InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I-Shin-Po or Keade's Sex Manual ❯ Keade's version ( Chapter 2 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: jeffs 
Keade's version of the "Joy of Sex"
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Hentai / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.18.2003 | Pages: 9 | Words: 7.3K | Visits: 1.4K | Status: Completed
Keade's version of the "Joy of Sex"
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Hentai / Comedy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 10.18.2003 | Pages: 9 | Words: 7.3K | Visits: 1.4K | Status: Completed
Chapter 2. The girls’ POV.
I do not own any of the characters in this story.
I do need to point out that I was very unspecific about time in chapter 1. Exactly how far away they were from the village was left open. Exactly how long it took for the boys to find the scroll . . . wasn’t mentioned. So . . . Exactly when the girls start to overhear the boys is . . . unspecified.
[Quotes from part one. I will be deleting sentences. This is just so you, the reader, will know exactly what the girls are reacting to.]
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And later in the chapter
Keade [quotes from an on-line source. The link will be given below.]
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Kagome, suddenly, stands up and she looks around. “Inu-yasha?”
Keade looks up and asks, “What is it, Kagome?”
“I don’t sense him anymore.” She looks around. Nothing odd or unusual is visible.
It is a normal spring day in the feudal era. A beautiful clean sky with soft fluffy clouds slowly sailing across it, trees covered in fresh bright green leaves, the smell of many flowers being carried on the soft breeze.
A wonderful day to be alive . . .
Keade stands up and looks around, “hmmm, I don’t sense anything either, how odd.”
“It’s been quiet the last couple of weeks, Keade. And now, Inu-yasha just vanishes? I’m concerned.”
“The herbs can wait, child. Let us get Sango, Miroku and investigate. Do you remember the direction of the last time you felt him?”
“Yes, I think. It was in the direction of the village. But, it felt like he was moving rapidly away from me.”
“The village?”
Kagome nods.
‘Perhaps his senses? But, then why go without telling us?’ Keade thinks as nods her head as she comes to a decision. “We are going back to the village, now. Gather your things.”
“Shippo.”
“Yes, Kagome.”
“Go get Sango and Miroku.” Kagome points off in the distance. “She said that she’d be practicing in that direction today. There are some diseased trees in that direction and she was going to destroy them so the village could gather them for firewood.”
Shippo says, “Yes, Kagome. I’m gone!” He runs in that direction.
“Do you feel anything, child?” Keade asks.
A pause as Kagome concentrates.
“No. Not really.” She looks into the sky. “For a second, maybe, something wild, impetuous.” She shakes her head.
‘Hmmm . . . If Inu-yasha has gotten bored and done something stupid. I believe I’ll let Kagome use her spell without limits.’ Keade thinks.
After a short wait Shippo, Kirara and Sango join up with Kagome and Keade.
“What’s up?”
“Inu-yasha is gone. I don’t know where.” Kagome says.
“Hmmm. I called out to the monk, but he didn’t answer. Either he’s with the village girls or he’s with Inu-yasha.” Sango says.
“He’s not with the village girls. They are all busy in the fields today.” Keade informs the girls.
The three women look at each other and shrug.
“Lady Keade and Kagome, get on Kirara’s back. I can run.” Sango says.
“Do you really think something’s wrong, Sango?” Kagome asks.
“Inu-yasha isn’t guarding you and the monk isn’t spying on me. Something is going on and it has to be very important, otherwise the boys would ignore it.” She replies to Kagome.
“Oh, I didn’t look at like that.”
Sango and Kirara start to run to the village. “Let’s hurry then!”
Kagome thinks as she and the others head toward the village, ‘And today would be a day when I left my bow and arrows at Keade’s hut. Great. I can hear Inu-yasha’s complaints about my stupidity now . . . ’
The girls pause at the edge of the village. It appears to be unharmed and all the villagers are going about their normal daily routines.
“What?” Kagome says as she looks at the peaceful scene. She was expecting something dramatic to have happened.
As they pause to examine the village, Keade gets off Kirara and asks a villager about if anything odd has happened. She’s told nothing odd has occurred.
“Kagome, can you sense Inu-yasha?”
A pause. “Huh . . . Yes, it feels like he’s in that direction.” She points toward the center of the village.
Keade’s brow furrows, “In the direction of my hut?”
“Huh, yes.”
Keade looks at the others and she says, “Be careful, girls. Something odd is happening. So, please, do not crash into the hut, until we know what’s going on. I do not want my hut destroyed for any reason.”
“Yes, Lady Keade.”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
The three women, and Shippo and Kirara jogs into the village in the direction of Keade’s hut.
They slow down as they approach the hut and Shippo grins as he hears what the boys are saying.
“Girls, you want to be quiet. I can hear some strange things going on in there.” He stage whispers to them.
The girls quietly approach the hut and gather next to one of the windows.
They hear . . .
[{With good health and longevity uppermost in mind, it seems, the Chinese advocated copulation several times with at least 10 women in a single night.}
.......
“You don’t seem that surprised to find this in here.” Inu-yasha says with suspicion. ‘This is simply too much like what he would say, I don’t care if it’s written down or not. I’m going to ask him some questions.’ He thinks.]
“Ten! That perverted monk....” Sango growls out.
“Shhh... Sango. Listen to the boys.” Keade whispers to her.
“What are we listening to Keade?” Kagome asks.
“Since you brought your time’s knowledge of sex. I had out my medical scroll. I had been planning to talk to you about sex.” Keade pauses, “After the festival and now that I’ve had a chance to read the books you brought, I thought a long talk about sex would be useful.”
“Oh.” Kagome says.
“Shush” Shippo whispers.
[{The yellow emperor had intercourse with 1200 women and thereby became an immortal. Ordinary men have but one woman and that one suffices to make them perish.}
......
“If she asks, I have no difficulties in telling her the truth.” Miroku pauses, coughs, “Of course, if she doesn’t ask, I see no reason to tell her.”]
“Stupid, stupid monk” Sango’s teeth grind together. “I’ll know.”
“Sango.” Kagome says.
“Sango, if you wait, I’ll tell you the female side of this, later.” Keade calms Sango down.
Inu-yasha’s ears twitch, but he ignores them. There are too many people walking around outside for him to concentrate on the outside.
[{Constant intercourse with only one woman was believed to decrease her vital yin essence, causing her to waste away. Deprived of life-giving yin as a result, the man would weaken too and both would eventually die}
......
Miroku shrugs. “It’s true. That statement, with minor changes for syntax, appears in one form or another in every manual I read.”]
“Is it true?” Kagome asks.
“Somewhat, child. A man has only a limited amount of Yang, and if he doesn’t know how to save it, he’ll die faster than he should.”
“Oh”
“Hmm. And unlike what was just said. Women do not run out.” Keade says.
[{Yin was believed to turn into yang essence in the male stomach and if there was no yin, the essential chemical change was neutralized. Without Yang, he would whiter and die just as surely as he would if he was to leave his jade stalk inactive. Having it off repeatedly with 10 women in a single night sounds daunting, but there was a catch: one should as far as possible refrain from emitting semen.}
......
[{Accumulating vital yin is important and it’s strongly recommended taking it straight from the source. Cunnilingus was considered particularly beneficial.}
“Why do you think I drank Sango’s essence during the festival?”
“Shit . . . I knew I should have. Next time.” ]
Kagome and Sango look at each other and blush.
[{Blocking ejaculation conserved the man’s yang, even as his penis swam to and fro in the source of yin. Since there was every advantage in his obtaining even more yin than this, the sex handbooks strongly recommended a mans replenishing his supply by inhaling his partner’s breath as she gasped her way. Kissing too is greatly emphasized as part of foreplay, for yin could be sucked from the woman’s saliva as the couple tongues met or when the man nibbled her lower lip.}
......
“Also, it’s only implied in this manual, but in other manuals, a man also absorbs some yin through the male organ.” Miroku adds. “But, acquiring it via other ways are very enjoyable.” Miroku grins.]
“Kisses and such is good for you?” Kagome asks.
Sango nods and says, “Yes, please, answer that Lady Keade.”
“Kissing and foreplay is very good for you, girls. In a healthy partnership, it is very pleasurable and needed.”
[{The more times one had sex without ejaculating, the greater the benefits to the health. Once, and the vital essence was strengthened: twice improved sight & hearing. Three cured all diseases and so on, until the diligent practitioner was that much closer to immortality.}
......
“No. This is standard.” Miroku pauses, “basically the more times you have sex and do not ejaculate the better it is for you. The more women you have sex with the better it is for you.”]
“Typical from that perverted monk.” Sango says.
