Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all associated characters are owned by Rumiko Takahashi, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz. I make no profit from this story. My only goal is to occupy my twisted mind with fantasies of actually owning a life-sized, anatomically correct Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha.
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THIS IS YAOI-INSCEST! IF YOU DON’T LIKE THIS KIND OF THING, THEN DON’T READ IT. FLAMES WILL BE HAPPILY IGNORED.
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MAJOR SPOILERS for
Inuyasha AND Inuyasha: The Final Act.
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Chapter 33 – Kouga Returns Close to the middle of the day, Inuyasha walked with Sesshoumaru back to his office.
“I always wanted to ask…if Moko-moko isn’t
your tail, what is it?”
“It is part of our Grandfather’s tail. I can show my own tail, and could wear it over my other shoulder, in the way Chichue did, but thought it was too much. Ojīsan gave part to me and part to Chichue. You hadn’t been born yet. If you would rather I didn’t wear it, I will stop.”
Inuyasha’s eyes widened in surprise at Sesshoumaru’s offer. “No! It’s not that…I’m not jealous or anything. You don’t really wear it around the castle very often anyway, but I can’t imagine you going out in your armor without wearing it. It’s part of you, ya’ know? I was just curious.”
Sesshoumaru opened the door to his office and touched Inuyasha’s waist to let him enter first. Instead, Inuyasha stopped on the threshold.
“I probably shouldn’t go in. I’ve kept you from working already today. Maybe I should let you work? Or can I help?” Inuyasha offered.
“No, Little Mate. Go spend time with our children and your friends. I will not be long here. In fact, I plan to ask Kaito to deal with much of what you see on my desk. There are far too many things I would rather do than stay in here working. I should be done in a few hours,” Sesshoumaru replied.
“Okay then,” Inuyasha acquiesced. He was just turning to leave when Kaito entered.
“My Lords, the contingent of the Western Army you sent to the Slayer’s Village has returned with Jaken in custody. What would you have me do?” Kaito asked as he bowed to them both.
Sesshoumaru’s expression grew thunderous. Inuyasha quickly wrapped his arm around Sesshoumaru’s waist and whispered, “Can we just have him sent to the dungeons and forget about him until his trial? I don’t want to ruin things before our ceremony.”
At Sesshoumaru’s curt nod, Inuyasha answered, “Have him taken to the dungeons. He is to be given no food or water until either my Mate or I say so. Thank you Kaito-san.”
Kaito nodded and bowed to them both before backing out of the room.
“You are certain about this Yasha?” Sesshoumaru asked quietly.
“Yeah. He can wait down there until after our ceremony…in fact he can rot down there for all I care. I won’t interfere with any punishment you decide for him…I just didn’t want anything to spoil our time right now. Nothing negative, you know?” Inuyasha explained.
“You have wisdom beyond your years, my precious Mate,” Sesshoumaru replied with a smile.
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Jaken was terrified.
When he’d seen the soldiers of the Western Army approaching the Slayer’s Village where he slaved away still, he’d wondered why they were there. He’d had no idea they were coming for him.
When they shackled him and tied him to the back of a dragon, he passed out from the fear he was feeling.
Arriving at the castle, he’d asked Takeru Taisho why he was there and in chains, but Takeru wouldn’t speak one word to him.
They waited just inside the main palace gates, and Jaken could feel the burning anger coming from the soldiers…all directed at him.
Kaito emerged from the castle complex, and Jaken felt the dread flooding his heart reach epic proportions.
“Jaken,
traitor to the Lords of the Western Lands. You will wait in a cell in the dungeon until My Lords decide they wish to deal with you. Take him away!” Kaito ordered in a booming voice full of anger.
“Wait!” Jaken screeched. “What have I done? I am Lord Sesshoumaru’s most faithful servant! I would give my life for him! Why am I being punished?!”
Kaito’s eyes narrowed. “Your audacity is only matched by your disloyalty.
We know of your involvement with Lord Inuyasha’s abduction and death. If it were up to me, you would be executed at this very moment! Instead, it is
Lord Inuyasha’s generous spirit that is giving you another week of life. You may
think yourself faithful to our High Lord, but that also entails being faithful to those he loves and protects! You are a
traitor, no more than that!
“Now, get this pathetic worm out of my sight!”
With that, Kaito spun on his heel to leave, unable to stomach being in Jaken’s presence a moment longer.
