A Kludge of One Shots by tenchi no mai
Tied Up In Knots
This was written in response to Priestess Skye's weekly challenge.
Prompt: Ribbon
Due: May 17th, 2009
Word Length: Over 500
Actual Word Count: 2888
Universe: Alternate Universe - Modern Day
Rating: MA for adult theme
Warnings: Mention of mild bondage, it this squicks you, please do not read this chapter. My muse is incorrigible.
Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not mine, they are the property of Rumiko Takahashi, Shogakukan, Yomiuri TV, Sunrise, and Viz Media. Only the plot to this story and my original character, Shun, are my intellectual property. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
'Italics' = thoughts
Tied Up In Knots
Kagome had roped Kouga into taking her shopping. He was leaning against the counter in the fourth fabric and craft store she had dragged him into. He was beginning to get impatient. "Tell me again, why we are here?"
"Kouga, I've explained it to you several times already." Kagome was loading two shopping baskets with rolls of 1" and 2" wide double sided satin ribbon in several different colors - red, white, royal blue, silver, black, and a pale champagne color that was almost skin tone. "It's a surprise for Sesshoumaru's birthday, so please don't say anything to him to spoil it, ok?"
"Is this the last store we have to go to?" Kouga was holding several bolts of chiffon fabric. He really didn't mind chauffeuring Kagome around, he was just bored out of his mind with nothing to look at except fabric and ribbons.
"Kouga, you sound like a little kid. 'Are we done yet?' You could have always let me drive myself you know." Kagome was well aware of the fact that Sesshoumaru and Shun refused to let her travel outside the shiro by herself. It hadn't been that long since the kidnapping attempt by that crazy dragon demon. She still wasn't allowed outside by herself, one of the guys was to accompany her anytime she left the house.
She had hoped Shun would be available today, but he was involved in an all day long meeting with a new client. She still had to get his collaboration with this project, and wanted to do so somewhere without of the possibility of Sesshoumaru overhearing them. Todays shopping trip would have been the perfect opportunity to explain her concept to him and enlist his aid. She really didn't think that was going to be a problem, as it tied into one of his favorite fetishes or kinks. She could almost guarantee his enthusiastic participation. She just had to talk him into using a different medium.
Kagome still hadn't decided on a color scheme, hence the myriad of hues. She added thread to match the colors of all the ribbons and chiffon, then threw in some sequins that caught her eye. These were 20mm paillettes in gold and silver that looked like small coins, as well as black iridescent ones that shimmered in the light with different colors.
Taking one look at the "coins" and chiffon, Kouga leered at Kagome. "What are you making, a belly dance costume?" Suddenly, his mind was working in overdrive. "If you are, you'll have to model it for me when you're done, especially since I've had to endure this endless shopping trip."
Kagome blushed brightly. "No, Kouga, it's none of your business what I'm going to make. Alright, I guess we're done. If I need anything else I'll get Jak to take me." She knew that if she mentioned getting Jak to help her, Kouga would suddenly decide it wasn't any trouble after all. For some reason she couldn't figure out he didn't like Jak taking her shopping. She really wanted to get everything today, she would need to give Shun as much time to figure out how to do this as she could.
After two more stops, Kagome was ready to head home. Kouga breathed a sigh of relief as they finally passed through the gate into the shiro, then pulled around to the garages. "Where do you want me to put all this stuff babydoll?"
"I'll put it in my sewing room Kouga. Thanks for helping me, I really do appreciate it." She stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek, then she and Kouga unloaded the bags from the car and hauled them over to the family wing, depositing them in what she called her sewing room.
This was the room between their bedroom and Shun's den. It was originally meant as the bedroom for the lady of the shiro, but since the three of them slept in the bedroom that had always been Sesshoumaru's, she had turned it into her private domain. She used it as a sewing room, reading room, craft room, the room when she wanted to get away by herself for a little while.
Going next door to Shun's den, she tiptoed inside and over to the bookcase, grabbed one of his books, then quicky tiptoed back out again. She was sure this was the book she had seen the picture in that gave her the idea. She wanted to study it some more, then try to figure out how much ribbon she would need to duplicate the items in question.
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It was two days later before Kagome was able to get Shun and the house to herself. Sesshoumaru was over at the main office of the security company, meeting with the owner of the diamond exchange. There was a problem with Mr. Yomiuri allowing the fingerprinting and background checks on some of his long term employees. Hopefully Sesshoumaru would be there most of the day. Apparently Mr. Yomiuri refused to talk to Shun anymore, saying he had insulted his employees, and Sesshoumaru was going to try to smooth things over.
