Chapter 7: Purring Puppy
Both women stared at the tail and Sesshomaru began to grow a bit concerned over the silence, his tail whipping back and forth all the more. And then he saw Kagome's mother as she rushed across the room right to the bed, dropping down onto her hands and knees and pulling right at the tip of his tail.
He snarled, and kicked further under the bed, hardly able to fit under it and finding that throwing himself under the bed for the third time of the day had banged up his rib cage quite a bit. The woman held onto his tail and began dragging on it. Knowing she had found the 'dog'. Kagome leapt off the edge of the bed and pulled on her mother, "Mom! Let him go! It's not safe!"
Her mother finally released his tail, much to his relief and rose to her feet, turning to snap at Kagome, "If you wanted a dog you should've told me! Rather than lying to me and stealing food for him behind my back!"
'Dog? This Sesshomaru is NOT a dog.' He shifted and pushed back against the wall, trying to get out. He was found, he might as well show himself.
Kagome looked at her angry mother, nervously shifting from foot to foot for a moment. And then saying, "He's not a dog."
Ms. Higurashi looked at her daughter and then said, "Well, whatever it is, get it out from under your bed so I can see what has been eating pork off my counters and leaving white hairs all over your bedspread."
Kagome squirmed and then pushed her bed out so that Sesshomaru might rise to his feet from behind the bed more easily. He stood and tossed his head, making his silvery hair fall behind his shoulders. Looking at this woman coldly.
Kagome didn't know what her Mom's reaction would be, but she most definitely had not expected the one she got when the demon lord came out from between the bed and the wall. The older woman nearly squealed and ran forward, grabbing his tail and saying, "Oh wow! He's so adorable!" Kagome squirmed, looking worriedly at Sesshomaru for his reaction at being manhandled.
Her mother was stroking the thick fur over his tail. Kagome's jaw dropped when she saw an almost blank expression on the demon lord's face. His eye lids were drooping and the tip of his tail had looped itself around Ms. Higurashi's arm. What scared her the most was when a low growl came from his throat, it was almost like a purr... He was purring? No way. She was dreaming.
She pinched herself and hissed in pain. Okay...not a dream. Her mother turned towards her, still stroking the tail and smiling, "He's so cute! And he looks like Inuyasha! ... Where is Inuyasha anyways? Why are you here, Kagome?"
Her mother had reverted to rambling like a child. Kagome made a face and edged forward slowly, meaning to release Sesshomaru from her mother's grip. "He's Inuyasha's half-brother and he's a full demon. Please let him go, I'll explain."
Ms. Higurashi didn't let go until Kagome had unwounded Sesshomaru's snake like tail from her wrist and physically removed the fluffy appendage from her grip. Sesshomaru's glazed golden eyes switched from Ms. Higurashi to Kagome and his tail looped over Kagome's wrist instead. That 'purring' skipping a few beats...
Kagome made a slight face, worried for the demon lord. Was he alright? She couldn't resist it, she gave the tail a few pats. The rumbling noise Sesshomaru was making grew stronger, but when Kagome stopped and released his tail, leaving it wound around her wrist he slowly seemed to come out of a trance, and then he let off a savage sounding growl and jerked his tail away. Wrapping it over his shoulder.
The girl and her mother were now both staring at him. Kagome frowned and saw that his bandages were a bit bloody about his abdomen. Likely from throwing himself behind a bed and staying down there in the small space for most of the day. Not good for a person over six foot tall.
So they had both found his little weakness... He gave them a growl that was meant to intimidate them. Kagome frowned a bit and took a step back, but her mother just looked at him as if he was thesweetest thing she'd ever seen. But she stayed back as her daughter seemed to want her to keep her distance.
"He's Inuyasha's half-brother?" Kagome nodded, hearing Sesshomaru growled at the mention of the hanyou and added for her mother's sake, "They...don't get along very well."
Ms. Higurashi nodded and then looked at Kagome, saying, "So...explain the jeans, the pork, and why he is here." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at being ignored but plopped down heavily on Kagome's bed.
Kagome scratched the back of her neck and then said, "I...sort of...got his pants wet... But I didn't know what size he would wear..." She paused to view her mother, whose face could give Sesshomaru a run for his money, being that she revealed none of her current thoughts.
Kagome squirmed a bit and then said, "Sesshomaru's a picky eater...he didn't like the dinner from last night...so I thought he might like the pork." Sesshomaru smirked from where he lay. Indeed he had. But where ever she had stolen it from it was gone now. And he was hungry again to be truthful. His stomach growled at those thoughts but both women didn't notice.
