A/N: Oh my goodness, I'm so glad so many of you liked Naraku's entry. So, since I got requests, we will make it into a mini series.
How Do You Deal? - Sesshomaru
"How do you deal, Lord Sesshomaru?" asked the Gray Hood, kneeling on a decorative pillow located on an expensive tatami mat, one of twelve that covered the room floor. The daiyoukai looked at him stoically, his pristine white kimono and silver hair almost glowing in the sunlight where he sat in the opened shoji showing one of many gardens surrounding the buildings of the Western Palace. Beside the daiyoukai, leaning over a small lacquered table, knelt Rin, carefully copying a set of kanji, drawing them with a brush on a sheet of paper.
"As you can see, this one and his court are in the best condition," Sesshomaru stated, looking at the garden basked in sunlight. Through the opened interior door one could hear movement and soft voices from another room. "My ministers are working on the best plan of action to save the economy and cushion the after effects of the quarantine as we speak."
"That's soothing to see the government so diligently trying to find the best way to help the country," the Gray Hood said.
"Hm. And in the meantime this one oversees his Rin's progress in learning."
"Yes! Rin is learning to write and play koto, and do other lady things!" the girl smiled when she saw the interviewer looking her way.
"Of course, we refrain from leaving the perimeter of the palace, so our visits to our noble Lady Mother are not possible for the time being," for some reason it didn't sound like Sesshomaru minded.
"Oh. I'm sure the Lady Mother appreciates your care. And also it's good to see that you make an example of yourself, following the lock down law," the interviewer said.
"Also," Sesshomaru suddenly reached for a scroll laying on the mat beside hm. "This one received a message from China and was requested to read it.."
"Of course, my lord. We're listening."
The inu lord unrolled the scroll and started reading.
"We, youkai of China, want to make it heard and known that there is no epidemic in our land. Everything is under best of controls." Sesshomaru looked up from the scroll and added in a cold tone. "And even if there was any virus. we wouldn't have let you know, how terrible it is, because we don't want to make our land look worse than yours. Typical Hyouga clan nonsense."
A cough could be heard from behind the paper thin wall.
"Jaken!" the daiyoukai exclaimed.
"Yes, my lord! Who was it?!" exclaimed a shrill voice.
"Uh, I just choked on a blueberry, master Jaken..."
"Staff of two heads!" yelled Jaken.
"Aaargh!" screamed someone in obvious agony.
"As you can see," said Sesshomaru, pretending he couldn't hear of smell the happenings from the other room. "We deal with our problems swiftly."
"I hope there's going to be chicken for dinner," Rin murmured as the Grey Hood stared at the clouds of smoke rolling out of the other room.