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"Where's Sosuke at?!" A maid yelled as she ran through a hallway.
"In the gardens!" Another miad answered as she zoomed by a broom in hand.
Everything was in a mad rush to make everything was spotless clean for when their new 'young master' arrives.'
Kagome sighed a calmly walked up the steps heading for the brother's chambers. The only calm one amoung them all. She was slightly annoyed that no one had yet to tell her the new comer's name or wven get anything more pacific then 'this evening.' It was Saturday so Inuyasha was home and she guessed still in bed. She had talked to Yume, Inuki's mate, eariler this morning. Kagome had already told her her secret so they talked like equals. Yume had said that Sesshoumaru and her husband would be working at the family multi-million company and wouldn't be home until around four.
Twisting the doorknob she entered Sesshoumaru's room.
Everything was in perfect order except two things. His bed was unmade and some papers strewn across the covers of it like he had been up early doing work.
She looked at them with a scornful eye.
Did that man EVER take the time to relax?
Sighing she quickly cleaned it up and set them on the desk and made the bed with a perscision that would make you think she had been a maid all her life... ironically quite the opposite in fact.
After finishing she left the room and headed to the one beside it. Slowly turning the knob she walked inside. She heard a light snoring and grinned as she leaned over to look at what was causing the lump in the large bed.
With his white hair spread around him he looked anything but arrogant. To her he looked like an innocent child.
Knowing he should get up and eat before the gueat arrived she set her things down to look over him agian. Gently reaching out she shook his arm gently whispering
"Master Inuyasha.... Master Inuyasha... it's time to wake up.."
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Inuyasha felt something shaking him and cracked an eye open as he rolled over.
"...five more minutes..." He mumbled.
He faintly heard a giggle but thought 'screw it' and started drifting off to sleep again.
But then it hit him.
He was in bed... and something sounding VERY feminine was in there with him.
The hanyou's eyes sprung open as he flipped around to stare at the intruder.
A woman with black hair and blue eyes stared back at him amused.
"Kagome what are you doing in my room?!?!!" He hissed thanking the darkness it hid his rapidly growing blush.
"I came in here to clean but I found you were still asleep Master Inuyasha so I thought I'd wake you.."
He sighed leaning bakc against the pillows with his forearm resting over his eyes.
"What time is it?" He groaned.
"Well...... last time I checked it was one thirty in the afternoon..." She said sitting on the edge of the bed.
He resisted the urge to groan again.
"Why so early..?"
She laughed. The first he'd heard her laugh... and he found himself liking it and joing in it as well.
"Early Master Inuyasha? All maids and servants have to be up before sunrise.. I'd hate to see you getting up that early...." She said her smile the only remanant of her previous enjoyment.
He grumbled something inaudiable along the lines of "I'd end up murdering someone...." She cocked an eyebrow at him.
"Is that so? Well I'll leave you to get dressed and meet you down at breakfast. I will ahve to clean yuor room later.." She said standing up.
Kagome silently left the room and only when he heard the door click shut did he allow himself a full blown grin.
"Kagome.. how can you be so carefree when your a lowly maid...? I think you have no brains... But I think I'll keep you around.." He said not aware that she could hear him right outside the door with her youkai ears.
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Kagome smiled after hearing Inuyasha's words as she headed down the stairs.
"Your not so bad yourself Inuyasha..." She whispered to herself.
Walking down a hallway she figured she might as wll help Sango no doubt they had her working like a slave in there.
Sliding open the door, hertheory, was indeed proven correct.
Sango was rushing from pot to pot stirring them with stray hair sticking to her sweating face. So imerced was she she hadn't noticed the other girl come in until she said.
"Help wanted?"
Sango slipped and almost spilled a bowl full of batter as she looked at Kagome a small strained grin on her face.
"Always."
Kagome grinned and walked over to her while rolling up her sleeves.
"So what are you cooking..?"
"Rice cakes." She said handing a bowl over to the supposedly younger girl.
"Good I know a seret recipe for rice cakes... makes it taste really good..." Kagome said then in more of a daze "I always used to make them for Kouga when he came around..."
"Kouga? Who's that? an ex-boyfriend..?" Sango said while stirring pots.
Kagome blushed.
