This is the 22nd chapter for my fanfic!
The undercover now continues with both Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru arriving at the sacred demon temple to stop Naraku. Read on to find out what happens in this new chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, this is just my own OC.
With more investigation being done on her newest enemy Naraku, Empress Jigo Yuu had discovered some disturbing news that Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru needed to be informed about. It had regarded how the venomous being was incarnated as himself and what had taken place before his rebirth.
All three stood inside one of the rehearsal rooms in the back of the sacred demon temple towards the exit. The empress demoness' fellow tribe members that are now attending the worship service remained in the zaisu gallery where the service would be taking place soon. They were now out of earshot and could discuss the details further.
While Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru stood beside each other and before the hell demon empress, he could not help but notice a lit dancing pole on a small stage behind them both. It was a stage that was used by the ministresses for their practices and rehearsals there at the Sorufuruna Kogane no Hana Temple. A lit photography setup and workspace had been seen behind the empress demoness as well. It was where high dark donnesses would sometimes come to create lovely and sacred sexy sensuous artwork that represented the Devillesses as supreme. The whole room was well-lit due to the brightness coming from the windows in the workspace area. Sesshomaru looked behind him and Lady Tsukiyame and then behind the hell demon empress briefly, before facing Empress Jigo Yuu to begin their conversation. She had already begun speaking.
"I must inform you both," Empress Jigo Yuu stated and explained, "That the powerful Devilless named Amida Mai is the one responsible for granting Naraku his wish to be incarnated as himself to return to the world of the living. She is one of many Devillesses that govern the Inevitable Acceptance of Death for the deceased that come here to the afterlife where they will either accept or reject their death. Naraku had wished to be incarnated to not only acquire personal and supreme power, but to also bring forth chaos, eternal suffering, and everlasting torture to you and Lord Sesshomaru's people and lands as well as my people and lands. He will initiate contact between both your tribes in the eastern lands and the western lands, and my tribe in the unworldly realms to accomplish this. I have also discovered that prior to his incarnation, he had found out about our beloved Devillesses' secret to safely governing the sub-worlds. He also intends to use them to dethrone us all and force our people in servitude under him."
"Exactly how did Naraku," Sesshomaru asked adamantly, "Learn of the supreme Devillesses' secret governance over the sub-worlds? How does he plan to go about using them as bait to try and conquer my kingdom and lands?"
"Prior to the human bandit Onigumo becoming deceased," she stated and began, "He had been in contact with Hyannasha, the Serpent Spirit. An ancient demon spirit from hell, who is known to be a peculiar and wicked force to be reckoned with. Hyannasha is said to be an omnipotent and omnipresent being that seeks to inflict pain and suffering by exploiting the desires and needs of others to devour their souls and to be a shapeshifter. She also has the telepathic ability to imitate the voices of others and read the minds, thoughts, memories, and wishes of others. She appeared before Devilless Amida in the form of the deceased Onigumo, after taking his soul alongside the host of demons. She discovered the Devillesses' secret behind how they govern the sub-worlds. Then Hyannasha transmitted the information to Onigumo and the host of demons. After he had received this information, she attempted to kill Devilless Amida Mai and devour her soul. Luckily, Devilless Amida Mai had managed to survive and freed herself from her grasp. She briefly fought Hyannasha and defeated her. Shortly afterwards, she decided to grant Onigumo and the host of demons their wish to be reborn as Naraku. Thus, Naraku's incarnation as himself had come to exist."
She had breathed deeply and continued, "Naraku plans to force all our beloved Devillesses and the other hell demon tribe members into servitude under him. They would be compelled to govern the sub-worlds by his standards to suit the needs for his pursuit of a crossover throne. Then, he will initiate an eternal battle and suffering of your people, your kingdom, and the western lands via control over the governance of the Devillesses and my tribe members. Lady Tsukiyame's people, queendom, and the eastern lands would also have the same fate. The same thing will happen to me and my tribe. As the empress of the netherworld and underworld and the leader of the hell demon tribe, my people and I suffer the same fate as well. It would be like an endless cycle of war, destruction, and collateral damage between the three tribes, if this fool is not stopped. How someone as powerful and intelligent as our beloved Devilless Amida Mai had been gullible enough to allow for such a thing to occur, and to then grant Naraku's wish to be incarnated is beyond me. I will never understand what had conspired in that moment."
