A Royal Pain

After a few hours passed Sesshoumaru came back into the tent to see a fuming Inuyasha.

“I hope you all were having a good laugh at the naked hanyou. After I get my clothes I am so out of here.”

Sesshoumaru felt bad about earlier and in fact punched one of the guards in the face for even looking at his beautiful mate.

“Inuyasha no one was laughing at you. They were amused by the situation, but I took care of that personally. I know you don’t like anyone laughing at you.”

Inuyasha didn’t feel any better.

“You left me here. You left me here without clothing and you know……….you left me.”

Inuyasha was near tears.

Sesshoumaru knelt down to his mate.

“I am sorry. I know this is hard for you and I swear upon our Father’s grave that I will not leave you alone like this again.”

Inuyasha let one tear fall and Sesshoumaru felt like a total ass. He wasn’t being a good mate and they had not even finalized it.

“I have a gift for you. I was trying to come to an agreement because I wanted to do something for you that should have been done long ago.”

Inuyasha wiped away the tear and looked at Sesshoumaru.

“You don’t have to give me anything.”

Sesshoumaru gently held Inuyasha’s face and placed a soft kiss on his lips.

“I want to though. You deserve everything I can give you plus more.”

Sesshoumaru covered Inuyasha up with the blanket and ordered his men to bring something into the tent.

The men left immediately and Sesshoumaru uncovered Inuyasha who just gawked at the beautiful armor and kimono. It was something that a Prince might wear. It was almost too much.

“The armor was one of our Great and Powerful Father. He had many different styles of armor made. Mine of course was commissioned by myself since I was of age to choose a set of armor for myself. After your Mother’s castle burned to the ground and Father died I placed all of his things in my vault to keep them safe.’
“This one is yours. It is exactly like his and I want you to wear it from now on. It is what Father would have wanted.”

Inuyasha looked at the shining armor. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen.

“This is really mine? What about my fire rat armor?”

Sesshoumaru smiled.

“It is in the lining of this silk and we had it dyed white so it would match the kimono. You will still wear it since my kimono has the same lining. You and I know that the fire rat material has magical powers to hem itself and the fabric upon it so that you will not ever have a need for any other clothing. However, since you are my mate I am having several kimonos created for you so that you will have one for every occasion.”

Inuyasha looked at the shoulder plates, the pauldrins, and the chest plate that was made from some kind of hard material, but it wasn’t metal.

“The chest plate and the leg shields are made of black dragon scale. The shoulder plates, pauldrins, and chest piece is made of silver adamant. You will not find a harder material for such things and the shard that was used for all of our armor is the last of its kind. It is almost unbreakable. However, if it is hit by a member of our family or by a purification arrow then it will shatter. But, it will also rebuild itself. It takes a little more time to work than the fire rat material so you won’t have to worry about repairs, but you do have to shine it yourself. I will give you what you need to keep your armor shining like new.”

Inuyasha wanted to put it on right away, but then he looked at the boots.

“Do I have to wear the boots?”

Sesshoumaru chuckled.

“Yes, you have to wear them, but before you complain try them on.”

Inuyasha frowned.

“I don’t know how to tie them or put them on. That Lord Kaneko made me wear boots that his servants put on me and they itched.”

Sesshoumaru did not wish to hear that name again, but it wasn’t Inuyasha’s fault.

“Here I will help you put these things on. You will eventually have to get used to servants dressing you, but here on the battlefield we normally are left to our own devices. I will show you how to put this on and then you should be able to do this yourself.”

Really Sesshoumaru did not want to put the armor and kimono on Inuyasha since he was in a rather amorous mood. Still, he did owe Inuyasha for leaving him naked in their tent for hours.

It didn’t take too long to dress Inuyasha and everything fit perfectly.

Once they got to the boots Inuyasha was surprised. They were soft with fur lining and the outside was hard leather that was also made from dragon scale.

“Do these boots fit your feet? They were mine from when I was younger so I hope they fit you.”

Inuyasha smiled.

