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Sesshomaru: -Peels the sticker off his forehead and looks at it curiously-
Tigress: -Preys hard that Sesshomaru has not yet learned to read modern English-
Sesshomaru: -Looks up at Tigress with one eyebrow raised- "Yours eh?"
Tigress: -Jumps and looks at anywhere but Sesshomaru- "You must have read it wrong."
Sesshomaru: -Ambles up to Tigress with a sinful gleam in his eyes-
Tigress: -Stumbles back and points a finger at Sesshomaru- "Stay! Staaaaaay! Sit!"
Sesshomaru: -Grins madly and traps Tigress in a corner, ignoring her idiotic commands- "So if I'm yours…that must mean you're mine!"
Tigress: -Puts out both hands to hold him off- "I told you, you must have read it wrong!"
Kagome: -Walks into the room cheerfully and takes in what's happening within the blink of an eye and stalks over to Sesshomaru, tapping him on the shoulder insistently-
Sesshomaru: -Growls and turns to Kagome- "What do you want, wench?"
Kagome: -Steams up and gets into Sesshomaru's face. "I told you to call me Kagome! And leave Tigress alone!"
Sesshomaru: -Growls again and steps away from Tigress- "Just because we happen to like each other in Tigress's fic, doesn't mean that we end up together here!"
Kagome: -Glowers at him- "I don't know why Tigress puts us two together, but you're the last guy I'd want to end up with!"
Tigress: -Groans and moves towards Kagome and Sesshomaru, wanting to stop the fight she can just see coming, halting to a stop at the last minute and turning to face the interested readers- "Um…ok! Everyone, that's enough here! You go on and read what happens…" –Turns again to Kagome and Sesshomaru with a determined stride- "Sesshomaru stop it!…"
Disclaimer: I don't own diddly squat in this
fic except for the dog named Yarou. I do wish I owned Sess though...-sigh-
Before…
He raised an eyebrow as the girl disappeared down the well and he leaped out of his hiding spot, rushing over to the mysterious well. Cautiously he peered down it and saw nothing. 'Where did she go?' he asked himself. Before he knew it he had one leg over the well, and we preparing to follow her down into the blackness. Taking one more look down the well, he eyed the black hole suspiciously and went plunging down into the darkness and beyond.
Chapter 2
Kagome climbed out of the well with a sigh of relief. The feeling was gone, finally! Even as she had been climbing into the well the annoying feeling that she was being watched wouldn't leave her. Silently she observed her surroundings. All was peaceful and she sighed, already missing the excitement and thrill that never left her when she was in the Feudal Era. Oh well, I won't be here long! I just have to get supplies then I'll go back. She thought cheerfully.
Sesshomaru grunted as he landed. What is this? Where am I? the place had a strange smell to it. Mixed among the smells was that distinct one of Sakura Blossoms. He growled and followed the scent, climbing the stairs and peering outside.
Kagome almost screamed when the prickling on the back of her neck started up again. What would she have to do to get rid of it? As she had done in the Feudal Era, she stopped abruptly and turned around, darting glances here and there.
The place was quiet as Sesshomaru crouched down, peering at her from behind the sacred tree. So the girl can tell that she is being watched here, also? He snapped to attention as something moved to the right of the intriguing young woman.
The dog was running towards her, tail wagging. He let out a playful bark as he launched himself at her. Kagome squeaked as she recognized Yarou. The playful dog was always escaping from his owners and wreaking havoc among the neighborhood. She let out another squeak as the dog growled playfully, his muscles in his hind legs bunching up as he readied himself to pounce on her.
But before the dog could completely reach her, a white blur flashed past and Yarou disappeared. Kagome blinked and looked around her, eyes widening at what she saw.
"Lord Sesshomaru! What are you doing here! Let Yarou go! He didn't do anything to you!" The last came tumbling out of her mouth almost too quickly for Sesshomaru to understand, he growled and let the dog loose, watching with distain as the creature ran as fast as its four legs could carry him. Silently he turned to face her, a mask of boredom covering his face.
