Sesshomaru and Takara left the throne room and walked silently down the hall back to his room, he entered the room and walked over to one of the chairs and sat down with his eyes closed and his arms crossed. Takara's heart sank as she entered the dark room, she was used to the brightness of her own room and watching the sky out her window but in this room the curtains were closed letting very little light enter. She didn't know what to do so she merely stood near the door keeping quiet.

"Surly he can't stay in here forever"

The hours passed and Sesshomaru still hadn't moved, another hour passed when Takara yawned.

"I am going to turn in for the night"

Sesshomaru didn't say anything in response he just sat there like a statue.

"Goodnight… I guess ill see you in the morning" she sighed leaving the room

Takara had just changed into her night robe when there was a gentle knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" she wondered walking to the door

Takara opened the door to see a young girl around the age or 10 with tears running down her face.

"Sora? What's wrong isn't it passed your bed time"

"There's something wrong with mummy" the girl sobbed

"Where is she?" Takara asked alarmed

"She… she went down to the river… and… and… she….."

Sora burst out into tears unable to finish the sentence, Takara picked up the girl and placed her on her back.

"Hold on ok"

Takara raced of down the hall towards the servant quarters to find Hana; she placed Sora under Hana's care then was off again racing towards the river as fast as she could go. It didn't take her to long to reach the river but from what she could tell Sora's mother wasn't here, this panicked Takara and she couldn't help but think the worse even though she couldn't sense any demons in the area. After and hour of looking she finally found her passed out along the river bed, she knelt down next to her and lightly shook her shoulders.

"Tak..ara… is that… you?" she struggled to say

"Yes it's me, don't worry you will be home soon"

Takara gently pulled the women out of the water and looked for any sign of injury, finding nothing she lifted her onto her back and started to walk back home. After a few hours Takara finally made it home, she went straight to Hana's house who was sitting outside with Sora asleep on her lap.

"Ill look after her Takara, you go get some rest" Hana said once they laid the women on a bed

Takara nodded and headed back to her room, it had been a big day for her and she was exhausted. With her eyes half closed and her legs feeling like lead she eventually made her way to her room, she opened the door and half slammed it shut behind her before staggering over to her bed, within a second Takara was fast asleep on the bed she thought was hers. The dark figure in the corner of the room watched as Takara entered the room in her night robe. "What is she doing here" he thought annoyed watching the girl walk towards his bed, he watched as she fell onto the bed and with one yawn was fast sleep. Sesshomaru stood from his chair and walked over to his bed with the intention of waking the girl up.

"Who does she think she is coming into my room like this?"

He paused next to the sleeping girl when he thought he heard her say something.

"Sess…homa..ru…" she muttered

"She is dreaming about me" he thought confused "why would she be dreaming about me?"

Sesshomaru stayed by the bed all night hoping to hear her say something else that might explain what she was dreaming about but by the time the sun started to rise he gave up and returned to his chair. It wasn't long after the sun had risen that Takara woke up, she sat up rubbing her eyes.

"It's still dark…" she thought looking around the dark room

"So you're finally awake"

Takara jumped and a barrier came up around her at the sound of Sesshomaru's voice, once her heart stoped racing and she had calmed down the barrier faded away and in its place anger rose.

"What are you doing in my room!" she shouted at him "I don't care if you are Lady Rikana's son this is my room and you are not welcome here!"

Takara was standing now and moving closer to Sesshomaru shouting at the demon that wasn't moving an inch.

"You are bold yelling at me in my own room" he said standing

"Your… room.." Takara said slowly taking in her surroundings

"Oh no… last night when I… I must of gotten the rooms mixed up"

Her cheeks flushed a pale pink as she bowed her head.

"What do I say?"

She thought hard to think of a way to explain all this and to apologize.

"Why wouldn't he say something last night" she mumbled to herself

Sesshomaru had heard her mumbled words and couldn't think of a way to respond.

"Why didn't I wake her… even after she spoke my name why didn't I wake her"

"I'm sorry Lord Sesshomaru, please forgive my pervious outburst… you see I was…"

"He doesn't care what you were doing just apologize and leave"

"I'm sorry there is no excuse for what I have done"

"What was she going to say? When she entered last night she was covered in the scent of the forest… what was she doing out there?"

He looked at Takara who was still bowing.

"I have to say something to her"

"I wish he would just say something anything would be better then this silence"

Everything was silent when a small rumbling noise came from Takara's stomach.

"You may go" Sesshomaru said half amused by her

Takara practically ran out of the room and into her own, she leaned on her closed doors taking deep breaths before washing and dressing herself in her plain white dress.