Chapter 10: The male species…..
Last time: "So when's the wedding? I know it's Hojo isn't it!! I must send out wedding cards!!" her mother said. Kagome sighed. leave it to her mother to jump the gun, so to speak.
'No mama, It's a demon lord named Sesshomaru...' Kagome thought staring at the ground.
Lady Nefertiti: expect ooc-ness.
Inuyasha: "Hold It! Why does it seem to be that this fic has turned into some type of chick...no...a way to tell the women folk how to hunt down the male....
Kagome: (sigh) "He really doesn't pay attention in class does he?"
Sesshomaru: "Who let him enroll here?!"
"Mama, do you absolutely INSIST that I marry a human male?" Kagome asked her mother.
"What? Oh honey you're thinking about the past and the Demon world aren't you?" "Well you know I hadn't really thought about it…but I've seen Sota muttering things about demonesses in his sleep and when he watches t.v, the soap opera he loves so…..he says, "You bastard I'd never do that to my MATE!!! Or when he sees a girl crying about being cheated on, he yells, "You have no honor in you!! You bloody human! And tries to shoot him with his water gun…."
When her mother said that Kagome sweat dropped….
"I swear he thinks himself as a demon…." Kagome's mother said aloud. "And then one day he told me that a demon named Sesshomaru saved your life? Well that was nice of him…." She said. Is he then better than you're um…what was his name? Inuyasha? Because isn't HE the one who's supposed to keep you safe?
"Is that what they call it? Mating not marriage? I suppose it's the same. But I do wonder what grandfather would say to that? Both of my children love the other kind of species? And demons at that?"
'Well this is interesting.' Kagome thought. Her mother useless rant was making no sense. 'So Sota was bent on marrying…err...mating a demoness?' 'Baka….' She thought.
"Well why are you here honey? I thought you only came on weekends…" Her mother said. "Is something the matter that you have come here earlier?"
'Err….' Was Kagome's only thought. She couldn't tell her mother that she came to grab a little 'something' to trap a demon…oh well what she didn't know wouldn't hurt her right?
"I err…I came to get something that I'd forgotten and then I'll be on my way back to the past mama." Kagome got off of her chair and ran upstairs.
She passed by Sota who waved at her and then looked back at the t.v yelling "Hey tell her you wanna mate her you moron!!!! Why are you prolonging the inevitable!!! Jump her! Do something!!!"
"Do you want some other demon to come along and snatch her away? DIE you filthy demon!!!!"
Kagome sweat-dropped and then made her way upstairs……
She walked into the guest room where her mother kept all of daddy's things, clothes, pictures, shoes, equipment for his profession which he hadn't even bothered to come and pick up. He was a doctor, so she'd find everything she needed here to 'help' Sesshomaru….
(A/N: *wink*)
'Stethoscope' 'Stethoscope' Now where would I be if I were a Stethoscope? She thought to herself. She rummaged through various boxes and saw an old lab coat, a bunch of syringes, tongue-depressors, and ah ha!!!! A stethoscope.
She grabbed it and raced to her room. She put it on and checked to see if it still worked and then wondered if demons hearts beat at same heart rate as humans….
She sat on her bed, taking the stethoscope off of her ears and looked at it for a minute. It still smelled like daddy too. And then a memory flashed in her mind.
-Flashback-
Kagome was 6 years old and she looked at her daddy happily. "Oh daddy! Can I be a doc-teer when I get big too?? Oh pleeze? I want a thing like that too!!!"
"Oh honey, you can be whatever you want!! And I'll be so proud of you!!!" he said smiling into her blue eyes, lifting her into the sky.
-End Flashback-
"Well I guess I am something now Daddy…." She said aloud to no one. "A Miko who can sense shards and ironically fell in love with an assassin who's a demon lord and not to mention damn sexy….Are you proud of me daddy?" She shuddered and chucked the stethoscope across the room, not caring if it broke. 'Daddy.' 'Are you proud of me now?' She thought. She curled up into a ball on her bed and then stared at the ground. With that she fell asleep, tears glistening in her eyes…
She never noticed her mother walk in, putting a blanket on her and then looking at the stethoscope on Kagome's floor, with a curious expression on her face.
-Feudal era- (with Sesshomaru)
He sighed and then made his way over to the village, he really didn't want to go there, but if it's what Kagome wanted…..He walked to Kaede's hut and then stepped inside to see Kouga sitting on the ground, with a pissed off expression.
He didn't look up at Sesshomaru but said, "Get sick of your play-thing already Sesshomaru? Man you must go through hundreds of women a day….." Sesshomaru didn't say anything and didn't hurt him surprisingly...because Kagome had specifically told him no to kill anyone….
"Where is she anyway?" Kouga said again.
"She went home." Sesshomaru said sitting down.
"Why? I didn't know she could 'sit' you too…." Kouga said.
But Sesshomaru didn't answer him.
Inuyasha came in at that moment, with his Kikyo and then looked at the both of them…. "I didn't know that both of you were buds….."
