It was three days before the trip to Sesshoumaru's palace,Kagome watched Naruto stumbled as he through trying to tie his kimono, she laughed as he fell then entered the room and walked over to him. Once again she was showing him how to fix his outfit explaining it to him like she had done for Shippo when he had been forced to wear formal clothing.
Naruto nodded and Kagome untied the kimono, she was having him practice in his dojo outfits because that way he would have some idea of how to put on a kimono and wouldn't ruin the finer material. The outfits came out stunning and Kagome had smiled at the thought of seeing Naruto in formal wear. Kagome heard a knock on the door and instructed Naruto to put away his clothes back into the trunk that would be taken when they left. She opened the door to reveal Kakashi, she instantly blushed and smiled up a him.
Kakashi nervously scratched the back of his head, "Soo, are you getting ready for your trip?" Kakashi asked looking around. "Mm hm, I just finished packing our things." Kagome said and put her hands behind her back and swayed back and forth.
"That's good...."
Kagome nodded and they looked up at each other, Kagome blushing turned away and Kakashi turned pink as well.
"Well....."
"So...."
Kagome and Kakashi both laughed and the nervousness between them broke, "Do you want to go to dinner with me before you leave?" Kakashi asked. Kagome smiled up at him and grinned happily, "I'd like that a lot." Kagome said looking into his eye.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow at sixish?" Kakashi asked. "Six it is." Kagome agreed, Kakashi smiled down at her taking her hands in his and kissed her gently. "I'll see you tomorrow." he said and Kagome nodded happily.
Kakashi then poofed away and Kagome giggled doing a little jig. She had a date!.......Oh Shit she had a date! Kagome stared at the wall then ran and picked up a phone, "Iruka! I need you to watch Naruto tomorrow night can you do it?" Kagome asked. Naruto agreed, "What's so important anyways?" he asked Kagome pulled the phone closer to her, "I have a date." she whispered into the phone. Iruka smiled on the other end of the phone.
"About time. who's it with?" he asked lounging on his couch. "Kakashi." she said she heard a crash on the other side of the line and stared at the phone. "Iruka?" she asked gently..."Kakashi, as in Hatake, kakashi?" he asked.
Kagome confirmed and wondered what was going on. "No! Your not going." he said and Kagome glared. "Iruka you will come and watch Naruto tomorrow night and if you don't I'll tell the whole village about how just last week you couldn't take a shower because there was a spider in it." Kagome said wickedly. Iruka sighed and agreed to watch Naruto. Kagome smiled and hung up, she had a date. Smiling Kagome ran to her room and pulled open her closet, "What am I going to wear?" she questioned. Then she saw IT, it had been a present from her mother. She had winked at her and said, "To help catch the right man."
Kagome had stuffed it in the back of her closet never thinking to wear it until now. She put the box aside and pulled out the matching heels and the matching purse. She let the dress hang gently on a hanger and smiled at it. She then closed the closet and checked up on Naruto, he was fast asleep. Meaning he was kicking the wall and everything around him. She shook her head and gently went back into the room. She pulled the blanket up moved his hair out of his face and kissed his forehead. "Night Naru-chan." she said and closed the door.
"have you told Naruto yet?" Iruka asked from the door way as Kagome did her makeup. "No, I'll explain it to him before I leave. " she said and put on the last dab of lip stick. "So how do I look?" Kagome asked. "You look good." Iruka said and Kagome smiled. There was a knock on the door and Kagome smiled nervously. "Naruto can you get that for me?" Kagome asked. She heard Kakashi and Naruto talking and then she heard naruto yell. Sighing Kagome stood grabbed her wrap and her purse and walked out of her room. "Naruto it isn't nice to yell." Kagome said turning the corner to see Kakashi and Naruto at each others throats. Kagome sighed and grabbed Naruto by the ear, pulling him away. "Sit!" she ordered pointing to the couch. Naruto complied and Kagome sat down beside him.
"Kakashi, come talk with me." Iruka said and lead kakashi to the guest room.
She stared at Naruto, "Naru-chan, I've always been content to be just your mother, and that's fine, but there are several other parts to me, there's a woman who needs attention and has desires. Don't I deserve to date?" Kagome asked looking at her son. Naruto's head was down and Kagome picked up his chin, "If you don't like it I won't go out." she promised.
