Sesshomaru and Kagome: An Elevator Ride
Kagome couldn't get her mind off of him. She dreamed about him, saw him in her room and heard his voice in complete silence. And now, just looking out her window of the car, she saw him sitting next to her, holding her hand with a huge smile plastered on his face. Sesshomaru, that great figure in her mind.
They hadn't called each other since the day Kagome arrived in town. And now Kagome, Kagome's mother, Sota and Sota's new girlfriend were driving down the countryside to see some carnival. If only Sesshomaru could be with her right now, everything would be perfect.
She sighed and looked inside the car. Why was she thinking this? Was she truly obsessed about him? Or in love? Was being in love being obsessed? She saw Sota and him girlfriend, blowing kisses at each other through she rear-view mirror without being caught. She never was like that with Inuyasha. It was always, "Do this, Kagome," or "Do that, Kagome." She was either on a break with Inuyasha, running errands for him, or being his little trophy on his shelf. All that she hated. But, if these feelings the truly thought she had for Sesshomaru were true, was it possible it would be different? Their friendship did already involve some physical contact and neither seemed to mind. But would they get too physical too fast, and they drift away? She wouldn't be able to go through another heartbreak. Perhaps she should try someone from a different family. Perhaps Kouga? That kiss while they both were drunk was kind of steamy. She couldn't exactly insure that if no one was around, she might have gone the entire way. That's what she was afraid of; going too far. She always either was just right, or too low. She sighed and looked back out the window. Perhaps just a break from it all would be good.
"We're here!" Kagome's mother exclaimed. Sota and his girlfriend smiled lovely smiles at each other and climbed out of the car. Their hands instantly locked and they ran off into the crowd like a pair of lovers. Kagome's mother and Kagome were left behind, trying to find something to do. Nothing really appealed to Kagome, even though he mother tried to get Kagome onto some rides, the girl would just refuse. It would be no fun without Sesshomaru here. A thought came to mind. Just call him up!
She escaped to a quiet part of the carnival and quickly popped out her cell phone. It was fully charged. Great! She looked up Sesshomaru's number and held the phone to her ear. 'Come on, pick up. Pick up, damn it!' Kagome thought eagerly.
"You've reached Mr. Youkai's cell phone. Sorry, I'm with a girl right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Bye!"
Kagome snapped her cell phone closed. He could be with her at a carnival and he's at home with a girl probably screaming under him! She redialled and he picked up.
" 'Ello?" Sesshomaru said, somewhat drowsy.
"Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked, slightly weary.
"Kag?" Sesshomaru asked. She almost wince. Well, it wasn't exactly like Inuyasha's nickname for her, so it would do.
"Yeah, it's me. Do you have time?" Kagome asked, sitting on a bench.
"Uh..." A slight pause, "yeah, tons."
"Can you drive up here?" Kagome asked.
"Is something the matter?" Sesshomaru asked. He was sounding more awake. "Hold on a sec."
Background voices could be heard; one female and Sesshomaru.
"Get out."
"I thought we had fun together."
"One nightstand. Now get!"
"Gosh, you are cold."
"I'm sorry, I have a girlfriend."
"Gosh, a cheater as well. I don't do cheaters."
"You just did."
"Sorry, Kag. Back," Sesshomaru said.
"You have a girl?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah, you," Sesshomaru said in the sweetest tone.
"Aw, so sweet," Kagome awed. "Are you serious?"
"Yeah. So sweet, beautiful, caring. Everything a guy wants," Sesshomaru said. Some shuffling could be heard on the other side of the phone and Kagome could only imagine what was going on. "So, what's up?"
"Oh, well, my mother and I are out and it got kind of dull without you around, so I decided to invite you up." Kagome said and reluctantly added, "I also missed you."
"Kagome," Sesshomaru sighed.
"Yes?" Kagome asked.
"Look, I have some time, but not enough to come up and just hang around. I have to work at six, and it's four now. It take a few hours just to get there, with good traffic. Perhaps we could just talk over the phone?" Sesshomaru said in a low voice.
"Oh, yeah, sure," Kagome said, somewhat disappointed. What did she expect, him to drop everything and come running because she said she missed him?
"You understand, right? I mean, I'm really sorry and all, but I just don't have that much spare time. Perhaps this Sunday. I could miss one day of skating," Sesshomaru said and Kagome could just see him smile. She smiled as well. He could be so nice.
"Yeah, I guess. The carnival might not be here, but we could still hang out. Perhaps some more picture looking," Kagome said with a smile, but the silence made it disappear. "Sesshomaru?"
"Oh, it's nothing. Just thinking. Look, I just found out I had to, um, do something for the company. I'll call later," Sesshomaru said quickly and quietly.
