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AN: Since I loved Kotei-Heika's masterpiece, "Shades of Black", especially since it had my most favorite Kyo Kara Maoh/Inuyasha xover pairing, I decided to make this oneshot in her honor as well as my Christmas Present to her^^
Hope you guys and Kotei-Heika enjoys this^^
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Category: Crossover
Anime(s)/Manga(s): Kyo Kara Maoh/Inuyasha
Genre: Romance
Pairing: Gwendal/Kagome
Summary: Everyone who knew Gwendal including his family had always wondered why the stoic Lord of the von Voltaire never had a woman, let alone became interested in one even though many Mazoku females sought him as a future husband. But what they all do not know… is that Gwendal does have someone… but kept as a secret from even his closest friends and family… as well as Yuuri himself who is very overprotective of his sister.
WARNING: And maybe Gwendal being a bit OOC because this is my first time writing anything with him. (Sadly, lemon had to be taken out)
Inspired By: Kotei-Heika and also by Shayne Ward's "Breathless" (A song I recommended to DeathNoteMaker for her Sailor Moon Xover also).
In Tribute to: Kotei-Heika, writer of "Shades of Black", which is my most favorite Kyo Kara Maoh xover with my most favorite and rarest Pairing (Kagome/Gwendal).
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You Leave Me Breathless
The night was quiet with not a soul in sight within the halls of Blood Pledge Castle as a pair of Prussian blue eyes looked at their surroundings with caution, making absolutely sure there was no one that was going to catch sight of him. With one more look behind him and to the opposite hall, Gwendal quickly and quietly made his way to his destination just almost at the end of the hall of the west wing.
As he started coming closer and closer to his destination, Gwendal grew eager; picking up his pace ever so slightly to get there quick but still careful enough to keep an eye out for any night guards walking the halls. His luck seemed to be holding out with him not seeing any guards or any of the servants out in the late night. And even when he heard someone walking within the quiet halls toward him, he took cover in the darker halls until they passed him without any notice.
And with a quiet and relieved sigh, he'd continue on his way.
Once Gwendal had made it to his destination – a pair of doors leading ton one of the many guest suits – he took one last look around for anyone who could catch sight of him in front of the doors so late at night. Seeing no one still, he quietly and carefully turned the knob and opened the door before stepping inside and quietly closing it behind him.
The sight he was soon met with made his usually hard and stoic face soften. The reason and purpose of him not wanting to get caught by anyone walking the halls or even entering the guest bedchamber; his lady, Yuuri's twin sister, Kagome was sleeping on her stomach with her head resting on an open book at the foot of the four-post bed, clad in a baby blue silken robe that reached her calves while also covering the crème silk nightgown, he had recently given to her in secret, that reached to her dainty ankles. The glow of the fire that kept the room a little warm illuminated her in its soft yellow-orange glow.
Making his way to where his lady slept, Gwendal sat next to her, making sure not to wake her yet, before he started to brush aside what stray obsidian locks that were in Kagome's face.
'She must've fallen asleep while waiting for me…' the thought of Kagome trying to stay up so that she could see him when he came to meet with her made Gwendal's chest swell with warmth and had him wanting to hold her in his arms but he didn't have the heart to wake her yet.
Thinking of something better, he silently stood and divested his great coat before slipping off his boots. Once his white shirt was unbuttoned a bit, Gwendal picked up a blanket that was hanging over the back of one of the chairs set in front of the fireplace and unfolded it before gently throwing it over the sleeping miko.
Certain that she was covered; Gwendal then joined her under the covers, gently bringing her into his arms. With his nose nestled within her hair on the top of her head, the Mazoku lord inhaled her scent, instantly soothed by Kagome's natural fragrance and the shampoo his mother, Cherri had given to her as a gift.
As if wanting to get closer to his body heat, Kagome nuzzled her face into his broad chest before releasing a content sigh as Gwendal wrapped his arms around her a little more and started to comb his fingers through her thick but still soft raven hair.
Taking in her scent of lilies and vanilla, Gwendal started to think back on how his and Kagome's relationship came this far.
