Hotohori couldn't put a finger on what he was worrying about this time. It wasn't the invading armies; he'd taken care of that already. Tasuki had even come today to deliver some good news about the eastern lands.
But something was still making him uneasy. He shifted again in his throne inside the cool room. There was just shaking the feeling that was driving his nerves and putting him on edge. Maybe that messenger hadn't made it. Maybe that's why he was having these feelings.
"Lord Hotohori!!!" a voice rang through the hall leading to his empty throne room. He put his head in his hand and when the band of travelers entered, he groaned something incoherent.
"Lord Hotohori," a calm voice made Hotohori' head snap up. It was Tamahome. "The east is once again in danger. The west has tried to fight against them. We need to find the lady of that land."
Hotohori sighed a huge, suffering sigh. "I believe Lord Inu-Yasha has already taken care of that…"
In the Stars
By-Justy-chan
Scroll 2
Inu-Yasha had come straight to the Lady of the eastern lands. She didn't understand anything about the invasions.
"Lady Kikyou, you have to understand that your country is in peril. Your only allies are being invaded." He was pleading with her to understand. She shook her head again.
"Once I get married, I have no need to understand these war games." She smiled at him. It wasn't a smile either. It was a twisted ugly face she put on to dismiss him.
"Lady Kikyou, your tea is ready." Kagome came from around the wall. She was Kikyou's lady in waiting and was pretty obvious about herself.
"Thank you, Kagome. Could you keep this man busy while I go have some with my mother?" she gracefully moved her hand towards Inu-Yasha.
"Of course, Lady Kikyou." Kikyou left the room. Good naturedly, Kagome turned to Inu-Yasha and smiled.
"What would you like, m'lord?" she asked with a large bow.
"Kikyou to understand what war is." He answered with a roll of his eyes. She giggled politely and gestured to the dining room.
"Are you hungry, m'lord?" she asked again.
"Please don't call me that. Call me Inu-Yasha or something. You don't know where Kikyou has tea with her mother do you?" Inu-Yasha was looking around the large, open room. "Maybe her mother will listen. And if not, then I'll just seduce her mother."
Kagome looked dumbfounded. She'd never heard a man speak so openly about that kind of thing. Inu-Yasha noticed the look that was painted across Kagome's face along with the almost crimson blush. In a rush of words, he quickly regained himself.
"I was kidding! Don't you know how to take a joke?!" Kagome still had the blush on her face and the look that clearly didn't believe that he was joking plastered to her face.
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"EMPORER HOTOHORI!!!!!!!!!!!" Chichi-ri was running around the unfamiliar castle in a panic. He'd just been down in the main room when a steady pounding on the gates send him scurrying in a panic down the hall of the imperial castle.
"What is it…?" Hotohori came in the hall, calm and collected as usual.
"The castle is being infiltrated! They're here! They're here!" That put Hotohori back on edge and sent him well over being calm or collective.
Hotohori ran to his throne room and grabbed his sword. "Come, we are to destroy them."