Supper went by uneventful as the two older teenagers acted normally. Kagome's mother suggested they watch a movie or two and Souta jumped at the opportunity to show Satoru their collection. During the 2nd movie he could see that Kagome started to get sleepy. After a few minutes went by he glanced back over and found her asleep sitting up.

He pulled her into his lap while he finished the movie. By the end of the 2nd movie, Souta had also fallen asleep comfortably on the other couch. Carefully he picked her and carried her up the steps. When he got to her door she woke up and sleepily opened her eyes and stared at him. Noticing her stare he gave her a sexy smirk and she once again blushed.

"Satoru, do you mind if I change into something else, I'm sweaty?" She explained.

Arching a brow at her asking him if she can change he nodded. She went to her closet and pulled out a silky white, night gown with spaghetti straps and then she grabbed some fresh panties and left to the bathroom to change. While she went to change he took off his shirt and put on some hakamas they also borrowed to him. She came back in with her clothes and dropped them into the hamper.

Seeing the clothing she remembered their uniforms and sneezed. She immediately went to the bathroom and washed her hands off. Satoru came in and guided her to the bed. "I will get them, you lay down and rest." He then headed down to the basement to fetch their clothing.

Reaching the bottom steps he felt eyes on him and kept on his guard while he grabbed their stuff and began folding it. That's when he heard a familiar voice start speaking to him as he calmly turned around to face the person.

"I thought I heard you upstairs. You better have a good reason as to why you are here and at night no less." Bankotsu wasn't sure why but he felt possessive of the girl, Kagome.

"Then if you have been hearing the conversations upstairs then you would know that I saved Kagome from being raped and beaten, or possibly killed. You also should have heard Mrs. Higurashi tell me that I am to stay for the night due to the storm. I don't see why I should be explaining myself seeing as they don't know you are snooping around in their basement uninvited." He shot back, not letting his temper show.

Bankotsu glared at the man with a slight growl. "Watch your tongue partial demon. You're treading on dangerous territory. You had best be only thinking about staying friends with Kagome cuz once I reveal myself to her as alive and well, I will take her as mine and you won't ever have her. Know your enemy before you drown from biting off more than you can chew."

Satoru finished with the clothing and gathered them up. "I will keep that in mind but it is you that needs to remind your self of your own words. You can keep your Banryu, it doesn't interest me but Kagome is mine already. As interesting as this conversation is I need to return and make sure Kagome hasn't fallen ill." He then left and turned the lights off.

He got back upstairs and entered her room, staring at her form on the bed. Sighing he set the clothing down and moved to her side, feeling her head for a temperature, only finding a small one. She woke up to his touch and looked up with questioning eyes. "Is something wrong?"

He shook his head no. "Just concerned for your health. Maybe you should stay home from school tomorrow and rest. I can easily make sure you get all of your notes and homework."

"I will think about it. Are you going to get some rest?" She asked.

He nodded and pulled the covers back from under her and then lay down next to her on his side facing her while he brought the blankets up to cover them both. He reached his hand up to move a few stray hairs while the other wrapped around her form and pulled her flush against him. Feeling her pull him closer he captured her lips starting where he left off. The soft touches and intoxicating caresses driving them both wild with passion. It wasn't until the thunder cracked and the lightening flashed across the sky did they break apart, hearing the pounding of hail and rain outside.

He kissed her softly again on the lips and then the forehead as they lightly panted. "Get some rest." He ordered softly, feeling her relax in his embrace and then drift into sleep. His eyes slowly shut as he succumbed to the darkness, unaware of the eyes that had caught them at the end.

At some point in the night Satoru woke up on high alert. He looked over his shoulder to see Bankotsu standing there, glaring hatefully at him. Slowly he got out of bed and tucked Kagome back in before facing Bankotsu.

"What are you doing here in her room?" Satoru questioned, disturbed that Bankotsu was even in the house and now her room. He wondered how many times he snuck in here and why he would.

