InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Jump Over the Wall of Freedom ❯ On our way to the ball ( Chapter 29 )

 

Chapter 29: On our way to The Ball

 

 

A/N: Rejoice, extra super long chappie!

 

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“Speaking”

`Thinking'

 

 

 

“How much longer will we have to fucking wait?!” an exasperated Inuyasha asked.

 

“This Sesshomarou does not know. But they are taking a long time”.

 

The two men were waiting downstairs for their mates. Kagura and Kagome had taken the better part of the afternoon to get ready for the Youkai Winter Bal. Of course the two brothers being men could not understand why they were taking so much time.

 

The elder of the two half siblings was wearing a formal and impeccable black three piece suit with a white shirt and a red bow tie. His long silver hair was let loose. He was elegantly standing and occasionally looked at his watch to check on the time.

 

Inuyasha was wearing black pants with a bright red shirt. The first buttons of the shirt were opened, which allowed the enchanted beads around his neck to be seen. Over all, the half demon had a very casual look. Glancing at his younger brother, Sesshomarou shake his head in disapproval.

 

Noticing his reaction, Inuyasha screamed “Keh! Who asked your opinion, I didn't know you were a fucking fashion expert. Besides you look like you are going to be smothered by all this clothing any time soon!”

 

“It is called elegance, and it appears you have yet to grasp its meaning”. The older one answered.

 

“What did you say?!” Inuyasha asked walking towards his brother.

 

“INUYASHA do not make me S-I-T you!!” Kagome screamed as she was walking down the stairs.

 

“Oi! Wench took you long enough, we've been wait…” he did not have time to finish as he plunged to the ground due to Kagome's `SIT'.

 

Sesshomarou's usual bored expression lightened up as he saw his mate coming down. Kagura was wearing a beautiful long red dress which had a low V neckline. The color of the dress offered a nice contrast with her milky white skin and her raven tresses which were held in a tight bun ornamented with a few feathers. He noticed that she was wearing the jade earrings he gave her and they somehow blended perfectly with her dress.

 

Coming closer to Kagura Sesshomarou said “you look lovely”. She slightly blushed and answered “you're not too bad yourself. And for once you are not wearing white, I'm impressed”. The demon lord gently chuckled, the reason he had opted for darker clothes was that he did not want Naraku's foul blood to ruin his flawless white suits.

 

Kagome looked down at her mate. She was wearing a curve hugging short green strapless dress. And her long hair was dangling in curls around her face. She asked Kagura “why is it that my mate can't be just like yours?”

 

“Well Kagome I was just lucky enough to get the better of the two brothers. And unfortunately for you the Inuyoukai brothers come with a no return or exchange policy” Kagura answered as she hooked her arm with Sesshomarou's. The two women laughed and even Sesshomarou smiled slightly.

 

Inuyasha finally got up and said “yeah yeah fucking funny.” But seeing Kagome he added “Kags you look so beautiful”. Even if she was planning on being angry, the priestess could not help but blush and smile.

 

Suddenly a bright light came from the stairs. It took a second for the four of them to see that it was none other than Miroku taking pictures of them. The lecherous photographer was standing next to Sango who was helping him stay up on his crutches.

 

Seeing their surprised looks he said on a cheerful tone “I feel like a proud parent sending his children to their high school prom”. Turning to his right side to look at Sango he added “my love just imagine in a few years when we will take pictures of our children”.

 

“Only in your dreams pervert” she replied even if her cheeks took on a deep shade of red.

 

Wincing as if she had wounded him, Miroku turned back to the two couples and said waving his hand “don't forget to obey the curfew and have fun”.

 

Not paying any attention to him Sesshomarou said “let us gather our weapons and get on our way”.

 

Reacting to the word `weapon' Kagura noticed that three swords were resting against the wall. Kagome took out the Shikon no tama that she had been holding and handed it to Inuyasha, who placed it around her neck. The half demon then took Tessaiga and strapped it to his hip. Sesshomarou than took his new blade Toukijin and to everyone's surprise he also took Tenseiga.

 

“Why the fuck would you take Tenseiga?” Inuyasha asked, he knew how much his brother hated the sword.

 

“This Sesshomarou would not want your miko to weep at my feet in the event of your death” the elder brother said looking at his younger sibling.

 

“Keh! As if I would let that pathetic Naraku kill me?!” Inuyasha answered with a small smile.

 

Not saying anything more, Sesshomarou went outside. The others followed behind him. Jaken opened the doors of the black limousine for them and all four of them stepped inside. Sitting next to Kagura, Sesshomarou looked at her intently: she was shivering and was nervously biting her lower lip.

 

“Kagura do not worry, we will get the bastard once and for all”. She nodded and managed a weak smile. How could she tell her mate that the simple idea of being face to face with Naraku scared her out of her mind?!

