Pretend Love by Maria-Salvatore29

Warm Welcome

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters.

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The carriage landed. Kagome shivered. Hideo chuckled. Sesshomaru hummed noncommittally.

With an amused shake of his head, Hideo went out first.

“Miko.” Sesshomaru’s firm voice snapped her head. Then, he leaned towards her and licked her cheek.

Astonished, Kagome shrieked and pulled away. Still irked, purification power crackled around her in irritation as she stepped out of the carriage.

Unbeknownst to her, youkai were surrounding them. Awaiting the arrival of their lord and his soon-to-be-mate but neither of them paid attention.

“That was so…eww!” She complained to Sesshomaru.

Some youkai recoiled from the display of her purification power.

Sesshomaru fixed her with an aggravated look. “You said you do not want to die.”

“What’s the connection of me dying and your licking?” She put her hands on her hips, adapting an authoritative stance.

Surprised by her lack of fear with their lord, the youkai crowd felt a sense of respect for the human miko.

“I marked you,” he stressed out a little impatiently.

“Mark me—oh.” It suddenly dawned on her. He made me smell like him. No one will doubt his claim to me. I became safe. Somehow. “It was still icky,” she mumbled.

“Uh…Sesshomaru-sama?” A guard cautiously approached, afraid of the miko with crackling purification power.

“What?” Sesshomaru snapped coldly.

The guard blinked and said brightly, “We welcome your return, my lord! We also welcome you, my lady!”

There were a deafening claps and cheers from the youkai crowd awaiting them.

“The rumors are wrong. The human is not weak,” someone remarked.

“And she looks very enchanting, too!” Another replied.

Kagome wondered at the gaudy and warm welcome awaiting them. There was no animosity, violence, or even a bit of coldness that she had been anticipating.

“We are so pleased with your arrival, my lady!” Someone from the crowd shouted.

Kagome beamed.

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Word Prompt: Sunset Miko’s Once a Week Challenge—Gaudy (excessive)

Word Count: 300