Kagome the Inuyokai

Chapter 3

A/N: As I have stated before this story is a rewrite, the previous chapter is completely different than the original story. This one will be different as well. Since I know what I want to do with this story now this version will turn out much better than the last.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha!

Kagome tried to keep herself calm as Sesshomaru took her to the western palace, she was truly nervous and who could blame her. The little time she had spent with him in the past was usually spent with him trying to kill Inuyasha and the rest of the group. Though after a while she had realized that he was not trying to kill his younger half-brother, he was merely training Inuyasha. She glanced at the inuyokai next to her and at where his right arm should be and wondered if it would grow back, or if it could be healed.

Suddenly it seemed they started their decent and she got her first view of the western palace, it was built in a valley between a few decent sized mountains and seemed naturally protected. The gate was intricate, with inuyokai in beast form carved on either side and she could feel the barriers around it from here, even Naraku had never had a barrier this formidable.

She was surprised when Setsusaiga spoke up in her head, When you are alone I will explain everything about this dagger to you, or at least as much as you are ready to hear. Just know that you will hear all of it from either myself or from Sesshomaru-Sama in due time. Kagome sighed she had been wondering when the dragon in her head would speak up again, though it did comfort her that she would be told fully what was going on, and soon she hoped.

Kagome watched the western palace get larger to her view, and its beauty became more visible to her as they flew closer. Shippou clutched her shoulder, as he had the entire trip. She reached a hand up to run down his back and calm him. Soon they would be there.

When they neared the palace Sesshomaru descended, though he descended into what appeared to be a garden near the west side of the palace. As they came lower Kagome and Shippo noticed Rin picking flowers the garden, when she looked up and saw Sesshomaru descending towards her, she waved her arm, "Sesshomaru-Sama!"

Kagome smiled at the sight of the young girl who was Sesshomaru's young ward. If there ever was a sign that the Lord of the West had a kind heart it was Rin. Once they landed the young girl ran to them and hugged Sesshomaru's leg, "I missed you Sesshomaru-Sama," she looked up at Kagome, "are you and Shippou coming to live here too Kagome-chan?"

Kagome nodded with a slight smile, "Yes Rin-chan."

Rin let go of Sesshomaru's leg and hugged Kagome, "Rin is glad you are living here." Sesshomaru watched, and nodded, before motioning to a servant nearby, "Bring General Sunsoar and Jaken here." The servant scrambled off.

Meanwhile, Rin went to a basket she had nearby and brought them to the adults, "Rin picked these flowers to make the castle prettier, can Kagome-chan help Rin put them up?"

Kagome grinned, her first real full smile since Sesshomaru had picked her up, "I think it would be great for the three of us to decorate the castle with flowers," Shippou jumped down and stood next to Rin, "but I think we had better wait till tomorrow before we start. I will put them in water as soon as I get inside, you and Shippou go play for now."

Rin grinned and handed the basket to Kagome, "Yay! Come on Shippou lets get play," the kitsune jumped from Kagome's shoulder and grinned. Rin grabbed his hand and they ran off into the garden.

As they ran off two figures approached Sesshomaru and Kagome, one a familiar squat kappa yokai with with a man who could only be described as beautiful, he hair like a flame starting bright red at the roots and ending with nearly white blonde at the tips which came about halfway down his chest. His eyes where the blue a flame gets when it is hot enough, he appeared to have feathered wings on folded to his back. He wore a simple blue yukata trimmed in gold with a white sash and a sword sheathed at his side.

When they approached and bowed to Sesshomaru, he introduced them, "Kagome-san, this is my top general and most trusted advisor Wolfstar Sunsoar, and you know my retainer and head of staff, Jaken."

She nodded, "it is an honor to officially meet both of you."

General Sunsoar came forward, taking her hand gracefully and kissing it, "the honor is all mine to be meeting such a beauty."

Kagome blushed slightly, when Wolfstar looked up her and smiled, then released her hand and stepped back.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at his general who was a known womanizer around the palace straightened back up, he would make sure to let the phoenix know Kagome was off limits.

