Chapter 5: Sesshomaru
Kagome couldn't stop the gasp that left her as she peered up into Sesshomaru's beautiful golden orbs.
Her heart started beating double time.
'Oh Kami' was the only thought she had running around and around in her head.
A quirk of his lips was his only answer, as he took in the sound of her heartbeat, fluttering, but she saw something unreadable pass through those eyes a second before they shuttered and became ice cold again.
"Is it customary for you not to look where you are going, ningen?" He asked her, the last part so softly that only she had heard it.
Kagome opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.
'Silent for once…she must be in shock….how to shake her from that state…I could make her angry…but I really don't want to. I could kiss her…hmmm, much more favorable...to be able to taste her at last, but she might go comatose. Hmmm'
In the end, he didn't get a chance or do anything, for Karen had looked up, at Kisho's (Naraku's) urging and had seen her dear aniki.
She bolted up from her seat and ran over to him calling, "Kachuu-sama, Kachuu-sama!"
Once reaching him, she wrapped herself around his leg, hugging him tight.
Looking down at her, he sighed internally, but greeted her with warmth.
"Hello Karen. How was school?"
"It was fine…Karen made new friends…even though Karen likes Kyoko & Ronin the best."
Kachuu's lips went up a fraction of a inch, giving her the only smile that anyone outside of their family had ever seen, it was his I'm-in-public-but-I'm-showing-you-that-I-care-about-you.
It was enough for Karen though, for she continued,
"Did Kachuu-sama have a good day at Kachuu-sama's university?"
He nodded, patting her head and sending her back to her table to finish her food, and then returning his gaze to Kagome who was still frozen in the same spot.
"Looks like you have competition for your affections, Kin," Kisho told him snidely.
"Whatever," Kin said, huffing.
'Damn Kachuu, always has the girls fawning all over him.' Kin thought…apparently Kagome was next in line.
'Lucky bastard,' Raidon was thinking as well.
"I thought you were leaving Kagome, why are you sitting in the same spot staring up at that jerk? Are you stupid or something?"
Kagome turned around slowly, facing Masurao.
'Here it comes,' Sesshomaru thought, 'good thing Inuyasha is just idiotic enough to spark that temper…I'd rather her angry at him than me…gives me a better opportunity to slide closer to her heart.'
"Masurao-kun…can I talk to you outside for a moment?"
Inuyasha being too careless and thinking that Kagome wouldn't and couldn't do anything to him shrugged and stood up…
"Sure whatever, but this better not take too long," he muttered as he strode out the door and Kagome followed.
'Damn…and I have to miss this…I waited 500 years just to watch this happen again and I'm going to miss the first one…Kami, where have I gone wrong?' Sesshomaru/Kachuu thought.
Kachuu strolled over to where Masurao had been sitting and after greeting everyone, and had sat down in his place, closed his eyes and tried to hear, with his overly sensitive ears, past the ruckus in the place, to behind the building where Kagome & Inuyasha would have gone to have a private chat that would be unobserved by anyone else.
'If I can't watch it…I may be able to at least listen to part of it,' he thought.
Kisho was chuckling to himself, he had an idea of exactly what was going to happen…his former self had often seen, in Kanna's mirror when he had been spying on Inuyasha and his group sometimes, Kagome's temper and what had happened when Inuyasha had riled it up.
"What's so funny Kisho-san?" Karen asked him.
"Just a joke I heard today?" he replied.
"Can
Karen hear it?"
"It's not for your kawaii little ears
sweetheart. Why don't you finish up your meal so you can head home
with Kachuu-sama."
"Okay."
Karen went back to eating her meal and playing with her kid's meal toy with the other two children, leaving the older individuals to continue their conversations.
In the back of the building, Kagome was pacing back and forth and stopping every once in a while glaring at Inuyasha who was glaring at her in kind.
"So what did you call me back here for? I can't be seen with you for long periods of time…do you want word to get back to Akarui that I've been cheating on her? With you of all people?"
Ignoring the main reason she had brought him out here, for a moment, she had looked at him before erupting.
"What do you mean me… of all people?"
"Just what I said"
"Are you saying I'm unattractive?"
"Well you're not ugly, but you're no great beauty, you know. I've met way hotter chicks than you over the past 500 years."
