Chapter Six
It was now after school on Thursday.
So close. so close.
Kagome was walking down the hall when someone bumped into her from behind. It was a girl with bright brown hair. She had designer glasses that enhanced her green eyes.
"Oh, sorry Kagome, but I'm in a hurry."
"It's nothing, Yatsuri. Where are you going?"
"The prom committee meeting. Did you know that we're having a carnival Saturday? We're still short about a hundred bucks," Yatsuri replied while walking through the halls.
Kagome became thoughtful for a while, but then a high-pitched squeal caught her attention.
"Say Kagome, are you going to the carnival?"
The girl in question did know about the carnival since Monday. But Sesshoumaru hadn't acknowledged it yet. Yatsuri continued anyway, "Well, I think you and Sesshoumaru should go. You guys make such a cute couple. Definitely better looking than Inuyasha and Kikyo."
Kagome looked at her companion from the corner of her eyes. Everyone knew about Yatsuri's long-time crush on Inuyasha. But being the kindhearted person she was, she became the bigger woman and wished them good luck. "Look, I'm really sorry about Inuyasha, but there are always other boats in the sea."
Yatsuri stopped in her tracks, "Why didn't you say fish?"
Kagome laughed, "Oh that, because who want's to date a fish?"
Yatsuri broke out into a big smile. 'Kagome always knows how to make people smile.'
"Oh no, I gotta go. I'm late."
Yatsuri sighed and waved her friend good-bye while rounding a corner in the opposite direction.
Sesshoumaru's P.O.V.
I was waiting under building A. Kagome's about to get out of her class right about now. It has something about history or whatever. Meiji era or Sengoku Jidai; it was one of those. It would really suck if it were both.
Why does she do that crap? She's more than qualified to go to Tokyo U. I dunno, maybe she enjoys it.
I don't know. There's nothing good to think about. Except her.
Long, raven hair; exotic blue eyes; puckered strawberry-pink lips; long sensuous legs; and under those clothes, luscious.
Ok, stop it.
I gave out a frustrated groan, then an exasperated sigh. Good god, look what I did. Goddamn it, now I have to take a cold shower.
Damn!
Hey, but I wouldn't be bad if she took one with me.
NO. Stop it.
What the hell, what's wrong with me? Well, I know what's wrong. But still, I mean come on. Get it together.
Hey, wait a minute, how did I get in this tree? I could have sworn I was under it a second ago. Oh well, it's nice up here. Smells good, too. I can see almost everything. I guess I'll just wait for her here.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
'Ugh, I can't believe she would give us an essay. That miserable wench, especially when the senior carnival's in two days. I wonder where Sesshoumaru is.'
Kagome was now outside, standing under the same tree Sesshoumaru napped in. There was a really nice breeze coming in from the east; telling everyone that Spring is on the way, but unfortunately not to stay.
The birds chirped, there were puffy cotton balls in the sky, and most importantly, the flowers were in bloom.
"If he ditched me for--"
"Omphf"
Along with the muffled sound, a body fell out of a very high tree branch. It was the body of Sesshoumaru.
Apparently, he'd been sleeping in the tree for quite a while, because Kagome was already waiting for him, under their usual tree.
Waiting for each other under the same cherry tree had become somewhat of a hallowed ritual. They would wait on the other for lunch, after school, and sometimes if they drove to school seperatley, before school.
'Yep, I guess we are destined to be together. I better get him up.'
Kagome went over to her still napping boyfriend to bring him back to life. She nudged him hard while whispering get up.
"What Biscuits? I don't wanna do no more, just get me some apple pie."
"Biscuits? The dog is dead Sesshoumaru. Now get up, or do you want to be eaten alive by killer fire ants?"
That was the fastest recovery Kagome had ever seen in her sixteen years of life.
"When did Biscuits die?"
