When Sesshomaru woke up, he had to think for a moment why he was asleep, how he could have been so stupid as to do such a thing, and where he was. The last question was easily solved by the unfamiliar scenery and he remember his annoying brother talking about being transported to a new land. The first two questions were a little different. Sesshomaru had never slept in the middle of the day without being on guard and alert. Why had he slept so heavily and not heard the door when it had opened, when the family came in, when someone sat by him… When those little people got trapped in that box and forced to perform odd duties.
Where the hell was he? The Seven Hells?
Sesshomaru sat up and ran his fingers through his hair and Souta looked over at him.
"Oh good, you're awake. I was just about to wake you since you've been sleeping for about four hours."
Sesshomaru must have heard wrong with his knew hanyou hearing.
"How many hours?"
"Four. You were pretty dead to the world."
Sesshomaru felt oddly refreshed but he was also disgusted when he realized what had happened. This body is weak and needs to rest more periodically and longer than I am used to. I am finding this situation annoying.
"Kagome's toes are broken, if you care to know." Souta said, not looking at Sesshomaru as he flicked through the channels. "The doctor said she has to stay off of the foot for two days and then she can walk in the foot cast she's in."
"This Sesshomaru must remain here until she is able to walk?" he asked.
"That's up to you and Kagome I guess. She's up in her room… You may want to change clothes or something. You stand out pretty well… well, I guess InuYasha did too but you stand out more because you look more… uh… well…"
"Your hesitating tone irks me. Please complete your thought."
"Well, you're kind of flamboyant."
Sesshomaru had had enough of the insulting human and was sat that he could not just whip out his poisoned whip and chop off the little ingrate's head. But when he thought of it, he thought of Rin and all the off handed things she had said. They had never bothered her so why should the words of a child no older than his ward make him angry? The anger subsided and he stood up.
"Which way is the girl's room?"
"Up the stairs and to the left."
Sesshomaru nodded and went in the directions told.
Kagome wasn't very happy about having to be bed ridden for two days but at least it was just two and not more. She knew Sesshomaru would be waking up soon and coming to ask her what he should be doing.
"If only I had a command for Sesshomaru. Like 'shut up' or something. Not that he talks a lot but when he does he sure says annoying stuff."
The door opened and Sesshomaru was there. He looked at her cast and lifted a white eyebrow.
"The child tells me that you are to rest for two days."
"Yeah so you'll have to chillax while I'm in recovery. Do you think you can do that? Or will you just die of boredom?"
"You expect this Sesshomaru to stay here then?"
"Yes, I do. InuYasha would."
"I am not my brother."
"It's not that bad. You can laze around for a little bit for once. Get that tension out of your neck and shoulders and just relax. You're too tense… it's like there is a perpetual stick up your ass at all times."
Sesshomaru blinked at her. He'd been called many things but that was something new.
"Oh, here, give this to my mom. I owe InuYasha a month's worth of ramen."
"Ramen?" he asked, walking into the room to take the paper from her.
"Yeah. I'm sure there's some in the kitchen. Ask Souta to make some for you if you want."
"This Sesshomaru will not eat human food."
"Yeah, well, if you don't, your hanyou body will die. InuYasha said the same thing and now he craves the stuff."
Sesshomaru was unused to taking orders from a human but he took this 'list' to the older woman when an old man came out of a door and threw a talisman on his forehead.
"EXORCISE!" the old man yelled.
Sesshomaru peeled the weak talisman off of his head and slapped it on Grandpa's face as he sniffed out the woman.
"Dagnabbit!" the old man yelled behind him, as he took the talisman off and began to jump on it.
Sesshomaru descended the stairs and found Mrs. Higurashi gathering her purse and walking toward the living room.
"Oh, Sesshomaru, right?"
"Yes."
"I was just about to go to the store, was there anything you wanted me to get for you?"
"The girl told me to give this to you."
