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Post by Seishii on Jun 24, 2009 13:32:34 GMT -5
The sudden behavior form Lord Sesshoumaru almost brought Seishii to a grin. He wanted to laugh right there and now as he could not see himself courting Lady Zoe; after all, she was actually going to become his mother in just few years. Sure, he admired Lady Zoe and had wanted a woman of his to be similar to her. Isn’t that normal for all sons who harbor wishes that their future mate would almost be like their mother?
He quirked an eyebrow, watching Lord Sesshoumaru admonished Lady Zoe for her inappropriate behavior. It was only momentarily that he was glad he removed her from him. He wasn’t sure what else he should do. Typically, he would have taken a step back with hands raised and in his predicament, it would have made him look weak in front of Lord Sesshoumaru. It was something he could not afford when he’s acting the part of a normal, young guard.
The sight of a younger version of someone he knew leave Seishii to stare at Lady Rin a bit too closely. He was mildly surprised just how young and different she was. The Lady Rin he recalled, someone he often referred to as Aunt Rin, was elderly and had a laugh that he adored along with the mischievous spirit. He remembered the day Aunt Rin died. It wasn’t just him who was affected by the loss of his adored relative, but his father suffered the loss as well. He wasn’t quite the same since that day.
Immediately, he bowed to Lady Rin when Sesshoumarou introduced her to him. It was not a problem for him. He recalled how when he was young, he often pulled pranks on possible suitors who wanted to court Lady Rin much to his mother’s dismay. He will certainly have fun with that. With a slight smirk, “I understand and it will be my pleasure, Lord Sesshoumaru.”
He almost choked on his word when Lady Rin made statements in regards to his appearance. Mentally, he kicked himself and willed himself to return back to his normal, composed self with a gentle smile plastered on his face, “Ah, I have been told that, Lady Rin.” Closing his eyes slightly out of respect as usual, “My name is Seishii.” He could hear the giggles from behind Lady Rin. He knew they were talking about him and was obviously used to it. Plus, he did not miss the look on Lady Rin. His past Aunt Rin was the same way and the two often pulled mischievous actions despite her years of knowledge.
“Careful, you’re now the center of attention for these young ladies.”
He turned his attention from the group of girls, taking notice of the smile on Lady Zoe’s face.
Please don’t look at me like that. You’re going to get in more trouble…
He understood that the smile was nothing related to sexual means, but it was a kind of smile that his mother often directed at him just to get him turns red on the cheeks. Luckily, this time, he didn’t and simply returned a grin of his own, “I’m used to it.” He was used to women and no, he was not the type to womanize any females, “I have been taught to be mindful of women and keep to my responsibilities.”
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Post by Sesshoumaru Sama on Jun 24, 2009 20:45:25 GMT -5
Sesshoumaru was not looking behind him, but he could smell and sense the lady behind him. His youkai self was pleased that she had not overly fought his actions. Only questioned it a bit. It was good. Very good. He was very very pleased. He was so pleased he didn't even see or study the look on Seishii's face at the moment, if he had he would have stopped and gone back to pretending to be a bastard. He would realize his behavior later of course, and later he'd be berating himself.... again...
“The males here are not the males in your land. If they think you find them suitable for mates you can get into a lot of trouble. There are quite a few you will find that can get the wrong idea very easily.” Sesshoumaru said calmly, but still with the normal cold tone in his voice. He did have to have a ghost of a smirk on his face, she had been lost in thought back there for a while. He knew she had to be thinking something good. If she wasn’t he was sure he’d be the first to know. She wouldn’t have been soo still for so long if she found it inappropriate.
In his thoughts where also thoughts of this young guard. Rin had a knack for pointing out the obvious that even he did not see sometimes. How was it that he did not notice it? Of course the truthful answer was that most silver inu did tend to look a bit alike. After all there wasn’t much you could differentiate if all of them had silver hair, and amber eyes. But this boy was different. He was mixed with something, though what that something as Sesshoumaru could not tell, and so far the boy had not lied.
Rin and her giggling ladies didn’t make things better. Neither did Zoe for that matter. “That tone is exactly the trouble I mean.” He said sounding annoyed as he turned to Zoe. “Do you wish to get force mated Lady Zoe?” He asked brutally honest. Her tendency to sound like his brother’s wench was more than irritating, and he knew his brother’s mate had her share of trouble because of how she was.
I wonder if all the ladies from future times are like this? Or are we just lucky to get them like this? He thought as he sighed mentally.
“You can go now Rin, just remember if you wish to go out side the castle you will have to let Seishii here know, and do try to stay out of trouble this time.” Sesshoumaru said calmly looking to his ward, his face shifting a bit, the look in his eyes getting warmer even if the face stayed stoic.
