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Chapter 1

She was running as fast as her legs would carry her. Her feet thudding on the ground with every step she took. The 8 year old knew something had to be wrong with her mother when she didn't come to her room after a half an hour and tell her a story and tucked her in like she would every night. She had finally reached her mothers bedroom door there were roses carved into the door the handle was made of crystal. She wasted no time opening the door to see what was wrong. What she saw next was some thing she would never forget…

Kagome bolted up from her bed the blanket that she slept with tangled up around her body. Her face was covered in sweat and her face was as pale as the snow that was falling outside her window. 'it was only a dream' she repeated to her self over and over again. While in the back of her mind she knew it was true, she knew that her mother was dead and it was all Ki…

Her thoughts were thoughts were interrupted with a loud knock on her door. She got up put a robe on and went from her room into the dinning room/kitchen/shop. She was a seamstress and she sewed beautiful dresses for nobles men for a living. This was what she has been doing for a little less than 8 years. She went to the door and answered it. It was one of the kings servants. It was a boy with dark brown hair it was tied in to a ponytail at the nape of his neck, "excuse me miss are u sure I haven't died and gone to heaven and am now standing in front of an beautiful angel?"

"O, Miroku you are such a flirt, anyway there must be some reason you are here", Kagome said trying to hide the blush that was threatening to make its self noticeable.

"what cant a man just come to talk with a beautiful woman without having a reason to see her"

"a man can you cant, so what is it that you want?"

"well you found me out. Anyway I was sent here to tell you that lady Mitsue and lady Rin want you to make dresses for them. For Rins celebration ball. Because her and lord Sesshomaru are getting married in a week. So they told me to give you these pieces of fabrics as samples of what they want. And to tell you that you are to be there later to day." he had handed her to silk samples of fabric one was a peachy pink the other was an icy blue.

"Alright I'll see you later." and with that he left heading back to the castle and she went to the store still in her robes to get the fabrics she would need to make the dresses.

--------The fabric store------

"Hello Mr. Shippou. Its good to see you again. I need 10 yards of these two types of fabrics."

"Its good to see you to Kagome," he extended his hand and waited till she put the two pieces of fabric in his hand he examined them and then went into the back room and returned five minuets later with the twenty yards of fabric in his hand. "all right that comes to $143." she handed him the money and he graciously handed over the fabrics.

As she exited the store she waved over her shoulder and said her goodbyes and headed home so that she could journey to the castle.

But before she could go she would have to make her self presentable in front of the ladies and lords. She bathed and got into her simplest and most elicit dress she had ever made for herself. It was a dark green with a golden embroidery that went down the V neck and was copied down to were her waist was. It showed her curves perfectly until it got to the waist and then it flared out. She did nothing to her hair she just let I flow down her back. It was a little longer then her shoulders. Then she put a cloak on to keep her warm. She put everything that she would need into a bag like thing and draped it across her shoulders. She walked out to the stables and got her horses ready it was a black stallion named shadow.

She pulled herself up and got into a comfortable spot. She was not like other women she did not side saddle. She grabbed the rains and galloped out of the stable. The castle was up the rode in the distance it was a 30 minute travel on horses and one hour by walking. She was going so fast that the hood of her cloak flew off 5 minutes into riding. Her hair flew in the breeze like a black river flowing through a valley on a cold winter morning. The winter air stung her face a little but nothing she couldn't handle.

When she finally got there the guards stopped her and asked the reason for her being here.

"I am here to make dresses for Lady Rin and Lady Mitsue," she explained. And with that they let her in.