Author's note: Thank you so much for your reviews! Well, as promised, here is chapter four. I had so much fun writing this chapter…torturing Sesshy-chan. evil grin Hope you have fun as well!

Disclaimer: Sniffs. This makes me sad each time.

When he wasn't looking, the girl ran a hand through her hair. "He'll never suspect it," She whispered to herself. With a small smile gracing her features, she thought, "Let the games begin."

Sesshoumaru woke with a start to an unfamiliar aroma. He frowned, stood up and followed the smell to the kitchen. The girl stood there, her back to him. The table was covered with dishes of toast and pancakes. He cleared his throat to attain her attention.

"Good morning, Sesshoumaru." She greeted him, bowing slightly. He returned her greeting with a tilt of his head.

"What is this?"

She frowned and answered, "Breakfast." Kagome stretched out the syllables in the word as if she was talking to a toddler.

Sesshoumaru bristled at her condescending remark, "I know what breakfast is. This Sesshoumaru wonders why you made it."

She looked at him bemusedly, "To eat. Come before all my hard works goes cold."

Upon seeing that Sesshoumaru refused to budge, she smiled at him. "I guess you're not used to eating breakfast then."

He raised an eyebrow, "How would you know that?"

She laughed, "None of the appliances in your kitchen are used. Do you cook at all?"

"Not really."

"I can tell. Come on, join me, my pancakes are worthy of at least a bite."

Sesshoumaru grudgingly admitted to himself that the girl could make decent tasting food.

After taking his last bite, he stood up and said, "I should be going to the office. Shouldn't you get back to Inuyasha now?"

She stared at him, "Sesshoumaru, its Saturday."

"Oh."

Sesshoumaru had no idea how he got dragged into this scenario. He was pushing a metal cart in a bustling supermarket while the girl flitted back and forth, finding random items and dropping them into his cart.

Somehow, Kagome had convinced him that eating out all the time was a terrible idea and he should try his hand at cooking. He had agreed simply just to stop her haranguing, but didn't realize that a simple "Sure, why not." would entail standing awkwardly in the middle of a shop while people pushed around him to get down the narrow aisle.

"Sesshoumaru, do you like peppers?" Her words brought him out of his mental state of loathe for this dingy supermarket.

"I tolerate them."

As he absentmindedly watched her bend over to pick up a particularly green one, he saw a guy purposely bending down next to her to examine her long shapely legs.

Sesshoumaru felt a strange feeling overtaking him. It's normal, he told himself. She's going to be your sister-in-law. Feeling protective is normal. If that was Rin, you would protect her too.

He strode over to the man who was still stuck in a trance like state. "Excuse me, but I think you should take your drooling somewhere else."

The man was still oblivious. Sesshoumaru felt anger surging in him. Either this man was an idiot, or he was purposely ignoring Sesshoumaru's words.

Losing all patience, Sesshoumaru grabbed the man by the cuff of his neck. The latter yelped in surprise and pain. He started to scream while struggling against Sesshoumaru's iron grip.

"Let go of me, you jerk!" The man snarled at Sesshoumaru. "It's not against the law to look up a girl's pants, you know!"

Sesshoumaru glared at the man before slamming him against the wall. "I'm only going to say two things so you better listen carefully. First, what you did could be termed as sexual harassment. And second, if you dare try that again with this girl or any other, there are things that I have to do that I don't want to."

The man blinked; he started shaking a little bit. But as soon as Sesshoumaru let go of him, he pretended that he wasn't a coward and sneered, "And you can keep the whore."

Sesshoumaru smiled slowly. He turned around and grabbed the man's arms before the other could even realize it. Sesshoumaru easily twisted his arms until the man was now crying in agony and begging for mercy.

"It is not my mercy that you should seek. But I am giving you a fair warning right now. If you cross me again, you will not live to regret it."

As soon as Sesshoumaru let go of the man's arms, the latter fled the store without even a backwards glance. All of the patrons in the store had been dead silent throughout this whole spectacle, but now they started clapping and cheering. The manager, a short dumpy woman rushed out.

"Thank you, thank you! That hentai has plagued our store for more than a year now! Thank you so much sir for getting rid of him!"

Holding about ten bags of groceries, Sesshoumaru walked back to his house with the girl in tow, she was holding a watermelon in her arms.

"Thanks for that." She told him softly.

"You are joining our family. My father always told Inuyasha and me to protect Rin. You are to become a sister of mine. It is protocol that I protect you as well."

"You have more manners than I can ever hope from Inuyasha." She noted.

"It's his mother's fault." Sesshoumaru answered, with a hint of revulsion in his voice.