But neither of them responded to that…..
'Kagome should've been back hours ago…' Sesshomaru thought. What was keeping her home? Did something happen to her?
"So tell me Sesshomaru…." Inuyasha said bitterly. "Do you like 'playing' with Kagome?"
"Why are you asking me 'little brother?' " Sesshomaru said with a bored expression. "Ask her if she enjoys watching YOU play with your dead Miko." That shut Inuyasha up.
"I…." Inuyasha began.
"One more word, Inuyasha and I'll do more than injure you…." Sesshomaru said smoothly.
Kaede chose that moment to walk in with Sango and Miroku and everyone looked to see the 'interesting' group of people who sat there, sitting civilly, not trying to kill each other…..The tension so thick in the air, you could cut it with a knife…….
"Are all ye waiting for Kagome?" Kaede asked, startling everyone, since it had been so silent. No one answered her though, because she knew that they were indeed all waiting for Kagome……
-Future- (Kagome's room)
She awoke with a jolt, not believing she'd overslept, but she'd been so tired. For the first time perhaps she wasn't worried if Inuyasha would be mad at her for being late…. She wasn't worried that there would be a time that he'd never be there for her…For she knew she'd had someone waiting on the other side who'd always be there for her forever…
She smiled suddenly despite the situation and started to get ready to go back to the feudal era. Perhaps…. Maybe she wouldn't even need to try and 'trap' a demon….For he would be there for her all the time…..
As she packed her belongings in her yellow sack, she thought of one thing….did she really know where she belonged? If indeed she had succeeded in trapping one of the male species, in whichever time zone…..Did she know where she belonged? Did she deserve him? A human or a demon?
She shrugged her shoulders and thought that she'd mull over this situation later. She walked downstairs and heard Sota yell "You don't know where you're loyalties lie you demon!!!" He turned around and then said, "Oh Kagome you're leaving for the past already? Bye….. and oh say hello to Sesshomaru for me okay?"
She just nodded, but then thought over what Sota had just yelled at the t.v.
'You don't know where your loyalties lie!'
Did she? Did she know where her loyalties lay? Was it in the Past or the Future? Did she deserve to be so picky about such a situation that she had to go through which 'male' was right for her?
"Bye Sota…." Kagome said dully.
"Oh Kagome!! You're leaving already?" Her mother came and then said, "What I was going to tell you before you ran upstairs was that it doesn't matter to me err…what species you marry…mate…. As long as he loves you."
"Love, Kagome, is so important in life…." Her mother said softly.
Kagome knew what her mother meant by that and it hurt her to see her mother so…sad. She'd been wronged by a man who was supposed to love her for the rest of her life…….
Kagome nodded and then walked out of the front door towards the well. "Oh and Kagome?" her mother said from the Kitchen window…. When you mate with Sesshomaru, I want a picture of my grandchildren!!!! I'll bet they'll be so adorable, with your blue eyes and his silver hair!!! His hair is silver right?"
"Or!!" Her mother continued. "They'll have you're black hair and his gold eyes!!!"
"Oh!!" Kagome's mother said, clapping her hands to her face in horror suddenly. "It won't hurt the baby when you're jumping from in and out of the well will it….I mean when you're pregnant?"
"And we'll definitely have to go see a doctor when you return to the future next time…."
Did her mother think that she was going to be pregnant the next time she came here? Kagome thought. 'Sheesh….I don't think that's gonna happen for a while…'
"Well anyway, have fun, and remember he's not gonna wait around forever for you!!!!" "Do demons age?" Humming her mother turned and went back towards the kitchen to work……
Kagome turned red and almost fainted from shock……..
Well She'd at least remembered to pack the stethoscope she'd thrown carelessly across her room, the object she came for really…..She couldn't really believe all that….all those things her mother had said to her.
'When you mate with Sesshomaru, I want a picture of my grandchildren!!!!'
'I'll bet they'll be so adorable, with your blue eyes and his silver hair!!!'
'Or!!" Her mother continued. "They'll have you're black hair and his gold eyes!!!'
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Kagome sighed and walked towards the well in silence. When her mother had declared the fact that Kagome's jumping in and out of the well would hurt her baby…..Well that was really quite enough. She shrugged and didn't give it much thought.
'Mother just assumed that I like Sesshomaru, and want to 'get it on' with him.' Kagome thought, shaking her head. 'But she doesn't know that the affections that we hold, are one-sided….'
(A/N: hmm…)
'So he saved my life once.' Big deal she thought. She supposed he had to because they had been fighting together in that one battle.….And he did it because of that sword he had.
…And he also because he knew that Inuyasha cared about her, 'And ironically he probably thinks that Inuyasha and I love each other and Inuyasha would never let him live it down, if Kagome died.
She knew Inuyasha cared about her…. 'For being Kikyo.' But did he realize that He was ruining her life? Past and Present?!! She growled inwardly.
