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Adult ++
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Struggle For Power
After a long whip and chain session with Sesshou and Megan the surfer boy Inuyasha could not sit on the couch without wincing. His ass hurt. Sesshou fucked him into the floor after clawing him then whipping his ass until there were welts. He loved it, but at the same time they could have at least given him a bit more of their blood to heal the welts.
Sesshou smirked at his mate who was sitting on two ice packs whimpering. Megan came down latter giving them both a frown since they had spanked her so hard her ass would never recover at this rate. She couldn’t even sit yet. Sesshou looked at his sullen mates and when Touga came to slap Megan on the ass she snarled at him.
“Don’t even think about it dog boy are you trying to kill me!”
Megan whimpered as Touga withdrew his attempt and smirked at his son. Touga’s hair was a total wreck. He was a mess from the sex and still wanted more. He actually wore out the rabbit much to their surprise and shock.
“No baby I am not, what did you do them Sesshou destroy their gorgeous asses so I can’t have them? I think you did that on purpose.”
Sesshou smiled wide.
“I did so all of you would cut them some slack.”
Touga just grinned wider looking at Sesshou like he was prey. Sesshou was wearing black leather pants, the biker boots, and looked indeed like a bad ass after getting his ears pierced. Two small platinum hoops graced his ears and he had tattoos now on his arms. One of his true form on his left arm and the other of dragons chasing each other in a tribal pattern around his upper left arm. Touga licked his lips looking at his son who looked sexy as hell right now. His mates were also in leathers. Megan wearing this sexy leather mini number with probably nothing underneath and Inuyasha in some kind of shorts still in chains since Sesshou refused to remove them yet. The dog collar looked good on him too and Megan had this diamond studded one with a chain like a leash. It was really turning him on.
Shippo came down and in seeing Inuyasha he grabbed those chains ignoring the protests and dragged him up to his room. Sesshou gave up on fighting about it since this house was insane and Inuyasha was indeed being a big baby. Megan went to lie down on her stomach and suddenly Sesshou came over pulling her by her leash then grabbed the cuffs from his pocket cuffing her hands behind her as he dragged her around the kitchen with him as Touga watched this in interest. Suddenly he had a great idea and grinned. Rushing up to his room he hurried to change.
“Wonder what he is up to.”
Sesshou stated softly watching his Father retreat not trusting it since he smelled the arousal on him. When Touga came back down the stairs Sesshou and Megan’s jaw dropped. Touga had his hair up in long braids with ribbons. Something Tsukiya would do with ruby red full lips pouting, thigh high white stockings, black high heel Mary Jane’s, a little Alice in Wonderland extremely short fluffy dress on showing off those sexy long legs, and a blue garter to match his dress. Sesshou had to blink twice.
“Where the fuck did you find that?”
Sesshou practically choked out looking at his Father thinking he had not ever seen his Father look this sexy before in his life. The hair was longer then his and the braids made him look like a naughty milk maid from his wild fantasies of Inuyasha dressing like that. Sesshou would have given anything for Inuyasha to do this for him, but to see his Father like this only gave him new fantasies.
“In Tsukiya’s things when I was rummaging through her closet. She has some really cute things in there I might dress up and take Alistair out to dinner in. I mean he is always saying I am his woman so why not? You like?”
Touga stated fluttering his eyelashes at him. Sesshou couldn’t move and Megan just stood with her mouth open in shock. What the fuck was she supposed to say to the most gorgeous man who now looked like a gorgeous woman? Touga made Tsukiya’s transformations with the breast implants even pale in comparison to the sexy creature in front of them.
“Hell yes.”
Sesshou stated shaking his head trying to regain his bearings. Alistair wandered down and stopped in his tracks.
“Touga?”
Alistair squeaked out. Alistair did not ever squeak so this was amusing. Touga purposely bent down pretending to check the strap on his shoe giving Alistair a perfect view of his g stringed ass in see through white.
“Oh my…… damn……….”
That was all Alistair got out. Kouga came down seeing this sight and almost fell over Alistair in the process. Then Touga smirked at his son standing up. It wasn’t like he was not tall enough with his own stature, but with the high heels he was even more statuesque and graceful as hell. It was like he was naturally made to walk in stilettos.
“Father I didn’t know you wore high heels.”
Touga turned around smiling at his son as though he walked in these his whole life.
“Ah well son you see in the time before you were born it was quite fashionable in my day. Men wore stocking hose, what women call skirts were something of a different nature, and men’s lovely legs were shown off in the most stunning arrays of elegant fanciful attire. It was quite the rage of those times. I indeed miss such things since it did make me quite the talk of the demon world since I am said to have the longest and most lovely of the legs of any males I knew.’
“The capes and hats could be quite cumbersome, but unlike the wigs I never had to deal with such nonsense. Lice was running ramped in the human societies so wigs were a necessity, but my long silver locks have always been clean of such vermin. They would not dare reside on me and only a small demon flea was allowed such an honor. Wicked thing Mioga could be sometimes, but he was loyal as well as wise so I did not mind.”
Alistair smiled wickedly at his mate.
“You would be a Sophisticate’s wildest fantasy with the way you talk Touga.”
Alistair purred out as he put an arm around his gorgeous mate.
“Well my love it isn’t like this was unusual back then. My son has not ever seen me dressed like this. At one time for us this was fairly normal except for the pretty colored frills of this thing that is not of the brocade and silks we were so accustomed to. I certainly dressed as the samurai warrior I am, but in court I at times depending on what country I was in dressed in the attire of the fashion of that location. England and France seemed to take advantage of the most elegant of items in the fashion world that I still quite enjoy.”
Sesshou couldn’t help it as he dove under his Father’s skirt smelling that wonderful fragrance pulling Megan roughly down with the leash as she growled at him.
“Oh sorry my love I did not mean to cause you such hell. He just shocked me and I had to investigate.”
Alistair seeing Megan bent over with Sessho’s fist wrapped around her leash it gave him ideas as he smiled. She was wearing leather. Black leather and it was short.
“Speaking of lovely things bending over, Megan you look incredible.”
Before he could get there Kouga was already behind her so Alistair shrugged moving behind his mate wrapping his arms around him as he rubbed his cock against Touga’s ass dropping his boxers to the floor. That is all he and Kouga had been wearing when they came down from the room looking well ravished and for some reason they were still all ready to go even though they were supposedly worn out by Touga who was basking in all of this attention.
“I thought you were worn out and couldn’t get it up again Father.”
Jimmy stated growling as he looked down at the three men.
“Tsukiya I thought that outfit was only for my eyes……………”
Jimmy stated rubbing his eyes trying to adjust himself since even his boxers were messed up from dealing with the rabbit.
“Jimmy I am not Tsukiya, but I do like her taste in clothing.”
Touga mumbled out as he had that g string ripped off as Sesshou started sucking that monster cock. Alistair bent his mate over a bit shoving his hard cock up his ass. Kouga was pounding Megan from behind as tears formed a bit from her ass being a bit sore, but it still felt good.
“Touga………… That is you?”
Jimmy stated in shock as he looked at the man in a new light thinking he was in love again for the second time in his life. Then he saw Sesshoumaru was bent over quite nicely as was his Father and Kouga. Which one needed his attention the most? That is when Kouga howled for the last time that night. He about fell over trying to pull out and slowly made his way up to his room after kissing Megan and patting Sessho’s gorgeous ass licking his lips.
“Sesshou this rabbit misses that perfect ass. I will get some later though. I am fucking tired. Touga’s energy makes me seem like nothing. I think he is the rabbit of the family. Touga is a fucking energizer bunny from hell.”
Jimmy then saw what he wanted as he moved behind Megan.
“Mom you are so damn hot.”
Megan looked back and in shock saw Jimmy sliding into her biting his fingers to rub his blood on her red ass. Jimmy was at least considerate in trying to help make her feel better although she hated it when he called her Mom anymore.
“Jimmy please don’t call me Mom anymore, it makes me feel evil after all we have done.”
Jimmy smirked.
“It turns me on and that is what you are. I still call Dad my Dad. It doesn’t change who we are even though I like this much better than traditional normal dumb family shit. You are hot, sexy, young, and I can’t help it. Does that feel better?”
Megan nodded as she forgot herself with Jimmy pounding her after healing her sore ass. He was thoughtful. Touga came hard into Sessho’s mouth and he was generous enough to save some for Megan kissing her letting that sweet cum slide on her tongue as they kissed. That drove Alistair over the edge as Touga loved the way Sesshou sucked him off since no other could make him cum like Sesshou could. Alistair felt the throbbing tight ass of his mate.
“Oh fuck bitch you are tight. I love you mate.”
Alistair stated moaning as he came hard.
“Oh that feels good Alistair.”
Alistair came hard and then pulled Touga down with one of the braids for a long lingering kiss. Then surprising Touga Alistair lifted his tall mate into his arms as Touga cuddled against Alistair with loving eyes. It was strange to see such a short man in comparison to Touga carrying such a tall well built man like he weighed nothing.
“Jimmy, tell Tsukiya he lost this outfit. I am going to buy you many like this if you like them my mate and other things. I love you dressed up like this. You should always dress in things that show off your beautiful legs. You are so damn sexy Touga.”
Jimmy smirked at his Father after cumming hard into Megan and then pulled out. Jimmy kissed her deeply after she was allowed to stand up while Sesshou licked out all the cumm from her very wet abused pussy.
