Something Missing

see, two chapters in one day. I did good, right? *looks up at readers with puppy dog eyes*

Chapter 9

*two weeks later*

“I don’t see how I let you convince me to stay here.” Alana said as she and Jareth walked up the stairs. All of her glamours were gone, so her black hair was streaked with ocean blue and her eyes were solid orbs of swirling mercury.

“You love me, and so you want to get to know my family.” Jareth jokingly replied. Alana rolled her eyes. “I swear, you are even more juvenile than when we were children. Did you ever grow up?” she muttered.

“For a while, but then I decided that there was no point in me being grown up if I could annoy my brother’s with my childishness.” he replied lightly, opening the door and leading her into the foyer.

Alana rolled her eyes again before looking at her mate’s family. There were three of them up there, two men and a woman. She noticed that the shorter man of the group, the one with stripes on his cheeks, was standing apart from the other two. The other man, with cold blue eyes, was standing between the other man and the petite, black haired woman. ‘he looks protective. I guess that he is just as protective of pregnant mates as my kind are.’ she thought.

Jareth grabbed her hand as they approached the group. “Sesshoumaru, this is Alana, my soul mate.” he introduced her to the tall demon.

“Charmed.” Sesshoumaru said coldly as he barely squeezed her hand before dropping it as if it would infect him with an incurable disease. He turned and walked out the door to the driveway and the waiting car. A hint of anger flickered in both of the sidhe’s eyes before Jareth brought her over to Sephiroth.

“And this is my brother Sephiroth. And this enchanting little morsel beside him is my soon to be sister in law Kagome.” Jareth said teasingly.

“I am not! I mean...he... I...he hasn’t...you jerk!” Kagome exclaimed as she stuttered her response to his teasing, putting her hands on her hips and glaring up at the taller man.

“Jareth, I am sure you would not want your mate to witness bloodshed at this early stage of our introduction.” Sephiroth growled, almost blushing at the insinuation that he was Kagome’s husband. ‘not that I would complain too much’ he thought. He folded his arms over his chest and glared at the shorter fae male. Jareth just copied his pose and smiled back, enjoying his game of ‘egg on the extraterrestrial’.

Kagome rolled her eyes at the males. She reached out and shook Alana’s hand. “Hi, I am Kagome. Ignore these two, death threats are their main entertainment.”

“Yeah, I seem to remember a certain pixie diplomat that Jareth threatened to feed to his goblins once he became king if he insulted me again. All in good fun of course.” she said, turning and poking Jareth in the side, breaking his concentration on staring Sephiroth down.

“Hey, I would have mercifully killed him before feeding him to my subjects. So I don’t see the problem.” he said, turning his nose up. Alana watched Kagome laugh, just barely sensing the hidden sadness behind the laughter. Brimming with curiosity, she set out to be totally rude by human standards.

“So, who are you if you are not Sephiroth’s wife? Are you Sesshoumaru’s wife?” Alana asked with the typical bluntness of the fae. Kagome just grinned, well used to sidhe bluntness after living with Jareth for almost a month.

“Sesshoumaru is my brother in law by way of his deceased brother, Inuyasha. I am living here since my child is the heir to Taisho family.” she said, putting her hand on her eight month along stomach.

“Nice to meet you.” Alana replied. ‘This excessively perky woman would probably make a good friend. I feel the need to protect her, and I detect hidden depths. She can keep me entertained for many months, trying to unravel her.’ she thought before turning her attention to the cold-appearing, intimidating man.

“I am Sephiroth. Your belongings have been placed in the room beside Kagome’s until this overgrown child gets his act together and mates you. It is my hope that you will use your skills to help protect Kagome, as she is merely human.” Sephiroth said, oblivious to the glaring death beams shooting from Kagome’s eyes at his statement.

‘aww, that is so cute! He is worried about her. Maybe he isn’t as bad as he appears.’ she thought.

“I can defend myself! You both are jerks.” Kagome exclaimed as she grabbed Alana’s hand. “Come Alana, I will show you your room before we are infected with the stupidity of these two Neanderthals.” she said, flicking her free hand towards the men and proceeded to drag Alana into the depths of the house. Alana looked back, mutely begging for help from her mate, for him to rescue her from the hormonal woman, but he just jauntily waved her off before going in the opposite direction accompanied by his brother.


***meanwhile, downtown***

Sesshoumaru sat behind his massive teak desk, musing on the interesting conversation he had overheard a few weeks ago. ‘Immortal representation of the jewel, is she? Then she is far more than a mere human woman.’

“Suck harder.” he commanded the intern on her knees in front of him. She looked up at him with eyes clouded by lust and just a touch of fear, and proceeded to give him the finest blow job he has received in the past few months.

“Swallow it all, good. Well ms. Ayame, I do believe that you have earned the position.” he said as he unashamedly tucked himself away. “Entry level of course, but with the possibility of advancement. I hope you enjoy your time here with Taisho corps. See ms Kikyo on your way out with any further questions.” he said in obvious dismissal. He watched as the little intern hurriedly rose from her knees and rushed out, barely remembering to grab her portfolio as she almost ran out of the room. He adjusted his tie and returned his thoughts to the problem of the overly powerful female living under his roof.

‘She will require extra protection. Well, that can be something useful for that female of Jareth’s to do while she stays there, and maybe he can get some work done now that he isn’t concerned with her anymore. Although why Jareth allowed so much of his concentration to be taken by that...tramp is beyond me.’

He gave a mental shrug and pressed a button on a phone that had so many buttons and switches it resembled the control panel of an airplane. “Ms. Kikyo, I am ready for my three o’clock now.”

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