A/N: Uh…Oh! On with the show! –Giggle-
Brainery
Chapter 5
Kagome yawned in her spot on the bed between Ayame and Kikyo. They were both still asleep but Kagura was not in her spot beside Kikyo. She blindly reached for her sword under her pillow and strapped it on before heading to the kitchen where that delicious smell was coming from.
Kagura stood behind the stove, flipping whatever was inside the pan and once in a while poking it with the spatula. Kagome looked over Kagura's shoulder, resting her chin on the wind demoness' shoulder. She leaned her body against hers, her arms hanging loosely at her sides.
Kagura didn't mind, it felt comfortable and she was used to it with her sister looking under her arm to look at what she'd cook. 'It feels like I'm at home.' She smiled to herself at that thought.
"What'cha making?" Kagome murmured in her ear. Her speech was slurred from lack of sleep. They went to sleep at three in the morning, because they all had classes today. It was six thirty in the morning right now and all classes officially started at eight. All though for the seniors and juniors they had a different agenda. Where as kids from third to tenth grade had six classes each day for five days a week, juniors and seniors chose their classes like in college. The kids that were in second grade and under started school at eight and ended at twelve twenty in the afternoon.
"Breakfast." She replied. Kagome nodded against her shoulder and stood back to prepare the table for all of them. There was a plate full of bacon and another with sausages. Now Kagura was working on the scrambled eggs, the over-easy one's already on one of the bigger serving platters Kagome bought.
Miroku stepped out of his room in loose black pajama pants and a dark purple shirt. He pulled Kagome into a morning hug and gave Kagura a loose hug with his arms wrapped around her shoulders.
"Morning." He said through a jaw-breaking yawn. "The cups?" He asked, Kagome pointed vaguely to one of the cabinets above the sink. Miroku set to work, picking up some four cups with each hand and sat them lip up in front of each plate.
"Can you call Kouga for breakfast?" Kagura asked him, Kagome was already heading for the living room. Kagome came back into the kitchen and headed for the refrigerator. Ayame and Inuyasha stepped onto the tile kitchen only to step back and head into their rooms for some slippers. Kikyo came out a while later with her slippers on and Shippo on her hip.
Inuyasha came back in and called to Kagome. "I can't find the cool fuzzy slippers." He grumbled, Kagome came to him and stepped out of the fuzzy slippers and passed them to him. He stepped into the slightly bigger and warmer slippers and took his seat on the table. Ayame was already seated next to him and waited for the food to come.
Miroku and Kouga stepped out of their rooms, both in their sandals and Kouga wearing a white tank and black running pants.
Miroku headed for the platters of food, balancing them both and setting them in the middle of the table. Kagome placed the gallon of milk and the carton of orange juice next to the food.
Kagura scraped off the eggs and took the serving platter to the table. Kagura turned to Kagome and pointed to the ceiling. Kagome nodded and stepped out the kitchen door, understanding the silent request.
Kagome shivered outside, only wearing a white tank and black soccer shorts she borrowed from Ayame. She looked both ways, rubbing her hands over her arms and jumping from foot to foot to avoid the freezing cement floor.
She turned to the ladder that lead to the roof, climbing very slowly when she felt the bars biting into her feet on the first step. She looked up to the very top when she heard a very soft growl, demanding her to take his help. She raised one of her hands up to him and grasped onto his larger hand when it pulled her up onto the roof with him.
"Come." He said softly, leading her to the very farthest rail on the other side of the building. He pointed out to the very edge of the forest where she could barely make out a very peculiar figure.
"Is it…?" He inclined his head and growled low. He was frustrated, tired of watching it do nothing through out the night. It just stood there, quietly observing him and every once in a while Sesshomaru checked on the surrounding buildings and forest.
He wrapped his furry tail around her when she shivered and brought her to his chest, wrapping one arm around her waist. She didn't protest, finding it very warm and comfortable in his arms. Her feet were about a foot of the floor, giving them an appreciated reprieve.
"Let's go get some breakfast." She murmured. His jyaki flared, warning the beast to stay away. He grinned, 'Well that wasn't the only reason.' His youkai gave a content growl when it felt its female bathed in their scent and magic. Of course the other youkai might have felt it and of course the mikos in their mist undoubtedly felt the influx of his power.
He didn't mind; he had an excuse. Although she wasn't officially his until she gave them their verbal consent, he doubted it that she'd immediately agreed to being courted so suddenly after meeting him, being claimed as his no less!
