CHAPTER 18 ;; KISSES AND NEW MOON NIGHTS
Kagome finished changing Pagan's bandages. The Darwin sisters demon blood was more human then demon. Angel told her that Pagan's broken ankle would be fully healed in two weeks and her teeth would grow back in a month. 'They heal faster them humans but slower then Inuyasha. Inuyasha would be back to normal in two days. With as often as he's been injure, it's a good thing that he heals so fast. He's so strong.' Kagome looked up and watched him sleep.
It was barely dawn and everyone was asleep, except for her and Pagan. The hanyou's long tail had knocked over a bucket of water. Then she had rolled into the puddle and woken up wet. 'They are both so very clumsy it's hard to believe that they have demon blood. Inuyasha to so agile…well…most of the time he's agile. He's not graceful but he's not clumsy. Sesshomaru is very graceful.' The young miko glanced at the door to Rin's room.
Sesshomaru had returned late last night to inform them that he had decided to stay until Rin was well enough to leave. Rin and Shippo were the only ones who were pleased to hear this. Inuyasha wanted to know why his older brother wanted to stay with a bunch of humans. Sesshomaru told him. The inu demon didn't think that his half-brother was skilled or smart enough to protect a human child.
Kagome shook her head as she remembered what had happened next. Inuyasha threaten to kill Sesshomaru, which made Rin cry. Then Shippo started crying and Sango tried to comfort Rin. Miroku tried talking to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. Pagan and Angel started to argue in German. Angel was pacing while she talked and tripped over her tail and her wings knocked over Pagan and Miroku. Kirara jumped into Sango's arms.
Pissed, Kagome sat Inuyasha, gave Shippo, Rin and Pagan some candy to shut them up. Then she sent Shippo and Rin to get ready for bed. Sesshomaru had left the main room after Angel tripped. The miko yelled at Inuyasha to behave and then stormed into the side room. Sango, Kirara, Angel and Pagan followed.
"I must have been really scary cause everyone did what I said last night. Sango didn't say one word to me."
"You were very scary, Kagome." Pagan smiled at her. A sleepy Angel sat up and yawned. "It was so cool."
"Are we the only ones up?" Kagome nodded. "Good. It's just us girls. I am so glad that we have a moment without the boys."
"Why?" Sango asked. She sat up and straighten the nightgown Angel had brought for her.
"We can talk about them and say all kinds of naughty things." Angel handed everyone a soda and sat down next to her sister. "Who here thinks that Sesshomaru is sex-on-legs?"
"Oh, I do. He is so hot." Pagan yelled. Sango and Kagome blushed. They still hadn't gotten used to the way the sisters openly talked about…certain things. Both human girl's agreed with Pagan but neither one would voice such a thing.
"Sesshomaru needs to take his shirt off." Angel lit a cigarette and frowned at the other girls. They were eating oatmeal cookies. 'How can they eat right after they wake up and not be ill?' As far as the younger honyou was concerned, breakfast should be eaten an hour after one woke up and not one moment sooner.
Meanwhile in the next room, Sesshomaru's eyebrows jerked up. Normally he wasn't in this room early in the morning but the fox cub's snoring had woken him. He'd left the manor house to patrol. The demon lord had returned just in time to ear the female hanyous talking about him. A smirking, Inuyasha was sitting next to the girl's room. Sesshomaru ignored him and sat near the fire. He wasn't sitting in the main room to listen on what the females said about him. 'This Sesshomaru doesn't care what baka humans think.'
"We shouldn't be talking about that. Inuyasha's ears are very sensitive. What if he hear us?" Sango glanced at the door. She picked up another cookie.
"Hey we have great hearing too. Were like 1/30th part demon. I'd hear them walking around. No one's up." Pagan opened up a can of fruit. "What were we talking about? Oh yea, shirtless men. Inuyasha looks really hot without a shirt. All those muscles and his long silver hair. I wonder if his skin is soft or ruff…Kagome you always patch him up. What's his skin feel like?"
"WHAT?" Kagome turned bright red. All three girls were waiting for her answer. Angel and Pagan looked interested. Sango was blushing and eating her cookie. Kagome swallowed. "Well…It's…"
"Don't tease us, Kagome. Please, we need to know."
"I don't know. He's really strong and I can feel his muscles flex when I bandage him up." She sighed and a dreamy look entered her eyes. "His skin is soft, except for his hands. They're ruff and his claws are so sharp but I know that he'd never hurt me. Inuyasha unusually upset about being injured so I massage his shoulders to relax him. He closes his eyes and sighs. I love touching him."
Kagome heard three sighs and looked up. She'd forgotten that she wasn't alone. She blushed and looked at the other girls. They were blushing and smiling at her. "You and Inuyasha make the cutest couple."
Sesshomaru looked at his little brother. Inuyasha looked shocked and a light blush covered his face. 'Baka doesn't he know that the miko wants him. Is his nose broken? If all humans are this dense about their mates, then it's a miracle that they have any young.'
Inuyasha couldn't believe what he was hearing. Kagome liked touching him. He remembered all the times that she'd bandaged him up. He' removed his haori and sat still while her soft hands rubbed on lotions and herbs over his chest. The inu-honyou had smelled her fear and worry…and a few times he'd smelled her desire. Inuyasha had ignored it. He was a lowly hanyou and she was a beautiful human. What if he had been wrong and Kagome did want him? The girls started talking and he leaned closer to the wall.
