A/N: Uh…I still haven't figured out what to put in these things. Oh! Umm…I don't own Inuyasha or its characters. Or should that be in a disclaimer?
Brainery
Chapter 3
"The nearest store?" Sesshomaru asked, a raised eyebrow directed in their direction. Once he got an affirmative nod from them, he sighed running one hand through his silken locks in annoyance. "The nearest store is twenty-five miles away from here."
Shippo and Kagome gaped at each other. "Even with my training I could barely jog ten miles without collapsing, but twenty-five, that's just plain murder." Kagome explained. She groaned in dismay, her stomach grumbling along side Shippo's. They pouted resting a hand on their respective stomachs.
Ayame and Inuyasha came in at that moment, Inuyasha on Ayame's shoulders and Inuyasha holding onto Kagome's satchel in a fierce grip. Ayame was slightly panting.
'Probably from running from and to here to the apartment.' Kagome pondered. Her stomach grumbling, she pouted over towards the principle. "Is there any bus that can take us there or something?" She asked.
"We only allow students to leave the premises on Sunday's." He said automatically and forcibly. "Why did you not got to the cafeteria to take of your needs earlier?" Mr. Ito asked with a condescending glare.
"Uh…that was Kagome's fault." Ayame said, her voice steady while accusing someone innocent. Kagome glared at her and Ayame visibly shrank back.
Shippo pushed her aside with his foot. She was standing in front of his chair, blocking his view of the principle. "We were waiting for Kagome to go eat together. And by the time she came back there was no food left in the cafeteria." He half-lied. They weren't exactly waiting for her and they didn't exactly go to the cafeteria to go for food. 'Okay…it was a total lie…'
"Really now?" Sesshomaru murmured, his gaze shifting over towards the blushing ningen. She squirmed under his intense gaze.
"I was out training!" She snapped. "They could've easily got something to eat and get something for me while they were at it!" The next part came in a small whisper. "They didn't have to wait for me."
"Training?" Sesshomaru questioned. She looked too petite and fragile to do anything serious. 'Maybe she runs in the mornings?' He thought. The ten-mile jog comment coming back to him.
"Yeah!" Inuyasha exclaimed. He jumped from his seat onto Sesshomaru's desk. "She knows how to wield a sword like papa! She even promised me she was going to train me." He giggled when Sesshomaru reached to tweak his ear, it was a silent command that he learned over the years with being near him that told him to stop talking.
He plopped himself down between all the papers and next to the closed laptop, remaining silent all the while.
Sesshomaru reached for his collar of his blue and red dinosaur pajama top and lifted him off the desk and onto the floor beside his chair. He still remained silent through it all.
'I was wrong, but sword play? I would have never guessed it.' He took a discreet sniff, smelling the wonderful fragrance of Kagome's scent and took another scent to confirm what he smelled; the scent of a blade and blood coated her hands and hip from where the sword would rest when not in use.
But the most prominent smell was of her essence that pleased his senses and made his inner beast purr in bliss. Being around this person would be no problem for him in the future. Unlike other members of her race, where they took the liberty of bathing less serious, this one knew how to take care of herself. Although the same could be said about his brethren, he couldn't help but admit that she pleased him with her scent alone.
He reached into his pocket, taking out a set of keys, he handed them to the warrior. "Can you pick me up some milk and one of those Import Tuner magazines. It would be greatly appreciated." He said in a disinterested voice.
Although he could have easily handed her one of the vans, he rather wanted to have her scent in his car. Plus, his car was fast enough to outrun the rogue youkai that inhabits the surrounding forest. That's the real reason they didn't allow students to leave the premises without supervision. The rogue youkai had a tendency to hunger for flesh of either human or youkai.
With that displeasing thought he quickly snatched the keys away from Kagome's hand. "On second thought, I'll drive you over there." He quickly ushered them out of his room and into his car.
The car there was silent for the most part until Ayame caught a glimpse of red eyes glowing in the dark woods. She screamed and propelled herself to the other side of the car, landing on both Shippo and Inuyasha's lap. Kagome was in the front seat, calming her with her sweet words. "Oh my god," She whispered to herself, "Are you a demon or not!" She screamed back at the whimpering mess that was Ayame.
Both Inuyasha and Shippo were snickering at Ayame and cracking jokes at her expense during the rest of the car ride over there.
Once they pulled up to the store, all of them quickly pilled out of the black Lexus. Inuyasha and Shippo were quick to get the shopping cart and were charged with the duty of controlling it.
Ayame and Kagome were strolling behind them, occasionally stopping to put in an item in the cart. Sesshomaru had earlier left them to get what he first asked them to get.
They came to the last thing on the list that Inuyasha had drawn up with a pen and a piece of paper that was inside Kagome's bag. The juice aisle was the last aisle in the store, having shelves upon shelves of different beverages stacked up on the most outer wall of the store.
Kagome had ordered Ayame to get them feminine stuff and Inuyasha to get plastic plates, spoons, forks, and cups. So now, Kagome stood trying to reach for the last carton of orange juice all the way in the back. Her shirt rose with the movement, showing a nice span of skin.
