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Change of Heart	By : PrincessAurora Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 24279 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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A/N: Dinner with a desert of drama…a tiny bit of drama. ;) Some little hints of things to come later too.

Chapter 23 – Dinner & Drama

‘Hmmmmm…’ Inuyasha thought as he awoke to bright, late afternoon sunlight streaming through the windows. ‘Now I could definitely wake up like this every day of my life from now on. Or at least some version of it…as long as we’re wrapped up this way, I’ll never have even one complaint.’
Inuyasha opened his eyes just as Sesshoumaru did, and kissing him softly, Inuyasha lifted Sesshoumaru from him, allowing his member to slip from that amazing heat with a growl, and settled him on his stomach. Sesshoumaru growled too at the loss, not truly ready to be separated yet, but knowing they had to.
“Yasha,” he began, then hesitated.
“Sesshou? What is it?” Inuyasha asked softly.
Sesshoumaru looked down for a moment, struggling to find the words he wanted to say…a very rare occurrence for him.
Inuyasha touched his face softly, causing Sesshoumaru to look up and meet his gaze. “You know that you never have to hesitate to say anything to me, right? I… I see you as such an impossibly strong Alpha…my Alpha…nothing you ever say will make me think any less. You already knew that, didn’t you?” Inuyasha asked.
Sesshoumaru’s eyes widened as it seemed Inuyasha was reading his mind. It was not that he felt any less an Alpha by saying tender words, but that he was unused to it, and it did not come easily.
“Yes, Inuyasha, I know that,” he smiled down at his beautiful Little Mate. “I suppose I feel just as you explained to me before: that ‘getting the words from my mind to my mouth’ is what I am having a difficult time with. I am unused to these feelings, and they seem to overwhelm me at times. Forgive me if I hesitate, and remember it is never because of you.” Sesshoumaru replied.
“I… I want to thank you. You made my experience with you so incredible….so amazing. In all honesty, I have no words to use to describe what you have done to me, or how you have made me feel. Just know that I will definitely want all this again. And again. And even more,” Sesshoumaru smiled sexily as he finished.
“Fuck, Sesshou,” Inuyasha choked out. “You say that, and look at me that way, and all I can think of is driving back into your body. You’re killing me here. And yeah, it’s exactly what you did to me, how you made me feel, and all I wanted to do was make you feel the same….that incredibly liberating pleasure. I love you, and I am so happy we are Mates.
“I’m also incredibly grateful that I got smart at the right moment and didn’t want to wait to become Mates. Just thinking about all we would have missed out on, just in the last day, ya’ know?” Inuyasha smiled blissfully, causing Sesshoumaru to choke back a groan of his own.
“But we have to get up, right?” Inuyasha asked. “I know you skipped work, but I thought I heard you say something about going down to dinner?”
“Hmmmm….yes, we must go down to dinner. So I suppose we should get up, as much as I do not wish to,” Sesshoumaru replied. “My mind will be filled with thoughts of returning here soon after dinner,” he finished with a smile.
Inuyasha lunged up to capture those lips as Sesshoumaru finished speaking. After battling with each other using their tongues, Inuyasha fell back onto the sheets.
“Damn it…we’re certainly not making this any easier, are we? Shit…you’re gonna have to move, ‘cause you’ve got me pinned here,” Inuyasha groaned harshly.
Sesshoumaru nodded and barely bit back a whimper as he slid off of Inuyasha’s body. After both agreeing that bathing separately would be the best idea, Inuyasha threw on a robe, kissed Sesshoumaru’s full, slightly bruised lips once more, and walked to his own room, feeling like some force was trying to pull him back with each step.
For his part, Sesshoumaru was experiencing the same thing. ‘There are times when being Lord absolutely sucks,’ he thought, smiling at how, at least in his internal conversations, he was sounding more and more like Inuyasha. Only a few years ago, he would have been furious with himself…but now, he loved it. How things could change, he mused contentedly.