"You said Hyannasha and Onigumo had come in contact, before his death," Lady Tsukiyame said, "If I can recall, was she not banished to hell for eternity by a spiritualist centuries ago to protect past victims from being killed by her? This would explain why she had been banished from the world of the living. She would appear before her many victims in the form of a different human to exploit them, and then devour their souls. Most likely, the human bandit Onigumo summoned Hyannasha to learn how the Devillesses rule and govern the sub-worlds, so that he could come back incarnated as Naraku and pursue supreme power. It is odd that Devilless Amida Mai would agree to such an incarnation."
Silence.
"It was very odd, indeed," Empress Jigo Yuu agreed sadly and then added, "Your father, Lord Osamu was the one that stopped Hyannasha, actually, my lady. He had banished her to hell to stop her from taking innocent lives."
"My father did?" Lady Tsukiyame asked. She was somewhat stunned by this information.
"Yes." she answered.
"He was no ordinary human, that I know," she said softly, "My father wasn't just a human lord that ruled his own clanship. He was also a pretty powerful spiritualist as well, with unusual purifying powers that aided him in slaying troublesome demons, performing exorcisms, and healing people of ailments miraculously. So, I guess I shouldn't expect any less from him."
"Hm." the empress demoness nodded.
Silence.
"Naraku is doing his work well, isn't he," Sesshomaru said alarmed, "All this was done for the sole purpose of wreaking havoc on my kingdom, my lands, and against my tribe."
"This is an all-time low," Lady Tsukiyame said coldly, "Naraku using the hell demon tribe and the Devillesses to wreak-havoc on my queendom, my lands, and against my tribe just proves how audacious and cunning he is."
"Yes, and if Naraku is not defeated right now. This will be the outcome of yours, Lord Sesshomaru's, and my people and lands."
They had got done discussing the issue with Naraku and were ready to leave the rehearsal room and head back to the zaisu gallery for the worship service. The three were walking down the hallway with Empress Jigo Yuu walking ahead and Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru walking behind her. They were both deep in thought about what the empress demoness had informed them about their arch enemy's rebirth and his plan against them. Sesshomaru had already concealed his reaction to hearing the news. Right now, defeating Naraku and protecting their territories is the only concern that the three have. The fool would be dealt with accordingly and be stopped.
Now, they were back in the zaisu gallery. Both Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru had gone back to their table that was near the main entrance and under the ceiling window, facing the stage with another window behind it. The stage also had a dancing pole in the center of it for the ministress worshipping service shows. Empress Jigo Yuu starts walking over to the stage to announce that the worship service will be taking place.
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In the zaisu gallery, at the Sorufuruna Kogane no Hana Temple, the worship service began and the hell demon tribe members that attended were enjoying it. The room was filled with fifty hell demons and hell demonesses. Fifteen hell demoness ministresses had walked on the stage with the dancing pole and stood before their fellow tribe members, ready to perform.
"Ladies, gentlemen," Empress Jigo Yuu announced, "I welcome our beloved vessels for the Devillesses, the ministresses!"
Everybody cheered and started applauding the lovely women. Musicians sitting in the background, on the stage by the window had begun playing slow music. The tunes in the music were sexy and sensuous, sacred and soothing, and almost divinely lovely. A young ministress started singing and humming to the music. The other ministresses moved and danced so femininely and sensuously. There was one young beautiful ministress that had stood out immediately. Lady Tsukiyame and even Sesshomaru were the first to notice. She was a half human and half hell demoness. Some may even call her a half humanness and half hell demoness. Her long straight midnight black hair, fair skin, and light mahogany eyes were alluring. Her very dark sexy hair flowed beautifully and moved as she pole danced. Her makeup was also alluring and sultry. She was slightly taller and slimmer than her mother, the empress demoness. She was Miss Jigo Kiki, a ministress and high dark donness for the Devillesses.
Miss Jigo Kiki pole danced before the tribe members with the other hell demon women dancing behind her. Her pole dance moves were very sexy, sensuous, alluring, and a bit seductive as well. She and the other ministresses danced in a way that showed love to and gave thanks, honor, and praise to their beloved Devillesses. The very women that birthed the hell demon tribe and that rule and govern the unworldly realms they call home. The ministress that sang and hummed to the music was also showing love to and giving thanks, honor, and praise to the Devillesses. She also danced as she sung and hummed.