Pulling Shun by the hand, Kagome ran down the hall of the family wing towards her room. She was excited about something, and Shun couldn't figure out what was up. Kagome had hurried them through their breakfast, then just about shoved Sesshoumaru out of the house for his meeting. Reaching her sewing room, she pushed open the door and pulled Shun inside, shutting and locking the door behind them.
Shun stood there looking around, he had only been in this room once before. It somewhat annoyed him because it was messy. He couldn't understand why Kagome was unable to keep it neat. Oh, it was clean, but there was fabric piled in baskets, books spread out on one of the tables, a box of patterns spilling over onto another table, and now there was a mountain of ribbons that threatened to fall off the table with the books and onto the floor. Kagome was a visual person, that he knew, and she called it "creative inspiration", but it just looked disorganized to him. She dragged him to an overstuffed chair and made him sit.
"I have an idea for Sesshoumaru's birthday, but I need your help." After she explained her plan, he just looked at her. "Please?" Kagome begged him.
"Kagome, are you sure you want to do this? The one time I suggested it to you, you turned me down flat. That's why I haven't asked you again." Shun was shocked, to say the least, that Kagome was even thinking about this. Yet, at the same time, he could feel his excitement at the thought of finally getting her to participate with him in his favorite kink, even if it was on a very basic level.
"Yes, I have been thinking about it for a few weeks. I want to do something different and unexpected for his birthday. Here, look at these pictures. Do you think you could do this with ribbon?" Kagome handed him the book with papers marking the pages she wanted him to see. "How much ribbon do you think you would need? I think I have more than enough in several different colors, plus your favorite color for you to practice with. I know you've never used ribbons before, but do you think it will work?"
"I don't see why it shouldn't work. The concept is the same, it's just... I've never seen it done with ribbon. May I take pictures of you when we're done? Just for myself, not to show anyone, except maybe Sesshoumaru." Shun could feel the stirrings of an erection, just thinking about it. "Now what were you saying about a skirt?"
"I have that done already. Here, have a look." Kagome held up to her waist an ankle length skirt made of several layers of royal blue chiffon. It was gathered to a waistband that was decorated with small gold and silver coins, reminiscent of a belly dancers hip belt. The slits up the sides reached the waistband.
"I think we can make this work, but you do realize that Sessh may just take his claws to it all, and then our hard work will be sitting in a pile of shreds." Shun was imagining how this was going to play out. The idea of presenting Kagome to Sesshoumaru as a slave girl was enticing to say the least.
"I know Sesshoumaru may get impatient and shred the outfit, but it's his birthday gift, if he wants to do that, it's ok. Why do you think I've gotten plenty of ribbon and chiffon? I'm sure it will be fun." Kagome was enthusiastic about the idea, which just drove Shun's excitement higher.
"Even with some practice beforehand, and the accessories already made, it will probably take me close to and hour and a half to bind you in this manner." Shun was trying to figure out how much could be accomplished beforehand to cut down on the time needed to set up the scene without Sesshoumaru catching on before they were done.
"Well, how about we start practicing, set the stopwatch on your watch, and let's see how long it takes." Kagome began stripping off her clothes as she spoke.
"That's all well and good, however, there is something I need to take care of first." Shun pulled her now naked body onto his lap and kissed her passionately.
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Two weeks later, they were as ready as they were going to get. The wrist and ankle cuffs were woven with royal blue and silver ribbon in intricate Prosperity Knots and had long royal blue and silver lengths of ribbon attached if Sesshoumaru wanted her tied to the bed. Shun had carefully bound her several times so she could get used to the feeling and not panic if that was what Sesshoumaru wanted.
The skirt had been done for a while now, and Shun had the ribbon panty woven with a Trinity Knot and Snake Weave, it just need to be put on and the knots tieing it completed. The difficult part was the Double Spine Ribbon Corset with additonal diagonal patterns and chest harness which left her breasts bare and ended in a triple choker collar. They had been practicing, but it was a rather complex undertaking and still took almost 40 minutes to weave it onto her and tie it off.
Kagome made sure that they had everything laid out in Shun's den that they would need to set this up, including a set of hot curlers. Shun was going to help her set her hair before they began weaving the corset. She knew the waist length spiral curls wouldn't last long, but at least they would be there for the original presentation, plus Shun would take some pictures for Sesshoumaru when the outfit was complete.
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The morning of Sesshoumaru's birthday Kagome was nervous. The entire pack with their mates, girlfriends, or significant others, would be there for dinner. She wasn't anxious about cooking the dinner, that was a snap, plus Jak would be there to help. It was getting everybody out at a reasonable time that concerned her.
The dinner went off without a hitch, there was a champagne toast, birthday cake, gifts, and wishes for many happy returns. As the guests finally began leaving, Shun and then Kagome fled to the family wing to get ready.
