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Awkward Meeting
Sesshomaru and Kagome reached the InuTaiYoukai castle in thirty minutes thanks to Sesshomaru's speed. Along the way they hardly spoke but when they reached the castle that was changed.
At the castle the couples were met by the Sesshomaru's step mother. She greeted Kagome with a warm smile and beckoned them to come inside from the cold.
"Sesshomaru, your father wants to speak with you" she told her oldest "son".
"Fine, where is he?" Sesshomaru was actually glad to meet with his father (for once) in order to escape from the girl and quietude of the castle.
Sesshomaru quietly left the room to speak with his father and Kagome was left with his step-mother.
"Dear you really need to change that clothes, my husband would not want to see such a beautiful girl in such a dirty kimono" said Sesshomaru's step mother.
Kagome blushed by this remark, her kimono was indeed ruined by Sesshomaru's haste to escape the rain. Her own mother would probably kill her if she saw the kimono now, generations of saving it and now it was so wet and looked like trash.
"Come up my room and we'll see if we can find anything to fit you I think I have the perfect thing." She said as she motioned Kagome to the stairs.
They soon reached the woman's room where she opened an armoire full of beautiful silken kimonos. Kagome's family would probably have to work two lifetimes to afford the silk that stood in front of her. There was a kimono of almost every color, red, white, blue, even silver, and gold. Kagome watched as the woman pulled out a lavender kimono. It was gorgeous; it had cherry blossoms that covered the silken surface and a silver obi. Kagome was enthralled by the kimono.
"Go into that room and put it on" said the older woman "When you are done give me that kimono you have on"
Kagome thought for a moment, if she took off her kimono the woman would probably throw it away and generations of the Higurashi family tradition would be broken.
"I'm sorry I can't, if you throw away this kimono my parents would kill me. This kimono has been passed on for generations, it symbolizes the courting of a woman in my family and I can't just abandon it"
Kagome waited for an answer or at least the ranting she would expect from her mother, but it never came. "Child I never said I would throw it out. I simply said to give it to me" she said kindly.
"But if it means so much to you I'll give it to my master seamstress so she can fix it to look good as new. But for now you'll have to wear this one, okay? I want you to impress my husband although I think your beauty and heart would do this better than a kimono."
Kagome was surprised by the woman's kindness, her own mother would probably argue with her for being so dramatic, but this woman was different, she understood Kagome.
Kagome quickly got dressed, again while Sesshomaru's mother fixed her hair in a high bun. As they were almost done a young girl came in.
"Lady, dinner will be ready in five minutes"
"Yes thank you Rin. Did you tell my husband?"
"Yes Lady"
"Good now go and wait downstairs Rin."
"Yes Ma'am"
Kagome looked in the mirror for a last checkup on herself.
"Your fine dear" said Sesshomaru's stepmother. "Now let's hurry we don't want to make them wait"
"Yes Ma'am"
Kagome walked down the stairs and as she did three men stood up at the table and stared at her. From her point of view the man at the head of the table was Inutaisho, Sesshomaru's father. She also saw Sesshomaru who stood at Inutaisho's left and she saw one other person who stood opposite Sesshomaru. The boy no man looked like Sesshomaru except he looked more like Kagome's age. He had silver hair like Sesshomaru and Inutaisho, but he wore a red fire rat haori. By his side was a sword similar to Sesshomaru's and yet it was different.
"That's my son Inuyasha" whispered Sesshomaru's stepmother to Kagome.
"Oh" whispered Kagome.
Of course the three men heard this thanks to their inhuman ears. Sesshomaru who looked quite bored walked up to Kagome and kissed her hand. He then walked her to her seat and pulled out her chair for her. Kagome sat down and Sesshomaru sat next to her. His stepmother sat to Inutaisho's right next to Inuyasha, who looked like he would rather be in hell then with his family. The silence was finally broken by Inutaisho. "Kagome I have heard of your beauty but I see that it hardly does you any justice."
Kagome blushed. "Thank you sir"
"No need to call me sir call me dad"
"Oh brother!" said Inuyasha. "Call me dad"he said as he mimicked his father.
"Inuyasha!" whispered his mother. "We have a guest please try to be civilized, for once"
"I don't see why I have to be hear its mister serious over there who's doing the courting not me!" he said raising his voice more and more with each word.
