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At Death's Door
By : Vyper
Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female
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Sesshoumaru walked with Inuyasha and Pearl telling them a bit about Father’s vault which he had hidden and left with a riddle for him to solve in order to find it.

“In the well of the spring behind the wall of evergreen is the riddle.”

Sesshoumaru said and he had looked everywhere for this place.

“Did Father give any hints on the location?”

Inuyasha asked.

“He said it was near the village that does not lie or pillage.”

Sesshoumaru said in frustration.

“He sure liked messing with you or he just liked to rhyme a lot.”

Inuyasha said trying to figure this one out.

“Well there are a few villages that I find trustworthy that does not go about deceiving their Lords, but the clue for the next part of the riddle has to do with demons. I have searched the demon villages, but none of them have evergreen trees in the area. They mainly have the local elms and oak.”

Sesshoumaru said.

“What is the part of the riddle that is about demons? I mean are you certain that it means it is in a demon village?”

Inuyasha asked.

“To make their way for demons they receive their pay.”

Sesshoumaru said.

Inuyasha thought about that for a minute rolling it over his tongue and then suddenly Sango came to mind with her spirit whispering in his ear.

“I know that one! It isn’t a demon village Sesshoumaru! It is the demon slayer’s village!”

Inuyasha said excitedly.

Sesshoumaru then thought about the riddle and that made perfect sense.

Then Inuyasha thought of something else.

“Hey I know some more too, behind Midoriko’s cave there is a spring that flows into a well behind a wall of evergreen trees! I bet it is there Sesshoumaru!”

Inuyasha said feeling pretty good about himself since he was normally terrible at riddles.

“It couldn’t hurt to look.”

Sesshoumaru said feeling a bit excited himself.

Then Inuyasha thought about something and frowned.

“I don’t know if we can just walk through there Sesshoumaru. My children and grandchildren don’t want me back in that village.”

Inuyasha said.

Sesshoumaru put a hand on Inuyasha’s shoulder.

“Inuyasha you have to face them someday and as long as our Father’s vault is in that vicinity they have to let us through.”

Sesshoumaru said.

“I don’t want to have to fight my own kin.”

Inuyasha said knowing what his son last said to him about going near that village after their last fight. Souta, his eldest son was probably still alive and mad at him. He hadn’t spoken to the boy in almost twenty years.

“Inuyasha I think it is time you made up with your children. I am sure they do love you.”

Pearl said.

Inuyasha didn’t say anything he just sighed. He missed his kids sure enough, but he really did not want to interfere in their lives feeling it was just best to let them move forward without him. Going to that village would just bring back memories he would be better off to just forget.

“How far out is this place?”

Inuyasha asked changing the subject.

“Only a little further. The females have it hidden behind the barrier here.”

Sesshoumaru said as they reached the edge of the barrier and he simple opened it with a word as all three of them stood in front of a fairly small dojo with several young female demons dressed in what looked to be miko clothing.

Pearl recognized some of them as Louna’s maids and there were others like the bathing servants and the servants who dressed them for the day there dressing into similar uniforms behind a screen.

A large woman stood in the center and bowed ordering the females to stop what they were doing and bow to their Lords and Lady.

“My Lords and Lady we are honored to have you here. Will you be staying to watch a demonstration today?”

The bear demoness asked.

“Would you like to see a demonstration before joining them today Pearl?”

Sesshoumaru asked.

“Yes, that would be nice.”

Pearl said and Sesshoumaru nodded to the bear demoness.

“I will have my two best then show you our new techniques.”

The bear demoness said and had the two Lady’s maids of Sesshoumaru’s Mother come forward.

“Jin and Mia, you shall demonstrate.”

The bear demoness said and the two females grabbed the freshly polished Naginatas from the weapons rack.

“I thought you said the females would not be learning male weapon skills.”

Inuyasha said to his brother tersely.

“A Naginata is a farmer’s weapon Inuyasha and I approved because a staff is not much different. The females will most likely use them as they would a staff or spear. Besides they are not imbued with any magical abilities. The worst they will do is cause a bit of bleeding.”

