Kagome heard Naraku storm down the stairs and cracked her door open to make sure he was actually gone before she opened the door all the way. What she was about to do was going to get her a one way ticket to a good ass whooping but damn she had to find out if what she heard Sesshoumaru say was what he actually said.
She listened for any movement from Naraku and tip toed to the top of the steps in order to peek down and see if she could see him. She easily spotted him face down on the couch and knowing what she knew about his sleeping habits she knew that he would be out cold within five minutes.
She maintained her position at the top of the steps watching him until she heard the distinct sound of that grunt thing he did in his sleep before she quietly made her way to his bedroom where Sesshoumaru was.
Once she was standing next to the bed she stared down at the silver being and scrunched her nose at his wrinkled messy state. Something had to be very wrong for Sesshoumaru to allow himself to… get drunk? She rubbed her nose like she had just been hit in it when Sesshoumaru took a deep breath expelling the stench of sake. "Oh Kami" She moaned with her fingers pinched over her nose giving her that sucking on helium sounding voice.
She reached out a finger of her other hand and poked him in his shoulder. "Sesshoumaru" She hissed in a whisper trying to keep this as quiet as possible in order to not wake Naraku up. Her bottom was already stinging at the thought of being caught.
No movement, no sound, no nothing; so she attempted to pull him back into consciousness again. "Sesshoumaru wake up." This time she gave a hard shake of his shoulder and was received with gold's peaking out through cracked lids for a moment before they slipped back closed.
"Come on." She whined. "Please wake up." Nothing. "Damn" She hissed as she stared down at him. Perhaps she could try again when Naraku went over to Toga's to drop off the papers. Yes that is what she would do then perhaps Sesshoumaru would be a little easier to wake up and she would be in less danger of getting a spanking.
She tip toed back across the hall to her own room, silently closed the door, and went to sit on her bed. Sesshoumaru's words were echoing through her mind and she could not get them to stop. What she wanted to know was if they were the honest part of a drunken man's mind or the part where illusions and reality mix creating some universe where the truths are lies and lies are truth. She was no fool when it came to drunks hell she had seen it enough with her own friends not to mention her mother.
Actually there had been a few times when she was with her mother that her mother did mention her real father but she never paid any mind to it. She just figured it was the rantings of a drunken woman but now she wished she had paid attention then perhaps she would know who her real father was.
She looked at the clock sitting on her nightstand and sighed deeply. It was barely pushing four in the morning and who knew when Naraku would get up. So with a deep sigh she slid down into her bed and closed her eyes, trying to get Sesshoumaru's voice to stop repeating the words in her head. 'My wife… My wife… My wife…'
xx
"Girl; get up."
Kagome flipped over. "Leave me alone. I'm sleeping." She pulled the covers over her head.
Naraku stared down at her. "You are coming with me. Now get up." He jerked the blankets from her body.
"I don't wanna." She whined as she blindly grasped for the missing blankets. Not being able to find them she curled herself up into a tight little ball.
"Girl; it's nearly nine in the morning you will get up now." He growled in annoyance.
"No; five more minutes." She yawned, stretched, then curled back up. "I'll get up; I promise."
Naraku was no fool the girl was no better than himself when it came to getting up. "No you will get up now." He jerked her into a sitting position.
Kagome glared up at him. "I don't see why I have to go with you? I mean really what am I going to do?"
At that he snorted as they both knew damn well that Sesshoumaru was just across the hall still asleep and after last night leaving her was not an option.
"Look" She stared as she stared hard at him. "I know what this is about and I'm telling you that I'm not going to bother with Sesshoumaru." She flopped back down on her bed. "I just want to go back to sleep." She rolled over, put her back to him, and curled back up into a tight ball.
"Why in seven hells do you want to sleep so much?" He demanded. "Dogs don't sleep nearly as much as you do."
"Call it making up for lost time from all the partying I did before you came into my life." She responded with a yawn.
"Girl there is no such thing as making up lost sleep time." Truly he couldn't imagine what it was going to be like when it was time for her to go back to school. Hell if she was this bad now he was going to have to put her to bed at three in the afternoon just to get her up at six in the morning to get ready for school.
