The Third Family
LiL:.CaT:.AnImE- I have to torture Inuyasha until he makes himself ramen! So what are you going to do? I didn't update soon. Sorry. :( I was too busy.
lil'killer- Yeah, my teapot got melted... Oh well. I did a lot of little chapters like this in Families CAN Be Replaceable. No, it's not a filler. I've never done a filler in my life. It's just a pointless chapter. I'm good at pointless chapters.
Cirrus- Here's the update! Sorry it's so late.
love-bracelet123- That was confusing... What it is, is demons live a long long time so an age we'd consider old isn't considered old, but rather young to a demon. Wait till you get to 8th grade. (shudders)
Dragon Man 180- Same here.
DarkPirate-510- Ramen? Yummy! I had ramen for lunch!
MidniteStar7- Yes, Mikoto's dad died of natural causes. But that's all I'll say. I'm not really going to get into it.
ThunderingWolfDemonOfTheNight- (munches on cookie) Sorry I haven't updated in a while. (Burns homework) Not a good idea. Now I have to do it all over again. Oh well!
ZeldaAlly- Everyone's with Inuyasha on that one. No one likes tests including the teachers... Why they give them is beyond me.
Mystic Bynd- So YOU were the teapot I melted. I didn't know that teapots reviewed my stories! Okay. Stupid joke. (snickers)
Lenipez sideshow- You just made it! I was about to post this and I saw your review! Lucky you! Kyo's a little unsure about her maids too. I wouldn't want them. Nope.
San and Jina led me into the dining room. Mikoto and Kallani were already there. "Good morning!" Kallani said cheerfully. I took a seat next to Mikoto. "Good morning." I replied. Mikoto gave me a kiss on the top of my head. A servant placed a bowl of hot rice in front of me.
"We're going to have so much fun today, Kyo!" Kallani exclaimed, "First we're going to the tailors to get you some more clothes. Say, what's your favorite color?" "Purple." I replied. "Then you can have lots of purple kimonos." she continued, "My favorite color's orange." I noted Kallani was wearing an orange kimono. "After the tailor's I'll give you a real tour of the castle. I know you looked around yesterday, but today I'll tell you exactly it was you saw. I've had a picnic lunch made too. We can have it out in the gardens. Then how does a bath sound? We've got heated bathes in the castle so you don't have to have one outside."
"The whole day sounds nice." I commented. "It'll be so much fun!" Kallani said happily. "What will you be doing?" I asked Mikoto. "I'll be sorting through my father's files and aranging meetings with other important demons." he replied, "Then I will see what other jobs I have to do. You'll be having a much better time than me today."
"And I've been doing all your work for a year so no complaining to me. I know what it's like and it's probably worse for me because I'm a young girl." "Well, I don't want to hear any of your complaining either." Mikoto replied, "I said I was sorry for not being able to immediatly take over father's place as a youkai lord."
After breakfast, Kallani led me down hall after hall, until we reached a large sliding door. Kallani opened it and we walked in. Inside were a bunch of old nekoyoukai ladies, weaving, spinning, carding, and sewing. They all stopped their work to bow to Kallani and I guess me too.
"This is Lord Mikoto's Lady." Kallani said gesturing to me, "Lady Kyo. She needs some new clothes." One of the women who were sewing got up and walked over to us. The rest returned to their work. "Hello Maura." Kallani said addressing the woman. The woman who's name was Maura, bowed again.
"Lady Kyo must pick fabric for her new outfits." she said, "Please follow me." We followed Maura to a large cupboard in the back of the room. She opened the doors to reveal what was probably 30 different fabrics. "Choose your favorites." Kallani requested. I looked the cloth over, finally picking a pink fabric embroidered with little gold cranes and a plain lavender cloth.
"These are my favorites." I said pointing to them. "Oh no!" Kallani exclaimed, "You must pick more than two! At least five!" "Five?" I repeated. She nodded. I returned to the cupboard and picked out a blue fabric with pink and purple flowers, a sky blue fabric, and a mint green fabric.
"That's better." Kallani said smiling as I pointed out the other three fabrics, "We don't want you running out of pretty things to wear." A few women came up and pulled the fabrics I had picked out of the cupboard.
"Next we get your measurements." Kallani explained. Maura produced a measuring tape from her kimono. It snaked all over my body, while a younger woman recorded what it found out. Finally that was done and Kallani took me out of the room.