"Do you know who else is hot? Besides Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. Miroku very hot without a shirt on."
"Don't spy on Miroku!" The demon slayer turned bright red and looked away. "I don't care who looks at Miroku. I'm not jealous!"
"I'm so jealous. You've seen Inuyasha naked and got to touch him and I've never seen Sesshomaru without a shirt. To make things worst, you and Sango are younger then me and you both have a man." Angel was pissed and ignored Kagome and Sango protests about not having a man. "I'm not getting any younger. At my age, I should have a sexy, rich man, a castle, servants, two kids and a nanny."
Kagome and Sango's jaw dropped. Pagan patted her sister's shoulder. "He has to take a bath sometime. Be patient. Just wait until he goes to the pond and poof…naked Sesshomaru. Or we could spill something on him and then he'll have to take off his shirt. Poof…shirtless Sesshomaru."
Inuyasha looked up at this older emotionless brother. Sesshomaru's eyes had widened and his jaw had dropped. Inuyasha had never seen that look on his brother's face. He couldn't hold back his laugher. Sesshomaru frowned and glared at Inuyasha.
"They shouldn't be discussing such things." This only made the inu-honyou laugh louder.
A blushing Sango opened the door. "You're up. Did you hea…. Morning."
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Rin was sitting in a large tub full of soapy foam. Kagome and Inuyasha had left this morning to return to the miko's land and the little girl missed her. 'At least Sango didn't leave. I like her.'
The demon slayer picked up a bottle up strawberry shampoo. "Close your eyes Rin." The little girl closed her eyes and smiled. Her mother always washed her hair. 'I miss my mom.' Sesshomaru and Jaken never washed her hair or combed it for her. The toad demon would tell her stories but they were long and boring. Kagome and Sango read stories from beautiful books and tuck her in at night.
"Keep your eyes closed and tilt back your head." Sango gently pored water over the top of the child's head to wash away the soap. Helping Rin with her bath was bittersweet. It reminded the demon slayer of all the times she had washed Kohaku's hair when he was still very little. The sad slayer picked up a large fluffy towel and held it open for Rin.
Sesshomaru listened to the sounds coming form the next room. Rin was recovering quickly under the care of the two human females. His ward ran into the room wearing a bright red nightgown with a silly white dog on the front and fluffy white dog slippers. "Sesshomaru-sama." Rin ran up to him. Her medium length hair still damp and tangled. "My hair smells like strawberries."
Before he could answer the slayer walked into the room carrying a brush. "Rin come here so I can brush your hair."
"Hai." The small child sat in the middle of the air mattress and Sango sat behind her. Sesshomaru smiled at the human's back. The older girl ignored him and Jaken. He could sense the demon slayer's anger and dislike of him but she was too concerned about Rin to show her hatred. Slowly the older girl untangled the little girl's hair and brushed it straight.
Shippo ran into the room carrying a bright yellow book. The fox cub stopped to look at Sesshomaru before crawling onto the futon. Rin leaned against Sango's left side and Shippo was on her right. The demon lord watched the demon slayer read to a human child and demon pup. 'She kills demons and yet she cares for this demon cub.'
Soon both kids were snoring and Sango tucked them both under the thick blanket. 'This one isn't a skilled healer but still useful. The slayer is a skilled fighter and could easily protect Rin from danger. Which the child always seemed to find.' The demon slayer stood up and walked toward him. Her brown eye's narrowed and she was ready for battle.
"Why would a demon allow a human child to travel with him?"
The demon lord was silent for several minutes. "Why would a demon slayer, trained to kill demon, travel with a fox demon and a inu-honyou?"
Fire blazed in her brown eyes. "Inuyasha and Shippo are not killers like you." Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed at being compared to his half-brother. Sango ignored his anger and continued on. "I have heard of some demons keeping children to…to…for their own needs. If you harm this innocent child in any way then I will hunt you down and kill you."
Sango turned to leave but Sesshomaru was now blocking her path. She bounced off his chest and fell on her butt.
"I am please to see you kneeling before me." The angry demon slayer stood up and the demon grabbed her chin, forcing her eyes to meet his. He wanted to harm her but scaring the human would appease his anger. Only the presence of Rin kept him from striking the female human. "Never speak to this Sesshomaru like that again. I would never harm a child in such a way. Rin has no family and chooses to travels with me. The girl is under my protection and is no concern to you."
Sesshomaru release her but instead of leaving the brave girl stayed. "Human females are very protective of children. Even if the child is not their own, they worry." The demon showed no reaction to Sango's explanation of her actions but he was surprised. Inu-females cared only for their own pups. This was done to ensure the continuance of their own bloodline. "Rin thinks of you as her father."
"This Sesshomaru knows that."
Sango hurried to the door. She felt bad about what she had thought but it didn't make any sense. Why would a demon who hated his own brother because he was part human care for a child that was all human? Sesshomaru was past the age when most demons had young, perhaps he longed for a family. Her home, her life, her family and her friends were all gone. Sango knew what it was like to be alone. Could this demon feel the same as a human?
"I'm sorry." She whispered and closed the door behind her.