Chapter6

Kagome and Sesshomaru reached the castle of the eastern lands. Her eyes grew wide in amazement and Sesshomaru noticed it.

"Welcome home… Kagome." Sesshomaru said with a nice tone to his voice.

If you haven't noticed… Sesshomaru has been getting a little bit nice and only because of Kagome. He knew her long ago when he was young and she left with him which made him forget things from his childhood as he grew up. Kagome token him to see the past and he remembered everything and how close he was… to Kagome.

Kagome reached on her back and got Rin with her teeth carefully and gave her to Sesshomaru. Suddenly Shippo woke up and jumped down. Kagome transformed into the same state that Sesshomaru was in and stretched her body; cracking a few stiff bones too. Shippo jumped on Kagome's shoulder and Kagome looked toward Sesshomaru and Rin.

"I can go back to carrying her if you want, I just needed you to hold her so I could transform." She stated and he just nodded.

"I'd rather let you holder since she calls you mommy." He reminded her.
"True… but you never know." Kagome started and never finished.

They went inside the castle and she remembered everything in it. Her first priority was to put Rin in a bed. She walked up stairs with Rin in her arms, a sleepy Shippo on her shoulder, and a Sesshomaru following her. Kagome went into the third room on the right and she smiled.

"This would be a good room for Rin to sleep in." She placed her in the bed and Sesshomaru watched from the doorframe.
"This is your room isn't it?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"Yeah, it was when I was little. But now I take my parents room." She grinned in a funny way.
"Do I get to share a room with you?" Shippo asked.
"Sorry Shippo, I know the perfect room for you." Kagome replied and turned towards the door and Sesshomaru was gone.

"Sesshomaru is scaring, how can you stand being around him?" Shippo asked her as she placed him in the bed of the room that would belong to him for now on.
"I just can Shippo." She petted his head. "As one would say it… I don't need to explain my actions." She smiled.
"But he's a big meanie." Shippo replied.
Kagome kissed him on the head. "Don't judge someone on their appearance… judge them for who they are." She got up and closed the door.

She walked downstairs and looked at all the rooms. She went upstairs again to look at the other rooms. Then she caught Sesshomaru's scent and walked towards it. Kagome found him in her parents' room looking outside. She watched him for about five minutes and then was starting to leave the room.

"What are you doing?" He asked her.
"I was going to go in another room to go take a nap since you were in here." She replied.
"Just because I was in here?" He asked again.
"Well… I didn't think it would be polite for me to sleep in a room you were in." She explained.
"Yet you slept with me last night in the room I presented to you?" He questioned.

Kagome sighed and stopped arguing. They use to do that all the time when they were little. If Kagome was going to leave to somewhere on her own free will he would make her stay somehow and when she was going to be alone he would be near her. She sat on the bed and noticed how he usually had armor on.

"Sesshy, why do you always wear that armor?" She asked with the sound of innocents in her voice as he looked at her.
"It's obvious is it not? I wear it to protect myself and to scare off weak demons." He replied coldly. "Also you didn't need to go for the innocents… I would have answered you." He stated.
"You don't always answer me. But why do you need to protect yourself? You are the strongest demon that I know of." She said.
"Even so, I just don't feel comfortable around people with out my armor on." He hesitated and Kagome giggled. "What pry tell is funny?" He raised an eyebrow.
"You, the mighty Lord Sesshomaru is uncomfortable around people with his armor. I don't see why, you removed it in bed; that's reasonable, but you removed it earlier when I was crying." She was being a little funny.
"Around you it doesn't matter, you've seen me with out my armor so I can feel comfortable around you." He told her.
"What about Shippo and Rin? Do you not feel comfortable with them?" She asked curiously.
"I don't know, I might." He replied.
"Then try it… for the rest of the day, no armor. If someone comes over then you can." She said with a smile.
"I guess." He growled a little.
"You don't have to then, never mind." She sighed and laid on the bed.
"Fine, I'll take off my armor for the day." He said without a growl this time.
She sat up for the moment and saw him take off his armor. "No really, you don't have to unless you want to. I just thought it might be…" She stopped and laid back on the bed and didn't finish her sentence.
"It might be what Kag?" He asked and sat along the bed.
"I thought that it could be like old times." She whispered.

Sesshomaru sighed and laid on his back starring at the ceiling. "I don't think anything can go back to the way it was before." He said softly.
"Does that mean are friendship can't either?" She sounded like it hurt and it kind of did.
"I… didn't mean that, but in way yes, our friendship can't go back the way it was." He turned to the side and faced Kagome's body and whispered in her ear. "Because it's getting stronger, than it was before." He said softly.
"I know, but it's like the old days are gone and now we have new days." She said as she was falling asleep.

