A/N: Hey all of you out there! I'm in an incredibly good mood! So I thought I'd sit in type for once in my study hall! (Hey, It's not like I have anything better to do:) )
Upon entering his room, closing the door with a soft click and locking the door so no one would bother him, Sesshomaru stood in the middle of his room with his eyes closed. Shaking his head, trying to be rid of the nasty pounding near his temples, he crossed the room and sat in a lush chair that looked very inviting.
The youkai did not have the chance to enjoy his solitude for long, however.
InuYasha was out side the tall door, knocking with caution, just as there father had asked.
"Hey, you alright in there, Sesshomaru?"
He didn't answer; instead, he just glared at the door, wishing the bothersome hanyou would go away.
Knocking a bit more offensively, showing his frustration with his proud brother, he raised his voice, "HEY, Answer me stupid, I ain't got all day!"
No answer from the proud Sesshomaru.
Even without his dog-like ears at the moment, InuYasha could almost feel them flattening against his head. He kicked the door, in the process hurting his big toe, yelling, "DAMN YOU, JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION!"
Having enough of this stupidity, the tall youkai stood up, went over to the door and opened it a crack.
His dull brother was in the process of kicking the door again, his foot drawn back, ready to strike. He blinked a few times while Sesshomaru let him stand there and look like a fool. Embarrassed at his current situation, he quickly put his leg down and shuffled his feet. 'I'm so stupid sometimes...' The embarrassed hanyou shook his head, adding mentally, 'NOT TRUE! If Mr. High and Mighty would have answered the door!'
Sesshomaru looked down at his brother with a glare of superiority in his eyes, "You can tell father I'm fine, leave me be."
With that said he shut his door and locked it again.
InuYasha glared at the door, he didn't understand why that snot acted the way he did!
With a turn on his heel, InuYasha stomped downstairs.
"Well we had better get going; it was such a wonderful meal Mr. Taisho!" Mrs. Hiragashi bowed in a friendly manner to a humble InuTaisho.
"Glad to hear it!" He looked sorry all of a sudden, "Sorry about the interruption, gee, maybe some other time when Sesshomaru doesn't make such an appearance."
With a warm smile, Kagome's mom just shook her head, "No problem at all, I'm sure the drive was terrible an..
"He looked like he was kind of hurt, aren't you going to see if he's alright?" Kagome cut in.
Kikyo followed pursuit, also noting the odd way InuYasha's brother came in, all cut up, and they hadn't seemed to be worried the least.
"Yes." She remembered InuYasha saying something about his car not being in the driveway. "Maybe he was in a little car accident, sir, I don't know if you noticed, but I do not see a car that he could have arrived in."
InuTaisho kept a calm façade and just replied, "Don't worry, InuYasha went to check on him."
That said brother was standing at the top of the winding stairs, listening to the exchange below. He had imminently spotted there mistake. 'Shoot, that's right, who comes into a house, all blooded up and calmly walks up stairs like it's nothing! Not any human would…damn.'
"Kagome, Kikyo." Mrs. Higarashi was very disgruntled at their disrespect, "I am so sorry Mr. Taisho, and we will be on our way and maybe some other time, even maybe at my house on a nice day?'
The well mannered man smiled, "That would be great! I'd love it!"
Before stepping out into the light drizzle, Kagome looked up to the stairs, worry in her eyes, 'I hope that guy is alright…'
After everyone had left the Taisho's household, all of the youkai in the house were able to revert back into there true form. InuYasha ran down the winding stairs, jumping over the last two with his ears twitching in irritation.
InuTaisho's now golden eyes turned to him, "Is Sesshomaru alright?"
The hanyou just growled, "Ya, sure he's alright, he's so…" he rung his hands in anger.
Shaking his silvery hair around, InuTaisho chuckled, "Glad to here your alright too."
As the puzzling Inu walked up to the guest room where his wife was, InuYasha stood there with a perplexed look on his face.
"HEY WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?" He yelled after him, and it received no answer.
Sesshomaru just got out of the bathroom with his comfy pajama pants on. He had showered and bandaged all of his little cuts. He went over to his suit case and pulled out a baggy shirt to sleep in. He then looked at the door, remembering a certain little girl he had brought home. He exited his room with quiet grace and descended the stairs to where InuYasha's mother had put her.
He didn't make it down there without running into anyone, though.
Taijya was about to check how he was, even though Sesshomaru really didn't express any feelings towards her, she still cared.
Stopping before his father's woman, Sesshomaru waited for her to talk first. She just smiled tenderly at him, "Hey, are you okay? You had me worried." Even though Sesshomaru didn't feel anything toward her, he still showed her the respect she deserved.
"Yes, I am fine."
Sighing, she fingered her long black hair; she whispered to herself, "I was worried…" Her grey eyes met his again, she noticed the band aid on his right check and smiled, "Well, that little girl is fine, I cleaned her up and she's just settling in. By the way, why did you bring her here, I bet her parents are worried."