Steam practically blew out of Kagome's ears as she surveyed him. Her pulse sped up a bit as she watched him. Ohmigod! What's he doing here? I thought only Inuyasha could travel through the well! Blindly she stepped forward to confront him, not noticing the large rock in front of her and tripping clumsily.
Curse words poured out of Sesshomaru's mouth as he leaped forward to catch her, snatching her completely off the ground and holding her, bride style. Her arms immediately went around his neck to keep herself from falling. With apparently no effort at all he supported her as he straightened. Indeed, the girls weight was nothing that he could not handle, he thought to himself. Silently he strode forward, following his instincts on where to go.
The feeling of being cherished came over Kagome. She couldn't remember the last time she had been held, much less carried like this. He carried her as if she weighed nothing! In spite of herself, she couldn't help be impressed. He's so strong… the unspoken thought remained in her mind.
"Where is your dwelling located?" He demanded tersely.
The tone of his voice snapped Kagome out of her daze and she shook her head slightly to bring herself back to the present. She scowled at Sesshomaru, not realizing that she was giving him such a look.
"It's over there." She pointed her home and quickly brought her arm around his neck again. Although he might have been strong, that didn't mean that she totally trusted him.
A grunt was her only reply as the demon lord headed towards the house, taking care not to jostle the entrancing female in his arms.
Kagome closed her eyes and rested her head on his strong chest, breathing deeply of the scent that was uniquely Sesshomaru. Her eye's shot open as she realized what she was doing. Mercilessly she scolded herself for doing something so stupid.
"Where are we?" Sesshomaru asked abruptly, unable to keep the question in any longer. The place just had too many unfamiliar smells to it, and many of them, he noted, were unpleasant.
A wince shown across Kagome's face as she pondered the question. What should I tell him? I can't very well tell him he's 500 years into the future! Desperately she searched for another answer when a growl coming from Sesshomaru halted her thoughts.
"I have asked a question. Will you not answer it, wench?" he demanded arrogantly.
Inwardly Kagome fumed. I told him what my name was! Why doesn't he use it?
Thoughts ran through her mind, some too fast for her to grab a hold of and others so slow she had no difficulty reading them. Another growl reached her ears and before he could say something else Kagome answered.
"You're 500 years in the future," she blurted out.
Mentally she slammed the heel of her hand to the middle of her forehead. Ohmigod! I can't believe I just told him that! She dared a glance at him from the corner of her eye, frowning when he seemed to be contemplating the possibility of her words. Could Sesshomaru actually believe in time travel? she marveled at herself.
He had, indeed, heard of the bizarre concept of time travel. Back then he had scoffed at the idea, now his eyes narrowed in concentration as he considered the idea more seriously. The girl could, in fact, be from the future as she claimed. The Gods knew that she dressed strangely enough, and this place did stink of the strange and unknown.
"Very well. Say that this is 500 years into the future. How did we get here?" His gaze captured her eyes as he asked the question.
A sigh of relief escaped her lips as Kagome realized that he was actually going to consider the possibility of time travel. Well, I've already blurted out that we're in the future, might as well tell him everything! she thought wearily.
"Sesshomaru—"
"You will address me as Lord Sesshomaru or Sesshomaru-sama, wench." He cut in abruptly, not even looking down at her as he carried her nearer to their destination.
Her eyes widened and fire flashed through them as he finished. All right, that's enough! I've had it! she thought violently. Even Inuyasha doesn't make me this mad!
Barely thinking about what she was doing she drew back a hand and brought it down with all of her might upon his cheek, leaving an angry red mark behind. Twisting and turning she managed to extract herself from his arms and turned to face him, still fuming.
"You arrogant jerk! I told you, my name is KAGOME! Why don't you use it, Sesshomaru?" she spat out the last. "If you don't call me what I wish to be called, then why should I call you what you wish to be called!"
