Unopened

Anime/Manga: InuYasha

Character: Kagome, mention of Sesshomaru

It had been hidden under all the other gifts and somehow gotten buried under my extra clothes. I don't know how it happened. I had made sure that it was on the top when I packed the bag. Luckily the paper was still smooth, his name was written cleanly on the solid label, Sesshomaru. I can only hope that he is not offended by the late gift.

It had taken some time to come up with a gift for the Dai-Youkai, he wasn't one that seemed to enjoy frivolity. I had thought of giving him teas, but those would be short lived, food was out as he didn't eat often and it would probably go bad. After thinking on it I had decided that the best gift that I could get him was that of knowledge.

With that in mind I went to the bookstore to look through the options available. I knew that a science book would not be relevant for a good many years and while useful a math text would require extra explanation. So, I settled on history, but there were so many possibilities to choose from. I knew not to get a mythology text, as he will have lived many of the stories. Religious history seemed like it would be a ridiculous choice for a demon lord.

Finally settling on getting a condensed history of Japan I looked through the options and found a hardback book, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization. It was 336 pages and came with another book The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture a 324-page book. I had hurried home and was excited to get them wrapped and labeled. I had put it on the other gifts and somehow it had fallen to the bottom of the bag.

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