As she fell asleep Sesshomaru watched her; pulling her hair from her face. He decided to check around the castle to see if he would remember anything there. He passed the room that was big enough for little kids to fight and it looked like it. So it was; it was the room that Kagome and Sesshomaru used to challenge each other and practice their fighting skills with another.

He came to another room that looked old and remembered it. It was when Kagome would hide if she was afraid or if someone made her cry. If he was at her castle when they were young he would try to comfort her. She was always happy to see Sesshomaru as he was always happy to see Kagome.

The darkness from outside started to grow and so he returned into the room Kagome was in and went to sleep with her. For some reason Sesshomaru wanted to get closer to her and sleep with her and not just next to her.

Rin woke up finding herself in a room she's never been in before and got a little scared. She got up and walked around the hall way. She saw a door cracked and opened it and saw Kagome sleeping and couldn't see Sesshomaru so she didn't know he was there.

"Mommy?" Rin questioned and Kagome eyes opened.
"Yes Rin?" She asked.
"Where are we?" Rin asked looking around.

"We are at my castle in the east." She replied.
"Where's Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked as she saw his armor on the ground. "Did mommy make him disappear?" She asked a little scared.
"Something wrong Rin?" Sesshomaru said who was lying down behind Kagome.
"Milord? Why are you in mommy's bed?" She asked curiously.
"I wanted to sleep in a comfortable bed and this was the only one we can think of." He said in a plain tone.

"I suppose you can't sleep Rin?" Kagome said tiredly.
"No, Rin got scared but now Rin know where we are. Now Rin lost the way to Rins room." She smiled.
"Okay, I…" She was interrupted by Sesshomaru.
"I'll take her to bed; you Kagome are the one who's the most tired." He said he got up.
"Are you sure Sesshomaru?" She turned around and he nodded to her.

As Sesshomaru walked Rin to her room and he put her on the bed. Rin looked at him with curiosity in her eyes.

"What Rin?" He asked.
"How come Lord Sesshomaru isn't wearing armor?" She asked him.
"I removed them to sleep." He said and Rin stood on the bed and hugged him even though she could barely reach his chest.
"Rin gets to hug Lord Sesshomaru." She said happily and it was to his surprise.
"Go to bed Rin." He just replied and she listened and quickly went to sleep.

When he came back in he noticed that Kagome wasn't in bed. This surprised him and he wanted to know where she was. Then he heard Kagome come out of a room with wet hair. Kagome was wearing a tank-top with spaghetti straps and short shorts. These were considered weird clothing to Sesshomaru; he just raised his eyebrow in confusion. Kagome looked at him and blushed.

"Sorry, this is how I dressed for bed in the other era. I guess I'll change into a kimono just give me a minute." She said as she was drying her hair.
"If that's how you dress like to sleep then you do not need to change." He said as he walked toward the bed. "What other clothing have they made?" He asked as he sat down.

"Well, this is a spaghetti strap tank-tank and these are short shorts." She said easily. "They made jeans, skirts that you've seen me in, sweats, shorts, and other stuff." He looked confused and the she used her powers to change her lowing clothing from jeans to skirt to sweat to shorts then back to her short shorts. "They made jackets, sweaters, shirts, long sleeve shirts, tank-tops, and others." She then showed him what they were also. "But I guess out of those I'm glade they made bras and underwear." She said before she went to the other room to put the towel away.
"What are those?" He asked and she froze in the other room. When she did that Sesshomaru went in her bag and tried a 'chocolate' bar she let the kids have and he finished it quickly.
"Their clothing… uh… bras are for girls, underwear can be for both guys and girls but some guys wear boxers." She said nervously.
"Can I see for you showed me the others?" He raised an eyebrow because she started to blush.
"If I showed you I would have to remove these, I would almost look naked!" She told him and put her. "Another word for bras, underwear, boxers and stuff is called undergarments." She explained. "They go under real clothing."

Sesshomaru turned his head upward. "I've seen you naked when we were young." He stated.
"Yeah I know but we were kids and my servant was giving me a bath when you were over." She blushed.
"We shouldn't get embarrassed now Kag." He started to get her mad.
"Well excuse me… I'm not the one who whined when my servant made me take a bath when I was at your castle." She stuck her tongue out at him and he blushed lightly. She saw him blush and felt bad and went on the bed and hugged him from behind. "I'm sorry I forgot how you hate to be embarrassed like that." She said in a low voice.
"I'm not embarrassed." He tried to fake the strong tone but when she nudged her head to his he blew it.
"What ever you say." She giggled and stopped. She crawled over and was about to lie down but Sesshomaru wanted to ask a question.
"So will you show?" He asked not looking at her.
"You like getting your way no matter what don't you?" She growled a little annoyed.
"Is that a trick question?" He asked and she glared at him.
"Fine 5 seconds." She said unwillingly.
"Fair enough." He replied.