"So..." Ms. Higurashi prompted.
"So what?"
"Why is he HERE! Why is he lounging on your bed like he belongs there? Even Inuyasha stays out of your room!"
Kagome squirmed again and Sesshomaru kept out of the conversation, enjoying watching the suffering of the girl. Why was he here, indeed he would love to know as well.
"Well, you see mom... IranawayfromInuyashabecausehewasbeingajerkagainthenIranintoSesshoumaruandthenhegotattackedbyarabidbeardemonthenIdidn'tknowwhattodosoItookhimhere."
Both her mother and Sesshomaru stared at Kagome. Their expressions saying, 'What?'
Ms. Higurashi spoke up, saying, "Kagome...repeat that...slowly."
Kagome bit her lower lip and then said, "Iranawayfrom--" Her mother gave her a look and Kagome coughed before saying, "I...ran...away...from... Inuyasha."
"Why!" Her mother interjected. Which sort of threw Kagome off balance. Sesshomaru just waited for some sort of usable information to pop out.
Kagome bit her lip so hard that it looked like she might draw blood, her black hair hanging in her face. And then said, "Let's...just say that...we had another quarrel...and I don't plan on going back anytime soon."
Sesshomaru sighed, what did this matter? Would they ever get to the reason why he was being held captive?
Kagome squirmed a bit and then her mother nodded and said, "I'm sorry, Kagome..." Kagome shrugged, trying to look indifferent, but Sesshomaru could smell the hurt radiating off the girl. So she liked Inuyasha? Heh...not like he cared.
"So...when does he come in?" Her mother asked, giving her a look that said, 'He better not be your rebound.'
Kagome looked both embarrassed and amused. As if! She was thinking. Sesshomaru was like... on another rung of the ladder entirely. But she frowned, realizing what it must look like with the demon lord lounging half-naked on her bed...
Sesshomaru watched as the girl turned a most becoming shade of red. What was she thinking of? He wondered. Then made a face in disgust, what was HE thinking of? It was a human! He wrinkled his nose and stared at the two, waiting for some more intelligent conversation.
Kagome shifted a bit and then said, "I ran into Sesshomaru in the forest...and he got into a fight... he was really beat up..." Sesshomaru interjected a growl and the women glanced at him as if he was just a silly puppy and then Kagome continued, "I couldn't defend him out there, I didn't even have a bow... So I brought him here where he could heal."
Ms. Higurashi nodded, "How long has he been here?"
Kagome seemed thoughtful and then said, "...Uh...This is the third day...He slept all through the first, woke up on the second, and now it's the third."
Ms. Higurashi made a face, "What sort of wound does he have?"
Now both women turned to face Sesshomaru and he didn't like the attention at all. Kagome stepped forward, saying, "My mom's a better healer than I, can she see your wound?" Sesshomaru shifted back on the bed and said, "No."
Ms. Higurashi looked at him and then looked at Kagome, saying, "The bandages are red, so they should be changed. Did you try putting any--"
Sesshomaru blocked it all out as he moved back on the bed, not going to attack either of the women, but refusing to let them get any closer to him.
They were busily talking to one another and he saw them lean forward together, whispering. And he heard just a snippet of it. "get his tail...will get his...'
He blinked and then fell right off the bed in shock as both of the human women leapt up on the bed after him. He leapt right off onto the floor, tripping a bit. They had caught him completely off guard and for a moment he felt like he was the prey and scurried across the floor. Running for the door. He tried to turn the knob but his hand slipped. It wouldn't turn! Why!
Of course... Sesshomaru-sama had yet to figure out the little lock on the knob. So he turned away for the door and looked at the window. There was NO WAY those women were going to catch him. But he was cornered. They closed in on him and he bared his fangs, snarling. Warning them off.
It wasn't working...
They seemed to know just when the other was going to make a move, and they shot forward together, catching him. He didn't know what had happened but he was suddenly on the floor. He growled, but it turned into a squeak when two hands came through his mass of silver hair and began to rub his ears.
His body was no longer his to control and it fell limp, right against Kagome. Who shifted and propped him up against her and the door. Her mother snickering. "This is fun." She said. But Kagome just motioned to her and the older woman got the bandages.
