Chapter 5 of An Odd Twist of Events
Inuyasha was preparing to attack Sesshomaru after Kouga fell but just as he was going to attack him Kagome came running out of a cave and tackled him with a hug as she said "I was so worried about you when you didn't show up after a few hours went by. Are you okay Sesshomaru?"
"Yes, are you? Did he touch you anywhere he wasn't supposed to? Why are you dressed like that?"
"No I delayed as much as I could by needing to 'prepare' before we mated, then I fell asleep for six hours and convinced him to play 'catch me if you can', then you guys showed up just in time."
"Well I hadn't expected you to go along with it but I guess that was the best way to stall him without getting hurt." he said with a smile as he thought about how lucky to have a mate that was as intelligent as she is.
"Hey Sesshomaru can we go back to Edo?"
"Why?"
"I need to go home to tell my mom what has occurred while I was away and introduce you to my mom, brother, and grandfather. Beware my grandpa likes to yell 'Demon be gone' at the same time throwing a sutra on you. Souta likes to ask a lot of questions about battles and stuff like that. Please don't give him extremely detailed fighting sequences."
"Okay we can go back to Edo and I will meet your family, then we go to my castle and get you settled in to your new home. Get on AhUn and I will ride on my cloud alongside you to Edo."
"Don't we need to stop and get Sango and the others first?"
"Yes" he said inwardly groaning about taking much longer than he had planned to get back to his lands no telling what that imbecile Jaken had told everyone when he got home. Well might as well hurry up and get this over with as quickly as possible.
--Unfortunately for Sesshomaru he did not know what was in store for him when he reached Kagome's home. --
They found the others not to far from Kouga's den and told them where they were heading and that they were going on ahead to Kagome's home.
Sango and the others that knew Kagome's secret giggled at what poor Sesshomaru was in for in Kagome's time.
When they reached Edo Sesshomaru asked which way they were heading when Kagome smiled and pointed towards Inuyasha's Forest he looked at her confusedly and said "Why do they live out there?"
"Well they don't exactly live out there but we have to go out there to get to my home. See I'm from 500 years in the future and to get to my home we have to go through the bone eaters well. I warned you about my family, well I need to tell you that it looks way different in the future and there aren't any demons that I know of. Humans rule that time period and have done so for a long time now. Everyone thinks of demons as myth and legend and they are seen as purely evil in my time. There are going to be new and diverse smells, sights, and sounds. Inuyasha had trouble with it at first but he got used to it so you should eventually get used to it as well."
He stared at her trying to process this new information and thought to himself that's why she was dressed so strange and inappropriately in his time. Well I might as well see where she came from because Inuyasha had apparently been there several times to her time in the future. I will not let him outdo me in this! "I will go to your time then and meet your family."
She smiled up at him and then kissed him lightly on the lips. Her eyes were shining with her happiness at what he said which only enhanced the golden flecks in the chocolate colored depths of her eyes. He was amazed at how something so simple could make her so totally happy.
"By the way Kagome you're pregnant."
"WHAT?" she practically yelled in her shock. "When might I ask did this happen? I thought you weren't going to do that yet."
"Well I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen soon and I wanted to make sure that I would not leave you without anything to remind you of me, if something happened to me today you would have had a part of me with you always in the form of my pup."
Is this some kind of weird way to say that I love you? thought Kagome. Well he does have strange ways to show that he cares, I guess it's his demon nature, but I love him anyways.
They arrived at the well and Kagome took Sesshomaru's hand and stood at the edge of the well when he joined her she said "now we jump in" and jumped into the well. They were enveloped by blue light and let down softly in her time. He grabbed her before she could climb out and jumped out of the well setting her down in front of the doors.
Pausing after exiting the shrine he was overwhelmed by the sounds and smells that hit his sensitive demonic senses. Once he got adjusted to the smells and looked down at her to continue she led the way out and across the courtyard to the house where she opened the door. They walked into the kitchen and Sesshomaru was taking in the odd things that he saw in her house. He was amazed at how clean the place was and it didn't smell like the village huts in his time.
His train of thought was broken when she said "they must have gone out because no one is here. Let's go up to my room so I can get some stuff to take back with me."
He only nodded in acknowledgement and followed her up the stairs to a room that smelled strongly of Kagome and faintly very faintly he could smell his baka brother's scent by the window. He growled at the thought of Inuyasha being in this very room where Kagome slept.
Glancing up from her gathering at his growl she asked "what is it Sesshy?"
"Nothing and please refrain from calling me that in front of anyone."
"Okay……Sesshy" she said smiling at his request.