Fire burned in Kagome's eyes as she let loose, unable to hold it back any more,
"Osuwari"
Inuyasha, who hadn't had such an experience for the past 500 years, was immediately thrown to the ground, face first.
"You arrogant, two-timing, stubborn, pompous jerk!"
"I'm not…"
"Osuwari!"
Face planting once more, the rest of his response was mumbled by the mixture of gravel, dirt, and ground that his face was almost buried in.
"Why do you persist in insulting me…you stupid…idiotic …demon? You are so aggravating some times…"
Once the spell wore off, Inuyasha was able to lift himself up once more.
This time, however, he kept his rude comments to himself and glanced at her warily.
"What is your problem, Inuyasha?"
"Like I have any problems that I'd tell you about."
"We
used to be friends."
"We still are…it's just…why were
you staring up at him?"
"I just ran into him."
"So what! You're clumsy…you run into things and trip over stuff all the time."
"Do you want me to S-I-T you again?"
Inuyasha shook his head quickly.
"Then behave."
"Keh."
Kagome smiled reluctantly.
"What is it about me looking up at Sesshomaru that has your panties in a bunch?"
"I'm a man…"
"Demon"
"Whatever. I don't wear panties…those are for girls."
"It's an expression Inuyasha…not a statement."
"I know that."
Kagome sighed.
'Why does he always have to be so difficult?'
"Inuyasha…"
"What?"
"What was wrong with me looking up at Sesshomaru?"
"You were fawning all over him."
"I really wasn't. He startled me…and he is gorgeous you know. So what what's your problem with the way I was looking at him?"
"You don't fawn over me like that…"
"You're
jealous?"
"I am not!"
"You are so."
"I just told you I ain't, didn't I? You got wax in your ears?"
"I can't believe your jealous of your brother…I should go tell him."
Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her.
"You wouldn't dare….and I'm not jealous."
Kagome laughed and bolted back for the front of the building to be stopped by Inuyasha who grabbed her and jumped back toward the back again before pushing her against the wall there.
Kagome laughed.
Inuyasha growled at her, but she just reached up and petted his invisible ears.
"Stop doing that. I'm not a puppy."
"Technically you are."
Inuyasha turned his back on her and muttered a,
"Humph"
Kagome giggled again before saying,
"Okay…I won't say a thing to Sesshomaru…but still…it's not your business how I react to him."
"It
is so," he said, turning around to face her once more
"Why?"
"Cause…cause…why did you react to him like that?"
"I was surprised."
"Is that all?"
"What
else would it be?"
"Then why did your heart start beating
faster?"
Kagome blinked. She wasn't very sure how she felt about Sesshomaru…she was pretty much she was still in shock.
But Inuyasha was correct…her heart had beat twice as fast once she had run into Sesshomaru. And just thinking about him now made it start to beat fast all over again…
"I…I don't know."
Inuyasha thought about forcing her to admit some stuff, but he wasn't really sure that he wanted to hear her say she was interested in his brother. His mind alone boggled at the thought.
He knew his brother was interested in her…they had fought over it for the past 500 years about it, but he was praying, to all Kamis that would listen to him, that she wouldn't be interested in his half-brother as well.
From inside the building, Sesshomaru was very interested in their conversation, he was glad that he hardly ever smiled in public and that his eyes were closed, for they would surely be showing the laughter he was holding inside.
His brother was jealous…serves him right.
But her reaction to him…he wasn't shocked.
How was she to know that she had won his interest? And to know that she didn't find him repulsive was a good thing to him.
He would have to make sure to preen a bit for her when they returned.
He hadn't checked to see what her scent revealed to him, but he would make sure that he did from now on.
'They better return soon, or Kisho will begin to make problems for Akarui & Inuyasha' he thought.
Opening his eyes, he glanced over to Kisho and saw him about to open his mouth and say something, but when he caught the fact that Kachuu was now looking at him, eyes narrowed, he stopped and coughed instead.
'Damn it…I was so close to saying something. Then Akarui would break up with Masurao and even if she didn't want to be with me, he wouldn't have her anymore. Damn Taiyoukai.'
Sesshomaru turned his attention to the front of the building, where Kagome & Inuyasha/Masurao returned.
"We
were about to call out a search party for you guys? Where did you
go?" Shukke asked
"Around the building…"
"What did you talk about?" Kisho asked.