When Yuuri and Murata first brought Kagome with them to Shin Makoku, it was quite a surprise for everyone present to hear that the young raven haired, obsidian eyed woman was in fact their Maou's younger twin sister. Even Conrad had not known about this when he had helped take Suzanna Julia's soul to be reborn within Yuuri or even when he had helped Miko get to the hospital when her water broke.
Despite the obvious resemblance between Yuuri and Kagome, questions were still asked.
Or in Wolfram's case, demanded.
But it was explained by Murata that Miko and her husband said that Kagome was a 'surprise baby'. On the day that Yuuri was born, Kagome being born after Yuuri even shocked the doctors present because during the ultrasounds, they didn't catch any sight of her, even when Miko was very noticeably showing and didn't look like she was going to be giving birth to more than one baby.
'Then again… they had said that Kagome was a bit smaller than the average newborn…' Gwendal thought when he remembered Murata saying that Kagome had to be watched closely by doctors soon after she was born. 'And the reason they couldn't hear her heartbeat was because it was practically in sync with her brother's.'
At the beginning, Kagome, being a small baby – smaller than her brother – worried not only the doctors but the Shibuya couple as well. It was hours after Kagome and Yuuri were born that the female twin started to become ill but had pulled through on her own, soon becoming the Shibuya family's Surprise Miracle Baby.
For some years, Kagome was raised with the Shibuya family until the start of Middle School came around and she was accepted into a Middle school that was located in another part of town. Throughout the years until the start of high school, the only times that the twins were able to see each other was during the holidays and summer vacations but when Yuuri started to go back and forth from their world to Shin Makoku and Kagome hopped back and forth through time, there just wasn't enough time to see each other with their busy schedules in their dutiful roles as Maou and Miko.
It was after Kagome was finished with her duty as the Shikon Miko that Yuuri was given the full and uncensored story of her quest. Despite all the dangers she had retold that could've taken her life, Yuuri was more bothered about her love not being returned by the hanyou she fell in love with.
The same Hanyou that always verbally abused her… never took her side and never believed in her abilities… who never saw her for who she truly was but as a memory of his past that never should've returned from the dead in the first place.
What caused Yuuri to worry more of his twin sister was how sad she became knowing that the well was sealed permanently and she would never be able to see, not only Inuyasha, but also the Kitsune kit she had adopted as her son.
In hopes to help her get away from the shrine that had stored so many of her memories and hoping to help her move passed the pain of not only never being able to see Inuyasha but also never being able to see little Shippó ever again, Yuuri spoke with Murata about his idea of taking Kagome to Shin Makoku; letting her stay with them there as a vacation of sorts from memories.
Not to mention giving her a break from Shouri's babying and his threats of destroying the well for keeping his baby sister from the nephew he never had the chance to meet. The twins' older brother purposely ignored the fact that his little sister was also depressed because she would never be able to see the hanyou who held her heart without knowing.
After first arriving in Shin Makoku with the two Soukoku rulers, Wolfram instantly went on a rampage, demanding who the 'hussy' with Yuuri was.
And for the first time… in a very long time – not counting when Shouri's babying became too insufferable – a very rare reaction was brought out from the blue miko. Her dark blue-sable eyes soon became darker with fury before they were soon directed to the blonde Mazoku who gave the insult with the demand.
The furious gaze not only made Wolfram pause for a moment before he started to get riled by the fact that a woman was stepping up 'to challenge him for Yuuri', but made something in Gwendal seem to spark to life.
It was faint but it was there, making his heart picked up speed with the desire to see that passionate expression more often and he didn't even know who she really was or even her name at the time.
Kagome then walked up to Wolfram, demanding in a deadly calm and cold voice, of who was Wolfram to call her a hussy when mostly what she has heard about him was that he was nothing but whinny, bossy, accuses Yuuri of cheating on him with complete strangers he'd never even met before, and had these trust issues to the point of not having any faith in Yuuri when it comes to him being alone with someone, especially when it's a family member he never met.
And most of all, getting jealous over nothing even when Yuuri was doing nothing but being polite with whoever he was talking to for the first time.
Before Wolfram could make a comeback, Kagome added a word of advice; saying that the blonde should think before he acted, most especially when it came meeting someone that could be related to his fiancé who had a great say in who Yuuri is engaged to.