Sesshomaru glanced at them all then said, "Jaken I need you to have the guest room in the royal wing 2 door over from my room readied as well as the room next to Rin's."

Jaken narrowed his eyes at Kagome but bowed to Sesshomaru, "Yes my Lord," then scampered off to see to his lord's wishes.

As soon as the Kappa left Sesshomaru turned to Kagome, "normally a guest in the palace would tell Jaken if there was any problem however since you are still human I believe it would be safer for you to come to General Sunsoar or myself with any problems."

Kagome nodded, "I understand."

Wolfstar nodded to Sesshomaru, "My lord at your leave I shall escort the Lady Kagome around the palace, and make sure she knows where her room is and we will see you at dinner."

With that Wolfstar took took Kagome's hand and put in the crook of his arm and escorted her into the palace. Sesshomaru glared after them before motioning to another servant and had them take Kagome's bags to her room before heading to his office to wait for the summons for dinner.

Kagome smiled shyly at the handsome man escorting her through the palace, feeling rather awkward at all the stares from the yokai. He patted her hand, "Do not worry Kagome, while here you are under the protection of Sesshomaru as well as myself, and no harm will come to you, even though I know for a fact you are more than a match for any in this palace with the possible exception of myself and Sesshomaru. Since you are one of the strongest miko's in the land right now."

She blushed, "how would you know that?"

He grinned, "I make it my business to know, especially with dealing with such a beauty."

Her blush grew brighter.

Wolfstar smirked as they neared the Royal wing, "Now this is the royal wing where you will be staying, let me show you where the bathing room is as well as the room Sesshomaru has set aside for you."

As they passed the bathing chambers Wolfstar motioned to them, "these are the royal bathing chambers for those in this wing only."

When they came to the room Sesshomaru had designated as Kagome's the general opened the door and motioned her inside following her and closing the door behind him.

Kagome was amazed at the room she had been given, it was decorated in the finest silks and pillows, she did not notice Wolfstar come up behind her until his arms were around her waist. When she gasped and tried to pull away, he tightened his hold on her slightly, "shhh, pretty one I won't hurt you. I want to make you feel good," he moved her hair aside to kiss the back of her neck, only he stopped when he saw the mark the dagger had made and she pulled away quickly.

He bowed low to her, "I am sorry if I have offended you my lady I did not realize you belonged to someone else." Then he quickly stood up and left the room to search out Sesshomaru.

General Sunsoar found Sesshomaru in his office, "My lord I did not realize you had chosen a mate. You should have informed me she was off limits."

Sesshomaru glared at Wolfstar, "I did not choose her, someone else took the choice out of my hands but what is done is done, and I must convince her to be my mate before I allow the hanyou and the rest of her pack to visit in a couple weeks, or my family line will end with me, and if you try anything with her I will personally make sure there is no chance you will ever have children if you ever do locate a female phoenix!"

Wolfstar gulped, "Of course my lord."

Kagome sat on her bed and watched as a servant entered the room and put her bags down, wondering what was up with that general. He had looked at the back of her neck. Inuyasha had never marked her as his intended, and the only thing that had happened with the back of her neck recently was the knife and she knew someone who possibly could explain how being cut by that dagger would make her belong to someone.

She pulled out the dagger and closed her eyes, concentrating on how it had felt when the dragon had talked to her.

You know Mistress Kagome, you don't have to concentrate that hard to talk to me, the dragon in her mind said, You are not going to like the answer to your question though.

Kagome narrowed her eyes, "Just tell me."

Nor do you have to talk out loud to talk to me, I can hear all your thoughts, the reason the phoenix would believe you to belong to someone else is because you are unofficially the betrothed of Sesshomaru, not to mention the only one he is able to mate now, Setsusaiga sat up folding her wings to her back.

Kagome clenched her fists, no wonder Sesshomaru wanted to bring her here, she had to get out of here before it was too late, he would probably just force it on her.

Setsusaiga sighed, Please calm down Kagome, please, for one inuyoukai do not force mates. They are protective and loyal. This is forced on him as much as you here, if by the end of the transformation you still do not want him, he will let you go I am sure of it, you still need him to help you through this, and it would not hurt to give him a chance. He would never hurt you as Inuyasha has in the past.

