They found Sesshomaru in the hallway talking with Aunt Kimi.
Sesshomaru glared at Inuyasha when he saw him.
"I can take you to your old room, Sesshomaru."
"No thank you Kimi, I remember where it is. Besides I would like to greet my baby brother."
"Don't break anything you hear!" she patted his shoulder and walked off.
"It's the half-breed, and what is this, another human? How pathetic do you get?" Sesshomaru taunted.
"Nice to see you too, Fluffy."
Sesshomaru's eye twitched at the nickname. "So you finally decided to come back out of the dumps!"
"Yeah well at least I had someone to talk to that actually listened and cared."
"Hi there! I'm Kagome!" she held out her hand waiting for him to shake it. Sesshomaru just stared at her.
"It speaks. Amazing."
Kagome pulled her hand back immediately. "You are going to regret that!" She lifted her leg and kicked Sesshomaru in the stomach. She grabbed the bag that was beside Sesshomaru and threw it on his head. He fell back on the ground; then slowly sat up and stared at her.
"Serves you right." She said in a huff and walked away.
Miroku and Sango, who had turned the corner just in time to see Kagome beat up Sesshomaru, started cracking up.
"Geez Fluffy, getting beat up by a girl, none the less a human. You're getting pretty pathetic yourself." Inuyasha sneered before chasing after Kagome.
"Kagome come back!" he called running after her, "where are you going?"
"Back to the room."
"Uh Kagome the room is the other way."
"Ugh, I don't know my way around this place, you lead."
"You do know that you just made an enemy for life."
"Who cares? He deserved it!" she threw her arms up in the air. "Why did he keep using the word 'human' as if it were a curse, if he's your brother that makes him only half demon as well right? Unless hes half something else."
"He's really just my half-brother. We're brothers by out father, his mother was a full demon and so was our father, so Sesshomaru is a full-fledged demon, but my mother was human, making me half and half. And for reasons unknown, he hates all humans."
"He seemed fine with Kimi."
"Yeah, none of us get that either, he would always put up with her and Miroku's father."
"Hey, question, how old is Sesshomaru?"
"Um, well, I think he's twenty-nine or thirty, He's ten years older than me, give or take a year."
When they walked into the room Sango jumped on Kagome. "That was awesome! Nobody other than Inuyasha has ever tried something like that!" Sango sounded really, really hyper, plus she was squeezing Kagome to death.
"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Miroku stood up and pulled Sango off of Kagome.
Kagome was still out of breath so she simply pointed to Inuyasha.
"Do you know who taught her, Inuyasha?"
Kagome shook her head furiously. She looked at Inuyasha and pointed at him. Kagome started rubbing her throat, "Him!"
"Inuyasha taught you?" Miroku looked at Inuyasha then to Kagome and back again.
"Yeah, why is that so much of a shock to you?" Kagome asked as she walked over to the bed and sat down.
"Inuyasha has the patience of gravity, none whatsoever. Therefore he has never taught anybody anything." Sango patted his shoulder and gave him a big smile.
"Gee thanks, you guys sure do have a lot of faith in me." He retorted before pushing Sango's hand off his shoulder and going to sit beside Kagome.
"I guess when I said you and Miroku could catch up later, I wasn't kidding." Kagome pushed on Inuyasha's chest; he didn't even fight and fell back.
Miroku's watch beeped twice. "Well not right now. I've got to go, see you later." Miroku gave Sango a kiss before walking to the door, he turned back to face Inuyasha. "Stay doggie!" his reward was a mouthful of pillow.
"So how long are we going to stay here?"
"Sango when is your wedding?"
"Next month."
"We have to stick around here for a month?" Inuyasha shouted and bolted upright.
"Why did you ask?"
"I want to meet the family. Since I'm already on my way there, and we're going to be stuck here for a week, at least, I figured we might as well stay for this wedding and meet more wacky people." Kagome scooted sideways on the bed and leaned against the backboard.
"Hey Inuyasha, I just remembered something," Sango sat down in the chair.
"What that your head isn't screwed on right?" he laid back again and put his hands behind his head.
"No, but I know you'll think that after I tell you that we sent an invitation to your mother."
"You did what?" Inuyasha sat up so fast he flipped off the bed and landed on his head.
"Good going Inuyasha!" Kagome giggled as she helped him up again. They took their previous positions.
"You're not serious are you? Please tell me you didn't just say my mother is coming!" Inuyasha looked pitiful.
