I do not own Inuyasha or anything else mentioned in this Fic.
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Kagome came out of the bathroom, 5 minutes later, dressed in Sesshomaru's cloths once again. Except this time, she had a hotel towel wrapped around her head.
Red, and black boxers, plain white pajama bottoms, and then a plain white, long sleeved pajama shirt, with the initials ST on the chest pocket.
'Well aren't we fancy Sesshomaru.'
She took the towel off and then flipped her head over to scrunch her hair.
Once it was to her satisfaction she stood straight and turned around.
"AAAAHHHHHH-mmmmhhhhh!!!"
"Hush."
Sesshomaru let go of her mouth, for like, the third time that day, and then walked by her.
"UGH SESHOMARU!! You scared me!!"
He walked back over to the chair he was previously in, and then sat.
"Sorry?"
Kagome raised and eyebrow and then sat back on the bed, throwing the towel in the floor.
"Sorry?? What's with you today??"
Sesshomaru's face didn't change. He looked unfazed, and she had no doubt that he was indeed just that.
"I have no clue what you're talking about."
Kagome threw her hands in the air and fell back on the bed, but bounced up right when she hit it, still holding her hands in the air.
"WHAT!!? Helllooo, you carried me here from the whole thing with Naraku, you put me in your bed, you went out of your way to bring me new cloths even though they were horrible, you kissed me, and you brought me new cloths AGAIN THAT WERE YOURS!! AGAIN!!"
Sesshomaru simply shrugged.
"THAT IS NOT AN ANSWER!!"
"Fine then, I don't know."
"THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER EITHER!!"
He crossed his arms and then turned his head almost like he was pouting.
"Well, Kagome, I'm not perfect. Which means I don't have to have an answer for everything."
Kagome then pointed her finger at him flinging it about.
"And that!! Showing your emotions!!! You don't ever show your emotions, and now you're pouting!! Sesshomaru, I just had my heart looked through, my body battered, and my mind boggled!! Please, don't make this night even worse, just tell me what you're doing."
"I don't know."
"Ok, I think I'm gonna go crazy."
"Well. I wouldn't think that I could do that to you, but if you must know……"
Kagome's head popped up from under a pillow, a grin spread across her face.
"KNOW WHAT??"
Sesshomaru simply shrugged, and then turned his head the other way.
"Oh never mind, its not really that important."
Kagome jumped up, and then sat beside him on the arm of the chair.
"OH YES IT IS!! TELL ME!"
Sesshomaru turned his head and then smirked.
"Why?"
"Because I want to know!!"
Kagome stuck her nose up but leaned forward, like she was adding something to what she said.
"Well, if you really want to know, you have to kiss me."
"What?"
"Hmh."
"Why?"
"Well, you didn't have a problem with it before."
Kagome's eyebrows pushed together, and then she scooted from the arm of the chair to his lap.
"Fine then, but no tongue."
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it."
"Whatever."
So then Sesshomaru pressed his lips to hers. She seemed reluctant at first, but then slowly leaned into the kiss, pulling herself closer to Sesshomaru.
Now that Kagome had new cloths on, Sesshomaru didn't have to worry about tearing them. So he grabbed Kagome's waist and pulled her onto him, more than she already was.
'Hmh his lips taste so good. Why didn't I just agree to kiss him, why was I so stubborn. I love him.'
'Happiness, again. Her. She is my happiness. And right now, her scent, its telling me that she's enjoying this, a lot. And I cant lie to the fact that if she were able to smell my feelings, she would smell enjoyment. Ugh I hate females, but she, she's not a female. She's the, female.'
Kagome put her hands on his cheeks and then felt him part his mouth on hers.
'I said no tongue. He doesn't seem like much of a rule breaker.'
Sesshomaru pulled back then let a low growl escape his mouth..
"No tongue. But now I must tell you, right."
Kagome nodded, sighing the slightest bit.
"Well," then he wrapped his arms around her shoulders, bringing her into a half hug, " I think I did all of the things I did, because…."
"What is it??"
"Because you make me feel happy, and you make me feel the emotion of love."
"Huh??"
"YOU, Kagome Higurashi, make my heart feel warm, and you make me want to take you away from every other being, just so I can be the only one that see's your beautiful face. And every time you do, or say something that makes me think, it makes me think about how different you are, and how much I like it. It makes me think about how I love everything about you. And it makes me think about how and why I love you."
