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Chapter 6
"Hey, Kagome?"
Kagome was in class when one of her friends pointed to the window.
"Who's that?"
Kagome turned to the window and gasped. Sesshomaru was sitting on the roof of the building across the school yard, his eyes trained on her.
'Sesshomaru?! What are you doing here?!'
"Do you know him?"
Kagome looked ahead and nodded.
"Well? Who is he?"
Kagome ignored the question and focused on the lesson. As soon as the bell sounded, Kagome bolted out the door, heading straight to where Sesshomaru was sitting.
"Sesshomaru? What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to see what this 'school' was."
The door to the roof opened and almost every girl in the school came running out.
"Oh my god!" one yelled.
Kagome ran to him and grabbed his left hand.
"We need to get out of here," she said and plowed a way through the swarm of girls.
When they got to her next class, she asked the teacher if Sesshomaru could sit in.
"I don't see any problem with it. So long as he doesn't cause any problems."
Kagome nodded.
"Thank you, sir."
Kagome lead the way to her seat and pulled a chair up next to hers.
"Here you go."
"What is this room?"
"It's called a classroom. People come here to learn. This particular class is History."
Sesshomaru nodded as he sat down in the chair and faced the man at the front of the room.
By the end of class, Sesshomaru had leaned forward in his chair and focused his entire attention on the teacher.
"Did you enjoy the class?" the teacher asked.
"Indeed I did," Sesshomaru said as he bowed slightly.
He then grabbed Kagome's hand and pulled her out of the room.
"Kagome? How much has changed in the last five hundred years?"
"Too much to just give you a short version. When we get back to the Shrine, I'll ask Gramps to see if there's any record scrolls from your time to this one."
Sesshomaru nodded.
"So what lesson do you have next?"
Kagome thought for a moment before groaning.
"Gym."
"Gym?"
"It's a class where the student's get their daily exercise."
"Hn."
Sesshomaru sat down on the bleachers where Kagome had asked him to sit.
"Who are you?"
Sesshomaru looked toward the voice and saw two girls standing to his right.
"Girls! Get back to class!"
A woman was jogging toward them.
The girls took off.
"I'm sorry for the trouble, sir."
Sesshomaru nodded and continued to watch Kagome.
"Why are you here?" the woman asked.
"Kagome."
The woman looked toward Kagome. She was in the middle of a game of volleyball.
"Is she a friend?"
Sesshomaru thought about that for a moment.
"Yes. She is."
The woman left to continue watching her class.
Once it was over, Kagome walked toward him.
"That is what you do for exercise?" he asked.
"We have several different activities that we can do for exercise. We also have jogging, soccer, and tennis."
Sesshomaru nodded as he looked her over. Kagome blushed.
"Please don't do that," Kagome begged as she took off toward the girl's changing rooms.
As soon as she got back, he held out his hand. Kagome grasped it.
"Next lesson?"
"English."
Sesshomaru nodded and gently squeezed her hand.
Sesshomaru and Kagome walked out of the school, Kagome smiling as she talked to the demon lord. He was warming up to her more and more as they spent time together.
"Rin told me last night that she wants to learn to play 'video games' as she called them."
Kagome smiled.
"She's been spending time around Souta."
He nodded as they walked down the street.
As they were halfway to the Shrine, two men walked into the path and pulled out guns.
"Give us the girl and you won't get hurt, bub!"
Kagome moved to stand behind Sesshomaru.
"Traffickers!"
Sesshomaru flicked his wrist and his green poison whip slashed through the weapons.
"Leave, humans, before my claws find you," he said, his claws glowing with poison.
Both men dropped the smoking remains of their guns and bolted down the street.
As soon as they were gone, Kagome moved to stand in front of Sesshomaru and threw her arms around him.
"Thank you, Sesshomaru!"
Sesshomaru could smell the salty tears that were streaming down her face. He slowly wrapped her in his arms and held her as he stared at the remains of the guns.
With a swift move, he scooped her into his arms and carried her toward the Shrine
"What happened?" Mrs. Higurashi asked when she saw Sesshomaru carrying her unconscious daughter.
"Kagome said 'Traffickers'. I have no idea what that word means but two human males walked into our path and demanded that I hand over Kagome to them. They had..."
"Guns?"
"Yes."
"Human traffickers. They take women and sell them as slaves."
Sesshomaru pulled Kagome slightly closer.
"I'm not letting her go to school alone."
Mrs. Higurashi nodded.
"And I'll make sure that Souta keeps an eye on Rin when he takes her to school."
Sesshomaru nodded as he walked over to the couch and set Kagome down.
"What happened? What did you do?" Sango yelled as she came rushing into the room.
Mrs. Higurashi explained what had happened, or what didn't happen, and Sango turned to Sesshomaru.
"I am sorry," she said as she looked at Kagome. "I'm still getting use to having you around."
Sesshomaru sat down on the floor and leaned against the couch.
"It's fine, Slayer."
Sango nodded and walked away to sit down at the kitchen table.
And there you go. Chapter 6. I'm glad I was able to get it done in one day! Yay!
Kagome and Sesshomaru have had their first and maybe only encounter with the Traffickers. But that's not the end of the surprises. What happens when InuYasha suddenly turns up? And demands that Kagome leave Sesshomaru to be with him? Those answers next time! Til then,
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