After Naraku was killed, Kagome was faced with the choice of moving back home and leaving her friends forever. To her surprise, Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, Kikiyo and Shippo expressed interest in living in her time. When Sesshomaru found out about this he refused to let his half-brother discover a world that he would never see and decided to come with them. He brought Rin and Jaken with him, of course.
The transition from one time to another was relatively easy. They had moved over to her time and simply manifested some birth certificates and school records for everyone. Everyone, except Kagome, moved in together in a large home that Sesshomaru had bought. Sango decided to go to school with Kagome while Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Miroku wanted to work. At first, she would only visit them on weekends but when she was accepted into university she moved.
Kagome moved into the Taisho mansion 3 months ago. She was finished high school and moving on to university. Inuyasha's home in her era was very close to her new school and they had all decided that Kagome should come live with them. It was the easiest thing for her to do, the university was only at fifteenth minute bus ride away and her rent was very low... as in it did not exist. Kagome got her own room, located at the far side of the house, near the two brothers'. She had plenty of quiet time to study and she got to see her friends as often as she wanted.
Everyone lived with them, all the member of the pool party as well as Sango's pet, Kirara. And yet the house never felt crowded. Miroku was at work during the day and Sango was at school when Kagome was at home. Inuyasha went... God knows where and Sesshomaru worked during the day.
Sesshomaru and Kagome would often play chess together. She always lost. Kagome had a theory that Sesshomaru could use his demon senses to predict her moves, but he always denied he had this ability. They would sit together quietly for about an hour, slowly playing.
Kagome knew instantly when she had lost. Sesshomaru always sat very still, his legs crossed with his elbows resting on his knees and his chin resting on his intertwined hands. He would only moved from that position when he was making his move. He always kept his eyes one the board. The only time he moved was when she lost. Kagome would move her piece and she could hear the rustle of the fabric of his clothes as he moved his piece next. When she looked up, his golden eyes were looking right at her and he had a slight smirk on his face.
"Checkmate."