"No.. not really. He thought we were a couple but I didn't. He's a good friend still but I haven't seen him in a year..."
"Really? so where does he live and what's he like? C'mon you never got around to tell me about yourself last night while I poured out my soul to you..." She said grinning wryly.
Kagome nodded.
"He lives in Osaka.... I lived there for about two months. He's nice but a little possessive. He kept calling me 'his woman'...."
Sango gave her a weird look.
"Thats creepy.... I've never heard of a guy being that possessive unless he was part of a gang.. wait Kagome you weren't involved with those types of things are you?!!"
"No! No!! that's not it. Kouga's a respectable guy, he even own s his own corparation I think.. Only there is one way to explain why he was so protective.."
"What?"
"He's a wolf youkai."
"WHAT?!!" Sango screamed.
Kagome winced but didn't cover her ears.
"Sorry." Sango said "But a Ookami? I get a feeling I don't know alot about you.."
"Well for most of my life I grew up around youkai so it doesn't bother me.. But it's still odd because I'm a miko.. Odd really that I friends with what I'm suppose to kill.." She siad chuckling while thing 'and what I am..'
"Right.. anything else? How long have you been in Tokyo?"
"I've been here for about three weeks now... I just moved from Kyoto. Actually last night my friend and daughter---"
"You have a daughter? Aren't you a little young Kagome-chan?" Sango said eyeign her. Kagome felt another blush rise to her cheeks.
"She's my adopted daughter.. oh and before you can ask my friend is a guy who's been there for me and I trust him fully--okay not fully, but I trust him not try anything with me when I sleep.." She said thinking of Miroku.
"Anyways I travel around a lot for.. personal reasons. So practically that's it..." Kagome said, SHe really liked her new friend but if she told the whole truth then it probsbly endanger her.
Sango nodded as she poured the soup in to bowls.
"Well you certainly get to see the world ne?"
"Yeah I guess.." Kaogme muttered but then something hit her "Oh that reminds me Sango you never finished telling me your story last night.."
"Oh I forgot about that... well whenever I could I'd try gather information to hunt my family's killer down. I managed to figure out his name and he was in charge of a huge underground demon society..." She grimaced.
Kagome felt a knot grow in to her stomach as the information seemed al to familiar. She sent a side glance to see that Sango was stilled pained by her memories.
The demoness took a gulp as she grabbed a broom and asked quietly.
"Sango.. by chance was this demon's name... Naraku?"
Her head whipped up immediately and demoanded "Kagome how did you know that?!"
She bowed her head and mumbled out "Sango has he hurt you too? Taken what you love most away from you?"
Sango was shocked but said.
"Yes.... he has. He killed my family...Only Kagome please tell me.... what do you know of him?"
Kagome shook her head and murmmered
"I'm sorry I have to go Sango I have to work.."
Before rushing out of the room.
"Kagome!!!!" Sango called after her but she ignored it.
Sprinting down a hall she berated herself.
She let herself slip!
She had let to much information out... damn you Naraku..! because of you I have to live in lies!!
Kagome growled inhumanly as she slowed down trying to calm herself down.
"Curse you.." She hissed under her breath.
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Later......
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Kagome stood in the dining hall, eyes blank with np emotions except warmth showing in them and her calm demeanor back. She sighed mentally as she watched servants do last minute things.
Sango had been trying to talk to her all day but Kagome had easily evaded her and finding jobs or talking to Inuyasha amzingly got her to cool off.
Inuki had come home early and Sesshoumaru with him as cold as ever.
Right now they were waiting in the sitting room drinking tea calmly.. even Inuyasha.
A mental image flew in to her head of the usually arrogant wild man drinking tea calmly and elegantly.
That image alone brought a sly smile on to her face.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and a few hurried shouts to assemble were called.
Kagome sighed and slowly painstakingly made her way there.
She heard the joyous sqeauls and shouts as the new master hugged his aunt and uncle.
Even though she was still slighly displeased at the moment she was still curious as to what he looked like.
Making her way to the front door she peeked around a corner to get a good look at him.
He was hugging Yume with his fox tail swaying behind him.
As soon as she saw him her eyes widened.
Suddenly Shippou stuck his nose in the air and sniffed and murmmered
"Okaa-san...?"
