Revenge of the Babysat
WANTED: Teenage girl, age 16+, good with small children, willing to play games, and can make toasted peanut butter banana w/ M&M sandwiches. Contact Sesshomaru Taisho at 123-456-7890 for babysitting details.
Kagome Higurashi walked with unsteady steps up the tidy driveway of Sesshomaru Taisho, armed with board games, coloring books, band-aids, and her schoolbooks. Looking down at a small piece of paper in her hands with the address and other information, Kagome looked up to see if she had the right house.
"547?" she asked herself, she looked around the doorway, and saw the numbers 547 neatly placed in gold figures near the doorbell.
"Well..." she gulped, "Here goes nothing"
She gently tapped the small, white doorbell briefly, snatching her finger off of it, when she heard its' conservative chime ring throughout the house.
Quickly she scanned herself, smoothing wrinkles in her clothing and trying to brush down fly-aways in her hair. Double-checking her distorted reflection in the shine of the gold numbers, Kagome checked to make sure her natural-looking make-up was unsmudged.
"Yay!" she heard a girl cry, "The babysitter's here!" Kagome grinned, the unmistakable sound of how the little girl pronounced her 's' told Kagome that Sesshomaru's little girl Rin, had recently experienced the loss of a tooth.
When she heard footsteps coming towards the door, Kagome smiled experimentally in the reflection of the numbers, before directing her smile to the person who opened the door.
Kagome's heart nearly stopped, when she saw him.
On the phone, his voice had sounded manly and regal with his deep baritone, but she had never expected this. Standing in front of her was 5'10" of perfect male. His lean muscular body was perfectly toned, with broad shoulders, and an ethereal aura about him.
His face was equally remarkable, with piercing golden eyes, and a strong jaw contrasted by sensual looking lips. But what Kagome found more surprising about him than his uncommon eyes, was his impressive head of long silver hair trailing down his muscular back.
Kagome's eyes widened as her smile faltered, the urge to touch his hair with unbearable, and she was sure that he noticed her staring. Planting her hands firmly behind her back, Kagome renewed her smile towards her employer for the day.
"Um…hi!" Kagome said brightly, they had been standing there for a while and he had made no motion that he was going to invite her in. "Kagome Higurashi" she announced with a smile as she extended her hand towards him, "I'm the babysitter"
Sesshomaru regarded her emotionlessly; barely blinking at the small hand she had offered him. Instead, he scanned her from her raven black hair, to her much-worn Nike sneakers. Peering into her face, he saw shock in her brown eyes and smirked inwardly. Her make-up was light and neutral, her face not needing much anyway. She had a strangely blemish-free face, accented by high, discernable cheekbones, and plump limps pulled into a smile.
Kagome tried not to visibly shrink under his gaze. He hadn't said anything, and Kagome was starting to regret the whole thing. She tried to dress casually but nice enough to show that was a professional, and she thought that her snug straight-leg jeans, and well-fitting T-shirt was good enough. But the look that he was giving her was making her start to believe otherwise.
Maybe I should've just gone over to Sango's to study like she suggested, it's not like I need the money right now anyway. And I have a test this Monday…maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
Kagome was about to retreat, when she thought she heard him speak.
"Come in" he had said tonelessly, ignoring her hand, and had turned back inside his house.
Kagome drifted inside, following his lead in a daze. His voice made her want to melt, and he had actually let her in! Pinch her, she was dreaming.
"Close the door behind you" he called to her.
Kagome snapped out of her dazed state, and followed his orders, carefully pushing the door back into its frame and making sure it stayed that way.
"Come into the kitchen" he ordered.
Kagome walked through the tiled foyer/sitting room and through a dimly lit hallway into a wide space divided into certain rooms. To her left was the living room, looking surprisingly lived in and cozy. The couch was neat, with throw pillows obviously rashly thrown in place, and with Playstation controllers unfurled on the carpeted floor waiting for the gamers to return. A potted plant near the large television, added a splash of color that the cream colored wall didn't.
She then turned her gaze ahead of her, where a decent-sized dining table lay, with its warm cherry wood giving the room a cheery glow. And beyond the dining table, was a grand looking staircase undoubtedly leading to the bedrooms.
