InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome's Revelations ❯ The Dinner ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6~ The Dinner

Kagome and Sesshoumaru were standing in front of the castle, host and hostess. They were greeting the guests as they arrived. The first to arrive were Shinnai and his mate Korin, the Lord and Lady of the Eastern Lands. They were kitsune and had the same mischievous smirk all their kind possessed. Lord Shinnai was a couple of inches shorter than Sesshoumaru, with long dark red hair with a long tail of the same color, only the tip was pure white. Lady Korin was like a female version of her Lord, they were the same height and had the same hair and tail color with one exception, the tip of Korin's tail was midnight black. They had no visible stripes, but the both had the golden sun on their foreheads, it was the symbol of the royal family of the east. They brought an entourage of about a hundred youkai with them. There were neko's, bears, and kitsune with them.

Next the Southern Lord and Lady arrived. They were complete opposites; Lord Rotoshi was as tall as Sesshoumaru with bright green hair and eyes to match. He had toxic green, jagged stripes on his cheeks and positively evil aura surrounding his being. That and his species were the only physical attributes he and his mate shared. Lady Arimee had black hair and violet eyes, no stripes, but lips as black as her hair. They had the blood red fang of the southern royal family upon their brow. They were snake youkai, 'The only reason they were invited is because we are allies for the moment. If I had not invited them, I might have started a war.' Sesshoumaru thought to Kagome.

The last to arrive were the Lord and Lady of the Northern lands. Lord Torrence was slightly taller than Sesshoumaru, with stark white hair and sky blue eyes; he had an icy feel to him, like one who spent his time stalking in the frigid mountains. Lady Hitori, on the other hand had beautiful sable hair and tail with bright silver and aqua eyes. Her aura spoke of wild forests and a love to run. 'I think I'm going to them.' Kagome said to Sess while observing the Northern Monarchs. They brought their son along, it was Kouga. They all had a silver tear drop on their brow. 'I didn't know Kouga was the heir to the northern lands.' With them were their pack, a few bird youkai, and some Cheetah youkai.

'Neither did I." Sesshoumaru said with no little bit of lingering resentment toward the wolf youkai.

All were standing in front of the main gates so that the greeting could commence. First the host and hostess were to great the East.

"Greetings protectors of the lands of the Rising Sun. We welcome you to the lands of the West, do you accept the terms of neutrality set upon this occasion?" Sesshoumaru and Kagome asked in perfect unison.

"Greetings protectors of the of the lands of the Crescent Moon. We accept your welcome and the terms of neutrality for this bright occasion. Do we have permission to cross your threshold?" Lord Shinnai and Lady Korin responded in the ancient ritual form.

"Come, you and yours are welcomed, we are pleased to have you." They entered the castle and were accompanied by their entourage. Kagome and Sesshoumaru then turned to the North. " Greetings protectors of the lands of the Crystal Rain. We welcome you to the lands of the West, do you accept the terms of neutrality set upon this occasion?" They were standing side by side, both wearing emotionless masks while the wind played with their hair and clothes.

"Greetings protectors of the of the lands of the Crescent Moon. We accept your welcome and the terms of neutrality for this bright occasion. Do we have permission to cross your threshold?" Lords Torrence and Kouga and Lady Hitori asked.

"Come, you and yours are welcomed, we are pleased to have you." They also entered the castle, and were accompanied by their entourage. Kagome and Sesshoumaru then turned to the South. "Greetings protectors of the lands of the Bloodied Fang. We welcome you to the lands of the West, do you accept the terms of neutrality set upon this occasion?" Kagome and Sess highly doubted they would keep their word if they accepted at all. They would be on edge all night. It was good thing they would only be staying for the ceremony and leaving the same night.

"Greetings protectors of the of the lands of the Crescent Moon. We accept your welcome and the terms of neutrality for this bright occasion. Do we have permission to cross your threshold?" They hissed with such a hateful tone that Kag's hair stood on end.

"Come, you and yours are welcomed, we are pleased to have you." They also entered the castle, and were accompanied by their entourage. Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru as they finally entered the castle and headed toward the Ball Room after their guests. 'Fluffy-chan, that ceremony, is it binding? I mean, will it force them to keep their word?'

'Hai Gome-chan they will not be able to fight here until they have returned to their own lands.' Kagome tension evaporated and she gave Sess's hand a tight squeeze before returning to "The Proper Hostess." As they entered everyone stood and Rin and Shippo approached their 'parents.'

"Hello Rin-chan, hello Shippo-chan, how are you?" Kagome asked as everyone returned to the table for dinner.

"Rin showed Shippo where to sit okaasan, I sit next to Sesshoumaru- sama across from Rin-chan." All the demons heard this, and you could see the shocked looks on their faces at discovering that the kitsune child was the mikos.