"What is it?" Kagome asked, quite concerned.
"It's just something I just remembered now. Look, I'll call later, ok?" Sesshomaru said and a quick click was heard. Kagome stared at her phone like it was infected with something. Was Sesshomaru avoiding her? As soon as she mentioned pictures, he just closed up and cut her off. Doing something for the company? That's exactly what Inuyasha would say when he went out with Kikyou! Why was she getting infuriated? She truthfully didn't know. She closed her phone and found her mother again in the chaos.
She didn't get another phone call from Sesshomaru that day, but she woke up to her phone ringing next to her head. She remembered sleeping with her phone so that she didn't miss a call from Sesshomaru, but it was singing the same ring tone, Because of You next to her head and she picked up, half awake.
"Kag?" A voice asked.
"Inuyasha? Didn't I tell you never to call again?" Kagome asked, slightly angrily.
"No, it's Sesh," the voice said.
"Sesh?" Kagome asked, rubbing her eyes with her free hand. It was really hard to think when half asleep.
"Sesshomaru... Did you forget me already?" Sesshomaru joked.
"Sesshomaru? Why are you playing all those games? Come on, I'm half asleep," Kagome said,
"You're also half-awake. And I'm glad for that," Sesshomaru joked.
"Ok, give me a reason why I shouldn't hang up now," Kagome said, slightly agitated.
"I'm downstairs, at your pouch, waiting for you to let me in," Sesshomaru said. "I've been out here for hours."
Kagome looked out the window. It was pouring outside. "You aren't getting wet, are you?"
"No, luckily. Your covering is so nice, you know that?" Sesshomaru joked.
"Look, just let me get changed, ok?" Kagome told him, holding the cell between her ear and shoulder as she slipped some socks on.
"You sleep naked?" Sesshomaru asked, the astonishment clearly heard through the phone.
"No, dummy. I'm in my pyjamas!" Kagome snapped.
"Just come down. I'm freezing out here," Sesshomaru said. Kagome sighed, but grabbed her housecoat and carried the phone downstairs. She saw the hour hand on a clock in the hallway. It was some time during the eighth hour of the day.
"Why are you here?" Kagome asked, running down the steps.
"I just need to show you something. Are you coming?" Sesshomaru asked impatiently.
"Yes, just be patient," Kagome told him, turning a corner abruptly.
"I lost all my patience waiting for you to pick up," Sesshomaru told her. She unlocked the many locks on the door and swung it open to see a very nicely dressed Sesshomaru, with a cell phone at his ear and looking around. He saw the door open, and hung up the phone with a smile on his face. "Kaggie, how have you've been doing?"
"Kaggie? Why all these nicknames?" Kagome asked, stepping aside to let Sesshomaru in. He entered and hung his coat up on the coat hanger along with his umbrella. But his briefcase stayed in his hand.
"Look, I'm just in a good mood. Is anyone else up?" Sesshomaru asked.
"If it's about eight o'clock, no. Sota sleeps until noon, and my mom wakes up at three, especially on Sundays. Now, why did you want to know that?" Kagome asked and her hand was taken and she was pulled into a corner of the staircase between the staircase and a cabinet. Sesshomaru cornered her and he looked around with suspicion.
"Look, Kagome, I need to talk to you very privately. Is there anywhere here that's private?" Sesshomaru asked in a low whisper.
"Yes, but w-" Kagome never finished the sentence because Sesshomaru covered her mouth with his hand.
"Look, just lead me there and let's talk," Sesshomaru said in a low whisper.
Kagome's mouth was uncovered and she stepped away from Sesshomaru and led him to the church place people prayed and got married and that stuff. She sat down at one of the benches and patted next to her for Sesshomaru to sit. He sat down, looking around for anyone but them and then turned to Kagome.
"Look, Kagome, did Inuyasha ever tell you about his, um, past? His race, his culture?" Sesshomaru asked, slightly weary.
"Oh, he always talked slight gibberish, like, 'you don't know half of who I am,' and 'I'm not who you think I am,' and little things like that. He never told me of his culture, or past, or his race, or his family, for that matter," Kagome told Sesshomaru.
"Nothing at all? No little hints or anything?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Why are you asking me this?" Kagome asked.
"Just answer, Kagome. Please," Sesshomaru said.
"Well, now that you mention it, he was drunk one day, close to passing out, and he made some weird comment about be out of the ordinary, and he's probably make a world record or something. I couldn't question him, because he passed out immediately afterwards, and the next day, had the hugest hangover I've ever seen, unable to even speak for the entire day. It was more mumble-jumble," Kagome told Sesshomaru with a small giggle. Sesshomaru didn't even smile.