That's where Sesshomaru came in. He stood stock still as his gaze turned heated going down Kagome's luscious form.
Her lips were quivering with coldness of the air around her, her shirt strained against her breasts, and the expanse of her smooth and pale skin of her flat stomach appealed to him in the most erotic ways he could ever imagine. Her shorts were rolled up at the waist leaving a nice portion of her creamy and slender legs for his enjoyment. He felt his inner youkai stir and growl in approval and felt his pants tighten making them grow uncomfortable. He masked his scent before anyone knew what he was really thinking. He calmed his labored breathing and thought of awful things to cool down his arousal.
She was his student, he had a duty to perform and it wasn't to enjoy her flesh rubbing against his in the most delightful of ways.
…But, the fact still remained, how could a young female ningen entice his inner beast without even trying? Her innocent moves and child-like appearance further intrigued him. She was innocent in the ways of lust, but he reminded himself that she knew how to handle a sword and her scent was underlined with blood from her victims.
She grunted, drawing him out of his trance and turned to Shippo for his help and hoisted him by his waist to reach for the last carton. Even with the added extra length, they were short a couple of inches. She huffed before setting him down again.
She turned to him and waved him over. "Can you get that, please?" She pointed to the very last carton in the very back of the shelf.
He found himself nodding to her request, easily reaching out to the orange juice carton and bringing it down to her.
She took it from him, her fingers grazing his claws and sending delicious shocks throughout his body. He let go reluctantly, missing the small contact instantly. She smiled up at him in thanks, setting down the orange juice onto the overflowing cart.
Ayame and Inuyasha came back then, Inuyasha with his arm full of what she ordered him to get and Ayame with the female unmentionables. Ayame blushed a dark red when she caught sight of Sesshomaru. She quickly put them behind her back, her blush still prominent.
"Uh…hello, Mister Ito." She said with a complete innocent smile that he was hard pressed not to deflate her joy at not getting caught with necessary items.
'She dare think I didn't notice?' He mentally chuckled. He'd be nice for once and let it slip his mind.
Ayame shuffled by him, her back facing away from him all the while. Shippo came up behind her and snatched one of the rectangular boxes. With childlike curiosity he asked, "What are these?" He sniffed around the box, before handing it to Inuyasha for him to inspect as well.
Ayame stuttered, fruitlessly trying to string words together to answer the naïve boy. "Uh…they're used…ummm…eh?" She tried to pull the innocent look before shrugging towards Kagome. "Ask Kagome, kid. She could explain it to you." Ayame grinned over at the silent ningen.
She didn't even bat an eyelash as she turned to the inquisitive kids in front of her, gazing up at her with such child like innocence. "They're used by us, for our monthly bleeding."
Inuyasha grew concerned and Shippo's face lit up with realization. "Are you okay? You bleed every month?" Inuyasha asked. Ayame was heard giggling in the background, and Sesshomaru was amused beyond words.
Kagome blushed once all attention turned towards her. "Uh…yeah, it's natural." Kagome said with a slight squeak.
"Natural?" Inuyasha questioned once more, his brows drawn in confusion. Ayame guffawed at Kagome's situation. She clutched her stomach, and wiped off tears at the same time.
Kagome sucked in any courage she had before dragging Inuyasha behind her, taking two bags of pads from the cart and going into the feminine aisle. "I don't like this kind." She murmured to herself. Of course, having youkai around her prevented her from having any conversation with herself.
Ayame was still giggling, and Shippo who returned a while later with two bags of chocolate in his arms looked on, confused. Sesshomaru strolled behind them at a leisurely pace, reading through the magazine he had earlier bought.
Kagome walked out of the aisle she had come from, tugging Inuyasha closely behind her. He looked mortified and Ayame gasped when something came to mind.
"You didn't!" She asked, horrified at the thought of her telling Inuyasha, young and naïve, something you shouldn't until they were older.
Kagome turned to her with an evil grin, in Ayame's opinion, and tossed her two boxes of tampons. Kagome nodded and took the cart in her hands and wheeled to the cash register, the rest following behind her.
Ayame looked at Inuyasha in concern, but he seemed content to glare at all men in the vicinity, but more often then not he would turn his frosty glare over towards Sesshomaru.
'What the hell did she say to him!' Ayame shrieked. Sesshomaru didn't notice any of this, content to just read in peace as the cashier rang up the items. Shippo whistled loudly, the amount to pay for this was too much and said as much.
"Wow, I think we'll end up starving for this week, 'cause we don't have that much money." He exclaimed loudly, drawing out Ayame, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha to look over at the amount said.
Ayame's eyes grew round and she groaned in misery, her stomach agreeing with her. Sesshomaru just raised an inquisitive eyebrow at the human that planned to pay for this all. 'She honestly thinks she could afford all this?' Sesshomaru silently questioned.
Kagome didn't even bat an eyelash as she took out her credit card that her mother had given her and handing it to the cashier and took out her identification card along with it when the cashier asked for it.
