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Chapter 3: Dark Auras
"Maaaah….that was great!" Sango sighed contently as she and the girls headed back to their rooms to change for dinner that night. They had spent most of the day being pampered, from massages to facials, pedicures and yes…the waxing. But all the pain was forgiven as they entered the outdoors hot spring which seemed to heal their aching pains down below. Now they were going to the restaurant in the entertainment wing of the resort for dinner. The masseuse had told them that the place had live entertainment, great food, and amazing atmosphere. Upon entering their suite they can see the kimono's that they had ordered when they passed through the market place for lunch, seeing these beautiful hand-made kimonos, they readily bought 2 each and the merry tailor told them that the clothing would be delivered to their room later on in the evening. True to his word, they lay innocently over the back of the couch, all 8 of them were separately wrapped with tissue paper.
"I'm wearing my orange one tonight!" Rin exclaimed happily and pulled the mentioned kimono out of the pile. The other girls took their purchases and headed to their designated rooms to dress.
Once everyone was dressed, Kagome wearing a pearl white with a tint of blue kimono with sakura blossoms lining the hems, Kagura is wearing a rich red kimono with an embedded jeweled fan she's having a ball waving around, and lastly Sango' wearing a lavender kimono with lilies falling softly in random places on the material. The four girls headed down and out of their wing to make the trek to the restaurant. It was around 7 in the evening, sliding the shoji door aside they stepped out in the cool night, the sky littered with stars and a half moon shone brightlysincethere isn'tmuch light pollution like the cities, on the trees and lining the roofs that hung low to shield people from rain if they wanted to stand out on the side walksare paper lanterns, already lit with bright candles. They had two paths to chose from, walking along the sidewalk from wing to wing or cut through the large garden alit with many lanterns, which they all promptly chose through the garden.
Upon nearing the restaurant that the masseuse had told them about, it looked like any other wing except for they could see the whole place had bright lighting, music, chatter, and laughter. They walked up the 4 steps to the wooden sidewalks and Kagura slid opened the door and was greeted immediately with noise. As the four women walked into the room, they could see many people also in kimono, give them curious glances but they paid them no attention as a very busty women came up to them with a saucy smile.
"Good evening ladies, what is it that you desire this fine night?" She had light green eyes, tanned complexion, wore the employees regular uniform kimono which was the light blue, and she had her black hair held up in chopsticks.
"We're here for dinner actually, but is this it?" Kagura asked slightly cautious, the other girls could see why she asked that question, most people in the room seemed to have had too much to drink, laughing so loudly it was deafening, gambling going on, Sake bottles being passed around like water, and either Geishas or the guest but they were flirting shamelessly with the men. It was by far the right atmosphere for a nice dinner.
"Oh no! Ladies, this is the bar section, the dinning area is located farther back, if you would please follow me." She motioned with her hands and moved gracefully around various people and chairs, smiling politely at the men that wolf called her, even going as far as winking back at them.
They finally reached the other end of the room and walked down a corridor, the noise from the previous room fading as they ventured deeper within the building. The hallway they were currently walking down slowly changed, the color scheme were as in the bar area was bright golds and greens, now it was rich maroons and navy blues. The mood turned to serene and calming as they entered through large wooden double doors. The four women were seated, they ordered, and talked lightly about miscellaneous subjects as they ate their meal. Dinner was a comfortable time to just relax for them being used to each other for so long, they were just content with the companionship.
"ahhhh that was good!" Kagura stretched lazily as she flopped back on thecushions that surrounded their low circular table. It was around 7:30 pm when they finished off the last of their dessert and the bill was paid.
"So what now?" Rin asked as she smoothed down her orange kimono while standing up fluidly. The other sisters stood as well.
"I don't know, the bar?" Sango suggested as she smiled politely at their waiter that walked towards them. She stopped and handed back the plastic little visa card to Kagome and bowed humbly.
