~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © January 2010
Rin was amazed how big the buildings got once we had entered the City. Her eyes glittered with excitement, much different than Sesshoumaru's. His didn't glitter. They looked bored same with his faceless expression. He walked slightly behind me, off to the left, with Rin next to his side.
"This is the City. So many wonderful and magical places it holds in here." I said extending out my arms.
"Hardly." Sesshoumaru said under his breath.
"Hardly? You're the one who wanted to come. So cheer up a bit."
Rin had insisted that Sesshoumaru wore his hair in a low ponytail near the middle of his back, holding only half of his hair. He didn't let her at first, but she pleaded and told him that he needs to change his look a little. 500 years with the same old boring hair, he needed a change, even if it's just for today.
Strands of his hair, that was shorter than most, hung out of the ponytail, and hung loosely over his shoulder, hiding his pointed ears. He looked human, despite that unnatural plain white color of his skin. There was not pink in his face nor any other color, making his amber eyes stand out even more.
We went into a store full of clothes and shoes. I wondered if Sesshoumaru would like a different pair of shoes. Something more comfortable with more cushioning. Though, I don't think he really cares about cushions for his feet.
"Rin, Souta, pick out anything you like."
Rin looked up at me, mouth opened, "Are you sure, Kagome? Anything?"
I nodded and gave her a small smile, "Anything."
I watched as Souta pulled her away and ran into the clothes that would fit them. I looked over at Sesshoumaru who looked bored still. "You too, Sesshoumaru. You need more clothing. I don't want to wash your clothes every day."
He didn't move nor looked at me. I signed. "Come with me." I grabbed his forearm and led him to the men's department. "What about this?" I asked holding out a silky black button up shirt.
"Hn."
"You could at least help me with this. I don't know what you like. So if you won't give me any ideas, I'll just get you what I like rather you'll like them or not. And you sure as hell will wear them."
Does she not have any fear of me? Does she not know I don't let people talk out of place around me? Yet she does it without any fear in her eyes. Is she that dense? No. It's something more than that. But what? For now I'll play along. Perhaps I'll find out why InuYasha is interested in her to make her his mate.
"It's fine." He finally said, looking away from me.
"Fine, then." I put it up against him.
He scuffled, "What are you doing?"
"Making sure it'll fit. You're taller than most men here. Looks as if it'll fit. Why don't you try it on?" I pushed him into a dressing room and shut the door behind him. "And come out once it's on, I want to see how you look in it!" I yelled through the door. I heard a short growl before I stepped away from the door to look for some more clothes.
A few minutes of looking at some shirts for Sesshoumaru, I heard the door to the dressing room open as he stepped out, head lowered. It looked as if he had a hard time buttoning the shirt up. He missed the bottom button, making the shirt crooked as the buttons went up and into the wrong holes. I laughed to myself and went over to his aid.
"You have trouble with clothing, don't you?" I asked unbuttoning his shirt before I knew it. I was prepared to stop at undoing the second button, but he didn't make a growling noise or pushed me away. He just simply looked over my head towards something unknown to me.
My hands started shaking while undoing his shirt, noticing how lean his body was, yet again. Yes he was muscular, but they were smoothed out under his skin so they didn't appear out too much.
"There," I said after fixing up his shirt. I left the three top buttons opened so you could see part of his chest. "Fixed it." I stepped back to take him all in. "Yeah. It looks good." I smiled and looked up at him, he was staring back into my eyes, something gleaming in them. Before I could figure out what it was, it disappeared, like always.
"Well, try these on." I push three more shirts into his arms and left him to go change.
He came out and 'modeled' each of them for me. They were all dark colors so if his wound does start to bleed again, you won't be able to see it. One was a normal v-neck t-shirt that easily laid on his shoulders and didn't show his toned body as much, but you could still tell he had a nice bod' underneath. The other two were normal black and navy blue t-shirts. He didn't seem to mind them, they were much different from what he usually wears, but he will have to get used to it while he's here.
"Sis!" I heard Souta yell across the aisle. "We picked out some clothes. We even tried them on to see if they fit!"
Rin ran up to Sesshoumaru and held out some cute clothes and a dress. "Do you like them, Sesshoumaru?"
He looked down at Rin, not from his nose, but actually looked down at her, "Yes, Rin. I believe they will fit you perfectly."