'Well, I could always be wrong…'
The ride back was loud and annoying considering that Ayame had screamed for the thousandth time when she found red eyes glaring back from outside the car. Shippo and Inuyasha had ultimately decided to shove their heads into Kagome's stomach and have her put her hands over their ears to help with the annoying shrieks that came from Ayame.
Inuyasha was still glaring at Sesshomaru, more then once being told to quiet his growls. Sesshomaru merely raised an eyebrow in curiosity.
Ayame had called, "Shot gun!" once they left the store and practically ran to it, her bags flying behind her, Leaving Kagome to sit with the kids in the back, not that she minded, but she was so itching to take that spot away from her just for the sake of being cruel and evil towards her.
"Will you shut up!" Kagome finally had it with Ayame's constant shrieking. 'Didn't she know that the forest surrounding the school was infested with rogue youkai? Honestly…'
She took her hands away from the kids before settling them over Ayame's eyes, hoping to somehow stop the loud obnoxious sounds coming from her mouth. 'Out of sight, out of mind…' She thought.
She sighed softly and finally relaxed until Ayame's shoulder started shake and low whimpering sounds came from her.
She took her hands away from the wolf demon and finally sat back in her seat where Shippo and Inuyasha took their respectful places near her stomach. "I'm sorry, but you seriously need to shut up." Kagome thoughtfully said. She just probably frightened the poor wolf, she was most likely afraid of the dark or something like that.
Ayame was able to calm herself, Sesshomaru mentally sighing in relief. Ayame kept her eyes on the floor of the car, trying very hard not to think of what was outside, in the forest surrounding them.
"Why aren't you guys afraid?" She wondered aloud, it confused her greatly that no one was bothered by them but her; she shifted to turn to look in the backseat where Shippo and Inuyasha snoozed softly.
Kagome shrugged and this time Sesshomaru did sigh aloud. "They haven't made a move to attack us." Sesshomaru answered simply.
Kagome just replied with a simple, "Keh."
Once they reached the school, Inuyasha and Shippo bounded off towards the apartment, leaving Kagome and Ayame to fend with the grocery bags. Ayame sniffed the air, turning back to the car where Kagome was still struggling with the bags.
Sesshomaru tensed beside her. 'What the hell is that scent…' He took a deeper breath, trying to get a sense for what it was that was stalking them. 'Two of them…'
"What is that?" Ayame whispered, Kagome was still unaware, having trouble with closing the trunk and still have a hold on the bags. She huffed before setting down the bags and closing the trunk forcibly. She reached for the bags tensing in mid-reach. Something was staring…at her. 'What the fuck?' She thought distractedly, slowly as to not provoke whatever it was, she stood.
Sesshomaru walked over to the stock-still girl, taking step by step towards her. His muscles tensed when he felt one of them move towards her. Ayame came up behind him, seeing as he was the only one there to use for protection against whatever that thing was.
A loud shriek was heard, knocking Sesshomaru and Ayame to the ground, holding their precious ears to their heads in pain. The sound continued, both demons scratched at their ears mercilessly, trying to stop that painful sound. Blood poured from their self-inflicted wounds, covering their hands and the top of their shirts in the substance.
Kagome turned around; absent-mindedly reaching for her hip, when she mentally slapped herself for her stupidity and turned to face whatever it was in a loose fighting stance, preparing for the worst.
There in front of her stood a deformed…thing. 'What the hell is that!'
Before she even got a chance to examine it further, it attacked. With an amazing burst of speed, it delivered a harsh uppercut to her mid-section, knocking the wind out of her lungs.
The powerful blow to her stomach sent her sailing through the air and landing on the unconscious forms of Sesshomaru and Ayame, having long ago been knocked out due to the ear-splitting screech.
The one that had knocked them out stood at the edge of the forest. Now quiet and silently observing the combatants.
Kagome panted, standing shakily on her feet. She moved to stand in front of the unconscious forms to protect them with her body. She didn't get the chance to take one step before the deformed being ran to her and gave her a swift kick to her stomach, sending her to collide against the wall. She groaned all the while sliding to the floor in a messy heap.
She felt someone rush by her, running to her assailants in a rage. Her eyes blurred, trying to focus on the person that ran to her aid.
She coughed, bringing up her hands to cover her mouth, before slowly pulling them away. Her hands were covered in blood, and she gazed at them in confusion. 'How the hell…?'
She leaned on her hands, having them come in contact with Sesshomaru's sprawled form. She tried to stand once more, only succeeding to crawl forwards on her hands and knees over his back and reached to Ayame's hand, tugging her body closer to Sesshomaru.
She panted, her lungs burning at the exertion. She tilted her head over to the fighting sounds.
Her sight spun, trying to focus her eyes once more towards her savior, trying to look past the black dancing spots that refused to budge, but it was all in vain as she slowly succumbed to the darkness. Her body collapsed across Sesshomaru and Ayame's body, protecting their bodies with her own.
'Please, please let them be okay…'The distant sounds of loud growls and flesh tearing were lost on her ears…
A/N: Wow, that's it for this chapter. I have to ask that if you guys can give me your opinions of my fighting scenes? It would help out a lot!
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