disclaimer: I do not own Shessoamru or any one, but damn he sure is the hottest thing to hit the planet... besides me:P just kidding.

Shessomaru jumps out of the well and a few seconds later, you follow. The sun is still shining a little on this side of time. You take the same root home as you had taken to the well earlier that day. At arriving, you give him a tour of the house and show him the room he will be sleeping in. "This is the guest room." You explain, "It's where you'll be sleeping while you stay here." He steps in and looks around, not letting his face show the wonder that must be filling him.

In the room there's a simple bed and a dresser. The closet is beside the entrance to the "on suit bathroom." Glancing about he looks up at the glowing light and asks, "What is that?" Looking up at it you answer, "It's how we light our homes, there's usually one or more in every room. They're called lights, and the part that makes the light is called the light bulb." He steps up onto the bed, and shifts a bit, he hadn't expected it to be as soft, and taps the light with his finger.

Satisfied he steps down and enters the bathroom. You quickly follow, to find him staring at the handles that control the shower. Tapping him on the shoulder you move into explain. "This is a shower and these..." You point at the taps, "Control the flow and heat of the water." He nods, "Where does the water come from?" he asks, not understanding what you were talking about. You briefly explain modern plumbing and turn on the taps to show him.

The rest of the evening continues like this, you explain absolutely everything to him, and show him where everything is. After probably two hours of exhausting your brain trying to think of ways to tell him about stuff in a way he would understand, you plop down on the couch. You pick up the remote from the side table and flick on the T.V. as Shessomaru sits down next to you looking curiously at the remote. The television flashes to life as a music video fills the screen.

Shessomaru jumps off the couch and rushes at the TV, drawing his sword. You quickly dash in front of him and yell, "No Shessomaru, it's not a threat!" He drops his arm and stands still. You sigh, and begin the impossible task of attempting to explain what a Television is and how you see shows and all that.

He glares at the TV and puts his sword back in its sheath. You turn off the TV, and the lights and yawn, "I'm gonna go to bed now." He nods, "Your room is just over there." You remind him, and point to the room beside yours. He peers down the hall then answers, "You do not need to remind me, I am not un-intelligent." A smile lights you face and you answer, "Yes I know. I'll see you tomorrow, darling, good night." And walked to your room. You glance out the door as he passes your room and think I hope he isn't too confused you giggle and go to bed.

You wake up the next morning and take a hot shower. You put on your uniform and pack your school stuff in you bag. You walk into the kitchen, stretching and yawning. You are very groggy first thing in the morning, and you slug about trying to make your "lunch".

You glance into the living room and yelp, "Aaah! ... Don't do that to me, I forgot that you were here." You say and place your hand on your chest, heaving a sigh. You had completely forgotten that he was there, thinking you were alone, when you saw someone sitting in your living room it was quite a shock.

You grab some money form the jar in your cupboard. (You keep all your money in there, so you don't over spend, you only get so much spending money a month from your grand mother and she pays all the other expense. She keeps track of your family's fortune, which is quite a lot, but I won't specify right now. You have no money trouble.)

Shessomaru gets up from the couch and walks over to where you are packing your bag. As you busily pack your stuff you say, "Ok I'll be back in about 6 hours or so. Um, you know how to use the TV now... So you can do that or w/e while I'm gone. The phone is here if you need to talk to me."

You turn around, not knowing he was there and bump into him. He looks down at you and says in his usual manner, "You did not explain how to use the phone." You quickly ramble off instructions while you write down your cell phone number along with the instructions you are dictating.

You grab your bag and start to head to the door. "Tabitha, where are you going? What are you doing?" Shessomaru demands. You stop what you're doing and look at him, "Uh… Oh, wait, um, sorry, I forgot. Five days a week I go to school, where I learn things I need to know to make a living in today's society." He nods still looking rather confused.

He then answers, "alright, let us leave." He grabs your bag from you and head towards the door. You run after him and say, "Wait, no! Shessomaru you can't come with me. You're not registered at my school!" He stops abruptly and stares at you. He seems angry, and questioning, but you don't believe he gets angry so easily.