"Inuyasha!" yelled his father "do you not see we have a guest!"
"Yeah I see! I see another useless woman who's just going to get in the way!"
At that point Kagome snapped. "Useless woman? The only person I see useless is you. We're trying to have a nice dinner and all you can do is pout and complain. The person who has a problem is you!"
Everyone quite surprised by the human's outburst stood there dumbfounded. Sesshomaru quite amused by the current events stood there and stared at the young girl.
"This girl might be fun after all" he thought to himself "She maybe a useless human but she has a spine and believe it or not but I find that quite amusing!"
They were still there and still surprised but Inuyasha who was quite infuriated that a human would talk to him that way was about to throw a punch at the girl, who saw it coming and made a cry for help, but she never completed that cry and the fist was stopped centimeters from the girl's face by Sesshomaru.
"You touch her little brother and I will make sure that you do not live and don't care if father tries to stop me but you harm one hair on her head and I ensure you will die."
"Feh since when do you care about humans you hypocrite." said Inuyasha as he left the room. "Not like I was really going to hurt that baka ningen anyways!"
"Are you okay dear?" asked Sesshomaru's stepmother.
"Yes I think so" said Kagome who was on the floor still afraid
"Come on dear and get some rest upstairs" she said leading the girl upstairs. Kagome turned around to Sesshomaru before she reached the staircase
"Thank you Sesshomaru" she whispered to the youkai lord.
He of course said nothing and did nothing except give her a slight nod. "Come on dear you can thank Sesshomaru in the morning but you need to get some sleep"
Kagome shook her head and followed the woman up the stairs still thinking about the recent events.
"I can't marry into this family. I'd be killed by that crazy brother, besides I despise Sesshomaru and his quiet personality. It's too weird that guy Inuyasha would probably kill me before I reached the altar, but he is kinda cute. Wait what am I thinking he just tried to pummel me. I must be losing my mind and why am I talking to my self? Oh well"
Kagome finished her thoughts and changed her clothes. She fell asleep thinking about how to get out of the courting, never knowing that her plans would make Sesshomaru like her even more.
Sesshomaru and Kagome reached the InuTaiYoukai castle in thirty minutes thanks to Sesshomaru's speed. Along the way they hardly spoke but when they reached the castle that was changed.
At the castle the couples were met by the Sesshomaru's step mother. She greeted Kagome with a warm smile and beckoned them to come inside from the cold.
"Sesshomaru, your father wants to speak with you" she told her oldest "son".
"Fine, where is he?" Sesshomaru was actually glad to meet with his father (for once) in order to escape from the girl and quietude of the castle.
Sesshomaru quietly left the room to speak with his father and Kagome was left with his step-mother.
"Dear you really need to change that clothes, my husband would not want to see such a beautiful girl in such a dirty kimono" said Sesshomaru's step mother.
Kagome blushed by this remark, her kimono was indeed ruined by Sesshomaru's haste to escape the rain. Her own mother would probably kill her if she saw the kimono now, generations of saving it and now it was so wet and looked like trash.
"Come up my room and we'll see if we can find anything to fit you I think I have the perfect thing." She said as she motioned Kagome to the stairs.
They soon reached the woman's room where she opened an armoire full of beautiful silken kimonos. Kagome's family would probably have to work two lifetimes to afford the silk that stood in front of her. There was a kimono of almost every color, red, white, blue, even silver, and gold. Kagome watched as the woman pulled out a lavender kimono. It was gorgeous; it had cherry blossoms that covered the silken surface and a silver obi. Kagome was enthralled by the kimono.
"Go into that room and put it on" said the older woman "When you are done give me that kimono you have on"
Kagome thought for a moment, if she took off her kimono the woman would probably throw it away and generations of the Higurashi family tradition would be broken.
"I'm sorry I can't, if you throw away this kimono my parents would kill me. This kimono has been passed on for generations, it symbolizes the courting of a woman in my family and I can't just abandon it"
Kagome waited for an answer or at least the ranting she would expect from her mother, but it never came. "Child I never said I would throw it out. I simply said to give it to me" she said kindly.