Then to her right, she saw her employer in the kitchen, posting slips of paper on the refrigerator with magnets in the shape of brightly colored letters. Kagome stifled her giggle and walked into the bright kitchen as he had ordered.
"Girl" he called.
"Um…yes sir?" Kagome answered meekly.
"This Sesshomaru has posted the necessary telephone numbers on the refrigerator and the remote is on top of the television" he continued to gather things together while giving Kagome her instructions.
"You are not to let them have soft drinks, or anything with caffeine, sugary treats are also not allowed. Understood?"
"Um…yeah" she answered, Whoa, what a tight ass, she thought disbelieving that he was serious about this, How does the poor kid survive?!
"If you get hungry, you may order a pizza, the number is on the fridge" he explained laying two twenties on the counter.
"Okay" Kagome chirped, this she was used to, and if memory of past experience served correctly, he would be departing to leave in 5, 4, 3, 2…
"I'm leaving now, you have this Sesshomaru's cell phone number if something goes wrong" he said, but the way he looked at her told Kagome that nothing had better go wrong.
"Rin" he called, his rolling voice echoing throughout the first floor.
"Coming master!" Kagome heard an enthusiastic voice reply, the same voice that was missing a tooth.
The pitter-patter of tiny feet came from in the dinning room, and then entered the kitchen. Kagome almost squealed with delight then and there. The adorable little girl—obviously Rin, Sesshomaru's ward—had a lopsided ponytail, and a cute hand-made, yellow and orange, checkered kimono.
Strange kid, Kagome thought to herself, But what can you expect when she's not allowed to have candy?
The little girl, Rin, bowed deeply to her foster father, and the turned excitedly to Kagome.
"Oh mistress!" Rin exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Kagome's knees, "I can't wait! We're going to have so much fun!"
"Er…" Kagome looked to Sesshomaru for help, but he was ignoring the both of them. "Um…Rin, call me Kagome okay?"
"Yes Mistress Kagome!" the girl replied cheerfully rewarding Kagome with a toothy smile, minus one front tooth, which she proudly showed Kagome.
"Do you have any missing teeth?" Rin asked, as she pointed to the large gap in the top row of her mouth.
Kagome smiled, "Nope, I've got all of mine" Kagome proceeded to open her mouth to show the young girl, "I lost mine a long time ago"
Rin looked up in awe at Kagome. "Did you hear that Master?" Rin asked turning to Sesshomaru, "She lost all her teeth all ready"
Kagome was beyond surprised at the patience that Sesshomaru must have used when dealing with his young ward—patience that she did not think he possessed.
Rin then shook Kagome out of her musings when, she gave a delighted little squeal, "I'm almost forgot!" the little girl announced before running from the kitchen, and scrambling up the stairs.
Sesshomaru gathered the last of his things, and walked towards the door. Kagome followed him for the deliverance of the last minute instructions.
"So when do you think you'll be back?" Kagome asked.
Sesshomaru regarded her with something closely resembling a glare, "I will be back when my business allows it" he answered coldly.
Kagome tried not to recoil, and keep her friendly smile plastered on her face, "Alrighty then!" she said brightly, "Have a good time!" Whatever you're doing, she gave a two-fingered wave and was about to turn back into the house, when suddenly Rin burst through the door and down the walkway to Sesshomaru.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru! Look what Rin made for you!" she proudly held up a colorful piece of paper, decorated with countless scribbles and other childish scrawlings. Sesshomaru had no reaction, Kagome noted, save for one delicately raised eyebrow.
"What is this, Rin?" he asked motioning to the item in her hands.
"Why, it's you Lord Sesshomaru! See?" Rin eagerly looked up into Sesshomaru's face for recognition and apprecation of her artwork.
"Hm" Sesshomaru gave a soft snort and tried to refrain from rolling his eyes, why were his hands at equal height as his feet? And he absolutely did not wear rainbow colored kimonos! "Go put it on the fridge, Rin"
"Yay!" the little girl squealed in delight, as she jumped up and down. After her happy dance (I love those) Rin quickly ran back into the house to post her drawing on the fridge for all to see.