"What's so bad about your mother? You should be happy to actually have one!" Kagome pursed her lips and kicked Inuyasha in the side.
Kagome's and Sango's eyes met. Sango moved her finger to the side of her head and made a circling motion with it.
"I know she is, and I don't care that she's crazy. You should respect you mother and be happy when you see her!" she attempted to kick him again but he grabbed her ankle. When she tried to pull it back again the bottom half of her pants ripped off.
"Oops." Inuyasha muttered. "I didn't mean it! Please forgive me?"
"Inuyasha." Kagome growled. "You better find me a new pair, or else. I never rip your clothes, but you always manage to get mine ripped, how is that?"
Sango glanced between the two and waved a hand in front of Kagome's face. "Uh, we can go get you a new pair tomorrow, and for now you could wear something of mine." Sango hoped this would keep Kagome from killing Inuyasha.
Kagome's glare disappeared and she smiled at Sango. "Okay! Won't they be too long though?"
"Does it matter? You'll only have them on for today and some of tomorrow. If they are really long I could give you a pair of my high heels."
"Heels? I've only ever worn tennis shoes!"
"It's okay; it's not nearly as hard as it looks! Here, you can take a shower and I'll go get some pants for you." Sango stood up and pulled Kagome up too. She pointed to Inuyasha, "You get out."
"Why do I have the feeling that ever since I came back everybody hates me?" they heard Inuyasha sigh as he walked down the hall.
Kagome headed to the door.
"Where are you going?"
"Well, I figured I would go find a bathroom."
"Kagome, the bathroom is right there," Sango pointed at a door beside the bed.
"Does each room have its own bathroom?"
"Yeah, is that so weird?"
"Well, for me, yes." Kagome headed to the door and opened it; the bathroom was so shiny Kagome had to blink a few times before she could fully open her eyes.
"Towels should be under the sink."
"Which one? The shiny one, the shinier one, or the shiniest?" Kagome asked and poked her head out the door.
"They're completely the sa- oh I get it. Um, just open one up, you'll find one. I'll be right back." Sango walked out of the room, Kagome heard her in the hall talking; scratch that, shouting at Inuyasha.
She could only hear some of the words but she figured out that, to put it nicely, Sango had told him that he could use a shower too.
As she stepped in the shower she almost slipped and caught herself by grabbing the handles that controlled how hot or cold the water was. Unfortunately, the one she grabbed was the cold, it turned all the way on, and Kagome was blasted with ice water. She backed out of it faster than she knew she could and hit her head on the counter. She grabbed the back of her head and bit her lip to keep from screaming.
"Ow, ow, ow. Stupid water." Kagome whimpered as she got up and turned the cold back down.
This time she was much more careful as she got in the shower.
Kagome zoned out as the water soaked her from head to toe.
After a few minutes of standing there Kagome started talking to herself "So this is how I could have ended up?" she grinned to herself. "Bet you would have loved that, being treated like a spoiled little princess, wouldn't you mom, Sota." She hadn't thought about them in ages. "As you can tell I'm still with Inuyasha, but now I'm also with his relatives. I have to say, this house is very, oh what's the word, lively. As for Inuyasha, I can't believe his reaction when Sango told him about his mother. I'm not sure how he could feel anything but love towards her. I know I still love you two, and you haven't even been with me."
"We haven't left you." Kagome whipped her head to the left and glimpsed her mother and Sota fading in the mirror. Her mother was the same as Kagome remembered her, she was un-aged, but Sota was different. Unlike mother he had grown up, he was the way Kagome had always imagined him if he had reached sixteen. Only after their silhouettes had completely disappeared did it register to Kagome what had just happened, she had seen two people who had been dead for many years now in the mirror, she had seen ghosts, or maybe it was just her mind playing a trick on her. She hoped to find a logical explanation, but tried to force it out of her mind while she finished washing. It was no use, the words her mother had said kept ringing in her ears, she saw two different expressions on their faces, her mothers had seemed content and hopeful, but Sota's was longing, longing for something unknown to Kagome. It bothered her.
"What just happened," she muttered and stepped out of the shower. She kept an eye on the mirror as she grabbed the towel she had sat on the counter. As far as she could see there was nothing odd about the mirror. After wrapping the towel around her she opened the door and walked out into the room. To her surprise Inuyasha was sitting on the bed, his back turned to her. He was still in his red t-shirt and grey pants, and he also had a white towel draped over his wet hair.
"You do have a towel on right?" he asked, not looking at her, he knew how much she would yell at him if he had seen her naked.
