugs until she snaps the tie that firmly holds her hair in place when she feels relief from the tightness of the hairstyle.
"That feels better…" she mumbles to herself before she decides to enjoy the scenery of what was to be her new home.
Her mind continuously replayed the conversation had with Rin from last night since something that her imouto told her was burned in to her memory.
"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.
Kirara contemplates the question over again before she ultimately concludes to hers, 'Hm…marriage makes me sick! Just like from that time…'
"Kirara!" a familiar feminine voice loudly calls out to a teenage version of Kirara, who happens to be on her way to one of her Lady lessons.
'Not again…' she inwardly groans as she tracks down the opposite side of the corridor where the voice originates from.
Kirara draws one of the shoji doors to the side and crosses the threshold of the room with little too no difficulty.
She comes face to face with her father, mother and two of her old siblings, Noaki and Ayume.
"Yes mother, what is it?" Kirara politely inquires once she stands directly in front of her parents while she pauses alongside her brother and sister's side.
Her mother twists her upper body to her right and reaches for something before she produces a cardboard box. She narrows her sights in on the contents of the box, which appears to be paper white fans with names inscribe on the labels.
Kirara mentally constructed a fortified wall in order to remain blank after she registered the significance of the box and predicted what was about to come out next.
"Noaki, Ayume, Jirou, Isamu and you are to carry out on your father's legacy. We, or rather your father and I, discussed that do to the sudden spike of interest in your box as of late...we decided that you would have a mi-ai." her mother proclaims as she beams a smile that exudes joy when she includes, "We've already picked out the perfect young man for you!"
Kirara manages her composure as she masks her ire when she voices her concern, "An arranged marriage? And just under whose consent that I will accept this because it sure isn't mines."
"Of course, it's not on your terms but rather ours especially while you are under my roof. Your will is no longer even an option in this manner." She firmly proclaims when she slides the box in front of her.
'If staying here means I don't have use of free will then I will just leave!' Kirara counters as she clenches her fists in order to curb her anger as well as her power.
"You'll bring dishonor to our name Kirara if you yield from our parents' decision. The first thing that we were taught is to always honor family." Noaki reminds her what her father would tell them during their lessons when they were little.
Ayume bursts out in a fit of laughter before she chimes in once she catches her breath, "You can't talk sense in to that oaf. She's just like Isamu, ruled by their heart instead of their head."
The subject of their conversation promptly ignores both of their siblings' comments about her since she mentally deems it to be unnecessary and swiftly exits from the room.
'It was then that Isamu rescued me with some serious heartfelt news.' she reflects as she briefly breaks away from her thoughts of the past.
"I am declaring myself as a demon slayer. I'm doing it whether or not you will accept it. " Isamu boldly proclaims to his parents after he arrives lessen than an hour back home from one of his many journeys.
A moment of brief silence could be heard before their father's deep tenor voice slices through the silence with his response of, "That's fine."
Kirara eyes grow wide at the casualness her father and mother display towards her brother's demand yet rebuff her denial of a mi-ai, 'So they'll allow Isamu to risk his life while I have to go through an arranged marriage?'
"I have another announcement to make…" Isamu quickly speaks up again after he gains his parents' agreement about his decision to become a demon slayer.
Their father nods his head forward as a signal for him to continue as well as "Go on ahead..."
"I make a request that Kirara comes along with me." He states his motion to his parents before he defends his opinion,"I will supervise her the entire time and never will let her out of my sight."
'Thanks Isamu!' Kirara silently cheers on her brother, who vouches for her to accompany him on his travels and to train as a demon slayer.
Another brief stint of quietness falls over the crowd as their parents' contemplates about their options before they finally makes a decision.
"Motion denied." Her father firmly states. "Your sister has just accepted her mi-ai, which means that she is not permitted to leave the grounds even after she is married."
Kirara instantly feels her heart drop from her chest to inside of her stomach when she thinks, 'They really want to marry me off now...'
"Excuse this interruption, but I can not believe that Kirara has willingly accept a mi-ai. She's too passionate about her freedom as a neko-youkai! You were the one that told us to enjoy the intense flames that burn within our hearts, no?"
"Personally, I think Ayume should be the first to marry since she's the first girl born." Isamu issues valid points behind his belief that Kirara disagrees with the mi-ai.
'Ah thank you, Isamu!' She happily thinks as a smile stretches across her face before it disappears once her father dismisses Ismau from his presence.
Kirara opens her eyes, which brings her back to reality as it prompts her to think, 'So much for being able to run away from my problems...'
A wave of fatigue hits her body as it signals to her mind, 'Its time for bed' as she crawls on to the bed and falls asleep.
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Morning rolls around rather early for Kirara as she lay on her back with her eyes wide open since the god awful scent of the daiyoukai that she came to detest disturbs her sleep.
She was sleeping as far away from the white haired youkai to the point that she was on the verge of falling off the edge of the bed if she were to make one false move.
Kirara senses that he was wide awake just as she was but opts to pretend that he was fast asleep so she rolls out of the bed since she could careless whether or not she woke up Sesshomaru.
The sun starts its daily routine as it starts to peak over the horizon, which displays that it was twilight.
'Once the sun breaks past the horizon...my life ends.' She concludes to herself as she stares at the sun out in front of her.
