Sorry for the long wait I got addicted to a few fan fictions' and went camping and now I am finally getting around to writing the next chapter. Thanks so much for all of the support. Please review with any opinions or suggestions or comments. Sorry for the delay and here is the next chapter.

Chapter 4

So I had seen Sesshomaru enough times to figure him as a cold, not heartless but pretty close, demon. So imagine my shock when he was actually nice. He was still quiet and distant but if you watched really closely you would notice the small things he would do to make the journey easier for me. I didn't want to make myself a nuisance so I wouldn't really say anything even when I started hurting from riding Ah-Un but apparently he noticed and would come over and help me down so I could walk for a while. Or those awkward moments when I really had to go pee he would stop and lean against a tree as a sigh we were taking a break.

So the trip wasn't as bad as I though it would be. It did take forever but at the end of it I thought that I knew a lot more about him than I had when we first started our journey. I was both sad and extremely glad when we were almost done with it. No more sleeping on the hard ground, no more long days of riding on a hard dragon's back, and all sorts of things but I would miss our times around the campfire together when Sesshomaru would actually talk to me and tell me about his childhood and Inuyasha's. It didn't hurt as much to here his name anymore. It still hurt just not as much.

We had finally reached the castle and it was huge. It hadn't really registered when he had said castle how big it was going to be.

"It's huge." he gave me this look like what did you expect. "It's also really pretty"

"Thank you"

"My lord some of the nobles were acting up while you were gone. They got dealt with but the reports are on your desk."

"I will deal with them as soon as I get our guest situated."

"Oh I hadn't realized you had someone else with you. I'm sorry I didn't see you there what is your name?"

"It's Kagome Higurashi, nice to meet you."

"I can take her to the guest wing if you wanted to get right to work"

"Yes, but take her to the royal wing instead" and with that he walked away leaving me with a strange guard that I'm sure was very friendly but I didn't know him and I didn't want anyone asking question's as to why I was there cause honestly I didn't know. I figured he would tell me what he knew and let me live my life. Not drag me off to his home.

"So what brings you to the lord of the west's home?" and the question's begin. SIGH.

"I don't know" The look he gave me was so comical I almost laughed. But I held it in very nicely I thought.

"What do you mean you don't know." Grrrr he wasn't going to leave things alone was he. I guess I will have to be blunt. It's not like I was keeping it a secret I just didn't want all the pity looks I knew I was going to get.

"I was Inuyasha's mate until he was killed recently and know I am pregnant with his child. Sesshomaru is going to help me though it." I looked so shocked. I could tell that was not the answer he was expecting. We had stopped so I asked " Is this my room?"

"Huh? Oh yes it is."

"Thank you for your assistance I think I would like to rest for a while what time is dinner?"

"It will be in about 3 hours someone will come to escort you to the dinning room."

"Thank you very much." And I didn't really slam the door but it was pretty close. Oh my goodness this room is huge. You could fit my bedroom times four in it comfortably and still have a little wiggle room. And the closet was big as well and stocked full of clothes. I should probably clean up before dinner. I started snooping around the room and found a indoor hot spring type thing for baths and decided I really needed a bath. It took me an hour to get clean find an outfit I liked that I knew how to put on then I was just exhausted and layed down in the bed and fell asleep immediately.


Why did I bring her with me. I didn't need to. I could have just told her right there what she needed to know.

Yes but she was alone and defenseless you can't leave a pregnant alone with no one to take care of her.

Be quiet no one asked for your opinion on this matter, stupid inner demon. Although he was correct that no one appeared to be there. I will have to inquire about that later.


I had never been at a dinner that was so quiet. I am used to my family dinner's where everyone is talking about their day, what happened at school. But here everyone is so quiet. Every once in a while Rin will say something but apparently dinner is a silent event here.

"Priestess why were you alone in that hut?"

"What do you mean?"

"Your other friends weren't there and it didn't smell like you lived with other people. Women in your condition shouldn't live alone so why did you? And why did you live outside of the village and not near anyone?" Everyone in the room turned their heads to me after Sesshomaru asked me that. Like they were wondering what my answer was going to be. Which made this even more awkward.

"Well Sango and Miroku got married and went to Sango's old village to visit her family's grave's there and fix her weapons, I live outside of town because I don't want anyone from the village knowing I am pregnant, and that's also why I don't have anyone else live with me." The room was really quiet after that I said that.

"Why?" He didn't have to explain what he wanted to know. I knew but I really didn't want to answer because I didn't want to be judged or have get upset.

"With Inuyasha living in the village our village is more tolerable than most about demons but Inuyasha was only a half demon. They still really didn't like him. So I didn't know how they would react. Whether it would be ok or if they would judge me and get upset and throw me out or kill me. I know Kiede would act ok with it but I didn't feel comfortable talking to her about it either so the easiest was to avoid all of it was just to live by myself outside of the village. I know you don't care what people think of you. But I do. They were people I had to interact with on a semi daily basis so don't judge me for what I did."


Mean me I am going to leave it there. Thank you for all of your support. Please, please, please review and tell me what you think.