After class ended Sango, Miroku and Kagome headed for courtyard to sit down. When they got out they found a bench to sit on under a big oak tree.
"Hey Sango?" Kagome said
"Yeah Kagome?"
"You want to get something to eat? I don't have anymore classes. That was my last one."
"Well..okay. What classes do you have tomorrow?" she asked her
"I only have one class. It's Ancient Japanese History and it's at noon." Responded Kagome
"I have three classes tomorrow. I'll come make sure you're up around eleven. My first class gets out at 10:30 and my next class wont start until 2pm. So I will be coming to take a nap anyways." She smiled to her friend.
"May I join you ladies for dinner" Miroku questioned.
They had totally forgotten Miroku was with them until he broke them free from their conversation. As they looked at him as if contemplating the answer he wore a frown on his face. They both smiled at him, "Sure, of course" Kagome told him as a smiled graced his lips.
"I'm going to put my books in the room. Do you need anything you want me to put in there for you Sango?" Kagome asked
"No, but could you grab my jacket? It's hanging up in my closet." She asked her
"No prob!" responded Kagome, "Be right back you guys." And she ran off to their room.
Once Kagome was gone Miroku turned to look at Sango.
"I must talk with you about something I saw today in class." Sango looked at him telling him to go on. "Sesshoumaru, he kept staring at Kagome all throughout class earlier. It worries me because he usually never shows interest towards anybody. It makes me wonder what he wants or is going to do." Sango nodded at this.
"I agree. Should we discuss this with Kagome? Maybe she might know why this is. Otherwise I will worry about him bringing her harm. Kagome is so sweet and I almost sometimes believe she just might accept him beating her because of how she is. Let's wait until the end of dinner." Sango said to Miroku with a look of deep thought on her face.
No sooner than they finished discussing the situation Kagome came running towards them her purse in one hand and Sango's sweater draped in the other. "Ready?" they nodded yes to her question. "Let's go!" she smiled and they walked off.
As they were walking down the street they contemplated where they should eat.
"Wasabi?" Miroku asked and received a nod from the girls.
"Kampai?" Sango asked
"No, I don't like their food. What about Chinese you guys?"
"I'm not in the mood for Chinese." Miroku responded
"McDonalds?" asked Sango
"Yeah, sounds good." Kagome and Miroku agreed
They sat down after they got their food. They decided a table was the way to go. After all Miroku had infamous wandering hands. So Kagome sat next to Sango as Miroku sat across from them on the other side of the table.
"So Kagome, do you like it here?" asked Miroku
"So far. But this is only the first day. Some people can be so rude though. Like that Sesshoumaru guy." She said irritated "I bump into him by accident and he told me after I had apologized for it. Then he stopped me after class he said I should apologize for yelling at him. The nerve of that guy." She said angrily and started to blush remembering what happened before last class. Miroku choking on a fry and Sango patting his back. Miroku looked at Sango and she looked at Miroku. They turned to their new friend in confusion and fear.
"Is that why he was staring at you all during class Kagome?" Sango asked and received a nod from her friend. Her cheeks turning a deeper crimson.
"I didn't know he was staring at me. He probably was trying to see my notes to make sure he didn't miss any." She said naively still blushing
"Your right Kagome!" Sango said reassuringly not wanting to press any further
The rest of dinner went uneventfully and they all soon had returned to campus. When they were close to Kagome's and Sango's building Miroku left with a bye. Sango started to walk into the building looking behind to converse with her friend only to notice she was still outside looking at the night sky.
"You coming Kagome?" she shouted to her
"In minute Sango. I'm going to take a short walk before I come in." She replied
"Okay then. See you in a few." And so she ran up the stairs leaving her alone.
Kagome was walking around campus not far from her dorm building and came upon a koi pond. She kneeled on the ground and watch the fish swim around it. She noticed the many lily pads and the sweet smelling flowers that protruded from them. She sat there as and watched the sunset. She sat there in awe. She felt like she was looking at a painting with all the oranges, pinks, reds, purples and hints of blue. 'We never had sunsets like this back at home. I wonder how everyone's doing at home. I will call them at the end of the week.' She thought to herself.
