Ok, so I'm posting a bit early this week. I'll be EXTREMELY busy these next few days. But at least you get a new chapter, right?
Anyway, the next chapter is going to have a bit of a lime that'll lead into a possible lemon most likely in the following chapter. Problem is, this whole explicit whatever crap is getting me a bit worried. So I have a question. Should I post it with the scenes taken out (it'll be marked) or would you rather I post it the way I origionally wrote it? If no one answers, or I get more "edit it" than "POST THE WHOLE DAMN THING!", I'll post the edited version on here and maybe the full thing on a single spark. This is one of those times where I think I might have to beg for reviews... blegh.
Forgive the grammar errors and crap. I'm in a hurry now. BOO.
"Yes, but as your boyfriend, I am now entitled to witness things most other people can not." he smirked.
"Not yet, you perv." she laughed, pushing him out the door. "Five minutes. Wait here."
"Who exactly wears the pants, now?"
She smiled. "Shut up."
"Ouch."
This was going to be an interesting night.
Kagome emerged from her room wearing a dark blue yukata with large white koi fish embroidered throughout the fabric; her hair in a small bun. She felt a little embarrassed and looked down when Sesshoumaru looked at her almost in shock.
"I'm not really good with buns… and this thing was from last year" she muttered, holding a piece of the fabric up, " … I didn't have time-"
"Beautiful." he breathed.
She smiled and blushed, wondering if she could ever keep up having their relationship stay pretend. "Thank you. Ready?"
"Almost. There's one thing I want to give you before we go down." he said, reaching down into his pocket and pulling out a tiny box wrapped in a white bow. "I was going to give it to you later as a New Year's gift, but I think it would be better if you wore it now."
Removing the bow, he opened the small package and pulled out a thin silver necklace. Resting elegantly in the center hung a sapphire crescent moon. Several tiny diamond stars dangled neatly in little rows surrounding it.
Kagome gasped. "Its beautiful! Is it really for me?"
He smiled. "Of course. Turn around so I can put it on you."
She pulled her hair up and watched in the hallways mirror as he clasped the necklace together. It matched perfectly with her outfit.
'I can't believe he actually bought me a real stone… TWO real stones… mmm, his hands feel so soft… No! Where'd the hands go??? Oooo…."
Sesshoumaru noticed her relax into his hands as he clasped the necklace around her and sensed her disappointment when he let go. He took that opportunity to sneak down and kissed her softly behind her neck, causing her to close her eyes and let out a little moan.
'Where did that come from?!' Kagome opened her eyes and saw him smiling at her through the mirror.
"Beautiful."
She tilted her head back and rubbed against his shoulder.
"Does it really have to be pretend?" he grumbled, nuzzling the back of her head with his nose.
She smiled. "Mmm… for now."
He stood up to his full height and grabbed her tiny hands, turning her body to face his. "Fine, but I intend for that to change very soon." putting more emphasis on 'very' as he pulled her hand up to his lips and softly kissed it.
Her face turned red. "W- we should go downstairs now. Mama is waiting."
He smiled and led her downstairs, hand in hand.
"Gome okaasan!" Rin cried, clamping down onto Kagome's legs.
Kagome laughed. "Its nice to see you too, Rin-chan, but I'm not your mother!"
"You might as well be." Sesshoumaru smirked.
She playfully slapped his hand. "Not yet."
Rin lifted her head up from resting her head on Kagome's leg when she asked, "Can Gome-san come live with Rin?"
Lifting up her eyebrow at Sesshoumaru and giving him that 'You put her up to this, didn't you?' look, she picked up the tiny girl and set her down on the couch.
"Only if Rin-chan behaves like a good girl and doesn't say anything to Gome's okaasan. Ok?"
As if on cue, Kagome's mother popped out of the kitchen holding a bowl of mung beans and rice.
"Don't tell me what?" she asked, knowing she was hiding something.
Sesshoumaru stepped forward, grabbed Kagome's waist and pulled her close. "Kagome and I are now dating, Mrs. Higurashi." Straightforward much?
Kagome's eyes widened and she spun her head toward Sesshoumaru in shock. 'Is he crazy?!'
Mrs. Higurashi smiled. "Finally."
