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Today was the day of the ball. It was like going to the prom, if Akiya went to hers. She could hear her sister laughing now, saying "don't forget your condoms". Spoken by someone who learned the hard way. She conceived Chi-Chi on her high school prom night in a bed-and-breakfast.
Looking around, Akiya knew it was going to be a long day. Her cozy apartment turned into a hair salon. The whole team was there, except Inari. Though she wasn't there, Akira was. The shop was closed for the day, so Jak and Yura picked up some supplies and came to their boss's apartment to help out. Jakotsu was curling Ayame's red hair and Yura was walking around Kagome, thinking of the perfect style to do. Akiya was rolling Sango's long hair into a onion bun, with the help of her cousin.
"There!" Akira breathed. It took nearly ten minutes to do the bun. After cutting her bang, Akiya put the finishing touches on her head; small purplish Momo flowers on the right side of her bun.
"You look wonderful, Sango." handing her a hand mirror.
"Thanks, Akiya." 'Wow, Kagome was right, she is good.' "I saw your cat and wondered if he wanted to meet mine, Kirara. She's going into heat soon." She looked down at the cat who was watching a spider make webs in the floor corner.
"Sure, bring her bye sometime. I think he's ready to settle down."
"Ki! I don't know what to do with Kagome's hair!" Yura yelled across the livingroom/ kitchen, grabbing the hanyou's attention.
"Let me see, I would put it up, then maybe add a few curls at the ends and the sides." pointing to the sides of the miko's face.
"Okay. How about I pin it up in the back, curl the ends, and leave a few strands out?"
"I like that. Now I'm the only one who needs their hair done." pointing to her head wrapped under a scarf.
"So, what do you think our wenches are doing now?" Inuyasha asked his two partners. All three men relaxed in the living room, watching baseball and drinking beer in the early afternoon.
"Probably waxing something." Kouga said, taking another sip of his beer. His three year old son was sitting on his lap, holding his stuffed wolf "Mr. Snugglekins".
"Hone Rum!" Taro squealed, bouncing in his father's lap.
"Good boy!" He ruffled up his son's brown hair. Taro cheerfully stared up at his father with bright green eyes, giving him a toothy grin.
"Taro, come play!" Yumiko yelled, poking her small head between the door in the twins' room. Immediately, the wolf youkai hopped off his father's lap and ran into the room.
"Monk, I have no idea what spell your daughter has on my son."
"Former monk. Besides, she's just plain cute, like her mother."
"I don't think any sane three year old would want to sit around with a bunch of men drinking beer." the hanyou said, leaning back into his black leather sofa.
"I found it! The perfect hairstyle!" Akiya squealed, jumping up and down with Bob in her arms.
"Dammit wench, put me down! I am way too old for this!"
"Sorry, Bob..." She put the demon cat down. It was rare for Bob to speak more than six words; he never had much to say.
"Okay, well, let's get started." Jakotsu said, putting the finishing touches on Ayame's hair and makeup. He had just finished Sango's makeup and Akira was doing Kagome's. She would do Akiya's makeup when her hair was done.
"Well, miss lady, you will be getting wolf calls tonight." the tiger youkai said, observing his work. He had to admit, he was damn good.
"I only want one wolf to be calling." Ayame said smiling.
"Look at you girls... you look so beautiful." Jakotsu said, wiping a fake tear from his face. Akira giggled behind her hand.
"Shut up, Jakie. How's my makeup?" Akiya asked, looking at her friend. It was obvious she was nervous; this would be the first time meeting Sesshomaru's parents.
"Perfect." he replied. "Remember, I did it." giving her cousin a fake pout.
"Remember girls, use condoms. I think Ayame got the news a little too late." the tiger youkai teased, earning a playful growl from the wolf demoness. All the men were going to Akiya's apartment to pick up their dates, since they decided to get their hair and makeup done there. The buzz of Akiya's intercom alerted them of someone's presence.
"Ok, let me get a picture of all of you!" He pulled a digital camera out of his purse and took as many pictures as he could before someone knocked at the door.
"Well, hello, Inu baby!" he purred, eying the hanyou in a black tuxedo with a red vest underneath. His hair was pulled back into a low ponytail.
"Where's my wife?" He asked, ignoring the comment.
"Right this way, Taishou-san." He said, letting him inside. Though all the women looked gorgeous, his stood out from the rest.
"Ka-Kagome...damn." He stared down at his wife. Her floor-length, red satin dress hugged her in all the right places, with a low, sleeveless 'v' neck. He had to wonder why her breast looked so perky.
"I'm glad you like it." giving her husband a sexy smirk, with full red glossy lips, her smoky eye shadow making her look more seductive. Pinning her hair up, Yura loosely curled the ends and let a few tendrils hang around her bang.