"I think so too, Sesshoumaru." Rin said, smiling.
The rest of the afternoon we spent looking for pants that Sesshoumaru would actually fit in, besides sweats. It took us two hours and ten stores to find three pairs of pants for him that he would actually wear. I tried making him wear those skinny pants men seemed to look hot in, but he refused to even model for them.
He seemed better today. He didn't fall back while we walked, and he wasn't hardly breathing as hard as when we went to the park.
"This here," I picked up the cheeseburger, "is an American cheeseburger." We, as in Souta and I, decided to go to McDonald's to get a bite to eat. I ordered for Rin, Sesshoumaru, even though he said he didn't need to eat, Souta and I.
"It smells disgusting." Sesshoumaru said poking it with his index finger, grease sticking to the tip. He looked up at me, giving me the are-you-seriously-kidding-me look with an eyebrow raised.
"It's good, Sesshoumaru!" Rin said with her mouth full, hamburger already half gone.
"You need to eat, Sesshoumaru. You haven't ate since you've gotten here."
"I ate a cookie." He mumbled looking back down at the greasy heart attack. He picked it up with one hand, slowly, pausing when it reached his mouth, looked at me, then took a bite out of it. He chewed it slowly, then swallowed it. "It's disgusting."
I sighed. He was pickier than a snotty rich five year old. Maybe he was a snotty rich five year old. I tried picturing Sesshoumaru as a five year old yelling at his father because the maid had gotten his food wrong. I couldn't picture it. Not him, an adorable kid, just couldn't.
"You're doing it again." I heard Sesshoumaru say. I got pulled out of my daydream of him, startled.
I cleared my throat. "Doing what?," I asked, raising both eyebrows.
"Staring at me."
"Oh! Sorry. I was just daydreaming." I heard Souta and Rin giggling at me.
Sesshoumaru didn't eat another bite of his hamburger. Instead, he gave it to Rin, who kept eyeballing it. He didn't say anything, he just plopped it down in front of her and looked out the window. I couldn't help but to adore the scene I had just witnessed.
"Oh, lookie here." We left McDonald's and headed on our way home when I noticed a sign. "This stone is called 'Love-Fortune-Telling Stone'. If you walk safely from this stone to the next stone with your eyes closed, then your love wish will be granted. But if you require help on getting there, then it is said that someone will help you achieve your love wish." I read the sign out loud so everyone could hear.
"Let's try it!" Souta said already closing his eyes. Rin followed shortly behind with her eyes closed. They both reached the other stone quickly and without any help from anyone. They were both giggling as they ran back towards Sesshoumaru and I.
"We did it! Now you two have to!" Rin said gripping mine and Sesshoumaru's hand and led us to the first stone.
"Rin-" Sesshoumaru started but got cut off.
"You have to close your eyes Sesshoumaru! And you too, Kagome! And no peeking!"
Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin, about to abject, but he said nothing to the laughing Rin. He sighed then closed his eyes. I closed mine also.
"No! You're going the wrong way! Go left! No, right! You're other right!" I heard Souta yell behind us.
"Who are you talking to!!? Me or Sesshoum-" I bumped into something, or someone, hard. I heard a grumping noise and soon recognized it was Sesshoumaru who I had ran into. "Sorry," I laughed, keeping my eyes closed shut.
"Sesshoumaru! Turn around, you're going to wrong way!" Rin yelled this time.
"Go straight!" This time they both yelled.
I opened my eyes to see we had reached the stone finally.
"Looks like you two will need someone to help you in your love lives!" Souta yelled, laughing with Rin.
"Sorry about running into you." I looked up to Sesshoumaru who was staring at the stone.
"Hn." He said, then walked away.
-I always seem to put the chapters up around 3am, don't I? Well gives me something to do since I can never sleep at night.
-I was looking at scenery pictures from Japan, and there was a picture of a sign about the Love Stone's, so I thought I'd put it in the story, since
Sesshoumaru and Kagome will need someone else to -coughrinandsoutacough- realize they actually like each other. Or something along those lines :P
-So here it is. Finally in the double digits and I am starving.
-So, only a few more day's til gramps get's back. Wonder what happens then.
-Oh, probably wondering "What the hell about school, Sam?!" That's easy. She's on break. :]
-Happy Late New Years. Hope it was better than mine.