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related to him or the show for that matter...I own nothing but the unknown
plot...*tear and sigh* I own nothing...why is it that I own nothing yet others
own all? I demand an explanation...okay...I will shut up now.
Summary: Princess Kagome's life was a fairytale; her husband Kouga was the ideal husband, and her father was the Ruler of the Northern Lands, then disaster struck. The Lord of the Western Lands attacked, killing Kouga. The Northern Lands are now ruled by the feared demon, Lord Sesshomaru, and fearing her own life she joined the ranks of the many servants, but she does not go unnoticed for even the Lord Sesshomaru is not a fool...Sess/Kag...I don't think that Inuyasha will even be part of this story...
((A/N: Thanks for reviewing Laquata, j b. Raven, drow goddess, catherine parr, Kay, Melissa, Stacerue, Yujin-chan aka Neko Megami, Ponchita, Krystal_Tears, lilcutie, ra, eMeLyNoOoPeE, katie, Katherat, personwithnoname, and inuyasha-n-kagome-rox142! Oh, and Special Thanks to Xoni Newcomer. I had a lot of those ideas myself, but there were a few that hadn't occurred to me. I realized that there were still some shady spots, but they will be cleared up in the coming chapters. And I can guarantee that I will use some of your ideas. Thank you so much! By the way, Inuyasha- n-kagome-rox142, I have no idea...^^do you? If you do, please feel free to tell me.))
Chapter 2 By the way, I hope that you all don't hate Sesshomaru too badly. ^^ But yeah, he and Kagome will eventually fall in love, and I wasn't planning on making Inuyasha part of the story...hope that that's okay with you guys!
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Sesshomaru closed his golden amber eyes and tried to fall asleep for what seemed to be the thousandth time, but the same pale face bordered with silky raven locks and chocolate brown eyes kept haunting him. He finally sat up in his bed, "DAMN IT!" he roared.
Sango and Kagome sat up at the sound of the shout, and looked at each other, "What was that?" Sango whispered to Kagome.
"My guess is as good as yours..." Kagome replied. "I think it came from my room...I mean...Sesshomaru's room..."
Sesshomaru looked around his room, and sniffed the air. There were still traces of the lovely lavender scent that he found rather enjoyable, and relaxing. He settled back into the bed, and laid there trying to go to sleep. He then smiled inwardly as he wondered what his troops and Rin would do if they found out that he had actually yelled. 'Better not tell Jaken, the fool might have a heart attack...' he thought, slightly amused. The glow from his amber eyes flickered on and off as his eyelids began to feel heavier, and heavier. Finally he drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Sango sleepily shrugged, and went back to sleep, but Kagome remained sitting up. "Oh Kami...I hope that Lord Koji, and Lady Yugi are safe. They always did treat me as if I was their real daughter, not just some breeding machine, and please, please help Kouga's soul rest in peace." Kagome nearly strangled on her tears as she said the last part of her prayer. She truly didn't want to believe that Kouga was dead. She glanced at Sango, and slowly slipped out from underneath the covers. Using her miko powers she made herself temporarily invisible and edged her way down to the throne room. She huddled in a dark corner, and looked around the place. Her eyes rested on the beautiful and elegant table on the other side of the room.
* * FLASHBACK * *
Kagome brought in a small pot of tea, and set it down. A servant girl behind her set down a tray of cups and left the throne room, closing the doors behind her. She smiled at Lord Koji, Lady Yugi, and Kouga who winked at her. Despite the fact that they had been married for nearly a year; he could still make her blush. She seated herself next to Kouga at the beautifully carved cherry wood table.
"Do we really need to throw a ball?" Kouga asked as he set his feet on the table.
"Yes, balls are good for diplomacy." Lord Koji stated as he held out his teacup to Kagome. Kagome nodded, and poured him some tea. Lord Koji's black hair was streaked with some silver, his face hardened from years and years of battles, and war. Even though he was quite old, his blue eyes still held a youthful glint to them. It was obvious where Kouga got his eyes.
