(Ah, more mishaps, and dinner with a demon! Just a note - for this fic, I wanted Kagome's house to be mostly westernized, but with little bits of traditional stuff in there too. As always, Inuyasha and co belong to Takahashi Rumiko ::bows:: et al.)
Five Days In Tokyo - or - Sesshoumaru's Unlikely Visit - Four
Kagome was tired of watching Sesshoumaru fuming in the living room - that and channel-surfing like a pro. He kept going through all the channels, sometimes pausing for a long time to look at something and then flipping the channels once more. He'd been doing that for hours and despite Kagome's relief that he wasn't running amok or bothering her, it drove her crazy. It was like having the worst houseguest in the world!
And here she thought she'd get to relax just once! Well, it looked like he was going to be here awhile and so she supposed she might as well try and get along.
"Sesshoumaru, would you like something to eat?" Kagome asked from where she was in the kitchen, since she was getting hungry herself. She certainly wasn't going to stop eating just because his royal demonship was here.
He didn't answer so Kagome went into the living room.
"I said, do you want something to eat?" She asked.
Sesshoumaru only said, "You humans are positively decadent.."
"Eh?" Kagome looked at what he was watching on the television. There were scantily clad women on the screen and Kagome recognized the show - an American import from some years back that had a following here - at least amongst men.
"That? That show is from the United States, and besides they're covered up in bathing suits." Kagome said. Sesshoumaru kept watching the channel, his eyes narrowed.
"You know, if you don't like it, you CAN change it." Kagome said smugly.
She could have sworn she saw Sesshoumaru darken ever so slightly, but then maybe not, for he changed the channel without a word.
"Hey.." Kagome said.
Sesshoumaru changed the channel again.
"Uh!" Kagome went over to him and grabbed the remote. "I asked you if you were hungry!"
Sesshoumaru gave her a cool look. Kagome knew exactly what he wanted and so she obliged him.
"Oh great Sesshoumaru-sama!" Kagome said in a mock simpering voice. "This woman would like to know if you favor any refreshment from her humble kitchen?"
~Hm..not bad~. Sesshoumaru thought. ~Though bowing would have been nice.~
"Well?" Kagome had her hands on her hips.
"No. I do not eat human food." Sesshoumaru replied.
Kagome shrugged and tossed him the remote. "Suit yourself, Fluffy.."
~FLUFFY?~ Sesshoumaru would have gladly wrapped his hands around her pale pretty throat that instant! Where did the wench think she had the liberty to call him THAT name?
Grrrr..no one had EVER called him that since he was a small child! That tail had once been the bane of his existence, since things that were called 'fluffy' or 'kawaii' were not in keeping with a youkai-lord's reputation!
"Rowr?" He felt that - that cat jump into his lap again!
"Get - away - before - I - EAT - you!" Sesshoumaru growled lowly in his throat but the cat - what was his name, Buyo? - ignored his order. Angrily he lifted up the cat by the scruff of his neck and regarded it with golden eyes that just matched it's own eyes.Sesshoumaru stood up, intending to drop kick the cat a few miles, when he smelled something delicious coming from the other room. His stomach rumbled and Sesshoumaru felt his body betray him. So what if he hadn't eaten in a few days? It was normal, since youkai didn't have to eat as much as humans did. But that smell! It smelled very good and very tasty. Most of all it smelled like meat turned just perfectly. He had never smelled anything like that coming from a human's cookfires before.
Dropping the cat, Sesshoumaru followed his nose to the kitchen and there the wench was, taking out something from a squat square oven that was on a small table that seemed to be made for that purpose.
"Oh shoot.." Kagome either didn't realize Sesshoumaru was there or else she was ignoring him. "I guess two more minutes won't hurt. He saw her put the container back into the squat square box and then push a few buttons which made noises when she pressed them.Closer and closer he came until he right behind her, watching the little container turn around and around in the window.
Yes, Sesshoumaru was quite curious!
