Disclaimer; I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters. –Sob–

Kagome would narrow her eyes at the demon when he stepped up close to her even then. She felt her heart throb in her ears and furrowed her brow in obvious disgust at his presence. Her hands tightened against the kimono sleeve as she shut her eyes, feeling the breath of that demon on her neck as he began to whisper in her ear.

"I know you don't want t-" He was cut short as that head fell down to the floor from the clean slice from some claws.

Sesshoumaru closed his hand and lowered it down before he turned his head to look down at Jaken.

"Escort him from my lands." He muttered.

Jaken would reach out with his little arms, grunting when he blindly found the body of that demon to begin dragging him out of the room.

"My lord." Spoke another being as they stood/bowed before the demon lord.

"The preparations for the ceremony tonight are ready, and the guests are beginning to arrive."

Sesshoumaru grunted deeply, passing by Kagome and Rin without a word to allow that being to escort him down the hallway. Kagome looked down at Rin then squealed when the little girl tugged on her hand and practically drug her down the hallway.

"Party! Rin never gets to go to the parties." She muttered before she pulled Kagome into a room and slammed the door shut.

Kagome pulled her hand away slowly then turned her head before she uttered a gasp. She brought a hand up to pull her hair back from her face as she began to walk forward. The room they were in… It was beautiful. All across the walls there were different designs that had either been done by someone with a steady hand, or a very famous artist in this era. But the biggest attention grabber is what was placed to rest on the wall right above the bed. It was a portrait that someone had painted of the demon lord with a young maiden.

"That must be this Mizuki he keeps talking about." She whispered as she stepped forward to get a better look at it.

In the painting Sesshoumaru was lying in the grass with his head propped in the lap of a slender maiden. Ebon' and silver mingled together in the grasses around them as she had one hand propped on the ground for support, and the other was resting in her lap as well. The two of them were staring at one another as if they had some big secret to tell. Rin was sitting with her hands over her mouth, as she hadn't quite meant to come into this exact room. She had miscounted which resulted in her ending up in the fourth room down instead of the fifth, which was her own room. Kagome raised a hand to place it over her own mouth as she found herself at a large chest. The maiden lowered to open it up, brushing the dust off of the surface with this action. Her lashes tickled her cheeks as she brushed her hand across the surface of a silk kimono.

"Wow." She whispered softly, brushing the fabric between two of her fingers in awe.

"Whoever this woman was she had a fine taste in clothes." She whispered, closing the chest to turn her head back at Rin.

But of course as usual what she had been thinking she'd find and what she did were two very different things. Sesshoumaru was standing there at the door with this rather confusing expression on his face. Rin was standing up behind him with her back pressed against the door frame in silence, her hands plastered across her mouth to keep her own self quiet. Kagome stumbled back against the dusty chest in shock, swallowing as she nibbled on her bottom lip. Sesshoumaru did not speak when he stepped into the room very slowly, passing his hand against the soft wall where the portrait was before he turned his head to look at Kagome.

"This will be your quarters. Rin shall prepare you for the activities that shall take place this evening." He muttered, turning on the ball of his foot to escort himself out.

Kagome looked down at Rin who shut the door with a small closing sound.

"Lord Sesshoumaru wishes of me to dress you." She whispered, moving over to pull on Kagome's kimono all over again.

"But Rin, I just got dressed again. Do I really have to change?" She inquired as the little girl untied the back of the kimono.

"You need a real important looking one." She said as a matter of fact.

The child had been hanging around Jaken too much. Kagome yelped when the cloth of her attire was dropped to the floor and she was left in her yukata. She looked around then her eyes widened when Rin began tugging on it as well.

"Take it off." She said.

Kagome whimpered, peeling the cool cloth away from her body to stand still while Rin dug down into the oak chest. The little girl came out with a silver colored kimono that had a crescent moon on the sleeves of it.

"Put this one on." The girl instructed.

The older maiden took the cloth from Rin very slowly in a rather unsure manner. She could already make out the voices of people as they climbed the steps, obviously the 'guests' the servant had been speaking off before leading the demon lord away. The human girl shuddered as she pulled the kimono on and began to tie it against her frame. It fit perfectly to her body. It was an off the shoulder kimono that hugged her in the top and at the waist. The sleeves hung down a few inches past her hands in length and brushed against her when she walked. The kimono bore a train behind it that brushed the surface of the ground with each step. It was certainly fit for a princess, a lady, or… whatever you wanted to call it. She gasps softly as she looked down at herself, brushing her hands across her stomach very slowly. Rin stepped up to begin brushing out Kagome's hair from her perch on the oak chest.

"Rin, why do you stay here with Sesshoumaru? I mean, you're a human girl. He detests humans." She whispered.

The little girl was silent a moment or two before she found her voice,

"Because lord Sesshoumaru saved Rin." She whispered, smiling at that point out of happiness for the thought.

Kagome gave a minor nod of acknowledgement to what the girl said, finding that she had lost her voice for a moment or two. Rin set the brush down then slid to the floor so that she might take a look at Kagome now. She gave a giggle and wiggled on one of her feet before she looked at the door.

"Master Jaken will come when it is time for the lady to come to the place." She said before she left Kagome to herself.

Kagome moved over to a small table that was set by a hearth that hadn't been used in quite some time. She came down to sit on her legs, brushing her hands against the surface of a book before she opened it to begin reading in it. A book of her? She pondered softly before she heard a small knock at the door.

"The people call for you." Jaken said, standing at the door with his hands at his sides.

She rose up then with a very calm look on her face. Well, if Sesshoumaru wanted to play then she could certainly play along. She could be this Mizuki person standing on her head. Kagome tucked her hands down together in front of her as she began to walk forward, her eyes cast straight ahead with pride as Jaken held the door open for her. Of course for a moment she dropped her pride along with her jaw. Was that her… bra? He was wearing her bra on his head. She was going to rip it off of his head and smack him for it when he removed it and tucked it down into his kimono for safekeeping. She felt one of her eyes twitch before she managed to recompose herself. Her heart ached in her chest out of fear as she came to the door that opened up to the back garden. She could make out the distant candlelights that were covered by paper lanterns. Kagome took a breath then reached down slowly to slide the door open with her own hand. Her feet were placed in a pair of slippers much like ballet shoes to be honest. She took a deep breath as Jaken stood at the top of the stairs, reading off a sheet of paper before she stepped up.

"I present to you Lady Mizuki of the Moon and the western lands!" He shouted, throwing one of his hands into the air.

The moment she was presented everyone turned their heads to look at her, uttering soft things such as, 'Lady Mizuki? I heard she was dead.' 'Wow. So many years and she still looks young. What do you suppose she's doing?' Kagome shut her eyes just a bit, as she would descend those stairs. It was when she reached the bottom of those stairs that she let herself exhale, stepping away from them to move away from some of the people. She looked down some to take in her own appearance on the gentle current of a brook. She really did look like this Mizuki person. Well, yeah, she had to if she was going to play along with this little act.

Remember… do not get too attached.