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Inuyasha walked up the paved driveway to the front doors of a very large mansion or in other words.. his home. Unlocking the door with a key he walked in side making sure to sweep his eyes over the land outside once before closing the doors.

Today things had been quieter then usual, and it was making him uneasy. Kikyou, a woman that seemed to stalk him EVERYWHERE, had not been around anywhere or bugging him as of late.

Add that could only mean three things could've happened:

1.) She actually found someone new to stalk

2.) She died.

3.) She was planning something big and he'd be the one to pay for it.

With all the choices he knew it'd be number 3.

Curse it all.... he thought.

Suddenly light padding of small feet was heard as he looked up to the top of the staircase above him while the dog ears atop his head swiveled.

His eyes widened as he saw the splay of long black hair. Since his thoughts were still locked on his stalker and the only other people in this building with black hair was Sango and his mother he did the only thing a sane person would do.

"Kikyou what the hell are you doing in my house?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The figure chuckled and quickly descended the stairs to him while he invouluntary back away a foot. But then a scent drifted in to his nose of a sweet lavender and rain.

"I don't know who this 'Kikyou' is, but I can assure you I am not her.." A sweet voice sounded as she reached the bottom and bowed to him.

Inuyasha stood there in shock. As she stood straight and looked at him with blue eyes that were unusual for any japanese girl or demoness, for that matter, to hold.

So another question struck him.

"So who the hell are you??!?!!!"

She shook her head but the smile did not leave her face.

"I just started today but I am yours and lord Sesshoumaru-sama's new chamber maid. My name is Higurashi Kagome." She said bowing.

"B-But your human.....!" He stuttered.

"Yes but I guess there are reasons behind it for your father hiring me, Master Inuyasha."

He looked at her like she had grown a second head as her voice played over and over again in his head. 'Master Inuyasha...'?

Kagome looked at him waiting for an answer for he was in to deep of thought.

She cleared her throat once and bowed.

"If you would please excuse me I have to finish my duties before dinner starts."

He nodded not really hearing her as she sighed and quickly walked down an adjoining hallway leaving the silver haired hanyou to ponder on his and is half-brother's new maid.

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Kagome walked quickly and quietly down the hallway lost in thought looking down at her maid uniform of black and silver kimono.

She had just moved to Tokyo about two weeks ago to an old shrine. She had fixed and renovated it some then had gone off to look for a new job. Then she had happened to see an ad in the newspaper for this job. It only specified a phone number and address though with no name to whom the employer would be.

The next morning she had come to the front door to see if the job was still open. The maid had nodded and told her to follow her to see the master of the home.

Stopping before two large ornate doors she knocked when a voice inside called "come in.." She had and saw a large figure sitting behind a desk. With his silver locks spilling over his shoulders and his golden eyes annoyed as he looked at the papers before him.

Even now Kagome couldn't let the smile from slipping to her lips at the memory.

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Kagome had just entered the room to see the figure and had nearly gasped in surprise.

"Inuki-chan.....?" She called out using a nickname from long ago.

He whipped his head up in surprise.

"Who are you and how do you know that name?!!!" He growled.

Kagome quickly undid her concealment spell to show an inu youkai with longer ebony hair and blue strips across her cheeks but no mark on her forehead for those marks were reserved only for youkai of nobility.

His eyes widened and was before her within a flash.

"Kagome-chan....?"

"Hai!!" She cried throwing her arms around his neck in a large bear hug.

"I haven't seen you in ages!!! Where have you been! how is your mother?" The lord asked one right after the other.

He felt the girl stiffen and pulled her away to look at her face. Tears were in her eyes and he lips were pulled down in to a sad frown.

"Okaa-san was... murdered last spring.. with the rest of my family while I was on a mission.." She whispered.

His eyes widened and pulled her in to another hug.

"Kagome I'm so sorry..... how have you been getting along the past year? and who murdered them?"

He led her over to a seat as tears freely streamed down her cheeks. She wasn't one to cry but she felt she needed to now.

