InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart Healed Over ❯ A Night Out ( Chapter 51 )
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By: FullMetalArm 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.17.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 8.0K | Visits: 181 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.17.2006 | Pages: 3 | Words: 8.0K | Visits: 181 | Status: Completed
Chapter 51
Sesshomaru exited the shower a couple of weeks after Gerald had come to Japan. They were back in their home trying to get some sleep. Well, Seiya was sleeping soundly as were Rin and Khilu, but Sesshomaru was awake due to a need for training. He’d just gotten in from the back yard going through a series of fast paced exercises. First had been hand to hand with which he needed some work on. A few hours of training each night going through hand-to-hand and sword forms put the demon back into his old self.
Granted he had taken to training Khilu and Seiya, mix in the occasional skirmish with Inuyasha, not to mention Kouga, and Sesshomaru was at least on par with his brother. Now, with some intense training he doubted that his brother could win against him without sheer luck. Rubbing his shoulder, Sesshomaru climbed into the bed wanting to seem like he was asleep. Yet, his attention was drawn to something even more important.
While sleeping, Seiya had a tendency to wind up in compromising positions. Some nights he’d smack Sesshomaru in the face on accident, others his head would end up hanging over the side of the bed while the rest of his body remained stationary. Other times he would snore or make the weirdest comments about animals or comment on his dreams. That morning it was the one that Sesshomaru didn’t mind. Sometimes, Seiya would unconsciously peel off his clothes because his body temp got too high.
Usually it was a shirt, or his pajama bottoms, but this time for some reason he was completely nude. How Sesshomaru could tell was because his mate’s leg had swung out from under the covers. The skin on his leg was bare, not to mention the covers showing his mates shoulder’s being uncovered. Getting in on his side, Sesshomaru crawled under the covers rubbing his cheek against the soft flesh of his mate’s right leg. Seiya mumbled something while moving his body a bit before settling back to sleep. Turning so that his legs were facing the foot of the bed, Sesshomaru began kissing his mate’s thighs in hopes of waking the boy.
“I don’t want to have bacon with my breakfast today, Mom.” Sesshomaru chuckled loudly before quieting himself to continue his work. Finding the old surgery scar on his mate’s leg, Sesshomaru licked it a bit before blowing small amounts of cold air on the glossy flesh. Seiya woke up giggling saying, “Sessh, stop it and let me sleep.” Sesshomaru didn’t stop, instead he moved down the body, keeping his tongue working the whole way.
Arching up, Seiya stuttered, “W..why...a..are..,” but he was cut off due to a warm feeling embracing his rigid member. Thrusting up, Seiya bit down on his lip to keep from being heard. Sesshomaru laughed mentally while bobbing his head up and down relishing the taste for a moment before removing his mouth and swirling the engorged head of his mate’s erection. “You are going to get it later.” Seiya turned the lamp on low before he looked under the cover’s to see his mate’s cat like tongue tasting him.
Stopping his licks, Sesshomaru pumped the member slowly while fondling his mate’s scrotum smirking. “That is later love. But for now, I have you bending to my will as usual.” Seiya was going to retort when his mate taking the whole length of his member in one deft movement. Sliding a finger into his mate, Sesshomaru pressed farther into his mate while sucking heavily hoping to quickly bring his mate some pleasure. Sesshomaru got his wish with as his mate gave a loud grunt, forcing his toes to curl and his thighs to clench as he released into the demon’s mouth.
Keeping his mouth and tongue moving. Sesshomaru cleaned every last drop before moving himself up Seiya’s body placing a small kiss on the human’s head. Panting heavily, Seiya kissed the demon’s mating mark saying, “What brought on that sudden bout of fun?” Before he could give an answer, a small knock and voice asked if she could come into the room. Laughing into his mate’s arm, Seiya muttered, “Can we get rid of her for a while?”
Brushing the hair from his mate’s face, Sesshomaru went over to the dresser and pulled on some boxers and pajamas while heading into the bathroom. Seiya followed suit, only his destination was the door. When he made sure everything was covered, Seiya opened the door to find Khilu holding her rabbit saying, “Why does your room smell?” Seiya picked her up saying that he’d been sweating a lot as he slept. Knowing that the smell wasn’t just sweat, Khilu wriggled into the center of the bed sleeping on top of the covers saying, “Can I sleep in here?”
The bathroom door opened slowly flooding the room with light. Flicking off the switch Sesshomaru laid next to their daughter in order to lay her next to him. “You can, but stay near me for the night as your father smells a bit.” Not saying a word, Seiya went into the bathroom while Sesshomaru kissed Khilu goodnight. Khilu mentioned that the demon smelt of soap and toothpaste caused Sesshomaru to say as he put a spare blanket on her small body, “You smell the same so go to sleep.”
Seiya exited the bathroom finding his husband and daughter sleeping soundly in each other’s comforting embraces. Climbing in carefully, he kissed the pair making them stir a bit. Smiling, he got under the covers while falling asleep instantly.
After finishing his sleep, Seiya found himself in the kitchen eating a bit of toast while Tater and Pup wrestled over a chew toy. Hearing the light sound of steps descending the stairs, Seiya asked what Khilu wanted for breakfast. The three-year-old climbed into a chair saying, “I want toast with peanut butter on it please.” Seiya got up from his chair and separated the dogs while making the toast.
Playing with Bun-bun while she waited, Khilu stared at her dad asking, “How come Papa still sleeping?” Seiya handed her the toast as he mentioned that Sesshomaru had been out training earlier that night after she went to bed. Nibbling on the toast, Khilu stared over the table saying, “He train a lot and get strong. Do you think I’ll get that strong Daddy?”
Seiya wiped a spare bit of peanut butter from her mouth as he said, “Well my dear, it all depends on you. If you want to be that strong you have to do a lot of training. Even more than your papa if you want to reach his level. But, you are already much stronger than most humans and will only get stronger as you get older.” Khilu giggled saying that she could probably beat Shippou up if he hurt Rin which made her father say, “Well, I don’t think Shippou would hurt her intentionally or on purpose. I think he’ll do things to get her to act like Aunt Kagome.”
At that time Rin chose to stumble into the kitchen mumbling good morning to them. Opening the fridge, she grabbed the chilled tea she’d left in there from the night before and took a long drink. Wiping her mouth when she was done, she said, “Khilu you can’t beat up Shippou because that’s my job. And Papa, don’t put ideas into her head that I’m going to be like Aunt Kagome.”
Sesshomaru walked in behind her scratching some a patch of hair saying, “How about I whip you if you try to dress me like that again.” He indicated the picture that was sitting up on top of the fireplace. It was taken by Inuyasha when he didn’t realize it and after much convincing, Kagome had placed a barrier on the frame so that Sesshomaru couldn’t remove it. The demon had been duped into doing certain activities with Seiya in order to have it removed and his mate had honored the bargain only to put it back up a few weeks after taking it down.
Rin set her tea back in the fridge and headed back to her room with Khilu hot on her heels. Pulling a chair next to his mate, Sesshomaru nuzzled him affectionately while saying, “I have to go through the well for a few hours and discuss some things with Gale.” Seiya kissed him gently on the head as the demon began to softly whisper, “She is no longer allowed into our bed during the night. Well she can, so long as we haven’t done anything except kiss while in bed.”
Laughing at his husband’s lewd comment, Seiya pulled him away from the chair and pulled him up into the bathroom. “Get cleaned up and get done with your stuff because we have that dinner to go to.” Upon hearing that there was a dinner for them to go to, Khilu asked if she was going to go. Bending down, Seiya patted her head with a smile saying, “Sorry hon, it’s a grown ups only dinner. But, we’ll be taking you to Grandma Asami’s for the night.”
Looking into the room, Seiya told Rin in a low voice, “You are to head back to Asami’s and she knows the rules about Shippou.” Mentioning that she and Shippou weren’t going to do anything beyond kiss, Rin shut her door to get dressed as Khilu headed into her room as Seiya went to the phone and dialed his dad’s. The phone rang for a few moments, much longer than normal, when a the voice mail kicked on. When it finished, Seiya said, “Dad, it’s me. Just letting you know that I’m getting mine and Sessh’s suits and we’ll see you tonight.”
An hour later, Sesshomaru was sitting inside Kaede’s hut sipping at a cup of tea waiting for his appointment to arrive. He’d been waiting only a few minutes and was getting anxious since she was supposed to have been at the meeting site before he even woke up. Looking out the door he saw that she was nearly four hours late on her arrival by the position of the sun. It was rather rude for him to make her arrive before him, yet it ensured that they would be able to meet. Getting up, he headed out to find a familiar shadow on the ground growing rapidly.
Settling near the door, he watched as the bird folded her wings back saying, “A blizzard hindered our progress.” Sesshomaru said that it didn’t matter so long as his territory was being kept safe. Flapping her wings briefly, the demoness mumbled, “The territory is fine. It’s just that the appearance of rough weather makes our trips that much more difficult.”
