Here's my attempt to make up for my long absence. It didn't take me as long to update this time!
Chapter 5
The Christmas season ended uneventfully for Kagome. She had a few phone calls from Rin, but other than that, nothing out of the ordinary happened.
Kagome gingerly lay down on her bed. It was the first day of the New Year and she had had a few too many drinks. At least she could blame that on her mother. It was her idea to have "a few" homemade daiquiris to celebrate the New Year. "Oh, my head." Kagome rubbed her temples and scowled when she sensed her brother drawing near.
"Ha, ha!" He barged into her room squealing like a stuck pig. "Kagome's got a hangover! Kagome's got a hangover!" He marched around her room a few times chanting this before he heard his mother call. "Souta! Shut the hell up! I have a hangover." The last part of Ms. Higurashi's statement came out in a pitiful moan.
Souta left in a pout while Kagome smirked in triumph. Kagome's smile died when she heard the currently annoying sound of her cell ringing. She answered it quickly in order to stop the pounding it was causing in her head. "Hello?"
"Hello Kagome." Sesshoumaru's smooth voice immediately began to soothe Kagome's pounding head. "Oh, man. You should call every new year." "Why is that?" Sesshoumaru had an eyebrow raised in question. Kagome slapped her thigh in chastisement for saying that out loud. "No reason. Anyways, you calling to wish me a happy new year, or is there something else?" "She gets right to the point, doesn't she?" thought Sesshoumaru. "Rin's birthday is coming up, and I was wondering if you could help me pick something out for her." Kagome smiled at hearing Rin's name. "I would love to help you get her a birthday gift. Especially since I couldn't get her anything much for Christmas." "Hm." Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes as he remembered Kagome showing up with an encyclopedia set and a book of the top 100 headline news stories of the year for Rin as a late Christmas present. Naturally, Rin nearly died of joy.
"I'm hoping to get this present soon," said Sesshoumaru, breaking Kagome's daydream of fluffy dog-shaped clouds. She couldn't shake the feeling of one them closely resembling Sesshoumaru. "This weekend sounds like a good time to get it, then," said Kagome. Kagome and Sesshoumaru agreed on a time to go for the trip, and Kagome hung up the phone, dreading the end of school vacation. When it ended she would have school work and a job at the newspaper running errands and being a messenger girl. Being the realist the she was, she didn't expect to be writing regularly.
Kagome stepped out into the hallway, a dazed expression on her face. She had been given the task of writing a teen column in the newspaper. It would expand to a teen section if she got good enough reviews.
Kagome's glee soon dissipated. "Well, if it isn't my woman! Coming to visit me?" "Now, where have I heard a voice like this before?" Kagome's eye twitched in agitation as she remembered. She looked up to see a hopeful Kouga watching her intently. She sighed. "I work here." She looked up at the heavens praying Kouga didn't work in the newspaper. "Please say you're visiting a friend. Please say you don't work here. Please say you don't work here. Please say…" Kagome thought frantically. "I work here too! Strange I haven't seen you before. Anyway, I've been assigned the job of editing a new column we're starting. I hear the writer is a promising young lady," He said, in hopes of drawing her into a conversation while presenting himself in a good light. Kagome felt as if her world had ended. Still, she found a glimmer of hope. Maybe two new columns were being started and he wouldn't be editing her work.
"The new column you're editing wouldn't happen to be a teen column, would it?" Kouga looked at Kagome as if to say. "Well aren't you clever!" "Yes, as a matter of fact, it is a teen column." Kagome took a deep breath and steeled herself for what she hoped would be ages of torture. The longer she wrote, the longer Kouga would edit her work, but if it helped her to gain experience and to make it just a little bit easier into the world of journalism, then she was okay with it.
"Well, Kouga, meet the person who's work you'll be editing." Kouga gaped wide-eyed at Kagome, instead of taking the hand she had offered. "B-But, th-they said the person writing this column was a teenager. If I met you in that club, you can't be a teenager!" Kagome rolled her eyes. "Kouga, I'm hard pressed to know what kind of situation you were in to miss the huge M stamped on my forehead." Kouga turned a shade or two darker before clearing his throat.