"Says who?" Kouga demanded, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Says ME," Lady Yugi interjected as she daintily sipped her tea. She was a very very petite lady. Kagome estimated that she was just barely 5', but she had hair that seemed to put the sun to shame. Her glowing blonde hair fell in beautiful waves all the way down to below her buttocks, but she usually had it tied up. She had piercing gray eyes that seemed capable of boring holes at the moment. "And take your feet off the table."
"But it's only a table," Kouga grumbled.
"It's a family HEIRLOOM," she replied, her voice rising, and emphasizing 'heirloom.'
Kouga grudgingly removed his feet from the table, not wanting to hear the table's history again. Kagome glanced sideways at Kouga and smiled, she always did enjoy the little spats between Kouga and his mom.
"I like balls," Kagome said.
"Hmph, just because you get crowds of men looking at you with googley eyes," Kouga muttered.
"Jealous, aren't we?" Kagome commented with a playful smile on her lips.
"I'm not jealous!" he yelled in protest.
Kagome looked at Lord Koji and Lady Yugi who were both chuckling now. "You know Kouga, you really shouldn't let your jealousy overco-" Kagome's sentence was cut off when Kouga pressed his lips to hers.
* * END OF FLASHBACK * *
Kagome found herself crying, and whimpering again. "Why did you have to die Kouga? You idiot. I hate you..." she hissed through her tears. She knew in her heart that it wasn't his choice to die, and that it wasn't his fault, but she needed to vent her anger out at someone. "Why did you let the stupid dog demon kill you? Why?" She stopped talking and brought her knees to her chest. She hanged her head down, her forehead against her kneecaps as she let the tears fall onto her yukata.
She knew it was Sesshomaru's fault. She sniffled in an attempt to hinder her tears. She could blame Sesshomaru...it was his fault for demanding that stupid, STUPID tribute. Why would a youkai already so rich and powerful, not to mention feared by all, want the diminutive Northern Kingdom in comparison to pay a tribute of 200 pounds of gold and silver a year? Shaking her head in despair she made her way back to Sango's room.
* * THE NEXT DAY * *
After breakfast, Sango and Kagome walked to the garden, and sat hidden in the long boughs of the weeping willow tree. "We have a lot of time to kill now," Sango commented as they idly sat against the smooth trunk.
Kagome smiled, "I suppose you're right,"
"At least I'm still doing my job," Sango added.
"No, you're not my personal servant anymore Sango. I'm your equal you know." Kagome corrected.
"This is awkward Kagome...not the situation, but the idea of me not being your personal servant and you being what I am."
Kagome laughed, "I think that we just confused ourselves."
Sango nodded in agreement, "I have to agree."
Sesshomaru stood outside on his balcony, his feet together, and his hands behind his back. His amber eyes scanned the sky for signs of Ah Un. Finally he spotted a large flying creature racing towards the palace. It was Ah Un, and it was no doubt that iwas Jaken in the front and Rin behind him. He smiled, as they landed in the middle of the vast, and slightly damaged practice fields. He watched, expressionless, as the tiny petite figure, known as Rin bounded off of the large two-headed dragon's back, and came running toward the balcony.
"Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama! This Rin is so glad to see you!" she yelled.
Sesshomaru suppressed a smile, and jumped down gracefully from the balcony. He patted Rin on the head as she latched herself to his leg. Just then he heard screams, and yells. He raised an eyebrow as several of his youkai guards came into view with two women who were wriggling furiously against them. One of the guards carried the remains of a weapon he identified as the Hiraikotsu, a very difficult weapon to wield, let alone pick up. Two were dragging along a girl with straight ebony hair, and cinnamon eyes, and another had slung another girl over her shoulder, and all he could see was her rear end.
"What's happening?" Rin asked, her voice half scared and half curious.
Sesshomaru did not answer, and turned to face them, "What seems to be the matter?" he asked.
"We found these two girls sleeping on the job," answered the cougar youkai guard with the broken bits of the Hiraikotsu, "And they kept ignoring out orders to go to work."
