Casa awoke at the end of the night. The sun was just rising and slightly lighting up the room. Casa tried to sit up, but pain hit her lower back. She laid back down, rubbing the spot. Sesshomaru really did a number on her. She turned and laid in his arms, hands against his chest. He brought a tighter hold on Casa as he awoke slowly. Casa hadn't witness Sesshomaru wake up while close to him and it was like a cat awakening. He yawned a quiet yawn and stretched slightly. He brought his hands back to Casa's back and laid his head on the pillow again. He was still sleepy because he didn't notice she was awake.
"Wow," Sesshomaru mumbled.
"Really think so?" Casa asked.
"You're awake?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yeah. Have been for a while," Casa told him. He mumbled something as his eyes fluttered closed. Casa cupped a cheeks as he mumbled some more.
"Let me sleep," he mumbled.
"Come on. First day of being together and all you want to do is sleep?" Casa teased.
"Are you getting somewhere?" Sesshomaru asked, opening one sleepy eye.
"Let's have some fun!" Casa exclaimed. He flinched and closed his eye.
"Maybe later," Sesshomaru mumbled.
"I thought you were supposed to be strong, not weak and lazy," Casa remarked.
"Jesus woman! Can't a guy sleep?" Sesshomaru asked, sitting up.
"Thank you!" Casa cheered triumphed.
"Now, what do you have in mind?" Sesshomaru asked, rubbing his eyes. The sun had lit the room up some more and they saw what a mess the place looked like.
"A bath," Casa told him.
"I agree," Sesshomaru said, laying back down. "You go and I'll rest."
"A bath will wake you up. Come join me!" Casa cheered, pulling at his hand.
"Ugh! If it'll shut you up, fine," Sesshomaru said, sitting up again. He swung his legs over the bed and stood. He half dressed and waited for Casa. She looked over the bed to find the remains of her kimono from the night before. Sesshomaru had shredded it. She sighed and made straight to the spring, not caring about the clothes. She lowered herself in, while Sesshomaru dived in after her. He had undressed sometime.
"Soothing!" Casa complimented.
"It's all right," Sesshomaru told her. He worked his way deeper into the spring and Casa tried to follow. She slipped on the dip in the spring and fell under water. She didn't know how to swim and Sesshomaru swam quickly to get her above water.
She held onto Sesshomaru as he brought her back to the shallow end.
"What did you do such a stupid thing?" Sesshomaru asked.
"I didn't know it got deeper," Casa told him, releasing her grip on him. She could stand on her own as he watched her catch her breath.
"You don't know how to swim?" Sesshomaru asked.
"No. Ravens aren't swimmers," Casa told him.
"Well, I'm a natural born swimmer!" Sesshomaru boasted, swimming underwater and coming back up in front of her.
His hair stuck to his forehead as he moved in closer to Casa. Casa wrapped her arms around his neck and he held onto her waist. He moved closer to the deep end as Casa followed. He didn't let go of her as they walked closer. Casa eventually couldn't touch the floor of the spring and freaked, pulling herself closer to Sesshomaru.
"Calm down. I've got you," Sesshomaru assured her.
She looked up and saw his care he had. She loosened her grip and just let Sesshomaru carry her. They got to the end of the spring and Sesshomaru still wasn't swimming yet.
"This spring is too shallow for me. I'm still touching the floor," He told her. She smiled and both of them heard some one coming. Jaken was seen at the door of the spring calling for Sesshomaru.
"Lord Sesshomaru, Lord Sesshomaru? Where are you?" Jaken called in his high pitched voice. Sesshomaru tried to hide her as quickly as possible and turned so his back was to Jaken. If Jaken saw his prized possession unclothed, he would have to get his claws coated in blood again. He really didn't like cleaning blood off.
"Lord Sesshomaru, you're in here. I'm so happy I found you!" Jaken squealed.
"Jaken..." Sesshomaru growled. He turned and let his hold on Casa loosen slightly. He still had a hold on her so she wasn't going to fall, but it wasn't as tight.
"My lord! I didn't know Lady Casa was in here!" Jaken squealed, freaking out.
"TURN!" Sesshomaru ordered.
Jaken turned, but continued to talk. "My lord, I didn't want to see your mate's body. I mean, I mean, she does have a lovely body and all. Well it's not like I saw anything my lord, but from what I did she, she's very nicely formed," Jaken rambled. Realizing he said too much he turned slightly. Sesshomaru was angry, his eyes red.
