Chapter Three
Entertain
Sesshomaru was wandering around the banquet hall, avoiding the stumbling and bumbling demons that his father had allowed in for the festivities. Some were drunk off the sake, and some were naturally that uncoordinated. He saw his father having a jolly good time with his generals, and saw the fox general with him.
The little Hanyou girl was hiding beside her father, not wanting to so much as to even think of leaving his side from the looks of it. Sesshomaru felt a pang of curiosity surge through him, all the questions his father couldn't answer, but perhaps this girl could?
He approached the demons drunk to a silly stupor, and his father had immediately re-introduced him. His hand came down hard on Sesshomaru's back expectantly and almost threw Sesshomaru off his feet.
"What'd you need son?" His father asked in a light hearted tone.
"I had wanted to…um…just to see how everything was going?" Sesshomaru began to redden ever so slightly as his eyes darted between his father's visage and Yukari's. Inutaisho smirked.
"Everything's going great over here son. Why don't you go ask Yukari how everything is? Hmm, you seem to be pretty interested in how she is right now right?" Inutaisho nearly pushed a paralyzed Sesshomaru towards her and her father. Her father moved aside so that Yukari would have nowhere to hide.
"Hi…" Sesshomaru coughed out. He bowed his head after he regained some composure. He never had to be subjected to introducing himself yet, his father did a pretty good job of it or demons already knew who he was. "My name is Sesshomaru." He looked back up and saw that she seemed more frightened and nervous than he did.
"M-my name is Yukari…" She bowed and tried to let her head linger before it became too awkward.
"Musicians!" The fox general clapped his hands. The other Kitsune demons whom he had accompany him for the festivities all perked up and grew large grins as they magically procured their instruments. "Play something these two could dance to." He added slyly. Inutaisho roared with laughter as he looked at the color of Sesshomaru's face.
The Kitsunes began playing an uppity and lively beat and the children were both stunned motionless. Their fathers both pushed them out to the cleared area for them to start dancing. Every set of eyes was locked on them now and it was, frankly, scaring them senseless.
"Yukari, I know you know how to dance, why don't you show the young lord how?" her father called out. She nodded slightly and began a few steps that seemed simply enough, and Sesshomaru followed suite. Soon enough there were so many other demons they were able to wriggle away.
Sesshomaru grabbed her hand and pulled her through the throng and out on a balcony overlooking the grounds, surrounded by a demonic barrier.
"So glad we got out of that…" Sesshomaru sighed. Yukari nodded and gave a small whimper. "You prefer not to speak when you can do something else to get your point across I assume." He added. She nodded and blushed slightly. "It is ok. I usually do not like to talk either, unless addressing my father." Sesshomaru answered.
"You seem to have no trouble speaking with me." Yukari stated. Sesshomaru smirked.
"You are the only other demon here in similar age to me." Sesshomaru stated. "How old are you?"
"I'm 12…" She stated.
"I am 15." Sesshomaru replied. Yukari finally got the courage to look him in the eye. His golden eyes were something that stood out against the silver hair and pale skin. "Your father said something about you getting lonely often at your castle?"
"Yes, terribly. My mother does not reside with us, and my siblings reside with her. So my father is all I have." Yukari said quietly. Nothing too quiet for a dog demon's ears though. "Your father mentioned how bored you become?"
"All the time. If I am not on hunts with him, or my mother is not smothering me with tasks to better my status as the son of a noble dog demon, then I really just wander around. Nothing to consume my time with." Sesshomaru sighed.
"Maybe I could come over more often?" Yukari stated.
"What do you mean?" Sesshomaru inquired, slightly taken aback.
"Well…I am lonely and you are bored…sometimes I'm left bored. I am certain sometimes you feel lonely too, right?" Yukari said sitting down. Dangling her feet off the railing.
"Sometimes…I do feel that way, I suppose…" He answered in an unsure tone.
"Well, maybe my father would allow me to come over more often and we can play together! Or accompany hunts and stuff, I don't know, just have fun, I guess…" Yukari wavered in her resolve a little bit once her thoughts kept going before her mouth could shut. She wasn't accustomed to speaking often enough.
"I think…" Sesshomaru began. "I think that's a good idea." He said smiling. Yukari smiled back and it was very genuine, something that didn't seem to cross her lips very often.