These words made everyone present pause for a moment before they curiously turned to their Maou.
In reply, Yuuri sheepishly scratch the back of his head before saying, "Hehe… as I was going to say before Wolfram decided today would be a good time to piss her off… everyone this is Kagome, my younger twin sister."
Everyone present, including Wolfram (although he showed denial) was shocked to here that the young woman with him and Murata was their Maou's sister before she turned her attention away from Wolfram, turning it to Yuuri to apologize for her actions but reasoned that although Inuyasha got away with calling her certain names (to cover up what he really felt), she wasn't going to take being called anything foul by someone who didn't know anything about her.
Once he was out of his stupor of denial and with a bit of a wounded pride, Wolfram had let his mouth run again in saying that there was no way that Kagome was related to Yuuri but Murata confirmed that Kagome and Yuuri were indeed related and were in fact twins. Yuuri had just never told them and they had never really thought to ask, believing that the only ones in his family were the ones living in the Shibuya household, consisting of Shouri and Yuuri's parents, Shouma and Miko.
After all of that was settled, Yuuri and Murata started introducing Kagome formally to all the Mazoku present starting from her already having met Wolfram then moving onto Gunter, Conrad, and then last, Gwendal.
Once she was faced with Gwendal, the blue-eyed Mazoku didn't know what brought him to do so but he brought the miko's much smaller hand into his and brought it up to his lips to lay a kiss on her knuckles. He didn't know what brought him to do such an action or why he felt his pride swell when he noticed the light blush that colored her cheeks from his gesture.
With introduction done, Yuuri, momentarily confused by the interaction between his sister and Gwendal, asked for Gunter to ready a room for her and also have some dresses made for her as well. With those tasks given to him, the beautiful lavender haired Mazoku escorted Kagome to a guest room, making light conversation while asking what colors she liked in clothing, as well as style and such almost ecstatically.
It was then, after Gunter had settled Kagome into her room and asked for her measurements, that everyone was told the reason why Yuuri brought her to Shin Makoku and answered Gunter's question as to why she seemed so sad.
After that, and as weeks turned into months (close to almost a year) with Kagome settling in the castle nicely, falling into routine playing with Greta, chatting with Cherri and helping her with her gardens, and also helping out in the stables by tending to the horses, despite the protests of stable boys and some of the guards.
At other times, Murata and Gunter would teach her what she needed to know about Shin Makoku; teaching her to read and write their language, learn their history, and was also taught etiquette (much to her dislike, finding the other subjects a lot more interesting).
But a majority of the time, she spent her free time in the stables, helping the stable boys tend to the horses and even helping rear one of the very few young horses.
One day, Gwendal had wondered why they protested her presence in the stables but soon got his answer when he found out that she helped tend to a couple of his prized war horses. Worried that one of the war horses would somehow severely injure her, Gwendal made his way to the stables with haste.
What he was met with, he never expected considering he knew how the war horses that he reared himself acted toward anyone they didn't deem their master. Within the stall that held his fiercest war horse, stood said war horse docile and quite content while Kagome calmly stood beside it, brushing it down and giving soft compliments on how beautiful and strong it was.
This seemed to go with all of his other war horses present in the stables, acting as harmless as normal horses like Ao; Yuuri's black stallion.
Although, during her time in Shin Makoku, Gwendal had been too busy to get to know her on any level with all the paper work he had been given concerning any problems among the lesser lords who have been displeased about Yuuri's alliances with some of the human territories. But he had watched her from afar and during meals as she made small talk with his mother, Conrad and the Maou and his Holiness while ignoring Wolfram.
It had seemed that she was still angry with him in calling her a hussy without even hearing the explanation of who she was to Yuuri.
But seeing her partially alone in the stables, and grooming one of his horses gave him an opportunity.
From there, they made a friendship that steadily bloomed into a love that they agreed to keep secret. Their reasons for this was because Kagome believed that with her being human, her being in love with a Mazoku like Gwendal might turn into a scandal; considering that most demons have never approved of demon-human relationships and all the more when the Mazoku and human are lovers or wish to marry.
Although she was viewed as the unofficial regent to the Maou, Kagome didn't view herself any different from any other human.
