Note: Yay, so many reviews. Never in my dreams did I think I would get so many. Okay here's the deal people, since I'm in an excellent mood this month I'll be updating every Saturday till the 16th of Oct. Why you may ask? Easy….it's my birthday this month, in fact it's on the 17th. Okay? So since you can give me gifts in person, another great gift would be lots and lots of reviews! Okay? If I get lots of reviews I'll update every Saturday…or maybe sooner. Geez I wrote out a few chapters a head and you guys are catching up to me. By doing this I'm gonna have to hurry to be one step ahead.

Chapter fifteen- Being a potential mate

Sesshoumaru walked closer to her bed "it seems that Naraku is trying to kill you even at night when I am not there and since I have been ordered by the northern lord to protect you, you will sleep in my chambers"

Kagome felt all the want for sleep drain from her when she heard those words "nani?" was the only word that would come from her lips 'maybe I heard wrong' she silently hoped, but was sadly disappointed when he spoke.

Sesshoumaru growled 'she has to be deaf' he thought. He walked even closer to her "you are going to sleep in my chambers, so you can be under my full protection"

Kagome gave a nervous smile "I-I I don't think it's really necessary. I-I doubt I would be attacked twice in one night"

He glared at her "would you care to test that?"

Finding some courage, Kagome raised her nose up "yes, yes I would"

Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod "very well, then I shall allow that youkai hanging out the window to come in and kill you"

"Huh?" Kagome turned her head to her window and saw a pair of glowing eyes staring at her. She quickly jumped out of her bed and hid behind the demon lord.

"You forget our original agreement quite often, Kagome," he stated, ignoring the demon out the window. Mainly because Sesshoumaru was lying and that her suppose demon hanging out the window in the dark was in reality…a normal bat "you are to obey me without question"

Kagome kept a careful eye on the 'youkai' out the window "if I had known that I'd have to sleep with you, I wouldn't have made the deal"

Sesshoumaru said nothing, but started to walk to the door that joined their rooms together. When he noticed she hadn't moved he stopped "come"

Reluctantly Kagome followed Sesshoumaru into his room. When she saw the room she noticed it was a lot fancier than hers 'guess lords get treated better than their guests' she thought to herself.

Sesshoumaru motioned for Kagome to take the bed and he went to lean against a wall. Kagome sat up in the bed with the covers over her. She felt bad having to take Sesshoumaru's bed and he was left to stand up all night. Of course she had never slept in the same bed with a boy, hanyou, youkai… or taiyoukai for that matter. And she sure as hell never thought she would be spending the night in Sesshoumaru, her former enemy's bed. She silently groaned to herself and her mother teaching her good manners might as well complete the weird ensemble…'I can't believe I'm doing this'

"Sesshoumaru-sama?" she spoke quietly. A grunt was her reply and she took a deep breath before slowly releasing it "I feel bad for having to take your bed and now you have no where to sleep, so I was thinking…we could share the bed"

Sesshoumaru just stared at her, looking totally unfazed by her words when really his mind was going a mile a minute 'did she just suggest we share the same bed?' he wondered 'this human girl who is unlike other humans has offered to share a bed, with me? I must remind myself she is only a human and will be traveling with Inuyasha after this ball, whether or not she's ready'

"I don't need sleep" was his reply.

Kagome frowned "I don't believe you" he growled, but she continued "why else would you have a room with a bed in it and hardly anything else? I believe you do need sleep"

"Bit your tongue, Kagome" he ordered

Kagome smirked, she knew he didn't mean literally. He was just telling her to shut up, but she decided to play smart ass and she stuck out her tongue and gave it a small bite "okay I did that, now will you come lie down?"

Sesshoumaru shot her another glare. He had not meant literally and he knew she understood that, but on some level he couldn't help, but find it humouring. He finally relented and sat on the bed beside her. He kept his heori on along with his pants. Everything else was off to the side, ready for the morning.

Kagome noticed that he wasn't wearing that fur pelt he always wore and here I thought it was attached to him or something she then looked down at his missing arm he really isn't so evil like I first thought when I met him. I wonder if he can restore his arm she yawned and lay on the bed I bet it's going to take him a long time though if he can. It's already been two years she thought before falling asleep.

