InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Beauty Meets Beast ❯ Dinner Anyone? ( Chapter 2 )

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Beauty Meets Beast

KaminokoDaughters: Now you're confusing me. XD

Chapter 2: Dinner Anyone?

Kagome slowly walked into the dining room. Sesshoumaru was already there, sitting at the opposite end of the table. Slowly she walked down the length of the table to where he sat, taking in her surroundings as she went. But she didn't do a very good job, because all she was able to take in was the table itself and the floor of course. `Great,' she thought as she looked around the table, `the only other place to sit is next to him. He could've chosen any of the other zillions of seats. But nooooo! He has to go and pick the seat right next to him! Ok, I might have exaggerated the number of seats a little…but COME ON! Can't Rin eat with us or SOMETHING! Anything so I don't have to be by myself with his highness the Lord of Iciness!' She sat down next to him quietly, being sure to keep her inner fear and anger from showing in her scent, and waited for him to say something.

But he didn't say anything. They just sat there until a few minutes later 2 servants came out with their food. The servants put their food in front of them and then left as silently as they had entered. But even after they left she didn't move to touch her food. She simply sat there, trying to look invisible.

“You can eat or not eat; I do not care,” he said, making her jump at the sound of his cool voice, “but if you don't eat with me know that you will not eat at all.” He continued to eat calmly giving no evidence that he had even spoken at all.

`I guess I'd better eat,' Kagome thought, picking up her chopsticks. She slowly ate, being careful not to look at Sesshoumaru even though she wanted to. She did chance a look at his food and immediately she noticed that his food was different. She couldn't tell what his food was, but hers was plain oden like she ate at home. It didn't make any sense, why was her food different? Then it hit her, Kouga had always said that demon tastes were very different from human tastes.

`But why would he care if I liked the food or not?' she thought, as she finished her food. But she didn't have long to think about it before Sesshoumaru's icy voice once more swept over the room.

“Kaliegha,” he said blandly, waiting until the young inuyoukai entered the room before he continued. “Take the miko back to her room and send Rin to my study.” Kaliegha nodded and motioned for Kagome to follow her. Once they were out in the hallway the young demoness stopped to look Kagome over.

“So you are Kagome,” she said, smiling at the girl warmly when she noticed how tense the young time traveling miko from the future. “Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I don't have a problem with humans. In fact most of the youkai who live in the castle do not have problems with humans. And the ones that do will simply avoid you so that they won't do something stupid and anger Lord Sesshoumaru.

Kagome relaxed a little, but remained silent as they walked to back to her room. She did however take a chance to observe the beautiful demoness in front of her. She was slightly taller than Kagome and her midnight blue hair was spiked out at the ends making it look even shorter than it already was. Kagome doubted that any of the strands was longer than a few inches. She had 2 purple jagged lines on her collarbone for demonic markings and he also had a small jagged purple line on each of her ears. Her kimono was simple in design, the deep reds and oranges complementing her hair and markings perfectly. They were blended together in an abstract pattern that made Kagome's eyes wonder how it was ever conceived in this time period.

“Um,” she mumbled, so quietly that Kaliegha almost missed it.

“Yes,”

“Can I….take a bath?” Kagome asked her softly, being careful not to look her in the eye.

“Of course you can!” Kaliegha said as she opened the doors to Kagome's room. “You are not a prisoner here. Your bathroom is one the other side of your closet.”

“Ok, thank you.”

Kaliegha nodded and smiled warmly at her once more before turning to leave. “Oh one more thing, if you need anything my room is at the end of the hall. And Aerin should be coming up to check on you later. Goodnight Kagome.”

“Goodnight,”

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“I am going after him!” Inuyasha yelled as he ran to wards Kaede's hut. “How dare Sesshoumaru take her! Miroku, Sango! Are you coming?! Shippou, stay here in case she comes back.”

“We're here Inuyasha!” Miroku said as he finished loading up on sacred sutras and seals.

Sango also looked at him and mounted Kirara. “Let's go!”

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Kagome sighed as she slid into the tub, her mind a mass of reeling, non-connective thoughts. She couldn't figure out what was going on. Why did Sesshoumaru bring her here? She had thought that he would simply kill her, but he had brought her here instead. And she wasn't even being held in the dungeons.

She continued to ponder this as she soaked in the large tub. It actually looked more like a small swimming pool in Kagome's eyes instead of a tub. The tub was 6ft by 6ft in area and about 1.5 feet deep at one end and the floor sloped gradually to 2.5 feet at the opposite end. The rest of the bathroom was equally amazing. The walls were painted an exquisite deep green to complement to maple wood of the floors. There was a sink on the opposite side of the room from the tub that looked like it was from the modern era, but Kagome knew it was much simpler in design. There a few chairs placed randomly in the room, which Kagome could only assume were for a lady's servants to sit in unless they were needed by their lady while she was bathing. The counters were made of marble and there were shelves lining the walls that were filled with bottles of various lotions and oils as well as something that looked to Kagome to be similar to bath bubble solution. She couldn't figure out how the plumbing was accomplished. Because they clearing had running water….she just didn't know how they did. The only thing the bathroom was missing was a modern day toilet…….

