The family arrived in the late at night, the children fell asleep on the boat ride to the private island.
Fun in the sun and surf, that's what I need to relax without stuffy obnoxious tribe leaders begging for this and that, no grants of land, no having potential brides for Yasha being throw at me. Maria thought as she and Sesshomaru carried each of the children and put them to bed.
Her and Sesshomaru went to their own bed.
The next morning, the five children woke to strange smells, which turned out to be a traditional Japanese breakfast: rice, grilled fish, miso soup, pickles and a Japanese-style omelette. Hermione was trilled to try out other cuisine from different regions.
"And you thought I couldn't cook." Maria states, as she finished setting the place mats, and knelt on the pillow. The rest of the family plus Hermione followed.
"Fresh caught fish as well." Sesshomaru states, as he looked proud of himself.
"Very good, Mother." The three older Taisho siblings chimed, while Hermione nods as well.
"Good, Good." Keiko agreed, as she ate her cut up pieces of the same breakfast.
Maria smiled as she ate her breakfast tray, she finished and placed the used utensils in the sink.
After breakfast, the girls went to change into their swimming suits, Maria was planning on soaking up some sun, while answering Hermione's never ending questions, while Yasha, Harry, Keiko, and Sesshomaru swam in the ocean, Sesshomaru going for the adult supervision. Alison was sitting on the porch in a chair with her feet up on the railing, drinking ice tea.
Hermione sat under a beach umbrella, looking at the ocean, she couldn't believe that her friend Harry's parents could afford to purchase an island.
"So what's your first question?" Maria questions, as she peered out of the corners of her eyes.
"Who/What may the Demon Clans/Clan Heirs/Heads be, and how irritating may they be?"
"Dragon, Thunder Demon, Panther, Wolf Demons, and all of them are annoying each day of the week." Maria replies
"Also Foxes." Alison adds from the porch. "There the ones who you got to watch out for, Shippo keeps most of them in line but he can't be everywhere."
Maria nods, "Any regular animal, you can think of there is a demon equivalent, rats, cats, mice..etc. Most of them are civilized swearing fealty to Sesshomaru and myself and our own Heirs, but some do not care and try to usurp our power."
"But now is not the time for such talk." Sesshomaru states, coming up dripping wet and he scooped Maria up and threw her into the ocean. Before going back out, Yasha laughed as his father turned into a playful puppy, and didn't bat an eye when he suddenly disappeared under the waves. Hermione watched from the beach, watching the family of canine demons, minus Alison, play in the water.
Hermione watched and thought about each member of the family, she didn't really know Sesshomaru all that way but from her first year Demonology class, Sesshomaru was a strong demon, proud of his bloodline, and wouldn't sully that line with human blood, but something changed him, he was different now, could he had a human for company in the past that changed most of his view on the human race? If so, who was it? His Lady, Maria, was a wonderful person, she was kind, caring and loving to her children biological or not, she wanted the best for them, she funded the school which Yasha and Alison went too and which Keiko would be starting in the kindergarten section soon, she was there as almost the perfect mother, but she had her own faults, she blamed herself for not seeing the truth about someone, who betrayed her blood-swore sister and thus leaving Harry in her care. She didn't have to adopted Harry as her son, but something in her told her, he was hers. Lily Potter may have given birth to Harry, but he was the son of demons, Prince of the Demonic Empire.
Harry for the most part was like any other normal pre-teenager, he loved his siblings and idolized his parents, he wanted to be like them. He had open his home to her, while her own parents were away, she had to admit to herself that Maria and Sesshomaru were better babysitters then she ever had. She switched her view to Yasha, she didn't know that much about him, but he was dedicated to his Empire, but he wanted someone, to love him for him one day. He was easy on the eyes, didn't help matters.
Yasha looked over and noticed Hermione's thoughtful expression, and grinned to himself. "I think our bookworm is accessing us." he nods over to Hermione's direction.
Each one chuckled before coming up from the water, Keiko didn't want leave but Maria said that they could play in the water later.
"Alright, I was thinking, there are board games that either we can play as a family, Hermione included, of course, or you older children can take it out on the porch and play together, while your father and I watch a movie with Keiko before her nap time. Unlike at the Estate, you don't have that much room for Keiko to take a nap uninterrupted." Maria states as she fixed lunch with Sesshomaru's help, they were having chicken salad, with fresh fruit. She served up the plates.
"We like that idea, we can spend time with each other getting to know one another while playing a game." Yasha states as the others were already eating. "We will go after lunch."