Alistair kissed Megan, ran his fingers softly over Sessho’s hair in a sign of affection, and then kissed Jimmy with passion. Touga kissed Alistair passionately before the two of them leaf as he walked away with his mate in his strong arms to their room as the two looked at each other with pure love in their eyes. They all got what they wanted and it worked out for the two Alphas just as they planned.
“Goodnight, I am going to go kidnap my Tsukiya back before they wear him completely out. I am starting to miss my mate. I think things are winding down a bit.”
Jimmy stated softy kissing his Mom and then Sesshou on the lips getting a taste of his own flavor mixed with Kouga, Inuyasha, and Sessho’s.
“I agree I am tired and I miss Inuyasha. I want him back in our bed.”
Megan stated frowning. Sesshoumaru pulled her leash and went to look for where ever Shippo stashed his mate. When he walked in the room Inuyasha was passed out flat on the bed with a smile on his face. Shippo was naked smoking one of Jimmy’s cigarettes with Souta, Tsukiya, and Jimmy sitting on the bed rubbing their fingers over Inuyasha’s legs trying to wake him up.
“He passed out cold and hasn’t woken up for an hour. We think Shippo fucked him to death poor guy.”
Tsukiya stated softly as those soft silver curls were an unruly mess and her voiced changed making her sound even more feminine. Tsukiya sounded like a woman.
“Tsukiya what happened to your voice?”
Sesshou asked since he had not seen Tsukiya it seemed like in days.
“Tsukiya is taking hormone pills given to her by Akiyoshi. Tsukiya is indeed becoming more and more of a bitch then any woman in this house. I can’t complain though I like her new voice.”
Jimmy stated smiling at his beautiful Tsukiya. Sesshou had to agree it was sultry, sexy, and soft. Tsukiya was all female except for that cock that he now appreciated that nestled between her legs as she sat cross legged naked on the bed. Tsukiya was indeed a goddess like Jimmy stated in the eyes of most of the demons of the house.
“I like it Tsukiya it is just surprising and I like your hair like that.”
Sesshou stated coming to sit next to Tsukiya as he pulled Megan on his lap with his leash on her putting an arm around her.
“I like it too. It is so soft Tsukiya.”
Megan stated softly. Shippo came back in the room looking like Jimmy as a King rather than a boy. He was fine and his blood red hair hung down past his ass. Shippo was damn beautiful and the two boy rulers would be like dragon Kings with those beautiful green eyes. Shippo pulled Megan from Sesshou.
“You can keep Tsukiya if you want Sesshou and the rest of these assholes. Let me have Megan for just tonight please.”
Shippo stated as he had waited a long time to have her to himself and here she was looking sexy as hell in his room. Sesshou sighed. Inuyasha was out cold and in fact he didn’t really mind for tonight. Tomorrow though his mates were to be all his with no one interfering.
“I guess so, but just for tonight Shippo. Come on boys let’s get Inuyasha to bed. I can’t believe you Shippo. If you killed my mate I will kick your ass and be gentle with Megan. She is a bit sore.”
Megan looked at Sesshou as he kissed her.
“You can talk now. Not just during sex my kitten except to make those noises we all love. Your Master is releasing you to Shippo. Behave and I will come for you tomorrow my love.”
Megan kissed Sesshou back. He smiled.
“You are a good pet. I love you.”
Sesshou stated to Megan as he left the room. Shippo removed the collar.
“I know he and Inuyasha like games, but I hate collars. I saw what they did to my Father and I won’t have you wear this around me. I am not into pain. I have had enough of that my whole life.”
Shippo removed it and then got a brush making Megan sit in a chair for him.
“I want to dress you in something special and then I am going to make love to you Megan. I have waited a long time to make love to a woman. You will be my first. I don’t even touch Tsukiya’s female parts. You though are special to me. I want you to be my first female lover. I want to take you on a date sometime and treat you like a Queen. Would you let me do that?”
Megan was shocked and Shippo smiled.
“You want to do that with me and for me?”
Megan was almost in tears. It was so sweet and so sincere. Shippo always seemed like the rest of these guys. All rough and tumble. He was much like Sesshou in some ways, but she did not expect such tenderness from the one everyone called the wild thing.
“Yes I want to do that for you. I am a bit nervous, but if you can be patient with me I will show you so much Megan. I can do many things with my powers. I used to flirt with girls when I was a pup and I do like women. I just found I loved men more. Now I have been with Souta for a long time and others mainly in this house. I see you as rare though and I would not even do this for any other female including Kagome who I love as though she were my Mother. Ayame is too much like a sister, but you are very special and a treasure to me. I don’t know why, but I want to show you tenderness. I want whatever we have together even if it is for only a short time to be special. I want it to be a good memory for me and for you.”
Shippo gave Megan a rose kissing her cheek then handed her a box. He now had on his boxers as she sat now with her long golden hair combed looking like shimmering metal sunlight in the artificial lights of the room.
“Now Megan I don’t want to see under your clothing yet. I will go into the other room and comb my hair from the mess I made of myself. Then that will give you time to put this on if you do not mind wearing it for me.”
Megan opened the box. The sleeping gown was long silky white with tiny diamonds and pearls in designs on it. It was one of the most beautiful pieces of clothing she had ever seen in her life. Tears formed at the thoughtfulness of this gift. Shippo indeed had thought this out.
“It is beautiful.”
Shippo smiled sliding a small thin diamond necklace around her neck, a bracelet to match, and even had earrings that dangled delicately from her ears he insisted he put on her so she let him. Then he went into the bathroom. He indeed thought this out.
“Shippo what the hell are you doing? She doesn’t belong to you and you shouldn’t be doing this.”
Shippo stated looking at himself in the mirror. He wanted Megan so bad and had ever since he saw her that first day he walked into the house. Shippo had arguments with Souta about it since Souta wanted to be there for this. Souta had been with a woman though and Shippo had not. He wanted this and it was killing him on how beautiful Megan was. She was a dream come to life for him.
He was completely pissed off at Inuyasha and Sesshou for sharing Megan with anyone. Shippo was mad at himself for going outside of his mate. It was not he did not enjoy it, but he wanted more in life. They had kids, all of them and they were all acting like a bunch of horney teenagers. Shippo could see the toll it was taking on not only him, but on Megan as well as the others. Megan was such a young demoness and these men were pushing her too fast. It wasn’t right.
Megan especially seemed weary and seemed only doing these things lately to please her mates not because she wanted to. Couldn’t they see that? Some days Inuyasha and Sesshou were idiots. He had been around Inuyasha enough to know that. Inuyasha treated Kagome in a similar manner and Miroku had done it to Sango. It was wrong.
“I want her so bad and I am a fool to think anything more will come from this night. It is only one night, but if I can I will make things good for her. I will make her happy and I will make sure her damn mates treat her better. We all need to do that. It is time for someone to take control. I thought it was Sesshoumaru, but I was wrong. How come it is always me who has to be the mature one around here and they call me the wild brat! I am sick of it.”
Shippo was pissed and tried to calm his demon. Half the reason he disappeared so much was he couldn’t even stand the immaturity of his own mate. Shippo dealt with years of Inuyasha’s immature ways and that was enough to drive anyone crazy. Taking a breath Shippo walked out of the bathroom as his jaw dropped. Megan looked beautiful in the flowing gown. She was standing in the balcony with her long golden hair flowing behind her and the white gown fluttering a bit in the breeze. The jewels he bought her glittered with her gown making her look like a jewel in the night. She was more beautiful than the sun or the moon in his eyes. She was a star sparkling for him.
Megan was thinking about her mates and about her idea on taking time away from the crazy house for a bit. She was tired and didn’t feel so great lately. It wasn’t to run from her mates. She loved them dearly, but cat demons did not remain in one place for so damn long. The wander lust was killing her and the lack of sleep. Cat demons slept longer then the dogs. They were wearing her out with their strange hours. Cats were up most of the night and slept most of the day. Megan needed at least 15 to 18 hours of sleep to be able to have a good rest and a normal rest for what kind of demon she was.
Knowing her mates would completely freak out on her, Megan didn’t want to say anything since Akiyoshi would claim it was a virus since he didn’t deal with enough cat demons than would go all health nuts on her and her mates would freak out. She figured it was just lack of sleep. She wasn’t pregnant and begged her demon to keep that from happening. Her demon wasn’t being a bitch anymore. They came to an understanding and lately they both decided enough was enough. No more pups until they were damn ready for them.
“You are beautiful Megan.”
Shippo whispered out. Megan smiled softly and looked at Shippo who had his hair combed. He was so beautiful and so soft spoken. Shippo was much like Sesshoumaru when she first met him. Shippo indeed was much like the man who raised him.
“You are even more beautiful then I could be Shippo with your hair like blood and your eyes like the ever green forest.”
Megan stated softly looking at the young demon man in front of her. He was beautiful and like all of them a predator that was too beautiful for words to describe in reality. There was no way to really fathom how such creatures could become monsters one moment and then become sexy beautiful celestial like creatures the next. Both the monster and the men who stood so proudly ruling this world were absolutely mouthwatering when it came to them all.
There was not one creature in the house that did not have some unique perfect beauty of their very own. Still in Megan’s eyes Sesshoumaru was her deepest desire and her dearest love. It killed her a bit any day she shared herself or her mates with others.