Takeru Taisho moved up and took custody of Jaken from the soldier that had been holding him. “I will see this filth to his cell. You have all done well this day. Go and rest and enjoy the festivities.”
With that order, the soldiers dispersed. Takeru then yanked Jaken hard, wrenching his right arm from its socket, and dragged him to the dungeon. Locking him in a cell he said, “Be grateful that you do not die today. Your prejudice has never truly served you. Yes, you parroted Lord Sesshoumaru’s words when he spoke ill of Lord Inuyasha before, but you were too stupid to see his true feelings beneath the surface. What amazes me is that, even with what an ass-kisser you have always been…you refused to release your prejudice even after seeing how Lord Sesshoumaru’s feelings for Lord Inuyasha changed. You are a
fool…and hopefully, soon, a
dead one.”
With those parting words, Takeru left the dungeon, leaving Jaken to cower in a corner of his cell.
*****
A few hours later, Inuyasha walked into Sesshoumaru’s office.
“Have you spoken with Kaito-san?” he asked.
“Yes. He was so angry after dealing with Jaken that I tried to give him the rest of the day off. He would not hear of it. He then offered to take care of all this on my desk before I could ask him to do it,” Sesshoumaru explained, feeling somewhat guilty.
“Kaito’s awesome,” Inuyasha agreed. “He and I have become good friends…and I think he wanted to see me take Jaken’s head off with my claws this afternoon. Didn’t seem like he liked the idea of waiting.” He winked at Sesshoumaru while showing a fang with his smile.
“He still may be able to see that, he’ll just have to wait,” Sesshoumaru smiled back. “Or maybe we can allow the pups to eat him,” he smirked at Inuyasha’s nose wrinkled in distaste and his look of
Ew, gross… “So, should we go and join our family and the castle staff? I have been told they are organizing events and activities for when our guests arrive. Apparently, the mood of the castle is very high.”
“Yep, that’s why I’m here…to drag you out of here by force if necessary,” Inuyasha smirked as he came around the desk to stand beside Sesshoumaru.
“Sesshou, what is this book?” Inuyasha asked, seeing a leather-bound book lying to one side. The gold-embossed Celtic knots on the cover drew him to touch them lightly with his fingers.
Sesshoumaru smiled tenderly. “At the beginning of our trip, after we lost you, the representative of the British Crown to China gave me this book…he and I are old friends. He mourned you with me, and then suggested I write down anything that reminded me of you. They are quotes or poems I found as we traveled, and so I wrote them down to save them. He was correct. I believe you will see that I had begun to heal, at least a small amount. I will let you read one page now, if you wish.”
Handing Inuyasha the book, he opened it to the first page. There, written in Sesshoumaru’s beautiful flowing script, were the first entries:
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“So dear I love him that, with him all deaths I could endure; without him live no life.”
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"The heart is the only broken instrument that works."
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“Sesshou…” Inuyasha whispered.
“I was reading these again, and realized that as time passed without you, my heart was still shattered, but I was coming to realize that I was better for having had you in my life,” Sesshoumaru explained softly, drawing Inuyasha into his arms.
They kissed for long minutes, both drowning in each other.
Finally, Sesshoumaru broke the kiss. “Yasha, let’s go enjoy ourselves. You are back, right where you belong; and my heart is beating once again. No sad thoughts, alright?”
Inuyasha smiled. “Alright.”
Holding hands, they walked from the castle and found their pups playing under the Sakura trees.
“Yasha, did you know that I can take my Inu form in a smaller size? I can adjust the size to fit what I want to do with it. You should be able to as well. I was thinking that since our pups are here as a distraction, you may want to try this?” Sesshoumaru asked.
“Oh yeah? Sure! Sounds good…‘cause I certainly can’t run through the castle with them in that giant form, right?” Inuyasha smirked.
With the help of his pups and his Mate, Inuyasha was soon taking his smaller form. He liked it much better.
It didn’t take long before he was charging through various buildings of the castle with his pups, Sesshoumaru following close behind in his own smaller form. Of course, Inu as tall as horses were still impressive, and had all the staff looking after them with smiles on their faces.
Miroku and Sango had to scramble out of the way of the charging menagerie, before regaining their wits and chasing after them. They soon had Rin, Shippo, Kohaku, Misaki, Reika and Tomomi with them as well.
All this happy chaos made Sesshoumaru very thankful that Kaito would take over his work for the time being.