As the show and worship service was continuing, the young half demon woman began doing a gradual strip tease. Slowly removing her silk black short and long sleeve kimono, she unties the sash and leaves it open, dropping the silk sash to the floor gracefully. Then later, Miss Jigo Kiki slowly slipped out of the kimono and had let it fall to the floor gracefully, while doing more lovely pole dance moves. The woman was now in full sexy lingerie with some strappy stiletto heel sandals. She also happened to have three lovely tattoos with a little one being on her lower back, a tiny one on her left side ribcage, and a gorgeous huge detailed one on her left upper arm. The other ministresses also did a strip tease of their own and had removed more articles of their own clothing gradually, in unison. Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru continued sitting at their table across from each other, watching the show.
"They strip," Sesshomaru asked, raising his eyebrow, "Stripping down half naked or nearly naked is part of their performance?"
"It is, yes," Lady Tsukiyame nodded and said, "The art of the strip tease is an aesthetic art form the ministresses have as part of their performances. Just like pole dancing, strip teasing is also a way they worship their Devillesses. The Devillesses are also known to be very sexual beings and by Jigo Kiki and the other ministresses being vessels to them. They show love to and give thanks, honor, and praise to them through this type of dance."
"So, I take it," he said, "Sexuality is also something that is very sacred to the hell demon tribe?"
"Yes," she said, "Sexuality is also very sacred to them as a tribe. They embrace, celebrate, and express their sexuality in private places, such as sacred demon temples and shrines. It is something both hell demon women and hell demon men are proud of, rather than being ashamed of it."
"Interesting."
Both Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru looked away from each other and continued to watch the performance. There was a lot of sexual energy that could be felt throughout the zaisu gallery, at the sacred demon temple. Miss Jigo Kiki especially and the other ministresses were all exuding such intense sexual energy with their dance worshipping. Some would also call them dark sacred exotic dancers for this very reason. This was all new to Sesshomaru. Not that he was not knowledgeable about the existence of the powerful tribe of hell demons. He knew about the tribe. The young lord demon was simply not aware of all the tribe's traditions, including the tribe's ministresses performing sexy and seductive type dances to worship their beloved Devillesses. He was also not aware of the tribe's high dark donnesses that create erotic artwork to display inside their sacred temples that represented and worshipped the Devillesses. So, for him it was an experience that was new. Sesshomaru was a bit more conservative. He believed that sexual activity and sexy revealing styles of dress or sexy dancing should only be for the bedroom with a lover or mate. Not for every day or in public.
All the fellow tribe members applauded the ministresses for their great performance. Miss Jigo Kiki was now striking a pose on the dancing pole, wearing nothing but some nice pasties, a thong, lace thigh highs, and strappy stiletto heel sandals. She was not fully nude. She was still covered a little as was required of the ministresses. The sexy and sensuous worship dance performance was now over. The ministresses had already started leaving the stage. Empress Jigo Yuu had gone up to the stage and announced the next performance that was starting right now.
Some hell demon women and men appeared on the stage to sing and hum more musicals to worship the beloved Devillesses of their tribe. Just like with the early dark sacred exotic dance performance, the tunes were so soothing, sacred, sensuous, and loving. The musicians were playing more music as the duo sung and hummed. That is when Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame had gotten back on track to watch out for Naraku's arrival.
"I will be keeping watch by the door." Sesshomaru said courtly. He left the table and started heading towards the door to watch for Naraku and his army.
"I'm staying nearby the ceiling and stage windows to watch for Naraku." Lady Tsukiyame said calmly.
Sesshomaru stopped for a second and nodded, while looking away from the young lady half demoness. Then, he had continued leaving the table and walking towards the door that led to the hallway, and main entrance. She sat at the table alone and remained alert, observing the two windows. The singing and humming duo were still performing for their fellow tribe members. Lady Tsukiyame then senses, hears, and feels Jigo Kiki approaching her from behind. The young half hell demoness was dressed back in her regular travel and fighting attire and was armed with her sword. She carried her sword at her left side, in her three skinny braided rope tassel belts, tied in the back around her waist, over her layered short asymmetrical dress and a cage corset harness with cascading straps.
The young half demon woman walked up to her. She asked if she could sit in the other chair across from her and Lady Tsukiyame simply nodded, looking away as usual. The two sat silently for a while, until Jigo Kiki finally spoke.
"So, Lady Tsukiyame," Jigo Kiki complimented and said, "You look absolutely stunning, as always! My mother tells me you are undercover to track down an evil half demon who goes by the name Naraku. She said he had shown up here in the netherworld earlier to attack."
This was the twenty-second chapter!
Now, both Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru know the truth behind Naraku's incarnation and what he plans to do. Their undercover to put an end to Naraku's wicked plan continues. Look forward to the next chapter to see what happens.
Until then, bye for now!