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Before bathing, Sesshoumaru, for the first time in his life, stood in front of his wardrobe and could not decide what to wear.
Just as he was becoming frustrated, a knock sounded at his outer door. A quick sniff of the air told him it was Rin. He became slightly worried, as he was not expecting her. Moving to the door he called for her to enter, and he met her as he opened the door to the sitting room.
“Rin, is everything alright?” he asked as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
“Oh! Hai, My Lord. It’s only that I hadn’t seen you yet today, and wanted to make sure things were okay. Is everything alright with you and Inuyasha-Ojisan?” she asked with concern.
He gifted her with one of his rare smiles. “Yes Rin, everything is quite good with Inuyasha and me. You need not have any concerns. We will be coming down for the evening meal very soon. I must only choose something to wear,” he finished with a frown.
Rin noticed this, of course. She noticed everything when it came to her Lord. It was how she had been able to be so close to him after he revived her.
“My Lord, may I choose something for you?” she asked shyly.
His eyes widened fractionally, then he decided it certainly could not do any harm, so he answered, “Hmmm, yes Rin, you may. Perhaps you can find something for me, as I am having some trouble.”
Rin’s smile lit up the room. “Yes My Lord!” she cried happily, as she skipped to the wardrobe.
It only took her a few moments, and she turned to Sesshoumaru with an all-black kimono and hakama.
The collar and ends of the sleeves were edged in 3 inch-wide bands of silver silk. The spirals stitched into the silver silk were done in solid indigo-blue silk embroidery that perfectly matched his Crescent Moon, and his Royal Crest over his heart was stitched with silver thread, accented with indigo.
The long obi was black, with the ends matching the sleeves of the kimono: five-inch wide bands of silver silk embroidered with indigo-blue spirals. Above the bands of silk on each end of the obi was a phoenix, posed regally, and embroidered in silver.
“My Lord, you wear black very rarely, perhaps Inuyasha-Ojisan would enjoy seeing you in it?” she asked as she also pulled out the matching, embroidered leather slippers to go with the outfit.
He bowed to her female sense of fashion. “Yes, thank you Rin, I will go with your choice. Go ahead, and we will see you at the table shortly.”
“Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama!” she said with a smile as she skipped out and closed both sets of double doors behind her. Sesshoumaru did not notice that, rather than continuing down the hall, she knocked on Inuyasha’s door next.