"You looked at my mate, Jaken?" Sesshomaru yelled, his voice dark.
"Not much my, lord. I mean, I mean, no my lord, no my lord!" Jaken screamed.
"Why I should have..." Sesshomaru threatened. He released his hold of Casa and heard her half scream as she went underwater. Sesshomaru turned and dived underwater to get her. He brought her up and she was kicking.
"You said you wouldn't let me go!" She screamed.
"It was a mistake! It was a mistake!" He told her.
"Get me out of this place!" Casa ordered and Sesshomaru lifted her out of the water. He followed afterwards and turned to see Jaken watching completely. Sesshomaru's eyes glazed over in red as he watched Jaken gasped and turn. Sesshomaru found a towel and wrapped her in it quickly. She was frightened at first at how harsh Sesshomaru was being, but realized he wasn't in the mood to be fragile. They both passed Jaken on their way to the bedroom.
"I'll deal with you soon," Sesshomaru threatened as he passed. "Now get out!"
Jaken yelped and ran out of their room. Sesshomaru place Casa on the bed, wondering how she was. She was coughing slightly, trying to get as much water out of her lungs as possible. She glared at Sesshomaru through coughs.
"If you want to blame it on someone, blame it on Jaken," Sesshomaru told her, sitting next to her. He put an arm around her. She didn't pull away, but she didn't pull in either.
"If you didn't bring me to that side," She said still coughing, "it would have never happened."
"I wanted you to feel how feel the water felt while some held you," Sesshomaru told her, turning her to face him. "I would never do something intentionally to hurt you, you know that."
"It's just I didn't exactly feel comfortable on that side, even with you holding me," Casa told him, looking down at the floor.
"I thought you were always brave and up for a challenge?" Sesshomaru asked her.
"I don't exactly know..." Casa told him. "But know you need to get something on."
He hadn't exactly realized it, but he was sitting there naked. He didn't blush like most would but shrugged and went to the closet. He pulled out Casa's purple and black robe she wore when they met and his usual white clothes.
"I'm planning on going somewhere," Sesshomaru told her after hearing her gasp as he emerged from changing. "And you're coming with me."
"Fine," Casa whined and quickly got dressed. "But I want to talk to Kagome first."
"Yes, all right, but she and Inuyasha aren't coming. Neither are any of their friends," he told her.
She expected that, or he would had told her yesterday about the plan. Casa nodded and left the room. Sesshomaru went downstairs to tell the head servants he would be leaving for a while and would return later while Casa went to find Kagome. She found her in her room, Inuyasha complaining about something.
"I told you no!" Kagome yelled.
"Please! I have a craving," Inuyasha whined. Kagome sighed.
"No means no, Inuyasha. Do you understand?" Kagome asked.
"I understand, but please?" Inuyasha whined again.
"NO! SIT!" Kagome yelled. A thud was heard and Casa was happy she hadn't came in earlier. She knocked and Kagome asked her to come in.
"Ah, Casa! How was last night?" Kagome asked, a sinister smile on her face.
"What do you mean?" Casa asked.
"We could hear you down the hall!" Inuyasha said after standing up. Casa blushed realizing what they were talking about.
"That's personal!" Casa shrieked, covering her face.
"It's all right. We were just kidding," Kagome laughed. "So what brought you here?"
"I'm in need of your assistance. Inuyasha once told me you had a cala-thing that helped Inuyasha know when the night of the new moon would occur. Isn't that correct?" Casa asked, turning to Inuyasha. He nodded, slightly wondering why she was bringing this up now.
"Why do you ask?" Kagome asked.
"Can you check when the night before the full moon with be happening?" Casa asked.
"Yeah, sure," Kagome asked, pulling out a compact calendar. She looked down mumbled about numbers and dates. She turned it to Casa to show her what it looked like.
"Uh, how does this help?" Casa asked.
"Well, I keep track of what day it is and it shows me what days are coming up and the moon cycle. You see, to day is the eighteenth of August," Kagome said, pointing to a date on the calendar. "The full moon is the nineteenth of August. So the day before the full moon is today."
Casa's face went pale. This couldn't be happening. It just couldn't be happening.
"Thank you, Kagome. It was very nice of you to show me your cala-thing," Casa said.
"It is a calendar, and your welcome," Kagome said smiling. Inuyasha got the assumption that Casa was keeping something from them, but he didn't want to jump to conclusions. He shrugged and continued to bug Kagome about his ramen.