Rin looked to her ladies, giggled and looked to Seishii. “You are very cute.” She said giggling and looking to Sesshoumaru she threw him the innocent child look. “Hai Sesshoumaru Sama.” She said giving him the cutest smile ever. She bowed and giggled and left the room with her ladies, all of them talking among themselves, probably about Seishii, and the fact that he was going to guard Rin.
“I will warn you in advance, my ward is human but she can get into messes a youkai wouldn’t think to find. You will have your hands full when she leaves the castle.” Sesshoumaru said to Seishii.
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Post by Zoe on Jun 25, 2009 11:56:13 GMT -5
Of course, the female zasshu was not stupid enough to not be aware of the situation regarding the unmated males around her. Though, one thing she surprisingly made discovery was that males around in this timeline could have easily performed a force mating of their chosen female without their consideration. Can this be done? Did it really happy among the Inu clan?
She couldn’t picture it. In fact, she could not see the demon lord doing this. It was perhaps that the way he behaved, most likely that he would not lower himself to do such thing. She could only hope that he wouldn’t. Strangely enough, she even hoped that he wouldn’t look at other women or go after one. Subconsciously, the hand held in the demon lord’s grip, tightened subtly as if to ground him to her only. Instinctively, her scent covered up and masked her inkling sense of insecurities.
If this is what it’s like, it’s really troublesome.
She hadn’t said anything and only stared at the back of the demon lord with an eyebrow raised curiously. She blinked innocently when the demon lord turned to look at her. Instantly, she glowered, “do I look like I would want to be forced?” She appeared to frown on the behavior that males do, “a male who forces mating ritual on a female to his bidding is not a man.” With a turn of her face, she glanced at the shelves filled with messy books and scrolls, not even looking at the demon lord once again.
However, she could not ignore what the young human ward was saying about the young guard. She was right and what was even more startling that she even thought that the young guard had the same eye colors as hers.
They were cobalt blue.
She hadn’t seen another Inu boy who possessed the same eye colors as most usually had amber eyes and other usual colors. But, blue? That was a rarity. Curiosity grew intense, forcing Zoe to take a side step and to inspect the young guard once again. The way he behaved told her that he was more than what he seemed. It wasn’t obvious, but it was her instinctive feelings telling her otherwise. Not to mention, he was used to being around females, but he behaved like a young man should, being respectful. Ironically, she felt pleased and sprouted a slight grin.
At least there are some men who are like that.
Yes, tell me about it. It takes one to know one.
She immediately thought to herself, watching the young human ward exit the office room. She could tell and not even the young lady herself could hide her mischief from her. And as far as she could tell, even the young guard noticed since he grinned slightly. It seemed that he was one of the few Inus who would express himself quite openly.
Well, maybe not so openly…
Just as her unpredictability took its turn, she spotted a large puffy boa over the demon lord’s shoulder. Is it a decoration or its part of the body? If it is biologically a body part, then how in the world is it attached to him? She could not fathom just what is it for and rarely had she seen one that seemed so out of place. Impulsively, her free hand lifted and touched the puffy boa. Much to her surprise, it was silky to the touch and actually is warm.
Something told her to look up and she spotted the young guard staring at her as if screaming at her to not do such a thing. Yet, he did not voice or acted on it. His eyes alone revealed an alarmed thought of his.
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Post by Seishii on Jun 25, 2009 11:57:04 GMT -5
It was indeed a good idea that he was here and at exactly the right time. Seishii almost could not believe that they started off worst to a point that Lord Sesshoumaru even attacked Lady Zoe. Yet, for what reason? If he knew Lord Sesshoumaru, it would be that there was a reason behind it. After all, the woman had a knack for pulling herself into trouble or bringing trouble around her circle, even sometime despite her good intentions. It wasn’t that he was okay with the recent occurrence. Even he wouldn’t harm his own if he ever comes across one. No matter the situation, he will not raise a hand to his future mate, that is, unless she come to him with the intention to kill.
Then it’d be an otherwise a different situation.
The usual admonishment from the demon lord to lady Zoe was something Seishii was used to. Once again, he had to force down his impish grin, feeling better that his presence prompted the demon lord to act this way. It was what they needed; after all, those two had a hard time expressing their feelings to each other. Perhaps he’s needed as a cupid for those two to ensure the future and his own. However, he knew that he would not disappear here if the two did not wind up together. Yet, he will if he returned to the future where he came from. As a precaution, he decided to bring the picture of his family with him, safely locked away within a silver cuff similar to his mother’s and invisible from naked eyes. The family picture will let him know if the future had changed.