He handed her the piece of paper and she read it. Smiling, she stuck the paper in her purse and walked into the living room.
"Souta, I'm going to the market, is there anything that you would like for me to get for you?"
"Yeah, some of those fish crackers and… dango."
"Alright… Sesshomaru, would you like to come with me to the market?"
"I do not think that is wise, considering that I do not look human."
"Kagome usually lets InuYasha wear one of Souta's baseball hats to keep his ears from being seen."
Sesshomaru was going to decline but he felt the creeping presence of Kagome's grandfather and decided he didn't want to accidentally decapitate the old man for his idiocy.
"I will accompany you."
"Great! Souta, go get your baseball cap."
He did as told and Mrs. Higurashi held it out to him. He bent down for her to put it on him and she tried to do it a gently as possible, considering his ears.
"How does that feel?"
"Slightly confining but I can manage."
She nodded and they went to the car.
Riding in the car was not something Sesshomaru wished to do again and decided to tell Mrs. Higurashi just so when they got out. The horseless carriage was deceivingly fast and all of the dazzling windows and buildings were too much for Sesshomaru to make out. He knew he wasn't in Feudal Japan anymore but he thought for sure not much had changed… What disturbed him the lack of yokai scent, although his brother did warn him of that… They finally stopped and got out.
"Are you alright? You look like you've just seen a ghost."
"I will have to decline your offer of a return journey in this wretched wagon of yours."
"InuYasha seemed to find his way around the city pretty well so… if you want to find your own way home then you're more than welcome."
"I thank you for being considerate."
Mrs. Higurashi wasn't sure if she liked InuYasha or his brother yet. InuYasha was more curious and more apt to speak, his brother was polite and knew what he wanted. She wasn't so sure about the way they spoke, if one was more well mannered or the other. Although InuYasha was brash, he was considerate and curious and just wanted to understand right then. Sesshomaru, on the other hand, was polite but his words could be taken as either or. She wasn't sure if Sesshomaru was making fun of her or not.
Shaking her head of those thoughts, she and Sesshomaru went into the marketplace and Sesshomaru was impressed at the storage of food.
"What is this place?"
"It's called the market or a grocery store."
"There are odd smells in here." He said, sniffing.
"Probably some you've never smelled before."
Seeing it advantageous to stay with a local, he followed Mrs. Higurashi around in the fruit section. As she picked up a small round fruit, she looked at the outside and inspected it and began to put it in her buggy when Sesshomaru stopped her.
"That is starting to spoil. This one is still fresh." He said, holding up one that looked bruised.
"But that one's bruised."
"The peeling is bruised but the fruit is not."
Mrs. Higurashi decided to trust him since he was the one with the better nose than her and so got the one he suggested.
"Would you help me pick out good fruits and vegetables so I can have the freshest ingredients?"
He nodded once and helped her gather four types of fruit that he had no idea was edible. As they went along to the meat section, Sesshomaru's mouth watered at the meat, although he was confused.
"Where are the animals that this meat comes from? Do they have a farm behind this building?"
"No, they have specific places where they raise the farm animals and then kill them for meat."
Sesshomaru frowned at that, for some reason not seeing that as right.
"They let them live so they can serve one purpose and die?"
"Isn't that the way of the world?" she said, looking at a small pork loin.
Sesshomaru didn't want to look at the meat anymore and left to look around.
"Would a Ses-sho-ma-ru, please come to the front desk of the store? Sesshomaru, please come to the front of the store?"
Upon hearing his name in the middle of the candy aisle, he grabbed the bag that smelled delicious and took out Mrs. Higurashi's scent. She was at a strange table and she looked up at him.
"Ah, there you are. I was just about to leave… Did you want those?" He nodded. "I'll get them for you."
She stuck them with her bill and they headed back.
that sesshomaru isn't scared of cars but he would rather not. thank you. and what did he buy? be moving along shortly. and the seven hells is because he saw the TV and thought they stuffed them in there to perform