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Sesshoumaru's Holiday Romance

Chapter Ten: Feast

By: Luna

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Kagome stared down at the feast that lay before her, then up at the cool demon that stared down at the meal with a critical eye. He nodded at the waiter. "It will do."

Kagome snorted as the waiter scurried away. "They're here to serve us, Sesshoumaru. That doesn't mean you should treat them like servants."

He frowned at her. "They are servants."

Dryly, she replied, "No, actually, they aren't. We don't have things like that anymore. Well, I mean, we do, but that's in more expensive houses and…" She trailed off when she remembered she was talking to a very expensive man. She sighed, "Geez, what century were you born in, anyways?"

Her question had been rhetoric, but Sesshoumaru actually looked as if he was contemplating the question. Kagome could only stare at him as he did quick calculations. "The Heian period, I believe is what it's called."

Kagome's mouth dropped. "What? B-but… that would make you a true demon lord!" She tried to wrap her mind around that. "I was taught that most demons died! That only the occasional hanyou could be found every now and then…"

Sesshoumaru's face tightened at the insult. "Are you telling me you thought this Sesshoumaru was a hanyou?"

"W-well…" She fidgeted. "I've never met a full demon before. How was I supposed to know the difference?"

Relaxing slightly, Sesshoumaru titled his chin up slightly, anger simmering inside him. He could forgive ignorance. But really, a hanyou? "Now you know."

"Well, not really…" When his eyes narrowed dangerously, she hurried to explain. "Your youki is so tightly contained… really, all I can sense from you is the fact that you are a demon, not your strength. In fact, if you hadn't let loose a little at the mall with Santa, I wouldn't have realized at all!"

Without warning, Sesshoumaru unleashed the tight rein he held over himself, and Kagome turned deathly white under the suffocating feel of his enormous power. It was gone in an instant, but already she was feeling sick and nauseated at the unbelievable darkness she sensed in him.

He may be on his best behavior now, but whoever Sesshoumaru had been in the past had been a very, very bad man. Kagome wasn't so sure she should be eating with him now; if her grandpa was still alive, he'd have a fit she was even associating with a demon.

Prompt: Feast

Posted on: December 10, 2011

Words: 400