"Finally?" the two asked in unison. Of course, Kagome's voice was more panicked.
"Up until you rescued my daughter from Naraku, you hardly, if ever, came 'just' to play video games with Souta, Sesshoumaru. And Kagome, you never let anyone in your room. Not even Inuyasha has ever seen it."
She had them cornered there.
"Yes, but there were also legal matters Kagome and I had to discuss." Sesshoumaru interjected.
Mrs. Higurashi held up her hand. "Yeah, yeah. I know," She turned around to place the food on the table before speaking up again. "And do you not think I don't know what happened that night you came over to comfort my daughter?" She smirked and saw the two blush from the corner of her eye.
"...by the way, nice necklace, Kagome." With that being said, Mrs. Higurashi slid open the back door and went out to entertain the rest of the guests. Sesshoumaru's father came walking in and saw Mrs. Higurashi nod to him as she walked out. He looked wide eyed at his son.
"Kagome, your mother is pure evil." Sesshoumaru told her.
"Uhh… yeah…" She wasn't quite fully recovered from the bomb her mother just dropped.
"Kagome, you look ravishing this evening!" Sesshoumaru's father exclaimed, obviously having a hard time hiding the wide grin on his face.
"Thank you, Mr. Taisho." she replied, extremely red in the face.
He took her hand and shook it.
"Call me dad." he said, and winked at her.
She gave him a nervous smile. 'Oy…'
"Ah, my late wife had such wonderful taste in clothing!"
"It is a beautiful yukata." Sesshoumaru said, taking in the whole sight of the girl beside him.
"So it is true!" Mr. Taisho exclaimed. "And her mother has no problem with the age difference?"
Sesshoumaru shook his head and growled. "I'm not THAT old!"
"I'll be eighteen in less than two weeks, anyway." Kagome told him.
"Wonderful! Now all the Taishos have their own woman!"
Sesshoumaru lifted an eyebrow. "All?"
His father smiled. "Oh Riiiin?" he called out in a sing song voice.
Both Sesshoumaru and Kagome's eyes widened.
"Grampa!" Rin giggled and ran up holding her arms out to him. He lifted her up and she gave him a big, wet, kiss on his cheek.
"I'm spoiling this one." he smiled.
"Love Grampa, Rin!" she squealed.
"And I love you, my little chinchilla!" he said, poking her stomach, making her giggle. The two walked back outside giggling and poking each other.
Finally snapping somewhat into reality, Kagome spoke up. "…I'm kind of thankful my mom is the evil one."
"Yeah… I think I've suddenly lost my will to go outside."
She punched his arm. "There's no way in hell I'd let you convince me to go this far only to have you back out on me, stupid head!"
"Stupid head?" he raised his eyebrow before leaning down to nuzzle her neck. "We could have easily stayed back up in your room together."
She closed her eyes and slowly tilted her head back. "Ye-yeah… no! Stop that!" she giggled, pushing him away, "Lets get this night over with."
Inuyasha was sitting alongside Kikyo at a table in one of the corners in the yard, whispering something into her ear that made her giggle before kissing him on the lips. Neither one noticed Kagome looking in their direction.
The last thing she wanted was to ruin her mother's little gathering, so she forced herself to accept what she saw. 'He really does look happy.' she smiled, 'It's for the best.'
"Kagome!"
She turned around to see Sango rushing toward her in a purple yukata. Miroku was chasing at her heels.
"Hi, Sango!" she called.
Sango stopped, saw Sesshoumaru and bowed.
"And who is this?" she asked, holding her hand out to shake his.
Kagome looked up at Sesshoumaru. "Oh! This is my boyfriend, Sesshoumaru."
'Wow. That felt weird to say… but cool!'
"I'm sorry, what?" Sango asked, "I thought I heard you finally say boyfriend."
Kagome smiled. She knew Sango was joking around. "Yep. This is my boyfriend, Sesshoumaru Taisho."
"Well, you sure do bounce back fast, Kago." she laughed.
From across the yard, Inuyasha's ears twitched as he heard Kagome's voice.
"This is my boyfriend, Sesshoumaru Taisho."
"Sesshoumaru?"
Kikyo stared at Inuyasha. "Who's Sesshoumaru?"
