Title A Surprise Visitor

Author landofthekwt

Rating PG-13

Prompt: Surprise (Fanfic bakeoff #8)

Word Count 299

Fandom Inuyasha

Pairing Sesshoumaru/ Izayoi

Warning None

Summary The Emperor adjusts to his exile.

Chapter 52 of Entangled

He could not believe that he had to tolerate such conditions. Since birth he had lived in the palace in Kyoto. Ministers at his beck and call. Women for the asking. Toadies willing to do his bidding. They had taken that away when they forced him into exile.

Why had he agreed to exile? If he had known that he would be living in one room hut with only the Empress for company he would have fought it out. Instead he had meekly submitted to the will of the Shikken and was reduced to the level of a peasant

His humiliation was all the Lady's fault. She should have come to his aid instead of allowing his enemies to drive him from Kyoto and penned him up in that castle where the besiegers slowly starved him out.

She should have killed his enemies for him. Hadn't he done everything she asked of him? Instead of helping him she had told him to go into exile. Look where that had gotten him. He had no servants to do the work for him.

His wife actually expected him to sleep with her. The humiliation was more than he could bear.

He was better off dead than living in poverty. As he was bemoaning his fate a light flashed in the room. The Lady appeared in a blaze of glory.

" Lo how the mighty have fallen."

"This is your fault."

The Lady put a claw to his throat " At least. I allowed you to live for the moment."

"You call this living?"

" You should be grateful that you are breathing afer what you did. Maybe this will teach you a little humility. Next time you will do things my way or your head will rolling on the floor."