"What about his mother?"

"She spoils him. And she never let Father instill discipline in him. Inuyasha grew up believing there were no consequences for his actions."

"Why are you different from him then?"

"Izayoi is my stepmother."

"I see."

The two fell silent and walked alongside. They were too engrossed in their own thoughts to be wary of the pair of amber eyes that was watching them furiously from behind a hidden bush.

"You can't overcook the chicken." She was scolding him as she inspected the oven. "If you do, then you're in danger of getting dentures at the age of---how old are you?"

"Thirty two."

"Wow, you're old."

"Thanks. You really know how to flatter a man."

"Well, at least you don't look it. I always thought people in their thirties would be ugly and balding."

"Great. Now I have loads to look forward to. Remind me to come haunt you when I'm old and hideous."

She laughed. To add salt unto the wound, she continued a little maliciously, "I'm sure you're going to get all those liver spots, oh, a fake leg, and maybe you'll sprout tentacles!"

"Hold it, lady. The first two are feasible. But where are the tentacles going to come from?"

She put a finger to her chin as if considering the matter very seriously. "You caught Octopitis. Severe Octopitis."

He snorted in spite himself. "You are really something else."

"I am, aren't I?" She was now standing right in front of him. She stared deep into his eyes as if challenging him to take action right there.

Sesshoumaru cleared his throat, he never felt more uncomfortable in his life. "So," He said, changing the subject, "How is your life with my brother?"

"Same for all couples. Sometimes it's really sucks. Most times it's great." She then smiled mischievously, "Although most of the suckiness is just him being a jackass."

"Well, that's just a character flaw. If you 'accidentally' throw away some of his precious ramen, he throws a tantrum like a baby."

Her knowing grin told Sesshoumaru that she had been on a receiving end of an Inuyasha scream.

"Did you know that when we were younger; no nanny could last longer than a week?"

She laughed, "Really? Were you being a bad boy?"

"Not likely. It had more to do with you-know-who." He finished distastefully.

"So you just kept changing nannies?" She laughed easily.

"Yes. And you know what was the most unfair, most appalling thing about this whole situation?" He asked, with an injured look on his face.

She made a face and shrugged to show her lack of knowledge of the 'unfair, most appalling thing.'

"One day my father lost all patience and instilled our grandmother."

Kagome snorted.

"It's true," Sesshoumaru continued, "In fact…"

She wasn't listening to him now; her eyes took on a strange look. Sesshoumaru glanced at her. Kagome was smiling mysteriously.

She was leaning closer and closer now. He could see her long lashes blinking slowly. Those were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen in his life. He could feel her gently guiding him to sit on the chair behind him. Her nose was now almost connected to his. Sesshoumaru felt himself take a sharp intake of breath.

This is Inuyasha's girl. He furiously told himself. I can't take her, she belongs to my brother. But why is she getting so close to me?

Her lips were coming closer and closer. They looked so plump and inviting. He saw her deftly give them a little lick as he felt his own head inclining towards her. Heat started radiating off her small body. Sesshoumaru gripped her wrist, and started pulling her closer to him.

Suddenly, her facial expression changed. Her face lost that look of desire; she was now wearing a huge smile as she backed up from him. Sesshoumaru frowned; she was just about to kiss him. What changed?

"The chicken's done." She informed him, her face showed her amusement at his discomfort.

He could see her figure reaching for the chicken as if nothing had happened. What the hell was that?

At work, he found it rather hard to keep his mind preoccupied on the task at hand. He kept replaying last night's events in his mind. Well, he thought to himself, at least she went back to Inuyasha. The lovebirds would make up and that incident would never be mentioned again.

A loud crash caught his attention. Sesshoumaru looked up with a frown. Who had such audacity as to create such a loud noise in his presence?

"Inuyasha…" Sesshoumaru could hear his secretary greeting the visitor.

"Where's that bastard?" Inuyasha's voice growled out at Cynthia. Sesshoumaru saw his secretary backing away into her desk at the sight of his brother's murderous expression.

"You mean Sesshoumaru? He's in his office." She was now cowering behind a rather large fern besides her desk.

Sesshoumaru stood up gracefully. What was wrong with that little brother of his?

Inuyasha stormed in; he looked a lot calmer now. "Well, what do you have to say for yourself?"

Sesshoumaru cocked up an eyebrow, "You're acting extraordinarily like Father. What did I do wrong?"

He could see his little brother clenching and unclenching his fists. "Guess what my reaction was when I realized you were the man who Kagome has been cheating on me with?"

Author's note: If anyone has any suggestions for this fic, please let me know!