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After dismissing the disastrous meeting of the 'Kagome4mate' fanclub. Seshoumaru made his way towards Kagome's room earnestly intending to inform her of her 'predicament'.
'Never had a female caused this Sesshoumaru so much problems..She unknowingly, almost succeeded in dissolving the peace treaty established since the time of my grandfather, merely by her presence here. She is a living reminder of why I, Sesshoumaru remain as I am and not tied to a bothersome wench with the likes of her. That female sows so much discord, she would be the death me.' groaned the young lord. 'Perhaps a soak in furo (hot bath) will alleviate thoughts regarding that nuisance of a female.'
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Unknown to the inu lord, the said female was roaming around his domain causing much mischief, as she has learned to harness another power.
"HENTAI!" yelled Miroku and Inuyasha simultenously.
SMACK!..pull ears...
SMACK!...boot a scrawny ass...
"You god damned bouzo! How many times do I have to get it through your lecher-loving mind that if you so much as lay another hand on my ass, I would twist your back so hard you'll be kissing your own perverted hole!" fumed the hanyou.
"Inuyasha, I am the victim here! Just because I groped you in the past it does not mean that I am the one responsible for groping you now. On the contrary it is perhaps you who should have your 'lecher-loving' mind examined because it was you who groped me!" insisted the monk furiously.
"Kuso Miroku! I wouldn't be caught dead putting my hands anywhere near your narrow ass."
"Don't you impune this on me hanyou! My hands stayed where they were supposed to this time."
The two bickered and exchanged insults to and fro unaware of a girlish giggle eminating from the far corner of the room. She was laughing till tears cascaded down her cheeks and her tummy cramped from her merriment.
She had discovered it by accident. Looking at herself in the mirror her mind wondered about how it would feel like if one was rendered invisible. After much practice she had maintained a focus essential in making herself invible, scent and all.
'This turned out better than I thought!' chirped Kagome. 'Next I think I'll pay a visit to public enemy number 1. Muwahhahahahah.. now you'll know why they say payback's a bitch Sesshoumaru!'
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She wondered through the many hallways and corridors but could not find him, let alone smell his scent. After another unsuccessful attempt to locate her next target she decided on asking the ever-faithful, always obnoxious, totally foul-smelling retainer, Jaken. He flatly stated it was none of her business where his lord had gone, and would not budge from his initial refusal. Kagome had no choice but zap his wart-covered ass with her reiki until the kappa youkai, having realized the futility of denying Kagome's request, succumbed and led her towards his lord's room. He left her immediately afterwards wanting to steep his much abused behind on some slimy herbal concoction, far more greener than his complexion.
'I'll scare the icicles off his ass!' snickered Kagome.
She heard noises behind a particular shoji screen but deemed it of no particular importance since she wanted to wait for him to re-enter his quarters where she waited hunched near his immense wardrobe.
After waiting for what seemed like an hour, her patience snapped and she was about to stomp angrily out the door when the shoji screen directly infront of her opened and revealed a wet and very much naked Sesshoumaru.
GULP!
He had not been wearing anything and seemed at ease even without his clothes. Striding confidently as if modeling the perfection of his body alone. Heat rushed to her cheeks as he turned to face her and, 'OH! HELLO! Man whatta...is that real? Can something that size actually exist in this world?' her mind reeled in embarrassed praise and wonder at the statuesque build of the inu lord. The word Goliath, chanted in her mind like a mantra asher eyes trailed throughout his kami-blessed body and realized the reasons why his 'dogketeers' had wanted him for keeps.
The blush in her cheeks increased as her breath hitched to a lustful pant mimicking the drumming sound her heart was making. Cautiously she lifted her downcast eyes to again meet his form. He had turned his back on her again, this time he was facing a niche in the wall where he had placed toukijin and tenseiga. Picking up toukijin, he practiced with zen like concentration, stances that showed off his grace and strength. Unfortunately for our heroine, the same stances of grace and strength also showed Sesshoumaru's flexibility in varying -rather 'suggestive' positions.
'Kami in heaven! I can't take much more of this.' groaned the unseen demoness. As the powerful thrusts of Sesshoumaru's sword in the air sent more and more 'tingles' to her painfully growing arousal, she fought hard to maintain her lapsing concentration and her sanity.
She happened to glance at his rectangular mirror and much to her horror, found the top half of herself is now visible while the other half, from her hips down-remained invisible.
