Hikari finally reached the cavern entrance and found herself in an empty room, a panel separating her from the rest of the palace. She waited patiently as Isamu walked up the stairs to meet her, a smile from his little 'accident' still lingering on her ruby lips. Once he reached her, he turned her to him abruptly.
"Do not open your damned mouth, woman! You are to keep quiet, lest you get us killed!" He warned her, anger mixed with dread could be seen in his features. He did not want to be here, he wasn't ready. Hikari simply rolled her pink eyes at him, making him scowl and, after a few seconds, sigh in defeat. He loosened his high ponytail, letting his long grey mane flow behind him so that he was less recognizable. Hikari eyed him curiously as he elegantly made his way to the panel, breathed deeply, and opened it. She giggled as he visibly relaxed when seeing there were no guards there. He glared at her and she waltzed to him and grinned.
"Isamu dearest, relax! Just enjoy the nostalgia trip while you show me the way. Hikari is here to protect you." She 'assured' him, gently patting his cheek.
"I swear that, if Kagome wasn't so fond of you, I would kill you." He growled at her.
"Oh, I know." She said while her grin widened. He rolled his eyes mentally and began walking through the corridors. And they walked and walked and walked only to end up in front of the same room they left. Hikari reached him, looking around and spotting the cavern entrance. She raised a brow at him.
"You are lost, aren't you?" She asked him in an unimpressed tone. He turned to glare at her but she had already trotted away like he wasn't even there. Isamu growled low and followed. Hikari looked along the corridors, sensing around until she found what she wanted. Isamu was being too cowardly careful for her taste, not using his aura to find the way. Stupid Inu couldn't even mask the presence of his aura. They walked for a few minutes and Isamu turned a corner to follow Hikari when he stopped on his tracks, watching with concealed dread as she skipped towards two demons that were guarding a rather big door.
"Hello there." She greeted. The Inus eyed her from head to toe and Isamu smelled their arousals right away. He rolled his eyes, she was going to seduce her way out of this.
"Who are you? I've never seen you before." One of the Inus said while the other looked over to Isamu, who in return raised a brow.
"That would be because I've arrived today at Ses-" She cleared her throat. "Lord Sesshomaru's request. I'm here to tend to the Shikon no Miko." She spoke sweetly, trying to maintain the sarcasm off of her voice. The guards shared a concerned look.
"She is currently indisposed, Lady..." He trailed off and she picked up the cue.
"Hikari." She smiled warmly, noticing the blush on the guards' faces. "And her being indisposed is exactly why I'm here, silly! Would you be a sweetheart and open the door for me?" She tilted her head while looking up at him. The guards looked at each other again before turning their gazes back to her.
"We cannot, Lady Hikari. We were given explicit orders from our Lord not to disturb his intended." Her smile turned into a dark grin.
"Oh, in that case…" She gently touched the guards' shoulders and they tilted their heads at her.
"Hikari-" Isamu began to advise against it but the guards had already gasped in pain and hit the floor, leaning against each other, unconscious.
"They look so adorable now! Less inconvenient too... For me at least" She said looking at Isamu over her shoulder. Her giggles tinkled in his ears while she opened to door to Sesshomaru's room.
Sesshomaru silently sighed. The afternoon had slugged in a terribly slow pace, he was buried in paperwork for the great part of it, but the pile to his left didn't seem to get any smaller. Battle strategies, demands for the apology, the setup for his upcoming challenge, Aihara's departure back to the East and letter to her father, along with report after report from his lands. His mind wandered once again to the raven-haired beauty currently unconscious on his futon. He was still in awe of what he saw Kagome doing. Especially her reiki version of his whip, that was really interesting to witness. He had a few questions he wanted to ask her, and the longer he waited, the longer the list of questions got. There was a knock on the door and he straightened himself, ordering to enter. Aihara barged in the study and Sesshomaru had to refrain from rolling his eyes. She stopped in front of him and stared, he raised an eyebrow at her.
"Care to explain why are your servants preparing my belongings for a trip to the East?" She almost growled at him.
"This Sesshomaru was under the impression that you were the Eastern Lord's daughter." He maintained his brow raised, not acknowledging where Aihara really wanted to go with the conversation. She narrowed her eyes at him.
"I was sent here as your intended. I've spent more than two springs here and even bedded you. And then you simply show up with a low human girl and claim she is your mate to be?! Aren't you just like your father." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at the red-haired wolf, stood up and walked over until he towered over her slim figure. And then, before she knew it, Aihara was gasping for air, her feet dangling above the ground. He carved his claws into her neck, drawing blood but refraining from poisoning her. He did not want to deal with a vengeful wolf tribe.