“Ah, but it’s a true statement, Sango.” Sango twirls to glare at Keade. “But, child, it also works the same for women. Actually it’s even better for women.”
Both girls look at Keade. “I’ll explain in more detail later.”
[{Semen was primarily thought to nourish the brain by grinning and bearing his way through coitus, a man could reverse the flow of vital essence and send it to his head.}
.....
Miroku eyes widen in surprise. “You know, Inu-yasha. I’ve never thought about it like that. Although, now that I think about it . . . Hmm . . . It could work that way. But exactly how a woman’s body handles the yang essence . . . I don’t remember any manual that goes into detail about that.” He rubs his chin in thought. “Next time I’m at Mushin’s temple. I’ll have to research that.”]
“Of course, I’m smarter than him.”
“Of course.” Kagome nods in agreement with Sango.
[{Obviously this did not apply to procreation, and in all cases the manuals generously emphasized female orgasm as an essential prerequisite for healthy sex, and advocated starving off the surge to await explosive abandon of a mutual climax.}
“Ok.”
Miroku says, “Inu-yasha, you might not like the next statement.”
{The man must always first engage her in protracted gentle play to harmonize her mood with his and make her felling respond.}
.....
“Fuck that, monk. I was gentle.” Inu-yasha smiles. “And it applies both ways. She was gentle with me.”]
Kagome smiles. “Next time, Inu-yasha, we’ll go slower and take the time to learn each other’s bodies.” She whispers.
[{One: pushing the jade stalk down and letting it move to and fro over the lute strings like a saw, as if one were prying open an oyster to obtain the previous pearl inside.}
“Shit. What did it just say?”]
Kagome and Sango look a question at Keade.
“Girls, I’ve got pictures and will explain the names to you later.” Keade says.
“Ok.”
[“Huh, I bet you, Keade got this for that line.” Inu-yasha grumbles.
“I doubt it, Inu-yasha, this is the standard medical text. While there are other similar texts available, this is the reference that is used by the emperor’s doctor.” ]
“How did you get it, lady Keade?” Sango asks. Kagome nods her head. She wants an answer, also.
“I’ll tell you later, but a quick answer. A nobleman died and his servants sold off his scrolls. I acquired them.”
“Oh.”
[{Indiscriminate emission of semen was considered to do grievous harm. However, so many stokes, without emission, of the penis would be beneficial.}
......
Miroku raises his eyebrow. “Very well, Inu-yasha. But, should I read the number of strokes?”]
“Lady Keade, is it ok if women stroke themselves?” Kagome asks with a blush.
Keade raises her eyebrow, “Of course, it’s Ok. As a matter of fact, it’s very helpful and women should do it.”
[“Sex magic?”
Miroku’s eye’s gleam, “Have you already forgotten what I told Kagome that time she asked about my beliefs?”
Inu-yasha starts, and he says, “No. Forget I asked that.”]
“Sex Magic. I thought you didn’t like Miroku’s beliefs?” Sango asks.
“I dislike some of what he said. If used properly, his beliefs have a basis in truth, but it is easy to go wrong.” Keade says.
[{The horoscope proscribed sexual intercourse days}
“There are some complex details about horoscopes here, Inu-yasha. I’m going to skip them. They’re horribly detailed.” Miroku sighs, “I really need to borrow this from Keade and cast my horoscope again.”]
“You had better not let him use this.” Sango warns. “I don’t want to have to listen to him saying, we are going to have sex because the stars say so.”
“But, child, sometimes they do.” Keade says in a gentle voice.
[{Medicines to shrink vagina size & increase penis size.}
“Useful.”
“Feh.” A pause. “How much can it increase?”
“It depends on the medicine. But. I’ll warn you, I’ve tried a few of these and have only had a slight increase.”]
‘I was happy with it, why is he asking about enlarging it?’ Kagome thinks.
[“Monk.” Inu-yasha growls and he points at a line in the scroll. “I know that symbol is ‘white dog’ and you skipped it.” ]
“Kagome, child, if they’re where I think they are in the scroll, be prepared to use the necklace on Inu-yasha.”
Kagome looks puzzled. “Ok”
[“Fuck!” Inu-yasha yells!]
“Now!” Keade hisses.
He grabs at the scroll. But . . .
“Sit, boy!”
THUMP
“Let’s go in now, girls.” Keade says as she walks toward the door.
“You better be in there, Inu-yasha!” Kagome yells.
“You to, perverted Monk!” Sango adds.
Everyone enters the hut. Inu-yasha and Miroku are standing next to a window. The scroll and the modern books are gone.
“Where is the scroll?” Keade asks, gently.
Inu-yasha and Miroku look at each, they shake theirs heads no, and Miroku points to a cabinet. “In there.”
“Good.” Keade looks around. She can see that the girls are just itching to “talk” to the boys.
Keade clears her throat. “Before things get out of hand. I do have something I need to say.”
The boys looks relieved and the girls have obvious questions on their faces.
“One of the things that the scroll Miroku read, but he did not emphasize, is that sex is supposed to harmonize a couple, not disrupt a couple.” Keade pauses, waiting for something.
Kagome shyly glances at Inu-yasha. “So . . . ”
“Don’t use sex as an excuse to fight.” Keade says.
“But” Sango begins.
“By asking you girls to participate in the festival and the sex that happened because of it, I am responsible for introducing sex into you four’s relationships.” Keade sighs, “so, it behooves me to, at least, try to harmonize your relationships.” She holds up her hand, to forestall the protests she can see on the other faces.
“This isn’t how I wanted to start this discussion. But. I do wish to talk about sex and it’s consequences.” She pauses, “You four do need to know certain things. Inu-yasha’s wasn’t taught by normal means. Miroku, while excellently taught, was taught a very odd system. Sango, also, was not taught like a normal girl would be. And Kagome was taught about things perhaps even stranger than any of you. And I would like all of you to know the truth.” She pauses and looks at the party. “Are you ready?”
Inu-yasha grunts, “Feh.” He thinks, ‘I can always leave when I wish.’
Miroku says, “Go ahead, Lady Keade. Do you mind if I point out things that might be different?” He thinks, ‘she’ll probably go with a traditional approach and I can point out errors in that approach.’
Keade nods, yes to the monk’s question.
Sango, swallows hard, and says, “yes, Lady Keade.” She thinks, ‘My father did not like the classic Chinese Taoist approach.’
Kagome blushes and nods her head yes, she doesn’t trust her voice. She thinks, ‘I have no idea what she’s going to say.’
“I thought my books told the truth, Keade?” She asks.
“They are very accurate on the physical facts, Kagome. I’ll freely admit that their knowledge of the human body is far superior to mine. But, they either ignore or get wrong the emotional and metaphysical aspects of sex.” Keade’s hands form a symbol and her hands glow. “This is not mentioned, but it exists.”
“Oh.”
“Very well.” Keade goes through her cabinets and picks out a couple of other scrolls. “As you might imagine, there are various books about ways to talk and think about sex. The scroll Miroku read is the very traditional viewpoint.”
Miroku nods in agreement.
“Lady Keade, you did say that you’d tell us how you got that scroll?” Kagome reminds her.
“Oh, yes, about twenty years ago, a nobleman exile from Kyoto came into the village. His party had been attacked by bandits and many were wounded, including the nobleman.” Keade sighs, “He was too wounded for me to help and he died after a couple of days. With his death, his servants sold, or just plain left, many of his effects here. They wanted to get back to Kyoto as quickly as possible and did want anything to slow them down.”
“Oh. Ok.” Kagome says and the others nod.
Keade opens her scroll and looks around and starts to speak, “I’m sure even Miroku would agree that while what is in the scroll is correct, it is perhaps not the best way.”
“Of course.” Miroku says.
“One of the statements that I’m sure the girls would like an explanation for is the statement about ten women a night.”
“Yes” Kagome says. Sango glares at Miroku as she nods yes.
“Ten women in one night, even for the emperor, are excessive. There are limits on behavior.”
Miroku clears his throat.
Keade glares at him, “which is why, monk, your behavior is perverted. You do not accept the limits society places on people.”
“I have reasons.”
“Which allows some leeway, but, is not a total excuse.” Keade says in a warning voice.
“Now, like Miroku, I will read parts of this scroll. If there are questions I will answer them, but, not everything is knowable.”
[The Chinese have always held the Taoist view that sexual relations between male and female are the primary, earthly manifestation of the universal principles of Yin & Yang. As such, the Chinese regard sex to be as natural and indispensable to human health and longevity as rain falling on the fields is to plant life.]
“Everything should be in harmony.” Keade says as she looks at the group.
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku have the grace to appear to be embarrassed. Inu-yasha doesn’t notice a thing.