Motioning his fellow demon to the side, the pair walked for a few moments when Sesshomaru said, “I want to know exactly what problems you are having with some of your enemies. I hear that they’ve been giving you trouble and have even damaged one of the villages in your entrusted area, correct?” Gale growled that it wasn’t her fault since they demons responsible used some form of cloaking magic.
Scoffing at the excuse, Sesshomaru turned toward the forest pointing at the canopy. “These tree’s have large shadows. And many animals use the tree’s shadows to hide their own. You figure out how to make a shadow appear and your enemy will be exposed.” Looking up at the taller demon, Sesshomaru said, “It’s a difficult spell to break, yet not impossible.” Gale began to look around the shadows that were deep in the forest. Each animal had it’s own way of hiding in preparation to attack. Once she saw how a tree dweller jumped out of the tree to catch an unsuspecting meal.
Smirking, Gale bowed deeply saying, “I apologize for not being able to protect your lands as well as I promised. But, I vow to make up for my lack of leadership in handling these bastards.” Standing up she happily mentioned, “With seeing how the animals act, I have figured out the perfect strategy to defeat them.”
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, Sesshomaru began heading back into the village when a falcon demon attacked him. Lazily jumping out of the way, Sesshomaru placed a kick to the demon’s face as he fell back to the ground. Rolling away the demon got to his feet before dashing at him claws raised. Pulling his hands out, Sesshomaru got into a defensive posture when Gale said, “Enough Fujin, he’s more than you can handle.” The male stopped immediately giving Sesshomaru a deep glare.
“He is strong, Gale so I shall stop on your command.” The male jumped lazily into the air, floating backward to the his companion. Upon landing he said, “We must be going if we are to avoid any more problems in the weather.” After a brief farewell to the dog, both falcons took the sky leaving SEsshomaru to return to the well alone. It wasn’t that he minded being alone, it was just that over the past few days, snow had blanketed itself throughout both sides of the well.
Each house had a thick layer of powder flowing down its roof making icicles form above the doors and around windows. The adults were patching up cracks in the foundations with the help of their older children. The younger children took the time to play games of war using the snow as ammunition and foundation for creating small forts for protection. Scanning the area he found his brother running through the snow trying to “dodge” some of the snowballs that were being aimed at him.
His demon speed would have made dodging such slow attacks an easy task. But, the look on his face told those old enough to figure it out that he was playing into the children’s demands. So to prove to the children that it wasn’t difficult to hit the hanyou, Sesshomaru balled up a liberal amount of snow in his hand, flung it, and smirked as his brother landed on the ground growling in annoyance before getting to his feet and shouting, “All right you bastard! Show yourself and your death will be quick and painful.”
Taking his brother up on the offer, Sesshomaru dashed at the hanyou saying, “If you are to kill in a single stroke it should be quick enough to where no pain is felt fool.” Sesshomaru thrust his claw forward so quickly that Inuyasha barely dodged it, forcing him to stagger away while the demon chuckled, “Dear little brother, you are getting weak.” Sesshomaru pointed to his left cheek saying, “I moved so fast that it took a moment for your skin to actually cut.”
Wiping the blood away, Inuyasha charged forward only to have a voice shout, “SIT BOY!” The hanyou landed in the snow, which disappointed Sesshomaru as he wanted his brother to feel the full force of the frozen earth make contact with his face. Rushing down the hill, Kagome stopped next to Sesshomaru and held out a note saying, “You need to get back now so we can get ready for the dinner.”
Snatching the note, Sesshomaru saw Seiya’s hand writing telling him that he was at the house with the suits. Crumpling the note, Sesshomaru prepared to head back to the house when his nose caught something strange, looking around he said to Kagome, “Be careful when walking and do not rush down snow covered hill like that again.” Leaving the human and her husband heavily disturbed by his concern, Sesshomaru made his way to the well finding it deserted on the other side.
Stepping out into the chilled air, Sesshomaru felt a sudden blast of cold on the side of his face shortly followed by a scream. Wiping the snow from his face, Sesshomaru caught sight of a golden tail disappear over the wall surrounding the shrine. He would have followed when he was suddenly assaulted by his own children, Asami, Souta, and Seiya. Flicking his wrist, Sesshomaru spun around, slicing into the snowballs and forcing the halves to fly into the well shrine.
Once he stopped spinning, a sudden rush of footsteps hit his ears while the group heading into their respective rooms, leaving the demon to shiver before heading into the house. He removed his shoes and soaked jacket. Setting the jacket on top of his shoes, Sesshomaru padded silently up the stairs. The sound of Souta and the girls whispering about what they had just done. Opening the door to Souta’s room, Sesshomaru gave them all a dark glare silencing them instantly.
Sure that the children wouldn’t give him any grief he asked, “Where is he?” Pointing to Shippou’s room, Souta told him that it sounded like Seiya was rushing to get dressed. “Thank you.” was all the demon said before slamming the door and making his way down the hall. He stopped, gave a quick sniff, and entered the second to last door on the left side to find his mate trying to act non-chalant. Pushing his mate down on the bed, Sesshomaru held his mate’s face saying, “Next time you stop and make sure of who you are hitting with those things.” He then gave the boy a swat on the butt before beginning to change into his own tuxedo.
Laying on the bed shaking from laughter, Seiya watched as his husband began to change. “I know you don’t want to hear this but at first glance, you and Inuyasha do look a lot alike.” Staring out the window he then said, “At least the reason why Shippou left is easy to figure out.” Sitting back up, He pulled his tie over his neck and pulled it up, setting it in place against his vest. He couldn’t help but smile as Sesshomaru attempted to figure out how his tie was already prepared. Stepping over, Seiya turned the tie around and showed him that it was pre-tied and had a zipper running up it showing him that all he had to do was put it over his neck and pull the knot up.
The demon jerked away after being shown what to do, as well as pissing his mate off in the process. Putting his pants on and fastening them in place, Seiya stopped the demon who was in the middle of buttoning up his shirt by turning him around and saying, “I’m sorry for pelting you with the snowballs and saying that you and Inuyasha look alike, but can you stop acting like a brat about an honest mistake?” The silence he got from the demon forced Seiya to mumble, “Fine, I guess you and Inuyasha are more similar than I thought.”
His husband growled loudly at the comparison, and it couldn’t have been a more welcomed sound to the boys ears. Tucking in his shirt, Seiya checked to make sure he was aligned in the mirror as he said, “If you don’t want me to find comparisons between the two of you, stop acting like him and accept the apology when it’s given.” The demon mumbled something under his breath that sounded like an apology. In fact, Seiya knew it was an apology but he couldn’t resist asking the demon what he had just said.
Cracking his knuckles as he clenched his fist, Sesshomaru grunted out, “I accept your apology and am sorry I overreacted.” Normally, this wasn’t a big deal to the demon, but for some reason his mate always had a way of making him feel like he was acting like the weaker of the pair. Sure it helped by Seiya kissing him on the cheek to go along with thanking him for accepting the apology, but it lost some of it’s effect by Seiya brushing some of his hair out of the way to look into the demon’s eyes. Turning away, Sesshomaru muttered, “Do you have to make me feel like a woman?”
Placing a kiss on the demon’s head, Seiya finished fixing his sleeves as he said, “For me to make you feel like a woman would take a lot of work.” Winking at his mate, Seiya added, “And last I checked, I had no interest in women and you are far from being one.” He could see the typical arrogance return to his husband’s face at the comment. Pulling his jacket on, Seiya leaned in to say, “I’ll make it up to you when we get home, deal?”
Sesshomaru kissed the human deeply before pulling away. Pinching his mate’s cheek, the demon chuckled at the human begging for him to stop. Letting go, Sesshomaru pulled his pants on as he said, “I better get payment for what I did for you this morning.” SEiya was going to make a comment about Sesshomaru moonlighting on street corners when a loud knock came from the door, shortly followed by Inuyasha yelling at them to hurry up.
Sesshomaru zipped his pants up and buttoned them before opening the door to find his brother dressed in a tuxedo of his own. Grabbing his own jacket, Sesshomaru gave his brother a dark glare while Seiya finished fastening the cufflinks on his own jacket before going downstairs. He found Khilu and Rin admiring a dark red dress Kagome decided to wear for the occasion. Giving a loud cough, Seiya asked his children, “So, I take it Sesshomaru and I aren’t worthy of admiration?”
Souta looked over the side of the couch at the two. Sesshomaru was standing near the door waiting for signs of a ride, while Seiya stood in the living room doorway. Giving them a quick look over he said, “Don’t really matter what you two are dressed in. If ya have half a brain you can figure out you two...” The boy was silenced by Asami shouting at him to not finish that statement. Grumbling, Souta muttered, “I was just going to say that they look like a couple of jackasses.”
SEsshomaru moved away from his spot walking forward saying, “You insult me again boy and your ass will be the one with a jack in it.” Everyone knew the demon meant a car jack, Sesshomaru was familiar with it since Seiya had shown him how to change a tire and do basic automotive repairs. Not that the demon needed to know, his license had expired two years prior and he’d never driven before. The same went for Inuyasha, the license part at least since Kagome had taught him how to drive. He wasn’t half bad, but he did need to let off the gas a bit while driving on the highway.
