Hi hello! I'm ba-ack!!! Sorry for the short chappie last time but hopefully this will make up for it. I just had to stop there. Hope that you all understand! Ciao!

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Kagome.

I opened my eyes because of the sun shining on my face. How long was I out this time? I swear! Every time I close my eyes, I end up somewhere new.

EK! What happened anyway?

I looked at my hands. No change there, except for the stripes around my wrists. They looked suspiciously like Fluffy's.

Speaking of Fluffy.Where is he?

I sat up on what I realised was a bed. Western style so I guess that means that I'm still in Shesshie's house.

Normal.

Kagome looked around at the HUGE room she was in.

'This must be one of the main rooms in the family wing,' she thought.

Sliding off the bed, she was surprised to discover that her body couldn't support her weight. Her legs were shaky and her feet were weak. So much so that she was going to end up flat on the floor!

She closed her eyes and sighed, rubbing her now sore backside.

'I'm lucky I'm not that heavy,' she thought as she hauled herself back up again. 'Geez! How long was I out anyway?'

She practised walking around the room before deciding to go take a bath. And wow, lucky her. There was a folded kimono on the table beside the bed.

She unfolded it, thinking that it must be for her.

Kagome gasped. It was beautiful!

A deep sea green with white jasmine flowers patterned on the sleeves. The bottom was white with speckles of green, making a sort of foam-like effect. It truly looked like the sea.

She spotted a white obi neatly folded on the desk. 'It must've been under the kimono,' she thought, putting the kimono on the bed.

She snatched up the obi and realised that it wasn't a pure white one like she'd thought. Rather, it had a white background where lavender flowers were floating downwards.

She gathered her things for the bath: soap, shampoo, and her new kimono and obi.

Kagome opened the door to find herself in a long corridor.

"Which way, which way?" she asked to no one in particular, a finger tapping her cheek.

She got an idea and smacked her head for mot thinking of it sooner.

'Baka!' she scolded herself. 'Just sniff it out!'

She turned to her left and then to her right, stopping in front of intricately carved double doors.

"Found it!" she singsonged and then giggled, pushing the doors open.

Kagome headed straight to the wash area, which was behind a door. She found a basin of hot water waiting for her there.

After she washed away all the dirt and grim from her body, she went back outside and got into the water.

She sighed and relaxed as the hot water caressed her muscles.

A few minutes later.

"I better get out of here before I turn into a prune."

She went out side after putting on her new kimono, which fit her perfectly.

'Hmm,' she thought while walking in some random direction. 'I wonder where Fluffy and the kids are.'

She stopped when she came in front of another set of carved doors. This one had a phoenix and a dragon flying in the air, fighting.

Knowing that she probably shouldn't and yet knowing that she just HAD to, she pushed the doors open.

3 youkai were sitting at a table arguing with Shesshoumaru, who was, as usual, emotionless.

All eyes turned to her when she opened the door, probably wondering who she was and why she was interrupting a VERY important meeting.

She tried to get back outside but Shesshie would have none of that. And all he said was one word!

"Come," he said, and she came, closing the door behind her, keeping her eyes on the floor.

"These are my fellow lords. Cyrus, Lord of the North. Kail, Lord of the South. And Koulas, Lord of the East," Shesshoumaru told her, gesturing to each one.

She looked at each of them closer and was surprised to see that Cyrus was a wolf, Koulas was an inu-youkai, while Kail was a kitsune.

Cyrus had long blue hair tied up in a ponytail and shiny sky blue eyes. Kail had brown hair with black streaks and ebony eyes.

Koulas' coloring puzzled Kagome. His hair was a deep black with red streaks and his eyes a soft mint green. Green was a rare and odd eye color for youkai.

She then noticed something very, VERY weird.

Cyrus' mark was a shiny blue diamond and Kail had a bright orange circle in the middle of their foreheads. But Koulas had an upside down crescent moon with a star below it.

Kagome looked to Shesshoumaru in confusion.

She knew that all youkai markings were unique but that the royalty markings never differed in shapes, only placement and color.

So why on EARTH did some youkai lord have the same shape of markings as she did?!

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oh and yeah, she only saw the markings when she took a bath. It didn't freak her out that much. If anything, she was happy that she looked like a normal youkai. A full one that is.

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