Sesshoumaru said with a shrug. Mother wanted her maids to carry these with them and they were good as a walking stick as well. It was not unusual for a female to be seen with a Naginata.

“The Naginata can also behead an opponent Sesshoumaru. Sais are a female weapon, even a small sword is better than these.”

Inuyasha said in frustration. That was all they needed, a bunch of females beheading each other with a weapon that they were not familiar with.

“They will be fine Inuyasha and if they need assistance that is what we are here for.”

Sesshoumaru said since he was indeed curious on how these females would wield this new weapon.

Mia spun the Naginata over her head and then brought it down pointing it at her opponent. Jin tapped the Naginata on the floor spun the weapon around her waist and pointed it at her opponent. Then the sparing commenced.

The women tended to use the Naginatas like a mixture of spears with forward thrusts and parried like they would a staff. The weapon was definitely not being used to its full potential as Sesshoumaru watched.

Deciding enough was enough Sesshoumaru lifted his hand and the sparing ended.

“Let me show you how to properly use this weapon.”

Sesshoumaru said as he had his brother face off with him.

“Inuyasha just block the moves with your sword like I taught you and try not to break this weapon.”

Sesshoumaru said and Inuyasha nodded.

Testing the strength of the weapon Sesshoumaru spun the Naginata so quickly it made Pearl blink since it looked as though the weapon wasn’t there for a moment.

The two men faced each other and Sesshoumaru used spear like movements with more of a sweeping movement on top of it showing the skill of using such movements as Inuyasha blocked trying to watch his face as well as his head. The weapon may be a simple human made thing, but it was still razor sharp.

Inuyasha remembered when Hakudoshi used a Naginata against him, but he was nowhere as skilled with it as Sesshoumaru was right now or as fast.

Sesshoumaru stopped then and nodded to Inuyasha that the sparing was over with. Inuyasha sighed since he had a few cuts on his hand and one on his cheek that was healing rather quickly.

“It is a crude human weapon, but effective. Now if you girls would like to be shown how to do this properly I will be glad to have some of my guards come to show you.”

Sesshoumaru said and the females all clapped.

Pearl smiled at Sesshoumaru who nodded to the bear demoness to begin her class.

“My Lady, will you be joining us this morning as Lady Louna requested?”

The bear demoness asked Pearl.

“Oh yes! Where do you want me?”

Pearl said happily.

“You will stand between Mia and Jin. They will be your protectors while you train with us.”

Mia frowned at having to protect a hanyou for this, but Jin smiled at Pearl and bid her to stand by her.

“Don’t mind most of these girls, they are just jealous since you are favored by Lord Sesshoumaru and are to be his mate.”

Jin said as everyone was bid to by the bear demoness to start their stretches.

Many of the females were flexible and Pearl realized she was too. In this new body she could do the splits all three ways and lay flat on her legs as well as in the middle of her legs while doing the splits. She wondered if she could do a cartwheel and flips since she never tried such before.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha stayed for a while to watch the girls to make sure Pearl was being treated kindly by them before they left to go fulfill their duties for the day. Inuyasha was to go with Sesshoumaru to a meeting this morning and then he was to do his lessons even if he didn’t like them.

Inuyasha needed to speak like a Lord around the Lord of the East since Sesshoumaru knew the sharp tongued Lord of the East would probably piss off Inuyasha. It was best Inuyasha learned from the Matron how to hold his tongue in certain circumstances. This was not a meeting with Prince Kouga, it was a serious thing to offend another Lord especially one that they had peace with for so many years.

Sesshoumaru tried to explain the importance of speaking properly around others to Inuyasha, but Inuyasha seemed to just take everything he was saying as an insult. Sesshoumaru finally gave up and told Inuyasha to please try to learn from the Matron what he could. Inuyasha of course said if the hag hit him again he would not learn a damn thing. Sesshoumaru said he would talk with the Matron about this since he did want his little brother to learn from her.

As Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru headed towards the main meeting room where they would speak to the elders and Sesshoumaru’s Generals, Inuyasha felt a bit wary of all of this. He was a hanyou and he knew how the elders probably felt about him.

Inuyasha wasn’t sure if he would hold back his tongue if they insulted him and he knew Sesshoumaru well enough to know that he would want to defend him with Inuyasha just being silent while this was going on. Inuyasha wasn’t one to be silent when it came to being insulted by people plus he would want to bash their heads in a bit and he knew that wasn’t allowed.

When they got to the room there were five elders sitting at the table waiting for Lord Sesshoumaru to arrive. The raven demon immediately frowned at Inuyasha while the other four demons kept their faces neutral of the emotions they were feeling towards the hanyou.

The meeting began with topics concerning the upcoming weather since they were expecting some rain and thus it meant possible flooding in some of the villages. Then the raven brought up the usual business concerning the financial situation of the West as well as possible areas open for expansion.

The wolf demon elder spoke of future battle with the humans called the Huns. The humans were battling these people, but the wolf felt demon involvement was necessary.

Sesshoumaru asked if the Huns were winning the battle since he did not like getting involved in human wars unless it was necessary. Inuyasha of course wanted to fight so he was all for kicking some human’s asses.

The wolf demon stated that the humans were winning currently, but the amounts of casualties were rather high. Sesshoumaru then agreed to send some of his troops to remove the threat from his lands and to appease those humans who were under his protection.

Inuyasha had a fit since he wanted to be directly involved, but Sesshoumaru told Inuyasha to calm down since he would be able to battle in other circumstances, but he was not going to risk losing his intended to a human war. Inuyasha would go with him to remove lower demon threats to the villages and remove the bandit problems plaguing the lands.

“Inuyasha war between humans needs to be fought by humans. We have other battles that await us. There is a small group of lower demons causing trouble along our borders that you and I shall remove permanently.”

Sesshoumaru said placing a hand on Inuyasha’s shoulder.

Inuyasha frowned and grumbled that this was stupid. A war at least would give them something to do and lower demons were just killed too easily.

The raven demon then brought up the fact that Sesshoumaru was still unmated and without an heir as he looked at the hanyou in contempt. The raven did not want their Lord mating with hanyous and was disturbed that Sesshoumaru seemed to be willing to take a hanyou mate.

Sesshoumaru said that situation would be rectified as of this week. When the raven went off on how mating a hanyou would dilute the blood of Inu No Tashio, Sesshoumaru told the raven to hold his tongue unless he wanted it removed from his mouth. Sesshoumaru said that his mating to his brother and to his female would produce full blooded Inu youkai children and if the raven wanted to further his education concerning this he would show him the historical documents then execute him for calling Sesshoumaru a liar.

The wolf demon was pleased that Sesshoumaru was finally mating and thinking about his future as were the rest of the elders and Generals. They had heard of Inuyasha’s power with tessaiga and knew the female carried the blood of Lord Touga. The pups from this union would be strong.

Finally the meeting finished with the finances being the last business of the day. Sesshoumaru did not talk to the elders about the adamant shards since he planned on keeping their discovery and use as much a secret as possible. Sesshoumaru just mentioned that he was able to acquire a jewel mine that would keep the West prosperous for quite some time. When the elders tried to push for more information Sesshoumaru simply silenced them with a simple statement that he would no longer be questioned and that they should be grateful that the West was doing so well.

At that Sesshoumaru left with Inuyasha who grumbled a bit at not being able to say what was on his mind much when it came to that human war. Inuyasha wanted to fight, but Sesshoumaru wanted him to go chase around stupid lower demons. It was stupid.

As the two men got ready to split up so that Inuyasha could go to his lessons and Sesshoumaru could finish the rest of his Lord duties for the day they heard an explosion come from the direction of the female dojo. Both raced to see what was going on hoping their beloved Pearl was ok.
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At Death's Door	By : Vyper Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 6449 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha nor make money on my writings.

At Death's Door