Casa walked down the hall slowly. How was she supposed to tell Sesshomaru this without freaking him out? She hadn't told anyone before, so it was her secret. She couldn't go out at that time either, so he might think she was a wimp or scared or something else. Casa sighed. She just needed some peace and quiet. She turned and decided to head to the study. It was quiet there. Maybe she could relax before they went.
She opened the door and sighed. Sitting there was the one person she didn't want to face, Sesshomaru. He glanced up at her and smiled before looking back at his work. She sighed again and sat in a chair that was in the room. He seemed concentrated on something, switching his attention from two scrolls. A quill was in his hand, the tip wet with ink. He scribbled something down while Casa watched. He rolled one scroll up and placed it at the end of the desk. He scribbled something again and placed it next to the other one. He sighed and scratched his head and realized he had an audience.
"Fascinated?" Sesshomaru asked, putting the quill down.
"No, curious," Casa said, looking at all the papers scattered out. "How do you keep track with all of them?"
"Memory," Sesshomaru teased.
Casa rolled her eyes and didn't make an attempt to look at Sesshomaru throughout the silence. Sesshomaru stared down at her as she moved her chair to get a better look.
"You know, this is your job, but you went to go talk to Kagome, so I decided to start for you," Sesshomaru told her. She resisted the urge to look up at him, afraid to spill the news.
"Oh," she mumbled.
"Ok, now I know something's wrong," Sesshomaru stated, and turned his chair to look at Casa completely. "What's the matter?"
"We can't go anywhere today, ok?" Casa told him. She still didn't look at him.
"Why not? I have plans," Sesshomaru told her.
"I have plans as well," Casa said, looking away. She no longer want to pretend to be interested in the papers.
"With Kagome? I told you we were going before you made those plans!" Sesshomaru told her.
"It's not with Kagome, ok? I just... have plans. Please just accept the fact," Casa pleaded. "Can't you postpone your plans?"
"Well, I don't think so. It only happens once a year, and on this day," he told her.
"How about next year then?" Casa asked, interested in the door that was closed now.
"I wanted to show you today, while we had the time. Next year we could be in battle, sick or something else. We don't know the future," Sesshomaru told her.
"Just, Sesshomaru, believe me. It can't happen today," Casa told him, tears brimming her eyes.
"Casa?" Sesshomaru asked.
"I'm not going anywhere and that's final!" Casa screamed and ran out of the room.
She didn't know where she was planning on going, but where Sesshomaru wasn't going to find her. She ran into Sango who was roaming the halls in search of something to do. Casa's tears caught her attention as Casa ran straight into her.
"Casa what's the matter?" Sango asked.
"Can we go to your room?" Casa asked.
"Sure," Sango said and opened the door.
Miroku was there, sitting on the bed with his head resting on a hand. He saw Casa and Sango and offered to help them in. They sat down and they heard Sesshomaru run by calling Casa's name out. Miroku was about to call and say she was in there, but Sango covered his mouth. She knew Casa must had been running from him. Miroku got the message and heard Casa stop crying. She stared at the door and then turned to Miroku and Sango.
"Please, don't let me go," Casa pleaded.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Miroku asked.
"He wants me to go somewhere with him tonight, but I can't," Casa said.
"Is he forcing you to?" Sango asked, rubbing Casa's shoulder. She was rubbing the one without the mark, so Casa didn't mind.
"Well, some what. He wants to show me something that happens once a year on this day. I just don't want to go," Casa said.
"Well, you should tell him why. He might understand," Miroku suggested.
"He won't! He never does," Casa told him.
"Why do you say that?" Sango asked.
"He never once asked about my sorceress culture. It's all about demons..." Casa said, tears brimming her eyes. "I couldn't live if he despised me at all."
"Tell him. If he doesn't understand, come back to us. If he does, then everything will be all right," Sango suggested.
"Why come back to you?" Casa asked.
"Well, we might be able to change his mind," Miroku told her. She sniffed and hugged them both.
"You're the best friends I can ever have," Casa told them.
She wiped her tears away and slowly went to the door. She opened it slowly and walked into the hall. She looked for Sesshomaru by walking slowly down the hall and while turning the corner, she saw him talking to Kagome. She couldn't hear the conversation well and she only peaked her head around to see. He caught a glimpse of her and went running to get her. She turned and went to go run the away but realized Sango and Miroku had followed her and kept her there. She tried to forced her way through, but they kept a good hold on her. They let her go when they saw Sesshomaru and she fell. They went to go pick her up, and Sesshomaru dismissed them, telling them he would help her up. He slowly picked her up, she begging him to leave her alone. He didn't and carried her away. He didn't take her to the bedroom, but out of the palace and off of his property. Casa fought him the entire way, demanding him to put her down, but he refused. He had a tight hold on her arms, enabling her to move or run without hurting herself. She wanted him to let her go until they went into the air. She freaked and forgot all demands to let her go. She turned around and held onto him, hiding any view of the world below. Sesshomaru released his grasp on her, knowing she would turn around. When she did, he held her tight, but not too tight.
