New World New People
Learning The Ropes
Caitlin was out now that she and Sesshomaru were mates things were going to be a lot more different then they were before, she was going to have to be trained to talk like royalty, eat, sleep, act, be able to know people she didn't know just by what they wore.
"Milord, are you sure it was wide to do this?" Jaken asked.
"It saves her as well as me. It was a wise thing to do." Sesshomaru answered as he looked over the laws that his father and the other Lords had made over 200 years ago. "This law was about to come in effect, it would only have given me a week to find a mate, this was the better way." Sesshomaru explained.
"You do know how much work we're going to have to put into her to make her act like royalty and not to shame you Lord Sesshomaru?"
She could never shame me. Sesshomaru thought. "You are free to leave." Sesshomaru said to Jaken, it wasn't spoken but Jaken was really getting on Sesshomaru's nerves which was never a good thing. Caitlin was looking at the ceiling.
"He doesn't like me." Caitlin said.
"He doesn't like anyone. If he had his way he'd be my mate." Sesshomaru said. Caitlin laughed, instead of an actual laugh she started coughing.
"Damn this hole in my chest." Caitlin muttered. "Who dressed it anyways?"
"I did." Caitlin turned bright red, but didn't say anything. "After you heal a little more we're going to have to start training you in the way of the lands." Sesshomaru said.
"Wait, does being your Lady require me to wear a dress?" Caitlin asked.
"At formal parties." Sesshomaru answered.
"Well, I guess it's better than always haveing to wear one."
"I wouldn't know, I've never worn one."
"Trust me you don't wanna. I have something to ask you." Caitlin added.
"Ask."
"Did you ask me to be your mate because you love me or because you didn't want someone to die in your castle?" Caitlin asked. "Please tell me the truth." Caitlin added.
"You wouldn't be marked if I didn't love you." Sesshomaru said. Caitlin smiled, it was one of those big stupid grins, the bigger they are, the stupider they look. Caitlin threw herself at Sesshomaru ans wrapped her arms around him. For a moment Sesshomaru was surprised, but then he hugged her back.
"I think this means I'm well enough to get out of bed." Caitlin said with a chuckle.
"Yes I think it does, that also means that you get to start learning how to be my Lady." Sesshomaru added, Caitlin scrunched up her nose.
"Do I HAVE to?"
"Yes, unless you want me to disown you."
"NO!" Caitlin said as she tightened her grip on him.
"You're going to kill me if you keep it up." Sesshomaru said. Caitlin let out a small 'eep' then let go. "First things first, even though you are my equal you still address me as 'Lord'. You will be refered to as 'Lady Caitlin'."
"That sounds so weird." Caitlin said.
"You'll get used to it. Next if you are visiting a land you must always bow, Lords do not have to. If someone is visiting here they bow to you." Sesshomaru explained. "Mind you even though you are mated to me there are people who will try to win you over, if people do and try to force you tell me and they will not be welcome here again."
"If they force me they might loose something dear to them." Caitlin said as she flexed her claws. Sesshomaru rolled her eyes, he had been hopinh that after being stabbed through the chest that she'd get the picture of AVIODING stupid and pointless fights, boy had he been wrong.
"When you are at parties you are required to talk to everyone at least once, you may excuse yourself from my company, but I don't recomend it. The ladies that come here from other lands are not your equals while they are here, you are superior to them while you are in your lands."
"I already know this! I've read enough books about it in my time."
"We'll move on then."
"To what?"
"To walking, talking, and dancing."
"Whoa whoa whoa, hold up!" Caitlin said. "There's no way in hell that I am dancing!"
"First of all, you don't talk like that. You say 'Excuse me, but I would prefer not to dance.' " Caitlin looked at him with a blank look.
"You've got to be kiding."
"I kid you not."
"This is going to be harder than I thought." Caitlin groaned.
"You try."
"Excuse me Lord Sesshomaru, I would prefer not to dance at the moment, my feet hurt and I don't dance." Caitlin said.
"No. Try again.
"Excuse me Lord Sesshomaru, I would like to kill myself now, may I please have permission?"