The Inutaisho family exchanged glances as Yume cooed
"Shippou.. I know its hard for you but your Okaa-san.. is no longer with us now..."
The kitsune pulled away from her.
"No... Okaa-san is here! I can smell her!!" He said.
Kagome felt tears welling up in her eyes. Shippou... he was alive!
No longer able to hold herself back she stepped out and whispered
"Shippou-chan...?"
His head whipped to her and a large smile spread across his face as tears grew in his eyes.
"Okaa-san!!!!!!!!!!" He cried and ran in to her open arms as she collapsed to the ground squeezing him to her chest as tears streamed down her cheeks as both completely missed the shocked features of everyone in the household.
"Shippou-chan.. I thought you had died..!" She said.
"No... I just ended up in a park after that fight... I thought you had died while fighting them okaa-san...!" He cried back.
"Shhh.... its okay Shippou-chan....." She said although she was crying just as much.
Shippou pulled away from her to gaze at her face and said
"Okaa-san why do you look like a hu--"
She quickly covered his mouth and sent him a quick look to say she was in disguise before wrapping him up in another bonecrushing hug.
"Are you alright now?" She asked
"Yeah.... you protected me all I had was a bump and a bruise on my arm!" He said proudly.
She smiled at him.
"Yes only it took a while to find you again Shippou.."
He nodded.
"So where is Miroku and Rin..?"
She sent him a half smirk
"At home... I couldn't stand him otherwise.."
The child smiled "Yeah I bet.."
They hugged each other agian before someone cleared their throat.
Kagome looked up Shippou sitll in her arms to look up in to Inuki's golden eyes.
"Yes Inutaishio-sama....?"
"I believe you have some explaining to do Kagome..." He said sternly. She gulped although she could detect the faint light of amusements in his eyes.
"Well my lord, I lived in Kyoto before I moved here and I had met Shippou there. He was in the street and was pretty beat up. I took him home and cleaned him up and asked him to stay with me until we found his family. he had agreed..." She said
The kit nodded afirming her words.
"So what did he mean when he said 'protected'?! and form who?!" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome turned to him and lied smoothly
"I guess someone is out to get his family and him so I protected him from them as best I could although I still hold some scars from it.." She said lifting up her sleeve to reveal a rather large scar sliding down her arm that had not yet healed from the poisons it had been exposed too.
"Oh my..!" A maid gasped.
Kagome shrugged dropping the sleeve to return to holding Shippou protectively.
"And who are these 'Miroku and Rin' people? I believe you left several things out of our interveiw Kagome.." Inuki said. She blushed know a talk later was inevitable.
"Miroku is a friend of mine while Rin is my adopted daughter."
"And they're really nice except sometimes Miroku gets slapped for--" Shippou started but his mouth was quickly covered by Kagome's hand as she said
"--for certain reasons."
The family raised their eyebrows.
A silence followed before Inuki said
"Well I have been looking for someone to take care of Shippou and since he is fond of you I guess that person would be you Kagome... and I would like to have a talk with you tomorrow morning first thing.."
She bowed.
"Hai Inutaishio-sama."
"Well since thats all cleared up who's hungry?" Inuki said with cheer. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Sure honey..." Yume said.
"Uncle!!" Shippou cried as he started walking away.
He turned to look at him and asked
"Yes Shippou-chan?"
The kit looked shyly around as he asked
"Ummm.... can Kagome sit with us at dinner instead of working..?"
Inuki seemed to be on the verge of laughter as he nodded.
"Hai Shippou-chan. Kagome go upstairs and change, dinner begins in ten minutes."
They bowed and said in unison
"Thank you Inutaishio-sama."
He waved his hand as he headed towards the dining hall followed by his family. Inuyasha was still sending her confused glances and even Sesshoumaru was looking at her curiously.
Kagome blushed and looked down at her pup.
"Coming with me or going to the table?"
"I'm going with you!" He cheered.
She nodded grinning happily as she walked up the stairs with renewed vigor unaware of the gaze following her back.
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So there's the new chapter... hopefully good. Anyways thanks for the reveiws and write later! ^_^
Thanx too:
Misato-Katsuragi2
fangboy
Dragon Rae
wackoramaco87
Shippou the Blob
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Okay well write later!!
Ja ne!!!!