Before Souta could fight back a knock came from the front door, followed by the click of the handle. Poking his head in, Robert asked, “Are we ready to go?” Saying that they were, Kagome and Inuyasha headed out the door after a couple of quick goodnights. While Sesshomaru and Seiya said goodnight to the girls, Robert said, “Looks like Shippou is waiting for us to leave. What happened that he’s so afraid to come back in the house?”
Saying that it was none of the mans business, Sesshomaru headed out into the snow with Seiya hot on his heels. Going down the steps, they noticed three limos parked in front of the shrine steps. Noticing Michelle sitting with her window down Seiya asked, “Which one?” Pointing to the middle one, Seiya looked to see Inuyasha climbing into the last of the three. Opening the door, Seiya waved his hand at the exposed seat saying politely, “After you my dear?” While funny to the human, it still earned him a smack to the head as Sesshomaru climbed in.
Hearing his dad yell at Yari, Seiya asked, “When did Yari get in the house?” Robert said that he’d been there the whole time it was just that the boy was watching t.v in Asami’s room. Shrugging it off, Seiya hopped into the spot next to his mate. After both of them were fastened, the slow process through the early winter snow began. Seiya had been to a few of these dinner’s in high school. Once he was accompanied by the girl he’d dated before realizing he was gay. The other time was shortly before graduation. That was when he had met David and began one of his few meaningful relationships. Glancing at his mate, Seiya squeezed Sesshomaru’s hand as they stared out their respective windows into the snow filled night.
Feeling the warmth of his mate’s flesh in his hand, Sesshomaru squeezed with an equal amount of affection as he said, “Do we really need to go out on a dance floor? I know how you feel about us outside of selective areas.” When his mate didn’t answer, Sesshomaru chuckled remembering the few clubs they’d gone to. They didn’t go to them often, some of them were mixed gay clubs, others were regular nightclubs that had people of all sorts of life. Each time they went out, they were always accompanied by a few of Seiya’s friends. Even Koura and her mate had joined them when they needed a break.
Now on these outings, the couple weren’t the cut loose and get plastered types. Their “date night,” usually happened once a month on a Saturday. Sometimes they were joined by some others, Kagome had even gone a few times, others it was dinner and a movie. Nothing out of the ordinary, save for when Sesshomaru did have an occasional drink. Normally one would think that being a demon he’d have a high alcohol tolerance. That was true if you were talking about those who’d been drunk enough for their demon blood to say, “This is bad for you time to evolve to stop it’s effects.”
Sesshomaru was different, he didn’t drink vast amounts so his immune system didn’t know how to handle it. Needless to say, three glasses of wine had the demon falling down on the bed acting like a little kid. The last time it had happened, Sesshomaru nearly got them kicked off the train for laughing so loud. And it was these actions that had Seiya worried about them being ‘close’ in certain situations since Sesshomaru and Seiya’s dancing usually involved a lot of body to body connection, add in alcohol and the demon could have them be arrested for indecent exposure and public drunkenness.
But Seiya had been prepared for a day like this since he’d decided to show Sesshomaru some types of ballroom dances. The Tango was one Sesshomaru really enjoyed, he was much better at the more acrobatic aspects than Seiya making the human become the lead during that dance. The next was the Waltz, very basic and easy. There was also the Fox Trot, Cha Cha, Samba, and Quick Step. Seiya hadn’t danced Ballroom for awhile, but the occasional dance around the living room on a romantic evening with Rin and Khilu gone proved to be excellent practice. Along with an excellent way for someone to “accidentally,” force the pair onto the ground.
They sat in silence with the streets going by in a short rush when a phone suddenly rang. Looking around, Seiya noticed the device near the drink container blinking as it rang. Reaching across the back of the limo he picked it up to hear the driver say, “We’ll be arriving in a few minutes, sir. I suggest you and your companion get ready for some news cameras.” Thanking the driver, Seiya began cursing mentally at him forgetting the massive media frenzy this night would bring.
Patting his husband’s leg, Sesshomaru gave him a quick kiss on the neck as he whispered, “Remain calm and the night shall pass smoothly.” Seiya mumbled about hating what the media seeing them together would cause. Chuckling again as he calmed his mate, Sesshomaru softly said, “So long as we keep a respectable appearance we may or may not have any serious problems occur.” Once he finished the statement, Sesshomaru asked, “And don’t those paparazzi need our permission to post any stories about us?
Before he could answer, the lights of a large building began to fill the limo. Looking out he could see a large amount of media people snapping pictures of a few celebrities and some of the most successful business people on the planet. Opening the door, Seiya slipped on his large overcoat and began to make his way through the crowd next to his parents, Kagome and Inuyasha. Waiting a few moments, Sesshomaru got out when the news people’s attention was focused on his mate allowing him to make it out of the limo unnoticed.
Inside, Seiya felt guilty about what he had done to SEsshomaru even if he and the demon had planned that exit before the evening began. Handing his coat to the attendant, Seiya took his ticket while the others checked in their own coats. Peeking inside he gave a huge sigh of regret about showing up to this thing. His regret came from the sight of a few childhood friends standing around discussing their accomplishments in the business world. Hostile takeovers, mergers, becoming presidents of large companies.
And what did Seiya have? A Bachelors in Chemistry and Journalism, massive amounts of money made through the stock trade, a husband, and two kids. Only three of those things wouldn’t cause any problems. With the amount of press hanging around in disguise, Sesshomaru had actually been the one to suggest they not hang onto each others arms. Seiya was ready to at least let a few people in, yet Sesshomaru did not want people invading their privacy. His mate had inclined since what they did in their personal lives was their business and no one elses.
Looking around he found a table with his and Inuyasha’s surnames stuck into a small rose centerpiece. Feeling Kagome’s arm wrap around his he looked at his friend who asked, “Would you like to escort me to our seats?” He looked over to see that Inuyasha had already started filling a plate with an unusual amount of care. Shrugging he walked arm in arm with his best friend as his father followed behind him with Sesshomaru sliding in unnoticed to make his way to his brother.
Tapping the hanyou on the shoulder, Sesshomaru grinned as he nearly dropped the plate. After his brother cursed him to the bowels of hell, the demonic lord began to fill a plate of his own while saying, “You had better stop hiding this from Seiya. He would like to know before it gets to be too late to hide your secret.” Turning away from his disgruntled brother, Sesshomaru took a seat next to his mate and began to eat silently.
After a few moments, Sesshomaru’s nose caught a familiar scent. He began to growl loudly, only to hear a voice say, “Shut up you stupid mutt and let me in for a minute.” Before he could give his consent, Kouga plopped a seat down between Seiya and Sesshomaru. Greeting the others at the table briefly, the wolf soon began to discuss the event for those who didn’t know, mainly he waited for the chance to say, “While the humans may know why we’re here. For those lacking certain modern forms of etiquette, let me enlighten you.”
Inuyasha set the plate he’d prepared down in front of Kagome before attempting to lunge at the wolf. He was stopped by realizing how delicate the situation was and decided it was best to contain himself for a bit before ripping Kouga apart. It wounded the hanyou to have his rival have an advantage over him, yet for the sake of Seiya’s family, Inuyasha waited for the wolf to start.
“As you may know, we have a lot of important people in here.” Kouga pointed to a few select table seating those who were in charge of the most powerful companies in the world. Setting his hand on the table, the wolf continued. “While Seiya’s family is among the most powerful. This little gathering is an annual fundraiser for some disaster or cause that most of these people don’t care about. I for one care about it, but that’s because I also have put up some of my own money into getting this damn thing organized.” Nobody questioned the wolfs words. Robert and Gerald, who had been riding with his son-in-law and Michelle, had dealt with Kouga before and knew his influences in the government very well.
Sipping a bit of wine, Kouga sighed happily while saying, “Now, there are also powerful demon’s here as well. Many are allies, others are enemies. This place however is neutral ground and nobody is allowed to retaliate in a violent manner. No matter how much you may want to.” Kouga gave Inuyasha a knowing smirk as he said, “However, there is a dance contest and some auctions where we battle for pride. Most of those who win are demon’s who have been around for many centuries and have amounts of money no mortal could ever have.” The wolf indicated a square dance floor and a small area that was being set up with select items of exponential value.
However, the table was soon devoid of Kouga’s presence as Ayame began shouting at Kouga to come over and meet a few of her friends. Scanning the room quickly, and finding that the people at the table weren’t paying them any mind, Sesshomaru gave his mate a quick kiss before throwing a knife over his shoulder. He heard it whistle through the air, only to be suddenly silenced. Turning around, Sesshomaru found Koura holding the knife handle gingerly as she asked, “My word Sesshomaru. Shouldn’t you pay a bit more attention to your surroundings before throwing sharp objects over your shoulder?”