“You don’t want to be with others all the time do you Megan? You miss your mates and you want to just be with them. So after this night if you don’t mind being with me I am going to help you. We can get things back to how they should be. I want a female, I want you, but I know that it is not possible to keep you forever. You belong to Sesshoumaru in heart and soul. You love Inuyasha, but you belong to Sesshoumaru. We all know it, but no one wants to say it because then they would have to admit that you do not love them like you do him. Sesshoumaru is a lucky man and right now we are all fools. Yet you say nothing of your pain. Why?”
Megan looked at Shippo in shock. How did he know?
“I guess because I love people too much. I don’t like hurting them and funny part is I used to say I did like to do such horrible things. I used to joke about it, but I don’t like it. I love Sesshoumaru more than anything in my life. I always had like a foolish kid with a crush on a cartoon picture. I am a fool and would do anything for him.’
“I love Inuyasha, he is my soul too. It is different though. It is a different love. There is always one person you give your whole world to and no one else can touch that. That person for me is Sesshoumaru and I think he knows it. He is everything, my world and I always saw this loneliness in him. I wanted to end that since he seems like someone who has no one to say much to that cares for his thoughts or feelings. Maybe his brother or Kouga could do that. He didn’t ever really get close to them except now I see I was wrong in that.’
“I feel like I am in the way sometimes and that I do not understand my own mates enough some days. Sesshoumaru talks to his brother a lot, but I want to know the things no one else will. Not even Inuyasha. Things that he couldn’t tell anyone because they were things no one including Inuyasha could understand in him. You know there is always a friend who can do that or a lover who you can tell anything to. I wanted to be that person.’
“Sesshoumaru was always seen on that show that the brothers made up as so quiet, distant, and rarely said much unless he had to. He is still much like that at times. I can’t confuse reality though with dreams or cartoons. In the end Sesshoumaru is who he is. He is who I am with now and who I know so I am surprised constantly by him. I just hope he will always know my feelings for him and know how much I love him no matter what. My life is his and it always will be.”
Megan held the railing of the balcony looking out at the ocean. The night sky was so clear with a billion stars and the bright moon shining in the sky like an old friend. It was almost poetic the beauty of the night. It was like her beautiful Sesshoumaru who was the moon and the sun in her eyes. No matter what form Sesshoumaru was in he was beautiful in her eyes. So powerful and so elegant all the things she wanted to be.
“Sesshou is this mysterious figure who was so quiet and I wanted to know him more than anything. I wanted to know his desires, hopes, dreams, and I wanted to help them come true. I did not want to be foolish assuming I could do the impossible, but I wanted to know the things I could do that he might need. Sesshou I thought could use someone to talk to, a friend even.’
“I know what it is like to have people not understand you and think you are strange. I know what it is to be different and not accepted. I really did not fit in anywhere until now and even here I feel like I do not. I am a cat surrounded by dogs. I am still the outcast even when I am accepted. I don’t feel it. I honestly do not feel accepted since I am so different. I am just a curiosity.”
Sesshou was standing on the balcony listening to Megan having similar thoughts about her as he looked into the night. It was beautiful like his Megan and he missed just having his mates to himself. Shippo was right damn it all. All he wanted to do was rush into that room and bring her back.
“He is thinking about me and I feel it. I know it and I know he feels me. We are connected body and soul. The three of us are connected in this strange way. I can feel his pain and his pleasure. I guess all this crazy stuff in the end we do comes down to one thing. What we feel we still feel as mates together. It isn’t just the pain of one person anymore. He knows I want to run and have time on my own. Sesshou knows this and I know it hurts him. I don’t know how to fix it and I do not know how to make things better so he does not feel such sorrow. That is why I am suffering Shippo. He howls to the lonely moon and I can hear him yet I am not ready to answer his call.’
“It isn’t this silly nonsense we are doing with all of you. We are open and we will get over it. In the end no matter what it comes down to the same thing. We love each other and we only will love each other. We care for our family, we love them in the fact we want them to be safe as well as happy, but you all will not stay here forever. Eventually all of you will move on. We have forever together and we want that. I want that.”
Sesshou couldn’t stand it anymore. He stood outside with his silky white PJ pants on wearing nothing under them as the long silky white robe billowed about him as it was untied. Sesshou kicked the boys out of his room.
Shippo made love to Megan that night. Afterwards Shippo waited for Megan to clean up than he held her as they danced for a moment. Megan and Shippo kissed again, but right then Sesshou burst into the room pushing Shippo away from Megan looking at her in that gown.
“You bought this for her Shippo?”
Sesshou stated turning around to look at Shippo who shrugged blushing like crazy since he had indeed enjoyed being with Megan while he could.
“Thank you. You opened my eyes to what I am losing. I wish you and your mate best of luck in finding your female. I am taking my Megan back. She is mine. I keep forgetting about the important things being around others including my Father. I am done with this. You are mature young man. Jimmy and you will be good rulers. You have my blessings and you both have my position. I don’t give a shit anymore. I want my mates back.’
“I have ruled for a long time. I want to leave and be free with my mates. We are packing up tomorrow and I won’t be saying goodbye to everyone. You have the house, the keys, money, and I will let you know where we are when we get there. We are going to go far away from here and I don’t know if we will come back for a long time. If my Father or Alistair asks we ran away from home and I am not sure if I want to come back. Goodnight and goodbye.”
Sesshou stated as he picked up Megan in his arms rushing out of the room. Touga over heard this conversation and came out of the room with Alistair stopping his son.
“Father, move out of my way.”
Sesshou growled at his Father baring his fangs. His red eyes let everyone in that house know he was done. The young demon Lord had enough and was finished with the foolishness that he let go on way too long.
“Wait son, don’t lose your temper. We understand ok? Just please Sesshou, don’t leave and not say goodbye to all of us. You have pups here too you know.”
Alistair looked at Sesshou nodding realizing what was happening.
“Look we have all been rather selfish bastards. Don’t leave like this. If you need time fine, but don’t just disappear on us ok?”
Sesshou rolled his eyes.
“Of course I am taking our pups including Tsukiya, Jimmy, and the little ones if we were leaving for good. That isn’t the point you jerks and you both know it. This was your stupid plan! You are both worried for nothing. Megan is a cat demon or did you all forget that? She has wander lust. Let her get it out of her system before she leaves us all and makes me kill all of you. I will not lose my beloved over all of you.”
Touga looked at his son and then at Megan. His jaw dropped.
“That is why you have been so moody? Damn it Sesshoumaru Candrabhana Tashio!”
Touga blew up at his son yelling in Japanese how Sesshou was not allowed to give up his title as now the whole damn house was standing looking at the argument going on in the hallway as Sesshou was being reprimanded by his Father who still kind looked like a woman with his long braids with the ribbons in them so it was kind of funny. Especially to see a half naked man in red boxers doing this with that low voice and beautiful feminine face with smeared lipstick on.
Sesshou was having a hell of a hard time taking his Father seriously with the way he looked right then since he looked ridiculous. Sesshou told his Father his name was Sesshou not Sesshoumaru any longer and Father told him he changed his damn mind.
“You are Sesshoumaru until you can tell people what the fuck is going on and you are a boy still damn it all if you can’t tell people especially family what is wrong. You cannot just give up your responsibilities without training pups to take over plus you are still King you brat! You don’t have the right to give that up yet and I won’t let you! I still can do that and you damn well know it!”
Touga yelled waking up the babies as Sesshou groaned still refusing to set Megan down as she had her hand on her face blushing like crazy. This was so embarrassing and she was trying not to laugh at Touga who looked like a crazy person with those braids flying around as he talked. Akiyoshi and the others were inching a bit closer to touch any of them so they could steal Megan away so she didn’t have to listen to the yelling. Touga, Alistair, and Sesshoumaru roared at them all together.
“If you touch her we will kill you!”
The rest of the pack backed off. The red eyed demons were in no mood to be messed with and Inuyasha finally woke up grumbling at them all to shut the fuck up as he came out of his room. Then he looked at Megan in Sesshoumaru’s arms with the three Alphas’ roaring at each other and the pups down in the nursery fussing.
“Oh great, you assholes woke the babies up! I can’t believe you jerks waking them up! If you are going to argue Sesshoumaru give me Megan so we can go calm the pups down.”
Sesshou grabbed Inuyasha and held him by his hair.
“You are not going anywhere. The nannies will take care of them. You are not going to go near anyone in this house except for me and Megan unless you want me to kick your fucking ass.”
Inuyasha looked at his brother in shock. Sesshoumaru was pissed off and acting like a jealous possessive asshole. He had one hell of a grip too on his hair. It was about fucking time.
“So when did my big brother come back again or was this strange person for the last few months just a phase you were going through?”
Alistair stopped and so did Touga. Alistair looked at Inuyasha funny.
“You mean he is always this fucking possessive and anal?”
Touga started laughing at Alistair.
“Of course he is I told you that. You don’t ever listen to me. I tried to warn you and the rest of the pack tried too. You can only push Sesshoumaru so far before he will kill people. We are lucky we all have our heads still. I named him Sesshoumaru for a damn good reason Alistair.”
Alistair cracked his knuckles.
“I want to test this theory. Do you mind Touga? I am in the mood for a good fight. Let’s see what you got kid.”
Jimmy came out of the room and pushed his Father aside.
“No that is my place. It is my turn Sesshoumaru. I almost kicked Inuyasha’s ass although he did not tell you and tried to kick my Mom’s, but she whooped me good. That sucked by the way and now because of your fucking asinine actions talking about leaving I want this so let’s see if I am ready for Alpha. Let’s go big dog.”
Tsukiya looked at Jimmy like he was insane, but truth was they all were itching for a fight. Sesshoumaru set Megan down kissing her.