He arched an eyebrow as the young Lady Rin voiced her opinion, “thank you for the compliment, Lady Rin.” He did not blush and he wouldn’t as easily as others would think. Instead, he could only send a warm smile with a bow. It was clear that he will be protective of the young lady and certainly have fun warding off unwanted suitors.
He turned to face the demon lord and nodded, “I will keep that in mind, Lord Sesshoumaru.” Unknowingly, there was a hint of mischief in those cobalt eyes. He was well aware of the spirit of the young human ward. Yet, he still could not shake off the shock that his Aunt Rin actually looked adorable when she was younger. She certainly did had a lot of energy to spare now that he watched her behavior.
He noticed that Lady Zoe stole another glance at him. Only this time, her eyes were investigating; analyzing him to see what goes on. Instinctively, he wanted to run, and really fast before she could piece the puzzles together. It was a look that he most often could not escape. His mother often do to that to him, especially when he pulled pranks and she put pieces together to find out what had just occurred. What was even more alarming that she had the gut to pet Lord Sesshoumaru’s boa-tail. He knew it was the sensitive part of the demon lord and wondered just how in the world he was going to get out of the office.
The lord hadn’t released him yet and he couldn’t just walk out himself. A young guard who was just employed by the lord of the castle could not happily leave until the superior says he may. He was staring at Lady Zoe, seemly trying to ward her away from the tail, and yet not openly so.
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Post by Sesshoumaru Sama on Jun 25, 2009 12:49:05 GMT -5
He was still looking to her, out of the corner of his eyes. Just looking to everyone else but looking to her as well. The slight tightning of her hand in his showed him she didn’t like the idea of being force mated. But then again what female in her right mind would. Not even the lowliest human female would, and she was correct the male who did it was not worthy of living. But he did have to make her realize she could not keep acting as if she was in her land and everyone was like her.
“Hmmm, I didn’t think you would but, I did have to check.” He said just to tease her for a minute. When she turned from him, he chuckled mentally watching her with a cold gaze, but mischievous eyes. The guard spoke and he turned to watch him as Rin left. There was still something about the boy that just had him thinking. He turned to Zoe, noticing she was watching him as well, her gaze was one of studying someone. She saw him oddly too?! Not surprising. She was a very astute woman. No doubt she saw the same oddities he did… Or some he didn’t given who she was. It made him even more curious. Curiosity was not good for him. Always led him into doing things… Like saving Rin… However all his thinking was thrown out the window when he felt it. Soft female hands touching his fur…
This woman is insane… This is just proof… How dare she? Does she not have any idea of what she’s doing? No of course she doesn’t… She never does! She will be my doom I already see it… Sesshoumaru though while he slowly turned his face to watch her. He looked to her with an elegant eyebrow raised, and a cold, stoic, logical look on his face that was slightly annoyed, but yet his eyes showed he was hiding feelings of pleasure. He was trying to control the sudden feeling he got to jump her. Jumping her like a common animal wouldn’t do. Certainly not. Specially if he did it only because of something so simple as someone touching his fur. Not that it happened to be just any fur mind you… But it happened to be THAT fur… Why is it that all these women are curious about it? Have they not seen fur before? He thought watching her still.
“Enjoying yourself? Perhaps you wish to investigate what I have under my pants as well? Because you seem to be doing everything in your power to make me mate with you?” Sesshoumaru said with a tone that was a mix of annoyed, cold, and supreme control that wasn’t working as well as he would have liked. Once again he forgot the guard was even back there, but who could blame him. The tip of the fur was now wagging slightly. Though some couldn’t even see it, or imagine it did that, but it could. Though Sesshoumaru kept perfect control of it most of the time, when it was being petted by someone Sesshoumaru found pleasing that was another story. Because of course it wouldn’t be like this for nearly anyone, no… This was just another proof that Sesshoumaru did find her pleasing, perfect, and mating material. Though he was still not yet telling himself that.
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Post by Zoe on Jun 26, 2009 11:40:52 GMT -5
The feel of the soft and warm fur underneath her free hand was inviting and tempting.
The female zasshu couldn’t stop there and continued to stroke the fur until she noticed the demon lord slowly turning his gaze. Yet, it wasn’t enough for her to stop, even when he inquired her with such blatant suggestion. For a minute, she stopped and stared right back innocently. It was clear that she didn’t quite understand what the fur was exactly for and what could it project itself to. That is, until he gave her the look she immediately recognized.
Hm..?