Kagome sighed, putting her head in her hands, "it just isn't fair."

He is the only one fully bound by this Kagome, not you, you are still capable of mating and having pups with another though it will be more difficult. He cannot mate another, and will never have a chance at another mate, even if he tried, Setsusaiga explained.

Kagome sat up, "I guess it really isn't fair to him is it, I will see how it goes until the end of the transformation, and since he is letting Inuyasha, and the others visit in couple weeks it isn't so bad."

Now you get yourself ready for dinner, I will be here if you need me, Setsusaiga stated.

Kagome stood up went to her bags trying to decide what to wear when there was a knock on her door, "come in" she said.

When the door opened a petite woman with light pink and lavender eyes stood there, and bowed to Kagome, "My Lady, I have been assigned to help you get ready and help you with anything around the palace."

Kagome smiled, "Great, just call me Kagome, and what's your name?"

The woman blushed, "my name is Sakura."

"Well Sakura, lets get me dressed for dinner," Kagome said.

Sakura smiled and went to the closet, and started pulling out a few Kimonos for Kagome to choose from.

Meanwhile, Sesshomaru sat at his desk, his work forgotten, instead the scroll which had been with the dagger was in front of him, the handwriting, his father's. Again he cursed his sire, who had gone to a lot of trouble to curse his son with a mate who had once been human. He had remembered the screams of the dragon they had captured though he had not known the reason at the time, he had not known until they brought him in at the end of the ceremony and cut his hand next to the body of the dead western dragon.

Sesshomaru had been trying to find a way out of this since that day, and had tried to find a mate but found he was unable to mate with any female, though now he found his beast stir at the mere thought of the human female he had just brought to his palace. So as much as he searched for a way out of this mating, and this curse he knew he would try to woo Kagome, try to make her love him as her kit had said.

He sighed, at least she would be an inuyoukai when the mating happened.

There was a sharp knock on his door, "come in," Sesshomaru stated. In walked a servant who bowed to him, "My Lord dinner is ready."

Sesshomaru nodded and stood up, the servant scampered away. Sesshomaru made his way to the dining hall, and sat down, both Rin and Shippou were already seated and trying to be good, since they had noticed he had entered the dining hall. He heard another door open and he turned and saw Kagome enter the dining hall garbed in a simple but exquisite kimono. Her head down as she came to a seat near him, he stood up and let her sit down before he sat down again.

He was speechless at how beautiful she looked, the kimono was green with pink flowers decorating the trim and sleeves with a silver obi. She smiled at him and nodded, then looked to the plate which was placed in front of her.

They each ate a few bites of their food before she spoke up, "Sesshomaru, is there anything I need to know about this transformation other than the transformation itself that I should know."

Sesshomaru sighed, it seemed she was looking for a specific answer and he responded, "There is one thing however from what this Sesshomaru has heard you will not like what it is."

Kagome narrowed her eyes, "I need to know everything, whether I like it or not has nothing to do with it."

With a nod of his head, Sesshomaru replied, "Very well, besides the actual transformation, the main thing you need to know which this Sesshomaru did not wish to bring up in the presence of your pack was the fact that this Sesshomaru is only able to mate the one who goes through this transformation. It is a curse my father put on me because of my hatred of humans."

Kagome nodded with a smile, "Thank you for being honest with me Sesshomaru, I already knew this information, from Setsusaiga, but I needed you to tell me yourself. Therefore I am telling you why I asked you for the information."

Sesshomaru nodded, "I can only apologize that this has happened to you when you are obviously enamored with my half-brother, I cannot help but want to earn your love though if by the end of the transformation you are free to leave the palace, though you are welcome back any time, even if it comes to you mating Inuyasha."

Kagome smiled, and blushed prettily, "Thank you Sesshomaru, for understanding my feelings."

Shippou watched this, he was surprised how understanding Kagome was being about this whole situation, and was even more surprised with what Sesshomaru had said. He took another bite of his meal and made a face at Rin who giggled. He knew it would at least be interesting to see how things progressed through the transformation.