Sesshomaru's eyes followed Ms. Higurashi, but his eyelids were drooping and that alien 'purring' sound began to come from him. His whole chest vibrating with it and Kagome could feel it. Her mother came forward and flashed Kagome a smile before setting to work on unwinding the fabric from about Sesshomaru's abdomen.
"He's built like Inuyasha", she commented, but her eyes were on the four gashes across his stomach. They were still very deep... "Wouldn't Inuyasha have healed more than this by now?"
Kagome nodded, frowning as she kept rubbing the Taiyoukai's pointy ears. Having no idea what he'd do after they let him go, but for now this was a fairly successful method of getting him to behave. Sesshomaru's tail laid out across the floor, the tip wagging slowly side to side.
Ms. Higurashi sighed and said, "Something's wrong for his healing to have slowed down."
Sesshomaru listened, a lazy thought crossing his mind. 'She knows much of demons...'
The woman began to dress the wound and sighed, "Maybe we should find him some sort of light anti-biotic. Just in case something is preventing him from healing right. Maybe there's a hidden infection from the wound. But you'll just have to give him two pills a day. I know I have a bottle of pills around here somewhere."
He let a rather muted growl at the speak of pills but it was unnoticed as the 'purring' continued right after it. His eyes closed and he slumped right back against Kagome, who squirmed a bit. "Hurry up and get him off of me", she told her mother. Who nodded and continued to wrap the wound. Taking her time, on purpose.
When she was done she said, "Just wait a second, Kagome."
Kagome watched her mother rise and grab a camera off of her desk. Kagome groaned, "No...Mom. Don't." And disappeared behind the curtain of Sesshomaru's hair. "He's going to kill me for doing this...don't take a picture!"
"Come back out here and smile and then I'll get those pills for you!"
Kagome peeked around Sesshomaru's head, and the flash went off. Sesshomaru stirred a bit, but then seemed to go back into a doze.
Ms. Higurashi laughed and chanted, "It's a Kodak Moment." Before rushing off into the house to find the pills. "Just stay right there and I'll be back." She said.
Kagome was left sitting there with the demon lord nearly in her lap, rubbing his ears. She closed her eyes and mumbled something about her mother doing this to torture her. And then looked up when her mother shook the bottle of pills like a maraca.
Sesshomaru's eyes opened a bit at the sound and his golden eyes looked out from under his lashes at the woman as she took out a large tan pill from the bottle. He let out a growl.
Kagome sighed as her mother came forward and handed the pill to her daughter. Placing the bottle in her drawer. "You can keep him until he's healed, but he's staying in the guest bedroom." Kagome nodded. "Oh, two pills a day. One in the morning, one in the afternoon." Kagome nodded again and then her mother was gone.
Sesshomaru seemed to be paying attention to the hand that held the pill and his tail switched back and forth, a bit annoyed. But so long as she continued to scratch behind his ear that thrumming sound kept coming. He bared his fangs a bit when she brought the pill up. And he clenched his teeth shut.
"Don't be so difficult! It's good for you!" He pulled back his lips to reveal his teeth, firmly clenched together.
She sighed and began to rub both of his ears again. Feeling as if she had a gigantic puppy dog in her lap rather than a Taiyoukai.
He seemed to relax when she was back to rubbing his ears and his tail wagged, thumping against the side of her leg as she sat there.
She waited for a moment. Then sensing that he was about to doze off again she shifted a bit and then carefully brought the pill to his lips. She caught him off guard and there was a snarl and a bit of shuffle, then the pill was popped into his mouth and the two of them were fighting. Kagome's hands both under his chin and keeping him from spitting the pill out.
His body bucked against hers and he twisted about. That was when she remembered how she had gotten him to take the head ache medicine and she made a feeble attempt to rub at his throat.
His fighting slacked off and she felt him swallow, the pill going down. His tail switched unhappily side to side, but as long as she kept rubbing he held his head cocked slightly upwards andwas still.
There was a bit of whining coming from him as if Sesshomaru was voicing his distaste at having lost this battle a second time. And Kagome blinked a few times. Sesshomaru...whining?
Kagome's fingers trailed back to his ears and scratched lightly. His skin was soft as if lined with a very light covering of fur and Kagome had to admit it was sort of fun to stroke at. So long as he was 'purring' instead of growling.
She sat there for a while, sort of going off in her own little world. The sound of his thrumming lulling her to a restful state.
He dropped down, his head in her lap, eyes closed. He looked so peaceful, but her arms were aching from that short spell of fighting with him.
"...Next time...let's hide it in a piece of cheese..."
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