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Inuyasha was in the same place as Sesshoumaru had been just moments ago: standing before his wardrobe with a frown on his face. Sure, Sesshoumaru loved him in black, but it’s all he’d worn so far, and he wanted something different. ‘Purple? Red? Fuck…I’ve never been any good at this shit,’ he thought crossly.
Hearing the knock, and scenting who it was, he tied his robe tighter and moved to answer the door as he called for her to enter, just as Sesshoumaru had.
“Hey kiddo. What’cha doin’? Do you need me for anything?” Inuyasha asked with a smile.
“Nope. I just missed you today. You’ll be at dinner?” she asked.
“Yeah, eventually. I’ve just gotta’ choose something to wear. I’ve never been good at this kind of thing,” he confessed with a frown.
“May I help? I’m good at this, I think. Maybe I can find something you’ll like?” she offered.
Inuyasha hesitated at first. Kagome had always been critical of him whenever it came to what he wore, but the more he thought about it, he realized Rin would never act like that.
“Yeah, why not? You sure can’t do any worse than I already am,” he winked at her as he allowed her to skip past him happily and enter his rooms.
Again, in just moments, she turned with an outfit for him to wear that he had not noticed in the wardrobe yet.
It was a stunning outfit. The kimono was pure, icy white, and embroidered all over with very subtle, swirling designs in white silk thread. The ends of the sleeves had been trimmed in a five-inch wide band of bright, royal blue silk that had been embroidered with solid Celtic knotwork in gold silk thread. The collar had a matching band of blue silk; about three inches wide, but otherwise identical. He then noticed the Royal Crest embroidered in gold silk as well, accented with blue to match the collar and sleeves.
The hakama were the same icy white as the kimono, also embroidered with swirling designs in white thread.
The long obi was striking; mostly icy white, embroidered like the kimono and hakama. Each end had been trimmed, on both sides, in a five-inch wide band of the same blue silk. But this time, there was an image of a Phoenix on each end, heavily embroidered in gold above the blue silk, and both were posed differently.
The outfit was a stunning work of art.
Rin explained, “The knotwork here is called ‘Celtic knots,’ and is considered sacred in the lands where it was created. Sesshoumaru-sama traveled there last year, and had this made for you at that time. Do you like it?”
Inuyasha was nearly speechless. ‘Sesshoumaru had this made for me…last year? In a far-away land? Was it when he was searching for a way to free me from the rosary? It had to have been,’ he realized.
“Are you sure I should wear it now? Maybe he meant it for our Mating Ceremony?” Inuyasha asked, as he blushed lightly to be mentioning that to this young woman.
Rin just smiled her huge, innocent smile. “No, he had another made for that,” she said just before she clamped her hands over her mouth and looked up at him with wide, guilty eyes.
Inuyasha smiled back. “Don’t worry kiddo, I didn’t hear anything. Hey, did you just say somethin’?” he teased.
Her smile returned and they winked at each other. “Oh! Here are the matching shoes. Aren’t they pretty?” she exclaimed, holding out a pair of white leather slippers with a golden phoenix embroidered on the top of each one.
Inuyasha could only think, ‘Wow…’
“Can I help with anything else, Ojisan?” Rin asked.
“Nope, you totally helped already. I’ve gotta take a quick bath, then I’ll get dressed. I’ll see ya’ at dinner. Thanks again Rin, you’re the best,” he patted her shoulder affectionately.
Instead of leaving it there, Rin leaned up, wrapped her arms around his neck, and hugged him tightly.
Inuyasha had never been very comfortable with affection like this, but as he tentatively hugged her back, he realized that it was a very different feeling than anything he’d ever experienced. It took him a moment, but he finally figured it out: It was the feeling a parent had when hugging their own child. He hugged her tighter at this realization, and propped his chin on the top of her head affectionately.
He got a flash of scent from her that startled him for a moment. Even with his heightened sense of smell, just increased from his mating with Sesshoumaru, it was very faint. ‘What is this scent? It’s like…my human scent? Huh? Maybe that’s it…just that it’s a human scent. It’s so faint anyway, I’m probably imagining it. I don’t have a lot of my human scent left, and I can’t really tell what this is….’
He realized it was so indistinct, even with his newly heightened senses, he never would have noticed it unless he was this close to her. He also felt a twinge from his own spiritual power, now much stronger since the rosary had been removed. ‘Could that be why I sense this more than scent it? Is my spiritual power trying to tell me something?’ he wondered. He decided to think about it later.
Releasing her, he gave her a playful shove towards the door. “Thanks again. Now get outta here so I can finish! I’m starvin’!”
Rin skipped out the door happily, causing Inuyasha to smile at her antics as he turned to go take a bath.

