Chapter 25: Future Things
A/n: Obligatory disclaimer that I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters.
"I will bring something from my time to trade here. The currency of my time would be useless now I'm afraid." Sesshomaru said as they walked back to the car with the ring. Ms. Higurashi had kindly paid since he had no money here.
"If you insist dear. I'm sure she's going to love the ring." She gushed. "Now, when you are ready to ask her, get down on one knee and present the ring. Usually men will say something special about their relationship or the woman and then they asked them to join in marriage." Sesshomaru wasn't fond of the idea of lowering himself to one knee but he'd do it, in front of no one, if it'd make her happy.
They arrived before Kagome did so Sesshomaru decided to lay on her bed and rest his eyes. The cat jumped up on the bed and crawled across his stomach to rub on his mokomoko. Annoyed, Sesshomaru got up, dropped the cat outside the door, then closed the door and returned to bed.
Kagome had a good time with her friends. They saw a matinee and then went to get ice cream in the park. She told them a little bit about Sesshomaru and they told her about how school was going. The day seemed to fly by too quickly and before she knew it she was climbing the stairs to her room.
Kagome opened her door and found Sesshomaru laying on her bed, eyes closed. She smiled, he looks so relaxed. She quietly set her bag down and tiptoed to the bed to get a better look at him. I'm glad I could restore his arm for him. It's an added bonus to get to be held by both.
"Woman, why are you staring at my person?" Sesshomaru asked, eyes still closed.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't realize you were awake." She went to turn away but his hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her down. She landed beside him on the edge and had to shift to throw an arm of her own across his chest.
"How was your time with your friends?"
"Good, I missed them. How was your day, what did you do?" She asked.
"You smell of another man." He said trying to avoid her question.
""Oh, sorry. Hojo showed up, it must be from the hug he gave me. I'll go shower." She tried to pull away but he wouldn't let her go. He flipped them over so she was on her back underneath him.
"I can get rid of his scent more effectively than a shower." He said lowering his head to kiss her lips. She didn't hesitate to kiss back, bringing her hands up to pull him closer. He growled lowly and started to move down her neck.
He found her pulse point while his hand slid under her shirt and made contact with her side. Her skin tingled where his hand was. She barley noticed her shirt sliding up with his hand as she was so distracted by his mouth moving down the v of her shirt.
She felt cool air brush over her skin as he lifted the shirt over her breasts, but the cool air was replaced with heat as his mouth connected to the skin her bra wasn't hiding. That's definitely going to leave a mark. She thought as he started to suck on her breast.
She moaned as he dragged a claw along the cup of her bra. She could feel her nipples strain against the fabric. Thankfully Sesshomaru had taken off his spiky armour so she could push his kimono to the side and slide a hand over his chest to his shoulder.
"Kagome? Come down and play some cards before dinner." Ms. Higurashi knocked on her door. Kagome closed her eyes and sighed, her mother killed any chance of anything happening.
"Yes mama, I'll be done in a second." She called. 'Sorry' she mouthed to Sesshomaru pushing him up. She stood and straightened her shirt noticing Sesshomaru smirking at the V-neck of her shirt.
"What?" She asked looking down. The all mighty Sesshomaru had left a love bite on the swell of her breast that wasn't covered by her shirt. She rushed over to her closet and grabbed a high neck shirt and threw it on the bed. She ripped off her shirt and reached for the other one she had pulled out.
"What are you doing?" Sesshomaru asked pulling the new shirt away. "You wish to cover my mark?" He asked slightly hurt. Kagome paused having not thought of it that way.
"It's not that," she sat next to him on the bed, "it's just, were with my mama. She doesn't need to know that I'm doing… that." Sesshomaru didn't completely understand but he handed the shirt back anyway. A claiming mark was normal to him and wasn't the purpose of finding a mate to eventual produce pups?
He stood and followed her downstairs. They taught him 2 new card games. The first one was called Menko; one card was placed on the ground and the goal was to throw your card at it in hopes of flipping it over. If you succeeded you took the card and whoever had the most cards at the end won.
The second game was called Daifugō. All the cards in the deck were dealt out and the person who had 3 of clubs plays first laying their 3 down. The next player plays the same number or higher until everyone cleared their hands. The first person to clear their hand is the Daifugō and gets the 2 best cards of the last player in the next round. The last player to clear their hand is called the Daihinmin and gets the 2 worst cards from Daifugo's hand in the next round.
Sesshomaru found he actually enjoyed the games so Kagome took the cards with them to add to her bag. They planned to return the next day early in the morning. Kagome wasn't quite ready to go to sleep so she decided to pack her bag tonight.
Sesshomaru sat on her bed while she threw things into her bag. Some he knew like clothes, the food she brought last time, and another book. Others he didn't understand. One in particular was a strange rectangular pack that rattled.
"What are these?" He asked holding them up.
"Uh, they're medicine."
"What are they used for?"
"They're called contraceptive. They prevent a girl from getting pregnant." His claws started to glow green. "Hey, wait, what are you doing?" She asked rushing to him to grab the packet. "They have more use than that." He raised his eyebrow.
"What would that be?"
"Can we just drop it?" He continued to stare, she sighed. "They help regulate a woman's period, make it less painful and more predictable."
"A period?" Sesshomaru probed. Kagome flushed and turned away from him. "Face me when you speak." Kagome reluctantly turned back.
"It's the 5 or 6 days a woman bleeds to clean out the unfertilized egg from ovulation." She rushed out embarrassed.
"This sounds like a demons heat. Why are you feeling ashamed?"
"I dunno, most guys find it gross or weird." She bit her lip.
"Nonsense, it's natural. Do you have a painful period?" He snatched the pills back. She shook her head. "Then why do you take these?"
"To regulate it so I know when it's coming." His poison claws melted the package. "Hey! I need that!"
"I can tell you when it's coming. I can scent it like I do your emotions."