Disclaimer: I don't own Sesshomaru or any of the other characters…

Let the story continue! And since this helped some last time…

PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE REVIEW!

The sun rose boldly in the sky, still as defiant and radiant as ever. The rays burst through each window of every home in the busy streets of Japan. The sunlight made its way through Kagome's house, each ray glittering, searching for an object that didn't belong… The rays touched the face of a fairly annoyed young woman.

Kagome knocked quietly on the door again, it was early and she was angry that so much time had been wasted trying to convince him to come out of the bathroom. She raised her voice to an annoyed whisper, "Sesshomaru, you have to put on those clothes!"

"Those clothes look ridiculous!" Sesshomaru hissed at the door, his voice annoyed and tense. He looked at his reflection again, narrowing his eyes in disgust. She had made a spell cover up the markings on both of their faces. They had argued for a few hours about that, but in the end she was winning all of them. He didn't know anything about her world and until he did, he was most definitely not enjoying any of it! His markings- his royal markings were being hidden! Then to boot, the outfit wasn't meant for a royal blooded demon to go anywhere in! It was hardly even something a human should wear!

He felt like ripping it to shreds. She tapped on the door again, and his temper flared slightly in his aggravation. "Why do you even possess them? They're hideous!"

Kagome sighed, grumbling slightly, letting her head hit the bathroom door. Then, she got an idea. She smirked. Either this works… or he's so gonna kill me.

"Fine then!" she spat angrily, her voice still quiet so she wouldn't wake her family. She stood up straight, putting her back to the door, growling just loud enough for him to hear her, "I swear you and your brother are too much alike for your own good!"

Sesshomaru's eyes hardened and went cold. He stared at the door, speaking coldly, his voice void of emotion. "Excuse me?" he growled, his voice picking up a soft threat.

"I bought those clothes for Inuyasha so he could come around the city with me," she shot out at him; she crossed her hands over her chest, turning her nose up at the door. "But he refused to wear them because they were so uncomfortable and unfamiliar." She huffed, walking off to her room, "I can't believe that an outfit is going to stop a Taiyoukai of all creatures!"

The door opened. Kagome turned her head, leaning against the wall and watching him with a slightly annoyed face. He didn't walk forward at first; then he growled softly, stepping outside of it.

He was wearing a pair of jeans that were a little too small and clung to his hips and butt a little too much. They were dark blue, with deep pockets, but Sesshomaru did not like them at all. He wore a bright red shirt that was too small as well; it revealed his midsection and that pissed him off to hell. Kagome clapped a hand to her mouth to keep from laughing. "Oh Sesshomaru, I'm sorry! I didn't know they were too small!"

Thank god this is not the proper way to dress… Sesshomaru growled in his mind. Kagome opened a closet, rummaging through it- then found something, she pulled it out quickly, "Here Sesshomaru, you can take that shirt off and put this on." She tossed an odd piece of clothing to him.

Sesshomaru examined the material in his hands. It was black, he noted with approval, but he had never seen clothing like it before. "What is this?"

"It's a hoodie." Kagome replied simply, "You can wear that, I think it should fit you…"

Sesshomaru growled slightly. He merely flexed the muscles around his chest, neck and arms and the tight red shirt ripped to shreds, falling from his body. He pulled the hoodie on over his head, pleased to feel this one meet the jeans he was wearing and allow him to move comfortably. He was surprised that Kagome's scent washed over him as he pulled it on.

Kagome perked an eyebrow at Sesshomaru and his interesting way of removing clothing. She tried to ignore the sudden jump in her heartbeat when she saw his chest. She had never, ever seen a guy with so many muscles! Even in the dark, she could see each muscle- like it was carved into his skin! She quickly tugged her eyes up as the fabric covered his skin.

His eyes met hers when he pulled the hoodie over his head and he smirked. A fierce blush rose in her cheeks, but she refused to say a word. She hurriedly plucked another article of clothing from the closet, shutting the door clumsily, then walking away from him, down the stairs as quickly as she could.