Sneering, Sesshomaru got to his feet meeting his ally. Inuyasha climbed to his feet in case the panther tried to do anything funny. Scanning the demon next to Koura, Sesshomaru slipped into a defensive posture, even if it didn’t look like his body had moved. Smirking, the panther at Koura’s side flicked his finger lazily. While a human would have been killed from the attack, Sesshomaru moved so quickly that he’d dodged the attack and returned to his original position without anyone noticing. Inuyasha moved a plate an inch forward so that only the plate broke instead of the table falling to pieces.
“You were right my dear. He and his brother are powerful, probably stronger than when you first fought them.” The male laughed loudly, drawing a lot of unnecessary attention in their direction. In order to silence her mate, Koura planted her elbow into his abdomen causing him to hack loudly for a moment. When his breathing returned to normal, Koura’s mate extended his hand saying heavily, “I am Puma. I am from an American cat clan.” Taking the extended hand, Sesshomaru introduced himself along with the rest of the people at the table.
Pulling two chairs to the table, Koura and Puma sat down as the rest of the table took their own. When seated, Koura smiled at seeing her old Robert and Gerald giving them the same warm greeting as Kouga had done a few minutes earlier. “While Kouga gave you the sugar coated version of what this event is for, I’ll give you a more realistic version.” The panther leader took a deep swig of water before continuing.
“The true meaning of this event, in demon terms, is to size up the weakest of the tribe leaders. Over the past few centuries I have kept Sesshomaru’s lands safe for when he chooses to take them back.” She gave a sad smile to Sesshomaru before saying, “Kuma, lost his lands and was forced to take residence in the territory Sesshomaru gave him. He has kept your land safe, but his people did suffer for a long time.” Giving a deep sniff, Koura shook her head while gravely stating, “He died during the last World War. Now his daughter is in charge, which is a good thing due to her being much more level headed than her father. And in the end she was able to regain her people’s home land.”
KOura made mention that the girl wasn’t at the event because of personal reasons. Huffing loudly, Sesshomaru stated, “I’m glad to see that my lands have been held. So long as Gale has kept her part of the bargain, I won’t be forced to....” His voice trailed off momentarily at the sight of a familiar figure. Getting up, the demon lord gave heavy sniffs in an attempt to get the scent. Unfortunately, his nose couldn’t sort out the smells that filled the room. Giving his brother a look he ordered, “Use your nose fool. I thought I saw somebody who should be dead.” Put on edge at his brother instant jittery behavior, Inuyasha started to sniff in another vain attempt to filter out the scent of a possible threat.
The table remained silent as Inuyasha’s nose did it’s work. Growling in frustration, Inuyasha smacked the table with his fist saying, “I can’t find them. I found traces of the scent, but it may not be who you think. It’s not the scent of one who’s been resurrected by a shard or in the way Kikyo was.” Glancing around the large room, Inuyasha mumbled, “I know who it is, but the fact remains it could be a reincarnation than a resurrection.” Giving his brother a look, the hanyou hissed, “If it is a resurrection, I’ll be sure to hang them by their feet before killing them.” Inuyasha gave an evil smile for a brief moment, until he finally noticed the odd looks he was getting from the table. Putting his hands down, Inuyasha took Kagome back to the food so she can pick another plate of food for herself.
Koura figured that she had overstayed her welcome and took Puma back to where her three companions were sitting. Sesshomaru took his seat, but his eyes continuously scanned the area keeping an eye out for the person he had seen. Gerald excused himself as he was responsible for overseeing part of the auction. Robert soon excused himself as well to go and meet up with a few business partners while Michelle went to see a few of her friends.
Concerned for his mate, Seiya asked, “Who was it that you saw?” Sesshomaru growled that it wasn’t of any concern at the moment. Sipping his drink, Seiya gave his mate a cold stare. Sesshomaru wasn’t certain if it was who he thought it to be. All the demon knew, was that if it was a reincarnation the chances of them being a threat were nearly zero. But if it was a revival, the time for another battle would be coming very soon.
Exiting the building, the person who Sesshomaru had seen was climbing into a car. Straightening the outfit he was forced to wear, the former Shinchinintai member motioned for the driver to head back to the base. His blood was boiling from seeing his former nemesis and the thought of spilling their blood was making him ache for battle. Without him even noticing the girl who had revived him appeared from the front seat saying cooly, “You are lucky my mate has made me swear not to torture you.”
Smiling gleefully, the man sipped at a bit of sake before replying, “Why can’t I have a bit of fun? I have been dead for five hundred years and love to cause my prey to squirm before killing them.” Draining the saucer, he filled it again in order to take a deep gulp. When it was emptied the man cooly said, “Also it is best to see what has happened to your enemy before going into battle. And, I must say that both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru have grown incredibly powerful.” His hand squeezed the saucer much to tight forcing it to shatter in his hand.
“Just remember that you aren’t free to do anything until those two are dead.” The girl replied as she watched her creation pick ceramic shards from his hand. “Even if you were to gain your freedom, the fact that you went on killing sprees will not go unnoticed in this time.” She could see the anxiety drain from his face for a minute as she said, “The police can figure out who has killed someone by a tiny bit of hair. And needless to say with your demonic enhancements, and lock of modern identity, you would be safe for a long time. That is of course unless they got lucky and obtained video footage of you committing the crime.”
Removing the last bit of glass-like substance, the man watched the final hole in his hand close with a sadistic glare to his face. Wiping away the blood with a handkerchief, he tossed the cloth into the garbage as he stated, “I won’t get caught since my steel friend here is much stronger than before.” Tapping a handle next to his seat, the man withdrew his blade saying, “And so much lighter as well. I wish we had metallurgic arts like this when I was alive.”
Growing disgusted by his display of pleasure with his sword, the girl returned to the front seat via the window that was behind her. Once strapped in, she picked up her phone, hit a button, and waited. On the third ring, her mate picked up asking what the trouble was. “There is no trouble, save for your toy causing a large amount of tension with our enemies. He didn’t make himself fully known, but he did allow them to catch a glimpse of him. Now they’re on the look out but I’m pretty sure they’ll forget about it soon enough.” Her mate said that it was fine and for the two of them to return. Hanging up the phone she could not wait for the plan to go full force, until then she would need to be patient.
For the Mizutani party, the event they attended went by much too quick. Robert had actually bought a couple of cheap items at the auction. Well for his account they were cheap, but to others it was a couple of months worth of payment plans. One was a painting, and the other was a china set for Michelle. Seiya had helped Gerald talk to some of his old business friends, he didn’t make any deals with them, he just discussed out of the office topics such as sports or the news. Sesshomaru didn’t do much save for talk with Koura and some demon acquaintances. He’d forged some deals and gotten a bit of land back under his control, mainly the area around the house along with getting a list of who the demon’s in his area were.
Inuyasha and Kagome met with some of her old high school friends. They adored Inuyasha and made no mention of his ears. It wasn’t possible as he’d activated a concealment spell, but the girls did want to know where he had obtained his necklace. The group would have left shortly after finishing all of their visits, if it wasn’t for Kouga announicing, “Due to some demand, I’ve been informed that we’re going to have a short dance contest consisting of three dances in rapid succession with maybe only ten pairs going as followed.”
He announced a few couples with the last three being Michelle and Seiya, Sesshomaru and Ayame, and Robert and Kagome. A bit distraught over their pairings the three went out onto the floor admirably performed the Tango, and the Vineitian Waltz, the last was something unknown to the young humans and the demons, but Robert and Michelle proved excellent leades. It didn’t matter though since neither of the three couples won and were finally free to leave.
Kagome and Inuyasha headed back to their apartment since Asami’s house was full and they didn’t have a change of clothes. Robert and Michelle followed suit returning to their home. They would have gotten Yari, but Asami asked if he could stay since he was having a good time so the pair agreed to let him stay. Sesshomaru and Seiya however knew it would be impossible to get the girls out of the house so they returned to the shrine to find a note saying, “The girls are asleep and I had Shippou go and get you two some extra clothes. You’ll be in Father’s old room. Don’t worry we got rid of that futon so you don’t need to worry about sleeping on it. Asami.” Removing the key from it’s hiding place, Seiya let them in before putting it back and going upstairs to find some pajamas laid out for them.
Getting out of his suit, Seiya hung it in the closet above where Sesshomaru had tossed his on the floor, and changed into a set of comfortable boxers. Sitting on the futon, Sesshomaru finished putting his pajama bottoms on when he noticed the drawing of a familiar cartoon character on the back of his mate’s boxers. When he turned around, Sesshomaru chuckled at the question the character was asking. “I hate to tell you that your pants aren’t going to be needed.” Pulling his mate in Sesshomaru nuzzled the soft flesh of his mate purring loudly.
Seiya laughed at the response to the question saying, “At least I’m not going outside and asking where my pants are with the neighbors looking at me.” Sesshomaru said that he was the only one allowed to see that making Seiya push him down onto the mattress. Straddling his mate he leaned in, kissing his way up the demon’s neck to his lips taking them into his own. After a heavy kiss, Seiya mumbled, “Time for your reward. Just make sure to keep your voice down.” Saying that he’d do his best, Sesshomaru fought a bit in an attempt to gain control, only to be silenced by his mate’s mouth, and subdued by the boys touch for whatever amount of time remained of the night.