"Well if you just listened, you'd know why!" the girl who was slung over the other guard's shoulder yelled. He growled as the girl beat him in the back, and set her down. She turned around to face Sesshomaru. She had slightly wavy obsidian locks and chocolate colored eyes.
"And HE owes me a new Hiraikotsu," the other girl with cinnamon eyes declared.
"You didn't need to hit me with it," the cougar youkai retorted.
"And YOU didn't need to provoke my anger!" she roared back.
The cougar youkai was about to snap back when Sesshomaru raised a hand, "Kougorou, that is enough." Kougorou nodded apologetically. Kougorou had medium length dirty blonde hair, and light brown eyes. Sesshomaru looked at the hawk youkai who had been carrying Kagome. He had long straight black hair that rivaled Sango's. He had naturally tan skin, and a scrap of cloth with a hawk feather was wrapped around his head. "Akeno?"
Akeno shifted a bit, "Well milord, we found these two servants sitting in the garden being idle, and we asked them why they weren't working..." His voice trailed off as he received a warning glare from Kougorou. He was much younger than Kougorou, and his structure was much leaner than Kougorou's, and Kougorou was a famed warrior and there was much sense in heeding him, but Sesshomaru was much more frightening than any look that Kougorou could give. Akeno cleared his throat and continued, "And Kougorou and the young lady," he gestured to Sango, "Got in a bit of a fight..." "Are you suggesting that I started it?" Kougorou asked, his voice feigning shock.
"Yeah he is you scumbag," Kagome interjected for Sango who was being held back by the other two guards from lunging at him. "And stop picking on people smaller than you." Kagome had been referring to Akeno who despite his sharp looks looked somewhat terrified of Kougorou and Sango who had thrown one of the guards to the ground, and was trying to pry herself from the grips of the other one.
Sesshomaru coldly looked upon the scene. It was utterly despicable, two HUMAN WOMEN getting the better of his well-trained YOUKAI guards. He was about to have them be sent to the dungeon when Rin began shrieking with laughter. "Pretty ladies are funny!" she squealed as she clapped her hands in delight.
That was when Sesshomaru recalled that the women had been doing nothing. "Stop your childish nonsense or be executed tomorrow morning," Sesshomaru announced. Immediately the bickering and fighting stopped. "Now do explain why you two weren't working."
Sango was too busy sending murderous glares at Kougorou and the two other guards to reply. "We were personal servants of the royal family," Kagome replied, looking straight into Sesshomaru's eyes. Sesshomaru emotionless eyes bored into Kagome's, where had he seen those eyes before? Kagome looked back at him defiantly. That's when Kagome felt something hard smack her on the back.
"Ow!"
"That's what you get you human filth for looking the great Sesshomaru in the eye! You are unworthy!" screeched Jaken.
Kagome's eyes narrowed as she stared at Jaken. "Why you little-!" she grabbed the staff from Jaken, and proceeded to bash him over the head with it until he collapsed to the ground unconscious. Kagome raised an eyebrow when she heard the giggles of a little girl. It was then she spotted Rin, she knelt to the ground, "Hey there. My name's Kagome, what's yours?"
"Pretty lady's name is Kagome?" Rin asked. Kagome nodded. A big toothy grin spread across Rin's face, "Rin's name is Rin. Nice to meet you pretty lady Kagome. What is other pretty lady's name?" she asked as she pointed at Sango.
Kagome who had been stifling her urges to burst out laughing at the cute little girl's speech straightened up, "Her name is Sango."
"Why is pretty lady Sango mad?" Rin asked.
"Well..."
Sesshomaru growled, "Enough," he commanded. Rin smiled and latched herself onto Sesshomaru's leg again.
"You know him?" Kagome asked Rin, regardless of what Sesshomaru had just said. Rin nodded, "Sesshomaru-sama is my daddy! He takes good care of Rin. He saved Rin from being eaten by a big bad demon."
Kagome shot a confused look at Sesshomaru. 'Maybe he DOES have a heart...' she thought. "I take it you like children." came a icy, yet smooth voice.
Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru, "Perhaps." she replied.
