CH.6
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Author note: hey peeps! Here's ch.6! Hope ya all enjoy. I think this is my longest ch. yet! Ahhh... everyone run...the world is coming to an end! I wrote a long chapter...just joking!hehe!
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Then Sango finally realized what had made Kagome get knocked out. One word says it all...Koga.
After both Saori and Sango had dragged Kagome out of the water and gotten themselfs and their-selfs clothed. Saori then finished her explanation of wolf mating.
" You mean Lord Koga of the North Mountains?" Saori asked.
" Yes, it is him, and there better be a way out because I don't think Kagome thought of Koga in that way." said Sango.
Saori laughed. " There is two problems with what you are saying; one: he is engaged to his Sarahga already. If he has said Kagome is his women; I doubt he meant it in the mating sense more like in a loving friendship way. He probably faked the mating courtship to help Kagome stay away from Inu-baka." explained Saori "No offense Sango-san but I never could stand Inuyasha he always got on my nerves." She said with a roll of her eyes.
" OooowwwWW..." Groaned a now waking Kagome.
" As I just explained to your friend; her Lord Koga is not your Sarahga." Gently put Saori.
" Thank Kami!" Gasped Kagome fully awake.
" Glad to see your awake" Grinned Sango.
" Hold up, how did I get out of the spring and dressed?" said Kagome, She stare from Saori to Sango with suspicion .
" Thanks." she said finally as she realized how obvious it was.
The female demon nodded and said," We couldn't let you die now; with you having a demon Sarahga it is bad enough to let the mate die for it will send the other into a killing frenzy."
" That's definitely not good" said Sango.
" Yeah, I know this is a great conversation and all but if you could continue with whole...well...I don't know...MATING THINGY!" Kagome exasperated shouting the last bit.
" Right now what demons do we have left...ahhhh...yes...dogs and crows, but since there is no possible way your mate is a crow demon we will leave that out" She detailed.
" Alright already! Tell us about dogs already! Enough with the delay!" Sango was getting impatient, her temper getting the better of her.
Saori laughed and said, " A dog demon knows who his mate is at first glance and in some cases smell. Now if his mate is in a pack he will repeatedly challenge the alpha male to a fight but allowing the alpha to win each time thus telling the female he respects who she decided to be her protector."
," I don't know why but this rings a bell and I can't place it. It's starting to get to me. Kagome any ide..." Sango interrupted
Sango trailed off seeing as she was getting Kagome's must fearsome death glare, for interrupting.
" Hehe...please continue Saori...and please make it some time before I die" Sango gulped whispering the last part.
Saori raised her eyebrow in Sango's direction. But said nothing.
" As I was saying" Saori picked up. " He will, however not tell the female this and usually make up some excuse why he fights the alpha. Also, after a couple of months of that the next step arrives, he visits her in her dreams. Dog demons have a strong telepathic link with their mates once they have met them. It is very unfortunate for those demons that try to hurt his mate. Dog demons are the most possessive demons next to foxes of course. Bloody suicidal to touch a foxes mate, male or female. The link is very strong the male can sense all the females' emotions and once they are fully mated he can talk to her in her mind and her he. But they cannot read each other's minds." Saori said.
" Ok? is that all? " Asked Kagome.
" No, I just needed to breath. " replied Saori.
" Oh, ok." said Kagome.
Then, once again Saori spoke, " On the second step is mind contact all demons get this they meet in dreams the male can see the female but the female cannot see the male. It has something to do with dominance."
" Oh, question?" asked Kagome.
" What?" Saori asked looking directly at Kagome, same as Sango.
" I'm human. Won't that make it hard to ummm...mate? Ya know demons hating humans and all..." asked Kagome.
Saori looked at Kagome in shocked and spoke " Here's a question for you. Would I be talking to you right now if I hated you?"
" Well yeah, but that's not what I think Kagome meant" Sango spoke standing up for the now red Kagome.
" Hmmm...I see...you think any demon would see you as a weakness or hate any children you give birth too?" questioned Saori.
" Yeah, thats it" mumbled Kagome.
Saori chuckled at her new friends nativity. " That is not so with demons, it is with humans though. Demons respect and guard other demons mate and any child of that union as long as that child as not refused clan enter-ship. For, when a demon finds his Sarahga it is a grand thing and not taken lightly in the demon world. I do believe you got this idea from what happened with Inuyasha's mother and him?" said Saori.