"Sure there is… See." She closed here eyes as she snuggled deeper into her pillow and attempted to go back to sleep.
Naraku shook his head slightly. He was much too tired for all this nonsense especially after the events of earlier that morning. Besides he wasn't going to be gone that long just shoot over to Toga's and come right back how much trouble could she get into in twenty minutes? "Very well; but know this. If I come home and find that you have been in my room messing with Sesshoumaru in any way, shape, or form you will not be able to sit for a week. Do you understand me?"
"Yea… Yea…" She answered with a wave of her hand through the air. "I'm not going to bother him. Now go away I'm trying to sleep here."
Naraku narrowed his eyes upon her for a moment before he turned and swept out of her room closing the door behind him. He was no fool and was pretty certain she was going to disobey him the second he stepped foot out the front door.
So with that thought in mind he made his way to his room, grabbed the small key our of his sock drawer, locked his bedroom door, and headed downstairs to leave.
Kagome laid there listening intently to Naraku's movements before she heard the front door close. Crawling up to her knees she peeked out her window to watch for Naraku's car to pull out of the garage and leave the parking lot.
Once he was out of sight she grinned to herself, jumped out of the bed, and headed across the hall to Naraku's room only to find the door locked. "What the?" She wiggled and jiggled the knob as hard as she could only to find it wouldn't budge. "Damn you Naraku!" She hissed to herself. "How'd he know?" She wondered before she gave a few small knocks on the door. There was no answer; not a sound. "Damn it!" She bit out before she made her way back to her room and plopped down on her bed. "I need to get in there."
She didn't know how long she laid there trying to devise a way to get into Naraku's bedroom before she heard his door open. Glancing over she spotted Sesshoumaru standing in the doorway not looking so good. As a matter of fact he looked more pale than usual and as a being of past partying she knew what that look meant he was going to be sick. "The bathroom; hurry and get to it." She ordered without getting up.
Sesshoumaru stared at her for a moment before he did just that with only a few stumbles down the hall.
Kagome covered her ears against the sound of him being sick before she too got sick. "Gawd how much did he drink last night?" She questioned herself with a scrunch of her nose.
It wasn't long until he was back at her door staring at her hair wet, face still as pale as ever, and slightly wobbly on his own legs. "Are you okay?"
"Iie" Sesshoumaru slurred slightly; his head was still spinning and he still felt rather drunk.
"Maybe you should go back to bed." She nodded. "You don't look so good."
"Where is… is…" He drew his brows slightly. "Naraku?"
"At your dad's." She stated as she sat up getting ready to run him back to the bathroom since he was looking a little green.
"Hn…" He responded before he attempted to turn around only to stumble into the wall.
Kagome was at his side instantly. "Maybe you shouldn't drink anymore." She nodded as she caught him by the arm.
Sesshoumaru looked down at her and attempted a cold glare but only managed to close his eyes halfway. "I'm perfectly fine." He stated as he tried to walk away from her only to take them both down to the floor as he stumbled and fell.
Kagome lay on her stomach with Sesshoumaru half on half off her and grunted in pain. "Kami" She groaned. "The next time you decide to fall fall the other way."
Sesshoumaru grunted in response and attempted to roll over. Once he was on his back he regretted it instantly when everything around him began spinning madly.
"No… no… no…" Kagome nearly panicked when she saw his stomach lurch. "Roll over!" She bit out as she tried to flip him over onto his stomach.
Sesshoumaru grabbed her by the wrist. "You will stop making the room spin." He ordered coldly.
"Well roll over and it will stop." She huffed with a jerk of her arm easily freeing herself from his grasp.
Sesshoumaru just stared at all five of her like she was speaking in some strange tongue.
"Oh for goodness sakes Sesshoumaru just roll over." She bit out as she tried to once again flip him over.