You take hold of your bag and calmly explain, "Shessomaru, you must stay here, I'm really sorry, but you just can't come." There's an awkward silence and you can feel the air getting thick with tension. Then his eyes lightened again and his beautiful golden eyes softened. He hesitated and then said, "But what if… something happens and I'm not there?" You hadn't expected him to say that at all.

You didn't think he'd really be ... protective like that. he's concerned? Se's silent and seems sad, as far as you can figure. He looked to the side, at the floor, and seemed to grow irritated with him self, as if he regretted saying that. You put your hand on his cheek and gently turn his face to look back at yours. His skin is so soft; you rub his face tenderly with your thumb.

He smiles lightly at this. You swear you half expected him to start purring. "I've been going to school since I was but 4 years of age. There is nothing dangerous about this, ok? I'll be back soon as I can." You explain slowly and plant a soft, momentary kiss upon his delicate lips. He wraps his arms around you and says, "Alright, if you say so, I'll be here when you return." You smile and head towards the door, "Thanks." You say, "I'll see you later." You glanced at him and he didn't look sad or happy, he just looked like… Shessomaru.

You walk to school enjoying the sunshine. A bird is singing in the trees and there's a dog braking in the distance. You hum a song as you approach Kagomes house, which is on your way to school. Wakako rounds the corner you passed a minute ago and runs after you, "Hey Tabitha, wait up!"

You slow to a halt as she comes panting up beside you and her short black hair settles into by her ears. "Hi, Wakako How was your weekend? What did I miss yesterday?" Wakako catches her breath while she pulls a small stack of papers out of her bag. "These are hand outs. "She explains, "They were given to us in biology, they're mostly reading and a whole ton of questions to answer at the end. You are so lucky missed school yesterday!" she continues, as Wakako usually does, "Miss Moziika made us run laps through out all of phys-ed. We were so tired by end of it, Celina was the worst though; she isn't good at running. So where were you anyways? No one could tell us anything about where you were."

You shrug as you stand to wait for Kagome at the bottom of the stairs, and make up something on the spot, "I was at my great uncle and aunts. They had to go away that day for business and normal they would have left their son, my second cousin, home alone, cause he'd be at school most of the day, but he was sick, so they asked me if I would be willing to miss a day of school to take care of him, and I said sure. I doubt if it'll happen again they don't go away on business to often and he was looking much better when I left."

She hugs you, "That's so sweet of you!" She squeals. You let out your breath, relieved wow I'm glad she believed that, I somewhat over explained so I thought it would be so obvious.

Kagome finally comes out and you continue to walk as she apologizes repeatedly for being late. You meet Celina at the next corner and speed up your pace a bit, as there's only ten minutes till school begins.

The school day crawls by. The world looks so refreshing as you stare out the window at the forest surrounding the schools perimeter. The trees wave gracefully in the pleasant breeze that comes through the window. Its second period ELA class, none of your friends are here with you, because you skipped this subject one grade and are in the grade 12 class.

You close your eyes, letting the sun warms your face, and a breeze caress it from the open window. You enjoy it, but then you notice that the breeze is carrying an uncommon sent. The smell is not human. You looked into the woods beside the school parking lot and just managed to spot something white disappear from view.

You stand up abruptly and announce to the teacher, "Excuse me please, I must leave." You leave your books on your desk as you gracefully, but hurriedly leave the class, while the teacher tries to stutter a protest. You leave though the door on the opposite side of the school and enter the woods from over there.

You make a wide circle as you approach where you had seen him. You creep up, ducking form one tree to another. You spot some silver hair hanging down from a tree about 5 meters away (15 feet or so, for you Americans). You sneak up behind and he does not stir, for he has been smelling your sent even from in the school, and hasn't noticed it getting stronger yet, for he did not expect it.

You look up and see Shessomaru serenely sitting in the tree, his hair swaying in the wind, and shadows playing on his face. HE is amusing his self by whipping his "light whip" back and forth, cutting the leaves that dare to fall. You stand up and chime sweetly, but loudly, "Why hello Shessomaru, what are you doing here?" and tug on his hair.

He whips his head around to look at you wile his whip hits and large tree branch instead of a leaf and it crashes to the ground. You place your hands on your hips and he stares at your livid features. He jumps down from the tree as smooth as ever, and puts his hands on your shoulders, smiling pleasantly, and answering, "I had wondered where you had gone; I could not see you anymore."

