Hey! Another update :) Thanks for the reviews! And for the record, I do like Sango, it's just that what's happening to her is making the story's future come, and it will relate to it. It has nothing to do with me not liking her, because I do:) Well, enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter 7: Lazy Days
Miroku gasped with awe. Sesshoumaru's castle was so beautiful! He would never believe that a man like him could own a castle like this, and even so invite him into his home to let him stay! At least he wasnt like his half brother, Inuyasha, because if he were like him they would be in a cave right now, not this beautiful castle. It was nighttime, so you couldn't really see the outside of the castle, but it was still beautiful nonetheless. Kagome walked up beside him, and smiled.
"Enjoying your view?" Kagome asked with a small giggle. Miroku's eyes were as big as Shippo's head. He was obviously stunned.
"Yes, a lot as a matter of fact. This is a beautiful castle, indeed." Miroku stepped a few steps ahead of himself, and stopped and looked back.
"Care to show me around? I'm mighty sure I can...actually will get lost in here..." Miroku faded away as he looked all around him. It was a huge main hall he was in, possibly the biggest he's ever seen in his life, and the biggest ever also. Kagome smiled, and looked up to Sesshoumaru, who was intent on watching the monk. So, he liked his castle, eh? Good. Every guest that entered his castle has seemed to like it very much so far, and he was happy because of that.
Kagome seemed to be happy with her friend and her son with her, so Sesshoumaru noticed. He once again made her happy. He was glad when she was happy, he didn't have to worry about her, and barge in on her when she was bathing. It was quite embarrassing when she noticed. But when she didn't notice...well...that was a different story.
Sesshoumaru felt the miko's eyes on him, and he broke his stare at the monk, and looked to Kagome. She had a warm smile on her face, and seemed like she was waiting for something from him. Had she asked him something? He couldn't recall. He decided to ask.
"Miko, was there something you asked of me?"
Kagome nodded. "Didn't you hear me talking? I thought you 'had those demon ears for a reason.'" Kagome mocked, with a smirk. Sesshoumaru chuckled, and shook his head. "Yes, they are for there for a reason, but when I become uninterested in a subject, I do tend to let my mind roam free. Kind of like selective hearing, if that's what you want to call it." Sesshoumaru said, tongue dripping with sarcasm.
Kagome narrowed her eyes. Was it a war he wanted? Well, it was a war he would get. She gently took the sleeping Shippo off of her shoulder, and handed him to Miroku. She stepped up to the demon lord, and crossed her arms, and looked him straight in the eye.
"Oh, so I suppose that, by any chance, you could be lazy?" Kagome asked with a smirk playing on her face. Sesshoumaru's smirk grew wider also.
"No, actually it would be just because you are a boring speaker, your actions speak quite more loudly than your words, considering what has happened in the past just recently."
Kagome's eyes widened at this. My, he was full of smart comebacks! She would just have to think quicker.
"Well, Mr. Demon Lord sir, if you wouldn't have been peeping on me in the first place, we wouldn't have had that problem, now would have we?" Kagome was proud, she made a good comeback. She was never good with these things. She never really cared, either.
Sesshoumaru chuckled. "Well, miko, if you wouldn't have drawn me to you, I wouldn't have came to you. Your body basically called out for me, so I responded."
Kagome stiffened up. "How exactly did my body call out to you?"
Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. "How would I know, I felt your body calling me, saying 'come here Sesshoumaru, come to me, come to me pleaseeeee'" Kagome laughed at this. Her body? Call out, to him? Yea right! "And why would you think my body called out to you?"
Sesshoumaru answered in the way he could best. "Because you were asking for attention, so I gave it to you. You were scared, frightened, and you needed somebody to protect you. I was obviously the closest one to you, so I responded to this plea. I couldn't leave a poor miko out in the forest to die, now could I?" Sesshoumaru looked her straight in the eye, and looked as if he were waiting for a response. Problem was, she didn't really have anything to say to that.
Sesshoumaru chuckled once more, and walked past her, Miroku, and up the stairs, into his study. Well, he certainly did tell her. He was always one who had the greatest comebacks ever. He was always good with that. He laughed to himself, and sat down at his paper covered desk, and resumed his work that he put aside earlier.
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Kagome was speechless. Sesshoumaru had came to watch her, to protect her when she was in the forest? Why did he do that? Did her body really 'call out' to him, or was he making that up, so he could cover the real reason why he watched her? Her mind was buzzing with questions. She held her head in her hands.
Miroku watched Kagome hold her head in her hands, and walked over to her. He handed her Shippo, who was still surprisingly sleeping.
"Go to sleep Kagome, its already really late, like almost 3 in the morning probably. Go and get some rest, you can show me around tomorrow morning, if your awake, ok? And umm...can you show me where I could sleep also?" Miroku scratched his head in embarassessment. Kagome giggled, and nodded. She walked him up the stairs, and next to her room. "This is my room, if you need me, just come and get me, Shippo will sleep with me for the night. He can meet Rin tomorrow." She smiled at that thought. They would be so sweet together!
Kagome walked a few steps away from her room, next to another door. "This room is unoccupied, so I guess you can stay here for the night. Don't yell at me if you wake up to a youkai servant trying to kill you, though. I'm pretty sure they won't mind though, considering most of them saw you with Sesshoumaru anyways."
