Disclamer: I own nothing of InuYasha that you would care about, you're just gonna have to trust me on that one. This plot, and world, and mine, however.

You will stay here for the night, Kagome had been told. She had to admit, these lodgings were a step up from what she was used to. She smiled around to room, doing her best to hide her fear, even from herself. There was a bed – A real bed! Not some stupid layout futon. There were expensive maroon and golden covered coverings on the bed, and curtains, giving the illusion of another room, which the bed might very well have been, after all, it was big enough… When Kagome got closer to the bed she realized that all the comforters and thick sheet-like-things were made of velvet or silk. The curtains were silk woven so thin she could actually see through it with no trouble at all. They too were golden. She hadn't even begun to marvel at the rest of the room yet. She smiled, and went over to her dressing table. There were several bottles with labels Kagome couldn't read, and a brush to apply makeup with, as well as one to use in her hair. There was a bathroom she hadn't even gotten to yet at the other side of the room, and another door that she wasn't sure what was.

She heard a sigh come from the other side of the door she'd entered through, but ignored it. Of course she had a guard.

She went back to exploring her new home.

There was an armoire that was made of a deep, rich wood, stained an even darker color than it had been originally, and it too up the whole niche it was in. It had a mirror that had been carefully worked so it wouldn't be warped at all, and Kagome was amazed. She'd never seen a mirror like this one.

There was a couch-like-thing, for lack of a better description, across the room from the bed. It had layers upon layers of fine silk, the over all affect was that it was soft, looked unreal, and glittered every color at once. Its frame was made of the same wood as the armoire, and stained the same way. In fact, all the wood was like that, and many of the colors were gold and maroon, Kagome's favorite colors, in fact…

She went down to the other side of the room and opened what she strongly suspected was the bathroom door. It was a sliding door with cris-crossed wood that was stained maroon with golden paper. She sighed. It wouldn't be long before she got tired of these colors.

The bathroom was immaculate. It had no stains, not spots, and no sign of previous use. It was sparkling willow, brighter than she'd ever seen before, with bright gold faucets on the tub, and another door leading out of it with the same type of sliding door as before. However none of this got her attention as much as the window.

This window was a stained glass piece, adorned with jewels anywhere that would fit, so it was a blue topaz sky, and a deep sapphire sea, with an emerald landscape, and a ruby sun setting gently over the sea. However it was completely recognizable what it was, there was no guessing like the other stained glass pieces she'd seen before.

It was a woman with black hair, and amber eyes, holding a baby in her arms and looking out over the sea as if contemplating weather or not to jump.

The breath caught in Kagome's throat. She knew she'd seen that woman before… She couldn't figure out where, though…

The woman's hair was long, and was blown in front of her face, which was streaked with tears. This was unreal. How could there he so much meaning, so much detail in glass? The woman looked kind of like Kagome with amber eyes…

Kagome stared at if for a while, uncaring about how much time. It was beautiful. It shed specks of light al over, and if anyone had been there to see, they would have seen the woman's face projected onto Kagome's…

The picture came to life. Kagome was not worried. She realized she was in a dream, so she had absolutely no fear.

The woman cried. Her tears were unreal, as everything around her was. There was no background, just the woman, holding the baby.

"I am sorry…" Said the woman. "I cannot keep running, Kagome." She set the child down. "Even though he is vile, he can give you a better life than I will ever be able to give. I am sorry." The woman looked over the sea. "I have betrayed our lord, and in doing I have betrayed your father. I promised him I would be safe, and I would keep you safe, but…" Her voice trailed off. "He was not your father, really. I have betrayed everything I once believed… And I dragged you here to suffer the consequences with me…" A little hand reached out of the bundle, and the woman grabbed it. "I am so selfish… What could I have been thinking?"

"Hey, wake up!" Said the baby with a gruff, masculine voice. Kagome felt as if she was being shaken.

"I said wake up!" Said a rather irritated voice, still shaking her by the shoulder. Kagome opened her eyes slowly, seeing the figure. It was a man, and was wearing the customary red of the guards. She noticed a spear was propped up against the armoire, and he had a sword at his belt.

"Wha…?" She said. The man glared. He wasn't wearing a shirt, but then again higher-ranking guards never did; it was part of their uniform. He had a see-through drape that was gold, and it came up on one side, getting thinner and thinner at the top until it tapered off into a strap on the opposite shoulder. His pants looked rather like her Harem pants, however they were not see-through, and they rose up nearly to his knees. She couldn't remember what they were called, if she'd even been told. They ruffle of the Thing-Trying-To-Be-A-Shirt draped his waist, covering where the pants ended there. His silvery-white hair was draped across his back and shoulders, catching the light from everything around, and if it could, it would have been torturing it, Kagome felt. The man's eyes were gold, sparkling and true, and he had dog-ears on the top of his head.

