AN: Wow, I got so many reviews for a first chapter. I was so happy ^___^ Thanks to all the wonderful people that reviewed.

CH: 2 Introductions

Kagome and Sesshoumaru talked rather comfortably in the library. Actually Kagome did most of the talking, while Sesshoumaru would make small comments and gestures. 'He really doesn't open up much does he? How can I marry a person who won't even talk to me? I guess he could just be shy.' Kagome thought to herself. 'Atleast he's seems better than his bother who wouldn't even say hi.'

"Hey Kagome, your dad said to tell you it's lunch time." Kagome turned and saw Sango in the door way.

"Hey, Sango thanks. Are you going to join us?"

"Nope, not allowed, I'm a servant girl remember." Sango made a sour face, but Kagome knew she wasn't really that hurt. "I'll talk to you later right?" Sango said giving Kagome a mischievous look and eyeing Sesshoumaru.

Kagome stuck her tongue at Sango like a little child. The entire time Sesshoumaru just watched the exchange trying to figure out the mystery that was Kagome. He couldn't understand it. She spoke for an entire hour, but not once had she spoken about clothes, nails, or her hair. Sango left and Kagome decided they had better not let the others wait.

"Ready to go Sesshoumaru?" He nodded and stood along with her.

"She speaks very informally to you. Why do you let her?" Sesshoumaru would never allow a servant to speak to him in such a way or mock him as Sango had seemed to do with Kagome.

"Oh, Sango? She's not much of a servant. She's more of a friend really." Kagome answered.

'A friend?' Sesshoumaru just could not understand the girl's thinking.

When they arrived to the dining room, everyone was already there sitting and talking. "Ah, Kagome, Sesshoumaru, I hope you two have been getting along well." Tsuyosa said as he saw them enter the room. Kagome and Sesshoumaru sat across from each other and Inu Yasha was on Kagome's right.

Half way through the meal and idle chatter, Ruan decided to tell the children what they had decided to help Kagome along with her decision. "We have decided that Kagome should go on a job with each of you separately so that she can see how you work and it will help her with her decision."

"Can I bring Sango?"

"Kagome, you should be getting to know these boys. One of them will be your husband at the end of the month. And besides you know I have told you a million times Sango may be talented, but she is a servant. She is not old enough to join the job yet. When she reaches the correct age I will welcome her, but until then she doesn't do anything outside of being your servant, got it?"

Kagome nodded. 'Great now I have to actually work with them. Well, I guess this could be kind of fun. I wonder how good they actually are.'

Inu Yasha kept on glancing at the girl on his left. 'I guess she isn't exactly like Kikyou. Kikyou wore a lot more makeup and her hair was straighter. Not to mention her eyes were brown, I didn't think Japanese girls had blue eyes like this girl's.' Inu Yasha resolved that he would introduce himself and talk to the girl. She didn't seem that bad to him and if he did make an effort to marry her than his father might actually gain some respect for him.

After lunch had finished Kagome decided to go outside in the backyard. Sesshoumaru had left to his room she assumed. When she got outside, Kagome was amazed at what she saw. It was beautiful garden with stone benches, willow trees and even a nice little pond. She turned around when she heard someone clear their throat.

"I-I'm sorry about earlier. I'm Inu Yasha." Inu Yasha held out his hand to her and she shook it without a second thought. "So...umm...what do you think of the place so far?"

"I love it. Especially this garden, it's so huge. I keep on telling my dad we should have something like this, but he says that it would be a waste of time and money, since I would be leaving soon and he's to busy to enjoy it." Kagome walked over to one of the benches and sat down. She was slightly surprised when Inu Yasha sat down next to her. "So what's it like to live here?"

"You'll figure it out soon enough. You'll be here for a month." Kagome face dropped as if saying 'don't remind me.' "Why did you agree to something like this?"

"Hmm? The marriage thing. I don't know. My dad I guess, he really needs this merge to keep some guy name Oni Gumo out of our territory. But I guess not totally for him. I mean, I haven't really met that many people outside of the servant at our house and the people I have to deal with for working. Now, I have to talk to two guys, and I must say it's not as bad as it seemed."

Inu Yasha seemed almost confused by her answer, but he was happy she was enjoying herself a bit. 'Wait, why am I happy? She's just another mafia wench come to get into our family, only this girl has a definite spot pretty much according to father.' Inu Yasha was about to comment when they heard a blood curdling scream coming from inside.

Kagome and Inu Yasha ran inside and into the kitchen were the yells were coming from. What met their sight was a very angry Sango pummeling Miroku with a cutting board. "What happened?" Sesshoumaru asked when he walked into the room greeted by the sight of Sango red in the face, Miroku unconscious on the floor, and Kagome and Inu Yasha laughing their heads off.

"That pervert touched me!" Sango yelled she was about to start kicking the unconscious Miroku, but Kagome stopped her.

"Calm down Sango. Maybe you should go take a nice soothing bath." Kagome suggested and Sango went to leave the room.

