Well, here's Chapter three, hot off the presses, so to speak. Not much to say here except perhaps for arigatou for the reviews and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu-Yasha and co, just Hikaru, my OC who is introduced in this chapter, and this somewhat interesting plot.

~Densetsu Unmei

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Chapter Three: Hikaru

Kagome ravenously ate through two bowls of rice and a ton of meat and vegetables, making up for the meals that she had lost in the past couple of days, earning from Sesshoumaru a look of disgust.

"How is it possible for you to eat so much food and still be hungry?" Sesshoumaru asked. He put down his chopsticks and pushed away his bowl, giving Kagome the impression that he had lost his appetite.

"Well, for your information, I haven't eaten in the past couple of days," Kagome said, putting another bite of rice in her mouth, as if to prove a point, "but, now I'm full."

As if Kagome's words had been her cue, Rin ran into the dining room. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama! There's a pretty lady neko youkai! There is! Rin let her in! Actually, she found Rin in the garden and Rin led her here!"

A scantily dressed female youkai stepped into the room, her arms crossed. "Sesshoumaru, we need to talk. Now," her voice was soft, but at the same time, powerfully influencing. At least, that was what Kagome thought.

"Hikaru," Sesshoumaru said, addressing the youkai that stood in the doorway. His extremely pleasant demeanor and tone made Kagome shudder, "how many times have I told you not to come here dressed like that? You should dress as one of your station is expected to. Have some dignity and dress as the Lady of status you are, rather than some youkai whore."

Hikaru scowled at him. "Fine, I'll change, but, I just want to make it perfectly clear that I didn't want to," she turned up her nose. "Humph!" She snapped her fingers and a light surrounded her, departing a few seconds later to reveal her wearing a light green kimono that matched the outfit that she had just had on. "There," she said, pouting, "are you happy now?"

"Ecstatic," Sesshoumaru sneered, the sarcasm apparent in his voice.

"So, Sesshouamru-sama, what's for lunch? I'm starving!" She stood there for a second, expecting a response of some sort, but received none, and so continued on. "Who's the ningen? In fact, why does the proud taiyoukai of the Eastern Lands house two ningen in his humble abode?" She smirked at his grunting response and continued on, sure that although he pretended not to pay attention, that he in reality was.

"The other taiyoukai are beginning to question your motives, cousin," she said, her tone becoming serious. "The less influential of the current ruling taiyoukai grow restless. They're banding together. Methinks they're trying to overthrow you," She smirked at Sesshoumaru again and sat down at the table between him and Rin. "All of them happen to be the young upstart Lords who have just inherited their stations from their fathers. Still, though they've gotten the power, none of them truly understand the true subtleties and nature of youkai society and politics."

She smiled at the servant who placed an array of her favorite foods before her. "Ah, enough about politics for the moment, let's eat!"

Sesshoumaru stood and walked out the door, not another word said. Hikaru just shrugged and began to eat.

"Who are you?" she asked after she had swallowed a bite.

"Me?" Kagome asked, looking up at Hikaru, who nodded. "I'm Kagome."

Hikaru smiled sweetly at her. "Nice to meet you, Kagome - Hey, you wouldn't happen to be that rumored miko that was traveling with my half-breed of a cousin, would you?"

Kagome turned somewhat pale at the mention of Inu-Yasha. "Yes, but we've sorta gone our separate ways," she said softly.

Hearing the pain in her voice, Hikaru let the subject drop and introduce a new topic. "Is that little girl always that happy?" she asked, hoping that Kagome would lighten up a bit.

"Who, Rin? Well, I couldn't really tell you. I just got here a day or so ago, and that was the first time that I had met her."

"Oh. Hey, where did she go?"

"She's probably with Sesshoumaru."

"Do you think that maybe - " she was interrupted by a loud crash and a roar coming from the adjoining room.

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That's all for now! I'll post as soon as I can, although I'm getting a new comp, so I don't know how long I'll be out of commission! Yet again, thankies for the reviews!

RIN-SAN - I'm glad that you like the story so far! Arigatou for the review!

Kwool-sesshou-fan - Umm, okay, I don't know hat you mean by that, but it's probably because it's almost 2 in the morning.

Frozen Lighting - Don't worry! There will be more soon! I'm so glad you like the story!! It makes me happy! XD

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Amanda - Thank you so much for the review! Tee Hee.I just finished watching and Episode of Inu-Yasha. Miroku is so funny! Well, that's that. I've finished that chapter, and I've responded to my reviews, so now, it's time to post and go to sleep! Ja ne!

~Densetsu Unmei