Sesshomaru's hand had come up to delicately touch the still red mark on his cheek. First shock had shown in his eyes, as if he couldn't believe that a mere human would dare to hit him, then anger, quickly replaced with an unemotional mask had taken over. With each bitter word his eyes grew narrower and his fists clenched a bit tighter. By the end of her tirade he was seething with anger. He took a towering step towards her.
"First of all, wench, you are not worthy enough for me to call you by your true name." His voice was dangerously low and Kagome took a shaky step back, gulping when he took another intimidating step towards her.
"Second of all, wench, you will address me with respect, for if I chose, I could cleave you in half this very minute, and you wouldn't want that now, would you?" he practically purred. This time his flashing eyes accompanied the dangerously low voice and next towering step.
"Third of all, wench, you will refrain from calling me ignorant names, such as the one you prefer to call my pathetic half brother, Inuyasha." He cornered her up against the side of her neighbors house and trapped her by putting an arm on either side of her head, leaning in a bit closer. He didn't stop until his mouth was millimeters from her ear. The sudden urge to nip at it overcame Sesshomaru. Mentally he shook the thought away. He was supposed to be mad at her, NOT playing with her.
"And last of all, wench, if you so much as lay another violent hand upon my person…" he paused and shuffled a bit closer to her, using his large body to intimidate her. "I cannot promise you that my reaction will not harm you." He slowly moved his mouth, trailing it millimeters off her skin as he shifted to look her in the eye. "But for now, I will claim a fortifying sacrifice to appease the insult you have dealt me."
Kagome held her breath as she stared into his captivating eyes. The sounds around them disappeared, as they were wont to do when moments such as these emerged. A small gasp was heard from Kagome as Sesshomaru leaned oh ever so slightly inward. Involuntarily her eyes closed as his lips touched hers. The touch was as soft as a butterfly and she shivered, leaning forward a bit to increase the pressure.
Sesshomaru caught his breath as the enticing nymph before him increased the pressure. Without thought his arms came up and around her. He angled his head to deepen the kiss, sinuously pulling her tighter against his hard body and enveloping her in his heat. His tongue ran along her bottom lip, passionately demanding that she open her mouth.
With a small groan she parted her lips and he delved into her moist cavern. Hungrily he took all that she offered, and demanded all that she hadn't given him yet. Kagome surrendered without a second thought and her hands curled over his shoulders to curl at his nape, running her hands through his silky silver hair.
Belatedly Sesshomaru realized what he was doing and pulled away, breathing hard. Without pause he turned away from her and stood there, scrambling to put his wayward thoughts into some semblance of order. From behind him he could hear her own heavy breathing and suppressed a groan. The little witch was tempting! It would take all of his control to prevent such a thing from happening again. His emotionless mask slipped into place and he turned around to survey the little witch in question.
Kagome struggled to catch her breath as she glared at the demon lord that was presently facing her, looking for all the world as if that damned kiss had never happened! Well two can play that game! she thought rebelliously. She finally caught her breath and ruthlessly contained her emotions.
"If you've claimed your sacrifice, I'll show you where I live now. I just came back to this time to grab some supplies." She managed to keep her calm façade in place through her statement and was satisfied to note that a small flame flashed across his eyes before having the mask settle into place again.
At his nod, she walked around him and led the way to her home, nervously keeping an eye out for other people who just might notice a demon lord trailing along behind her. Only God knew how they would take that!
Thoughts filled the Youkai's head as he followed the Miko to her dwelling. What had come over him? He'd never had such an urge consume him as before! The Miko must be using her powers on him; he thought with a scowl that she didn't see, as he was behind her.
A sigh escaped Kagome as the reached the door of her house. Safe! she thought with relief. Now all I have to do is get those supplies… her eyes searched the house to see if anyone from her family was there and another sigh of relief was released. Good! They're all out! that means I don't have to answer any questions!
