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Bonded

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Now finding herself once more lost in the halls of his castle she was wondering if perhaps she should have let the irritating Inu lead her to her rooms after dinner. Sometimes she wondered if she was just too stubborn for her own good . . .'Nah.' She would find her room it was just a matter of time. Closing her eyes at the three choices before her, she slowly turned in a full circle before coming to a stop and opening her eyes. "Hmm…" she mused considering her choices. 'Oh, what the heck.' Starting with the hall to her left, she pointed and began, "eeny, meeny, miny-"

"Ahem." The panther said coldly announcing her presence behind the ningen that had dared to take her Toga away from her! She narrowed her eyes as she waited for it to turned around. Oh, how she had been overjoyed when she had first seen Toga-sama walk into the court only to have it replaced with overwhelming anger, that she had to quickly suppress, at the thing that had walked in behind her Toga and been announced as his mate.

Kagome slowly turned around and was pleasantly surprised when it was not Toga that stood behind her but a female panther yōkai. She let out a sigh of relief at her good fortune, someone who could help find her room but as the demoness narrowed her eyes at her, she began to have second thoughts. "Um- hi?" she hesitantly said as the panther continued to looked down at her with disdain. Feeling her ire rise at her continued silence Kagome planted her hands on her hips and tilting her head up she snapped out, "Its rude to- - wait a minute? Your that harlot!"

The demoness eye twitched, 'How dare she-' she abruptly stopped and once more narrowed her eyes. 'What's this!' She reached out grabbing the ningen chin, eliciting a yelp as she roughly tilted the ningen head left and right. She then heard the ningen growl out as she felt her hand getting smacked. "Not bonded." The demoness sneered, a glint in her eyes as she released the ningen chin.

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Sorry for the delay everyone. This has been another eventful week, from ER visit for son (he's okay), to having Thanksgiving sneak up on me (Yes I was able to make a delicious turkey), to everyone minus husband coming down with some kind of cold, which of course he is now feeling the effects of and our internet crapping out on us. Yup, eventful is definitely the right word but alas I do digress. Let me know what you think of this chapter and if I need to make any changes. I am going to try to get another chapter up before Monday to make up for my delay! Thank you for all my continued readers and reviewers! Esha Napoleon, kate, TheLostPrincessOfTheEast, llebreknit, Veraozao, Allison 1, CityOfFallenAshes, AnabellaGC, and Angel Ruvee. Priss ^^