He descended and she pushed herself away.
"I demand you take me back Sesshomaru. Please," she yelled, standing up tall. Tears fell, but she ignored them.
"Casa, calm down. I'll show you soon enough," Sesshomaru told her, stepping to her to wipe her tears away. She stepped back shaking her head.
"Leave me alone! I don't want to be around demons at this time," Casa yelled, tears continuously falling.
"Why don't you want to be around me? Tell me Casa. Let me understand," Sesshomaru told her.
"You won't!" Casa yelled, falling to the ground. "You never do."
"Let me be the judge of that. Just give me the chance," Sesshomaru said, taking a step forward. Casa didn't move back.
"No demon understands me. No demon ever has," Casa told him, tears falling, but she wasn't backing away when Sesshomaru walked towards her.
"Let me understand. Tell me your problems," Sesshomaru said, kneeling down to Casa.
"I'm a sorceress. A pathetic sorceress and half-demon. You said so yourself," Casa told him, leaning into his arms.
"Never, Casa. I would never call you a pathetic half-demon," he told her, rubbing her back.
"You called Inuyasha that. He's a half-demon too," Casa told him, her head leaning on his shoulder.
"We weren't that close back then," he told her.
"But I'm even more pathetic being a sorceress," Casa said.
"No, it's what makes you special," he told her.
"No, it makes me weak. It taints my bloodline, it destroys my life," Casa cried now.
"Never," he said.
"Yes. I get hunted down, believed to be evil. I'm alone in this world," she confessed, crying into his shoulder. He cooed and rubbed her back. She didn't calm down.
"You're not alone in this world," he told her. She stopped crying to look at him.
"What do-" Casa said.
"I'm with you now and we'll get through anything together," he told her, moving a wet strand of hair away. He wiped tears away from her face and Casa just looked at him. Behind him, the sun was going down. She saw it and pushed away.
"Sesshomaru, leave me. Leave this pathetic half-breed alone. GO!" Casa told him, closing her eyes.
He didn't answer, but just sat there looking at her. She wanted him to leave her. To let her stay there alone.
"No," Sesshomaru told her. "Never."
"GO! PLEASE GO!" Casa yelled. Birds flew away as her voice scared them. He embraced her. She tried to push him off but found she couldn't. "LET ME GO!"
"Casa, never," Sesshomaru whispered into her ear.
"Just go," Casa said softer, her worthless pushes stopping. She could feel the change happening and hoped Sesshomaru had his eyes closed. She didn't want him to see her at this state.
"Don't look, please," Casa pleaded and Sesshomaru pulled away.
He awed at her new look. Her black hair had changed to a beautiful colour of blond with pink highlights, her eyes a light pink. Her lips were the same colour as her highlights, pink. Her purple and black robe had changed to a pink, strapless dress that was down to her knees. Her claws and fangs were no longer present, being replaced by human like ones. Her hands and arms were covered in pink gloves. She wore pink boots that were tight and went up to her knee.
She shrieked and closed her eyes, hoping this was all a nightmare. Sesshomaru didn't say a word. She thought she knew was he was thinking, believing he thought she was ugly and not worth him. He was thinking the complete opposite. She was far beautiful than any demon he had ever seen and she was his. He saw her shoulder still held her mating mark and sighed. Not everything changed.
Casa opened her eyes, hoping to see Sesshomaru gone, but he was still there, looking at her. "Turn away!" She screamed.
Sesshomaru was still too shocked to say anything. His expression was unreadable for it looked like his cold posture. He didn't mean to look like that, and realized when tears fell again he had given her the wrong impression.
"Casa, no, stop crying," Sesshomaru told her, touching her shoulder.
"I'm shocked you're still talking to me. Aren't I too pathetic for your standards?" Casa asked with hate and malice.
"Casa, I don't care what form you take. You're still my mate, my wife, and my love," he told her, looking as her pink eyes fluttered open.
"You lie," Casa whispered.
