Kagome was exhausted by the time Arisu had finished showing her
the castle. The whole castle. From top to bottom. And the damn
place had more levels then she had guessed in the first place. The
first level was, as she had known, parlor, kitchen, and dinning
room. The seconds was servants and warriors.
Arisu had taken Kagome all the way to floor one and showed her each floor going upwards. The stairs were horrible. It seemed easy enough for Arisu and even Sesshomaru had had not trouble even carrying her. Kagome had thought her legs were going to break.
The two other rooms other then Sesshomaru's bedroom on the fourth floor were a library larger then Sesshomaru's room and the kitchen put together complete with a snug study done in tones of browned leather and polished mahogany woods. Beyond that was a huge bathing room, equipped with an inlaid tub with gold rimming. Continuing up the stairs to the fifth level, you come across another division of a level. Going left, you come across three guest rooms and one hot bathroom. Going right, you find another three guest rooms, and a second bathing room.
The sixth level was a second, smaller library that seemed it hadn't been used in decades for dust coated everything giving the room an ancient gray look to it. The second door on the floor was locked, the iron handle rusted and aged. The seventh and last floor was nothing but a huge room with a hard stone floor, the walls decorated with cuts and missing chunks as if it had been cut and sliced at. The floor sported the same kind of abuse and when Kagome questioned Arisu admitted the room was Sesshomaru's personal training chamber.
A the end of the tour Kagome had more ideas on how to make the castle more livable then she could handle and she almost laughed when she noticed that her brilliant grin made Arisu nervous. She plotted silently as the descended the stairs again to the main hall and reached out to clasp Arisu's hands.
"Arisu-chan. I'm going to need your help."
"Of course Lady Kagome. What do you need?"
"I need pink! Lots of pink. And blues and yellows and oranges. And every color you can find that isn't gray or brown."
Arisu blinked. "Pardon?"
Kagome laughed. "I need cloth Arisu and ribbons and anything decorative. I need lots and lots of decorations. We're going to fix everything. Would you happen to know any other women who'd be willing to help me?"
Arisu nodded slowly. "I'm sure I can find some my lady."
"Wonderful! I'll go see what I can find my self. Can you bring everyone here once you've rounded them all up?"
Arisu nodded. "I believe I can."
"Thank you Arisu-chan!" Kagome turned and dashed back up the steps towards Sesshomaru's room. If she was going to live here there were defiantly going to have to be some changes done!
She threw open the wardrobe that stood against the wall of Sesshomaru's room and started going through it. He had to have some kind of colored clothing in here somewhere. It wasn't possible for him not to. She was rewarded when she uncovered a number of decorative sashes and scarves dropping them into a pile that had started to form near her ankle. She'd make this place charming if it was the last thing she did. And she'd make Sesshomaru proud of her. She'd make him happy with her. Kagome looked down as she twined a sash around her wrist thoughtfully.
She'd accepted something; she was in love with Sesshomaru. How could she be when she loved Inuyasha but it was there and it was pointless to deny it. However accepting it didn't mean she was going to admit it to Sesshomaru till she was good and ready. She smiled to herself and returned to raiding Sesshomaru's closet. Her hand stopped as she fell on something...curious. She pulled it out and looked down at the kimono she held and erupted into giggles.
The thing was a deep wine red color, a lovely color of course but the thing's cuffs, hem, and neckline. Gold embroidery spread out over the back of it, swirling into an ornate thorned rose. And Kagome couldn't resist the sigh of Sesshomaru in the thing. She was leaning against the wardrobe laughing when she heard Sesshomaru's voice behind her.
"What are you doing?"
Kagome turned and smiled up at him and held up the kimono. "What's this?"
Something flickered across Sesshomaru's face and he reached out to snatch the thing from her but she tugged it back to hug it against her chest and tried not to giggle. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her. "It is a dress kimono."
"Yes I noticed." She giggled then smiled and dashed forward to wrap her arms around his neck and rise up on her tiptoes to kiss him. She couldn't help it. He'd just looked so surly at her finding the kimono.
She blinked up at him and his eyes narrowed even more and she let out a yelp as her wrapped an arm underneath her and lifted her so she was sitting on his arm then lowered his head to kiss her. Not the little brushing kiss of affection she'd offered but a long deep kiss that stirred her and produced a whimper before he pulled back.
"I decide when we show affection." He said irritably.
Kagome blinked at him, huffed then gaze him a quick peck on the lips before pulling back and stuck her tongue out at him. There was a silence and she Kagome felt a rumble in his chest and she started thinking she'd gone to far but she looked up at his face in time to see his lips twitch. He was laughing! Kagome giggled as her heart swelled.
"You did not answer my question."
"I'm sorry. What question was that?"
"What are you doing?"
Oh yes. That question. "Nothing. Nothing at all."
"Then perhaps you can explain why there is an army of chattering females in my main hall."
Kagome yelped. "The women! Oh forgot." She tried to wriggle out of his grasp but his arms tightened around her.
"Kagome." His tone was low and warning.
"Don't make me tell! It will ruin the surprise."
He watched her for a long moment then finally set her on her feet again gently. "Get them out of the hall now and somewhere else to do...what ever you were planning to do. Then change your clothing."
Kagome blinked curiously. "Change my clothing. Why?"
"Because they are not suitable."
"Suitable for what!" She hated it when he was being vague. He knew what she meant and he was purposely being elusive.
