Title: Family Trouble

Summary: Month's after Naraku's defeat. Kagome and Inuyasha hook up. But when Kikyo returns he leaves her hurt and alone. Sesshomaru finds her unconscious and injured and takes Kagome to his home. Their bond is threatened when Sesshomaru's uncle Rokurou returns and takes over the south. Rokurou plans revenge on Sesshomaru and also plans to take over the west as well.Can Sesshomaru get pass the wall Kagome's placed around her heart before it's too late.??

Pairing: Sesshomaru & Kagome

In the west

Sesshomaru sat in his study staring at the picture of his father Inu no Taishou. It was the only picture he had left remaining of him before his death. His father's long silver hair was swept up into a ponytail; he had one blue jagged mark on each of his cheeks. He didn't have the same crescent moon on his forehead. That Sesshomaru believed he inherited from his mother. His eyes painted the color of amber looked at him with love and warmth. He rarely looked at Sesshomaru that way, he had been strict and firm with his upbringing to prepare him to become lord of the west.

Sesshomaru held a piece of small paper with black ink of slanted thin strokes. It was a notice that there was a new youkai ball approaching. He often objected to occasions like this, with dancing and chatting among his peers. The ball was being arranged to appoint the new lord of the south. The letter didn't show the new lord's name because it would have to stay in secrecy until the union with the other lords was as one.

He folded the letter and placed it in his drawer. He thought long of whom this new lord would be being placed in the south in the land of the Snake youkai. The west and the south were frequently at the neck over land. His land they wanted. The west was prosperous in food and luxuries. The same land his father built from the ground up with his own sweat and blood. He wouldn't let that be wasted on some wretched clan.

Someone knocked at his door. From the scent he knew it was Shin. The wolf youkai he had known since childhood.

"Enter"

The door opened and Shin stepped through handing him a letter. It was blue in color with a black seal. The seal of the neko clan of the north. Lord Akio's daughter Akane sent him letters confessing her 'love' to him. It only gave him a headache and almost vomit at the thought of him loving a cat.

"This arrived today a few minutes ago." Shin said in a deep voice.

Sesshomaru tossed the letter in the trash. He could already smell her scent on the card.

"You not going to read it" he said in an amused tone.

"No, I will not I don't have time to be a play toy to some neko who can't tell the difference from love and her hormones." he said firmly.

"She is quite sure you will give in though" he chuckled. "You look rather bored"

He hated to admit it but he was. There was nothing for him to do but fill paperwork. Since Naraku was defeated and the Shikon jewel disappeared, the lands have become more at peace. He decided to leave the castle for a while.

"Shin, I will be leaving for a couple of days, I leave you in charge. "He said before standing.

"As you wish lord Sesshomaru" he bowed before stepping out the door.

Sesshomaru left his study to go in search of his retainer Jaken. Jaken was ordered to keep watch of Rin when he wasn't in his presence. Many of his staff was new and he didn't trust them alone with the only human in the whole castle.

He found Rin outside in the courtyard hiding behind the pet dragon. Ah-Un. It has been Two years since she has became his ward now at the age of twelve she has not changed much. Her straight brown hair has gotten longer; she gained at least four inches in height and still spoke as a little child of ten would.

Jaken was nowhere to be found and this angered him. He ordered the imp to watch his ward and he disobeyed setting off elsewhere.

"Rin" He said in a loud voice

She gave him a startled look "Good Morning Lord Sesshomaru!! Rin didn't see there" she giggled.

"Where is Jaken?"

She turned slightly and her hands were full of small wreaths of flowers. A loud shouting came from the far end of the courtyard. Jaken was running to them dressed in one of Rin's kimonos. A large necklace made of flowers was wrapped around his neck and head. And face paint was smeared over his lips and eyes. He looked fit for a Zombie's bride.

"Lord Sesshomaru, please I beg of you to tell this wretched girl to stop doing this to me, it is ruining my good Reputation!" he said gasping for breath.

"Jaken, Rin thinks you look beautiful" she said snickering and Ah-Un followed in his own language of laughing growls.

"Jaken you will go and clean yourself and prepare our leave" Sesshomaru said "Rin go inside as well and have one of the maids prepare you a meal"

"Okay lord Sesshomaru" she hugged his legs and ran to hug Ah-Un. "Bye master Jaken."

Jaken only mumbled to himself as he threw the flowers from his head and headed to the castle. After he washed and Rin finished her meal, they set off down the path into the woods to Inuyasha's forest. He thought to himself. I have nothing to do since Naraku has been defeated, nothing to entertain me.. He stared off into the woods as they began walking. Rin's little hands tugged at his hakamas.