“Inuyasha, why didn’t you tell me about your battle and what about you Megan? When the fuck did you both have time?”
Sesshoumaru looked at his mates sadly.
“We have been rather busy being tormented by all these assholes so when the fuck did we have time to tell you? It was only one damn fight Sesshoumaru. It wasn’t that big of deal and it was over sex leading to more sex so who cares?”
Inuyasha stated and Sesshoumaru realized this was true. They hadn’t gotten a break and it pissed him off. Why the hell didn’t he get to fight some asshole in this house? Because they were busy tormenting his ass that is why.
“Ok Jimmy, you want this I am going to kick your ass boy. Let’s go.”
Sesshoumaru stated firmly as he teleported onto the beach. This time he brought out his tensaiga. Tensaiga was pulsing for action. It had been waiting for a long time and was ready for this fight. Jimmy landed and he too had been practicing receiving his Father’s weapon the flame sword of hell called Aodha. It was a black bladed katana with black flames flowing from it although the sword smith himself had been of Scottish origin that had traveled to the great land of Japan to learn from the demon sword smiths of the country in order to make this fine weapon.
Sesshoumaru removed his robe. Jimmy stood out in black silk pants that contrasted with the filmy white. Sesshoumaru right now was a bit distracting to Jimmy who was looking at his lover trying not to lick his lips. Angry and beautiful Sesshoumaru looked damn good to him.
“Don’t get distracted Jimmy if you wish to keep your limbs. I am not in the playing mood today and you wanted a fight. I won’t go easy on you and if you want a fight you better give me a damn good one. Otherwise let Alistair fight me. I will indeed cause you pain today pup since fighting for this position I hold is no joke.”
Jimmy wasn’t afraid in the slightest.
“Just because I am admiring the view doesn’t mean I am not prepared for this my gorgeous lover.”
Sesshoumaru smirked a bit as their swords clashed. This time he was full of demonic power feeling as though Sesshoumaru was just hitting his prime. Jimmy felt it too shaking his head a bit and then smiled as he looked at the little bit of blood on his arm from Tensaiga cutting him.
“I thought that was a sword that couldn’t cut.”
Sesshoumaru smiled.
“Who said it was the sword that cut you?”
Sesshoumaru let the poison drip from his fingers and Jimmy shook it off. It stung a bit, but nothing more. The powers of the swords pulsed as Sesshoumaru sent dragon strike at Jimmy and the dragons flew at Jimmy so quickly he almost forgot to do the black shield. Swinging his sword in a wide circle a barrier came up then he pushed the flames out. Black flames and dragons flew forward attacking the blue ones. Jimmy’s dragons were overcome by the dragons of light, but Jimmy was far from done.
“Clever.”
Sesshoumaru stated as he watched the black shield itself engulf the blue dragons covering them in darkness. Their swords clashed a few times and for a while it seemed they were equally matched until Sesshoumaru disarmed Jimmy only to have the pup flip over him turning into the wolf. Sesshoumaru in turn turned into the huge demon dog. The two canines attacked.
Jimmy was now much bigger and very strong. Sesshoumaru though knocked him back a few times. Jimmy tried that trick that he had done when they first met. Touga’s eyes went wide in recognition and Alistair smirked at his son until Sesshoumaru leapt up slamming the wolf pup tossing him into the ocean as Jimmy yelped at the huge white clawed paw threw him.
Alistair then looked out into the ocean and so did Sesshoumaru who panicked watching the wolf pup sink. Sesshoumaru in his dog form raced out into the sky then pulled Jimmy out of the water whimpering over him as Jimmy lay wounded on the ground below him. Then he howled in sorrow. Jimmy lost his arm out there somewhere. Alistair heard it and raced smelling the blood in the water as he in his form dove deep into the ocean pulling out the limb in his mighty jaws. When Jimmy came to he was shaking and losing a lot of blood. His Father nudged him dropping the arm. Then they all changed back as Sesshoumaru bent down to help reattach the arm again as the skin melded together with the tensaiga pulsing with healing power as Sesshoumaru dripped his blood upon the sword than placing it against the wound.
Jimmy screamed in pain before passion out cold. Akiyoshi raced out with his medical kit as they lifted Jimmy carrying him inside the house with no one saying much of anything. Sesshoumaru won fair and square. No one would question it. He was still Alpha and after seeing that fight there was not a single one of them except the two former Alphas who could beat him. Even they were not sure if they could and they both were not really sure if they wanted to find out. Alistair grabbed Aodha and Touga grabbed Tensaiga from the beach. The swords were put back in the sheaths and returned to their places on the wall. The swords sang happily that they got to battle again after a long time of being left on their own. Tessaiga also sang since it had been in battle earlier that day.
Sesshoumaru sat in the living room with Jimmy’s head on his lap. He wasn’t happy at all and Megan was at his side with Inuyasha sitting silently on the other side of him with Jimmy’s upper body on her lap. The boy’s feet were on Alistair’s lap and Touga sat across from them all looking stressed. Akiyoshi was able to stabilize Jimmy after he passed out. Still the house was very quiet other then Tsukiya’s sobs.
Tsukiya would not even talk to her Fathers after blaming them for this mess and the last thing she told them was that when Jimmy woke up she was going to kick his ass for being such a hard headed jerk. Tsukiya was terrified for her mate and finally came out of her room sitting across from everyone with Touga holding his hand. Tsukiya looked like a lost child holding her bear with those long silver curls framing her beautiful face. The pink PJ’s were replaced today by a pretty bright flowery dress with purple ribbons. Jimmy always said he wanted to marry a girl with such a dress and so he did. Tsukiya wore this special just for Jimmy and wanted him to wake up to be his grumpy ass stupid self again.
Shippo, Kouga, Akiyoshi, Miroku, Ayame, Kagome, and Souta had to get out for a while. They took all the kids to the park and were going to the fair. Lycos and Coty went to a movie since they had a movie date. It was pretty obvious those two were going to be mated in the next few years except Jimmy everyone smirked at that one trying to get the adults to notice the marking on his neck. Lycos was taken and would be for the rest of his life even though he was still a virgin.
Megan felt Jimmy stir a bit and then moan.
“Fucking big ass dog you didn’t have to rip my damn arm off. Bastard you could have just smacked me away instead.”
Jimmy grumbled as he looked at Sesshoumaru who frowned down at him.
“I told you not to fuck with me that night Jimmy and I didn’t mean to tear off your arm. I meant to smack you brat. Maybe next time you will listen to me when I tell you not to do shit like that pup. You should have left me to fight my Father and Alistair. They can handle me in one of my moods and you could not. You are stubborn and I told you that you can’t beat me boy. I know better than to fuck with my own Father or Alistair for too long when they are in that mood. I wanted to fight them, but I am not stupid enough to fight them when they are as pissed off as I was. That is just asking to be maimed or killed. I could have killed you.’
“You are young, impulsive, and very stupid sometimes Jimmy. I love you, but you got what you fucking deserved and you are lucky all that happened to you did not turn out worse for you. You almost drown and you almost lost your arm. I am not a fool and I have fought much harder for many more years then you have against foes that make the ones you fight here nothing except weaklings.”
Tsukiya got up and walked over to Jimmy after they helped him sit up. He still hurt pretty badly and Akiyoshi left a bottle of pain medication he prescribed that Alistair picked up for him to help. Alistair worried for his son gave him a bottle of water telling him to drink down a pain pill. Tsukiya sat next to Jimmy taking his face in her hands as tears came kissing him. Then she slapped him across the face as hard as she could. Touga tried not to laugh as did the others. Tsukiya could be just as mean as Megan some days.
“You scared me to death you asshole! I thought I was going to lose you! If you ever do something that dumb again I am going to kill you!”
Jimmy smiled at his mate hugging her with the arm that was not in a sling.
“I love you too Tsukiya, but damn bitch you are mean.”
Jimmy stated trying to move his jaw from that slap. Tsukiya did not know her own strength some days.
Alistair got up with Touga following.
“We will see you all later. I have a date tonight with my mate. Come on lets go get changed. I can’t wait to see you in that dress, but you can’t wear high heels so I got you flat shoes. You are already way too tall and I am a fucking dwarf next to you Touga even if I can kick your fucking ass.”
Alistair complained as Touga smiled following his mate up the stairs shrugging. That was one thing he loved about being mated to the black wolf. Even if Touga wasn’t Alpha to Alistair he was still taller.
After winding down from such a rough night, Tsukiya helped Jimmy up to his room.
“We are going to leave for a few days. You know that yacht you both rented when we first met Megan Inuyasha? Well we are going to go on it for a few weeks. You want to wander my lovely little kitten and you are a strange cat who likes water. So we are going to go boating and go find Inuyasha’s damn shark to see if it is even still alive. I figure we go deep sea fishing and take some time to get the hell away from here. We can sleep in and just be free. What do you both think of that?”
Megan and Inuyasha smiled. They couldn’t wait for it. It would be nice to get away from everyone and everything. It was exactly what they all needed. Sesshoumaru felt Inuyasha climb on his lap.
“I think this calls for a lap dance and maybe even some incredible all night sex just between mates of course my loves.”
Inuyasha stated with a grin. Megan giggled and stood behind Inuyasha helping him strip.
“Work it baby.”
Sesshoumaru laughed as Megan teased Inuyasha who winked at her with a big smile on his face as he did indeed. Sesshoumaru grasped Inuyasha with one arm pulling Megan with the other up the stairs to their room where laughter, moans, and sweet promises were made. Plans for an incredible get away were in order and the three of them conspired to run away from home much more often swearing that next time the only people who would know about it was the nannies.