“They fit fine and they feel nice. It is much better than having to go around with bare feet all the time even if I am used to it.”

Sesshoumaru looked at Inuyasha’s hair. It was still quite a mess. He must not have received the power to have it clean itself naturally. Sesshoumaru used his powers to remove the dust and old blood stains from Inuyasha’s hair. Then he reached into his kimono pocket and pulled out some kind of oil.

“Inuyasha I was given this oil from the otter demons and I promise it does not smell of roses. It is of pine. They use it on their fur to keep water off. I think it might work for your hair. I was told that if it worked well that they would send more to us.”

Sesshoumaru rubbed the oil into Inuyasha’s hair and it was a very light pine smell. It smelled of his forests and Inuyasha liked that.

When Sesshoumaru finished he walked around Inuyasha and decided only one more thing had to be done.

“I am going to put up your hair like Father’s except we will let some of your hair lay flat. I think that is all that is missing.”

Sesshoumaru combed through Inuyasha’s hair with his claws and then pulled some of the hair up into a top knot securing it with one of Koga’s hair ties since he was the one who suggested that Inuyasha might like his hair up when he was arguing with the bear demon about who was going to mate Inuyasha.

When Sesshoumaru finished he smiled kind of sadly.

“You look almost like Father. You are so beautiful Inuyasha. I am pleased you are my mate.”

Sesshoumaru could not resist stealing a kiss from his beloved before pulling him out of the tent to show him off.

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Everyone was busy feasting and Inuyasha could smell all the good food. Everyone that saw Inuyasha almost dropped their food as they looked at the young hanyou. Koga came out to see what the fuss was about as his men were bowing down to someone new.

“What are you men doing letting good food go to waste………………..”

When Koga saw who it was in the magnificent armor he about choked on the rabbit he was feasting on.

“Mutt face? Is that you?”

Inuyasha smiled at his old friend.

“Ya, what of it wolf turd.”

Koga had to walk around Inuyasha to believe it as Sesshoumaru smirked at his mate.

“You look like a real Prince in that shit. What happened to your red thing?”

Inuyasha grinned.

“It was so afraid of you touching it that they had to dye it white moron.”

Koga swallowed his bite of rabbit down before he choked on it.

“Wait, I got something for ya but it doesn’t mean I like you at all ya know.”

Koga went into his tent and pulled out some kind of fur. It was white and soft.

“This was given to my tribe when I married Ayame. It is wolf fur, but it isn’t normal wolf fur if you know what I mean. It is from one of my brother’s tribes and we just don’t have a place for it. It would probably look good with some of your armor if ya want to use it.”

Inuyasha was surprised by the gift and so was Sesshoumaru.

“It is of one of the elders.”

Sesshoumaru stated and nodded to Koga that this was indeed a fine gift.

“Just consider it a mating present although if ya make Kagome cry again…….”

Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

“Ya I know the drill. Thanks Koga.”

Inuyasha looked up at Sesshoumaru.

“Can I get something to eat or do I have to wait until I am out of this armor. I am afraid I might get it dirty since I am kind of a messy eater.”

Sesshoumaru was slightly amused at the site of his little brother practically salivating at all the good smells.

“Yes you can eat in your new kimono. It deflects dirt so you won’t have to worry about food getting on your new clothing.”

Handing the fur Koga gave him to a guard the guard put his fur back into their tent.

“The bear tribe has won the feast for today so you will have to thank Lord Hiro Nakashima for the grand feast he has prepared for all the tribes. He did however dedicate this feast to you so you have the honor of choosing the best meat for yourself. I wouldn’t mind sharing the heart or liver of one of the twelve bucks he was able to acquire with you for desert.”

Inuyasha smiled at his mate. Sesshoumaru had to pull him into his embrace one last time before they ate. Kissing his mate in front of everyone made them all see who the beautiful young Inuyasha belonged to. It was a normal custom of mated couples to do this frequently.