Sesshomaru exited the shower a couple of weeks after Gerald had come to Japan. They were back in their home trying to get some sleep. Well, Seiya was sleeping soundly as were Rin and Khilu, but Sesshomaru was awake due to a need for training. He’d just gotten in from the back yard going through a series of fast paced exercises. First had been hand to hand with which he needed some work on. A few hours of training each night going through hand-to-hand and sword forms put the demon back into his old self.
Granted he had taken to training Khilu and Seiya, mix in the occasional skirmish with Inuyasha, not to mention Kouga, and Sesshomaru was at least on par with his brother. Now, with some intense training he doubted that his brother could win against him without sheer luck. Rubbing his shoulder, Sesshomaru climbed into the bed wanting to seem like he was asleep. Yet, his attention was drawn to something even more important.
While sleeping, Seiya had a tendency to wind up in compromising positions. Some nights he’d smack Sesshomaru in the face on accident, others his head would end up hanging over the side of the bed while the rest of his body remained stationary. Other times he would snore or make the weirdest comments about animals or comment on his dreams. That morning it was the one that Sesshomaru didn’t mind. Sometimes, Seiya would unconsciously peel off his clothes because his body temp got too high.
Usually it was a shirt, or his pajama bottoms, but this time for some reason he was completely nude. How Sesshomaru could tell was because his mate’s leg had swung out from under the covers. The skin on his leg was bare, not to mention the covers showing his mates shoulder’s being uncovered. Getting in on his side, Sesshomaru crawled under the covers rubbing his cheek against the soft flesh of his mate’s right leg. Seiya mumbled something while moving his body a bit before settling back to sleep. Turning so that his legs were facing the foot of the bed, Sesshomaru began kissing his mate’s thighs in hopes of waking the boy.
“I don’t want to have bacon with my breakfast today, Mom.” Sesshomaru chuckled loudly before quieting himself to continue his work. Finding the old surgery scar on his mate’s leg, Sesshomaru licked it a bit before blowing small amounts of cold air on the glossy flesh. Seiya woke up giggling saying, “Sessh, stop it and let me sleep.” Sesshomaru didn’t stop, instead he moved down the body, keeping his tongue working the whole way.
Arching up, Seiya stuttered, “W..why...a..are..,” but he was cut off due to a warm feeling embracing his rigid member. Thrusting up, Seiya bit down on his lip to keep from being heard. Sesshomaru laughed mentally while bobbing his head up and down relishing the taste for a moment before removing his mouth and swirling the engorged head of his mate’s erection. “You are going to get it later.” Seiya turned the lamp on low before he looked under the cover’s to see his mate’s cat like tongue tasting him.
Stopping his licks, Sesshomaru pumped the member slowly while fondling his mate’s scrotum smirking. “That is later love. But for now, I have you bending to my will as usual.” Seiya was going to retort when his mate taking the whole length of his member in one deft movement. Sliding a finger into his mate, Sesshomaru pressed farther into his mate while sucking heavily hoping to quickly bring his mate some pleasure. Sesshomaru got his wish with as his mate gave a loud grunt, forcing his toes to curl and his thighs to clench as he released into the demon’s mouth.
Keeping his mouth and tongue moving. Sesshomaru cleaned every last drop before moving himself up Seiya’s body placing a small kiss on the human’s head. Panting heavily, Seiya kissed the demon’s mating mark saying, “What brought on that sudden bout of fun?” Before he could give an answer, a small knock and voice asked if she could come into the room. Laughing into his mate’s arm, Seiya muttered, “Can we get rid of her for a while?”
Brushing the hair from his mate’s face, Sesshomaru went over to the dresser and pulled on some boxers and pajamas while heading into the bathroom. Seiya followed suit, only his destination was the door. When he made sure everything was covered, Seiya opened the door to find Khilu holding her rabbit saying, “Why does your room smell?” Seiya picked her up saying that he’d been sweating a lot as he slept. Knowing that the smell wasn’t just sweat, Khilu wriggled into the center of the bed sleeping on top of the covers saying, “Can I sleep in here?”
The bathroom door opened slowly flooding the room with light. Flicking off the switch Sesshomaru laid next to their daughter in order to lay her next to him. “You can, but stay near me for the night as your father smells a bit.” Not saying a word, Seiya went into the bathroom while Sesshomaru kissed Khilu goodnight. Khilu mentioned that the demon smelt of soap and toothpaste caused Sesshomaru to say as he put a spare blanket on her small body, “You smell the same so go to sleep.”
Seiya exited the bathroom finding his husband and daughter sleeping soundly in each other’s comforting embraces. Climbing in carefully, he kissed the pair making them stir a bit. Smiling, he got under the covers while falling asleep instantly.
After finishing his sleep, Seiya found himself in the kitchen eating a bit of toast while Tater and Pup wrestled over a chew toy. Hearing the light sound of steps descending the stairs, Seiya asked what Khilu wanted for breakfast. The three-year-old climbed into a chair saying, “I want toast with peanut butter on it please.” Seiya got up from his chair and separated the dogs while making the toast.
Playing with Bun-bun while she waited, Khilu stared at her dad asking, “How come Papa still sleeping?” Seiya handed her the toast as he mentioned that Sesshomaru had been out training earlier that night after she went to bed. Nibbling on the toast, Khilu stared over the table saying, “He train a lot and get strong. Do you think I’ll get that strong Daddy?”
Seiya wiped a spare bit of peanut butter from her mouth as he said, “Well my dear, it all depends on you. If you want to be that strong you have to do a lot of training. Even more than your papa if you want to reach his level. But, you are already much stronger than most humans and will only get stronger as you get older.” Khilu giggled saying that she could probably beat Shippou up if he hurt Rin which made her father say, “Well, I don’t think Shippou would hurt her intentionally or on purpose. I think he’ll do things to get her to act like Aunt Kagome.”
At that time Rin chose to stumble into the kitchen mumbling good morning to them. Opening the fridge, she grabbed the chilled tea she’d left in there from the night before and took a long drink. Wiping her mouth when she was done, she said, “Khilu you can’t beat up Shippou because that’s my job. And Papa, don’t put ideas into her head that I’m going to be like Aunt Kagome.”
Sesshomaru walked in behind her scratching some a patch of hair saying, “How about I whip you if you try to dress me like that again.” He indicated the picture that was sitting up on top of the fireplace. It was taken by Inuyasha when he didn’t realize it and after much convincing, Kagome had placed a barrier on the frame so that Sesshomaru couldn’t remove it. The demon had been duped into doing certain activities with Seiya in order to have it removed and his mate had honored the bargain only to put it back up a few weeks after taking it down.
Rin set her tea back in the fridge and headed back to her room with Khilu hot on her heels. Pulling a chair next to his mate, Sesshomaru nuzzled him affectionately while saying, “I have to go through the well for a few hours and discuss some things with Gale.” Seiya kissed him gently on the head as the demon began to softly whisper, “She is no longer allowed into our bed during the night. Well she can, so long as we haven’t done anything except kiss while in bed.”
Laughing at his husband’s lewd comment, Seiya pulled him away from the chair and pulled him up into the bathroom. “Get cleaned up and get done with your stuff because we have that dinner to go to.” Upon hearing that there was a dinner for them to go to, Khilu asked if she was going to go. Bending down, Seiya patted her head with a smile saying, “Sorry hon, it’s a grown ups only dinner. But, we’ll be taking you to Grandma Asami’s for the night.”
Looking into the room, Seiya told Rin in a low voice, “You are to head back to Asami’s and she knows the rules about Shippou.” Mentioning that she and Shippou weren’t going to do anything beyond kiss, Rin shut her door to get dressed as Khilu headed into her room as Seiya went to the phone and dialed his dad’s. The phone rang for a few moments, much longer than normal, when a the voice mail kicked on. When it finished, Seiya said, “Dad, it’s me. Just letting you know that I’m getting mine and Sessh’s suits and we’ll see you tonight.”
An hour later, Sesshomaru was sitting inside Kaede’s hut sipping at a cup of tea waiting for his appointment to arrive. He’d been waiting only a few minutes and was getting anxious since she was supposed to have been at the meeting site before he even woke up. Looking out the door he saw that she was nearly four hours late on her arrival by the position of the sun. It was rather rude for him to make her arrive before him, yet it ensured that they would be able to meet. Getting up, he headed out to find a familiar shadow on the ground growing rapidly.
Settling near the door, he watched as the bird folded her wings back saying, “A blizzard hindered our progress.” Sesshomaru said that it didn’t matter so long as his territory was being kept safe. Flapping her wings briefly, the demoness mumbled, “The territory is fine. It’s just that the appearance of rough weather makes our trips that much more difficult.”
Motioning his fellow demon to the side, the pair walked for a few moments when Sesshomaru said, “I want to know exactly what problems you are having with some of your enemies. I hear that they’ve been giving you trouble and have even damaged one of the villages in your entrusted area, correct?” Gale growled that it wasn’t her fault since they demons responsible used some form of cloaking magic.