She looked so pretty, her hair was down and the natural waves framed her face, she had light makeup on and she was wearing a nice dress. Naruto nodded, "I guess it's alright for you to go on a date with the hentai." naruto said and Kagome smiled down at him, "Arigato, Naruto-chan." Kagome said and kissed his head. "Ma!" naruto yelled embarrassed Kagome giggled and nodded, "Sorry darling." she said and Kagome stood up. "Where did your sensei's go?" she asked and looked to see that her guest bedroom light was on, that light was usually off. Kagome opened the door to see Iruka and Kakashi glaring at each other.
Laughing nervously Kagome grabbed Kakashi by the arm, "Um well were leaving, there's money on the table for ramen and my cell phone and all emergency contact numbers are on the fridge, so yeah." Kagome pulled Kakashi away from the door and slammed it behind her. "you look wonderful." kakashi said and Kagome smiled, his eyes were glued on her and she looked down at the dress. It was a scoop neck black dress with spaghetti straps. It gently accented her figure and made her look wonderful. She looked Kakashi over noticing he wasn't in his regular ninja gear, "you don't look to bad yourself." Kagome stated admiring him in just plain black slacks and a collared white shirt that was tucked in.
Kagome grinned as kakashi leaned in and pecked her gently on the lips, "How are you?" he asked. "I'm with this date with this weird looking man but he hasn't taken me anywhere yet." Kagome said. Kakashi smiled and he lead her to a small restaurant, "I hope your hungry." Kakashi said. Kagome nodded and Kakashi smiled.
The night went off without a hitch, Kakashi was funny, kind, and a perfect gentlemen. Unfortunately the night ended and Kagome found herself at her doorstep. "I don't want to leave, I'm having such a good time." she said into his shoulder. "I could come with you." Kakashi said and Kagome froze a thought coming into her head.
"You know you should give me something to remember you by. A week is a long time to go away." he whispered huskily into her ear. Kagome blushed and wrapped her arms around his neck,Kakashi leaned down brushing his lips on Kagome's slowly making her moan. "Your too good at this." she said and kissed him again this time the kiss was deeper. Suddenly a hand grabbed Kagome from behind and pulled her away from Kakashi, she was still in a daze when Kagome heard the door slam.
"Mom what the hell were you doing?" Naruto asked his arms crossed glaring up at her. Kagome looked at Naruto then back at the door where Kakashi was behind, grinning she opened the door again and jumped into Kakashi's arms. She forcefully kissed him, his tongue wrestled with hers and when they pulled away Kakashi had a grin on his face. Kagome stood back and straightened her dress, "I'll see you in a week Kakashi." she said and closed the door. Kakashi nodded and walked away on cloud nine.
Kagome then turned and glared at Naruto to see him with his eyes wide and staring horrified, "I'm scarred for life." he muttered. Kagome laughed and picked up Naruto, "Oof, your getting to big for me to carry you." she said and walked into the living room to see Iruka glaring at her, "What?" she asked. Iruka shook his head and took Naruto from Kagome, "Just make sure you know what your doing." Iruka said and Kagome smiled, "Thank you Iruka." Kagome said and walked to her room before plopping down on her bed, thoughts of Kakashi on her mind.
The Next morning Kagome woke up to the sound of Jaken and Naruto yelling at each other. Sighing she put on her robe and walked out to the front room, "Good moring Jaken, Naruto do you have everything packed?" Kagome asked as she poured herself a cup of coffee. Naruto stared at his mother and nodded, "Lady Kagome, the servants will take the trunks." Jaken said bowing. Kagome waved her hand and some fox demons entered, Kagome raised a brow and looked at the one supervising the others, he was tall with long black hair with dark orange highligts, "Aren't you Shippo's main general?" Kagome asked. The man stiffened and turned slowly, Kagome looked at him and remembered, "I remeber you! Your name is Kiryuu!" Kagome said smiling, "why are you here instead of just regular servants." Kagome asked. Kiryuu paled a little and scratched the back of his head. Kagome sighed and shook his head, "Honestly that kit."
"He's just protecting you Kagome-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama also ordered some soldiers here as well." Kagome shook her head, "You know I'm perfectly able to tend to myself." Kiryuu laughed nervously knowing exactly how strong she was. "Yes, I know that Kagome-sama, but Lord Sesshoumaru and Shippo-sama ordered the escort. Kagome just muttered something under her breath and went into her room returning dressed in a simple white sun dress.