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Later that night, after all the children were in bed, a pleasantly exhausted Inuyasha dropped into bed next to Sesshoumaru.
“I had an awesome day, Sesshou. Thank you for everything.”
“My pleasure, Yasha. Tomorrow will be busy. Our guests for our Mating Ceremony should begin to arrive, and I need to show you the garments we will wear for that. There are also a few other things in your wardrobe I wish to show you, since I can tell you have not found them yet,” Sesshoumaru replied.
“Oh, you mean the other scent I noticed? I was gonna ask you about that. Um…can you show me now?” Inuyasha asked softly.
“You are not too tired?”
“I can stay up a little longer,” Inuyasha winked.
“Stay in bed and I will bring them to you.”
Inuyasha watched as Sesshoumaru walked to his wardrobe. Reaching in, he pulled out three more silk-wrapped bundles. “More of Chichue’s clothing is in there still, but these are the others I wanted to show you.”
Sitting on the edge of the bed on Inuyasha’s side, Sesshoumaru placed the wrapped bundles down. He carefully unwrapped one, and lifted it to show Inuyasha a stunningly beautiful ladies’ kimono.
His heart clenched tight, Inuyasha reached out to touch the fabric, his senses telling him he knew this scent.
Sesshoumaru smiled softly at his Mate. “Yasha, these belonged to your Hahaue. I have kept them since the night Chichue died. I was angry, but realized at the time I should save them for you.”
“M-m-my Mother’s?” Inuyasha couldn’t tear his eyes from the kimono, even as tears spilled over his lower lashes. He buried his nose in the fabric just as he had done with their Father’s clothing, allowing himself to drown in her scent.
Sesshoumaru gently wrapped his arms around his Mate. “I love you, my Yasha. Never forget that.” Kissing him softly on the temple he asked, “Did you want to see the others?”
Inuyasha turned eyes filled with happy tears to Sesshoumaru. “No, I think I’ll preserve her scent on the others for as long as I can…so leave them wrapped. I’ll just enjoy this one for now. Thank you, Sesshou…for
everything. I love you.”
After a time, Inuyasha allowed Sesshoumaru to rewrap the kimono and place it back in the wardrobe. Sesshoumaru then returned to the bed and gathered Inuyasha in his arms. They fell asleep holding each other tightly.
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The next morning, Inuyasha awoke first. His first thought,
‘We’ll have our ceremony day after tomorrow! And I get to see all my old friends today! Maybe I can get up without waking him up…I’m too excited to sleep.’ Very carefully, he moved away from Sesshoumaru’s sleeping form and quietly rose from the bed. He moved into the bathroom and began to fill the tub with water.
The sound of running water woke Sesshoumaru, and at first he was disoriented. Waking up without Inuyasha in his arms was
not something he enjoyed. Rising from the bed, he moved to join Inuyasha in the bathroom.
“Why didn’t you wake me up?” Sesshoumaru asked quietly.
Inuyasha smiled softly from his seat in the large tub. “I thought you could use the sleep. I’m too excited to see all my old friends today and couldn’t sleep anymore. Want to join me?”
“What do you think?” Sesshoumaru smiled as he entered the tub to join Inuyasha.
They washed each other slowly, following their hands with their lips. After sitting quietly for a few minutes to relax, Sesshoumaru asked, “Yasha, it is still before dawn, and you know our guests will not begin arriving for at least a few hours, right?”
“Yeah. I’m just excited,” Inuyasha admitted.
“Mmmmm…well, how about this then?” Sesshoumaru asked as he moved to straddle Inuyasha’s lap.
“Sesshou?”
“Prepare me, Little Mate,” he whispered into Inuyasha’s ear.
“Mmmm…hell yes,” Inuyasha growled softly.
Sesshoumaru rose up off of Inuyasha’s lap as his Mate reached for the oil. Slicking two fingers, Inuyasha stood swiftly as well. With one hand he fingered Sesshoumaru’s entrance, while with the other he stroked his shaft; delighting in how he could make Sesshoumaru so boneless so quickly.
‘Almost as fast as he makes me feel this way,’ Inuyasha thought to himself as his lips descended to devour Sesshoumaru’s.
“
Ahhh, Yasha…” Sesshoumaru moaned into Inuyasha’s mouth.