Sesshoumaru groaned when he was suddenly flipped over onto his stomach but rather relieved when the hallway stopped spinning around him. However; being sprawled out on the floor in the middle of the hallway was not exactly where he wanted to be. He began pushing himself up and after a small struggle made it to his hands and knees now it was just a matter of making it to his feet. "Girl."
Kagome stared at him. "What?"
He slowly turned his head and looked at her. "You will assist me." Again his words slurred out making him sound rather stupid but he didn't care. His head was spinning and he just wanted to go back to bed.
Kagome huffed but obliged him anyway by moving to kneel in front of him. "Alright grab my shoulders and I will try to help you."
Sesshoumaru looked up at her and slowly did as she had told him by wrapping his arms around her neck.
"Loosen…" Kagome choked out; his arms were so tight around her neck he was nearly strangling her. "Much better." She sighed when his arms slackened slightly. "Alright; ready?"
Sesshoumaru gave her a curt nod as he tried to push up to his feet while she attempted to lift him up.
"Well we're getting there." Kagome sighed once they were fully up to their feet looking for all the world like they were hugging each other. "Alright; now slowly…" She started as she shifted to stand next to him with her arms still around his waist. "Walk towards the bedroom."
It seemed to take forever but they slowly shuffled into Naraku's room and over to the bed only just as they were two feet away from it Sesshoumaru's legs gave out from beneath him and they once again went crashing to the floor.
"Damn it Sesshoumaru." Kagome hissed with a rub to her head where it managed to connect with his on the way to the floor. "Couldn't you have fallen towards the bed and NOT brought me down with you."
"Silence girl." He bit back.
Kagome looked down at the silver head in her lap oddly enough face down and nearly freaked out at the picture this made. "Umm… do you think you can pull your head out of my lap before Naraku comes home and finds us like this? You are so not worth getting a spanking." She nodded.
Sesshoumaru grunted but rolled over and stared up at her. "It is your fault that I am in this position." He tried to sound like the cold bastard he wanted to be towards her but again the slurred speech made that impossible.
"My fault? I'm not the one who went out and got you drunk." She folded her arms across her chest. "You have no one to blame but yourself."
Sesshoumaru snorted at that and closed his eyes only to snap them open at the sound of the deep voice at the door.
"What in seven hells?" Naraku growled.
Kagome looked up at the being in the doorway. "I was trying to help him back to bed." She defended. "However; walking doesn't seem to be something he is very good at at the moment."
Naraku narrowed his eyes but had no choice but to believe her since the only way she could be in here was if Sesshoumaru came out. He walked over to Sesshoumaru, grabbed him by the arm, and jerked him up. "You are a fool." He growled to his friend.
Sesshoumaru grunted at being handled so roughly but didn't care once he was put back into the bed which was a lot less disconcerting than having his head in that damn girl's lap.
Kagome got to her feet and stared up at Naraku. "Well? What'd Toga say?"
"He said that little girl's that don't obey deserve to be punished." He said with a hard glare at her.
"I didn't disobey you." She nodded. "He's the one that came out here and started falling all over the place. How is that my fault?"
He grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her out of the room shutting the door behind them. "I want you to just stay away from him; do you understand?"
"So in other words I should have left him sprawled out in my doorway?"
Naraku lightly shook his head. "That is not what I speak of. I mean stay away from him permanently. I have had enough trouble as it is due to you and him and I don't want anymore." He put his thumb and forefinger to the bridge of his nose and pinched. "Kagome right now your life is in a precarious position with your parents, the company, your grandfather's will, and the courts. We can not cause any issues that will jeopardize the upcoming court date and playing with Sesshoumaru is like playing with fire. Do you understand?"
"Not really." She shook her head. "What does Sesshoumaru have to do with anything when it comes to all of that?"
Naraku pressed his lips together tightly. How stupid was she really? "Your emotional stability is critical to your case and Sesshoumaru tends to throw you into some emotional madness that could come back to bite you in the ass later. If the courts find that you have been depressed or hurt or anything due to the company around you you may well find yourself back at home or in a home. Now do you understand?"
Kagome nodded. "Hai" She sighed deeply. "When is this all going to be over so I can just get on with my life?"