"Considering you and the other human wench have no job because the royal family that you once served doesn't exist anymore, you two will be Rin's nurses, and if I find you both adequately educated and learned, I may have you be Rin's tutors as well." Without another word, Sesshomaru, leaped back up onto the balcony and disappeared.
Kougorou, Akeno and the other youkai guards stalked off, but not before Kougorou shot Sango another nasty look. Sango walked over to Kagome, "Seems like someone has developed feelings for the ice prince," Sango whispered into Kagome's ear.
Kagome glared at Sango, and looked around to make sure no one else was around. She grabbed the sleeve of Sango's kimono and dragged her back to the weeping willow, oblivious that Rin was following them, collecting flowers along the way. "Are you crazy?" Kagome hissed, her voice harsh, "That man killed Kouga!"
The laughter from Sango's cinnamon eyes disappeared, "Oh Kagome...I'm so sorry. I forgot!" Kagome's lips trembled, and she collapsed into Sango's arms. "It's okay Kagome, everything's going to be alright...shhh..."
"Sesshomaru-sama can make everything alright. He can do anything!" Rin announced gleefully as she sat herself down beside Sango. "Why is pretty lady Kagome crying? Would you like a flower? Flowers always make Rin feel better."
Kagome's crying stopped abruptly as she and Sango looked at Rin in surprise. "Rin! What are you doing here?" Sango asked.
"No one but pretty ladies will play with Rin." Rin answered mournfully. "Sesshomaru-sama sometimes plays with Rin, but that is only sometimes."
Sango smiled slightly at Rin, "Tell me Rin, is Sesshomaru-sama a nice person?"
Rin nodded her head vigorously. "Oh yes! Very! Sesshomaru-sama is always nice to Rin."
Sango glanced at Kagome, "See? Even the little girl says that he's nice...he can't be all THAT bad. Besides, how do you know that he was the one who killed Kouga? It could've been another like...Kougorou..." she offered. She was sure to say Kougorou's name with venom.
Kagome sniffled, "But you don't understand Sango, Kouga died BECAUSE of him. I hate him." she replied fiercely. "And are you sure that there's no exchange of affection between you and Kougorou?"
Sango glowered at Kagome, "Haha."
Kagome sniffed, "Oh...forgot...you and Miroku are an item."
Before Sango could yell back at Kagome about her usual speeches about perverted monks and hentais, Rin spoke. "Who's Miroku?" she asked.
"He's Sango's boyfriend." Kagome said quickly.
"Really? Then he must be nice because pretty lady Sango is nice." Sango's look softened, but then she turned red, "WHAT?!"
Sesshomaru was walking down the hall to the flight of stairs that would take him down to the main hall where he could eat. Rin wasn't to be found, but neither were the two servants. He didn't remember their names, but he assumed them to be telling the truth by the looks of their yukatas. Their yukatas had been nicer than most of the other servants, but he concluded that that was because they had been special servants. They both had fierce and determined auras about them even though the one with chocolate eyes had seemed to be...how would he put it...softer than the other girl. He had noted slight details such as the chocolate-eyed girls' hands were softer looking than the one with cinnamon eyes.
As he ate his steaming rice porridge the chocolate eyes of that one girl kept haunting him. It was by the time he finished eating when he identified them as the same eyes of the girl in his dreams...or nightmares...from last night. He growled in frustration as he tried to remember where he'd seen them first. He stood up from the table, and walked off, all the way back up to his bedchambers. He entered the library that was right next to it, and seated himself at the desk.
He sniffed the air, and found that the odious smell of that Kouga was very faint. "Figures that this would be the last place to find him..." he said to himself. He then called to one of the guards that stood outside the library. "Call Jaken," he ordered. The guard nodded curtly, and left the room. Sesshomaru didn't allow any of the human guards on this floor; he hated the stench of the filthy humans. Sesshomaru searched through several of the drawers of the desk, he found nothing that caught his interest until he found a hidden drawer that sprung out when you touched it. Inside was a crudely wrapped package. It was wrapped in plain brown paper, and the creases in it were very light, meaning that it must've been rather new.