She blinked until her cobalt blue eyes widen with clear understanding of what she was doing. As if some lightning struck her, she snapped her hand away with a faint hint of blush crept up her cheeks, despite her daggering the demon lord with glares once again. “I wasn’t! If I had known, I wouldn’t do this. I was just curious.” Out of spite, she decided to stroke his fur just to push his button with her tongue sticking out. “There!”
She should have realized it since the beginning. Sesshoumaru was a dog-typed demon and he certainly does have weak spots in his body. Outrageously, she thought that perhaps a good rub or scratch behind his head would lull him to sleep or even make him groan. Yet, she never would have thought that the boa-like fur was his one of his weakness that she could certainly turn him on. Interestingly, despite her obvious dislike to him, she felt thrilled to know that she could arouse him this way. She was already in turmoil, she was either tempted to pet him furthermore or to use that as a blackmail or avoid it at all cost.
The slight movement on the bottom end of his boa-fur oddity caught her attention. It was alive? Sure, she shouldn’t be surprised by this. She fathomed that it could be a tail since he was a silver dog demon, which made complete sense to her. Yet, what she did not realize that such movement could not easily be seen as it is rarely done by anyone else with a stroke on his fur-boa tail.
How long has it been since they held hands together? And just when will the demon lord loosen his grip on her hand and release? It wasn’t that she didn’t like, just merely surprise that he hadn’t the mind to let her go yet. Did he still have that jealous streak in him? Would he do it again the second time if she got close to the young guard? The mere thought of it was tempting though she had the mind to not do such thing at this point. After all, she could tell that the young guard was watching something on the shelves, obviously trying to give them space.
“…you’re not going to let him do his job?”
The young guard had her interest and she wanted to know more about it. It was then that she made plans to herself that she would hunt him down and just bother him endlessly to see what other secrets he just may have. It was a feeling she had that he was more than what he seemed. Even the young lady who was here earlier was right, he did seem to bear striking resemblances to the demon lord, yet his behavior is not quite the same.
Just not quite
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Post by Seishii on Jun 26, 2009 11:41:40 GMT -5
Not again.
Why did this have to happen again? If they had known who he truly was, he could have freely left the room without a problem. But now, he couldn’t, because he’s a young guard, a guise he chose to parade around and to keep eyes on those two.
He just knew it was going to happen, when Lady Zoe touched the boa-tail of Lord Sesshoumaru. It was one of his most sensitive spot and the perfect spot to even calm him down if need be. It was also a way to distract him as well. He knew it because even he had one and it was his tails which was not similar to Lord Sesshoumaru’s. Instead, it was the six tails and it was not surprising that many would think he’s a fox youkai, which clearly, he wasn’t as he does not wield foxy ears at all. Not even when he used the Whip of Light, his own ability inherited from his father, yet in his own color and slight differentiated techniques. Suddenly, he wondered what their reactions would be if he revealed himself.
Should he tempt them with who the mother was? After all, he clearly looked and acted like a silver inu. If he tempted them with whom the father is, then the answer is obvious. With a slight shake of his head, he decided on tempting them with who the mother really is should he be revealed in one way or another.
Yes, let them investigate all they want. Perhaps that’ll give them the closure they needed. Break down those barriers and start getting together…
The slight change in situation prompted the young guard to look away and stare at the shelves. It was only in matter of seconds did he find himself analyzing the shelves, pin-pointing where they should go and how it should be organized. His body stiffened when he heard the female’s voice directed at him.
Yes! Thank you for noticing me again!
The hands still hadn’t been released. It was a good sign so far and he was internally pleased.
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Post by Sesshoumaru Sama on Jun 26, 2009 12:18:35 GMT -5
He saw the realisation hit her as she bolted her hand away from his fur. It was slightly amuzing, and the truth was he had been enjoying quite thoroughly. Much to the annoyance of his very logical mind, A mind that was telling him to run away from the woman as fast and as stoically as possible.
Too bad his demonic side and his instincts where pretty much telling him the opposite, and after all he was a man that knew to follow instincts when it gave him desired results. What inu wouldn’t?
He saw a little thrill in her eyes. The little spark of satisfaction going on in her. So she was enjoying doing this to him? Making him as such? Curious woman…Does she not realize her toy can toy back? Perhaps I should. Perhaps I should just see how far she’d go before she runs away screaming for her father. That should be amusing. He though studying her. The movement of the fur’s tip increased a bit as the devious plan ran through his mind. The cold smirk, turned into the evil smile Jaken was so deathly afraid off.
“No, I have not decided what his job inside the palace will be yet. So he will just have to be patient and stay there as a proper guard. But I‘m sure he knows that.” Sesshoumaru said knowing that having an audience would just make this worse for her.