"Wha- wait a minute!! So does this mean you love me??"
"I don't like to explain things twice Kagome. You know that. But yes."
"And you just are gonna come out and say it plain as the silver hair on your head??"
"Yes, how else would it be possible for you to know."
"Oh."
"Is something wrong."
"No its just-"
"Hmh."
"Its just, now that you said you love me, I think it would be right for you to know that….I've thought about it a lot. And I thought about how you and I are nothing alike. And I've come to the conclusion that I love you, too."
"Hmh."
"So what does this mean, Sesshomaru?? You don't seem like the type of guy that would want a girlfriend."
"That's because I'm not."
"Well then, what will I be to you?"
"My friend girl."
Kagome's only reply was the oh so intelligent 'huh'.
"Its simple. I don't want a girlfriend. I've never had one, and I'm positive I never will. I've never dated anyone, and I never will. No one has ever been as close to me as you are, and never will. So you will be my friend girl. Same thing as a girlfriend, but just backwards. Then you'll be unique, no girl has ever been a friend girl to Sesshomaru Takahashi. Or anyone."
"Oh."
"Why do you keep saying that. Its really annoying."
Kagome gave him a thoughtful look, and then laid a hand on his heart.
"I don't mean to, its just, now that I'm you girlfr- I mean friend girl, it will be so much easier."
"Easier?"
"Yeah, when I was in that white room I was tellin you bout, and I grabbed your hand. It was cold like I told you. But then I had all these thoughts running through my head, and it came to me. What the biggest thing told me is that you aren't cold, you're warm, just on the inside."
Kagome moved her head down to his stomach, trying not to blush as she felt his abs under her fingers.
"You have a fire burning inside of you, that just has to be reached so you don't seem so cold. But you're like the grass in the winter, you need spring to come uncover you so you can feel the warmth. And I wanted to be your spring."
"Hmh."
"And then right after I saw Kagura slice you up everything went pink. It was so horrible, just to it there, not being able to do anything."
"I know."
Kagome removed her hand from his stomach. Only for him to grab it and put it back.
'Huh whats up with the stomach thing??'
"When that infant, Hakudoshi, had you inside the barrier. I could see that you were in pain, and I knew that you were to weak from earlier in the night to defend yourself properly, so I tried to break it down. Although it pains me to say it, I couldn't get in. And then when you broke free, I guess when the pink light surrounded you in your dream, you fell. And then you didn't wake up."
Sesshomaru pulled her to him again, letting her head rest on his shoulder.
"I didn't know what to do. For the first time in my life, I was totally, and completely helpless. Its not good."
"But what I don't get is why you were helpless. You're the most powerful demon I've ever met, why couldn't you do anything to help me."
"That's just it Kagome, I'm a demon. I don't know what to do when humans get hurt, or when something happens to them. That's why I didn't know if you would want water, or another blanket," he said nodding his head to each of the item's, "I never had to be around humans."
"But, you were around them all the time at school."
"Yes, but I never was that well acquainted with them. Bankotsu, Suikotsu, and Miroku never got hurt or sick around me, so I never had to deal with it. I'm sorry."
"Oh I get it now. But you shouldn't apologize, its not your fault. The only reason I know so much about demons is because of my powers."
"By the way, your powers, do have more control over them now, or can you do more things?"
Kagome lifted her hand away from Sesshomaru's chest and then turned it away from him.
"I don't know, lets try though, maybe that whole thing with the pinkish light boosted my powers."
Kagome closed her eyes, and grunted softly, but then her hand started to glow a more blue light.
'Why is it blue??'
Then the light went into a full blown neon strobe light, it flashed back and forth back and forth getting faster and faster, until finally it went out.
"I think you should wait."
"Yeah, I think I might still be to weak to use my powers. Maybe after some rest I'll be able to do it better. I feel stronger though, like I have more strength and stuff."
"Hmh."
"Hey Sesshomaru."
"Hmh."
"Are you sure you love me?"
"I think I've thought about it enough to know for sure, that I love you. I know that all the dating advise things say not to say that until later, but I thought you should know. I know from past experience that love is something that shouldn't be wasted."
