You made me love you

By: Suisen

Chapter five: Babysitting

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.

Author's notes (aka- excuses): Long time and no update. I'm soooooo sorry for the wait. I really didn't mean to procrastinate for so long. I've been really busy with school stuff though. I had to do College applications in August and September. Plus, I had so many other projects going on through January. And now that I've gotten my acceptance letters I can chill and update again. I'm also trying to write a book, so I'm not sure how often updates will be. I do believe that my senior year research paper will be assigned soon. Actually I think It'll be assigned this week; another thing that could affect updates. I'll try my best to get updates up as soon as possible.

"Don't make me close one more door, I don't wanna hurt anymore…" Kagome sang loud and off key as she put a bag of popcorn in the microwave. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Kagome quickly pressed the start button and ran to answer it. Halfway there another knock came. " I'm coming, I'm coming!" She called as she tripped over a heel in middle of the hallway. "Ouch." She rolled over and hopped the rest of the way to the door. Sighing in relief at having made it without any major injuries she finally opened the door. The sight that met her eyes was one that shocked her to the core. There stood Sesshomaru holding a big brown paper bag and his hand just inches from making contact with the wooden door.

"Sesshomaru? What are you…Why are… who…um hi." She leaned against the doorframe as she stumbled over her words. Sesshomaru stood there just looking at her. She seemed to realize her lack of manners and invited him in. She stood there pulling at the hem of her shirt as they stared at each other in the middle of the foyer.

"So uh what are you doing here?" Sesshomaru appeared thoughtful for a moment and then replied, "I came for that rematch you wanted and I brought some Chinese if you're hungry."

" I never said that I wanted a rematch."

"So you're going to just lie down and accept the pathetic score from the last match?"

"NO!" she huffed and turned away from the smirking man, "but if you're so willing to take a beating I'll give you another go." Sesshomaru chuckled as he began to walk towards the kitchen. "Hey Kagome, I think you just burned your popcorn."

"Shit!"

'Okay, so all I have to do is give the brats some dinner, bathe them and put them in bed. That doesn't sound too hard.' Hitogoroshi currently had her head stuck in the refrigerator searching for quick-n-easy meals. 'No steak, can't make it anyway… hmm… nope can't make a roast either… uh…vegetables! GROSS! … hmm… well would you look at this chicken tenders and fries; now that's just my kind of party.' 30 minutes later Hitogoroshi was putting the dishes in front of two very hungry children.

"Eewww, this chicken tastes like dirt!" Megumi cried as she tossed her chicken tender back on her plate. Saya spat her fries out and looked at Hitgoroshi as though the woman was trying to poison her.

"Hey I worked really hard on those dinners. Do you know how complicated the directions were on the back of those boxes. I mean really! It's a TV dinner for cryin' out loud not a gourmet meal!"

The two girls gave each other a thoughtful look and then grinned the most evil grins you could possibly imagine. Hitogoroshi looked at them suspiciously before shrugging it off and heading towards the living room. Before she could even put a toe on the carpet she felt something wet hit her on the back. Reaching a hand behind her she scooped whatever it was off her shirt to find that it was a mushy wad of ketchup and fries.

"Why you little BRATS!" She was then nailed in the face by a half eaten chicken tender. Their attack was merciless. There were fries, ketchup, and chicken flying everywhere. Once they ran out of food, they ran and locked themselves in Megumi's bedroom. Hitogoroshi was left lying on the floor covered from head to toe in food.

She finally managed to stand up and the first thing she did was pick up the phone and dialed the first number that came to mind.

"Never fear, super Inu is here!" Inuyasha made a heroic pose as he stepped inside the house. Hitogoroshi ran up to him dressed in Sesshomaru's t-shirt and sweat pants. Inuyasha laughed and said, "Whoa Sweets I didn't know you and fluffy were a couple." Hitogoroshi punched him in the arm and said angrily, "Those demonic children attacked me with food and you want to make jokes!"

"Aw don't cry, Sweets, Inu will make it all better." He said while rubbing her back. "All you have to do is give the kids candy. All kids love candy. They'll sit quietly through the whole night as long as they've got that stuff."

"That's it? That's all it takes is some candy. Hell, I've got enough candy in my purse to last a week." She quickly ran to get the candy out her purse. Walking towards Megumi's room she called, " Hey girls if you open the door I'll give you some candy." The opened so fast the rapid current of air sucked her inside the room. A few minutes later Hitogoroshi stumbled out of the room, her hair was sticking up in odd angles and her clothes were twisted and half way on.

"Damn, Sweets, it looks like you've just been raped." Came Inuyasha's voice from the living room.

"Shut up mutt." Was all she said before she collapsed beside him on the couch.