You shook your head, "Shessomaru! I was being sarcastic! I implored you to not come here. But you still did! What if someone say you? It's obvious you're a demon, especially when you're cutting leaves in half life that, and you're dressed in such a manor!" His cheerful expression faded, and he answered coldly, "But no one did see me, did they?" You think furiously, it's not worth it to argue with him right now; it'll be lunch soon, and people will see him, I've got to get him home.

You sigh and shake your head, "Come on. We'd better go home." He grabs your hand and let a smile light his face again. You laugh as you walk through the trees, "It's so creepy to see you smiling like that all the time." He laughs in response and let's go of your hand so he can slip his arm around your waist.

Looking around the trees calming you down. well, I guess nothing did actually happen, that's good. You put your arm around his waist as well, and you don't really talk, but it's a comfortable silence. You walk through the trees all the way, and hurry across the streets you must cross, so no one will see you.

You get back to the house and stop at the back door, "Ok well I've got to go back to school; it's not over yet." He places his hands on your cheek, a rather familiar feeling now, and rubs your face as affectionately as you had done to his. "Ok." He answered, "I'll stay here this time, I'm sorry I worried you." You smile and answer, "Thank you." He pulls you towards him and kisses your cheek before he sends you on your way.

You make it back to school in time for the last class of the day. Wakako has saved you a seat and asks you when you sit down next to her, "Where did you go? I heard that you just left class with no explanation at all; I grabbed your books for you by the way." She said and handed them to you. "Oh, thanks Wakako." You say and take them from her.

You look up to notice Kagome and Celina starring at you as well as Wakako. You sigh and roll your eyes, quickly thinking up another lie, even though you didn't like to. You start, "I got a text message on my phone from my great aunt asking me to grab some groceries for her. I felt as soon as possible, because I had wanted to be back in time for this class, without exceeding the speed limit, I can't afford to pay another ticket." (Although you could)

They all seems satisfied and went back to listening to the teacher. Kagome leaned over and whispered in your ear, "Aren't they demons?" You look at her, then remember that she did know that you were a demon and answer, "No, well not enough of their blood is anyways. She's not really my great aunt, she's a distant relative." Kagome nods and is satisfied.

You sit and take notes as the teacher lectures until the bell finally rings.
The school day is finally over! You sigh and pick up your stuff and walk to your locker. Wakako and Celina chatter excitedly beside you at their lockers as some local school hotties pass them. Celina nudges you, "Did you see that, Tabitha? Seiyuki just waved at me!"

You laugh and nod your head, "That's great Celina." You smile for her while Wakako interrupts, "Actually he was waving at me." Celina sticks out her tongue at Wakako, and she returns the gesture. She smiles nervously then asks hesitantly, "Tabitha?" "Ya?" You encourage her. She continues, "Well I know you're really good friends with Seiyuki and all that, so I was, ah, I was wondering if you could, you know, talk to him for me?"

It was true; you and Seiyuki have been friends since the first grade. He was basically your best friend, although he didn't trail around like the girls. It would be really weird if he did. You're really not surprised at this request, Celina has liked him forever. Wakako jumped into the conversation, "Ya! That's a great idea, Celina! Do it Tabitha!" You close your eyes and sigh, "Fine, I'll do it, but I want something sweet to go with my lunch tomorrow." Celina smiles and nods her head wildly. You trudge off down the hall with your bag.

With your luck, he caught up to you, "hey Tabitha, Long time no see, I called you on the weekend to see if you wanted to join the guys and I for a poker game, but no one answered. So where were you? Were you visiting your Grandmother again? Another ceremony to attend?" You nodded, "Ya, she made me wear a kimono again. After that I went home with my great aunt and watched her son on Monday for her and her husband, because he was sick and they were going away on a business trip that day."

He nodded. "You are the only person I know with more then 3 kimonos in your closet." (You have five.) You re-adjust you bag and keep walking. "So, it's not a big deal, She's just old fashioned." He laughed, "By which you mean she lives in the feudal era!" he hit your arm, which he only does because he knows you're a girl and can't hurt him back, or so he thinks. "Hey!" you exclaim, but he just sticks out his tongue and smiles brightly at you.

