Well here is another establishment for my story. There is a contest at the bottom of this so when you finsh reading this be sure to read the rules carefully.

Wel happy reading.

Kagome followed Sakura to a set of humongous double doors that led off of the main hallway on the first floor. Gods what does Sesshomaru do with all this space? Oh, right. A torture chamber here another there…… wait does Sesshomaru even need a chamber to torture? She chuckled at her train of thought. Then her guide stopped. "Here we are."

"Man I am never going to learn my way around here."

"With time you will."

Am I really going to be here that long? "So do you think you could help me learn my way around?" She tried her best puppy dog face.(No pun intended)

"How could I ever refuse you Lady Kagome?"

"You're a jewel Sakura……or rather a blossom."

"Thank you Miss. I have never gotten as many compliments in a year as to compare with as many as you have given me today."

You need to get out more. She just smiled

Sakura gestured for her to go inside the door. She nodded and approached the door nervous as ever. She took one look at Sakura but she had left. "Here goes nothing."

She opened the door and walked into the room. It was bigger than two of her rooms put together. No meal she had ever had before could compare to the one set out before her. She tucked a stray strand of hair behind one of her elf tipped ears before continuing into the room. She had half a mind to run away and find her own way back to her room. Everything here was so over-whelming. She had even turned to exit when a deep masculine voice stopped her.

"Where are you going? I have been waiting."

"Oh Sesshomaru. Heh, I didn't think you were here." She knew he could tell the lie right from her.

"Sit down."

The table was over twenty feet long with at least sixteen different chairs placed. Naturally Sesshomaru sat at the head of the table. She was unsure of where to sit. She knew that the chair to the right was off limits because that is where Sakura said the mate or soon to be mate of Sesshomaru would sit. So she took the chair to the right of it.

She focused her attention on Sesshomaru. She swore she saw him frown for a minuscule of a second but played it off as a flicker of the candle light. Sesshomaru nodded at her choice.

She waited for him to take the first bite. It was a sign of respect for the head of the house. Then she began to feast with him.

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He knew it was none of his business nor should he mess with Sesshomaru's affairs but as he was selected to do this job he was supposed to make sure the truth was available when it was needed. He had to keep this secret unless he was told otherwise. By the rules he could influence only slightly from the side. So he was using this to his full advantage.

So he settled down after 'misplacing' a few books about the prophecy in Sesshomaru's personal library to do what he did almost every night. Tuck Rin into bed.

"Good night Rin." He started to leave but stopped at Rin's voice.

"Master Jaken?"

"Yes Rin."

"Can you tell me a story?"

"If you promise to go to sleep after."

She nodded enthusiastically and settled in. He pulled a chair up to the side of her bed, cleared his throat and began.

"My story begins at a time when it was rumored gods and goddesses still walked the earth. It was said that among them raged a war of love and hate, one that is said to still be fought today.

The main Gods and Goddesses were Chigiri, the goddess of destiny and her lover Unmei the God of fate. Hi, the Goddess of fire and her lover Aisu, the God of ice. Ame, the Goddess of rain and her lover Mori, the God of the forest. Iwa the God of rock and his lover Kaze the Goddess of the wind. Ai the Goddess of Love and her lover Ki the God of spirit. Hana, the flower Goddess and her lover Hara the god of fields and plains.

It was said that those together would be their strength but once apart it would be the downfall of all alike. This dear Rin is where the Story begins.

When Hi and Aisu were together they would keep each other in balance, Mori and Ame would help each other flourish in beauty, Kaze and Iwa together would make great strength, Ai and Ki, because without spirit there is no love, Hana and Hara together to nurture each other to the ultimate beauty. Unmei and Chigiri were most powerful of them all and together they kept everything the way it should have stayed until the very end.

All the problems began when Hi and Mori began to fall in love. But they should have realized that together they would just burn to ash. Iwa and Ame fell in love, rock and water do not go together because it would erode until nothing was left. Kaze became jealous and tried to kill Ame for stealing her love away.

Unmei became aware of this and consulted his wife. She told him it was the destiny of their kind and he had to kill them all except for two. Once they returned as reincarnations of their former selves they would get one last chance to set things right and prove their existence was worth it.

The two to be kept alive were to be Hana and Hara whose love stayed stronger than all others. They were to stay and reunite the reincarnations to their rightful lovers with as little influence as possible and once reunited they would regain memories long lost.

And that is where the story ends for now."

"Aww but Master Jaken what happened to them all?"

"That Rin is only to be concluded in the future. Goodnight." With that he left the room. He was heading to his quarters when he saw Sakura come around a corner.

"All is well with Kagome and Sesshomaru?" He asked.

"Yes they should regain memories of past love soon."

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Dinner went well there wasn't much conversation. She had learned on her way to dinner that it was a sign of respect not to speak unless spoken to first. She was up for any kind of help offered at this point.

So dinner went by slowly and she was relieved when Sesshomaru offered to walk her to her room. She gladly accepted and followed him straight up to her door.