When Inuyasha got to the tables of the bear demons he saw them butchering several dragons as well adding their meat to the one of the many spits that Inuyasha watched them roasting and the smell was incredible. Inuyasha didn’t know that the bear demons cooked their meat. Soon however he saw tables of raw meat. Being around humans so long he hadn’t tried much raw meat before so it made his stomach turn.

“Do I have to choose from the raw table?”

Inuyasha asked Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru sighed a bit. The best meat was always on the raw meat table.

“Inuyasha your demon craves raw meat. Haven’t you ever tried it?”

Inuyasha shook his head no.

“I am part human you know and I was raised with them. I have not had a chance to try much of anything unless I caught it myself. Mother always told me I should cook it unless it was fish. The cooks would make sushi for us, but I didn’t care for it much.”

Sesshoumaru took Inuyasha to the raw table and explained to him the best parts of the animal that would give his demon the nutrients that it needed. He could have some of the cooked dragon meat, but their host would be displeased if Inuyasha took the cooked meat over the raw choice meat that was set out special for him.

Inuyasha pouted a bit, but he took the best of the deer meat along with one of the large hearts so that he could share that with his mate. Sesshoumaru took a whole deer leg that had been skinned and proceeded to feast upon it until they came to the table that was set up for them.

All the Lords of each tribe were seated and feasting on all sorts of things. There was fresh fruit, berries, and breads of different kinds. There was a ton of rice and what looked to be some kind of bleeding bread. Sesshoumaru explained that the bleeding bread was a special desert item that was filled with the blood of the dragon demons they had killed and it was something that was very rare since dragon hunts were usually forbidden.

Lord Nakashima sat to Sesshoumaru’s left while Inuyasha took his place to the right of the Inu No Tashio.

Sesshoumaru whispered to Inuyasha that they were going to perform a toast to Lord Nakashima and what he needed to do. Inuyasha turned red. He had never spoken in public before and was terrified he would mess it up.

“Do not worry Inuyasha. Just keep it short. You can thank Lord Nakashima for the feast as I will toast to the battle.”

Sesshoumaru stood up before the Lords and presented the toast to the battle.

“I Inu No Tashio wish to share a toast to the fine battle we had fought this day. May we all see such glory and in such fine warriors.”

Everyone shouted “To Battle” as they lifted their glasses and drank.

Inuyasha followed suit, but almost spit his drink out since he never had blood sake before.

Trying to regain his composure he cleared his throat and stood up.

“I Inuyasha wish to toast Lord Nakashima for this great feast.”

Everyone shouted “To the Feast” and “Lord Nakashima”.

Inuyasha sat down and felt a bit embarrassed since he had no clue if he did that right or not. Sesshoumaru pat his knee and told Inuyasha to relax.

“You did just fine you just forgot to call yourself Lord Inuyasha. To all these men you are their Lord now. As my mate they all see you now as their equal and their ruler.”

Inuyasha went to start eating, but was interrupted by another toast from Koga no less.

“I Lord Koga of the Wolf tribe toast to all who perished this day. Our brothers in arms, may they be honored in the netherworlds.”

Everyone was silent for a moment and then drank in silence in respect to those who gave their lives.

After a few minutes everyone sat back down only to have one last toast from Lord Akinori Yamaguchi.

“I Lord Yamaguchi wish to toast the mating of our Inu No Tashio to Lord Inuyasha since it took you long enough to find a mate you old dog. May you both prosper and rule well.”

Everyone toasted then cheered them. Sesshoumaru smirked a bit and kissed his mate once again.

Inuyasha after that sat looking as red as a tomato.

Sesshoumaru stood and commenced the feast to begin.

Inuyasha sat trying to figure out how to eat this raw meat. He poked at it with a clawed finger and Sesshoumaru almost laughed at him since Inuyasha looked at it like it was going to bite him.

“Just take a bite Inuyasha. I promise it won’t hurt you in the slightest.”

Inuyasha didn’t know about that, but picked it up anyway and took a small bite. It wasn’t too bad. A little strange, but Inuyasha found that once he got used to the gamey flavor it was kind of good.