He pulled it out, and carefully set it on his desk. He gingerly removed the wrapping from the paper, and raised an eyebrow.
Summary: Princess Kagome's life was a fairytale; her husband Kouga was the ideal husband, and her father was the Ruler of the Northern Lands, then disaster struck. The Lord of the Western Lands attacked, killing Kouga. The Northern Lands are now ruled by the feared demon, Lord Sesshomaru, and fearing her own life she joined the ranks of the many servants, but she does not go unnoticed for even the Lord Sesshomaru is not a fool...Sess/Kag...I don't think that Inuyasha will even be part of this story...
((A/N: Thanks for reviewing Laquata, j b. Raven, drow goddess, catherine parr, Kay, Melissa, Stacerue, Yujin-chan aka Neko Megami, Ponchita, Krystal_Tears, lilcutie, ra, eMeLyNoOoPeE, katie, Katherat, personwithnoname, and inuyasha-n-kagome-rox142! Oh, and Special Thanks to Xoni Newcomer. I had a lot of those ideas myself, but there were a few that hadn't occurred to me. I realized that there were still some shady spots, but they will be cleared up in the coming chapters. And I can guarantee that I will use some of your ideas. Thank you so much! By the way, Inuyasha- n-kagome-rox142, I have no idea...^^do you? If you do, please feel free to tell me.))
Chapter 2 By the way, I hope that you all don't hate Sesshomaru too badly. ^^ But yeah, he and Kagome will eventually fall in love, and I wasn't planning on making Inuyasha part of the story...hope that that's okay with you guys!
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Sesshomaru closed his golden amber eyes and tried to fall asleep for what seemed to be the thousandth time, but the same pale face bordered with silky raven locks and chocolate brown eyes kept haunting him. He finally sat up in his bed, "DAMN IT!" he roared.
Sango and Kagome sat up at the sound of the shout, and looked at each other, "What was that?" Sango whispered to Kagome.
"My guess is as good as yours..." Kagome replied. "I think it came from my room...I mean...Sesshomaru's room..."
Sesshomaru looked around his room, and sniffed the air. There were still traces of the lovely lavender scent that he found rather enjoyable, and relaxing. He settled back into the bed, and laid there trying to go to sleep. He then smiled inwardly as he wondered what his troops and Rin would do if they found out that he had actually yelled. 'Better not tell Jaken, the fool might have a heart attack...' he thought, slightly amused. The glow from his amber eyes flickered on and off as his eyelids began to feel heavier, and heavier. Finally he drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
Sango sleepily shrugged, and went back to sleep, but Kagome remained sitting up. "Oh Kami...I hope that Lord Koji, and Lady Yugi are safe. They always did treat me as if I was their real daughter, not just some breeding machine, and please, please help Kouga's soul rest in peace." Kagome nearly strangled on her tears as she said the last part of her prayer. She truly didn't want to believe that Kouga was dead. She glanced at Sango, and slowly slipped out from underneath the covers. Using her miko powers she made herself temporarily invisible and edged her way down to the throne room. She huddled in a dark corner, and looked around the place. Her eyes rested on the beautiful and elegant table on the other side of the room.
* * FLASHBACK * *
Kagome brought in a small pot of tea, and set it down. A servant girl behind her set down a tray of cups and left the throne room, closing the doors behind her. She smiled at Lord Koji, Lady Yugi, and Kouga who winked at her. Despite the fact that they had been married for nearly a year; he could still make her blush. She seated herself next to Kouga at the beautifully carved cherry wood table.
"Do we really need to throw a ball?" Kouga asked as he set his feet on the table.
"Yes, balls are good for diplomacy." Lord Koji stated as he held out his teacup to Kagome. Kagome nodded, and poured him some tea. Lord Koji's black hair was streaked with some silver, his face hardened from years and years of battles, and war. Even though he was quite old, his blue eyes still held a youthful glint to them. It was obvious where Kouga got his eyes.
