DPK13: THANK YOU xXxAngelikk() FOR SUCH AN INSPIRING REVIEW!!I WAS SOOO HAPPY AFTERWORDS!!!! Anyways... today I AM HAPPY! I HAVE A BOYFRIEND! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Yeah anyways...I've liked him for awhile...and now we're DATING! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Isn't that great! Well anyways onto the next chapter...

Chapter 2: The Offer.

Kagome and her mother stood next to the pyre on which her brother rested. It seemed as if he could suddenly stand and walk toward them, but for the white color of him which signaled his demise. Someone, she wasn't sure who, had prepared him for death; his arms were crossed across his chest and his dark hair was carefully combed against his head. His lips curved up in a carefree smile. He didn't have anything to worry about now, he was dead and he'd left her alone. Was her entire family destined to die before her? She bit back a sob.

The guards moved forward, lighting the pyre on fire, it slowly consumed her brother's body. Kagome watched it and bit her lip, if she wasn't careful, the fire would consume her as hungrily as it consumed her brother.

"Kagome, I will be off now. I have business to attend to my daughter," her mother said and laid a comforting hand on her shoulder. The only comfort Kagome had had from her mother in a long time. Her mother had given up on kindness after her father's untimely death. Her mother walked off and half the guard followed her, the other half waited for Kagome.

"Oh Souta," Kagome murmured, as she watched the flames destroy her sweet brother's body. Sweet Souta, she would remember him. Forever. After awhile, everyone would forget her brother, or if they remembered they would say nothing. Pretend he never existed, because he was dead. She remembered...

Flashback

"One day, I'm gonna be a famous warrior!" Souta yelled, swinging a wooden practice sword. Kagome smiled at him and watched as he made a huge swing and overbalanced falling onto the grass.

"Souta, why do you want to be warrior? All you do is killing," Kagome said calmly, sadly.

"I'm gonna kill some evil demons and save the kingdom!" Souta cried and held his sword above his head, it wobbled a little and Kagome was worried for a second it might hit him on the head and hurt him but it didn't.

"Oh Souta." Kagome sighed, she didn't approve of the war. But she loved her brother, and she wasn't going to be the one to crush his dreams. Not now, not ever. She reached up and ruffled his hair.

"Hey!" Souta cried and waved his sword haplessly at her. Kagome laughed and grabbed it from him then quickly pointed it at him. He looked at his weapon turned against him with wide eyes. "Wow...Kagome how'd you do that!? TEACH ME! PLEASE!" he begged.

"Maybe later squirt," she replied and ruffled his hair again, he made a face at her and she laughed and walked back to the palace. She tossed Souta back his sword and left him to practice.

end flashback

Kagome choked back a sob at the memory and then looked toward the carcass of her brother. It had all burnt away and all that was left was his gleaming white bones. Kagome turned away; she didn't want to remember his as a carcass but a living breathing person. She walked off, leaving the bones to be ground up and the guards to gather her brother's ashes for her mother to throw to the wind later so he could go to Paradise.

"Princess are you okay?" Hojo asked, walking after her. Kagome turned toward him and he but his arms around her. "It'll be okay." He comforted and she leaned into him sobbing.

Once they got back to the Palace, they both noticed it was in chaos. There was something wrong. Kagome ran inside the walls and there...she saw a youkai. White hair, amber eyes, claws, and a fluffy tail, he was the older brother, Shessoumaru. She stopped and stared. The Youkai Prince stared back at her; his eyes were cold and unfeeling.

"Umm...hello?" Kagome said awkwardly. Her mother, next to the Youkai Prince glared at her and she remembered her manners. "Welcome, Prince Shessoumaru, to the court of humans. It is a pleasure to have you here." She curtseyed and bowed her head elegantly, not a wobble in her ladylike actions.

"As is a pleasure to meet you, Lady Kagome." The Prince Shessoumaru said, no feeling entered his voice. Had he been a poker player, he would have given nothing away; probably he'd never be beaten at such games.

"If it is not rude for me to inquire, what exactly are you doing here?" She asked, not taking her eyes from the Youkai Prince. He gave a little half smile, still disclosing nothing.

"An offer," He said, with perhaps...amusement? The eyes of all who were in the room, were riveted on the Youkai Prince.

"Of what?" asked the Queen, Kagome's mother. If anything, the prince gave an even more amused smile, although it seemed a little disgusted too.

"Of peace."

DPK13: OOOH! PEACE! What will happen next...hehehehehehe! I am sooo evil. I have also decided this will be a Kagome Inuyasha fanfic. Because

1. I have always been referred to as Kagome and Inuyasha is my boyfriend now...hehe.

2. No one said there preference...well actually this could be a Shess/Kag fic IF someone says anything in the next review.

Now PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!

I DIDN"T KILL ANYONE THIS TIME SO IF YOU PUNISHED ME LAST TIME BY NOT REVIEWING THEN REVIEW NOW!!!!