"No, there is just so much and it may take a while for me to get into summer." She comes over."What are you working on Yasha."
"Reading over the proposal that the Council decided on to limit my lack of dating life." Yasha answers "they gave me a few years."
"I don't see why they have to rush, i mean you're only 14."
"Years to an immortal is not that long, I'm a royal and I am but a servant to my crown" Yasha responds
"Well i find it to be complete and utter rubbish, i mean what are you're going to do."
"Sign it, and hope to find my match." Yasha responds
"May i look at it please."
Yasha nods and passed the paper over to Hermione.
She start to read it and she gets half way and stops. "Yasha, what is this about if by your 21th birthday if you don't have a mate, they can choose one."
Yasha nods, "it means they get to choose for me."
"That is ridiculous i mean this not the middle-ages i mean how can they do that."
"Welcome to the Demonic Empire, most of the Council are as old as my parents, it's how they see things. Personally, I am glad, they gave me that much time, they could have me in an Arrange marriage." Yasha replied "the person, I want doesn't exist."
"Oh and what do you want in a mate?"
"Someone, I can talk too, that would be clever enough to outwit a bunch of old sticks, someone, who wants me for me not wealth or power."
"Well i can see that i mean " Hermione blushes just a little " umm what i mean to say is I'm sure you'll find her."
Yasha smiled "for a human, you're very easy to talk too."
"Well so are you from your letters and everything you actually talked to me not at me."
"What can I say, mother raised me right."
"I know and the conversion we have you have me thinking for days after all your letter and even now just sitting here talking with when i thought I'll be all nervous and such."
Yasha chuckled "I don't see why, I mean I'm just like everyone else, other then the part about not being human. I'm just the same as other people my age, I play sports, I watch tv, play video games, but I also study a lot, I even started helping Ali with her band."
"See your so talented just like everyone in your family."
"So are you from what I gathered from Harry, you're the one, who keeps him on his toes for studies." Yasha replies, "You know you can sit down, I don't bite."
"Oh yes not that he really needs it much ."
The two stayed up talking, until they both fell asleep on the sofa.
Hermione snuggle against Yasha as she slept.
Yasha for his part didn't know it, but his inner self, the one that was in control of his true form claimed the sleeping human as theirs.
Alison woke and went to her brother's room, intent on giving him the sisterly wake up call, and found his bed and not be slept in all night. "That's not like Yashy.." she followed her brother's scent and noticed that Hermione's scent mingled with the traces of Yasha's, they didn't walk together but they headed in the same place...she was a that library at the end of the trail, where she peaked in and see her brother cuddled up with the new human in the estate. "Oh this is pure, blackmail."
Maria comes up behind her "Alison what were ypu thinking about?" She asked in a soft voice as to not wake the kids.
"Nothing, just sister stuff." Alison replies. "So what are we planning on doing today?"
"Oh just some last minute shopping to make sure we have everything we need."
Alison's smile grew bigger, "I'll double check my stuff, and then write down, what I need." she turned and disappeared.
Maria stepped further into the library, went to her son's side. She gently touched Yasha's shoulder, when his eyes snapped open and they were blood red. He took a sniff of the intruder, the color receded.
Just then he felt someone snuggle into his side and give a happy sigh.
"We're going to have a serious talk after breakfast, between you, your father, and myself." Maria states "Gently wake her and brace yourself for the embarrassment."
"Yes, mother." As he gently shakes the girl at his side. "Hermione, time to get up."
Maria turned and left, seeking Sesshomaru. She found him in their chamber, going over his suitcase. He looked up as Maria entered. He held up a pair of swim trunks and Maria bit a laugh back. "I'll get you a new pair, while the children and I are in town." she went and sat down on the bed, "My darling, I believe we might have a problem..."
"And for once i was hoping not to have one this summer so what happen?"
"Yasha's inner demon woke up and claimed Hermione as their mate..." Maria answers as she turned to look over at Sesshomaru.
He facepalms "Nothing can be simple is this family."
"We're going to have a long talk with Yasha, Hermione's going to be as clueless as I was when you first began courting me." Maria replies
"True but she'll have Harry and Alison and Kikyo to explain to her."
"We never had that talk with Harry, and Kikyo doesn't know about the courting behavior of demons. I doubt its come up in either of her studies as a priestess." Maria replies
they heard a shriek of embarrassment.
