I am so sorry for skipping most of the month. Been busy babysitting my 5 month old cousin and let me tell you I am dead tired. So to make up for it here's a couple chapters for you. Love you guys.
Disclaimer: This is a fanfic. It means I do not own Inuyasha nor the characters.
Chapter 36: Sheltered In
Morning arrived with no relief from the storm. It was still pouring rain with heavy winds. That however didn't stop a majority of the inhabitants from getting up, especially two energetic children. Rin and Shippo were awake and bored. They couldn't go outside so they were left with playing in the halls, much to the servants dismay. They decided to play hide and seek, hiding in almost every room they came across. When ever a servant came across them, the two would split up and run, before hiding again. They ran into the library and hid behind a shelf giggling along the way.
"I knew you two troublemakers would find your way here."
Shippo and Rin looked to the side to see Tsume standing with her arms crossed. They yelped and tried to run but the demoness caught them by the shoulder.
"Uh-uh-uh. No running from me little ones. Just what are you doing up so early?" She asked.
"We were bored." Shippo replied.
"Well I understand that but you shouldn't be troubling the other servants. Okay?"
"Okay." The both responded.
Tsume patted them on the head and smiled. "Good. Now since you're up early you can get ready for breakfast."
"Can we see Kagome-nee-san first?" Rin asked.
"Yes. But if she's sleeping then we are to leave her rest a bit longer."
"Yay!" The children cheered as they made their way out the room and towards Kagome's bedroom. They knocked on the door softly before walking in.
"Okaa-san?"
"Kagome-nee-san?"
"Hm...She's not in here." Tsume commented a bit worried. "Let's see if Hayate saw her leave this morning."
"Okay."
They followed Tsume through a couple of hallways before reaching a different door. The demoness knocked on the door and waited for a response. In a few seconds a youkai soldier opened the door and greeted her. "Tsume. Good morning."
"Good morning. Is Hayate there?"
"Yeah, come in." The youkai led them into the room where several youkai soldiers were seated, talking and eating, including Hayate. "Hayate-san you have visitors."
The tori looked up from where he sat and smiled, getting up. "Tsume. Shippo. Rin. Morning. What brings you here?"
"The children wanted to see Kagome but she was not in her room. Do you know where she is?"
"Yeah. I took her to Lord Sesshomaru last night. I guess she's still there."
"Is that so? Thank you."
"No problem. I believe she is still sleeping so it might be best to wait for her to wake up."
"I agree. Is it fine with you both?" Tsume asked the children.
Both kids looked at each other before nodding. "We can wait." Shippo answered with a smile. "Can we go back and play in the library?"
"Only for a little while. Then it's off to breakfast."
"Yay!" Shippo and Rin giggled as they rushed out the room and down the hall.
Tsume sighed and shook her head. "Well, I better go catch those two."
"Have fun with that," Hayate laughed. "I will see you later."
The demoness gave him a smile and waved good-bye as she left. She soon found the two children and spent the short time in the library, watching them play and read.
Sesshomaru was currently having a debate with himself over whether he should wake the young girl in his bed, or leave her be. On one hand she was resting peacefully, seeing as she woke up in the middle of the night. On the other hand, he didn't want anyone to come looking for her. As far as he knew Hayate was the only one that knows she was in there. If her companions were to wake up and find her missing from her room no doubt they would cause a ruckus. And the last thing he wanted was to have one of them, more specifically Inuyasha, to come invading his personal space. Sighing internally, he shook her shoulder slightly. "Miko, wake up."
Kagome whined and pulled the covers over her head. "NO."
The inu tilted his head and stared at her. Did she just tell him no? "Get up."
"Too early." She replied with a groan. "Just an hour more."
"No. You need to wake up." He said again pulling the cover off of her.
Kagome faced him with a pout. "But why?"
"Breakfast will be prepared soon."
"Liar." The girl moaned as she sat up and stretched. "You just don't want me in here."
That wasn't it, but like hell was he going to tell her that. "Think of it as you wish. But, if you're up this early you can take as long a bath as you want."
"I... you... whatever." Kagome glared playfully at the inu as she got off the bed. "Fine. But you will not rush me no matter how long I take. Even if it's all day."
"You will not spend all day in the bath."
"Wanna bet?"
"No."
"Ah, you're no fun." She muttered before carefully picking up a sleeping Mizuki from the bed. "Lucky baby. Wish I could sleep a little longer."
