"You can sleep in this room tonight. Mrs. Takashi has set some extra pajamas on the bed for you. If you would like there are some extra hangers in the closet to hang your dress. If you need anything just let me know." The butler told her and quickly left closing the door behind him.
She looked at the room. It was huge. It was the size of the first floor of her house. The carpet was a lush dark green. The walls had a light green with white crown moldings and chair rails. The ceiling had a small chandelier hanging from it that lightly lit the room. In the middle of the room was a small platform with stairs that led up to a king size bed. The bed had dark green drapes that hang from the canopy to the sea of carpet. The bed had a light green satin comforter with dark green satin sheets. She looked away from the bed seeing an ebony colored dresser and vanity. The seat of the vanity had a pale green color for the cushion. She looked to the left to find a desk next to the window that matched the dresser. She noticed two doors to the right of the bed and walked curiously to the one to the left. She opened up and was drooling at the size of the closet. "This is as big as my room!" She closed the door and walked to the next one to see what lay behind it. She walked into the pale green bathroom. It almost looked white it was so pale. The floor was white tile and the counter tops were a green marble. To the right between the counter and the window was the toilet. To the right was a Jacuzzi with a shower next to it. The shower is what drew her closer. It was all clear glass but it didn't have a door but was wide open. The floor in the shower was tile with little grips on it so as not to slip. She noticed the main shower head was built into the ceiling and the shower had four built into the front wall for extra power. She was truly in awe. She had never seen anything so extravagant in her life. She decided to go to bed so she washed her face and sank into the soft clouds they called beds.
"Hello Sango!" Miroku said "How's it Kagome?"
"She's fine." She responded "What are you doing today?"
"I was going to ask you if you'd like to join me for lunch. I would like it very much to have such a beautiful woman eat with me." He informed her calmly
A deep blush graced her cheeks, "That will be fine Miroku. Let me grab my purse" she grabbed her purse and keys locking the door behind her.
Kagome woke up rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Nine o'clock" she said to herself. She stood up stretching and started to trek to the bathroom for a nice hot shower. When she came out revamped and awake she saw a dress on the bed. It was yellow with little white flowers on the straps and a pair of thong sandals laying next to it. After she was dressed she made the bed and left the room to find the butler waiting to escort her to eat breakfast. When she arrived at the kitchen everyone was already sitting waiting on her. Mr. Takashi was sandwiched between Sesshoumaru and Izayoi. Her seat was between them as well.
"After breakfast we'll leave." She told her with a warm smile.
"Okay. Thank you for the dress. It's very beautiful." Kagome thanked with a smile
Izayoi nodded her head with a warm smile and continued her breakfast.
After breakfast her and Izayoi climbed into a black limo and drove off to go shopping.
Sesshoumaru and his father sat on the couch in the living room drinking hot tea.
"I would like you to look over this and tell me what you think." He told his son handing him a file
He saw the file tab said 'Higurashi' and so he opened it to find a contract. It was the new contract he noted. His father must have done it last night. It stated that he would buy the land and have them stay on as the shrine's groundskeepers. Just like he suggested to him the night before. No loop wholes either. Although his father wasn't one to right contracts with loop holes or extras. "It's well written." He told him
"I will be taking it there Monday for them to sign and give them the money."
"It's a good investment." Sesshoumaru informed his father
Izayoi and Kagome got out of the limo on the strip.
"Be back in two hours." She commanded the driver watching him nod in agreement.
"These are all boutiques. I thought we were going to the mall or outlet stores." She exclaimed
She smiled at the young girl. "Only the best for my daughter."
She gave the woman a look of confusion and shrugged it off. Before she said anything, she was dragged into one of the boutiques by her arm.
After an hour and a half of shopping, going store to store they decided to stop for food before leaving.
They ate at a small eatery called 'The Jewel'. They spent quite a bit of time talking but the main conversation topic was none other than Sesshoumaru.
"So tell me Kagome. How has Sesshoumaru been treating you? A perfect gentlemen I hope" she said inquiringly with a raised eyebrow.
"At first we didn't quite get along. But eventually he changed" speaking with a blush
Izayoi seeing the blush wanted to prod some more. "Oh? How so? What did he do?"
"Oh, you know started to be more polite." She said vaguely not wanting to mention the kiss.
Izayoi smiled at the girl knowing how much the two liked each other. 'Why wont they just admit it and tell each other. I'm sure Kagome has admitted it but is to shy. Sesshoumaru is denying it and is too proud. He thinks it's a weakness. I know they love each other. I've never seen him this happy. Or care about somebody.' She sighed and continued eating lunch.
The rest of lunch was uneventful with little conversations here and there. They talked about school and such. While Kagome was trapped in her own thoughts and Izayoi was having a war in her head about the two lovers. After they had finished they entered the limo and went back to the house.