Inuyasha wrapped one arm around Sesshoumaru’s waist and then added a third finger, careful to just barely brush Sesshoumaru’s prostate. Their water-slicked bodies moved easily against each other, and Sesshoumaru took Inuyasha’s shaft in hand, along with his own, and began to stroke them together.
Feeling Sesshoumaru’s grip, and his body rocking into his own, trying to get more sensation from his fingers, was pushing Inuyasha closer and closer to losing control.
With a moan of desire he lowered them both back into the water with Sesshoumaru straddling his lap once again.
“Ready, Sesshou?” Inuyasha asked as he pulled his fingers from Sesshoumaru’s body and began to rub his arousal against his opening.
“Oh,
yes Yasha…
Gods yes…”
Sesshoumaru sank down, ready to take all of Inuyasha into his body, but Inuyasha had other ideas. He held Sesshoumaru’s hips in a tight grip, and lowered him torturously slowly, making Sesshoumaru writhe. Inuyasha couldn’t believe how beautiful Sesshoumaru was… His hair was falling in a curtain of silver around their faces as he leaned forward and his face and chest were covered in a blush; trying to move in such a way so that Inuyasha would enter him completely…
“
Gods Sesshou…you’re so
beautiful…so
amazing…” Inuyasha breathed as he leaned forward to lick a perfect elfin ear.
Sesshoumaru’s legs tightened against Inuyasha’s hips just as his claws found the stripes on his biceps. With a hoarse cry, Sesshoumaru found himself penetrated fully.
‘Wow, I love his stripes…’ he thought happily.
Sesshoumaru rode his Little Mate while Inuyasha thrust up gently. There was no rush, and they were determined to draw it out for as long as possible.
Inuyasha pulled Sesshoumaru into a mind-stealing kiss. He thrust his tongue deep into his Mate’s mouth before sucking on Sesshoumaru’s tongue. Hands caressed, claws lightly scraped, fangs nipped…it was quickly becoming too much.
Finally, Inuyasha reached down and began to stroke Sesshoumaru’s shaft again, causing Sesshoumaru to arch backward while gripping Inuyasha’s arms tightly. “Oh,
yes! Yasha!”
The water raged around them as they both reached for the bliss they knew was so close. With one last cry, Sesshoumaru slammed himself down on Inuyasha’s lap just as Inuyasha thrust up hard one last time. Drowning in each other’s eyes, they anchored their lips together as they came.
They continued to ride out the pleasure for long minutes, while lips gently nipped and kissed.
“Gods, Yasha, that was
intense.”
“You’re making me want to either stay in here all day, or make sure we wake up early like this every morning,” Inuyasha smiled softly as he stroked Sesshoumaru’s back.
They rested for a short time before exiting the tub. They dried each other gently. Sesshoumaru then leaned into his Mate and pressed their primary marks together, causing both to sigh in pleasure.
After walking into the bedroom, Sesshoumaru grabbed Inuyasha’s robe to wear.
“I wish to show you the kimonos for our ceremony.” Sesshoumaru said as he left to go to his own room for his clothing. “Will you meet me in my rooms when you are finished getting dressed?”
“I will.”
“My Beautiful Mate,” Sesshoumaru breathed softly, touching Inuyasha’s cheek as he exited the room.
Inuyasha just smiled.
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Sesshoumaru got dressed. Then he waited. Inuyasha still had not come to his rooms.
Sesshoumaru returned to find Inuyasha still not dressed yet.
“Is something wrong Inuyasha?”
“Yeah…I just can’t think of what to wear. I mean, I know you like me in black, but I wear it a lot, ya’ know? No armor today?”
“No. We will be greeting many guests, and while most are friends or at least allies, some are here only because of their status. Even then, they know entering the palace and being surrounded by the entire Western Army would be a bad place to try anything. It also shows our confidence in our strength. Now… Mmmm…” Sesshoumaru reached into the wardrobe. Pulling out a beautiful outfit he turned to Inuyasha. “Would this be to your liking?”
Inuyasha’s eyes widened. He’d never seen a color to match this. A deep, dark teal blue-green kimono and hakama were being held out by Sesshoumaru. The colors were so intense! It almost looked like the material was fluid somehow.
“Wow…”
Sesshoumaru laid the outfit on the bed and reached into the wardrobe once again. This time he drew out a snow white juban, slippers in the same color as the kimono, and a stunning obi in the same blue with white and silver embroidered Inu.
