Elementary went by with a breeze and soon her and her friends, including his bother moved to middle school. Sesshomaru took note of human change, they changed to fast, sad really.
He had learned much about her. She came from a humble family with a tragic story. Her grandfather was oddly strange and Sesshomaru was very cautious of the old man mainly because he could not read him, not one ounce. Her mother was nice enough and looked awfully Young, and her brother was a normal kid with advance thinking. Kagome did not come from a wealth family and Sesshomaru soon found himself, with his brother, picking her up from school everyday. She would start off walking, even though she was clearly aware they would pick her up and she did this rain or shine, it baffled him.
But one morning something changed. His brother got himself a girlfriend and said girl was not Kagome. Sesshomaru found himself riding alone in his limo headed towards her house, which was on the way to the school. He almost thought about not stopping and then he wondered to himself had she knew this was coming, is that why she always walked and didn't wait for them to pick her up?
But he stopped and she ducked to get in. Her face changed as soon as she saw that Inuyasha was not there. Kagome sat next to Sesshomaru and shut the door, not staying a word.
"You knew this was coming?" He questioned her lack of questioning.
She sighed "Yeah, you didn't?" She looked at him,
He looked up, what had he been doing that he had missed this?
"I kinda always knew I'd end up as some third wheel, you know Sango and Miroku are dating to right?"
Some friends she had.
But like clock work he would pick her up, and she would point out things he seemed to miss about the daily lives of others, and while he didn't particularly care he never stopped her.
But one day she asked him a question "I'm not cramping your style am I?"
He looked at her, "Elaborate"
"Well the end of the year dance is coming up for the schools, and everyone seems to be pairing up, I don't wanna be in your way of a girl"
He look at her puzzled, he knew for a fact that she enjoyed their car rides, so the fact that she would so easily give them up to be replaced by a woman baffled him, friend or not, most girls would not have that.
" I dont do girlfriends"
"Really?"
"Miko, have you ever seen me with one?" Sure he was 17 and the talk of all females by he was not easy. She smiled at her nickname that he had given her.
"Boyfriend?" She said uneasy,
He narrowed his eyes and she laughed and put her hands up "Ok,ok sorry!"
Of course it did get him thinking and it took a few days for him to swallow his I don't care demeanor to ask her "My brother is dumb, but tell me Miko, why are you unattached"
She shrugged "Maybe it's me, maybe it's you?" The car stopped at she got out and smiled before waving to go off to class. He didn't know what she meant by that till after school when he was waiting for her. A boy came knocking on his limo door, his name was Hojo and his family was of medium class. "What"
"Um, sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask you a question!"
The boy was full of nerves and scared, "What is it"
The boy bowed "Can I take Kagome to the dance!"
It was then that he understood, he was the reason why, they all thought he had claim over her!
Still, the boy was no good for her "No"
The boy looked up "No?"
"I will not repeat, now be gone" He didn't want her to see.
Kagome showed you some time later and got in, she was wearing lip gloss, she never wore lip gloss, and to him it was suspicious.
"What?"
"Hojo asked for my blessings to take you to the dance"
"What did you say!? She asked a little to excited for his taste,
"No"
"Oh good" she sat back in the seat. It puzzled him, she was relieved? And not at all upset? Did she not care that boys where scared off because of him?
"Your wearing lip gloss"
She blushes "You noticed"
"Your 13, take it off"
Now she looked shocked "You don't like it?"
"Who are you trying to impress?" It was clear she knew the reason she was dateless was because of him so why?
She used her sleeve to whip it off, her lips where pink enough without it, she didn't need it.
"No one I guess"
Her mood changed, and that was never a good thing.
When he dropped her off she handed him something before getting out of the car. She was long up the stairs to her home before he opened his hand to see.
It was the lipgloss, and it was called Moon Kiss. It wasn't cheap and it hit him like a tone of bricks, the person she was trying to impress was him.
He closed his hand tight over it.
Kagome had a crush on him, but it was nothing more than that, a small crush, soon it would fade, he knew better, of course she looked up to him, this was his fault. He sighed, what was he going to do with her. She maybe different but she was was girl no less, and they all had crushes on him.