"Hey Ura, do you have any ideas of what we can do tonight?" Kagome asked as she accepted her credit card and slipped it back into her inside pocket of her obi-belt.
"Hmmm…well there is the club in the lower level." Their waitress answered as she leaded them back from the way they came, "walk straight but before you reach the bar area where you came in from, take a left instead of a right and there'll be a red door, go through it and walk down the stairs, it'll take you to our club Seduction."
"Thanks Ura, I think we'll try it out." Kagura said excitedly as she hugged the girl lightly and the other girls waved good bye as they followed her instructions.
"I can't believe they have a club here!" Kagome exclaimed happily as she linked arms with Sango and followed behind Rin who was talking animatedly with Kagura.
"I know! Let's hope we can dance with these kimono's on." Rin said lightly as she smiled happily. Dancing was one of her favorite things to do besides from picking flowers whenever she had spare time.
They reached the red door that Ura had described with anxious smiles Kagura opened the door and they made their way down to the dim lower level. They could hear musical instruments once they reached the bottom platform, there they walked further a little nervous since they had not seen any other person so far, following the music they wondered what kind of club this was going to turn out to be.
"I guess it's not the kind of night club that we're used to." said Kagome as she continued to walk, her white robes with a blue tint fluttered around her softly. Kagura in red, Sango in purple, Rin in orange, it was weird how the four colors were the only color in the dull gray underground corridor.
"This is kind of creepy," Sango said quietly as she walked closer to her sisters, something didn't feel right with this place, it had a sense of chaos and regret laced within the air. They reached another metal door, and with a harsh tug, it swung open with a creak. The loud hard beats of techno fleeted to their delicate ears as they stepped over the threshold. Surveying their surroundings, they noticed that the lighting did not change from its dim amber; the underground club was set up like any other one from the city. In a pentagon shape with different levels; the outer layer of the pentagon, which is where they stood, had bars for drinks and places to stand or sit on stools, the railing with people leaning on allowed them to peer down at the second level no more than a few steps down. The second level was the dance floor, many people that they had never noticed before were dancing erotically along with the beat, grinding up on each other as they teased one others bodies. There was so many people, from teenage years and up, they had no idea that this resort can house so many people but it was larger than most resorts. It was strange that on the upper levels, it was calm and peaceful but here, this is where the saying "what happens tonight stays within the night" comes into play. Drinks were being passed around and nothing can be heard but the loud beats of the music, the DJ which was suspended a few feet in the air seemed to be floating in a glass box, hovered over the center of the dance floor. The flashing lights only touched the dance floor, no where else was effected, the dim yellow glow was the only thing that guided people around the upper levels.
Grabbing hold of Rin's hand, Kagura motioned for her to do the same with the other girls and they worked their way up to the bar. Ordering chocolate martinis, they spent an hour dancing in a circle on the dance floor, many offered to dance with them but all were turned down. It was getting a bit stuffy on the dance floor with the robes of the kimono, they decided to venture further into the club they saw a few people head towards another corridor on the other side of the club. Agreeing to check it out, the four girls headed off the dance floor, refreshed their 3rd drink and headed towards their new destination.
"Oh my gosh that was so much fun!" Sango exclaimed happily once they were far enough away from the music to hear each other speak.
"I know!" Kagura said as she pushed back a few strands of hair that got loose from her bun. The walk was brief and they walked into another section on the club.
"Is this a strip club?" Kagome asked warily, looking at the long cat-walk which was dark and had little white lights lining the bottom. Poles and cages were all around the dark room, it was smaller than the club that they just left but it was still pretty spacious. There were only about a dozen people in here, it seemed to be practically empty. There was no tables, only a few scattered couches here and there, and they corners of the room had what looked like to be pillow mountains. One corner was occupied with 6 men, they all sat with their legs out stretched, leaning back on the pillows so far that it gave them a cocky look of those Greek gods that got hand fed grapes by women. The music was a hypnotizing melody but it was not one that was innocent, it seemed more of a lustful melody, one meant to seduce the body.
