I walked up the castle stairs to where mother was waiting for me with the girl in front leading the way, when she reached the top I saw her bow her head to address mother.

"Lady Rikana I brought Lord Sesshomaru as you requested"

"Very good, thankyou"

The girl moved to the side to let me through, I got to the top and saw my mother standing to greet me.

"So you have come to see your mother after all"

I just responded with a growl really not wanting to be here

"Is that any way to treat your mother?"

"Tell me what am I doing here" I said threw gritted teeth

"Ah yes of course, come with me then" she said turning away from me

She walked to the castle doors where the girl was already waiting to open them for her.

"Wait here I have another job for you" mother whispered to the girl as she walked pass

Once the girl closed the door behind us it was only me and mother left in the room, she kept walking up to her throne as I stayed close to the door ready to leave.

"Come closer Sesshomaru I'm not going to bite"

I walked further into the room hating every minute of it, once I was only a few meters away from her I stopped and waited.

"Now tell me why you have summoned me her"

"Have you a bride"

I looked at her with sharp eyes "I do not need such a thing"

"If you want to remain the western lord then you do"

"You are wasting your breath" I growled turning away

"Do you really want Inuyasha to become the western lord?"

I stopped in my tracks at the mention of my half brother

"If you don't find a bride then he will be the western lord"

"That stupid half breed is not worthy of such title"

"My son will not be pushed aside by a half demon so I have found a bride for you"

"Who is it you wish me to marry"

"I will be having some guest come around and if you do not choose one of them to be your bride then I will choose for you"

I heard mother stand up and walk over towards me, she walked pass me and opened the door in front of me. I saw the girl was still standing outside waiting for something, once mother opened the door she moved to stand in front of us with a bow.

"You will stay here until such matters are resolved" she said facing me "Takara here will show you around"

The girl Takara looked up surprised, judging from her expression she wasn't expecting this but none the less she agreed to it and started to walk away. Seeing that I had little choice but to stay in mothers house I followed after Takara, she showed my around the castle explaining what room is what until we passed a pair silver doors which she just walked pass ignoring that it was there.

"What room is this?"

"Oh that is my room"

She walked down the hall a few more steps before stopping at the next door.

"And this is where you will be staying" she explained opening the door "I hope everything is to your liking"

I walked was about to walk into the room when I heard someone running towards us, I turned to see a human girl running down the hall, she stopped breathless outside of Takara's door.

"Hana I'm right here" she said stepping into the humans view

"I'm sorry for interrupting" she bowed "but Karen needs your help"

"What happened?"

"She fell over and hurt herself pretty bad, we think she broke her arm"

"Ok ill be there in a second"

Hana nodded then ran back the way she came, Takara turned to face me with her face filled with worry.

"Please forgive me but I have to go" She said with a bow

Before I had a chance to say anything Takara was racing down the hall faster then any human I have ever known.

"There's something about that girl…"

I walked into my room closing the door behind me, in front of me where lots of dark purple curtains extending the length of the wall blocking out most of the sun, then on the left was a king size bed with blood red covers over it then on the right was a small dark wooden table with two chairs. I looked at the curtains once more and thought about Takara, she didn't look any older then 19 but there was something different about her like I have met her once a long time ago. I walk out of my room and turned right, as I passed by the sliver doors I found myself stopping and reaching for the handles. I pulled the door open to revile Takara's room, her room was brightly lit compared to my dark room, leaving the door open behind me I walked into the room, she had the same curtains as me only they were drawn back to let in light, she had a king size bed on the right wall with white, blue and pink silk blankets.

"Why would a servant have such a room?"

On the wall next to me was a tall light wooden cupboard and on the left was a wall length mirror and next to that was a long bench. I walked over to the bench and saw a basin filled with water, there was another basin next to that one that was filled with dried rose petals. Leaving the bench untouched I went over to her cupboard and opened it, there wasn't much in it, an empty space where I guessed her dress goes then her night robe and another dress that was plain white like the one the other servant girl wore with a short brown apron next to it, pushed at the back was a pair of sandals and some plain brown cotton shoes that looked new.

"Unworn" I declared thinking back to Takara's bare feet

I was about to close the cupboard when a medium chest caught my attention, it looked old with a thin layer of dust over it, as I reached out a hand towards it I heard someone cough. I quickly closed the cupboard and looked towards the person who coughed only to see Takara standing there with her arms folded leaning against the doors frame.

"How long has she been there" I thought in a moment of panic

"Do you need help with something Lord Sesshomaru" she asked calmly

I didn't answer her; I just walked out of the room and down the hall not caring where I was going as long as it was away from her. There was something about her that made me uneasy she had an air of mystery about her like she was hiding something from the world and I was determined to find out what it was she was hiding.