Shinku was up and about before Sesshomaru or Kuda got out of their beds. Not no longer than when Shinku woke up, Sesshomaru followed after. He didn't sleep during the night and simply stayed in his bed because it was a nice way for him to relax. Kuda on the other hand still slept. Shinku got busy ordering servants around as usual and Sesshomaru went for a quick patrol through half of his lands, and the other half later. He arrived just as Shinku was finishing her midday meal, only to hear that that Kuda had still not come out of her room. He gave a glance at Shinku and Shinku denied that she didn't even the hallway leading to the room. And out of anger of being accused, Shinku ordered pickled fruit. Sesshomaru decided to sit with Shinku and wait just a bit longer, which turned out to be the best choice. Kuda turned into the room, her short hair into a pony tail and a black short kimono. Shinku and Sesshomaru stared at her as Kuda sat down and servants brought her a midday meal of bread, rice, and fruit. She grabbed a piece of melon and before she popped it into her mouth, she caught them staring at her, though Sesshomaru not as much anymore.
"I'm a shape shifter, deal with it." Kuda said to Shinku and popped the melon into her mouth.
"The lowest of demons..." Shinku muttered, popping a piece of apple into her mouth as well.
Kuda chewed and processed her mutter in her mind. How, she thought. "How when I can decisive anyone I like? Heck, even my scent changes. I should change into you one day Lady Shinku and steal Sesshomaru!" Kuda laughed as Shinku jumped from the floor angrily. But Shinku said back down, now knowing it was a joke.
On the other hand, Sesshomaru was too busy reading a message a servant had brought him to hear their conversation. Shinku cleared her throat angrily and said, "Is there some way to stay into a permanent appearance?"
"Is there some way you can turn into man?" Kuda retorted angrily. "Forget that," Kuda said as she popped the last piece of fruit into her mouth, "Have you mated with Sesshomaru yet, and I mean did you go to bed with him?"
"No," Shinku cried desperately, "he doesn't want to! I thought it had something to do with you, but it turns out I was wrong!"
Kuda smirked, now able to take her chance. "It's because he has a small pride!" She whispered. Kuda smiled, Shinku's mouth fell open, and Sesshomaru was still too busy reading the message. And before he knew it, Shinku had pounced on him, trying to remove his obi. Kuda grabbed her bread and walked out laughing as she heard Sesshomaru yell to Shinku, "Not here, what is wrong with you!" "Why didn't you tell me you had a small pride!"
Kuda sat on her mat, writing something on a scroll. She wasn't writing a message to anyone, but rather practicing her writing skills since they had diminished over the last eight years. And Kuda was surprised to find that she could still write as neat before, but with hard concentration of course. In her state of half lying and leaning on the mat made her obi too tight around her waist. With angry sigh, she set the brush down and sat, loosening the obi. Once down, she leaned/lied back down, picking up the brush again. Her writing then went sideways as her door slid open loudly, and then shut again just as quickly. She jumped, forgetting now that she didn't have high demonic senses like before, she didn't hear Sesshomaru march into the hall and into her room. Her emerald eyes looked lazily into his angry golden ones.
"What exactly are you gaining by saying to everyone that I have a small pride? Have you snuck up on me before while I was bathing?"
"No, it's just fun to cause a chaos. Plus, I'm gaining great satisfaction of joy when I see people go into shock once I tell them that you have a small pride." Her eyes going wide when she said shock, and then back into laziness once more.
He growled at her angrily, and then smirked. "Then there is only way to stop you from saying such a thing to anyone again."
And before Kuda knew it, Sesshomaru let his hakamas fall to the floor. Kuda raised an eyebrow, shock and surprise on her face as she took in the sight of his manhood. She then looked into his face, "Thank you for... for that sight. But you don't surprise me; you're not the first man I've seen naked."
Sesshomaru crossed his arms over his chest, still not pulling his hakamas up. "And what do you think of it?"
Kuda choked on a laugh as she still looked straight into his face, "What do I think of it? Sesshomaru, you gained nothing by showing me your manhood; even though I know the truth, for real this time, I still won't stop my little rumor; it's too much fun."