"Says who?" Kouga demanded, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Says ME," Lady Yugi interjected as she daintily sipped her tea. She was a very very petite lady. Kagome estimated that she was just barely 5', but she had hair that seemed to put the sun to shame. Her glowing blonde hair fell in beautiful waves all the way down to below her buttocks, but she usually had it tied up. She had piercing gray eyes that seemed capable of boring holes at the moment. "And take your feet off the table."
"But it's only a table," Kouga grumbled.
"It's a family HEIRLOOM," she replied, her voice rising, and emphasizing 'heirloom.'
Kouga grudgingly removed his feet from the table, not wanting to hear the table's history again. Kagome glanced sideways at Kouga and smiled, she always did enjoy the little spats between Kouga and his mom.
"I like balls," Kagome said.
"Hmph, just because you get crowds of men looking at you with googley eyes," Kouga muttered.
"Jealous, aren't we?" Kagome commented with a playful smile on her lips.
"I'm not jealous!" he yelled in protest.
Kagome looked at Lord Koji and Lady Yugi who were both chuckling now. "You know Kouga, you really shouldn't let your jealousy overco-" Kagome's sentence was cut off when Kouga pressed his lips to hers.
* * END OF FLASHBACK * *
Kagome found herself crying, and whimpering again. "Why did you have to die Kouga? You idiot. I hate you..." she hissed through her tears. She knew in her heart that it wasn't his choice to die, and that it wasn't his fault, but she needed to vent her anger out at someone. "Why did you let the stupid dog demon kill you? Why?" She stopped talking and brought her knees to her chest. She hanged her head down, her forehead against her kneecaps as she let the tears fall onto her yukata.
She knew it was Sesshomaru's fault. She sniffled in an attempt to hinder her tears. She could blame Sesshomaru...it was his fault for demanding that stupid, STUPID tribute. Why would a youkai already so rich and powerful, not to mention feared by all, want the diminutive Northern Kingdom in comparison to pay a tribute of 200 pounds of gold and silver a year? Shaking her head in despair she made her way back to Sango's room.
* * THE NEXT DAY * *
After breakfast, Sango and Kagome walked to the garden, and sat hidden in the long boughs of the weeping willow tree. "We have a lot of time to kill now," Sango commented as they idly sat against the smooth trunk.
Kagome smiled, "I suppose you're right,"
"At least I'm still doing my job," Sango added.
"No, you're not my personal servant anymore Sango. I'm your equal you know." Kagome corrected.
"This is awkward Kagome...not the situation, but the idea of me not being your personal servant and you being what I am."
Kagome laughed, "I think that we just confused ourselves."
Sango nodded in agreement, "I have to agree."
Sesshomaru stood outside on his balcony, his feet together, and his hands behind his back. His amber eyes scanned the sky for signs of Ah Un. Finally he spotted a large flying creature racing towards the palace. It was Ah Un, and it was no doubt that iwas Jaken in the front and Rin behind him. He smiled, as they landed in the middle of the vast, and slightly damaged practice fields. He watched, expressionless, as the tiny petite figure, known as Rin bounded off of the large two-headed dragon's back, and came running toward the balcony.
"Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama! This Rin is so glad to see you!" she yelled.
Sesshomaru suppressed a smile, and jumped down gracefully from the balcony. He patted Rin on the head as she latched herself to his leg. Just then he heard screams, and yells. He raised an eyebrow as several of his youkai guards came into view with two women who were wriggling furiously against them. One of the guards carried the remains of a weapon he identified as the Hiraikotsu, a very difficult weapon to wield, let alone pick up. Two were dragging along a girl with straight ebony hair, and cinnamon eyes, and another had slung another girl over her shoulder, and all he could see was her rear end.
"What's happening?" Rin asked, her voice half scared and half curious.
Sesshomaru did not answer, and turned to face them, "What seems to be the matter?" he asked.
"We found these two girls sleeping on the job," answered the cougar youkai guard with the broken bits of the Hiraikotsu, "And they kept ignoring out orders to go to work."
"Well if you just listened, you'd know why!" the girl who was slung over the other guard's shoulder yelled. He growled as the girl beat him in the back, and set her down. She turned around to face Sesshomaru. She had slightly wavy obsidian locks and chocolate colored eyes.