"What is this place? It looks like a strip club." asked Kagura.
"This is our lounge." said a smooth sultry voice from the right of them, turning their heads startled, their eyes widened at the man before them. He had a godly glow about his pale white skin, contrasting with the pitch black billowy pants that tied at his slim waist. The bottom of the pants enclose around his ankles, and his feet were clad with a pair of black ballet-looking flats without the straps. His chest was bare, and what a chest it was. From his sculpted abs, up to his firm pecks, and drool worthy toned arms were all under fine unblemished pale skin. His face was lean and chiseled, his red eyes seemed to be glowing and his long silky black hair tied back in a low pony tail. Wait…glowing red eyes?
"My name is Naraku, may I escort you four lovely ladies to a seating area?" Godly? More like a demon's perfection. All four shivered at his smooth cool voice, it was a voice that caused your toes to curl. He bowed in servitude as his crimson orbs remain downcast, he never looked at them in the eyes. It seemed pretty strict around here when it comes to rank and station.
"Er…um…sure…thanks." Kagura stuttered as she kicked herself out of shock that this man was half naked and sexy as hell! She looked back at her sisters but they had the same bewildered expression as she. Following blindly, she watched as the muscles in his back rippled and flexed every step he took. Kagura breathed in deeply, she was getting aroused just looking at him! She flushed when he stopped and turned around to face them, no eye-contact though, and she could of swore that she saw a smirk on those oh so kissable lips of his.
He had led them to a platform like area, which is leveled a few feet higher than the ground, taking 3 steps to reach the circular plush carpet area. The platform wasn't very large but cozy, the edges were padded with all sorts of soft pillows and grooves were made between spaces so that you could sink in them quite comfortably. They took off their sandals on the last step before stepping on the carpet, and each took a side and had their legs stretched out in front of them with enough space in the middle for a coffee table but of course it was bare. They rested their arms and head on pillows, it was like laying on a cloud!
"God this is so cool!" Rin exclaimed as she smiled at Naraku which remained standing at the bottom on the platform, he was not aloud to be up there unless he was invited.
"Naraku-kun," Kagome started to say but stopped abruptly. He had kneeled down on the black tiled floor with his fingers in the shape of a triangle in front of him and his head bowed so low his forehead was touching the floor.
"Hai? What is it that you desire?" he asked in a well rehearsed and formal voice.
"Ano, please don't bow down to us like that!" Kagome said mildly embarrassed but no one else in the room seemed to think that out of the ordinary, in fact, the other servants were acting the same. Jeez, talk about strict.
"But mistress," he began but was cut short.
"My name is Kagome, please, stand." Naraku saw a small delicate hand in front of his face, looking up startled, he did not notice that the woman with the angelic face had walked down and crouched down and offered a helping hand. He placed his pale larger disguised claw in hers but got up with his own strength, he didn't think that she could pull such are bigger body up anyway. But the meaning behind the sentiment was what frazzled him, he sniffed delicately, no scents of lust came from the women. Yes there was slight arousal but that was understandable…he was a sight to behold. But nothing else, then it hit him…the smell of innocence…but which one…his eyes scanned the four girls, and landed on the smaller one with the brown hair and orange kimono. She is still pure. This may not be a good thing for these girls. It will surely attract the other inner demons of the servants here. And they aren't even aware of their presence, let alone youkais existence still on the earth. Let alone that this inn is run by youkai and hanyou.