"You're coloring yourself."
"What?" Kuda asked confused.
"The ink!"
Kuda looked down and sure enough her arm that made a dip in her mat was pooled with ink, as well as her chest when she hot her arm up. "Great, just great!" Kuda said angrily as she tried to stand up quickly. "When did the ink even fall?" Kuda asked herself. She gathered the cup with the rest of the ink in it and turned to set it somewhere where it wouldn't stain a thing. But as she looked for a table to set the cup, she noticed Sesshomaru still had his hakamas on the floor and he had an erection. And then she remembered that she had loosened her obi, so now no doubt her kimono from the front was probably open and he was looking at her. But she was too frustrated with the ink right now to care, "Please just call a servant to clean this up and to come and fill the tub." She said as she walked over to small desk and set the cup of ink down carefully. Before she turned around, she tried the best she could to close and tie her obi again with clothes and hands covered in ink. While she did that, she heard Sesshomaru calling for servants.
Servants had not only filled Kuda's tub with water, but brought in a low stump for her to sit on and separate buckets with water, explaining that she would have to scrub hard if she was to get rid of the black skin because of the ink. And of course Kuda had no choice. She had already spend an hour in the tub, one hour outside scrubbing, and the rest of the two hours scrubbing and soaking, yet her skin remained dark. This was all Sesshomaru fault, she thought angrily as she scrubbed, damn bastard thinks he's go great and can stun anyone with his big pride! She stood and threw the sponge at the wall angrily, crossing her arms over her chest, thinking of another way to get rid of the ink. She heard the doors to the bathing room open, and she saw Sesshomaru's figure through the misty air.
"What are you doing here, can't I have any privacy?" Kuda said angrily and sat on the tub's edge, crossing one leg over another and keeping her arms crossed over her chest.
"This oil should remove the stains," He said as he handed her a bamboo bottle.
Kuda quickly snatched it out of his grasp, "Couldn't you have sent a servant? Now go."
"You have stripes on your hips..."
"What of them? Leave, Sesshomaru, you don't belong here!"
"It's my home and I belong everywhere," he growled angrily at her.
She stood and pointed at his chest angrily, "This is your fault, Sesshomaru! You haven't distracted me like you did, this would not have-" And she blinked multiple times, noticing he was naked. "What you had in mind won't happen!" She screamed into his face angrily.
But he turned her around quickly, snatching the bottle of oil out of her hands, "That is not what I had in mind. I simply came to help you."
"Then I'll let you know I solved the mystery of how to bath a year ago, so I'm perfectly capable of cleaning myself."
But he ignored her and grabbed her blackened arm, rubbing the oil onto it. Kuda was surprised to see the ink coming of quickly. "Doesn't it bother you that I'm naked?" She said.
He looked into her eyes and smirked, "You're not the first women I've seen naked."
"Nice..." Kuda said, hearing her words repeat back to her from his mouth, "But I'm sure those were the ones who showed you their bodies on their own nasty will."
"And yet you're not bothering to cover up in front of me."
"I have no clothes in here, not even a towel you idiot! What am I suppose to do?" She yelled angrily at him. "You know what, I'm fine." She pulled her arm and snatched the bottle from his hand. She turned, giving him her backside, and began rubbing the oil on her blackened chest.
"Kuda..." A soft voice whispered into her ear, sending chills down her spine. She smirked, setting the bottle down and turned, wrapping her arms around his neck. He couldn't help but gasp, I didn't intend to get this far, he thought. "Sesshomaru," she said seductively to him, sending a rush of blood through Sesshomaru's body, "do you know what I would very much like to do with you?" Sesshomaru pulled her closer growling and settings his hands on her hips. "What?" Sesshomaru growled. "This," Kuda pulled back and kicked him on the chest, sending him stumbling backwards and into the tub full of black ink water head first. He came up sputtering angrily, only to notice two buckets empty on their side on the floor and Kuda gone. He growled angrily and punched the floor with his hand.
