Chapter 2 the western castle

Sesshomaru awoke to the sounds of kagome and shippo down below.

'They have awoken before me?' he jumped down and startled kagome who was rolling up the sleeping bag.

"Hey lord sesshomaru! Good morning."

"Good morning mi-kagome." She nodded. She placed the bag within her yellow bag and stood up.

"Want some breakfast?"

"This sesshomaru has no need for breakfast."

"We will be at the castle in about two hours."

"Oh ok can we eat once we get there?" he nodded. She picked up shippo who was still soundly asleep and placed her pack on her back.

"Let's go." He nodded and formed his demon cloud. They arrived at the castle. It was huge. There were two guards standing at the front door. They were huge mahogany doors big enough to fit sesshomaru's true form and another by his side she awed.

"Do not hang your mouth open something might fly in."

Kagome registered his word.

'Did he just...no way…' one of them walked up to him.

"Welcome back lord Sesshomaru." He turned towards kagome.

"Good day milady I hope you enjoy your stay here." He bowed.

"Uh thank you." She saw him as a kitsune. His hair was a deep red and his eyes were emerald green. His partner was the complete opposite. His hair was green and his eyes where red. He then introduced him.

"That's Mari he's my twin." She nodded. Sesshomaru walked into the castle followed by kagome. Her jaw dropped again. They were in the foyer and it was huge. It blended into the hallway that curved. On one side of the hallway was nothing but glass windows. The other held the door leading to the rest of the castle.

"Come or you'll get left behind." She followed him to the end of the hall that curved. He opened the door and entered the living room. It was doubled in size and had a wall dedicated with nothing but a hige window that at the bottom was a sliding door. Off to the side was a sofa, the wall opposite was the love seat and to the far left was the couch. The room was painted a soft shade of jade green.

"Oka-san are we really going to lice here?"

"Well I don't know shippo." Just then a small girl latched herself around sesshomaru's leg.

"Oto-san! You're back rin is happy!" (A/n: please let me know if I the term right, my Japanese is a little off vv;) he kneeled down.

"Yes rin I'm back where is Jaken?" she pouted.

"Stupid toad said that rin is worthless! So rin ran away!" she caught sight of kagome. Her face brightened.

'He makes for a good father.'

"Kagome!" rin ran from sesshomaru over to kagome and latched herself on her leg.

"Rin has missed you! Rin wants to plat in the garden with kagome!"

"Rin…you remember me?" she shook her head.

"Rin will never forget!" she placed her hand in her kimono and pulled out a withered rose.

"Kagome-chan remember that day when Rin got lost? While we were walking kagome found rin a rose!"

"Oh yea how could I have forgot? Well I'll pick you a new one ok?" she shook her head.

"Rin this is shippo."

"Hello shippo Rin is Rin would you like to go play with me?"

"Sure!" she let shippo down.

"Oh and Rin. It's like this 'hello shippo I am Rin.' Ok?"

"Sure kagome Ri-I will remember." She nodded and ran out to the gardens. Sesshomaru had been watching the whole time.

"Kagome follow me I have something to show you."

"ok." She followed him out of the living room into a hall that led to a stair case. She followed it up. He stopped out side two huge doors. They were huge. On the outside there was a crescent moon engraved on the door along with a small hand print on the corner of the door it seemed that it was placed there by a child younger than Rin. He opened the door.

"This is beautiful." The walls were painted a dark blue and the drapes and curtains were light silver as was the bed that was huge. It was placed on the far right of the huge room. The dressers were littered with papers and scrolls and the shelves were filled with books. She walked only a few feet behind him. He stopped at another door that was placed on the opposite the bed on the left.

He opened it and led her through. It was another room. Smaller than his of course. This room was painted a soft red. It had a crescent moon on the right wall and a small balcony covered by soft pink curtains. This room was made for a girl. The bed was a king size and was covered in silken sheets that were pink. The comforter was the same as the walls.

"Oh my god."