"What do you mean? I thought you said you never had a girlfriend."
"I didn't ever have a girlfriend. I was talking about my mother."
"Oh, well still, what do you mean by love I something that shouldn't be wasted? Did your mother not like you or something??"
"No, quite the opposite. My mother loved me. I was the center of her universe. Everything she did revolved around me. She would by me things as a child, and I would thank her. But as a great demon in training, I never got to see her much. But that doesn't mean I didn't love her. I did but the training, limited me to doing certain things."
Kagome looked up into Sesshomaru's eyes. They looked like they were searching for something in the air, but still they looked far off. Almost like he was trying to remember something. (hard to explain, yes)
"And then, when I reached the age of 13, my training was over. I had learned everything I needed to know to be a great demon. But in the process, I lost myself. My emotions, they didn't matter to me anymore, and soon I became totally isolated. And then one day, I was informed by one of the advisors of my father, that my mother had fallen ill."
His eyes kept searching, on. Kagome moved her head from his shoulder to his heart and then smiled as she felt his head rest on hers.
'He really is changing, I think me being his spring is a good thing.'
"So I went to her. What the servant didn't tell me is that she was on the verge of dying. And when I got there, she was lying in her bed, eyes shut, not breathing. Then a doctor rushed by me, with a stretcher yelling to get her to the ambulance. And then I never saw her again. I didn't get to go to her funeral either, my father told me that I had to go over seas for a meeting with a council. He also told me that my mother told him to tell me that I was her most precious treasure. And that she loved me."
"Oh Sesshomaru, I'm so sorry! You didn't even get to say goodbye. How sad."
Kagome wiped a tear from her cheek, and placed Sesshomaru's hand on her leg, so that she could lean up and placed her head in the crook of his neck.
"Yes, I suppose, it is. I loved her, I truly did. But I didn't know how to show it, and I never told her. That's how I wasted my love. I did that once, and I wont do that again, not to you."
"Sesshomaru I promise, that I'll return your love, with all my heart."
"I know you will, that's why I'm telling you this, because I believe you're the one for me."
"Sesshomaru?"
"Yes, Kagome."
"Are you sure you'll be able to stay with me, even with my powers. I mean if I get to mad, or sad, or if I get hurt, there's a possibility that I could really hurt you."
Sesshomaru shook his head slightly and then placed a kiss on her head for reassurance.
"I don't think that will happen."
"Why?"
"Why are you so curious? don't you trust me enough just to take my word?"
Kagome sat up then and poked him in the chest.
"Yes, but I want to know why you think that. If you say things that make me curious that's your fault!"
Sesshomaru smirked and then poked her back, right on her chest.
"HEY! Don't poke me there!!"
"Paybacks stinks."
"JUST TELL ME!!"
"No."
"YES!"
"No."
"YES!"
"No."
"No, Kagome you might as well give up, I can go on for days doing this, while you, being human, have to sleep, eat, drink, and use the bathroom, far more than I."
"Whatever!! Just tell ME!"
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"WHY!!"
"Because."
"That's. Not. An. Answer."
"Hmh."
"OH MY GOD!! I'M LEAVING!!"
"No you're not."
"YES I AM!! YOU WOT TELL ME, SO ILL GO FIND YOUR DAD AND ASK HIM!!"
"You wont go out in those cloths, that happen to be mine."
"Fine take them back, I'll get a robe from the bathroom."
Kagome took her cloths off, right there in his room, threw them on the bed, and stomped into the bathroom. She snatched one of the hotel robes off the rack and then slipped it on. Once she had tied the strap around her waist she walked out, pulling her hair up into a sloppy ponytail with the hair bow Bankotsu had given her.
"Bye, if you want to tell me later come by my room."
She stomped out of his room and then through the two living rooms, and the kitchen, to the door.
She reached for the handle, heaving out a long sigh, and then opened the door.
"Hey Kagome."
She jumped back and screamed.
"INUYASHA!! WHAT THE HECK'S UP WITH YOU AND YOUR BROTHER SCARYING ME TODAY!?"
"Huh?"
"Ugh, never mind. Bye."
Inuyasha grabbed her hand as she went to walk out.
"Wait Kagome, what's the matter??"