“I love how you look in black, that is true; but I have been waiting for you to find and wear this outfit. I think you would look spectacular in this Yasha.”
Inuyasha only nodded and allowed Sesshoumaru to help him get dressed.
Sesshoumaru knew this color would be his favorite on Inuyasha…but he’d had no idea just how beautiful he’d look in it. In fact, he was almost ready to make him take it off, thinking of how others would look at him too; and he fought with the jealousy he felt suddenly.
‘If anyone stares at him with lust, I will claw their eyes out and feed them to them slowly. And then I will wrap them in their own intestines. ’ he thought fiercely.
“May I show you our kimonos for the ceremony?” Sesshoumaru asked.
“Yeah, I’ve been waiting to see them.”
“They are in my wardrobe,” Sesshoumaru said as he took Inuyasha’s hand and led him to his rooms.
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Inuyasha stood with excited anticipation while Sesshoumaru opened his wardrobe doors and reached inside.
Turning to Inuyasha, his arms full of silk that was both ocean and sunshine, and blue-velvet night and starlight, he said, “Here, let me unfold it all so you can see it.”
Inuyasha was stunned to see what Sesshoumaru laid out on the bed.
Inuyasha’s kimono and flowing hakama were both of deep ocean blue silk and heavily embroidered with a subtle design in matching thread. The bands at the collar and cuffs were of the purest gold silk, and decorated with raised designs of ocean blue crescent moons and snowflakes that were three dimensional.
The long formal obi was white and gold, and had the same deep ocean blue thread paired with gold in a design of an InuYoukai chasing a Phoenix at the ends. There were extra panels of fabric that went over the shoulders and hung below the knees, and all were embroidered in a similar fashion with the colors reversed. The sleeves were long with trailing fabric. The under-kimono was a pure white lighter silk, and its sleeves and hem were so long they spilled from the kimono in a wave of fabric that would drag on the floor.
Sesshoumaru’s kimono and hakama were made of deep indigo silk, and was also heavily embroidered. The bands at the collar and cuffs were a pure, shining silver silk. Indigo blue silk thread created suns and stars along the collar and cuffs in a raised, three dimensional pattern. The obi was embroidered with two InuYoukai flying through the sky. His sleeves were just as long as the sleeves on Inuyasha’s kimono, and the under-kimono he would wear had the same long sleeves and hem as well.
“Wow…”
Sesshoumaru smiled. “There is only one more thing…here.” He turned holding two flat boxes, and opened the silver box first. “This is mine…”
Inuyasha was stunned again. A beautifully delicate silver crown lay in the box. Made to be worn around his head and across his forehead, it was woven of pure silver. For the centerpiece, there was a twisting circle of silver in the center that would frame Sesshoumaru’s Crescent Moon perfectly. Long thin silver chain would hang down past his face and drape down his chest…all the way to his waist. Spaced along the chain were shining pieces of cut crystal. The chain and crystal also draped down in the back, and would accent Sesshoumaru’s beautiful hair perfectly.
“It’s so beautiful, Sesshou. Perfect for you,” Inuyasha whispered.
“And now, this is yours, Little Mate,” Sesshoumaru said as he held out the gold box and removed the lid.
Inuyasha reached out a tentative hand to touch it, but stopped himself.
‘It’s too beautiful to touch,’ he thought.
A crown of pure gold, nearly a perfect match to Sesshoumaru’s, lay in this box. Inuyasha was speechless.
After a minute of only being able to stare in awe, Inuyasha asked, “Are you sure you want me to wear this? You are the High Lord of the West…you really want mine to be as beautiful as yours?”
“Yasha, I would have thought you’d already know this…you are my equal in
every way. No matter what titles the world knows us by, you are my equal.
My precious Mate.”
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As they were leaving the dining hall after the early morning meal, Kaito approached them.
“My Lords, Kouga of the Northern Yōrōzoku has just arrived with his Pack. Per your previous instructions they have all been quartered in the guest tower next to this one. Kouga-san has stated he is looking forward to seeing Lord Inuyasha. Also, Lord Kagemitsu of the Southern Lands has been sighted and will arrive within the hour. He will also be given the quarters you specified, far from the Family Tower; in the tower reserved for the Four Lords of Japan. I expect the Lords of the North and East to arrive late in the day,” Kaito finished.
“Oh yeah? Cool…” Inuyasha replied. “Uh, should I be with you to greet this other Lord?”
