~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © January 2010

What did I do this time? "Look, if you're mad about-"

"Have you seen the damage you've done to my clothes?" The words barely escaping his clinched jaws.

"Your clothes?" I took me a second to observe his clothes. They looked fine to me. Well, that was until I realized the ends of his sleeves barely went to his wrists.

"How did they shrink?" That was a dumb question to ask. They shrunk in the dryer, of course.

He was coming down the stairs; within seconds he was a stair above me, staring into my eyes, growling.

"Look… they're just clothes, you don't need to be huffy puffy about them." He reminded me of a drama queen when she couldn't get the clothes she wanted.

A deep growl escaped his throat as Rin and Souta ran into the living room, laughing at each other.

"Sesshoumaru, you look silly." Rin said once she and Souta stopped laughing.

His eyes went back to normal, and his growling had stopped. He doesn't want to scare Rin. I guess it was a good idea to bring her here. Or else I might be dead for the second time within 24 hours. How did I manage that one?

"Look, you can go up and take a bath while I go out and find you some clothes. It's as easy as that." It's dangerous to leave him here by himself, but it's even more dangerous taking him into the city, especially with his anger problem.

He had listened to me and followed me up into the bathroom, without saying a word.

"This knob, turns on the cold water, and the other is hot water," I explained to him, bending over the tub. "Once the tub is filled with water, you turn them both off. And make sure the plug stays in until your done bathing yourself."

He didn't seem to be paying any attention to me. He seemed to be staring off in space, but he nodded once I stood up.

"I'll leave you, then. And please don't leave the house. I'll be back soon with new clothes for you."

I left without him saying a word. He doesn't talk much, does he? I hope he got everything I told him…

"Souta, look over Rin for me, will you? I need to go shopping for Sesshoumaru. I'll be back soon!" I yelled once I was outside of the house.

Ok.. What does Sesshoumaru even wear? This thought pondered me once I got into the city. I don't think he'd wear a tux… though the thought of him in one… Naw. Plus, they're too much.

I looked in at least twenty stores looking for the right clothing for him, and ones that would actually fit him. No luck in any of them. Great. What would I tell him if I aome home empty handed?

"Kagome!!" Someone from behind yelled my name. I turned around to see my three best friends, Eri, Yuka and Ayumi.

"Hey! What are you guys doing?" I asked once they caught up with me.

"We're heading over to Eri's place. Want to come?" Ayumi answered.

"I'm kinda busy right now. Sorry."

"Busy? With what? We could help," Yuka answered this time.

"Well… I have to buy some clothes for somebody, and I'm having a hard time finding his size."

"How tall is he?" This time Eri spoke.

"I only go to the middle of his chest."

"That's huge! But I think I may know a place that carries his size! Come on!" Eri grabbed my hand and pulled me down the block and across a busy intersection.

"Eri! Be careful!" I yelled from behind.

We got to the shop that Eri was talking about, almost getting ran over on the way there.

"So, what does he like?" Yuka asked once inside the store.

"Um. I'm not really sure. Whatever fits him I guess. That will have to work."

The three of them helped me pick out some muscle shirts, all guys wear those, some long sleeved shirts, and some Levies and sweat pants that will hopefully fit him. For now this will have to do. It's not like he's staying here forever. So he's just going to have to deal with the clothes I bought him.

I said my goodbyes and thanks to my friends before I left and went home. They tried with all they had to make me go over to Eri's house tonight. I told them I'll think about it and call them tonight if I do plan on coming over. Of course, I wasn't going. I couldn't leave Sesshoumaru in my house all alone for the whole night. I might come home with everything shredded to pieces and everyone dead.

I got home hoping to see InuYasha back, but he wasn't. It's been four hours since he had gone to Totousai. What is keeping him so long? Maybe he ran into Kikyou. Probably…

I got inside and went up to the bathroom where I had left Sesshoumaru to bathe himself an hour ago.

"Sesshoumaru? I brought you some clothes."

"You may enter." I heard him say after a few seconds. I may enter? I don't need permission to enter my own bathroom.

I opened the door slightly, "If your naked, please cover yourself up." I remember the first time InuYasha took a bath, he ran into my bedroom naked with Souta right behind him, not even thinking I was right in front of him, and can see everything I never wanted to see.

I waited for him to reply, but he said nothing. Hoping I was free from any kind of mental danger, I opened the door more so I could enter. He was relaxing in the tub, his eyes were closed, and his right arm was out of the water, relaxing on the edge of the tub. His hair was flowing gently around him, floating on the surface of the water. Strains of hair where loosely hanging over his perfect, relaxed face.

"Here are some clothes for you. I hope they fit."

He didn't make any movement on his part. I set his clothes on the sink counter and left him so he could finish up.

I was down in the kitchen when Sesshoumaru finally came out of the bathroom.

"What kind of garments are these?" He said as he approached me wearing a black muscle shirt and sweats.

"They're modern day clothing. They seem to fit you pretty well." The muscle shirt was a size too small. It clung to his body as if it was a part of him. He had a pretty well- toned body though. You could see every muscle that hid underneath the shirt as if he was baring his naked chest.

"Heh." He looked around the kitchen, observing everything around him. "Where's Rin?" He finally asked.

"She's outside playing with Souta."

He walked towards the backdoor, opened it, and went outside. I followed him, only a few steps behind, wondering why he wanted to see Rin.

"She seems to really get along with Souta." I said walking up next to him. We watched the two kids play with each other for the next couple of minutes before Rin noticed Sesshoumaru and ran up to him with a smile.

"Rin's glad that Sesshoumaru is up and walking around."

"Rin, we're leaving soon, so say your goodbyes." He announced, his gaze off into the distance.

"But you just got here! Can't you stay for a little while longer?" Souta begged.

"I will not say it again." With that. he turned around and went back into the house.

-Awe. Poor Souta. Sesshoumaru is breaking up their friendship. But wait. I thought he was gonna get stuck in Kagome's time?, I did say that in the intro, yeah? But, how? And again, where's that InuYasha?

-My chapters are a bit short, so next chapter will be longer. Maybe.