[In conventional sexual relations, a man ejaculates every time he has intercourse, regardless of his own age or condition. This habit gradually robs him of his primary source of vitality and immunity, leaving him weak and vulnerable to disease and shortening his life span. Meanwhile, the woman gets stronger and stronger, both from her own orgasmic secretions and from her assimilation of potent male semen-essence.]
“Women get fucking stronger!” Inu-yasha spits out. “No way!”
“No, Inu-yasha, women get stronger fucking.” Kagome quickly says. She blushes and looks around and in a stage whisper asks, “I didn’t say that, did I?”
“You did, bitch.” Inu-yasha growls. He glares at Kagome. She stares back.
“You two can fight later.” Keade says, interrupting the two before they can get started.
[The different nature of male and female orgasm is reflected in the various slang terms to describe that magic moment. The most common Chinese term for female orgasm is gao-chao, literally 'high tide', a graphic and poetic image drawn from nature. But when man ejaculates, the Chinese say that he has 'lost his essence, 'thrown it away', 'leaked semen', or 'surrendered'. If a man ejaculates before his partner reaches orgasm, the Chinese say that she has 'killed' him.]
“Killed him. Hmmm.” Sango mumbles.
“There is no way I would let you kill me in that manner.” Miroku says in a stage whisper to her.
“Huff. I’m not going to raise to that statement.” She replies in an offhand manner.
Miroku’s eyebrows rise. ‘Normally I’m the one to make that type of statement. The festival must have changed her attitude toward sex.’ He thinks.
[In all the ancient Chinese sex manuals, women are always depicted as the guardian of sexual arcana and the supreme source of life-sustaining essence and energy. In these texts the woman plays the role of the great initiator and teacher of sex, while the man is described as a sexually ignorant bumbler.]
“I beg to differ.” Miroku interrupts. “I am not an ignorant bumbler.”
“Ah, but were you?” Kagome asks as she blushes.
“Of course, everyone has to learn from someone.”
“And a woman taught you, no?”
Miroku purses his lips and nods his head acknowledging the statement.
Kagome glances over at Inu-yasha, only to see him studiously ignoring the convention between Miroku and her. Which is very different from his normal behavior, he always pays attention to any conversation she has with any male.
['Macho' men simply cannot face the fact that women are sexually superior, nor do they dare admit the realities of their own inherent sexual weakness. This sad state of affairs is due primarily to sexual ignorance.]
“Sexually superior!” Inu-yasha yells as he quickly stands up and jumps at Keade.
“Sit, boy.”
THUMP!
“You were saying, Lady Keade.” Kagome says. “And, Oh, Inu-yasha, a word of advice, don’t get up.”
“Grr . . . ” comes floating up from the floor.
“Before you continue, Lady Keade, I do have a question.” Miroku asks.
“Go ahead.”
“I consider myself well read, but I’ve never heard this approach to sex before, where did you find it?”
“I didn’t think you would, monk. While I used regular texts to start with, this scroll is my version. As such, I would greatly appreciate and demand that you and Inu-yasha do not repeat this to any other male. Some of what you are about to hear is meant for women’s ears only. I am going against tradition by including you in this discussion. But I believe this discussion is important.”
“Ahhh . . . ” Miroku nods.
“I am not weaker than Kagome.” Inu-yasha growls from the floor.
“Oh really, Inu-yasha, listen to this.” Keade says.
[The male tendency to fall sound asleep after ejaculation is a prime indicator of complete exhaustion. If orgasm itself were so exhausting, then women would feel the same effects from it, but they don't. It is the physical ejection semen from the body not orgasm per se- that harms man.]
“Well, Inu-yasha?” Keade asks.
“I do not fall asleep after one orgasm.” Inu-yasha grits out from the floor.
“Your demonic heritage obviously gives you advantages that normal men do not have, Inu-yasha. But, can you answer this question. Do you feel weaker after the ejaculation?”
“Grrr . . . ” Inu-yasha glares into Keade eyes. “I do not fall asleep after one orgasm.” He repeats.
“What about after three to four, Inu-yasha?” Kagome asks.
“Shut the fuck up! Bitch!” Inu-yasha screams.
“You don’t appear be that upset, Monk.” Sango whispers to Miroku. He has, for him, a confused expression on his face.
“She’s correct. The wording she’s using and the implications of the words are very different, but she’s basically correct.” He whispers back.
[Taoist sex is a barter arrangement between Yin and Yang: the man sacrifices a small measure of short-term pleasure in return for the long-term benefits of health and longevity, while the woman enjoys complete unrestricted sexual pleasure in exchange for a measure of her abundant supplies of life-prolonging essence and energy.]
“Unrestricted?” Sango asks.
Keade replies, “Yes, Sango. From earlier conversations with you, I believe you were taught a very restricted approach to sex.”
Sango nods. “Father believed Taoist thought was too . . . wild and undisciplined and he hated it.”
“I thought it was something like that.” Keade nods. “This is a better approach than repressing something very natural.”
Sango’s mouth twitches, “I’ll try, Lady Keade.” She grins and looks at Miroku. “This means I can be as wild as him?”
“Yes and no, Sango.” Keade says, “Yes, you can, but, this doesn’t change other people’s opinions.”
“So if I do become as wild as him, I’ll be as big.”
Keade interrupts, “bigger”
Sango nods, “A bigger pervert than the monk, then.” She purses her lips. “Please continue, Lady Keade. I am very interested.”
Miroku looks unsure. ‘Should I be happy? Or should I be concerned?’ he thinks.
[For men, masturbation represents an irretrievable and uncompensated loss of Yang semen-essence.]
[A woman, by contrast, may masturbate to her heart’s content without damaging her stores of essence and energy.]
Sango and Kagome’s faces are poker-face-blank.
“God damn it, you perverted monk. Argue! Tell the old bag she’s fucking wrong!” Inu-yasha yells from the floor.
Miroku, with suppressed anger evident in his voice, replies, “Her perspective is different from normal, but Inu-yasha, what’s she is saying is correct.”
[The same point applies to homosexual relations: they are harmless for women but highly detrimental to men, both physiologically and psychologically.]
[Nature has made Yin passive and yielding, and two passive forces do not conflict.]
[Yang is by nature an active, aggressive force, and, when two aggressive forces meet, a fundamental conflict of energies and intentions result. Male homosexuality requires that one partner yield to the other by adopting the female role, both physically and psychologically, and when this practice becomes a habit it completely undermines the fundamental role of Yang in the order of nature.]
Sango and Kagome are blushing as Keade reads this.
Inu-yasha eyebrows twitch. Miroku clears his throat.
[For a man to nurture his male powers, he must nourish his yang essence by absorbing Yin essence. When men and women indulge freely in sex, exchanging their bodily fluids and breathing each other's breath, it is like fire and water meeting in such perfect proportions that neither one defeats the other. Man and woman should ebb and flow in intercourse like the waves and currents of the sea, first one way then another, but always in harmony with the Great Tide. In this manner, they may continue all night long, constantly nourishing and preserving their precious vital essences, curing all ailments, and promoting long life.]
“Harmony.” Keade stresses. “Is very important.”
“Then why the fuck are you stressing it now, old bag?!” Inu-yasha growls out.
“Because, Inu-yasha, now that this group has experienced sex with each other, it will be very important in your relationships. And with my experience, it will either cause problems or solve problems. By doing this now, I can help you solve problems.”
“I don’t have a problem with sex, old bag.”
“Sigh, Inu-yasha. I’ll be blunt then. Naraku’s favorite point of attack is at relationships. In order to avoid that type of attack, you have either no relationships or your relationships must be in such harmony that he can’t successfully attack them.”
Iun-yasha clenches his teeth, his jaw muscles straining.
The others look at each other, grimace, then they slowly nod.
“And, Inu-yasha, as I said before, since because of my actions, I introduced sex into you four’s relationships, I must do what I can to, at least, make sure that sex does not destroy you four’s relationships. I would greatly prefer for you four’s relationships to harmonize and sex is a way to harmonize those relationships.”
Keade looks around, and says,
[The Yellow Emperor: But when he learns the Tao of Yin and Yang, he will ejaculate less and less. Will this not diminish his pleasure as well?
Peng-Tze: Not at all! After ejaculating, a man feels tired, his ears buzz, his eyes get heavy, and he longs for sleep. He is thirsty and his limbs feel week and stiff. By ejaculating, he enjoys a brief moment of sensation but suffers long hours of weariness as a result. This is no true pleasure!
However, if a man regulates his ejaculations to an absolute minimum and retains his semen, his body will grow strong, his mind will clear, and his vision and hearing will improve. While a man must occasionally deny himself the fleeting sensation of ejaculation, his love for women will gently increase. He will feel as if could never get enough of her. Is that not the true and lasting pleasure of sex?]