"I told you that Kagome is mine and I don't share my property. You better leave before I separate your head from the rest of your body." He stated angrily.

Before Satoru could reply he heard commotion outside and noticed a group of guys on the property. Grabbing a shirt and his bike jacket they both left through the window. Racing along the outskirts of the building they followed them to one of the buildings. Seeing flashlights turn on Satoru called upon his demon blood to help him see in the darkness.

"Spread out and look for it. I know that halberd is around here somewhere." The others nodded and went looking for it.

As they kept searching for it a dark chuckle caught them off guard. "You mean this halberd." Blue eyes flashed dangerously as the silver of the halberd reflected off the light.

"Who the fuck are you?" One guy yelled, disturbed that they got snuck up on.

"Forgive me. Not. I am Bankotsu, the leader of the Band of Seven and you are trying to take Banryu from me. And if I'm not mistaken, Kagome too. If you value your lives I would get off these shrine grounds before I spill blood on this holy ground." He grinned gleefully.

"You can't kill them unless you want the authorities to possibly arrest Kagome and her family. Anyways, he is more of my enemy than yours." Satoru cracked his knuckles. "Now Yoichi, get the fuck away from here, I already taught you a lesson last night."

"Why the fuck are you here Satoru?" He growled.

"Invitation by Kagome's family. I saved her earlier today." He grinned, rubbing it in his face.

Bankotsu finally had had enough and set Banryu down and charged the guy tossing a punch and then tossing him out of the building. Him and Satoru made quick work with getting them out of the building and then shut the door behind them. Bankotsu picked his halberd back up and pointed it at them. "Leave before I start collecting heads. The dead usually prefer to stay dead but my rest has been taken once again making me irritable."

The guys getting the hint, took off. Satoru walked off, headed back inside ignoring Bankotsu, just wishing to return to Kagome. He climbed up the tree and back into the window. Slightly shutting the window he looked to see Kagome still sleeping peacefully it seemed. Shedding his wet clothing he draped his jacket and hakamas over the edge of the hamper and crawled back into bed after shedding his shirt. Hoping that Bankotsu stayed out of the bedroom at least, he willed himself back to sleep.

He awoke shortly after the sun came up and allowed himself to slowly get ready to get up, taking in as much of presence being in his arms as he could. He felt lucky that he is able to hold her like this and from what he knew, he is also the first one she has been this intimate with or even make-out with. It went from wooing her to slowly falling for her. He just hoped nothing happened to disrupt what little he has now.

Stretching he looked at her slightly flush appearance and frowned. He felt her forehead and found a sheen of sweat being built up on it. Her whole body temperature is warmer than his liking. He got out of bed and changed his boxers and got into his school pants and his white muscle shirt before exiting the room. In the hallway he met Kagome's mother who had already dressed for the day apparently.

"Mrs. Higurashi, Kagome has a fever. It was only slight last night but it seems that it has built up." Noticing her clothing, it looked like she had more to do today than just regular house work.

"Oh no." She thought quietly for a few seconds. "I will go get her some medicine. Think you could wet a wash cloth and place it on her forehead." Seeing his nod she gave her thanks to him and directed him to the wash cloths.

He drenched it with cold water and then went back to her bedroom and sat down on the bed. He moved her bangs out of the way as he set the cold wash cloth on it. He soon could hear her mother coming up the steps and walk in the room. She quickly had Kagome swallow the syrup she had carefully measured. Satoru got up and sat at her desk to let her mother sit next to her daughter and watched what she did.

Kagome stirred and then woke up and looked around, landing her eyes on him and her mother, seeing their concerned looks. "What's wrong?" Not entirely realizing that she is sick yet.

"I'm afraid you will have to miss school today. You have a fever. I will cancel my plans for the day and stay home, you need more rest and I don't want you home alone when you're ill." Kagome studied her mother as if trying to place something.

"Oh, now I remember. Mama please go, I will be fine here. I'm sure by noon I will be fine and studying." She tried to reassure her mother. Her mother made plans to meet up with some old friends and it took a while for them all to be able to find a date that they can all make and she didn't want her mother to miss out.