"This Sesshomaru would greatly advise you to tuck your sorry tail between your thighs and go home. Lest this One personally takes care of you." Aihara's eyes widened at his words while she thrashed and clawed his hands and arms, trying to get free. His aura flashed with anger and his words could freeze Hell over. To her ultimate relief, there was another knock. Sesshomaru wouldn't stop his threatening just yet, but they knocked again, frantically this time. He dropped Aihara and ordered whoever to come in. A young servant, trembling from head to toe, rushed inside. Panic stamped clear in his features.
"My Lord!" The kitsune demon gave Sesshomaru the quickest deep bow he had ever seen before speaking so fast you almost couldn't understand him. "I believe there is someone in your chambers! The guards stationed by the door are nowhere to-" A gush of air told the young demon his Lord had already run past him, leaving only the servant and the wolf behind in his study.
Isamu flinched at the squeal Hikari let out when she saw Kagome. His poor sensitive ears would never be able to handle that demoness' excitement. He was placing the passed out guards against a corner while Hikari skipped her way towards the miko. She looked at the young woman in deep slumber, grinned and proceeded to throw herself on top of her, making her jerk awake with a gasp.
"Oh dear, sleeping nude on his bed already?" Hikari said as she sat lazily in the middle of the huge futon, giggling at the sight of Kagome's breasts being revealed from under the furs. Still exhausted from the afternoon activities, the sleepy Kagome looked at Hikari as if she was just a figment of her imagination.
"Hi...kari…?" Her voice was hoarse and she let a drawn-out yawn, her eyes watering with sleepness. Isamu cleared his throat, making Kagome look at him. He was looking towards his left to avoid roaming his eyes over Kagome's figure. The miko blinked three times, slowly, until they could practically hear a click coming from her.
"I-Isamu-san?!" She said and squeaked once she looked down, pulling the sheet under the furs up to her chest. "What are-" she began but was interrupted by Hikari, who brought the girl's face to her chest in a painfully tight hug.
"Oh, my sweet, sweet Kagome! I've missed you so much! I was so worried! You should know better than to let your dog fetishes get the best of you!" She greeted/scolded/embarrassed the miko currently suffocating between her plentiful breasts. Kagome began struggling for air, trying to shove her overly affectionate teacher away with only one hand as the other kept her breasts out of view.
"Let the girl breathe, Hikari." Isamu told the demoness who, with a pout, let the miko sit upright again and watched her gasp for air. Kagome couldn't be processing this right, it had to be a dream, an illusion. How the fuck did Hikari find her way into Sesshomaru's room?! Something in the corner of the room shook her away from her mental stun-lock.
"Um… Isamu-san?" She called, looking at the unconscious guards nervously. The Inu looked back at the guards and then motioned his head towards the living nightmare sitting beside her. She looked at Hikari, then back at him, cocking her head.
"I'm not here on my own volition, little one." He answered her unasked question and Kagome immediately understood. Hikari glared daggers at Isamu but soon found herself looking at the miko that was glaring daggers at her.
"What? I wanted to see if the Ice Pup was treating you with enough warmth for my standards! And Isamu needed some fresh air." Hikari said while crossing her arms. Kagome's eyes widened in realisation.
"Please tell me Sesshomaru knows you guys are here." She pleaded already knowing the answer.
"Pfft! Of course not! It's not like he would let Isamu in, anyway." Hikari said in indignation. Kagome facepalmed, predicting the major headache her mentor's shenanigans would bring, before processing her answer.
"Wait, why wouldn't he?" Kagome asked looking at Isamu with furrowed brows, genuinely confused.
"Oho~? You haven't told her?" Hikari asked while trying to contain a maniacal grin and failing miserably. This is going to be good! The demoness loved some drama. Isamu found one of the walls to his right so very interesting all of a sudden.
"Told me wha-" Kagome was interrupted by the bedroom door slamming open and a very irate Sesshomaru barging in. Before he could do anything, however, the scene rendered him stunned. He blinked at the sight of Hikari burying Kagome on her chest again, muffling the girl's attempts to talk, while in the middle of his futon.
"My my, speak of the devil and he shall appear!" Hikari giggled to the Inu, who didn't seem to notice Isamu paralyzed close to his unconscious soldiers. He took two steps ahead but stopped when the horned demoness let the tiniest hint of power out for him, and him only, to read. Her grin widened at his reaction until it vanished completely with Kagome pinching her nose and pulling, making her whine in pain and release the miko from her carnal prison. Kagome gasped for air again before speaking.