"ACK!!" Kagome jumped when she felt Sesshoumaru's breath on her neck. The youkai-lord was practically craning his neck to look into the microwave! Oblivious to her shock, Sesshoumaru kept watching until the thing stopped with another sound. The wench opened the box up and took out the container which had the meat in it. Amazing that she did not need any sort of protection from the container itself. Sesshoumaru could feel the heat rising off of the meat, but from the way the wench handled it in her bare hands, it was either cool to the touch or the wench had some sort of immunity to temperatures like most youkai did. Sesshoumaru couldn't help but smell the meat. He saw that it was some sort of meat that was swimming in a sort of gravy.
He could feel his mouth watering as it had never watered before and it was driving him crazy. Between the wench's always pleasing scent and the scent of this meat, he was hard pressed to keep his control as it always was.
Kagome studiously ignored him as she set the container with the meat on it on a table and then went to get some other dishes which he saw on the long table that was against the wall. He studied the kitchen and found it to be very clean, which surprised him since he knew most human kitchens to be smoky and dirty. Curiously he walked over to where two recesses within the long table were. He touched the surface and found it to be a type of metal, but it didn't feel like any type of metal he knew of. There was what looked to be a curved pipe that extended over the two recesses and two knobs that were along either side of it. He saw two drains on each side on the bottom. Experimentally he turned one of the knobs and saw -
Water!
He glanced at Kagome to see if she was looking and he hurriedly turned it off. Only the most wealthy were able to afford water tapped into their homes from wells which they had on their lands, but none of it had been as pure looking as the water he had seen coming out of the odd pipe. This truly was a land that was completely different from his own - and that girl! That wench! She had everything to do with it.
Perhaps he had been wrong about her.
Kagome had seen Sesshoumaru at the sink and she had smiled when she had seen his shocked expression when the water came out. She supposed that she was so used it that she hadn't realized what a shock it would be to him. He may be a youkai lord but he was from the sixteenth century where things like microwaves, running water and televisions didn't exist!
She just bet that a human from that feudal time would have ran in fear but Sesshoumaru did not. He was curious - a thing that Kagome didn't know even existed within the youkai lord. It was kind of - endearing in a way..made him seem less fearsome.
No, no!
Kagome frowned as she saw his tail. It had gotten dirt on it when they fell. She supposed she'd have to tell him where the bath was sooner or later.
Gulp! Kagome found her mind wandering where it shouldn't have wandered regarding Sesshoumaru! She was flushed in the face as she turned to where Sesshoumaru stood.
"Did you change your mind?" Kagome asked.
Sesshoumaru only raised his chin a notch and said, "I suppose you may serve me."
"Uh! Who do you think I am, Jaken?" Kagome was starting to scoop out food onto a plate.
Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome and thought that the wench certainly wouldn't be mistaken for that little toadstool Jaken. Long legs indecently showing under her short kimono that accented the curves of her body and the roundness of her breasts. Why was she not bound properly? But then those women he had seen inside that box were absolutely indecent the way they showed every inch of their body off.
He wondered what she looked like under that kimono..
"Sesshoumaru?" Thankfully the wench crashed into that awful little thought and he saw with a small bit of surprise that she had made him up a plate of food, which consisted of some of the meat, rice and some vegetables. All in all it smelled delicious, so he would forgive her for not addressing him properly. He pulled out one of the unfamilar high chairs out and sat down with a frown. Why did they have the table set so high and for what purpose? She sat down next to him and handed him some chopsticks. At least that was familar, although he didn't often observe such niceties.
And then he felt something swat at his tail! Sesshoumaru whipped his head around and looked. It was that demonic cat, Buyo! Sesshoumaru felt a growl rise in his throat.
"Buyo! Bad cat! Don't play with Sesshoumaru-chan's tail!" Kagome felt like she was going to bust out laughing when she saw Buyo playfully swatting at Sesshoumaru's tail. She got up to retrieve the cat before Sesshoumaru could gut him with his claws, and put him in another room temporarily.
Kagome sat down and ate as if nothing had happened, but she kept trying not to giggle as she thought of the sight of Buyo playing with the great Sesshoumaru-sama's tail.
