As the teens exited the car Kikyo and Inuyasha were in another spat this time about pop culture and it's effects on young adults declining test scores.
"Oi wench I don't know shit about test scores"
"Obviously" Inuyasha growled low in his throat at the interruption. "What I was sayin wench is if you haven't watched one episode of Cartoon Kattun you can't make no judgement." Kagome looked in between Sesshomaru and the others lost. "What is a Cartoon Kattun?"
Inuyasha sweat dropped as he looked at her completely dumbfounded. "It's not a thing Kagome it's a tv show and one of the most entertaining ones out there." Kikyo rolled her eyes and gave Inuyasha a stand offish look before shaking her head walking forward.
"I hardly agree I have read about the it there is no substance in anything they do in that show." Kikyo said as she passed by Inuyasha who in turn chased after her shouting.
"I'm gonna make you watch the whole season with me that ill show you!" Kagome looked quietly at Sesshomaru who now was holding the bridge of his nose between two fingers.
"Shal we?" she motioned with her hand towards the mall entrance. Sesshomaru nodded and walked forwards with her.
When they entered the mall Inuyahsa pulled Kikyo towards the closest hip girl store only for her to jerk back from him grabbing Kagomes hand instead and heading further in to the mall. "She is not your type" Sesshomaru stated as he watched the girls ahead of him. "feh Like you're one to talk I see what ya doin with Kagome." Sesshomaru gave him a bored look before moving to catch up with the girls.
"I think this store will suffice." Said Kikyo still holding tight to Kagome's hand. Kagome just looked at her and then to the neon sign above the store.
"OI wench this stores for old ladies you aint gonna find nothin in here for ya." Kikyo walked with Kagome further in to the store glancing at the many racks of cloths completely ignoring the ignorant half demon. "Try this and ...this as well." Kikyo instructed as she handed Kagome two outfits. One was a light yellow skirt with matching top and blazer. The other a pair of blue jeans with a black over shawl and pink tank top.
"Um where are the dressing rooms?" Kagome asked with a slight blush. "I believe in the back." Kikyo said as she rummaged through the rack trying in vain to ignore Inuyasha who kept complaining about her style of dress. Nodding in understanding Kagome moved to the back and let a small sigh of relief when the sign for dressing rooms appeared.
Sesshomaru looked in between the two teens who were now going back and forth. Kikyo unable to Ignore the half breeds snide comments any longer quietly scolding the pup about his taste in cloths as her foot tapped feverishly in irritation. Having seen enough he walked to the back where he knew Kagome was trying on her cloths. To his surprise she emerged just as he arrived to look in the full body mirror outside of the dressing rooms. Taking a good opportunity when seen, he choose to sit on one of the chairs given in front of the rooms.
She saw him in the mirror and felt more than self conscious. He was staring at her, judging her almost at least that's what it felt like. Choosing to ignore him and hopefully the feeling insecurity he brought, Kagome went back in to the dressing room to try on the second out fit with the pink tank top.
Sesshomaru noticed her glare from the mirror he knew she was uncomfortable he could smell it on her and wondered why she felt so insecure. To his knowledge she had never had an encounter with a male to warrant such a reaction. Perhaps she was interested in him after all and was concerned with his opinion? His thoughts however were interrupted when she emerged with the second outfit and his favorite. The pink top was a good color for her skin tone and the black shawl of set the color nicely.
Kagome looked at him through the mirror once again though this time with a questioning gaze. Taking this as a request Sesshomaru thought carefully about what he was to say before voicing his opinion and chose this as a good way to test his earlier theory. "This out fit suits you." He said in a dismissive tone and one Kagome did not appreciate. "I did not ask for your opinion." she sniped back at him turning to look again in the mirror."It was implied by your gaze." He said with bored tone."I did not know you to read minds." she said now facing him again."It is simple body language something you seem to lack knowledge in." He only meant to reassure her of her looks but he refused to let her win in this argument not when he did nothing wrong.
"Lacking I maybe but you assume too much and overestimated your knowledge on the subject." She calmly replied as if speaking to a child knowing it would set him off more. Curious now more than his wanting to win an argument with her he asked. "Then do tell why you gave me a questioning gaze." Kagome turned to the mirror again and stared at him through the reflection."I only wanted to know why you were here watching me." Sesshomaru knowing this to be a half truth started back at her through the mirror.
"I thought that would be obvious. This is a store for women." He motioned around with his hand as if to point out the fact. "I am your chaperone for the present time and this store does not carry any cloths other than the female variety. It would only make sense for me to watch you as that was our purpose for entering such an establishment." He stood as he finished, his words sounding more like musings about whether then an ending to an argument.
He thought about her reddened faced and concluded she was indeed "Mad" at him though it bothered him somewhat the feeling was over powered with that of pride knowing he won. Knowing what she would do next he added. "The first outfit did look quite nice however." Kagome smirked at him as she went back in to the dressing room to change. When she emerged she held in her hand only the last outfit she tried on leaving the yellow ensemble behind and power walked over to where Kikyo and Inuyasha were.
Sesshomaru slowly walked behind her a smirk on his face knowing he won again, she chose the outfit he preferred out of spite.
As everyone finally made it home the girls instantly shut themselves i their rooms with a fuming Inuyasha and an emotionless Sesshomaru behind."Oi wench I said I was sorry how was I suppose to know It was against your beliefs? It was only a bikini every girls got one!"