Another reason for Kagome keeping everything a secret was because even though she knew she loved Gwendal and was over Inuyasha within the fourth month in Shin Makoku (away from her home on Earth), the miko was still wasn't completely certain about Gwendal's feelings toward her.
Of course, his touches, kisses, and his embraces spoke volumes of how much he cared about her but whenever she brings the subject up or if she ever verbally told him that she loved him, he would stiffen, turn his eyes away from her, and avoid the subject or just stay silent while looking at her with longing and regret, like he wanted to return her words but couldn't bring himself to say them. It was as if something was holding him back.
For Gwendal, though he would never bother to listen to the other lords, whether they were among the top ten or any of the lesser nobles, about his choice of choosing Kagome as his lover. A part of him was also filled with the guilt that stuck with him after what had happened to Suzanna Julia. Hube was his responsibility so his misdeeds counted as Gwendal's sins.
And for someone, as wonderful and kind as Kagome, to love someone like him almost unconditionally just seemed too good to be true for him, considering how tainted he felt after shedding so much blood in the previous war and the events that happened that may as well be considered his fault.
The stoic Mazoku was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the soft murmur of his Miko regent, "You finally came… I thought it would be too late for you to come see me."
"For you, it's never too late… even if I've just returned from a harsh travel that your brother or duty said was important." Gwendal replied, laying a sweet but love-filled kiss atop of her head.
Kagome lifted herself up to look at her lover's face before pushing him fully onto his back and lifting her leg and tossing it over his hip, straddling him. Leaning onto Gwendal, crossing her arms over his broad and still clothed chest, she pointed out, "Still, I would understand if you wanted to sleep without coming to see me. We would've been able to meet in the morning."
"You know that I don't sleep as well as I used to… unless you're at my side. And waiting until morning is too long of a wait for me to see you again." Gwendal said, combing his calloused but gentle fingers through her hair before wrapping his free arm around her waist to keep her from moving.
The miko in his arms smiled at him before nuzzling his chest.
*Lemon part Deleted. Can Find it on yourfanfiction(.)com*
After grabbing hold of a blanket to cover them, Gwendal lay next to Kagome, gathering her into his arms.
Sharing another but sweeter kiss with her, Gwendal suggested for her to rest while promising that he'd be here when she awoke again.
Kagome gave a tired chuckle before replying, "Or wake me when you think it's time for you to leave." With that, she allowed sleep to take her as she rested her head on his chest where she could listen to her strong heartbeat.
Listening to her breathing even out, Gwendal gave a soft smile as he held his beloved closer to him and burying his nose into her dark hair, taking in her lovely scent that was completely hers.
Before he allowed himself to fall asleep as well, Gwendal's thoughts began to churn, thinking of his and Kagome's relationship as secret lovers. Despite what he felt, another part of him didn't want to continue sneaking around and keep their relationship a secret. Although he understood the thrill of their relationship being just between them, Gwendal wanted more out of it.
'I want her to be mine completely… and I don't want to let her slip away from me…' With that thought in mind, Gwendal made a decision.
He would talk to his mother, tell her that he found the woman he wanted to in his life and he planned to ask for her hand in marriage. Then he'd confront his Maoh, Yuuri and ask for his blessing. If everything worked out like he hoped and Kagome agreed to marry him, he believed that they would be husband and wife within a few months or more if she wants to inform her family on earth.
With that in mind and deciding to make plans while he worked tomorrow, Gwendal allow sleep to take him so he could be allowed more time to be with his beloved in the land of dreams.
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FINALLY! I'm finished with this! I swear, I think I took more time on this in the lemon than I did with my (Soul Eater) Dr. Stein one, or even my (Gravitation) K-san and (Violinist of Hameln) Hamel oneshots. But I believe it was well worth it, despite the end may seem rushed.
Again, this oneshot was promised to Kotei-Heika, authoress of "Shades of Black. I hope you enjoyed this, Kotei-san. XD And I also wish you a Merry Christmas^^ I can't wait to read the next chapter to your masterpiece. XD
And also a Merry Christmas to all others who enjoyed this^^ I'm also almost finished with the next chapter of my LoTR xover so keep your eyes peeled for it XD