With a controlled mind he kept smiling as the fur moved like white lightning and grabbed her, after wrapping itself around her. It tightened and moved still just as fast and tightened her to him, their faces now inches from each other.
“If I was a lesser demon, you would have had to kill me to get me away from you. As it is be thankful I am not. I saw the mischief in your eyes Lady, but be certain you realize who you pull something on. If you push I will push back, and you might not like the consequences…” He said smirking evilly, he ran a hand over her face, gently caressing. “Or is that what you wish? Hmmm? Do you wish to have an excuse? To say I did not want this? When you did?” He asked knowing this would mortify her, she looked like the type that would be mortified by this. Good, she should be. She wants to play, I can as well. Sesshoumaru thought still looking to her, a few inches more and you’d think he’d kiss her.
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Post by Zoe on Jun 26, 2009 12:51:20 GMT -5
For a moment there, she felt bad for the young guard. He clearly did not seem to appreciate being in the same office as they are. Perhaps it was the behavior that she and the demon lord conducted. Was it all too inappropriate?
The sight of a large puffy boa-tail caught her off guard.
Who would have thought that such tail can move that fast? All this time, Zoe had let down her guard, thinking it was just a mere decoration or just part of his body part that does not provide much use until now. She would have squeaked in surprise, but she didn’t and wouldn’t dare in front of him. She wouldn’t give him the satisfaction that he managed a sound out of her through this pure surprise of his.
She blinked rapidly, trying to settle her mind down and to think logically of what just occurred. Yet, her body could not ignore just how comfortable it actually was being wrapped up in that boa-tail or whatever he may have called it. In either cases, she would simply call it boa tail just because it looked like one and it moved just slightly until it showed its real face. His comments and warnings prompted the feminine side of her to curl and blow a whistle outrageously, yet she did not outwardly. She merely stared at him in complete surprise and the feel of his hand caressing her face automatically turned her cheeks red once again.
Just how many times had he managed to make her blush?
Too many to count and she did not like it one bit.
What she hated the most was that they had an audience and the poor guard must be suffering from this blatant scene between the two. She wondered what it must’ve been like for him to be in the position when two people just seemed like they’re about to do their thing as usual. Tearing her gaze from the young guard and back on the demon lord, she realized just how close they were face to face. If he had just moved a few inches closer, she would have no doubt that he would have done it. After all, she learned a new side of him. Even he can be unpredictable and turn the table around. As much as she would have liked being caressed by him or even imagine the possibility of what he was about to do, she decided to turn the table around by closing the distance and just nip the tip of his nose.
Almost immediately, she willed her shadowfyre and phased through the boa-tail only to float above the ground with a smirk. She hadn’t spoken a word, settling herself next to a chair, the shadowfyre now turned off as her whitish skin returned back to olive. “Careful, I just may be tempted to play….the game of a cat and mouse.” Shifting her focus from the demon lord to the young guard, she sprouted a grin, “I apologize for the behavior.” She clearly appeared normal though she would not let anyone know that her body wanted to shiver from being held in that boa-tail and the caress she felt on her face.
She was not about to let this man shake her with the pleasure she did not acknowledge or in the least, wanted to. “Careful, Sesshoumaru,” she tore her gaze away from the young guard toward him once again, “I just may have you running first.” The looks in her eyes were that of a predator, seemingly wanting to play with its prey. It was clear that while she may have been surprised and mortified by how things just occurred, even she could equally turned the table around.
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Post by Seishii on Jun 26, 2009 12:52:00 GMT -5
Seishii stifled the need to groan in protest. He did not want to be here when all of this went down. A closer inspection, much to his dismay, of the situation, he realized that Lord Sesshoumaru was doing this on purpose. He had looked at him and then at Lady Zoe only to realize that the woman did not appreciated being tormented like this with an audience around.
He almost wanted to stop the situation, though he managed to stick himself to the ground. He was a daiyoukai or a diazasshu, whatever his parents preferred. It was even more difficult when he tried to please both his parents and was careful of the way he used the words when he’s in their presence.
How difficult it to have doting parents…
It wasn’t that he minded being given the attention, it just so that he understood, though not exactly the whole point. He never had a child himself, so he wouldn’t quite understand it until he had one. The sudden behavior from Lord Sesshoumaru had the young guard quirked his eyebrow and merely watched until Lady Zoe turned the table around.
As expected.
Yet, he didn’t expect her to actually…bite, lick or nip at the tip of that Lord Sesshoumaru’s nose? And then that look. If a woman he desired looked at him that way, he wouldn’t be surprised that he would have wanted to run.
Will somebody just give me a job?