“Miroku?” Inu-yasha asks.
“Are you asking me to confirm that statement?” A slight pause as Inu-yasha nods. “Remember that rainy night when I talked about my beliefs? This is basic sex magic and is part of what I was talking about.”
Miroku replies, “Now, what she’s not saying is the discipline and training to get those positive results does not happen overnight. Nor does the harmony she’s emphasizing take place overnight.”
“Quite true, monk. But every journey starts with a the first step.” Keade says. She smiles, and says, “This might make what I’m saying more understandable, Inu-yasha.”
[Apart from the number of combatants involved, is there really any difference between battles fought by armies and those fought in bed? In both cases, the commanders first priority if to survey the terrain and assess the opponent. In sexual encounters, it is the hills and valleys of the woman that first attract the mans attention, while she is most curious about the size and firepower of his weapons. Who will advance and who will retreat? In bed, as in war, it is just as important to know yourself as it is to know your opponent.]
“Fighting, huh?” Inu-yasha smiles. ‘Kagome and I did fight, I suppose, that night. Keade might be onto something here.’
“That is a very interesting picture you drew, Lady Keade.” Miroku says. “And this is one I would not have expected from a woman.”
“I have led men into battle, monk.” Keade says. Miroku nods.
“Interesting . . . ” Sango breathes. ‘Sex as combat. That’s very interesting.’ She thinks.
Kagome thinks, ‘hmmm . . . Inu-yasha never loses a fight. Perhaps approaching him like that.’
[Unlike battles found with swords and spears, however, it is the woman who holds the advantage over men in sexual engagements, and therefore men require the most 'training' to prepare themselves for battle. Most men, however, fondly regard themselves as 'stronger' than women and therefore consider their five-minute blitzkriegs in bed to be par for the course.]
“...” Inu-yasha opens and closes his mouth a couple of times. He glances at Miroku.
“As I said, Inu-yasha, I am trained in this.” He says.
Sango and Kagome look at each other, blush. “Do women need training, lady Keade?” Sango asks.
“Some Sango. I will go into more detail when the boys are gone, though.” Keade says.
“And, there are parts of this scroll that are specific for boys, as well.” She nods in Inu-yasha’s direction.
“Although, given Miroku’s training . . . ” she raises her eyebrow in his direction.
“I was already planning to ask you to borrow that scroll, Lady Keade. While I understand and accept your request that people not know you wrote it. I am very interested in your point of view. It is very different from what I’ve read before.”
“As long as you don’t copy it, I have no problems with you looking at the scroll, monk.”
[Foreplay, the Four Attainments, the Five Signs, the Five Desires, the Ten Indications and the Five Virtues. These serve as signposts along the winding road to woman's orgasm, and every man should learn to read them.]
[In Taoist parlance, foreplay helps to bring the 'water' to a boil while keeping the 'fire' burning slowly.]
[The Four Attainments refer to the four fundamental conditions that the male organ must attain during foreplay before it is 'qualified' to enter the Jade Gate for intercourse]
[A male who desires intercourse must first pass through four stages of attainment: elongation, swelling, hardness, and heat.]
“There is, girls and boys, a long list of positions and pictures here. I’ll go over them in detail later.” Keade says.
[Some men are strong, some are weak, some men are old and others are in their prime. Each should live according to his own vitality and not try to force the joys of sex. Forcing joy is harmful.]
“I will repeat that. ‘Forcing joy is harmful.’” Keade stresses.
“To finalize”
[If the man ejaculates before the woman reaches orgasm, she gains the benefits of both his semen-essence and his energy, while he loses both and gains neither of hers. If the couple ejaculates at the same moment, the woman again gains the man's essence and energy, but the man gains only her burst of energy, because he loses his erection before it has had a chance to absorb the essential secretions of her orgasm. If the man controls himself long enough for the woman to reach orgasm then suppresses his own ejaculation, he absorbs both his own and her essence as well as her energy, while she still derives the benefits of reabsorbing a measure of her own sexual secretions. The fourth and final alternative is for the man to permit himself and ejaculation (when his emission schedule calls for it) after his partner has reached orgasm, but only after he has spent some time 'dragging the Yin essence in through the Yang peak'. In this case, both partners absorb each other's sexual essence and energy in a perfectly balanced coition.]
Kagome softly coughs, “Lady Keade, do you expect us to have sex, now?”
Keade’s mouth twists into a smile. “No child. Having sex without thought is wrong. Doing so will probably destroy the relationships you four have developed.”
She sighs. “I just want to make sure all of you understand, that after the festival, your lives have entered a new phase of life, and I do not want things to collapse, now.”
She nods toward Kagome, “Your quest is important. I am doing this because I believe that introducing a greater harmony between you will help your quest.”
Keade looks around at the group. Everyone in the group is obviously thinking hard. ‘Good, I’ve made an impression. Even Inu-yasha is thinking.’ She thinks.
Inu-yasha stands up, glares at Kagome. He leaves the hut.
Kagome purses her lips, “You’re given me a lot to think about, Lady Keade. Do you mind if I leave to think alone?”
“Go ahead, Kagome.” Kagome leaves the hut. She pauses, concentrates on her mystical senses. She smiles and leaves the village.
Sango stands up, grabs her boomerang, and she says “I did not finish bringing down those trees for the village, Lade Keade.” She pauses. Her eyes definitely do not look at Miroku. “I’ll return to that chore now.” She leaves the hut.
“May I please see that scroll, Lady Keade?” Miroku asks.
Keade hands him the scroll. “You are not leaving?”
“I am very interested in this scroll. You have given me a very different viewpoint to consider.”
“You’ve never considered it from the woman’s point of view before.”
“Oh, parts of it. How to pleasure a woman and such. But I never looked at with the perspective that you’ve just used.”
Keade looks at Miroku, “Since you’re interested in the woman point of view now, would you like some advise?”
Miroku frowns, “I suppose.”
“Talk a walk.” She points in the direction that Sango left in. “In that direction. Now.”
Miroku purses his lips. ‘I did ask for advice. And my previous tactics never really worked, so.’ he nods. “Thank you, Lady Keade.” He leaves the hut.
Keade rolls the scroll up and places it in the cabinet. She takes the other scroll, the one that Miroku was reading, and places it in a case. The case is marked with the name Higurashi.
She looks at the case. ‘I’ll have to ask Kagome about that name. I think she’s mentioned that as her family name. I wonder if there is a connection.’ She thinks.
End chapter 2.
Sighs . . . this was going to be a simple chapter. A few one-liners from the girls. Keade’s talk about harmony within the group and that’s was it. But . . . I found a very interesting site.
http://www.hps-online.com/tsy1.htm
Keade’s speech is from this site. It’s obviously from a modern pro-women POV. But, shrug. It was too good to pass up.
A couple of sequences might need some explanation. So . . .
Sango’s teaching. It was more Confucian. (After 1600 the shogun’s government uses Confucian-based philosophy as its basic approach to government and life.) However, Confucianism isn’t as open and evenhanded as Taoism where sex and women are concerned. (I’m being very polite here.)
Homosexual sequence. Miroku, apparently, grew up in an all male monastery. I’m sorry, but you have to assume he was exposed to at least some experimentation between the boys. The girls have had, at least, had some odd thoughts. Inu-yasha . . . well. He’d been exposed to various samurai philosophies. Well, this is a generalization, but . . . one of those philosophies is . . . Women are not capable of understanding complex emotions like friendship, love, etc. (simple lust, yes. Love, no.) Only men can understand those emotions. As such, if you are male and you want friendship/love you have to seek it with another man.
Inu-yasha and size . . . This is from modern sources, so . . . Let’s simply say that modern Japanese men tend to have a complex about size and smallness . . . (no matter how big it is, it’ll never be big enough . . . )
Oh, yes, I had one reviewer ask if this is still practiced today.
Well . . . Tai-chi is related to this . . .
A couple of other reviewer related points.
First in chap. 1 the comment about “White Dog liver” and Inu-yasha’s reaction. This is a set-up for a storyline that occurs before Kikyo. Basically, even before Kikyo, someone emotional hurt Inu-yasha badly. Why else would he be so resistant to developing relationships? I’ll get to it one of these days, but let’s simply say that sometimes when a person says they want your body, they might mean something different from you think and want them to mean . . .
Second. I am taking this out of context and altering things to fit the story. SO, I’m sure there are things I’m getting wrong, but. Shrug. This is for enjoyment. Keade’s speech on harmony is the important part, and everything else in the story is optional.
