Chapter 20: New home
A/n: Obligatory disclaimer that I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
Knowing Kagome was willingly going to come back with him made his stay in her time easier. Her mother insisted they have lunch before they go back; it turned out to be sushi. He agreed to try it because she claimed it wasn't completely cooked.
"Here, hold them like this and control them with your index finger." Kagome corrected his hold on the chop sticks. Sesshomaru watched her pick up a piece of raw salmon and copied her. "Perfect! Do you like it?"
"Hm, it's palatable."
"Good, I'm glad you like it!" Kagome said while digging in. Sesshomaru tried a few more pieces, some he liked, some he didn't. He learned the pieces he like were called sashimi, the raw slices. He didn't like the makizushi as much; they had too much rice and seaweed.
After they had their fill Kagome quickly helped her mama clean up. The only thing left to do was pack her bag. They made their way to her room together to collect her things. Sesshomaru watched as she placed her bag on the bed next to him and started throwing things in it.
"Inuyasha's chips and ramen; check, calendar; check, chocolate; check, blank sutras; check, ibuprofen; check, contraception; check, school books; check, clothes; check, tampons; check." Kagome said throwing each thing in.
By the time she was done he thought the bag was going to explode. "Well, should we head back?" She asked. He nodded and watched as she struggled to lift her bag. He took it from her lifting it effortlessly to his shoulder and headed for the door.
"Thank you." She said following him. When she got to the door she pouted and looked back. "I'm gonna miss my bed." She sighed and closed the door behind her. They said a quick goodbye to her mother then went back through the well the way they came.
"There's definitely fresher air here." She said taking a deep breath in. "Should we get the others and head to your castle?" Sesshomaru gave his signature nod and Kagome grabbed his hand pulling him to the others.
Sesshomaru had told the group the trip would take the rest of the day at human pace so they packed up quickly and took off. Kagome took turns filling everyone in on how they'd managed to get through the well, gossiping with Sango and, as she was doing now, skipping ahead with Rin.
Sesshomaru's head snapped to the right. A fast approaching demon caused him to pull Kagome and Rin behind him. Sesshomaru snarled quietly in warning causing the rest of the group to follow his gaze.
"Oh no." Inuyasha groaned. "Hey Koga! I wouldn't try it today if I were you." Inuyasha said louder. Sesshomaru could feel Kagome deflate at the half demons comment. He didn't have long to think on it as a wolf demon he'd briefly encountered before appeared.
"Kagome? Why don't you come out and say hi?" Koga called. Kagome peeked from behind Sesshomaru's arm.
"Oh. Uh, hey Koga." Kagome said sheepishly moving around Sesshomaru. He grabbed her arm to stop her. "It's okay, he won't hurt me." Kagome said taking a few steps forward. Inuyasha rolled his eye and Koga made the rest of the distance to her.
"Has the mutt been treating you well my love?" Koga said kissing her hand. Before she had time to respond her hand was ripped out of his and Koga was pinned to the tree with Sesshomaru's hand wrapped around his neck.
"Told ya not today." Inuyasha said smugly.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome and Kikyo said simultaneously. Kagome ran to the tree and tried to wedge herself between them. "Sesshomaru, please, let him go, he's my friend." Sesshomaru looked at her and snarled.
"This Sesshomaru does not know what the half breed allowed but I will not tolerate you laying hands on my intended." Sesshomaru threatened before squeezing his hand a little tighter and letting go.
Sesshomaru stepped back and pulled Kagome with him. She rolled her eyes in annoyance as he wrapped both his arm and mokomoko around her, though, part of her thought it was kind of sweet that he was that protective of her.
"So you're with this gu- Sesshomaru now?" Koga asked.
"Yeah, uh, I guess. We're not official or anything but we're kind of dating, well we haven't been on a date but… yeah." She rambled.
"I will wait for you Kagome, and you, take care of my woman until I return." Koga said before speeding off as fast as he could without his jewel shards. Sesshomaru growled and swept Kagome up.
Sesshomaru didn't want to run into anyone else so he commanded Rin and Jaken to ride Ah-Un. Inuyasha carried Kikyo and Kilala carried Sango and Miroku. With the demon speed they made it to the castle in no time.
Sesshomaru gave order to the kitchen that food suitable for humans be prepared for an hour from now. Then he ordered another cheetah demon to show Sango and Miroku, Kikyo and Inuyasha, and Rin and Shippo to separate rooms.
"Come." Sesshomaru pulled Kagome to a room on the left side of the castle. They must have passed at least 6 rooms before he closed the door behind them. Kagome didn't know whether to be excited or terrified at the look Sesshomaru was giving her.
"Do you intend to demean me?" Sesshomaru demanded.
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked thrown off. "I never did that!"
"What do you call the display of affection with the wolf? You challenged my authority giving the wolf the impression he has a chance with you when you're promised to me."
"I…" Kagome was shocked. "Hold on. Promised to you? I don't know how things work in the demon world but where I'm from were not even engaged. And challenged your authority? I thought you liked that I was an 'alpha' that didn't follow orders." Kagome fumed crossing her arms. Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment before bringing his hand to his face and sighed.
"The half breed told you nothing about Inu's did he?" Sesshomaru accused. Kagome shifted.
"No, not really. Look, if I did something wrong, I didn't realise. It's just, Koga's my friend, I didn't want you to hurt him." Sesshomaru's face softened ever so slightly. "So what do you mean about Inu's?"
"Although you may be an alpha, technically, you still rank below me." Kagome glared, Sesshomaru smirked. "Don't worry, your need to challenge me excites me." Kagome looked down and felt her face and body blush. "But please, keep your defiance to the private of my castle." Kagome nodded.