"Now I can show you around the castle!" she said happily. She showed me where the women's baths were. Also, she showed me some of the many libraries housed in the castle. I learned there was a library just for scrolls, one just for books, a lady's library, which was mine, a lord's library, which was Mikoto's, and a library that just had the histories of the lords and ladies of the Neko Taiyoukai family.
Kallani also showed me her office briefly. In my opinion it was a mess. I made a mental note to help her clean it up. Kallani stopped in one office. I didn't really like it. It wasn't a messy lived in look like Kallani's or the studious look of Mikoto's father's. This one was dark and cold.
"This was Mikoto's grandfather's office." Kallani explained in awe, "It was here that the inuyoukai and nekoyoukai signed their treaty." "We have a treaty with the inuyoukai?" I asked. "Yes." she replied, "If we didn't Lord Sesshoumaru-sama would be claiming our land for himself as we speak."
I shuddered involuntarily at the name. "Are you alright?" Kallani asked. "Fine." I replied, "It's just I've met up with Sesshoumaru. It's not a pleasant memory." "What happened?" she asked, sounding interested. "He killed me." I answered. Kallani's eyes widened.
"How many lives do you have left?" she questioned. "Eight." I said, "I've only lost one." "So you had 9 to begin with?" She asked. "Of course." I retorted, "Why wouldn't I?" "It's not common for hanyous to have 9 lives like full blooded youkai." Kallani explained, "Some are lucky to get all 9, but it's more common for them to get anywhere between 2 to 5 lives."
I didn't know how to reply. I guess Kallani sensed my distress. "Let's go into the gardens." she said dragging me out of the room, "Then we can have lunch!" She led me into a rose garden. "This was Mikoto's mother's favorite garden." Kallani explained, "I'm not very good at gardening, but I try to keep this one nice looking in her memory. She may have been my aunt, but she was more like a mother to me."
"So what's your favorite flower?" Kallani asked after a moment of relaxed silence. "Water lilies." I replied. "Then we'll eat at the pond." she replied. The girl led me to the edge of a small lake, covered in water lilies. There was a picnic laid out, waiting for us. Rice, chicken, duck, tea, bread and butter. It looked all so good.
We sat down and began to eat, talking about different things. Kallani filled me in on the latest fashions. Of course I'd need to know about that. My knowlage of fuedal era clothing was very slim. She told me about different clothes, different embroidery threads, veils, hair styles, and obis.
Then I told her about my time and where I had come from. "What are the fashions like there?" Kallani asked. So Kallani was a trend follower. "Well most shirts should be tight to be in fashion." I told her, "Strapless are the best, though I prefer straps. Basically you want to show as much skin as possible without being disgusting."
Kallani nodded. "That's amazing!" she said, "If I wore anyless than I am now, I'd be considered disgusting, but it seems in your time disgusting is different." "Yes." I agreed. "Ready for a bath?" Kallani asked, "The servants will clean everything up." "Sure." I replied, following her to the baths.
A few minutes later we were soaking in a big bath. "We've got a lot of different flavored soaps and shampoos." Kallani told me, "Do you have prefered smell?" "Lavender." I replied. She handed me a bottle of shampoo and a purple bar of soap. "There you go." she said.
"Do I have any jobs as Mikoto's Lady?" I asked. "Sure." Kallani replied, grabbing her own soap and shampoo, "You've got to give him a son." I blushed. "But more in general, you're in charge of any visitors we might get at the castle. You also plan any social events you want. You're also in charge of the servants. And because of Mikoto's mother, you've got a lot of gardening to do. We can get you a few gardeners to lighten your work there though."
"Those are all my jobs?" I asked amazed, "I don't know if I'll ever have a free moment." "If you think that load's bad you should check out Mikoto's list." Kallani said, "It's huge! At least three times larger."
After dinner Mikoto took a walk with me. "I believe we have something to do tonight." he told me. I of course knew what he meant. I blushed. I wasn't sure if I was ready, but I had agreed to this years before. It would be unfair to Mikoto if I said no. "Yes." I agreed, "I promised, didn't I?"
Mikoto grinned and led me towards his room. "We'll move your stuff into my room tomorrow kitten." he told me.
Clear Waters: Ramen time! Let's see Inuyasha finish making his ramen!
Kagome: I finished it again for him.
Clear Waters: Where'd you come from?! I thought you were studying for a test!
Kagome: I had that test a while ago.
Clear Waters: Darn. Foiled again. R&R everyone!