"Yeah."
He turned to her. "I heard you talking to yourself," she gave him a questioning glance before siting beside him. "I heard you say something to someone, your mother, and someone named Sota. You were only half talking to yourself weren't you?" Kagome simply nodded, her soaked hair swung as she did so. "Who is Sota?"
"He's my little brother; he died because of a tumor when he was four. He was a year younger than me." The memories they were able to share undusted themselves, a tear ran down her cheek.
"Hey, you okay?" he wrapped his arm around her. "What's wrong?" She subconsciously leaned against him.
"He was only four; he didn't get to live a normal life, he- he had been born with cancer. His first seven months were spent in the hospital, and then three months after he turned three he was back in the hospital. If I had any wish it would be for him to not have had cancer, if it weren't for that he'd be alive, and he could have grown up." More tears welled up, the back of her throat burned from holding them in.
"Would you have really wanted him to have grown up on the streets like us? To have had to become a thief?" she shook her head. "Maybe it was better he did leave. If he was my younger brother I wouldn't have wanted him to have grown up with us."
Kagome remembered her mother's words. "He isn't gone. Neither is mom." She leaned away from him. "Inuyasha, I know they're still with me, and they still love me the same way I love them."
At that time Sango walked in carrying some clothes and glared at Inuyasha. She grabbed the closest thing she could find, which just happened to be the pillow from the chair, and threw it at him. "What are you doing in here you pervert?" she yelled. "Get out, now!"
Kagome quietly giggled as Inuyasha stomped over to Sango and shoved the pillow in her face, and then stormed out of the room.
"Here, I brought you a shirt too." She handed Kagome the black pants, an orange spaghetti strap top, and a white lace cover-up.
After changing Kagome walked back out into the room and held the pants up so they didn't drag. She pursed her lips when Sango laughed.
"Well, at least you look pretty!" Sango grabbed her arm and pulled her over to a mirror.
Kagome had to admit, she did look much better now that she wasn't wearing clothes that were swallowing her.
"Now, let's go scare Inuyasha!" Sango had an evil twinkle in her eye.
"But what about the pants? They're way too long on me!"
"Oh right, come to my room, I'll find you something!"
"You're going to make me wear heels?" Kagome whimpered.
"Yes, don't worry; I'm sure you'll catch on quickly."
Kagome followed Sango down the hall and realized that they weren't too far off from the room Kagome guessed had been confirmed as hers. She saw the door and the dent in the frame.
"Oh ya, sorry for the door!" Kagome said as they walked in.
"Huh? Why are you apologizing for the dent?"
"Because Inuyasha and I did that, and I know he's too stubborn to apologize."
"And how exactly did you two do that?" she opened a closet to reveal millions of outfits. Kagome's mouth hung open for a few seconds.
"Oh, um, we pretended to be servants from here and helped move in a sofa, we accidentally hit the frame as we were bringing it in."
"You actually brought it up here? I would just dump it near the door and finish the job. Here you go, try these." Sango pulled out a pair of boots, when it reached halfway up the calf it had strings to hold it up. The heel itself was almost three inches but luckily was thick.
"And that's where you mess up! If you leave it by the door, then someone will see it and wonder why it wasn't taken to the room then get suspicious so on, but if you take it to the room, no one will think twice about whom you are, therefore you can go on with the job without fault." Kagome grabbed the shoes and slipped them on. After lacing them, she stood up and attempted to walk in them. She tripped but regained her balance before any damage could be done.
Someone knocked at the door. "Hello?" Sango called.
"Hey Sango, know where Kagome is?" It was Inuyasha; he had come looking for her.
The two of them walked to the door and opened it. He was standing there tapping his foot in annoyance. "Well, do you or-" he stopped when he spotted Kagome behind Sango. His mouth hung open slightly at first then he regained his composure. "Wow."
Sango stood aside so as Inuyasha could get a better look at her. Kagome did a twirl, but she forgot she was wearing the boots and started to fall over. Inuyasha caught her, like always, and helped her get her balance again.
"She made me put on three inch heels!" Kagome pointed a finger at Sango accusingly. She leaned against the frame and lifted one of her legs so that Inuyasha could get a look at the heel.
"Oh don't be silly!" Sango laughed, "They're only two and a half inches tall!"
"Women are insane!" Inuyasha muttered. Both of the ladies glared at him.