"What is it, Rin" he said

"Rin was thinking that if you haven't had any place special to go-"she stopped to look down at her fingers

Sesshomaru knew what she was thinking as she had asked him many times before. "Rin"

She looked up "What Rin meant was could we go and see lady Kagome and Shippo, I haven't seen them for a year and I miss the pretty lady Kagome"

The half breed and his wench. Hmm. He didn't object to the thought of seeing the wench since in time he tolerated her presence but his half brother would try to fight him as soon as he smelled his scent. A fight... would entertain him for the moment. if Inuyasha fought a bit more rationally then he would be there everyday battling out his boredom.

Jaken noticed his master's silence and as always thought it best to speak for him.

"You wretched girl do you obviously think that Lord Sesshomaru would spend his time with a bunch of lousy humans"

"Rin didn't ask you, frog breath!" she ran and stood close to Sesshomaru

"How dare yo-"he was cut off by a foot stepping on his head "owww"

Sesshomaru decided to go to Inuyasha. Since the land had been restored to peace, he didn't know if the Miko still stayed in the feudal era. He was in the least bit curious of what they were doing with their time.

Kagome couldn't shake the warm feeling she got every time Inuyasha looked at her. It was as if her dream had come true. That day after Naraku was defeated and she was so close to death. He fought to keep her alive and he said he loved her. Her. Not Kikyo but her. For five month's they have been together and it seemed nothing could stand in their way.

She thought about this as she was in the shopping mall by herself. She needed some new clothes since her school outfit had gotten a little too tight for her to fit, as of all her clothes in her closet. She hadn't been completely home for 4 years so she was in dire need of new clothes.

Her mother Hiromi was proud of her success in the feudal era but told Kagome that she was still not finished since the well never closed up, everything in the past was doing okay so what could happened. Naraku was a hard task to defeat even if he was a hanyou. Kagome was almost 20 years old now. She spent nearly 5 years in the past trying to defeat Naraku.

Now there was nothing to worry about, she had Inuyasha who would furiously fight to protect her. Sango and Miroku finally accepted each other and began dating. She adopted Shippo the little fox who captured her heart as a real son would. She realized she had been smiling the whole time she had been walking in the mall. She never felt this good in her whole life. She had her own family. She was very proud of herself.

Kagome noticed a store at the corner of the food court. She hadn't seen it before so it must've just been built in years ago. The clothes were actually good in comparison to her taste. She picked out a few pair of jeans; most of them would sling low on her hips. Button up blouses and tank tops. A lot of Sun dresses since it was often quite hot in the feudal era and a few pairs of shoes.

She went to the dressing room to see if all her clothes fit. The jeans and shoes were comfortable. The tops fit nicely. She had tried on her sundresses they were knee length and fit snug around her chest and abdomen and flared out to the knees.

After buying the clothes, she needed some more nightwear and a bathing suit for her and Sango. She spied another store and bought some slippers, 2 nightgowns, bras and panties, some tanks and shorts. In another store she bought a two piece for her and a one piece for Sango. Sango made sure that she would get one for her she didn't like a lot of skin showing.

When Kagome left the store she looked at her watch and she had been in the mall for 6 hours. Her mother would be coming to get her soon because she needed to get back to the feudal era. She turned the corner and ran right into someone and fell right to the floor.

"I'm sorry I didn't see you there" a deep voice said.

Kagome grabbed the man's extended hand and he pulled her up. She looked at the man she bumped into and her mouth dropped.

"Hojo?" she said looking at him

"How did yo- Kagome" he said

"Wow Hojo I haven't seen you in years, how have you been" she picked up her bags on the floor.

"Life has been treating me nicely, if I should say so how about you" Hojo said with a concerned look.

"Me I'm doing fine I'm all cured" she said with a forced laugh. Her cell phone began to ring. It was Hiromi calling to tell her she was outside waiting for her. "Listen Hojo I have to go moms is outside maybe we could catch up later"

"That is fine with me, here is my card call me" he handed her is card and hugged her before leaving.

Her mom was waiting outside the mall and helped Kagome with the bags of clothes. They arrived home 20 minutes later and inside Souta were playing his video games. Kagome had bought another backpack and trashed the bright yellow she had. She refilled it with ramen for Inuyasha, toys for Shippo, catnip for Klala, and other types of food and toys. She had another bag that she slung across her shoulders. That held all her clothes and personal belongings.

She helped her Mother cleanup the house before leaving to the feudal era. Before she could climb out of the well, a clawed hand pulled her out. Inuyasha was glad to see her she could tell by the small smirk on his face.

"What took you so long, you said you would be gone for only two days." He said holding her by the waist.