Scoffing at the excuse, Sesshomaru turned toward the forest pointing at the canopy. “These tree’s have large shadows. And many animals use the tree’s shadows to hide their own. You figure out how to make a shadow appear and your enemy will be exposed.” Looking up at the taller demon, Sesshomaru said, “It’s a difficult spell to break, yet not impossible.” Gale began to look around the shadows that were deep in the forest. Each animal had it’s own way of hiding in preparation to attack. Once she saw how a tree dweller jumped out of the tree to catch an unsuspecting meal.
Smirking, Gale bowed deeply saying, “I apologize for not being able to protect your lands as well as I promised. But, I vow to make up for my lack of leadership in handling these bastards.” Standing up she happily mentioned, “With seeing how the animals act, I have figured out the perfect strategy to defeat them.”
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, Sesshomaru began heading back into the village when a falcon demon attacked him. Lazily jumping out of the way, Sesshomaru placed a kick to the demon’s face as he fell back to the ground. Rolling away the demon got to his feet before dashing at him claws raised. Pulling his hands out, Sesshomaru got into a defensive posture when Gale said, “Enough Fujin, he’s more than you can handle.” The male stopped immediately giving Sesshomaru a deep glare.
“He is strong, Gale so I shall stop on your command.” The male jumped lazily into the air, floating backward to the his companion. Upon landing he said, “We must be going if we are to avoid any more problems in the weather.” After a brief farewell to the dog, both falcons took the sky leaving SEsshomaru to return to the well alone. It wasn’t that he minded being alone, it was just that over the past few days, snow had blanketed itself throughout both sides of the well.
Each house had a thick layer of powder flowing down its roof making icicles form above the doors and around windows. The adults were patching up cracks in the foundations with the help of their older children. The younger children took the time to play games of war using the snow as ammunition and foundation for creating small forts for protection. Scanning the area he found his brother running through the snow trying to “dodge” some of the snowballs that were being aimed at him.
His demon speed would have made dodging such slow attacks an easy task. But, the look on his face told those old enough to figure it out that he was playing into the children’s demands. So to prove to the children that it wasn’t difficult to hit the hanyou, Sesshomaru balled up a liberal amount of snow in his hand, flung it, and smirked as his brother landed on the ground growling in annoyance before getting to his feet and shouting, “All right you bastard! Show yourself and your death will be quick and painful.”
Taking his brother up on the offer, Sesshomaru dashed at the hanyou saying, “If you are to kill in a single stroke it should be quick enough to where no pain is felt fool.” Sesshomaru thrust his claw forward so quickly that Inuyasha barely dodged it, forcing him to stagger away while the demon chuckled, “Dear little brother, you are getting weak.” Sesshomaru pointed to his left cheek saying, “I moved so fast that it took a moment for your skin to actually cut.”
Wiping the blood away, Inuyasha charged forward only to have a voice shout, “SIT BOY!” The hanyou landed in the snow, which disappointed Sesshomaru as he wanted his brother to feel the full force of the frozen earth make contact with his face. Rushing down the hill, Kagome stopped next to Sesshomaru and held out a note saying, “You need to get back now so we can get ready for the dinner.”
Snatching the note, Sesshomaru saw Seiya’s hand writing telling him that he was at the house with the suits. Crumpling the note, Sesshomaru prepared to head back to the house when his nose caught something strange, looking around he said to Kagome, “Be careful when walking and do not rush down snow covered hill like that again.” Leaving the human and her husband heavily disturbed by his concern, Sesshomaru made his way to the well finding it deserted on the other side.
Stepping out into the chilled air, Sesshomaru felt a sudden blast of cold on the side of his face shortly followed by a scream. Wiping the snow from his face, Sesshomaru caught sight of a golden tail disappear over the wall surrounding the shrine. He would have followed when he was suddenly assaulted by his own children, Asami, Souta, and Seiya. Flicking his wrist, Sesshomaru spun around, slicing into the snowballs and forcing the halves to fly into the well shrine.
Once he stopped spinning, a sudden rush of footsteps hit his ears while the group heading into their respective rooms, leaving the demon to shiver before heading into the house. He removed his shoes and soaked jacket. Setting the jacket on top of his shoes, Sesshomaru padded silently up the stairs. The sound of Souta and the girls whispering about what they had just done. Opening the door to Souta’s room, Sesshomaru gave them all a dark glare silencing them instantly.
Sure that the children wouldn’t give him any grief he asked, “Where is he?” Pointing to Shippou’s room, Souta told him that it sounded like Seiya was rushing to get dressed. “Thank you.” was all the demon said before slamming the door and making his way down the hall. He stopped, gave a quick sniff, and entered the second to last door on the left side to find his mate trying to act non-chalant. Pushing his mate down on the bed, Sesshomaru held his mate’s face saying, “Next time you stop and make sure of who you are hitting with those things.” He then gave the boy a swat on the butt before beginning to change into his own tuxedo.
Laying on the bed shaking from laughter, Seiya watched as his husband began to change. “I know you don’t want to hear this but at first glance, you and Inuyasha do look a lot alike.” Staring out the window he then said, “At least the reason why Shippou left is easy to figure out.” Sitting back up, He pulled his tie over his neck and pulled it up, setting it in place against his vest. He couldn’t help but smile as Sesshomaru attempted to figure out how his tie was already prepared. Stepping over, Seiya turned the tie around and showed him that it was pre-tied and had a zipper running up it showing him that all he had to do was put it over his neck and pull the knot up.
The demon jerked away after being shown what to do, as well as pissing his mate off in the process. Putting his pants on and fastening them in place, Seiya stopped the demon who was in the middle of buttoning up his shirt by turning him around and saying, “I’m sorry for pelting you with the snowballs and saying that you and Inuyasha look alike, but can you stop acting like a brat about an honest mistake?” The silence he got from the demon forced Seiya to mumble, “Fine, I guess you and Inuyasha are more similar than I thought.”
His husband growled loudly at the comparison, and it couldn’t have been a more welcomed sound to the boys ears. Tucking in his shirt, Seiya checked to make sure he was aligned in the mirror as he said, “If you don’t want me to find comparisons between the two of you, stop acting like him and accept the apology when it’s given.” The demon mumbled something under his breath that sounded like an apology. In fact, Seiya knew it was an apology but he couldn’t resist asking the demon what he had just said.
Cracking his knuckles as he clenched his fist, Sesshomaru grunted out, “I accept your apology and am sorry I overreacted.” Normally, this wasn’t a big deal to the demon, but for some reason his mate always had a way of making him feel like he was acting like the weaker of the pair. Sure it helped by Seiya kissing him on the cheek to go along with thanking him for accepting the apology, but it lost some of it’s effect by Seiya brushing some of his hair out of the way to look into the demon’s eyes. Turning away, Sesshomaru muttered, “Do you have to make me feel like a woman?”
Placing a kiss on the demon’s head, Seiya finished fixing his sleeves as he said, “For me to make you feel like a woman would take a lot of work.” Winking at his mate, Seiya added, “And last I checked, I had no interest in women and you are far from being one.” He could see the typical arrogance return to his husband’s face at the comment. Pulling his jacket on, Seiya leaned in to say, “I’ll make it up to you when we get home, deal?”
Sesshomaru kissed the human deeply before pulling away. Pinching his mate’s cheek, the demon chuckled at the human begging for him to stop. Letting go, Sesshomaru pulled his pants on as he said, “I better get payment for what I did for you this morning.” SEiya was going to make a comment about Sesshomaru moonlighting on street corners when a loud knock came from the door, shortly followed by Inuyasha yelling at them to hurry up.
Sesshomaru zipped his pants up and buttoned them before opening the door to find his brother dressed in a tuxedo of his own. Grabbing his own jacket, Sesshomaru gave his brother a dark glare while Seiya finished fastening the cufflinks on his own jacket before going downstairs. He found Khilu and Rin admiring a dark red dress Kagome decided to wear for the occasion. Giving a loud cough, Seiya asked his children, “So, I take it Sesshomaru and I aren’t worthy of admiration?”
Souta looked over the side of the couch at the two. Sesshomaru was standing near the door waiting for signs of a ride, while Seiya stood in the living room doorway. Giving them a quick look over he said, “Don’t really matter what you two are dressed in. If ya have half a brain you can figure out you two...” The boy was silenced by Asami shouting at him to not finish that statement. Grumbling, Souta muttered, “I was just going to say that they look like a couple of jackasses.”
SEsshomaru moved away from his spot walking forward saying, “You insult me again boy and your ass will be the one with a jack in it.” Everyone knew the demon meant a car jack, Sesshomaru was familiar with it since Seiya had shown him how to change a tire and do basic automotive repairs. Not that the demon needed to know, his license had expired two years prior and he’d never driven before. The same went for Inuyasha, the license part at least since Kagome had taught him how to drive. He wasn’t half bad, but he did need to let off the gas a bit while driving on the highway.