She didn't use her powers for this; instead she stood up and just removed her tank-top. "This is a bra." She said and turned around once and put her tank-top back on and removed her shorts. "This is underwear." She blushed and then placed it back on.
"And you were embarrassed just to show me those… garments?" He asked.
"In the era I lived in it was inappropriate for a guy to see a girl in garments." She said as she sat back down on the bed.
"Show me what a male would consider a garment." He demanded.
"Huh!" She almost fell off the bed. "I can't wear male garments, I don't even like to wear boxers." She stated.
"Make me wear them then. I wish to see how they look and feel." Sesshomaru explained.
"Are… you sure?" She asked.
"Do I need my actions to be questioned?" He asked her.
"No but… er… fine." She crawled back to him on the bed and touched his shoulder and changed his clothes.

He stood up and looked at himself with an undershirt and boxers on with dog faces on them. Kagome giggled a little because she could see his long slender legs and his arms. Sesshomaru growled a little because the boxers were irritating his groin area but Kagome didn't know.

"Something wrong Sessh?" She asked.
"Why does this thing hurt my area?" He asked with annoyance.
"Those are the boxers, and I guess their just high so lower them." She told him.
"How?" He asked. "Show me then, these are weird." He said and was still annoyed.
"Uh… okay…" She said nervously and got off the bed she knelt down and slowly lowered his boxers and diverted her eyes somewhere else. "Better?" She asked.
"Yes." He said and she stood up trying not to blush. "These feel okay yet awkward." He stated as he turned to the bed.
"You're going to wear that to sleep?" She asked watching him get lay on the bed.
"If it annoys me I'll have you change it to my yukata." He stated.

Then they went to bed and Kagome curled herself making her body close enough to get her a little warm and tried to sleep. She had deer skin blankets that were big for the bed but it was enough for and she had small shivers after a while. Sesshomaru watched her the whole time and saw her tremble slightly. He knew she was awake as well as she knew he was too.

"Why don't you wear those… sweats if you're cold?" He asked coldly.
"If I do I might get to hot." She laughed lightly.
"You always complain about something." He sighed slightly.

He wrapped his arm around her waist and brought her body close to him.

"There, now you can just share my warmth." He said stubbornly.
"But uh… er… thanks Sesshy." She said and then remembered something. "I think my friends will be here around morning." She told him.

He didn't answer her and she knew he was being a butthead on purpose and so she went to sleep. After she went to bed Sesshomaru closed his eyes and went to sleep.

"Miroku, lets take a break, I'm getting tired, if we leave at sunrise and arrive there shortly." Sango said sleepily.
"Yeah sure." He smiled then turned toward some others and frowned. "I don't think she'll be happy to see Inuyasha and Kikyou though.

"If you don't like us, then why you with us." Inuyasha asked in a foul manner.
"We want to destroy Naraku!" Sango yelled at him.
"What ever, go to bed." He jumped into the tree yet again with Kikyou in his lap.

Slurp, slurp
whack

"Hi I'm Myouga the flea, nice to meet you." Myouga said as he floated to the ground.
"Didn't you go to Kagome to tell her we were coming?" Sango glared at him.
"I did but it seems Kagome left the west castle and so I assume she is at the east castle now." Myouga informed.
"She stayed… at the west castle…?" Miroku asked questionably. "Isn't that Sesshomaru's domain?" He asked again.
"Yes that is correct." Myouga replied. "If I remember so, I smelt Kagome's blood over there in front of his castle." He informed them.
"What! Kagome got hurt! Sesshomaru must have done it!" Sango stated.
"I don't see why he would do such a thing, but he may have." He mumbled to himself out loud by accident.
"What do you mean Myouga?" Miroku asked.
"Well… Uh, you might find out in the morning." Myouga sweat dropped. 'I am curious on their reaction when they'll find out.' Myouga thought to himself.

Then they all went to sleep and so the morning would come and visit their best friend Kagome.