"Try again."
"Oh my god! Excuse me but I would prefer not to dance, Lord Sesshomaru, if it's all the same to you."
"That's better."
"This is HIGHLY over rated."
"Next is walking." Sesshomaru said. He put two books on Caitlin's head. "Walk. Back straight. Chin level with the ground." Sesshomaru added. Without being told to Caitlin was in perfect posistion to walk with the books on her head. She started walking and the books didn't fall.
"You've got no idea how many years I've been doing this." Caitlin said, she turned around and then walked back, she took the books off her head and handed them to him.
"Last is-."
"Don't say it."
"D-"
"Don't say it!
"Dancing."
"Damn..."
Sesshomaru held out his hand to her. Caitlin looked at it.
"No." Sesshomaru grabbed Caitlin's hand then pulled her in close. He gently laid his hand on her waist and she reluctantly put her other hand on his shoulder.
"Let me lead." Sesshomaru said. He pushed her leg with his leg, soon enough Caitlin had learned the steps and they were dancing all over the room. (A/N: I don't know how to dance so I have no clue what I'm doing here.) "Perfect." Sesshomaru said when they finsihed.
"I still hate dancing."
"Don't worry, there's still a lot more to learn, but since we have a guest coming you'll just have to let the person you're dancing with lead."
"Guest?"
"Yes, all the Lords are coming, it wasn't expected, they're still far enough away so that you can learn the basics. Jaken will teach you the rest." Sesshomaru added.
"Wait! I don't wanna learn from a toad!"
"I'm an imp!" Jaken said.
"What's the difference? You're both green, and you're both stupid, and you're both green!" Caitlin said.
"She does have a point." Sesshomaru said as he walked out of the room.
Jaken looked hurt, his lord had just insulted him so horribly.
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A Few Hours Later
"Milord, she is done." Jaken said. Caitlin came out of the room, she was walking like someone that was born royally.
"Hello Lord Sesshomaru." Caitlin said with a curtsy.
"What did he do?" Sesshomaru asked with a raised eyebrow.
"He threatened to burn my head off with the Staff Of Two Heads if I didn't listen." Caitlin answered. "I'm so going to kill him while he sleeps." Caitlin added so that only Sesshomaru heard her.
"There's no time for that. You have 5 minutes so get changed into this." Sesshomaru said as he held up a blue and black kimono.
"Okay, why?"
"The Lords will be here soon and we both must be there to welcome them." Sesshomaru answered.
"Seriously?"
"Yes."
"Yippee..." Caitlin muttered. "Now, how the hell do you put this thing on?" Caitlin asked as she looked at the kimono.
"I'll help you." Sesshomaru said. He pushed Caitlin into the room, and Jaken out. Sesshomaru shoved Caitlin behind the changing screen. "Take off everything."
"WHAT?!"
"There is a screen between you and I, there is no reason to get so worked up." Caitlin muttered something that sounded suspisiously like 'Freaking...just got mated and already he's trying to see me freaking naked!' Sesshomaru ignored it and then handed Caitlin the undergarments. "Put those on."
"I'm not stupid." Caitlin put them on and then Sesshomaru walked behind the screen and slipped the kimono on. Then heover lapped the edges, he grabbed the obi and put it on and tied it in the back. "And here I thought that youslipped it on over your head." Caitlin muttered.
"Come." Sesshomaru took Caitlin's hand and lead her to the enterance all, he was practiclly dragging her along. Just as they got there the doors were opening to let the Lords in.
"Hello Sesshomaru. Who might this be?" a Lord with long black hair asked. His eyes were green and they looked like emeralds.
"Hello, I'm Caitlin, Lord Sesshomaru's mate." Caitlin answered.
"Well congrgulations! If I had a son, I imagine that his mate would be like you, kind and warm." he said. Caitlin smiled. You don't really know what I'm like because this is just a stupid show...she thought to herself.
"My servants will take you to your room." Sesshomaru added. He nodded and followed two people, Caitlin noticed that Sesshomaru didn't show any emotion at all.