The scroll case at the end and the Higurashi name. See my story “A shard in Kyoto” for more about that.
A question for the readers. On the website that I used for Keade’s speech, is a list of various euphemisms about sex and/or body parts. Should I post it as part of ch 3 or just let people go to that site?
Thank you for reading
jeff shelton
I do not own any of the characters in this story.
I do need to point out that I was very unspecific about time in chapter 1. Exactly how far away they were from the village was left open. Exactly how long it took for the boys to find the scroll . . . wasn’t mentioned. So . . . Exactly when the girls start to overhear the boys is . . . unspecified.
[Quotes from part one. I will be deleting sentences. This is just so you, the reader, will know exactly what the girls are reacting to.]
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And later in the chapter
Keade [quotes from an on-line source. The link will be given below.]
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Kagome, suddenly, stands up and she looks around. “Inu-yasha?”
Keade looks up and asks, “What is it, Kagome?”
“I don’t sense him anymore.” She looks around. Nothing odd or unusual is visible.
It is a normal spring day in the feudal era. A beautiful clean sky with soft fluffy clouds slowly sailing across it, trees covered in fresh bright green leaves, the smell of many flowers being carried on the soft breeze.
A wonderful day to be alive . . .
Keade stands up and looks around, “hmmm, I don’t sense anything either, how odd.”
“It’s been quiet the last couple of weeks, Keade. And now, Inu-yasha just vanishes? I’m concerned.”
“The herbs can wait, child. Let us get Sango, Miroku and investigate. Do you remember the direction of the last time you felt him?”
“Yes, I think. It was in the direction of the village. But, it felt like he was moving rapidly away from me.”
“The village?”
Kagome nods.
‘Perhaps his senses? But, then why go without telling us?’ Keade thinks as nods her head as she comes to a decision. “We are going back to the village, now. Gather your things.”
“Shippo.”
“Yes, Kagome.”
“Go get Sango and Miroku.” Kagome points off in the distance. “She said that she’d be practicing in that direction today. There are some diseased trees in that direction and she was going to destroy them so the village could gather them for firewood.”
Shippo says, “Yes, Kagome. I’m gone!” He runs in that direction.
“Do you feel anything, child?” Keade asks.
A pause as Kagome concentrates.
“No. Not really.” She looks into the sky. “For a second, maybe, something wild, impetuous.” She shakes her head.
‘Hmmm . . . If Inu-yasha has gotten bored and done something stupid. I believe I’ll let Kagome use her spell without limits.’ Keade thinks.
After a short wait Shippo, Kirara and Sango join up with Kagome and Keade.
“What’s up?”
“Inu-yasha is gone. I don’t know where.” Kagome says.
“Hmmm. I called out to the monk, but he didn’t answer. Either he’s with the village girls or he’s with Inu-yasha.” Sango says.
“He’s not with the village girls. They are all busy in the fields today.” Keade informs the girls.
The three women look at each other and shrug.
“Lady Keade and Kagome, get on Kirara’s back. I can run.” Sango says.
“Do you really think something’s wrong, Sango?” Kagome asks.
“Inu-yasha isn’t guarding you and the monk isn’t spying on me. Something is going on and it has to be very important, otherwise the boys would ignore it.” She replies to Kagome.
“Oh, I didn’t look at like that.”
Sango and Kirara start to run to the village. “Let’s hurry then!”
Kagome thinks as she and the others head toward the village, ‘And today would be a day when I left my bow and arrows at Keade’s hut. Great. I can hear Inu-yasha’s complaints about my stupidity now . . . ’
The girls pause at the edge of the village. It appears to be unharmed and all the villagers are going about their normal daily routines.
“What?” Kagome says as she looks at the peaceful scene. She was expecting something dramatic to have happened.
As they pause to examine the village, Keade gets off Kirara and asks a villager about if anything odd has happened. She’s told nothing odd has occurred.
“Kagome, can you sense Inu-yasha?”
A pause. “Huh . . . Yes, it feels like he’s in that direction.” She points toward the center of the village.
Keade’s brow furrows, “In the direction of my hut?”
“Huh, yes.”
Keade looks at the others and she says, “Be careful, girls. Something odd is happening. So, please, do not crash into the hut, until we know what’s going on. I do not want my hut destroyed for any reason.”
“Yes, Lady Keade.”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
The three women, and Shippo and Kirara jogs into the village in the direction of Keade’s hut.
They slow down as they approach the hut and Shippo grins as he hears what the boys are saying.
“Girls, you want to be quiet. I can hear some strange things going on in there.” He stage whispers to them.
The girls quietly approach the hut and gather next to one of the windows.
They hear . . .
[{With good health and longevity uppermost in mind, it seems, the Chinese advocated copulation several times with at least 10 women in a single night.}
.......
“You don’t seem that surprised to find this in here.” Inu-yasha says with suspicion. ‘This is simply too much like what he would say, I don’t care if it’s written down or not. I’m going to ask him some questions.’ He thinks.]
“Ten! That perverted monk....” Sango growls out.
“Shhh... Sango. Listen to the boys.” Keade whispers to her.
“What are we listening to Keade?” Kagome asks.
“Since you brought your time’s knowledge of sex. I had out my medical scroll. I had been planning to talk to you about sex.” Keade pauses, “After the festival and now that I’ve had a chance to read the books you brought, I thought a long talk about sex would be useful.”
“Oh.” Kagome says.
“Shush” Shippo whispers.
[{The yellow emperor had intercourse with 1200 women and thereby became an immortal. Ordinary men have but one woman and that one suffices to make them perish.}
......
“If she asks, I have no difficulties in telling her the truth.” Miroku pauses, coughs, “Of course, if she doesn’t ask, I see no reason to tell her.”]
“Stupid, stupid monk” Sango’s teeth grind together. “I’ll know.”
“Sango.” Kagome says.
“Sango, if you wait, I’ll tell you the female side of this, later.” Keade calms Sango down.
Inu-yasha’s ears twitch, but he ignores them. There are too many people walking around outside for him to concentrate on the outside.
[{Constant intercourse with only one woman was believed to decrease her vital yin essence, causing her to waste away. Deprived of life-giving yin as a result, the man would weaken too and both would eventually die}
......
Miroku shrugs. “It’s true. That statement, with minor changes for syntax, appears in one form or another in every manual I read.”]
“Is it true?” Kagome asks.
“Somewhat, child. A man has only a limited amount of Yang, and if he doesn’t know how to save it, he’ll die faster than he should.”
“Oh”
“Hmm. And unlike what was just said. Women do not run out.” Keade says.
[{Yin was believed to turn into yang essence in the male stomach and if there was no yin, the essential chemical change was neutralized. Without Yang, he would whiter and die just as surely as he would if he was to leave his jade stalk inactive. Having it off repeatedly with 10 women in a single night sounds daunting, but there was a catch: one should as far as possible refrain from emitting semen.}
......
[{Accumulating vital yin is important and it’s strongly recommended taking it straight from the source. Cunnilingus was considered particularly beneficial.}
“Why do you think I drank Sango’s essence during the festival?”
“Shit . . . I knew I should have. Next time.” ]
Kagome and Sango look at each other and blush.
[{Blocking ejaculation conserved the man’s yang, even as his penis swam to and fro in the source of yin. Since there was every advantage in his obtaining even more yin than this, the sex handbooks strongly recommended a mans replenishing his supply by inhaling his partner’s breath as she gasped her way. Kissing too is greatly emphasized as part of foreplay, for yin could be sucked from the woman’s saliva as the couple tongues met or when the man nibbled her lower lip.}
......
“Also, it’s only implied in this manual, but in other manuals, a man also absorbs some yin through the male organ.” Miroku adds. “But, acquiring it via other ways are very enjoyable.” Miroku grins.]
“Kisses and such is good for you?” Kagome asks.
Sango nods and says, “Yes, please, answer that Lady Keade.”
“Kissing and foreplay is very good for you, girls. In a healthy partnership, it is very pleasurable and needed.”
[{The more times one had sex without ejaculating, the greater the benefits to the health. Once, and the vital essence was strengthened: twice improved sight & hearing. Three cured all diseases and so on, until the diligent practitioner was that much closer to immortality.}
......
“No. This is standard.” Miroku pauses, “basically the more times you have sex and do not ejaculate the better it is for you. The more women you have sex with the better it is for you.”]
“Typical from that perverted monk.” Sango says.
“Ah, but it’s a true statement, Sango.” Sango twirls to glare at Keade. “But, child, it also works the same for women. Actually it’s even better for women.”
Both girls look at Keade. “I’ll explain in more detail later.”
[{Semen was primarily thought to nourish the brain by grinning and bearing his way through coitus, a man could reverse the flow of vital essence and send it to his head.}
.....