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Post by Sesshoumaru Sama on Jun 26, 2009 14:39:48 GMT -5
The feel of her, it was almost worth all of this, just to keep her like this. He had not counted on this feeling so good. On her feeling so good. It almost worked against him. Almost… But he controlled himself and kept his gorgeous amber eyes on her at all times. Oh he was paying attention to the guard as well, but most of his attention was on her.
Her blush again was adorable. It made him smirk to see it again, and just like she had enjoyed turning him on, he was enjoying making her blush. He could almost see the wheels in her head turning, as she learned and realized more about him. It made him mentally laugh. The fact that she was figuring out that he wasn’t to be predicted. The only thing you could predict about him was that you couldn’t know what he’d think or do next. Which was why he was such a hard person to battle against.
When she escaped him, he mentally chuckled. One more ability of yours I know lady. He thought with a pleased mental smile, as he watched her and listened to what she said. All that just making him raise an eyebrow and turn stoic to hide all his pleasure at the turn of events. “It is a good thing then that I am neither a cat, nor a mouse.” He said coldly to her, looking at her as if they had merely been discussing the weather, or politics. But it was good too, that she had not let any of her displeasure show, he knew it was there of course. But he was a bit proud of her that she hadn’t shown it. That she hadn’t lowered herself to do so. It said a lot about her strength, and it just added to his list of good things about her.
Of course good moments and good days have a tendency to just go south, and straight to hell….And it was going to happen now to the Lord of the West.
“my lord… I apologize for disturbing you…. We have a problem with the rabbits on the southern gardens.” A guard said coming in without even knocking, which just showed how big a problem it was. To a normal person you said ‘a problem with rabbits’ and they said ‘who cares?’… Sesshoumaru of course turned cold as ice immediately. All the fun he had just been having going out the window and out of his mind.
“You… come!” Sesshoumaru said coldly looking to Seishii as he left his office immediately, the guard besides him looking panicked. Kami forbid anything happen to those rabbits, he knew his lord would kill everyone in charge of them; And it was just what was happening now.
“Explain and you better explain well!” Sesshoumaru said coldly as he walked.
“My lord… We are not sure what happened… They have been reproducing well… The babies gaining weight well and such… The feeder pens have good numbers for you. But just now the servant in charge of feeding them came out and found a couple dead. She said more where dropping by the second.” The servant said knowing it wouldn’t be good. “It is only in the reproducing pens my lord…”
Sesshoumaru could barely contain his annoyance and anger at the matter. He got to the pens, the servants and healers already out there trying to save the rabbits. They had separated the ones that where still healthy, but that was barely 5 or 6, and to top it all off it was 4 males. No good at all.
“Report!!” Sesshoumaru said no in the mood for slow old healers now.
“They have been poisoned my lord…With what.. We do not know yet…” The healers said looking to their lord. “We will take one body to study. But the others should be burned far away from here my lord.” They said bowing.
“Do so!” Sesshoumaru said to the healers looking to the dead rabbits. His eyes showing deep worry, almost fear if you knew how and where to look. He knew the feeder pen held only enough for about 30 days, and that was with him barely eating… Without more reproducing he would starve….and he would do so very slowly…. Dying of starvation was not a very pleasant thought for anyone. But for a daiyoukai like him it was torture and then some since it could take even years. Of course he could just eat something else and die quicker... That thought was worse than the other though. Such a pathetic death... Dying in a pool of his own vomit.. He'd rather starve...
“What are your orders my lord?” The head of the guard in charge of the rabbits said bowing respectfully. Everyone knew the rabbits where important for their lord. No one knew why, but still it didn’t matter. All that mattered was that it was important to their lord.
Sesshoumaru was taken out of his thought by the request of the guard. He turned and looked to Seishii. “Go with the guards. Find who ever poisoned these rabbits. Find out why. Then kill them! Slowly and painfully!!!” Sesshoumaru said to Seishii, his heart clearly cold as ice now. He didn’t even notice if Zoe had followed or not. .
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Post by Zoe on Jun 26, 2009 23:10:28 GMT -5
Who would have thought that the female zasshu would actually enjoy this little game that both she and the demon lord were conducting in. For a split second, she realized that it was almost similar to a pre-courtship. Is this how it goes straight into courting stage? Oddly, she hoped so and not so. She wasn’t sure which answer she wanted to settle on, and so far, she knew she was enjoying this. The real question was will she enjoy this type of game for a long time?
Maybe so.
How can something like this be so complex and confusing? She silently wished that either of her parents could prepare her for this. Then again, who can prepare their child for this type of situation? Can it be done or has it to be done through experiences alone? Unfortunately, she was without her parents for a long while and might as well experienced it all and learn from it. Isn’t that what her father would have wanted?