"For the people who are coming."
Kagome's patience snapped. "Sesshomaru! Who in the world is coming that is so important!?"
"My relatives."
Arisu had taken Kagome all the way to floor one and showed her each floor going upwards. The stairs were horrible. It seemed easy enough for Arisu and even Sesshomaru had had not trouble even carrying her. Kagome had thought her legs were going to break.
The two other rooms other then Sesshomaru's bedroom on the fourth floor were a library larger then Sesshomaru's room and the kitchen put together complete with a snug study done in tones of browned leather and polished mahogany woods. Beyond that was a huge bathing room, equipped with an inlaid tub with gold rimming. Continuing up the stairs to the fifth level, you come across another division of a level. Going left, you come across three guest rooms and one hot bathroom. Going right, you find another three guest rooms, and a second bathing room.
The sixth level was a second, smaller library that seemed it hadn't been used in decades for dust coated everything giving the room an ancient gray look to it. The second door on the floor was locked, the iron handle rusted and aged. The seventh and last floor was nothing but a huge room with a hard stone floor, the walls decorated with cuts and missing chunks as if it had been cut and sliced at. The floor sported the same kind of abuse and when Kagome questioned Arisu admitted the room was Sesshomaru's personal training chamber.
A the end of the tour Kagome had more ideas on how to make the castle more livable then she could handle and she almost laughed when she noticed that her brilliant grin made Arisu nervous. She plotted silently as the descended the stairs again to the main hall and reached out to clasp Arisu's hands.
"Arisu-chan. I'm going to need your help."
"Of course Lady Kagome. What do you need?"
"I need pink! Lots of pink. And blues and yellows and oranges. And every color you can find that isn't gray or brown."
Arisu blinked. "Pardon?"
Kagome laughed. "I need cloth Arisu and ribbons and anything decorative. I need lots and lots of decorations. We're going to fix everything. Would you happen to know any other women who'd be willing to help me?"
Arisu nodded slowly. "I'm sure I can find some my lady."
"Wonderful! I'll go see what I can find my self. Can you bring everyone here once you've rounded them all up?"
Arisu nodded. "I believe I can."
"Thank you Arisu-chan!" Kagome turned and dashed back up the steps towards Sesshomaru's room. If she was going to live here there were defiantly going to have to be some changes done!
She threw open the wardrobe that stood against the wall of Sesshomaru's room and started going through it. He had to have some kind of colored clothing in here somewhere. It wasn't possible for him not to. She was rewarded when she uncovered a number of decorative sashes and scarves dropping them into a pile that had started to form near her ankle. She'd make this place charming if it was the last thing she did. And she'd make Sesshomaru proud of her. She'd make him happy with her. Kagome looked down as she twined a sash around her wrist thoughtfully.
She'd accepted something; she was in love with Sesshomaru. How could she be when she loved Inuyasha but it was there and it was pointless to deny it. However accepting it didn't mean she was going to admit it to Sesshomaru till she was good and ready. She smiled to herself and returned to raiding Sesshomaru's closet. Her hand stopped as she fell on something...curious. She pulled it out and looked down at the kimono she held and erupted into giggles.
The thing was a deep wine red color, a lovely color of course but the thing's cuffs, hem, and neckline. Gold embroidery spread out over the back of it, swirling into an ornate thorned rose. And Kagome couldn't resist the sigh of Sesshomaru in the thing. She was leaning against the wardrobe laughing when she heard Sesshomaru's voice behind her.
"What are you doing?"
Kagome turned and smiled up at him and held up the kimono. "What's this?"
Something flickered across Sesshomaru's face and he reached out to snatch the thing from her but she tugged it back to hug it against her chest and tried not to giggle. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at her. "It is a dress kimono."
"Yes I noticed." She giggled then smiled and dashed forward to wrap her arms around his neck and rise up on her tiptoes to kiss him. She couldn't help it. He'd just looked so surly at her finding the kimono.
She blinked up at him and his eyes narrowed even more and she let out a yelp as her wrapped an arm underneath her and lifted her so she was sitting on his arm then lowered his head to kiss her. Not the little brushing kiss of affection she'd offered but a long deep kiss that stirred her and produced a whimper before he pulled back.
"I decide when we show affection." He said irritably.
Kagome blinked at him, huffed then gaze him a quick peck on the lips before pulling back and stuck her tongue out at him. There was a silence and she Kagome felt a rumble in his chest and she started thinking she'd gone to far but she looked up at his face in time to see his lips twitch. He was laughing! Kagome giggled as her heart swelled.
"You did not answer my question."
"I'm sorry. What question was that?"
"What are you doing?"
Oh yes. That question. "Nothing. Nothing at all."
"Then perhaps you can explain why there is an army of chattering females in my main hall."
Kagome yelped. "The women! Oh forgot." She tried to wriggle out of his grasp but his arms tightened around her.
"Kagome." His tone was low and warning.
"Don't make me tell! It will ruin the surprise."
He watched her for a long moment then finally set her on her feet again gently. "Get them out of the hall now and somewhere else to do...what ever you were planning to do. Then change your clothing."
Kagome blinked curiously. "Change my clothing. Why?"
"Because they are not suitable."
"Suitable for what!" She hated it when he was being vague. He knew what she meant and he was purposely being elusive.
"For the people who are coming."
Kagome's patience snapped. "Sesshomaru! Who in the world is coming that is so important!?"
"My relatives."