Chapter 4 family story

Kagome awoke with Mitsu she had been sleeping with her a lot. She looked around the room and found her at the edge of the bed. Mitsu was a neko youkai she had the ability to transform into one. (A/n: she's like kirara in her human form.) She was the size of kirara in her kitty form. The only color she had was a black five-pointed star and the tips of her tails and ears were black. The sun was just coming over the horizon. She stretched and pulled herself from the bed.

"What a dream."

Dream

She found herself standing inside a large ballroom. She was dressed in a beautiful deep black kimono that went all the way down to her ankles and the split went all the way up to mid thigh. Her hair was longer and to her surprise still black with the exception of the silver streaks that ran along with it. She also had a weight on her shoulders. When she looked back she found it to be her wings. Then she felt a prick on her neck. That's when she realized it. Her dance partner came to her and began twirling her about the dance floor. She couldn't see his face for his body was cast in shadow. Then she heard the awes of the youkai around them and clapping.

"My mate we will live together…" He twirled her.

"Strive together…" he spun her and brung her close. Then stopped.

"My heart is yours…" what he said last shocked her like a bolt of lightning.

"And so is my life." As he was leaning in for a kiss something suddenly jerked her from him.

"No!" she was being pulled back as she saw his form running after her.

"Kagome!" the ball room lit and blood was every where covering the pure white walls and spilling off the tables. It was literally a pool of blood. He cried out her name again as a sharp pain surged through her body. She was found in darkness.

End Dream

She rubbed her temples.

"I gotta get a bath." Mitsu stirred and stretched before cracking an eye open.

"Kagome are you ok?"

"Yea I had a dream." She transformed. Her twin tails coming to rest behind her on the floor. Her hair was the perfect shade of honey brown. Her eyes were a deep silver almost black color. Her neko ears were sitting atop her head. She was a very attractive young lady and what threw kagome off was that they were the same age. There bust line was the same as well large. And both had curves in the right places. You could of sworn that they could be sisters if kagome was a neko.

"Well what are we waiting for?" just as Mitsu opened the door Sesshomaru stood.

"Uh- Ohayo gozaimasu lord Sesshomaru." He nodded.

"Kagome please come with me."

"Sure." She walked out in her nightgown. He glared at her aw she left the room then back at Mitsu

"Get ready I have something special I want you to do for me."

"Yes milord."

Because of the dream he had he decided last night that he would court kagome before he would ask for her as a mate. (A/n: their dreams are similar but why would u read that ova again?) He led her to his study.

"Kagome there is something that I wish to ask you."

"Sure what is it?"

"I…" kagome stood in front of his desk.

'He's hesitant this must be serious.'

"I want to begin courting you." Her sweat dropped.

"what!" she backed up.

"is this because of the scroll?" he looked directly into her eyes.

"No. This is of my own free will; I will see that you have just as much respect as I and I will protect you."

"We will live together." She gasped.

"Strive together." Kagome took a step back.

"How do you know of my dream? I had a dream and I was in a ball room and my mate was with me and we started dancing and he said that we will live together strive together my heart is yours…"

"And so is my life." He finished. He walked around the desk and embraced her.

"I've been lying about my feelings for you I do not loath you in fact I am quite fascinated about you and I would gladly give my life for you."

Tears formed in her eyes.

"Kagome do you accept?" she nodded.

"I would love for you to court me lord Sesshomaru."

"And that's another thing never say lord for you are my future mate I only ask that you do not call me fluffy."

"Why?"

"Because Rin already calls me that." She giggled.

"Ok…um how about maru?"

"That would be fine." He gently embraced her. There was a knock on the door.

"Yes?" the door came open it was Mitsu.

"Milord the eastern lord is here he demands that he see his daughter." Sesshomaru nodded. Kagome's face brimmed with happiness.

"Tell him we are on our way." He turned to kagome.

"Go get a quick bath and dress in the finest kimono there is."

"Oh come now maru it's my father! Why should he care what I look like?"

"Because you are in the western lands under my care it's only right."

"Ok." She ran out the room.

Mitsu was talking with Inuyasha and the others. Inuyasha already met the lord and lady when he first took the trip through the well. Sesshomaru emerged in the living room.

"Lord Taki." Taki turned his head. He was an inu youaki as well his hair was in the middle of his back and was dark blue with silver highlights. His eyes were deep blue as well. He wore the same attire as Sesshomaru except for the armor and the fur. In the center of his forehead was a full moon.

"Ah lord Sesshomaru! Good to see you again! It's been so long."