Sesshomaru held his nose for what felt like the thousandth time that day. Inuyasha and the elder miko have been back and forth all day. His idiot brother was pathetic when it came to wooing a female not that he was faring much better. Kagome had been giving him the silent treatment since the incident at the first store.
Since then they had visited three others and one beach store courtesy of Inuyasha. At first he ignored the fact that she was deliberately refusing to acknowledge him never straying from the elder miko,meaning he was forced to endure the bickering between the two other teens the remainder of the trip. However as time passed he found that her silence was slowly grating on his nerves. The bickering coupled with his irritation of being ignored left him with a headache and confusing thoughts on how to remedy the situation with Kagome.
Kikyo fed up with Inuyasha yelling and constant pounding on her door,quickly strode to her door in hopes of deading the annoyance. Forcefully opening the door with so much speed that Inuyasha had to ketch himself before hitting her face by mistake.
"I would appreciate if you would give me my space and spare my sanity by leaving my door and ceasing with your shouts.I asumed as a demon, even if only half, that you would appreciate the normal tone of ones voice when speaking."
Inuyasha dumb founded stared at her as a pregnant silence followed. As she was closing the door however he came out of his temporary stooper and quickly put his foot between the door to stop her attempts. Though successful he screamed in pain as his foot started to throb.
"You fool why would you do that?" Inuyasha in too much pain to care pushed through her door and hobbled over to her bed in pain. " Oi I think you broke it you wench." Kikyo shook her head and went in to her bathroom to get a towel. " Baka...If its broken it's by your own doing. I didn't force you to put your foot there."
Kikyo said as she removed his shoe and sock to see the damage. "you wouldn't listen or open your door." Inuyasha said dejectedly as his ears lay flat against his head. Stopping at his tone Kikyo looked up at him from her place on the floor. "Why are like this? So pushy?" Inuyasha looked down at her and thought about her question. How was he to tell her how he felt without embarrassing himself further?
"I don't know how to explain..." Kikyo not knowing how to take his non answer dropped the subject in favor of checking his foot for brakes. Finding none she smacked his foot causing another cry from Inuyasha. As she giggled from his look of fake pain. His foot had long since healed thanks to his demon blood all that remained was a slight red tinting of skin.
"Oi wench you aint gotta be so cruel ya know I was apologizing and everything !" This gained him another small laugh at his antics, only this time he smiled along with her.
Sesshomaru was in a dilemma. On one hand he wanted to settle things with Kagome but on the other he refused to give in to her. That would imply that she had won in making him bend to her will. "Why is this so difficult She is intelligent as am I why does she act this way?"
Determined to fix things without sacrificing his pride Sesshomaru ventured upstairs to Kagome's room. Knocking softly on the door there was no reply. After knocking again with the same result he thought of his options. If he just entered she may find it a sign of disrespect she was after all at this point a guest in his home. He However recalled her entering in to his room just the night before perhaps the same rule could apply to himself. "you enter my room I enter yours?" Shaking his head Sesshomaru let a small growl escape him as his thoughts turned in to logic resembling that of the half breed.
Hand securely wrapped around the door knob, Sesshomaru slowly opened the door. Scanning the room he found no trace of her in her immediate room, that was until he heard the shower turn on. Looking in the direction of her bathroom he could not help but notice the door slightly open.
A battle waged on in his mind. Should he look or not? To do so would violate her privacy to the utmost degree but to ignore the obvious curiosity that any hot blood male would have seemed all to unnatural. Favoring male instinct over common logic (which was very unlike him) he moved slowly as to not make a sound and peered inside.
She was a goddess plain and simple her skin glistened with water droplets as her hair clung to her body which was currently turned away from him. As she started to turn he caught the prefect glimpse of her side profile and large chest. His breath hitched and he felt his heart beat accelerate before quickly turning away. He did not want risking her seeing him gazing at her nude form.
As quietly as he came he rushed out of her room and straight for his own. It was a mistake and he knew it now but it was too late to take it back now. It was too late to forget the image of her perfect form that was now burned in to his mind. He knew he could never look at her in the same light again. Not after what he had witnessed.
It was a hot and very sticky night and Kagome found herself restless. After everything that had happened in her life over the past few weeks she finally was feeling the fatigue of it all and this weather was definitely not helping. She whipped the sheets from her body and put on her house shoes intent on finding some kind of peace for her restless mind.
As she quietly walked down the hall and began descending the stairs she could hear movement in Kikyo's room and crept back up to investigate. When she cracked open the door she found Inuyasha between Kikyo's legs as she combed out his long tangled silver locks. Inuyasha complaining of pain and Kikyo commenting on how awful she found the episode of Cartoon Kattun to be. With a sigh and a smile she silently closed the door and proceeded to go back down the stairs.
As she passed through the Kitchen she saw the door leading to the back porch and continued through it to sit on the top step. Her hair was still a bit damp from her shower earlier and the night's breeze felt good to cool down her heated skin. She closed her eyes as thought of all the things leading up to this moment. How did her life get tousled so much?
Not that she was complaining she found having a house full of people to be very comforting. In fact she was even becoming fond of the constant arguing between her cousin and Inuyasha. It wasn't that she liked drama or fighting. Actually it was quite the opposite being a person that avoided confrontation as much as possible she tended to shy away from loud people or well people in general. She couldn't help but appreciate however the void they both seemed to fill in her normally quiet life.
As she leaned back on the porch she opened her eyes only to see black shoes. Her gaze traveling up she gasped in surprise to see silver hair and golden eyes.