Kagome ran to the kitchen and hurriedly opened the microwave door. Black smoke rushed out in a big cloud. Both Kagome and Sesshomaru coughed as the smoke began disperse through out the room.

"That smells horrible." Kagome said between coughs.

"Well you didn't expect for it to smell like roses, did you?"

"I wouldn't expect for popcorn to smell like roses anyway, Sesshomaru. Besides it's your fault that my popcorn's burnt!" Sesshomaru looked at her quizzically before asking, "It's my fault?"

"Yeah, because if you hadn't shown up at my door talking about rematches and junk then this wouldn't have happened. Now I'm going to have to got to work tomorrow smelling like burnt popcorn!" She yelled pointing a slender finger in his direction. A smirk began to appear on Sesshomaru's face as he said, "Good thing I brought Chinese now isn't it?"

Kagome's face scrunched up as a small cloud of smoke drifted under her nose. He just chuckled as he started opening all the windows. As he was doing that Kagome shrugged and went to shovel ham fried rice onto the plates.

"Ahh, now that was tasty." Kagome leaned back against the couch as she patted her full tummy. Sesshomaru sat down next to her while flicking through channels. Finding nothing good to watch he turned and asked, "Haven't you ever heard of cable?"

Kagome looked miffed for a brief second before replying, "Well not everyone is as rich as you Mr. Moneybags."

"I'm not rich; I'm just well off."

"Yeah, right."

"Ok so maybe all my hard work paid off and I am rich." Kagome sat up and angrily placed her hands on her hips.

"Are you saying that I don't work hard?"

"Just like a woman to put words in a man's mouth."

"Are you calling me controlling? Because if you're calling me controlling then you can just-"

"I said nothing about you being controlling. Chill woman."

"Chill? Who are you telling to chill?"

"Just calm down, Kagome, before you do something stupid."

"So I'm not smart, now? I'm not intelligent enough to be around you. Is that what you're saying?"

"No!" Sesshomaru took a calming breath before continuing; "All I'm saying is that the burden of taking over my father's business has caused me to believe that the money isn't worth the stress. Besides I would rather sit here reeking of burnt popcorn with you than making millions in an office." Kagome relaxed and leaned back into the couch.

"Well in that case pass me that controller, would you?"

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Hitogoroshi and Inuyasha were sitting in the living room watching Johnny Bravo when suddenly there was a loud bang from upstairs.

"What the hell was that?" Inuyasha asked as he jumped off the couch and headed towards the girls' room, followed closely by his redheaded friend. Once they got managed to get up the stairs the sight that their eyes was a confusing one indeed. Megumi's door was wide open and the room looked as if a tornado had ripped through it. Inuyasha cautiously began to look around. Hitogoroshi stood at the doorway watching with frightened eyes.

Softly she whispered, "You don't think they were kidnapped, do you?" Inuyasha looked over his shoulder at her and replied, "No, they weren't kidnapped, but they are definitely no longer in this room."

"So, where do think they went?"

"They could be anywhere." Just as the words left his mouth two colorful blurs sped past the room. High-pitched giggles could be heard at the far end of the hallway. Inuyasha had a surprised expression on his face.

"What the hell is going on here?" They both stepped cautiously into the hallway.

"I don't know what's happening, but it doesn't look good." Hitogoroshi whispered as they scanned the now deserted hallway.

"Maybe we should find the girls and get the hell out of – DUCK!" Inuyasha pulled Hitogoroshi down to floor just as a baby doll flew over their heads. They didn't get a chance to get up before a box of crayons and some teddy bears rained down upon them. Seconds later the assault stopped and two blurs raced down to the other end of the hall.

The two were buried under a mountain of toys. Hitogoroshi clawed her way through the plastic ammunition followed closely by Inuyasha.

"I don't think giving them that candy was a good idea Mutt." She said as she pushed her way through the mess. Once they had freed themselves from the many dolls, bears, and the random shoes, they began to race down the hallway to the safety of living room. At the top of the stairs they stood frozen to the spot as they watched with frightened eyes as the two girls stood at the bottom with their arms behind their backs.

Saya grinned up at the two terrified babysitters and asked, "Can we have some more candy, please?"

Inuyasha let out a loud snort and replied, "Hell no! You little monsters have had enough candy!" Apparently that was the wrong answer because no sooner had the words left his mouth did Megumi and Saya rapidly fire off more plastic ammunition. Inuyasha and Hitogoroshi weakly began to pick up crayons, dolls, teddy bears, and coloring books and threw them back at the hyperactive twins.

