Chapter 9
Kagome woke up in a large room and had no idea where she was. It was pitch black and there were no windows to see out of, so she couldn't tell if it was day or night. She lay there on the bed looking up at nothing but darkness as fear crept through her body.
"Hello?" she called out in hopes of Shippo or Sesshomaru answering her.
It was silent. She could see an extremely small amount of light in the corner of the room. She could tell it was a door. Jumping off the bed, Kagome slowly made her way over to the light. Once she made it over to the door, thankful for not tripping over anything, she opened it up slowly and looked down a large hall.
'Where the hell am I?' she asked herself.
She peeked her head out the door and looked up and down the long hallway. No one was in sight and she couldn't hear anything either. She snuck her way out of the door and tiptoed down the hall.
"Hello?" she called out again as she heard voices in a small room down the hall. She walked up to the door and looked through the small crack the unclosed door had left. At a large table in the middle of the room she could see about ten to fifteen high-ranking, male demons. At the end of this table, she saw someone she recognized.
"Sesshomaru…" she whispered. Everyone in the room stopped talking and shifted their gazes to the door. Kagome's eyes widened and she quickly backed away.
"Who is at the door?!" one of the men called out. Kagome quickly hid in a small corner and sat down keeping her back against the wall. One of the demons that she had seen opened the door and looked out. She stayed as quite as she could and somehow the man did not sense her, smell her, or even hear her.
'What the hell? How did he not catch me?' she asked herself as the door slammed shut. She stood up and walked out of her hiding spot and down another hall. She did not want to stay there too much longer. Suddenly, she heard the door open once more and, without a chance to move, she felt a sharp pain in her shoulder and fell to her knees.
"What the hell are you doing here wench?" the man behind her asked her, but got no answer. He glared at the back of her head and tightened his grip on her shoulder spinning around and throwing her into the room with all the demons.
"AH!" She yelled as her back hit the wall.
"Who the hell is she?" the man asked entering the room once more and slamming the door behind him, "She was spying on us!"
"That fucking hurt, you know." Kagome said standing up, leaning against the wall, and holding her stomach, "How honorable you must be to toss a defenseless woman into a wall."
"You watch your mouth." The man glared at her as a few others in the room chuckled at Kagome's comment.
"I will say whatever I want till instructed different by only one person in this room and I am sorry, but that person is not you." Kagome crossed her arms over her chest as the men in the room watched the exchange between the two in awe and excitement.
"Who is this person then?" he asked her.
"Not you." She answered, "My lord will make himself known when he feels he wants to."
Kagome looked at the demon in front of her in absolute disgust. He was shocked at her behavior, but at the same time amused at how she stood up to him. Kagome knew how she was expected to act around people of high status, but she still wouldn't take any shit from them. She knew whom she 'belonged' to in this case and she would act like that with him and only him.
"This is quite amusing." A man to her right said, "A young human girl proud and daring. Daring enough to face Lord Saburo!"
"Thank you." Kagome said bowing to him respectfully.
"You are most welcome young lady." He said taking her hand and kissing it softly, "Now, if I may ask, to whom do you belong to?"
"Milord, that is up to him to make public, not to me." Kagome told him.
"Well." The man turned to the people in the room, "To whom does she belong."
Sesshomaru didn't know whether he should reveal that he had another human girl in his midst, but it would be absolutely embarrassing and dishonorable to reject her. He also didn't want her claimed by any of the men in the room so he stood.
"She is mine." Sesshomaru said as the room gasped at this.
"Ah!" the man said, "Well done Lord Sesshomaru. She is quite a beauty."
"It is not what you think. This is the girl I had informed Lord Kane about when we first arrived." Sesshomaru stated.
"So YOU are the one that has previously dealt with the bastard hanyou, Naraku!" a man with an extremely deep voice, who was sitting at the very end of the table, stood up.
"Yes I am milord." Kagome said keeping her head lowered in respect to the man.
"Well young woman you are not a normal slave while you are here, do you understand?" he told her.
"No… I can't say I do, sir." Kagome said in confusion.
"In other words, you will be treated as an honored guest. I will have you escorted to your own room in which you can gaze out on the sea." He said walking over to her.
"Oh my… Sir, I do not think I deserve such a room." Kagome told him.