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This time, as the brothers met in the hallway between their rooms, they both arrived at the same time. Turning to meet each other, both felt their mouths open wide in surprise at exactly the same moment.
‘Holy shit,’ Inuyasha thought. ‘If I thought he was the most beautiful creature on the planet in his normal white, in black….just….holy fuck! Gods… I wish we didn’t have to go to dinner…instead, I’d drag him back into my room, and worship every inch of him with my tongue.’
Sesshoumaru was a kami come down to earth in the black and silver silks. His pale, pearlescent skin was glowing in contrast, as was his hair, caught up in a high ponytail with an indigo blue silk ribbon, and falling to swirl around his shoulders. His marks were darkened slightly and the black around his eyes made them practically scream for attention. He looked like some divine creature from one of those ‘movies’ Kagome had him watch in her time. Of course, none of the characters on the screen there could even come close to comparing to Sesshoumaru’s beauty.
‘Oh, my god…he’s stunning,’ Sesshoumaru thought. ‘In red, he was always beautiful, in black, he looks so amazing; in white… I cannot find words, even in my own mind, to describe this vision. How did I get so fortunate to have this beautiful Little Mate? I would give anything if we could simply forget dinner, and I could strip him of these lovely silks, and devour the even more lovely skin beneath.’
Inuyasha was a fantasy ideal in the white and blue silks. The icy white color accented his tanned skin perfectly, and he looked every inch an InuYoukai Prince. His hair was bound up in a high ponytail with gold silk, and the longer hair on his ears was even more easily seen, draping down on the sides sexily, making Sesshoumaru wish to lick those delicious ears and pull at that longer hair with his lips. He too had used a tiny bit of oil on his marks, to darken them, as well as black below his eyes. It seemed to Sesshoumaru that they cried out for him to get lost in them.
Without ever realizing they had moved, they suddenly found their lips being devoured by their Mate’s. Hot, slick tongues danced, clawed hands grasped at silk-covered flesh, and each cried out softly as they felt their Mate’s hands touch, and then grip their ass tightly. They pulled each other tighter, grinding their hips slightly, and could not help but feel the erection each had pressing sharply into its mate.
“Fuck, Inuyasha. We must stop. My control around you is not very good, as you know, and we must go down to dinner,” Sesshoumaru moaned into Inuyasha’s mouth.
“Hnnnn… Yeah, I know,” Inuyasha moaned back. “But how long do we gotta stay at dinner?” He looked up at his Mate through his lashes with a seductive smile.
“Ahhh, my brilliant Little Mate, you are absolutely correct,” Sesshoumaru smiled back with his own aroused smile, “We do not have to stay for long, do we?”
“And the quicker we go, the sooner we can be back.” Inuyasha continued with a large smile.
“Again, I bow to your brilliance,” Sesshoumaru grinned.
They released each other reluctantly. Inuyasha turned to walk down the hall and stopped. Reaching out his hand to his Mate, he asked, “So, you comin’ with me?”
“I would follow you anywhere, Inuyasha,” Sesshoumaru answered as he took the offered hand.
They walked down the hall and made their way to the evening meal, both wearing soft smiles of contentment.