"Look, Kagome, I understand what Inuyasha was either trying to tell you, or just trying to hint to you. You see, he is sort of special. And so am I," Sesshomaru said.
"How?" Kagome asked. This was quite interesting.
"Well, you mustn't laugh, or yell or scream or disbelieve me, Kagome. What I tell you is the truth. And, oddly enough, it leads to the true reason why I have been avoiding you," Sesshomaru told Kagome with such a tone of seriousness, it sent chills down Kagome's spine. But at least she now she would find out why he had been avoiding her.
"What is it, Sesshomaru? I'll believe you a hundred percent. I mean, if it's a gift, I understand," Kagome said with a smile and a comforting hand on Sesshomaru's.
"It's more of a curse for me," Sesshomaru said, looking around the church.
"Why?" Kagome asked.
"I never get into a relationship unless they are exactly like me. But, Kagome, I want to try with you," Sesshomaru said with a smile that caused Kagome to lean in. More than anything, that smile gave Kagome the thing she had been looking for in him; love.
"So, what is it?" Kagome asked.
There was a long, silent pause. "I'm not human," Sesshomaru eventually said. Kagome's eyebrows furrowed, trying to think of other possibilities. And if he wasn't human, why did he look so human? Sesshomaru just looked at her, expecting something. Perhaps a response or a reaction.
Kagome thought long and hard until asking, "Then what are you?" Kagome asked, slightly scared of the answer.
He looked away, before into Kagome's eyes. "Demon," he said.
"Demon? But those are-" She stopped herself. She promised she would believe him, no matter what. "Show me."
Sesshomaru's reaction was more shock than anything else and he took one glove off. Long nails were on each finger, curling in almost deadly. She stared at them with some disbelief. How exactly was this possible?
"And Inuyasha... Is he as well?" Kagome asked, looking up at Sesshomaru.
"Slightly," Sesshomaru told her. She tilted her head in the cutest way, almost causing Sesshomaru to laughed, but he explain it to her. "You see, I told you Inuyasha and I are half-brothers, right. Well, my father is his father, but my mother is different from his mother. Completely, to tell you the truth. My father, he was like me. Demon. My mother was the same. Demon. But Inuyasha, his father was demon, but his mother was human, like you. A normal human. And he was then born as a half-demon, with his looks like his father, but personality of his mother."
Kagome shook her head, getting all the facts straight. Was this why both brothers wore gloves? Was this what they hid?
"Anything else, other than the extra long nails?" Kagome asked.
"They are claws, and yes. Just, um, you're going to have to kiss me," Sesshomaru told her.
"Why not?" Kagome said with a smile, moving closer to Sesshomaru. "It's not like I'm in a relationship."
Both of them smiled before their heads titled to kiss and Sesshomaru moved his head down to lock lips with Kagome. She smiled into the kiss, and travelled her tongue into Sesshomaru's mouth, which he didn't refuse. But as Kagome ran her tongue along his teeth, the felt a prick on her tongue. They separated and Kagome touched her tongue and saw a droplet of blood on her finger. She looked up at him with a questioning expression.
"Fangs," he told her simply, like telling her the answer to a math question. But it wasn't that simple.
"So, " Kagome said, trying to get all the facts straight, "you and your father are demons. Inuyasha is a half-demon. Your mother was a demon, but Inuyasha's was a human and that is how he became this half-demon. But what does this have to do with me?"
"That picture we both had, well, there was a reason. I asked my mother about it," Sesshomaru told Kagome. "You see, we are sort of destined."
"Destined for what?" Kagome asked.
"Marriage," Sesshomaru told her, taking her hands into his.
"Says who?" Kagome exclaimed.
"Our fathers. My father made a deal with yours when taking that picture. Your father's oldest daughter, you, would marry my father's oldest son, me. My mother, as well as yours, I believe, witnessed this. Perhaps you should ask her about it later," Sesshomaru suggested.
"Marriage? I've really never thought of it," Kagome said almost silently.
"Listen, I understand if you don't want to after learning about me, but-" Sesshomaru stopped when Kagome nodded her head. "You don't want to?"
She shot her head up and shook her head no. "Wait that's not what I mean. It's just, we haven't even dated yet. Why talk about marriage, or declining it. I mean," a blush crept across Kagome's cheeks, "you are much better than any boy I've ever met. Perhaps it wouldn't be too bad."
"Kagome, do you mean it?" Sesshomaru asked hopeful. She nodded with a smile. "Oh, thank God. I really thought you would abandon me after hearing this."
"Oh, Sesshomaru," Kagome sighed and leaned into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her.
"Listen, Kagome, you know the yearly Christmas party? I want to invite you to come, as my guest," Sesshomaru told her.
