"Sorry but no…" I said as I stared out the window.

"God damn it Kaori-dono you don't have a choice!" Seiji yelled as he hit the wall beside him.

I spun around now totally uncaring about how much of my legs he could see since I hadn't properly closed my kimono, it's not my fault he didn't give me time to dress. "Well excuse me Mr. I-know-what's-best-for-you-so-do-what-I-say I'm not doing it!"

Seiji tried hard to focus on my face but my haphazard dressing had definitely caused a distraction for him. He grunted and walked over to me.

"The least you could do is cover yourself properly when you're excepting someone in your room." He muttered as he tried to get my kimono to cover my right breast better, it only served to cause the left side to slide down which caused me to yank free of his touch.

"I would have dressed properly if you had WARNED me that you were coming in!"

He sighed. "Just turn around and fix it."

I blushed. "I can't…" I mumbled.

"Why not…?"

I grew angry then. "Because this isn't one of the kimonos that my wings can fit in!"

He stared at me. "Then take it off and put on a different one."

"I can't…" I grumbled.

"Why not this time?"

"Because…"

"Because…?"

I growled at him. "If you haven't already noticed I don't have anything on under it!"

He blushed then. "Oh… uh… Well… I'll just turn around…"

Once his back was to me I ran over to him and tied a piece of fabric over his eyes.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" He shouted.

"Oh shut up! I don't trust you to not turn around and try to stare at me when I'm naked." After tying the cloth I slipped out of my kimono.

I smirked as I very carefully ran a rope around Seiji's feet that was tied to a rock that sat on my windowsill, making sure that it didn't touch him until it needed to at the very end. Methodically I slipped into my nagajugan then grabbed the powder blue winter kimono that Mai had made for me. I knew I only had one shot at this; I had to shove the rock out the window, walk quickly past Seiji without him wondering what was going on then run out the door.

I took a deep breath then let it out slowly and knocked over the rock. Quickly I paced past Seiji, turned back to look at the rope then hurriedly ripped open the door and ran out.

"Hey!!" Seiji called as he ripped off the blindfold. "Get back here!!" He called as he tried to grab me only to be yanked off his feet.

I smiled and ran for it. I sprinted past the dazed on lookers and burst past the door that lead out of the castle. I ran down the edge of the stairs to avoid getting caught by anyone from the castle.

…It was my mistake… Really…

I saw the man coming up the stairs with his huge party and there was nowhere for me to go; I slipped.

I think the man and some people in his party tried to catch me, but not hard enough or I wouldn't have gone careening over the side of the cliff. I should have known better though… My mother always told me to never walk on the cliff side, it wasn't safe.

"LADY KAORI!!" Seiji screamed showing up just a little too late…

So here I was free falling to the ground below me; at least I avoided yet another sad excuse of a suitor…

I sighed as I closed my eyes, flashes of the past months flew by without rhyme or reason. I saw every suitor that had come to try and be my husband; the bad and the horrible…

Ones that didn't like the fact that I was a "half breed", ones that were willing to marry my just for the financial gain… some that were actually very nice but failed horribly at my other tests… All of my suitors that had come and gone within a matter of days…

Oh well… I thought as I careened head first to the ground that was now fast approaching. At least this way I'll know that I was never unfaithful to Sesshoumaru…

I didn't even feel bad that I left my new suitor watching in horror as I fell to my death…