As her mother and Kagome opened the door as if on cue a loud booming voice from down below came,

"Introducing the lady of the South with their newest addition to the family their daughter, Princess Kagome,"

Kagome followed her mother, she glanced at the large group of other demons in the room and hung to the top of the railing, she smiled nervously, but then saw Sesshomaru waited for her to come to him.

~Wow, he's gorgeous.~ Kagome's smile almost extending to each of her panther ears as her legs began to move, she walked down the stairs in a slow motion to the large crowd of all kinds of demons clapping and whistling but everything was blocked out when she stared at Sesshomaru, like he was the only one there. Once Kagome made her way to Sesshomaru, he bowed as he kissed her hand,

"I'm glad you are here, I couldn't do this with you," Kagome nervously,

"Calm yourself, you are doing fine, you look beautiful tonight," Sesshomaru leading her to the table and taking her to the right chair she was supposed to sit in, he pulled her chair out for her as she sat down, her father did the same for her mother and everyone stood behind their chairs till the Lord of the South sat down,

"Please, take your seats my allies and friends," the lord boomed, then everyone took their seats, Sesshomaru of course with being Kagome's escort for the night sat by Kagome, she rested her hands in her lap but Sesshomaru could smell the nervousness radiating off of her, the servants came out with their plates covered,

"My lovely daughter will take the first bite tonight, tonight is all for her, I will be looking around for a mate for her in a year, so all the eligible men better train hard, because in one year from this day forward there will be a festival, hand-to-hand combat, swordsmenship, and the bow, my precious daughter here will evaluate each and every one of the eligible men competing for her love, she will decide which one is the strongest, go ahead Kagome, take your bite of your welcoming dinner," her father explained, she smelt rabbit that was alive underneath the covered plate so she got ready to catch it, the servant lifted her cover and Kagome caught the rabbit, and sank her teeth into it till it lay limp and she gently ripped some meat off of the bone of the rabbit, she began to chew, the others were amazed she was so careful in eating that she never spilt a drop of blood on her beautiful kimono. She choked down the bite,

"Please continue," Kagome bravely spoke, they all looked at looked at her father,

"You all heard my daughter, dig in," her father giving her a kind smile,

"Lord Yuku, your daughter is going to be strong in battle, I can tell she wants to fight by your side, pretell my lord, shall she be helping protect the lands as well?" a wolf demon asked.

"That is the plan, though she will go through training, till she is finished with her training she wont see the battlefield, she will be helping our villages grow and prosper, her mother will teach her how to heal, my daughter will not be one of us cold hearted demons, she will care for our villages also," her father politely answered the question,

"Then she will be a priceless mate, no one could ever have enough money to buy her love, we men would never think we were worthly enough for such a warm hearted beautiful young lady, your beauty my princess has been two times over, you have your father's ruggness and of course your lovely mother's beauty," the fairly young wolf replied, Kagome smiled as she blushed,

"Thank you my new friend, I would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight," Kagome glancing around to each one of them. They all nodded their heads, Kagome finished eating her rabbit, Sesshomaru was smiling inwardly,

~Kagome is a leader, this Sesshomaru sees that now, she is so beautifully dangerous.~ Sesshomaru hanging onto the cold emotionless facial expressions.

~You must train hard to win her love, you heard what her father said.~ his beast reminding him,

~Of course, this Sesshomaru will win her love, but she will love this Sesshomaru for who he is not for what he can do.~ Sesshomaru thought to himself. Sesshomaru finished his rabbit, he leaned into Kagome's ear,

"Are you alright my princess?" Sesshomaru concerned about her, Kagome was feeling sick from eating rabbit, but she managed to give him a small smile,

"My Sesshomaru, I am fine, I assure you," Kagome forgetting to call him prince Sesshomaru, but he smirked,

~Oh my god, I called him my Sesshomaru, but he is so hot in that kimono.~ Kagome thought.

"I apologize my prince Sesshomaru, I hope I didn't offend you," Kagome blushing,

"Actually this prince Sesshomaru rather liked being called your," Sesshomaru admitted,

~Why did this Sesshomaru admit that to Higurashi?~ Sesshomaru thought to himself, her father looked at her and Sesshomaru, he gave them a wink, he knew Kagome would wind up picking Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru could see Kagome starting to sweat, he knew this was her first time eating live food but to have a reaction into breaking into a cold sweat was one thing. Sesshomaru worried about her, after the dinner they started the father daughter dance, halfway into the waltz Sesshomaru took her father's place, he bowed and pulled her close and he started to dance around the ballroom with her, he twirled her around and around, but she started to fall, Sesshomaru caught her,

"Kagome?" Sesshomaru called out strongly as he held her in his arms,

"Sesshomaru, I don't feel so good," Kagome short of breath, Sesshomaru gently picked her up and took her to her mother,"Come, get your healing herbs and meet this Sesshomaru in her room," Sesshomaru following Kagome's father up the stairs. Lord Yuku opened his daughter's room and Sesshomaru hurriedly put Kagome and took all of the clothes off of her and slid her under the covers.

"Higurashi, answer this Sesshomaru," Sesshomaru a bit harshly,

"I'm not going anywhere Sesshomaru," Kagome having her eyes closed and growling in pain, her father was explaining to everyone that they needed to leave now as her mother came running in with a cup,

"Sit behind her and get her to swallow all of this," her mother explained, Sesshomaru got behind Kagome and let her lean against his chest, Sesshomaru took the cup and raised it up to her lips,

"Drink Kagome, it will help you," Sesshomaru whispered in her ear, Kagome wasn't responding, Sesshomaru shook her a little,

"Higurashi!" Sesshomaru harshly, Kagome made a small sound. Sesshomaru looked at Kagome's mother,

"You'll have to feed it to her like a bird, put some in your mouth and place your mouth over her mouth while slowly rubbing her throat, it will coax her into swallowing the drink," her mother explained, Sesshomaru looked at Kagome and was determined to save her so bad that he followed her instructions. He put some the drink in his mouth and turned her head towards him and leaned down and put his mouth over hers and rubbed her throat a little, Kagome slowly swallowed the drink with Sesshomaru's help, after she had it all down she growled again in pain.

"Sesshomaru, stay here tonight, with me," Kagome passing out. Sesshomaru hated to see her going through more pain,

"This Sesshomaru will stay by your side," Sesshomaru whispered as he rearranged her so she was tucked away against his chest and buried in his arms with her back against him. Kagome's father came back in after the guest had all left. Sesshomaru jerked his head up, he calmed down after realizing it was just Yuku.

"She needs you right now, she has been a nervous wreck ever since she has arrived, she has requested for you to stay for at least a month," her father softly, Sesshomaru looked at Kagome lying in his arms,

"This Sesshomaru will stay, though he does request for the Lord of the South to do something for him in return," Sesshomaru in his monotone voice.

"Anything and it shall be done," Lord Yuku strongly,

"This Sesshomaru will need for you to write his father a letter explaining the reason to him and that this Sesshomaru will be training here for the time spent here," Sesshomaru coldly.

"It shall be done," Kagome's father leaving the room and going to his study to write the letter to Sesshomaru's father. Kagome's mother fell asleep on the couch in the room, Sesshomaru fell asleep an hour later and then Kagome's father came in and sat in a chair in the corner and soon fell asleep too.