Kagome rolled her eyes at Sesshoumaru's antics. But by the look on his face, utter confusion, she decided to remind him. "Kagura accidentally ran him over." While she explained, it seems that Sesshoumaru had fully awakened. Kagome giggled at the sight he made. He looked sort of peeved, but the leaves in his hair brought a weird contrast. She also noticed his fists were clenched at his sides.
"Now don't tell me you're still mad at her. I happen to think it was an honest mistake."
"Honest mistake, are you crazy? She did it on purpose, just to piss me off!"
*Flashback*
A party was being thrown at the Higurashi residence. The owners were on their annual anniversary honeymoon, and they granted their daughter permission to have a mixer. They put trust in their little princess, and they'd be damned if that trust were broken. But Toma and Reishiko knew Kagome was a responsible and oddly mature individual. Thus, the house would be clean when they got back.
Kagome had personally invited her close friends and people she talked to while passing through the hallways. Everyone else (in her age bracket) were welcomed to come, as long as they didn't try anything funny.
It was now well past midnight, almost two hours, and the party was still holding up.
"Come on Kagome, you know you want to try it." Sesshoumaru had been trying unsuccessfully for an hour to get her to try some beer.
"I don't know. I would try it if it didn't look so much like Alka Seltzer - infested pee."
He chuckled and ruffled her hair, "Only you could back out of peer-pressure gracefully."
After standing up himself, he took the plastic cup away from her hands and pulled her to her feet.
"I, Sesshoumaru, happen to not like beer. Falling to a prank of my idiot brother, I know what piss tastes like, and beer is definitely the closest equivalent I can come up with."
"You mean you."
"Yes, it was a bet I lost, and drinking his urine was a term. If I refused, they would have hurt the second most dear thing to me."
"That ass would have hurt Biscuits?!"
Sesshoumaru nodded to answer her question. Biscuits was one of the few things he held close to his heart. One was of course Kagome; second, was Biscuits; and third were those white chocolate chip cookies his stepmother made.
Yes, goddamn it! He loved those cookies.
"Anyway, let's go downstairs. I want a piña colada, without rum."
Sesshoumaru held fast to the cup and followed her unsteadily out the room. Neither was fully aware of the arm that rested softly around her waist.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
The whole house, with the exception of the loud music, seemed to shut up when the couple drifted down the stairs.
Inuyasha looked at the flustered Kagome with surprise. Her hair was ruffled and an arm, which was not hers, rested innocently around her waist, then ended toward her hips. That ass was touching Kagome. The Kagome he had been friends with since pre-kindergarten.
Why couldn't he touch her like that?
Granted, they were still friends, but he wanted to be the type of friend Sesshoumaru was to her. Inuyasha wasn't stupid, he knew he was the cause of his half-brother's pain, but he couldn't help but feel jealous. He knew that he should let Sesshoumaru have his way, especially after all he had been through. After all, his being born did cause his father's first wife to kill herself. But dammit, they just made such a good couple. So, he turned hopefully to Kikyo, who was looking at him in return.
Maybe he could be happy too.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
Kagome was becoming unnerved under everyone's scrutiny. It was as if they never saw anyone come down the stairs before. But then, she saw Inuyasha looking at her and finally figured it out.
A slight blush came to her cheeks while Sesshoumaru remained as impassive as ever.
'How can he remain calm when everyone thought we've been swapping bodily fluids throughout the whole party?'
Then she remembered that Sesshoumaru didn't care what people thought. She stole a glance to the young man standing next to her. and became outraged.
He was smiling!
And looking as smug as ever. She elbowed him gently and ran for the kitchen to get a drink.
"What are you looking at?"
It was the first time the public had seen him smile, a real smile and not a smirk. At his question, the guests shrugged and returned to what they were doing before. He descended the stairs to go after Kagome, when a firm grip grabbed him from his destination.
"What the hell were you two doing up there for hours?"
"For your information Kagura, it was only an hour," he responded with a hint of amusement.
"Whatever, I told you to stay away from her."