You cross your eyes and he laughs light heartedly again. That's how he's always been. "Any ways," You continue, "You know my friend Celina, right?" He rolls his eyes again as he trudges along the side walk, nearing your house. "Oh. Come one, Tabitha! Not this again." Seiyuki begs.

You quickly retort, "Seiyuki if I told you about half of the girls that asked me to mention them or talk to you, you'd hear about five different girls each day!" He heaves a sigh and says, "Ya, I know, I'm sorry you're the best friend of such a sexy man, like me." You laugh and shake your head. You've now stopped on the side walk in front of your house.

"So... What's she like?" he asks, sounding defeated. "Hey at least give her a chance, ok? You want the nice stuff or the whole truth?" You ask. He quickly answers that he would like to hear the truth and you continue, "She's really nice, always has great ideas. She's a little boy crazy and a little ditzy, but she's very creative and she's very pretty. She's the one with the brown hair that goes just past her shoulders, you know?"

He smiled, "Well at least you're always honest and tell me everything." That stung when you heard it, for you had just lied to him about your weekend. He noticed that you looked kind of awkward and asked, "Tabitha, are you feeling ok?"

You snap back to reality and smile, making an excuse. "Oh, ya, I'm just hungry." You say and start to walk to your house, "Ok," He answers and waves, "I'll call you the next poker game, as long as you promise not to beat us to bad." He says, then an idea pops into your head and you run back to the side walk, "Hey, Seiyuki, can I borrow some of your clothes?"

Seiyuki looks at you and states exactly what you knew he was thinking, "Are you mad?... Never mind, I already know you are. So you why do you want my clothes? Are you going to make a voodoo doll of me and make me fall in love with you?" He says in a mocking tone and puckers his lips at you.

You realize that you really couldn't make up a good excuse for this one, and would just have to hope that he trusted you enough not to ask to many questions. "I just need them tonight, don't ask. I'll wash them and give them back to you tomorrow ok? Please?" You make big puppy dog eyes at him and quiver your lip.

He smiles, "You'll have to tell me eventually, you know. I bet you're going to go home and wear them with nothing and be like, 'sniff ahh, this is what Seiyuki wears. Mmm!'" he teases and hands you a T-shirt and a pair of jeans out of his bag. "Thank you so much Seiyuki!" You say and turn back to the house, bidding him good bye, and adding, "But you'll never find out why I wanted them!"

You look at the window and see Shessomaru's white face staring back at you. Smiling broadly you wave at him and run to the front door. He walks into the entrance hall and leans on the wall as you come in through the front door. You throw your arms around his neck, but he doesn't respond.

You look at him and let your hand drift to his chest, "Shessomaru, what's wrong?" you ask him, puzzled by his silence. He looked down at you for a moment, then smiled and assured you, no, nothing's wrong. He clasps your hand, bringing it away from his chest and kisses it softly.

You still kind of suspect something, but you shrug and say, "If you say so. Ok I'm gonna go change, then we're going shopping, alright?" HE nods and you hurry off to your room and change into a tight tank top and jeans. What you're really most comfortable is that, after wearing kimonos for so many years you really quite hate loose clothing.

You emerge from your room and toss him the clothing seiyuki had given you. He catches it and stares at you, "You can not mean to leave the house in your underwear like that!" He says and covers you with his arms around you, so his long sleeves mask your naked flesh. You laugh and lean on him, "Shessomaru, this isn't my underwear! Now-a-days people wear this kind of clothing all the time. Its casual wear, you know? ... Oh what ever just go put on these clothes." He picks up the clothes form the floor and walks off to his room.

He's in his room for a while before you go to check on him and help him get dressed. It took you a few minutes to get every thing, and you would not help his with his pants, but demonstrated how to use a zipper on yours, so he could do it himself. He didn't have shoes but that was ok, at least he wasn't in his armour, or wearing that big poofy thing. (Your grand mother gave you one when you were little and it's hanging in your closet, you've only wore it a few times at her place.)

He smiles at you, satisfied and almost excited. You grab a little zip up jacket so he won't freak out again and grab about $1000.00 from the jar. (Like I said you're very, very wealthy, you have a lot of money in that jar.) You put on your shoes as he looks at himself in the mirror and turns around. "Come on, it's just jeans! Let's go!" You say excitedly and drag him away by the hand, as he stretches to try to be able to see his reflection.

