A Royal Pain

It was finally dawn and it was time for all the demons to get ready to awaken. Everyone was slowly getting up and waking others so that they could gather their belongings before the new orders were given by their Alpha to continue the long walk to the castle of the western lands.

Inuyasha walked over to the river by the camp. Yawning from being up all night Inuyasha sat on one of the large boulders in front of the stream after filling a bowl with the ice cold water.

Sesshoumaru was busy with insuring that everyone was ready to go. It seemed like more work than anyone would have wanted, but Sesshoumaru was the Inu No Tashio so he had to delegate responsibility to insure they would have another day of uneventful travel.

Drinking his fill, Inuyasha set the bowl down next to him and sighed. He was a bit nervous about seeing his wife and thought about the conversation he would be having with her. Really the best option was to hope Kagome was willing to become a hanyou, but Inuyasha really didn’t want her to change since she had accepted him as he is. To even ask Kagome to change for him was like Kikyo asking him to become a human. It just wasn’t right.

Hiro had given Inuyasha the spell to turn his wife into a hanyou, but Inuyasha was not certain he wanted to even use it. Just asking Kagome to become a hanyou was like telling Kagome that being a human would not be enough for him. Inuyasha knew he would have changed to be with the one he loved if Kagome had asked him to, but at the same time Inuyasha knew that it was totally unfair to change a person like that.

After all, if Inuyasha were to be completely human he would lose the blood of his Father who had loved him as much as his Mother had. Plus with his Father’s blood in him it made him powerful enough to defeat many of his foes. As a human he hid himself away and lived in fear constantly.

Inuyasha was glad that the jewel of four souls was gone forever and that he didn’t have to choose what side of himself he wanted to be. In the end Sesshoumaru stated that most of his demon blood would take over and that those human nights would get shorter. Inuyasha would eventually become almost a full blooded demon once he was of age to control it.

In fact since Inuyasha had mated Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha’s blue stripes were now prominent on each of his cheeks and he had the blue lines also on his eyelids just as Sesshoumaru did. Inuyasha also had a blue stripe on each wrist, one on each side of his hips, and one on each ankle.

Sesshoumaru had mentioned that Inuyasha’s markings would become brighter as he would be ingesting more of Sesshoumaru’s blood since mates would continue to feed off one another during certain sessions of their sexual interludes. Apparently they were also erogenous zones that if played with right would make Inuyasha howl with pleasure.

Inuyasha really started to think about his relationship with Sesshoumaru. In his heart he really wanted to know his big brother. Not just physically, but in every way possible.

Sesshoumaru was the only family Inuyasha had left and although their relationship had always been kind of weird, Inuyasha wanted to do those brotherly things that they should have done when Inuyasha was just a youngling.

Inuyasha wanted to play with his mate and wrestle around. Deep inside Inuyasha was still very young and no one really ever played much with him other than Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango. But the games with the humans were human games. Inuyasha wanted to know what demon games there were so that he could play them with his brother.

These last few days with Sesshoumaru made Inuyasha feel that freedom that was not there with his friends. No one judged him or treated him different than any other Lord. He was accepted by the men whom he would soon be ruling over and it wasn’t just because he was mated to Sesshoumaru. Apparently his name was known far and wide from the battles he had won and for the people he had helped.

Inuyasha’s kidnapping caused a multitude of feelings in the demons he had helped. Instead of embarrassment, they seemed genuinely concerned about him. Even Koga was acting a lot better to him than when he was around Kagome.

Sesshoumaru soon came to collect his little brother.

“Inuyasha we are ready to go.”

Inuyasha nodded and finished off the water in the bowl before handing it back to one of the servants.

Standing up Sesshoumaru leaned down and gave Inuyasha a tender kiss.

“Just do not forget about me when we go home Inuyasha. I know you love your wife, but my love for you will last an eternity. Remember she is only human.”

Inuyasha nodded and held his beloved’s hand as they walked out to the front of the pack.

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Kagome was sent to demon etiquette classes by the order of Lady Luna. Luna also set up these same classes for the other two humans although the young demon slayer seemed to excel in all of these. So far Luna was most impressed by the monk and slayer as they seemed to easily fit in where as the miko seemed to stumble a bit. Kagome seemed to take the switch more often than her friends so her tiny hands were bandaged almost on a daily basis. In fact the demon slayer was bandaging the young miko’s hands again today.

Sango had dealt with the switch when she was a child so she knew how sore Kagome’s hands must be and rubbed some salve into the wounds.

“You did better today Kagome. I think maybe tomorrow you will perhaps not have to deal with this again. You just need to curb your temper a bit more.”