"Hm? Where would you prefer to stay then?"
"Well… I don't really know."
"Then you will take this room!" he demanded.
"Yes, sir."
"Saita!" the man called out and a young woman rushed into the room, "Escort this young lady to her room and you know which one."
"Yes, milord." Saita said bowing to Kagome as Lord Kane motioned her to go.
Kagome followed Saita up a few stairs and down many halls. She almost felt like it would never come, but once it did and she entered the room she was awe struck. The walls were pained a dark blue and there was a large window that over looked a beautiful view of the ocean.
"Wow…" Kagome said as she walked over to it and looked out.
"There is a door right here if you would like to go down to the sea." Saita told her as she pointed to a small door.
"Thank you Saita."
"Yes ma'am." Saita moved her way over to the door, "Will you need anything more?"
"No. I will be fine." Kagome told her.
Saita bowed once more to Kagome and left the room. Kagome looked around and up against the wall in the middle of the room was a large bed with silk blankets, and very comfortable looking pillows. She walked over to it and sat down on the silk sheets. She smiled and curled herself into the blankets.
"Wow… I don't want to ever move from here!" she said giggling.
"I am glad you like it." A deep voice came from the door causing Kagome to jump.
"Oh! Lord Kane." Kagome said her heart beating a little fast, "You scared me."
"Oh I'm sorry." He said walking over to the bed with her, "Later on, we will be having a meeting that you must attend. You will brief us on anything that you know about this Naraku person."
"Yes, Lord Kane." She said nodding to him.
"Well I will be off." He told her as he head to the door, "Oh and incase you need anything, at the end of this hall is the servants room for this floor."
"Thank you, but I don't think I will need much."
"That is fine."
"Oh may I ask you a question?"
"You just did."
"Huh?" Kagome said confused, but then laughed when she realized that 'may I ask you a question' is a question.
"Go ahead young one."
"Where does Sesshomaru sleep?" she asked.
"He is up stairs, in his room on the men's floor, but I warn you now not to go there unless you are the lover or wife of one of the Lords."
"Oh… Alright."
"Did you want to sleep in his room?" he asked suddenly.
"Oh no, no, no. I was just wondering and you said I would have to be a lover."
"Are you in love with him, young lady?" he asked entering the room and shutting the door once more.
"What? No…" Kagome said in shock.
"Before I continue, will you tell me your name?"
"It's Kagome and I can't be in love with him. He hates humans."
"Yeah, he may not be very fond of them, but from what I see you do not hate demons."
"Well no… I do not hate demons, but…"
"Which gives you a chance to love him. Now, I am going to ask you once more, are you in love with Sesshomaru?"
"No…" Kagome said determined to make him believe her.
"If you say so young one." He said walking over to her and kissing her forehead, "Just remember, hearts are often broken when words are unspoken. Do not keep it in for too long."
Kagome looked to the floor thinking about what he had said as he left the room. She laid back on the bed she was given for her stay here and continued to think. She sighed and sat up once more as a headache threatened to attack her. She jumped off the bed and left the room. She looked up and down the hall noticing some stairs on the north end. She went over and walked up in hopes of finding Sesshomaru.
'I wonder if he is up there.' She thought to herself making her way to the top. She noticed that only one of the rooms doors were shut. Walking down the hall and looking back and forth between the rooms, no one was in them.
'Why isn't anyone here?' she thought as she made her way to the door that was shut. She was about to knock when it opened. She looked up and a sudden fear came over her body. Lord Saburo was standing right in front of her.
"Why the hell are you on the men's floor?!" he asked her.
"I was looking for Lord Sesshomaru." She said turning away, "I will go sense he is not here."
"It is forbidden for a wench to come to the men's area!"
"Well I am not a wench, so I guess I am fine." Kagome said heading for the stairs.
"Get your ass back here!" Lord Saburo said running after her.
"Leave me alone!" Kagome dashed off and turned a corner right on time. He slammed into the wall and fell. Kagome continued to run, but came to a dead end. She looked behind her and Lord Subaru was right there. He sent his fist right into her stomach causing her to fly out the window behind her.
"AAAHHH!!!!" Kagome screamed as she looked to the ground. She closed her eyes and hit with a loud thud. Everything went black.
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