"Yes it has Taki." Kagome walked into the living room. She had on another short kimono it was royal purple with a pink obi and her hair was out she also has a pink rose in her hair to match the rose on the back of the kimono.

"Father?" Taki turned his head and his face brightened even more.

"Kagome!" she ran into his embrace.

"It's bee a while since you came through the well kagome."

"Yea I know and when I do I can't visit because of the Shikon jewel hunt I'm apparently finishing."

"That's great dear!"

"where is Kasumi?"

"She is at the castle."

"And Souta?"

"He stayed on the other side of the well."

"Father I had another attack. This time it was deadly I don't know how long I can take these anymore." His face turned serious.

"Have you found a mate?" Inuyasha turned his head. She nodded and Inuyasha looked concerned.

'Has Sesshomaru asked her?' he turned toward Sesshomaru who's face was full of emotion.

'I proved my point. Well at least she's happy. I will be with Kikyo and kagome with Sesshomaru. Easy enough.'

"INUYASHA!"

"WHAT!" kagome's anger flared.

"If you where listening maybe you would have heard!"

"W-what! I'm sorry if I was thinking on more important things like maybe eating something!"

"Stop being such a pig and help out Miroku!"

"Why?"

"Because you being the gentleman that you are you will help him!"

"Keh says you!" everyone was looking on. Taki holding back a laugh.

"Here it comes" Taki stated.

"INUYASHA! SIT BOY SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT BOY!" kagome stormed off but stopped dead in her tracks. Pain surged through her body.

"Oh no not now!" her father's face turned serious as he ran to his daughter but was blown back by a whirlwind. It swirled around her body in ribbons of light purple. She screamed.

"Ah! Help me! What pain is this!" she was on her knees. The marks seared through the back of the kimono.

"Sesshomaru!" he walked through the barrier. He stopped in front of her.

"Kagome fight it."

"She can't." a female voice rang through the castle.

"Mareko." Taki knew his wife could sense when there's something wrong with her daughter and kagome likewise even though she was dead.

"Lord Sesshomaru you must place a temporary mark on her or she will die." He watched as kagome screamed louder.

"Alright." He knelt down to kagome's level. She looked up at him with storm gray eyes. Then they swirled to brown and vise versa.

"Kagome I will place a temporary mark upon you."

"Sess-ho-maru please help me." She said between breaths. He slid the kimono off her left shoulder. And bit into her soft flesh as she screamed. He stepped back as the whirlwind of purple ribbons grew and blew all the roses from the garden. Inuyasha and the others looked in horror. Shippo jumped on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Is oka-san gonna…"

"Quiet Shippo I think Sesshomaru saved her." Kagome screamed even louder as black wings burst from her back. Blood splashed on Sesshomaru's shirt. The wings shot straight up. Kagome was holding herself.

"oh god I think I'm gonna puke." There was blood on the white roses as her hair grew and pooled around her. Her hair was black with silver streaks. The ribbon stopped and the smoke cleared, there was kagome wing jet black wings (A/n: think of darks wings.) Standing in the center of the garden with rose petals flying around her. Her eyes were the darkest shade of gray and clouded over. Taki looked in amazement. Kagome's wings disappeared as feathers flew into the sky. Her eyes reverted to being brown as the mark on her shoulder began to smoke and fade away. Her feet touched the ground and she fell back. Sesshomaru caught her. She was breathing hard and sweat covered her body.

' I could have lost her.'

"Sesshomaru!" he turned to Inuyasha who was now standing beside him.

"Is she ok?"

"I honestly don't know."

"Sesshomaru talk her to your quarters and make sure she doesn't move." He nodded.

"Mitsu come with me." She nodded and followed Sesshomaru in the castle with kagome in his arms.

Taki formed his deep blue demonic cloud and flew off towards the well.

Sesshomaru placed kagome in his bed.

"Get some bandages and a sleeping gown." She nodded and as soon as she was gone she came back.

"Bandage her I need to get something from her room." She nodded. Sesshomaru left. When he came back he held a photo album. Mitsu just finished putting the sleeping gown on. He flipped through the pages. He found a picture of Mareko.

She had beautiful white wings and long black hair. She also had on a pair of jeans and a tank top. She was sitting on a rock in front of a huge cherry blossom tree.

"She looks twenty." He looked at the writing inscribed at the bottom of the photo.

"My beautiful mother she's younger than she thinks." He chuckled and turned the page. It was a picture of Taki. He was wearing a pair of blue baggy jeans and a light blue t-shirt.

"My father Taki standing proud as always." He turned the page to reveal Taki and Mareko holding a baby girl. The writing was that of a male.