Ah. Now he knows one of my abilities…
Oh wait. On a second thought, it was the same skill she used earlier when she went into the wood and saved a small inu child. She simply manipulated her shadowfyre to her desire and simply knocked all those hearts out before kicking them out of the wood just for sheer pleasure. She recalled that when she got there, she witnessed the sight of six warriors trying to molest the poor child. It only added fuel to her anger and a reason why she had all those hearts out and yet, she didn’t do it so quickly. She made sure that they experienced it half-way of having their heart ripped. Plus, she already had them on her list by now.
The thought of that little Inu child made her curious. It didn’t seem that well cared for since it was garbed in dirty rags. Was it really a silver Inu? Perhaps not, since she initially thought that the child was just extremely filthy that its hair was covered in dirt which why the hair isn’t silver. Upon her quick decision, she made mental note to check on the little one until a certain guard barged right in with grave news.
Rabbits again?
Out of curiosity, she immediately switched her gaze over to the demon lord, watching his expressions and his behavior alone. She no longer watched the young guard as she was still trying to pin-point why exactly the demon lord so overly concerned for rabbits and his meals was. At the tone of his voice, she almost jumped, surprised by the intensity of his coldness. Once again, she found her completely mute by the change in atmosphere.
The demon lord is cold as ice.
Rather than staying in the office stranded, she moved away from the chair and followed the young guard, another unknown guard and the demon lord toward where the rabbits were held. She did not walk in front and chose to stay behind them the entire time with both hands intertwined behind the small of her back. The more she watched Sesshoumaru, the more she put pieces together trying to gnaw at the answer that had been bothering her since the day she saw him eating the nauseating rabbit stew he claimed was his favorite.
Oh, how unconvinced she was.
Suddenly, she noticed the young guard watching something, his eye set on a particular spot or rabbit.
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Post by Seishii on Jun 26, 2009 23:11:19 GMT -5
What a complete change in just short amount of time and in one day no less.
The barging of Lady Zoe into the office, demanding for an apology and then the obvious flirtatious scene between the two followed by a guard barging in. For a split second, he thought that the guard was going to be beheaded by now. Instead, Lord Sesshoumaru demanded answer as what just occurred. He could tell that if he didn’t get the answer he wanted, all guards would have lost their lives by now. If that was the case, he would’ve had to reveal himself as he didn’t want to even fight with Lord Sesshoumaru. Even if he did fight with him, his moves and techniques would have been obvious; another reason why he chose to appear as a lowly guard just now employed by a lord. He was fine with it, which only served to provide him more freedom to see what goes around in the castle and see how maids, servants and guards behaved.
He couldn’t wait for the day when they all realize just who exactly he was.
Oh, what fun it would be.
It would have been considered the biggest pranks he ever pulled if he can maintain this guise of his for a long time. Realizing the situation at hand, he quickly discarded his mischievous thoughts, now attentive of the conversation between the guard and Lord Sesshoumaru. He was trailing behind them and noticed that Lady Zoe was behind him as well. She as silent and it was clear to him that she was now analyzing the situation; most likely, Lord Sesshoumaru himself. Otherwise, she would have gone off and do her thing as usual. She always had a plan and kept herself busy.
Perhaps it was a trait he gained from her; he could not just stand there and do nothing. He needed to keep moving and stay active. Now having finally arrived at the pen where the rabbits are held, he stood by and watched until Lord Sesshoumaru gave him the strict orders. While he did hear what he had ordered, his eyes, otherwise were occupied by something. For almost five seconds straight, his eyes were drilled onto one of the dead rabbits.
Instinctively, his body moved toward the rabbit and picked it up, ignoring the complaints from the servants. With just one look of his expression toward the servants, they instinctively quieted down. He turned his attention to the rabbit, Merely hold it by its ears, and brought it close to his face. He sniffed it for a good while. The scent, which he realized was not part of the rabbit itself, was slightly off.
“Scopolia.”
Dropping the rabbit back onto the ground, he turned to face the demon lord just short distance away, “Scopolia. This is a poisonous plant which is known to induce hallucination, coma, respiratory paralysis or even death if given large quantity.” Yet, he knew if it was just a tiny amount of this, it could even bring death to the demon lord. He still was amazed that this man was so completely worried. He managed to come back to a time when his father was still forced to eat the rabbit stew. There was another scent left on the rabbit, different from the plant and figured it must belong to the perpetrator.
He bowed lightly, “it will be my pleasure, Lord Sesshoumaru.” Not willing himself to be abandoned by the guards who quickly left, obviously now trying to make him look bad, he left without another word.