When they were ready to leave they said there 'Thank you's' and farewells as they headed back for campus.
"Do you think he'll ever admit it?" Izayoi asked her husband
"I don't know. But if he hurts her I will hurt him."
"She is such a sweet girl. I can see why he was drawn to her. I know they both harbor the same feelings for one another. I just hope his pride doesn't get in the way. She has made him change quite a bit. Let's just hope he doesn't get scared and hurt her." She said sadly with a sign.
Sesshoumaru dropped Kagome of at her building and went to his room.
As Kagome walked into her room she noticed Sango wasn't here. "Oh well. Might as well get some work done." She shrugged
She sat there trying to study but her mind was unable to focus. She had been thinking of everything that has happened lately. Before she knew it she had fallen asleep.
Dream
She was running through the forest again. It was dark except for the small rays that shown through the thick canopy. She ran as fast as she could. She looked back but there was nobody there. She didn't care. She kept running as hard as her legs could go. She knew she was in danger but from what. Then it all went black.
She was standing in a field of tall grass and millions of colorful flowers. She saw a woman standing on the hilltop under a sakura tree. Her ebony hair flowing in the wind. The woman was looking off into the distance. She was clad in a mans white kimono with ancient armor that graced her small shoulders. She looked where the woman's eyes laid and saw nothing.
"Kagome" the woman called now her eyes laid on herShe looked at the woman under three. She was walking towards her at a fast speed. Well it seemed that way.
"Who are you and how do you know my name?" she questioned
"I am Midoriko. I have come to you because you have forgotten much of what has happened." The woman replied with a smile
'Midoriko? That sounds so familiar.' She thought trying to remember. "What's so important that I'm forgetting?"
"You will soon remember. I will be here to guide you through it. You have to remember when you are ready. You may inflict more pain if you try when you are not ready. When you are ready you will call to me and I will help you." The woman known as Midoriko said and disappeared.
Everything went black as she started to wake up.
"That was weird. I feel like I know her but I have never seen her before. She knows my name too. What could she have been talking about?" she sighed going back to her studies.
A few hours later Sango walked through the door.
"Hey Sango. Where were you?" she asked curious of her friend's whereabouts.
Sango jumped not even noticing her friend on her bed studying. "Oh I was just getting something to eat. That's all." She responded nervously. Trying to change the subject she was curious to know about her adventure. "So what happened between you and Sesshoumaru? You met his parents? Were they like him? Was he different around him? Did you kiss yet? What happened?" she asked so fast it almost seemed like a blur to Kagome.
"Nothing happened. We went for dinner and stayed when it got really later. His mother and I went shopping while him and his father stayed home. His parents are very kind." She replied and went back to her studying only to look up again. "Where is Miroku? Has he been by at all?" She asked as a deep blush filled Sango's cheeks.
"He came by earlier today." Was all she would say.
"So you guys went out to eat huh?" Sango froze "Did he grope you? You know he likes you right?" Kagome said not looking up from her book.
"N..No he doesn't, we're just friends. And besides he is lecherous and gropes every woman her can." She said hastily with a blush.
Kagome looked up at her friend and smiled. 'Why wont they just tell each other how they feel? It's of frustrating' she sighed "Look Sango, I know you like him and I know he likes you. He told me so. So why don't you guys just tell each other how you feel?"
"He gropes every woman he can. He has done so as long as I've known him." She said angrily
"Okay and since you've known him has he groped any other girls? I haven't seen him grope a single one. Not even when you weren't around." She said
Sango sat there deep in thought. "No not lately. He's just been groping me." She said with her finger tapping her chin. She sighed and sat down on her bed.
Kagome started yawning thinking she should go to bed. She got up and went to brush her teeth and shortly after went to sleep.
BEEP BEEP BEEPWHACK!
She smacked her alarm getting up and getting dressed for her first class of the day.
She was walking down the hall on the way to Calculus when she bumped into someone. She was always clumsy in the morning.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean too." She said turning around to meet golden eyes. He wore a red shirt and black pants. His silver hair trailed down his back and his arms crossed over his chest.
"Watch were your going wench." He said grufly
"Excuse me?" her anger seethed through her clenched teeth.
"You heard me!" he said arms still crossed looking calmly at the girl that bumped into him.
"You are a jerk! You know that! I accidentally bump into you and you get an unneeded attitude. You listen here. I apologized to you so don't insult me." She said poking his chest.
"Whatever wench." She huffed
"My name is not wench or woman! It's Kagome, KA-GO-ME!" she shouted at him.
"I don't care what your name is wench. I just want you to watch where you're going." He said angrily.
