Chapter Six: Crystal Clear

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Hundreds of eyes turned to look at the demoness who spoke ever so rudely.

' Oh Shit, now look at what you've done,' Kagome thought alarmingly. ' I am so dead.'

Kagome turned to look at InuTashio whose face cannot be read. Kagome gulped before diverting her eyes to Sesshoumaru. If looks could kill, Kagome would have dropped dead right there and then. Sesshoumaru's intense gaze bore through her soul and sent shivers down her spine.

' Oh no, they are going to sent me home before the contest starts. My parents are gonna kill me.' Kagome surveyed the deadly silent room.

Suddenly, a deep chuckled echoed across the room. Everyone, including Kagome gasped as they saw InuTashio trying hard not to fall down laughing.

" My, a fiery one, how challenging." InuTashio snickered. " Sesshoumaru, have some manners and say something to this young demoness." InuTashio ordered while winking specifically at Kagome.

" Well, to tell you the truth, I wouldn't want to get to know you if you were the last demon left on the planet, besides me of course. And that's the polite way of putting it." Sesshoumaru responded.

Kagome blushed a dark crimson.

InuTashio laughed once again, soon all of the people in the crowd joined him, except Kagome and Naomi.

" Thanks for not laughing," Kagome managed through a coarse whisper.

" No problem, that's what friends are for," Naomi replied timidly.

Kagome felt a great pull toward the girl. After all, she was the only one who hasn't laughed at her. She felt like they could become great friends.

" Now, without anymore interruptions, I will explain about the contest. The contest will last for a month. There will be many tests for intelligence, power and skills. There will be three tests in all. You will each be assigned to a room in the castle. As you've noticed, the castle is very big. Each demoness participating will receive a servant. Breakfast will be served at eight every morning, lunch at twelve and dinner at seven. All of the meals will be served in the dinning room. The first few days will be hard due to the lack of familiarity of the castle. Finding your way around will be very difficult. We assure you guards will help you around until you can find your way. If you will reach under the table edge, you will find a number key. These number keys will show you what room you will be staying in. Any questions?" InuTashio explained.

Surprisingly, a demoness with brown hair raised her hand shyly.

" Where will the bathrooms be?" she asked.

No one laughed at the ridiculous question. Everyone was wondering the same thing.

" We don't have one." InuTashio announced.

Everyone stared goggle eyed at the former Lord of The West.

" Of course we have bathrooms. They are located in your rooms. There is one hot spring between each twenty rooms. There are four floors. The floor we are on is number two. This is where the dinning room, meeting room and important rooms are located. Floor number one is part dungeon and part storage. Number three is two hundred bedrooms are located, including mine and Sesshoumaru's. So room number one is taken by me, while Sesshoumaru occupies room number two. Floor number four is the dojo and training areas. Number four also has a library." InuTashio admitted truthfully after chuckling at the guests' faces when he told them are no bathrooms.

Kagome couldn't believe how big the size of the castle is. Kagome suddenly realized Sesshoumaru was staring at her. ' O my god, am I drooling? Do I have anything on my face? Is my hair messy?' By the time she looked again, Sesshoumaru had a smirk on his face.

' The demoness who talked back to me is actually pretty cute. However, she will have to pay for the incident.' Sesshoumaru allowed a devious smirk make its way upon his face.

Naomi nudge her slightly, " What's your number?"

Kagome turned around stuck her hand underneath one of the long table in the room and took out the cool rectangular metal. Attached to the metal was a silver key that contained the number three. Kagome gasped.

" What," Naomi questioned urgently.

" Number three. My bedroom is next to the ice king. Isn't that great?" Kagome replied sarcasticly.

" But many would die to have that room, Kagome." Naomi told her.

" You wouldn't," Kagome pointed out.

Naomi thought for a moment before agreeing, " Yeah, I wouldn't."

" Then I guess we are the only sane demons in this room, apart from InuTashio and the guards." Kagome sighed.

" What about Sesshoumaru?" Naomi questioned innocently.

" Nope, definitely not," Kagome giggled.

Demons were already departing from the meeting room. Kagome and Naomi got up and also left the enormous room. They were in deep conversation, until a cold but smooth voice interrupted them.

" You may leave," Sesshoumaru more commanded than requested with his finger pointing at Naomi. " I need to speak with her." His finger is now pointing at Kagome.

Kagome gulped nervously as her friend walked away. Before Naomi disappeared around the corner, Kagome saw her mouth the words 'Good luck.' Kagome sure hope so.

Kagome would have bolted after Naomi if Sesshoumaru's arms(A/N: Yep, Sesshoumaru has ARMS in this story)weren't trapping her against the wall blocking her way.

When Kagome turned her attention back to Sesshoumaru, his eyes were burning with anger. Kagome tried to flatten herself against the wall and wanting to disappear. ' Why couldn't I be blessed with the gift of turning invisible while I have so many other abilities.' Sesshoumaru's voice made her snap out of her thoughts.

" Well, well, well, what do we have here? Not much of a smart mouth now, are you?" Sesshoumaru snarled dangerously.