Kagome awoke with a headache. 'Man does my head hurt,' she thought. She looked around, "Where am I?" she asked out loud. Looking around the room, she saw that it was HUGE! On the side of the room to her right were two doors. She assumed they were the closet and bath. In between the two doors was a vanity. On the other side of her was another door. This one she assumed was the exit. There was a painting of what looked like her father, mother, Souta, and herself when they were younger next to it. Near the end of the futon she lay on was a low table with two cushions. Past that on the wall was a large painting of a female inu-youkai looking up at a crescent moon. Next to her was a pond. Kagome took a closer look. Instead of an inu-youkai, there was a human miko that looked very much like the woman. Kagome gasped, 'It's me...' she ran her fingers over the painting.

Kagome turned to what she thought was the exit and opened the door. She walked out and closed the door behind her. As she turned around, she bumped into something hard. "I'm sorry! I don'y know where I'm going!" she apologized over and over again. When she finally opened her eyes, she looked up to meet the blank face of Sesshomaru. 'Of all the people I run into, I run into him.'

"Excuse me?" she asked politely. He didn't move. 'Were those dreams or memories?' she thought as she gazed into deep golden pools. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a familiar voice.

"Okaa-san!" Shippo launched himself at her. He looked up from his place in her arms and saw Sesshomaru. Sensing the anxiety in the air, he asked Kagome if she would go read him a story.

"Of coarse. Do you know where the library is?" Shippo shook his head. "I guess we'll have to look around for it then." She looked at Sesshomaru, "Excuse me Sesshomaru-sama." He merely nodded and moved aside. "Thank you." 'Geez...He's stiff.' Kagome walked around the castle wondering about her dreams. 'Who can I ask....I know! But how to find her....wait a minute...I'M A DEMON! I could use my senses!' She sniffed and found her mothers scent. Following it, she was led to the library. 'I guess I just killed two birds with one stone.'

"Kagome are you okay?" her mother walked up to her and gave her a hug.

Kagome placed Shippo down and told him to find a book. "Mom...I had these weird dreams and I was wondering..."

"What they meant?" her mother supplied as she smiled. "Kagome, those were your memories from when you were a child growing up here."

"Does that mean that me and Sesshomaru....ummm," Kagome blushed.

"Yes. You two were so adorable together," Rei got a dreamy look on her face.

"You and Aunt Yume," Kagome shook her head in dissapointment. "By the way...Where is she?"

"It's a secret. You see, everyone here thinks Yume has passed away. She wanted it to be a surprise. She's planning on revealing herself when Sesshomaru and you announce your engagement." she once again got a dreamy look.

Knowing that it was useless talking to her mother while she was officially lost in her own dream-land, Kagome went to find Shippo. She walked among the isles looking for him until she saw him sitting down on the floor looking at a painting on the wall. The painting was of a giant black good on a cliff howling into the night sky. Stars were scattered throughout the top half of the canvas while what looked like light from a sunrise stretched across the landscape. "Shippo," she called to him.

He seemed to snap out of his daze and he looked at her. Walking over to her he told her the story of the painting.

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The Lord of the North was once sent into a war that threatened his lands. When he came back victorious, he found his castle ruined. He heard the faint cry of a child and found his only daughter buried under the rubble. His mate's body was not too far away. He hid his daughter at a hidden castle. He went back to his mate's body and gave her a proper burial. That night he spent on a cliff over-looking the lands that he had battled for...sacrificing his mate in the process. At sunrise he howled as the moonless night was replaced by day. When he died his daughter became the Lady of the North. She found a mate and together they protected the lands her mother had died trying to save.

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"That's a nice story Shippo," she smiled. When hearing his stomach rumble, she giggled. "I guess it's time for dinner, ne?" She and Shippo walked out of the now empty library toward the smell of food. Little did they know, a pair of golden eyes watched from the shadows.

Wohoo! The quarter is over so I decided to celebrate by posting a new chapter! I hope you like it. I'm still kind of sugar high! (It's all Sachiko's and Corena's fault! They gave me ICE-CREAM!) Sorry it's short! I'm getting complaints about length, and I'm trying to work on it! Remember REVIEW!!! Anyways...Ja ne!

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Risu Duck the Anti-Succinct: Thank you! I think I got all A's so I won't be banned! But I'm not sure...

ladyofthedragons1: Your right, there is no such thing as too much fluff, but i couldn't take all the fluffiness!

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