“No Yasha. I will greet him alone. This is one Lord I would not have invited…but to slight him in that way may have started a war, “ Sesshoumaru explained. “I have already heard that he is far from happy that I executed Susumu in our council meeting.”
“Got it. I’ll go see Kouga. Wanna come Sesshou?”
“You go ahead Otouto. I will also be double checking the arrangements for the ceremony while you are gone, then we can greet any other guests together as they arrive.”
“Okay. I’ll just go say hi. We’ll have dinner tonight with our friends and family, right?”
Sesshoumaru smiled. “Yes Little Mate. Go say hello to your friend.”
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Kouga had never been inside Tsuki no Kyūden before and he was in awe. It was an amazingly beautiful palace. Impressive. In fact, he was feeling quite out of place.
‘I’m just happy I chose to wear my kimono and hakama instead of furs. It’s okay that my pack wear their furs…we are wolves after all…but I’m recognized as a Prince, and in this place, I’d better act like one.’ He was lost in thought as he looked over the palace complex from the balcony of the private suite he’d been given when he heard a knock on the outer door of the rooms.
“Yeah! Come on in!” he called.
As the doors from the sitting room to the bedroom opened, he watched a regally beautiful male with his snowy white tail draped over his shoulder walk into his rooms.
‘Who…?’ “Inuyasha?!?” “Yeah Wolf, it’s me…who else has the ears?” Inuyasha swiveled his ears and smirked. “How ya’ doin’? Glad you could come for the ceremony.”
Kouga could only stand and stare for a moment. He’d never seen Inuyasha in anything but red, or the black or white & purple from Sesshoumaru. But…
‘Holy shit…that blue-green color…he looks completely untouchable…like something I could never hope to attain. And I’m right about that, I know. And his markings! I’ve never seen anything like them…he looks amazing.’ “Kouga…you okay?”
“Y-yeah. Just hearing about how you died…then getting the invitation and explanation from Sesshoumaru’s messenger…I guess it’s just that I felt I had to see you to believe you were still with us. And…you look really beautiful Inuyasha.”
“Huh? Wow…never thought you’d say something like that to
me,” Inuyasha chuckled.
“Yeah, well… You
are beautiful. Your markings are fantastic, and that color looks amazing on you. But I can tell you that you look even more stunning because of how happy you look. I’ve never seen you look so peaceful. I’m happy for you, Inukoro.”
“Ha! Yeah, that’s better Wolf-cub. Ya’ don’t need to be so formal when it’s just us.”
Kouga then felt Inuyasha hug him tightly. “It’s good to see you Kouga. I hope we can stay friends now…don’t be such a stranger, ya’ know? With the pups I can’t really go running around all the time anymore, but you’re welcome to come here to visit, okay? Remember that.”
Slowly, Kouga returned the hug. He knew it was only done out of friendship, and he knew he could not allow himself any further thoughts. “Yeah, for sure. I can’t wait to meet your pups. How are Rin and Shippo?”
“Ah, they’re great. And you know Miroku, Sango and Kohaku are here too? The rest of the Slayer’s Village will arrive later today. I’ll have you meet the pups later too.” Inuyasha looked so happy at mentioning his pups, Kouga’s breath caught in his throat at the divine beauty it turned him into. His eyes glowed like topaz jewels. “My pups are
beautiful…and I love Sesshoumaru
so much. I never dreamed I could ever be this happy,” he said softly.
Kouga smiled hugely. “Then I’m
really happy for you Inuyasha. And yeah, I’d like to stay friends too. You’re sure Sesshoumaru will be okay with that?”
“Yeah, he will. He knows he has all of me, heart and soul.”
Kouga nodded. “Good then. You both deserve to be happy.”
“Well, I gotta go and join Sesshoumaru to greet the other guests. Rest for a while…I know it was a long trip from the Northern Caves. Feel free to do anything you want while you’re here. Okay? I’ll see ‘ya at dinner tonight. You’ll be there, right?”
“I wouldn’t miss it.”
*****
Inuyasha found Sesshoumaru heading for the front gates to the palace complex. He joined him from behind and could tell he was deep in thought…Sesshoumaru didn’t sense his presence until he actually grabbed his hand to hold it.
“Hey Sesshou…you okay?”
“Hai. I was only thinking. I do not trust Lord Kagemitsu.”