Naraku snorted. "Some things never end and some things last for years to come and I'm certain that in this case it's going to last you until you fulfill your grandfather's will."
She deflated instantly. "What? Are you serious? Can't you just finish it all up when we go to court so I won't have these problems?"
"It's not as simple as all that." He nodded as he began making his way down the stairs.
Kagome sighed as she followed him. "But… but you're supposed to be able to fix anything."
When he got to the bottom step he stopped and turned to face her. "I can not fix everything."
Kagome put her hands on her hips and shook her head. "No; you can. That's what you do." She nodded. "You make everything better." She waved her arms out around her.
"Girl I strongly suggest you do not put me on that pedestal. I am not able to fix everything I only do what I can." He glared at her.
She huffed loudly then grinned wickedly at him before she jumped the two steps plastering herself to his chest and causing him to take a step back. "But you're daddy! Daddies fix it all!"
"I am not your daddy." He bit out as he peeled the girl from his person.
Kagome stared up at him and pouted. "If you're not my daddy then who are you?"
"You try my patience girl." He growled.
She couldn't keep the giggle in. "Oh lighten up. You're stuffier than a throw pillow buried under a pile of sand."
Naraku stared at her. "That doesn't even make sense and I am not stuffy."
She cocked her head to the side. "Oh? Prove it then. If you're not stuffy you'll… you'll…" She suddenly smirked wickedly at him. "You'll go back upstairs and do the saving cream trick on Sesshoumaru." She nodded.
"Now that is just childish." He stated as he made his way to the kitchen.
"No that just proves you are stuffy." She nodded as she sat down on the bar stool.
He pulled a bowl out of the cabinet and set it in front of her. "Playing tricks on someone does not prove that someone isn't stuffy." He nodded at her when he handed her a spoon.
"Okay then." She poured the cereal he set on the counter into her bowl. "Do something that proves you are not stuffy."
He poured the milk over her cereal before he put it away then stood in front of her. "The mere fact that you are living here and that I am taking full responsibility for you should be enough to prove to you that I am not stuffy."
Kagome took a bite of her cereal and shook her head. "No that just makes you responsible." She nodded.
"Repulsive." He cringed. "Don't talk with your mouth full. And yes I am responsible someone around here has to be." He snorted that derisive snort he was so well known for at the thought of all the simpletons that surround him.
"Yes but you still have to prove that you aren't stuffy." She nodded. "I mean really Naraku everything is all business with you. Don't you ever take a day off?"
"I played your silly card game with you last week." He pointed out.
"Well then…" She mockingly swooned. "Pull out the stuffing and wave it in the breeze Naraku isn't stuffy." She then stared hard at him and pointed at him with her spoon. "Just because you spent a few hours playing cards doesn't mean you're not stuffy. It just means you have a few holes in your pillow."
Again he snorted. "A childish prank does not make someone not stuffy."
"Well then what would?" She threw back trying to figure out how this whole conversation got turned around.
Naraku arched a brow at her, pulled the sprayer from the sink, and sprayed her in the face. "That" He smirked then dodged the spoon that came flying at him.
"Gawd you're such a jerk!" She hissed as she wiped the water from her face.
"Oh what is this? Someone is so stuffy she can't take a joke?" He mocked.
Kagome stared at him for a moment before she started giggling. "Fine; your not stuffy only a little chunky." She nodded.
"Now you are calling me fat? I can assure you girl that this is all muscle." He tapped his finger into his gut.
That caused her to start laughing. "You are so out of the times." She snorted. "Alright old man your not stuffy nor are you fat."
"Yet now I am old."
She rolled her blue eyes dramatically. "For crying out loud. You're not stuffy, you're not fat, and you're not old. There does that make you happy."
"Entirely" He smirked.
Kagome sighed deeply before she put her elbow on the counter and placed her chin on her palm. "Alright Mr. Not so stuffy, not so fat, and not so old what are we going to do today?"
"Nothing" He stated as he put her bowl in the dishwasher.