" Yah" said Kagome sitting up straight followed by Sango.
" Then let me tell you what really happened, Sesshoumaru's mother was not his father's real Sarahga. He mated her out of an alliance. You can do that and if you later on find your Sarahga the treaty mating will be divorced instantly. The treaty mate will be allowed to leave comfortably till the ends of her days or if she chooses as most do to search out her Sarahga, yes the female can search, but it is much and I mean much harder for the female to find her Sarahga then the male."
" Come on continue! Don't leave us waiting!" exclaimed Sango.
" I may be a demon but I still need to breath" growled Saori.
" Hehe...sorry" apolgized Sango.
" Anyways...Inu-baka's mother was engaged to a human male at the time Inu's father found her, stealing her away. Now, we all know no male demon or human likes to have what he considers his stolen from him. Men... so the human attacked Inu's fathers fortress hoping to gain his 'woman'. Thus, pissing off all the demons in Japan. A battle issued and he lost with his army destroyed, he barely escaped hating Inu's mother for destroying his army even if it was not her fault." she paused to judge Kagome's and Sango's reaction.
" Ooo, My father told me about this I didn't realize it was about Inuyasha though. He went to a witch after the battle. Giving her his soul in return she gave him a new body and scent. He was able to slip in unnoticed and kill Inuyasha's mother right after giving birth to Inuyasha. But Inuyasha's father sensing his Sarahga's waning life force. Came to her bring her back with the tensagia(sp?)." exclaimed Sango.
" Sango-chan, as much as I love you but you must stop interrupting!" said Kagome shouting to last of it.
" Hehe..."
" Right...then the killer escaped once again getting a new body from the witch. And waited for the right moment to strike. He would have to wait six years for that moment and wait he did. We all know how Inuyasha's father fought the dragon later Inuyasha killing said dragon, right?" Saori said.
Sango and Kagome nodded.
" Well, after the battle Inuyasha's father barely made it back alive as he was recovering with Inuyasha's mother watch over him and caring for him.
A demon heals faster with his or her Sarahga taking care of them. But as Inuyasha's mother was bandaging up Inuyasha's father the man attacked and in such a weak state Inuyasha's father could not do anything, with his dieing breath he told his Sarahga to seek out Sesshoumaru, he put a compulsion that no Sarahga female can resist behind it making her run from her love and with Inuyasha in her hands ran to Sesshoumaru who told her to hide in the human realm for he was in the middle of a battle with the North Mountains, Koga's father.
Who he defeated. But when he went looking for his step mother, he only found her grave and was never able to find his half-brother again, until the fateful day, you Kagome, unleashed him from the God-Tree." with that said Saori finished the story of Inuyasha's parents.
" That still doesn't answer my question..." said an annoyed Kagome.
Sango and Saori both sweat dropped, as they recovered Saori leaned over to Sango and asked her: " What was her question again?"
Kagome hearing her question answered: " I asked: I'm human. Won't that make it hard to ummm...mate? Ya know demons hating humans and all?"
" Oooo...yeah.."
Sango and Kagome both gave her a queer look.
In return they got a glare.
" Alright, demons don't hate all hanyou's it just the ones that umm...well...Inuyasha did something pretty stupid awhile back insulting all of the demon race..I don't even know if he realised what he did. But, he did it and that is what counts." sadly said Saori.
" When doesn't he do something stupid?" asked Sango.
" Well...get on with it" Kagome exasperated
" What?"Saori asked not getting what Kagome meant by 'get on with it'.
" Umm...CONTINUE!" shouted Kagome and Sango in unison.
Laughing, Saori continued, " Well, after he was awakened. I don't know if you are aware of this at all. But Sesshoumaru came and tried to talk to Inuyasha and welcome him into the Clan, A VERRRY important thing to demons it welcomes others into their Clan or Family...Inuyasha refused thus gaining to ultimate hate of all in that Clan. That is a very stupid thing to do, now the only reason a demon, hanyou, human, or any other species can refuse such a thing is if they hate or dislike they Royal Ruler of the Clans region. Now Sesshoumaru being that ruler and that he personally extended the invite..." Souri trailed off as Sango and Kagome both looked ready to murder Inuyasha, and Souri being a smart demoness realized Inuyasha was one dead Hanyou.
