Her mother decks him before he can even make it through the door.

"Mama!"

It's never happened before, a human knocking him off his feet. But as Sesshoumaru stares up at the night sky, the miko shrieking in the background, he muses silently that isn't entirely inappropriate.

"Are you alright?" Her worried face pops into view, concerned hands touch his cheeks…

The urge to laugh sticks in his throat. It's absurd. All of it. Him, her, her mother

He presses his lips together, trying to hold it in, and her eyes widen.

"Oh, gods. Mama broke you."

He loses it.