"I wouldn't have suggested a bath. When he gets up, he'll probably try to peek in on her." Inu Yasha said.

"He won't if he values his life." Said the retreating Sango.

When Kagome finally got over the giggles that had come back she decided she should help Miroku. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. Just leave him to one of the servants. You'd be surprised at how often this happens."

Kagome sighed and decided maybe it would be better to listen to Inu Yasha on this one. She wasn't feeling very sorry for Miroku actually, especially after he had groped her earlier that day. 'Maybe it would be better if I go to my room.' It was then Kagome noticed that she didn't know how to get back to her room. "Umm...could one of you take me to my room, I kind of forget where it is."

"Sure, this way." Inu Yasha led her to the stairs. Sesshoumaru was left in the room wondering what had happened. He had a guess of what had happened to Miroku, but why had Inu Yasha just jumped to help the girl that he had been trying to avoid earlier. He felt a strange feeling which he identified as jealousy.

'I'm jealous over this girl. That can't be possible. She's just another wench. The only thing I don't understand is even after she has been guaranteed a spot in our family she is still acting nice. Most women only do that until they feel they have won their way in, like Inu Yasha's mother had and like Inu Yasha's former wench thought she had.' Sesshoumaru decided to go in search of a good book to kill time with.

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Inu Yasha and Kagome arrived at her room and all while Kagome had been memorizing the way to get there. "This place is huge."

"You get used to it eventually." Kagome was surprised when Inu Yasha responded because she hadn't noticed that she had spoken out loud.

"Well, thanks Inu Yasha. I'll think I'll take a short nap. I'll see you down at dinner later, kay?" Inu Yasha nodded and left Kagome. Kagome practically fell on the bed. Meeting two guys who definitely had their up and downs and having the constant fact that she would have to choose to marry one constantly at the back of her mind was wearing her out.

She was about to fall asleep when she heard a knock at her door. "Come in." Kagome mumbled into her pillow. She turned to see who it was when the door opened and saw Sango. She gave a weary smile and then put her head back down.

Sango closed the door and sat on the bed next to Kagome reclined form. "So come on, spill. What are they like?"

"How should I know yet, I just met them." Kagome said wearily.

"Come on Kagome, you can't tell me you're tired already." Sango's answer was a yawn.

"Tell me what they're like and what you think of them and I'll leave you to your nap." Kagome groaned knowing that Sango wouldn't stop bugging her until she said something.

"Okay." Kagome said and pulled herself into a sitting position. "Where should I start?"

"How about the younger one Inu Yasha?" Sango offered.

"Why him? Do you have a crush Sango?" Kagome got smacked in the arm for that one.

"Come on. You want to take your nap don't you?"

"Okay, okay. Inu Yasha is...nice, but he's kind of rough around the edges. He seems like he could be really nice if I got to know him more, but at this minute he seems sort of unsure of himself. It's like he's expected me to do something, but I don't know what."

"Well, you know you're not exactly the normal mafia daughter Kagome."

"Yeah I know. I've only been told that about a million times before. Which is probably why all the other mafia girls either admire me or want to kill me." Kagome said with a little laugh.

"Okay so what about Sesshoumaru?" Right when Sango had asked that question, the subject of the question had been about to knock on the door to ask Kagome if she wanted to do something. Sesshoumaru didn't know why he was there or what he would ask, but he just felt like he wanted to be around her. Right when he was about to knock he heard his name. He pressed his ear to the door not caring that he was eavesdropping to find out what they were saying.

"Sesshoumaru? He's alright I guess."

'She guesses?'

"I mean he seems like he's very work orientated and that's great and all, but you know as well as I do that I don't just want a guy that can work well. I want a guy who will take off from work to spend the day with me on a picnic or just sitting and talking. He's nice and all, but he seems like he's holding something back too, like Inu Yasha. They probably have different reasons, but it's like something is keeping them from being entirely open. And I'm not saying I'm all spilling my deepest and darkest secrets, but I would like to get to know them better."

"So who do you want to get to know better?" Sango asked. At this question Sesshoumaru pressed his ear closer to the door.

"Ummm...I don't know. I hardly know them. It's not like I'm just going to close my eyes and point. Come one Sango, I want someone I connect with or that I'm at least attracted to."

"They seem pretty attractive to me." Sango teased.

"You know that's not what I meant, Sango." Kagome playfully pushed the girl.

"Yeah, but you have to admit they are hot. So who do you think is cuter?"

"Sango." Kagome said in a warning tone.

"Oh, come on Kagome, it's only us girls."

Kagome sighed. "You really want to know?" Sango nodded. "Sesshoumaru."

"Ha, I knew it." Sango said a little too loud.

"Be quiet Sango."

Sesshoumaru decided that he had heard enough. He was strangely pleased that she thought he looked better than his brother, but he still couldn't get some of her other words that she had said out of his mind. 'She wants someone who she connects with. This has to be some sort of trick. And if it is she's very good.'