"Inuyasha!" a guy down the hall yelled. "You're going to be late!" he waved
She looked down at her watch and freaked. "Oh great now I'm going to be late!" she whined and ran down the hall.
'What a strange girl' Inuyasha thought and stalked off to his class.
"Kagome!" a girl ran towards her waving
"Hey LuLu." She said with a smile "What are you doing?"
"Killing sometime before my next class starts." The girl replied "So I uh...I heard some girls from our history class chatting. They said you and Takashi were dating." She said quietly
She looked at the girl walking beside her. "No we're not. We are just friends. We share a lot of classes that's all."
"Oh! Do you think he's cute?" she asked
Kagome froze in place. She didn't know what she thought of him. She had always assumed they were friends. But after what happened this weekend she wasn't really sure what to think. She was pulled from her thoughts as her friend called out her name.
"Oh, hi Sango!" she greeted "This is LuLu. She is in my Ancient Japanese History class."
"Nice to meet you." They said and bowed in unison.
"Sango!" all three girls turned around to see Miroku and another man that walked beside him.
"LuLu this is Miroku. Watch his hands." She told the girl as she nodded.
Miroku frowned but smiled quickly turning to his friend to introduce him to the girls. "Guys this is.."
"Inuyasha!" he was cut off by Kagome.
"Wench!" he answered back.
Everyone was staring at them in curiosity.
Instead of asking questions they shrugged it off.
"Who's hungry?" Sango asked changing the subject.
They all mumbled their agreements and decided to head to the cafeteria.
"I'll meet up with you guys later. I have to do something for a minute. I'll meet you there." Kagome said waving as she walked down the hall.
They all sat in the cafeteria waiting for Kagome to arrive before they would get something to eat.
"Should we go look for her?" LuLu asked
"No she is probably talking to one of her professors. We'll just start eating. She will understand." They all nodded getting up to retrieve some food.
"I'll be back." Inuyasha said walking out.
They all just stared and continued with there stomachs orders.
She was walking towards her building when she ran into Sesshoumaru.
"Hi!" she said happily
He just looked at her and kept walking.
'What was that all about?' she questioned and turned around to catch up with him to chat.
"Sesshoumaru!" she yelled as she caught up when he stopped.
"What?" he said viciously with coldness emanating off his body.
She jumped back a little from his response. "What's your problem? I said hi and you just walk off like your to good to talk to me. I thought we were friends. I just wanted to say thank you and tell you I had a nice weekend." She said angirly
"Well you thought wrong. I could care less if you had a nice time. Now if you'll excuse me. I have no time to waste on insignificant people." And with that he quickly walked away leaving her stuck in her spot.
Inuyasha was walking down the hall and outside to et some fresh air. He was looking around the courtyard when he spotted Kagome. 'She's talking to Sesshoumaru. Why would she talk to that bastard?' He thought. He watched quietly even though he didn't know what they were saying. His brother walked off and she was left standing there not moving an inch. He was going to after her and talk to her but she was reaching in her purse for something. She pulled out a cell phone answering it.
She was brought out of her thoughts when her cell phone rang. 'Nobody ever calls me. Who is it?' she asked herself. She finally found it after digging through her ravaged purse.
"Hello" she answered.
"Kagome?" her mother said
"Hey mom! Sorry I haven't called you back yet. I have been busy. So what do you need?" she asked her.
"I'm sorry Kagome but.." she trailed off.
Kagome's stomach sank in worry. She heard her mother crying through the phone. "What's wrong mom?" she begged to be told.
"Grandpa." She responded
"What about him." She had forgotten he was in the hospital until now.
"He's gone Kagome! He passed the middle of last night!" she shouted through the phone.
Kagome fell to the floor not even noticing the phone feel to the ground. She just sat there with a blank expression. She had no, expression not even in her eyes. She didn't hear anybody, see anybody. She just sat there void of any emotion or senses. Her head felt heavy and fell forward with her hands in front for support. She started to cry. Uncaring of the world that was around her, she just couldn't hold in her tears. She just let them fall to the ground hoping they would be sucked up and forgotten. All her pain was evident by the tears that fell to the ground and her shaking body.
Inuyasha witnessed it all. One minute she was talking on the phone happily and the next she was on her knees staring at nothing. He watched as she fell over and started shaking. Worried he walked to her and heard sobs coming from her small fragile form. 'She crying.' He thought. He didn't really know what to do so he just sat next to her and grabbed her shoulders and hugged her. She cried into his shoulder shaking his body with hers. He could feel her hot breath on his damp shirt from where she breathed heavily. All he could do was hold her and rub her back. He didn't know what to say. He didn't even know what was wrong. So he just sat there holding her tightly trying his best to comfort the girl known as Kagome.