"Do you know where the others went?" I asked, I watched him as a few
gorgeous girls walked by him but he never took his eyes off of me.
"Not really, all I know is that they all went somewhere they could be
by the ocean." he said, I smiled at that thought. My brothers and
their girlfriends going out and having some fun and spending quality
time together. My parents and their spouses having a good time. "Come
on let's go eat I am starving" Sesshomaru added, I smiled at him.
I stood up and picked up my towel, we walked hand in hand back
to the cabin. We showered together, and dressed. I dressed in a red
cocktail dress and matching shoes. Sesshomaru was wearing a pair of slacks,
a black silk shirt with a sports jacket. We arrived at the
restaurant, and had our dinner. Sesshomaru and I went back to the hotel,
enjoyed each others company. The entire two weeks was going to the beach
during the day, going out for dinner, then spending the nights in
each others arms.
"Rylie, are you finished packing?" Sesshomaru called on our last day in the
cabin.
"I'm all done" I called, I tied my hair back and smiled. The two weeks
went by so fast but there was no one who needed the help of the
protectors', so we got to enjoy a week off. Sesshomaru and I made our plane
just in time, we slept on the plane, when the plane landed I was so
happy to be back home and I was excited about seeing my family again.
We finally made it home, and my entire family was waiting in the
front yard. I jumped out of Sesshomaru's truck and ran into my family's
waiting arms. I hugged each family member, my parents kissed my
cheek. I watched as my family welcomed Sesshomaru home. We all walked
inside smiling to have the entire family back together.
"So where did everyone spend their vacation?" I asked, I looked up at
Sesshomaru when he joined us from putting our luggage in our bedroom.
"Well, Suikotsu and I went to Figi" mom said smiling at her new
husband.
"Rin and I went to Cuba" dad said smiling at Rin.
"Souten and I went to Italy" Bankotsu said, he grinned so big.
"Ayame and I went to Madagascar" Koga said smiling.
"Shori and I went to Brazil" Shippo said, they all looked at us as if
they knew what we did the entire time we were gone.
"Did you guys enjoy yourselves?" mom asked me, I glanced up at Sesshomaru
who smiled really big.
"Oh yeah, we didn't want to leave." I said smiling at my mother.
"Let's have a pool party, we can invite our friends too." Sesshomaru
suggested, everyone became excited.
"That's a great idea" I said, "But we don't have a pool" I smiled at
his wicked smile.
"We are going to have a pool" he said, he kissed my cheek then ran
off to our office. My family smiled then disappeared in different
directions.
"Rylie?" I looked up when Souten called my name, she looked confused
about something.
"What is it?" I asked walking towards her, I put my arm around her
shoulder.
"Can I talk to you?" she asked, I looked around us and the family
were walking around us and all around the house.
"Sure, come on we will go for a walk" I said, we headed for the door
when Sesshomaru spotted me.
"Don't worry just going for a walk around the property" I told him
and walked out of the house with Souten. "Tell Bankotsu Souten is with
me" I added then closed the door behind us. Once we were away from the house, I waited for Souten to talk to me.
"What is wrong Souten?" I asked, we walked around the forest line.
"Bankotsu proposed to me, but I am not sure I can live my life as a
protector'. How do you do it, and still have time for Sesshomaru?" she
asked I stopped and stared at her.
"Is that what is wrong? Your afraid you won't have time for Bankotsu?"
I asked, she stopped walking and sat on a fallen tree.
"Yes, I don't want him to loose interest in me" she said, I smiled at
her.
"Let me tell you something, the men in this family are very devoted.
My father still cares deeply for my mother, even though their
relationship didn't work, but they are the best of friends. The men
in this family understand the pressures of being the protectors', so
you won't have any problem there. You just need to have confidence in
yourself. Bankotsu will be good to you, and you are good for him. My
brothers would never cheat, I know I'm just the sister, but I know my
brothers. They used to be playboys, but ever since you girls came
into their lives, I have seen a great change in them." I said, my
cell phone started ringing, I looked at it and smiled at Souten.
"Don't worry so much, I promise everything will be fine. Come on I'll
take you through your first protective duty." I added.
"Hello" I answered my phone watching the front of the house.
"Rylie it's Kagura, I need your help Hakudoshi is stalking me, he is
standing outside now watching me through the window." she said, she
sounded panicked.
"Alright I'm on my way" I said then hung up.
"Call Ayame and Shori. Us girls go out alone tonight." I said to
Souten, she nodded and closed her eyes, calling the other girls to us.
When the girls arrived, I said "alright for this mission we will not
need the men or the elders. We were called to Kagura's place,
apparently Hakudoshi is now stalking her. Since it is Ayame and Souten's first outing, I asked you, Shori, to join us and help me work
with them and show these men that we can take care of ourselves." I
smiled at Souten who didn't like going anywhere without Bankotsu.
"Let's go" I added, we all jumped into Ayame's truck and headed off
to Kagura's place. We only had our dagger/staffs on us but I felt
that would be enough. We arrived ten minutes later and Hakudoshi was
still there watching Kagura through her window.
"Hakudoshi, get out of here" I said, he turned and stared at me
smiling. Kagura came out of the house grinning.
"Hakudoshi would never harm me, he loves me" Kagura said, I heard
Ayame and Souten gasp as they realized I was tricked.
"Really? and you believe him." I said, I looked at Shori, she nodded.
We turned around and headed back for the truck, I could hear Hakudoshi
pull something out of his jacket.
"I will have your powers, by force if necessary." he yelled at me, I
turned and stared at him.
"If you are after my virginity you are too late. I already gave it to
Sesshomaru" I said, the girls got into the truck, I watched Hakudoshi's face
go bright red, I smiled then got into the truck and drove off.
"Why does he want you dead?" Souten asked, I looked at her than
back at Shori.
"Because of his best friend Naraku, I killed him when he tried to take my
virginity and kill me" I said, Souten looked confused
"Souten are you still a virgin?" Shori asked as we drove back home.
"Yes" she said, I stared at her. How was I going to explain this to
her.
"I think that is something Bankotsu should explain to you" I said, I
smiled as we pulled into the driveway and our men were standing there
waiting. I jumped out of the truck and hugged Sesshomaru.
"Where did you girls go?" Sesshomaru asked, I looked at him then back at
the girls who were all being hugged by their men.