"If you want I can have our friends get our assignments and I will stay here with her. Missing one day won't affect my attendance." She seemed hesitant to agree. "It won't be a problem at all. I'm sure if you just explained that I'm seeing to Kagome's welfare that they will mark us both as excused with no complaint." They both gave her mom a reassuring smile.

"I guess that will be fine. I would rather you than my father. Oh by the way, Souta's school has a planned field trip to our shrine today from the same grade. If you feel better maybe you could help your grandfather." At Kagome's nod her mother got up.

She pulled a pen and paper out of the desk drawer and wrote down where she would be and how to contact her. "I will leave this here in case of an emergency. I will call your mother before I head out. Now would you like some breakfast." She watched them nod. She smiled before she left the room. 'Maybe with enough time together they might date. It would be wonderful to have grandkids!' She let the thought linger as she began imagining what they would look like.

Souta was soon up and out the door but not before he helped his mother bring up two trays of food. Kagome had soup as a main dish while Satoru ate the same food the rest of her family had. "I have more soup and other leftovers in the fridge, please help yourself Satoru. I also have fresh clothes and towels laid out in the bathroom for you also." Satoru bowed deeply in thanks and watched as she left out the door.

They talked quietly as they ate their breakfast, mainly about school and the plans they had for the weekend. That's when Kagome noticed the damp hakamas and his bike jacket. "Why are your clothes wet?"

That caught him off guard, he had entirely forgotten the events of the night and didn't plan on telling her about it but with the unexpectedness of the question he quickly searched for a answer. "Some idiots tried breaking into one of the shrine buildings last night and I scared them off. They were after the halberd."

"Banryu." She mumbled quietly. Then she laughed. "It takes at least three strong men to even drag that thing anywhere. I'm sure you might be able to lift it but regular humans, no chance just alone." Her eyes lit merrily. "Thank you Satoru-kun."

"It was no problem at all. They shouldn't be so bold as to actually try. Next time they will re-think their actions before coming here again." He figured he would keep the details to himself for now, he didn't feel like bringing up Yoichi or Bankotsu.

Bankotsu woke up at sunrise and waited for everyone to leave but he could still feel Kagome and Satoru's energies in her bedroom. Feeling grumpy after seeing her cuddled up and kissing the other male had sent his blood boiling. Now she wasn't even leaving for school like she normally does and neither is his new rival. He knew if he didn't make his presence known soon then the other male might successfully woo her to being his woman and that thought irked him.

He went up the steps and walked around silently in the downstairs. He briefly wondered if his rival would leave at all knowing that he is here. Deciding to go eat he went out the back and casually left the shrine grounds with his stuff. With a brief glance behind him could make out Satoru in her window, watching him leave and just as he began to look away he briefly spotted Kagome just before he descended the steps.

Kagome noticed that Satoru had become unusually quiet and tense. Seeing his gaze shift to the window it looked like he is following something with his eyes. Curious she slowly got out of bed and could see a male figure leaving the shrine grounds with a long black braid swinging with their strides. She rubbed her eyes and looked to see as he disappeared down the steps, out of her view. 'Was that..' "Bankotsu?"

Satoru heard her whisper his new rivals name. Deciding to change the subject before she asks anything or says anything more he stood up and gathered the trays. "Want anything while I'm downstairs?"

"Water?" She asked with a light smile. She winced holding her head.

Satoru noticed and set the trays down and guided her back to bed, covering her back up. "Stay in bed. I'm going to call Masa and see if he can talk to the guys and your friends so they can gather our assignments. Let me know if you need anything." He kissed her forehead and then gathered the trays back up again and headed down the steps.

I wanted to get something posted tonight. I'm going out to play with my daughter before the sun goes down so sorry for the short chapter but I will continue tonight where I left off and submit the rest of what I was going to have in this chapter within the next 12 hours, I promise you this.