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A light tap startled Kagome out of her thoughts. "Yes?" She managed to choke out. The door opened slightly and her chambermaid cautiously peeped her head in the door.

"Dinner is prepared and being served Milady. I have already informed Lord Inuyasha." The girl was no older then 18 and she stood erect waiting for further orders.

Kagome's lips curved into a smile which she tried to hide from the girl. This girl in front of her was trying so hard to act proper. The girl could only be about a year Kagome's elder and she realized how similar they were. Both girls were trapped in an unavoidable situation, she was in between faithfulness and desire. And the chambermaid was to forever remain a chambermaid with no hopes of moving up in the world. The biggest similarity between them though was the fact that they were both girls. Young children only beginning to mature. Kagome had never had a female companion besides her mother, yet her mother only taught her about society...and that was all.

"What is your name?" Kagome could see that she had startled the girl by asking such a question.

"Excuse me, ma'am?" She stammered out.

"Your name girl, I asked for your name."

"Sango, milady." The girl curtsied as if ashamed to have told her. Kagome hated this. She was no Queen, she did not deserved to be bowed to.

"Oh for heavens sake, you have committed no sin. No raise, why do you insist on curtsying to me? I am of no royalty."

"Perhaps not, Milady, but you are the Lords wife." Sango commented shyly. Kagome sat there shocked. She waved Sango away without waving her eyes.

That was why all of her friends stopped visiting, why her male companions ceased communication. It was so simple, she was the Lords wife. She was now of high station and the people who once loved her could not see beyond her husbands title. She had no one to talk to...except Inuyasha.

Dinner was like all the other dinners had been that week. Inuyasha sat there chatting away about any random thing he could thing of, he was high in both life and spirits, while Kagome emptily giggled at anything appropriate.

"I received a letter from Sesshoumaru today." Inuyasha stated whole heartedly as he sipped from his silver goblet.

Kagome suddenly sat up alert, "Well, what did he say?"

"He said he shall be delayed but hopes to be back in time to see me before I leave." Inuyasha chuckled at the supposed absurdity, "I don't know why he'd worry. I'm not leaving for another 2 months, certainly he can not be delayed that long."

"Indeed. Well, did he say anything about me? I'm rather distraught in the thought that he did not write me. Does he not miss me at all?"

Inuyasha sat down his fork and stared at Kagome in concern. She was looking intently at her plate but showed no desire to eat anything that was on it. "Of course he mentioned you, my dear. How could I have been so foolish to forget to tell you?"

"He did? Oh please, tell me what he said." Inuyasha looked deep within his mind and tried to find some lie for this girl before him with now newly sparkling eyes. His brother had not really mentioned Kagome at all. Yet how could he not? Sesshoumaru was the luckiest man to have such a beautiful girl as his wife. She had such radiance and intelligence that only helped undertone her extreme kindness and gentleness. She was perfect and Inuyasha envied his brother for it.

"Well he said, 'Take close watch of my beautiful wife, Kagome. I know hungry men would love to try and steal her away from me.' Then at the end of his letter he told me to send you his love." Inuyasha replayed the words through his head. He found it satisfactory, Kagome would buy it.

"How sweet of him." Kagome acted as if she had just shrugged it off, but he could see that she was still a giddy child and the news pleased her greatly. They sat there in a strange awkward silence...although neither of them really knew why.

Usually Inuyasha would break such a silence, but this time he had lied to his sister-in-law; a beautiful woman who his brother never mentioned in a tender way...whom his brother did not even acknowledge in a letter to him. He didn't know what to say.

He was so deep in thought that he almost missed Kagome's voice speaking to him. "What would you have written, Inuyasha?"

"Excuse me?"

"In the letter, if you were Sesshoumaru, what would you have said about your wife of three months who you hadn't seen in three weeks?"

She seemed so calm even though she was asking such a personal question. It startled Inuyasha but he knew he had to answer, "Well firstly, I would have written a letter to you...or I mean, my wife. I'd express my yearning to see her and hold her again. Of how I count the moments until my return to her. And how my only comfort is in knowing the stars I watch during my many sleepless night are lighting her face as she sleeps...or I'd write something like that." He chuckled at it. It sounded pretty good for coming up off the top of his head.

He then continued thoughtfully seeing as she sat silent, "Although, you do know Kagome, you have ruined me. I shall never meet a woman as beautiful or as wonderful and my brothers wife. If I were my brother I'd be having only sleepless nights. Do not be hurt Lady Kagome. Perhaps you immense greatness has left my brother speechless and tongue-tied. I must tell you that you have effect on me...even me."

During Inuyasha's speech Kagome left her eyes on her plate, too frightened to look at his beautiful face. When he was done speaking she rose from her spot from the table and walked by him as she spoke. "I thank you for your compliments, Inuyasha. But, it is well known that my husband is far from tongue-tied. Thank you for trying to lighten my mood. You are truly a romantic.

At that she stopped by his chair keeping her eyes down as her mind searched quickly as to what to say. Finally she spoke again. "I shall return to the village tomorrow. I need to talk with the Priestess...again. Goodnight, Milord."