Taisho led Kagome back to Sesshomaru's room; Sesshomaru was sitting near Kagome's bag with the entire contents spilled along the floor. Kagome clenched her hands and glared at the young pup.
"Sesshomaru what are you doing?" she asked through clenched teeth
"I could smell something yummy in there" he said looking at the ground
Kagome's face softened, he was only a child after all.
"Sesshomaru you should ask before going through someone's things"
"I am the future Lord; I don't need to ask for things"
"Now Sesshomaru" Taisho started to say
"Yeah? Well I'm older then you so you have to listen to me" Kagome retaliated
"I'll live longer then then you so you have to listen to me"
"Don't be sure about that, I bet when your all grown up we will meet again" Kagome smirked
Taisho looked between to two and sighed "maybe this wasn't a good idea"
"Sesshomaru Kagome is right; you shouldn't take things without asking"
"But mother says demons don't ask for things they take"
"Don't listen to your mother"
"That's what she says about you" Sesshomaru whined
"The poor kid, he doesn't know what to do. No wonder he turned out how he did"
"Taisho... if I may... can I talk to him alone?"
"Of course Kagome, if you need me just shout"
Taisho left the room and Kagome closed the door behind him, she walked over to Sesshomaru who was looking slightly frightened, Kagome knelt down beside him and patted him on the head.
"You get this a lot I'm guessing?"
"Yeah, father tells me not to listen to mother then mother tells me not to listen to father then I don't know who to listen to"
"You should listen to them both Sesshomaru"
"Huh?"
"I don't know what exactly they have been telling you but they both want you to grow up big and strong, you should take the lessons they give you"
"Your saying I should learn from both of them?"
"That's right"
"But how do I know who is right?"
"Well you won't, that is something you will have to decide for yourself"
Sesshomaru looked up at Kagome with a blank face; he didn't understand what she meant.
"You will understand when you're older, now there is one more thing left to do"
"What's that?"
"Well your father wanted me to teach you compassion but that is something you have to learn for yourself so the only thing left to do is have some fun" Kagome smiled "what do you do for fun"
"Train"
"Don't you do anything other than train?"
"No"
"Well that stops right now, I know we can play hide and seek"
"What is hide and seek?"
"It's a game and its fun"
"I don't do fun"
"Well think of it as training then"
"How is it training?"
"You have to count to 20 and then ill hide and then you have to try and find me"
"That is easy; I will follow your scent"
"See, training"
"It doesn't sound very hard... but ok" he smiled
"You start counting and I'll find a place to hide"
"1...2...3..."
Kagome ran out the room making sure to close the door behind her so he could peak, she found a place to hide and waited until Sesshomaru found her. It didn't take him to long and then Kagome counted while Sesshomaru hid, it took Kagome a long time to find him but she didn't mind as along as Sesshomaru was having fun like a kid should. They played all the games Kagome could think of until she was too exhausted to move. After dinner Kagome wanted to crawl into bed and sleep for the next week but there was no such luck. Kagome was heading to the bedroom when she saw Taisho walking around calling out Sesshomaru's name.
"Ah Kagome, have you seen Sesshomaru, I can't find him anywhere"
"No I haven't"
"If you find him let me know"
"Sure..."
That's strange, why doesn't he just follow his scent..."
Kagome shrugged it off and continued on her way, she entered the room and walked over to her bag, she opened the bag to get her brush out only to find Sesshomaru hidden in it.
"Sesshomaru?"
"Shhhhh"
"Why are you hiding in my bag? And where is all my stuff gone?" she asked in a hushed whisper
"Father is trying to make me take a bath"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Baths are yucky"
Kagome laughed and pulled Sesshomaru out of her bag.
"Baths are good, they keep you all clean and after today you need one"
Sesshomaru had been chasing butterflies and one time he fell down a small slop into some mud, Kagome had cleaned it off the best she could but there was still some mud on his hands and feet and in his hair. The door burst open and Taisho was standing there smirking.
"found you, now come on Sesshomaru its bath time"
"I don't want one!" he shouted jumping out of Kagome's arms and hiding behind her legs "Kagome isn't having one so why do I have to!"
