Illusions Of The Heart by inuhanyou

Sesshoumaru Want's Payment

1756 New York City

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Please, wait!"

A tall man with long silvery hair, stopped at the edge of a tiny living room, a middle aged woman following closely behind him.

"I do not wish to be here any longer. The payment is to be paid in full, or you will be jailed for fraud." He said, not looking at her.

"My lord, I have no way of paying all two thousand dollars by tomorrow."

"That is not my concern."

Lord Sesshoumaru Tashio, began once again, to make his way to the door. The woman behind him, Delilah Higurashi, ran to catch up with him.

"Please Lord Sesshoumaru, I beg of you! Allow me to come work for you in your home. I can do anything you ask, Please? It's the only way I could ever pay you what I owe." She said grabbing onto his long shirtsleeve.

He glanced down at her dirty, peasant hand clutching his sleeve. He had to clench his fist to keep from throwing her into the next room.

"You are too old to do the work that is required in my home. It is not negotiable."

Shaking her grasp, he quickly stepped out side into the brisk winter weather.

"Your right, My Lord. My daughter, Kagome, she can do it then. She will do it, I know so!" Mrs. Higurashi said, becoming desperate.

"Your daughter?"

Lord Sesshoumaru turned back to face the woman. Now he carefully looked her over. Her hair was tangled and strewn about her face. She was dressed in a plain brown gown, a maid's attire. Upon her feet, she wore a pair a thin black shoes, they had no lacing or buckles.

"Yes, My Lord. She seventeen years of age. Nearly Eighteen. She can do anything, and she is healthy and strong too." She said with pride gleaming in her eyes.

Delilah Higurashi looked into Lord Sesshoumaru's eyes and found she couldn't read them. There was no emotions on his face. Nothing to prove that he was human, that he felt anything. What was she looking for? Sympathy? She doubted she would find sympathy in a man like him. He used to be an assassin after all. After his accident, he changed, for the worse. There was a time when he felt compassion and maybe even love, but now, it was extremely rare to see any kind of emotion at all coming from him.

Her eyes wandered over him. He wore a white shirt, with red printed on the sleeves and plain white pants. He also wore a long white boa over his shoulder, no one could ever figure out why. His long silvery white hair blew behind him in the wind, making him look all the more angelic.

"You will show me this daughter of yours!" He spoke loudly, breaking her thoughts.

"Yes, My lord!"

Delilah quickly ran into her tiny apartment, leaving Sesshoumaru standing there.

*~*~*~*~*

Kagome sighed as she sat on the steps, watching her mother speaking with Lord Sesshoumaru. Everyone knew that the queen over in England gave him the lands that her family lived on. As a matter of fact, after the Lords accident, she gave him nearly half of the country. Lord Sesshoumaru was a powerful man, no one disobeyed him, or they where struck down where they stood. Rumor had it, that Lord Sesshoumaru was not human. No one, however, dared to question the lethal lord.

"Kagome! Come here!"

Her mothers voice snapped her out of her thoughts. Looking up, she saw her mother standing at the foot of the stairs, grinning from ear to ear. Sighing again, Kagome got up and quickly stood next to her mother.

"Kagome, I have an important thing to ask of you. I want you to go talk to Lord Sesshoumaru. He is considering letting you work for him so that we will not have to pay the money we owe him." She said practically jumping with glee.

Kagome knew how important this was, and decided not to argue.

"Yes mother."

Kagome followed her mother out to the porch, to stand next to Lord Sesshoumaru.

"This is my daughter, Kagome, My lord."

"Nice to meet you Sesshoumaru-Sama." Kagome stated and bowed respectfully.

Sesshoumaru eyed the girl and looked her over. She had long raven black hair to her back, deep blue gray eyes, and thin pale pink lips. Her hair was neat and shining. Her light blue clothing snugly hugged her thin body. Her feet concealed in a pair of black slippers, much like the ones her mother wore. Then he noticed the strange power rolling off her in waves. Yet this power was not evil.

'She has Miko power. Interesting.' Sesshoumaru thought.

"Human girl, you will report to my home at dawn. If your late, I will make arrangements to have you both out of this house immediately." He told her and whirled around to his carriage.

'Tomorrow we will see if she has the strength I believe she does. The power she holds is too strong for an ordinary human girl.'

Sesshoumaru climbed into his dark carriage and felt the jerk as it began to carry him towards his home. The human girl intrigued him greatly. How was it possible that a human could possess the power of a Miko. The Miko kind was thought to be rid from this world centuries in the past. He had lived it. He knew there should be no Miko power left. Yet this girl, she has the power within her.

"I will have to test her abilities."

His mind was made up. His carriage jerked to a halt in front of a large three story stone manor. Footmen and servants instantly shuffled outside to wait upon their lord. Sesshoumaru walked past them all and into the manor.

"Prepare my bath and bed." He bellowed.

Servants immediately rushed to do his bidding. Within minutes, he had bathed and was in bed. Although, not asleep, for this Demon Lord of the West, did not need sleep.