~Sesshoumaru-CHAN?~ Sesshoumaru kept giving dark looks to his hostess, which she blithly ignored.
Five Days In Tokyo - or - Sesshoumaru's Unlikely Visit - Four
Kagome was tired of watching Sesshoumaru fuming in the living room - that and channel-surfing like a pro. He kept going through all the channels, sometimes pausing for a long time to look at something and then flipping the channels once more. He'd been doing that for hours and despite Kagome's relief that he wasn't running amok or bothering her, it drove her crazy. It was like having the worst houseguest in the world!
And here she thought she'd get to relax just once! Well, it looked like he was going to be here awhile and so she supposed she might as well try and get along.
"Sesshoumaru, would you like something to eat?" Kagome asked from where she was in the kitchen, since she was getting hungry herself. She certainly wasn't going to stop eating just because his royal demonship was here.
He didn't answer so Kagome went into the living room.
"I said, do you want something to eat?" She asked.
Sesshoumaru only said, "You humans are positively decadent.."
"Eh?" Kagome looked at what he was watching on the television. There were scantily clad women on the screen and Kagome recognized the show - an American import from some years back that had a following here - at least amongst men.
"That? That show is from the United States, and besides they're covered up in bathing suits." Kagome said. Sesshoumaru kept watching the channel, his eyes narrowed.
"You know, if you don't like it, you CAN change it." Kagome said smugly.
She could have sworn she saw Sesshoumaru darken ever so slightly, but then maybe not, for he changed the channel without a word.
"Hey.." Kagome said.
Sesshoumaru changed the channel again.
"Uh!" Kagome went over to him and grabbed the remote. "I asked you if you were hungry!"
Sesshoumaru gave her a cool look. Kagome knew exactly what he wanted and so she obliged him.
"Oh great Sesshoumaru-sama!" Kagome said in a mock simpering voice. "This woman would like to know if you favor any refreshment from her humble kitchen?"
~Hm..not bad~. Sesshoumaru thought. ~Though bowing would have been nice.~
"Well?" Kagome had her hands on her hips.
"No. I do not eat human food." Sesshoumaru replied.
Kagome shrugged and tossed him the remote. "Suit yourself, Fluffy.."
~FLUFFY?~ Sesshoumaru would have gladly wrapped his hands around her pale pretty throat that instant! Where did the wench think she had the liberty to call him THAT name?
Grrrr..no one had EVER called him that since he was a small child! That tail had once been the bane of his existence, since things that were called 'fluffy' or 'kawaii' were not in keeping with a youkai-lord's reputation!
"Rowr?" He felt that - that cat jump into his lap again!
"Get - away - before - I - EAT - you!" Sesshoumaru growled lowly in his throat but the cat - what was his name, Buyo? - ignored his order. Angrily he lifted up the cat by the scruff of his neck and regarded it with golden eyes that just matched it's own eyes.Sesshoumaru stood up, intending to drop kick the cat a few miles, when he smelled something delicious coming from the other room. His stomach rumbled and Sesshoumaru felt his body betray him. So what if he hadn't eaten in a few days? It was normal, since youkai didn't have to eat as much as humans did. But that smell! It smelled very good and very tasty. Most of all it smelled like meat turned just perfectly. He had never smelled anything like that coming from a human's cookfires before.
Dropping the cat, Sesshoumaru followed his nose to the kitchen and there the wench was, taking out something from a squat square oven that was on a small table that seemed to be made for that purpose.
"Oh shoot.." Kagome either didn't realize Sesshoumaru was there or else she was ignoring him. "I guess two more minutes won't hurt. He saw her put the container back into the squat square box and then push a few buttons which made noises when she pressed them.Closer and closer he came until he right behind her, watching the little container turn around and around in the window.
Yes, Sesshoumaru was quite curious!