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"Where's Sosuke at?!" A maid yelled as she ran through a hallway.
"In the gardens!" Another miad answered as she zoomed by a broom in hand.
Everything was in a mad rush to make everything was spotless clean for when their new 'young master' arrives.'
Kagome sighed a calmly walked up the steps heading for the brother's chambers. The only calm one amoung them all. She was slightly annoyed that no one had yet to tell her the new comer's name or wven get anything more pacific then 'this evening.' It was Saturday so Inuyasha was home and she guessed still in bed. She had talked to Yume, Inuki's mate, eariler this morning. Kagome had already told her her secret so they talked like equals. Yume had said that Sesshoumaru and her husband would be working at the family multi-million company and wouldn't be home until around four.
Twisting the doorknob she entered Sesshoumaru's room.
Everything was in perfect order except two things. His bed was unmade and some papers strewn across the covers of it like he had been up early doing work.
She looked at them with a scornful eye.
Did that man EVER take the time to relax?
Sighing she quickly cleaned it up and set them on the desk and made the bed with a perscision that would make you think she had been a maid all her life... ironically quite the opposite in fact.
After finishing she left the room and headed to the one beside it. Slowly turning the knob she walked inside. She heard a light snoring and grinned as she leaned over to look at what was causing the lump in the large bed.
With his white hair spread around him he looked anything but arrogant. To her he looked like an innocent child.
Knowing he should get up and eat before the gueat arrived she set her things down to look over him agian. Gently reaching out she shook his arm gently whispering
"Master Inuyasha.... Master Inuyasha... it's time to wake up.."
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Inuyasha felt something shaking him and cracked an eye open as he rolled over.
"...five more minutes..." He mumbled.
He faintly heard a giggle but thought 'screw it' and started drifting off to sleep again.
But then it hit him.
He was in bed... and something sounding VERY feminine was in there with him.
The hanyou's eyes sprung open as he flipped around to stare at the intruder.
A woman with black hair and blue eyes stared back at him amused.
"Kagome what are you doing in my room?!?!!" He hissed thanking the darkness it hid his rapidly growing blush.
"I came in here to clean but I found you were still asleep Master Inuyasha so I thought I'd wake you.."
He sighed leaning bakc against the pillows with his forearm resting over his eyes.
"What time is it?" He groaned.
"Well...... last time I checked it was one thirty in the afternoon..." She said sitting on the edge of the bed.
He resisted the urge to groan again.
"Why so early..?"
She laughed. The first he'd heard her laugh... and he found himself liking it and joing in it as well.
"Early Master Inuyasha? All maids and servants have to be up before sunrise.. I'd hate to see you getting up that early...." She said her smile the only remanant of her previous enjoyment.
He grumbled something inaudiable along the lines of "I'd end up murdering someone...." She cocked an eyebrow at him.
"Is that so? Well I'll leave you to get dressed and meet you down at breakfast. I will ahve to clean yuor room later.." She said standing up.
Kagome silently left the room and only when he heard the door click shut did he allow himself a full blown grin.
"Kagome.. how can you be so carefree when your a lowly maid...? I think you have no brains... But I think I'll keep you around.." He said not aware that she could hear him right outside the door with her youkai ears.
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Kagome smiled after hearing Inuyasha's words as she headed down the stairs.
"Your not so bad yourself Inuyasha..." She whispered to herself.
Walking down a hallway she figured she might as wll help Sango no doubt they had her working like a slave in there.
Sliding open the door, hertheory, was indeed proven correct.
Sango was rushing from pot to pot stirring them with stray hair sticking to her sweating face. So imerced was she she hadn't noticed the other girl come in until she said.
"Help wanted?"
Sango slipped and almost spilled a bowl full of batter as she looked at Kagome a small strained grin on her face.
"Always."
Kagome grinned and walked over to her while rolling up her sleeves.
"So what are you cooking..?"
"Rice cakes." She said handing a bowl over to the supposedly younger girl.
"Good I know a seret recipe for rice cakes... makes it taste really good..." Kagome said then in more of a daze "I always used to make them for Kouga when he came around..."
"Kouga? Who's that? an ex-boyfriend..?" Sango said while stirring pots.
Kagome blushed.
"No.. not really. He thought we were a couple but I didn't. He's a good friend still but I haven't seen him in a year..."
