MG: Hey everybody, I'm back with the seventh chapter.

Sesshomaru: (still passed out from last chapter)

Shippo: Is he dead?

MG: Oh no, he just passed out when he found out about the lemon in this chapter.

Shippo: Oh. Does this mean I have to go to bed now?

MG: Actually, since this is , You can stay up to see this one. I couldn't put the lemon in it.

Shippo: Yeah! Can I do the disclaimer for you?

MG: Of course you can.

Shippo: MG doesn't own Inu-Yasha, but she is a really nice person.

MG: Why thank you Shippo.

Shippo: Except when it comes to Pocky, she'll attack you if you touch her Pocky or Pucca. grabs both her Strawberry Pocky and Chocolate Pucca and begins eating them while running away

MG: Get back here you little shrimp. runs after him

Kagome: Yeeeeeeeeah. I guess I'll start the story. Oh and for those people who didn't know what kokoro meant last chapter, it means "heart" in the endearing sense. Anyways start the chapter.

Chapter 7

10th gift—Beautiful Kimonos

Kagome awoke that morning to someone moving around in the hut. She opened her eyes, just a crack, to see who was making the noise.

Shintu and Ny were up and cooking breakfast. Shin-Ryu was cleaning up the hut around her. Takiendo1 and 2 were nowhere to be seen, which meant they were outside tending to the garden. She noticed no one else inside including Shippo. Kagome assumed Giru and Nadesca were with him. She heard a crash from outside followed by a stream of curses and even more "I'm sorry's."

"That must be Yumi saying he's sorry to his brothers," Kagome laughed.

Shintu, Ny, Shin-Ryu and Yuri turned to look at her. "Good morning mi lady," they all said.

"Good morning everybody. Umm, something smells good."

"Indeed. Ny and I took heed from a recipe of yours and made this French toast, pancakes, and scrambled eggs you like so much mi lady," Shintu said as she flipped some more pancakes onto a huge plate with the others.

'Wow, thanks. I think I'll go for a bath now. Yumi, where are my spare clothes?"

"I have them mi lady. Here they are," Yumi said as she handed them to Kagome. She finally decided to start wearing normal clothes to the feudal era and stop wearing her school uniform.

"Thank you. I shall be back in a few."

Kagome walked outside the hut and saw everybody else. Sango and Miroku were out in the garden with the Takiendos. Kaede was in the special herb garden gathering some herbs. Shippo and his caretakers were playing hide and go seek, but what really caught her eye was Kikiyo and Inu-Yasha.

"Lay off it already Kiki. I ain't coming down."

"But your hair has grown almost over your eyes. Let me cut it for you."

"No."

"Inu—"

"I said NO!!!"

"You're impossible."

"You knew that from day one."

"Hey Kikiyo, need help getting Inu-Yasha down?"

"Why yes I do Kagome. Would you mind?"

"You had better no—"

"SIT"

BANG Inu-Yasha never got to finish his sentence for Kagome used her command.

Kikiyo took that moment to start to trim his hair. As Kagome walked away from them, all she heard was Inu-Yasha's screams. "He's such a baby when it comes to his hair."

Kagome arrived at the bathing springs not even five minutes later. "Ah, a nice hot bath to soothe my nerves." Kagome stripped and climbed in. She began to rinse herself clean of any grime and dirt of the day before.

After 10 minutes of washing, she decided to just sit back and relax. Vaguely, something told her to look around and that she was being watched.

"Get a hold of yourself Kagome. Who'd be watching you?" she asked herself outloud as she began to fall into a deep slumber.

Unbeknownst to Kagome, Sesshomaru was indeed perched in a tree nearby, watching her. "Such a beauty is a rare sight in these times. Oh if only I could hold you, touch you, and even love you. If only I could touch that soft and silky skin of yours. Kiss those luscious and sweet lips as we become one; mind, body, and soul wise."

"Aren't we a regular ol' poet now?" Inu-Yasha said sarcastically.

"Must you always be the smart ass?" Sesshomaru asked of his little brother.

"Must you always be a peeping tom? I can't believe you, Sesshomaru. Spying on her when she's naked and asleep?"