"What? Oh, my friend over there. Lets go say hi, babe. Show off your necklace."
"Alright."
"Sesshoumaru Taisho? The Sesshoumaru Taisho??" Miroku was in awe.
"Yes. I believe we've met before." Sesshoumaru said, shaking his hand.
"Yeah, but I didn't realize you were the actual man! People would kill to have you represent them as your lawyer!"
He chuckled. "So I'm told."
The two men walked off to discuss law or something like that. Kagome wasn't too concerned. Sango nudged her friend with her elbow and smiled.
"What??"
"Brothers, huh?"
She blushed. "Yeah, but Sesshoumaru actually cares."
"Are you sure you're just not on that rebound thing?"
"Positive."
"So then what happened to the other one?"
Kagome looked Sango in the eye, her expression serious. "He led me on, Sango. He did al those things only to make me comfortable and go behind my back for that girl over there." Kagome pointed in the direction Inuyasha and Kikyo were sitting in.
Sango looked over. "What girl?"
"Huh?" Kagome turned around to see the table Inuyasha and Kikyo were sitting in empty.
"Hey Kagome!"
From her left, Inuyasha, holding tightly onto Kikyo's hand, made his way over to meet Kagome. She smiled at them. The only problem was, he didn't look very happy.
"So when were you planning on telling me about you and Sesshoumaru??" He demanded.
She closed her eyes and growled. 'How dare he talk to me like that!' "When were you planning on telling me about Kikyo?" She replied as calmly as she could.
"What does Kikyo have to do with anything? I asked you about Sesshoumaru!"
She shot her eyes open and exploded. "Everything! You completely ignored me for months on end to go see HER! You couldn't even tell me you liked her?? Even with that necklace," she pointed to the red necklace Kikyo wore, "you wouldn't tell me a damn thing. You hardly talked the whole day!"
Inuyasha retorted. "So? Sesshoumaru bought you that blue necklace! I told him how much you like stars!"
"I like moons!!"
"Keh, same thing."
"Inuyasha knew my favorite color was red." Kikyo said, grabbing possessively onto his arm and smiling at him. "I like stars, too."
Kagome felt her anger rise. "Inuyasha, what's my favorite color?"
"What does that have to do wit-"
"Just answer my question!"
"Psh… I don't know. Green?"
She felt her eyes begin to water. "Its red, baka!"
"Well, how was I supposed to know?! You two are the same!"
"You were my best friend for over fifteen years! AND NO, WE ARE NOT!"
Sango left to get Sesshoumaru. Kagome wouldn't be able to face these two on her own, especially with her fuming aura getting stronger by the second.
"This has nothing to do with you not telling me about dating Sesshoumaru." he waved her last answer off. "He's too old for you, and that's just gross. It makes you look like some kind of teenage bimbo."
Kikyo's eyes opened in shock. "That's all it took to get you in bed?" She held back her laugher. "Such loose morals. This is improper for a shrine maiden."
Kagome clenched her fists together, her long nails cutting into her skin allowing a thin line of blood slowly seep out. It took ever fiber of her being to keep from lashing out at the girl and catching unneeded attention.
"Who cares about behavior?" Inuyasha said. "She's dating a guy ten years older than her! Kagome, you need to find someone in your own age group. Kouga's back in town. Maybe you should think about dating him. I'm pretty sure he likes you."
"You do not have any say in who I will and will not date, Inuyasha." she growled.
"I have a say when you go behind my back for my brother!"
"Kagome can date whomever she pleases with or without your permission, Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru came up and wrapped his arm around her waist, giving her a reassuring tug.
She looked up at him and smiled before turning back to the two in front of her. "That's right. At least I talk to and get to know my partner before I get myself stuck in a relationship with a control freak. I wouldn't want to end up being stuck with a guy because someone else says so!"
"You can't talk about Kikyo like that, Kagome." Inuyasha scorned.