Meanwhile Sesshoumaru was still awake why did I give in? he kept asking himself, but he never got an answer. He sighed and stared at out his window I'm getting weak apparently he looked back at Kagome's sleeping form or perhaps it's just because I need to understand her Sesshoumaru then fell into a very light sleep.

It was near dawn when Sesshoumaru was pulled from his sleep by an over need to scratch where his missing arm was. He opened his eyes and looked down at his shoulder and saw Kagome's hand was touching his while she was asleep. Then, before his very eyes, he saw his missing arm rejuvenate. Bone, muscle tissue, and skin, it was all there.

Sesshoumaru slowly lifted his new arm. It worked! He could move it and everything. He then felt the bed shift and knew Kagome was waking up. He looked down at his hands and found it weird to finally be looking at two of them and not only one.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes. She had never had a better sleep in her life, she had felt so comfortable 'I wonder why' she thought before she saw the lord of the western lands sitting next to her in the bed staring at his hands. She let out a small 'eek' and fell out of the bed.

Sesshoumaru tore his sight from his hands to an empty space where Kagome was the last time he had checked. He then saw her picking herself up from the floor "ohayo"

Kagome glared at him as her memory of last night came back "what's so good about it? You scared me to death"

"Uso, you stand here breathing, do you not?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow.

Kagome noticed he seemed a little more friendlier that before. He actually seemed to be talking with her. 'All right, where is the real Sesshoumaru?' She mentally asked. It was then that she took noticed hands?' He's only suppose to have one'

Sesshoumaru stood up from the bed and noticed she was staring at him and he glared "are you ill? Or are you merely trying to annoy me?"

'False alarm, the real Sesshoumaru is still here' she thought as she shot him another glare, but just as quickly as it came, it left "w-when did you get your arm back?"

Sesshoumaru stared at her for a minute "you did it a few moments ago"

Kagome blinked "me?" she raised an eyebrow "how?"

Sesshoumaru was very confused by this reaction from her 'she doesn't know? How can that be?' He wondered, but nonetheless "you touched my shoulder in your sleep and my arm grew back"

"Oh" Kagome was amazed to hear that 'how could I have done that by only touching him?' she questioned. She was brought out of her thoughts when Sesshoumaru spoke again.

"Go get dressed, I'm sure the kids are up and want their breakfast"

Kagome nodded and went into her room to get changed. She came out into the hall where Shippo, Rin and Sesshoumaru were waiting. She wore a suitable kimono for moving around in and it would be easier to play with the children.

The breakfast went smoothly. No one noticed Sesshoumaru's newly grown arm and soon the children went outside to play while the older people stayed at the table and continued to talk. Kagome was talking with Edoksu when the children came back so soon. She looked at them "is something wrong?"

Shippo sighed, "We're bored"

Rin nodded "yeah, there's nothing to do"

Kagome thought for a minute "well you could play hide-and-go-seek or play with Jaken"

Rin shook her head "we can't find Jaken and hide-and-go-seek is only fun when you have more than 2 people. Kagome-chan what can we do?"

Kagome thought long and hard. There wasn't anything they could do out in the gardens without super vision "well you could go to the room and draw if you'd like"

Shippo shook his head "we can't think of anything to draw"

Rin nodded "yeah, we drew almost everything already" she then looked at Sesshoumaru who was sitting next to Kagome "Sesshoumaru-sama, what can we do?"

Sesshoumaru looked down at her "go get a servant in the stables to give you a horse back ride"

Rin and Shippo both grinned "yay!"

Kagome giggled, "Well there ya go, there's something to do"

Naylor shook his head "that's not very much fun. Horses are everywhere and anyone has a chance to ride them"

Shippo looked at the northern lord "then what can we do?"

