His Angel
By: HaleyH2006
Side Note: Thanks again to all who have reviewed. I'm amazed at how many hits I've received for the story! Grr…I wish I had more than ten reviews though. Oh, well, at least some people are reading my story….anywho! On with the chapter!
Chapter 3
It seemed Rin was taking the long way to the west-open grounds. Rin had explained to Kagome that the castle had its open, and closed grounds. There were a west and north open-grounds, to which Rin was allowed to roam freely. But the south and east were the closed-grounds, which only Sesshomaru and certain personal were aloud to enter.
Shortly after messing up Kagome's clean floor with tracks upon tracks of mud and goo, Rin had taken her bath and insisted on helping clean it up. "I've never met a child that wanted to clean up the mess they made." Kagome thought. After the floor was restored to its past brillance, Rin pulled Kagome away.
Kagome was a bit nervous, she was supposed to be inside preparing dinner for the Lord, Jaken, and Rin. It turned out the castle had a sound routine in which it was followed. All the servants had came up with a system that was approved my Lord Sesshomaru. There were two main groups—cooking, and cleaning that alternated every week. Some of the newer servants had to be part of both groups, such as Kagome. There were smaller groups which everyone wanted such as greeters and those who lead guests to their rooms. Because there were hardly any visitors to the castle, it was a free week for them.
Kagome listened intently, yet jumpily to the child when she told her the story of when she had snuck in to the closed-grounds to see what went on. Rin gave a sigh, "Rin was confused when Rin saw Sesshomaru-sama and Riku-sama at a table with many papers. Rin can not read well, but before Rin was put out of the grounds, Rin read the word "War." What does it mean?"
"To be perfectly honest, Rin, I don't know." Kagome said, "I've only been here a couple of days. What does she expect? And who is Riku?" She thought. "Well, I'm really sorry Rin, but I do have dinner to prepare.
Ignoring Kagome's words, happily the child yelled, "Let's go play with Yuki!" And, once again, Kagome found herself being pulled along by a very energetic Rin.
"Waaaaiiiiiiitttt!" Kagome screamed, her voice pulling with the harsh tug at her arm, "Who's Yu—"
"She's a friend! C'mon slow poke!"
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Sesshomaru sat in his office. As expected he had a ton of paperwork concerning the villages surrounding his land. Many were on account of food rations, and other such annoyances. "Damn humans."
"Now Sesshomaru, I know you don't mean that." Said a female voice. It was a stunning cat demon. She creamy white skin, with shockingly green eyes, a long black tail with some white shining through, and two small cat-like white ears poking through her hair. Almost flowing behind her was silky, shining jet-black hair. She was dressed in a rather tight outfit, much like Sango's, except without the pink armor adorning it.
"What do you want, Yuri? I trust your sister hasn't destroyed anything this time?" Sesshomaru asked bluntly.
"Oh, no. Yuki is behaving quite well. She is playing with Rin and that human girl… who is she? Have FINALY mated with someone? Even if is a human?" Yuri asked excitedly.
"Don't be absurd, Yuri. This Sesshomaru has no needs for a mate," He said, not looking up from the pile of paper work before him, "Yuri, you know full well that this Sesshomaru would never steep as low as to mate a human."
"Ugh! I'll never understand you! We've known each other ever since we were new-borns," Yuri said frustrated, "You know that if you don't produce a heir to the Western Lands, or at least obtain a mate, you'll forfeit your title and become nothing more than a lower-class demon?
And don't expect me to take care of you. My mate detests dog demons and would never allow you to stay with us in the Northern Lands. There are plenty of demonesses willing to become Lady of the Western Lands. What's your problem? Are you gay or something?"
Sesshomaru growled a warning to her. She was pushing her luck. He knew full well that time was growing thin for him to take a mate. He didn't need some silly cat telling him over and over and over and over. Yuri also knew that on several occasions that male demons had approached him, and on the spot were killed for thinking such a thing. One such happening was during a meeting concerning a petty war.
Yuri was silent, as Sesshomaru swiftly left the room. Being the mind-reader that she was, she knew he was on his way to punish the new human girl for disobeying his orders."It'd be a shame if he were to kill her, she'd make a lovely mate, even though she is human…" "You know, Sesshomaru, sometimes I really do think you're gay. I'll never understand you…"
"This Sesshomaru heard that." He said bluntly over his shoulder, not to far down the hall.
