Disclaimer: Inuyasha is owned, written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi.
To say things were complicated would be the understatement of the year. After he walked her away from Inuyasha, they had gone to speak to the captain. They concocted an elaborate story of a slippery deck, a loose shoe and a terrible tumble into the ocean below. Sesshomaru didn't feel that anyone needed to know about the suicide attempt and Kagome whole-heartedly agreed with him. It was also at that time that Kagome requested one of the empty cabins to stay in. She just didn't think that she would be able to deal with seeing Inuyasha. The captain fearing a lawsuit of course agreed and asked that if she needed anything else that she not hesitate to ask.
Kagome had quickly packed her things while Inuyasha was out of the room thanks to a little help from Sesshomaru. Walking into her new room she had an overwhelming since of freedom well up inside of her. She had marred Inuyasha right out of high-school and had never really had a place of to call her own. She was excited as she realized that this was going to be her life. She was going to be on her own.
Walking into her new room she instantly flung herself on the rather large bed thinking of things between Sesshomaru and her. She wasn't going to be stupid thinking that he would just go and divorce his wife for her. No, it had just been a mistake and perhaps that was why he was trying to help with things. She would have to tell him that he had done enough by saving her life once he arrived.
A knock on the door drew her attention.
"Hey, Did you get everything?" Sesshomaru asked leaning on the frame.
"Yeah, thanks for your help, but you know I think you have done enough." She said
"What are you going to do when we get back?" He asked completely ignoring her words.
"Um, Let me see. I have to get a job, find place to stay and get a lawyer." She finished and realized how much crap she would actually have to do in order to get her life in back.
"Can I come in or should we keep talking in the doorway?" He asked as she giggled and gestured for him to come inside. She watched as he walked over to the bed to sit down.
"I am in need of an assistant at my offices that I can trust. So that takes care of the job issue. I own a few condos that I normally let clients from out of town stay in when they have extended stays, you can stay in one of them. I have a friend that is a divorce lawyer and he has hated my brother for years. He would love the job." He said looking at her.
"Why are you doing all this for me?" She asked shifting nervously on her feet.
"Come here." He said and watched as she swayed over to him. When she was close enough he snatched her hand and tugged making her stumble onto the bed beside him. She landed on her back with a look of surprise as her hair haloed her face. He leaned down and pressed the warmth of his lips onto hers. Her arms wrapped around his neck as he moved between her legs.
"No, no wait. We can't do this. Well I mean, not right now." Kagome said pushing him back. He stayed leaning over her with the saddest look in his eyes that she had ever seen.
"I want you and you want me. I have a feeling that you like I have lived to make our spouses happy. I think it is time that we make ourselves happy." Sesshomaru whispered bringing his hand to her cheek to cup her face and stare into her eyes.
"We barely know each other and its not like you are going to up and divorce your wife." Kagome said as she looked at his lips. "Do you want me to?" He asked softly.
"I…" She went to say something, but he cut her off.
"Get dressed." He said getting up off the bed. Realizing that she did have a point and he might be scaring moving so fast, but the fact of the matter was she made him feel like the reckless teenager that he had never been. He found that he liked it and she thrilled him.
"Why and where are you going?" She asked sitting up and wondering if she offended him.
"We are going to dinner with my parents." He replied walking out the cabin.
"Great, he is out of mind." Kagome sighed getting up and heading into the bathroom.
Sesshomaru had returned to his room to find Kagura applying her makeup. She didn't say a word to him as she wondered through the cabin and ultimately out the door. She almost seemed to be upset that he was standing there. He looked over at his laptop and popped it open quickly sending an email to his staff that he was on vacation any problem would wait until his return. He was on a mission to free both Kagome and himself from the hell that had become their lives.
Toga and Izayoi sat at the table getting ready to order and thinking that no body else was going to show for dinner. Toga nearly choked on his water when he looked to the top of the stairs and saw Kagome and Sesshomaru walking hand in hand down the stairs to the table. Toga and Izayoi noticed the smile on his face and the blush on hers as they took their seats.
"So, where is Inuyasha Kagome?" Toga asked trying to ignore what he had just seen or maybe it was to remind them that they were married to other people.
"Probably talking to his pregnant girlfriend." She said nonchalantly looking at the menu.
"What?" The Toga and Izayoi asked. Sesshomaru wasn't surprised since she had already told him the story and why she had tried to end her life earlier.
"Oh, he didn't tell you all. Yes her name is Kikyo and she is going to have their baby. They are going to be a great big happy family." She bit out, but jumped when she felt Sesshomaru take hold of her hand.
Toga pinched the bridge of his nose feeling way more stressed than he had before. He was pretty sure that the stress of this trip was going to give him a heart attack. Next time he was going to leave his damn kids at home and maybe never come back.
"You should come dancing with us." Izayoi said ignoring the horrified look of her husband. If Kagome and Inuyasha were already a thing of the past how hard could it be for her to get rid of that bitch Kagura.
"Are you suggesting that I take Kagome dancing mother?" Sesshomaru smirked at the devious look on her face as his father shook his head at both of them.
"I am sure that Sesshomaru has work that he will be getting back to after dinner." Toga said sitting back in his chair and noticing that Sesshomaru was holding Kagome's hand.
"Actually I emailed them and told them to handle things till my return." He said as they gasped. He would admit it; he was kind of a workaholic, but that was going to change
"Would you like to go dancing Kagome?" He asked her tilting his head sweetly.
"I would love to, but what about Kagura?" She asked knowing that this was beyond a normal sister in law brother in law relationship.
"It's just dancing. Besides, I think that we should get to know each other." He smirked
She looked into those eyes and all she could do was smile and say "Okay"
He held her close to him as they swayed with the music. She tried to memorize everything about him so that she would never forget. She felt so soft and fragile in his arms as the moved together. His firm warm body made her shiver and recall that night together on the beach. He wanted nothing more than to kiss as he inhaled her scent.
At the end of the night he walked her back to her cabin. She was so forbidden in his mind when she would brush her warmth against him. Then again that is exactly what she was. They arrived all to soon at her cabin and she whispered a goodnight opening her door. He looked down the hallways and when he couldn't see anyone coming grabbed her into his arms crushed his lips onto hers moving walking them into her cabin kicking the door shut with his foot.
"Sesshomaru." She said softly as he released and embraced her in his arms.
"Let me stay. No sex, just let me hold you." Sesshomaru whispered in her hair.
She sighed and walked into the bathroom to change. He took that as her way of saying that he could stay with her. He removed his clothing and waited for her to come out. It was when he looked at her that realized how hard it was going to be just to hold her. She smiled innocently in her red silk baby doll nightgown, but she was no angel in the way she moved to the bed. He groaned and slid behind her wrapping his arm around her waist, holding her tightly in his arms.