Chapter 2: The mysterious master

Kagome and Sango were escorted to a beautiful room. It had a balcony that had an amazing view of the court yard. Kagome went straight for the window and looked down at the many flowers. But the flower that stuck out the most was the flower the woman in the market gave her.

"Yes, that flower is my favorite." The master calmly said at the main door to the room. Sango whipped around in surprise. She was scared at that. Usually her guard isn't down that easily.

"They are lovely." Kagome said walking back into the room. Tilly came back into the room after running their baths.

"Your bath is ready my dears. Ah sir, would you like your tea served in the courtyard?" He glanced down at her and nodded a yes. She nodded back and was about to leave when he stopped her.

"Tilly bring these lovely ladies some new dresses for tonight's festivities please." She again nodded and walked out of the door. His gaze didn't falter. He continued to stare at Kagome. She blushed a bit.

"I'll leave you two to get ready. I do hope you enjoy your stay here." When he closed the door Sango bee lined to Kagome.

"He can't be trusted!"

"Oh Sango, he is just being a gracious host. It's nice having a person show us kindness. You know instead of yelling at us and bossing us around or feeling us up every chance he can get." Kagome spoke with truth. They don't get treated the best by Miroku and Inuyasha. But those boys were just that, boys. Miroku had matured moments that are endearing and loving that she just absolutely loved seeing. And she knew Inuyasha was hard to get along with but he would do ANYTHING for Kagome. He would rather cut his arm off than to have Kagome feel pain. Both of the boys would. When she came out of her thought Kagome was already in the bath.

"Sango! They put jasmine in the bath!" Shippo watched the scene and he wasn't happy. Something wasn't right with Kagome, he could smell something was wrong.

Inuyasha and Miroku got the the room they said they had locked the demon in.

"We need to make this short and get out." Inuyasha said briefly.

"Agreed."
The busted the door open. Inside was a demon, but it was strange demon. It was a black mist. Miroku made quick work by throwing sutras at the demon. He immobilized it. Which left it open for Inuyasha to use Iron Reaver Soul Stealer. They made quick work of the demon and Miroku cleansed the room.

"That was too easy." Inuyasha was weary about the easy of the defeat of the demon. But right now he didn't care. He wanted to get to Kagome as soon as possible.

"You ready?" Inuyasha asked as Miroku finished the boys started to walk to the East side of the castle. It was getting close to dinner and the castle was in full swing of getting it ready for the party. Inuyasha and Miroku were having trouble finding the girls room. But before they could Tilly showed up.

"Boys! You need to go get ready! Come, come, we will get you cleaned up and ready for the party."

"We can get ready in the girls room madam." Miroku try to say.

"No, no, you have your own room. Come, come." The boys followed her because it was going to be hard to find the girls with all the different scents and smells.

The boys walked into their room and found clothes and a bath.

"We have our own clothes." Inuyasha said in a matter of fact tone.

"I see that….But they need washing and the party has a dress code. So go go get ready and I'll take care of your clothes." Inuyasha huffed because this woman he knew was not going to take a no for an answer.

So the boys got cleaned up and wondered if the girls were getting along ok.

"Watch that half breed closely. That woman will be mine." The master said to a servant.

"She is perfect and will bring me strong and powerful sons. She will be mine."

The room was dark but the glowing blue eyes pierced the darkness.

"Yes Master. And the woman? Do we need to do the usually to hook her?"

"No, the half breed is making it easy with his jealousy. The flowers are doing their job and my charm will be enough to bring this woman to her knees." The man said in malice.

He walked out to the garden and humming a beautiful song. Kagome could hear a song and walked to the balcony and saw him just walking. He had to admit he was handsome. And he treated her with respect and kindness. That's more than Inuyasha ever did. 'Wait! What am I saying! Inuyasha would do anything for me. I don't even know this man. I know Inuyasha would die for her. That something a few nice words would not make her forget.'

Kagome turned around and walked back into the palace.

The master looked up at the window and growled. 'I almost had her! Damnit! This may be harder than I thought. But she will be mine!' He stormed into the palace and got ready for the party. This will be the end of the half breed and this woman's relationship.