"Smartass." With that, Yuri yawed, a rather large yawn. She jumped onto one of the many bookcases in the office. Mostly containing books of law practices. She was surprised to see that many were child's level books, "For Rin." She smiled sweetly. Sesshomaru had been her childhood friend, though he never would admit it. She knew him almost as well he knew himself. "I don't care what you say Sess, you care for Rin." She said to herself, "You may start to take a liking to that new servant as well."
"He's growing soft because of that Rin. He denies it, but he's just like a father to her." Yuri smiled once more. It would be something to see if Sesshomaru ever had children of his own. As protective as he was of Rin, one could only imagine what he would be of biological children. She sighed a big sigh; "He'd better get a move on it. I know he's my friend and all, but sheesh, I worry to much about him!"
With that she went to the balcony that was adjoined to Sesshomaru's library, jumped from the window and began to make her way back to her home in
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Kagome halted to a stop, she was panting heavily. By the looks of the sun, she had been running non-stop for about two and a half-hours. "Damn! How much can she run?" Kagome thought, watching an energetic Rin jump up and down waiting for Kagome to continue chasing her. "Sesshomaru is gonna kill me!"
It was then she felt a sharp slap across her tender cheek. She let out a whimper and fell to the ground with a soft thump. Kagome felt her anger rising within her. How dare he strike me!"
"You dare to go as far as to disobey this Sesshomaru's direct orders, wench?" Sesshomaru said coldly. Behind him, Yuki laughed. She loved to see humans punished. It was her job to punish any servant that disobeyed her at home. "To bad I'm spending the night here…I miss my servant…oh well, I'll double the pain when I return home!"
"OH! Stop with the formalities." Kagome fumed, "If you're as much of a man you say you are, you'd never strike a woman! Great Lord indeed! And for information, Rin pulled me into this! You dare want me to disobey your precious ward? She's human, what the hell do you care?"
"Watch you tongue." He growled, his eyes turning to a deep red. Kagome's necklace began to glow a fierce red as well. Sesshomaru felt a soft tug at his leg. He looked down angrily, ready to kill anyone who was intervening with his plans to punish the girl. His eyes softened, turning their natural color.
"Please don't hurt the pretty lady, daddy!" She said sweetly, a tear falling from her eye. "Can she play with Rin and Yuki instead? Don't make her work anymore. Look at her hands! They're bleeding from working so hard, daddy!"
Sesshomaru pondered this. He did not want to make Rin cry, and she had taken a liking to the girl over the past two days. Rin had even helped clean up all ten of the messes she caused, which was highly unlikely of Rin. "Very well. Wench, she shall attend to Rin while this Sesshomaru decides your proper punishment."
"I can punish her for you, Sesshomaru-sama." Yuki said happily. Sesshomaru growled a low, menacing growl. Even if he detested that Kagome girl, he would not let someone punish her. He knew Yuki all to well, she would punish someone until they were on the brink of death if someone did not intervene. His servant didn't need that, it was her first offense, and Rin had created it.
Kagome was fuming inside. She didn't want to make Sesshomaru anymore angrier than he already was. She felt like screaming. And giving that child, Yuki a spanking. She had bitten, kicked, and slapped her several times and claimed it to all be an accident. What was she, property? "I guess. I'm a servant, and now a nanny. Can this get any worse?"
Author's Corner
Um, yeah, this chapter was kind of rushed. Hope it was entertaining enough. Some humor, painstakingly added. I felt bad calling Sessy gay. 0.o
In other news, you may have noticed I've created a few characters of my own. Yuri, Yuki, and Riku. Even though Riku had no lines, he might in a future chapter. I know many people don't like OC characters because they're not well rounded enough. But I assure you, all of my OC characters have already been though of, and personalities perfected. So please, don't leave my story.
So, yeah, please REVIEW! Any suggestions are welcomed, and will try to be used. I'd like SIX or more before I continue. Oh, sorry for the slow update, no power again! Blah I felt like a cave person…anywho, review!