Trick or Treat! by candy cane

Enter Sesshomaru

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~ Sesshomaru Point of View ~

He had been living up to his promise that he had given to his Mother. He agreed he’d attend a yearly ball where only singles could attend. To see if anyone interested him. In return, his Mother would leave him alone and not pester him to mate or sire grand pups. But, yet he did have to make an attempt to find a female at the one event a year she set up.

This year it was a Halloween themed event. He couldn’t understand why she wanted to copy an American tradition. When he asked her. She replied, “I thought it would be nice if you could go as yourself instead of having to go in disguise.”

He liked the idea of being able to go as himself and dress comfortable. Instead of having to hide his appearance and wearing modern attire. He found the females that had been arriving at this year’s event disappointing. The only one that had peaked his interest at all was the one that came dressed as a Miko.

He wondered if she was a Miko or if it was just a costume worn to create interest. Either way, it did get him to notice her. He wondered if he had met her before and if so why he hadn’t noticed her. She had a classic, timeless beauty that didn’t need much makeup.

He observed her and had enjoyed the total rejection the wolf prince received from her. Later he stumbled across his half-brother InuYasha. He was making a complete fool of himself with the Miko. He enjoyed the death glare she had given him and the fact she decided to ignore him completely. It was the most efficient way to affect the Hanyu. Now he had an interest in this female if she was a powerful Miko he could have full blooded heirs. 

It was getting difficult to find a full blooded female demon that wanted to settle down and have pups. Their kind was dying out due to many feeling Japan was overrun with humans. There was no place for demon-kind in this world anymore. He, but, yet had bought and owned every open space and Shrine in Japan. He kept those areas as natural as possible so that his kind had places to go that were more natural and untouched.

He was so deep in thought that he had lost sight of the Miko. Deciding to take part in a dance or two he made his way over to where the dance floor was. Imagine his surprise to find the Miko over by the DJ. Curious about what she was doing he waited and watched her walk away. It wasn’t until the music changed that he realized she had made a request of the DJ. He liked her music selection and was even more impressed when she started dancing to the music. 

The Miko wasn’t lacking in dance partners he could see why she seemed to glide across the floor. He had to have a turn dancing with her it was a good way to see if they had any chemistry with each other. The best way to get close enough to ask was to dance with someone and take his partner in her direction. But, yet he couldn’t make his interest obvious, or all the other males would take interest as well.

 That was one of the things he hated about being the western Lord. If he wanted it. It was valued even more by everyone else. Because he only allowed the best and never settled for anything less. That was because he deserved the best. Even more so when it came to a female since she would carry his pups. Her being the best was critical it would allow his pups to be stronger and better than he was. It was essential that they survived in modern society and for that to happen. They had to have a powerful mother. 

He still needed to know if she was a Miko. Since even he couldn’t tell if she was a Miko that meant that she had to be powerful indeed. The thought of that had captured his beasts interest. He liked the element of danger in courting and mating a Miko powerful enough to hide her abilities from him. Not to mention the fact that it aroused both of them.

To think they would be the ones to taint that innocence with not only their seed but their demonic power. The thought had him shivering in anticipation of what could be. He only hoped he wouldn’t find himself disappointed.

As he took female after female across the dance floor. He was making slow progression toward his goal. He wondered if he should court her if they hit it off. Perhaps he’d throw caution to the wind and just claim the Miko that night. He knew he had a desire for her he needed only confirmation of her power and he’d be ready to mate her for life.

He wasn’t too sure she’d feel the same even though she was at a Yokai mating ball. He doubted that she would want to mate a male she just met like a female demon would. There was only one way to find out and he would know all before he made up his mind to pursue her or not.

While it was true at one time he hated humans. He still did find most of them to be repulsive. It was his ward Rin that changed his mind about humans. Also, there was the Shikon Miko. She refused to call him by title and challenged him every chance she got. He attempted to kill her on several occasions and at least one of those times she should have died. He was still puzzled by her. He had planned on getting to know her better after the final battle. But, yet all traces of her vanished. This included memories of her scent and her appearance which annoyed him to no end.

It did make sense as she was there to get the jewel and once her duty finished. She returned home to her life before the quest for the jewel. He figured the Kami’s wanted to restore things as much as they could. Leaving no trace of her was a good way to allow her to return to whatever life she had before the jewel got taken. He wondered if she could remember her time as the Shikon Miko. If he were the Kami he wouldn’t allow it as that would make moving on with her life more difficult. But, at the same time, she did deserve some reward for all she had done. 

He had done enough pondering about the Feudal Era Shikon Miko. He had a real life human dressed as the Shikon Miko to discover. The first order of business was finding out if she was a Miko. Then how powerful of a Miko she was. He would decide what to do from there.