Kagome's hair was combed and rolled up on the hot curlers. Shun had used metallic royal blue eyeliner to create a crescent moon on Kagome's forehead, and was now in the process of weaving the corset. The ribbon panty was already tied on, and the skirt and other accessories were to go on after the corset was completed.
"I hope he likes this. I don't want him to be disappointed." Kagome was shifting uneasily from foot to foot.
"Try to hold still, you aren't making this any easier." Shun was already dressed in a pair of black silk hakama, barechested, with a whip tied at his waist. It was there for purely decorative purposes, but he was now getting ready to threaten to use it on her if she didn't stand still. "I'm sure he will love it, don't worry."
With the corset, chest harness and choker collars completed in record time, Shun tied the wrist and ankle cuffs on her, and helped her don the skirt. Leaving her hair for a few more minutes, he went to crack the door and see if he could figure out if any of the guests were left. "It sounds like Jak is leaving now, Sessh should be back here shortly. Let's get the hair done and a couple pictures taken before he comes looking for us."
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Sesshoumaru was saying goodbyes to the last of the pack to leave when he realized that Shun and Kagome had disappeared. He smirked as he let Jak and his date out, then locked up the shiro.
They had been role playing some lately. One of his favorites was when they dressed in their outfits from the Sengoku Jidai, and Kagome wore her old school fuku. Both he and Shun had gotten out their armor the last time as well as swords and his mokomoko-sama. It had evolved into a chase thru the woods of the ninomaru, with Kagome hiding her scent and aura, as well as throwing up barriers to try and hold them off. It ended with him backing her up against a tree, and taking her like he had so wanted to do 500 years ago. 'Extremely satisfying.'
He knew they were planning something for his birthday. He had caught them whispering and trying to act nonchalant too many times over the past couple weeks. 'I'm sure it will be more than enjoyable, whatever it is they have planned.'
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Shun looked at Kagome as he unrolled her hair and watched the curls spiral down her back. He took several pictures of her by herself from different angles, as well as a few with him. He held out his hand and pulled her into a tight hug. "Kami, I wish it was my birthday!" They had heard Sesshoumaru go into the bedroom a minute ago. "Ready, Princess?"
Kagome nodded her head as he draped a tripled piece of black chiffon over her, like a burqa, to hide her appearance until he was ready to unveil her. Picking up the ribbons from the wrist cuffs, he led her to the bedroom door. Looking over his shoulder at her he smiled, baring his fangs, and winked, then knocked on the door.
Sesshoumaru was sitting on the foot of the bed, wondering where the hell Shun and Kagome had disappeared to. It seemed as though they just vanished. 'Shun must have put up a barrier for some reason.'
At the knock on the door, their auras suddenly reappeared. "Enter." Sesshoumaru couldn't figure out what was going on, neither Shun nor Kagome ever knocked on the bedroom door.
The door opened and Shun entered, pulling Kagome behind him. Sesshoumaru smirked, noting Shun's attire and the whip.
Shun stopped about half way to the bed, better give Sessh room for the full view. "Happy Birthday Lord Sesshoumaru, may I have your permission to unveil your birthday present?" He gently pulled Kagome around to face him so her back was to Sesshoumaru.
' Well, this is something different. I wonder what the two of them have cooked up this time?' Sesshoumaru sat there quietly for a minute or two, trying to discern what Kagome was dressed up as. "Suppose I want to unwrap it myself?" Really, all he could see was her bare feet, and some blue and silver ribbons.
Shun contemplated this for a second, he hadn't figured that Sessh would decide to make this difficult. "You may want to allow me to unwrap it for you, Lord Sesshoumaru, so you can enjoy the view of the entire package."
Sesshoumaru decided to play along. "Hn... I suppose it may be worthwhile to have an overview and see if it is worth keeping." With a smirk he reclined back on his elbows on the bed.
Shun smirked back at him. "I am sure you will find your newest slave to your liking. If not, I will be more than happy to take her off your hands." With that he pulled the black chiffon off Kagome.
All Sesshoumaru could see was sheer blue fabric from the waist down and long black curls covering her back to her waist. He sat back up on the edge of the bed as his beast stirred, now more than curious.
Shun carefully raised his hand holding the ribbons from the wrist cuffs over Kagome's head, leaned forward to kiss her on her forehead, then using his other hand on the back of her neck, turned her around to face Sesshoumaru.
Within the space of less than a minute, Sesshoumaru's eyes went wide, his breathing increased, and he was standing in front of Kagome crushing her back against Shun. Taking the ribbons from Shun's hand, his eyes bled red, and his beast growled "I think I will keep her!"
Apparently Sesshoumaru, as well as his beast, liked his unwrapped, curled and beribboned birthday present.