Naylor smirked "go for a dragon ride of course"

Both kids' eyes lit up. Sesshoumaru growled his disapproval of the idea "dragon riding is not safe for children"

Rin frowned "but Sesshoumaru-sama, I ride Ah and Un all the time and he is a dragon"

Sesshoumaru gave a curt nod "that maybe so Rin, but it is a different dragon than the ones Naylor-sama has"

Naylor huffed "that maybe so, but my servants know how to ride them. The kids can ride behind the servants"

Kagome noticed that since Sesshoumaru got his arm back he had been a little more talkative and less reserved "Sesshoumaru-sama, if Naylor-sama says it's okay then why not let them. They're bored" she looked down at the kids "I'll even go along"

Both children cheered while Sesshoumaru grumbled. He knew if she went then he'd have to go as well "fine, we go"

Naylor beamed a smile "good, I'll get a servant to prepare the dragons"

After everything was set up, they all headed out. Two servants rode for Rin and Shippo while Sesshoumaru rode for Kagome. Kagome of course was a little hesitant to have to ride with the taiyoukai, especially when she had to ride in front of him while he held the reins and could also keep her from falling.

Sesshoumaru led them through a trail in the forest around the northern lord's castle. He could here the kids giggling among themselves and he had to admit he found it relaxing out in the woods. He found a path that he knew was both safe and full of sites, and would also lead them back to the castle.

"Kagome-chan!" Rin called from behind Kagome and Sesshoumaru's dragon "there's a birdie!"

Kagome looked around before she finally saw the small bird "oh, isn't it pretty"

Shippo gasped "Kagome, Kagome! Look there's some deer!"

Once again Kagome was looking around. It was hard for her to see the same things the kids were seeing since she was up ahead of them and they were behind her, but she soon saw the small herd of deer "it's so beautiful out here" she looked up at Sesshoumaru who still hadn't spoke "don't you think?"

"Indeed" he replied.

Kagome sighed 'well I was wrong, I guess he's not that talkative' she thought. She looked around "uum, Sesshoumaru? Where are you taking us?"

Sesshoumaru looked down at her "sight seeing around the northern castle"

'Whoa, he didn't get mad that I only called him Sesshoumaru' she noticed.

"And for the last time, Kagome, it's Sesshoumaru-sama" he added

Kagome rolled her eyes 'strike my last thought' "so when can I drop the sama part?"

Sesshoumaru looked down at her "never"

"What about when I start traveling with Inuyasha again?"

For some reason when Kagome said that, Sesshoumaru had a hard time picturing it. Sesshoumaru had to admit that he was use to Kagome's presence around him now and he couldn't remember how it felt before she came to be around him. He looked down at her "no"

Kagome raised an eyebrow and mumbled to herself "like you can stop me…Sesshoumaru"

"Sama" he added, making Kagome jump a little.

She looked up at him "damn, I keep forgetting you have good hearing"

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow 'definitely a one of a kind human being and I'm no where close to figuring her out'

Meanwhile Shippo and Rin were noticing that Sesshoumaru and Kagome seemed to be talking with each other. Shippo leaned over so he could whisper to Rin "is it just me or is Sesshoumaru acting different?"

Rin nodded "yeah, he's actually talking more" she took another glance before she squealed loudly "Sesshoumaru-sama has two arms!!!!!"

Kagome jumped when Rin yelled while Sesshoumaru stopped the dragon and turned his head to gaze behind him.

Shippo then took notice and his eyes went wide "oh wow, he does have both his arms!" he then raise an eyebrow "when did that happen?"

Kagome couldn't help, but chuckle "I'm surprise you kids didn't notice during breakfast. He got his arm this morning"

Rin looked at the taiyoukai "how?"

Sesshoumaru let out a frustrated breath. He wasn't about to reveal that he had had Kagome in his room for the entire night. He said nothing, but motion for the dragon to start walking again.

Kagome didn't fail to notice and was silently thankful he chose then to be un-talkative. They continued their sight seeing. Every once and a while Rin or Shippo would point something out that Kagome would have to search for to see. Sometimes she found it, some times she didn't. Sesshoumaru would comment the very odd time, but Kagome admitted, even if it was to herself, that the western lord wasn't has bad as he seemed.

