Oooh I didn't expect that!  I'm so very excited for your future chapters :)

Poor darling. All that trauma caused her to go into shock and retreat into herself. Still wondering what Kagome's job is going to be. Maybe a babysitter/tutor for Rin. We can only hope so.

I wasn't sure about the story from the summary but, after reading your first 7 chapters, I'm very curious to see how this all unfolds.  You have a very interesting plot going on here and I'm excited to read more!  Good job :)

Seriously i'm really really enjoying this!! I soooooo want to know what he wants to do with her and i can't wait to see what Kagome comes up with to get out of it, i can just see it now, it aint going to be pretty, but i'm sure it'l be hiliarous!!!

And once again i sooooo wish your chapters were longer, but since i can't write to save myself, just ignore me, LOL, but know im anxiously waiting for the next one!!!

Oh dear.  It really is the "silly season," isn't it?  Geez, you have to be the fourth or fifth author I read regularly who's having trouble with *ahem* some slightly less than lucid readers.  Obviously, my questions and statements in my last review were rhetorical, primarily because this IS a work of fiction, and you ARE directing the action, so to speak.  YOU are the one who determines international law in this universe - and we'd all be incredibly silly to question that!  I'm sorry the flames/wankers are getting to you too.  Sheesh... I just can't believe how many instances I've heard of lately!!  Kudos to rowdyjaner for keeping a lid on your (understandable) ire, though.  Oh, sorry... the purpose of the REVIEW is to tell you what I thought of the chapter, not the author's note, right? *wink*  Anyway, this chapter (even if produced under a great deal of duress) told us a whole lot more about the 'ins' and 'outs' of the situation.  Hopefully, this chapter SHOULD make people feel a little silly about questioning the ramifications of Sesshoumaru 'enslaving' Kagome against her will.  I can hardly wait until we find out what, exactly, he intends to do with the poor girl.  In addition... I know you... I'm looking forward to seeing how many monkey wrenches Kagome can jam into Sesshoumaru's well-ordered life.  This is shaping up to be a classic!!! :-) ~~Wiccan~~

Also... Do stronger marks override previous marks? Is weaker youkais mating mark weaker than servant mark of a Tai? Human males tend to avoid females stronger than they are so K is likely to mate with youkai as power levels high enough to attract a Tai are unlikely to be found in humans and youkai might not want to mate a slave if they are not able to override the servant mark.

Making it unlikely for someone to ever find a mate of similar power levels (and thus shortening their life significantly assuming the servant mark doesn't extend life) should be worth a pretty penny.

Perhaps K can claim stud services as partial recompense for that to really infuriate S after this goes to court. ;-) After all K seems to act more like an youkai female in some respects (perhaps youkai somewhere in the family tree or adopted behaviour from peers) and that seems something an youkai might do to ensure strong offspring. There should be precedents for something like this. Getting German goverment to issue warning to travelers bound to Japan about the situation should collapse tourism for at least a while so the Japanese goverment should not be very pleased with S.

Hmm... Getting the law permitting the situalition changed should be easy. After all it's going to be the end of tourism after international media reveals that if you step a foot in Japan, you can be legally kidnapped and enslaved. Going to her embassy might also lead to interesting results, especially if S goes to "reclaim" her (essentially kidnapping from foreign soil that doesn't recognize the mark as valid but illegal).

I wonder what it would require for S to be unable to leave Japan without getting arrested.

Also how much "property" is held responsible for their actions? Maybe K will simply attept to make keeping her too expensive.

Ok, that was a bit short and not really informative. However that could just be me being impatient trying, i really can't wait to see how her parents are going to feel about this, and is Sesshomaru really a psychotic 'savage' as Kagome likes to call them. And is there a way for her to get out of this, i know in one of the other chapters you stated being marked couldn't be reversed, but you never know!

Can't wait for the next one!!!