"Why don't you smile?" Caitlin asked.
"I do not smile." Sesshomaru answered. Caitlin rolled her eyes then turned her attention to the next Lord. This Lord had blonde hair, and black eyes, he looked like he was someone who liked to make people scream, but that was just what he looked like.
"It seems you've found yourself a good whore. Might I ask her name? I might like to use her sometime." he said coldly.
"No you may not. In the future keep those thoughts to yourself or you will find yourself quikcly removed from my castle for speaking ill of the Lady of the land." Sesshomaru answered his question.
"That would just make my day."
"Then how about you get lost before I have to get violent?" Caitlin asked, she didn't like being called a whore.
"You, such a fragile little thing get violent?" he burst out lauging, then Caitlin's claws came out and she was growling.
"Shall you question me again, or shall I castrate you right here?" Caitlin asked in an errily calm voice. "I would not like to bloody the just polished floor, and this new kimono, but if I have to I will." Caitlin added as she looked into his eyes.
"No. I'll take my leave." he was lead away and Sesshomaru was looking at his mate.
"What?"
"Very nice."
"Thank you." Her claws retracted and the last Lord walked in. He had blue hair, and purple eyes.
"Congrgulations Sesshomaru, I heard that you found a lucky girl, but I didn't think that she'd be this pretty. She's like a rose in a garden full of dasies."
"Thank you." Caitlin said with a smile.
"Her smile lights up the day." By now Caitlin was resisting the urge to blush. "My dear, I am Lord Shin."
"Hello, it is a pleasure to meet you, I'm Caitlin."
"Beautiful name. Well I've come a long way and I suppose that I should get to my room to rest up. It was my pleasure meeting you." he left.
"Okay, the second one was the Lord of the South, I don't know which one was which of the other two though." Caitlin said.
"The Last one was from the North, he is one that does everything where no one can see it. The First one was from the East, he likes to use whatever maid comes to him to take his dirty clothes, I only allow men to go into his chambers. Lord Tyr is his name. The Lord of the South is Azer, he likes to do everything out where people can see, that way it seems like he's a hot shot when he's not, Lord Shin is the one that you should be fearful of, he likes to get into people he's not supposed to, you are now his prime target."
"Oh sure, the one that says all that stuff is the one I've gotta watch out for, isn't that always how it works?" Caitlin asked with a sly smile on her face.
"I suppose it is."
"Now, which are you, the one who does everything in the dark, or the one who does everything in the open?" Caitlin asked.
"I do small things in the open and bid things in the dark, it keeps people guessing, you have yet to see half of my troops." Sesshomaru added.
"Well, I look forward to it." Caitlin said.
"Good, now you have got to go tend our guests." Sesshomaru said.
"But you just said that I should stay away from Lord Shin, so why should I have to go tend to him?" Caitlin asked.
"Take someone with you, and make sure you stay near them, you are their lady, they wont let anything happen to you." Sesshomaru added.
"Oh fine." Caitlin muttered. She walked off down the hall that the three Lords had been taken down. "Stupid...idiotic...why me?" Caitlin asked.
"Milady do you need something?" one of the butlers asked.
"Yeah, I need you to come with me." Caitlin answered.
"But Milady, I have things to do."
"I'll excuse you from them for the time being, now come with me." Caitlin added. She grabbed his arm and took him with her. He was blushing furiously. "Why are you blushing?" Caitlin asked.
"It's not usual when a butler is being dragged down the hall by their Lords mate." he answered, Caitlin rolled her eyes.
"Well don't get used to it. I was told to this." Caitlin said. "Now which room is Lord Shin's room?" Caitlin asked.
"This one." he answered. Caitlin knocked on the door.
"Yes?" Shin asked.
"It's Caitlin, may I come in?"
"Oh! Of course!" Shin opened the door and let Caitlin in.
"I hope you like your rooms, is there any thing that I can get you?" Caitlin asked.
"Yes, I do like the rooms, I see them often. No, Lady Caitlin, all I need is your bright smile to brighten my down cast heart." he answered, Caitlin smiled at him. He's not going to get anywhere, if he tries anything...A mental picture of Caitlin castrating him came to mind.