"I believe that this Sesshoumaru dismissed you earlier today. Therefore, you never had, have, or you never will tell me what to do. Now, I told you I'm not interested. I never was and I never will be. So, if you will excuse me," he slowly added. "Oh yeah, by the way, I would appreciate it if you'd stop stalking me, it's quite annoying. You wouldn't like it if I got nasty."
He left, leaving behind a quietly seething Kagura.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
All the guests were leaving now, and it was a good thing because Biscuits needed a poopy session. Sesshoumaru was keeping a close eye on his red puppy.
(A/N: Clifford the Big Red Dog!)
There were only two cars left, but you couldn't be too careful. He heard a car engine nearby and started to walk over to Biscuits. Just then, a plastic bag flew across the street and little Biscuits started to chase it. A silver Hyundai came out of nowhere at the same time. All Sesshoumaru heard was a pain-stricken yelp and a car halt to a stop a second too late. The yip was so loud, that it woke Kagome out of her much needed sleep on the hard sidewalk.
Sesshoumaru looked up just in time to see the self-satisfied grin on the driver's face. Then, the driver got out to help Sesshoumaru with the dead puppy.
"You did that intentionally," Sesshoumaru accused.
"Why, whatever do you mean, Sesshoumaru?" Kagura responded.
"Oh Biscuits!" Kagome exclaimed, fully awoken now.
Kagura put on her best innocent look and declared how sorry she was. The whole time, Sesshoumaru glared daggers sharp enough to kill.
*End Flashback*
'Yeah, she did it on purpose. Too bad Kagome wasn't there to see that smirk.'
"Look, he was a great pup, but he's gone."
"Oh yeah, how would you feel if that Shippo of yours got run over?"
"Okay, I get it now. Let's go home, your house now."
Sesshoumaru nodded, and put the small argument behind him. Kagome yipped when her sensors told her she was just being draped over Sesshoumaru's shoulders like a sack of potatoes.
"Onward!" Sesshoumaru shouted while swatting her backside.
It was now after school on Thursday.
So close. so close.
Kagome was walking down the hall when someone bumped into her from behind. It was a girl with bright brown hair. She had designer glasses that enhanced her green eyes.
"Oh, sorry Kagome, but I'm in a hurry."
"It's nothing, Yatsuri. Where are you going?"
"The prom committee meeting. Did you know that we're having a carnival Saturday? We're still short about a hundred bucks," Yatsuri replied while walking through the halls.
Kagome became thoughtful for a while, but then a high-pitched squeal caught her attention.
"Say Kagome, are you going to the carnival?"
The girl in question did know about the carnival since Monday. But Sesshoumaru hadn't acknowledged it yet. Yatsuri continued anyway, "Well, I think you and Sesshoumaru should go. You guys make such a cute couple. Definitely better looking than Inuyasha and Kikyo."
Kagome looked at her companion from the corner of her eyes. Everyone knew about Yatsuri's long-time crush on Inuyasha. But being the kindhearted person she was, she became the bigger woman and wished them good luck. "Look, I'm really sorry about Inuyasha, but there are always other boats in the sea."
Yatsuri stopped in her tracks, "Why didn't you say fish?"
Kagome laughed, "Oh that, because who want's to date a fish?"
Yatsuri broke out into a big smile. 'Kagome always knows how to make people smile.'
"Oh no, I gotta go. I'm late."
Yatsuri sighed and waved her friend good-bye while rounding a corner in the opposite direction.
Sesshoumaru's P.O.V.
I was waiting under building A. Kagome's about to get out of her class right about now. It has something about history or whatever. Meiji era or Sengoku Jidai; it was one of those. It would really suck if it were both.
Why does she do that crap? She's more than qualified to go to Tokyo U. I dunno, maybe she enjoys it.
I don't know. There's nothing good to think about. Except her.
Long, raven hair; exotic blue eyes; puckered strawberry-pink lips; long sensuous legs; and under those clothes, luscious.