Before Souta could fight back a knock came from the front door, followed by the click of the handle. Poking his head in, Robert asked, “Are we ready to go?” Saying that they were, Kagome and Inuyasha headed out the door after a couple of quick goodnights. While Sesshomaru and Seiya said goodnight to the girls, Robert said, “Looks like Shippou is waiting for us to leave. What happened that he’s so afraid to come back in the house?”
Saying that it was none of the mans business, Sesshomaru headed out into the snow with Seiya hot on his heels. Going down the steps, they noticed three limos parked in front of the shrine steps. Noticing Michelle sitting with her window down Seiya asked, “Which one?” Pointing to the middle one, Seiya looked to see Inuyasha climbing into the last of the three. Opening the door, Seiya waved his hand at the exposed seat saying politely, “After you my dear?” While funny to the human, it still earned him a smack to the head as Sesshomaru climbed in.
Hearing his dad yell at Yari, Seiya asked, “When did Yari get in the house?” Robert said that he’d been there the whole time it was just that the boy was watching t.v in Asami’s room. Shrugging it off, Seiya hopped into the spot next to his mate. After both of them were fastened, the slow process through the early winter snow began. Seiya had been to a few of these dinner’s in high school. Once he was accompanied by the girl he’d dated before realizing he was gay. The other time was shortly before graduation. That was when he had met David and began one of his few meaningful relationships. Glancing at his mate, Seiya squeezed Sesshomaru’s hand as they stared out their respective windows into the snow filled night.
Feeling the warmth of his mate’s flesh in his hand, Sesshomaru squeezed with an equal amount of affection as he said, “Do we really need to go out on a dance floor? I know how you feel about us outside of selective areas.” When his mate didn’t answer, Sesshomaru chuckled remembering the few clubs they’d gone to. They didn’t go to them often, some of them were mixed gay clubs, others were regular nightclubs that had people of all sorts of life. Each time they went out, they were always accompanied by a few of Seiya’s friends. Even Koura and her mate had joined them when they needed a break.
Now on these outings, the couple weren’t the cut loose and get plastered types. Their “date night,” usually happened once a month on a Saturday. Sometimes they were joined by some others, Kagome had even gone a few times, others it was dinner and a movie. Nothing out of the ordinary, save for when Sesshomaru did have an occasional drink. Normally one would think that being a demon he’d have a high alcohol tolerance. That was true if you were talking about those who’d been drunk enough for their demon blood to say, “This is bad for you time to evolve to stop it’s effects.”
Sesshomaru was different, he didn’t drink vast amounts so his immune system didn’t know how to handle it. Needless to say, three glasses of wine had the demon falling down on the bed acting like a little kid. The last time it had happened, Sesshomaru nearly got them kicked off the train for laughing so loud. And it was these actions that had Seiya worried about them being ‘close’ in certain situations since Sesshomaru and Seiya’s dancing usually involved a lot of body to body connection, add in alcohol and the demon could have them be arrested for indecent exposure and public drunkenness.
But Seiya had been prepared for a day like this since he’d decided to show Sesshomaru some types of ballroom dances. The Tango was one Sesshomaru really enjoyed, he was much better at the more acrobatic aspects than Seiya making the human become the lead during that dance. The next was the Waltz, very basic and easy. There was also the Fox Trot, Cha Cha, Samba, and Quick Step. Seiya hadn’t danced Ballroom for awhile, but the occasional dance around the living room on a romantic evening with Rin and Khilu gone proved to be excellent practice. Along with an excellent way for someone to “accidentally,” force the pair onto the ground.
They sat in silence with the streets going by in a short rush when a phone suddenly rang. Looking around, Seiya noticed the device near the drink container blinking as it rang. Reaching across the back of the limo he picked it up to hear the driver say, “We’ll be arriving in a few minutes, sir. I suggest you and your companion get ready for some news cameras.” Thanking the driver, Seiya began cursing mentally at him forgetting the massive media frenzy this night would bring.
Patting his husband’s leg, Sesshomaru gave him a quick kiss on the neck as he whispered, “Remain calm and the night shall pass smoothly.” Seiya mumbled about hating what the media seeing them together would cause. Chuckling again as he calmed his mate, Sesshomaru softly said, “So long as we keep a respectable appearance we may or may not have any serious problems occur.” Once he finished the statement, Sesshomaru asked, “And don’t those paparazzi need our permission to post any stories about us?
Before he could answer, the lights of a large building began to fill the limo. Looking out he could see a large amount of media people snapping pictures of a few celebrities and some of the most successful business people on the planet. Opening the door, Seiya slipped on his large overcoat and began to make his way through the crowd next to his parents, Kagome and Inuyasha. Waiting a few moments, Sesshomaru got out when the news people’s attention was focused on his mate allowing him to make it out of the limo unnoticed.
Inside, Seiya felt guilty about what he had done to SEsshomaru even if he and the demon had planned that exit before the evening began. Handing his coat to the attendant, Seiya took his ticket while the others checked in their own coats. Peeking inside he gave a huge sigh of regret about showing up to this thing. His regret came from the sight of a few childhood friends standing around discussing their accomplishments in the business world. Hostile takeovers, mergers, becoming presidents of large companies.
And what did Seiya have? A Bachelors in Chemistry and Journalism, massive amounts of money made through the stock trade, a husband, and two kids. Only three of those things wouldn’t cause any problems. With the amount of press hanging around in disguise, Sesshomaru had actually been the one to suggest they not hang onto each others arms. Seiya was ready to at least let a few people in, yet Sesshomaru did not want people invading their privacy. His mate had inclined since what they did in their personal lives was their business and no one elses.
Looking around he found a table with his and Inuyasha’s surnames stuck into a small rose centerpiece. Feeling Kagome’s arm wrap around his he looked at his friend who asked, “Would you like to escort me to our seats?” He looked over to see that Inuyasha had already started filling a plate with an unusual amount of care. Shrugging he walked arm in arm with his best friend as his father followed behind him with Sesshomaru sliding in unnoticed to make his way to his brother.
Tapping the hanyou on the shoulder, Sesshomaru grinned as he nearly dropped the plate. After his brother cursed him to the bowels of hell, the demonic lord began to fill a plate of his own while saying, “You had better stop hiding this from Seiya. He would like to know before it gets to be too late to hide your secret.” Turning away from his disgruntled brother, Sesshomaru took a seat next to his mate and began to eat silently.
After a few moments, Sesshomaru’s nose caught a familiar scent. He began to growl loudly, only to hear a voice say, “Shut up you stupid mutt and let me in for a minute.” Before he could give his consent, Kouga plopped a seat down between Seiya and Sesshomaru. Greeting the others at the table briefly, the wolf soon began to discuss the event for those who didn’t know, mainly he waited for the chance to say, “While the humans may know why we’re here. For those lacking certain modern forms of etiquette, let me enlighten you.”
Inuyasha set the plate he’d prepared down in front of Kagome before attempting to lunge at the wolf. He was stopped by realizing how delicate the situation was and decided it was best to contain himself for a bit before ripping Kouga apart. It wounded the hanyou to have his rival have an advantage over him, yet for the sake of Seiya’s family, Inuyasha waited for the wolf to start.
“As you may know, we have a lot of important people in here.” Kouga pointed to a few select table seating those who were in charge of the most powerful companies in the world. Setting his hand on the table, the wolf continued. “While Seiya’s family is among the most powerful. This little gathering is an annual fundraiser for some disaster or cause that most of these people don’t care about. I for one care about it, but that’s because I also have put up some of my own money into getting this damn thing organized.” Nobody questioned the wolfs words. Robert and Gerald, who had been riding with his son-in-law and Michelle, had dealt with Kouga before and knew his influences in the government very well.
Sipping a bit of wine, Kouga sighed happily while saying, “Now, there are also powerful demon’s here as well. Many are allies, others are enemies. This place however is neutral ground and nobody is allowed to retaliate in a violent manner. No matter how much you may want to.” Kouga gave Inuyasha a knowing smirk as he said, “However, there is a dance contest and some auctions where we battle for pride. Most of those who win are demon’s who have been around for many centuries and have amounts of money no mortal could ever have.” The wolf indicated a square dance floor and a small area that was being set up with select items of exponential value.
However, the table was soon devoid of Kouga’s presence as Ayame began shouting at Kouga to come over and meet a few of her friends. Scanning the room quickly, and finding that the people at the table weren’t paying them any mind, Sesshomaru gave his mate a quick kiss before throwing a knife over his shoulder. He heard it whistle through the air, only to be suddenly silenced. Turning around, Sesshomaru found Koura holding the knife handle gingerly as she asked, “My word Sesshomaru. Shouldn’t you pay a bit more attention to your surroundings before throwing sharp objects over your shoulder?”
Sneering, Sesshomaru got to his feet meeting his ally. Inuyasha climbed to his feet in case the panther tried to do anything funny. Scanning the demon next to Koura, Sesshomaru slipped into a defensive posture, even if it didn’t look like his body had moved. Smirking, the panther at Koura’s side flicked his finger lazily. While a human would have been killed from the attack, Sesshomaru moved so quickly that he’d dodged the attack and returned to his original position without anyone noticing. Inuyasha moved a plate an inch forward so that only the plate broke instead of the table falling to pieces.