"Not about something as serious as this. Calm down, I won't abandon you. You look... um..." Sesshomaru said looking at her body.
"Ugly, I know," Casa said, taking Sesshomaru stuttering the wrong way. Sesshomaru sighed. She was in a negative mood.
"No, you're... perfect, I guess I can say. Beautiful beyond words," Sesshomaru told her and smiled.
"You're just being nice," she said, looking away.
"No, I'm telling the truth. You would know if you would look at me," he told her, taking her chin into his hand. She moved on her own to look at him and saw the truth in his eyes.
"I just don't want to be seen like this. It's my... secret," she told him, embracing him.
"It's safe with me. We will go back to the palace if you want to," Sesshomaru told her, embracing her as well.
"Not after we have gone through all this trouble to see what you wanted to show me," Casa said, smiling. He pulled her away to see her smile. It danced across her face lively in this form and he smiled as well. I guess it was contagious.
"Come, I'll show you," he said and stood up. She followed and stumbled with some difficulty. The boots were three inches of the ground! She stumbled into Sesshomaru when she tried to walk and they took it easy until Casa got the used to boots. She was nearly the height of Sesshomaru, which scared him. He liked being taller than a woman, showing more dominance. He sighed. He was going to have to get used to this.
They walked through the woods, a path Sesshomaru found one day. Sesshomaru helped Casa locate her way through the darkness by holding her hand, her keen sight lost because of the transformation. He hated the silence they had so he started a conversation.
"Are all sorceresses look like you?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Well, no. The other women around were often jealous when I transformed like this. The other sorceress around would leave and it made me feel ugly. After a few times of going through that, I refused to show myself during this time," she explained, nearly tripping on an uprooted tree root.
"Well, I can see why they're jealous," Sesshomaru told her, a smirk being shown. They got to a clearing that was a cliff over an ocean. The moon was shown clearly at that place and Sesshomaru sat on the grass. Casa went to sit down next to him, but he lifted her into his lap. She giggled like a little girl, but relaxed against his chest. It was comfortable in his lap, his arms around her. She saw the stars and the moon so clearly at this spot and leaned into his chest slightly more. Her head was laying on his shoulder.
"Beautiful sight, huh?" Sesshomaru asked. Casa nodded, closing her eyes. Crickets chirped around them as the fireflies flew out.
"It's nice here," Casa whispered. Sesshomaru looked down at her to see her eyes closed.
"Look," he whispered, indicating the fireflies around them. She fluttered her eyes open to see them and smiled. A wave was heard crashing against the rocks below and Sesshomaru smiled. They could stay here night or head back to the palace. Casa answered this unasked question.
"Umm, could we head back to the palace?" Casa asked.
"Why, don't you like it here?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yes, I love it here, but I'm not so comfortable out here without my keen smell and hearing, along with my sight," she told him.
"Well, I'm here," he assured her.
"I know that, but it's just not as comfortable as it could be. Can we come tomorrow?" Casa asked.
"We can, but the moon won't look as good," he told her.
"I know, but we can see it in the palace from our balcony as well, can't we? I would feel safer there anyways," she told him, looking up at his face. He looked slightly disappointed at the visit being so short. He sighed and picked her up.
"Fine, let's go," he sighed. She got thinking. He got to see her in this form, why couldn't she see him in his dog form?
"Sesshomaru?" Casa asked.
"Yes?" Sesshomaru said, looking down at Casa. He still had her in his arms. He let her down softly and saw her look up to him.
"Umm, this may sound weird, but I was wondering if you could, I don't know, show me your other form? I mean you've seen my different forms, but I haven't seen yours," Casa explained.
Sesshomaru thought about it. She had a point. Though she was relentless to him seeing her weak form, she still showed him.
"Casa, if I change, I might not be able to control myself. I might attack you and your demon blood isn't in you now, so you won't heal as quickly," he told her.
"I can trust you. I have faith in you. You wouldn't hurt me unless you wanted too, remember?" Casa said, smiling. Sesshomaru weakly smiled back, but still was thinking. He couldn't control himself and half the time he would forget what he had done while transformed.
He thought about it and Casa looked up at him the entire time. She could tell he was thinking about it, knowing there was a lot of things that could happen. He looked down at her eventually and sighed.
"Casa, you must take into consideration that when I change I won't be able to control myself. It will be my demon doing everything. I might not be able to stop myself if I attack you," he told her, placing a hand on her shoulder. She looked at him and nodded, understanding what he was saying.
