-1After the little mishap with Sesshoumaru, Kagome's life went on like normal. She was a little confused at her boss, but decided to act like nothing happen and go home. She sighed as she got into her car, Shippo had gone to a boy named Kohaku's house, and so she had to go home alone. She tried to start her car up and low and behold, it made a funny sound and died. She tried again. Same reaction. She crossed her fingers. 'Third time's the charm.' She tried the third time and the car….didn't start up. Cursing in a language she didn't know she knew, she got out of the car and popped the hood. She sighed, "Oh joy, I know close to nothing about a car and now my car is dead. I shall mourn you, dear car. You were faithful and lasted years. You shall be missed." She then had a mood change and got angry, kicking the car. "You stupid piece of junk, you had to pick TODAY to die." Then she threw her hands up in the air and made a scream of annoyance. Then she said those faithful words. "Could this day possibly get any worse?" All of the sudden, it started to rain. "Oh come on! The sky was clear and everything!" Of course, poor Kagome was exaggerating and the sky had a couple clouds in it before it started to rain. Kagome, being the sensible person she is, plopped down on the ground. In the rain.

Sesshoumaru glanced out the window of his office. 'Strange. A sudden downpour. The weather man didn't say anything about that…' He heard a frustrated scream and then the rain started pouring down. He looked around and saw Kagome on the curb with her knees pulled up to her chest. 'What the…what is she doing out in the rain?' He got up, grabbed his poncho and headed outside with an umbrella. Walking towards her, he towered over he now shivering form. "Why are you out in the rain, Higurashi?"

Jumping at the voice, Kagome looked up after she heard the cold voice. She saw Sesshoumaru holding an umbrella over her petite form, staring down at her. She smiled slightly before answering. "Because my car died." He quirked an eyebrow at her. "So you deem it necessary to sit in the rain because your car died?" She coughed and looked at him again. "Maybe I do." He restrained the urge to roll his eyes and he held his hand out to her. "Come on, I don't need a new teacher sick. I don't like working with substitute teachers." She complied and grabbed his hand, pulling herself up. "Uhm, and you care nothing about my health as a person?" He looked at her coldly. "This Sesshoumaru does not need to care about a stupid human's health." She glared at him and stopped walking. "Well 'this Sesshoumaru' needs to learn some compassion. I guess I'll have to walk home."

She was stopped by a clawed hand grabbing her arm. Looking from the hand, to his eyes and back she sighed again. "This Sesshoumaru will take you home." She cocked an eyebrow and narrowed her eyes at him, thinking whether or not to go with him. Shrugging mentally, she walked with him to his car and got in, then buckled up. Watching him get in, she looked out the window and propped her elbow onto it and stared out into the rain. She was probably going to get sick now.

After getting in, Sesshoumaru started the car and pulled out. "Where do you live?" She turned to face him. "Go right then straight then right again and then left twice, then right, then straight, the left one last time and you are at my apartment complex. It's number is 309 and the apartment number is 2299." He nodded and started in the direction of her apartment. Not realizing it, she fell asleep.

Sesshoumaru glanced over at Kagome to see her asleep. He shook his head a little, before going back to driving. He was almost there when she started singing in her sleep. "I feel pretty, oh so pretty..." He cocked an eyebrow at her, and his eye twitched a little at the annoying song that was now stuck in his head. Thankfully for him, he had just arrived at her apartment. He got out and walked around, opening the cardoor and he stared down at Kagome, trying to find a way to wake her up. He shook her, saying "Kagome, wake up, we're here." After a few minutes of her not waking up to that, he shook her a little harder. She finally woke up after thirty minutes of trying. "So we're here?" She asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes, looking like a small child. He nodded and stepped back so that she could get out.

She stepped out and stretched, then turned back to her boss and bowed. "Thank you for taking me home." He nodded and went around the car, getting in the car. He waited for her to get into her apartment before he left. He got home a little while later and went inside, slipped off his shoes, and then heading towards his shower.

Kagome got her door open and waved at Sesshoumaru as he drove off. She noticed the silence and called, "Souta, are you home?" After getting no answer, she went to take a shower. Afterwards, she went to the kitchen to get a bottle of water and found a note for her from her brother. "Dear sis, I'm at Kouga's and I'll be home later." She read it aloud, then shook her head lightly. Tonight she was going to be all alone. She shrugged. Better than being with Kouga and Souta, after all, Kouga was obsessed with her and still is. She fixed her some dinner and watched a little TV before falling asleep and continued singing the song from earlier in her sleep.

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Hello to all. I am keeping it SK, but all other pairings shall remain a mystery for now. For I don't even know yet...if you have any suggestions, they are welcome, but I can't guarantee that I'll use them. Thank you for the reviews, and keep 'em comin! Lotsa love! TBK