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The hall were full of whispers as she crossed the halls. Her earlier 'adventure' with Sesshoumaru's cousin were repeated with the speed of the lightening. She herself only wanted to forget about it.

With a sigh Kagome turned to the hall where her quater was, to stop and blink in disbelief.

Of course, she was familiar with a sight of the soldiers that worked inside the shiro, but never one of them stood before her own door. At least not when she wasn't accused of some crime. Kami, she hoped it wasn't the case.

With a small hesitation Kagome come closer to the man. He seemed to be some kind of neko-youkai if his tail could be a clue.

"Forgive me but what are you doing here?" she asked.

"It's my new post for the time of lords gathering in Sesshoumaru-sama's order, miko-san," the warrior replied with a stony expression.

The little miko frowned not satisfied with this answer.

"Why?"

"In order to protect." The girl's frown deepened.

"Protect who? Me or that freak that decided to attack me?" The guard looked around before leaning to her with a small smirk.

"Miko-san, it's my belief that I'm protecting Sesshoumaru-sama's sanity."