Getting to the girl was easy, and Kagome watched from under the water as the water God loved the human girl who was humming into the night at the water.

"Her voice alone I love," He said,

Kigoma's own heartbeat, she could only dream of being loved like that.

"Please, Miko." He grabbed her hand and held them tight. "Make her see me."

"I can only make her see; I can't make her love."

"That is enough,"

So with his triton, he put Kagome back on land, dry and pretty, and she made her way to the banks of the river where the girl was. The girl with red hair gasped when she saw Kagome, "Oh, it is only a Lady Miko."

"Hai, I did not mean to startle you. I just heard your voice."

"Did I disturb you?"

"No, I just wondered for who do you sing for."

The girl smiled and touched the water below, "The water god."

Kagome smiled, and the girl looked at her. "You have eyes like the water."

"So I have been told," Kagome knelt down and touched the water to "The fish like your voice."

"Do they?" She asked like an innocent child,

"Hai, you know, I know the water, God."

"You do?" The girl breathed, her long hair dancing against the ground as she moved her head.

"He is very handsome, and he also likes your voice."

The girl blushed, "He, he hears me?"

"Every night,"

The girl sat back on her knees and put her hands in her lap. "I have read the stories, the legends, and the myths."

Kagome smiled. "Would you like to meet him?"

"Can I? A mere human?"

"Of course you can, here." Kagome put her hands on each side of the girl's head and hummed. Her holy power of light washed over the girl, turning her eyes white for a second before changing back to green.

"Now look into the water," Kagome told her.

The girl looked, and then, after a silent moment, Titan came up. The girl stood quickly and gasped.

"It's you," She said,

He came closer. "It is I, the one you sing to without fail." He reached out his hand, and she slowly took it. Kagome cleared her throat. "Perhaps you would be alone?" She asked,

"Thank you, Kagome," He pointed the triton at Kagome, and before she knew it, she was back underwater under the bubble and safe, or at least she thought.

"Where is my son?"

Kagome turned to see his father standing there with arms crossed, "Up the river."

He eyed her, "What have you done?"

"Done?"

"You wear the crown of gold upon your head, for what did you do to gain such favor from him?"

Kagome had not even felt the gold band around her head; she touched it.

"I will not ask again."

Sesshomaru came out, and Kagome looked at him. He stopped moving at the site of the band on her head.

"Woman!" The God yelled.

"He asked for help. I only helped?"

Sesshomaru growled,

"Help from you?" His father asked,

"Hai, he is in love."

His father stepped back, and all the creatures of the sea stopped moving. "What?"

"He was in love; he wanted help."

"What did you do," Sesshomaru asked this time,

"I only helped her to see."

"She human!" His father yelled, "You stupid woman!"

Kagome flinched,

"I will not stand for this!" He looked at Sesshomaru, "My land, my rules, you should keep a better leash on your wives, My Lord!"

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "Perhaps you should wait for your son,"'

"Get down on your knees, woman." He Ignored Sesshomaru,

"What?" Kagome asked, confused.

Something zapped under her feet, and Kagome went down to her knees. Before Sesshomaru could even protect or act, something came across her back, and she screamed.

"Father!"

The second whip met with the triton. Titan was not playing. All the wives ran out, including Oceana, "Brother!"

Her brother knelt, "Lady Kagome, are you alright?" But he was met with a sword. "Do not touch her," It was Sesshomaru's sword.

"Sesshoamru," Kagome whispered.

Titan raised his hand. "She is hurt."

"Because of your own doing, do not touch what is mine."

Titan stood, "As if you care."

"It matter not, she is mine and not for your disposal, especially without my permission." Sesshomaru then glared at his father. "He is as guilty as she,"

"Guilty?" Kagome stood shakey. "But we didn't do anything wrong?"

Sesshomaru snatched the gold band offer head and tossed it to the ground. "She is no child of yours," He then grabbed her hand. She held her dress up to keep it from sliding as he pulled her, "And the child of the sea is no longer mine."

"What if she is with child!" Her father demanded,

Sesshomaru stopped, "Then she is a common whore, for it would not be mine; you have broken the bond then, not I, should she be with child."

"Kaugra, gather the rest; we leave."

"Hia,"

"I will send my father to negotiate the settlement terms," Sesshomaru told the sea kings,

"You would start a war with us over her!" The old king yelled, "She, a mere human scum, they pollute our water and our land, and now our demon bloodlines."

"My mate, his human father!" Titan yelled,

"What?" He sneered,

"I have taken a human mate," Titan pulled the girl no one seemed to notice to him.

His father looked to Sesshomaru, "You see, they set to Waterdown our lines!"

"Can you water down water?" Sesshomaru asked,

"Enough, Lord Sesshomaru. I do ask for your forgiveness, but I did not want anyone to know, and seeing how you feel about the matter of humans, I thought it best to leave you out of it."

Titan looked at his father, "One more word out of you, and I will turn you into the old grab that you are; be silent."

He looked back at Sesshomaru. "You will have a bond; we will not break that," He picked up the gold band and handed it to the girl he chose. "Take this to her."

The girl walked to Kagome and Sesshomaru and bowed.

"Take this; it will be a sign for all times, to all ocean and creatures, that she is a child of mine and thus will always be safe."

Sesshomaru didn't want to at first, but it could prove useful in the future. He took it from the human girl and looked at Kagome, "Kagura, go."

One by the one, the wives, left into the sea.

"My Lord!" Oceana begged, "I have done nothing wrong!"

Sesshomaru ignored her, "Would you rather kiss a fish or me?"

Both of Kagome's eyes got wide. "What? She was still clinging to her dress,

"I would not suggest the fish," His eyes slid to Oceana, then back to Kagome. Kagome honestly didn't know if she should laugh or not, but she was still confused. "Um, why do I have to kiss anyone"?"

Sesshomaru tossed her into the water and then jumped in after her. He caught up to her and tugged her close. She gasped, and the choice was made for her. Sesshomaru closed his mouth over hers, and she closed her eyes. He breathed for her till they hit the air. She gasped and coughed as they arrived back in a dry boat. "I don't have to come next time, right?" She coughed.

"There won't be a next time; I have returned the sea goddess to her father, or were you not listening."

Kagome stood straight and looked at him "Ano, you're leaving her?"

"You seem confused Miko, how is it that you do not understand?"

"But you were just-" She stalled,

"Just what?"

Her cheek blushed as she realized it had not been his bed the woman was warming. "Never mind."

"Jealous is quite amusing to look at on your face."

"What?" She sputtered as they began to move back to shore, "I told you I'm not jealous."

He leaned, "Then why did you leave?"

"It wasn't like that," She said flat,

"Hn, not jealous but virginity."

Kagome was dripping wet, and to anyone else, her glare would look funny, but Sesshomaru knew the power behind her, and she was but one small button away from spitting flames.

"You owe me a wife."

"How about a mermaid then, their great kissers." Kagome huffed, crossing her arms,

"How can you say when you have nothing to compare it to?"

A smirk reached her inner mind, and the words came out before she could stop them. She leaned in. "Only two," she said, holding up two fingers.

Sesshomaru stopped rowing and glared at her.