"And HE owes me a new Hiraikotsu," the other girl with cinnamon eyes declared.
"You didn't need to hit me with it," the cougar youkai retorted.
"And YOU didn't need to provoke my anger!" she roared back.
The cougar youkai was about to snap back when Sesshomaru raised a hand, "Kougorou, that is enough." Kougorou nodded apologetically. Kougorou had medium length dirty blonde hair, and light brown eyes. Sesshomaru looked at the hawk youkai who had been carrying Kagome. He had long straight black hair that rivaled Sango's. He had naturally tan skin, and a scrap of cloth with a hawk feather was wrapped around his head. "Akeno?"
Akeno shifted a bit, "Well milord, we found these two servants sitting in the garden being idle, and we asked them why they weren't working..." His voice trailed off as he received a warning glare from Kougorou. He was much younger than Kougorou, and his structure was much leaner than Kougorou's, and Kougorou was a famed warrior and there was much sense in heeding him, but Sesshomaru was much more frightening than any look that Kougorou could give. Akeno cleared his throat and continued, "And Kougorou and the young lady," he gestured to Sango, "Got in a bit of a fight..." "Are you suggesting that I started it?" Kougorou asked, his voice feigning shock.
"Yeah he is you scumbag," Kagome interjected for Sango who was being held back by the other two guards from lunging at him. "And stop picking on people smaller than you." Kagome had been referring to Akeno who despite his sharp looks looked somewhat terrified of Kougorou and Sango who had thrown one of the guards to the ground, and was trying to pry herself from the grips of the other one.
Sesshomaru coldly looked upon the scene. It was utterly despicable, two HUMAN WOMEN getting the better of his well-trained YOUKAI guards. He was about to have them be sent to the dungeon when Rin began shrieking with laughter. "Pretty ladies are funny!" she squealed as she clapped her hands in delight.
That was when Sesshomaru recalled that the women had been doing nothing. "Stop your childish nonsense or be executed tomorrow morning," Sesshomaru announced. Immediately the bickering and fighting stopped. "Now do explain why you two weren't working."
Sango was too busy sending murderous glares at Kougorou and the two other guards to reply. "We were personal servants of the royal family," Kagome replied, looking straight into Sesshomaru's eyes. Sesshomaru emotionless eyes bored into Kagome's, where had he seen those eyes before? Kagome looked back at him defiantly. That's when Kagome felt something hard smack her on the back.
"Ow!"
"That's what you get you human filth for looking the great Sesshomaru in the eye! You are unworthy!" screeched Jaken.
Kagome's eyes narrowed as she stared at Jaken. "Why you little-!" she grabbed the staff from Jaken, and proceeded to bash him over the head with it until he collapsed to the ground unconscious. Kagome raised an eyebrow when she heard the giggles of a little girl. It was then she spotted Rin, she knelt to the ground, "Hey there. My name's Kagome, what's yours?"
"Pretty lady's name is Kagome?" Rin asked. Kagome nodded. A big toothy grin spread across Rin's face, "Rin's name is Rin. Nice to meet you pretty lady Kagome. What is other pretty lady's name?" she asked as she pointed at Sango.
Kagome who had been stifling her urges to burst out laughing at the cute little girl's speech straightened up, "Her name is Sango."
"Why is pretty lady Sango mad?" Rin asked.
"Well..."
Sesshomaru growled, "Enough," he commanded. Rin smiled and latched herself onto Sesshomaru's leg again.
"You know him?" Kagome asked Rin, regardless of what Sesshomaru had just said. Rin nodded, "Sesshomaru-sama is my daddy! He takes good care of Rin. He saved Rin from being eaten by a big bad demon."
Kagome shot a confused look at Sesshomaru. 'Maybe he DOES have a heart...' she thought. "I take it you like children." came a icy, yet smooth voice.
Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru, "Perhaps." she replied.
"Considering you and the other human wench have no job because the royal family that you once served doesn't exist anymore, you two will be Rin's nurses, and if I find you both adequately educated and learned, I may have you be Rin's tutors as well." Without another word, Sesshomaru, leaped back up onto the balcony and disappeared.