Sesshomaru entered the house, attentive to the delicious smells radiating from it. It seemed that not all the smells in this era were unpleasant. Indeed, he noted with a start, he had always liked the smell of Kagome and she was from this era. Unfamiliar objects surrounded him and he wandered around, listening to the intriguing wench scramble about the house.
An all too familiar smell assaulted his senses and he whipped around, eyes scanning the sparse room until his gaze landed on the perpetrator. He narrowed his eyes and the other figure mirrored his actions. A low growl came from the depths of Sesshomaru's throat. Once again the other figured did the same, although this time it came out as a low hiss.
"Sesshomaru! What are you doing!" Kagome swept into the room and picked up Buyo, stroking its fur and glaring at him. "He's just a cat! He isn't any danger to you! In this era humans keep cats for pets! Buyo is my families pet!"
A low grunt was her reply and the demon lord turned around, pretending to ignore her intimate use of his name and examining a large box set before him. "What is this?" he ran a claw down the front of the box, lifting it up and frowning when dust came away with it.
Kagome set Buyo down and strolled over to where Sesshomaru stood. "It's called a television, or T.V for short. Human's use it for entertainment." She explained.
His brow furrowed a bit as he studied the strange instrument. "How does it work? I am not entertained at all."
She bit back a laugh. "That's because it's not turned on. You have to turn it on to be entertained."
"Well then turn it on, wen—girl." He caught himself, not wanting to repeat what had happened outside. Mentally he frowned. So what if he called her wench? Just because she didn't like it didn't mean that he should start calling her other things to her liking. He snapped back to attention and flinched as blaring noise and people flashed across what the girl called television.
An apologetic look crossed her face and the noise got to a tolerable volume. "Sorry about that. My little brother likes to listen to music on here. Sometimes he puts it too loud."
He ignored her as he watched with fascination as people danced across the box. "This thing…television…it sucks peoples souls out and puts them in it for them to entertain? I do not approve." He finished stiffly.
This time Kagome could not contain her laugh. "Oh, it doesn't do that! Humans use a thing called electricity to work it. There's nothing that exists today, at least as far as humans know, that sucks out souls." She sighed. "Demons don't exist in this world. Or they don't show themselves. Lots of people now don't even believe in demons. Lord or otherwise."
As Sesshomaru listened he frowned inwardly. "Demons…do not exist? That is not possible. How could a mere species such as humans overrule a superior species like demons? Humans are weak!"
She let the comment slide as she watched the demon lord defend his species. "I don't know what happened. A long time ago something called an Ice Age occurred. It killed things called dinosaurs. Maybe another one occurred and it killed off demons."
"If that is so, then why did it not kill off humans as well?" he retorted.
An exasperated sigh came from Kagome and she threw her hands up in the air in surrender. "I don't know! It was just a guess!"
"Humph. No small thing such as what you call an 'ice age' could ever kill off demons. We are too strong." He stated arrogantly.
Kagome shook her head in defeat and headed towards the kitchen, fully aware of the youkai trailing after her. Silently she dug into the cupboards and grabbed some ramen, digging around some more she stuffed some chocolate in it for Shippo, then turned around, promptly slamming into Sesshomaru's chest as she hadn't realized that he was standing right behind her.
Automatically his arms came around her to steady her and he scowled, pushing her roughly away and stepping aside to examine the refrigerator. The wench was just too tempting. He thought with another scowl.
The tempting wench in question glowered at his back and turned around, heading for the bathroom. Although she could not hear or see the youkai, she knew that he was right behind her. She made a list of the things she needed mentally and quickly probed around the bathroom for those things. Shampoo…where's my shampoo?
From behind her she heard a squishing sound, suspiciously sounding like shampoo being squirted out of a shampoo bottle. With a small groan she turned around to behold the sight of Sesshomaru squirting her coconut shampoo out of the container and onto his hands, systematically getting shampoo on the clean tiles of the floor.