"Goodnight Sesshomaru-sama."

"Goodnight."

She hurried to open her door and slip in, afraid of a repeat of earlier. She put her back to the door and drew in a strangled breath. She had never been so nervous in her life.

She figured Shippo was just going to stay with Sango and Kirara tonight. She couldn't help but want her kit with her. She walked over to the window and opened it to the cool night air. Letting the slight breeze play across her face and the moon cascaded an ethereal glow across her room.

Sighing she walked to her bag and pulled out a pair of her favorite pajamas, a wife beater and pair of shorts. She stripped down to her underwear. She turned from the bag and found herself staring into the eyes of her reflection. The moonlight danced upon her skin like a flicker of flames making her look like a mythical being. Not that anything in this world was mythical. Sighing she silently slipped into her clothes and walked back to the window.

She breathed in the air smelling the roses from the garden maze and her eyes flashed red briefly.

She leapt out the window running to their succulent smells.

She came to the entrance of the maze and was disappointed when there were none; she entered silently complimenting on the craftsmanship done.

Sesshomaru must pay well to keep such a complex place this extravagant.

She came to a T in the path.

She took a deep suck in through her nose and stated to the left which her sense of direction told her as to the west near the castle and she could see its tall being. She could see her window from where she stood.

The closer to the center she came the more complicated her choices became. She was so close that she just picked random ways until one wasn't a dead end.

Finally after much deliberation she made it to the treasure in the center.

The rose garden.

The smells rung cleanly into the cool night air sending her inner beast into spasms of joy.

How she loved the smell. It had become her only solace as she had traveled among the many cities and villages. She now understood why it was Sesshomaru disliked humans.

When you're a demon smells become so enhanced you sometimes feel lightheaded.

All was okay until her group would come upon a town. With humans no matter how good they smell to themselves, there was always that base stench of sweat and most of the time arousal underlying.

It wasn't there with Sango and Miroku. They didn't smell like humans. Truth be told they smell so inhuman to the point if she hadn't already known them she would have sworn they were some type of demon themselves.

That's where the protectiveness of Shippo dropped in. Sango smelled so demon-like that she didn't want her to become a mother figure so to speak.

She walked to a stone gray bench that had a picture of a male Inu with a rose in its mouth offering it to a female Inu. She stopped to admire the bench then sat down to look at the flowers before her. Then laid down in the fetal position to watch them.

She felt an arm lay across her waist and she turned her head to see Sesshomaru laying behind her his hand lightly caressing her hip in a most intimate way.

She turned her body to his and matched his golden gaze with her violet one.

Slowly almost painfully his mouth descended to hers. And when he finally made it to her mouth her took it with such untouched sweetness it left her breathless.

Softly almost annoyingly she felt a poke at her back.

Aisu she mumbled against his mouth annoyed.

Then she opened her eyes blinking into the sunlight.

A dream. It had all been a dream. Where had that name come from? Aisu. Such a pretty name. But somewhat familiar.

She marveled over it until she felt the poke at her back again and this time accompanied by a voice.

"Get up wench I don't have time for you to laze around all day."

"I'm up, I'm up." She rolled over and gold clashed with violet. She gulped. "Sesshomaru." She breathed. His eyebrow quirked. "I mean what are you doing in my room Sesshomaru-sama?"

"I am not in your room."

She looked around. "Oh so it wasn't a dream well except for that last bit." A light blush crept to her cheeks.

"Wench what are you blushing for now?"

The color went away from her face; she was back to her old fiery self now, "Nothing that concerns you, Sesshomaru-baka." She was shocked at her words. She hadn't meant for them to come out. Oh she had done it now. The anger flicked across his face briefly.

"What did I tell you about indecent clothing?"

"Well you see I wasn't planning on spending the night in the rose garden." She was relieved she hadn't gotten into trouble for that last comment.

"You will go to your room and change before meeting me in the main hallway."

She gulped. "What for?" She dared to ask.

"Your punishment." He then strode away leaving her baffled and alone.

"Dammit. If only I knew where the hell my room was to begin with."

Short yes I know but I wanted to get something out because school starts on the 22nd and I will be having soccer practice, color guard practice, band practice and any other kind of practice for stuff I sign up for.

Well this chapter certainly throws something else into the mix I call a story. Well hope you like.

I am going to have a contest to see who can correctly guess who the couples are in the story matched with the correct Gods and Godesses. A fewI have made terribly obvious and others quite clear. The first one or two people to get it right will get special mentions in my chapters to come.

Here are the instructions:

You get only one chance per every two chapters and by the timeI reveal who they really are is the deadline and since I have no clue when that is you better get a move on because it could be the next chapter. Likly not but hey it is my Story.

You can tell me through e-mail or review whichever you prefer.

I will let you know before hand by e-mail if you were correct or not so be sure to leave that with your review or e-mail.

Well leave a review.

Ja ne
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