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Sesshou smirked at his mate who was sitting on two ice packs whimpering. Megan came down latter giving them both a frown since they had spanked her so hard her ass would never recover at this rate. She couldn’t even sit yet. Sesshou looked at his sullen mates and when Touga came to slap Megan on the ass she snarled at him.
“Don’t even think about it dog boy are you trying to kill me!”
Megan whimpered as Touga withdrew his attempt and smirked at his son. Touga’s hair was a total wreck. He was a mess from the sex and still wanted more. He actually wore out the rabbit much to their surprise and shock.
“No baby I am not, what did you do them Sesshou destroy their gorgeous asses so I can’t have them? I think you did that on purpose.”
Sesshou smiled wide.
“I did so all of you would cut them some slack.”
Touga just grinned wider looking at Sesshou like he was prey. Sesshou was wearing black leather pants, the biker boots, and looked indeed like a bad ass after getting his ears pierced. Two small platinum hoops graced his ears and he had tattoos now on his arms. One of his true form on his left arm and the other of dragons chasing each other in a tribal pattern around his upper left arm. Touga licked his lips looking at his son who looked sexy as hell right now. His mates were also in leathers. Megan wearing this sexy leather mini number with probably nothing underneath and Inuyasha in some kind of shorts still in chains since Sesshou refused to remove them yet. The dog collar looked good on him too and Megan had this diamond studded one with a chain like a leash. It was really turning him on.
Shippo came down and in seeing Inuyasha he grabbed those chains ignoring the protests and dragged him up to his room. Sesshou gave up on fighting about it since this house was insane and Inuyasha was indeed being a big baby. Megan went to lie down on her stomach and suddenly Sesshou came over pulling her by her leash then grabbed the cuffs from his pocket cuffing her hands behind her as he dragged her around the kitchen with him as Touga watched this in interest. Suddenly he had a great idea and grinned. Rushing up to his room he hurried to change.
“Wonder what he is up to.”
Sesshou stated softly watching his Father retreat not trusting it since he smelled the arousal on him. When Touga came back down the stairs Sesshou and Megan’s jaw dropped. Touga had his hair up in long braids with ribbons. Something Tsukiya would do with ruby red full lips pouting, thigh high white stockings, black high heel Mary Jane’s, a little Alice in Wonderland extremely short fluffy dress on showing off those sexy long legs, and a blue garter to match his dress. Sesshou had to blink twice.
“Where the fuck did you find that?”
Sesshou practically choked out looking at his Father thinking he had not ever seen his Father look this sexy before in his life. The hair was longer then his and the braids made him look like a naughty milk maid from his wild fantasies of Inuyasha dressing like that. Sesshou would have given anything for Inuyasha to do this for him, but to see his Father like this only gave him new fantasies.
“In Tsukiya’s things when I was rummaging through her closet. She has some really cute things in there I might dress up and take Alistair out to dinner in. I mean he is always saying I am his woman so why not? You like?”
Touga stated fluttering his eyelashes at him. Sesshou couldn’t move and Megan just stood with her mouth open in shock. What the fuck was she supposed to say to the most gorgeous man who now looked like a gorgeous woman? Touga made Tsukiya’s transformations with the breast implants even pale in comparison to the sexy creature in front of them.
“Hell yes.”
Sesshou stated shaking his head trying to regain his bearings. Alistair wandered down and stopped in his tracks.
“Touga?”
Alistair squeaked out. Alistair did not ever squeak so this was amusing. Touga purposely bent down pretending to check the strap on his shoe giving Alistair a perfect view of his g stringed ass in see through white.
“Oh my…… damn……….”
That was all Alistair got out. Kouga came down seeing this sight and almost fell over Alistair in the process. Then Touga smirked at his son standing up. It wasn’t like he was not tall enough with his own stature, but with the high heels he was even more statuesque and graceful as hell. It was like he was naturally made to walk in stilettos.
“Father I didn’t know you wore high heels.”
Touga turned around smiling at his son as though he walked in these his whole life.
“Ah well son you see in the time before you were born it was quite fashionable in my day. Men wore stocking hose, what women call skirts were something of a different nature, and men’s lovely legs were shown off in the most stunning arrays of elegant fanciful attire. It was quite the rage of those times. I indeed miss such things since it did make me quite the talk of the demon world since I am said to have the longest and most lovely of the legs of any males I knew.’
“The capes and hats could be quite cumbersome, but unlike the wigs I never had to deal with such nonsense. Lice was running ramped in the human societies so wigs were a necessity, but my long silver locks have always been clean of such vermin. They would not dare reside on me and only a small demon flea was allowed such an honor. Wicked thing Mioga could be sometimes, but he was loyal as well as wise so I did not mind.”
Alistair smiled wickedly at his mate.
“You would be a Sophisticate’s wildest fantasy with the way you talk Touga.”
Alistair purred out as he put an arm around his gorgeous mate.
“Well my love it isn’t like this was unusual back then. My son has not ever seen me dressed like this. At one time for us this was fairly normal except for the pretty colored frills of this thing that is not of the brocade and silks we were so accustomed to. I certainly dressed as the samurai warrior I am, but in court I at times depending on what country I was in dressed in the attire of the fashion of that location. England and France seemed to take advantage of the most elegant of items in the fashion world that I still quite enjoy.”
Sesshou couldn’t help it as he dove under his Father’s skirt smelling that wonderful fragrance pulling Megan roughly down with the leash as she growled at him.
“Oh sorry my love I did not mean to cause you such hell. He just shocked me and I had to investigate.”
Alistair seeing Megan bent over with Sessho’s fist wrapped around her leash it gave him ideas as he smiled. She was wearing leather. Black leather and it was short.
“Speaking of lovely things bending over, Megan you look incredible.”
Before he could get there Kouga was already behind her so Alistair shrugged moving behind his mate wrapping his arms around him as he rubbed his cock against Touga’s ass dropping his boxers to the floor. That is all he and Kouga had been wearing when they came down from the room looking well ravished and for some reason they were still all ready to go even though they were supposedly worn out by Touga who was basking in all of this attention.
“I thought you were worn out and couldn’t get it up again Father.”
Jimmy stated growling as he looked down at the three men.
“Tsukiya I thought that outfit was only for my eyes……………”
Jimmy stated rubbing his eyes trying to adjust himself since even his boxers were messed up from dealing with the rabbit.
“Jimmy I am not Tsukiya, but I do like her taste in clothing.”
Touga mumbled out as he had that g string ripped off as Sesshou started sucking that monster cock. Alistair bent his mate over a bit shoving his hard cock up his ass. Kouga was pounding Megan from behind as tears formed a bit from her ass being a bit sore, but it still felt good.
“Touga………… That is you?”
Jimmy stated in shock as he looked at the man in a new light thinking he was in love again for the second time in his life. Then he saw Sesshoumaru was bent over quite nicely as was his Father and Kouga. Which one needed his attention the most? That is when Kouga howled for the last time that night. He about fell over trying to pull out and slowly made his way up to his room after kissing Megan and patting Sessho’s gorgeous ass licking his lips.
“Sesshou this rabbit misses that perfect ass. I will get some later though. I am fucking tired. Touga’s energy makes me seem like nothing. I think he is the rabbit of the family. Touga is a fucking energizer bunny from hell.”
Jimmy then saw what he wanted as he moved behind Megan.
“Mom you are so damn hot.”
Megan looked back and in shock saw Jimmy sliding into her biting his fingers to rub his blood on her red ass. Jimmy was at least considerate in trying to help make her feel better although she hated it when he called her Mom anymore.
“Jimmy please don’t call me Mom anymore, it makes me feel evil after all we have done.”
Jimmy smirked.
“It turns me on and that is what you are. I still call Dad my Dad. It doesn’t change who we are even though I like this much better than traditional normal dumb family shit. You are hot, sexy, young, and I can’t help it. Does that feel better?”
Megan nodded as she forgot herself with Jimmy pounding her after healing her sore ass. He was thoughtful. Touga came hard into Sessho’s mouth and he was generous enough to save some for Megan kissing her letting that sweet cum slide on her tongue as they kissed. That drove Alistair over the edge as Touga loved the way Sesshou sucked him off since no other could make him cum like Sesshou could. Alistair felt the throbbing tight ass of his mate.
“Oh fuck bitch you are tight. I love you mate.”
Alistair stated moaning as he came hard.
“Oh that feels good Alistair.”
Alistair came hard and then pulled Touga down with one of the braids for a long lingering kiss. Then surprising Touga Alistair lifted his tall mate into his arms as Touga cuddled against Alistair with loving eyes. It was strange to see such a short man in comparison to Touga carrying such a tall well built man like he weighed nothing.
“Jimmy, tell Tsukiya he lost this outfit. I am going to buy you many like this if you like them my mate and other things. I love you dressed up like this. You should always dress in things that show off your beautiful legs. You are so damn sexy Touga.”
Jimmy smirked at his Father after cumming hard into Megan and then pulled out. Jimmy kissed her deeply after she was allowed to stand up while Sesshou licked out all the cumm from her very wet abused pussy.
Alistair kissed Megan, ran his fingers softly over Sessho’s hair in a sign of affection, and then kissed Jimmy with passion. Touga kissed Alistair passionately before the two of them leaf as he walked away with his mate in his strong arms to their room as the two looked at each other with pure love in their eyes. They all got what they wanted and it worked out for the two Alphas just as they planned.