"I know I'm late but I did some shopping today and brought some Ramen." She held up the small container.

"What else did you buy" he said as he stared at her with a sultry look to his eyes.

Obviously knowing what he was asking for she changed the subject. "What Inuyasha I come back and you don't give me a 'how are you' kiss" she said with a pout

He cupped her chin "believe me that was the first thing on my mind" he leaned in and felt his mouth full of fur. "What the Hell"

"Mama" Shippo squealed with his hands wrapped around her neck.

"Shippo! I brought you some more toys and coloring books." She pulled them out

"Thank you!!" he ran off to color in his new books.

Sango and Miroku were making their way over to her and she pulled out Sango's bathing suit. It was black in color. Sango wrapped the bathing suit in a bundle and set it beside her weapon.

"I didn't forget you Miroku, here are the spell scrolls I told you about" she said handing him the box.

"Why thank you lady Kagome, I take it you enjoyed your stay at home" Miroku said.

"Yes I did, I met some people I haven't seen in a while and I was happy to be there" she sat down at the camp they had made. Inuyasha came back after rinsing his mouth of Shippo' fur and settled himself between Kagome legs which was a clear sign of 'scratch my head'. She didn't do it for long because he jumped up and drew his sword.

In the distance Sesshomaru and his pack was approaching. It had been a year since they last seen each other. Month's before the battle with Naraku. Rin had gotten taller but still pretty much acted younger. Sesshomaru on the other hand still looked the same. The long silver hair, stoic stature, and cold amber eyes never changed.

"What the hell do you want" Inuyasha said in a loud tone.

"Calm down Inuyasha, Rin wished to see the Miko and the Kit it has been a while since she has seen them." Sesshomaru said.

"Okay, that doesn't explain why you are here you could've let the toad bring her"

Jaken was clearly upset at being called a toad. "Half breed you will mind your manners of one in such higher rank than you"

"If you think I'm gonna bow to some ugly toad you got another thing comin" he chuckled.

Kagome stepped up. "Inuyasha let them be if Rin has come to play with Shippo then let her, clearly they're not here to harm us" she looked at Sesshomaru. He was staring at her in a weird glazed look. It's probably the clothes. She still had on the jeans and tank top she worn at the mall.

"but"

"no buts leave them alone"

Inuyasha put his sword in its sheath. "You're in luck, but if I see you acting all funny then I will fight you" he turned away and sat again with Kagome.

"as if you would win" Sesshomaru said as he leaned near the tree.

As Kagome scratched Inuyasha's head, she could feel someone was watching her. She looked up a pair of cold Amber eyes looked into hers. Sesshomaru didn't turn away as she continued to stare at him. Okay…weird moment. She still looked at him his eyes cold and hard it was as if he was daring her to turn away. A hand brushed her cheek.

"Are you okay Kagome" Inuyasha asked.

"Yeah umm. I'm fine I was thinking maybe I should cook some Ramen for everyone since it's almost dinnertime." She said as an excuse.

His warm amber eyes lit up. She knew that would work. She collected the pots and had Shippo bring some water from the nearby stream. In a matter of minutes there were all stuffing their mouths with Ramen.

"Lady Kagome, Rin never knew you were such a good cook" she said with her mouth full.

"Thank you for the comment and don't chew with your mouth full or you'll choke" she handed Inuyasha his bowl. He took it greedily and muffled a thank you at her. She made another bowl and made her way to Sesshomaru who was sitting near the tree. He just simply stared at her while she handed him the bowl.

"Here you go Sesshomaru" she said with the bowl still in her hand.

"I do not eat human food" he said glaring at her.

"oh okay" she turned away

"Miko"

She sighed. For the past 4 years he called her miko and she simply kept telling him that wasn't her name.

"Sesshomaru my name is Kagome okay Ka-go-me, not miko and if you continue to call me that then I won't answer you" she said firmly with her hand on her hip.

"When you learn to address me properly then maybe I can consider calling you by your name and you will answer to me whenever I call for your attention." He said his eyes looked like they were on fire.

Did he think he was at some five star hotel. We're in the middle of the forest and he's nagging about his name being abused. "What did you want your majesty" she said in a mocking tone.

He was on his feet and was standing right in her face. She didn't back down though. He needed to get a grip that the world wasn't bowing on his every whim.

"Miko, what it is this that you wear "he said observing her top. His fingers glided along the thin strap.

She glared at him for touching her without permission. She pulled his hand away and turned. "Oh the great lord Sesshomaru doesn't know what a tank top is, surely he doesn't need the assistance of a miko to find out" she walked off with the bowl of Ramen leaving a furious Sesshomaru in the dust.