Someone came up behind Inuyasha and put a hand on his shoulder. "Bad thing to say." It was Miroku; he walked past Inuyasha shaking his head in shame. He didn't even notice Kagome because as he walked past her his eyes were still closed. He gave Sango a kiss and walked over to the bed. After sitting a bag down he turned and faced them.
"Ah Kagome, I see that you have some new clothes!" He smiled that smile that got in Kagome's nerves. "You look nice!" He walked past her again and looked at Inuyasha as he passed. "You're welcome, you have no idea how badly I just saved your life."
"Thank you, Miroku!" Kagome seemed to forget about Inuyasha, for the moment. "At least someone around here knows how to compliment!"
"Uh, I just remembered something!" Miroku stuttered as he jumped between Inuyasha and the girls. "As I was coming here I stopped by the kitchen. They said supper would be ready soon."
Inuyasha took off down the hall; whether a word referring to food or the fact that he needed to get away from the girls for a little bit was the reason he did no one could tell.
"Supper, but what about lunch?" Kagome asked; she grabbed Sango's shoulder for support as they started down the hall.
"Well, you were asleep, and we were in Inuyasha's room having the clown war." Miroku shrugged.
"Oh, okay. Now that you've mentioned food I'm really hungry." Kagome let go of Sango and slowly and clumsily started walking on her own.
"So that means you're going to stuff your face?" Sango giggled.
"Nah, but I know Inuyasha will. He always eats more than humanly possible, and then he doesn't even act full. It's kind of creepy."
"Yeah, but hat's Inuyasha, he's always been like that." Miroku grabbed Kagome's arm as she stumbled on a rug.
"Thanks. One question, Inuyasha knew who you were." She turned to look at Sango. "Which means you all knew each other before he left. How did you all meet?"
"Now that is a funny story!" Sango started laughing so hard she barely managed the sentence. Kagome glanced at her then gave a questioning look to Miroku for some answers. Miroku's entire face was a tiny bit pink.
"Are you blushing?" Kagome grinned. "Hmm, I wonder why."
"He's embarrassed!"
"Sango, you're not really going to tell her are you?" Miroku's eyes grew.
"Now why would I do a thing like that?" she gave him her best impression of an innocent face.
Kagome glanced between them many times before finally speaking up. "What the heck is going on?"
Sango glanced at Miroku then at Kagome. "Later," she mouthed.
Miroku had seen what Sango had said and pleaded with her the rest of the time it took to get to the dinning room.
As the arrived a man opened the door and Kagome gasped. The room was huge; the ceiling was fifteen feet high and stone support beams seemed to be dripping down like in the old cathedrals, the walls were off-white with silver and gold trimmings, and the table was a deep cherry wood with gold designs crawling over it.
Kimi was perched at the head of the table farthest from the door; her head rested on her interlocking fingers, and she looked ticked. Sesshomaru sat to Kimi's right; he was leaning back in his chair staring at the kindling fire and shooting glances towards Inuyasha occasionally. Inuyasha sat two chairs down from Kimi; he tried to fool Kagome with a fake smile but she saw something was bothering him, and it seemed to be eating him.
Kagome sat down on Inuyasha's left, the seat farther away from his aunt. Miroku and Sango sat across from them; a growl emitted itself from Sesshomaru as Miroku pulled out the chair beside him.
Sango and Miroku spent the entire meal attempting to get stories from Inuyasha and Kagome; they were more successful with Kagome. Sesshomaru and Kimi chatted some but not a lot. When it was over Kimi was the first to leave the room.
As she walked by Inuyasha she leaned down to his ear, "Don't try to leave tonight, I will do as I want, and I know you don't want to leave her." She made sure she was loud enough for Kagome to overhear across the tiny gap between the two.
Inuyasha stood up and walked out of the room; followed by Kagome. He walked on not even realizing she was behind him.
"Inuyasha?" he stopped startled.
He turned to face her. His expression showed pity for a mere second then turned to pure concern.
"What was that about? Why did she say that?" Kagome asked feebly.
Inuyasha turned the knob to the door beside him. "Go to bed, tomorrow is going to be a really long day." With that said he walked into the room and very nearly slammed the door.
Kagome could faintly hear him cursing as she walked next door and entered her room. She slipped off her boots and sat on the chair beside the desk. She noticed the computer for the first time; the entire thing was black and silver. She pressed a few buttons; the computer made a soft humming noise as it came to life, and the monitor shone white for a few seconds before going to a sky blue screen. She clicked on the Guest user choice and started exploring the works of a computer.
Things will be explained in the next chapter! I promise! now, let me go to sleep... AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!
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