“Goodnight, I am going to go kidnap my Tsukiya back before they wear him completely out. I am starting to miss my mate. I think things are winding down a bit.”
Jimmy stated softy kissing his Mom and then Sesshou on the lips getting a taste of his own flavor mixed with Kouga, Inuyasha, and Sessho’s.
“I agree I am tired and I miss Inuyasha. I want him back in our bed.”
Megan stated frowning. Sesshoumaru pulled her leash and went to look for where ever Shippo stashed his mate. When he walked in the room Inuyasha was passed out flat on the bed with a smile on his face. Shippo was naked smoking one of Jimmy’s cigarettes with Souta, Tsukiya, and Jimmy sitting on the bed rubbing their fingers over Inuyasha’s legs trying to wake him up.
“He passed out cold and hasn’t woken up for an hour. We think Shippo fucked him to death poor guy.”
Tsukiya stated softly as those soft silver curls were an unruly mess and her voiced changed making her sound even more feminine. Tsukiya sounded like a woman.
“Tsukiya what happened to your voice?”
Sesshou asked since he had not seen Tsukiya it seemed like in days.
“Tsukiya is taking hormone pills given to her by Akiyoshi. Tsukiya is indeed becoming more and more of a bitch then any woman in this house. I can’t complain though I like her new voice.”
Jimmy stated smiling at his beautiful Tsukiya. Sesshou had to agree it was sultry, sexy, and soft. Tsukiya was all female except for that cock that he now appreciated that nestled between her legs as she sat cross legged naked on the bed. Tsukiya was indeed a goddess like Jimmy stated in the eyes of most of the demons of the house.
“I like it Tsukiya it is just surprising and I like your hair like that.”
Sesshou stated coming to sit next to Tsukiya as he pulled Megan on his lap with his leash on her putting an arm around her.
“I like it too. It is so soft Tsukiya.”
Megan stated softly. Shippo came back in the room looking like Jimmy as a King rather than a boy. He was fine and his blood red hair hung down past his ass. Shippo was damn beautiful and the two boy rulers would be like dragon Kings with those beautiful green eyes. Shippo pulled Megan from Sesshou.
“You can keep Tsukiya if you want Sesshou and the rest of these assholes. Let me have Megan for just tonight please.”
Shippo stated as he had waited a long time to have her to himself and here she was looking sexy as hell in his room. Sesshou sighed. Inuyasha was out cold and in fact he didn’t really mind for tonight. Tomorrow though his mates were to be all his with no one interfering.
“I guess so, but just for tonight Shippo. Come on boys let’s get Inuyasha to bed. I can’t believe you Shippo. If you killed my mate I will kick your ass and be gentle with Megan. She is a bit sore.”
Megan looked at Sesshou as he kissed her.
“You can talk now. Not just during sex my kitten except to make those noises we all love. Your Master is releasing you to Shippo. Behave and I will come for you tomorrow my love.”
Megan kissed Sesshou back. He smiled.
“You are a good pet. I love you.”
Sesshou stated to Megan as he left the room. Shippo removed the collar.
“I know he and Inuyasha like games, but I hate collars. I saw what they did to my Father and I won’t have you wear this around me. I am not into pain. I have had enough of that my whole life.”
Shippo removed it and then got a brush making Megan sit in a chair for him.
“I want to dress you in something special and then I am going to make love to you Megan. I have waited a long time to make love to a woman. You will be my first. I don’t even touch Tsukiya’s female parts. You though are special to me. I want you to be my first female lover. I want to take you on a date sometime and treat you like a Queen. Would you let me do that?”
Megan was shocked and Shippo smiled.
“You want to do that with me and for me?”
Megan was almost in tears. It was so sweet and so sincere. Shippo always seemed like the rest of these guys. All rough and tumble. He was much like Sesshou in some ways, but she did not expect such tenderness from the one everyone called the wild thing.
“Yes I want to do that for you. I am a bit nervous, but if you can be patient with me I will show you so much Megan. I can do many things with my powers. I used to flirt with girls when I was a pup and I do like women. I just found I loved men more. Now I have been with Souta for a long time and others mainly in this house. I see you as rare though and I would not even do this for any other female including Kagome who I love as though she were my Mother. Ayame is too much like a sister, but you are very special and a treasure to me. I don’t know why, but I want to show you tenderness. I want whatever we have together even if it is for only a short time to be special. I want it to be a good memory for me and for you.”
Shippo gave Megan a rose kissing her cheek then handed her a box. He now had on his boxers as she sat now with her long golden hair combed looking like shimmering metal sunlight in the artificial lights of the room.
“Now Megan I don’t want to see under your clothing yet. I will go into the other room and comb my hair from the mess I made of myself. Then that will give you time to put this on if you do not mind wearing it for me.”
Megan opened the box. The sleeping gown was long silky white with tiny diamonds and pearls in designs on it. It was one of the most beautiful pieces of clothing she had ever seen in her life. Tears formed at the thoughtfulness of this gift. Shippo indeed had thought this out.
“It is beautiful.”
Shippo smiled sliding a small thin diamond necklace around her neck, a bracelet to match, and even had earrings that dangled delicately from her ears he insisted he put on her so she let him. Then he went into the bathroom. He indeed thought this out.
“Shippo what the hell are you doing? She doesn’t belong to you and you shouldn’t be doing this.”
Shippo stated looking at himself in the mirror. He wanted Megan so bad and had ever since he saw her that first day he walked into the house. Shippo had arguments with Souta about it since Souta wanted to be there for this. Souta had been with a woman though and Shippo had not. He wanted this and it was killing him on how beautiful Megan was. She was a dream come to life for him.
He was completely pissed off at Inuyasha and Sesshou for sharing Megan with anyone. Shippo was mad at himself for going outside of his mate. It was not he did not enjoy it, but he wanted more in life. They had kids, all of them and they were all acting like a bunch of horney teenagers. Shippo could see the toll it was taking on not only him, but on Megan as well as the others. Megan was such a young demoness and these men were pushing her too fast. It wasn’t right.
Megan especially seemed weary and seemed only doing these things lately to please her mates not because she wanted to. Couldn’t they see that? Some days Inuyasha and Sesshou were idiots. He had been around Inuyasha enough to know that. Inuyasha treated Kagome in a similar manner and Miroku had done it to Sango. It was wrong.
“I want her so bad and I am a fool to think anything more will come from this night. It is only one night, but if I can I will make things good for her. I will make her happy and I will make sure her damn mates treat her better. We all need to do that. It is time for someone to take control. I thought it was Sesshoumaru, but I was wrong. How come it is always me who has to be the mature one around here and they call me the wild brat! I am sick of it.”
Shippo was pissed and tried to calm his demon. Half the reason he disappeared so much was he couldn’t even stand the immaturity of his own mate. Shippo dealt with years of Inuyasha’s immature ways and that was enough to drive anyone crazy. Taking a breath Shippo walked out of the bathroom as his jaw dropped. Megan looked beautiful in the flowing gown. She was standing in the balcony with her long golden hair flowing behind her and the white gown fluttering a bit in the breeze. The jewels he bought her glittered with her gown making her look like a jewel in the night. She was more beautiful than the sun or the moon in his eyes. She was a star sparkling for him.
Megan was thinking about her mates and about her idea on taking time away from the crazy house for a bit. She was tired and didn’t feel so great lately. It wasn’t to run from her mates. She loved them dearly, but cat demons did not remain in one place for so damn long. The wander lust was killing her and the lack of sleep. Cat demons slept longer then the dogs. They were wearing her out with their strange hours. Cats were up most of the night and slept most of the day. Megan needed at least 15 to 18 hours of sleep to be able to have a good rest and a normal rest for what kind of demon she was.
Knowing her mates would completely freak out on her, Megan didn’t want to say anything since Akiyoshi would claim it was a virus since he didn’t deal with enough cat demons than would go all health nuts on her and her mates would freak out. She figured it was just lack of sleep. She wasn’t pregnant and begged her demon to keep that from happening. Her demon wasn’t being a bitch anymore. They came to an understanding and lately they both decided enough was enough. No more pups until they were damn ready for them.
“You are beautiful Megan.”
Shippo whispered out. Megan smiled softly and looked at Shippo who had his hair combed. He was so beautiful and so soft spoken. Shippo was much like Sesshoumaru when she first met him. Shippo indeed was much like the man who raised him.
“You are even more beautiful then I could be Shippo with your hair like blood and your eyes like the ever green forest.”
Megan stated softly looking at the young demon man in front of her. He was beautiful and like all of them a predator that was too beautiful for words to describe in reality. There was no way to really fathom how such creatures could become monsters one moment and then become sexy beautiful celestial like creatures the next. Both the monster and the men who stood so proudly ruling this world were absolutely mouthwatering when it came to them all.
There was not one creature in the house that did not have some unique perfect beauty of their very own. Still in Megan’s eyes Sesshoumaru was her deepest desire and her dearest love. It killed her a bit any day she shared herself or her mates with others.
“You don’t want to be with others all the time do you Megan? You miss your mates and you want to just be with them. So after this night if you don’t mind being with me I am going to help you. We can get things back to how they should be. I want a female, I want you, but I know that it is not possible to keep you forever. You belong to Sesshoumaru in heart and soul. You love Inuyasha, but you belong to Sesshoumaru. We all know it, but no one wants to say it because then they would have to admit that you do not love them like you do him. Sesshoumaru is a lucky man and right now we are all fools. Yet you say nothing of your pain. Why?”