Kagome sat quietly looking quite frustrated. So she fumbled one time while bowing. There was no reason to flip out like the demon Matron did. Her poor hands were never going to be healed at this rate.

Luna just sat back in her chair embroidering something onto some red silk material.

“Well hopefully by tonight your husband will be here along with my son. From what the messenger stated they are about half way here. They will need a good meal and therefore in an hour we shall make the preparations for a feast since we are expecting quite the mob. I most certainly hope we will not be housing the dragon demons for more than a few days.”

Luna looked to her right making certain Rin was following the same pattern on the red silk so that this would not have to be redone. So far she was doing quite well although a bit slow.

“Rin you will need to pick up your pace a bit. We cannot be at this all night. Sango you can start the next corner while I take Kagome to greet the servants and oversee the preparation of the feast.”

“Yes my Lady.”

The three girls answered.

Luna waited for Kagome to get up from the floor before they headed down the hallway. Banzan remained with the other females wondering if this stupid duty he had would end. Taking care of humans was just so irritating when he could be doing better things like practicing his art with the sword with the other men. Still, it was Lord Sesshoumaru’s orders he was following and just hoped that the Lord did not have any more of these creatures coming here to annoy him further.

Banzan had to slow down when he walked since the females could not keep up with his pace. The monk at least could keep up with him, but lately he didn’t see Miroku around much. The crazy flirting creature in fact was only around during meal time. Apparently he had been busy flirting with the maids making off color jokes about how great it was to be undressed by women only to unfortunately have to dress up again since he really could take them all on.

The monk was charming and even Banzan blushed a bit when the young mortal stated the only reason he liked following Banzan around was because the man had a gorgeous ass that was in serious need of one of his special massages.

Miroku even offered to have Banzan spend the night with him and his wife. Banzan was indeed tempted by the rogue, but had no interest in Sango being there for the event. Banzan could handle being with demon women, demon men, hanyous, human males, but not human females. Even a slut like Banzan had his standards since he refused to breed unless he was certain to have full demon children.

Speaking of the Monk, Miroku suddenly appeared as he was chasing a young maid down the hallway.

“But I am a monk I can heal things like that!”

Banzan smirked at the monk who stopped running and straightened himself out.

“Banzan, it is good to see you again. Are you still going to deny my offer? I mean there is only so much of me to go around and you are truly missing out on one of the greatest wonders of the world right here.”

The monk stated giving Banzan the once over as he licked his lips.

“Lord Miroku, I told you why I must decline although your offer is tempting.”

Miroku shrugged.

“It really is your loss you know and my Sango is pregnant so you wouldn’t have to worry about your little problem. I have the essence of the gods themselves. Just ask my wife. By the way have you seen Sango?”

Banzan nodded to the room behind him.

Miroku wandered in to see Rin sewing and Sango giving him the death glare. A resounding slap was heard across the hall.

“You fake monk! You perverted asshole! How dare you try to add more people to our bed! You have children now and you are being a poor example! This isn’t a vacation Miroku! I wish I had those damn beads Kagome had on Inuyasha! I would sit you until you couldn’t walk again you letch!”

Miroku sighed as he went to explain himself only to be punched across the hallway with his wife’s aura growing redder by the second as she slammed the door shut and went back to her sewing.

Banzan had to admit he was impressed by that tiny human woman. Perhaps he was indeed hasty on his decision to bed both the monk and the slayer.

Helping the monk up Banzan could see the small bruise on his jaw and the handprint on his face.

“Does your wife always do this to you?”

Miroku nodded in the affirmative as he rubbed his jaw.

“Yes, she is a feisty one indeed. No others had the guts to do to me what she does which is why I love her so much. I wonder some days why she puts up with me.”

Banzan helped Miroku up off the floor.

“So you make her angry with you on purpose?”

Miroku smirked a bit.

“Sometimes I do. Today however was not the day to push it though so I should have been more discreet. My wife and I have a strange relationship. We both want someone more in our beds, but she does not necessarily agree about how I go about it. She was hoping for a couple to join us since she is partial to females.”

Banzan smirked a bit himself.

“I see. So although you would welcome me, I would have to be mated or have a woman who would be willing to share herself. That is not a problem. Is your wife as violently passionate in bed or more reserved?”

Miroku chuckled.

“Tempted to come with me to the dark side? Well, you know you are welcome to my bed any time and indeed my wife is a very passionate woman. She has topped me more than a few times and brought some interesting kinks to the bedroom.”

Miroku and Banzan discussed a few things about their bedside manners as Miroku waited for his wife to calm down. He hoped that she wouldn’t back down after he went out of his way to find a way to add more to their usual bedroom repertoire.