"Oh come on." She nearly whined. "Its summer vacation and I have done next to nothing but stay cooped up in this apartment. Can't we please do something?"
"And what is it you want to do?"
She suddenly perked up. "Really? We can go do something?"
"That depends on what you want to do."
"Oh so we get to do something so long as it is on your terms; is that it?"
He smirked darkly at her. "Of course. I am daddy after all and what I say goes." He nodded.
She scrunched her nose at him. "Eww… don't ever say that again." She shook her head. "And I promise I won't either."
"Deal" He nodded. "So what do you want to do?"
"Well…" She grinned at him. "The Egyptian artifacts exhibit is being shown at the museum downtown; can we go to that?"
"You want to go to a museum? I find that quite hard to believe."
"Well any other time I wouldn't but its Egyptian artifacts." She nodded trying to look thoroughly convincing hoping he was buying it since she really wanted to go to the fair and would use his own disgust at being in a museum to get there.
He leaned in towards her. "Oh and what artifact is it you want to see the most?"
Kagome stalled with the infamous repeat of the question. "What do I want to see the most? Well… there's that thing; oh and that other thing both made of stone you know they kind of look like a statue but they're not." She nodded.
He suddenly glared at her. "And exactly what kind of fool do you take me for? You have no idea what you are even talking about. Now where is it you really want to go? And I'm assuming it's near the museum?"
She smiled her largest most charming smile ever at him. "I really want to go to the fair right down the street." She nodded her head vigorously.
"So you figured you would get me to take you to the museum and then once we were there and I was bored out of my mind you would lead me to the fair; is that right?" His eyes narrowed to deadly little slits.
"Something like that; sure." She agreed.
"I should make you go to the museum just for that." He growled. "However seeing as how you have been relatively well-behaved this last week and have suffered through a lot I will allow it." He nodded.
Kagome perked right up. "Really?" When he nodded at her a second time she was out of her chair, around the counter, and had her arms wrapped tightly around his waist. "Oh thankyouthankyouthankyou!" She squealed.
"Hai" He sighed with a rub to her back. "Go get ready and we will leave once you are done."
Kagome pulled back from him and smiled hugely. "Yes!" She cried then took off running up the stairs.
He could feel it coming on again and was disgusted with himself. Why did he drink so much? Moreover what the hell did he drink in the first place? It was only supposed to be a few shots of sake in an attempt to clear his mind and the next the he knew was that he was waking up in Naraku's bed. Why the hell wasn't he at home in his own bed? What could Naraku possibly be thinking bringing him here where she lived.
He slowly got to his feet and shuffled to the bathroom in order to once again empty his stomach not that he had a whole lot left in it. Never again was he going to drink like that if this was the end result especially if this was the end result. He opened the bathroom door without knocking or paying much attention since his stomach was much too focused on getting to the toilet straight away.
Kagome heard the familiar sound of retching and widened her eyes hugely. Sesshoumaru was in the bathroom puking, she was in the shower ready to get out, and this was not going to end well if he spotted her or worse… 'Get out… Get out… Get out…' She chanted to herself. 'Gawd if Naraku comes up here right now I can kiss going to the fair goodbye.' She peeked out from behind the curtain and noted him to still be hunched over the toilet so as quietly as she could she reached out to grab her towel that was hanging on the towel rack.
xx
"Where have you been?" Naraku questioned his roommate when he came stumbling in.
Bankotsu chuckled as he stumbled towards the elder. "Afff parrrty." He laughed.
Naraku stared hard at the boy. What the hell was wrong with everyone? More importantly why was he surrounded by such idiots? "Go to your room."
"Yef…" Bankotsu nodded as he stumbled towards the stairs. "Goof night… Nar… Nar… Eh piss you knowff your name."
