Chapter twenty five-Stupification
Kagome tried desperately to answer the question she saw in his eyes. "It's a bra and panties."
"Bra and panties?"
"Yeah, um well a bra is to, um," Kagome blushed having to explain it to him. If only he hadn't gone into her bag himself! Why did he have to want tea now and not wait for her to get it! "A bra's worn by women of my time to make their breasts more perky and alluring to men." Oh! That sounded bad. And by the way he was raising his eyebrow it must have sounded bad to him too! "And panties are for arousing your partner."
Sesshoumaru looked at her hands where she was twisting her ring around her finger.
"Oh! That's a ring. It's, um, decoration to make my hands more attractive."
Sesshoumaru looked at her blankly before replying. "Things certainly change in the next five hundred years."
Kagome nodded a blush threatening to permanently be part of her face. It was so embarrassing to explain this stuff to him!
"Now a days breast bindings are for more practical uses such as support so women can tend the fields and do other jobs without their breasts hurting them from the constant weight pulling on them. And 'panties' as you call them are to prevent the soiling of clothing from bodily fluids."
Sesshoumaru started to walk away from the stunned Kagome before calling over his shoulder without looking back, "and miko I know what a ring is. Though your explanations explained where your mind is rather the functionality of the items you attempted to explain."
She had just insulted Sesshoumaru by not realizing that he would already know what these things were and apparently her definitions were wrong to boot! Today wasn't her day, she thought with a groan. Apparently he was wondering about the flimsy style not what it was. Kagome sunk to the ground her face beat red and nearly in tears from her self humiliation.
bra- a woman's undergarment for supporting the breasts.
Panties (underwear)- worn under other clothes, often next to the skin. They keep outer garments from being soiled by perspiration, urine, semen, feces and other discharges (and you wanted to go commando)
Ring- a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, esp. one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc. (one out of 3 wasn't too bad!)
A/N: To clarify what's going on for those of you who focused solely on Kagome's humiliation I'll explain. I've seen authors attempt to 'explain' things to Sesshoumaru and the gang that DID exist in the 1500's. (like bra's and panties only in different styles) Then not only did they make the gang seem stupid but they made themselves and Kagome seem stupid by getting the explanation WRONG. If the most common 'explanation' for bra's and panties were true and it is solely used to arouse your partner why would we have small children wear them? Why wear them if you didn't plan on anyone seeing them? Even fireworks have been around since 12th century. Before you attempt to explain something make sure YOU get the explanation right and your character isn't insulting the others. A second of research on Wikipedia .com or Dictionary .com and save you a whole lot of personal humiliation.