As she watched the moon peek out from behind the clouds she noticed it was a full moon. She started to sing one of her favorite songs as she sat there looking at the star filled sky.
Underneath your close there's an endless story
There's the man I chose; there's my territory
And all the things I deserve for being such a good girl honey...
He decided to take a break from his studies and go for a walk around campus. He was going to go to the back where then Zen garden was but ended up at the koi pond. That's where he found her. She was kneeling by the pond bathed in the light of the full moon. Her voice was so lovely and enchanting and seemed so ethereal to him. He listened as she sang her song and felt relaxed and at peace with him self. 'She looks like a goddess' he thought to himself while watching her every move. He watched as she closed her eyes when she sang certain parts and felt her warmth flow like waves out of her body consuming him whole. He was upset when she stopped and was about to make himself know to her when she looked straight forward not seeing him.
"It's rude to sneak and spy on other people." She said calmly
"I do not sneak or spy for one. And you can only sneak and spy if someone is unknown to your presence." He told her as if it were a fact.
"I guess that's true. So what brings you here oh great Sesshoumaru?" she said in complete sarcasm
At this he frowned, 'does she really find me that obnoxious?' he asked himself "I don't think that's any of your concern." He snapped angrily
She turned with her eyes close in anger with a frown set upon her angelic face, "Why do you have to be like that all the time. Can't you be nice and at least try to make friends?" she spoke while her fist was shaking with anger. When she calmed she opened her eyes to find a smiling Sesshoumaru standing in front of her. She gasped and put her hand over her mouth as she studied her features that shined in the moonlight. 'He's so beautiful. Like he's untouchable like a god. He's actually smiling, but that I would have to be used to. It does look good on him though. His eyes are glowing just like his hair. He looks...well...hot.' she said inwardly.
He continued to smile as he watched her study him closely. His eyes however went straight to her delicate features. Well, mainly her soft pink lips. He sat there thinking of the kiss from yesterday and how much he enjoyed it. He still didn't know why he had done it but because he did and he wanted more. After that he kiss he could not get her from his mind. It was aggravating him. He wasn't getting much of his work done because this woman in front of him plagued his mind. So he kept watching her small form and waited for he next words.
"Well, I should leave. I need to finish my homework. It was nice of you to join me Sesshoumaru. Thank you for the company." She said blushing heavily as she made her hasty exit.
Unfortunately she didn't make it far. His arm had some how made it's way around her waist.. When she looked up she saw him towering above her staring into her deep blue eyes. She couldn't help but stare back into his sun kissed golden eyes. They were both lost in each other's own thoughts as they both began to advance towards one another. Slowly their eyes closed as their lips gently caressed the others. He licked her lips asking for permission. Nibbling her soft lower lip. She moaned as he quickly slipped his tongue searching every part of her. They battle with their tongues as if it were a war, but neither winning. She slinked her arms around his neck and gently caressed the back of his head with her fingertips. He deepened the kiss when he felt her rubbing his neck and pulled her closer. They were so close no air would be able to pass between them. Finally needing some air, they unwantingly let go to breathe. They looked at each other for a moment as she started to blush she shyly turned away.
"Well.." she said twiddling her thumbs, "I really should get back. Sango will start to get worried. See you tomorrow." she said running off in the direction of her building.
He stood there for a few minutes letting the previous encounter sink in. He just smiled and headed for his room. "This girl is indeed very interesting." He said allowed to himself
"Where were you Kagome?" her friend asked
"At the koi pond." She replied with a small blush hoping her friend didn't notice.
Sango noticed the blush and wondered what happened.
"Why are you blushing?" she asked curiously with a grin on her face.