Sesshomaru sniffed delicately and almost closed his eyes in pleasure. The stuff smelled like the little imp. The scent had been driving him crazy all day; he had had to restrain himself from pouncing on her just to smell the intoxicating girl.
Kagome rushed forward to take the bottle out of Sesshomaru's hands, sidestepping the little puddle of shampoo on the tile. "Sesshomaru! That's my shampoo. I use it to keep my hair clean!"
Silently he handed the bottle over and watched the girl tap the lid shut and stuff it into her backpack, all the time wondering exactly how much she could fit into the damned thing.
Mentally Kagome went over her checklist. She grabbed a bar of soap and threw it in with the shampoo. Sesshomaru followed her through the house as she gathered this and that. There was this one room that he liked best, the one that smelled completely like her. He gathered that it must be the wench's bedroom, as she seemed to need the most from this room. Her smell dominated everything else and he drank it in, not able to get enough of it.
"Alright!" her voice brought him back from reality. "I'm all done! Time to go back to your era." She said cheerfully, gesturing for him to follow her out the doorway of her room.
He let the girl lead him out the door and paused on the threshold of her home, taking another deep breath of the sweetness of her home before steeling himself to face the unpleasant smells outside.
It was warm outside and Kagome raised her face to the sun, enjoying the simple pleasure of the sun's rays beating down upon her face. Sighing, she jerked on her backpack to settle it more comfortable on herself and strode towards the well.
Sesshomaru took one last look around him before he entered the small building. From afar he could see that annoying mutt Yarou scamper across the yard. As he turned around thoughts filled his mind. Thoughts of television, shampoo, cats, and refrigerators. I will come back. He decided in that instant. A small nod accompanied the thought and he faced Kagome, readying herself to jump into the well.
With a small growl he swooped her up bridal style and looked at her. "I have no wish to land on top of you when we reach my era." He said by way of explanation.
She nodded. "Ok then! All you have to do is jump into it!" she directed, still cheerful although a bit breathless from being in his arms.
He nodded grimly back. "Then hold on."
Kagome only had time to wrap her arms around his neck before he jumped, plunging into the well and beyond.
Tigress: "Alright! Another good chapter done!" –Looks over at a sulking Sesshomaru- "Oh common! I only yelled a little…"
Sesshomaru: -Comes out of his sulk and saunters over to Tigress, a devilish smile on his face- "Now, about that sticker…"
Tigress: -Gulps audibly- "What sticker? I don't see any sticker!" –Laughs nervously-
Sesshomaru: -Grins and pulls sticker that says 'Tigress's Property' out of pocket and waves it in front of her face- "You stuck this sticker on me during the reviewer replies!"
Tigress: -Gives another nervous laugh and desperately looks around- "Where is everyone?"
Sesshomaru: -Sticks the sticker back in pocket and decides to let her change the subject- "How should I know? That wench stole Rin and took off with my pathetic little half-brother."
Tigress: -Rolls eyes- "Very well. Be difficult. But remember…I'm the author, so don't tick me off!"
Sesshomaru: -A suggestive look enters eyes- "Oh, but I like it when you're fiery!"
Tigress: -Narrows eyes at Sesshomaru- "You like it eh?" –Saunters up to Sesshomaru, the definition of seduction-
Sesshomaru: -Watches Tigress from underneath eyelashes, struggling not to gawk-
Tigress: -Runs fingertips up his chest seductively and at the last moment shoves him out the window to go tumbling into the waiting pool beyond- -Turns to the readers and ignores the splashing and sputtering occurring outside- "Well, he had it coming to him! But anyway, I hope you liked the chapter!"
AN: Ok, I would like to thank you all for being so understanding about me alternating between chapters with my other story on fictionpress dot com. As I said, it's going to be slow but I can think you guys can handle it! Keep on reading and reviewing, and I'll certainly keep on updating! Kagome and Sesshomaru have a few surprises planned for them in the next chapter!