Megan looked at Shippo in shock. How did he know?
“I guess because I love people too much. I don’t like hurting them and funny part is I used to say I did like to do such horrible things. I used to joke about it, but I don’t like it. I love Sesshoumaru more than anything in my life. I always had like a foolish kid with a crush on a cartoon picture. I am a fool and would do anything for him.’
“I love Inuyasha, he is my soul too. It is different though. It is a different love. There is always one person you give your whole world to and no one else can touch that. That person for me is Sesshoumaru and I think he knows it. He is everything, my world and I always saw this loneliness in him. I wanted to end that since he seems like someone who has no one to say much to that cares for his thoughts or feelings. Maybe his brother or Kouga could do that. He didn’t ever really get close to them except now I see I was wrong in that.’
“I feel like I am in the way sometimes and that I do not understand my own mates enough some days. Sesshoumaru talks to his brother a lot, but I want to know the things no one else will. Not even Inuyasha. Things that he couldn’t tell anyone because they were things no one including Inuyasha could understand in him. You know there is always a friend who can do that or a lover who you can tell anything to. I wanted to be that person.’
“Sesshoumaru was always seen on that show that the brothers made up as so quiet, distant, and rarely said much unless he had to. He is still much like that at times. I can’t confuse reality though with dreams or cartoons. In the end Sesshoumaru is who he is. He is who I am with now and who I know so I am surprised constantly by him. I just hope he will always know my feelings for him and know how much I love him no matter what. My life is his and it always will be.”
Megan held the railing of the balcony looking out at the ocean. The night sky was so clear with a billion stars and the bright moon shining in the sky like an old friend. It was almost poetic the beauty of the night. It was like her beautiful Sesshoumaru who was the moon and the sun in her eyes. No matter what form Sesshoumaru was in he was beautiful in her eyes. So powerful and so elegant all the things she wanted to be.
“Sesshou is this mysterious figure who was so quiet and I wanted to know him more than anything. I wanted to know his desires, hopes, dreams, and I wanted to help them come true. I did not want to be foolish assuming I could do the impossible, but I wanted to know the things I could do that he might need. Sesshou I thought could use someone to talk to, a friend even.’
“I know what it is like to have people not understand you and think you are strange. I know what it is to be different and not accepted. I really did not fit in anywhere until now and even here I feel like I do not. I am a cat surrounded by dogs. I am still the outcast even when I am accepted. I don’t feel it. I honestly do not feel accepted since I am so different. I am just a curiosity.”
Sesshou was standing on the balcony listening to Megan having similar thoughts about her as he looked into the night. It was beautiful like his Megan and he missed just having his mates to himself. Shippo was right damn it all. All he wanted to do was rush into that room and bring her back.
“He is thinking about me and I feel it. I know it and I know he feels me. We are connected body and soul. The three of us are connected in this strange way. I can feel his pain and his pleasure. I guess all this crazy stuff in the end we do comes down to one thing. What we feel we still feel as mates together. It isn’t just the pain of one person anymore. He knows I want to run and have time on my own. Sesshou knows this and I know it hurts him. I don’t know how to fix it and I do not know how to make things better so he does not feel such sorrow. That is why I am suffering Shippo. He howls to the lonely moon and I can hear him yet I am not ready to answer his call.’
“It isn’t this silly nonsense we are doing with all of you. We are open and we will get over it. In the end no matter what it comes down to the same thing. We love each other and we only will love each other. We care for our family, we love them in the fact we want them to be safe as well as happy, but you all will not stay here forever. Eventually all of you will move on. We have forever together and we want that. I want that.”
Sesshou couldn’t stand it anymore. He stood outside with his silky white PJ pants on wearing nothing under them as the long silky white robe billowed about him as it was untied. Sesshou kicked the boys out of his room.
Shippo made love to Megan that night. Afterwards Shippo waited for Megan to clean up than he held her as they danced for a moment. Megan and Shippo kissed again, but right then Sesshou burst into the room pushing Shippo away from Megan looking at her in that gown.
“You bought this for her Shippo?”
Sesshou stated turning around to look at Shippo who shrugged blushing like crazy since he had indeed enjoyed being with Megan while he could.
“Thank you. You opened my eyes to what I am losing. I wish you and your mate best of luck in finding your female. I am taking my Megan back. She is mine. I keep forgetting about the important things being around others including my Father. I am done with this. You are mature young man. Jimmy and you will be good rulers. You have my blessings and you both have my position. I don’t give a shit anymore. I want my mates back.’
“I have ruled for a long time. I want to leave and be free with my mates. We are packing up tomorrow and I won’t be saying goodbye to everyone. You have the house, the keys, money, and I will let you know where we are when we get there. We are going to go far away from here and I don’t know if we will come back for a long time. If my Father or Alistair asks we ran away from home and I am not sure if I want to come back. Goodnight and goodbye.”
Sesshou stated as he picked up Megan in his arms rushing out of the room. Touga over heard this conversation and came out of the room with Alistair stopping his son.
“Father, move out of my way.”
Sesshou growled at his Father baring his fangs. His red eyes let everyone in that house know he was done. The young demon Lord had enough and was finished with the foolishness that he let go on way too long.
“Wait son, don’t lose your temper. We understand ok? Just please Sesshou, don’t leave and not say goodbye to all of us. You have pups here too you know.”
Alistair looked at Sesshou nodding realizing what was happening.
“Look we have all been rather selfish bastards. Don’t leave like this. If you need time fine, but don’t just disappear on us ok?”
Sesshou rolled his eyes.
“Of course I am taking our pups including Tsukiya, Jimmy, and the little ones if we were leaving for good. That isn’t the point you jerks and you both know it. This was your stupid plan! You are both worried for nothing. Megan is a cat demon or did you all forget that? She has wander lust. Let her get it out of her system before she leaves us all and makes me kill all of you. I will not lose my beloved over all of you.”
Touga looked at his son and then at Megan. His jaw dropped.
“That is why you have been so moody? Damn it Sesshoumaru Candrabhana Tashio!”
Touga blew up at his son yelling in Japanese how Sesshou was not allowed to give up his title as now the whole damn house was standing looking at the argument going on in the hallway as Sesshou was being reprimanded by his Father who still kind looked like a woman with his long braids with the ribbons in them so it was kind of funny. Especially to see a half naked man in red boxers doing this with that low voice and beautiful feminine face with smeared lipstick on.
Sesshou was having a hell of a hard time taking his Father seriously with the way he looked right then since he looked ridiculous. Sesshou told his Father his name was Sesshou not Sesshoumaru any longer and Father told him he changed his damn mind.
“You are Sesshoumaru until you can tell people what the fuck is going on and you are a boy still damn it all if you can’t tell people especially family what is wrong. You cannot just give up your responsibilities without training pups to take over plus you are still King you brat! You don’t have the right to give that up yet and I won’t let you! I still can do that and you damn well know it!”
Touga yelled waking up the babies as Sesshou groaned still refusing to set Megan down as she had her hand on her face blushing like crazy. This was so embarrassing and she was trying not to laugh at Touga who looked like a crazy person with those braids flying around as he talked. Akiyoshi and the others were inching a bit closer to touch any of them so they could steal Megan away so she didn’t have to listen to the yelling. Touga, Alistair, and Sesshoumaru roared at them all together.
“If you touch her we will kill you!”
The rest of the pack backed off. The red eyed demons were in no mood to be messed with and Inuyasha finally woke up grumbling at them all to shut the fuck up as he came out of his room. Then he looked at Megan in Sesshoumaru’s arms with the three Alphas’ roaring at each other and the pups down in the nursery fussing.
“Oh great, you assholes woke the babies up! I can’t believe you jerks waking them up! If you are going to argue Sesshoumaru give me Megan so we can go calm the pups down.”
Sesshou grabbed Inuyasha and held him by his hair.
“You are not going anywhere. The nannies will take care of them. You are not going to go near anyone in this house except for me and Megan unless you want me to kick your fucking ass.”
Inuyasha looked at his brother in shock. Sesshoumaru was pissed off and acting like a jealous possessive asshole. He had one hell of a grip too on his hair. It was about fucking time.
“So when did my big brother come back again or was this strange person for the last few months just a phase you were going through?”
Alistair stopped and so did Touga. Alistair looked at Inuyasha funny.
“You mean he is always this fucking possessive and anal?”
Touga started laughing at Alistair.
“Of course he is I told you that. You don’t ever listen to me. I tried to warn you and the rest of the pack tried too. You can only push Sesshoumaru so far before he will kill people. We are lucky we all have our heads still. I named him Sesshoumaru for a damn good reason Alistair.”
Alistair cracked his knuckles.
“I want to test this theory. Do you mind Touga? I am in the mood for a good fight. Let’s see what you got kid.”
Jimmy came out of the room and pushed his Father aside.
“No that is my place. It is my turn Sesshoumaru. I almost kicked Inuyasha’s ass although he did not tell you and tried to kick my Mom’s, but she whooped me good. That sucked by the way and now because of your fucking asinine actions talking about leaving I want this so let’s see if I am ready for Alpha. Let’s go big dog.”
Tsukiya looked at Jimmy like he was insane, but truth was they all were itching for a fight. Sesshoumaru set Megan down kissing her.
“Inuyasha, why didn’t you tell me about your battle and what about you Megan? When the fuck did you both have time?”
Sesshoumaru looked at his mates sadly.
