InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Tomaru's Story 2: Prejudice ❯ Chapter 6

Dragonfly: Good lord… now we've got a plea with Inuyasha on top for more chapters…

 

Tomaru: (snort) Unlikely. The old dog's dead.

 

Dragonfly: Would you settle for a Tomaru on top, Chibi-Rae-Chan?

 

Tomaru: (smirk) Only if Haruko's on the bottom…

 

Dragonfly: (thwap) Oi! Behave!

 

Chapter 6

 

“Very well. I, too, agree.”

 

Tomaru blinked at her in surprise. He would've thought she would reject him, if not for his hanyou blood but because she was as against this arrangement as much as he was. Keh… she's a hanyou too… your half-breed status wouldn't mean shit to her.

 

It's still irritating that the only female I can have is another hanyou… and it's only because Father set this up. I couldn't even win her on my own.

 

Well, now what do we do?

 

“Excellent,” Kuroki sighed, relief evident in his entire demeanor. “You have my thanks, Haruko. Tomaru.”

 

“Indeed.” Sesshoumaru's face didn't belie any emotion whatsoever, but his mate could sense the relief he too was feeling. “Do we still agree on two month's time?”

 

Kuroki nodded. “That would be fine- and it will give these two a chance to get to know one another before then.”

 

Well, at least you don't have to try and mate her tonight.

 

Feh… she'd probably disembowel me if I so much as placed a hand on her.

 

Haruko lowered her head, supposedly in resignation, but somehow Tomaru suspected it had to do with relief that she wouldn't be forced to mate with someone she didn't know right away.

 

Tomaru stood up stiffly. “Are you finished with me then, Father?” he asked Sesshoumaru, his voice like ice.

 

The tai-youkai inclined his head ever so slightly. “You may tell your siblings that breakfast is waiting. Any who do not eat now will not eat until the mid-day meal.”

 

Tomaru turned to Kuroki and bowed politely, then walked around the table, intent on finding his herd of siblings. Kagome cleared her throat.

 

The young hanyou paused and turned his head slightly so that he could look at his mother out of the corner of his eye. “What is it, Mother?”

 

Kagome bowed her head slightly in the direction of Haruko, who was staring at the wall across from her seat as if deep in thought. It was obvious what his mother was hinting.

 

Stifling a sigh, he turned back around and walked to Haruko's side. He reached down and gently lifted one of her hands. She turned her head and blinked at him in a mix of surprise and wariness. Her sapphire eyes held his and for a moment he was transfixed.

 

Oi! Knock that off! You may be mating her, but you don't have to drool over her!

 

I am not drooling!

 

Abruptly he lowered his lips as he lifted her hand. Pressing a soft kiss against the smooth skin of her wrist, he gave her a charming smile- one she had never seen before. Her eyes widened slightly at the transformation the simple expression had on his already handsome face.

 

“My lady,” was all he said, but he said it so soft and low, it was nearly a purr. It literally made her shiver.

 

Then, without another word or glance to anyone else, he strode from the room, unaware that Haruko was staring after him in befuddlement.

 

How did he do that?

 

Do what? Make you feel like you're in heat?

 

Well… yeah. He only said two words… and I'm pretty sure they were mocking.

 

Her youkai made a delicate “harrumph” sound. Trust me, honey. It doesn't matter how many words he says- if they're said like THAT, of course you're gonna react.

 

Bastard… her sapphire eyes narrowed even though he was long gone and her father and Lord Sesshoumaru had continued discussing inconsequential things. He thinks all he has to do is say a few charming words and I'll fall into his arms willingly? Don't bet on it!

 

That's the spirit, girl! Show him you're no simpering female! You are the daughter of the Inu no Taishou of the North! Prove it!

 

Oh, I plan to…

 

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Inuyasha's soul chuckled. That was… pretty good, pup.

 

Thanks, old man. Charming the ladies is one area that you never could help me in.

 

Oi! I had two women hot for me!

 

Oh, yeah? One was dead, and the other you vowed to kill when she brought you back from the dead because she loved you so much. Great examples.