"Yes, well, anyway, I've got your first assignment here." Kouga handed Kagome a folder. "This contains everything you'll need to know. Apparently a Mr. Ishigaki is supposed to be accompanying you on this and all future assignments we have for you. He is an extremely talented writer, and I'm sure he will be great a great help to you." Kouga frowned as he noticed how pale Kagome had gotten. "Kagome? Something wrong?"
Kagome shook her head to clear it. "No. Nothing's wrong. I'm perfectly fine." "Then I'm sure you won't mind if we get started on this." Kagome turned around to see Sesshoumaru looking at her expectantly. She briefly wondered how long he had been standing there before giving him an answer. "Yeah," she mumbled unintelligently. "Let's get started."
Kouga glared at Sesshoumaru. "I recognize you from somewhere." His eyes narrowed even further as images of Sesshoumaru taking Kagome away from him more than once flashed through his mind.
Kagome chuckled nervously and grabbed Sesshoumaru's sleeve. "Let's go."
They made a quick escape from the fuming Kouga, and Sesshoumaru led Kagome to their office.
She took a seat and began working on making herself as comfortable as possible.
Kagome looked around the cramped office she shared with Sesshoumaru. Her first assignment had been simple, and required little research. This made her have to work extra hard on her writing style, and focus less on all the info she'd be putting in her article.
Sesshoumaru watched as Kagome observed her surroundings yet again. He noticed how she purposely would not include him in the sweep of her gaze, and smirked. "Getting your work done?" he asked casually as he stood in front of her, forcing her to look up at him. "Not anymore," Kagome answered pointedly, meeting his gaze. Sesshoumaru chuckled softly. "Come. I think you've worked on this long enough. Let Kouga edit your work, and I'll take you out for some ice-cream." Kagome narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "Isn't it a bit cold for ice-cream?" Sesshoumaru smiled charmingly down at her. "It's never too cold to have ice-cream with a pal, is it?" "N-No." Kagome shook her head. "Keep looking at me like that and I'd eat ice-cream with you in Antarctica," she thought sourly.
Kagome reluctantly handed her article over to Kouga. He walked away quickly, flashing a hurt expression at Kagome, and a glare at Sesshoumaru. "He will have to learn his place," Sesshoumaru thought absently before he took Kagome's elbow and led her out the door.
Kagome snuggled into the warmth of her coat. She and Sesshoumaru were walking down the street, away from the parking lot. "Did you move your car?" "No. Why do you ask?" Sesshoumaru asked, linking his arm through Kagome's in a friendly manner. "I'm trying to figure out why we aren't walking towards it. It's pretty cold, you know."
"We're walking to a place nearby that sells ice-cream year round." "Oh," said Kagome as she attempted to further immerse herself in her coat. They kept walking, and Kagome could feel herself warming up. She couldn't help the little buzz of excitement she felt when she entered the ice-cream shop. It was cozy, with a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Kagome licked her spoon clean, looking happily into the rather large cup that held a mixture of Snickers and Cookies 'n' Cream ice-cream. Sesshoumaru smiled inwardly, savoring his mint chocolate chip silently. "I never thought I would be eating ice-cream in this weather and enjoy it this much. Amazing." Sesshoumaru felt himself swell with pride. Kagome had enjoyed his idea. As much as he didn't want to admit it, that had made his day just a little bit brighter.
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"I hate everything about you. Why do I love you?" Kagome was giving her lungs the workout of a lifetime, and Sesshoumaru was suffering for it. "You hate everything about me. Why do you love me? I…" Sesshoumaru forcefully turned the radio off and glared at Kagome when she made a move to protest. "That was the best part of the song!" she complained. "If you continue with that infernal racket any longer I will not hesitate to toss you into the oncoming traffic." Kagome cringed at the image of herself dying that way. The look in Sesshoumaru's eyes did not leave room for argument. He liked the song. He just didn't like her singing it. It reminded him of the relationship he had had with Kagura. "Ouch. Sesshou, no need to be so cruel," she chided amiably. Sesshoumaru thanked the heavens when he pulled up to Kagome's house. He walked her to the door, telling himself he was simply being courteous, and he wasn't doing it to be near her longer.
"Rin's birthday party is next month, right?" "Yes. Why ask if you already knew?" Kagome shot Sesshoumaru a glare before searching for her keys. "When you called me on the New Year, you said her birthday was coming up soon. You have a strange idea of soon." Kagome glanced at the door, and then read the note attached to it. She sighed. "What's wrong?" asked Sesshoumaru, curious as to her change of moods. "Mom will be home really late tonight, and Souta's sleeping over at a friend's house. I'll be alone practically until tomorrow."