"Would it kill you to know that I'm actually here to drop off her present while she's asleep," Sesshomaru said as he removed a package from his kimono top.

"And pray tell, what is that?"

"Well, I figure Kagome gets cold in those short kimonos that she wears, so I got her some now ones."

Inu-Yasha looked at Sesshomaru. "So let me get this straight, you got her a kimono?"

"Ten Kimonos."

"Okay, 10 Kimonos. That's kinda cheap."

Sesshomaru looked calm on the outside, but he wanted to beat the crap out of Inu-Yasha for calling him, the lord of the western lands, cheap. "Inu-Yasha, each one of these kimonos are a one of a kind, made with the finest silk in the world. Each one's value cannot be priced. They are priceless."

Inu-Yasha thought that over for a short time. "I'll give you 500 yen and Shippo as a pet for one of those."

Sesshomaru could have knocked his brother out for being so stupid. "Did you not hear me say that these are priceless?! And then you offer me only 500 yen? Are you mad?!"

"Come on Sess. Kikiyo's birthday is coming up and I need to get her something nice. She'll be bitchin' and moaning for days if I don't."

Sesshomaru calmly stood up and was about to jump down, totally ignoring his younger brother, but a wonderful aroma hit his nose. "What is that delightful smell?"

At the same time, Inu-Yasha smelled it too. "Uugh! It stinks! What is that god awful smell?!"

Sesshomaru recognized instantly by the way he and Inu-Yasha were acting so differently, what the smell was. A small smile played upon his lips. "Ooh, what has gotten my Kagome so aroused?

"Oh that is my cue to get out of here," Inu-Yasha said as he jumped out of the tree and went back to the hut.

Sesshomaru jumped down soundlessly and placed the kimonos at the side of the springs. He found it incredibly hard to leave with the scent of Kagome's arousal. Just when he was about to leave, Kagome murmured two words to make him stop.

"Ooh, Sesshomaru."

The way she moaned his name made him want to just ravish her on the spot.

"She is having a rather 'pleasing' dream about you," Takiendo2 said as he came up behind his master.

"That I pretty much guessed," Sesshomaru said as he looked at her.

"Would you like to know what it is?"Takiendo2 asked

Sesshomaru shook his head. "No, I wouldn't want to invade her privacy like that. I am curious, but i'll just wait."

"Understood master,"Takiendo2 said as he left to go back to the hut.

Sesshomaru made his way back to his lands and left her there to dream.

An Hour Later

Kagome awoke form her dream with a shocked look on her face. "That's the 2nd dream I've had about Sesshomaru. Each time they seem to get more erotic. Could it be that I'm starting to like Sesshomaru?" Before she could think about it anymore, she noticed a package with her name on it by the side of the springs. She took the note off and read it.

Kagome,

You are a beauty that can

make angels jealous. Your skin is fair and flawless

and your hair as dark as the darkest nights. I leave

you these Kimonos in the hopes that they compliment

your beauty even more, if it is at all possible.

Your Secret Admirer

Kagome squealed in delight when she saw the kimonos. They were just here size and they were gorgeous. She ran back to the hut to show everyone.

All the women crowded around and looked on in admiration at the beautiful cloths. The men, however, went back to what they were already doing.

'I don't know just who you are my secret admirer, but I shall truly love to find out. I hope you reveal yourself soon so that I may be able to thank you personally.

MG: Okay everybody, that's it for this chapter. eating Pocky and Pucca while Shippo is knocked out in the background.

Sesshomaru: Gets up groggily What happened?

MG: Oh, you passed out when you found out that there was a lemon scene with you and Kagome in this chapter.

Sesshomaru: Oh. looks to author hopefully So you changed it right?

MG: smiles sweetly Actually, I had to for I was just a little too raunchy.

Sesshomaru: -- I figured as much. That's a relief.

MG: But there will be one on

Sesshomaru: -- Oh well, you can't win them all. But, this will be the last one, right?

MG: fingers crossed behind her back Of course it will.

Sesshomaru: Okay then. Review.

MG: What's the magic word?

Sesshomaru: Do it or I kill you all.

MG: Bonks Sess over the head with a club That's please review, and thank you in advance.

Sesshomaru: -- (out cold)