#

Sango was just sitting down to dinner when the phone rang. At first she decided to ignore it, but the phone just wouldn't stop ringing. She figured that whoever was calling had something important to say or else they wouldn't keep calling. When she finally answered the phone a voice she didn't expect to hear pleaded with her over the phone lines. In the background she could hear yells, giggles and the occasional scream. After listening to the person beg a little with slight satisfaction she hung up and quickly began to gather her things. She would not be returning until tomorrow morning from the amount of noise she heard.

Kagome and Sesshomaru took turns glancing quickly at each other while sitting in front of a blank TV screen. This game went on for quite some time before Kagome finally cracked.

"WILL YOU JUST TURN THE TV ON!" Sesshomaru just continued to sit in place on the comfy forest green leather couch. Kagome shifted to look at his bored profile. He appeared to be completely comfortable under her 'intense' stare. Realizing that her 'intimidation' was obviously not working she folded her arms over her chest slouched in her seat and pouted for all she was worth. At first Sesshomaru continued to look bored and unaffected by her current facial expression. After a while his glances came more frequently and he looked at her increasingly longer than the last.

Finally he said, " We have discussed this, woman, who ever lost the game had to turn the TV back on."

"You cheated!"

"I did not cheat. You can't possibly cheat in rock, paper, scissors."

"You did too cheat. I don't like playing games with you Sesshy." Kagome turned her back on the stoic man and continued to pout. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes as he grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. Kagome grinned evilly with her back still turned.

"Who's up for round two?" She sang cheerfully as she hopped over to the Gamecube system.

#

" Oh no, not again!" Kagome huffed as she watched her character spin in mid air as the life bar was depleted of it's energy. "How are you so good at this game?"

Sesshomaru calmly placed his controller on the floor in front of him and headed towards the kitchen. Over his shoulder he stated, "It just takes practice and strategy." Kagome watched him with a confused expression as he took out her strawberry ice cream and began to spoon it into the bowls.

"Practice? What do you do, stay at home and play Mortal Kombat all day?" Sesshomaru sat down beside her and handed her one of the desserts.

"I actually spend too much time working to play these games. And lately I've had little time to much of anything with the girls there."

"Girls? What girls?" Kagome posed it as a casual question, but mentally she was questioning her friend's portrayal of a stiff, responsible pain in the ass. Maybe he was a wild playboy who housed whores for his own personal enjoyment.

"My ex-wife passed full custody of our twin girls unto me. I didn't even know they existed until a couple days ago." His voice was so soft that Kagome had a hard time hearing him.

"You have Kids! As in more than one? Wow it really has been a long time since I last saw you, huh?" Inside she was currently kicking herself in the ass for her wild speculations.

"Yes kids, Yutaka gave birth to twin girls three years ago." Kagome looked surprised for a moment before saying, "You married, divorced and had kids in the five years that we've been separated."

"You are correct."

"Wow you sure move fast." Sesshomaru turned his head sharply at that statement.

"Excuse me?"

"I mean, you were single when I last saw you. And you have been divorced for… what?... three years. So that means that you dated and married Yutaka within two years. You had a very short marriage, which tells me that you probably should have taken your time. Also, I never knew that you fell so hard, so fast."

"It was not a union of love, it was a union of convenience."

"That's even worse. I could understand if you just got swept up in emotions that you have repressed for so long. Now you tell me that there were no feelings involved, that's just sad."

"Sad? How can you be depressed by that?"

"Not sad as in boo-hoo, sad as in pathetic."

"This Sesshomaru is not pathetic."

"You're a divorcee from a marriage of convenience. That is pathetic in my book."

"Well I suppose that I should thank Kami that society does not follow your 'book'."

Kagome hit him with one of the couch pillows as she huffed and turned away.

"I'll have you know that my book is perfectly fine, and many people would see your situation as pathetic. You're so stiff that you can't even get a girl to fall in love with you let alone allow yourself to feel anything for anyone else. So instead you force someone to marry you." Sesshomaru's eyes widened at her words and he stiffly stood up and headed for the door. Kagome froze once she realized that she had offended him.

"Sessho, where are you going? Sessho!" She got up to run after him but once she made it to the hall there was a loud slam of the front door and the sound a car starting soon followed.

Author's Note

Okay I'm finally done with this chapter. It took forever, but I did it! I had fun with this one. It was easier to write than the last chapter and less embarrassing for me. I've also posted another story. I know that I haven't finished one yet, but I couldn't help it. If I had waited then someone might've posted on just like it and then I would be upset and it would take me even longer to update. A day and a life isn't coming so well. It's my challenging story so of course it wouldn't be coming as well as this one and Eye of the beholder. Anyways, if you haven't checked out my other stories I would love it if you would. Until next time… bai, bai!