Sesshomaru noticed a small bag sitting on the wall by the closet door. He paused, lifting it in his hands. However, it was plucked from them rather quickly. He smirked when he felt her still radiating embarrassment. This time, he was silent. Since he was in her world, he would be kind… for a while. Kagome wrote a note and left it on the fridge, then she and Sesshomaru walked out the door.

Sesshomaru could see there were many humans already running about, but from the thick stench of them, he knew that there would be many, many, many more by the time the day was through.

Kagome entered a store after they had walked a bit. The doors in front of them opened on their own! Sesshomaru grasped Kagome's shoulder, pulling her back. "What kind of magic is this?"

"Relax Sesshomaru!" Kagome exclaimed, "Doors run on electricity in some stores, they open on their own."

She walked through it with ease, turning around to show him, "See?"

Sesshomaru began walking through it. He stood in the entrance, examining the contraption… then the doors started closing again! Sesshomaru quickly stepped forward, glaring at the doors. He heard Kagome giggling, and glared at her slightly. Then, he realized where they were.

It was a clothing store! Sesshomaru felt relief swell through him at that. He ignored the odd moving doors behind him. They walked further inside and he got a few stares from girls at odd beeping machines. One of them hit a button and a light turned off. She walked over to them, "Hello, can I help you?"

Sesshomaru perked an eyebrow behind the sunglasses. This girl was small, she had pink hair and was chewing an odd substance. She smelled slightly of vanilla. Her eyes were a bright green and she smiled at him slightly, tilting her head at him.

"His luggage was lost on the flight over here," Kagome stated with a shrug and smile, the girl made a soft sympathetic sound. "The clothes he's wearing don't fit right, could you point us towards the men's section?"

"Certainly, it's right over there."

"Thank you."

They walked past the girl and into the store. They came to the men's section and the girl finally left them alone. Kagome rolled her eyes when the pink haired girl was out of sight. "Like a vulture…"

Sesshomaru didn't recognize the phrase, but he let it slip this time. They walked past many odd contraptions he had never seen before. However, he was trying to ignore the thick scent of humans… the smells in this era were over powering!

She led him to a section with clothing on many racks and shelves. He didn't need to be told what to do, he started looking for designs that caught his eye. He was examining the clothing and picking up things that he liked when Kagome appeared with an armful of clothing. She led him to a room to try the garments on. He easily put on the outfits- they fit to his liking. He stepped out to allow Kagome to see the last outfit he tried on.

He was wearing a pair of black jeans that fit to him nicely. Kagome refused to look at them for too long, afraid she would start blushing. He wore black sneakers, nothing fancy. He wore a white tank top, with a dark blue shirt over that. On the back of the shirt, there was a Japanese signature that meant courage, printed in white. She smirked. It was almost like his kimono…

"The other clothes fit," Sesshomaru stated, putting on his sunglasses, he had the clothing in his arms. He pulled the hat over his head again, "Let's go."

"Umm, you have to take that off."

He glared at her, narrowing his eyes, "I will wear this out of the store."

Kagome rolled her eyes, huffing slightly. There was no use arguing with him, he wasn't going to walk around in those clothes that didn't fit- especially if he had clothing that did right in front of him.

They walked up to the front, towards the beeping machines, and the pink haired girl was the only cashier open and empty. Kagome grit her teeth slightly, then smiled. They stepped forward. The pink haired girl rang up the items, then noticed he was wearing merchandise.

Kagome rubbed the bridge of her nose, "His clothing is very uncomfortable, so would it be too much of a problem if he wore it out?"

"Oh no problem!" The girl smiled at Sesshomaru again, she dug around in a drawer, "Just let me get my hand held…"

The girl took out an odd device and held the tags on Sesshomaru's clothing, scanning them, taking her time with the one he had on his jeans. She took the tags off for him, but the demon lord was getting extremely annoyed. This female is too close… I'm going to rip her pink hair out for her blatant examination of me!

Sesshomaru felt a growl escape his lips. Kagome glared at him, and the pink haired girl stood up quickly, putting a hand to her heart, frightened at the sound. "Oh my! What was that?"