Sesshoumaru sipped his tea, wondering how he wound up in Kagome's house, helping her with her math homework. He had always found math easy, but he enjoyed writing much more. He chuckled to himself as Kagome tried to solve a particularly difficult problem.
"What is wrong with people! Numbers with all these different functions were bad enough, but then they went and added letters to it! It's a disgrace! An abomination!" Kagome punched her textbook for emphasis. "Are you finished?" asked Sesshoumaru, slightly amused by her little display. "Yeah. I'm just getting bored." Sesshoumaru glanced over her shoulder. "It seems as if this is your last problem. I'll help you with it."
Sesshoumaru moved closer. After taking a few minutes to figure out just what type of math Kagome was doing, he began to explain the steps to solving the problem, and as Kagome listened and she worked out the problem, her face lit with understanding. "Yay!" She jumped up and down, happy to be able to figure something out.
Sesshoumaru looked up, and was treated to the image of her bouncing breasts. He felt himself begin to harden and cursed her under his breath for being so sexy and desirable. He then cursed himself for his lack of self-control. All thoughts flew from his head when Kagome launched herself at him. "Thank you so much! I really was annoyed with that problem and would've given up on it."
As Kagome spoke she rubbed herself against him unconsciously. Sesshoumaru grabbed her waist and separated their bodies a bit. He looked up to find her face hovering mere inches above his own. Her breathing was getting labored, and he could see that she was blushing because of their proximity. "To hell with this student-teacher relationship shit," he thought as he pulled her head down for a kiss.
Their tongues battled for dominance, and Sesshoumaru quickly claimed it. Soon the rubbing Kagome did she was quite conscious of, and she longed to do more. But would Sesshoumaru? "I hope he doesn't remember his annoying sense of propriety," she thought as she ground against him. Somehow they had managed to get upstairs to her bedroom, and as Sesshoumaru laid her down on her bed, Kagome realized she was stark naked. She blushed prettily, and Sesshoumaru smirked. He slowly undressed himself, and watched as Kagome greedily drank in every bit of skin he exposed with her eyes.
Sesshoumaru lowered himself next to her, and they picked up where they left off. They had fought their attraction for one another too long, and now it was time to finally give in to their desire.
Sesshoumaru kissed his way down Kagome's body, eliciting a series of squeaks, moans, and groans. He squeezed her nipples tightly until tears of pain and pleasure leaked out of Kagome's eyes. He sucked and bit at her, sometimes hard, sometimes soft. He stimulated and soothed her, playing Kagome's body like a well-tuned instrument. When he reached the special place between her legs, Kagome felt her world begin to collapse. Her hands were buried in his long strands, pulling tightly. Sesshoumaru moved his hair back so it wouldn't get wet, and continued to play with Kagome's clit. "Oooh, Sesshou, don't stop, don't…" Kagome trailed off, finding it impossible to do anything except writhe in pleasure. Sesshoumaru ploughed on, bringing Kagome over the edge. His need was beyond obvious now, and as Kagome came back down from that really happy place, she began to feel a bit bad for him. She pushed herself up and began to nip at his neck. She slowly worked her way down his body, lingering in particularly sensitive areas. As Kagome prepared to take him into her mouth, she licked her lips, looking Sesshoumaru in the eyes the entire time. Her first lick was tentative, and she experimented a bit until she felt she knew what he liked best. With Sesshoumaru's hands holding her head firmly, Kagome attempted not to gag as he pushed her downward and thrust upward simultaneously.
"Damn, she's really good at this," he thought as he continued to thrust into her mouth. He marveled at the fact that she didn't complain, and only gagged the first time he thrust brutally into her. In the back of his mind, Sesshoumaru had wanted to scare Kagome off. He had handled her roughly while he ravished her body, and even now he wasn't being a kind lover. He felt himself nearing the edge and pushed Kagome off of him. He wanted the first time he came in her to be inside a different hole.
