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Thanks for the great reviews minna!..(bowing in gratitude). I was really taken aback both from the reviews from 'Date with Destiny' and this one. I have been regularly updating both onalternate days at the same time doing my pain in ass studies. If you have any questions about the fanfics just drop me a line. I'll be glad to answer them.
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'Yarrrgggghhh!' screamed Kagome inwardly. She is currently pacing around the quarters she and Sesshoumaru now share.
'Male discussion my oestrogen-high-youkai ass! (A/N; biology 101, oestrogen is a female hormone.) More like a testosterone driven territorial disputeamong theyoukai version of the UN.' Kagome sighs heavily. 'These clothes and make-up aren't helping either.. my face look paler than my butt and I feel like I'm wearing agod damnparachute. I'm getting the urge to yell 'geronimo' just thinking about it.'
Before Sesshoumaru hadcalled a meeting for himself and her companions, he had ordered a woman wearing an uneme (lady in waiting outfit) to attend to her and to make sure she is given the proper attire that's appropriate for her rank.
It was the 'jun hitoe'. A multi-layered kimono that could consist of up to 12 layers of clothing. The colors would depend on the seasons as well as the contrasts in color. The outermost layer had been blood red, intricately embroidered in chrysanthemums signifying the royal family and the current season-autumn. The succeeding layers were carefully chosen to show livid glimpses of the western lord's vast wealth and high rank. 'So much like him to use me as an advertisement for his riches!' fumed the miko-demoness. 'What does he think I am a bill board for his own personal use?'
Another heavy sigh.
'He'll definitely sleep on his ass on the cold hard floor!' Kagome hurriedly hides the other futon in a wooden chest. 'Besides it's not like his frigid ass would get any more colder than it already is anyway, he thrives in the sub-zero environment.'
A couple more paces around the room and...
Screams in cushion.
"I am sooooo gonna friggin' die by boredom!" yelled Kagome.
Laughter echoed in the spacious room.
"Now you and I both know that's not true."
"Yumichan!" chirped Kagome giving the inu demoness an affectionate hug.
"Hai! But, why are you here killing yourself of boredom oku-sama (ladyship)? Kouga-dono had given you permission to wander the grounds and Sesshoumaru-dono had requested it so."
"Yeyyyyy!"squealed Kagome, running out of the door.
"Just be sure that you're in the dining hall by supper time! Kagome-sama.. Kagome-samaaaaa."
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"ARE YOU SHTTIN' MY HANYOU ASS?" demanded Inuyasha.
"Pipe down your hole Inukoro or I'll hand it in a platter to the pervert, complete withsutras plasteredon your butt naked ass!" snarled Kouga holding his aching ears with his hands.
"As I stated, she is now 'my mate'. Therefore it is prudent to keep any undesirables away from her." Sesshoumaru continued.
"Are you calling us 'undesirables'?" growled Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru smirked coldly. "And did Kagome approve of your decision to keep us away from her?"
"You are an undesirable spore little brother. And it would be beneficial for your long life to not incur my wrath. However, this Sesshoumaru too has considered the fact that my mate may be non to happy with my person should you, her friends be kept away from her, thus it is with the mildest concession that this Sesshoumaru grants you all minimal visitation rights. The taijiya however, is exempted she allowed as much visits as she desires, as is the kitsune pup."
"What are you a fcking warden? Visitation rights my ass. We'll see her when we want to, not coz some dip sht gay lord with white hair prances into her love life and claims her as his!" boomed Inuyasha.
Sesshoumaruraises an eye browat his half brother, sending out sparks of electricity via, mentally.
"Don't think just coz you can raise your eyebrows I'll be shtting my hakamas, I may not be able to raise mine but atleast I don't pluck my eyebrows to look like a girl ya demented weirdo!"
Sesshoumaru gave him an irritated glare.
"Sesshoumaru-dono, what about the rest of us?" inquired Miroku.
"This Sesshoumaru is non too happy to be put in this position of compliance, yet her happiness is important. Therefore I bequeath all males permission to have supervised visitation."
"Super-freakin-vise my furry ass Sesshoumaru! The hanyou is right, we can see her when we want to as long as she consents. We've known her longer and more than you!" raged Kouga.
"Would it helpif I grow my hair and join the fairer sex and swore to become a nun?"added Miroku. Both hands clasped together, in a saintly gesture.
"Oh hell no and not a chance in hell!" shouted everyone, Sesshoumaru not included.
"Bouzo, if you don't voluntarily take your perverted hands off me you'll not only be dickless at the end of this discussion, but you'll be wearing your balls around your neck like prayer beads!" gritted Sango.
The western lordmerely let out a heavysigh. This was going to be one perverted and frustrating discussion.
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'Hmmm.. this door is locked.'
Kagome stare at the door. Taps her foot. Strums her fingers at her arm. She turns away from the door.
'Nope! That's what got me in trouble last time, I will be strong and walk away.' she told herself calmly. Her mouth starts quavering, she bites her lower lip. Her hands shook as the unbearable itch to unpick the lock got stronger.
'Curiousity killed the cat.. curiosity killed the cat.' she chanted. Beads of perspiration trickled down her forehead. Her eyes twitched.
"Shtttttttt! I am soooo friggin cursed I swear!" she groaned.
Taking out a kanzashi (hair pin) out of her hair she manipulated the lock until she heard the lock ..