"I know that, but remember, you might be able to now. My blood might be able to calm your demon slightly so that you have control," she reminded him. He nodded and thought about it a little bit longer.
"Casa, I will change, but stay back until I give you the ok to come near, all right?" Sesshomaru asked. Casa nodded and stepped away.
Sesshomaru thought about something mad. He remembered when Naraku kidnapped Rin. Then he remembered he also kidnapped Casa. His eyes bled red as he remembered how worried he had gotten and all the stuff he had to go through to get them back. Casa stood watching as his eyes turned bright red and his claws extended. He smiled evilly and she saw his fangs get larger. He eventually turned full dog form and barked. Casa took a few steps back for some space in case Sesshomaru wasn't in control. Oddly for him, he was. He could see stuff clearly and could control himself. The only difference was that his demon voice was louder and demanding for blood. Sesshomaru ignored it as he usually did and put his nose down to Casa. Fear radiated off of Casa as she took a step back. He whined and Casa's eyes lit up as his nose nudged the side of her face. She smiled and saw him lay down. She petted him, the fur soft and comfortable. He got her on his back and flew, scaring Casa very much. She accidentally pulled on his fur, burying her face. Sesshomaru had forgotten about her fear of flying and landed as quickly as he started to fly. She breathed a sigh of relief and saw his face come up to see how she was doing. She smiled at his and he licked her playfully. Casa relaxed and Sesshomaru slowly started flying. Casa held a slight grip on him and he slowly got higher until they were high enough to fly to the palace. She was terrified as they flew. She was looking below and at the moon and stars above. He did scare her when he went for a dive to land and she pulled on his fur again, hearing him whine. She loosened her grip and they landed. Inuyasha came running out with his sword out, threatening Casa with it. She jumped off and got a sword to her neck against a tree. Kagome readied a purified arrow at Sesshomaru and he barked at her. Sango was dressed in her demon slaying outfit, boomerang ready. Miroku came running afterwards, Kirara right behind him. Sesshomaru barked at them too and Kagome realized it was Sesshomaru. She could recognize the cressant moon on his forehead.
"Inuyasha, it's Sesshomaru," Kagome yelled, lowing her bow and arrow.
"Yes, but this is a stranger. She must have Sesshomaru in control," Inuyasha told her, pressing his sword closer to Casa's neck.
Kagome lifted her arrow back up at Sesshomaru in a threatening way. She remembered how he got last time he had transformed, being harsh and merciless. Miroku went to join Inuyasha and find out who she was. Casa was trapped at the tree, too frightened to speak. Without her demon blood, she was frightened extremely, tears running down her face. Inuyasha saw this and weakened his sword at her throat slightly, but not completely. Miroku joined Inuyasha and upon seeing it a lady, he did his usual stuff, but Sesshomaru cut him off before he touched Casa. He picked him up by the clothes with his teeth and placed him as softly as possible next to Sango. Then he growled at Inuyasha, angry that Inuyasha had a sword to his mate's neck. He barked and barked but Inuyasha just told Kagome or someone to deal with his barking. No one wanted to hurt Sesshomaru, seeing he was a known person that wouldn't attack unless needing to. Kagome finally got the message when Sesshomaru started barking more fierce.
"Inuyasha, I think he wants you to leave her alone," Kagome yelled. Sesshomaru dropped his head slightly and nodded as much as possible. Inuyasha didn't back down.
"He's under her control. She wants you to think that," Inuyasha yelled. "What have you done to Sesshomaru, woman?"
Casa just continued to cry. Sesshomaru couldn't become his human form because he was too angry at Inuyasha. If Inuyasha would lower the sword, he would be able to explain.
"Tell us what you did to my brother!" Inuyasha yelled.
Casa held a hand up to indicate to put the sword down before she explained. She didn't know what had happened, but a pink light hit Inuyasha back and into the palace wall. Many people were shocked but Sesshomaru used this time to think about something happy and convert to his human posture. He went over to Casa to see how she was. She smiled up at him while rubbing her neck. She was fine, just a little sore with holding her head up for so long. He left her alone and turned to Inuyasha, his eyes slightly red.
"What the hell is your problem?" Sesshomaru yelled.
"Sesshomaru, please move. I don't want to hurt you while I kill that bitch," Inuyasha warned him, looking over at Casa.
"Lower your sword, boy. You won't be using it on her," Sesshomaru demanded, blocking Inuyasha's view of Casa.
"She attacked me! Everyone saw it!" Inuyasha said, looking over at Miroku, Sango, Kagome and Kirara.