Miroku nodded his head, and yawned. Kagome yawned as well, and walked back to her room, as soon as Miroku entered his. She closed the door behind her, and saw the gigantic bed. She sighed, changed into a night kimono, and crawled into bed, with Shippo.
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Sesshoumaru had stayed up that night. It wasn't like he hasn't before, he really didn't need sleep for another week or so. That night was full of thoughts though, about Kagome, of course. He was starting to think that he liked her, a little bit too much.
'What are you thinking, Sesshoumaru, you cannot mate a human girl! She is a miko, which divides her group from the humans, but she is still not a youkai!'
Sesshoumaru was having a battle with himself that whole night, debating on whether or not to give in to his feelings for Kagome. He still wasn't done by the time morning came, and he sighed in defeat. He was still thinking too much. And, he didn't get any paper work done! He slapped himself. This girl was really starting to interfere with his work! He knew that if he had her, he would concentrate better. But, he knew that she hadn't liked him, considering the reaction she had earlier last night. He knew there would never be a chance. He sighed, and tried to get to his paper work, which he actually started this time.
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Kagome woke up that morning, early actually, and saw Shippo sitting on her lap. She smiled and stretched, and greeted Shippo.
"Why, good morning Shippo...my, you are certainly up early this morning!." Kagome told Shippo, while stretching.
Shippo bounced on her, excited that Kagome was awake.
"Kagome, can we go around the castle? Can we meet the girl who lives here? Pwwwease?" Kagome smiled, and sighed. He was just like Rin.
Yes, Shippo, we can, but first, we need baths! We don't want to walk around all stinky all day, now do we?" Shippo shook his head, and jumped off of the bed. Kagome grabbed her robes, and walked into the bathroom to take a quick bath, to make sure nobody wouldn't walk in on her this time.
Kagome hurried in her bath, quickly washing Shippo and herself, and getting out and drying off. They made record time, 15 minutes. Shippo got dressed in his normal, average clothes, and waited for Kagome, who was trying to pick out a kimono. She pulled out one that was a light pink, with purple flowers on the ends of the sleeves. She quickly got dressed, and left their room. She went to go knock on Miroku's door, but saw him in the hallway ahead of his door, hitting on a young servant. She rolled her eyes, and called to him.
Miroku waved the girl good bye, and walked up to Kagome.
"What were you doing, talking to that girl?" Kagome asked, eyeing Miroku suspiciously. Miroku scratched his head, and blushed.
"Ah...well...um...you see..." Miroku studdered. Kagome shook her head, and grabbed his arm, to walk down stairs.
As they got to the bottom of the stairs, they immediately smelled a wonderful smell. It was coming from the kitchen. Shippo was the first to run there, drooling with hunger. Kagome and Miroku followed closely behind, coming to a halt when they saw Sesshoumaru blocking the way. He greeted them, then allowed them inside the dining room hall.
"It took quite a while to get down here, did it, miko?"
Kagome blushed at this comment. So what if it took her sometime to wake up in the morning? She was definitely not a morning person. She made her way across the hall, avoiding any servants that were running here and there. They made it to the table, and sat down.
Sesshoumaru sat at the top, and allowed for the food to be brought out. As soon as he waved his hand, dozens of servants came flocking out of the kitchen, hands filled with big bowls of fruit, plates of ham and bacon (yes, they have bacon in my feudal times), and dozens of other kinds of foods, all making them drool at sight. Sesshoumaru was the first one to be served, then the rest. They all ate their food hungrily, but with manners, and finished quite quickly. As soon as they were done, Kagome heard a familiar voice ring through the halls.
"LORD SESSHOUMARU! RIN IS AWAKE!" Rin's loud, but happy voice was heard in everybody's ears, and they saw her enter though the doors. Shippo smiled with glee, and ran up to her. He had always loved making new friends.
"Hi! I'm Shippo, are you Rin?" Shippo asked excitedly, making Rin even more happy then ever.
"Hi Shippo! Yes, I am Rin! Are you staying here for a long time, like Kagome is?" Shippo nodded his head violently, and Rin clapped, and jumped up and down. They both ran up to Kagome, and tugged at her shirt.
"Will you play with us? Pwwwease? We wanna go play outside, come with us!" They both pleaded, and Kagome gave into it. She couldn't deny the faces of the two children. It was too sweet.
Kagome tugged at Miroku's shirt, forcing him to tag along too. He really didn't mind though, he really had no idea how to get around in the castle anyway. He decided to follow Kagome around until she gave him a proper tour of the castle. But, that could wait. Kagome turned, and waved and smiled to Sesshoumaru, then she was dragged out the door. Sesshoumaru smiled. Everybody was happy.
For some odd reason, it mattered to Sesshoumaru whether or not everyone in his castle was happy or not. He obviously liked Kagome, so her happiness fell right along with Rin's. She was happy now, with her friends, she had gotten what she wanted. He had promised her, though, that he would get warriors to search the lands for this Sango girl, who was a demon slayer. He would keep his promise, just to make her happy. He walked over to the exit of the dining room hall, and walked to his study once again, to make preparations for the warriors to leave. He would always keep his promises to her, and he told himself that. He would, always.
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