Kagome looked up at Sesshomaru, and he stared right back at her. The staring contest was broken when Sesshomaru gave a slight smirk, and an I-told-you-so look on his face.
"See why I don't let her have sugar?" His smirk deepened as he lowered himself into his car.
Kagome's jaw nearly dropped at the unexpected humor of the Ice King, and her employer. She continued to gape at him as he continued to back out of the driveway and, sped off down the quiet street.
Still slightly stunned, Kagome walked back into the house, and locked the door. Alright, she thought to herself, It's just me and—Hey!
A small orange-ish blur ran past her, with Rin chasing after it happily. The blur passed her once again, but this time, Rin jumped on it, and tackling it to the ground.
"Got you!" she cried triumphantly.
"Awww, no fair" the tackled blur said in a whiny voice, "You climbed on the chair!"
Kagome's eyes widened in horror, Sesshomaru hadn't said anything about there being another one!
"Oh!" Rin said, taking notice of Kagome, "This is Shippo, he's a fox demon"
Kagome said nothing and just stared despairingly at the two children.
"Arrgh! Give me the jewel shards human, or it'll be your life!" the small boy called Shippo had jumped to Kagome's feet, and was holding a spoon in what was supposed to be a menacing fashion.
"Shippo!" Rin called disapprovingly, "You can't do that! Mistress Kagome isn't playing yet! But you'll play with us right?" Rin asked turning hopeful eyes in Kagome's direction.
"Eh…" she looked at Rin's large pleading eyes, and then at the other small boy. Two against one, she thought, I'll be lucky if I make it out of here alive!
"Yeah!" Shippo said eagerly, "Play with us!" he sat down Indian-style on the carpeted floor, and looked thoughtful, "But who are you gonna be?..." he pondered, "I'm a fox demon, and Rin's a demon-slaying princess…so what will you be?"
"Oooh!" Rin exclaimed, "She can be a miko! Mistress Kagome would make a perfect miko!"
"Um…okay" Kagome said shakily, Not like I have a choice anyway… she could totally picture Sesshomaru taking her head off with his lethal looking nails, Not this his glares aren't enough to kill me too…Kagome held off a shiver, and returned her attention to the two children in front of her.
"Um…so…how do you play?" Kagome asked feeling stupid, like only six-year olds can to perfect straight A, Honor students.
"Okay," Shippo said with his little brow furrowed in concentration as he explained the game to Kagome. "Well…I'm the bad guy, and you and Rin are the good guys" he pointed at both of them and continued, "You, Kagome" he aimed a small chubby finger in her direction, "Have the jewel shards, which I," Shippo motioned towards himself, "Are trying to get, while Rin, is trying to stop me, and you chase her. Get it?" he asked a slightly dazed Kagome.
"I think so…" Kagome answered slowly, "Basically, it's a three way tag, she chases you…you chase me…and I chase Rin" Kagome counted off on her fingers, making sure that she had it right, "Yeah," she nodded with understanding, so now she knew who chased who, but there was still one thing that puzzled her.
"Why do I have to chase Rin?" she asked, and Shippo just shrugged.
"To make it more fun" he answered like it was the most obvious thing on the planet. To Kagome, it was more obvious that this was going to make it a whole lot more chaotic.
"Alright?" Shippo asked waiting for Kagome's consent.
"Um…" Kagome looked thoughtful, "Hold on a sec," she said apologetically, and quickly escaped to the kitchen. Scanning the various memos, menu's, flyers, and other objects magnetically tapped on the fridge, Kagome finally found what she was looking for.
Grabbing the black, cordless phone in the kitchen, Kagome dialed frantically.
RING
RING
RING
RIN—
"Hello?" a cold voice answered.
"Mr. Taisho?" Kagome asked with relief, "Oh good, see I—"
"What is it girl?" Sesshomaru asked tersely, cutting Kagome off, "I do not have the time for idle chit-chat"
Kagome scowled at him over the phone, but spoke with forced calm, "Sir, I wasn't aware that Rin would be having a friend over, and I don't think that—"
Kagome could feel him roll his eyes over the phone, "I'll pay you extra then, but while I am gone, he is under your responsibility"
"What?!" Kagome yelled
Sesshomaru smirked on the other line, "Is that a problem?" he asked coolly.
