A/N: the next chapter WILL BE SEXUAL. DO NOT READ IT IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THAT STUFF!!
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The wedding ceremony was planned for a few days after Matsu's announcement and everyone was there; even Matsu.
It was a lovely ceremony… but it was really long… and I'm not about to go into it yet again.
Besides… tonight was a night I wanted to remember more than anything else in the world. Tonight Sesshoumaru and I would… seal… our marriage.
I sat there trying to keep my mind from racing like crazy as Mai and the others "prepared me for my husband". I had been scrubbed from head to toe, and everything in between… literally, while I was in the bathhouse. My hair was tied into a beautifully intricate knot so that once it was time and I took it out my hair would curl. They lotioned and perfumed me until the brink of existence before dressing me. It was silk… all of it… silk nagajugan, silk kimono, and a silk michiyuki; all of it was white. The nagajugan was so thin and sheer that I couldn't even consider it a cover.
I hadn't told anyone but our first…time… to seal our wedding vows wasn't actually going to be in the room… Sesshoumaru had told me that he didn't think he'd be able to control himself enough not to make it sound like he was hurting me; which, of course, I didn't mind at all… but obviously SOME people might freak out. I blushed as I thought about it.
"Nervous…?" One of the older ladies asked.
"I am…" I admitted. But not about what you're thinking… I added in my mind.
"Don't worry… Every woman is nervous their first time… It must be harder for you since we have to check." Another answered matter-of-factly.
My eyes widened. "Check…?" I squeaked.
A third laughed. "Well we do have to make sure that the vows are consecrated properly…" When she saw my face turn ashen she smiled and patted my arm. "Oh don't worry… it's not like we're going to come in and watch… We'll just check you in the morning."
"H-How…?"
Mai rubbed my back and whispered the answer into my ear; I didn't think my eyes could bug out anymore then they already were, but they did.
"You're sticking WHAT in WHERE?!" I shrieked.
"Calm down calm down." The first woman stated as she finished adjusting the intricate ribbon patter that tied my kimono shut. "All we're doing is checking for semen and blood… That's all we need to prove you've spent the night with your new husband."
I think I must have fainted since I was lying in the floor looking up at my maids and the guards were trying to calm Sesshoumaru down.
"I'm fine I'm fine…" I assured all of them. "I just got a little dizzy." I realized I was starting to have trouble breathing and noticed that the ribbons had been tied a little tight. "Mai-san… could you loosen the ribbons, they're cutting off my air supply."
Mai quickly untied, loosened, and retied all the ribbons in record time; then watched my face.
"I'm fine…" I said as I sat up, the room swam for a moment. "Really I'm fine." When I noticed no one was moving. I smiled over at my husband and winked when no one was looking; that seemed to reassure him so he turned and left.
Soon the guards filed out and the women helped pull me to my feet. They brushed the silk out to try and avoid wrinkles then they left as well.
Now all I had to do was wait until dark.
Once night fell I slipped out of my room through my ever-useful hidden panel and ran over to the small lake.
As I approached I stopped running, fixed my clothing, pulled out the comb that was holding my hair up, tucked it into the folds of the michiyuki, and walked to where Sesshoumaru would be waiting for me. When I made my way through the neatly trimmed plants my eyes fell upon the tall figure in the shimmering moonlight; I smiled, blushing.
This time I knew we wouldn't have to stop…