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Sesshoumaru's breath was taken away from her angelic look. He shook himself out of his stupor, standing up from his sitting place on the bed. "Let's go." He walked out of the room, followed by Kagome.

Conference room

"Welcome Lord and Queens to the Western Lands. If you would please, introduce yourselves for the benefit of my new mate." Sesshoumaru sat down at the head of the table, Kagome on his right.

Fushigi sat on the right of the table, next to his mate. "I am Fushigi of the Eastern Lands. This is my mate, Kitty." He gestured toward the feliness ((A/N like Lioness..just feliness...)) on his right. He sat down as she smiled and stood up. "I'm Kitty, Queen of the Eastern lands." She sat down, delicately crossing her legs.

Like Fushigi, she was covered in sleek, black fur. Her eyes though were a curious brown. Her uniform matched Fushigi's but in addition to the red sakura petals, small rubies were in her kimono. A black studded choker was sported on her neck, glistening In the lighting. Her tail, jet black wrapped around her waist like a belt.

"We are the rulers of the Northern Lands. I am Embyr and this is my mate, Pyro. "A scaly dragon youkai stood, his mouth open baring his fangs in a grin. His kimono was sky blue and white. Cloud markings were spread around the kimono. His wings sprouted from behind his back as well as his tail. His scales were a blue and green metallic color, though his mates was red and orange.

The female nodded, smiling as well. "Pleased to make your acquaintance. "On top of her forehead was a blue emblem of a dragon's claw, glowing and blinking at random times. Her tail was sweeping the ground in a steady pace, her wings shifting every couple minutes to accommodate the chair.

"Last but not least, I are of the Southern Lands. The wolf tribe." Kouga said in a bored fashion, his head in a hand propped up by an elbow. He presented himself alone, for he had no mate. "Now can we go on with it?"

Sesshoumaru and the rest of the lords sent a murderous glance towards the wolf demon but went on with the conference as Kagome giggled. Kouga heard this and flashed her a toothy grin, winking at her.

Kagome blushed, hiding her mouth behind her hand. Sesshoumaru sent a soft growl towards Kouga, low enough for only a demon to hear. Kouga looked at Sesshoumaru and shrugged, not at all caring about what Sesshoumaru said or thought.

"Now as we all know, we have this yearly meeting to discuss what is happening in our lands as of late." Sesshoumaru droned on, placing a clawed hand on the table. "I believe Lord Embyr would like to report first..?"

Embyr nodded, "Yes, yes I would." He stood up and stretched his wings a bit before moving on. "In the Northern lands, we have been prosperous as usual except for this one fact. There is rumors that the mysterious deaths in my region are from murders. And the murder is a supposed whelp."

Kagome raised a eyebrow, 'Could this be Kohaku..?' without a thought she just blurted out. "Are they from a chain sickle?"

Embyr was taken aback at the Queens rude interjection but answered nonetheless. "Why, yes. And you would like to know this why?"

Kagome then became very nervous with everyone's attention focused primarily on her. Cold, steely eyes peered at her while others of no emotion stared straight at her. The only consolation was Kitty's eyes, full and warm looking at her, egging her on.

'You can do it..' Kagome could hear Kitty's voice in her mind, and she finally got up the courage to answer. "Uh..no reason. I was just wondering."

Everyone looked disappointed at the lack of her answer, especially Sesshoumaru. He knew she knew more then she was letting on but he let her go on with her charade, nervousness radiating off of her in immense amounts, almost enough to knock some poor demon out.

"Oh? That's peculiar of you to ask but I shall move on I suppose... Well, actually that's all that I have to say!" he gave a little bow before sitting back down.

"I suppose I shall be next," Fushigi said, standing up. "My report is the same as Embyr except for the fact that I have heard rumors of it being a Human whelp." He put so much emphasis in the word that it sounded like a swear one.

Kagome looked to the ground, suddenly ashamed of herself. 'Maybe I shouldn't be here..?' she thought, fingering the pattern on her kimono.

' Don't think that, Kagome Higurashi..' Kitty's voice was once more in her head, a soothing voice among the doubts in her head. 'You are as much as a Queen here as the Lords are.'

'Wait...How are you in my head?!' Kagome thought, looking up at Kitty's eyes.

'I'm a telepath. I can read your mind and transmit my thoughts In your head.' She replied simply, giving a gentle smile.

While the mind talking had been going on, Kouga had been standing up and giving his report as well. "Eh. Same old same old. I'm going through the same things you royal people are. And they are by a Chain sickle as well." He sat back down, sighing as if this was nothing but a boring high school class.

Sesshoumaru stood up and looked gravely at the rest of the room. "I suppose my land is the next target."

ENDE

Ok, might not have been as long as you would or I would have liked, but it's getting really late and I have to wake up early tomorrow. Anyway, Please R&R I'm trying hard not to make the characters seem OOCish but it's just what I'm typing and this is how it seems to fit. Flames are welcome if you need to. They will be used to construct a better story for your reading pleasure. Ja ne! Tenshi Korosu out!