“Well, for now, he’s right in the middle of the entire Western Army; and even without that, he’d be an absolute fool to challenge us. As for you ‘thinking’…I have the remedy for that,” and Inuyasha proceeded to back Sesshoumaru into an outer wall of one of the buildings and kissed him like he wanted to climb inside him.
By the time they broke apart for air, they were both panting.
“Mmm…Yasha.” Sesshoumaru did not like the light scent of the Wolf on his Mate, but knew it was nothing he should think about.
“I just can’t resist you, my beautiful Mate,” Inuyasha admitted. “C’mon, let’s go…I hear others approaching the front gates.”
Neither noticed the Lord of the South staring at them through narrowed eyes from his own balcony.
~tbc
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I’m not entirely happy with the sex in this chapter…maybe I’ll rewrite it when I feel better.
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Quotes used in Sesshoumaru’s book: (And
yes, I know these and others I’ll use in future chapters were said by more modern authors, but I couldn’t resist using them. That is why their names aren’t given IN his book.)
“So dear I love him that, with him all deaths I could endure; without him live no life.” ~John Milton ~~~ "The heart is the only broken instrument that works." ~T E Kalem ***AND…if you want to
see Inuyasha’s beautiful blue-green kimono, ask and I’ll email it to you. :D The scene in this pic is actually for Chapter 34...but it's beautiful and really inspires me. PrincessAurora5335@gmail.com.
Or if you’re on y!Gallery (you need Firefox to access the site)… http://www.y-gallery.net/view/912746/.
And the main pic for my story… http://www.y-gallery.net/view/912181/.
I can email them both if you want.
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Japanese used in this story: Inuyasha: (犬夜叉) (いぬやしゃ)
dog deity. 犬-dog + 夜叉- Yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors.)
Sesshoumaru: (殺生丸) (せっしょうまる),
killing perfection; circle of destruction, perfect killing circle Misaki: (美咲) (みさき) female name meaning
‘beautiful blossom’ (美 - ‘mi’ - the beauty, beautiful; 咲 - ‘saki’ - the blossom)
Tomomi: (朋美) (ともみ) female name meaning
‘beautiful friend’ (朋 – ‘tomo’ - the friend, the companion; 美 - ‘mi’ - the beauty, beautiful)
Reika: (麗華) (れいか) female name meaning
‘lovely flower’ (麗 – ‘rei’ - lovely, beautiful; 華 – ‘ka’ - the flower)
Jaken: (邪見; literally meaning
‘Evil sight’) a kappa-youkai (a
Kappa is a type of aquatic yōkai or water deity that inhabits the rivers in rural Japan. *see below*)
Kappa: (河童) (かっぱ) mythical water-dwelling creatures (also means ‘excellent swimmer’ and ‘cucumber’. ;) Don’t you love knowing this shit?
Kouga: (鋼牙) (こうが) Kōga.
‘Steel fang’ the young leader of the eastern
Yōrōzoku (妖狼族,
‘Wolf Demon Tribe’), which is nearly wiped out by Kagura and Naraku.
-san: (さん) honorific title used after person's name (first name or surname) regardless of sex. Derived from -
sama,
san is the most commonplace honorific, and is a title of respect typically used between equals of any age. Although the closest analog in English are the honorifics "Mr.", "Miss", "Mrs.", or "Ms.",
san is almost universally added to a person's name, in both formal and informal contexts.
-sama: ‘Lord’ (様) (さま) is a markedly more respectful version of
san. It is used mainly to refer to people much higher in rank than oneself, toward one's customers, and sometimes toward people one greatly admires. More respectful than
san. Gender-neutral.
Tsuki no Kyūden: (月の宮殿) (
The)
Palace of the Moon = The name I have given Sesshoumaru’s castle in my story.
Ojīsan: (お祖父さん／御爺さん／お爺さん／御祖父さん):
grandpa, or also "male senior-citizen".
Kagemitsu: (景光) the Lord of the South in my story. I got the name from the manga and movie
‘Dororo’…and where I got the name for my awesome little dog, Dororo. XD:
Daigo Kagemitsu (醍醐景光) is a warlord who makes a deal with a group of 48 devils. He promises each devil a body part from his unborn child in exchange for the power to take over the nation.
Dororo = Little Monster Susumu: (進) (すすむ) Japanese male name meaning
‘advancement, progress’. Former Council member responsible for the Southern border to the Western Lands. Killed by Sesshoumaru in Council meeting.
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