As Thick As Blood

Very short *sighs* read on.
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Dinner and a Challenge

Tikya was escorted to the dinner hall by Inutaisho that night wearing a black Kimono with varied sizes of red roses on it, all in different times of bloom while blue sparrows were embroidered into as well. It was one of her favorite Kimonos and it once belonged to her mother. Her hair was tied back and to the side slightly with small flowers woven through her hair while her bangs hung above her eyebrows and moved down the side of her face elegantly. Inutaisho wore his usual white outfit. When they entered the dinning hall Tikya noticed Inuyasha sitting next to his mother and she next to Inutaisho’s larger chair at the end of the table but there was another at the table set apart from them. He had a striking resemblance to Inutaisho. His maroon stripes on his cheek made his skin even paler to the eye and his silvery white hair looked like liquid silk. When he looked up she noticed he too had his father’s eyes. The Young Lord merely glanced then looked back to the nothingness before him. The demon Lord took her to her seat on his left across from his wife and they sat in silence for a moment. The servants brought the food out almost right away laying plates of food and rice down before each person. Rice wine was poured into the adults glasses while fruit flavored drink for the little Lord Inuyasha. The meal was uneventful.

Tikya went with Inutaisho to a small room with chairs and a table with a painting of himself on the wall in his youth. Sesshoumaru entered moments later while Tikya was studying the depths of the painting.
“Please have a seat Lady Tikya. You too Sesshoumaru.” The older Lord said gently distracting her from the painting as she turned away from it then took her seat across from Sesshoumaru while Inutaisho was between them at the end of the small table.
“Sesshoumaru this is the daughter of War Lord Hikori, Lady Tikya. She is to be your wife. You may give each other time if you wish. I am not saying you must be lovers and produce a child but this is how the deal between Hikori and I was sealed. The only way…” The demon said to his son in an emotionless tone as he kept eye contact. Sesshoumaru broke the hold and looked at Tikya.
Sesshoumaru looked like he was in his late teens early twenties but with demons you could never tell. He was older then she, Tikya knew this.
“If I refuse?” he looked slowly back to his father. Tikya was slightly insulted but laughed slightly. That had been her response.
“What may I ask is so funny?” Sesshoumaru asked looking back to the blue haired she demon. Inutaisho shook his head slightly with a small inner laugh and looked back to his son.
“The Lady Tikya asked the same thing.” He told his son. “But I will not strike you like her father did.”
“Lord Sesshoumaru if you do not wish me to share your bed then so be it. I do not like this as much as you and I would have killed my father over this but unfortunately I gave my word to someone about doing so.” She frowned slightly remembering her mother on her death bed and the promises she made to her. She looked into the young Lords eyes now. “Give yourself time to decide what I will be to you but this marriage is a must to keep both our people from war.”
“You couldn’t kill Hikori if you tried female.” Sesshoumaru spat rudely knowing how powerful the War Lord was.
“I could wipe the floor with you if I wanted to.” She told him with a smirk folding her arms.
“Tikya…” Inutaisho started but Sesshoumaru cut him off.
“Is that a challenge female?” he asked standing angrily. He was tall, taller then her, he was about six foot and she was only five nine.
“Take it as you wish, be it challenge or truth.” She said looking up at him. “But I do have one request. If we are to duel then I would like to change into something proper, I would hate to ruin my mothers Kimono over something this silly.”
Sesshoumaru growled and Inutaisho tried to hold in his laugh.
“You have five minutes female to dress and meet me in the dojo.” With that the Young Lord stepped out leaving the giggling pair behind.

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