Shippo watched his mother circle the other youkai woman in the center of the room from his place next to Rin. He could feel her discomfort through her aura and reached out and took her hand in his. He squeezed it comfortingly and smiled when she squeezed it back, but was glad when she seemed to calm down some. Kagome had told him what this demoness had done and he personally couldn't wait to see his mother get revenge for her mother and father. Kagome was his mother, maybe not through blood, but it still counted. So her mother and father were like his grandmother and father.

"Enough playing."

Shippo heard the demoness say before charging at Kagome. He couldn't help but smile as Kagome side stepped the completely obvious attack and got behind the way too eager demoness.

'This fight will be over soon.'

He thought to himself as he saw Kagome go in for her attack.

Kagome easliy side stepped Kimi's attack and managed to get behind her. She waited a bit before charging at her exposed back. The other demoness managed to turn just in time to block Kagome's sword, but the impact didn't have no effect at all. Kagome smirked when her sword chipped Kimi's claws. She growled at her and Kagome's smirk widened before jumping away from Kimi only to use the wall as a booster and propelling herself forward. She dug the tip of her blade into Kimi's shouder and used her weight against her to pin her to the floor. Kimi tried her best to knock Kagome off of her, but Kagome had been trained by Kagura, Kanna, and Sesshomaru so there was no possible way for Kimi to win.

"Finish me."

Kimi said and Kagome pressed her sword further into her shoulder making her cry out.

"You get no say in what I do to you!"

Kagome snapped at her.

"She may not, but we do. Finish her."

Lord Tao said and Kagome looked up at the two other lords of the lands. Her eyes flickered to Sesshomaru's for a split second, and in that second he nodded. That was all she needed to set her revenge in motion.

"Before I kill her, I would like for all to know what she has done to wrong both me and my mate Lord Sesshomaru."

Kagome said, gaining every youkai's attention that was in the room.

"Go on child."

Lord Stygian said and Kagome dipped her head respectfully before continuing.

"Lady Kimi wanted to my mate's intended, but because she could not be so she decided to take it out on me."

Kagome said before turning to glare down at a still pinned Kimi who was steadily bleeding out onto the marble floor of the throne room.

"Instead, she took the cowardly route and attacked my mother and father. The late Lord and Lady of the East."

Kagome continued and gasps of shock and whispered confusion took up the silence that had been in the room. Sesshomaru hushed them all with a wave of his hand.

"I'm not sure how she did it, maybe the fact my parents were too preoccupied with the fact I was actually alive when I had been believed to be dead had weakened their senses. But the fact remains, Lady Kimi killed them in cold blood and wiped out all who dwelled within the walls of the Eastern Palace and left their bodies to rot in our garden."

Kagome said and applied more pressure to her sword making Kimi cry out.

"Now, I may be new to high level youkai customs, but is that not an act of war? On both the East and West since I am the heir to the Eastern throne and the chosen mate of Lord Sesshomaru, ruler of the Western lands?"

Kagome asked both lords of the North and South.

"It is Lady Kagome, but what would you have us do? Punish all the South for the actions of one demoness and a few of her followers?"

Lord Tao asked, concern for the people of his land clear in his voice.

"I do not call for war Lord Tao, for I know not all within the Southern lands were responsible for the murder of my family. All I ask for is the revenge that is so rightly mine."

Kagome said and everyone turned towards Lord Tao and Lord Stygian to see what their responses would be.

"So be it Lady Kagome. For the murder and wrong doing done to you and yours you have every right for your revenge. You may take it however you see fit."

Lord Tao said and Lord Stygian nodded his head in agreement.

Kagome dipped her head in acceptance to what they said before turning to look down at Kimi whose eyes were wide with fear at having heard the Lord of her own lands, and her uncle saying it was alright for Kagome to kill her.

"T-That's not right! I should have been Lord Sesshomaru's mate!"

She shouted, trying to explain her actions.

"That does not excuse what you did."

Lord Tao said, looking at his niece sadly before Kagome drew her sword from her shoulder and pressed the blade against Kimi's throat.

"Now you die for what you did. May your soul never find peace."

Kagome whispered icily to Kimi so only she could hear before she dragged her sword across her neck and slicing open the skin there, killing her.

Kagome stood up and slung her sword so the blood flew off of it.

"Anyone else who wishes to challenge my right to be either Lord Sesshomaru's mate or the rightful heir to the Eastern throne speak up and step forward now or we shall forever put this issue to rest!"

She called out to the gathered youkai, but none said a word.

Bowing respectively to both Lord Tao and Lord Stygian, Kagome sheathed her sword and made her way up the steps and joined Sesshomaru, Shippo, and Rin. As she sat down Sesshomaru stood up. He ordered for someone to take and dispose of Kimi's body and directed everyone to the ball room to celebrate his mating to Kagome.

Once they were alone Sesshomaru drew Kagome into his arms and rest his head ontop of hers.

"How are you feeling?"

He asked softly and Kagome smiled sadly into the cloth of his haori.

"I'm fine. I got revenge for my parents and my people, but that still will not bring them back Sesshomaru."

She said and Sesshomaru only tightened his arms around her, trying to bring her some form of comfort.

"I know. But we can rebuild the East, together."

He said to her and she pulled back to look up at him. He frowned when he saw tears in the corner of her eyes.

"I don't know what I'd do without you Sesshomaru."

She said quietly as the tears slid down her cheeks.

"I'm here for you Kagome, no matter what."

He said as he reached up and wiped her tears away. The pain he saw in her eyes made his heart ache and he swore he'd find a way to make that pain go away.

He leaned down and pressed his lips against hers and she responded immediately. His teeth nipped at her bottom lip and she opened, allowing him access to her mouth to explore. When they broke apart for air they stared at eachother lovingly.

"I love you Kagome."

Sesshomaru said quietly, but sincerely and Kagome smiled.

"I know."

A/N: The end.

I'm just kidding. You guys would probably kill me if I ended it here. Though now that I think about it, it would be a rather nice place to end it. It wouldn't copy my other story, and personally I'm tired of having my characters wind up pregnant with kids. That's really getting old. So truth be told, this might actually be the end of it unless I can come up with something better. All I can say is keep an eye out, but its not to be marked as finished just yet. Please review and we'll see what happens.