"Hey Kag, what are you doing!' Young Sesshomaru shouted at her with a smile.
"Nothing Sesshy!" Young Kagome ran next to Sesshomaru.
"Don't go running off squirt; I don't need to lose you." Sesshomaru stated.
"But I was just at the river, I'm sorry I worried you .I won't do it again." Kagome said in a sad tone.
"Cheer up; you know that as long as you're safe it's okay. Besides I need to make sure your safe, it's my job." He said in a happy tone.
"Why does it have to be your job Sesshy? Was it our fathers' orders?" She asked him.
"Kind of, when you were 3 in human years, our fathers decided for us to be mates when you were between 16 and 17 in human years." He said as if it was obvious.
"Mama told me about that. She said it would happen if you were going to accept me." Kagome said looking down.
"If I didn't accept you… why would I need to make sure you stay safe?" He whispered in her ear. Kagome looked at him to see a smile on his face and she hugged him.
"I get to be the mate of Sesshy… that sounds funny." She giggled.
"You do know that when we become mates will be sleeping with each other right?" Sesshomaru informed her and she nodded.
"Just like my mama and papa… but…" She got confused and sat down for a moment.
"Something wrong?" He asked.
"You would be lord of the west when you're older, and I would be lady of the east…" She started. "If we were to be mates… what would we be of? The west or east?" She asked.
"Hah! We'll be both!" Sesshomaru put a foot on a rock trying to look tough.

Kagome had an evil grin and poked him lightly with a claw. When he fell backwards Kagome smiled and giggled on how he fell. It was fun to laugh at him for a minute till he pounced on her. They started to fool around and then practice fighting.

Suddenly Kagome heard something in a bush. She walked over leaving Sesshomaru on the ground to catch his breath. When she brushed through the bush a giant serpent came at her. She screamed and Sesshomaru went in front of her and he got bitten on his side instead of Kagome.

Kagome jolted into a sitting up position panting hard from the dream. It looked so real to her that she couldn't even believe it. She wiped the sweat of her face and calmed her panting. Kagome looked next to her and saw Sesshomaru sleeping peacefully; it was hard to image that for her till she saw it. She didn't know why she wanted to do this but she put her hand on his face and traced over the two stripes on his right cheek for he slept on his left.

Sesshomaru grabbed her hand on reflex though he was still sleeping. When her hand was in his grip she brushed his bangs back with that hand. Since Sesshomaru knew the scent of the one who touched him he released the hand that belonged to Kagome. She just smiled at him and got out of bed. She checked on Rin and Shippo and they both were sound asleep peacefully also.

Sesshomaru woke up tiredly and opened his eyes slowly. When he saw that Kagome wasn't in bed he sat up and looked around the room finding her not in sight. He got up and looked for her. When he looked in Rin's room; she wasn't there, he looked in Shippo's room; she wasn't there either. He started to get a very slight emotion of the word human called fear. When he went into the room upstairs to the third floor he went into a room where her mother and fathers belonging were in. He didn't like it on this floor; it smelt way to much like wolves. Yes the whole castle smelt like wolves but on the third floor it smelt the worst. He looked and didn't find her in there. Then he felt the castle shake for a second. Right before his eyes the old castle was turning to how it looked and smelt like before it was touched by wolves. His yukata was even returned onto his body.

He heard rough panting in a room on that floor and he walked to where he heard it most. When he opened the door he found Kagome sitting on the side of the wall panting hard catching her breath in a kimono similar to what she wore when she was a little girl. He assumed that it took a lot of her energy and powers to do. Sesshomaru sighed in relief for the fact that she was okay. Kagome heard him and looked at him with her eyes glowing into moonlight shining from the window.

"Something wrong Sesshomaru?" She asked him and he shook his head.
"No, your sudden disappearance was most amusing." He said in a cold tone.

Sesshomaru then turned away and started to take a step away. Kagome again looked him.

"I'm sorry if I worried you." She lowered her head and he stopped a sighed a little.
"You promised you wouldn't do that anymore." He narrowed his eyes at her and gave in angry voice.
"I know…" She went on her knees and bowed once and remained not facing him. "I'm sorry." She said again to him.
"Stop… just… don't do it again." His eyes softened and yet she didn't look at him but she did nod for understanding. "Come on, let's go to sleep, you've strain enough of your energy as it is." He suggested to her and turned to head away to begin to walk.
"It's okay. Go on ahead… I'll… go on a walk." She said on a low voice. Sesshomaru nodded and turned to look at her one more time but she was already gone and left the window open.

Sesshomaru walked to the window to close it and saw Kagome outside walking towards the grave yard they had for many years. He knew why she was going over there… to visit her father. When he remembers how hard it was for him to visit his mothers grave he couldn't stand there without crying, but Kagome was there to help him. So he walked out there and stayed with her outside yet kept his distance at times. He would place his hand on her shoulder and tell her that it was okay. After an hour Kagome felt better so they went to the castle and went to the room to sleep.

Sesshomaru was starting to feel a little warm but didn't tell Kagome. Little did he know… it had to do with the chocolate he took from Kagome's bag.