Kagome smirked in triumph as Sesshoumaru pushed her off of him. She had expected him to do something to scare her off, and she was proud that she had withstood everything he threw at her. Hell she had enjoyed every bit of it. "I guess I'm a sadist," she thought as she met Sesshoumaru's eyes. "Are you ready?" he asked, as he positioned himself in front of her dripping core. "Oh, fuck yes!" Sesshoumaru smiled at her unusually colorful vocabulary. He entered her to the hilt in one swift motion, pausing to give her time to adjust to his size. Kagome's eyes opened wide before she clamped them shut and bit her lip. She hissed in pain. "That hurt like a bitch!" she thought in shock. Soon, however, the pain receded, and she began to move along Sesshoumaru's very impressive length. Sesshoumaru began moving as well. He slammed in and out of her ruthlessly, and soon Kagome couldn't keep up. She lay back, shaking from the impact of him pounding into her again, and again.
Kagome woke up to find herself pressed against something really warm. Glancing at her alarm clock, she found it was only about 11:00 at night. She tried to move and realized that whatever she was pressed against was wrapped around her, and wouldn't let her move. Kagome's first reaction was to panic.
When she saw long silver hair the memories came flooding back and her face turned a bright shade of red. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no…" "I see you're awake." Sesshoumaru shifted their bodies so they would face each other. He could see that she had been blushing. He watched as her expression turned serious, and somewhat fearful. "I hope he doesn't regret this. I know I don't." Kagome opened her mouth to ask when he silenced her with a kiss. "Don't worry, Kagome. I have no regrets. What I do want to know, is if you're on any sort of birth control." Kagome nodded her head, her cheeks getting pink again. "I told Sango just about everything, and she said I should take birth control pills, just in case. I started taking them about a month ago, so we should be ok."
"Hmm." Sesshoumaru pulled Kagome closer for another kiss. "We've got a lot to talk about." As he kissed her, Sesshoumaru dreaded the day when they would have to really talk.
"What!"
"Oh, Kagome. You naughty, naughty girl!"
"So… How was he?"
Kagome turned bright red as she heard the statements lobbed at her.
Even Ayame, Sango's friend from when she had been living in foster homes, had added her two cents in. It was all terribly embarrassing. "Perhaps I shouldn't have told them," thought Kagome mildly before she prepared herself for the repercussions of answering Ayame's question.
"He was great."
Squeals could be heard miles away as Sango, Kikyo and Ayame listened to Kagome's recreation of the night.
Kagome smiled at her friends. "Despite the fact that he was terrific, I can't help but feel as if he was holding back. It was as if he didn't really show all of himself."
"Kagome, will everything be alright? He isn't planning on leaving you or anything, is he?" Kagome glanced sadly at Ayame before answering her question. She remembered Sango telling her about Ayame's deadbeat boyfriend, and how, after he had gotten what he wanted from Ayame, left her high and dry, even though they had both thought she was pregnant. "No, he isn't leaving me. Mainly, because we aren't even officially going out, but, yeah, he's not ditching me." Ayame nodded her head once in satisfaction. "As long as you know he isn't using you, then I'm alright with it. Even if this guy is old enough to be your father."
Kikyo grimaced. "Ayame, stop exaggerating! He's only, like…" Kikyo paused for a moment. "seven years older than her!" Ayame stuck her nose in the air. "Whatever. He's still old enough to have been her babysitter." Kikyo, unable to come up with a satisfactory retort to that statement, stuck her tongue out at Ayame.
Sango rolled her eyes. "You two promised me you wouldn't argue. This is a very important night, and we are having a very important discussion."
Ayame's eyes brightened as a thought occurred to her. "We all now know that Kagome and I have lost our virginity. Now, what about you two?" Kikyo and Sango immediately made a wild dash for the bathroom. "I've really gotta pee!" yelled Sango suddenly as she shoved Kikyo out of the way. "I already called first dibs on the bathroom! No fair!" whined Kikyo as she struggled to regain her footing. Kagome calmly grabbed Sango's ankle, causing her to trip and fall face first into Kagome's soft, but thin, carpet. "Biftsch," was Sango's muffled reply. Kikyo, heady with glee at the prospect of getting one over on
Sango, failed to notice Ayame mirror Kagome's actions. She fell, sprawled out, landing gracelessly on top of Sango.