 

Sensing that his words did not calm her, he put his mokomoko around her shoulders. As usual, the feeling of the soft fur and the natural scent of Sesshomarou instantly calmed her. But since she was still looking pretty down, Sesshomarou wrapped one of his arms around her, and Kagura instinctively leaned against her mate's body.

 

As she took in his scent, she heard a low soothing vibrating sound. She raised her head trying to identify where the relaxing sound was coming from, but before she could ask she heard Inuyasha say:

 

“Oi since when do you purr? The wench really turned you into a softy” he then shot his brother a grin. A furious Kagome poked Inuyasha in the ribs with her elbow. The half demon cried out in surprise more than in pain, but did not dare make another comment.

 

Sesshomarou did not even bother answering to his brother's taunting, nor did he stop purring, as he realized it was working. The demon lord had to admit that he had never in his life purred before, but the feeling was not unpleasant.

 

By the time they parked in front of the venue where the Youkai Winter Bal was to take place, Kagura was completely relaxed, and that was all that mattered to him.

 

 

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While working at Youkai Daily, Kagura had often heard about the annual Youkai Winter Bal. It was an occasion for all rich and powerful demons to gather and show off. Many business deals or personal business unfolded during the bal. Since no ordinary human was in attendance, youkai and hanyou often let go of their restraint and inhibitions, therefore having fights break out was not unusual. And following demon laws, as long as the fight was justified, no one was to intervene.

 

As they exited the car the wind sorceress noticed that more people that she imagined were attending. She recognized some rich and powerful demons whose pictures she had seen in magazines, on TV or in the newspaper.

 

Hooking Kagura's arm under his, Sesshomarou gestured for her to follow him. Understanding where his brother was heading, Inuyasha dragged Kagome to the entrance of the ballroom. The priestess merely had time to say a quick goodbye to the wind sorceress.

 

 

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As Inuyasha and his mate almost made it to the entrance of the venue, a familiar scent kicked the hanyou's nostrils. Inuyasha thought `No, damn it no! Kags is gonna kill me. We've got to get away from here!'

 

He then quickly looked around to see if there was anyway to escape. But before he had time to make some kind of excuse, he heard a feminine voice coming from behind them.

“Good evening Inuyasha, Ka-go-me” the woman said dragging Kagome's name.

 

“A good evening to you too Ki-ky-ou” Kagome answered also dragging Kikyou's name as she quickly but tightly held on to Inuyasha's arms.

 

Feeling the tension growing between the two of them, the half demon started looking from his ex lover to his wife without saying a word.

 

“How is your son faring?” Kikyo asked with a fake smile.

 

“Good. How is your sister doing? Kagome asked with an equally fake smile.

 

“Good she is now head of the maternity ward of General Hospital” Kikyou answered with an equally fake smile.

 

Inuyasha was shocked by their polite behavior. Usually the two girls would scream and insults would sometimes go flying back and forth.

 

“Well, it was very nice to see you Kagome, but I have an article to write” Kikyou said. Then she kissed Inuyasha on the cheek.

 

“It was my pleasure to see you again Kikyou”. Kagome said through clenched teeth.

 

As Kikyou went away, Inuyasha turned around and asked his wife “what was that about?”

 

She did not answer at once, but took a large intake of air before screaming “SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!!! Why did you let her kiss you?! You jerk!” She then stomped off to the ballroom, while Inuyasha who finally managed to get up ran after her.

 

 

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Sesshomarou and Kagura walked towards another direction and soon reached a group of six young and richly dressed demons. Sesshomarou leaned and whispered in Kagura's ear “the three other lords and their mates”. She nodded her understanding.

 

The group did seem familiar to the wind sorceress and she scolded herself for not recognizing them earlier. The group was composed of the Northern, Southern and Eastern Lords and Ladies.

 

From the Northern Lands the moth demon son of the late Lord Hyoga, Menoumarou stood next to his mate Hari. He murmured something to her ear and she smiled brightly.

 

Sesshomarou considered the Northern Lord as a strong ally and had respect for the moth demon, in other words they were friends. Even if he was relatively young, Menoumarou was the doyen of the Lords, he was renowned for his wisdom and even if he inherited of his title at a very young age, the moth demon had lead the Northern Lands very well.

 

From the Eastern Lands, the son of the recently deceased Lord Goraishi the wolf demon Kouga, was talking to his mate Ayame who was clinging to his arm, and she did not seem ready to let go at any moment. In Sesshomarou's opinion, Kouga was a young, and unpredictable demon, whose father died too soon, leaving him with the title of Lord of the East. But since the Wolf and Dog demons were long time allies, Sesshomarou did his best to appear somewhat friendly to Kouga.

 

And finally the natural enemy of the Western Lands, the lord of the Southern Lands the dragon demon Shishinki, son of Ryoukotsuei, was silently standing next to his mate Ruri.

 

After Inutaishio avenged his daughter and killed Ryoukotsuei, he also took a large part of the Southern Lands and added it to the already large empire of the West, making it the largest of the four.