"Nothing, I just passed out, and Sesshomaru helped me. BUT HE'S BEING STUBBORN, and wont tell me what I want to know, so I'm going to ask your dad."
"Oh, well are you okay??"
Kagome smiled and then placed a short, but sweet peck on his cheek.
"Yup, well I gotta go, Inuyasha, I'm in a rob as you can see, and your brother has his cloths that I was wearing, so bye. Come see me tomorrow if you want."
Kagome turned and ran down the hall way to the elevator at the end. Once she was in she turned and gave Inuyasha a smile before the doors closed.
'What happened to her? Before she left to go get Sesshomaru she was al serious, and now she's all happy and sarcastic about him. Maybe she has like a split personality or an alter ego. She should get that checked out.'
***
Kagome finally found what room InuTashio was staying in after a long wait at the information desk, and three elevator switches, after getting lost twice.
*Knocks on InuTashio's door*
"It's unlocked!"
Kagome opened the door slowly and stepped in.
"Hi, Mr. Takahashi??"
"In here dear!!"
Kagome walked around the corner to a small kitchen, to see InuTashio sitting on a bar stool at an island in the middle of the tile floor, and Izayoi standing on the other side. Both sipping coffee.
"Hey there Kagome, is there something you need?"
Kagome smiled shyly and shook her head.
"No Mrs. Takahashi, I jut wanted to ask InuTashio a question."
"Oh, well then come in and have a seat!! Anything for Sesshomaru' girlfriend!!"
"Uh, well actually, I'm hi friend girl."
Izayoi and InuTashio gave each other a 'huh' look and then looked back to the smiling Kagome.
"It's the same thing as a girlfriend, just a different name. Sesshomaru came up with it."
"Oh, that explains it, well still, have a seat."
Kagome took the stool next to him and then placed her hands in her lap.
"Well, I'm sure you know about what happened tonight….with Naraku."
"Yes?"
"Well, my spiritual powers have been increased. I think it had something to do with what Hakudoshi was doing to me. But anyway, I asked Sesshomaru about me hurting him. Like if I were to get mad, or sad. Or hurt."
"You mean by accident??"
"OF COURSE!!"
"Well, tell me what happened next."
"Well he told me that he didn't think that would happen. And then I asked him why, and he wouldn't tell me. So I left and came here, thinking maybe you would tell me since he wouldn't."
"Well Kagome-"
"That's how men are sweetie, they're stubborn and they don't want us women to know anything. Just like InuTashio didn't tell me about NARAKU!!"
InuTashio sighed and then placed a hand over her mouth.
'Well now I know where Sesshomaru gets that from.'
"I know Sesshomaru well. I don't always know what he's thinking though but if I had to guess what he would say, my answer would be because he would be there to help you control your powers."
"But how can he do that?? He cant control my powers for me."
Izayoi pulled his hand off her mouth and then gasped a breath.
"Well, just being there for someone can help a lot. That's what he meant by helping control your powers. He will be there to consult you, and make you feel better if you were sad or mad. And if you got hurt, your healing powers will just kick in."
"Oh, well what if he gets hurt, and I get sad or angry, and he cant help me because of his injuries."
"Sesshomaru, being a demon, and a very powerful one at that, heals very quickly. I remember when he was only 14 and got a broken arm from sparing with his teacher. It only took one day to heal, and that was the longest I've ever seen him take to heal."
"Plus him being older and stronger now, makes his demon blood stronger, too. Which means it will make his self healing abilities even stronger than back then. So he would be back up and about in almost no time at all."
"Oh well that's good to know."
"Yes, but even though you're human, your healing abilities grow with strength, too. So the stronger you get, the stronger your powers get. So you being the level that you are, makes them very strong. Your power level almost rivals that off Sesshomaru's."
"Really, I'm that powerful??"
"Oh, yes Kagome, you far more powerful than any human I've ever met. You could blow me away, me not having any powers. InuTashio here always protected me, even though sometimes he got a little to overprotective."
"HEY IT WAS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!!"
"Sure it was, girl scouts are so evil right??"
"Hey, one of them was a demon girl scout tryin to get you to bye her cookies. She wouldn't leave you alone, plus if she wanted you to bye them that bad, she must have had an evil motive. Like killing you with poison cookies."