"that would be Hermione." Sesshomaru states
Sesshomaru smiled, "I'll go wake Harry you can deal with the girl." He walks out the room.
"Coward!" Maria states, as she smiled.
"No i just know when I'm not suited for a situation." As he head to Harry's room.
"Fine, you deal with having the Father/Son talk with Yasha." Maria states, as she went to the library again. She can hear Hermione apologizing repeatedly to Yasha.
"Yes dear."
Maria motioned for Yasha to leave and let her calm her young protégée.
"Oh my goodness, i cant believe i did that and snuggled up to him like he was my favorite blanket or my pillow in the dorms."
"That reaction of my own, when I first slept aside Sesshomaru." Maria states, as she sat down and patted the seat next to her. "Sit."
Hermione does, her face still crimson. "Oh my goodness, he'll never take me seriously ever again, he just see me as a silly girl now." She said in a panicked voice.
"Calm down, I think I know my son, better then you right now." Maria states, she reached over and took Hermione's chin to make the young girl look the older demoness in the eyes. "Yasha is going through a demonic form of adolescence. Do not worry about it, he will take you seriously, he could have set you aside and just left you in the library but he chose to stay with you, so you wouldn't panic when you woke up. I have raised my son well, he's not an idiot."
"But still its just Yasha so easy to be with and hes is quite handsome..
"I do believe you have a crush on my son." Maria gently teases "Hermione, you may not see it right away, but right now, Yasha and Harry need a friend like you, you don't treat them as Princes as they rightfully are, you see them for themselves."
Hermione blushes "Well yeah why shouldn't i i mean they don't act like it around me and their both simply lovable dorks."
"Yes, and trust me, both of them will move mountains if it comes to protecting their friends, and Yasha does consider you a friend, you may not realized it but your letters these last few weeks really helped him. He used several of your suggestions in Council sessions." Maria replies, "So now, I suggest you take a bath and get dressed, breakfast will be served soon." she stood up.
"Of course maria " she stands and head off to he to her room.
Yasha flung himself on Alison's bed, and looked at his twin. "If I couldn't be a bigger idiot, I would have to take vows at the Temple." he had come straight to his sister and explained everything even the fact that his inner demon was almost set loose against their own mother.
"No Yasha, i think that title belongs to our brother but you do run a close second."
Yasha rolled his eyes, "I never thought I would subconsciously choose a mate...I mean how did you know that Topaz was yours?"
Alison thinks "i guess it was just after our practice when she kissed me. At first, i was shocked but then i started to like it."
"But it wasn't your inner self, that laid claim. Mine did and I don't like that it did." Yasha replies
"I dont know what to say about that other than maybe your inner self already knew she was the one like father knew with mother. "
"I don't know." Yasha responds as he wiped his hand over his face.
"Well thats how love is little brother. "
"You're older by three whole minutes, big deal." Yasha states, "I guess I better go see what I need to bring and get..." he rolled off the bed and walked out of the room.
"Dont worry Yasha you'll figure it out."
Harry went over his stuff, and looked up as a soul collector flew into his room through the open window.
"Kikyo, bid you to come?" Harry questions, the collector was carrying a sealed note.
Harry takes the note and checks to make sure its for him then begins to read it.
If I wanted to send a note to someone else, I would have. I know you to well, but anyway, I know you and your family are planning on escaping reality for a little bit, I invited Hermione to come stay the night at the Temple and I figured, I will do the same with you, of course, you will stay in the male dormitory, send me a letter back and I will come to escort you both to the Temple.
Harry laughs and goes to find his parents and his friend.
"Momma, i just got a letter from Kikyo, she's inviting to stay at the temple with Her and Hermione." Harry explains as he shows her the note.
Maria read the note and smiled at Kikyo's wary jest. "Write her back, that I give my permission but you will go over late afternoon or early evening, we have shopping to do."
"Yes momma." Harry hugs her and rushes out the door.
Maria watches him run off.
"Ahh hes so young." Sesshomaru says as he moves out of the way.
"We haven't dealt with a teenage human since Rin was traveling with us after she made her decision." Maria replies, "I'm going to change." she walked by Sesshomaru as she did so, she gently trailed her fingers across his chest. "He's going to spend the night at the Temple with Kikyo and Hermione tonight."
"Oh really i see." He smiles sweetly. "Oh my what shall we do?" He grins wickedly.
"You are not doing anything, I am planning on sleeping." Maria replies, as she finished walking out of the room.
"Very well, my dear."