A.N. - Come to think about it, I have no earthly idea on how feudal lords (demon or otherwise) entertain their guests for an important function. Do they dance? Drink tea? Have bear baitings? I dunno, but for the purposes of this ficcie, I'll somewhat follow along what I know of European court activity.
In this case, of the opening celebration, they'll have a banquet followed by a ball. That means dancing! Woot!
Kagome Hurt: Chapter 13
A sable headed youth peeps out from a doorway to a slightly rundown suite. Sharing with his parents was a drag, but until they could curry favor with the creepy white lord, it would have to do.
It was the required post banquet hour all nobility over seventy years of age seemed to need in order to change their outfits for the ball. As he was under even the halfway mark, it only took him fifteen minutes to don acceptable breeches and a tunic robe. He was glad he could escape before his mother cornered him with the sash that was suppose to go over his shoulder. In his esteemed opinion, sashes were for females only. Nevermind that it was the emblem of his line. They just looked prissy.
Now, to locate his new friend.
Asoiharu had noticed during the meal that most of the others at the Western lord's table were cursorily polite, but distant, as if they were hesitant to approach her either to snub her or because they were afraid and didn't like to show it. So it was up to him! Asoiharu! to introduce her around and let the others of his own acquaintance know that she wouldn't bite.
'Well. That doesn't quite equate. I am pretty sure that humans do not bite. We do, but do humans? Well, she's a miko, so quite conceivably, she could purify us, but I doubt she will.'
Anyway, the youth almost jumped out of his fur when a hand fell on his shoulder.
"Yeargh!"
Whirling around, the mink gawped as the object of his hunt blinked at him in surprise at his reaction.
"Do not DO that!"
Kagome just looked at him with a hint of a smile, and a deliberate confused look on her face.
"Do what?"
"Sneak up on me! How did you do that anyway? I have good hearing, and you still surprised me."
"Tche. All youkai seem to have great hearing. Anyway, I've been getting training from some old crotchety master at arms here in the castle, and one of the main things is stealth. Still not very good at it though. I breathed rather lough once about fifteen steps back when I first saw you, but you were deep in thought. Then you struck a pose and said your name with your finger in the air and I just had to tap you. You wouldn't hear me."
A little shame faced with this pronouncement, Asoiharu tried to bluster his way through.
"Umm, oh, Kagome-sama! Remember you had said you would meet my parents? They're just around this wing. There's still time before the ball, so you can dress afterward."
"Ball? What ball? Nobody told me anything about a ball? Again with the hanging jaw. You'll turn into a toad youkai and catch flies if you keep this up."
With an audible 'click' the mink snapped his mouth shut.
"You sound just like my mother." and then a second later. "Do not do that. Its creepy."
With a slight frown on her face, Kagome replied, "Well I suppose I get it from taking care of Shippo and my brother. All right, we'll go see your parents."
And off she wanders, muttering about the indignity of her not being invited to the ball, in the wrong direction.
Asoiharu was stilled with shock just long enough for her to dissappear around a corner. Why wouldn't she be told about the ball? This was her court presentation as well, right?
Wait a second, "Oi, Kagome! That's the wrong way!"
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A scenic forest tableau. Light piercing through the leafy forest canopy creates a warm emerald glow that houses chirping birds, rustling underlife, and a babbling brook somewhere in the distance.
All goes suddenly quiet with the immenent "STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP".
A few yards distance can only be considered possibly out of destructive range from the brooding gloomy explosive temper that is Inuyasha.
Walking at 10 yards from the nominative leader of the tachi, Sango nudged Miroku in the ribs with an elbow.
"Why do you think he stopped racing at all out speed toward Sesshoumaru's castle?"
"I do not know, Sango, but his fuming is starting to wear on the group's nerves. Even Shippo has stopped talking about Kagome-san since Inuyasha violently turned on him after the letter was delivered. He has never been this short tempered with Kag-" the houshi paused in thought. 'What was that term Kagome had said? Male PMS syndrome? What does the PMS stand for, and why does it pertain to males?'
"Yes, I have noticed as well. He's been a lot calmer when she's near. She seems almost as influential over him as the Tetsaiga."
"Hmmmm," was all the houshi returned with.
Walking behind the priest and the exterminator in her full firecat form, Kirara carried the bruised and sleeping Kitsune, and mewed her agreement with her mistress. 'Inuyasha was even giving her growly looks just because she was a cat!'
Unknown to those walking behind, Inuyasha's ears perked every so often. Being a demon, or half demon in his case, allowed for such traits as acute hearing, and also in his case, the gift of swivel ears. He heard everything that they said.
'Well, they don't have to act so calm about it! Kagome was kidnapped by Sesshoumaru! She's too weak to fend him off for long, who knows what he's done to her! I'll save you Kagome! And although I'll never admit it to them, I'll need their help if Sesshoumaru uses more demons to interfere. I can't go as fast as I normally would, since it would exhaust the humans by the time we get there. Sesshoumaru would never let them catch their breath before attacking.'