"Really? so where does he live and what's he like? C'mon you never got around to tell me about yourself last night while I poured out my soul to you..." She said grinning wryly.
Kagome nodded.
"He lives in Osaka.... I lived there for about two months. He's nice but a little possessive. He kept calling me 'his woman'...."
Sango gave her a weird look.
"Thats creepy.... I've never heard of a guy being that possessive unless he was part of a gang.. wait Kagome you weren't involved with those types of things are you?!!"
"No! No!! that's not it. Kouga's a respectable guy, he even own s his own corparation I think.. Only there is one way to explain why he was so protective.."
"What?"
"He's a wolf youkai."
"WHAT?!!" Sango screamed.
Kagome winced but didn't cover her ears.
"Sorry." Sango said "But a Ookami? I get a feeling I don't know alot about you.."
"Well for most of my life I grew up around youkai so it doesn't bother me.. But it's still odd because I'm a miko.. Odd really that I friends with what I'm suppose to kill.." She siad chuckling while thing 'and what I am..'
"Right.. anything else? How long have you been in Tokyo?"
"I've been here for about three weeks now... I just moved from Kyoto. Actually last night my friend and daughter---"
"You have a daughter? Aren't you a little young Kagome-chan?" Sango said eyeign her. Kagome felt another blush rise to her cheeks.
"She's my adopted daughter.. oh and before you can ask my friend is a guy who's been there for me and I trust him fully--okay not fully, but I trust him not try anything with me when I sleep.." She said thinking of Miroku.
"Anyways I travel around a lot for.. personal reasons. So practically that's it..." Kagome said, SHe really liked her new friend but if she told the whole truth then it probsbly endanger her.
Sango nodded as she poured the soup in to bowls.
"Well you certainly get to see the world ne?"
"Yeah I guess.." Kaogme muttered but then something hit her "Oh that reminds me Sango you never finished telling me your story last night.."
"Oh I forgot about that... well whenever I could I'd try gather information to hunt my family's killer down. I managed to figure out his name and he was in charge of a huge underground demon society..." She grimaced.
Kagome felt a knot grow in to her stomach as the information seemed al to familiar. She sent a side glance to see that Sango was stilled pained by her memories.
The demoness took a gulp as she grabbed a broom and asked quietly.
"Sango.. by chance was this demon's name... Naraku?"
Her head whipped up immediately and demoanded "Kagome how did you know that?!"
She bowed her head and mumbled out "Sango has he hurt you too? Taken what you love most away from you?"
Sango was shocked but said.
"Yes.... he has. He killed my family...Only Kagome please tell me.... what do you know of him?"
Kagome shook her head and murmmered
"I'm sorry I have to go Sango I have to work.."
Before rushing out of the room.
"Kagome!!!!" Sango called after her but she ignored it.
Sprinting down a hall she berated herself.
She let herself slip!
She had let to much information out... damn you Naraku..! because of you I have to live in lies!!
Kagome growled inhumanly as she slowed down trying to calm herself down.
"Curse you.." She hissed under her breath.
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Later......
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Kagome stood in the dining hall, eyes blank with np emotions except warmth showing in them and her calm demeanor back. She sighed mentally as she watched servants do last minute things.
Sango had been trying to talk to her all day but Kagome had easily evaded her and finding jobs or talking to Inuyasha amzingly got her to cool off.
Inuki had come home early and Sesshoumaru with him as cold as ever.
Right now they were waiting in the sitting room drinking tea calmly.. even Inuyasha.
A mental image flew in to her head of the usually arrogant wild man drinking tea calmly and elegantly.
That image alone brought a sly smile on to her face.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and a few hurried shouts to assemble were called.
Kagome sighed and slowly painstakingly made her way there.
She heard the joyous sqeauls and shouts as the new master hugged his aunt and uncle.
Even though she was still slighly displeased at the moment she was still curious as to what he looked like.
Making her way to the front door she peeked around a corner to get a good look at him.
He was hugging Yume with his fox tail swaying behind him.
As soon as she saw him her eyes widened.
Suddenly Shippou stuck his nose in the air and sniffed and murmmered
"Okaa-san...?"