Sesshoumaru tore chunks off of his deer leg swallowing them and making it look almost graceful while Inuyasha had blood running down both sides of his mouth as he chomped ferociously at the meat like he was starving to death.

No one really paid attention though to Inuyasha’s eating habits which was nice for a change. Usually the humans would tell him to slow down and not masticate his meals.

Once Inuyasha got done with the raw deer he tried some of the seared dragon meat. It had some kind of spices put into it and it was absolutely the best thing he had ever tasted. As soon as he was finished some servant came and set him up with another plate of food.

Inuyasha couldn’t believe his luck. This was so cool. He didn’t have to move at all and he could eat as much as he wanted. The only thing better than this was Kagome’s ninja food but she still couldn’t beat this dragon meat.

Sesshoumaru watched in delight as Inuyasha had the servants bring him some of everything including the bloody bread which was full of different spices, but it was the blood itself that made Inuyasha crave more.

During the meal people farted and burped and no one yelled at them for it. Inuyasha was in heaven. He could just be another man and be disgusting with no one telling him he was wrong. If life was this good during a battle than it had to be pretty great at the castle.

“Sesshoumaru do they do this at your castle? I mean bring you food that you want any time you want it?”

Sesshoumaru smiled at his mate. Inuyasha was so adorable and so naïve. He was also slightly drunk which was perfect since Sesshoumaru wanted him relaxed for what was coming tonight.

“Yes Inuyasha the cook will make you anything you want with the exception of this dragon meat. This night is special though so enjoy it.”

When the servant came back Sesshoumaru whispered in his ear to cease giving his brother more of the blood sake and bring the unfermented berry juice instead. He didn’t want Inuyasha too inebriated since that would ruin tonight. He wanted Inuyasha relaxed not hammered.

Sesshoumaru rubbed his little brother’s leg under the table and Inuyasha let him. Inuyasha was just so thrilled that he could have food any time he wanted it that nothing could ruin this night.

Inuyasha had new clothes, some great fur from Koga, a bunch of presents from people he didn’t really know, and food. Glorious food without a nagging wife and a bunch of humans telling him he had to behave. If this was what it was like to be a demon Lord he would hang onto that stupid title for the rest of his life.

After the feast was finished everyone was either tired, running around naked dancing by the fire, or having sex.

Of course instead of having sex Inuyasha was arguing with Koga about Kagome, but it was mainly just because the two young demons still had energy to spare. Sesshoumaru knew that and was amused at the many names they called each other. It was good Inuyasha had a friend here, but it was soon time for him to take Inuyasha into their tent so he could relieve some tension.

“I do not make Kagome cry on purpose you stupid wolf. She cries about everything and if she saw us right now she would take all our fun away. You don’t know her like I do. You can’t burp, fart, or do anything like a normal man or she freaks out. I am telling you she is evil sometimes and I am so damn happy that collar is off. Do you have any idea how fucking ridiculous she gets with that thing? She sat me for every small infraction. I am lucky I didn’t break bones.”

Koga scoffed.

“If it were me she wouldn’t do that. You see I treat women right. I don’t let ‘em boss me around. Instead I would kiss her every time she tried to argue with me and than we would have sex. It works great with Ayame. You just ain’t doing it right mutt face………”

Sesshoumaru stood up and stretched.

“I hate to disrupt this amusing debate, but it is time for bed. Come with me Inuyasha.”

Inuyasha ignored his brother and was about to say something when Sesshoumaru grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the wolf.

“You’re wrong Koga and I ain’t finished with you……”

Sesshoumaru lifted his mate into his arms.

“For tonight you are done Inuyasha. You can argue with the wolf later. I promise he will not grow a brain as you put it so eloquently by tomorrow.”

Inuyasha huffed at that.

“Sure, and what is the big deal with you carrying me around. I ain’t a girl.”

Sesshoumaru smirked at that.

“I know that Inuyasha. I am very glad you are not a female and I wish to show you how happy I am that you are not.”

Sesshoumaru’s guard opened the tent door as Sesshoumaru carried his mate inside setting Inuyasha down on the soft furs.