"Sure. I mean, some of my co-workers have been worried about me since I left, and I'm even worried about myself," Kagome admitted.
"Listen, I know you need to survive on your own, but I can give you a job position," Sesshomaru told Kagome, who looked up at him. "I'm in need a a beautiful, cute, lovely, adorable secretary. She needs to be smart and dislike Inuyasha. You fit the profile perfectly."
Kagome smiled widely and nodded. "Sure, I mean, of course. A job is a job. But, um, will I be meeting with Inuyasha or Kikyou while working? And where will I work? And what-" Kagome felt a soft finger on her lips.
"Questions later. Listen, the Christmas party is this Friday. Since you'll have your place back then, I'll pick you up at your house at eight. We'll talk about the job and the future later," Sesshomaru told her, removing his finger from her lips and putting his gloves back on. "Now, what is there to do in this town? I have the entire day to spend. With you, Kaggie."
"I actually like that nickname," Kagome said with a smile, laying her head on Sesshomaru's chest.
They spent the day mostly driving around at spots Kagome needed to stop off at. When she returned, her Grandpa was there with holy water in hand and chanting.
"Kagome, an evil spirit possesses you. BE GONE!" Kagome's Grandpa exclaimed and Kagome closed her eyes in time to not be effected by being drenched in water. Though, she was soaking wet in the hallway with a laughing Sota and Sesshomaru around her.
"Hey, do you want to be splashed by his fake water?" Kagome snapped at Sesshomaru. Her grandfather was in an outrage, claiming his powers and water was real, but no one was really listening. Kagome's mother recommended Kagome go upstairs and get changed into some dry clothes and Sesshomaru took Kagome upstairs so she could get changed. She got another pair of pants and a sweater out of her closet.
"Kagome, you should have seen your face!" Sesshomaru finally burst.
"Sesshomaru," Kagome growled in a warning tone.
Sesshomaru raised his hands up like he was surrendering, but continued to laugh. "Look, if you want to kill me, splash me. That purification water is dangerous for us demons," Sesshomaru told her. She sighed and took her shirt off, her back to Sesshomaru. She shivered and dried off her torso before getting the sweater on. She then took her pants off, her back still to Sesshomaru, hoping he wasn't watching, and changed into the pants. She turned to find him looking around the room with dark red cheeks. Oh, he was so watching.
"So, how do you like my hometown?" Kagome asked, sitting next to Sesshomaru on her bed.
"Interesting. Nothing like the city, where I grew up," Sesshomaru told Kagome.
"Oh," Kagome said. "So, um, about that job position..."
"You can start next week. Have some relaxation for a while. I can come and pick you up, if you want," Sesshomaru told Kagome.
"I need to know the details, Shou," Kagome said, using her new nickname for Sesshomaru.
"Ok, you'll probably be working in my office, taking the calls and answering my mail. Inuyasha or Kikyou might come up to talk to me, but I'll keep them away from you. Happy now?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Yeah, now I am. And I'll surely start next Monday," Kagome told him. "Just when are my shifts?"
"Well, perhaps the same days and times as me. It will able you to have a ride home and so we have more time together," Sesshomaru told her.
"Is it not bad enough we're working together, but also some more time together?" Kagome asked playfully.
"What, sick of me already?" Sesshomaru asked, pulling Kagome to him.
"No, I'm just not getting enough," Kagome said with a smile and a kiss. He accepted and quickly overpowered Kagome, taking her down onto the bed, hovering over her. Their kisses contained much passion.
"Kagome," he whispered through kisses. He got a grunt. "Are you sure?"
His hand travelled from her waist to her thigh and held underneath it, lifting it up to his waist. He just wanted to get closer.
"Anything, Sesshomaru, for you," Kagome told him, slightly moaning through kisses. Her other leg, that wasn't being held, wrapped around one of his legs as her hands held his neck.
"I don't want to take you too far, Kaggie," he told her in a whisper, temporary ceasing the kisses.
"Please do. I... I want to experience love," Kagome told him, looking into his golden eyes.
"Kagome," Sesshomaru sighed, kissing her. "Please forgive me."
"For..." She couldn't finish the sentence. She felt a prick in her neck and saw the only free hand of his on her neck, exactly where the prick was felt. He inserted a little bit of his poison of his claws and saw her eyes closed fairly fast.
"I don't want to push you, Kagome. Forgive me," Sesshomaru told her as her body went limp. Yes, of course he needed his fill of love and relaxation, but not with Kagome. Not yet. Not until they went on at least a date. He caressed her cheek and forehead with the backside of his hand, careful not to cut her with his claws. He slipped his gloves back on and kissed her one last time before leaving her room. He would be back to pick her up later.