"She was trying to sell me some thin mints to raise money for cancer patients down at the hospital. Oh yeah so evil!! every time I think about it I want to cry cuz its so evil!!"
InuTashio sighed and then looked back to Kagome.
"Anyway Kagome, you're powerful, even though you don't know it. Sesshomaru is powerful and he obviously knows it. So there's nothing to worry about."
"Exactly. Oh and Kagome?"
"Yes, Mrs. Takahashi??"
"Remember one thing when you're dealing with Sesshomaru."
"Okay, what is it?"
"Always remember that your always the right one."
"Well, what if I'm wrong?"
"That doesn't matter. We're the women, and the woman of the relationship is always right. Right?"
"Uh, right. Thanks. Well, I better get going, I'm wiped and I told Inuyasha he could come by my room later on. Thank for all the help."
"Any time dear. Have a good night."
Kagome nodded and then walked around the corner back to the door.
She stepped through and then started to make her way back to her room.
'That was helpful. But there's one thing I don get. What was up with Sesshomaru with him putting my hand back on his stomach. I mean, it was his stomach for gods sake. You'd think he would want my hand on his leg or something, but no. maybe I better go back and ask.'
Kagome turned around, to head back, looking down as she walked, thinking for an answer to her mental question.
'I mean boyfri- I mean friend boys don't act like that normally. Did his tummy hurt or something maybe I should bring him some medici-'
"OW!"
Kagome fell back on her butt, and looked up from the ground.
"Sesshomaru!! JERK!"
He looked down on her, waited about 10 seconds, and then offered her his hand. She took it and he hoisted her up with ease.
"It was you who ran into me. You should apologize. Besides, I was simply coming to find you."
Kagome smiled, but then it changed to a frown.
"Well, you're the one who made me leave, being a stubborn friend boy."
Sesshomaru's left corer of his mouth, pulled up about on millimeter then. So he made his way over to her.
"I would never make you do anything you didn't want to. My Kagome."
"Well then prove it, let me ask you one question, and you HAVE to answer it. And don't just give me any answer, give me one that's real. Not Hmh, or shrugging, or I don't know."
"Fine then, but I don't see why I have to--"
"Alrighty then. When we were in your room., and my hand was on your stomach, and then I took it off. Why did you take it and put it back."
"Must I answer such a question?"
"Don't answer a question with a question!! Just answer already!! I will just go ask your dad if you don't! and I'm sure he would love to here about us kissing and me sitting in your lap!!"
"I don't care what my father thinks, or knows about us. If I didn't want anyone to know, then I would have done it, or let you do it."
"FINE THEN I'LL GO ASK YOUR DAD!"
Kagome walked by Sesshomaru, brushing his shoulder as she did. And just when she got about 5 feet away, and hand caught her shoulder and she was spun around.
"I didn't say I wouldn't tell you."
"But you didn't say you would either."
"Fine then come here."
Kagome slowly walked over to Sesshomaru. He pulled her into a hug, and leaned down as if he were going to kiss her, but then his cheek slid by hers, and his mouth was by her ear.
*Whispers why in Kagome's ear*
"OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH I get it now!!"
"Hmh."
Kagome got a very satisfied look on her face, and then she wrapped her arms around his chest and back.
"Okay, well how about we go back to my room, and I give you a real belly rub mister dog demon."
'That makes since!! He's a dog demon, of course having a belly rub would feel good!! Wow am I dumb!!'
'I cant believe I just told her that having a hand on my stomach feels nice. I am for once in my life, embarrassed.'
Kagome kissed Sesshomaru sweet, yet shortly on the lips, and then grabbed his hand.
"Come on friend boy, if you want that belly rub!!"
Sesshomaru sighed, one thing he did rarely, but then followed her to the elevator.
***
That night, Sesshomaru had the best belly rub he had ever gotten, and Kagome experienced her first belly rub as well.
It seems like you don't have to be a dog demon to enjoy certain things. Especially love and happiness, which is what they both had now, together.
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TA DAAA!! THE END!!! OH WOW I LOVED THIS STORY, AND LOVED WRITING IT!! And I love all of you!! Thank you, to all my faithful readers!! Keep an eye out for my next story. I don't have a name for it yet, but I can tell you that it will be a Kouga Kagome fic, set in the feudal era. Remember to review plz, plz, plz, I love you guys!!