You shop at a lot of department store and such getting socks and shoes and underwear. Then you go to a mall and go to "Stitches "and "American Eagle" and "Garage" to get him pants and shirts. You're walking though the mall (with a few boys trailing you) with your arms full of shopping bags. You pass by a suit store (Moores) and he stops dead in his tracks and asks, "What's that?"

You stop and look in the window at suits on display. "Oh," you answer happily, hoping he'll be interested, "Those are dress suits. They look very distinguished on men. They are mainly worn for business and at celebrations, but some people like to wear them every day." He nods, "I'd like a couple of those." He looks at you, "Do we have enough of, what's that stuff… money for that?" You smile, knowing you have plenty with you. "Yes Shessomaru, let's go purchase a few."

He tries on many but in the end he gets three of the same, in different colours (midnight blue, deep dark red and hunter green). He stands in front of the mirror and turns as you hold up his hair so he can see the back of himself. He's wearing the blue one, it's got an open collar and so does the under shirt, with simple slacks with pockets at he top.

The jacket buttons up and has a right breast pocket sewn into it. He smiles and says, "Can I get this one?" He asks as he beams down at you from the platform. You nod and add, "Yes you may get three." And that is how you acquired those suits. The store clerks were very kind and smiled broadly when you told them what you wanted.

The clerk talked excitedly at the till, "Oh yes the hunter green one is very popular this year, very dashing. The deep red is a bold statement in a suit but you have the completion to match it very well. The more traditional blue one is a smashing finish to the arrangement and looks good at any occasion." And he babbled onto you.

You know he's just excited and such because you are making such a large purchase. Shessomaru seemed to be very pleased with all the complements he was receiving and then proceeded to ask for a suitable pair of shoes, which the clerk gladly helped them pick out, then saw them off on their way.

You get home and put away all of Shessomaru's new clothing after taking off all the tags, and carefully hang the three suits, only one of which you had actually seen him try on. He says he's taking a shower, and you show him how to use the taps again, and then leave him to himself.

You sit down in the living room and get to your homework, it doesn't take you very long, you're really quite smart and in only 45 minutes you are done. You hear the water turn off in the shower as you set down your books and are suddenly very grateful that you have your own well and don't have to pay for water.

You open your bag and then you hear dripping and abruptly look up. In a pool of water Shessomaru stands before you absolutely naked. His wet silver hair clings to his body as water drips onto the ground. You squeal and feel your face burning hot. You grab a blanket and leap across the room, "What are you doing? You can't walk around like that!" you manage to choke out as you wrap the blanket around his wet naked skin.

HE glances down at himself and back up at you, answering coldly, "You are my woman, this is how it is. I do not need to be clothed around you." Your face is still bright red and you say, "Not in this era!" He shrugs as you tuck the end of the blanket under the edge of is like you would a towel. "Well I couldn't remember where you put my clothing." He admits.

You scurry off to his room and return, thrusting a bathrobe and some boxers into his hands. "In the closet and the dresser, remember?" You can't help but smile, at least it happened here and not in public. "Humph." He huffs and answers, "Even so, you are my woman, no matter of the era. I do not need to be on such ceremony." HE holds his head a little high and is certain to turn a deaf ear to any other address to the subject. he looks so regal you think, even though it annoys you a little that he would argue about it. Shessomaru walks gracefully, as always. Back to his room.

You turn off all the lights and grab seiyukis clothes from the bathroom, tossing them in the wash. Your bed room is slightly messy form all the rushing you've been doing he past two mornings, but you ignore it and strip down. You crawl under the covers and lay down with your back facing the door. You close your eyes and think for a while before you actually turn off you lamp or really go to sleep. You open your eyes again, and roll over so you can turn off the lamp on the bed side table. You roll over and gaze into shiny golden eyes. You jump and gather the covers around you, "Augh!" You holler as you fall off the other side of the bed.

Shessomaru lies down across your bed and looks down at you on the floor. "What are you doing down there?" he asks innocently although you know he certainly is not! You roll your eyes and you mumble as you climb back onto your bed, wrapped and tangled in the sheets. You sit on the bed facing the same way he is.