"Ow…"
After Sango and Kikyo untangled their limbs, they glanced wearily at each other before Sango opened her mouth to speak. "Well, you see…" Kikyo spoke after Sango glanced helplessly at her. "Sango and I both lost our virginity quite some time ago." She paused at Kagome's shocked and angry glare. "We didn't want to tell anyone because, well, because…" Sango picked up where Kiyko left off, feeling the need to return a favor. "Because it was all horribly embarrassing. It was on one of those nights when you were working on some contest entry, or school work, and me and Kikyo wanted to have a little fun." "Inuyasha and Miroku had the same idea," began Kikyo. "We all got our hands on some shoddy alcohol, got fucked up, and then fucked in the parking lot behind the police station."
"Oh…"
"Boy…" Kagome, who had always thought that Kikyo had lost her virginity years ago, with some nameless man, was feeling embarrassed by her assumption.
Sango and Kikyo refused to look up. They were convinced that Kagome and Ayame would be ashamed of them. It didn't help that Kikyo had spoken so bluntly, but it couldn't be helped.
"That's way better than how I lost my virginity." Ayame spoke, voice full of admiration. Tentatively, Kikyo and Sango looked up. Kagome punched them playfully. "Why didn't you guys tell me? That's hilarious!" Sango and Kikyo didn't think so.
Ayame crawled over to Kagome and examined her neck. "Hmm. I see," she muttered quietly. Kagome was beginning to go red, and tried to move herself inconspicuously away from Ayame. She had major hickeys, and she was very self-conscious of them.
"It must have taken all of his self control not to." Ayame spoke again, slightly louder this time. "He wants it to be her choice. He wants to talk with her." Ayame beamed at a clueless Kagome before wrapping her in a tight embrace. "I'm so happy for you!"
Kagome sat in English, for once too busy with her thoughts to try and turn Sesshoumaru on. Sesshoumaru, although relieved that she wasn't trying to give him a boner, was getting a little ticked off at the fact that she wasn't paying attention. "I wonder why Ayame was looking at my neck like that. It was like she was looking for something. She was sniffing me when she came over too. I wonder…" "Ms. Higurashi!" Kagome jumped a good foot in the air, screeching like a howler monkey. At least 75 of the males in the class awaited her decent eagerly, wondering what she was wearing, or wasn't wearing, under her uniform skirt.
"Forgive me if I'm being a bore, but do try to at least feign interest." Sesshoumaru frowned down at Kagome, but the twinkle in his eye revealed his amusement. "S-Sorry, Mr. Ishigaki. It won't happen again." "Hmm."
Sesshoumaru returned to teaching his class as Kagome once again drifted off in space. She was so lost in thought she failed to hear the bell ring, and didn't notice when her classmates left. Sango had even attempted to get her to go for ice cream. Inuyasha shot Sesshoumaru a glare, and looked at Kagome in confusion as he left, heading for track practice.
Sesshoumaru sighed as he walked up to Kagome, who was still lost in her mind somewhere. "Kagome, what's bothering you?" Kagome was snapped out of her reverie. She looked at Sesshoumaru curiously before answering. "Nothing's wrong. I'm fine." Agitatedly, Sesshoumaru ran his fingers through his hair. "Is this about what happened between us?" he asked as he sat down at the desk beside hers. Kagome looked at the empty page where her notes should have been. "Yes, and no." She looked up at Sesshoumaru, knowing he wouldn't be satisfied until he knew the truth.
"Fine. I'll tell you." Kagome took a deep breath. "Yesterday Sango, Ayame, and Kikyo slept over at my house. When Ayame arrived, I noticed she was behaving strangely." "How strangely?" asked Sesshoumaru, expecting to have to tune out half of the conversation. "She was sniffing me." Sesshoumaru tensed.
"Sniffing you?" "Yes, and when I told everyone what…" Kagome paused, looking at him hesitantly. "When I told them that you and me were together, she started inspecting my neck." Sesshoumaru tensed even further. "Then she started spouting some crap about how you wanted it to be my choice, and that you wanted to talk with me." Sesshoumaru cursed the heavens for making his life so miserable. Kagome just had to have a friend who knew. He narrowed his eyes. "No. She has a friend who is." "I do have to talk with you. I would also like to meet this friend of yours."
Kagome smiled at him. "We'll talk later. I'll bring Ayame with me to the newspaper when I work on my article." "Fine. Oh, and Kagome?" "Yes?" "I want you to stop talking with Kouga."