Ok, stop it.
I gave out a frustrated groan, then an exasperated sigh. Good god, look what I did. Goddamn it, now I have to take a cold shower.
Damn!
Hey, but I wouldn't be bad if she took one with me.
NO. Stop it.
What the hell, what's wrong with me? Well, I know what's wrong. But still, I mean come on. Get it together.
Hey, wait a minute, how did I get in this tree? I could have sworn I was under it a second ago. Oh well, it's nice up here. Smells good, too. I can see almost everything. I guess I'll just wait for her here.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
'Ugh, I can't believe she would give us an essay. That miserable wench, especially when the senior carnival's in two days. I wonder where Sesshoumaru is.'
Kagome was now outside, standing under the same tree Sesshoumaru napped in. There was a really nice breeze coming in from the east; telling everyone that Spring is on the way, but unfortunately not to stay.
The birds chirped, there were puffy cotton balls in the sky, and most importantly, the flowers were in bloom.
"If he ditched me for--"
"Omphf"
Along with the muffled sound, a body fell out of a very high tree branch. It was the body of Sesshoumaru.
Apparently, he'd been sleeping in the tree for quite a while, because Kagome was already waiting for him, under their usual tree.
Waiting for each other under the same cherry tree had become somewhat of a hallowed ritual. They would wait on the other for lunch, after school, and sometimes if they drove to school seperatley, before school.
'Yep, I guess we are destined to be together. I better get him up.'
Kagome went over to her still napping boyfriend to bring him back to life. She nudged him hard while whispering get up.
"What Biscuits? I don't wanna do no more, just get me some apple pie."
"Biscuits? The dog is dead Sesshoumaru. Now get up, or do you want to be eaten alive by killer fire ants?"
That was the fastest recovery Kagome had ever seen in her sixteen years of life.
"When did Biscuits die?"
Kagome rolled her eyes at Sesshoumaru's antics. But by the look on his face, utter confusion, she decided to remind him. "Kagura accidentally ran him over." While she explained, it seems that Sesshoumaru had fully awakened. Kagome giggled at the sight he made. He looked sort of peeved, but the leaves in his hair brought a weird contrast. She also noticed his fists were clenched at his sides.
"Now don't tell me you're still mad at her. I happen to think it was an honest mistake."
"Honest mistake, are you crazy? She did it on purpose, just to piss me off!"
*Flashback*
A party was being thrown at the Higurashi residence. The owners were on their annual anniversary honeymoon, and they granted their daughter permission to have a mixer. They put trust in their little princess, and they'd be damned if that trust were broken. But Toma and Reishiko knew Kagome was a responsible and oddly mature individual. Thus, the house would be clean when they got back.
Kagome had personally invited her close friends and people she talked to while passing through the hallways. Everyone else (in her age bracket) were welcomed to come, as long as they didn't try anything funny.
It was now well past midnight, almost two hours, and the party was still holding up.
"Come on Kagome, you know you want to try it." Sesshoumaru had been trying unsuccessfully for an hour to get her to try some beer.
"I don't know. I would try it if it didn't look so much like Alka Seltzer - infested pee."
He chuckled and ruffled her hair, "Only you could back out of peer-pressure gracefully."
After standing up himself, he took the plastic cup away from her hands and pulled her to her feet.
"I, Sesshoumaru, happen to not like beer. Falling to a prank of my idiot brother, I know what piss tastes like, and beer is definitely the closest equivalent I can come up with."
"You mean you."
"Yes, it was a bet I lost, and drinking his urine was a term. If I refused, they would have hurt the second most dear thing to me."
"That ass would have hurt Biscuits?!"
Sesshoumaru nodded to answer her question. Biscuits was one of the few things he held close to his heart. One was of course Kagome; second, was Biscuits; and third were those white chocolate chip cookies his stepmother made.
Yes, goddamn it! He loved those cookies.
"Anyway, let's go downstairs. I want a piña colada, without rum."