"Kagome doesn't need one like you do" Taisho said
"If Kagome doesn't have a bath then I'm not having one"
"I'm going to have a bath, after you did" Kagome lied
"Why don't we bath together then" he beamed
"Bathing with Sesshomaru... no I can't do it all I can see is him fully grown and what if he remembers in the future! I can't, no way, not happening!"
"Sesshomaru you know boys and girls don't bath together"
"But you and mother used to bath together"
"Oh well that is different"
"Hey Sesshomaru, where did you put the things that were in my bag?"
"On the futon"
Taisho and Sesshomaru looked at Kagome confused; she walked over to the futon and started searching through her things until she found what she was looking for. She picked up her bathing suit, towel and her bath things.
"Taisho is there something Sesshomaru could wear in the bath?"
Taisho getting the hint to what Kagome was planning thought for a while.
"I suppose I could find something... yes there is that skirt the wolf tribe gave him"
"I'm not wearing a skirt" Sesshomaru stated
"It's the skirt or bath on your own"
"Fine I'll wear the stupid skirt" he grumbled
"Come Sesshomaru, let's get you changed"
"What about Kagome?"
"I will come back for her in a minute"
Sesshomaru looked up and Kagome and she smiled with a nod at him, Sesshomaru walked out the room with his father while Kagome changed into her bathing suit. Once she was changed she grabbed her towel and the small bag filled with her bath things, she wrapped the towel around her and tied up her hair into a loose bun then opened the door. Taisho was already standing there waiting for her.
"Thank you for this" he said leading her to the bath house
The door opened to revile a huge room with a bath in it, no it was more like a small pool. There was steam coming from the surface and it looked extremely inviting.
"Kagome!" Sesshomaru shouted from in the water
Sesshomaru swam over to the edge until he could stand and walk out, he was wearing a brown fur skirt that was similar to the one Koga wore; all that was missing was the tail.
"I will leave you two to your bath and Sesshomaru make sure you actually clean yourself this time"
Taisho left the room closing the door behind him, Kagome felt kind of strange having such a big bath for only her and Sesshomaru. She removed her towel and placed it far from the water's edge and placed her bag in arm's length from the water. She walked into the water until she was waist deep, Sesshomaru tried following as best he could but he couldn't stand where she was.
"How deep is this?" Kagome asked looking out in front of her
"I don't know, I can't touch the real bottom, father said when I'm bigger I will be able to"
That made Kagome curious, she started to walk out further with Sesshomaru swimming next to her, she was nearing the middle and her head was just above the water when she stood on her tip toes.
"Surly it can't be much deeper"
Kagome took a deep breath and pulled her head under the water, it looked like the rest of the bath was a bottomless pit. She pulled her head back up and let go of the breath she was holding.
"Guess it can be much deeper"
"Well come one, let's go get clean"
They swam back to where it was shallow, Kagome opened her bag and pulled out a flannel and some soap, she watched as Sesshomaru threw some water over him.
"Done" he said
"You still have mud on you, come here"
Sesshomaru walked over to Kagome, she rubbed the soap into the flannel then started to scrub at the dirt on Sesshomaru. Once that was done she pulled out her shampoo and gently rubbed it through his hair, Kagome did the same thing to her own then they both ducked their heads under water to wash it all away. Once they were both all clean Sesshomaru started to show off his swimming skills, Kagome didn't realise how long she had been in there until Taisho entered the room.
"Everyone alive in here?" he asked poking his head in the door
"Hello father" Sesshomaru greeted
"Were fine, Sesshomaru was just showing me some tricks"
"I see, well come on now its bed time"
"Ok father" he sighed
Kagome and Sesshomaru got out of the bath, Kagome wrapped her towel around her and started to dry herself while Sesshomaru crouched on the floor and started to shake. Kagome bit back her laughter at this; it was the same way Inuyasha dried himself off.
"I have brought you both a robe to wear for bed" Taisho said holding up two robes
He handed one to Kagome and one to Sesshomaru, Kagome turned around as Taisho helped his son changed then they left her alone to change.