“We have been rather busy being tormented by all these assholes so when the fuck did we have time to tell you? It was only one damn fight Sesshoumaru. It wasn’t that big of deal and it was over sex leading to more sex so who cares?”
Inuyasha stated and Sesshoumaru realized this was true. They hadn’t gotten a break and it pissed him off. Why the hell didn’t he get to fight some asshole in this house? Because they were busy tormenting his ass that is why.
“Ok Jimmy, you want this I am going to kick your ass boy. Let’s go.”
Sesshoumaru stated firmly as he teleported onto the beach. This time he brought out his tensaiga. Tensaiga was pulsing for action. It had been waiting for a long time and was ready for this fight. Jimmy landed and he too had been practicing receiving his Father’s weapon the flame sword of hell called Aodha. It was a black bladed katana with black flames flowing from it although the sword smith himself had been of Scottish origin that had traveled to the great land of Japan to learn from the demon sword smiths of the country in order to make this fine weapon.
Sesshoumaru removed his robe. Jimmy stood out in black silk pants that contrasted with the filmy white. Sesshoumaru right now was a bit distracting to Jimmy who was looking at his lover trying not to lick his lips. Angry and beautiful Sesshoumaru looked damn good to him.
“Don’t get distracted Jimmy if you wish to keep your limbs. I am not in the playing mood today and you wanted a fight. I won’t go easy on you and if you want a fight you better give me a damn good one. Otherwise let Alistair fight me. I will indeed cause you pain today pup since fighting for this position I hold is no joke.”
Jimmy wasn’t afraid in the slightest.
“Just because I am admiring the view doesn’t mean I am not prepared for this my gorgeous lover.”
Sesshoumaru smirked a bit as their swords clashed. This time he was full of demonic power feeling as though Sesshoumaru was just hitting his prime. Jimmy felt it too shaking his head a bit and then smiled as he looked at the little bit of blood on his arm from Tensaiga cutting him.
“I thought that was a sword that couldn’t cut.”
Sesshoumaru smiled.
“Who said it was the sword that cut you?”
Sesshoumaru let the poison drip from his fingers and Jimmy shook it off. It stung a bit, but nothing more. The powers of the swords pulsed as Sesshoumaru sent dragon strike at Jimmy and the dragons flew at Jimmy so quickly he almost forgot to do the black shield. Swinging his sword in a wide circle a barrier came up then he pushed the flames out. Black flames and dragons flew forward attacking the blue ones. Jimmy’s dragons were overcome by the dragons of light, but Jimmy was far from done.
“Clever.”
Sesshoumaru stated as he watched the black shield itself engulf the blue dragons covering them in darkness. Their swords clashed a few times and for a while it seemed they were equally matched until Sesshoumaru disarmed Jimmy only to have the pup flip over him turning into the wolf. Sesshoumaru in turn turned into the huge demon dog. The two canines attacked.
Jimmy was now much bigger and very strong. Sesshoumaru though knocked him back a few times. Jimmy tried that trick that he had done when they first met. Touga’s eyes went wide in recognition and Alistair smirked at his son until Sesshoumaru leapt up slamming the wolf pup tossing him into the ocean as Jimmy yelped at the huge white clawed paw threw him.
Alistair then looked out into the ocean and so did Sesshoumaru who panicked watching the wolf pup sink. Sesshoumaru in his dog form raced out into the sky then pulled Jimmy out of the water whimpering over him as Jimmy lay wounded on the ground below him. Then he howled in sorrow. Jimmy lost his arm out there somewhere. Alistair heard it and raced smelling the blood in the water as he in his form dove deep into the ocean pulling out the limb in his mighty jaws. When Jimmy came to he was shaking and losing a lot of blood. His Father nudged him dropping the arm. Then they all changed back as Sesshoumaru bent down to help reattach the arm again as the skin melded together with the tensaiga pulsing with healing power as Sesshoumaru dripped his blood upon the sword than placing it against the wound.
Jimmy screamed in pain before passion out cold. Akiyoshi raced out with his medical kit as they lifted Jimmy carrying him inside the house with no one saying much of anything. Sesshoumaru won fair and square. No one would question it. He was still Alpha and after seeing that fight there was not a single one of them except the two former Alphas who could beat him. Even they were not sure if they could and they both were not really sure if they wanted to find out. Alistair grabbed Aodha and Touga grabbed Tensaiga from the beach. The swords were put back in the sheaths and returned to their places on the wall. The swords sang happily that they got to battle again after a long time of being left on their own. Tessaiga also sang since it had been in battle earlier that day.
Sesshoumaru sat in the living room with Jimmy’s head on his lap. He wasn’t happy at all and Megan was at his side with Inuyasha sitting silently on the other side of him with Jimmy’s upper body on her lap. The boy’s feet were on Alistair’s lap and Touga sat across from them all looking stressed. Akiyoshi was able to stabilize Jimmy after he passed out. Still the house was very quiet other then Tsukiya’s sobs.
Tsukiya would not even talk to her Fathers after blaming them for this mess and the last thing she told them was that when Jimmy woke up she was going to kick his ass for being such a hard headed jerk. Tsukiya was terrified for her mate and finally came out of her room sitting across from everyone with Touga holding his hand. Tsukiya looked like a lost child holding her bear with those long silver curls framing her beautiful face. The pink PJ’s were replaced today by a pretty bright flowery dress with purple ribbons. Jimmy always said he wanted to marry a girl with such a dress and so he did. Tsukiya wore this special just for Jimmy and wanted him to wake up to be his grumpy ass stupid self again.
Shippo, Kouga, Akiyoshi, Miroku, Ayame, Kagome, and Souta had to get out for a while. They took all the kids to the park and were going to the fair. Lycos and Coty went to a movie since they had a movie date. It was pretty obvious those two were going to be mated in the next few years except Jimmy everyone smirked at that one trying to get the adults to notice the marking on his neck. Lycos was taken and would be for the rest of his life even though he was still a virgin.
Megan felt Jimmy stir a bit and then moan.
“Fucking big ass dog you didn’t have to rip my damn arm off. Bastard you could have just smacked me away instead.”
Jimmy grumbled as he looked at Sesshoumaru who frowned down at him.
“I told you not to fuck with me that night Jimmy and I didn’t mean to tear off your arm. I meant to smack you brat. Maybe next time you will listen to me when I tell you not to do shit like that pup. You should have left me to fight my Father and Alistair. They can handle me in one of my moods and you could not. You are stubborn and I told you that you can’t beat me boy. I know better than to fuck with my own Father or Alistair for too long when they are in that mood. I wanted to fight them, but I am not stupid enough to fight them when they are as pissed off as I was. That is just asking to be maimed or killed. I could have killed you.’
“You are young, impulsive, and very stupid sometimes Jimmy. I love you, but you got what you fucking deserved and you are lucky all that happened to you did not turn out worse for you. You almost drown and you almost lost your arm. I am not a fool and I have fought much harder for many more years then you have against foes that make the ones you fight here nothing except weaklings.”
Tsukiya got up and walked over to Jimmy after they helped him sit up. He still hurt pretty badly and Akiyoshi left a bottle of pain medication he prescribed that Alistair picked up for him to help. Alistair worried for his son gave him a bottle of water telling him to drink down a pain pill. Tsukiya sat next to Jimmy taking his face in her hands as tears came kissing him. Then she slapped him across the face as hard as she could. Touga tried not to laugh as did the others. Tsukiya could be just as mean as Megan some days.
“You scared me to death you asshole! I thought I was going to lose you! If you ever do something that dumb again I am going to kill you!”
Jimmy smiled at his mate hugging her with the arm that was not in a sling.
“I love you too Tsukiya, but damn bitch you are mean.”
Jimmy stated trying to move his jaw from that slap. Tsukiya did not know her own strength some days.
Alistair got up with Touga following.
“We will see you all later. I have a date tonight with my mate. Come on lets go get changed. I can’t wait to see you in that dress, but you can’t wear high heels so I got you flat shoes. You are already way too tall and I am a fucking dwarf next to you Touga even if I can kick your fucking ass.”
Alistair complained as Touga smiled following his mate up the stairs shrugging. That was one thing he loved about being mated to the black wolf. Even if Touga wasn’t Alpha to Alistair he was still taller.
After winding down from such a rough night, Tsukiya helped Jimmy up to his room.
“We are going to leave for a few days. You know that yacht you both rented when we first met Megan Inuyasha? Well we are going to go on it for a few weeks. You want to wander my lovely little kitten and you are a strange cat who likes water. So we are going to go boating and go find Inuyasha’s damn shark to see if it is even still alive. I figure we go deep sea fishing and take some time to get the hell away from here. We can sleep in and just be free. What do you both think of that?”
Megan and Inuyasha smiled. They couldn’t wait for it. It would be nice to get away from everyone and everything. It was exactly what they all needed. Sesshoumaru felt Inuyasha climb on his lap.
“I think this calls for a lap dance and maybe even some incredible all night sex just between mates of course my loves.”
Inuyasha stated with a grin. Megan giggled and stood behind Inuyasha helping him strip.
“Work it baby.”
Sesshoumaru laughed as Megan teased Inuyasha who winked at her with a big smile on his face as he did indeed. Sesshoumaru grasped Inuyasha with one arm pulling Megan with the other up the stairs to their room where laughter, moans, and sweet promises were made. Plans for an incredible get away were in order and the three of them conspired to run away from home much more often swearing that next time the only people who would know about it was the nannies.
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