"Ok, ok! Before this-" She gestured to the room ahead of her. "Gets out of hand, can I at least get dressed?!" She asked the three conscious demons in the room. Hikari rolled her eyes and handed the girl her fluffy scarf with one hand, the other still massaging her harassed nose. Kagome was about to protest when the scarf began wrapping itself around Kagome's body, growing in size to envelop her torso and legs. Once it slithered back to its owner, Kagome found herself dressed in a deep blue satin dress, much like Hikari's.
"Neat!" Kagome chirped lightly as she felt the soft fabric against her body before looking towards her lover again.
Sesshomaru's eyes had locked on the white-haired creature when he felt her power. His whole body was on high alert, not daring to move or breathe. His beast was at the ready for a fight that would probably end up with him dead. Sesshomaru wasn't stupid, he figured out what she was the second she gave him a hint, and he would not attack the white-haired beauty without the need to. He valued his life, thank you very much. Her power was so overwhelming that he was actually scared she'd hurt Kagome, because if she decided to do so, there was nothing he could do to stop her. His mind raced trying to figure out a way to get Kagome away from her, it mattered not that she didn't seem to be scared of the creature.
And then, his little miko pinched the powerful woman's nose, as you'd do to an insufferable child. You could almost hear the blue screen sound coming from him as he failed to process what the fuck he just witnessed.
Kagome could see the "'Sesshomaru'.exe has stopped working." message stamped clear on his features. Eyes wide, brows up and mouth slightly agape in a stunned look. It was foreign in the daiyoukai's face and it was creeping her out. She moved closer to him, calling him but he was unresponsive. She touched his cheek. Still nothing. Brush his fringe? Nope. Scream at him, kiss him, shake him, waving her arms in front of him. Nada. Not even her aura was working! She was getting desperate, so after pondering several times if it was a good idea and deciding it wasn't, she ignored her own advice and reiki slapped him in the face.
He felt the small hand hit his face with just enough force to make him face sideways. His brows furrowed as he returned to planet earth and he turned his head back, looking down to find nervous blue eyes staring at him with almost desperation.
"Kagome. Did you just slap me?" He snarled at her, outraged, but to his surprise, there was relief on her face as she quickly started explaining herself.
"I'm sorry! You weren't breathing, you weren't doing anything! I've been trying to snap you out of it and you just seemed to be out of your body, you didn't answer to anything I did and I was getting scared!" She explained in a rush of words and he furrowed his brows, now in confusion, and his eyes snapped towards his futon, locking onto weirdly familiar pink irises. He began moving to stand between Kagome and the woman but the miko stopped him.
"Wait, wait! She's not a threat! Hikari is my sensei!" She explained to him and he stared at her for a good minute there. He looked once again at the giggling woman on his bed before turning his attention to Kagome again.
"You have a demi-god as a teacher?" He asked her slowly, still trying to comprehend the huge implications that information brought upon the mystery that was his little miko. But he was quickly snapped out of his thoughts by the unison of Kagome and Isamu's loud inquire.
"DEMI-GOD?!" They turned to Hikari with gaping mouths and only said demi-god saw the daiyoukai finally registering the older Inu's presence to his left. He snapped his head towards the former general and rage boiled in his blood, making him see red. He was onto Isamu in an instant, only to have his wrist painfully grasped by the creator of the current mess. Her eyes shone a dark pink and she glared menacingly at Sesshoumaru, but in his rage, he didn't care. He wanted his father's general dead.
"Calm yourself, pup. Lest you do something you regret." He thrashed against her restraint, trying and failing to summon his whip to hurt Isamu, his rage increasing tenfold noticing it was Hikari who was blocking them. She held the Lord with ridiculous strength, it was as if she was holding a child instead of a full-grown daiyoukai. In his attempts to break free, Sesshomaru not once lifted a claw towards Hikari. Ain't he a smart puppy. The demi-god held a giggle, wanting to play the part of 'serious superior' at the moment. She had to hold another giggle at that thought.
Kagome watched as Sesshomaru lost himself to rage, barely being able to keep his human form while struggling to be released. It took her a second to calm down enough for her plan to work, but she did and one hesitant step after the other, she finally reached him. She let her aura wash over him at the same time she touched his shoulder, making him snap his head to her. Sesshomaru bared his elongated fangs to Kagome.
"Remove it." He ordered in a menacing growl, but Kagome shook her head and moved to stand in front of him, Hikari by her side. He had stopped thrashing and was now trembling from head to toe. She reached out and touched his cheeks, rubbing her thumbs on his jagged stripes. He closed his eyes, letting her soothing touch genuinely calm his beast down.