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Inuyasha could see the northern castle up ahead. He had so hoped to beat Sesshoumaru to it, but he knew he didn't make it in time to head him off. He growled at Sango and Miroku who were behind "hurry up! We're almost there"

Miroku sighed, "It's about time. I didn't think it was so far"

Sango nodded "I hope Kagome is doing okay"

"And I hope Shippo is with her and trying to keep them safe" Miroku added.

Inuyasha turned around and looked at them "well the sooner we get there the faster we find out! So let's move!"

Sango and Miroku sighed and speeded up the pace.

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After the group came back from their dragon ride they headed inside to eat their lunch, which was pleasant. Rin and Shippo once and awhile spoke to Kagome. Rin every now and then would try to talk to Sesshoumaru, who actually replied the odd time. The other lords had finally noticed Sesshoumaru's arm had grown back and had asked how it was done. Sesshoumaru never did answer them and Kagome was glad for that.

After lunch the kids went outside to play 'how many bugs can Jaken eat' with Jaken. Sesshoumaru had suggested to Kagome that she try to mingle with other people while she was there other than the lords.

Kagome walked around saying hi to the odd youkai, hanyou or human. She eventually made her way outside and away from Sesshoumaru's protection. It wasn't until she heard a familiar voice call her name that she turned around and smiled "Koga!"

The wolf youkai made a casual walk up to her "I was beginning to think you weren't here, but then I saw Sesshoumaru"

Kagome raised an eyebrow "didn't you see us last night?"

He shook his head "no I just arrived a couple hours ago" he gave her a wink "I'm glad I get to see my woman here"

Kagome gave a nervous smile "Koga I've told you countless times I'm not your woman"

"Well your not that mutt's woman, he dumped you to go out with that dead bitch," he stated "so you're my woman now"

Kagome frowned a little "true, Inuyasha may have done that, but Sesshoumaru and I have discussed that after the ball I'll most likely be going back to continue jewel shard hunting"

Kagome gave a small growl "no woman of mine is going to travel with that unfaithful, idiotic canine"

Kagome was growing increasingly nervous at Koga's new show of possessiveness and she didn't know what to do "Koga I'm not your woman. I choose who I want to be with"

"So you are choosing that traitorous mutt over me?" he question, a bit angry.

Kagome shook her head "I didn't say that I-"

Koga was quick to interrupt "good then you will be with me at all times during the ball to show other males your mine"

"I think not," said a cold, emotionless male voice from behind.

Koga didn't even bother to turn around "don't interfere Sesshoumaru-sama, Kagome has always been mine and now it's time the world knows it"

Kagome looked past Koga to Sesshoumaru, silently hoping he was going to help her, but not kill the wolf demon.

Sesshoumaru approached, walking past Koga to stand next to Kagome "you'd make a lousy mate, Koga, apparently you haven't heard a single word she said or else you would have known that she has turned your offer down"

Koga growled at the closeness the taiyoukai was to his Kagome "well she maybe a guest to you, but she's not yours to keep-"

"Wolf!" Sesshoumaru growled sharply with warning "you'll do wise to show your lords respect. She has reclined your offer as her mate, so leave while you still have a head"

Koga had jumped back when Sesshoumaru had given the fierce growl, but he now directed his gaze towards Kagome before taking off as fast as he could.

Kagome let out a sigh of relief and she looked up at Sesshoumaru "arigato, I was really starting to get worried"

Sesshoumaru looked down at her "you forget that as a potential mate, I must keep other males from attempting to take you…as Naylor had commanded"

Kagome blinked. Duh! Why else would he snap at Koga like that? It was all an act. Kagome looked around and saw some males looking fearful for their lives and they quickly averted her gaze, hoping Sesshoumaru wouldn't think of killing them for looking at her. Kagome mentally shook her head of course, now hopefully the other's will leave me alone now she thought before looking up at the taiyoukai "well thank you anyways"

"SESSHOUMARU!" cried an angry voice.

Kagome was quick to recognize it and turned to see a white haired, dog-eared, and red clothed, pissed off hanyou looking in their direction and she gasped "Inuyasha"

Nani- what

Hanyou- half demon

Youkai- demon

Taiyoukai- great demon

Ohayo- good morning

Uso- Liar

Arigato- thank you