Naraku pushed his thoughts aside and walked up gracefully to their platform, kneeling on the lush carpet, he tilted his head to the one called Kagome in gratitude and had the chance to study them as they commented and talked miscellaneously about the surroundings and such that woman talk about. Four of them, all different he can tell, from personality to build. Listening to their conversation, the one with the large bust, fair skin, and hypnotizing red-ish eyes is named Kagura. She is a beauty that he has never seen in a ningen yet that wasn't what compelled him to her, it was her fiery spirit he saw in her eyes. She was a hellion and he liked it. The other one with long straight black hair, purple eye shadow and curvy body within a lavender kimono; her name was Mango. The virgin as he so kindly named her, was younger than the rest, with chestnut brown and chocolate orbs, she has a small yet developed body, but her toothy grin and trusting visage is her primary trait that seems to draw his eyes. And the last one, Kagome, the one that had kindly helped him up, a servant, even to go as far as to touch him with a helping hand, she is not a virgin yet still holds an inner purity. Long wavy raven hair, storm blue eyes, smooth tanned skin, and a bright smile, she also has a body fit for a goddess wrapped in a white pearl blue tinted kimono. These four girls were a man's fantasy.
"Naraku?" a sultry voice called out.
Snapping out from whatever that held him, he answered back quickly, "Hai?"
"Are you alright?" Kagura. She was the one to address him in such a soft voice that was sending chills down his spine.
"Hai, yes am I. I apologize for not doing my duties, please wait a second as I retrieve some tea. Or would you prefer something else?" he asked, crimson eyes still trained on hers.
Kagura swallowed dryly and oddly felt it go straight down to her abdomen as she was fully aware that he as looking right into her. Her hand twitched, wanting to feel the steel like body of his under the milky smooth skin as he only kneeled there with a pair of pants on. God, if it was only he and her, the things she would do!
"Ow!" Kagura let out a yelp as she felt someone elbow her side.
"Yes Nara-kun, can we get a bottle of Sake and maybe a snack? Anything will do." Rin said sweetly as she noticed Kagura glaring at Sango.
"Of course my lady." With that, he bowed and left to do their bidding.
"What was that for!" Kagura demanded haughtily.
"God Kags, you were staring and drool so badly that you couldn't even answer his question!" Sango teased, the other girls nodding in agreement.
"Gome, Rin, not you guys too! Sango is just nuts!" Kagura defended weakly, sighing, "was I that bad?"
"Yes!" all three chimed and giggled.
"Jee, thanks." the fourth not so amused sister said sarcastically. "But, he is gorgeous isn't he?"
Naraku smirked as he caught the compliment before entering the kitchen out of ear shot, so she thought him gorgeous, maybe he can show her his other god-given talents later on a more intimate level. Keeping a straight face as he gave the orders to the cook, nothing was out of place except the mischievous glint in the crimson orbs.
"Kohaku," Naraku called out smoothly, "when's the next show tonight?"
The cook which was still young only about the age of 22 turned around and replied, "in about 12 minutes, always a good one at midnight."
Accepting the tray of drinks and foods the raven haired demon left silently, muttering a quiet thank you, "domo."
Moving fluidly through the room and heading to the four women that he was to serve tonight, he knew that they we're new comers and did not know about the 'entertainment.' He did not know how the kind hearted girls would take this. Naraku noted that there was now more people, mostly men that felt powerful watching this show about to happen in a matter of minutes. He felt sick every time he watched it.
Upon reaching the platform, the dark haired servant climbed the few stairs and handed out the drinks respectfully.
"Thank you Naraku-kun!" Rin chimed happily as he gave her a few snacks on a dish.
"It is my pleasure, mistress." he replied smoothly.
"So what kind of show is this? There're more people now." Kagome stated as she looked around. All the servants here were scantly dressed, the woman only wearing short skirts and a wrap around their breast. They were also flawless as well, they seem all to hold an mystical beauty with bright eyes and porcelain skin.
"Well it is-" but before he could finish the lights dimmed, and a single spot light was shone dead center of the stage. Than the blood red curtain was pulled revealing a man in dark purple robes, he stood beside a black table with silver instruments of sorts. The man was tall with a lean figure, pitch black short hair, silver hoop earrings on both ears, and dark purple eyes.
TBC
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