 

Tomaru knocked politely on Rin's door and waited for her voice before entering. His older sister was dressed comfortably in a familiar yellow and orange-checked summer kimono and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail, having forgone the lopsided look years ago. She blinked her large brown eyes at him. “Good morning, Tomaru. What did you require?”

 

He shook his head. “Still so polite, Rin? Mom and Dad said it's time for breakfast.”

 

She wrinkled her nose. She still disapproved of the heir to the Western Lands referring to his parents in such a way. Kagome and her strange ways… “I'll go fetch Haya and Komichi- they will be the most troublesome, I'm sure.”

 

Tomaru snorted. “As usual. I'm not sure if our `company' is still in the dining area, but they should probably be warned.”

 

“Company? Who?”

 

The hanyou looked at his ningen sister. “You didn't know?”

 

Rin raised an eyebrow. “Know what? No one has divulged any information to me.”

 

“Kami… how long was he going to keep this secret?” Tomaru muttered under his breath.

 

“What was that?”

 

“Nothing.” He turned and waved as he walked out the door. “I'll go find the giggling trio.”

 

“Tomaru, stop that,” Rin called after him. “They don't giggle nearly as much anymore.”

 

Yeah, right… Prove it.

 

He rounded the corner and sure enough, feminine giggling could be heard behind his next-to-youngest sister's room. He sighed. What is Aiko up to now? He knocked on the door.

 

The giggling stopped abruptly, which made Tomaru all the more wary. The door opened and Kioko poked her black-and-white-streaked head out, her black-tipped silver ears twitching. “Hai?” she asked, fighting a grin.

 

“Father says it's time for breakfast. If you don't eat now, you won't eat until lunch.”

 

More giggles sounded behind his sister and he raised an eyebrow at her. She flushed slightly. “O-okay,” she replied, loosing her battle with the smile.

 

Tomaru narrowed his eyes. “What's so funny?”

 

“Nothing!” came a chorus from inside Aiko's room, followed by more giggling.

 

Okay… now I'm worried.

 

You should be. Females in a group that are giggling are nothing but trouble in the making. I suggest you turn and walk away.

 

Like hell… I think they're laughing at me.

 

So? Let them. They're just your sisters.

 

They're practically adults! Tamiko's on the verge of getting mated! They need to stop this foolishness…

 

Don't go in there, pup… I'm begging you…

 

Quiet, old man.

 

Tomaru placed his hand on the wooden door and effectively pushed it open, much to Kioko's dismay. The door slammed against the wall, reverberating with the impact.

 

His gold eyes widened and his ears went back. Abruptly, his face went bright red and he nearly ran for his room.

 

Tamiko and Aiko sat on the floor of the room, still dressed in their sleeping yukata. Sitting between them, also in a yukata, was Kagetsuniji, her bright turquoise eyes staring straight at him. Her long jet-and-flame-streaked hair was unbound, falling in waves over her shoulders.

 

He swallowed, hard. Niji's abundant charms were barely covered by the thin white material. He could barely see the outlines of her darker nipples where they pressed against the fabric. They tightened under his gaze. Niji met his eyes for a moment, her cheeks flushing.

 

Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…

 

I told you! Get the hell out of here now!

 

Managing to keep some sort of intelligence, he turned to Kioko, who was flushing as well as she stood by the doorway.

 

“I will tell Father you will be there shortly,” he managed to choke out to his sister.

 

She nodded. “We will hurry.”

 

Head held high, he walked sedately out of the room and turned the corner, hearing the gentle latching of the door behind him. Followed, of course, by an onslaught of renewed feminine laughter.

 

Why the hell is she here? Why didn't anyone tell me?

 

You were busy dealing with the marriage arrangements, remember? Your father wanted you to focus on Haruko, not Niji. I'm almost certain he knows you were panting over her last night at the ceremony.

 

Oh, hell. Niji and Haruko? Under the same roof? With me??

 

Here's the question, pup- will it be heaven or hell?

 

Glancing down at the uncomfortably stiff erection rubbing against the inside of his hakama, Tomaru winced. Twice in less than 24 hours? I'm thinking hell…