He rolls over so he can look at you, exposing his naked chest. You want to run your hand over his skin but you know that in his era it would have almost been like an unforgivable crime. He smirks up at you and runs his fingers through your long silver hair. You blush a little , you are still naked under the sheets after all. He sits up and stairs you straight in the eye. You don't know quite what to do and get flustered and ask, "Did you need something Shessomaru?" He stops brushing your hair for only a moment and looks at you a sparkle in his eye. His legs are behind you and you dare not look back so you as, "Are you… wearing boxers at least?"

He smiles at this, "Why don't you find out?" You smirk back at him, "You're in quite the mood tonight." He places his places his hand on you cheek and asks, "Does it please you?" A light dances in his eyes and he smiles broadly. You laugh and retort, "Maybe if I was clothed, yes."

You expect a witty response, but he just continues to smile, which was a tad bit frightening and said more then anything he could have said. He pulls your face towards his and leans up to yours. He kisses you softly and puts one of his hands on the back of your head. You'd embrace him, but for fear of losing the little covering you have. He slips his other hands down the sheets to rest on your bare back and presses you against him.

He removes his hand from your head and runs it up your thy, kissing you more passionately now. Your hands loosen and then you realize you are dropping your sheets and you quickly retrieve them. He moves his legs around from behind you, so he's not sitting any more and you lay down you the bed.

He's now on top of you and is groping your butt as he presses his whole body against you. (you did find out at this point that he is wearing boxers by the way.) Your lost form thought for most of the time then you realize where this is headed and place your hands on his chest and push him away from you gently.

He looks at you and removes his hand from your ass placing it on your leg. Your face feels hot and you notice his cheeks are coloured. You can feel your heart racing and your head spinning just a little bit. You open your mouth to talk then close it, then you blurt out, "Shessomaru! I'm naked! I can't do this right now!"

His spirits dampen some what when you way that and his eyes aren't playful and more Oh crap! you think, I hurt his pride. You get a little frantic and say, "I mean, it's not that I don't' enjoy it, I like it! But I'm not dressed and I'm tired… I'm really sorry." He shakes his head and answers, "Do not say those things because I'm disappointed, I knew you weren't comfortable with my doing that while you weren't clothed, but I did it anyways."

HE avoided eye contact but you could feel that he was not just disappointed but also angry. You've learned that if you just let it go it'll only get worse so you work up the courage and say, "Shessomaru, you're angry, please tell me why?" he's reverted back to the cold Shessomaru and he rolls off of you and sits up with his back to you. He answers with an icy cold voice saying, "I do not understand why I can not have you. You are my woman, are you not? In my era.. We wouldn't even be discussing this."

You explain that nowadays it's different, society is different, woman are respected and not just objects. You calmly explain to him also that you had taken a chastity vow and would not "give it up" until you were married. He paused to think before he responded to all of this "So, like you said, marriage is a promise?" You nod, "Yes marriage is a promise that you will love each other and be loyal to each other and not be with anyone else, till the day you die."

He closed his eyes, "So you want me to marry you? I can do that, let's do it now!" He announces and clears his throat, "I promise I will love you and only you and no other shall be my woman." He smiles and wraps his arms around you (you had sat up) and pulls you towards him, "And now that I'm married to you, you can be with me!" He explains and starts to kiss your neck hard. You laugh and fall away, "Stop it, you'll give me a hickey! Shessomaru a wedding isn't just a promise, it's got ceremonies and it's quite expensive and I'm not old enough to get married yet. Plus my grandmother would have to come into the picture."

HE looked at you wide eyes and said, "You mean your body has not matured yet?" He looks at your body incredulously. "NO!" you yell and push him, "I mean people in grade 12 don't get married in this age." You were then only in grade twelve because you had skipped grades and worked ahead in summer schools, you were actually the age of a grade 11 student. He nodded and smiles, "You're grand mother will of course let you marry The Great Lord Shessomaru. I am the son of the strongest demon to ever rein." You nod, "Yes you do have an impressive lineage, but as I said I can't at this age." He frowns but then agrees.

"Anyways, I have school tomorrow and I'm really tired now, it's 12:46 already! Now get to your own room" he brushes off his boxers and kisses you goodnight and leaves. You make your bed again and smuggle down all comfortable then you turn off your lamp and the night begins.