"This is your room. And as you can see it is connected to mine." She nodded. She took a seat on the bed. Sesshomaru took the chair beside the bed.

"Tell me of you curse miko." She sighed.

"How did you hear about that?"

"That little conversation you had with Inuyasha the day we left. You said something about breaking a curse. Now tell me."

"Why should I?"

"Because this sesshomaru demands to know."

"Well this sesshomaru needs to learn respect."

"Give and it is given miko." She was testing his patience.

"Well I don't want to tell you."

"Do not play with me."

"I'm not!" he stood.

"Do not raise your voice at this sesshomaru!"

"Look who's talking!" The servant that he called for arrived and stopped dead in her tracks.

'This can't be right sesshomaru is arguing with a nigen? Why hasn't he killed her yet?'

"Nigen you will watch your voice and tone! The consequences will be dire if you continue!"

"I'm no human! You're a dog how come you can't sense that my aura isn't human!" he stopped.

"Not a human?" the servant said the same thing.

"Your sent is that of a nigen."

"Well duh! I have a curse upon me! Any skilled demon would have been able to see through it!" his eyes slightly bled red.

"You're pushing it miko."

"Shut up! You're just like Inuyasha! Arrogant and pompous!" the servant heard a huge bang on the doors slightly caved in before returning to their normal state. On the other side kagome was pushed up against the doors.

"I could rid you of your life."

"Then do it! You have no use for me! Why did you even bring me here?" he swung her and she landed on the floor. She was on her stomach and tried to get up when Sesshomaru pushed her back down he sat on her butt and she squirmed.

"Get off me!"

"You need a punishment. You say you aren't human lets see how much poison you body can take." His claws glowed green and ripped her shirt from her back along with her bra.
"What are you doing? Release me! You pervert!"

"Silence!" he placed his hand on her left shoulder blade and before proceeding down he saw two marks beside and slightly under her shoulder blades. It looked to be a place where wings could be if she had them. He shrugged it off and dragged his claws down her back diagonally. She screamed a blood curling scream. Out side the servant squirmed.

'Good lord I wonder what he's doing…if she isn't nigen then she would be ok ne?'

Some how she didn't quite agree.

"Lord Sesshomaru Yamete... Yamete kudasai... yamete..." (Stop... Please stop... stop...) he had dragged his claws all over her back. His eyes were blood red. The sent of her blood provoked his even more.

"Lord S-Sesshomaru please stop…" her voice was all but gone. He got up and as soon as he did the doors burst open. The chief of the guards stood shocked. Kagome was raised on her knees covering her breast while looking away. She turned and saw the man. She whispered something barely audible to him but he heard.

"Onegai shimasu…" (Please help me) he walked over to sesshomaru who eyes were still red and punched him. His eyes immediately returned to their amber color. He took in his surroundings.

"What happened?"

"You lost control literally." He looked at kagome and his eyes widened.

'I never met to hurt her.' His eyes trailed over her back. The servant was down beside her.

"Milady everything is going to be ok." Kagome managed a nod.

"Sesshomaru what happened?"

"An argument that went out of hand. Although is started out quite entertaining."

Kagome stood and then fell again.

"I need a bath. I can't stand the smell of poison." She closed her eyes and a light blue aura surrounded her. Green smoke flew up and disappeared. She opened her eyes and sighed.

"There is no poison in my body I got rid of It." she stood up and covered her breast. She turned toward the servant.

"Um…"

"Mitsu"

"Right Mitsu can you bandage my wounds?" she nodded.

"Right this way." She followed her out with a sway. The head chief turned towards Sesshomaru

"Wow you've never lost it like that, even in our past arguments you didn't do anything close to that."

"Haru just what exactly did I do?"

"Did you not see her back? It seems that you dragged your poison claws all over the poor girls back, now I don't know your motives but that was a little extreme." Sesshomaru merely nodded. They heard her scream. They ran into the baths.

"What the hell…" kagome was lying on her stomach Mitsu was applying some medicine to her back. She hissed again.

"She had fallen unconscious as soon as she laid down milord." He nodded.