"ACK!!" Kagome jumped when she felt Sesshoumaru's breath on her neck. The youkai-lord was practically craning his neck to look into the microwave! Oblivious to her shock, Sesshoumaru kept watching until the thing stopped with another sound. The wench opened the box up and took out the container which had the meat in it. Amazing that she did not need any sort of protection from the container itself. Sesshoumaru could feel the heat rising off of the meat, but from the way the wench handled it in her bare hands, it was either cool to the touch or the wench had some sort of immunity to temperatures like most youkai did. Sesshoumaru couldn't help but smell the meat. He saw that it was some sort of meat that was swimming in a sort of gravy.
He could feel his mouth watering as it had never watered before and it was driving him crazy. Between the wench's always pleasing scent and the scent of this meat, he was hard pressed to keep his control as it always was.
Kagome studiously ignored him as she set the container with the meat on it on a table and then went to get some other dishes which he saw on the long table that was against the wall. He studied the kitchen and found it to be very clean, which surprised him since he knew most human kitchens to be smoky and dirty. Curiously he walked over to where two recesses within the long table were. He touched the surface and found it to be a type of metal, but it didn't feel like any type of metal he knew of. There was what looked to be a curved pipe that extended over the two recesses and two knobs that were along either side of it. He saw two drains on each side on the bottom. Experimentally he turned one of the knobs and saw -
Water!
He glanced at Kagome to see if she was looking and he hurriedly turned it off. Only the most wealthy were able to afford water tapped into their homes from wells which they had on their lands, but none of it had been as pure looking as the water he had seen coming out of the odd pipe. This truly was a land that was completely different from his own - and that girl! That wench! She had everything to do with it.
Perhaps he had been wrong about her.
Kagome had seen Sesshoumaru at the sink and she had smiled when she had seen his shocked expression when the water came out. She supposed that she was so used it that she hadn't realized what a shock it would be to him. He may be a youkai lord but he was from the sixteenth century where things like microwaves, running water and televisions didn't exist!
She just bet that a human from that feudal time would have ran in fear but Sesshoumaru did not. He was curious - a thing that Kagome didn't know even existed within the youkai lord. It was kind of - endearing in a way..made him seem less fearsome.
No, no!
Kagome frowned as she saw his tail. It had gotten dirt on it when they fell. She supposed she'd have to tell him where the bath was sooner or later.
Gulp! Kagome found her mind wandering where it shouldn't have wandered regarding Sesshoumaru! She was flushed in the face as she turned to where Sesshoumaru stood.
"Did you change your mind?" Kagome asked.
Sesshoumaru only raised his chin a notch and said, "I suppose you may serve me."
"Uh! Who do you think I am, Jaken?" Kagome was starting to scoop out food onto a plate.
Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome and thought that the wench certainly wouldn't be mistaken for that little toadstool Jaken. Long legs indecently showing under her short kimono that accented the curves of her body and the roundness of her breasts. Why was she not bound properly? But then those women he had seen inside that box were absolutely indecent the way they showed every inch of their body off.
He wondered what she looked like under that kimono..
"Sesshoumaru?" Thankfully the wench crashed into that awful little thought and he saw with a small bit of surprise that she had made him up a plate of food, which consisted of some of the meat, rice and some vegetables. All in all it smelled delicious, so he would forgive her for not addressing him properly. He pulled out one of the unfamilar high chairs out and sat down with a frown. Why did they have the table set so high and for what purpose? She sat down next to him and handed him some chopsticks. At least that was familar, although he didn't often observe such niceties.
And then he felt something swat at his tail! Sesshoumaru whipped his head around and looked. It was that demonic cat, Buyo! Sesshoumaru felt a growl rise in his throat.
"Buyo! Bad cat! Don't play with Sesshoumaru-chan's tail!" Kagome felt like she was going to bust out laughing when she saw Buyo playfully swatting at Sesshoumaru's tail. She got up to retrieve the cat before Sesshoumaru could gut him with his claws, and put him in another room temporarily.
Kagome sat down and ate as if nothing had happened, but she kept trying not to giggle as she thought of the sight of Buyo playing with the great Sesshoumaru-sama's tail.
~Sesshoumaru-CHAN?~ Sesshoumaru kept giving dark looks to his hostess, which she blithly ignored.