Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or Sesshoumaru, what a pity.
Sesshomaru POV
"You can't catch me Sessho!" A small girl about the age of ten in human years was laughing hysterically, racing down the hallways of the great Western Castle.
"You wish that I can't catch you! You better run as fast as you can! You're gonna' get it!" A slightly groggy looking 15 year old (human years) skidded out of his lavish room, his hair plastered in what looked to be green paint and his face was covered in makeup. He started chasing the small girl down that hallway, yelling and screaming that when he caught her she would be dead meat.
The servants around the Western castle, chuckled and giggled, hiding their mouths behind their hands at the two that ran down the halls.
The little girl ran down a long staircase into the large entrance hall and skidded across the floor before running out the corridor on the right, going toward the garden and the lake behind the castle. She ran as fast as she could toward the lake. The teenager though, he was just too fast for her to escape. He caught her right before the muddy edge of the lake. He lifted the smaller girl up into his arms and she clung around his neck. She giggled as she got her punishment, a long tickle fest. She was gasping for air and laughing hysterically, frantically telling him to stop tickling her. She would barely have time to catch her breath before he would tickle her again, even faster and harder than before.
When he was done, she buried her small face into his neck, panting for air, catching her breath, making him shiver at the feeling.
He let her catch her breath, before pulling her away from his neck. He held her high in the air with his strong, battle-trained arms and twirled her around, her giggling at the feeling and sound of the wind rushing across her ears and through her hair.
He smirked mischievously, before tossing her over the lake. She flailed her arms madly and she screamed before making a big splash as she fell into the lake.
She resurfaced, sputtering water. She started to tread and looked back at him, pouting, her lower lip sticking out. He couldn't help it, he laughed. She just looked so cute.
"That's not funny Sessho! Get your but in here!" She pointed to the water in front of her, gesticulating her point and looking slightly peeved that he was laughing at her.
"You deserved it!" He smiled, but obliged her, diving in and coming up beside her. He dunked his head under water, rinsing his face of the makeup she had put on him, and running his hands through his hair to rid it of the green gunk. He came up and held her in his arms and easily treaded water, holding their weight.
He knew that he loved her; she was his best friend, the only person that he really talked to and told everything to. They had known each other since she was born. She would always come to his castle whatever summer she would be able to, and they would terrorize the people who lived in it, whether it was his younger brother Inuyasha, or his little retainer Jaken. Or he would go to hers and they would terrorize the people there.
Lately though, his brother was taking an interest in his best friend, something that he did not like very much. Not to mention the little stable boy Hojo, AND Inuyasha's little friend Koga. Koga always went around telling people that Kagome was HIS woman, but this girl in his arms that he trusted as much as she trusted him did not look like Koga's woman, she actually kind of looked like his.
He was startled out of his reverie when cold water was splashed in his face and Kagome was looking down at him smiling, her head cocked to the side, her hair drying in her natural waves.
"What are you thinking about? It's not like you to be so serious." She smiled wide. He sensed her joke, smiled back. He was never serious with her, but he was when he talked to his father, Jaken, or Inuyasha, his face blank and talking in a strong monotone.
He laughed, and then splashed her back before dropping her into the water and swimming farther away.
They played for hours on end before climbing up the bank to sit on the soft grass to dry out their clothes. She rolled over and laid her head on his chest, her arm draped across his stomach and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
About an hour later, with him just lying there, not moving to wake her up other than stroking through her soft wavy hair, Jaken scurried down the bank nosily and he rolled his eyes as Kagome stirred and her hands rubbed her eyes.
"Sesshoumaru-sama! Dinner will be served soon and the King asks if you and Lady Kagome-sama can get washed up to attend!" Jaken screeched. Kagome covered her ears from the racket and Sesshoumaru flinched unnoticeably and sent an icy glare at his toad retainer.
"Tell my father, that we will be there shortly after we are presentable." He said, still pointing an icy glare at the demon, before Jaken scurried off in fear of his life, screeching to himself.
"Well, he is never a good person to wake up to." Kagome sat up and yawned, covering her mouth with a delicate hand.
Sesshoumaru stood and offered his hand down to Kagome. She grabbed it and they headed off to dinner.