"Well, if you need anything don't hesitate to ask." Caitlin said, she walked out and then when the door closed she muttered something under her breath.
"Excuse me?" the butler asked.
"Huh? Oh, don't mind me and my muttering, it's a rather bad habbit. Okay, Lord Azer next. Which one is he?"
"This one."
"The one straight across the hall, okay." Caitlin said. She knocked on the door.
"Who is it? What do you want?" Azer asked.
"It's Lady Caitlin, I'm here to see if you need anything." Caitlin answered in a sweet tone. There were a few crashes and then a loud thud. "Are you...okay?" Caitlin asked. He opened the door and Caitlin looked at him.
"Yes, I'm fine. I don't need anything, nor would I accept anything from you or your vile mate." Azer answered, Caitlin's eyebrow twitched.
"What was that last part?" Caitlin asked.
"I said 'vile mate'." he answered, the next thing he knew was one set of Caitlin's claws were at his throat and the other was dangerously close to his manhood.
"If you EVER call Lord Sesshomaru that again I swear I will take more than just your manhood, do you understand?" Caitlin asked in a tone that said 'I would like nothing more than to tear your throat out right now'.
"Threats will do-I UNDERSTAND!" he yelped when Caitlin's cold claws were touching his innerthigh.
"Good." Caitlin pulled her claws back in and then walked away.
"Milady, are you sure that was wise?" the butler asked.
"I don't care, but I will not just sit there and take it from a low life like him. Thinks he's all high and mighty! I'll show him high and mighty! Next time he comes around saying that I'm a whore I'll kill him!" Caitlin growled as she cracked her knuckles.
"MIlady, it's not wise for a woman to fight."
"HEY! Don't you go all sexist on me! I'll have your hide! Women have the same rights as men! Got it!?"
"Yes Milady. Lord Tyr is just down there. The next door on the other side."
"Hey, you're coming with me." Caitlin said. "I excused you from your duties remember?"
"Oh, yes. It slipped my mind."
Caitlin knocked on Tyr's door, there was no answer.
"Hello?" Caitlin asked, there was still no answer. Caitlin opened the door and looked in, no one was there. "Are you there?"
"Lady Caitlin, why are you looking into my room?" Tyr asked.
"Yipes!" Caitlin yelped. "I'm sorry. You have my apologies, I just came to check on you and see if you needed anything." Caitlin answered. "When you didn't answer I thought that something had happened to you. I wouldn't want something terrible to happen you one of my guests." Caitlin explained.
"So thoughtful, I'm blushing." he said as he ran a finger down Caitlin's jaw line. His touch was gentle and seducing. His eyes were welcoming and they looked like they wanted to draw her in.
"Milady, don't you have things to do to get ready for the party tonight?" the butler asked, that snapped Caitlin out of her daze.
"Oh! Right. I would stay and chat some more, but I've got people to invite, things to set up. Good bye." Caitlin said as she walked off. "Was it me or was he trying to seduce me?" Caitlin asked.
"Yes Milady, every male demon here would want to have you for a prize, after all, you are the Lords mate, and you are beautiful, more so than the other lands Lady's at least." he explained.
"Thanks. You're free to return to what you were doing before." Caitlin added. He nodded and walked off to do his duties.
"What was that about?" Sesshomaru asked.
"What was what about?" Caitlin asked.
"Your aura, it went dull, like you were sleeping, then it was like you woke up." Sesshomaru answered.
"Oh, that...Tyr was seducing me." Caitlin answered. "Now c'mon! Let's get outta here before someone else tried to do something to me. I didn't know that being mated was such a risky business!" Caitlin said.
"It'll only get worse." Sesshomaru muttered under his breath.
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Disclaimer- I don't own InuYasha.
Aki- Okay, so you know, Erin and Kouga are in Kouga's lands, the East, Lord Tyr's lands. Kagome, InuYasha, Miroku, and Sango are all in Kaede's village. Okay, I didn't add it because I forgot to. My bad.