"N..no reason." She stuttered
Sango had a huge grin as she looked at her friend. "Who's the guy? It has to be a guy by the way you blush." She retorted
"I guess the same would go for you and Miroku huh? Like how you always blush when he compliments you. Why haven't you to hooked up yet?" she shot back
"Don't change the subject." She blushed, "Besides I wont tell anybody."
"I know because there is nothing to tell." She replied
Kagome grabbed her toothbrush and stalked off to the bathroom.
When she came back she said good night to Sango and drifted off to sleep.
Kagome woke up and looked at the clock. '9:00, gosh it's early.' She thought. "Oh well. Might as well get up and get dressed." She said looking around the room. "This place is a mess! I'll clean up too." She grabbed her towel, tooth brush and headed for the shower.
"That felt good!" she told her self out loud when she got back to her room. "Guess I'll start cleaning then." She said after getting dressed. She grabbed a CD from her case and put it in her stereo and hit play. She opened her door and windows and began to clean.
While she was cleaning she started to sing to Mariah Carey's 'Shake it off' and danced around the room picking up discarded clothes, shoes, books, papers, pens and anything else lying around. She and Sango each had their own desk, bed, closet and nightstand so she put everything up in its rightful place. Then she dusted all the table tops off, and organized her closet.
Sesshoumaru had found she had forgotten her purse last night as she ran off. He decided he would return it to her. It wasn't hard finding her room. He just asked the office and they had give her building floor and room number. 'Anybody could retrieve information from them.' He sighed inwardly. He looked at the slip of paper in his hand. "Building two, second floor, room 351." He read aloud. '347,348,349,350, 351 there it is.' He said counting room numbers. He was about to knock on the door until he realized it was open. He heard music playing and hoped she was the only one there. He looked in to find her cleaning the windows while she was singing. He stood there once again listening to her pleasant voice. He stood there while smiling and was unnoticed by the singing woman. The song ended and to his displeasure so did her singing. The CD player stopped telling her the CD was through playing. She turned around to grab her CD case and froze when she noticed him standing in the door way.
"What are you doing here?" she asked curiously
He didn't say anything but walked in and looked around at all her pictures on her desk and nightstand.
She watched him closely as he picked up each picture one by one and studied it closely. He put the last one down and turned his attention to her. "You left this by the koi pond last night after you ran off. You are lucky I found it before I left." He told her
She looked at her purse as if it went unnoticed by her until now. She ran up and hugged him tightly and then stopped when she realized what she had done. She had a slight blush on her cheeks and her lips curved into a small smile. "Thank you so much. Sorry about that, I guess I was just really happy to get my purse back. Can I ask you a question though?" she asked and he nodded. "Do you know this area well?"
"Yes, why?" he responded
"Well I need to find a part time job. You see I'm on a scholarship and my family doesn't have any money to spare. So I need to find a sort of income when I'm not in class." She told him. 'Why did I just tell him that. He doesn't want to know about my family.' She sighed.
"Very well. I will help you find a job close to campus. I know many people in this area. When does your last class end?" he asked her
"It ends at 1:45. Are you free then? I only have one class today. I was going to ask Sango or Miroku but they have classes all afternoon." She informed him
"Mine ends then as well. Where would you like to meet?"
"I guess here about 2pm. I will need to change into something nicer before we go." She said
"Very well then. I must be going. My class will begin soon." He said and walked out the door.
Sango was walking to her dorm to take a nap. 'Almost there. NAPTIME!' she shouted in her head while trying to stay awake.
She looked up to see how much further she had to go when she saw someone leaving her room. 'What's he doing there. Hmm, you go girl.' She said with a grin on her face. She entered her room and saw Kagome flopped down on her bed. She had noticed immediately the room was spotless. 'Wow! Now I can sleep later.'
"Hey Kagome!" she saw her friend glance at her from her bed. "Thanks for cleaning the room up. Now I'll be able to sleep in before my last class of the day." She smiled at her "So what were you and Sesshoumaru talking about? I saw him leaving the room." She asked mischievously.
