My Fair Kagome...Will You Ever Be Mine? by corlee1289

Prologue

Twelve year old Kagome Higurashi clung to her mother's hand as she was led into the grand library. The young girl was dressed in a dark and expensive mourning gown. Her eyes appeared to be too large for her small face, and she looked at the people in the room as if she did not really truly see them. The poor girl was in terrible shock. Three days prior, her younger brother Souta, who had been only the age of ten, had died in a horse riding accident.

Kagome felt her mother's hand squeeze hers reassuringly. The official document that would betroth Kagome Higurashi to the one-day-to-be taiyoukai Sesshoumaru, was laid motionless on the oak table in the library. All that was required was the signatures of those individuals waiting in the library. Kagome's mother picked up the quill pen, dipped it into the inkwell, and handed it to her still distressed daughter. "Kagome-chan, sign here dear."

Without even glancing to the youth that was to be betrothed to her, Kagome picked up the pen and signed the document as if she were in a trance. She had withdrawn to a deep place within herself to cope with the unbearable pain of loss of her brother. Because Kagome was now the heiress of the Eastern Land, everyone had thought it best that she was betrothed to a suitable husband. Kagome went through the motions of the betrothal, accepting her guardian's decision without question.

InuTashio, the current Lord of the Western Lands, nudge his son's shoulder, and Sesshoumaru stepped up to the oak table and added his bold signature with a flourish to the betrothal document. He was an attractive youkai with striking sun kissed orbs and his eyes which held a serious look that befitted the occasion. Sesshoumaru's manner showed that he was perfectly willing to betroth Kagome Higurashi, yet he did not appear to be eager. Then InuTashio, Kagome's mother, and all the other members present affixed their signatures onto the record to make it official. Both Kagome and her mother were the first to leave the library, and when the library doors closed behind them, InuTashio turned to his heir and said, "Sesshoumaru, you will not regret this, Kagome is indeed a prize to behold."

The young heiress most certainly was a well sought after prize indeed. Kagome was the only heir to succeed the Eastern line. Many of the other lords of the lands wished to claim Kagome for their own sons and some others for themselves, as the other landowners of Japan had also laid their eyes on Kagome. However, after many arguments in the youkai politics, she was given to Sesshoumaru. As Sesshoumaru was considered as an indifferent youkai. The youkai government believed that Kagome would help and strengthen both the lands of the East and that of the West. It was unexpected then again; no one had foreseen the death of Kagome's younger brother. The once happy-go-lucky girl became sad and melancholy child. The youkai government believed that with time, the once bright and vibrant child will return.