 

For several years, Shishinki had tried to get these lands back by using cowardly ways, as he was too afraid to openly challenge Sesshomarou. One of Shishinki's techniques included financing different groups to create unrest in the Land of the West.

 

But all of his different attempts failed, and Sesshomarou refused to give back the lands. The dragon demon had finally even tried to start a war by enrolling the Eastern and Northern Lords. But the two Lords had assured their support to Sesshomarou (since the lands were legitimately acquired) and Shishinki had no choice but to back off.

 

Coming to a stop as they reached the group Sesshomarou felt Kagura tense and gently added pressure to his grip on her arm. He then nodded his head to the group in front of them as a greeting and simply said “my mate, the wind sorceress Kagura”.

 

The announcement was followed by silence as the six other left the news sink in. Kagura could feel their eyes going from Sesshomarou to her and then down to her distended abdomen. Some time went by until a piercing scream was heard and Ayame jumped to hug Kagura tightly. The wind demoness did not know how to react but wanted more than anything to just push the unknown wolf demoness away.

 

“Congratulations! I am so happy for you!” to Kagura's relief she finally let go but continued tosquawk happily “Kagome must be so thrilled to have a sister. And you are going to have a baby, how great! When are you due? Do you know if it's a boy or a girl? Are you feeling alright? When I was having Kouga's cubs I felt like hell...”

 

Amidst all of this Kagura registered that the overly happy demoness was an acquaintance of Kagome so she asked “you know Kagome?”

 

“Oh yes, her and my mate Kouga used to date, but then she got with Inuyasha after he dumped Kikyou and I ended up with my Kouga”.

 

Not sure if she had followed the entire explanation, Kagura said “Okay, I see…” She then looked up to Sesshomarou for help. He had to suppress a small smile at the pleading eyes Kagura was giving him. He simply nodded to Kouga and the wolf demon grabbed his mate's arm and took her off Kagura's arm.

 

But being his ever cocky self Kouga eyed Sesshomarou suspiciously before commenting “well, well, well to be honest none of us ever thought you would be able to find a mate” then slowly looking down from Kagura's face to her belly he added “dogs sure work fast…”

 

Sesshomarou shot him a cold gaze but did not answer, as the Eastern Lands were a powerful ally. Kouga and Inuyasha's distaste for one another had already put the alliance in jeopardy, and the Lord of the West did not want to break the peace.

 

“Well I'll be damned, congratulations Sesshomarou!” Menoumarou said on a cheerful tone. Sesshomarou and him were roughly the same age and had often trained together while growing up. Out of the other Lords, he was the one closest to Sesshomarou.

 

“Pfft! Just what we need, more dogs running around” Shishinki spat disdainfully. Narrowing his gaze on the son of the demon who had his sister killed, Sesshomarou had to bite his tongue in order not to jump on the demon and make him eat his own scales.

 

Everyone could feel the tension rising between the two demons, sure they had signed a truce years ago but they all knew that one day they would end up breaking it, and no one would want to be caught near any of them. Luckily the flea youkai Myouga came in telling them that it was time for the four Lords to join the rest of the guests

 

Each of them took their respective mates' arm and walked towards the entrance of the ballroom.

 

 

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The ballroom looked just like the ones depicted in fairytales. The floor was made out of the most expansive hardwood, and the walls were covered with the most beautiful paintings. Once she looked up Kagura was so amazed that, she felt as if the carpet she was standing on was suddenly removed from under her feet. Not only large and beautifully crafted luminaries in solid gold were hanging from the ceiling, giving it a beautiful almost ethereal glow. But on the ceiling was painted a large fresco representing the four great noble families' emblems: a moth, a wolf, a dragon and a dog.

 

On the sides of the room stood several small tables covered with pristine white cloth. Kagura then noticed that at the end of the room stood a long table covered by red cloth, it was dressed for eight and she understood that it was for the four lords and their mates. She had to admit that when she thought about mating with Sesshomarou she had never thought that she would become Lady of the western Lands and therefore she had not thought about the different duties that came with the title.

 

Before Sesshomarou had time to direct Kagura to the table, he sensed the one scent he hated the most: Naraku was near. A part of him could not help but rejoice, for the fact that he would finally be able to kill Naraku, but the other part feared, not for him of course but for Kagura. As if to prove his thoughts and worries were right, as soon Kagura felt Naraku, she started trembling, not even Sesshomarou's comfort was enough, she was trembling not because of fear but mostly because of anger.

 

The spider hanyou came right behind Kagura, so that when he opened his mouth to talk she felt his warm breath tickling the back of her neck:

 

“You are looking as beautiful as ever my dear Kagu. I must say pregnancy fits you well”.

 

 

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

A/N: I'm so exited!! We're getting close to the final showdown! Next time Sesshy confronts Naraku for the first time! The next chapter will be The challenge, I will post it this coming Saturday along with a chapter of `Indecent proposal'.