Naraku watched the boy through narrowed eyes and snorted when he fell off the bottom step. He probably should help him but damn if he wasn't done with drunken friends not to mention the perfect display of stupidity he was demonstrating at the moment. "Baka" He snorted then returned to going over a few papers Toga had given him for the upcoming court battle.
xx
Kagome got the towel wrapped around her body and peeked once again through the shower curtain at Sesshoumaru. "Gawd come on!" She hissed in an extremely low whisper as she watched him splash cold water over his face. Every second felt like an eternity bringing an even greater risk of Naraku coming up to see what was taking her so long. "That's it!" She hissed and jerked the curtain open when she saw him just standing there staring at himself in the mirror. It was one thing to stand there while he was being sick it was quit another to suffer his vanity. "Get out!" She growled when he turned to look at her.
Amber eyes widened at the girl standing there wet and in nothing but a towel. How did he not know she was in the shower when he came in? Probably because his stomach was single minded in what it wanted and that was to empty itself. Although there wasn't anything in it anyway. "Why are you in here." He demanded.
"What?" Was he actually accusing her of sneaking in to the bathroom while he was sick just for sake of nothing better to do? "I was taking a shower when you so rudely came in here without knocking! Now get out!"
"You will leave." He stated like she hadn't said a word.
Kagome widened her eyes appalled. "I will not! First…" She held up a finger. "I was in here first. Second…" A second finger rose up into the air next to the first one. "You don't live here and really you should be at your own house. And third…" She narrowed her eyes upon him, dropped her first finger leaving her middle finger high in the air. "You can do that to yourself." She bit out then as fast as she could she left the bathroom.
Sesshoumaru just stood there dumb struck and not quite sure what he should do. That was the first time anyone had ever done that to him and he didn't like it in the least. He turned as elegantly as a semi drunk and severely hungover being could and made his way to her bedroom. Pushing the door open he caught her just as she pulled her pants up under the towel that was still wrapped around her body. This scene seemed rather familiar only they were in different positions this time and he wasn't some drooling school girl. "Your behavior will cost you." He growled.
Kagome spun to face him and glared as hard as she could at him. "I think I have paid enough of a price no thanks to the likes of you and your idiot brother!"
Was she actually grouping HIM in with his simpleton of a sibling? That was a real low blow and completely uncalled for. "I have done nothing to you and to compare me to that baka is nowhere near accurate."
Kagome snorted. "Please; spare me your holier than thou attitude." She again glared coldly at him. "You don't like me and really everyday makes me like you less and less. At least with Inuyasha what he did was straight black and white. With you it's all a game of breaking me mentally as much as you can drawing all these lines in a dull shade of gray. Well you know what…" Her eyes narrowed even further. "For all I care you can go straight to the deepest level of hell and rot there." She then stormed up to him and shoved him back through the door slamming it shut in his face.
Sesshoumaru stood there glaring at the door and was about to fling it back open as no one ever shut a door in his face when he heard her voice again.
"Better yet why don't you do the world a favor and drop dead where you stand. I certainly know it would make my day!"
He reached out and grabbed the knob to fling the door open when a deep voice was heard behind him.
"Do not even think it." Naraku growled.
Sesshoumaru didn't bother to turn and look at his long time friend. "She needs to be punished for her sharp tongue."
"That is not your concern." Naraku stated darkly causing his friend to turn and face him. "She is doing precisely what I have told her to do and you would do well to do the same."
Deep ambers stared hard as they locked with the nearly black eyes of his friend. "Explain"
"Her life is in a precarious position and your behavior with her could cost us all dearly. You will from this day forth stay away from her you are a serious liability to and could cost her dearly."
"I have done nothing to her." He growled.
Naraku arched a brow. "Oh? You torture her mind with your cold behavior and placing blame upon her for your own feelings and I will tolerate it no longer." He turned and began making his way back down the stairs. "I mean it Sesshoumaru stay away from her."
Sesshoumaru watched his friend go and glowered at his back until he made it to the bottom of the steps and vanished from sight. No one ordered him about especially the bastard known as his best friend. He would do as he pleased no matter what any had to say about it and especially if it dealt with this maddening girl.
He reached for the door knob just as she jerked the door open startling him slightly.
"What?" She bit out. "Why are you even still here?"
"You will be punished for your behavior." He stated darkly.