"Can we just forget this ball and go to a hotel?" Inuyasha whispered seductively in her ear, leading her outside the apartment to the elevator. He noticed that he was touching skin; there was no back. They caught sight of Kouga and Miroku in the elevator. Both men's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Watch it, yours are inside." Inuyasha growled, pointing to the door in the hallway.
"Wow!" both men said in unison, looking at the three women.
"Sango...you look stunning!" He spun his wife around to get a complete look at her dress. It was also floor length, but dark purple, tied around her neck to hold the dress. The back was bare, stopping just below the small of her back. The splits at the sides showed off her long legs. Jakotsu just added some dark peach colored lip gloss and dark eye shadow.
"Thank you, Miroku." She picked up her matching clutch bag and they left.
"You look gorgeous." Kouga said, giving his girlfriend a kiss on the lips. Out of the four, she needed the least makeup. She already had a pregnancy glow, so she only wore lip gloss and mascara. She wore an olive green knee dress, which showed some cleavage and her growing belly. Her hair was in soft curls, with the front pulled behind a clip.
"Really?" Everyone in the room could smell the tears coming. Damn those tears!
"Of course, you're gorgeous. It's just that now, you look extra gorgeous." He gave his mate another kiss.
"Okay, you two, get going. And Ayame, don't you ruin your makeup." he said, pushing the two out. He couldn't help but smile.
"That was sweet!" Akira chirped, hugging herself. Maybe when she and Manten start a family, he'll give her that look.
"I'm the only one left..." Akiya whispered.
"Calm down, girl. You look great." Jakotsu said, giving his boss a pat on the back.
"This dress isn't slutty, is it?" Before the model and stylist could say no, there was a knock on the door.
"Oh crap!" The hanyou jumped at the knock and almost made a run for her bedroom, but her cousin blocked her.
"Hello, Taishou-san!" Jakotsu said, greeting the inuyoukai dressed in a white tuxedo.
"..." He ignored the tiger youkai and let himself inside. The first thing that caught his eye was Akiya's back showing through the diamond cut back of her gold dress, which had a collar and a smaller diamond cut in the front, showing off cleavage. Realizing what Jakotsu said, she nervously turned around to face her date.
"H- hello, Sessh..." making a nervous laugh. Her hair was slicked to right and the left was covered in romantic curls.
The inuyoukai looked like a fish out of water; there were no words to describe how beautiful she looked to him. The gold eye shadow made her two toned eyes even more seductive.
"You look... stunning."
"Really? Well, lets get going. Oh, I almost forgot, this is my cousin Akira, and you already met Jakie." letting out a breath of fresh air.
"Hello." nodding to the two. "Lets get going, Ki." he said, escorting the hanyou out of the apartment.
"Hideki! How are you doing, old friend!?" The neko youkai and his fiancee turned around to see Inutaishou and his mate, Izayoi.
"Well well well, how long has it been, about thirty years?" giving both his old friends a hug. The legendary dog demon was in a plain black tuxedo, while his mate was in an elegant orange evening gown.
"Yes, that BBQ you threw when Akil was a pup, and..." making a nervous chuckle. At that time Ivonne was carrying their second child, but it would be rude to bring that up in front of the viper demoness.
"Good times, right? This is my fiancee, Leiko." gesturing toward the woman holding his arm. The pretty youkai was dressed in a short, black cocktail dress. The two gave a polite bow to the viper youkai. After seeing the smug look on her face, they both began to dislike her.
"Isn't it surprising that our children are dating? And without our help." Hideki said to his old friend and his mate.
"More like Inuyasha's help; he set the two up." Izayoi said.
"He takes up after his father." chuckling. His laugh was infectious, making the small group laugh at the truth behind his words.
"Oh, I thought Akira was dating the tattoo artist?" Leiko asked, offending her fiancee and making the other two confused.
"Akira is my niece, Akiya is my youngest daughter." he answered in a flat tone. How could the woman he was about to marry not remember his own children's names?
"Son!" A soft voice caught the attention of the group. A tall, slender woman walked up to the group, dressed in a expensive kimono. She smiled at everyone except Leiko.
"Mother, how have you been?" He asked, giving his mother a hug. She gave a polite bow to Inutaishou and Izayoi.
"You would know if you called more often. You know Ivonne calls-."
"Sayuri-sama, its good to see you're as energetic as ever." You could see the happy look on Hideki's face when his mother was interrupted.
"Gin, you look as gorgeous as ever." staring at the white silk floor length dress. The stoic woman smiled at her former okaa-san. Sayuri was the reason she met Inutaishou and later became a famous model. One red stripe adorned each cheek. She also had a crescent moon on her forehead, like her son.
"Arigato, you look good as well. Hideki, Inutaishou, Izayoi, annnnddd?" looking at the viper youkai.