"Come on! Could a person be denser? Never seen a male before!" He snapped. The deepness of his voice shocked her. Kagome had seen very few men in her life. She didn't realize they could be so rude. "Wake up! You have an audience with out Lord himself."

Kagome coughed. "Are you the prince?" She asked. Then, after ample thought added, "O slayer of evils?" The man rolled his eyes.

"No." He said. "Just a guard." Her snatched up his spear and motioned her out of the room. As she stood and walked she wondered why a demon was a mere guard. Normally the demons were royalty of some sort or another, and they had worked to keep it that way. In fact there wasn't a single demon that wasn't accepted into the royal family that Kagome had ever heard about. She shrugged that thought aside and followed the man. She passed amazing hallways, and other things that she would have marveled at under any other circumstance, however currently she was going to see the Emperor… Not a good thing, she decided.

At the end of one of the halls she saw the demon stand at attention, spear in hand, against the wall. She reached out to open the doors in front of her, but they were swept aside, smoothly. Her jaw dropped as she entered the Throne room.

Everything had been decorated with gold, and adorned with jewels anywhere they would fit. The room look busy, and really, really tacky, but somehow managed to look tasteful at the same time. There was only glass as a ceiling, and there were huge pillars that must have just been decoration. Everything thing looked pristine and new, sparkling around her. The throne its self was not only covered in the same things, but draped in fabrics that must have been magical.

There was a man on the throne. She knew his name; everyone knew his name. The Emperor regarded her carefully as she fell into a bow.

"What do you ask of me, O Great Lord, and Savior of all Souls?" She could hear her voice quaver.

"Stand." Said Kouga. Kagome did so. She looked straight at Emperor Kouga, his dusty blue eyes, his shining black hair, his delicately tanned skin, everything about him made sure you knew you were dealing with a demon; someone better at everything than you were. "What is your name?" Said Kouga, glaring intently at her forehead, as if looking into her mind.

"Higurashi Kagome, daughter of Higurashi Ai, O Supreme Ruler." She said. Kouga stood up, his costume jingling as he did so. He inspected her closely, but she kept her stare focused on the throne, as she'd been taught.

"I believe you to be what we are looking for." Said Kouga. Kagome flinched, but refused to let it show. Kouga smiled, then continued, his voice becoming velvety, and sweet, soothing her to no end as he explained further. "You see, my astronomers recently found a prophecy in the sky." He said with a chuckle. Kagome found herself wishing he would speak more, and he did. "And it said that there would be a woman who was the child of love, or 'Ai', as it is in Japanese, whom I must wed. It told several signs of how to find you, and you matched all those signs." He circled around to face her, and touched her chin. She could feel his hands were soft, and yet there was something repulsive about them.

"InuYasha!" Said Kouga sharply, causing Kagome to flinch. The same demon entered the room and bowed, silently. He then recovered from his stoop and looked questioningly at Kouga. Kouga looked to Kagome as he spoke. "Escort her back to her new quarters." He said. InuYasha nodded, and began to move, but Kouga continued to speak. "And you will be her personal day guard. I wouldn't have some low-life human filthing up my new mate. Understood?" He asked. InuYasha nodded.

"Yes, your grace, is there anything else?" Asked InuYasha. Kouga nodded.

"Yes, I will have tutors sent to her. Sadly I cannot find demons to tutor her, but Sango will suffice, I believe. A very upstanding human, she is. After all, she is mother to my child, and one of my wives, it would be hard not to be." Said Kouga with a smile.

"Very good, you highness. As for reading, your highness?" Asked InuYasha. Kagome realized that this was a procedure. Kouga flourished his hand. There was no way that could be called a wave.

"Oh, how about Miroku? He had taught many to read. I believe that will do. A-and… Give her two demon pets, that should be good." Kouga sighed, as if going through a mental checklist. "And be sure that visits from anyone other than those I have mentioned are kept to a limit." With that he motioned InuYasha and Kagome off. They went.

"Looks like were gonna be seeing a lot of each other…" Said InuYasha after a while. Kagome sighed. "Yeah, I guess so."

End Chapter Two

Hope you like this chapter, I think I got a little carried away with the length, but I didn't give myself a limit on this story, so every chapter will be at least a thousand words, but they could be really, really long, so be warned.

Miko-Chan