Kirara transformed into her little cat and walked back inside. She had no use anymore. Kagome and Miroku stayed silent while looking away from Inuyasha and Sango went inside after Kirara. No one wanted to take Inuyasha's side and be glared down by Sesshomaru, but if they took Sesshomaru's side, Inuyasha would never forgive them. Inuyasha gave up on his friends and turned back to Sesshomaru, his sword aimed at his target.
"If you won't move, I'll take you down with her. I warned you," Inuyasha told him, ready for his Wind Scar. Kagome came over and put a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"It might not be wise Inuyasha. Look," Kagome said, pointing to Casa and Sesshomaru. Casa had hurried to stand behind him so she wouldn't be attacked. Sesshomaru was ready to power up to his dog form to protect Casa.
"Lower your sword, Inuyasha, or I'll use force," Sesshomaru told him.
"Enough already!" Inutaisho yelled. Everyone's attention turned to him. "I can hear you all the way upstairs. Inuyasha, lower that sword. You can hurt people with that. You two, stop gawking. Inuyasha I told you to put that away!"
Inuyasha just stood there, glaring at Inutaisho. Was he possessed as well?
"Inuyasha," Kagome said. He turned to her. "Be smart and put it away."
"Nice girl. Hope she's keeping you in order, Inuyasha," Inutaisho said and Kagome blushed a the compliment. Inuyasha did put his sword away, but cracked his fingers.
"If I can't destroy her with my sword, my claws will do the trick!" Inuyasha yelled, jumping in the air.
Sesshomaru didn't flinch. He saw Kagome's expression and knew Inuyasha wouldn't get far. Casa was safe behind Sesshomaru, but could see Kagome's expression as well, and smiled innocently up at Inuyasha.
"I'll wipe that smile off your face!" Inuyasha yelled. "Iron-"
"SIT!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha landed in front of Sesshomaru's feet. Sesshomaru looked down at his brother and sighed. He would never learn. Inutaisho shook his head. He agreed as well with Sesshomaru that his younger son would never learn. Inutaisho finally realized Casa was behind Sesshomaru, but did not recognize the scent or look. He nearly skipped over to Casa, smiling nicely.
"Hello, I am Inutaisho. Now, if this was what you were fighting about, I could clearly understand," Inutaisho joked. Sesshomaru nor Inuyasha laughed.
Casa looked nervously over at Sesshomaru as Inutaisho took her hands into his own. Sesshomaru shook his head and sighed. Inuyasha was the complete duplicate of his father.
"Now, boys, I can solve this problem. I'll take her upstairs to my room and everything shall be fine here," Inutaisho stated and pulled Casa's hands. She didn't move. "Now, my lady, I may be old, but I still have skills to woo you. Maybe even to mate..."
"She will NOT mate you!" Sesshomaru yelled.
"Son, calm that temper. I am your father and you will listen to me," Inutaisho stated only to flare Sesshomaru's temper even more. No one bossed Sesshomaru around.
Before Sesshomaru could react, a pink light covered Casa and Inutaisho removed his hands from Casa's. The pink light expanded to hit Inutaisho away, but covered Sesshomaru. It disappeared and Casa sighed. Maybe they shouldn't have returned.
"You all right?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Let's just go upstairs," Casa said. Her voice had changed since she had last spoken to Sesshomaru. Her voice was now softer and sweeter.
"Sure," Sesshomaru said. Inuyasha hadn't said anything for a while and since he couldn't attack Sesshomaru, he might as well pissed him off.
"Hey, what about Casa? Aren't you two mated?" Inuyasha taunted and Sesshomaru turned to him. He growled at him and walked towards the palace doors. Inuyasha saw the mating mark and wanted to make Sesshomaru beg, so he remarked, "I see you have mated this new bitch. Wait until Casa finds out!"
Casa didn't have time to pull him back because she went to and he was holding Inuyasha by the throat against the palace wall.
"Sesshomaru, put him down! NOW!" Casa yelled.
"He insulted you," Sesshomaru growled.
"I can handle him myself!" Casa yelled. "Now released him!"
He dropped him without any consideration. "Be happy she stopped me," he told Inuyasha.
Inuyasha just rubbed his throat for a while before rising. Casa was heading his way.
"How does it feel to be held up by the throat?" Casa asked. She didn't wait for his response. "Not good. Leave me and Sesshomaru alone and everything will be fine."
