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Chapter 16
Kagome awoke the next morning to find two strong arms wrapped around her waist. She smiled when she noticed the silky silver blanket over her and then gently turned over, begin sure not to wake her sleeping mate. She snickered softly at the expression on his face, it was very peaceful. She placed a small kiss on his lips and then watched his eyes open. "Morning." Sesshoumaru smiled and then said in a sleepy voice, "Morning." The way he said it made Kagome giggle. "What?" Kagome shook her head and said, "Nothing." Sesshoumaru turned onto his back and Kagome placed her head on his bare chest. She felt his finger gently brush up and down her arm and then she nuzzled his chest. Sesshoumaru kissed her head, but then heard a knocked on the door.
Sesshoumaru growled and then quickly grabbed his kimono pants and quickly slipped them on. Kagome sat up and wrapped the blanket around her self. Sesshoumaru opened the door and saw Jaken standing there. "This better be important." Jaken, who was shaking, bowed and said, "Y…yes, my Lord. The other Lords and Ladies from neighboring lands have arrived. They wish to discuss what should be done with the Northern Lands." He glanced over his shoulder at Kagome and then let out a low growl. He looked back at Jaken and said, "I'll be there shortly." He shut the door and then headed to his closet. "What was that about?" He slid the closet door open and said, "The other Lords and Ladies wish to divide the Northern Lands equally now that Naraku is gone." He grabbed a new kimono top and slipped it on. "Oh, should I accompany you?" As he tied his sash, he said, "It would give them a chance to meet you, now that you are the Lady of the Western Land." Kagome shrugged and said, "Okay, but would I have time to bathe first?" Sesshoumaru nodded and then bent down and kissed her. "We'll be in the study when you're done." He kissed her again then left the bedroom.
Kagome smiled and then sighed happily. She looked around for something to cover herself and then saw at the end of the bed a gold silk robe with silver crescent moons on it. She picked it up and felt how soft it was against her fingers. She pulled it around her and tied it in the front. Kagome got of the bed and then went to the closet and slid open one of the doors to reveal ten beautiful kimonos made of the finest silk. She looked over all of then and was having a hard time choosing one. Then the one on the end of the rack caught her eyes. It was navy blue and had gold suns embroidered onto the fabric. Hanging over it was a golden obi and then below the kimono were a pair of golden slippers. Kagome took it and then headed to the hot spring. She pushed opened the oak door and walked into a large hot spring that had a waterfall flowing down the side. She smiled and then closed the door.
Sesshoumaru and the other lords were debating on who should get the biggest section of the Northern Lands. The lord of the Southern Lands spoke and said, "I think I should receive a bigger part since my lands are so small and was partly destroyed by Naraku." The lord from the Eastern Lands argued back, "You lie! Your lands are the second largest, next to Sesshoumaru's." "How dare you say I lie for I…" Sesshoumaru interrupted and said, "Gentlemen! You're acting like children! Now we called this meeting to peacefully discuss what should be done with the Northern Lands." Sesshoumaru sat back down and the lords began discussing as the ladies were shaking their head at how their mates were acting.
Kagome stepped out of the hot spring and placed a hand over her lower abdomen. She smiled and thought, 'Sesshoumaru is going to be so excited when he finds out, but I will wait a little longer.' Kagome grabbed a towel and began drying herself. She quickly dried her hair and then slipped into the kimono. She decided to leave her hair down and then left the hot spring. As she walked down the hall, she felt a little strange when the servants or other youkais bowed to her as she passed by them. She smiled back to them and told herself that she would just have to get use to it.