Kagome glowered up at him. "Don't start with me Sesshoumaru! You don't own me, you're not my daddy, and you don't tell me what to do. If you don't like it I don't care." With that she made to walk past him but a large hand clamped down onto her arm.
"You try my patience wench." He stated as he jerked her to stand back in front of him.
"Now you have reduced yourself to name calling? I'm thoroughly insulted." She stated with a deep roll of her eyes and a jerk to free her arm of his hold. "Now if you don't mind. Naraku promised to take me to the fair and as much FUN…" She drew the word out sarcastically. "As it is bonding with you I would much rather spend my day having fun with someone who actually CARES about me." With that she shoved past him and stormed down the stairs.
Sesshoumaru watched her go and ground his teeth together when he heard her yelling at Naraku.
"Why don't you make him go home? Why is he even still here?"
Naraku pinched the bridge of his nose. "Be silent and go get in the car." He growled then made his way up the stairs.
Kagome huffed but did as she was told; she wasn't going to do one single thing that could cost her her day.
xx
"Hey!"
Kagome looked across the parking lot, smiled, and waved at the being jogging towards her. "Hey; what are you doing?"
"Nothing just out for my morning jog." Kei grinned as he jogged up to her. "What are you doing?"
She smiled hugely. "Naraku is going to take me to the fair."
"Well sounds like fun." He smirked at her. "So how'd you get ol' stick up the ass to take you to the fair?"
Kagome ran her fingers through her hair in a dramatically model-esc fashion. "I just used my girlish charms on him."
Kei laughed at that. "I find that hard to believe." He snorted.
"Well it doesn't matter." Kagome nodded. "He's taking me and I'm going to have fun."
"Fun and Naraku in the same sentence? That just doesn't add up." Kei nodded.
"Yea; well so long as I'm away from that sorry bastard then I don't care who I'm with."
Kei arched a brow. "Which bastard would that be? Wait; let me guess… Sesshoumaru."
Kagome grunted. "Gee; how'd you guess?" She questioned with a roll of her eyes.
He ran his fingers across his chin in thought. "So tell me what did the ice prince do now?"
"Oh you know the same old Sesshoumaru crap." She growled. "He thinks he's some kind of Kami and everyone has to obey and bow down to every word that falls from his lips. He's a bastard and I hate him."
"You and half the free world." Kei chuckled. "If you really want to give him something to really be pissed off about let me know." He grinned evilly.
Kagome stared up at him. "What would you do?"
He smirked. "Oh I have a few things up my sleeve." He then gave her caress along her cheek with the backs of his fingers before he turned and began walking away. "Perhaps I will see you at the fair." He grinned to himself.
Kagome placed her hand to her cheek and watched him go. "Maybe" She smiled then got into the car. Just as Naraku came walking towards her. "So did you throw that bastard out?" She questioned when he got in the car.
"First; you will watch your tongue." He ordered as he started the car. "Secondly; he will return home when we do. His keys are still at the bar and we will pick them up on our way home." He pulled the car out of the parking lot and began heading towards downtown.
"Yea well so long as I don't have to see him then I guess we'll be fine." She nodded curtly.
"Indeed" Naraku agreed with a smirk as he pulled the car onto the freeway.
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"Come on!" Kagome squealed as she pulled a rather reluctant Naraku behind her.
"Girl" He growled.
"No" She bit back before he could say another word. "You are going to go on at least one ride with me."
Naraku stared up at the big spinning cage thing and mentally groaned. It wasn't so much that he was scared of heights or being spun around like a top no it had everything to do with he hated going on rides and would much prefer sitting and watching her get whiplash. Yet he just had to open his mouth and promise to go on one ride with her and of course she just had to pick the one ride that did everything it could to a body in an attempt to rearrange a being's internal organs. He was getting much too soft.
Fifteen minutes of standing in line and three minutes of being jarred around like a rag doll later Naraku sat down on a nearby bench and sighed deeply glad it was finally over. He looked up at the girl dancing around in front of him and narrowed his eyes. "What is wrong with you?"