Inuyasha nodded and she turned to Sesshomaru. Kagome rushed to Inuyasha's side to find out how he was and he remarked, "All right. Nothing that bitch did could hurt me."
Sesshomaru turned to attack but Casa had it covered. She held her palm to Inuyasha and a pink blast threw him back, but not Kagome who was next to him. Casa laughed and they proceeded upstairs. Sango was inside, playing with the small Kirara but stopped when she saw Casa and Sesshomaru walk in.
"Sesshomaru, who is the lady?" Sango asked.
"You know, you're the only one who asked. Everyone else just want to kill me," Casa remarked and laughed nervously.
"This is... a friend of mine. She'll be staying for the night," Sesshomaru said, remembering his promise to keep Casa secret.
Sango nodded and bowed at Casa before picking Kirara up and going upstairs to her room. Casa stomach growled and she smiled shyly up at Sesshomaru. He got the message and led her to the dining room. Sesshomaru asked for something to be sent out for supper and the servant disappeared into the kitchen. Kagome and Inuyasha entered, also waiting for dinner. Inuyasha glared at Casa, but Casa didn't return the look. She smiled at him and then looked back at Sesshomaru to finish their talk they were having.
"So, who is this lady, Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked politely.
"I'm a friend of Sesshomaru's. He's allowing me to stay the night before I head off to my quest," Casa answered, using Sesshomaru's excuse. Kagome nodded and Inuyasha growled. She was going to be staying the night.
"Where will she be sleeping?" Inuyasha asked. "In your bed?"
"Watch that tongue!" Sesshomaru warned.
"It's no problem. Actually, I will be in his bedroom, but not his bed. I don't sleep in the same bed unless he's my mate," Casa informed Inuyasha. "So your accusation earlier of Sesshomaru mating me was wrong."
"Who did mate you?" Kagome asked.
"A different dog demon in the south. Very sweet and caring," Casa sighed.
"So, what's your name?" Kagome asked.
"Cassandra," Casa answered. It wasn't exactly a lie. Her mom had named her Cassandra, but she preferred Casa and used it instead.
"Nice name," Inuyasha grumbled when Kagome kicked him.
Miroku and Sango entered with Rin and Shippo behind them. Jaken later showed up and dinner was served. It was delicious for everyone, even Sesshomaru. Sango and Miroku played with Shippo, but Rin continued to glared at Casa.
"Lord Sesshomaru, who's the woman?" Rin asked, everyone turning silent.
"She's a friend," Sesshomaru told her.
"Why is she so close to you? Don't you love Lady Casa? You never allow her to get that close to other men!" Rin exclaimed.
"She's a close friend and Lady Casa most likely would understand and not mind," Sesshomaru said.
"Where is Casa, by the way? We saw you pick her up off the floor and go out, but where did she head to?" Miroku asked,
"I found her caregiver and want to show her. She decided to stay overnight and catch up," Sesshomaru told them. "On my way back, I saw Cassandra here and offered her to stay the night at my palace."
"Are you some sort of royalty? You look like that," Miroku said, inching forward to Casa.
"Such a nice man. No, this is how I usually dress," Casa told them.
"Well, you should meet Casa. She's Sesshomaru's mate. She can get kind of touchy and grouchy, but her heart is in the right place," Inuyasha told her.
"What do you mean grouchy and touchy?" Sesshomaru growled.
"He lies. Casa is a nice person. She's always kind and polite. You see, just yesterday they wedded here in this palace," Kagome explained, knocking Inuyasha across the head.
"Sesshomaru, you never told me that," Casa cheered.
"I thought it wasn't important," Sesshomaru growled, glaring at Inuyasha.
"Well, she does have a nice... um..." Miroku started but didn't know how to finish without getting hit. He was ready to say body, but then decided on butt, but now he knew he would get whacked for both. "Personality."
"Yes, I can agree there," Sango said, eying Miroku.
Kirara mewed to agreement and they shared all the wonderful things Casa had done for them. Eventually it got late and everyone headed off to retire. Casa and Sesshomaru were the last to leave.
"I never knew they appreciated me so much," Casa told him.
"They do. Hear them talking about you all the time," Sesshomaru said.
He looked down at Casa to see he shocked-beyond-believe look and found it quiet sexy. He smiled. Maybe they could have a repeat of last night, just quieter. He knew they made a lot of noise last night, but he overheard Kagome and Inuyasha's remarks in their room while passing by and knew they probably told the entire palace what they were doing. He sighed and opened the door like a gentlemen. He closed it later on and they had a quieter repeat of the night before.