Television, Cars, and Coffee: Chapter 12
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Kagome had finally fallen into an uneasy sleep, her mind ridden with thoughts of Inuyasha returning the following morning, and what he might do. Sesshomaru has noticed her stiffness as she layed there, pretending to be asleep. He pondered why that might be. She was more nervous now, than she was the first night he stayed in her room, so that couldn't be the reason. Deciding that it couldn't have anything to do with him, Sesshomaru let the matter drop from his thoughts, and instead focused on his now sleeping ward.
She seemed much healthier than when she was first brought here. Human medicine had indeed improved a lot in the last five hundred years, he'd give them that much. He remembered reading the label on the bottle of medicine they were given. It said that she was to take three a day for thirty days. They'd have to just take the bottle back with them when they left, and continue the schedule there.
Sesshomaru stood up, and walked towards the doorway before stopping, and scanning the area for any potential threats. Finding none, he exited the miko's room, and descended the stairs. Sesshomaru entered the kitchen, and busied himself with completing his task.
A minute later, he returned to the bedroom, a glass of Pepsi in hand. Yes, he would have to get a steady supply of this stuff once he was home again. Maybe, he could have his cooks make it, he first thought, but after reading the ingredients on the bottle, he doubted it. He had never even heard of half the stuff on there, and a few of the ingredients, he wasn't positive he could pronounce. Blinking, he decided that he would have to strike some sort of deal with the miko so she could provide the beverage in the future.
Sesshomaru's gaze landed on the open window on the other side of the room. A gentle breeze blew in, making the curtains sway slightly before returning to their dormant state. The Taiyoukai could see the moon peaking in the room from its position in the sky. It was in the shape of a crescent tonight, much like the marking on his forehead. Sesshomaru got up, and exited the room through the window. He jumped up onto the roof of the house before settling himself down on the shingles.
He studied the odd roofing a moment before dismissing it as just another invention of this time.
Taking a sip of his pop, Sesshomaru stared at the moon silently. Another gust of wind blew by, making his hair flow in the wind a bit. He sat there for a few hours before heading back into the miko's room. It wouldn't be good if Rin, or the miko for that matter, woke up while we wasn't present. Rin would probably go into hysterics, and Kagome would become worried that he was out reeking havoc on the city. Sesshomaru frowned slightly at this point. Why would she do that? He had given his word that he would do nothing of the sort, hadn't he?
The youkai re-entered the bedroom, and sat down where he had been before. Everyone should be awakening soon, it was just an hour or so before sunrise. Sesshomaru decided to take this time to rest himself. Closing his eyes, he fell into a light sleep.
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Kagome woke the next morning to a series of yells emmiting from outside. She ran to her window to find out what who would have the nerve to make so much noise this early in the morning, although she had a terrible feeling that she might know who it was already.
She reached the window, and looked down to discover she was right in her guess. Quickly getting dressed, which took about twenty seconds, Kagome galloped down the stairs and through the back door. Reaching the scene, she saw Inuyasha on one side, his face flushed with anger, one hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga, and yelling ferociously across to Sesshomaru, who stood on the other side, one hand on Tokijin. The Taiyoukai though, wasn't yelling at all, but rather speaking slowly and clearly, like one would to a small child. Kagome, as she found out, had come right at the beginning of the fight. Inuyasha had only just arrived not a minute ago.
"Sesshomaru! What in the hell are you doing here! What did you do to Kagome!"
"I have no reason to explain myself to you, halfbreed. As for the miko, I have done nothing to her" Sesshomaru responded, growing agitated. Rin was still upstairs, sleeping. She needed rest, and Inuyasha wasn't helping by yelling his head off. The miko had already been awoken by his rantings, so it wouldn't be long until his ward was too.
Growling, Sesshomaru spoke, "Inuyasha, cease this foolishness immediately"
"There's no way in hell I'm going to listen to you!" Inuyasha spat, charging at his brother. Sesshomaru prepared to defend himself, but was saved the effort.
"Sit!"
The hanyou plummeted to ground with a sickening thud, and Kagome ran over to him.
"Inuyasha! What do you think you're doing!"
"I came to get you! What did you think?" Inuyasha replied, his voice somewhat muffled by the ground.
"That's not what I meant! What were you doing yelling like that so early in the morning! You'll wake the neighbors!" she scolded. Standing up, Inuyasha glared at Sesshomaru, who was returned it silently.
"Well, I wasn't expecting him to be here" Inuyasha spat. Kagome sighed. "Inuyasha, he's here for a reason"
"And that would be?" Inuyasha snapped.
"Rin's sick!" Kagome snapped back, "and he came here to get some medicine for her!"
"Yeah, a likely story. Don't listen to him Kagome! He's probably plotting to kidnap you!"
"Inuyasha! I -"
"Inuyasha" Sesshomaru said, effectively cutting Kagome off, "You honestly think that I, Sesshomaru, would sink so slow as to kidnap the miko?" The Taiyoukai questioned icily. Inuyasha faltered a bit. Sesshomaru arched one eyebrow, waiting for a response that he was sure would never come.