'Oh sht!' in her panicked state of mind she could not form a course of action. Running around (masking the noise her feet were making) with her arms flapping up and down like a flightless dodo bird she finally concluded that she can not fully cover herself enough and that Sesshoumaru would eventually find her out. Avoiding his line of sight was damn hard to say the least. The taiyoukai seemingly had all the corners of the room covered in his sword play, which left Kagome to the next best thing for a hiding place at least. She covered her top half with his large haori pretending to be a large haori hanger of sorts. Her lower half needed no cover for it was still invisible, she inched closer and closer to her goal which was the shoji screen that led to the hallway outside. She would slide to the side then freeze on the spot when Sesshoumaru looks her way while practicing. He never looked too often in her direction which made her exhale a breath she had been holding a while, in a haggard long drawn out manner.
'This has got to be the stupidest stunt I ever had to pull.' she said to herself. 'And the most dangerous too. If the ice lord ever found out, he will definitely ground my fun-loving ass for good.' crossing her fingers she prayed to every kami she could name to deliver her from her insane ordeal. Her progress was interrupted when a knock caught her and Sesshoumaru's attention.
"Enter." The young lord said.
The shocked Kagome could only watch through the opened front of the haori, as Yumi made her way towards the naked Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru nodded hishead and both made their way towards the furo.
Kagome waited until they had shut the shoji screen before she flung his haori off her head and ran straight out of his room. Her tears splattered the wooden floors. She did not care for Sesshoumaru, he stood for everything that is contrary to her principles.
He was rude, arrogant, self righteous, egotistical, and above all, he behaved like the worst chauvinistic male example of testosterone supremacy ever!...
But why then was she crying over the likes of him?
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At dinner.
"Kagomechan, you haven't eaten any of your food." scolded the 8year old Rin. The others looked in the direction of the silent miko-demoness.
"Is something the matter Kagome? Is the food prepared not to your liking?" asked the stoic lord flatly.
"No it is fine... Please, I need to be excused." she gave a curt bow to Sesshoumaru and one to her friends, then promptly left without any further words.
The tachi all exchanged looks.
"I'll be right back, may I also be excused Sesshoumarudono?" asked Sango.
The inu lord sighed wearily then dismissed her with a wave of his hand. Miroku and Inuyasha both exchanged looks then turned to the silent taiyoukai.
"Is there something that happened between you and Kagome?" probed Inuyasha.
"Why would you presume that something occurred between us, little brother." Sesshoumaru said without looking at the hanyou.
"Because I've been with her for two years and I know when something is bothering her and you should know too, since the salty scent of her tears seemed to have wrapped itself around her."
"Inuyasha, there are seven of us here including the pups, what makes you think that it was I that caused her much distress so as to lose her appetite."
"Inuyasha means no disrespect, Lord Sesshoumaru, but I agree with Inuyasha's perception-Kagomesama is indeed in deep and silent distress for her aura is not it's usual calm blue. We surmise that it may be yourself waga (lord) because had it been one of us she would not hesitate to tell us of it. I would be smacked in the cheek, Inuyasha would be sat, Shippo would be scolded, Sango would be spoken to. However, none of the above mentioned has occurred which has led us to believe that the fault may lie with you."
Red eyes narrowed in a burst of anger. "You dare to point the finger at myself monk?"
"He might not but I do! So help me Sesshoumaru, I will find out what's bothering Kagome and if it is you, I'll twist your head so hard you'll have lips for eyebrows!" fumed the irate hanyou as he stood up and stalked out of the room, before his half brother could utter a word.
"Forgive him Lord, he's uh ... for the lack of a better word, talks before he uses his brain, he is only worried about Kagomesama. I too must take leave of you and follow my companions. I will inform you of the source of her distressonce found. But for now I bid you oyasumi nasai (good night)." Miroku bowed respectfully and walked towards Kagome's room.
"Do you not also wish to be with her, pup?" the taiyoukai asked the kitsune.
"No, she needs space right now to think things through. She will speak to me when she is ready and able to do so." replied Shippo taking a bite of his rice ball.
"You are wise for your age pup." remarked the western lord, "It is my hope that perhaps, Inuyasha will someday be graced with such wisdom."
"I wouldn't hold my breath on that one Lord Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha is known in our group as the imbecile."
Sesshoumaru allowed a fleeting smile to grace his stoic facade.