~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © January 2010
Sesshoumaru wouldn't let me touch him. Instead, he undid his bandages on his own, cleaned his wounds by himself, and wrapped them up in clean dressings. All the while, with the same old bored expression on his face. It didn't seem to hurt him the least.
While he did that on my floor, I went to clean my blankets that were drenched with his blood. I would have to get a new mattress, I wasn't sure if the normal color was supposed to be blood red, or white.
"Hey sis. How's that demon doing?" I heard Souta from behind as I put my sheets into the washer.
"He's doing fine. He's actually up right now. So that's a good sign."
"Really?! Can I meet him?" Souta asked already half way up the stairs.
"Souta! Wait! He's.." I ran up after him. I didn't know what Sesshoumaru would do if Souta would bug him while he's cleaning himself up.
"So, you're a lord?!" I heard Souta ask once I got into my bedroom.
"Yep!" Rin said cheerfully. "He is!"
"What's your name?"
"Rin! You must be Kagome's brother? What's your name?"
"Souta, why don't you take Rin outside to go play, and give Sesshoumaru some time alone?"
"Okay, Kagome!" Souta grabbed Rin's hand and ran down the stairs and out the back door.
"Just be careful!" I yelled before he slammed the door. I went to the hallway closet and got clean sheets for my bed.
"You're human, yet you don't quiver from the sight of blood." Sesshoumaru stated after I put the sheets on my bed.
It took me a second to realize it wasn't a question, "Yeah well, I've been with InuYasha for the past year, tending to his wounds. So I'm used to it." Now that I mentioned InuYasha, I wondered what was keeping him so long. He should be back by now.
"Oh, by the way. How did you get your arm back? Didn't InuYasha cut it off the first time we met?" The last time we saw him, before the fight with Naraku, he didn't have his arm. Then when he showed up in the middle of Inuyasha fighting Naraku, he came up and punched Inuyasha in the face with his left fist.
He looked annoyed when I asked this. I suppose it's better than the emotionless face he always has on. But I don't really want to piss off a demon in my world. I waited for an answer, but I never got one. I suppose I should leave him alone for a while. Let him get comfortable in this time.
"Why is Rin here?" He had asked right before I left the bedroom.
"I thought it would make the both of you happy to-"
"A human making a demon happy is nonsense." He had cut me off before I could finish.
"If that's true, then why do you keep her around? Surely, if she doesn't make you happy, you wouldn't have kept her around all this time. Am I right?" I left the room before he could say anything or launch out and attack me.
Souta was teaching Rin how to play patty-cake when I went to go check on them. They seemed to be having a good time together. He never really has his friends over, or went over to a friend's place, and InuYasha never really wanted to play with a younger child. So having Rin here really made him happy.
They reminded me of each other. Both where filled with joy and oblivious to everything around them. It reminded me of my own childhood. Where I didn't have to worry about demons trying to kill me or how the world will change, rather it for the better or not. I had not a care in the world. I wish that I was somehow still like that. Instead of worrying about monsters under my bed or in my closet, I go to sleep every night wondering if I will make it the next day in the feudal era.
I did have InuYasha there to protect me, and my friends. But sometimes that's just not enough to keep the anxiety away.
"Woman, where are my clothes?" I heard a rather soft voice from behind. I looked away from the window, to face a, again, for the second time today, half naked Sesshoumaru behind me.
"You know, you're much taller than I remember you being."
His eyes quickly narrowed, then went back to normal. "That does not answer my question." He said as aggravation quickly came to his voice.
"Oh, right! Um. They're being washed now. They were covered in blood. I thought you'd want clean clothing when you awake." Jeez. I should be careful of what I saw around here if I want to live. Hell, I shouldn't have to. It is my house after all.
"Hn." Was all he said before he turned around and left me in the kitchen alone, as it was before he had entered.
"The least you could do is acknowledge my kindness and thank me." I said under my breath, clearly not thinking on how good his hearing is.
"Humans are low-class. They do not need to be thanked. They need to keep their mouths shut in the presence of a demon." I heard him say before he began walking up the stairs to my bedroom.
I don't know if I can handle him staying here. I should have let him leave when he wanted to. He is so arrogant! What the hell is taking InuYasha so long to get back?!
I was ready to leave Sesshoumaru here and go back to find InuYasha. But I knew that wasn't a good idea to do.
Maybe it's not such a good idea for InuYasha to come back. Whenever they see each other, they always end up fighting. What would Japan do once they find out two dog demons where fighting each other in the middle of Tokyo? That won't be a pretty picture.
"Hey, Kagome. How is Sesshoumaru doing?" My mother asked, getting back from the store.
"You just missed him. He seems to be doing fine. Here, let me help you with that." I grabbed that groceries from my mother and placed them on the counter. "Does grandpa know yet?," I was almost too afraid to ask.
"No, not yet. But once he find out a full-blooded demon's in the house, he's going to flip. I hope you know that."
Grandpa was out on 'vacation', as he puts it, in Kyoto, looking for old-fashioned spell books and equipment.
"When will he be coming back?"
"I just got off the phone with him. He is planning on coming home next week."
I stayed downstairs and watched TV for the time being. I didn't want to make Sesshoumaru upset or agitated even more than he is now. So I waited 'til his clothes where done before I went upstairs to go see how he was doing.
I suspected he would have taken my bed to relax on. Instead he was slightly slouching on the wall under my window, collecting himself.
"Um, I brought you your clothes." I had spoken once I realized he wasn't going to care if I was in the room. He opened his eyes slowly and looked up towards me, something gleaming in his eyes. Before I could speculate what it was, it disappeared.
He got up, without saying a word, and took his clothes from my hands. We stood there for a moment staring each other down, before I spoke, "Um..-"
"I do not need assistance to put on my own clothes."
"That's not what I was going to say!" Okay. So maybe it was.
"Nonetheless, your words are not important."
"Not important!? Why the hell is my word not important? You might be a Lord where you come from, but here, you're nothing more than a dog!"
"I'll have you know-" His voice was filling with rage, and his eyes seem to tint a little in pink.
"It doesn't matter! I don't care!" I stormed off, slammed my door behind me before he could finish his sentence.
Why do I always tend to piss off the wrong people? This is going to catch up to me one day. I know it.
She stood up to me…without a single hint of fear in her eyes. Even though she knows damn well what I could do to her. She's not like most humans in my era. She seems more… interesting.
Sesshoumaru thought about going after her, showing her what he could easily do to her if she ever talks out of place again. He let it slide this time. He didn't want to create a scene where Rin could easily watch.
He placed his Kimono out on her bed, and put on the nagajuban, the bottom layer. Something was wrong. Somehow, while being washed, it had shrunken an inch or two. He went to look at his Kimono to find that it, too, had shrunken down.
I heard a loud snarl coming from my bedroom once I stepped on the last staircase. It was too long of a delay for him to be snarling at me when I yelled at him just a moment ago. I looked back towards the top of the stair way, too see a very mad, and very dangerous Lord.
-Chapter thrice is done! What will Sesshoumaru do to Kagome? All she's done since he has woken up is aggravate the Lord. *sigh* Poor Kagome. And what will Sesshoumaru have to wear, now that his clothes shrunk? Ha. Poor Sesshoumaru. And where the hell is that half-demon, InuYasha?!
-I so do hope I got the 'nagajuban' part right of his Kimono? If you don't know what I'm talking about, It's the white (usually) underneath clothing they wear so their sweat won't interfere with the silk of the Kimono. Or something like that. ha.
-More tomorrow! Maybe. I haven't done my schooling yet, I know I should. But it's just simply boring. Anyways, its 2:30am, so goodnight. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
