A/N: Own nothing but Tala, Shigure, and the Lime Green Porsche.
Chapter 4: Bikinis & Truth or Dare
At the mall, Tala barely had time to see where they were going until she was in the store with a handful of clothes. That also could have been the fact that she didn't really pay attention. Most of the clothes were a bit too short for Tala's liking, but she and Sango and Kajima all agreed on a few things.
"The longer skirt is fine, and I cannot stand those low-cut shirts, Kagome," Tala said again as she was handed more clothes and pushed back into the fitting room. "Just wear them. You look great." "Whatever." Sango's voice entered the conversation. "Hey Kagome, doesn't Inuyasha have a pool on the roof?" "Oh yeah…" Tala groaned when Kagome yelled, "we're gonna go look for some swimsuits for you. Stay here."
It all took too long for Tala. She ended up carrying home an innumerable amount of clothes. "Are all human girls this crazy when it comes to shopping?" Sango and Kagome only laughed.
On their way out, Sango said quickly, 'Hang on, I've got to use the restroom." Tala dumped the bags on a nearby bench. Kagome looked at the mall entrance and then sighed. "Huh, what's the matter, Kagome-san?" As if answering her question, an okami youkai walked up to Kagome. "It's a pleasure seeing you here, Kagome. I don't see Inuyasha, did you finally dump the mutt for me?" Kagome stepped back as the youkai took her hands in his. "No, Koga. I'm still with Inuyasha, we're just here shopping with Tala-san." Tala growled quietly when Koga tried to kiss Kagome. He knew she already had a boyfriend, why was he making moves on her? Koga ignored Tala and said, "You want to come to my car and become my woman in the official way?" Kagome blushed slightly, but pulled away as Sango walked out of the bathroom. Tala picked up the bags and got ready to go. "Actually Koga-san, we were just leaving, "Kagome said quietly. " I'll see you later!" With that, Kagome led the way out to her car.
Back at the house, Kagome turned to Tala. 'We're gonna go swimming, as it's nice outside. You wanna join?" Sango nodded. "Please Tala?" Tala shrugged and nodded. "Sure, I don't know what else to do." They all split up to change into their swimsuits.
When Tala came out, she was wearing her new sky blue string bikini. Kagome grinned and went and got the guys to let them know they were swimming. Tala followed Sango up to the roof, where the pool supposedly was.
At the roof, Tala noticed there was a flat part where the pool was located. She noticed Sesshomaru and went to the other side of the pool. The little girl from earlier was splashing around the pool with Shippo, laughing. Walking over to the other side of the pool, Tala sat down just as the boys ran in and jumped in the pool. Kagome and Sango jumped in after them, and they soon began a game of Marco polo.
Tala was drifting off when she felt a hand grab her leg and pull her into the pool. She went under water, but came up immediately after, heading for the ladder to get out of the pool. "Aww, come on Tala, we want you to stay and play!" Tala shook her head, but was met by a new voice. The little girl from earlier was looking at her from the other side of the pool. "Who are you?" "I'm Tala. Who're you?" "Rin is Rin!" Tala laughed when the child smiled at her. "Will Tala-san stay in the water and play with Rin and Shippo?" Tala sighed, there was no way she could say no to a little kid and not feel guilty about it. "Sure. What do you want to play?"
Tala spent the rest of the afternoon playing random games with Shippo and Rin. When it was around 5 in the evening, Tala noticed Rin had blue lips. 'Rin-san, you're getting cold." "A little," the child admitted. Tala smiled at the girl and got out of the pool. She turned and helped Rin out. When Rin was out of the pool and sitting on a lounge chair, Tala wrapped her in a huge towel. "You'll feel warm soon, Rin-san." Tala noticed the young girl try to hide a yawn, but it got the best of her. She grinned. "Why don't we take a nap?" Rin nodded as Tala laid back against the lounge chair and climbed next to her. Soon they were both fast asleep, comfortable on the lounge chair as the sun slowly sank over the horizon.
Little did Tala know, Sesshomaru had been watching her almost the entire time. He was more than impressed when she got out of the pool, all wet with her hair sticking to her face. Only Sango seemed to notice Sesshomaru staring at Tala the entire time.
Rin woke up when the patio lights flicked on. "Tala-san, can we go play hide and seek?" Sesshomaru answered for Tala. "Ie, Rin. Go play with Shippo, he's in the living room." When Rin runs to do as told, Sesshomaru resumes staring at Tala. When he notices her ignoring his stare, he takes this as a sign that she has learned her place.
Tala walked back to her room and was in the middle of changing when her cell phone rang. It was Shigure. "I just called to let you know I got an earlier flight, and I'm heading for the airport now." Tala nodded, despite the fact that Shigure couldn't see her. "How's the stay at Taisho's place?" "They decided to take me shopping for new clothes since I was hiding behind boys clothes, as they put it." "Serves you right. I'll bet you hated it.' "Eh. It was no worse than Algebra class would be." Shigure laughed and then hung up.
Later that night, everybody was downstairs in the living room, watching TV. Sesshomaru was off to the side in an armchair with his laptop. He was trying to dig up anything he could on Tala, she felt familiar from somewhere before, he just couldn't place it.
Sango turned off the TV. "There's nothing good on. How about we play truth or dare?" Everybody but Sesshomaru agreed, he wasn't really paying attention. Sango grins and went straight for it. 'Sesshomaru truth or dare?" Sesshomaru looked up at Sango, his face emotionless. "I have better things to do than play childish games." "Just one question?" "Fine, dare." "I dare you to spend the next three days handcuffed to Tala." Both Tala and Sesshomaru growled at Sango.
After much persuasion and Inuyasha calling Sesshomaru a coward, Tala found herself handcuffed at the wrist to Sesshomaru. She wasn't happy about it, but neither was Sesshomaru.
After a few more hours of trying to get information on Tala, Sesshomaru headed up to his room. Tala followed him, tire from running around at the mall all day. She crawled into bed after Sesshomaru, ignoring his growl, and fell asleep shortly after.
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