~*~At Sesshoumaru's Castle~*~

Kagome made her way down the halls in a daze. She had no Idea where the room known as 'Sesshoumaru's Study' was located.

'Maybe I should ask someone as I pass them in the hall. They can't get too mad at me. I am new here.' With her mind made up, she slowly approached one of the demon's that was lingering in the hall. When Kagome got closer, the lady lifted her gaze to Kagome. Her eyes were a deep blue with specks of silver randomly spreaded in it. They set off the sky blue kimono she had covering her.

"May I help you Miss? I haven't seen you around here before and you seem to be human." The lady's voice was like a bell ringing through a town.

"Uhhh... Yes I was wondering.. ummm...Do you happen to know were Sesshoumaru's study is located?" Kagome was worried at the look she was given. The stare of the lady soon turned from a questioning glance to a happy and welcoming one.

"Yes, down the hall nine doors and to your left." She gave Kagome a smile as she told her the way.

"Thank you." As Kagome paced her way down the hall she turned around to face her once more.

"By the way, my name is Kagome." With out a response she left her in the hall and started to count the doors on the left her.

'I guess not everyone every demon associated with Sesshoumaru are all that bad...NINE!' Kagome reached the ninth door to her left. It was a dark wooden door with a pattern of what looked like a forest. She reached her hand up cautiously to the door. When it was about three centimeters away, Kagome heard a voice seep through the cracks that the door didn't cover.

"Come." Kagome obeyed what she was told and entered through the doors.

"Sit." As if in a trance she sat in the chair across from Sesshoumaru.

'I'm in trouble. What if her asks where I'm from? He can sense when I am lying.'

"Now, I would like to know about where you are from."

"This might be a little hard to swallow." Kagome's voice was cracking and a little shaky.

"Try me..." Sesshoumaru's voice was the exact opposite of hers. It was calm and stern.

"Well I am from the future. I travel back in time to collect jewel shards for Inuyasha and the others."

Sesshoumaru sat across from her dumbfounded and yet at the same time Kagome could see in his eyes that he was begging for her to go on. So she proceeded to tell him her story from beginning to end.

When she reached the end of her tale Sesshoumaru had seemed to have believed everything and was thinking through it all.

"You may leave now I will be expecting you for dinner look presentable."

Kagome arose from her seat and exited the room toward her own.

'I wonder how it is that she can travel through time. It does explain the rather odd clothes on the other hand.'

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that's it for now. R & R