Kagome glared at her ceiling. Ayame sat in a corner, feeling nervous. "I can't believe him! The nerve! Kouga's my friend, and he was shaping up into a nice young gentleman." Ayame sighed in resignation. She knew Kagome was about to rant, and since she was the only available person to listen to it, she would have to deal with it and try to help calm the girl down. They would have to head out to the newspaper soon, and she wanted Kagome to be in a normal state of mind.
"It's like he wants me to break off all contact with other males! Most guys would have been distant but no… I get the one guy who's anally possessive!" Ayame perked up a bit at hearing this. "Then I find out that I haven't done the required hours of volunteer work to graduate! Now I have to go find some place to do community service!" Kagome looked at the paper given to her by her guidance counselor.
She frowned. "The only place that has hours that don't clash with my schedule is an orphanage! Who the hell wants to see parentless heartbroken children every week! And I don't know what is wrong with you people, but I swear Sesshoumaru was sniffing me too!" Ayame looked at Kagome curiously. "Surely she must know…"
Kagome sat up slowly, as if a thought had just occurred to her. "I need to go visit the shrine…" Ayame popped up from her position on the floor, feeling unsettled at Kagome's words. "Well, let's head out. The newspaper awaits!" Kagome nodded her head slowly, looking at Ayame as if they had just met. "Hold on a second. I need to do something I haven't done in a while, and the newspaper can wait.
Half an hour later Kagome went downstairs, where Ayame was waiting for her. Kagome tensed a bit. The air around Ayame seemed more charged. Kagome smirked. "Just as I suspected." Ayame tensed as well when Kagome came near her. Something was different about her. Kagome smiled brightly at Ayame. She was accepting of everyone, but if Ayame didn't want to tell her, than she wasn't going to push the issue. "Let's go."
Sesshoumaru stood outside the building, greeting Kagome with a glare as she walked up nervously, with an even more nervous Ayame in tow. "He's so powerful. How did Kagome manage to…?" Kagome could feel the same charge in the air around Sesshoumaru that was around Ayame. The only difference was that Sesshoumaru's charge seemed stronger.
"You're late." Kagome rolled her eyes. "Way to state the obvious. I had some business to take care of." "I'm sure." Sesshoumaru felt Kagome's energy spike at the challenge in his voice, and stiffened. "Something about her is different." Sesshoumaru looked over at Ayame, who cringed under his gaze. "She most definitely does know," he thought as he smirked in satisfaction at her cowardice. Kagome slapped her thigh in consternation. "Silly me. I forgot to introduce you two. Sesshoumaru, this is Ayame. Ayame, meet Sesshoumaru." After introductions were made, Kagome headed for the door.
"I'm sorry I'm late Sesshou. Really, I am," said Kagome, sounding genuinely remorseful. "It's fine. I don't think Kouga has noticed much of anything for the past half hour anyway." "What do you mean?" Kagome turned the corner, and was greeted with a commotion that rivaled the sound of stampeding elephants. "Oh." Ayame and Sesshoumaru narrowed their eyes at the noise.
"What are you talking about?" came a calm voice. "What the fuck do you mean by what am I talking about! I need a new assistant! How many fucking times do I have to tell you this! Ms. Shit for Brains isn't doing her job right! I'm a busy man here, and I need a competent assistant, not a hairdresser! Anyone is better than her!" The man getting his ear chewed off by Kouga glanced out the window, his eyes landing on Ayame. Surreptitiously, he beckoned her in. Ayame walked boldly into the office. Kagome's eyes widened at this new facet of Ayame's character. Ayame had never been a timid person, but for some reason Kagome always caused that reaction in her. Neither of these two men, however, were Kagome.
Kouga stopped his ranting to gaze at Ayame. Ayame looked at him, her heart skipping a few beats, emerald eyes flashing. The man was gorgeous, and was obviously someone brilliant and indispensable, if his employer let him yell at him like that. Kouga's employer sized Ayame up, greatly pleased to see she wasn't cringing. "Kouga, meet your new assistant." Kouga's eyes bugged out of his head. "You didn't even interview her!" "Now, now Kouga. You did say anyone is better than Yura, although I recall you using a more descriptive name when referring to her." Kouga looked at the ceiling, feeling a bit embarrassed about losing his temper like that. Especially in front of such a delectable young lady. Kouga shook his head. He only thought of Kagome that way. He gave Ayame the once over and grunted. "Well, let's get started." He walked out of the office, expecting Ayame to follow. The man winked at her. "Don't worry. You'll be fine. His bark is worse than his bite." "I hope so." With that Ayame raced after Kouga.