"Leiko." She didn't like the youkai either; they all preferred Ivonne. Something about her was wrong for her old friend.
Pulling up in front of the expansive mansion, the limo stopped, grabbing the attention of the paparazzi being held back by iron gates and bodyguards.
"Look, it's Akiya and Sesshomaru!" one photographer yelled.
"Who made your dress!?" said another. They stopped for pictures and a short interview from Tokyo Live. The reporter asked silly questions like 'what's it was like to be with one of the strongest women in the world'. Then it just went to plain impersonal.
"How is he in bed?" Toyo asked the hanyou, putting the microphone to her face.
"Believe me, I have no complaints." Which she didn't. From one to five, he was a ten. You could see the smug look on his face when she said that.
"We have to get going." Sesshomaru said, escorting his girlfriend inside. After saying hello to his many business partners, they spotted a familiar group of people.
"I see my dad and her. Is that grandma?" glaring at the gold-digging thing latched on her father's arm, and smiling at the sight of her grandmother.
"Looks like they're talking to my parents and step mother." noticing the silver heads of his parents.
"Oh God..." Now she was nervous. What if they didn't like her, or...
"Don't worry, I should be the nervous one. I'm meeting your father and grandmother, who I might add, are very famous." leading her to the small group talking and drinking champagne.
"Mother, father, Izayoi. This is Akiya." He said, showing off his girlfriend to his family.
"Hello." bowing to the trio.
"She's very pretty, Sessho-chan." his mother said, making the hanyou blush.
"Of course she is, she is related to me." Sayuri bragged, flipping her ankle length hair over her shoulder. "Hello child, I am Sayuri." bowing to Sesshomaru.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Sayuri-sama." placing a chaste kiss on her hand.
"I'm Leiko." stretching her hand for the same affection, earning a glare from grandmother and granddaughter. Her hand was left standing in mid air.
Everything was going good. Good food, good people, just good. Inuyasha was still drooling over Kagome, Kouga was showing off Ayame and her stomach, while Miroku and Sango were making out in the men's bathroom. About an hour into the party, Inutaishou and Izayoi went to the top of the stairs, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why I throw this ball is to make a very important announcement. Will Sayuri-sama come and join me?" Elegantly walking up to the stage in her platform sandals, the famous geisha joined the two. The entire room was confused, wondering what was going on.
"Should you, or should I?" she asked.
"By all means." smiling down at the neko youkai.
"I am closing down my Okiya..." Sighs of disappointment filled the room. "But I am starting a modeling agency, with Inutaishou as my investor!" A shocked gasp rang out throughout the room, then there were cheers. More champagne was given out and confetti was tossed around from Kami knows where.
"Still beautiful as ever... dear." That mocking voice sent chills down her spine, a voice she never wanted to hear again. Smelling the change in her scent and his biggest business rival, something was definitely not good.
"Naraku." glaring at the spider hanyou and the blond bimbo on his arm.
"Hello Sesshomaru, I just wanted to say hi to an old friend. Right, honey?" The blond bimbo on his arm waved suggestively at the inuyoukai, making Akiya's blood boil.
"We are not friends, Naraku!" the hanyou hissed.
"Oh, what a way to talk to your ex-husband." Seeing the shocked expression in Sesshomaru's eyes, he continued. "Oh, you didn't know? About three years back, we were married and mated. Do you still have that mark?" He chuckled at his ex wife, then touched the left side of her neck. She quickly slapped his hand away.
"I told both of you I never wanted to see you again." she growled low in her throat.
"But Ki, I was the bridesmaid at your wedding." the bimbo teased. She hated that bitch, from her big fake breast to her too-tight red hooker dress.
"And you fucked my former husband."
"Naraku, I suggest you and that thing on your arm leave or I will throw you out myself." He warned, in his usual cold voice. Knowing he meant business, the two smugly left. Roughly grabbing her arm, Sesshomaru dragged Akiya to the balcony. How could a woman like her get married to a piece of scum like Naraku?
"Why didn't you tell me you were married to him!?" There was no answer, all she could do was shrug her shoulders like a scolded child.
"Answer me!" roughly shaking her by the shoulders.
"I don't have to explain to you." she whispered.
"Yes you do!"
"No!"
"Answer me!" his eyes bleeding red, gripping her shoulders so tight they bled.
"I wanted to forget! Ok! He-he hurt me, he made me..." She began to break into tears. She hardly ever cried, but here she was bawling her eyes out.
"I... I have to go..." He said, leaving her outside alone. All the wounds she had, all the bad words said to her, him leaving hurt the most. He needed to leave; the balcony seemed too closed in for him to breathe. Why didn't she tell him?
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Read and Review!!!!!
Things are not going to be so happy and sweet.
Bob wants a mate.
What's going to happen with Ki and Sessh???