"Speaking"


It was a mansion.

Bigger than the one that he lived in with his parents. Sesshomaru had printed out an entire file about his mate, but Inuyasha hadn't read it yet deciding to let her tell him.

So here he was on a beautiful Saturday morning standing at the front door of the home of Kagome...his very confusing and possibly emotionally unstable mate.

"Here goes nothing..." He said taking a deep breath and ringing the doorbell.

It took a few minutes before she opened the door. He had been expecting a maid or a butler to do that, and she didn't look happy to see him.


"What're you doing here?" She demanded.

Inuyasha took a deep breath before answering. "Kagome you're my mate, and I can't just leave you alone." He said pushing past her and through the front door. "Where is everyone?" He asked sniffing the air, he could pick up the scent of others but It was clear that no one but Kagome had been in there for a few months at least.

"I fired them all a few months ago." She shrugged telling him the truth, though most of the staff had died in the struggle.

"What about your family?" He asked looking at all of various photos of her family that were hanging on the walls that they passed by.

"Either dead, or no longer associating with me by my choice." She sighed, that part being a complete truth.
"What happened?" Inuyasha asked, he could tell that there was much more to the story.

"Now that's not something that I am at the liberty to discuss with you." She said giving him a look that said he had better not ask ever again.

"So you're here all by yourself then?" He asked deciding to take a different approach with his questioning.
"Ever since New Years." She replied.
"You don't get lonely?" He asked.

"Its best for me to be alone. I can't trust people, and frankly I don't want to." Kagome said heading up to her room. "I have chosen to remain alone, and if not for the fact that I need to finish high school I wouldn't leave home."

"You seem to trust me well enough." Inuyasha pointed out not liking the things that Kagome was saying.

"I don't, but I'm your mate and I know you can't hurt me for risk of hurting yourself." Kagome said.


"He went where?" Shippo asked. He and the rest of the gang were at Inuyasha's house to see if he wanted to hang out.

"I found out some information about his mate," Sesshomaru said. "He went to see her at her residence."

"Now what?" Koga asked.
"Well, if he's finally getting the chance to speak with her I don't think we should interrupt." Sango said.

"why don't we go to the beach?" Kirara suggested. "Its kind of hot today."

Everyone agreed and piled back into Miroku's car.


AN: R&R