A soft knock on the door caused Kagome to jump. A soft, “Who is it?” escaping her lips. She sunk farther down into the water as the door slowly opened and Aerin stuck her head in.

“How are you doing?” She asked her, sitting down in a nearby chair.

“I'm scared,” Kagome replied pulling her knees to her chest and then resting her head on her knees.

“You have nothing to be afraid of.” Aerin said, smiling warmly at her, “as I have told you before, if Sesshoumaru wanted to harm you he would have simply killed you in the woods and would not have bothered bringing you here.”

“But what purpose was there in bringing me here?”

“I'm afraid only Sesshoumaru knows that. And he's not one for talking.”

“I know. Although, even if he was I don't think I would talk to him much. I'm too scared.”

Aerin laughed, “I think you and me are going to become great friends.”

Kagome managed a small smile in return, “I'd like that.”

“Well, I am going to go to bed. If you need anything come and get me, otherwise I bid you goodnight Kagome. Don't stay up too late.”

“Night,”

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“Kagome,” Aerin said as she walked out onto the balcony next to Kagome, “You can't stay up here in your room forever.”

“Yes I can. And besides I don't stay up here all the time.”

“Coming down to eat with Lord Sesshoumaru doesn't count. Now come on, at least go out into the gardens. It'll do you some good.”

“I guess, since you insist.” It had been 5 days since Kagome's arrival. In that time, she had left only to eat which, unfortunately, was always with Sesshoumaru. But she had grown much closer to Aerin in that time. The inu demoness had spent many hours in Kagome's room simply talking with her about her life and Kagome's life. They also talked about the differences in humans and demons. They learned much for each other, Kagome even going as far as to tell Aerin a little about the future.

“So, I'm still confused as to how you came to be friends with the Lord's brother,” Aerin said as they walked down to the gardens.

“Well, I found him sealed to a tree in Inuyasha Forest, and I released him. To make a long story short, I goofed when shooting an arrow and I shattered the sacred jewel.” Aerin gasped and Kagome knew she was thinking, 'that was you.' “Anyway, since then I have been helping Inuyasha to complete the jewel. It was the only logical option since was my fault to begin with plus I can sense the shards. Inuyasha traveled with me to keep an eye on the jewel because he wants it for himself. Once it is complete he intends to make himself a full demon. Our party grew bigger as we traveled and that is that.”

“Oh, ok.”

They remained silent until they reached the gardens. “I have only seen the Lord's brother once. My grandmother died about 7 or 8 years ago and Lord Sesshoumaru allowed me to go to my homeland to grieve. I passed through a forest on the way and saw him sealed to a tree. I wasn't sure it was him until I learned the name of the forest. Then I was sure it was him. So anyway, I saw him, but I was in a hurry and so I didn't get to linger too long.”

“Yeah I pulled the arrow from his chest to release him. The reason I was able to do it was most likely because I am the reincarnation of the miko who sealed him there.”

“Don't you thin he's cute?”

“Aerin!”

“What? He is, and obviously you agree or you wouldn't be blushing like that.”

“Shut up! Me and Inuyasha are just friends. That's it! I might have liked him in the beginning but he is too caught up in his undead girlfriend to even notice me.”

Aerin laughed, “The Lord's brother has an undead girlfriend?!”

“Aerin,” Kagome said as she sat down under a nearby tree, “Why won't you say Inuyasha's name?”

“Huh?” Aerin said, sitting down next to her, “Well, I guess I'm just used to calling him the Lord's brother.”

“Uh-huh, sure,” The look on her face told Kagome there was more to it than that, but she was willing to let it slid for now. She would find out what it was eventually.

They continued to talk, oblivious to the eyes that continued to watch them.

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`It's only a matter of time before Inuyasha shows up to take the miko back.' Sesshoumaru thought to himself as he watched Aerin and the young miko. `Just because that idiot hasn't ever been here before doesn't mean he wasn't smart enough to figure out exactly where the fortress is. `

“Jaken!” Sesshoumaru shouted, sighing impatiently as he waited for the squawking green toad to enter the room.

“Yes Milord?” Jaken panted as he finally entered the room.

“Inform the scouts to be on the lookout for my idiot half brother. And tell them to inform me at once as soon as he is spotted and that he is to be followed at all times.”

“Yes Milord, anything else?”

“No,”

The little green imp nodded and hurried to leave the room. Once he was gone Sesshoumaru returned his thoughts to what to do about the hanyou. As he did he watched Kagome interact with Aerin. `Why do I care if Inuyasha comes to take her back? She hasn't served any real purpose being here. Or at least that's what she thinks.'