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Upon entering the dining hall this night, they both were surprised that it was full…completely full. Every chair, except for the two at the head of the table, was taken, and the hall was filled with conversation and laughter that stopped as they entered.
All in attendance rose from their chairs at the impressive sight of them.
Two stunning InuYoukai Princes stalked confidently into the hall. Hand in hand, they walked to the large chairs at the head of the table. Sesshoumaru pulled out Inuyasha’s chair for him first, smiling gently at his Mate as he seated him. He then took his own chair, and waved for all to be seated.
Rin smiled hugely at her Lords, ecstatically happy for them.
Inuyasha was pleased to see Masahiro seated to his left, and next to him was Takeru Taisho. He smiled and nodded at them both in greeting. On Sesshoumaru’s right was Rin, and seated next to her was a youkai he’d not met yet.
Jaken was seated to the right of this new youkai, and Inuyasha couldn’t help but laugh inside. ‘Ha! That idiot kappa carries that Nintoujou with him everywhere!’ The Staff of Two Heads was actually balanced in the chair with Jaken, and Inuyasha couldn’t help but wonder if he slept and bathed with it too.
Kenzo rushed out, bringing wine and water for each.
Before the meal began, Kaito, seated next to Rin, quietly slid the papers for Sesshoumaru’s signature across the table. At Sesshoumaru’s nod, he spoke.
“Lord Inuyasha, my name is Kaito. I served your father for many centuries, and have served Lord Sesshoumaru since his ascension. I will continue to serve you both with pride, and if I can ever be of service to you in any way, it would be an honor. I have waited long to meet you, and I am very pleased that I am finally able to do so,” he bowed his head to Inuyasha.
“It is my pleasure to meet you Kaito-san,” Inuyasha replied formally, surprising and impressing Sesshoumaru, who had never heard Inuyasha speak in such a manner. “I have much to learn about the way the Lands of the West are administered, but I look forward to the challenge. Your help will, no doubt, be much appreciated.”
“Arigatou, My Lord. I look forward to working with you,” Kaito smiled.
Sesshoumaru reached under the table and squeezed Inuyasha’s hand gently. Leaning over, he whispered, “You continually impress me, Little Mate.”
Inuyasha blushed lightly, but only smiled in reply.
Just like Masahiro and Takeru, Kaito could not help but stare; and like them, he was savvy enough in court manners that no one noticed him doing so. Inuyasha’s markings were as striking and beautiful as they were obvious. ‘The council should not object so strongly once they see the young Lord. His markings are amazing, and proof that, if any human blood remains, it is only a small amount. His Mother’s power should further attenuate any objections they have. Human though she was, she was the most powerful miko ever known to live. I hope this makes things easier for them both. They deserve happiness after so much pain,’ Kaito thought to himself.
‘But I believe I will not say anything about his marks to the rest of the Council. Let them be surprised when they first see him,’ Kaito thought gleefully. He made eye contact with Masahiro and Takeru, and they all smiled the same smile, each of them eager to see how the prejudiced council would react to Inuyasha.
Also unnoticed by those at the head of the table, the few servants who had felt some prejudice against Inuyasha for his hanyou status, were suddenly confronted with a full-InuYoukai Prince, as far as they could tell, and for all but one, their objections disappeared. Their Lord’s would not have been happy to know those feelings had existed, and so they prayed that neither Lord ever found out.
The only advisors at this meal were the ones next to the Royal Family. Kaito was one of Sesshoumaru’s most trusted advisors, and a reliable and trustworthy friend. Masahiro had been a trusted friend and confidant for Sesshoumaru his entire life. Takeru had been his friend since childhood. The other council members or advisors, while trusted to a point, were not youkai he would prefer to dine with in a relaxed setting.
Sesshoumaru suddenly realized that his three most trusted friends were all youkai who had badgered him to bring Inuyasha home for centuries. How had he missed that?
Kenzo rushed out again, this time followed by his staff, bearing heavily laden platters of food. Again, Sesshoumaru served himself quickly, so Inuyasha could also start right away.
Inuyasha began eating immediately, as usual; interested in eating and not talking. Seeing this, Sesshoumaru thought happily, ‘No matter how formally he speaks, thank the gods he is still my Little Mate at heart…eating so happily, he looks much more like himself.’
They ate leisurely, but were not as eager to linger as they had been before. As they finished their wine, their eyes met, and no words were needed.
Sesshoumaru invited all at the table to continue to enjoy their meal, and then they rose in unison.
Sesshoumaru offered his arm to Inuyasha with a tender look none at the table had ever seen before, except for Rin…and even she had never seen this particular gaze. Inuyasha took the offered arm with a gentle smile of his own. Seeing this made Rin smile behind her delicate hand as they approached her chair.
Sesshoumaru stopped next to her. Leaning down, he whispered, “Rin, I have not forgotten our conversation about Kohaku. Inuyasha and I will discuss it tomorrow, and we will tell you what we have decided.”
“Thank you My Lord!” she replied happily.
As he rose, he wondered about Inuyasha’s scent on Rin. ‘When did she see him before the meal?’ he asked himself. He felt a flash of jealousy, and was surprised to find that it was not because Inuyasha had touched Rin, but that Inuyasha had been touched by someone, anyone, other than himself. He also realized how ridiculous this was, and it bothered him that he would feel this way at all.
Inuyasha noticed Sesshoumaru’s sudden tension. ‘He was happy when he leaned down to talk to Rin…so what happened as he rose up to change that? Could he have scented me on her? Of course he could…that was a stupid question,’ he thought to himself. ‘So is he upset that I touched her? I feel jealousy from him…is this feeling something I am getting through the link we now have?’
‘But jealousy? Why? He knows he has all of me…so is it over Rin?’ These thoughts upset him… Could it be that Sesshoumaru did not trust him in some way?
As they exited the dining hall, Inuyasha asked, “Hey, Sesshoumaru, do you think we can walk in my forest for a while? Or on the cliffs?”
Sesshoumaru hid his surprise. “Of course we can, which would you prefer?”
“Let’s see my forest,” Inuyasha decided.

~tbc

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Japanese used in this Chapter:
Nintoujou: (人頭杖, Nintōjō , lit. "Human Head Cane"), also known as The Staff of Two Heads in the English version is the "weapon" Jaken uses. It can produce long streams of flame, and generate large floods of water.
Taisho: General (used after the name, for example: “Takeru Taisho” = “General Takeru”)

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