Sesshomaru told the human how this girl named Rin just ran into him. Also how he tried to do the civil thing and look for the parents, but to no avail. So he had just brought her home.
Understanding it all, Taijya nodded, "Alright, well I'm off to bed, I still have one more day of work before the holidays."
They went there separate ways. Sesshomaru entered Rin's room quietly, his father softly telling her a story. She was tucked in the covers, her chocolate brown eyes looking at peace, not even seeming to be frightened at the unnatural eyes, or the purple stripes across the old Inu's checks.
Turning his golden eyes to Sesshomaru he just smiled, "I was just telling this fine young lady about that time you saved a village from a horde of demons back in the old days."
Sesshomaru couldn't believe what he was hearing, his father was telling a mere human of tales that were not to be told, those days were gone and would probably scare the girl. She would think of all of them as monsters, would she not?
InuTaisho sensed his sons worry and just gave him a reassuring smile, speaking under his breath, "Don't worry."
The tall youkai didn't understand, at the moment. His Inu father noticed the rings under his eyes and chuckled, "You better get some rest, son." InuTaisho then bade the little girl goodnight, put a hand on Sesshomaru's shoulder and led him out the room.
"Father, I do not understand, why you are telling a mere mortal girl of…" Sesshomaru was cut off by his father when he shook his head. "Don't worry, lets just consider her your charge, and if anyone asks, she's your adopted daughter." Sesshomaru couldn't believe what he was hearing; he was to take this little girl as his charge? That was like exactly what InuTaisho had said, it was exactly like having daughter. Did he really want that right now?
Before Sesshomaru could ponder anymore, InuTaisho laid a clawed hand on Sesshomaru's broad shoulder and told him to rest, "You've had a rough night, you need it. And I imagine with all the collage work lately, you haven't allowed yourself much, if any sleep." Sesshomaru allowed himself to give his father a small smile as he headed off to his room for a good nights rest.
The next morning was full of puddles in the street, mud, and a cold breeze. Kagome looked out her window, thinking 'I hate days like this, can't really go outside…'
Souta popped in her room, announcing it was time for lunch. After he left, Kagome stretched and pulled on a blue knitted sweater. Going downstairs, she noticed everyone else was already eating without her, "Geez, Thanks for waiting guys." Kaede looked up with a snicker and said, "You're to slow, we weren't going to wait around for you."
As she sat down in 'her' chair, she couldn't help but let her mind wander back to last night. 'I wonder how InuYasha's brother is. Mom said Taijya was really worried.' She reached over for the water pitcher, 'In fact, Taijya said I was welcome to come over and work with her on music practically whenever I want, so maybe I could sneak over there today.' As soon as she completed that thought she quickly asked, "Mom, could I go to the Taisho's house and work on some music with Taijya?"
Kikyo looked up from eating her sandwich, "Hey, I'm going over there later, so you could probably come with me. I'll just call them up and see if it's alright."
Mrs. Higrashi, now having the chance to put her word in, said, "As long as it okay with them."
Kagome smiled in triumph.
Later that day, after Taijya had gotten off of work, she had started to pull out various works of music that were stored away. Many were century's old, thanks to her husband, and she was sure that young Kagome would find them fascinating.
While she was rummaging trough a bunch of old boxes, InuTaisho walked in the spacious room. "Hey, I'm going to get going I'm going to be meeting Akinori tonight." InuTaisho had his human appearance right now; he also had a gym bag with him. Looking up into her husbands eyes, Taijya then smacked her forehead. "Are you serious?"
He blinked at her a few times, "What do you mean, 'Am I serious?'" She pointed to his bag. Her grey eyes gave his now brown ones a sheepish look, "Are you going to bring it home in that?"
InuTaisho looked down at his gym bag, "What's wrong with this?" Taijya resisted the urge to smack her forehead again. "You'll probably break it."
Frowning, InuTaisho looked at the bag in question, "Well what should I use?" Taijya, now back to rummaging trough music said absently, "Why don't you use Sesshomaru's backpack he brought home, I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
After InuTaisho had left with Sesshomaru's backpack, Kagome arrived shortly after with Kikyo. Kikyo, who didn't even knock on the door anymore, entered the house leisurely and yelled, "InuYasha, I am here!"
He was seen leaning on the railing, yelling down at his very welcome guest, "Hey, come on up here, I got some video at the mall today that you wouldn't want to miss!"
Flashing a bright smile at her oddly colored haired boyfriend, Kikyo ran up the stairs without even thinking twice about Kagome. Kagome was now left in the middle room, feeling kind of out of place, okay, where am I suppose to go?'
While she was lost in her thoughts and feeling quiet misplaced among the fancy house, she was oblivious to the presence that was coming into the room from her left.
Sesshomaru stopped and looked at the confused human, what was she doing in there house? He had not been informed they would be having company and surely by the expression on her face, she hadn't just stumbled in on accident.
Kagome then realized she was not alone. Focusing back into reality, she looked up at one of the most handsome guys she had ever seen.
She felt her heart skip a beat as their eyes meet.
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