She watched Kagome tense when she asked her last question. She knew something was going on but she wasn't sure what. So she walked to her bed and flopped down after closing their door for some privacy.
"He was just returning my purse that I forgot to grab last night." She informed her.
"So that's who you were with last night. What happened? Did he kiss you? Are you guys dating? You boyfriend and girlfriend yet? When did it all start? Is he a good kisser?" she started trampling her with all these questions she started to get dizzy.
"Yes Sango. We ran into each other at the Koi pond. We atlked for a few minutes and then I left. But I obviously forgot my purse. So he dropped by to return it. That's all that happened nothing else!" she exclaimed trying to hold her blush back. She was unsuccessful and Sango noticed it right away.
"You're blushing! Something happened. He kissed you and I know it. That's why he stared at you during class yesterday. You go girl, he's hot good catch!" she said happily
Kagome rolled her eyes and glanced at the clock. '11:45! I'm so going to be late.' She screamed in her head and jumped up grabbed her stuff and ran at the door yelling back to Sango, "IgottogoI'mrunninglateseeyoulater!"
"That girl needs to go to class earlier. She seems to always run late." She said as she rolled her eyes and got up to lock the door so she could take her long deserved nap.
She got in the classroom right before the bell rang. She grabbed th closest seat she could find. She opened her notebook and textbook waiting for the teacher to arrive and begin. She was suprised to see Sesshoumaru walk in and sit at the teacher's desk looking over some papers. When he finished he looked around the class and noticed her looking curiously. He got up from the seat and walked to the front and leaned against the front of the class.
"Good morning everyone." He said, "My name is Mr. Takashi and I'm going to be teaching your group the next few classes. I'm an intern for Mr. Myouga. He has allowed me this privilege. However do not think that means you will be able to slack off or that you won't have much class or homework. You will have plenty. You will be able to partner up during class time, but you will not be permitted to complete the homework in pairs. That's why each of these work packets will be passing out is different. They are all the same but different as well. So keep in mind if you copy or partner up with someone I guarantee you will fail this assignment. Now," he said looking a a piece of paper, "Mrs. Higurashi please come down and pass these out. Please make sure you all get one. If you don't you will fail it as well. Now when you get this clipboard sign next to your name so I know who is here today. Cause as you all know attendance is counted towards your final grade." He said as he handed it to the man sitting in front of him. Kagome had just gotten to him as he had finished and he handed her the packets. As she handed them out he noticed all the men in the class were eyeballing her like she was a steak. He growled at this not even knowing it. He looked around and was happy that nobody heard him.
Kagome was caught of guard when he called on her to pass the packets out. She had seen all the girls in the classroom giving her death glares when she walked around handing them out. 'The girls really do worship him. You get randomly chosen to pass something out and you feel like they are going to pounce at any moment. Of course I know he didn't choose randomly. He just made it seem like he did. It doesn't matter though.' She handed them out while deep in her thoughts. When she returned to her seat and again waited him to continue.
"Now today we will be going over the Myths and Legends section of the Feudal Era in our books. So turn to page 1175. We will begin on the legend of the Shikon No Tama. Or you may refer to it as The Jewel Of Four Souls. This story talks about a half demon, a young kitsune demon, a demon exterminator, a monk and an extremely powerful priestess. It is said that this priestess had the jewel ripped from her body by a centipede demon called mistress centipede. It was also said that she was from the future and pass through time through an ancient well. This well is now located on the grounds of the Sunset Shrine." He paused when he heard someone yell and looked around the room.
"WHAT!" Kagome yelled only to realize she said it out loud and now the whole class was staring her way. Including Sesshoumaru.
"Is there something wrong? Please tell us what it is." He said giving her a 'say it now' kind of look.