Miroku eyes widen in surprise. “You know, Inu-yasha. I’ve never thought about it like that. Although, now that I think about it . . . Hmm . . . It could work that way. But exactly how a woman’s body handles the yang essence . . . I don’t remember any manual that goes into detail about that.” He rubs his chin in thought. “Next time I’m at Mushin’s temple. I’ll have to research that.”]
“Of course, I’m smarter than him.”
“Of course.” Kagome nods in agreement with Sango.
[{Obviously this did not apply to procreation, and in all cases the manuals generously emphasized female orgasm as an essential prerequisite for healthy sex, and advocated starving off the surge to await explosive abandon of a mutual climax.}
“Ok.”
Miroku says, “Inu-yasha, you might not like the next statement.”
{The man must always first engage her in protracted gentle play to harmonize her mood with his and make her felling respond.}
.....
“Fuck that, monk. I was gentle.” Inu-yasha smiles. “And it applies both ways. She was gentle with me.”]
Kagome smiles. “Next time, Inu-yasha, we’ll go slower and take the time to learn each other’s bodies.” She whispers.
[{One: pushing the jade stalk down and letting it move to and fro over the lute strings like a saw, as if one were prying open an oyster to obtain the previous pearl inside.}
“Shit. What did it just say?”]
Kagome and Sango look a question at Keade.
“Girls, I’ve got pictures and will explain the names to you later.” Keade says.
“Ok.”
[“Huh, I bet you, Keade got this for that line.” Inu-yasha grumbles.
“I doubt it, Inu-yasha, this is the standard medical text. While there are other similar texts available, this is the reference that is used by the emperor’s doctor.” ]
“How did you get it, lady Keade?” Sango asks. Kagome nods her head. She wants an answer, also.
“I’ll tell you later, but a quick answer. A nobleman died and his servants sold off his scrolls. I acquired them.”
“Oh.”
[{Indiscriminate emission of semen was considered to do grievous harm. However, so many stokes, without emission, of the penis would be beneficial.}
......
Miroku raises his eyebrow. “Very well, Inu-yasha. But, should I read the number of strokes?”]
“Lady Keade, is it ok if women stroke themselves?” Kagome asks with a blush.
Keade raises her eyebrow, “Of course, it’s Ok. As a matter of fact, it’s very helpful and women should do it.”
[“Sex magic?”
Miroku’s eye’s gleam, “Have you already forgotten what I told Kagome that time she asked about my beliefs?”
Inu-yasha starts, and he says, “No. Forget I asked that.”]
“Sex Magic. I thought you didn’t like Miroku’s beliefs?” Sango asks.
“I dislike some of what he said. If used properly, his beliefs have a basis in truth, but it is easy to go wrong.” Keade says.
[{The horoscope proscribed sexual intercourse days}
“There are some complex details about horoscopes here, Inu-yasha. I’m going to skip them. They’re horribly detailed.” Miroku sighs, “I really need to borrow this from Keade and cast my horoscope again.”]
“You had better not let him use this.” Sango warns. “I don’t want to have to listen to him saying, we are going to have sex because the stars say so.”
“But, child, sometimes they do.” Keade says in a gentle voice.
[{Medicines to shrink vagina size & increase penis size.}
“Useful.”
“Feh.” A pause. “How much can it increase?”
“It depends on the medicine. But. I’ll warn you, I’ve tried a few of these and have only had a slight increase.”]
‘I was happy with it, why is he asking about enlarging it?’ Kagome thinks.
[“Monk.” Inu-yasha growls and he points at a line in the scroll. “I know that symbol is ‘white dog’ and you skipped it.” ]
“Kagome, child, if they’re where I think they are in the scroll, be prepared to use the necklace on Inu-yasha.”
Kagome looks puzzled. “Ok”
[“Fuck!” Inu-yasha yells!]
“Now!” Keade hisses.
He grabs at the scroll. But . . .
“Sit, boy!”
THUMP
“Let’s go in now, girls.” Keade says as she walks toward the door.
“You better be in there, Inu-yasha!” Kagome yells.
“You to, perverted Monk!” Sango adds.
Everyone enters the hut. Inu-yasha and Miroku are standing next to a window. The scroll and the modern books are gone.
“Where is the scroll?” Keade asks, gently.
Inu-yasha and Miroku look at each, they shake theirs heads no, and Miroku points to a cabinet. “In there.”
“Good.” Keade looks around. She can see that the girls are just itching to “talk” to the boys.
Keade clears her throat. “Before things get out of hand. I do have something I need to say.”
The boys looks relieved and the girls have obvious questions on their faces.
“One of the things that the scroll Miroku read, but he did not emphasize, is that sex is supposed to harmonize a couple, not disrupt a couple.” Keade pauses, waiting for something.
Kagome shyly glances at Inu-yasha. “So . . . ”
“Don’t use sex as an excuse to fight.” Keade says.
“But” Sango begins.
“By asking you girls to participate in the festival and the sex that happened because of it, I am responsible for introducing sex into you four’s relationships.” Keade sighs, “so, it behooves me to, at least, try to harmonize your relationships.” She holds up her hand, to forestall the protests she can see on the other faces.
“This isn’t how I wanted to start this discussion. But. I do wish to talk about sex and it’s consequences.” She pauses, “You four do need to know certain things. Inu-yasha’s wasn’t taught by normal means. Miroku, while excellently taught, was taught a very odd system. Sango, also, was not taught like a normal girl would be. And Kagome was taught about things perhaps even stranger than any of you. And I would like all of you to know the truth.” She pauses and looks at the party. “Are you ready?”
Inu-yasha grunts, “Feh.” He thinks, ‘I can always leave when I wish.’
Miroku says, “Go ahead, Lady Keade. Do you mind if I point out things that might be different?” He thinks, ‘she’ll probably go with a traditional approach and I can point out errors in that approach.’
Keade nods, yes to the monk’s question.
Sango, swallows hard, and says, “yes, Lady Keade.” She thinks, ‘My father did not like the classic Chinese Taoist approach.’
Kagome blushes and nods her head yes, she doesn’t trust her voice. She thinks, ‘I have no idea what she’s going to say.’
“I thought my books told the truth, Keade?” She asks.
“They are very accurate on the physical facts, Kagome. I’ll freely admit that their knowledge of the human body is far superior to mine. But, they either ignore or get wrong the emotional and metaphysical aspects of sex.” Keade’s hands form a symbol and her hands glow. “This is not mentioned, but it exists.”
“Oh.”
“Very well.” Keade goes through her cabinets and picks out a couple of other scrolls. “As you might imagine, there are various books about ways to talk and think about sex. The scroll Miroku read is the very traditional viewpoint.”
Miroku nods in agreement.
“Lady Keade, you did say that you’d tell us how you got that scroll?” Kagome reminds her.
“Oh, yes, about twenty years ago, a nobleman exile from Kyoto came into the village. His party had been attacked by bandits and many were wounded, including the nobleman.” Keade sighs, “He was too wounded for me to help and he died after a couple of days. With his death, his servants sold, or just plain left, many of his effects here. They wanted to get back to Kyoto as quickly as possible and did want anything to slow them down.”
“Oh. Ok.” Kagome says and the others nod.
Keade opens her scroll and looks around and starts to speak, “I’m sure even Miroku would agree that while what is in the scroll is correct, it is perhaps not the best way.”
“Of course.” Miroku says.
“One of the statements that I’m sure the girls would like an explanation for is the statement about ten women a night.”
“Yes” Kagome says. Sango glares at Miroku as she nods yes.
“Ten women in one night, even for the emperor, are excessive. There are limits on behavior.”
Miroku clears his throat.
Keade glares at him, “which is why, monk, your behavior is perverted. You do not accept the limits society places on people.”
“I have reasons.”
“Which allows some leeway, but, is not a total excuse.” Keade says in a warning voice.
“Now, like Miroku, I will read parts of this scroll. If there are questions I will answer them, but, not everything is knowable.”
[The Chinese have always held the Taoist view that sexual relations between male and female are the primary, earthly manifestation of the universal principles of Yin & Yang. As such, the Chinese regard sex to be as natural and indispensable to human health and longevity as rain falling on the fields is to plant life.]
“Everything should be in harmony.” Keade says as she looks at the group.
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku have the grace to appear to be embarrassed. Inu-yasha doesn’t notice a thing.
[In conventional sexual relations, a man ejaculates every time he has intercourse, regardless of his own age or condition. This habit gradually robs him of his primary source of vitality and immunity, leaving him weak and vulnerable to disease and shortening his life span. Meanwhile, the woman gets stronger and stronger, both from her own orgasmic secretions and from her assimilation of potent male semen-essence.]
