Dinner
"Really?" A disbelieving Kagome asked.
Akana smiled a delicate smile at the bewildered girl. "Yes my dear. Now," She smirked. "Time to doll you up for dinner, Kagome."
Kagome swallowed hard. She had a feeling she would not enjoy it as much as this demoness would. She could only pray to the Kami above that she could get out of this situation alive.
"Alright… Just a couple tugs here and a few tweaks there." Akana pondered while pulling at Kagom's hair and new Kimono. "Annnnnnnd DONE!"
'Finally!' Thought Kagome, relieved that the pulls and tugs were finally over.
Kagome had, had her hair pulled, make up plastered to her face, and an inner kimono that hugged and squeezed like it was a second skin that wouldn't let her breathe. She could swear her ribs were bruised from sitting in the darn thing ever since just before the sun had become to descend, and now it was twilight, the sun was almost completely set behind the mountains.
"Could-" Choked Kagome. "Could we-we possi-bly loos-en this in-ner kim-ono?"
Her face was slowly turning red through her pale-faced make up and her eyes were becoming teary as no oxygen reached her lungs.
Akana speedily loosened the binding of the inner layer with ease and smiled a little as the horrid color receded from the human girls face. But Kagome smiled back with relief and gratefulness radiating from her.
"Alright lets head out to dinner my dear." Akana ushered her out the door, all the while instructing her to hold a fan over her face, so that her family would see only the bluest blue of her eyes.
"Now my dear follow me into the room and make sure to sit next to me."
Kagome nodded her head and watched as the doors were opened to reveal a magnificent dining hall with ceilings big enough to fit five fully transformed Inu No Taisho's. The walls were a soft gold with accents of reds and whites found everywhere.
"Kagome," Akana spoke softly, as a very tall man stood by her side. "This is my mate and lord of the castle, Inu No Taisho."
Kagome bowed low and respectfully to the great dog demon, his aura full of raw power and outstanding strength took the air from her lungs for a quick moment, but she was able to over come it by letting some of her reikai sooth her nerves and ghost across her skin.
The man smiled at her politeness and the small pulse of her extraordinary power.
"Please, my dear girl," He stated with a slight chuckle. "Call me Touga, you are after all the sole heir of Midoriko-san."
Kagome nodded, the fan still covering her face. "Thank you Touga-Sama, for allowing me to stay in your home while I heal and restore my powers to full capacity once again. Then I shall be out of your lives."
Akana smiled a sad little smile. "My dear, we wont talk of you leaving or ever want you to speak of it. You are welcome here for as long as you wish."
"Thank you, Milady."
Touga laughed heartily. "These," He pointed to the two others sitting at the table. One tall, with the looks of his father and yet he held the markings of his mother. The other nothing more than a small child with no markings at all but the snowy white of his fathers hair.
"Are my sons, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha." He paused. "Sesshomaru is the one who saved you from the horrid snake demon."
Kagome walked over to stand only but a few paces away from the stoic looking teenager. "Thank you for saving me in my moment of weakness and protecting me from the snake." She bowed low and removed the fan from her face, letting a soft smile form on her lips as she felt something pull on her kimono.
She looked down and saw little Inuyasha trying to get the attention of the pretty girl. "I is Inuwasha, you pwetty and stwong!"
She bent to his level with a giggle flooding through her. "Why thank you very much Inuyasha, no one has ever called me pretty before."
Inuyasha laughed too and begged to be picked up. She looked to Akana for permission and she granted it with a slight bob of her head. Kagome scooped the child into the air and placed him on her hip. She smiled at him and began asking him what he liked and how old he was. Little did she know that she had grabbed the attention of one of the most unlikely of people.