"What just happened?" asked Kagome as she watched Ayame trail an extremely fast moving Kouga. "It seems as if your friend has gotten herself a job." Kagome shook her head and walked towards the office she shared with Sesshoumaru.
.(ha… Looks like a black eye…)
Kagome walked up the steps to the shrine that, just a few short years earlier, she had sworn she would never reenter.
"There's no reason for me to know any of this! It's so stupid! Everyone thinks so. Everyone knows demons and priestesses don't exist anymore! This is a complete waste of my time!"
Kagome sighed at the memory of her sixteen-year-old self, walking out on years of training as miko. It had been so long since she had used her senses, and Kagome was feeling a bit empty without the familiar control over her body. Idly she wondered if Kaede would accept her back. "Just get this over with, and then prepare yourself for a day with an orphan." Kagome readjusted her bow and arrows.
Kaede sipped her tea contentedly. She could feel Kagome approaching the shrine. "So, she has decided to continue her training. It was only a matter of time."
Kagome quietly slid the door open to an empty room. She entered, walking to the center. Kagome then began reviewing everything she had ever learned while training as a miko under Kaede. Hours later, her head and fingers hurting, Kagome walked down the steps of the shrine. Her spirit felt refreshed.
"I'll get some much needed sleep, and then tomorrow I'll head on over to the orphanage." Kagome planned out the rest of her weekend. "After that, I can get the rest of my homework done. Fortunately, I don't have any articles to work on."
Kagome could tell that her senses had already improved. She was much more aware of her surroundings now. "I wonder why I ever gave up my miko training." Now that she wasn't trying to suppress her abilities, Kagome felt much more at home in her body.
Her phone started vibrating, and Kagome jumped in shock. "I guess I'm not quite at home yet, after all," she muttered under her breath. She looked at the number before answering, and smiled.
"Hey Sesshou."
"Hello Kagome. How are you?"
"I'm fine. Just a bit tired."
"Why?"
"I just came back from some much overdue miko training."
Kagome was met with silence on the other end of the line.
"I see." Sesshoumaru finally spoke. "Where are you now?"
"I'm leaving the shrine."
"Would you mind waiting there for me? It won't take me long to get there."
Kagome sighed gratefully, sitting down on one of the bottom steps. "I'll be waiting."
Kagome studied her fingers as she waited for Sesshoumaru. She had been trying to revive her dormant miko abilities all week, and the more she tried, the more she started to question certain things. She was starting to believe that demons might still exist. Now that she had emptied her mind and focused on her abilities properly, she would be able to tell for sure just who was who.
Kagome looked up as Sesshoumaru pulled up. She stood slowly, her back still stiff, and waved as she approached the car. She paused mid stride and gasped when she got a good look at Sesshoumaru. When she was comfortably seated, her left hand slowly reached out.
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes when Kagome's hand reached out to his cheeks. He didn't want to see her face. "Did you get tattoos?" she asked, thoroughly confused. Sesshoumaru sighed, and then let go of the control he had over his aura. Kagome's eyes widened as she felt his immense power. "Wow." Sesshoumaru looked miserable, and as Kagome reigned in her purification powers, she wondered why. When she felt she had control over herself, she traced his markings. Immediately, everything she had learned about demons as she trained came back to her.
"You have the markings of a demon lord, and you are definitely very powerful. Sesshou…" Kagome frowned, wondering why she wasn't freaking out, and wondering why Sesshoumaru wouldn't look at her. "Look at me." Sesshoumaru opened his eyes reluctantly. He didn't want to see the disgust he was certain would be on Kagome's face.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Sesshoumaru let out a sharp and bitter laugh.
"It's quite simple. Telling anyone something like that is a sure ticket to the closest insane asylum. Add that to the fact that the last woman I told ran off, leaving me and her child. She said she couldn't stand to be around my kind of filth."
Sesshoumaru finally got the nerve to look Kagome in the eyes. He felt his heart rate quicken. She looked the farthest from disgusted. She was downright pissed.
"I don't care what some other woman did! How the hell can you not tell me something like that! What if you had accidentally marked me as your mate!"
Kagome stopped yelling at the look in his eyes. "Believe me when I tell you I've contemplated doing it many times."