Kagome stared at him with wide excited eyes. "I don't know which one we should go on next."
"Iie; I am not going on another. You will pick and I will watch."
Kagome huffed. "Oh come on." She pouted. "What fun is it going on rides by myself? This is supposed to be our day and you are ruining it!"
Before he could retort to that she again latched onto his wrist and began pulling him. "Come on! I want to go on the Ferris wheel!"
Naraku barely budged from his seat determined to remain right where he was. "You will ride it by yourself." He ordered.
"No…" Kagome drawled as she continued to pull on his arm. "You will ride it with me. Come on…" She whined when he pressed his lips together. "It's not like the last one and this way we can see the whole fair from the top."
Naraku opened his mouth to respond when another voice hit his ears from his right side. "I will go on it with her."
They both looked over to where the voice was coming from and Kagome dropped Naraku's hand and smiled hugely. "Finally!" She squealed. "Someone who isn't afraid to ride the rides and someone I can at least have fun with."
"Indeed" Naraku nodded glad that he wasn't going to have to suffer any more rides or her whining.
"Who are you here with?" She questioned her new friend as he came walking up to her.
"I came with Shippou, Miroku, Sango, and some girl named Mya. I think she's Shippou's cousin or something." Kei nodded.
Kagome looked around. "Oh? Where are they?"
Kei snorted. "Well; Miroku talked Sango into going on some lover's boat ride under the promise he will be good." He then laughed. "I'm sure he will be nursing a black eye for week by the time its over. And Shippou and his cousin went to get pictures done."
"Pictures?" Kagome grinned hugely as she looked at Naraku.
"No"
"Come on!" She huffed. "What the heck is wrong with pictures? Pleeeeeaaaaasssee can we get our pictures done? I want to save them so I can remember what an awesome daddy you are."
Naraku narrowed his eyes upon her. "You said you would never say that again." He growled.
Kagome completely ignored him. "How about this. You get pictures done with me and I won't ask for another thing for the rest of the day… well except for food." She nodded at him. "Deal?"
How could he pass up a bargain like that? "Very well; we will get pictures and then you will remain silent for the rest of the day."
She easily caught the under meaning to his words but nodded none the less. "Yeah!" She chirped then looked at Kei. "You will get pictures with me too." She nodded.
Kei shrugged his shoulder. "Sure why not."
"Awesome" She beamed up at him before she again latched onto Naraku's wrist. "Come on. You're wasting my day just sitting there like some old man. You brought me her to have fun so lets go have fun!"
Naraku groaned as he rose to his feet and let the girl drag him off with Kei walking next to him.
"Aww… fatherhood. These are memories that will last you a lifetime." He smirked at the dark being.
Naraku curled his lip. "Iie; it's a pain in my ass that's going to last a lifetime."
"It can't be all bad I mean look how happy she is." He waved towards the girl in front of them still pulling Naraku by the arm. "It's a far cry from the depressed girl of just a week ago."
Naraku stared at the female in question and had to agree she was a lot happier which made him a lot happier… well as happy as someone like him could be.
"Perhaps bonding with her will help her heal." He nodded as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Naraku looked over at him and narrowed his eyes. "You are not thinking what I suspect. I will not tolerate it out of you any more than I will tolerate it out of Sesshoumaru." He growled.
Kei chuckled. "Iie; I wasn't talking about me." He looked pointedly at him when they stopped in front of the photo booth. "I was talking about you."
"I have spent plenty of time with her."
Kei arched a brow at that. "Spent time with her or spent time ordering her about? There is a fine line between comfort and control. Which have you really given her?" With that he turned towards the girl that was waiting expectantly. "He'll go first." He nodded and gave Naraku a small shove towards her.
Kagome glowed brightly at her dark guardian. "Memories…" She laughed as she pulled him into the booth and sat on his lap when he sat down. "These are days that don't come very often so smile like you mean it." She ordered the broody being who was staring at her.
He continued to stare at her sans smile and wanted to smirk at her. Perhaps this boding with her wasn't so bad and it was going to give him memories that would last a life time.