When Hikari saw the jagged stripes turn to their beautiful smooth form, she let his wrist go and he immediately pulled Kagome into his arms, nuzzling her neck and inhaling as much of her scent as he could. Kagome blushed, but let him do as he pleased while slowly removing her aura from him. He trembled slightly at that but being where he was right now soothed him in ways he never imagined possible.
Isamu watched with empty eyes as the Lord regained control with the help of his student. He knew there was going to be a torrent of questions, and he could only hope Kagome would still find him decent enough to remain a friend. The former general wouldn't fight back, in fact, he welcomed the bloodthirst towards his person. He knew how much damage he did to the pup's life and not a day went by without the regret that came with falling in love. And suddenly, Isamu just wanted his temple, his peaceful sanctuary. He sighed silently and turned to leave.
"Running won't change anything." Hikari's voice tinkled through the room, making Isamu stop and Sesshomaru to stand upright, still holding Kagome close but letting her turn, her back flush against his chest. The older Inu didn't turn, but responded, his voice low and empty.
"I don't want change, Hikari. I want peace." He said. Kagome felt Sesshomaru's hands on her shoulders tense and she lifted her own to caress his arms under his kimono sleeves. Hikari walked towards Isamu and stood in front of him. When she spoke, her voice was so low that the Inu himself had to strain his ears to hear it, but the Lord couldn't.
"Your 'peace' is turmoiled by your past, Isamu. If you don't face it you will never forgive yourself or her." She explained in a calm voice that was just wrong coming from her mouth. But she cared for the old stubborn Inu. She wanted him to be able to live again, without hiding. Isamu looked at the demoness' that had been his pain in the arse for the last seven years. His regal posture faltered a bit, his shoulders slumping ever so slightly, at the thought of returning to the temple only to continue tormenting himself, like he always did. It was still more bearable than staying in the western palace though.
Kagome didn't know why would Sesshomaru react in such a way around Isamu, but she could connect the dots. Her teacher was probably his father's general, and knowing the drama that took place in the past, resulting in a stubborn Hanyou, it probably had something to do with that. Hikari placed a hand on Isamu's shoulder.
"Stay, free yourself from this curse. Answer for your actions with honour." Hikari said in a soft voice. He stared into her pink eyes and saw something he never thought he'd see in that pest. Empathy. She was pleading for him to stay, for him to move on from his past. He sighed audibly and looked over his shoulder at Kagome with saddened eyes. Kagome tilted her head with a small smile that told him she'd be there for him, he'd have her support no matter what. And so Isamu breathed in deeply, let it go slowly, and made his way to the Lord of the West and his intended. Gold met gold and Isamu gave Sesshomaru the deepest of bows.
Sesshomaru had watched the exchange between the demi-god and that scum of the earth he used to call Sensei. He obviously wouldn't be able to touch Isamu, with his coward ass being protected by Hikari, so he'd accept his offer of submission for now. As much as he wanted him dead, and his beast thrashed at the very sight of him, he would control himself. With a singular nod, the Lord acknowledged the former general and a truce was established between them. Sesshomaru was about to tell them to leave his chambers when Kagome spoke up out of nowhere.
"So… Hikari the demi-god. Mind explaining?" She asked the woman that spun around at the sound of her beloved student's voice. Isamu also turned to Hikari, he wanted some answers as well. Hikari skipped her way toward the couple and Kagome felt Sesshomaru become rigid with pure tension. Hikari noticed and giggled at the Inu Lord.
"Calm yourself, Ice Pup, I would never harm something my precious Kagome loves." She said, making Kagome blush and shift uncomfortably. The demi-god returned her attention to the petite girl situated between the daiyoukai and herself.
"First I need to know if the mutt is treating you well," Hikari asked and heard a growl from Sesshomaru, making her look at him with a brow raised. "Well dear, it is not my fault you are known as the Ice Prince!" They glared at each other and Kagome giggled.
"He is perfect with me Hikari, relax." She smiled sweetly to the skeptical demi-god. But seeing the genuine smile on Kagome's face made Hikari relax.
"That's good to know! Now I think that my story is worth to be told enjoying a feast! It is, after all, a tradition for the palaces to do prepare one to welcome a messenger from the Gods." She grinned to Sesshomaru and he closed his eyes to roll them, he knew she was going to be fucking impossible to deal with. Hikari giggled and skipped towards the door, grabbing Isamu's arm in the process. Before closing the door she looked at Kagome over her shoulder.
"Well, we'll leave you to enjoy the personification of your sexual fantasies, dearest. Oh, and you might want to get rid of the audience." She said pointing to the waking guards in the corner before leaving, giggling at Kagome's mortification and Sesshomaru's ever so slight blush. At the corridor Isamu slapped the back of her head, earning a whine and a pout. Demi-god or not, she was still an idiot.