"Yes!" Kagome yelled, "It is a big problem!"
"Well it's your problem, not mine. Deal with it"
And with that, Kagome's employer (for the day) hung up, leaving Kagome to hold up the heavy boulder of a task called babysitting two kids, on her shoulders. And I have no upper body strength…she thought moping, as she walked back into the living room where the two children were.
Seeing Kagome return, Shippo and Rin quickly ran to Kagome, "So are you gonna play?" they asked eagerly.
Kagome gave a defeated sigh, and shrugged her shoulders dejectedly, "Yes"
"Okay then…GO!" Shippo swiftly ran towards Kagome, who clumsily dodged the small boys' outstretched arm. Undaunted, Shippo ran after her again.
But Kagome was ready this time, she waited for Shippo to come back. When he lunged for her, she used her long legs to her advantage and sprung into the dining room.
"No fair!" Shippo called out in protest.
"Ha! I'm gonna get you fox-demon!" Rin yelled in a fake voice as she chased after Shippo, who sqeaked as he tried to shake the persistent Rin from his trail.
"Not if I get you first!" Kagome called with a grin.
Rin gave a happy shriek and quickly began running in the opposite direction, forgetting her pursuit, and focusing on not being touched by Kagome. (…I just made Kagome sound like a pedophile)
Kagome had chased Rin through the dining room, to the foyer, through the living room, and finally had her cornered once again in the dining room.
Shippo, who had been forgotten in the living room, had cleverly hid his persona. As Kagome chased Rin around the dining room table, Shippo leapt out from his hiding spot, and tried to envelope his arms around Kagome's ankles.
Kagome screeched, and then ran off gaily towards the stairs, "You'll never catch me now!" she taunted, as she took the stairs two at a time.
Nearly at the top of the stairs, Kagome gleefully noticed that the small boy—though determined—was having a pretty rough time of getting up the many steps. Hah! Kagome thought triumphantly, but distracted by her gloating, Kagome didn't notice the tiny shoe on the step.
"Aaah!" she cried out in horror, as she lay sprawled on the stairs, she scrambled up on her knees, trying to upright herself and escape Shippo who was approaching quickly.
"Hah! All kneel to Shippo, the ultimate fox demon!" Shippo announced striking a pose as he stood triumphantly on Kagome's back.
"Eh…could you…get off?" Kagome panted. The small boy quickly acquiesced and nimbly leapt off of her back.
"Whew…" Kagome gingerly rubbed her abused back, "That was…fun" the two grins from Rin and Shippo told her that they agreed, "So how's about we eat some food huh?"
The two children cried happily and ran into the kitchen, with Kagome following after them.
"So what do you guys feel like eating?" Kagome asked.
The two looked at each other and smiled, "What else?" Shippo said.
"Toasted, peanut butter and banana sandwiches! Yeah!" they shouted at the same time, pumping their tiny fists into the air.
Kagome smiled, and gathered the ingredients for their sandwiches.
"Mistress Kagome, why do you have a pot? You don't need a pot to make peanut butter and banana sandwiches" Rin asked Kagome confused at her babysitter's actions.
"Yeah" Shippo said equally confused, "Don't you know that you toast the sandwiches in the toaster oven?"
Kagome smiled and set the pot down over Sesshomaru's gas stove (I hate electric stoves), "This isn't for your sandwiches guys, this is for my lunch"
"What are you having Mistress Kagome?" Rin asked curiously.
Kagome grinned and gave a little thumbs up, "Ramen" she said.
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Yo! New story! I finished this chapter on July 27, 2007, and this is officially my longest written chapter! Did you guys like it? I think the story is just so cute, and that's all it's pretty much supposed to be. Maybe a bit of romance, but nothing deep or anything like that (Psh, like I could write something angsty if I wanted to). I know this probably isn't the smartest thing to do considering that I've been neglecting all my other stories, am already having a hard time forcing myself to update, and school's about to start soon. But ((shrug)) what can ya do? I never considered myself a smart person anyways. Toodles!