Kagome reached the study and knocked on the door. A servant opened the door and bowed. "My Lady." Kagome smiled and entered the room. The lords were stand around a table in deep discussion while the ladies were sitting in nice leather chairs in a circle, sometimes giggling. Sesshoumaru caught her scent in the room and looked up from the discussion. The other lords noticed it too and turned around. Sesshoumaru then said, "Lords and Ladies, I would like to introduce to you my mate and the new Lady of the Western Lands, Kagome from the Golden Inu Tribe." Kagome blushed as Sesshoumaru introduced her to the other lords and ladies. All the ladies stood up from their chairs and went over to her. Akima, the lady of the Southern Lands, looked at the lords and said, "We'll leave you gentlemen to your discussion. We'll be out in the gardens." Sesshoumaru nodded in reassurance and watched the ladies leave the study. "So you finally took a mate? We were wondering when you were." Sesshoumaru looked over at Kojin, the lord of the Eastern Lands, and glared at him. He then said, "Let's continue."
Makina, the lady of the Eastern lands, Akima, and Kagome sat under a large weeping willow giggling. Akima stopped giggling and said, "So how did you meet Sesshoumaru in the first place." "Well, before I met him, I didn't know who I truly was for I was raised by a pack of wolves. My family and tribe were killed by Naraku and then I was adopted by my wolf family. Even thought I was happy there, I didn't feel complete; so I began my journey, going from tribe to tribe trying to find out who I was but got nothing. I finally came here, but had to wait to see him. The funny thing is that while I was here, I saw him walking around but thought he was just an advisor." The two ladies started laughing and Makina said, "You thought Sesshoumaru was an advisor? Didn't you see the markings?" Kagome then said defensively, "I didn't know what they meant." Akima stopped laughing and then said, "Continue on with your story." Kagome continued and told everything.
When she was done, both Akima and Makina's jaws dropped and stared at her blankly. Akima was the first to say something. "Wow, you were willing to go with Naraku just to save Sesshoumaru's life? I would have buckled under the pressure and then…I don't know what I would have done." Kagome nodded and then said, "But that is in the past and we will now focus on…" "Kagome-sama!" Kagome turned her head and saw Rin running towards her with a whole bunch of flowers in her arms. "Good morning, Rin-chan. What have you been up to?" Rin held up the flowers and said, "Rin has been picking flowers, even though Jaken-sama told Rin it was a stupid thing to do." "Well I think they're beautiful, Rin-chan." Rin gave Kagome a big smile and then walked over to Akima and Makina and handed them both a yellow rose. Akima smiled and said, "Why thank you." Rin bowed to both of them and then sat next to Kagome.
They began giggling and then heard, "Rin? Rin? You stupid human, where are you?" Jaken came into view and saw Rin sitting with the ladies. "I'm sorry my ladies, I'll take this annoying human to her room so she won't bother you." Kagome looked at Jaken and said, "On the contrary Jaken, Rin is not bothering us at all. Is she ladies?" Both shook their heads and Kagome said, "You can leave us now, Jaken." "But…" Kagome glared at Jaken and said, "I said leave us." Jaken bowed and said, "Yes, My Lady." Jaken bowed to the other ladies and then left. Kagome looked at Rin and said, "Do not believe what Jaken says. You are a wonderful little girl and both Sesshoumaru and I care for you." Rin looked up at Kagome and smiled. Kagome placed her arms around her and hugged her.
Back in the study, the three lords had finally divided the Northern Lands equally and all were satisfied. A knock came to the door and Sesshoumaru opened it. One of his servants stood at the door holding a small lead box. "Yes?" "This box arrived for you, sir." Sesshoumaru took the box from her and said, "Thank you." He shut the door and placed the box on the desk. He then went to the other lords and bowed to them, telling them that the meeting was over. They bowed back and then headed to the gardens to get their mates.
After the lords left the study, Sesshoumaru went over to his desk and sat in his chair. He picked up the box and looked it over. He didn't see anything wrong with it, so he opened it to see what was inside. Once the lid was lifted, a purple mist seeped out and surrounded him. His eyes looked around and then felt the mist seep into his eyes. He shut his eyes and tried to fight it, but he then opened his eyes and if you looked really closely at his eyes, you would barely see a little purple mixed with the gold. His facial expression had changed as well. He now looked like he was angry at everything. He then stood and left the study and headed down the hall.
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