" I think we all should get ready for the ball " suggested Souri.
" Good idea " both Sango and Kagome grounded out marching out to the hot springs ready to murder Inu-baka.
Now as Kagome marched down the hall her anger clouding her eye sight she ran into a hard wall that turned out to be a chest of non other then ... Sesshoumaru.
" Gomen...Gomen!" exclaimed Kagome once she gained her balance.
" I wasn't watch where I was going" apologized Kagome, bowing to the Tai-youkai before her.
" It was my fault as well my thoughts where else where." gracefully excepted and apologized in his own way of indifference.
Kagome raised and met the Tai-youkai's golded glaze so much like Inuyasha, but not. As she looked into his eyes she saw many emotions and wisdom in his eyes, and ultimately hope for the future to come.
She saw before her a man...no...demon that stood his ground and whole heartedly appreciated and understood all he could about the world around him. A man of ruthfullness and a demon with mercy when needed.
" Fluffy-sama!" Shouted a voice down the hall. Sesshoumaru broke her glace to call back " Rin! I am here, follow my voice."
As she heard this she then again saw a demon that protected his own and was not afraid to love and did not look on it as a weakness but as strength. She now realized he hide many things when he fought Inuyasha and was cold when he was not on his own turf for it showed he was always on his guard.
She heard the clapping of little kiddy shoes on the stone castles floor before seeing the cute little girl, a human girl no less.
She heard the clapping of little kiddy shoes on the stone castles floor before seeing the cute little girl, a human girl no less.
" Hiya! Kagome-san. Rin is Rin." Rin introduced herself.
" Hi Rin." replied Kagome.
"Come on Rin we have to get ready for the masquerade." said Sesshoumaru, leading Rin down the hall towards their rooms.
Kagome later would get to know those rooms veerrryy well.
As she watched them leave Sesshoumaru sensing her gaze and turned, his gaze held something that made her insides flame.
Giving her one more glace he left. Leaving Kagome with the thought that he would make one hell of a mate not to mention a passionate one at that.
Four hours later, Kagome and the Shard Group where all ready to go to the masquerade.
As the doors opened to the Grand Ball Room. Kagome instinctively knew that this would be her last night as a single girl, for tomorrow she would be a claimed woman.
As she descended down the staircase followed by the others her gaze met another's who she only knew intimately. Her Sarahga.
He met her at the end of the staircase and just like in her favorite Fairy Tale, Cinderella, he asked her for a dance and as he swept her out on to the dance floor she just then realized there outfits matched her as Persephone in a red and silver trimmings, and matching mask, and he as Lord Hades of the Underworld in a black toga and a silver belt that held two swords that looked a little too familiar, but alas his face was covered with black mask.
" Hello," was all Kagome could say turning as red as her dress.
" Hello," he echoed.
As he twirled her only to pull her close once again. Kagome getting her bravery back told him " you have a llllooooottt of explaining to do! Ya know that, right?"
" Shush, your ruining the moment." he answered.
" Oh, right, sorry...hey!"
He laughed just before his masked face swooped down and stole a quick kiss from her lips.
As he leaned back, Kagome thoughts where thus: " Alright, all the demons here can probably smell how I feel right about now! But for some reason I don't care as long as I am in his arms. Who is he...? Sooo got to get Saori-chan and Sango-chan on that. Ooo... I don't get how I feel, I feel as if I have known him my entire life. Oo, Kami...he can kiss. Deities looking out for me...HELP! Souri said he was my Sarahga, is that like a soul mate. Ooo, his hand just went somewhere!"
As Kagome snapped out of her thoughts she realized just where his hand was...on her hip the holding her hand as he easily lead her off the dance floor and towards to the near by garden.
Author note: Alright for all ya that think that the masq. is over...you got another thing coming! LOL! The masq will be 3, yes 3, days long. And this day will be adding on too. Next chapter I just might tell you who the mysterious demon of Kagome's heart( not that she knows it yet) is! Next time on Dark Fantasy: Unmasking and Conversations!
bloody(the editor): erm yeah i have no clue wuts goin on since she hasnt update ever since FOREVER. soi only corrected some spellings and grammar errors..>>