“Women get fucking stronger!” Inu-yasha spits out. “No way!”
“No, Inu-yasha, women get stronger fucking.” Kagome quickly says. She blushes and looks around and in a stage whisper asks, “I didn’t say that, did I?”
“You did, bitch.” Inu-yasha growls. He glares at Kagome. She stares back.
“You two can fight later.” Keade says, interrupting the two before they can get started.
[The different nature of male and female orgasm is reflected in the various slang terms to describe that magic moment. The most common Chinese term for female orgasm is gao-chao, literally 'high tide', a graphic and poetic image drawn from nature. But when man ejaculates, the Chinese say that he has 'lost his essence, 'thrown it away', 'leaked semen', or 'surrendered'. If a man ejaculates before his partner reaches orgasm, the Chinese say that she has 'killed' him.]
“Killed him. Hmmm.” Sango mumbles.
“There is no way I would let you kill me in that manner.” Miroku says in a stage whisper to her.
“Huff. I’m not going to raise to that statement.” She replies in an offhand manner.
Miroku’s eyebrows rise. ‘Normally I’m the one to make that type of statement. The festival must have changed her attitude toward sex.’ He thinks.
[In all the ancient Chinese sex manuals, women are always depicted as the guardian of sexual arcana and the supreme source of life-sustaining essence and energy. In these texts the woman plays the role of the great initiator and teacher of sex, while the man is described as a sexually ignorant bumbler.]
“I beg to differ.” Miroku interrupts. “I am not an ignorant bumbler.”
“Ah, but were you?” Kagome asks as she blushes.
“Of course, everyone has to learn from someone.”
“And a woman taught you, no?”
Miroku purses his lips and nods his head acknowledging the statement.
Kagome glances over at Inu-yasha, only to see him studiously ignoring the convention between Miroku and her. Which is very different from his normal behavior, he always pays attention to any conversation she has with any male.
['Macho' men simply cannot face the fact that women are sexually superior, nor do they dare admit the realities of their own inherent sexual weakness. This sad state of affairs is due primarily to sexual ignorance.]
“Sexually superior!” Inu-yasha yells as he quickly stands up and jumps at Keade.
“Sit, boy.”
THUMP!
“You were saying, Lady Keade.” Kagome says. “And, Oh, Inu-yasha, a word of advice, don’t get up.”
“Grr . . . ” comes floating up from the floor.
“Before you continue, Lady Keade, I do have a question.” Miroku asks.
“Go ahead.”
“I consider myself well read, but I’ve never heard this approach to sex before, where did you find it?”
“I didn’t think you would, monk. While I used regular texts to start with, this scroll is my version. As such, I would greatly appreciate and demand that you and Inu-yasha do not repeat this to any other male. Some of what you are about to hear is meant for women’s ears only. I am going against tradition by including you in this discussion. But I believe this discussion is important.”
“Ahhh . . . ” Miroku nods.
“I am not weaker than Kagome.” Inu-yasha growls from the floor.
“Oh really, Inu-yasha, listen to this.” Keade says.
[The male tendency to fall sound asleep after ejaculation is a prime indicator of complete exhaustion. If orgasm itself were so exhausting, then women would feel the same effects from it, but they don't. It is the physical ejection semen from the body not orgasm per se- that harms man.]
“Well, Inu-yasha?” Keade asks.
“I do not fall asleep after one orgasm.” Inu-yasha grits out from the floor.
“Your demonic heritage obviously gives you advantages that normal men do not have, Inu-yasha. But, can you answer this question. Do you feel weaker after the ejaculation?”
“Grrr . . . ” Inu-yasha glares into Keade eyes. “I do not fall asleep after one orgasm.” He repeats.
“What about after three to four, Inu-yasha?” Kagome asks.
“Shut the fuck up! Bitch!” Inu-yasha screams.
“You don’t appear be that upset, Monk.” Sango whispers to Miroku. He has, for him, a confused expression on his face.
“She’s correct. The wording she’s using and the implications of the words are very different, but she’s basically correct.” He whispers back.
[Taoist sex is a barter arrangement between Yin and Yang: the man sacrifices a small measure of short-term pleasure in return for the long-term benefits of health and longevity, while the woman enjoys complete unrestricted sexual pleasure in exchange for a measure of her abundant supplies of life-prolonging essence and energy.]
“Unrestricted?” Sango asks.
Keade replies, “Yes, Sango. From earlier conversations with you, I believe you were taught a very restricted approach to sex.”
Sango nods. “Father believed Taoist thought was too . . . wild and undisciplined and he hated it.”
“I thought it was something like that.” Keade nods. “This is a better approach than repressing something very natural.”
Sango’s mouth twitches, “I’ll try, Lady Keade.” She grins and looks at Miroku. “This means I can be as wild as him?”
“Yes and no, Sango.” Keade says, “Yes, you can, but, this doesn’t change other people’s opinions.”
“So if I do become as wild as him, I’ll be as big.”
Keade interrupts, “bigger”
Sango nods, “A bigger pervert than the monk, then.” She purses her lips. “Please continue, Lady Keade. I am very interested.”
Miroku looks unsure. ‘Should I be happy? Or should I be concerned?’ he thinks.
[For men, masturbation represents an irretrievable and uncompensated loss of Yang semen-essence.]
[A woman, by contrast, may masturbate to her heart’s content without damaging her stores of essence and energy.]
Sango and Kagome’s faces are poker-face-blank.
“God damn it, you perverted monk. Argue! Tell the old bag she’s fucking wrong!” Inu-yasha yells from the floor.
Miroku, with suppressed anger evident in his voice, replies, “Her perspective is different from normal, but Inu-yasha, what’s she is saying is correct.”
[The same point applies to homosexual relations: they are harmless for women but highly detrimental to men, both physiologically and psychologically.]
[Nature has made Yin passive and yielding, and two passive forces do not conflict.]
[Yang is by nature an active, aggressive force, and, when two aggressive forces meet, a fundamental conflict of energies and intentions result. Male homosexuality requires that one partner yield to the other by adopting the female role, both physically and psychologically, and when this practice becomes a habit it completely undermines the fundamental role of Yang in the order of nature.]
Sango and Kagome are blushing as Keade reads this.
Inu-yasha eyebrows twitch. Miroku clears his throat.
[For a man to nurture his male powers, he must nourish his yang essence by absorbing Yin essence. When men and women indulge freely in sex, exchanging their bodily fluids and breathing each other's breath, it is like fire and water meeting in such perfect proportions that neither one defeats the other. Man and woman should ebb and flow in intercourse like the waves and currents of the sea, first one way then another, but always in harmony with the Great Tide. In this manner, they may continue all night long, constantly nourishing and preserving their precious vital essences, curing all ailments, and promoting long life.]
“Harmony.” Keade stresses. “Is very important.”
“Then why the fuck are you stressing it now, old bag?!” Inu-yasha growls out.
“Because, Inu-yasha, now that this group has experienced sex with each other, it will be very important in your relationships. And with my experience, it will either cause problems or solve problems. By doing this now, I can help you solve problems.”
“I don’t have a problem with sex, old bag.”
“Sigh, Inu-yasha. I’ll be blunt then. Naraku’s favorite point of attack is at relationships. In order to avoid that type of attack, you have either no relationships or your relationships must be in such harmony that he can’t successfully attack them.”
Iun-yasha clenches his teeth, his jaw muscles straining.
The others look at each other, grimace, then they slowly nod.
“And, Inu-yasha, as I said before, since because of my actions, I introduced sex into you four’s relationships, I must do what I can to, at least, make sure that sex does not destroy you four’s relationships. I would greatly prefer for you four’s relationships to harmonize and sex is a way to harmonize those relationships.”
Keade looks around, and says,
[The Yellow Emperor: But when he learns the Tao of Yin and Yang, he will ejaculate less and less. Will this not diminish his pleasure as well?
Peng-Tze: Not at all! After ejaculating, a man feels tired, his ears buzz, his eyes get heavy, and he longs for sleep. He is thirsty and his limbs feel week and stiff. By ejaculating, he enjoys a brief moment of sensation but suffers long hours of weariness as a result. This is no true pleasure!
However, if a man regulates his ejaculations to an absolute minimum and retains his semen, his body will grow strong, his mind will clear, and his vision and hearing will improve. While a man must occasionally deny himself the fleeting sensation of ejaculation, his love for women will gently increase. He will feel as if could never get enough of her. Is that not the true and lasting pleasure of sex?]
“Miroku?” Inu-yasha asks.