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Post by Sesshoumaru Sama on Jun 26, 2009 23:42:44 GMT -5
If a sertain demoness’ eyes where on him, he truly did not notice at the moment. His eyes and full attention where merely on his main problem right now. What was he supposed to do. He couldn’t believe how caught off guard he was on this. He wasn’t this bad as to have something this important unplanned for. He had taken the security of his castle for granted. He realized that now. He could have kicked himself but it was useless now to do so.
He had to find a way out of this and fast. He had to find a resolution. He was thinking about it as the guards left and Guard Seishii said all that. He raised an eyebrow at the young man. His knowledge was that deep? It was unusual, and later he would realize it’s significance. But right now there where other things occupying his intellect. Mainly the rabbits…Of course he couldn’t touch the dammed dead things. He didn’t dare even smell them really. He looked to the dead rabbits and looked to Seishii. He nodded and bid Seishii off. He would be watching the boy.
“Take them all… Burn them outside the castle with the wind facing away from it.” Sesshoumaru said to the servants quietly, but with a voice that was cold as ice. As all the servants now left to follow his orders you could see that he was still troubled and in pure thought, still the knowledge that Zoe was back there hadn’t hit him. He was looking to the empty pen and was still just purely lost in thought. Even the wind blowing his hair all over the place didn’t shake him out of it.
The feeder rabbits he supposed could be used for breeding. At least some of them… That meant his meals would be even weaker than usual. He would be half starved until all this was resolved. He hated the idea. But it was the best that could be done for now. At that moment he looked around for another servant to get someone out finding Jaken, it was then that he noticed ’her’ there.
“You find all this curious Lady Zoe?” He asked bluntly, not so ’loving’ as he had been before. But you couldn’t really blame him for not being in the best of moods now. Besides that the idea of her studying and realizing what was wrong with him, wasn’t the most pleasant in the world to him. “Be careful what you study. You might not like what you learn.” He said walking towards the garden where the feeder rabbits where. These looked healthy enough. They where fat, happy, and normal looking. Each separated so they could not mate. But each with plenty of food on their own area which was big, since they couldn’t be lazy things, he didn’t like caged animals either.
He looked at them studying each one to see if they where indeed well, or if they had been affected. Now he’d have to eat carefully. Just another ‘pleasant’ side effect of this… He thought sarcastically to himself.
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Post by Zoe on Jun 27, 2009 0:24:33 GMT -5
Any normal person would have thought oh dear, we just lost a few rabbits, but the demon lord was not any normal person. He was obsessively worried over the condition of the rabbits, like as if his very life depended on. And that is exactly what led Zoe to think about, as if his very life depended on it, those rabbits were his food source and possibly the only thing he can eat. Does this mean that he cannot digest any other meals?
What exactly would happen if he ate anything other than the rabbit stew?
The way the demon lord behaved and how cold he became brought Zoe one conclusive answer; death. How bad would it be? And why was he in this sort of condition? She couldn’t get any creative than this to find out the answer; which he obviously did not do much to hide it. Yet, he didn’t do anything to help provide those clues. It was either that one knows and keeps quiet or be killed if leaking information of his weakness to another is found. Of course, Zoe was not the type to do such thing and considered herself lucky for realizing the obvious answer after spending those days of trying to figure out what and why he behaved this way when it come down to food.
What was even more surprising that the young guard was intellectual than she anticipated. He certainly was more than what he seemed so far. Luckily enough, she recalled the name of the plant, Scopolia. She didn’t know enough to identify the plant in a single hit, yet knew enough that it was often found in the western part of Japan, meaning around here. This also indicates that someone must’ve been living around here or is at least part of the castle staff. It was either or, or even someone who just ventured into the western lands and picked the planet up along the way and somehow entered the castle undetected.
This goes to say that the castle hadn’t a tight security…
The sound of a gruff, but eloquent voice directed at her, she looked up to spot the demon lord eying her so coldly, completely unlike of how he looked at her just moments ago. She knew it wasn’t his real intention. The situation had gotten to him this time, now that he must’ve realized what goes on and perhaps with the security issue. She didn’t respond quickly as anticipated, only merely standing by watching him turn his attention away from her and inspects the area, and as well as the rabbits.
With feet planted together, back straightened and hands still intertwined behind her back, she analyzed the area, taking notice of the pens and healthy rabbits. “It’s too late.” She finally responded with matter-of-fact tone, “Your biggest weakness is the stomach.” Not even bothering to look at the demon lord, she walked close to one of the rabbit and kneeled over to poke, watching it hopped away instinctively. “I don’t mind it, except though that I admit that I am worried for you.” For once, she spoke honestly and openly about her feelings; a section of her feelings.
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