Kougorou, Akeno and the other youkai guards stalked off, but not before Kougorou shot Sango another nasty look. Sango walked over to Kagome, "Seems like someone has developed feelings for the ice prince," Sango whispered into Kagome's ear.
Kagome glared at Sango, and looked around to make sure no one else was around. She grabbed the sleeve of Sango's kimono and dragged her back to the weeping willow, oblivious that Rin was following them, collecting flowers along the way. "Are you crazy?" Kagome hissed, her voice harsh, "That man killed Kouga!"
The laughter from Sango's cinnamon eyes disappeared, "Oh Kagome...I'm so sorry. I forgot!" Kagome's lips trembled, and she collapsed into Sango's arms. "It's okay Kagome, everything's going to be alright...shhh..."
"Sesshomaru-sama can make everything alright. He can do anything!" Rin announced gleefully as she sat herself down beside Sango. "Why is pretty lady Kagome crying? Would you like a flower? Flowers always make Rin feel better."
Kagome's crying stopped abruptly as she and Sango looked at Rin in surprise. "Rin! What are you doing here?" Sango asked.
"No one but pretty ladies will play with Rin." Rin answered mournfully. "Sesshomaru-sama sometimes plays with Rin, but that is only sometimes."
Sango smiled slightly at Rin, "Tell me Rin, is Sesshomaru-sama a nice person?"
Rin nodded her head vigorously. "Oh yes! Very! Sesshomaru-sama is always nice to Rin."
Sango glanced at Kagome, "See? Even the little girl says that he's nice...he can't be all THAT bad. Besides, how do you know that he was the one who killed Kouga? It could've been another like...Kougorou..." she offered. She was sure to say Kougorou's name with venom.
Kagome sniffled, "But you don't understand Sango, Kouga died BECAUSE of him. I hate him." she replied fiercely. "And are you sure that there's no exchange of affection between you and Kougorou?"
Sango glowered at Kagome, "Haha."
Kagome sniffed, "Oh...forgot...you and Miroku are an item."
Before Sango could yell back at Kagome about her usual speeches about perverted monks and hentais, Rin spoke. "Who's Miroku?" she asked.
"He's Sango's boyfriend." Kagome said quickly.
"Really? Then he must be nice because pretty lady Sango is nice." Sango's look softened, but then she turned red, "WHAT?!"
Sesshomaru was walking down the hall to the flight of stairs that would take him down to the main hall where he could eat. Rin wasn't to be found, but neither were the two servants. He didn't remember their names, but he assumed them to be telling the truth by the looks of their yukatas. Their yukatas had been nicer than most of the other servants, but he concluded that that was because they had been special servants. They both had fierce and determined auras about them even though the one with chocolate eyes had seemed to be...how would he put it...softer than the other girl. He had noted slight details such as the chocolate-eyed girls' hands were softer looking than the one with cinnamon eyes.
As he ate his steaming rice porridge the chocolate eyes of that one girl kept haunting him. It was by the time he finished eating when he identified them as the same eyes of the girl in his dreams...or nightmares...from last night. He growled in frustration as he tried to remember where he'd seen them first. He stood up from the table, and walked off, all the way back up to his bedchambers. He entered the library that was right next to it, and seated himself at the desk.
He sniffed the air, and found that the odious smell of that Kouga was very faint. "Figures that this would be the last place to find him..." he said to himself. He then called to one of the guards that stood outside the library. "Call Jaken," he ordered. The guard nodded curtly, and left the room. Sesshomaru didn't allow any of the human guards on this floor; he hated the stench of the filthy humans. Sesshomaru searched through several of the drawers of the desk, he found nothing that caught his interest until he found a hidden drawer that sprung out when you touched it. Inside was a crudely wrapped package. It was wrapped in plain brown paper, and the creases in it were very light, meaning that it must've been rather new.
He pulled it out, and carefully set it on his desk. He gingerly removed the wrapping from the paper, and raised an eyebrow.