At least his scent would warn off others that understood what it meant to have her covered in his…essence. He was half way there to fully having her as his. He would take it a step at a time. He jumped off the roof; Kagome still nestled in his tail, even though it was trailing behind him.
He unraveled it when he came to the door, opening it and sat himself at the head of the table. He didn't bother with the questioning stares or the worried looks. He piled the food on his plate and dug in. The others following suit shortly after.
An hour later, had Kagura and Kagome walking Shippo and Inuyasha to their class. For the first semester Kagome and Kagura had the same classes, one starting at nine in the morning on Mondays and Wednesdays and another in the evening on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The girls walked behind the tots, every once in a while throwing suspicious glances to the forest around them. Surprisingly the school was spread out over six hundred and fifty acres of beautiful flowers and fresh-cut grass. It was so confusing!
"How is it possible…that from a plane you see some small island, but from here, you see nothing but a continent?" Kagome wondered. Kagura looked at her, shocked.
"You're worried about land when guys, hot guys are checking you out!" She hissed out in a whisper. Kagura was pretty happy, 'I'm getting some of my own attention.' She winked over to the human boy with the books.
"Huh?" Kagome asked stupefied, her brows drew together and finally noticed all the attention she and Kagura were actually receiving. Her brows shot up in surprise and a suspicious red tint was coloring her cheeks. Kagura smirked, 'so, she doesn't know about her…sexual prowess? How utterly refreshing.'
"It could be just because of the sword strapped to my waist." She reasoned with the wind demoness and…herself. Sesshomaru had banned them from leaving the dorm without some form of protection and he actually offered to take them, only stopped short when he remembered that he had an announcement to make. He still didn't let them, including Miroku, to leave the dorm without their weapons.
They had gotten weird looks and suspicious glances, more so for Kagome considering that her weapon was in plain view.
"Oh, trust me, its not because of the sword." Kagura chuckled with dry humor. "Far from it," She paused, "or very close to it if you want to get technical."
Kagome sobered up. She had no business with other men. She was engaged to Kouga, not of her choice, but she was glad that it was he rather than any of his other brothers. He was actually the tamest of them all, being the oldest did that to him. Surprising really, considering he was quite wild when it came to running in the forests that surrounded her father's dojo on the off chance that they had a day off and free to themselves.
He actually howled, when the full moon appeared over their heads. She jumped when she heard other howls joining him. She actually attempted to howl…and all she got for her efforts was a hearty laugh from Kouga and an embarrassed flush to her skin.
'God, that was some night.' That was one of the fonder memories she had with Kouga. One of the very few.
She shrugged, weaving the pups through the crowd. Shippo and Inuyasha clanged to her jeans with a fierce grip. Kagura was behind her, having it easier to have the woman with the weapon clear the way for her. The pups hadn't talked and she sensed some of their nervousness that heavily coated them like their clothes.
She whapped them upside their heads with her closed fan and gave an innocent grin when they turned around to give her a scowl.
The crowds started to thin out when they got closer to the building for the little tykes. They took the elevator to the second floor of the first building that was fenced with the two other buildings and the small jungle gym in front of them.
"Tch- you guys behave." Kagura murmured, tapping them with her fan on their heads. The kids turned to Kagome, she raised an eyebrow at them before sighing, "We'll start practice today after you get out of class and if you have any troubles blah, blah, blah. You know the drill. The teacher's there, so talk to her, okay?" She yawned and turned to walk away until Inuyasha tugged at her hand.
"Hmm?"
"I don't have any swords like papa does." Kagura grinned and took her time to shove Shippo inside the room.
Kagome grinned and quirked an eyebrow at him, "You're not quite ready to hold something as heavy as that." She flicked his ear, "I'm going to lend you one of my wooden ones and we'll start from there." She pushed him into the room gently.
She and Kagura went back home, the walk there practically silent except for Kagura's teasing ("I saw how you were looking at the guy as if he was a delicious buffet laid out in front of you," Kagura smirked, "You should go for the deviled eggs…I hear they're a delicacy.") and Kagome's show of embarrassment ("I barely glanced at him!" She hissed a furious blush blossoming…slowly a grin appeared, "I can see where someone's mind is at…and do please cleanse thyself before leaving thy gutter.")
Kagome shoved Kagura into the elevator of their building, laughing their merry way to the dorm.
A/N: Shortest chapter ever!
Anyways, the only reason it's this short is because I thought you guys wouldn't want to read on forever. Bwahahaha!
Thank you for the reviews and I guess I'll have to continue it on -sighs- It would have been one less thing to worry about, but whatever, right? As long as you enjoy the story and review, it's all well and good!
Later
-Celestial Fox