Chapter 7
To answer miyageorge026's question, InuYasha and Sesshomaru have that relationship where even though Sesshomaru doesn't want to admit it, he cares for InuYasha and wants to help him, just in his own twisted way.
These will be the last updates for a while because I'm having problems at home, but don't worry, I will not forget about you guys. I should be able to update again in maybe a week or two. I'm sure you guys can survive that long (I know I won't be able).
Twenty minutes later, Myuki, Naoko, and Natsuko had all come back to get the children and lead them to the dining hall. They were all led down the halls once again until they came to large double doors. Above the doors, there was a painting of a great battle. They paid no head to it and the servants opened the double doors to the dining hall.
As they walked in, they looked around the bare room. The floor was white marble and the walls were marble tinted blue. There were no paintings or portraits or tables with vases full of flowers like the usual. The room was completely bare save for the large rectangle marble table in the middle with blue and white cushions seated around it.
"Wow, what a bland room." Aki said with distaste. Akio grabbed his chin and forced him to look up. He was awe struck at what he saw. Painted on the roof of the large dining hall was the same painting that was hung over the double doors outside of the room. It depicted a battle. On the far left side, there seemed to be creatures made of black smoke with glowing red eyes surrounding a more human looking creature with red eyes that seemed to stare into the soul. In the background, there were mountains with lava running down them into rivers on the ground. Trees were burning and the sky was blood red as black smoke filled the sky. The red sky bled to sky blue on the far right side and the sky was filled with puffy white clouds. There were no burning trees or rives of lava. On that side, they could see exactly seven creatures. Most of the creatures seemed to be animals, but one looked human. They were made of a white light and their white eyes were fierce. Each creature on each side was heading into battle to defeat their enemies.
"Not so bland now, is it?" Kouga teased Aki. Aki growled lightly, frowning, but he looked back up.
"I do admit though, this is impressive." He said, moving to take his seat at the table.
Kagome and Kikyo were already sitting at the table. They were sitting on the right side of where the head of the table would be. Kikyo sat first then Kagome. InuYasha sat next to Kagome and Sesshomaru sat next to InuYasha. Akio sat across from Kikyo and Aki sat next to him. Kaoru sat next to Aki, much to Kouga's displeasure, and he sat next to his sister.
"Who painted this? It looks new." InuYasha asked Kagome.
"Our mother." Kagome responded, swelling with pride for their mother. InuYasha nodded, still looking at the painting in awe.
"Our mother said it was a prophecy." Kikyo said. Everyone's attention was immediately on her and she smiled on the inside.
"What's the prophecy?" Kouga asked. Kikyo was about to tell them when the servants walked in with the food. They sat the trays down in the middle of the table and then left the room. Everyone stared at the food, confusion written all over their faces.
"What is this?" Kaoru asked. She sniffed it. "It smells delicious." She said. Kagome giggled.
"Our father said that it's food from a land far away. It was delivered here a few days ago. He got it for this day specifically." Kagome said with a smile.
"I believe your father is trying to sucker us up, if I do say so myself." Kouga said with a smile, picking up his chopsticks. Kagome giggled.
"You don't use chopsticks to eat this. You use a fork." Kagome said, holding up an object that the others had never seen.
"What is this food?" InuYasha asked. Kagome began to explain the different types of foods set in front of them, everyone paying attention closely. Kikyo looked down at her sister with a small glare, a growl stuck in her throat.
Once again, the little runt has stolen the attention away from me. Kikyo thought. When Kagome finished her explanation, Kikyo spoke up.
"We have eaten these foods a few times, but only on special occasions." She said. Everyone had already begun eating their food.
"Like what?" InuYasha asked.
"Oh! They had eaten this meal after I was born." Kagome said with a bright smile.
"Of course. A special meal for a special occasion." Kouga said with a wolfish grin. Everyone else wanted to roll their eyes at the flirtatious wolf. Everyone laughed lightly, Sesshomaru watching on in amusement.
Kikyo turned away from the group, growling softly to herself, which went unnoticed to the others. Kikyo wanted so badly to scream and shout at Kagome for continuously stealing the attention away from her. She ate quietly, not listening to the conversation they were having. She perked up though when she heard Kagome call her name.
"What?" She asked, setting her fork down and using a napkin to wipe her lips.
"We were wondering who you think father wants you to mate." She asked. Kikyo raised her eyebrow, wondering why of all the things they could be talking, they would talk about who would mate who. She shook her head.
"It doesn't matter. I will mate whoever I need to to keep the peace in our lands." Kikyo said, sipping her drink. Kagome looked down slightly.
"Oh, well, Kouga was thinking that I would mate-"
"You are too young to worry about who you will be mating. You need to focus on your teachings. You'll be worried about mating when you are much older." Kikyo said, looking at Kagome. Kagome shrunk down in her seat. She stood up, brushing the wrinkles out of her clothes.
"Excuse me." She walked quickly out of the dining hall towards the garden. Kikyo sipped some more of her drink then set it down and stood up.
"Excuse me." She walked in the opposite direction Kagome went to her room. The rest of the kids sat in the uncomfortable silence.
"Tch. Females." Akio said, sipping his drink.