Two months later Kagome was living in her own apartment at the opposite end of town and working at a very top dollar hotel. She had aced her GED test and gotten a really good paying job at the hotel, sure she worked her way up but it didn't take her long, for the first month she worked as housekeeping, and every customer loved her. Of course anyone that came in contact with her loved her because of her outgoing attitude, and that is how she got the nice tips everyone left her in their room after staying. Now she worked the front desk, answering the phones and making reservations, and again everyone who came in contact with her walked away pleased and a smile graced their face even if they had been in a bad mood. Kagome loved her job and it did take up most of her time but at the end of the quitting day she always went back to her little cozy but empty house, except for Buyo, her mother insisted she take her oversized lazy ass cat to keep her company.
"I'm home Buyo, are you hungry?" Kagome opening the door,
"Meow," Buyo laying in the bay window twitching his tail.
"Must be nice to get to lay around all day, come on, I got the food you like," Kagome sighed. The oversized cat lazily moved and stretched and a loud thud later Buyo's feet hit the floor, he lounged his way over to the food dish and ate greedily, as if he had been starving all day. Kagome fixed some ramen, she stood there watching it cook in the microwave thinking of the times she had cooked ramen for all her friends that had become a family to her, besides it was Inuyasha's and Shippo's favorite. The microwave beeped, Kagome blinked out of her thoughts and got upset, she jerked the door open on the microwave and grabbed the disposable cup and threw it in the trash, she stomped off towards the bedroom and slammed the door. She threw her dress coat and her skirt into the floor and crashed onto the bed not bothering with her nightly traditional bath that usually helped chase away the stress of the day, baths had a tendency to make her relax and ponder on the past and her second family and it was bad enough she always came home to a cat.
~I'm like an old cat lady but without all the cats.~ Kagome thought as she drifted to sleep. Its not like she didn't have offers, she had men throwing themselves at her all the time, she was a very gorgeous young lady, at 21 years old she had longer black hair, her eyes didn't have the shine like they did when she was in the Feudal Era, there was a sadness in them, she was still skinny but not sickly looking, her curves filled out in all the right places but for some reason she wouldn't take the men's offers. Most if not all were highly successful business men who had came to stay plenty of times at the hotel and most having the same old line,
"Hey sweetheart, I enjoyed my time here so much the last time I had to come back just to see you," and some would bring her jewelry, others brought her expensive chocolates from exotic places, and most would give her both with a couple 100 dollar tips. Kagome always would blush and try her best to flirt with them but really, she didn't know what to do, the only guy she ever had a crush on was Inuyasha and he never really flirted with her that much, so she simply replied,
"it's a pleasure to see you again, thank you so much, really, you shouldn't have, and I really hope you have another great stay in our suite, don't work too hard now," Kagome would giggle and flash her gorgeous smile at them and they would swoon. That night she dreamed of yester years.
"Lord Sesshomaru," Kagome greeting the stoic creature before her,
"Miko, Rin is in need of your assistance, you shall come to this Sesshomaru's home and care for her," Sesshomaru coolly ordered. Kagome looked around, Inuyasha was gone once again and she looked at her friends,
"I cant leave my friends," Kagome softly, really wanting to help the little girl.
"Very well, your friends shall come as well," Sesshomaru explained, fighting himself on the inside for letting the other mortal humans come along. Once they had arrived the lord showed them to their quarters and then showed Kagome where Rin was.
"You shall remain here at this castle till she is well," Sesshomaru commanded,
"Listen up Sesshomaru, you may think I'm scared of you but I am not, I have never been, I like Rin, she is like my own, you don't have any power over me, but whenever Rin is in trouble and sick, I will help in any way I can, all you have to do is ask," Kagome explained, she checked Rin out.
"She has a fever and the chills, I need more blankets for her, also I'll need to fix some tea and she'll need to try to eat something, may I use your kitchen?" Kagome asked Sesshomaru, he nodded,
"Come," Sesshomaru leading the way, Kagome rolled her eyes and followed after him. She was led to the kitchen where she fixed some soup and tea for the young sick one, when she was finished and had made her way back to the room Rin was in she found Sesshomaru sitting on the edge of Rin's bed that had about five extra heavy furs on it. She watched him as he felt of her forehead to check on her fever, she had never in her life seen Sesshomaru do such a caring act towards any living creature.
She had wished she could watch more but the tea and soup were getting cold, slowly she made her way over to the bed, she sat the tray down and got in the bed under the blankets and furs and pulled Rin into her lap to sit her up a little,
"Can you hand me that soup?" Kagome asked, Sesshomaru gave her the bowl of soup, he watched as Kagome coaxed the little girl into eating the soup. Two days later Rin was getting better but Kagome was now bed ridden with it.
"Miko, you shall not move from this bed, nor will you come in contact with your mortal friends, you will explain to this Sesshomaru how to fix that soup," Sesshomaru throwing more furs onto her body. Kagome was surprised at his reaction, she nodded and explained softly how to make the soup and tea. He brought her the soup and tea everyday and fed her the way she had fed Rin, he brought her into his lap and leaned her back against his unarmored chest and fed her.
"Thank you Lord Sesshomaru, you know my name is Kagome," Kagome thinking he didn't know it already,
"This Sesshomaru only holds enough respect for you to call you miko, be grateful for the name he has chosen to address you by," Sesshomaru making her drink the tea. One night when her fever subsided she opened her eyes to find the stoic demon in the chair at the end of the bed, appearing to be asleep.
"Miko," Sesshomaru addressed her,
"Yes," Kagome moaned,
"You fever has dropped, you should be feeling better in the morning," Sesshomaru getting up and starting to walk away.
"Lord Sesshomaru, why did you stay?" Kagome asked softly,
"This Sesshomaru did as you have done for Rin," Sesshomaru hesitating,
"I believe I laid by her side all night," Kagome explained,
"It makes me feel safe and protected," Kagome not having the strength to move just yet.
"The half breed is your protector, is he not?" Sesshomaru turning his head, Kagome closed her eyes, he immediately smelt sadness pour from her.
"The half breed no longer protects me," Kagome whispered. Sesshomaru didn't turn around but he didn't walk away either, after a few minutes he decided to turn and walk back to his chair.
"From now till Naraku is defeated this Sesshomaru and his pack will follow your pack," Sesshomaru lowly and coolly explained, Kagome blinked her eyes, she couldn't believe her ears.
"Why would you do that?" Kagome shocked,
"It is none of your concern, sleep miko," Sesshomaru folding his arms across his chest.
"Thank you Lord Sesshomaru," Kagome mumbled as she was quickly falling back to sleep.
Kagome woke up to the sunrise,
~I guess that was when I was able to admit out loud that Inuyasha didn't care for me like I did him, but does that mean I fell for Lord Sesshomaru?~
Kagome pondering to herself about how things went down.
~No Lord Sesshomaru became apart of the group, he only protected me because of his family's honor, since Inuyasha didn't protect me anymore that means that Lord Sesshomaru took the responsibility to protect me, either that or for Rin's sake, oh, Rin, I'm sorry I left without getting to say goodbye, I guess I'll never be able to see how well you grew up.~ Kagome's eyes watering. She quickly shook her head, moving as if she had a hangover from the night before, to the bathroom, peeling off her lacy set of underwear she had not had the energy to pull off from the night before and stepped into the hot steamy shower.
"That hit's the spots," Kagome moaned and closed her eyes.