"They were murdered by some demon known as Kagura.. a wind sorceroress.... it was an order by her master to kill my family and to capture me. It hadn't gone right.... they killled them and I've been on a run ever since. Whoever their boss is, has demon henchmen everywhere in the world and all of them are searching and trying to track me down...."

She watched the lord's face as his eyes started to leak red. This girl had been like family to him since he first went to visit her seventy years ago when she was first born and Sesshoumaru was only a century old.

Kagome placed a calming hand on his shoulder and he instantly settled down.

"Why is he after you?"

She grimaced.

"He is after what I protect and the rumours I've heard is..." She shuddered "... is that he plans to take me as a mate. The insufferable beast that killed my family wants me to be his mate. I'd rather die..."

He grasped her shoulders in his hands saying

"Don't worry Kagome-chan..... you can stay here and we'll protect you... that brings to mind, why have you come....?"

She grinned lopsidedly holding up the ad for him to see. He read it and horror ran across his face.

"You will not work as a lowly chambermaid Kagome, I forbid it!"

She raised an eyebrow at him and repeated "You forbid it? If I don't recall correctly I could beat you at fighting when I was a pup and you were a full grown lord.... and you forbid me?"

He blushed and she laughed.

"Your still not working as a maid."

"C'mon Inuki-chan! If I stay here as a guest people will get suscpicious and I'd be putting your family in danger! If I work as a maid no one will guess and everything will be alright!"

He thought about seeing the wisdom in her words.

"Alright.." He said after a while "Only your not to work to hard or your mother will beat me senseless in the afterlife..."

They both grinned at that.

"Yeah.. oh andI should mention I have to stay in human form so It'd be wise if we act like didn't know each other.."

He nodded again as they began setting up arrangements.

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She still grinned as she pushed open a door leading in to a steamy kitchen. Standing over the oven was a young woman her hair up in a high ponytail as a few strands stuck to her face from all the head.

"Ohayo Sango-chan!!" She called

The girl looked up green eyes annoyed but at seeing theo ther young woman she grinned saying

"Ohayo Kagome-chan.. anything interesting happen yet?"

Kagome plopped down in to the chair by the stove saying

"Well I just met Inuyasha.... is he always so..... vulgar with his language?" Kagome asked. She could help asking and Sango cracked up laughing.

"I told you how he was. You have to have lots of patience to deal with him..."

"What about the older brother? Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked.

Sango bit her lip thinking as she closed to oven to let the food cook.

"Well.... there isn't much I can tell you. I only time I ever heard him talk it was either insulting Inuyasha or talking buisness with Inutaishio- sama. He is cold and doesn't usally show emotions. Oh not to mention he hates humans..." Sango said grimacing.

Kagome bit her lip. He hates humans? I wonder why?

"Is there anything I can help you with?" She asked instead.

"The only thing I can think of is to bring tea to the lord, but Eri is already doing that...."

"Oh... I see... well I'm going to go find something to do... I'll talk to you later Sango-chan!" She called out while walking out of the room. Sango waved bye before returning to her work.

Kagome had thought with a large castle such as this, there would be something to do but she had already cleaned Inuyasha's room, and Sesshoumaru's room was already spotless. But Inuki had specifically ordered her not to leave the premises for the first week here.

Kagome sighed irritatedly and entered the only place that had so far caught her interest.

The gardens.

They were lush and green with beautiful flowers everywhere. It was like a paradise.

Kagome found a stone bench under a sakura tree and sat down leaning her head against the rough bark.

With a sigh for having no sleep the past two weeks she gladly excepted the calming blackness of sleep.

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A cowering demon bowed before a shadowed figure stuttering

"M-my lord..... The lady K-Kagome has managed to evade our men again.. and-- " He was silence when a hand shot out decapitating the demon before he coudl finish.

The dark figure growled eyes blazing red.

"You will not escape me Kagome.... you never will... you WILL me my mate no matter what..."

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End chapter!

okay here's the first chapter tell me what you think! ^-^ I have a plot palnned for this and I can't wait to get started so write later bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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