Kagome bowed her head down and stared at the ground, a tear slipping from her eye, 'but he probably missed the fact that Inuyasha went to go save Kikyo, a dead girl who wouldn't get hurt..' "BECAUSE SHE"S ALREADY DEAD!!!!" Kagome bellowed out to no one. Hmm…she felt a bit better after yelling that.
The only thing Kagome could really do was to try. Then she frowned as she thought about that book she'd been writing 'how to trap a demon' she was going to burn it. 'What foolish rubbish it is' she thought sadly.
Demons didn't need to be caught or trapped…. Especially Sesshomaru. He would scoff and ridicule her, if he knew of her so-called book. He would then REALLY know that all humans were indeed baka's. She was doomed to stay single forever, and this she knew for sure. Perhaps she should change the title of her book and call it, 'How to trap human males 101' and then she'd give it a go on Hojo. 'After all, he still wants me…' but then…. Her book had no purpose. She didn't even need to trap him.
-Kaede's hut-
'Tick…Tock….Tick…Tock'
Time seemed to go by slowly for everyone in Kaede's hut, was it because Inuyasha was caught in a staring/glaring contest with Sesshomaru? Was it because the tension was so thick that you could cut it with a knife?
Sango was sitting next to Miroku wondering which demon was going to attack the other first….And Miroku? Well he had his eyes closed and seemed to be
meditating. Sango was getting really bored…. Seriously sometimes men could be so boring and she was the only female sitting here.
(A/N: Kaede was out collecting herbs)
At least with Kagome she had someone to talk to and she'd have backup if she needed to yell at a male for being an idiot. She shook her head and leaned against Miroku's shoulder. She didn't notice his small smile.
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Kagome jumped out of the well and proceeded to walk towards the hut where she assumed Inuyasha, Kouga and Sesshomaru would be arguing. She didn't even know why she came here, it only caused her more heartache, pain and hurt…seeing Inuyasha…. Protecting a jewel that an evil hanyou wanted…getting all bloody fighting with demons that weren't technically even supposed to exist!!!
So she happened to be a Miko…. 'Big deal' she thought…. Not that it was doing her any good….
When she walked into the hut, she was surprised to see that it was silent…. Everyone was quiet even little Shippo. 'Weird.' She thought. Sango was the first to notice her, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ah Kagome, you're back from home!" Sango got up and gave her a little hug. Everyone else just looked up to see Kagome nodding her head.
Sesshomaru looked up at Kagome's face, 'That's interesting…' Sesshomaru thought. 'It hadn't even taken her hours to get back….' Where exactly did she live? And why wouldn't she tell him? He noticed Kagome giving him a look…. Her expression was a bit sad?
"Now Kagome," Sango began, a bit sternly. "We need to talk about something important." 'They did?' Kagome thought, looking at Sango's determined face. "Come on." Sango grabbed Kagome by the arm and pulled Kagome towards the door.
Sango then turned her head and said, "You men/demons will stay right there until we return and if anyone of you moves or tries to kill the other, I will send Kagome to her home, forever." Everyone winced, but didn't utter a single word to her, but just nodded.
Kagome walked behind Sango and wondered what she was going to say to her. From her fierce and determined look, she knew that Sango wasn't in a happy mood. Did she do something wrong? Had Naraku attacked them while she was away? Did Inuyasha finally reveal where Kagome lived out of his anger at Sesshomaru?
'Damnit….' Kagome thought. What to do now? When they were out of earshot, in a clearing too far away from anyone to hear them, Sango turned around and then started speaking.
"Kagome Higurashi! You have a lot of explaining to do! Didn't you think you could trust me?" and Kagome gave her a blank look, wondering what Sango was talking about….
"I am your friend after all !" Sango contiuned as if she hadn't noticed Kagome's look. "I think I deserve some credit at least!!"
'Umm....' Kagome thought. Sango was angry....really angry at her.
"Why would you keep something like this away from me? how do you think it makes me feel?"
'Err....' Kagome thought.
Sango then turned her back and then said, "No, I'm not mad at you..if that's what you're wondering...."
"I realize that you must had to have some reason after all....it's not easy to spill something like this right out is it?"
'Huh?' Kagome thought. Sango was confusing her to no end.......
Sango turned around and faced her smiling a little, " I confused you a little didn't I?"
'No really?' Kagome thought, wondering if Sango found out what Kagome had been trying to keep from everyone.
"It was hard at first to get all the guys to 'shut-up' when everyone jumped to conclusions...." Sango started again.
"Kouga started yelling at Sesshomaru, that you were 'his woman,' Inuyasha yelled at Kouga saying 'no way in hell ! Miroku tried to play peace-maker...as usual, but to no avail." she sighed unhappily.
"And then I cut in to shut everyone up, saying that we'd ask you when you got here."
"So everyone was yelling about me," Kagome began. "But what was the reason?" It couldn't have been just because I was theirs.."
Sango shook her head and said, "No that's just one of the reasons they were yelling Kagome....."
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