A dog barked from the entrance. The pink haired girl sighed, laughing slightly as security came to tell a child that the pet couldn't be taken into the store. She shook her head, smiling at them, then returned to the beeping machine. She said a number, and Kagome pulled an odd card from her pocket, swiping it in a small black box with a green screen.

Hmm…I suppose this is… payment of some kind? Sesshomaru looked at the odd device. Interesting…

They weren't done shopping yet. Sesshomaru noticed that the path they were walking on was filling up with more people than there had been a while ago… Kagome walked down the street just a little ways, to an odd store that had lots of jewels inside of it. She walked forward and the door opened, jingling slightly. Sesshomaru watched the door, annoyed with the machine. He narrowed his eyes, quickly following Kagome inside.

There was a plump, short man sitting behind a counter. He had white hair, not much of it left atop his head. He turned when he heard the bell. Dark brown eyes, sparkling with kindness met the two. A smile came to the plump man's face, he walked to the counter and pulled himself up on a stool, taller than he was standing. He bowed slightly at the two of them as they approached, speaking, his voice deep and warm. "Well, hello young people! How may I help you this morning?"

Sesshomaru eyed Kagome curiously as she pulled a small leather bag from her pocket. She opened it and the plump man gasped, taking the bag and laying it on the counter, his voice in absolute shock, "What happened to this!"

Sesshomaru looked over Kagome's shoulder. In her hand was a dragon earring, a dragon that had been defeated by a demon slayer tribe thousands of years ago… It was made from the finest jewels he had ever seen. There were also loose jewels surrounding the dragon earring…

"These jewels are from the second earring," Kagome stated, "It broke during a move, and the gold piece was lost… Can you make a second earring, to match this one?"

The shopkeeper put an odd device to his eye, examining both the earring and the loose jewels. He was silent for a long while, examining each glittering gem and the gold itself, then began nodding his head, "Absolutely, these jewels are still in perfect condition… however, it will take two weeks to do so."

"Perfect!" Kagome responded happily, "I need it before Christmas."

The shopkeeper merely smiled, Kagome paid for the service for the earring now so she wouldn't have to later. She smiled as they continued walking down the streets.

She didn't notice that Sesshomaru was becoming extremely tense and irritable. There were so many humans walking on the street! So many scents, so much noise.

They exited a shop where Kagome bought a few odd trinkets- she said something about Christmas, but Sesshomaru was paying less and less attention to what she was saying. The noise had grown, the amount of humans had nearly tripled, and his nose was screaming in absolute disgust.

Odd metal contraptions with humans within them kept passing by on a hard black river. Loud gongs of noise shattered through the endless chatter of humans around him. There were humans walking with odd contraptions to their ears, a different human voice coming from the odd device. Many small child humans were screaming for some reason. There were humans yelling inside many buildings- odd music coming from almost every building and clashing terribly…

He felt his head spinning… the metal machines, the ear devices, the children screaming, the shop doors, the odd gong noises, the music, the stench of humans all around him, the unbearable, sickening scent of so many in one area! Sesshomaru stopped walking, a few humans bumped in to him, and he made his way to stand near the odd black river. He put a hand over his face, taking a deep breath. I will not lose control this way! I will not loose control in her world!

Oh yes you will… I'll make sure of that!

Sesshomaru growled at himself, trying to subdue the urge pulsing through him. Kagome paused when she realized Sesshomaru had stopped walking. She turned back to him, fighting through the crowd of people. The demon lord had a hand over his face, and from what she could see, he did not look happy.

"Sesshomaru…" she placed a hand on his arm, pulling his hand from his face a bit., "Are you alright?"

His eyes flashed at her, narrowing slightly. Her first response was a dark hiss. She realized that he had a death grip on his shopping bags, and his knuckles were white. The sunglasses slid down his face some as his hand moved from his face- his eyes were tinged a slight red. "Get me away from these humans."

Kagome bit her lip. The way he said that reminded her of that weird blood lust she'd gone through. She raised her hand at the side of the road and whistled loudly, a small yellow car pulled up to her. Sesshomaru would've found this interesting if he weren't preoccupied.

