As the months went by, Inuyasha was spending more time with Kagome than at his father's castle. Inutaishou began to notice and decided to talk to him about it.
"Inuyasha…"
"Yes, Father?" Inuyasha responded as he turned to face Inutaishou.
"I have some good news for you."
"Yea? What is that?"
"Remember the ball a few weeks ago? Where every eligible princess was presenting themselves to you and your brother?"
"Yea?" Inuyasha said, worry in his voice.
"Well, I am glad to say that a match has been found for the both of you! I am planning on telling Sesshomaru later on today, but I thought that you would like to know now since you are always going out to the village with Miroku."
"Yea…" Inuyasha said.
"Is something wrong, Inuyasha?"
"Father… I… I don't want to… marry a princess…"
"What are you talking about? You are a prince. Who else is there for you to marry other than a princess?"
"Well what if I were to say that I have fallen in love with a human… a commoner…"
"Impossible! You cannot! You are a prince!"
"But father!"
"No Inuyasha! You are simply blinded by the idea of love! There is no way that you can love a commoner! They are not of royal blood! They are filthy, they are uncivilized! That is why they need a Prince and Princess to marry to become a King and Queen to rule them!"
"How would you know, Father?! You haven't spent one day in their shoes! You haven't seen what they can do! We need them more than they need us!"
"We could kill them with a single stroke if need be! They don't stand a chance against us! They are weak! They depend on us for protection!" Inutaishou shouted.
Sesshomaru walked into the room un-noticed and stood, listening to the conversation.
"Father! I cannot believe you! When you say things like this about them, it's the same as saying things like this about Mother!"
Inutaishou stood. "Inuyasha…"
"Father… please… just try to understand…"
"You will marry Princess Kikyo and that is final. If you try to disobey me again… I will send my troops to destroy that village… do you understand?"
Inuyasha stood there, silent and shocked. Sesshomaru wondered what Inuyasha was going to do.
Inuyasha bowed his head. "Yes Father…"
"Good. Now let's go… Princess Kikyo is waiting for you in the other room… Sesshomaru!"
Inuyasha looked behind him and saw his older brother standing there.
"Yes Father?"
"Princess Rin is here to see you as well. Come."
"Yes Father." Sesshomaru said as he walked beside Inuyasha. "I'm sorry…"
"Forget it." Inuyasha whispered.
"How are you gonna tell her?"
"I don't know…"