Argh! "STOMP, STOMP, STOMP"
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A.N. Geez I know I'm copping out here, but right now, my mind is on finals and my mental capacities are filled to the brim. Please have mercy!
In this case, of the opening celebration, they'll have a banquet followed by a ball. That means dancing! Woot!
Kagome Hurt: Chapter 13
A sable headed youth peeps out from a doorway to a slightly rundown suite. Sharing with his parents was a drag, but until they could curry favor with the creepy white lord, it would have to do.
It was the required post banquet hour all nobility over seventy years of age seemed to need in order to change their outfits for the ball. As he was under even the halfway mark, it only took him fifteen minutes to don acceptable breeches and a tunic robe. He was glad he could escape before his mother cornered him with the sash that was suppose to go over his shoulder. In his esteemed opinion, sashes were for females only. Nevermind that it was the emblem of his line. They just looked prissy.
Now, to locate his new friend.
Asoiharu had noticed during the meal that most of the others at the Western lord's table were cursorily polite, but distant, as if they were hesitant to approach her either to snub her or because they were afraid and didn't like to show it. So it was up to him! Asoiharu! to introduce her around and let the others of his own acquaintance know that she wouldn't bite.
'Well. That doesn't quite equate. I am pretty sure that humans do not bite. We do, but do humans? Well, she's a miko, so quite conceivably, she could purify us, but I doubt she will.'
Anyway, the youth almost jumped out of his fur when a hand fell on his shoulder.
"Yeargh!"
Whirling around, the mink gawped as the object of his hunt blinked at him in surprise at his reaction.
"Do not DO that!"
Kagome just looked at him with a hint of a smile, and a deliberate confused look on her face.
"Do what?"
"Sneak up on me! How did you do that anyway? I have good hearing, and you still surprised me."
"Tche. All youkai seem to have great hearing. Anyway, I've been getting training from some old crotchety master at arms here in the castle, and one of the main things is stealth. Still not very good at it though. I breathed rather lough once about fifteen steps back when I first saw you, but you were deep in thought. Then you struck a pose and said your name with your finger in the air and I just had to tap you. You wouldn't hear me."
A little shame faced with this pronouncement, Asoiharu tried to bluster his way through.
"Umm, oh, Kagome-sama! Remember you had said you would meet my parents? They're just around this wing. There's still time before the ball, so you can dress afterward."
"Ball? What ball? Nobody told me anything about a ball? Again with the hanging jaw. You'll turn into a toad youkai and catch flies if you keep this up."
With an audible 'click' the mink snapped his mouth shut.
"You sound just like my mother." and then a second later. "Do not do that. Its creepy."
With a slight frown on her face, Kagome replied, "Well I suppose I get it from taking care of Shippo and my brother. All right, we'll go see your parents."
And off she wanders, muttering about the indignity of her not being invited to the ball, in the wrong direction.
Asoiharu was stilled with shock just long enough for her to dissappear around a corner. Why wouldn't she be told about the ball? This was her court presentation as well, right?
Wait a second, "Oi, Kagome! That's the wrong way!"
~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
A scenic forest tableau. Light piercing through the leafy forest canopy creates a warm emerald glow that houses chirping birds, rustling underlife, and a babbling brook somewhere in the distance.
All goes suddenly quiet with the immenent "STOMP, STOMP, STOMP, STOMP".
A few yards distance can only be considered possibly out of destructive range from the brooding gloomy explosive temper that is Inuyasha.
Walking at 10 yards from the nominative leader of the tachi, Sango nudged Miroku in the ribs with an elbow.
"Why do you think he stopped racing at all out speed toward Sesshoumaru's castle?"
"I do not know, Sango, but his fuming is starting to wear on the group's nerves. Even Shippo has stopped talking about Kagome-san since Inuyasha violently turned on him after the letter was delivered. He has never been this short tempered with Kag-" the houshi paused in thought. 'What was that term Kagome had said? Male PMS syndrome? What does the PMS stand for, and why does it pertain to males?'
"Yes, I have noticed as well. He's been a lot calmer when she's near. She seems almost as influential over him as the Tetsaiga."
"Hmmmm," was all the houshi returned with.
Walking behind the priest and the exterminator in her full firecat form, Kirara carried the bruised and sleeping Kitsune, and mewed her agreement with her mistress. 'Inuyasha was even giving her growly looks just because she was a cat!'
Unknown to those walking behind, Inuyasha's ears perked every so often. Being a demon, or half demon in his case, allowed for such traits as acute hearing, and also in his case, the gift of swivel ears. He heard everything that they said.
'Well, they don't have to act so calm about it! Kagome was kidnapped by Sesshoumaru! She's too weak to fend him off for long, who knows what he's done to her! I'll save you Kagome! And although I'll never admit it to them, I'll need their help if Sesshoumaru uses more demons to interfere. I can't go as fast as I normally would, since it would exhaust the humans by the time we get there. Sesshoumaru would never let them catch their breath before attacking.'
Argh! "STOMP, STOMP, STOMP"
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A.N. Geez I know I'm copping out here, but right now, my mind is on finals and my mental capacities are filled to the brim. Please have mercy!