Chapter 25
Play the Blame Game
Disclaimer: I do not own either Hellsing or Inuyasha!
"You have a palace?"
"Yes, Sapphire and Ruby are there too."
"Sapphire and Ruby?"
"My familiars."
They sank to a comfortable silence as they kept on flying through the air coming closer and closer to the crystal gates that glistened welcomingly in the distance.
"Here we are!" Kagome said landing a meter in front of the gates, beckoning Sesshoumaru to come closer.
"This palace is yours?" He chocked out looking with wonder at the beautifully assembled diamond gates.
"Yep! All mine." She sighed contentedly, touching the gates with one hand. The gates suddenly yawned open, illuminating the glistening exterior with the last rays of the setting sun. The red rays highlighted the many diamond walls, shining in melody with their Mistress' mood.
"Beautiful..." He whispered gazing around.
"Isn't it?" she gazed dreamily up at the crystalline roof, showing the stars and moon that peppered the dark, blue folds of the sky.
"Yes, who made this?"
"I did, silly!" Kagome giggled as she twirled down the long corridor, leading to the garden. "Come on! I'll show you to the garden."
The palace for lack of a better word, awed Sesshoumaru. He has been to many palaces in his long lifetime, but, this was the first time he has ever laid eyes on anything so perfectly sublime. The walls reflected the moon's rays so many times, that it was almost like daytime in the halls.
He followed Kagome down the long winding hall, towards the gardens and what he saw left him breathless in wonder. He drank in the magnificent sight before him, in front of him was a garden, of fire, water, ice, thunder, light, darkness, wind and earth.
"What do you think of it?" Kagome asked, nervously, watching Sesshoumaru's reaction. She was quite nervous; she wanted him to be happy here, in her palace, her domain.
"Its sublime..." He said breathlessly locking eyes with her crimson orbs. "Just like you are..."
She looked away from him, and up to the balcony above them. "Let's go up..."
She jumped up landing soundlessly on the marble tiles of her balcony, Sesshoumaru landed next to her just as soundlessly, following her onto one of the large couches close to the end, looking directly down from the mountain that the palace was situated on. Giving them a beautiful view of the silver tinted trees below them and the garden that still stretched out below them, a shining colourful patch of flowers and plants.
She plopped on the couch, sinking into the whirlwind cushions, feeling the air move around to accommodate her and Sesshoumaru. He watched her carefully as she closed her eyes slowly, letting the silver light of the moon bathe her skin and illuminate it.
"You look tired..." Sesshoumaru whispered stroking her alabaster skin, leaning closer to her.
"Um-hm..." She replied sleepily, scooting closer to the source of warmth.
Sesshoumaru was shocked speechless and the vampiress moved closer to him, he pulled her gently closer to him and she rested her head on his chest, breathing deeply, falling asleep.
Soon, sleep also caught up to Sesshoumaru, rendering him asleep, sinking into blissful unconsciousness with his love in his arms securely.
With Integra and Walter and Seras...
"Walter!"
"Yes, Sir Integra?" Inquired the old retainer as he popped into Integra's office.
"When are Alucard and Kagome coming back?"
"They should be back today, Sir Integra. Getting worried are we?" Answered the butler, raising a single grey eyebrow.
"No... At least not for them... With the Millennium still wreaking havoc everywhere, I would feel better if there was at least either Alucard or Kagome, here."
"Yes, they do make quite a good defence, do they not?"
"Yes, which reminds me, the Queen wishes to meet Kagome at the ball, tonight."
"At the spring ball? Tonight?" Walter gasped.
"Yes... She wishes her to be presented to the public, just like Alucard was. Thought this time, I can see that she is already trying to use her in some way." Integra answered dully, watching the horizon. "The question is in what way."
"Yes, she could be looking for a secret weapon herself, and she probably will be trying her hardest to tie the girl to the royal family."
"Correct. She will go to extreme lengths to ensure her family's safety and a living, all powerful vampire, will be a one way ticket to surviving this war."
"Do you really think that the Queen will tie her down to the royal family?"
"Its quite possible, the Queen has two grandsons, she will probably try to marry her to the youngest."
"But Kagome is a vampire, surely the Queen won't let her son marry a Nosferatu."
"You forget, Walter, that Kagome is technically still alive. Her heart still beats. It will be reason enough for the Queen to snap her up."
"But Alucard will oppose it."
"Alucard is tied to me. If the Queen orders me to give away Kagome to the Queen as a bride for one of her grandsons, then I can do nothing. Unless..."
"Unless?"
"Unless, she is already bound by another marriage contract or is bound to Alucard."
"What good will it do to be bound to Alucard?"
"It will ground her to the Hellsing family in doing so, and so the Queen will be unable to take her, unless she would make the whole family part of the royal family, in which Alucard will become King."
"... The Queen won't be happy with that then... But the other alternative, if Kagome is bethrothed to another, which is the simplest solution, how will we find a groom?"
"A groom for what? Is someone getting married?" asked a tinkling voice coming from the mahogany doors of the office.
Integra and Walter turned quickly, weapons drawn.
"Whoa... Paranoid much?" Kagome said, raising her hands as a sign of surrender.
"Oh, Kagome its only you..." Integra sighed in relief.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Kagome hissed in anger, insulted.
Integra an Walter raised their eyebrows at the quietly seething vampires, and wondered what in the world put her in such a foul mood. Alucard soon stepped in and turned to his Daughter.
"Now, now, Princess... There is no need for you to fume at the Master or Walter... They didn't do anything wrong now, did they?"
"No, they didn't! It's all your fault! Why did you have such rotten timing, Father?!"
"My fault?! It wasn't my bloody fault that you fell in loe with him too late!"
"You were the one who wanted me to mate with him!"
"So?! It was going to happen anyways!"
"Well, If you didn't push me, I might only fall in love with him, after we had to leave!"
"SHUT UP! Both of you! Now tell me what is bothering you and we might work this out!"