Just as she finished packing her bag she heard the door shut and then the voice of her mom telling her grandpa and Souta's voices to stop arguing. Kagome jumped up grabbing Sesshomaru's arm and ran down the stairs to the kitchen where she was greeted with hugs and questions on what took her so long to come home this time.
Kagome looked over at Sesshomaru and said "This is Inuyasha's half-brother Sesshomaru he saved me from Kouga and I'll tell you the whole story later when we are alone mom."
Her family eyed Sesshomaru with various different looks, her mom seemed taken aback by his slightly colder look and lack of dog ears, Souta eyed him in admiration, and her grandfather glared at him and pulled a sutra out of his clothes and planted it right on Sesshomaru's head yelling "Demon be Gone!", Kagome sighed as she looked over her family's expression and thought 'this ought to be fun to explain to them.'
"Mom, can I talk to you?"
"Yes honey, where would you like to talk?"
"Let's go up to my room so I can tell you the entire story behind my delay in getting home."
On the way up the stairs Mrs. Higurashi noticed that Sesshomaru was following them and his eyes never left Kagome. 'So this demon has some kind of feelings for my daughter it would seem, I wonder why she brought him and what happened to Inuyasha, oh well she will tell me soon enough.'
They arrived at Kagome's room and entered Sesshomaru following them in and closing the door behind him, he then sat down on the floor at the foot of Kagome's bed and leaned back looking quite bored with things. Kagome and her mother sat on the bed Kagome sitting closest to Sesshomaru and her mother sitting at the head of the bed. "So sweetie what is it you would like to discuss."
Kagome went through the fight with Naraku, Inuyasha choosing Kikyo, then starting her cycle and Kouga almost raping her, Sesshomaru saving her in the nick of time." Then she paused and prepared to tell her mom about her and Sesshomaru. When her mom said "Thank you Sesshomaru for rescuing my daughter like that, we are in your debt."
"Mom" she said timidly "Sesshomaru and I kindofmatedafterhesavedme." Her mom's jaw dropped slightly when she sorted out what her daughter just told her.
"What do you mean by mated?" she said.
"Well he and I are basically (in our terms) married to each other now. He had feelings for me and let them be known to me and asked me if I was willing to be his mate, I uh…. said yes. He's not as bad as he first appears to be mom he can actually be sweet and caring when no one is looking, dignity and all. He's the Lord of the Western lands and he did save me twice from that despicable wolf Kouga."
"I see, Kagome may I speak to Sesshomaru alone?"
"Huh? Why would you want to……?"
"Kagome now" interrupted Mrs. Higurashi.
"Yes momma." She said as she stood up and left the room.
"Is this true Sesshomaru, do you indeed have feelings for my daughter or are you just playing with her?"
"I Lord Sesshomaru could not play around with something like this, for when a demon takes a mate and marks her he could no sooner leave her than rid himself of his inner beast. I have marked her as mine and mixed my blood with hers that is why her appearance is different and that is why I do not leave her side for long or allow ourselves to wander to far from each other. I only took her when I was certain she wanted this and even before the act itself I only did so when I did not get any mixed signals from her, not wanting her to look back with regret for accepting me as a mate. Another thing is that if somehow she dies or gets killed I will not last long afterwards for she has my soul completely, and she carries a small part of it inside of her. If we are separated for to long or by to much distance I will go berserk till I find her safe."
"I didn't see any changes except she looks leaner."
"She put some stuff on her face and covered her ears till she could break the news to you."
"Oh, So you truly won't leave her then, well I will accept you as family then Sesshomaru. One other thing is my daughter pregnant yet?"
"Yes she is with my pup, it shall grow quickly within her and be born in about five months I believe."
"Does Kagome know?"
"Yes I told her before we left Edo and came here."
"Okay, now let's get Kagome back in here and clean her up so I can see these changes you spoke of. Kagome you can come back in." she called. Kagome came in and her mother asked her to clean off the make up so she could see her daughter's new look.
Kagome went across the hall to the bathroom and cleaned off her face and wrists then pulled her hair back. As she came back into the room her mother inhaled sharply with surprise at how beautiful and otherworldly Kagome now looked. She ran her fingers over her daughter's stripes and elfin ears, she noted the same markings were on Sesshomaru even the wrist stripes. "Your grandpa is going to have a field day with this, you know."
"Yeah he is, and Souta is going to ask too many questions for his own good. Sesshomaru it might be safer to stay up here till we call you down."
"I will be fine, no one can harm me unless they hurt her" he said as he pulled Kagome to him in a protective way causing her to smell aroused. He grinned devilishly as he nipped her neck playfully causing her arousal scent to spike and making her blush furiously while her mother was still watching them.
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