“Are you asking me to confirm that statement?” A slight pause as Inu-yasha nods. “Remember that rainy night when I talked about my beliefs? This is basic sex magic and is part of what I was talking about.”
Miroku replies, “Now, what she’s not saying is the discipline and training to get those positive results does not happen overnight. Nor does the harmony she’s emphasizing take place overnight.”
“Quite true, monk. But every journey starts with a the first step.” Keade says. She smiles, and says, “This might make what I’m saying more understandable, Inu-yasha.”
[Apart from the number of combatants involved, is there really any difference between battles fought by armies and those fought in bed? In both cases, the commanders first priority if to survey the terrain and assess the opponent. In sexual encounters, it is the hills and valleys of the woman that first attract the mans attention, while she is most curious about the size and firepower of his weapons. Who will advance and who will retreat? In bed, as in war, it is just as important to know yourself as it is to know your opponent.]
“Fighting, huh?” Inu-yasha smiles. ‘Kagome and I did fight, I suppose, that night. Keade might be onto something here.’
“That is a very interesting picture you drew, Lady Keade.” Miroku says. “And this is one I would not have expected from a woman.”
“I have led men into battle, monk.” Keade says. Miroku nods.
“Interesting . . . ” Sango breathes. ‘Sex as combat. That’s very interesting.’ She thinks.
Kagome thinks, ‘hmmm . . . Inu-yasha never loses a fight. Perhaps approaching him like that.’
[Unlike battles found with swords and spears, however, it is the woman who holds the advantage over men in sexual engagements, and therefore men require the most 'training' to prepare themselves for battle. Most men, however, fondly regard themselves as 'stronger' than women and therefore consider their five-minute blitzkriegs in bed to be par for the course.]
“...” Inu-yasha opens and closes his mouth a couple of times. He glances at Miroku.
“As I said, Inu-yasha, I am trained in this.” He says.
Sango and Kagome look at each other, blush. “Do women need training, lady Keade?” Sango asks.
“Some Sango. I will go into more detail when the boys are gone, though.” Keade says.
“And, there are parts of this scroll that are specific for boys, as well.” She nods in Inu-yasha’s direction.
“Although, given Miroku’s training . . . ” she raises her eyebrow in his direction.
“I was already planning to ask you to borrow that scroll, Lady Keade. While I understand and accept your request that people not know you wrote it. I am very interested in your point of view. It is very different from what I’ve read before.”
“As long as you don’t copy it, I have no problems with you looking at the scroll, monk.”
[Foreplay, the Four Attainments, the Five Signs, the Five Desires, the Ten Indications and the Five Virtues. These serve as signposts along the winding road to woman's orgasm, and every man should learn to read them.]
[In Taoist parlance, foreplay helps to bring the 'water' to a boil while keeping the 'fire' burning slowly.]
[The Four Attainments refer to the four fundamental conditions that the male organ must attain during foreplay before it is 'qualified' to enter the Jade Gate for intercourse]
[A male who desires intercourse must first pass through four stages of attainment: elongation, swelling, hardness, and heat.]
“There is, girls and boys, a long list of positions and pictures here. I’ll go over them in detail later.” Keade says.
[Some men are strong, some are weak, some men are old and others are in their prime. Each should live according to his own vitality and not try to force the joys of sex. Forcing joy is harmful.]
“I will repeat that. ‘Forcing joy is harmful.’” Keade stresses.
“To finalize”
[If the man ejaculates before the woman reaches orgasm, she gains the benefits of both his semen-essence and his energy, while he loses both and gains neither of hers. If the couple ejaculates at the same moment, the woman again gains the man's essence and energy, but the man gains only her burst of energy, because he loses his erection before it has had a chance to absorb the essential secretions of her orgasm. If the man controls himself long enough for the woman to reach orgasm then suppresses his own ejaculation, he absorbs both his own and her essence as well as her energy, while she still derives the benefits of reabsorbing a measure of her own sexual secretions. The fourth and final alternative is for the man to permit himself and ejaculation (when his emission schedule calls for it) after his partner has reached orgasm, but only after he has spent some time 'dragging the Yin essence in through the Yang peak'. In this case, both partners absorb each other's sexual essence and energy in a perfectly balanced coition.]
Kagome softly coughs, “Lady Keade, do you expect us to have sex, now?”
Keade’s mouth twists into a smile. “No child. Having sex without thought is wrong. Doing so will probably destroy the relationships you four have developed.”
She sighs. “I just want to make sure all of you understand, that after the festival, your lives have entered a new phase of life, and I do not want things to collapse, now.”
She nods toward Kagome, “Your quest is important. I am doing this because I believe that introducing a greater harmony between you will help your quest.”
Keade looks around at the group. Everyone in the group is obviously thinking hard. ‘Good, I’ve made an impression. Even Inu-yasha is thinking.’ She thinks.
Inu-yasha stands up, glares at Kagome. He leaves the hut.
Kagome purses her lips, “You’re given me a lot to think about, Lady Keade. Do you mind if I leave to think alone?”
“Go ahead, Kagome.” Kagome leaves the hut. She pauses, concentrates on her mystical senses. She smiles and leaves the village.
Sango stands up, grabs her boomerang, and she says “I did not finish bringing down those trees for the village, Lade Keade.” She pauses. Her eyes definitely do not look at Miroku. “I’ll return to that chore now.” She leaves the hut.
“May I please see that scroll, Lady Keade?” Miroku asks.
Keade hands him the scroll. “You are not leaving?”
“I am very interested in this scroll. You have given me a very different viewpoint to consider.”
“You’ve never considered it from the woman’s point of view before.”
“Oh, parts of it. How to pleasure a woman and such. But I never looked at with the perspective that you’ve just used.”
Keade looks at Miroku, “Since you’re interested in the woman point of view now, would you like some advise?”
Miroku frowns, “I suppose.”
“Talk a walk.” She points in the direction that Sango left in. “In that direction. Now.”
Miroku purses his lips. ‘I did ask for advice. And my previous tactics never really worked, so.’ he nods. “Thank you, Lady Keade.” He leaves the hut.
Keade rolls the scroll up and places it in the cabinet. She takes the other scroll, the one that Miroku was reading, and places it in a case. The case is marked with the name Higurashi.
She looks at the case. ‘I’ll have to ask Kagome about that name. I think she’s mentioned that as her family name. I wonder if there is a connection.’ She thinks.
End chapter 2.
Sighs . . . this was going to be a simple chapter. A few one-liners from the girls. Keade’s talk about harmony within the group and that’s was it. But . . . I found a very interesting site.
http://www.hps-online.com/tsy1.htm
Keade’s speech is from this site. It’s obviously from a modern pro-women POV. But, shrug. It was too good to pass up.
A couple of sequences might need some explanation. So . . .
Sango’s teaching. It was more Confucian. (After 1600 the shogun’s government uses Confucian-based philosophy as its basic approach to government and life.) However, Confucianism isn’t as open and evenhanded as Taoism where sex and women are concerned. (I’m being very polite here.)
Homosexual sequence. Miroku, apparently, grew up in an all male monastery. I’m sorry, but you have to assume he was exposed to at least some experimentation between the boys. The girls have had, at least, had some odd thoughts. Inu-yasha . . . well. He’d been exposed to various samurai philosophies. Well, this is a generalization, but . . . one of those philosophies is . . . Women are not capable of understanding complex emotions like friendship, love, etc. (simple lust, yes. Love, no.) Only men can understand those emotions. As such, if you are male and you want friendship/love you have to seek it with another man.
Inu-yasha and size . . . This is from modern sources, so . . . Let’s simply say that modern Japanese men tend to have a complex about size and smallness . . . (no matter how big it is, it’ll never be big enough . . . )
Oh, yes, I had one reviewer ask if this is still practiced today.
Well . . . Tai-chi is related to this . . .
A couple of other reviewer related points.
First in chap. 1 the comment about “White Dog liver” and Inu-yasha’s reaction. This is a set-up for a storyline that occurs before Kikyo. Basically, even before Kikyo, someone emotional hurt Inu-yasha badly. Why else would he be so resistant to developing relationships? I’ll get to it one of these days, but let’s simply say that sometimes when a person says they want your body, they might mean something different from you think and want them to mean . . .
Second. I am taking this out of context and altering things to fit the story. SO, I’m sure there are things I’m getting wrong, but. Shrug. This is for enjoyment. Keade’s speech on harmony is the important part, and everything else in the story is optional.
The scroll case at the end and the Higurashi name. See my story “A shard in Kyoto” for more about that.
A question for the readers. On the website that I used for Keade’s speech, is a list of various euphemisms about sex and/or body parts. Should I post it as part of ch 3 or just let people go to that site?
Thank you for reading
jeff shelton