Her rage built up even more. "Then you shouldn't have left me alone at the competition, you jerk! You've only known her for a few weeks before she TOLD YOU, you were her boyfriend. And you went with it! Sesshoumaru was there for me all the times you were supposed to be! He held me late at night when I had no one to talk to. While you were off with that bitch," she pointed to Kikyo, "he was there to make up some excuse as to why you were gone. He tried protecting me! You never returned my phone calls, you always left early the times we would hang out just to go to her! And the times we did hang out, you made everything seem like it was pointless and always made me look and feel dumb! I used to ignore it thinking you'd change, but you couldn't even tell me you were dating that… that lump! And you expect me to go to you and ask permission to date him, to say I went behind your back when you can't even tell me about her!!"
Kagome was huffing and Sesshoumaru had to rub her back just to get her breathing under control. It was way more than she wanted to say, and it had certainly caused a little scene, but she had no regrets. For once she thought her mind might finally be at ease.
Inuyasha just looked to his brother. "And you're just going to stand there and let her yell at me like that?"
"Don't act innocent, Inuyasha. I saw her tears."
Inuyasha closed his eyes and shook his head. "I don't need to hear this! Kagome, you're just being a wimp. I didn't want to be the one to say this, but it looks like I'm going to have to since no one else will. Its your own fault you failed, not mine. You ran off with that pedophile because you couldn't stand seeing me with Kikyo. She makes me happy whether you like her or not."
Kagome eyed him. "This has nothing to do with Kikyo! I used to think I loved you, but when I realized that was never going to happen, I sought your friendship again, but by then, that was gone as well. All I ever wanted was for you to listen… or at least show you did. But you never even gave me that." her voice was low and trembled as she said those last few sentences.
Not wanting to look at him anymore, she left him standing, stunned by her words. Sesshoumaru ushered her into the house and upstairs to her room, where he locked her door keeping anyone from coming in. She sat at the edge of her bed, looked in her lap, almost in a trance, and took out the little bun she had on her head, letting her hair hang loosely over her shoulders.
"Its over."
Sesshoumaru came and sat next to her, wrapping his arms around her wilting body. "How are you feeling?"
She fell backwards onto her bed and stared up at the ceiling. His arms were still wrapped around her.
"Relieved… free… liberated." she smiled.
"You really needed to get that out of your system, didn't you?"
"Yeah," she sighed, "I'm finally free… for the most part."
"Inuyasha always bounces back. He wont hold much resentment toward you."
She rolled over so her upper half was leaning over his chest and looked at his face. "I wasn't talking about that."
"You mean the trial?"
She went down and rested her head on his chest. "Yeah…" She felt his fingers softly comb through her hair.
"I can try and excuse you on the 15th. You shouldn't have gone through that kind of treatment last time. I can call you and let you know the sentence."
"No!" she shot up. "I want to see the look on that bastard's face when they put him away."
Sesshoumaru found himself holding onto her tighter.
"...and you know that one day… when Byakuya asked me that… question…"
"Hn?"
She blushed. "It was you."
"Me?"
"Yes."
"That long ago?"
"Yeah…"
"As unconventional as this is," he chuckled, "I am flattered."
He looked down at her and saw her looking up at him. Her eyes seemed to twinkle and their gaze never broke… until, of course, Kagome's radio alarm went off. They both turned their heads and saw 12:00 blinking in bright red lights as fireworks could be seen going off up above through her window.
"Happy New Year." she laughed.
"Indeed."
She let out a playful yelp and giggled as he rolled over and captured her lips in his, imagining everything else he'd like to wrap his mouth around.
'All in due time.'
" 'So? Sesshoumaru bought you that blue necklace! I told him how much you like stars!'
'I like moons!!' "
Hahaha, sorry. I had to add that in there. It made me laugh. Think two five year olds arguing.
And here, the moment you've all been waiting for… the meaning behind Fat Brown Lump.
When that lovely little argument happened between my friend and me, I called the girl a 'fucking fat brown lump.' (I was SUPER pissed, she wasn't around, no one's feelings were hurt. :P) She had dark brown skin, and wasn't super fat, but enough to earn that title from me. Needless to say, after my friends found out about that incident, they were nothing short from shocked. Now whenever someone gets one of those evil 'do what I say or else' boyfriends/girlfriends, we call then fat brown lumps… even though they may really be white lumps, black lumps, pale lumps, pimply lumps… they're all lumps! Don't you just love teenage drama?
I told you it wasn't that interesting!! But you can review anyway. :D
-VG-