CLICK.
"Damn I'm good! Mwahahahahaha.." her form slithered into the darkened room.
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"Rika? Have you seen Kagome-sama?"
"No Yumichan, I have not since late afternoon when she was going to the library."
"Where is that girl? Dinner will be served soon, Sesshoumaru-dono will be most displeased should her seat remain unoccupied." fretted Yumi.
"She is a punctual girl she will get there in time." assured Rika.
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Achooooo.
"Sht this place is old! It has more cobwebs than Jaken's nose... crreeeeepppy too.." said Kagome shivering in the still cold air. She descended the stone staircase that led down to the bowels of the castle. The air was suffocatingly rank, the smell of the past five millennium hung in the decrepit books that lined the stone staircase. 'Hm, Inuyasha was right after all! This light bulb of mine is really handy.'
The stairs stopped abruptly at a dead end.
Puzzled the miko-demoness touched the aging walls lightly with her finger tips. Unknown to her her fingertips were glowing blue as it made contact with the gray wall.
Krrrrrrriiiikkk..
The walls re-arranged in pattern and soon Kagome found herself face to face with an entrance. 'I really shouldn't.' she pondered. 'What am I saying! I'm Kagome, I can charge in here with an entire marching band if I want to, tubas blaring and bongo drums beating.' she huffed as she stepped in.
Her globe flickered brightly in the inky darkness, as her eyes readjusted she could make out primitive characters that seem to be a precursor to the Japanese script. She ran her hands over it. She smiled briefly then resumed her walking.
"What the friggin' hell?"
Her dilated eyes focused on a large stone stelae twice her height. Before it a statue was carved life-like in every sense. She took in his handsome appearance. His closed eyes had long curled lashes putting hers to shame. His hair was done up a high pony much like Sesshoumaru's and Inuyasha's father had been, his nose was elegant like Sesshoumaru's, his lips was formed in a slight curve, so artistically rendered it seemed so full and inviting. Her sight trailed down, his powerful chest hidden beneath archaic armor. His large clawed hands held a black-bladed katana as well as a sheathed kodachi. He was tall, as tall as Sesshoumaru. Whoever, commissioned this statue to be made definitely had a regal bearing. He was also definitely an ookami.
She crept silently back to his face, beholding it's serene beauty. "Yep, Miroku would have a field day with your sexy ass, you're lucky he wasn't born in your time..." she breathed into his stone ears. "If only you had been alive."
PULSE OF POWER.
"Sht!" whispered Kagome. Familiar with the pulse as belonging to both tetsusaiga and tenseiga, she quickly tried to pry off the sword held firm by the statue, thinking it was the sword responsible for the power surge.
'Sesshoumaru's gonna gnaw off my ass for this."
Shock turned to horror as the statue's hands enclosed over hers in a tight grip.
Her scream died on her throat as the figure sat up slowly. His coldness receding being replaced by a welcoming warmth. Color returned to his flesh, as he opened his eyes. He looked at her with blue-green eyes, "Yyou live?" he questioned.
"Heh?" gawked Kagome dumbstruck.
"You have been touched?" he growled smelling another scent on her, fury shone through his turquoise eyes.
"What.. get your damn hairy hands off of me ya stone-age werewolf!" She screamed.
"Hime, I am no werewolf neither are my hands hairy. Have you forgotten about me? My feelings for you? I smell an unfamiliar scent upon your person. A most perplexing and unacceptable occurrence indeed. One that must be remedied immediately." he liftedhis clawed hadsand pierced his thumb using the claw on his index finger, he then proceeded to touch her mating mark lightly. Kagome's eyes widened as she felt heat rush through her being. He caught her swaying form and laid her down the stone bench where he had been laying dormant for millenniums.
"I do not understand, 'his' mark and scentshould disappeared." he remarked scrutinizing her neck. "Yet his scent lingers."
"Hey quit your poking and prodding ya Neanderthal! Didn't your mother teach you not to play with your food?" growled Kagome. 'Sht what the fcking hellam I doing?'
The black-haired ookami looked at her with amused eyes. Smiling he said. "That would be true if you were my food and I was to eat you, but you are not."
"I'm not? What am I then?"
He waved a hand and the torches in the room ignited suddenly. Kagome had to shut her eyes at the sudden onslaught of light. He walked casually in a nearby chest and opened it taking out a highly polished mirror which he handed to her. She looked at him questioningly to which he pointed at her neck where Sesshoumaru's mark is located.
Gasp.
With round eyes she stared transfixed at the mirror she held. Sesshoumaru's mark which look like two silver crescent moons had disappeared.
"I am only able to reverse 'his' mating once. Your virginity has also been restored to you hime."
"Restored? You mean I'm.. I'mm... you friggin dumb ass! Now I have to go through that pain again when I mate with my Mate."
"You misunderstand, you are now free once again."
"It's you who misunderstand, even if you return my virginity back to me, my heart and mind won't forget my mate!"
"It is of little importance..." he paused, his expression pained. "They had said you died... I followed after you and sealed myself in this room with a spell of death connected to your demise. But here I see you alive, therefore I conclude, being connected to you in death-and you most certainly arenot.I too live."
Kagome paled considerably. Swallowing nervously.
"The male you chose must have been quite powerful. I could not fully remove his scent from you, almost as if his jaki is protecting you with hiswhole being... my intended ... my Nadeshiko."