The Inutaisho family exchanged glances as Yume cooed
"Shippou.. I know its hard for you but your Okaa-san.. is no longer with us now..."
The kitsune pulled away from her.
"No... Okaa-san is here! I can smell her!!" He said.
Kagome felt tears welling up in her eyes. Shippou... he was alive!
No longer able to hold herself back she stepped out and whispered
"Shippou-chan...?"
His head whipped to her and a large smile spread across his face as tears grew in his eyes.
"Okaa-san!!!!!!!!!!" He cried and ran in to her open arms as she collapsed to the ground squeezing him to her chest as tears streamed down her cheeks as both completely missed the shocked features of everyone in the household.
"Shippou-chan.. I thought you had died..!" She said.
"No... I just ended up in a park after that fight... I thought you had died while fighting them okaa-san...!" He cried back.
"Shhh.... its okay Shippou-chan....." She said although she was crying just as much.
Shippou pulled away from her to gaze at her face and said
"Okaa-san why do you look like a hu--"
She quickly covered his mouth and sent him a quick look to say she was in disguise before wrapping him up in another bonecrushing hug.
"Are you alright now?" She asked
"Yeah.... you protected me all I had was a bump and a bruise on my arm!" He said proudly.
She smiled at him.
"Yes only it took a while to find you again Shippou.."
He nodded.
"So where is Miroku and Rin..?"
She sent him a half smirk
"At home... I couldn't stand him otherwise.."
The child smiled "Yeah I bet.."
They hugged each other agian before someone cleared their throat.
Kagome looked up Shippou sitll in her arms to look up in to Inuki's golden eyes.
"Yes Inutaishio-sama....?"
"I believe you have some explaining to do Kagome..." He said sternly. She gulped although she could detect the faint light of amusements in his eyes.
"Well my lord, I lived in Kyoto before I moved here and I had met Shippou there. He was in the street and was pretty beat up. I took him home and cleaned him up and asked him to stay with me until we found his family. he had agreed..." She said
The kit nodded afirming her words.
"So what did he mean when he said 'protected'?! and form who?!" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome turned to him and lied smoothly
"I guess someone is out to get his family and him so I protected him from them as best I could although I still hold some scars from it.." She said lifting up her sleeve to reveal a rather large scar sliding down her arm that had not yet healed from the poisons it had been exposed too.
"Oh my..!" A maid gasped.
Kagome shrugged dropping the sleeve to return to holding Shippou protectively.
"And who are these 'Miroku and Rin' people? I believe you left several things out of our interveiw Kagome.." Inuki said. She blushed know a talk later was inevitable.
"Miroku is a friend of mine while Rin is my adopted daughter."
"And they're really nice except sometimes Miroku gets slapped for--" Shippou started but his mouth was quickly covered by Kagome's hand as she said
"--for certain reasons."
The family raised their eyebrows.
A silence followed before Inuki said
"Well I have been looking for someone to take care of Shippou and since he is fond of you I guess that person would be you Kagome... and I would like to have a talk with you tomorrow morning first thing.."
She bowed.
"Hai Inutaishio-sama."
"Well since thats all cleared up who's hungry?" Inuki said with cheer. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Sure honey..." Yume said.
"Uncle!!" Shippou cried as he started walking away.
He turned to look at him and asked
"Yes Shippou-chan?"
The kit looked shyly around as he asked
"Ummm.... can Kagome sit with us at dinner instead of working..?"
Inuki seemed to be on the verge of laughter as he nodded.
"Hai Shippou-chan. Kagome go upstairs and change, dinner begins in ten minutes."
They bowed and said in unison
"Thank you Inutaishio-sama."
He waved his hand as he headed towards the dining hall followed by his family. Inuyasha was still sending her confused glances and even Sesshoumaru was looking at her curiously.
Kagome blushed and looked down at her pup.
"Coming with me or going to the table?"
"I'm going with you!" He cheered.
She nodded grinning happily as she walked up the stairs with renewed vigor unaware of the gaze following her back.
*************** end chapter ***************
So there's the new chapter... hopefully good. Anyways thanks for the reveiws and write later! ^_^
Thanx too:
Misato-Katsuragi2
fangboy
Dragon Rae
wackoramaco87
Shippou the Blob
Ioke
Okay well write later!!
Ja ne!!!!