Don't Get Close
Compromising Situation
After a few moments of silence, Kagome finally got fed up and cleared herthroat loudly. Sesshomaru turned to look at her briefly before introducing her to Naraku.
"Naraku, this is Kagome. She has only recently become a demon and I have been training her in the use of her powers." Naraku responded with a simple nod.
"I know. I have been watching for a couple of days. I have been here in this city for over a week. I was merely waiting for the proper moment to reveal my presence. Frankly, I was shocked when you marked her. Your previous interactions with humans were not exactly successful. Remember that chinese diplomat who visited your father?"
At this, Kagome looked at Sesshomaru, just in time to notice the slight grin on his face. Intrigued, she decided to speak up. "What happened?" Naraku immediately launched into the story.
"Two years ago, while I was in town, a delegation of chinese diplomats came to speak to his father. Since they happened to be here to discuss a rather delicate matter, it was left up to Sesshomaru to stay with them. His father believed that he was smart enough to avoid offending the visitors. Unfortunately, one of the delegates had an overwhelming fear of demons. Everytime he saw Sesshomaru, he would scream. Eventually, it annoyed him so much that he lashed out and killed the screamer. At this, the rest of the chinese attempted to attack him. He slaughtered them all. Twelve men, dead in seconds."
Naraku paused to see the effect of his words. Kagome was gazing at him with her mouth slightly open. Naraku smirked slightly before continuing. "What made matters worse was the whole event happened to take place at noon in a very popular restaurant. Quite a few very important political figures were present at the time. It caused quite an uproar here and in China. They were pretty pissed off at Sesshomaru." Sesshomaru chose this moment to interject himself into the conversation.
"They challenged me to a death match. Their strongest demon warrior against me in a battle to the death, no weapons. I agreed to their stipulations and fought their champion. He was pathetic. I ripped him apart in seconds, then melted his body into a steaming pile of flesh and bone. Ever since then, the chinese do whatever we tell them to do."
At the conclusion of the story, Kagome's mouth was still hanging open. Inside, she was thinking about what she had just been told. Apparently, her new friend killed over minor annoyances, slaughtered groups of people in an instant, and enjoyed battles to the death. This was a lot for her to handle, so she remained silent, contemplating this knowledge.
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru and Naraku had began to converse about other matters. "What will you do until the americans arrive?" Naraku shrugged slightly before answering.
"I will attend your school. It's been awhile since I have been around other demons and humans. I doubt that anyone will object to me being there. All it takes is a flare of power shown to the right person, and you can get whatever you want. Also, after leading a life as exciting as mine, it will be relaxing to experience the boring existence that is highschool" Sesshomaru nodded in agreement. He was silent for a moment before speaking again.
"School may not be as boring as you think. Due to Kagome's recent transformation, she has become slightly excitable. Unforunately, I am unable to properly gauge her exact level of power. It is possible that tomorrow at school, some ignorant asshole could piss her off and she could end up slaughtering everyone. We'll have to keep an eye on her." Naraku shot a brief glance at Kagome, who was still deep in thought, before responding with a nod.
With all that settled, Sesshomaru turned to Kagome and spoke. "Kagome. It is time for rest. Tomorrow will probably be quite strenuous for you." Turning, he motioned for her to follow him and they exited the building, heading back to the house. Naraku followed behind them.
Once inside the house, Sesshomaru lead Kagome to a large room. Going inside, he gestured to the bed. "Sleep. I will wake you tomorrow for school." With that, he left the room, presumably to show Naraku to a room. This left Kagome all alone to think about the impossible changes her life had undergone in the last few days as she laid down and attempted to go to sleep.
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru had lead Naraku to another room and told him that they would leave for school at 8:30 am. With that accomplished, Sesshomaru went back outside and back into the training area.
Approaching a wall, he reached out and grasped a hold of a sword. Withdrawing it from it's resting place, he lifted it and walked into the center of the room. With no further hesitation, he began a series of complicated exercises with the sword, slashing effortlessly through the air.
As he trained, he contemplated his actions over the past few days. Never had he envisioned that he would end up bonding himself to a human girl and having her turn into a powerful demon. And now, with Naraku's problems about to come to a head, he had to deal with Kagome and Naraku's pursuers at the same time.
With a barely noticeable sigh, Sesshomaru resigned himself to dealing with his problems as they presented themselves, and hoping that he did not become overwhelmed by them. After a few more minutes, he halted his movements and returned the sword to it's proper place on the wall.
Moments later, he had re-entered his house and quickly made his way up to his own bedroom. After a few unsuccessful attempts to fall asleep, he resigned himself to staying awake and simply sat on his bed, staring straight ahead, trying to think about nothing.
After what felt like weeks to Sesshomaru, a soft beeping informed him that it was now 7:00 am. Quickly rising, he showered and dressed, before going to wake up Kagome. He knew that Naraku would already be up.
Without bothering to knock, Sesshomaru opened the door to Kagome's room and stepped in. With his superior hearing, he had been able to tell from the hall that she was fast asleep. Looking down on her sleeping form, his mind quickly ran over amusing ways to wake her up.
Finally, he settled on his first idea. Reaching out, he ran a sharp claw all the way up her arm. Near the top, he pressed a little harder, drawing the tiniest amount of blood. The reaction was instantaneous, and hilarious.
Her demonic instincts told Kagome to retreat from danger before her waking mind could identify it. So she immediately jumped to her feet. She still wasn't fully awake, so her first instinct was to leap backwards, putting the bed between her and her unidentified assailant.
Unforunately for Kagome, she didn't realize that her feet were completely tangled up in the bedsheets. When she threw herself backwards, her feet remained trpped in the bed, causing her to fall head first over the side of the bed. From the sounds of frustration she was emitting, Sesshomaru deduced that she was stuck in the sheets, hanging half off of the bed.