Sesshomaru stealthily climbs out of the bed once he feels her weight leave the surface of the bed. He notices that she cradles her head in her hands while she groans in disbelief at her situation.
He predicts that she wishes she could manipulate time then all of this would just be a nightmare she could easily wake up from.
Sesshomaru catches a glimpse of the sun rays stream from its owner as it graces the raven-haired woman's hair, which transform to its blonde state.
Kirara acutely listens to her surroundings when the bed shifts behind her as it signals to her that Sesshomaru had just left the bed.
"If there's anything that you need to do, do it. The wedding is in the afternoon." He informs Kirara as he stands next to her and watches the sunrise on the West Kingdom.
She can feel his presence was closer to her than she normally warrants it to be however she already knows if she was to verbally protest he would merely remain put.
Kirara continues to maintain her stare on the sunrise, sighs to herself, replies with, "I don't care" and wonders 'Kami-sama, I have to marry such a complicated man.'
"Do you plan to stay in that form the entire time?" Sesshomaru probes as he cuts his gaze over in her to direction in order to witness her first response to his question.
She cocks one of her eyebrows upward, rotates her head in his direction, and questions him, "What are you talking about?"
"I know that's a human façade you have on." He voices to her as he directs his sights back on to the sunrise when he speaks to her.
"Your natural demonic form is what I am talking about." Sesshomaru explains the "form" he mention from earlier to Kirara, who was visibly confuse from his statement.
'Who is he to say that I put up a façade?' she inwardly gasps at the audacity of the white haired Lord of the West Kingdom thought process.
"First of all, its not a damn façade!" Kirara defends her pride as she leans in closer to Sesshomaru when she includes, "So I'm going to stay in this form whether you like it or not."
"Don't forget that if I want you in your natural form then I can have it done." He expresses to the now blonde haired woman as it sounds more like a promise rather than a threat.
Kirara slowly reaches one of her hands up to her neck as the object around her neck feels more like a magical shackle instead of a collar.
"Wouldn't it be better if you have people think that I am a human rather than another youkai?" Kirara suggests to him as she wonders what was his purpose for her to be in her demonic state.
Sesshomaru calmly explains to her, "It doesn't matter if you are a human, youkai, oni, ghost, daiyoukai or any other spiritual belief you will still have a target on your back."
She groans at the fact that Sesshomaru did have a point since she about to be link to an influential daiyoukai, a demon who people may admire and want to kill.
Kirara rolls her eyes because she could not believe what she was about to say to him, "Fine but my tails will be hidden underneath the kimono."
He was in a state of shock as he inwardly ponders, 'Did she just willingly accept?' He peers over at the woman who was soon to be his wife in a couple of hours.
She studies his expression on his face, which prompts her to retort "Don't get use to that either!" as she removes herself from against the rail of the balcony.
"I plan to consummate this marriage once the wedding is over." Sesshomaru suddenly declares when Kirara halts in the middle of her stride and turns toward him.
"So have you shared your flesh with someone else already?" he curiously inquires while a stern facial expression displays on her face once she faces the man.
'He's only doing this to get under my skin. I got something for that.' Kirara asserts to herself once his actions start to a line and make sense to her.
Kirara faces away from him as she feels intense heat surfaces on her face after she hears what Sesshomaru just tells her 'He's serious. What am I going to do?'
"So you are going to force me to into doing something I don't want to do? Do you ever get tired of making my life a living hell?!" Kirara questions his intentions for her.
"We already walk in one anyway." His sarcastic response causes Kirara to fall in a spell of silence.
'Its actually kind a of nice to have a decent conversation with him for once.' She inwardly notes to herself before she opts to return to her original position on the balcony and appreciates the sight before her.
The pair continues to serve as spectators of the sun as it ascend in it travels on the orbital path until it reaches the opposite side of the sky.
Kirara decides to at least grab something to eat since her stomach growls at her plus she needs to discuss certain issues privately with her men.
"Off to breakfast." She discusses her future location before she takes leave from Sesshomaru and the balcony.
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Rin was wide awake with a ton of energy to spare since today is a very special day in the West Kingdom. After all, today was the day of the wedding between Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Kirara.
A wide grin of excitement was evident on her face as she skips down a hallway toward the dining hall so she can grab some breakfast.
Rin spots one of Sesshomaru's trusted guards emerge from a random room when she identifies who it is out of the five.
"Akio!" She loudly calls out to the inu-youaki as he rotates his head in the direction of the sound of his name being use.
"Ah...Lady Rin, good morning." He politely greets the little girl with a small smile present on his face.
"Good morning! Are you excited about this afternoon?" She inquires about the raven haired male's opinion on the wedding.
Akio nods his head to show he agrees with her joy, "Its not every day that our lord take interest in the opposite sex let alone marriage."
"Weddings are just so beautiful!" Rin happily claims to Akio with huge eyes like saucers at the thought of weddings.
'She isn't the one getting married but one could mistake her for the bride due to all of her excitement.' Akio mentally assumes before he decides to continue the conversation with Lady Rin.
"Are you heading to the dining hall?" Akio asks about Rin's destination.
Rin swiftly nods her head in an up and down manner to show her answer in the form of a yes.
"Good we can go together…" he offers his hand for Rin to take.
"Let's go!" she exclaims after she accepts Akio's hand before they venture toward the dining hall.