Sesshoumaru held fast to the cup and followed her unsteadily out the room. Neither was fully aware of the arm that rested softly around her waist.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
The whole house, with the exception of the loud music, seemed to shut up when the couple drifted down the stairs.
Inuyasha looked at the flustered Kagome with surprise. Her hair was ruffled and an arm, which was not hers, rested innocently around her waist, then ended toward her hips. That ass was touching Kagome. The Kagome he had been friends with since pre-kindergarten.
Why couldn't he touch her like that?
Granted, they were still friends, but he wanted to be the type of friend Sesshoumaru was to her. Inuyasha wasn't stupid, he knew he was the cause of his half-brother's pain, but he couldn't help but feel jealous. He knew that he should let Sesshoumaru have his way, especially after all he had been through. After all, his being born did cause his father's first wife to kill herself. But dammit, they just made such a good couple. So, he turned hopefully to Kikyo, who was looking at him in return.
Maybe he could be happy too.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
Kagome was becoming unnerved under everyone's scrutiny. It was as if they never saw anyone come down the stairs before. But then, she saw Inuyasha looking at her and finally figured it out.
A slight blush came to her cheeks while Sesshoumaru remained as impassive as ever.
'How can he remain calm when everyone thought we've been swapping bodily fluids throughout the whole party?'
Then she remembered that Sesshoumaru didn't care what people thought. She stole a glance to the young man standing next to her. and became outraged.
He was smiling!
And looking as smug as ever. She elbowed him gently and ran for the kitchen to get a drink.
"What are you looking at?"
It was the first time the public had seen him smile, a real smile and not a smirk. At his question, the guests shrugged and returned to what they were doing before. He descended the stairs to go after Kagome, when a firm grip grabbed him from his destination.
"What the hell were you two doing up there for hours?"
"For your information Kagura, it was only an hour," he responded with a hint of amusement.
"Whatever, I told you to stay away from her."
"I believe that this Sesshoumaru dismissed you earlier today. Therefore, you never had, have, or you never will tell me what to do. Now, I told you I'm not interested. I never was and I never will be. So, if you will excuse me," he slowly added. "Oh yeah, by the way, I would appreciate it if you'd stop stalking me, it's quite annoying. You wouldn't like it if I got nasty."
He left, leaving behind a quietly seething Kagura.
~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~X~
All the guests were leaving now, and it was a good thing because Biscuits needed a poopy session. Sesshoumaru was keeping a close eye on his red puppy.
(A/N: Clifford the Big Red Dog!)
There were only two cars left, but you couldn't be too careful. He heard a car engine nearby and started to walk over to Biscuits. Just then, a plastic bag flew across the street and little Biscuits started to chase it. A silver Hyundai came out of nowhere at the same time. All Sesshoumaru heard was a pain-stricken yelp and a car halt to a stop a second too late. The yip was so loud, that it woke Kagome out of her much needed sleep on the hard sidewalk.
Sesshoumaru looked up just in time to see the self-satisfied grin on the driver's face. Then, the driver got out to help Sesshoumaru with the dead puppy.
"You did that intentionally," Sesshoumaru accused.
"Why, whatever do you mean, Sesshoumaru?" Kagura responded.
"Oh Biscuits!" Kagome exclaimed, fully awoken now.
Kagura put on her best innocent look and declared how sorry she was. The whole time, Sesshoumaru glared daggers sharp enough to kill.
*End Flashback*
'Yeah, she did it on purpose. Too bad Kagome wasn't there to see that smirk.'
"Look, he was a great pup, but he's gone."
"Oh yeah, how would you feel if that Shippo of yours got run over?"
"Okay, I get it now. Let's go home, your house now."
Sesshoumaru nodded, and put the small argument behind him. Kagome yipped when her sensors told her she was just being draped over Sesshoumaru's shoulders like a sack of potatoes.
"Onward!" Sesshoumaru shouted while swatting her backside.