Sesshoumaru was even more wary of her now. She seemed far too good to be true seeing as what kind of family she came from. He decided to walk down the hall rather than interrupt the two girls or further listen in. 'No girl who wants in on this family isn't shallow. She has to have some flaw and I'll find it and then this fascination with her will be gone.' Sesshoumaru was determined to get rid of these foreign feeling he felt growing inside him every time she was around him. He didn't like feeling out of control and for some reason around her he wanted to do things he had not done in a long time, like smile, laugh, and have fun.

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Inu Yasha sat with a whining Miroku. "Look you don't want her to hit you, then don't grope her you letch."

"It's not my fault. When I see a perfect body I just need to touch it." Miroku said with a slight smirk on his lips. "By the way, your girl has a very nice on indeed."

"Kagome is not my girl you pervert and you had better stay away from her."

That comment only made Miroku's smile grow wider. "A little protective aren't we Inu Yasha."

"Oh please. No girl deserves to have you hanging all over them."

"I beg your pardon. I happen to many women who would love to be in my company."

"Yeah right name one. They must all swoon with your opening of line of 'will you bare my child.'"

"Hey, many women find that opening line quite humorous."

"Trust me Miroku, they aren't laughing with you."

"Now that just hurts my friend." Miroku put on a look of hurt, but Inu Yasha wasn't fooled. "So what do you think of this Kagome girl anyway?"

"I don't know. She's alright I guess. I mean at least she doesn't go on about clothes and such."

Miroku nodded. "But have you noticed who looks a lot like?"

"Yeah I know. Straighten the hair and change the eye color and you have Kikyou."

"Yes, except Kagome is much nicer than Kikyou."

"Yeah I guess." Inu Yasha said in a voice that implied he was in great thought.

"It would seem you have a little crush." Miroku teased.

"What?! I do not."

"Oh come on Inu Yasha. You haven't said a girl was alright since Kikyou and then you were head over heels for her. Which isn't a very good example now that I think of it."

"Yeah thanks a bunch Miroku."

"All I'm saying is if you like her maybe you should try to marry her. I mean what are the chances of another girl like that coming along."

"God Miroku. I said she was alright, not I'm in love with her." Inu Yasha left the room intending to go back to his own room away from all of Miroku's questions. But on the way bumped into his father.

"Ah, Inu Yasha I was looking for you." Tsuyosa said.

"Well, you found me. So what is it?"

"First off, I would hope that you would show your father a bit more respect. And secondly, you will be taking Kagome to do a job with you tomorrow. She will go with Sesshoumaru the day after." With that Tsuyosa simply walked in the direction of his study without another word to his son.

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Dinner was uneventful, just more superficial chatter. Kagome was told that she would be accompanying Inu Yasha the next day. She agreed to this arrangement, knowing it wasn't like she had much of a choice.

Kagome lay on her bed thinking of all the things that had happened during that day. 'I don't know who to choose. I have another month, but shouldn't I have an idea or something. Guess no love at first sight for me. Sango said I should figure who has a higher standing everyday and maybe if I see a pattern then I'll know who to choose. So okay, today if I had to chose right now who would it be?' Kagome thought for a few minutes and came to the decision. 'I don't have much to go on, but if I had to chose right now I guess Sesshoumaru.' With that finished Kagome allowed her eyes to drift closed and sleep to take her.

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AN: Okay there's the next chapter. Please review. And can some one give me some suggestions on what job Inu Yasha and Kagome are going to perform the next day since I'm not greatly versed in the works of the mob.

Review Responses:

Sapphire-Dream: You'll just have to wait and see who she chooses. I could change anything,

Liz: Yeah I know I suck at summaries.

Aira^o^: right now it's supposed to be a sess/kag fic, but who knows what'll happen

Me..: thanks a bunch and the answer to how I do it is skip homework and have no life (j/k) just write a bit before I go to bed

Kokonutsu: the whole drama thing is if he'll accept his feelings and if she'll accept him or Inu, sorry if it seems fast though

Hannnah culbert: wow you're the fist person I've ever had complain, but if you don't like sess/kag than I suggest you not read it, no one's forcing you

Riz: I got Tsuyosa Taisho since Taisho means leader pretty much and Tsuyosa means strength

Bradsbrat: I have a bunch of sess/kag fics actually go check 'em out

Lil-strange-person: 1) I hope I explained why Sango is a servant but trust me she's pretty skilled and she'll prove it later on. 2) Inu Yasha and Sango? Hmm...I've never written one of those. Maybe, I guess I could put Miroku with some OC or no one (poor Miroku). I'll definitely think about it. ^_^

Lynnie: Why would I mind if you put me on your favorite author list. I would be honored actually. I'd think you're a little crazy, but I'd be honored none the less ^_^

Lashana Asuka: Thanks for loving all my stories. I'll try update as quick as I can.

Thanks to everyone else that reviewed. You guys are so great!!

~*Shichan