“You were right my dear. He and his brother are powerful, probably stronger than when you first fought them.” The male laughed loudly, drawing a lot of unnecessary attention in their direction. In order to silence her mate, Koura planted her elbow into his abdomen causing him to hack loudly for a moment. When his breathing returned to normal, Koura’s mate extended his hand saying heavily, “I am Puma. I am from an American cat clan.” Taking the extended hand, Sesshomaru introduced himself along with the rest of the people at the table.
Pulling two chairs to the table, Koura and Puma sat down as the rest of the table took their own. When seated, Koura smiled at seeing her old Robert and Gerald giving them the same warm greeting as Kouga had done a few minutes earlier. “While Kouga gave you the sugar coated version of what this event is for, I’ll give you a more realistic version.” The panther leader took a deep swig of water before continuing.
“The true meaning of this event, in demon terms, is to size up the weakest of the tribe leaders. Over the past few centuries I have kept Sesshomaru’s lands safe for when he chooses to take them back.” She gave a sad smile to Sesshomaru before saying, “Kuma, lost his lands and was forced to take residence in the territory Sesshomaru gave him. He has kept your land safe, but his people did suffer for a long time.” Giving a deep sniff, Koura shook her head while gravely stating, “He died during the last World War. Now his daughter is in charge, which is a good thing due to her being much more level headed than her father. And in the end she was able to regain her people’s home land.”
KOura made mention that the girl wasn’t at the event because of personal reasons. Huffing loudly, Sesshomaru stated, “I’m glad to see that my lands have been held. So long as Gale has kept her part of the bargain, I won’t be forced to....” His voice trailed off momentarily at the sight of a familiar figure. Getting up, the demon lord gave heavy sniffs in an attempt to get the scent. Unfortunately, his nose couldn’t sort out the smells that filled the room. Giving his brother a look he ordered, “Use your nose fool. I thought I saw somebody who should be dead.” Put on edge at his brother instant jittery behavior, Inuyasha started to sniff in another vain attempt to filter out the scent of a possible threat.
The table remained silent as Inuyasha’s nose did it’s work. Growling in frustration, Inuyasha smacked the table with his fist saying, “I can’t find them. I found traces of the scent, but it may not be who you think. It’s not the scent of one who’s been resurrected by a shard or in the way Kikyo was.” Glancing around the large room, Inuyasha mumbled, “I know who it is, but the fact remains it could be a reincarnation than a resurrection.” Giving his brother a look, the hanyou hissed, “If it is a resurrection, I’ll be sure to hang them by their feet before killing them.” Inuyasha gave an evil smile for a brief moment, until he finally noticed the odd looks he was getting from the table. Putting his hands down, Inuyasha took Kagome back to the food so she can pick another plate of food for herself.
Koura figured that she had overstayed her welcome and took Puma back to where her three companions were sitting. Sesshomaru took his seat, but his eyes continuously scanned the area keeping an eye out for the person he had seen. Gerald excused himself as he was responsible for overseeing part of the auction. Robert soon excused himself as well to go and meet up with a few business partners while Michelle went to see a few of her friends.
Concerned for his mate, Seiya asked, “Who was it that you saw?” Sesshomaru growled that it wasn’t of any concern at the moment. Sipping his drink, Seiya gave his mate a cold stare. Sesshomaru wasn’t certain if it was who he thought it to be. All the demon knew, was that if it was a reincarnation the chances of them being a threat were nearly zero. But if it was a revival, the time for another battle would be coming very soon.
Exiting the building, the person who Sesshomaru had seen was climbing into a car. Straightening the outfit he was forced to wear, the former Shinchinintai member motioned for the driver to head back to the base. His blood was boiling from seeing his former nemesis and the thought of spilling their blood was making him ache for battle. Without him even noticing the girl who had revived him appeared from the front seat saying cooly, “You are lucky my mate has made me swear not to torture you.”
Smiling gleefully, the man sipped at a bit of sake before replying, “Why can’t I have a bit of fun? I have been dead for five hundred years and love to cause my prey to squirm before killing them.” Draining the saucer, he filled it again in order to take a deep gulp. When it was emptied the man cooly said, “Also it is best to see what has happened to your enemy before going into battle. And, I must say that both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru have grown incredibly powerful.” His hand squeezed the saucer much to tight forcing it to shatter in his hand.
“Just remember that you aren’t free to do anything until those two are dead.” The girl replied as she watched her creation pick ceramic shards from his hand. “Even if you were to gain your freedom, the fact that you went on killing sprees will not go unnoticed in this time.” She could see the anxiety drain from his face for a minute as she said, “The police can figure out who has killed someone by a tiny bit of hair. And needless to say with your demonic enhancements, and lock of modern identity, you would be safe for a long time. That is of course unless they got lucky and obtained video footage of you committing the crime.”
Removing the last bit of glass-like substance, the man watched the final hole in his hand close with a sadistic glare to his face. Wiping away the blood with a handkerchief, he tossed the cloth into the garbage as he stated, “I won’t get caught since my steel friend here is much stronger than before.” Tapping a handle next to his seat, the man withdrew his blade saying, “And so much lighter as well. I wish we had metallurgic arts like this when I was alive.”
Growing disgusted by his display of pleasure with his sword, the girl returned to the front seat via the window that was behind her. Once strapped in, she picked up her phone, hit a button, and waited. On the third ring, her mate picked up asking what the trouble was. “There is no trouble, save for your toy causing a large amount of tension with our enemies. He didn’t make himself fully known, but he did allow them to catch a glimpse of him. Now they’re on the look out but I’m pretty sure they’ll forget about it soon enough.” Her mate said that it was fine and for the two of them to return. Hanging up the phone she could not wait for the plan to go full force, until then she would need to be patient.
For the Mizutani party, the event they attended went by much too quick. Robert had actually bought a couple of cheap items at the auction. Well for his account they were cheap, but to others it was a couple of months worth of payment plans. One was a painting, and the other was a china set for Michelle. Seiya had helped Gerald talk to some of his old business friends, he didn’t make any deals with them, he just discussed out of the office topics such as sports or the news. Sesshomaru didn’t do much save for talk with Koura and some demon acquaintances. He’d forged some deals and gotten a bit of land back under his control, mainly the area around the house along with getting a list of who the demon’s in his area were.
Inuyasha and Kagome met with some of her old high school friends. They adored Inuyasha and made no mention of his ears. It wasn’t possible as he’d activated a concealment spell, but the girls did want to know where he had obtained his necklace. The group would have left shortly after finishing all of their visits, if it wasn’t for Kouga announicing, “Due to some demand, I’ve been informed that we’re going to have a short dance contest consisting of three dances in rapid succession with maybe only ten pairs going as followed.”
He announced a few couples with the last three being Michelle and Seiya, Sesshomaru and Ayame, and Robert and Kagome. A bit distraught over their pairings the three went out onto the floor admirably performed the Tango, and the Vineitian Waltz, the last was something unknown to the young humans and the demons, but Robert and Michelle proved excellent leades. It didn’t matter though since neither of the three couples won and were finally free to leave.
Kagome and Inuyasha headed back to their apartment since Asami’s house was full and they didn’t have a change of clothes. Robert and Michelle followed suit returning to their home. They would have gotten Yari, but Asami asked if he could stay since he was having a good time so the pair agreed to let him stay. Sesshomaru and Seiya however knew it would be impossible to get the girls out of the house so they returned to the shrine to find a note saying, “The girls are asleep and I had Shippou go and get you two some extra clothes. You’ll be in Father’s old room. Don’t worry we got rid of that futon so you don’t need to worry about sleeping on it. Asami.” Removing the key from it’s hiding place, Seiya let them in before putting it back and going upstairs to find some pajamas laid out for them.
Getting out of his suit, Seiya hung it in the closet above where Sesshomaru had tossed his on the floor, and changed into a set of comfortable boxers. Sitting on the futon, Sesshomaru finished putting his pajama bottoms on when he noticed the drawing of a familiar cartoon character on the back of his mate’s boxers. When he turned around, Sesshomaru chuckled at the question the character was asking. “I hate to tell you that your pants aren’t going to be needed.” Pulling his mate in Sesshomaru nuzzled the soft flesh of his mate purring loudly.
Seiya laughed at the response to the question saying, “At least I’m not going outside and asking where my pants are with the neighbors looking at me.” Sesshomaru said that he was the only one allowed to see that making Seiya push him down onto the mattress. Straddling his mate he leaned in, kissing his way up the demon’s neck to his lips taking them into his own. After a heavy kiss, Seiya mumbled, “Time for your reward. Just make sure to keep your voice down.” Saying that he’d do his best, Sesshomaru fought a bit in an attempt to gain control, only to be silenced by his mate’s mouth, and subdued by the boys touch for whatever amount of time remained of the night.