"My mate and our lovely daughter kagome." He smiled at the family picture. He turned to reveal a stunning picture of kagome in a black strapless knee length dress. There were balloons everywhere.

"My daughters eighteenth birthday. How beautiful she has become."

'Indeed Taki.' He turned the page to reveal an empty slot. But there was writing on the bottom.

"This is the future picture of my daughter and her mate." He closed the book as Mitsu walked to the door apparently someone was knocking. It was Taki.

"Sesshomaru how is she?"

"She is doing fine." A beautiful demon made her way to kagome's side. She looked nothing like Mareko. He kneeled down beside kagome.

"kagome it's me Kasumi." Kagome's eyes slowly opened. Then anger filler her face.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to see if you are ok."

"Well as you can see I'm fine now leave me."

"Kagome please I just want to help."

"I don't want it."

"Kagome I'm your mother you…"

"You are not my mother! You cannot replace her! And you never will!" Kasumi stepped back with tears in her eyes. Taki now stood beside kagome.

"Kagome she wishes to be your mother and you are to act as her daughter."

"Mother only just died and you plan to mate someone you just met? Honestly father." She sat up the sheets pooling around her waist. She had bandages that started at her collarbone and ended at her waist.

"Kasumi I see that I no longer have a say in this so I accept your concern." She smiled.

"Kagome Kasumi and I will be in the room three door down from Sesshomaru's please come and speak to us when ever you please."

"Yes father." She watched as he left through the door. Sesshomaru hid the photo album in his sleeve.

"Kagome I shall leave you to rest. I shall check on you in the morning good night." He placed a kiss on her fore head.

"Night maru." He smiled as he closed the door. Mitsu transformed and jumped on kagome's shoulder.

"So I take it your mother died?"

"Yea I was there too." She rubbed Mitsu's ear.

"Nothing to worry about lets get some sleep." She mewed as she took her spot at the edge of the bed.

Sesshoamru re opened the album. He looked at a picture of Taki and Kasumi. There was a caption on the bottom.

"My second love Kasumi of the south a very beautiful inu youaki." They were dressed in formal wear. The next picture was of Kasumi and kagome. Kagome looked to be about sixteen Kasumi had her arm around kagome and kagome was looking away her face was saddened.

"My daughter and Kasumi kagome still hasn't taken a liking to her as of yet." The next was a black and white picture of Mareko.

'A funeral picture?' this on was captioned by kagome.

"My mother as beautiful as ever. I will never stop loving her nor will I love another as my mother."

'So that's why kagome doesn't like Kasumi.' There was one picture left. This one tugged at his heart. It was kagome kneeling down beside a cassette only her back was seen. It was Taki's writing this time.

"My daughter crying over her mothers death. Kagome was only sixteen when it happened. I had to literally pull he from that thing so that they could burry her." Sesshomaru hadn't heard his door open.

"that was one of the most devastating things that could happen to her." He jumped at the sound of the voice.

"Don't you know how to knock Taki?" he didn't hear him.

"she cried for days and days she never cried that much. When Mareko died I felt that part of kagome died with her. She was never able to accept Kasumi. She still doesn't Kasumi has been there with kagome since her mothers death. She was a close friend of mine but nothing serious when Mareko was alive. When I told kagome of our relation ship she ran from home into the well. She didn't return for a full week. When she did she didn't look at Kasumi or me. One day she and Kasumi were talking. She said that no one would replace Mareko and she would never accept her as her new mother." He stopped and looked at the picture.

"And she hasn't. For those two years I never mated Kasumi properly because of kagome. Kagome doesn't want any sibling from Kasumi either, she said we can have all the kids we want when she moves away." Sesshomaru sensed the guilt.

"Sometimes I doubt my relationship with Kasumi. I just want my girl to be happy."

"Taki kagome is here with me and she is safe but she still doesn't accept Kasumi don't worry with time she will over come her mothers death."

"She feels that she was the one that killed Mareko only because she was there when she was killed."

"What?"

"Mareko was murdered, one night I was here and kagome and Mareko were home. Someone broke in and attacked them. Mareko died saving kagome's life. I found Mareko over kagome's unconscious body. At first I thought they where both dead but kagome moved and Mareko never did."

"Don't beat yourself up Taki there was nothing you could have done."

"Yea I know, well I better go Kasumi is waiting."

"Taki, mate Kasumi I think she has waited enough. Kagome will be fin I am courting her now. This way we can have the ceremony together." He nodded.

"alright I'll take your word for it." With that Taki was gone.