"But if it means so much to you I'll give it to my master seamstress so she can fix it to look good as new. But for now you'll have to wear this one, okay? I want you to impress my husband although I think your beauty and heart would do this better than a kimono."
Kagome was surprised by the woman's kindness, her own mother would probably argue with her for being so dramatic, but this woman was different, she understood Kagome.
Kagome quickly got dressed, again while Sesshomaru's mother fixed her hair in a high bun. As they were almost done a young girl came in.
"Lady, dinner will be ready in five minutes"
"Yes thank you Rin. Did you tell my husband?"
"Yes Lady"
"Good now go and wait downstairs Rin."
"Yes Ma'am"
Kagome looked in the mirror for a last checkup on herself.
"Your fine dear" said Sesshomaru's stepmother. "Now let's hurry we don't want to make them wait"
"Yes Ma'am"
Kagome walked down the stairs and as she did three men stood up at the table and stared at her. From her point of view the man at the head of the table was Inutaisho, Sesshomaru's father. She also saw Sesshomaru who stood at Inutaisho's left and she saw one other person who stood opposite Sesshomaru. The boy no man looked like Sesshomaru except he looked more like Kagome's age. He had silver hair like Sesshomaru and Inutaisho, but he wore a red fire rat haori. By his side was a sword similar to Sesshomaru's and yet it was different.
"That's my son Inuyasha" whispered Sesshomaru's stepmother to Kagome.
"Oh" whispered Kagome.
Of course the three men heard this thanks to their inhuman ears. Sesshomaru who looked quite bored walked up to Kagome and kissed her hand. He then walked her to her seat and pulled out her chair for her. Kagome sat down and Sesshomaru sat next to her. His stepmother sat to Inutaisho's right next to Inuyasha, who looked like he would rather be in hell then with his family. The silence was finally broken by Inutaisho. "Kagome I have heard of your beauty but I see that it hardly does you any justice."
Kagome blushed. "Thank you sir"
"No need to call me sir call me dad"
"Oh brother!" said Inuyasha. "Call me dad"he said as he mimicked his father.
"Inuyasha!" whispered his mother. "We have a guest please try to be civilized, for once"
"I don't see why I have to be hear its mister serious over there who's doing the courting not me!" he said raising his voice more and more with each word.
"Inuyasha!" yelled his father "do you not see we have a guest!"
"Yeah I see! I see another useless woman who's just going to get in the way!"
At that point Kagome snapped. "Useless woman? The only person I see useless is you. We're trying to have a nice dinner and all you can do is pout and complain. The person who has a problem is you!"
Everyone quite surprised by the human's outburst stood there dumbfounded. Sesshomaru quite amused by the current events stood there and stared at the young girl.
"This girl might be fun after all" he thought to himself "She maybe a useless human but she has a spine and believe it or not but I find that quite amusing!"
They were still there and still surprised but Inuyasha who was quite infuriated that a human would talk to him that way was about to throw a punch at the girl, who saw it coming and made a cry for help, but she never completed that cry and the fist was stopped centimeters from the girl's face by Sesshomaru.
"You touch her little brother and I will make sure that you do not live and don't care if father tries to stop me but you harm one hair on her head and I ensure you will die."
"Feh since when do you care about humans you hypocrite." said Inuyasha as he left the room. "Not like I was really going to hurt that baka ningen anyways!"
"Are you okay dear?" asked Sesshomaru's stepmother.
"Yes I think so" said Kagome who was on the floor still afraid
"Come on dear and get some rest upstairs" she said leading the girl upstairs. Kagome turned around to Sesshomaru before she reached the staircase
"Thank you Sesshomaru" she whispered to the youkai lord.
He of course said nothing and did nothing except give her a slight nod. "Come on dear you can thank Sesshomaru in the morning but you need to get some sleep"
Kagome shook her head and followed the woman up the stairs still thinking about the recent events.
"I can't marry into this family. I'd be killed by that crazy brother, besides I despise Sesshomaru and his quiet personality. It's too weird that guy Inuyasha would probably kill me before I reached the altar, but he is kinda cute. Wait what am I thinking he just tried to pummel me. I must be losing my mind and why am I talking to my self? Oh well"
Kagome finished her thoughts and changed her clothes. She fell asleep thinking about how to get out of the courting, never knowing that her plans would make Sesshomaru like her even more.