"It's nothing really. I just grew up there and that's where my family is. That's my family shrine." She smiled nervously
"Well then you will all be happy to know, especially you Kagome, That we will be going to Sunset Shrine tomorrow morning." He told the class. He looked at Kagome to see she had turn pale. "Now let us continue. I want you to all read this chapter and grab one of these small packets on my desk and answer the questions. If you finish early continue to the next legend." He told them and they began to read silently. "Kagome!" he called and she looked up at him, "I need to have a word with you." He told her and walked to the door to wait for her.
"Yes Mr. Takashi?" she politely said when they were out of the class.
"Please don't call me that unless we are in that room. I'm sorry I was unaware you were the Higurashi from the Sunset Shrine. We will still be going tomorrow though. I'm sure you know the legend of the Shikon No Tama well?" he questioned
"More than you know!" she giggled while scratching the back of her head nervously. "We closed the well house after I restored the building. It was in such horrible and unsafe conditions." She said almost slipping up. She had a very suspicious and nervous smile on after she corrected her self.
He caught her slip up but she didn't say enough for him to really know for sure what she said. He had his suspicions now because of what she was about to say. Even though he wasn't exactly sure what it was. He knew this legend because he was there. Myouga, Shippou, Kouga and himself were the only ones left from that time. But I haven't seen Kouga in about a hundred years. He even watched Rin leave him and was very upset when she did. He recognized Kagome but wasn't sure if was her. 'It could be though. I doubt it though. Probably just a reincarnation.' He thought. "So do you think demons are real? Have you ever met one?" he asked her out of curiousity.
"I think they were real. I don't however, think there are any left. From what my grandpa tells me after the last shard was obtained the priestess purified all the demons and leaving none to survive. After that they said she just disappeared never to be seen again." She answered
'Should I tell her that some still exsist? Not right now, if she is the girl I think she is she will soon remember. I will bring Shippou tomorrow to see if he can't figure things out. The question is why would she not remember?' so deep in thought he forgot about the woman standing in front of him. "Well," he said looking at his watch, "let us return to class so you may finish your work before it ends. If you can't then turn it tomorrow." He explained
"I don't need to really read the textbook. That was my bedtime story for fifteen years." She replied
"Well then you should ace the questionnaire." And with that said you entered the classroom with her following him behind.
Before she sat down she grabbed the packet and sat down. She answered each question and had it completed in ten minutes. There were only to other students that were finished and they finished after her. The girl sitting beside her was having trouble and she decided since she was finished and had hers turned in she would offer her some help. "Do you need some help?" she smiled
"That would be greatly appreciative." She responded
"What are you have trouble with?"
"Well I'm still having a hard time translating this. This last paragraph is giving me trouble." The girl said frustratingly
"It's basically telling you that after the jewel was complete she purified all of the remaining demons and then just simply disappeared never to be seen again." She said with a smile
"Really? Wow. Thanks I really appreciate it umm...? What was your name?" the girl asked
"Kagome!" she replied with a smile.
"Thank you Kagome, it's very nice to meet you. My name is LuLu." She responded
"Nice to meet you too."
LuLu finished her test right before class ended and turned it in.
"For all of you who didn't finish points will be subtracted for the ones you haven't gotten to. I will let you know you scores next session. Remember we will be going to the Sunset Shrine tomorrow morning. We will meet in the cafeteria and be leaving campus at 9:30. So if you are not present you will not be going. This will also count for part of your grade. So be ready and bring some snacks. We'll be gone for half the day. I also have already informed your other teachers as well. See you tomorrow morning." He said and everyone one was gone in the blink of an eye. He looked up to see Kagome still in the room. "Why are you still here Kagome? Class has been dismissed." He pried
"I am writing a mental note to call my mom tonight when we get back so she knows I'm coming. So she'll probably make lunch or snacks for the whole class as well. Which is why I counted heads." She smiled
"Well we have one extra person who will be joining us tomorrow. I have a few more things left to do before I'm ready. So I suggest you go and change. By the time your done I will be there." He commanded
"Okay! Seen in a few!"
'Finally alone. Shippou is going to give me hell for the way I am around her. I don't know what's wrong with me.' He sighed and started to head for Kagome's dorm.