"Oh…" Kagome felt her face going red. "So," she began, hoping to change the topic, "is Inuyasha a demon too?"
Sesshoumaru answered sharply, wondering why Kagome felt the need to know this. "Inuyasha is a half demon. His mother is human."
Sensing that this was probably a bad idea for a topic change, Kagome switched topics again. "Well, I'm glad you decided to tell me." "You would have found out anyway. You can see my markings, and you obviously know what they are. Now you know what I am."
Kagome kissed Sesshoumaru lightly. "You are truly a bastard. Can't you pretend that through some deep longing that there be no secrets between us, you decided to share with me the fact that you are a demon?"
"There's no fun in it that way. Besides, I enjoy making you angry." "Why in earth would you enjoy doing that?" "It makes you even more irresistible."
Sesshoumaru's hands had been wandering while he and Kagome had been speaking, and Kagome was now thoroughly aroused. She moved to kiss him. Soon Sesshoumaru had his car seat as far back as it could go, with Kagome straddling him. Guiltily Kagome thought of the naughtiness of having sex in a car in front of a shrine. The thought was quickly dismissed as Sesshoumaru deftly removed her shirt. She returned the favor.
Kagome moaned in satisfaction as she rode Sesshoumaru. She could feel something sharp poke into her hips. Looking down she realized that Sesshoumaru had claws, instead of the normal nails he always sported.
Sesshoumaru watched her intently as he let more and more of himself slip. Kagome watched in fascination as his eyes slowly turned red. She was suddenly aware of the fact that he had fangs. "Damn, but that's hot," she thought before giving into the sensations he was creating in her body. Sesshoumaru growled in satisfaction, as Kagome grew more aroused. He thrust into her with wild abandon, allowing himself to give in to his desire as much as he dared. It felt so good. His beast purred in satisfaction, and Sesshoumaru had to catch himself yet again, so as not to mark her.
Kagome stretched out languidly on top of Sesshoumaru. "That was great," she said, smiling from ear to ear. Sesshoumaru smirked. "Yes. It was."
Sesshoumaru drove Kagome home. He stopped her before she moved to get out. "What are you doing tomorrow?" "I'm going to do some volunteer work at the orphanage." "Will you have any free time?" Kagome smiled wistfully. "No. Between volunteering and finishing up the essay you assigned us, I won't have any free time."
Sesshoumaru frowned at himself for assigning such large writing assignments. "You can work on it at my place. I'll help you. I've been telling Rin that you would come over to visit. Now that you know I'm a demon, and as I'm sure you've deduced that she is a half demon, she would be much more comfortable around you." Kagome sighed before giving in. She took out a pen and ripped a page out of the mini notebook in her purse. "Fine." Sesshoumaru tried to ignore how excited he was at the prospect of spending the evening with her.
Kagome wrote down the address of the orphanage, and when he could pick her up. "I'm only doing this because of Rin." Sesshoumaru took the paper she handed him. "I'm sure." He gave her a quick kiss goodbye, and Kagome got out. She entered her house gratefully.
Kagome flopped down on her couch, going over her day in her head. Ms. Higurashi walked in. When her eyes landed on her daughter, they softened. "You work yourself so hard, sunflower." Kagome smiled at the nickname her mother had given her so long ago. "I know Mumsy, but it's all worth it, in the end."
"Move over a bit." Kagome readjusted herself on the couch, and sighed in satisfaction as her mother began to rub her shoulders. "We don't talk nearly as much as we used to, sunflower." "I know, Mumsy. You work so much, and I'm always so busy, that it gets harder to find a time when we both can relax."
"Kagome, I want you to make sure you know what you're doing with that man. He seems nice enough, but you are young and inexperienced. I don't want you getting hurt." "I won't get hurt, Mumsy. He told me that he had contemplated mating me." Ms. Higurashi stopped the soothing motion of her hands for a moment.
"So, he's a demon." She tapped her head in concentration. "Sesshoumaru Ishigaki. He comes from a powerful line, and one that does not take love lightly." Ms. Higurashi felt somewhat relieved by this turn of events. "It seems as if I have one less thing to worry about. Kagome, this man has intense feelings for you. How do feel about him? Do you love him?"
Kagome closed her eyes. She had never really thought about how far her feelings for her English teacher went. "I…don't know."