"Will you continue this all morning?" Sesshomaru questioned, pulling mokomoko off the bed and heading for the door.
"Only till breakfast." Kagome smiled following him out of the room. They walked quietly back to her room where she gathered a change of clothes to bathe. By the time she entered the bath, Mizuki was awake.
Sesshomaru stood outside and waited. He tried not to count the minutes that passed and allowed the miko to take as long as she needed. However, that line of thinking faded when he sensed Inuyasha's presence heading in their direction. He clenched his hand in a fist before closing his eyes and relaxing his body entirely. He had no intention of causing and argument with the hanyou. At least not while the miko and pup was close by. He held back a growl as Inuyasha approached him.
"Oi. Sesshomaru." The hanyou called out to him.
The daiyoukai did not answer him but opened his eyes instead.
Seeing as he wasn't going to say anything, Inuyasha continued speaking. "Where's Kagome? She's not in her room."
"The miko is washing." Sesshomaru answered coldly.
Not fazed by his tone, Inuyasha leaned against the wall and faced the inu. "I'll wait for her then."
The inu-youkai looked away from the hanyou and clenched his jaw. "You can wait in the dinning hall."
"No. It's better if I stay here. Besides I need to talk to Kagome. So the sooner the better."
Sesshomaru glared at the hanyou before facing away again. There would be no point in arguing with him and frankly he was not in the mood for it. There was a long silence between the two males as the minutes past. The tension in the air grew more and more until the door to the room opened and Kagome walked out.
"Sorry I took so long. I ended up feeding Mizuki one time." Kagome said cheerfully before noticing the hanyou. "Oh Inuyasha. Good morning."
"Morning," her furry eared friend replied with a smile.
"What's up? Did you need something?"
"Yeah. I wanted to talk to you. Alone." He added glancing at Sesshomaru.
"Oh." Kagome gave a small apologetic smile to the inu youkai. "Sorry, Lord Sesshomaru but could you give us a few minutes?"
Sesshomaru stared at her before giving her a short nod. "Don't be too long. Breakfast should be served soon." He said walking away and heading down the hall.
"Okay. What did you need to talk about?" She asked once the youkai was out of sight.
"About yesterday. Sorry."
"Hm? About what?"
"For whatever got you so upset yesterday."
Kagome looked at him before laughing and shaking her head.
"What's so funny?" Inuyasha asked a bit irritated. Here he was trying to apologize and she laughs at him.
"Sorry." She sighed. "There's no need to say sorry. I wasn't upset with you or anything."
"Then why did you look so down all day?"
"Oh... it was nothing really." She replied quietly.
"Kagome-"
"Besides, I'm not the one you should be apologizing to."
Inuyasha's eye twitched. "I have no reason to-"
"Yes you do." She interrupted again with a frown. "Now then, we should get going. I'm quite hungry."
The hanyou sighed before walking with her to the dinning hall. When they entered, Kagome was immediately greeted by Rin and Shippo. "Good morning," She smiled at them sitting down next to Sesshomaru. Inuyasha just watched as he took the seat across from her.
"Good morning Kagome." Sango greeted her friend. "Did you have a good night's rest?"
"I did, thank you."
Once everyone was settled the food was brought in. Kagome eyes widened at the amount of food placed before her. A bowl of soup, A bowl of rice, two loafs of bread and three whole fish. She shot a look at Sesshomaru, who just stared back at her calmly. She huffed in frustration, knowing full well he had ordered that she get a extra serving of food. She also knew it would be pointless to argue with him. Giving him one last look of frustration she took the bowl of rice and started with that.
Sesshomaru felt a twitch of his lips as he watch the young girl angrily dig into her food. Maybe he went too far but this was her punishment for not eating every bit of food the previous night. Besides he could tell she was hungry, if her growling stomach that night was any proof. During the rest of the meal, he kept his attention solely on her and the three children. Every now and again he would answer a question from her companions, but for the most part he ignored them. Especially Inuyasha.
His attitude did not go unnoticed by Kagome, and she was determine to talk to him later in the day. She could only hope he didn't brush her off or worse get angry at her. Glancing to the side, her blue gaze caught his gold ones. And at that moment Kagome felt she wanted- no- had to know all she could of the daiyoukai.
So yeah this is it. Enjoy the next few chapters I guess. Don't really have much to say except sorry you waited so long.