The demon lord felt his breathing catch as another human bumped in to him- then he calmed some when he realized how close Kagome was to him. Her calming scent rushed at him when she held his clenched hand, persuading him to release the bags by gently stroking his hand. He did so without being conscious of it, wrapped in her scent. He barely realized he was sitting down.

She took the bags from him, letting him enter the cab first, and then she sat down next to him. Sesshomaru sat there silently, leaning his head back, eyes closed, taking slow, deep breaths. The driver had shaggy brown hair; beneathe a dark blue baseball cap that was turned around backwards and metallic blue sunglasses covered his eyes. He noticed the demon's odd behavior, then turned around to look at the two of them, "Eh- is he okay, lady?"

"Panic attacks," Kagome lied quickly, waving her hand at the driver, taking Sesshomaru's hand in hers, and trying to get him to relax his fist. "A little too much therapy for one day, that's all. He'll be alright." She told him her home address and he drove her there. She and Sesshomaru got out at her house, then she paid the driver.

Sesshomaru entered her house and collapsed to the couch, rubbing his pounding temples. "So many humans…"

Souta was in the living room playing a video game. He noticed Sesshomaru's odd behavior and quickly put the game on mute, putting the controller down and turning around to look at the demon.

He does look a little bit like Inuyasha… Souta tilted his head at the demon lord. Their hair is the same, and their eyes are the same color… but this guy is quieter… I wonder if they like the same kind of things?

Kagome returned, handing Sesshomaru a glass of water and two odd pills. He looked at them warily, then looked up at her. She smiled, "It's medicine, it'll get rid of that migraine."

"What do I do with this?"

"Just swallow those pills." Kagome replied, "Without chewing them- just swallow them." She entered the kitchen. Sesshomaru could smell fresh fruit and meat, so he figured they were preparing dinner. He looked at the pills again… he could smell strong medicine coming from them… but no poison…

Sesshomaru shrugged mentally. He put the pills in his mouth, lifting the glass of water to his lips. He got it right on the first try; though he admitted only to himself that it was the oddest sensation he'd ever felt.

That was when he noticed Souta was looking at him, sitting Indian style on the carpet. Sesshomaru perked an eyebrow at the child. "Do you find something interesting?"

Souta nodded his head slightly. "You and Inuyasha are brothers, right?"

"Half brothers," Sesshomaru corrected instantly, placing the cup of water down.

"Oh!" Souta exclaimed, "Alright then, that explains it."

"Explains what?"

"Well…" Souta stated, "You and Inuyasha have the same color hair, same color eyes- but you don't look the same, and you don't act anything alike! Inuyasha's smaller, and his hair is messier. You're taller, more polite, and you don't insult everything Kagome does to help." Souta shook his head; "Inuyasha would barely even sit in this room without touching something or smelling something."

Sesshomaru examined the child. For a young age, he was quick to examine people. The boy was about Rin's age… for a young boy… he's not quite as annoying as Rin or the fox kit.

Souta picked up an odd device from the ground. Sesshomaru eyed it curiously; then looked at Souta's eyes, his face blank. The boy's eyes were glowing slightly. This must've been some activity he enjoyed. "Do you want to learn how to play?"

Sesshomaru looked at the picture box. He saw one of the odd metal contraptions on it. He growled softly, the sound surprising Souta. The boy looked at the television, "Oh, right…. Cars… you probably didn't enjoy being around them."

"Cars?" Sesshomaru repeated the foreign word.

"Yeah, they are…well, they're the horses of this time, it's how people go from one place to another." Souta shook his head, "I don't think you'll enjoy playing this- cars drove Inuyasha insane his first few days here. You'll get used to it… but for now… here!" Souta picked up a small disk; then pressed a button on a small black box that made a whirling noise. The noise stopped and something popped up when the child touched another button. He took a different disk out of the small black box, then put the one he had in his hand in it.

"This is a hand to hand fighting game," Souta stated, "I think you'll enjoy this more."

"Hand to hand fighting?" Sesshomaru scoffed, "I will not fight Kagome's younger brother- you could barely even hold a sword decently."