Sesshomaru quickly walked around the bed to look down at her. "Do you need some assistance." Her response was immediate.
"I'll kill you, asshole. I'll rip your damned face off." Sesshomaru caught himself before he could chuckle. A flurry of swearing greeted his ears, then silence.
"Well, are you going to help me out here or not?" He was silent for a minute, as though pondering the question.
"I do not know. If I cut you down, will you attempt to injure me?" Now it was her turn to fall silent for a moment. Finally, she responded.
"Of course not." Something in her tone of voice suggested to Sesshomaru that she wasn't being completely honest. However, he figured that it would be best if she was freed now, rather than later. With that decided, he effortlessly slashed through the sheets that were wrapped around Kagome's ankles. With a loud thump, the rest of her body hit the floor.
Smirking slightly, Sesshomaru reached down and grabbed her hand, quickly lifting her to her feet. She stood before him silently, just looking at him with a blank face. After a moment, he assumed her temper had calmed so he started to turn away.
However, a loud growl caused him to turn back to the female infront of him. He had about one second to prepare himself before he small body caught him square in the chest, knocking him backwards onto the bed.
Sesshomaru found himself in a very akward position. Kagome was straddling his chest, with both hands grasping for his throat. He had managed to grab her wrists, and was now holding her arms still so that she couldn't choke him.
Looking up at her face, he noticed that her eyes were completely red. Upon seeing this, he immediately resolved himself to not purposefully pissing her off again. Seeing that she wasn't calming down, he tried speaking to her.
"Kagome, calm down. It was just a joke. There's no reason to lose control. Calm down." After a moment, he noticed the red was fading from her eyes. After another minute, she had returned to normal. She now looked down on him with a mixture of anger and remorse in her eyes.
However, before she could speak, they both heard the sound of a dark laugh at the door. Both turned their heads to be greeted by the sight of an amused Naraku. As they watched, the laughing demon, slowly backed out of the room. Then, he spoke.
"Well, next time, I'll knock first. Wouldn't want to catch you two in any compromising positions." With his words, both realized what appeared to be happening. Sesshomaru was lying on a bed, with Kagome straddling him, and breathing rather heavily in her anger.
With a gasp of realization, a heavily blushing Kagome immediately threw herself off of Sesshomaru. He almost chuckled at her discomfort, but managed to restrain himself. He really didn't want to have to deal with her rage twice in the same morning.
After a moment of silence, Kagome suddenly spoke. "Why the hell did you wake me up like that?" Although the question was asked in a calm voice, Sesshomaru could tell that she was definitely still angry.
"I wanted to see how you would react. I did not expect you to lose control so easily. Next time, I'll simply shake you awake." Kagome nodded, but remained silent. She was obviously still pissed off about her rude awakening and subsequent embarrassing situation.
Without further words, Sesshomaru beckoned to her and left the room. After a moment's hesitation, she followed him, albeit reluctantly. Sesshomaru led her to a large bathroom. "There is a shower in there, along with necessary bathing materials. When you are ready, meet Naraku and I in the kitchen." Without any further words, he exited the room, leaving Kagome by herself to shower, and secretly attempt to dream up ways to get back at him for his earlier stunt.
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru had made his way quickly to the kitchen, only to find Naraku searching through his cupboards, presumably searching for food. He watched silently for a moment, before Naraku finally spoke.
"I had no idea you and the female were intimate." His simple statement seemed to have no effect on the blank face of the demon lord, who remained silent. However, just as Naraku was about to speak again, Sesshomaru started to speak.
"We are not intimate. She lost control of her rage and was attempting to injure me. She had only just calmed down when you appeared. You would do well not to mention this ever again, especially not to her. Until I have ascertained how much power she now wields, I believe it wise to refrain from evoking anger in her." Naraku nodded in understanding.
Silence once again dominated the kitchen as Naraku resumed his search for food. After several minutes, he smirked in triumph and held up a box of cornflakes. After helping himself to a bowl, some milk, and some sugar, he settled himself at the table and started to eat. After a moment, he started speaking again.
"In my opinion, you have two options regarding the girl. One, you can let her live her life, and have her possibly end up killing one or more of her friends and family members in a fit of uncontrollable rage. Then there's option two. That's the one where you stay near her for as long as it takes for her to learn some self control. Unfortunately, with that option, that means that we would have to take her with us when we go to fight. which are you going to choose." Sesshomaru didn't even hesitate.
"She will be going with us. I didn't go through the effort of bonding her to myself just to leave and have her kill everybody, possibly injuring herself in the process." Naraku nodded in understanding, but refrained from speaking further on the subject because Kagome had just entered the kitchen.
She immediately noticed that silence had fallen as soon as she entered the room and correctly assumed that they had been conversing about her. However, she decided to let it slide. She found herself rather reluctant to speak to Sesshomaru.
After she had eaten, Sesshomaru started to speak. "Let's go. It is time for school. Are you sufficiently prepared?" Kagome knew the question was addressed to her and felt her nerves flare up. However, she steeled herself and gave a tight-lipped nod as a response.
With that settled, all three demons made their way outside. Naraku immediately formed a glowing bubble around himself and flew off. Sesshomaru led Kagome to his car, and they both got inside.
Minutes later, they were speeding off towards school, and in the ensuing silence, Kagome was able to ponder exactly what would occur at school that day.. Is she had known what would go down, she probably would have stayed at home.
This might be the last update before September.I might not have access to the internet over the rest of the summer. If there are no updates over the next two months, don't worry. I will be continuing this story as soon as I can get on the internet.
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