She had finished and bandaged her wounds. She then dressed her in a deep red kimono and a black obi.

"Kagome?" she gently shook her. Kagome opened her eyes.

"I'm done." She nodded.

"Thanks Mitsu I'm going to get shippo then we are leaving. It seems that I am not wanted here." She glared at Sesshomaru. She walked pass him as if nothing happened. She stopped when shippo ran into her arms.

"Oka-san! The mean toad is chasing me!" she smiled.

"Its ok shippo, we are leaving." He nodded.

"Ok, But why I like it here."

"Shippo we are un wanted."

"That's not true Kagome." She turned to mitsu.

"Where will you go?"

"I will goeast mitsu, after all that is my birth place. I'm the daughter of the eastern lord."

"You mean lord Taki?" she nodded. Sesshomaru mentally cursed.

"You will stay miko."

"And if I don't?" they stood stunned. 'This must be how it started.

"I want no quarrel with your father we are good friends."

"I want to go home! You can't keep me here against my will!"

"Miko do not test my patience."

"That exactly what I did before! What you want to kill me next! You already put my back out of commission!"

"Kagome…"

"Why did you bring me here any way?" he remained silent.

"Thought so." She turned but not before she dropped shippo.

"oka-san…are you ok?" she began falling back.

"Oka-san!" Haru caught her.

"She's out of it." Shippo started jumping up and down.

"What did you do to my oka-san? You guys are mean! I thought Inuyasha was bad!" he stopped.when Sesshomaru glared at him.

"Haru take her to her room." He nodded and walked off and shippo followed.

"Mitsu message Taki. Tell him his daughter is here."

"But milord Taki has returned to the other side of the well and won't be back until Sunday."

"What's today?"

"Friday."

"The message will be ready by then." She nodded.

"Prepare a meal for her."

"Yes milord."

Haru knocked on his door.

"What?"

"Kagome is sound asleep. Sesshomaru I've known you since you were a pup. Explain."

"She tried me. I never thought it would end up like this."

"And her screams and pleads?"

"Went unheard. My demon side took over completely."

"Well she wants to go home."

"I can't risk our friendship with the east, she needs to heal completely."

"Are you serious? You mean to tell me that you won't even consider what you did wrong? She nearly died! She's a pretty strong nigen…" he trailed off.
"If she is Taki's daughter then she must be a youkai. I sensed nohanyou blood in her either." Sesshomaru caught her sent. She was out side her room. He left Haru and walked out his study to her. He found her leaning on the wall.

"Sesshomaru I'm sorry...i shouldn't have test you the way I did. I had no idea. Gomen."

"Iie kagome, I'm the one who is to be sorry I let my demon side get the better of me."

"It's ok." She smiled.

"Kagome are you a youkai?"

"Hai, I'm an inu-tenshi youkai but my father placed a spell on me. When I get a mate and receive the mark I can transform."

He nodded.

"Will you stay?" she was silent.

"Yea, it won't benefit shippo that much since there's no one at the castle for him to play with."

"Is your father Taki?"

"Yea!"

"Well then look over this." He handed her the scroll.

"Do not read it just yet, in your room tonight look over it. I need you to decipher it."

"Ok."

After dinner she put Rin and shippo to bed. And went to read the scroll.

"What the…" she threw it down and backed up.

"Is that why he brought me here? To mate me! I could have stayed with Inuyasha!" she crawled into her bed and cried herself to sleep.

'I don't believe this.' Haru stood out side kagome's door.

"Why doesn't he stand out here and watch her!"

Mitsu chuckled as she walked into kagome's room with a cup of tea and dropped it. She saw kagome lying on her back with her eyes closed.

"Kagome!"

A/n: there I think this chapter is longer! Oh here's a link where you can go see kagome in her inu form.

justcopy and paste. I have yet to find a picture that closely resembles kagome in her human form. But alas I will find one! Or maybe two! I hope this one is good if I find one that looks better I will change it k? Thanks!

-marufan

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