"You look well, Kagome-sama. You haven't aged a day since I last saw you." Kagome laughed, "That happens when you are blood-adopted by a powerful daiyokai." Kagome replied and the demon nodded in understanding. Naruto entered the room and smelled it sensing Kiryuu's other interests in his mother he growled low in his throat as the demon moved toward his mother. Kagome looked at him and realized what she was doing, "Well Kiryuu-kun, here's someone else I'd like to introduce you to. This is Shippo's other brother Naruto." Naruto shook the fox's hand and he glared at the fox general.
Jaken entered the room before the yoki levels rose and squawked that the caravan was ready. Kagome paled at the word caravan and walked out the door to see a bunch of soldiers and a dragon(not AH Un) she closed her eyes hoping that it would all disappear. She opened them again to still see the caravan, she peeked out of doorway to see a crowd forming, "Great just great." she muttered and grabbed Naruto's hand. She placed him on the dragon and moved to jump on when she felt hands on her waist. She turned her head to see Kakashi smiling up at her. She smiled down at him and he kissed her gently, "Just remember your taken now." he said and Kagome nodded. A growl behind Kakashi made Kagome look up to see Sesshoumaru's oldest and most trusted general Yama, the man lived up to his name he was as strong as a mountain with great bulging muscles. "Yama-san. How are you?" she asked nervously as Kakashi placed her on the dragon. "I am well."he said and glared at Kakashi, "I didn't expect Ani-sama to send all this." Kagome said and watched Kakashi stand his ground as Yama glared at him, "Sesshoumaru-sama is concerned for your welfare since the last attack." he replied.
Kagome's attention was brought back to Yama at the last comment, "He knows I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself." Kagome said irritated with all this protection, "We all know that Kagome-sama but it is just precaution." Kagome shook her head, "No precaution is necessary." Kagome said, "Kagome there might be other threats." Kakashi said gently rubbing her knee. "Mom, Shippo ani-san is just trying to take care of you." Naruto said
Kagome shrugged, "Why can't you just let me go by myself?" she muttered, Yama smirked and motioned for the group to proceed. Kagome leaned down over Kakashi and he caught her, "I'll see you in a week." she promised. "Maybe sooner." he winked and Kagome stared after him as he disappeared wondering what all that was about. Kagome settled back into her seat as the dragon moved and made sure Naruto sat up straight.
Groups of people throughout the village stared and pointed as the caravan proceeded. Kagome sighed and shook her head, this was what she wanted to avoid all together. Yama looked back to see Lady Kagome irritated and ordered the caravan to move faster. They were out of the village within minutes and Naruto soon started to move around nervously not used to sitting still for so long. Kagome smiled and looked over at Yama, the general understood and moved back to Kagome. "Young Lord it would be my honor if you would lead the procession with me." he said, Kagome hid a smile behind the long sleeves of her kimono and Naruto looked around not understanding. Then it dawned on him, he was the young lord, he nodded enthusiastically, "Just don't muss your clothes." Kagome said gently and watched as Naruto jumped off the dragon and walked to the front of the line with Yama. Kagome patted the dragon's neck rubbing it gently, this reminded her of the time she first rode on Ah Un. She missed the old dragon, she missed a lot of her old life, and riding around like this brought back memories. Well minus the fact of the armed guard.
They rode through the whole day and only stopped when Kagome needed to get water and use the facilities. While she was away she heard a low growl, she acted normally and washed her hands then gently pushed her hair behind her ear pulling out a pin she had hidden in her sleeves. She turned around to come face to face with a red eyed human formed tiger demon, "Oh my what do we have here." the tiger asked growling as he came out licking his lips. Kagome bowed, "Excuse me but I must return to my camp." she said smiling. She moved and the tiger moved to grab her. Kagome jumped back and flipped the tiger on its back. "It would benefit you if you kept your hands to yourself." Kagome said in her best Sesshoumaru voice. The tiger growled and got up and charged.
Kagome sighed and charged and threw the pin. It hit the tiger directly between the eyes making him freeze then explode in a bright pink light. Kagome shook her head and turned back to camp to be met halfway by Yama, Naruto, and Kiryuu. "I told you I could care for myself." she told Yama and straightened her robes and walked back into camp ignoring the wide eyed demons around her.