Chapter 7: Sakana
Kagome felt a strange sense of familiarity as she watched the antics of the demons as they ate, drank and wenched around the great table that the feast had been laid out upon. It was so similar to the parties that she'd seen among her own people, that she couldn't help but wonder how different demons and humans really were.
Sesshomaru, though, indulged very little in either drink or food. He leaned back on one arm, and kept his gaze off somewhere against the far wall, almost as if he weren't really there at all.
Kagome sighed. It was almost like sitting next to a stone statue. Finally she'd had enough. She armed herself with chopsticks and choose a likely-looking piece of fish.
"Say 'Ah'!" she said as she offered the morsel. His eyes narrowed as he glanced down at her, his lip twitching in a small snarl. Her expression darkened as well. She wasn't about to let him intimidate her into silence. "We're being watched, A-na-ta." She enunciated every syllable of the endearment, her tone too sweet to be sincere. They stared at each other for a moment, their wills battling against one another, when the demon to her left spoke up.
"If he doesn't want it, you can always feed me," the Wolf demon said, winking at Kagome. She blushed, and started to lower her hand, when the piece of fish dropped from the chopsticks. Her heart sunk as she realized that she was still wearing the white kimono.
But Sesshomaru's hand moved faster than she could see, and caught the piece.
"You should be more careful," he chided. She started to look away when he suddenly commanded, "Say 'Ah'." She looked back at him as he offered her the fish from his hand.
"Ah," she said as she opened her mouth and he placed the morsel on her tongue. She closed her mouth around his fingers and licked the shoyu from it as she watched his face. His eyes darkened as he carefully removed his fingers, avoiding cutting her with his sharp nails. "Oishii."
"Ngh."
Author's Note: Someone asked about why the demons don't where Inuyasha's gotten off to, and its actually pretty simple. The Lady Mother knows exactly where her step son is and Sesshomaru doesn't know he should care about what his half-brother's doing right now. Inuyasha has always come and gone as he pleased, so at best Sesshomaru might wonder why his brother had passed up an opportunity to rub in the idea that the mighty Lord of the West was taking a mere human as a bride.
In other notes 'Sakana' means 'fish', 'Oishii' means 'tasty' and 'shoyu' is the Japanese word for 'Soy Sauce'.