"See Inuyasha?" Kagome assured, "We just came here to get medicine"
"What's with all this 'we' stuff? A second ago, it was just him who came for the medicine"
"Inuyasha, naturally I'm going to help Rin if she's sick" Kagome said, slightly irritated at Inuyasha's persistency.
"Yeah! Well -"
"Well?"
Inuyasha blinked, completely out of ideas. Kagome smiled in victory. "Inuyasha listen" she said, "Sesshomaru, Rin, and Jaken are going to stay here as long as they need to, and you're not going to start a fight here or else".
"What if Sesshomaru decided to go on the rampage" Inuyasha challenged, once again glaring at his half brother. Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed, and his knuckles cracked menacingly.
"If Sesshomaru was planning to kill any of us, don't you think he would've donw it by now? We've been here for two days"
"What!"
"Sesshomaru came up to me right before I jumped into the well on Thursday" Kagome put her hand up to halt anymore arguements.
"Now, you can either stay here with us, as long as you two don't fight at all, or you can go back, and wait for me with Miroku, and Sango. But be warned Inuyasha, if you two even fight once, you'll be back in the past faster than you can say 'I didn't do it' "
Kagome finished her rant, and turned to the elder brother. "Sesshomaru-sama" she said. He looked at her, signaling for her to continue, "Please don't start a fight with Inuyasha" she begged. Sesshomaru glanced at Inuyasha before returning his gaze upon the miko, and inclined his head in agreement.
"Good! Thanks!" Kagome cheered. She checked her watch, it was around nine in the morning.
"Time for breakfast!" she announced. Kagome marched back into the house, the two brothers following behind, every so often, they would throw eachother a death glare, and bare their fangs.
They entered the house to that Jaken had been watching the whole scene from the window, and now was ranting about how Inuyasha was with them. One glare from Sesshomaru shut him up pretty quickly though. Rin was still sleeping, and the Taiyoukai had managed to keep her that way throughout Inuyasha's shouting. He wouldn't be happy if Jaken woke her up after all of that trouble.
"Breakfast" Kagome repeated, heading into the kitchen, and spinning around to face the three before her.
"I'm guessing that you'll want ramen, right Inuyasha?" she guessed. Inuyasha nodded, grinning slightly. Kagome turned to Sesshomaru.
"Hm... no food for you, right?" he nodded once and opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off.
"But, you'll have a cup of Pepsi, correct?" Sesshomaru closed his mouth and inclined his head. He sat down at the table and half listened to Kagome interrogate Jaken about what he wanted. He could tell that Rin was still asleep upstairs, for which he was grateful. He observed Kagome pull out a pot, much like the one she had use to cook Rin soup, and add some water before setting it on the stove. The miko then opened the fridge, and pulled out a bottle of Pepsi, which Sesshomaru noted was almost empty. Had he really had that much? He was going to have to have her get more. She handed him the bottle, along with a cup. Jaken, who insisted that he didn't need anything, had returned to the livingroom, and was currently watching some morning talkshow.
Kagome reminded herself to give Rin another pill once she woke up. Also, she'd have to go grocery shopping soon, and would most likely have to take everyone with her, because there was no way she was going to leave Inuyasha and Sesshomaru together alone while she was out. No, no, definitely not.
"Good morning everybody!" a small voice called from the doorway. Kagome already knowing who it was, turned to see Rin stanging there, silently rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"Good morning Rin" she greeted, "How are you feeling?"
"Rin feels better than before. Good morning Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin chirped.
"Good morning Rin" Sesshomaru replied.
Rin sat down in a chair, and looked around. She spotted Inuyasha for the first time, and blinked in surprise.
"Hi again, Inuyasha!"
"Hi Squirt" he replied. Rin pouted a bit, but after seeing the smile on Inuyasha's face, she realized he was just playing, and smiled back.
"Rin, what do you want for breakfast?" Kagome asked.
"Cheerios!" she answered enthusiastically, remembering the cereal she had eaten yesterday. Kagome poured her a bowl of the stuff, and then went to add the noodles into the now boiling water.
Buyo entered the room, meowing every couple of steps. All of the occupants watched the cat stroll into the very center of the floor before flopping over onto his belly. Buyo looked up at Kagome with big eyes, meowing again. He rolled over before scurrying over to Kagome only to rub on her legs in a plea for food. Kagome bent down and patted her cat a couple times before straightening up, and getting him some breakfast also.
Three minutes had pasted, and Kagome finished preparing Inuyasha's ramen. She handed him the finished product which he promptly took without so much as a 'thanks' and proceeded to stuff his face.
'Same old Inuyasha' Kagome thought, pouring herself a bowl of Cheerios. She sat down at the tabe, finally being able to enjoy breakfast with everybody else.
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A/N: Well, there's chapter twelve, all shiny and new. This one is slightly longer than the last, but not by much. Oh well. Nothing really happened in this chapter except for Inuyasha arriving... but next chapter, it's the grocery store... ehehehe.
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