Souta looked up at the demon, "umm… Sesshomaru…this is a video game. You don't physically fight your opponent."

"Vid-eee-oh Game?" Sesshomaru repeated tentatively, "What is that?"

Souta smiled. He came up on the couch, sitting by Sesshomaru with an odd device in his hands. He explained what each button did, then demonstrated that when you pushed a button on the controller, the figure on the screen did the command you told it to do. Sesshomaru was interested in that. He and Souta both picked up controllers, beginning to play.

Souta kicked the demon's butt the first round. Souta paused when he remembered how angry Inuyasha had become when he lost the game. He turned cautiously to see Sesshomaru's features.

The demon lord didn't look upset at all- in fact, a small smirk was on his face. Souta relaxed as they began battling again. Wow Sesshomaru is really different than Inuyasha… he nearly broke the controller when he couldn't beat me…

Sesshomaru was determined to beat Souta at the game. They played for about an hour, but the demon Lord had not defeated the virtual game yet. Kagome came out in the living room and stopped in her tracks, her eyes wide and her mouth open in a silent word.

Souta was stretched out on his belly, playing a video game. Sesshomaru was sitting up straight on the couch, his face had a smirk on it and he was playing the video game too! Kagome walked in to the kitchen, picking up her camera and nudging her mother for the two of them to go out to the living room.

Sesshomaru tensed when a flash of light appeared at the corner of his eyes. He dropped the controller in a heartbeat and was on his feet, stepping over Souta protectively. Kagome was shocked at his reaction. Then she noticed the stance Sesshomaru was in… wow… he's ready to protect Souta… I guess those two must be getting along. She smiled at Sesshomaru, lowering the camera.

Souta stood, looking past Sesshomaru, who blinked a couple times from the blinding light. The boy put a hand on Sesshomaru's arm, "It's okay- that's a camera."

Sesshomaru didn't relax his muscles. He spoke, repeating the word like a child would. "Cam-er-ah?"

"It takes pictures," Souta replied casually, he thought for a moment, "Sort of like… a portrait! Only-it doesn't take any time at all."

Sesshomaru stood straight, looking at the device oddly. I don't like that thing… why would humans need portraits in an instant? What purpose does it serve?

Kagome's mother smiled at the two, "Dinner is ready, boys."

"Yes!" Souta bounded into the kitchen like lightening. Sesshomaru looked where the child had just been standing. Fast for a human…

Sesshomaru then noticed Kagome's eyes on him. A soft smile was on her face, and she was looking straight at him. He perked an eyebrow at her, and saw a blush form across her face. The girl turned on heel, walking to the kitchen as well. He followed her mother in, both bowing to each other slightly. Kagome's mother had prepared a fantastic meal. Though Sesshomaru truly didn't enjoy human food, he did admit that her cooking was wonderful.

All of the food was freshly made- the taste reminded him of food in his world. At least some things don't change…

Souta ate quickly, too quickly in fact. Food seemed to fly from the plate, off his chopsticksand launch into the boy's mouth! The Taiyoukai would not eat with someone whose table manners equaled that of his half brother when he was 'famished'. Though, Sesshomaru was shocked that a human child could eat with such speed.

He picked up the chopsticks, and then smacked the boy on his knuckles, remembering that he was merely human and making it softer than he normally would. Souta made a small noise, quickly sitting up straight and holding his hand, his eyes wide and locked to Sesshomaru's. The demon lord spoke, his voice crisp and slightly scolding, but his face blank. "I know your mother has taught you better manners than that."

Souta bowed his head at Sesshomaru and his mother, apologizing for his behavior. He picked up his chopsticksand began eating correctly. Kagome and her mother both looked at Sesshomaru in surprise.

Kagome smiled to herself, continuing to eat. He really acts like a father would… wow… I've never really seen him around Rin all that much… I guess that the ice lord -she snuck a look at his face again. She'd taken the spell for concealing his markings away. He was eating quietly, aware of Souta's constant glances at him. Is a pretty good dad…

Okay that's it for this chapter! Just a little reminder….

PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE REVIEW!