"Excuse me miko-sama, but did I hear right? Is the pup yours?" That was Lady Korin, she and her husband had approached while they were talking.

"It's Kagome, and yes, I taken care of Shippo since he was orphaned. His parents were killed by the thunder brother, who were then killed by Inuyasha."

Where Kagome stopped Sesshoumaru took over. "You assisted too, you hit Manten with your enchanted arrow, then took Hieten's ability to fly by destroying the wheels that gave him flight."

Shinnai and Korin were awed. Not only had a mere human been able to defeat the thunder brothers with the help of a hanyou, she had adopted a youkai, and to top it off, she was a miko of great power.

Lord Shinnai asked the question that everyone except Kagome herself was expecting (all the youkai are listening), "Kagome-sama, why did you take in a youkai pup, and help him get revenge on his parents killers?"

Kagome was shocked to say the least, "How could I not? How could I leave a child to fend for himself? The only reason Inuyasha helped with killing the thunder brothers is because they had jewel shards. I helped because not only did the kill Shippo's parents they kidnapped me and tried to kill me as well!" The last part she said with great force and passion. The same thing was running through the heads of all the youkai present, 'She can't be human, she sounds like a demon whose pride was bruised and a mother protecting her kit.'

"Kagome, what are you?" That was from Kouga. He voiced the question all were thinking, and all it did was confuse her to no end.

"What are you talking about Kouga-kun?" Everyone was a little surprised to discover the miko knew him. After all Kouga was known for feeding his wolves from human villages. That, by the way, is when Kagome remembered that little detail from Sessou's mind. "And what's this about you setting your wolves on villages?" Everyone could feel Kagome's anger. They, including Kouga's parents were shocked into immobility at the human's audacity to not only yell at a youkai, but a youkai lord.

Then of course to their further bafflement, Kouga blushed and answered sheepishly, "I'm sorry Kagome-chan."

Thankfully for him this is when one of the pack members decided to intervene, "Don't be mad at him, little sister, he hasn't done that since he met you yelled at him for trying to feed Shippo to them." Kagome recognized him as the one who had called her sister the first time he was with the pack, Souka (I made up the name, I don't remember it.).

"Souka-chan how are you, Kami I missed you guys. How is everyone?" If they were shocked at Kagome yelling at Kouga, even more so because of Kouga's apology, they were completely traumatized to discover she was considered a sister to the pack and on friendly terms with all of it's members.

"Will someone please explain what's going on here?" That was Lord Torrence and Lady Hitori. They were very interested in finding out more about the supposed human adopted into Kouga's pack, who was able to cow him, who apparently was well liked by the entire pack, and who was hostess at Sesshoumaru's ball.

'I was wondering when THAT question would be asked." Came Sesshoumaru's amused thought. 'It's really quite comical from this point of view.'

"Well, you see, a few years ago Kouga kidnapped me when he discovered I could sense the jewel shards. I helped him and the pack locate the bird of paradise with the jewel shards. The bids of paradise had been attacking the pack and killing them off. During the battle Kouga was hurt Inuyasha killed the bird, I kept Inuyasha from killing Kouga, and we left."

"Don't forget that you rescued me by killing the bird that tried to carry me off. It was an amazing shot. It was also funny to watch you subdue the hanyou." Kagome blushed and mumbled a thanks for the complement. Everyone was shocked with what they had heard.

'They sure are easily shocked.' Kagome said to Sess.

'Well it's not everyday a human makes a habit of rescuing and killing demons of superior strength not to mention can sense the jewel. I'm surprised no one has asked you about that.'

JYNX, "How are you able to sense the Shikon no tama?" This was from Lord Rotoshi. Kagome did not like the way he was looking at her; it reminded her of how she would look at a particularly useful item.

"The Shikon was ripped from my body. I shattered it by accident when a youkai tried to take off with it. I'm it's guardian and that's why I'm tracking the shards down. Besides, it's my fault that it's shattered and my fault that it's back here in the first place."

"What do you mean 'back here?'" Lady Korin asked.

'Should I tell them the truth Sesshou?'

'No, tell them you mean in this world, remember you previous incarnation took it to the after life with her.'

"I mean Kikyo, my previous incarnation, took it to the after life with her, it was reborn into my body with her soul, or at least that's what I've been told."

"Kikyo, you me the corpse that stalks this land?" This was from Lord Torrence.

"Yes, an oni named Urusuea, stole my soul from my body to animate her corpse. I got most of it back from her; she was trying to kill my friends. I could not allow that." Her eyes flashed a dangerous red and her aura flared radically about her. Sesshoumaru rested a hand on her arm and she became her normal self. This did not go unnoticed by their audience.

"Come, let's finish dinner so that we can begin the ceremony." Sesshoumaru did not want anyone to ask her questions until they had a chance to figure out what was up with her. The dinner finished in relative silence, and the preparations for the ceremony were made.