"None of your damn business," Masu countered.
"Hush Masurao," Kagome said softly, before turning to Kisho.
"I had to ask him a few questions and I didn't want to seem dumb in front of everyone."
"I'd have been happy to answer any of your questions," Shukke said.
"Yes, but being with you somewhere alone would have meant that I spent more than half that time avoiding your hand."
"Well it's cursed hand, you know. It's not my fault."
"Sure it isn't."
"Really it is cursed…it was passed down generation after generation.
Thinking about Miroku and the actual reason his hand was called a cursed hand, she nodded.
"Yes…okay Shukke. Still…I didn't want to be in the position where I'd have to hit you more than once."
"I keep telling you…that pervert likes having girls beat up on him…I think he's in to bondage."
Most of the males in the group howled with laughter, while the girls blushed and the children looked confused.
Ronin tugged on Hoshi's shirt.
"Hmm?"
"What's bondage?"
Covered yelps of laughter filtered through from the other table while Hoshi, Tomo & Kisho had to use whatever inner strength they had from bursting out laughing.
"Don't bother yourself with that now…you'll learn later."
"Oh…it's one of those adult things."
"Right"
"How utterly boring"
"I'll be waiting to see how boring you think it might be once you get older," Shukke said.
"This conversation is over monk," Kachuu warned him softly.
Looking over at him, Shukke realized that he might have overstepped bounds…he kept forgetting to reign in his lecherous thoughts and words when the children were around.
"Sorry."
Kachuu merely nodded and then went back to watching Kagome, who, since the attention was momentarily off her, was staring at him.
When they're eyes connected, she smiled at him.
A small turning up of the sides of his mouth was what could be called the answering smile that she received in return.
Her smile widened and she made her way over to him.
Bowing she said,
"It was nice meeting you Kachuu-sama. Sorry for bumping into you."
"It will not be the last time."
Kagome raised her eyebrow.
"You plan to be in my way every time I'm not looking where I'm going?"
"Definitely"
Kagome's heart skipped a beat again and she was starting to have trouble catching a breath…it was something in his tone and the way he was looking at her.
'Got to go, got to go, got to go' was the only active phrase in her brain.
She had to get out of there so she could breathe again; her world seemed to be tilted at the axis.
"Um…O-kay. Goodbye all."
She waved quickly to all and was out of the shop before she realized her legs were carrying her at a fast pace, although she didn't start running until she passed the windows.
She was stopped a second later as a hand wrapped around her arm, whirling around she found herself captured by Sesshomaru.
"Kach…"
"You know my name Miko…don't insult me by calling me by my made up name when we are alone."
Kagome nodded.
"Sesshomaru…what is it?"
'So many things to say to her, so many things I'd like to do to her, with her, what to say without frightening her'
Sesshomaru's eyes glazed out as he thought of some things and had to fight himself and his inner beast before he could refocus on her.
"Sessho..."
"I came to take you home."
"That's okay…I can make it myself."
Leading her to his car, he opened the door remotely and sat her in it, while she protested further.
Getting in on his side, he started the car up.
"I told you…"
"Yes, I heard you. It's been 500 years, but you've yet to cease to know how to enjoy the moment of silence."
She huffed and he smirked.
However, he got what he wanted and she didn't protest further about his taking her home.
She gave him directions when he gave her a questioning look.
Stopping in front of the shrine steps she started got out.
Once closing the door she looked through the open window and said,
"Thanks for the ride Sesshomaru-sama…even though it was not required."
He merely flicked his hair away from his shoulder with his arm.
His action sent her mind back through time the first time she had met him and he had done that while teasing Inuyasha that he was protecting her because he loved her.
She blushed and he smiled on the inside as he saw it.
She backed away and started up the stairs only to be surprised when she noticed that he was walking up the stairs with her.
"Why
are you?"
"Do you remember what I told you before online?"
"Oh…my prize?"
"Yes."
"I
get it now?"
"Part of it?"
"What is it?"
Sesshomaru pulled something from his pocket and she held out her hand, only to be surprised as Sesshomaru leaned close, brushing his lips against hers lightly while whispering softly,
"Only a little taste for me first."
Both felt the sparks that threatened to ignite under the surface.
Kagome was confused, but she still wanted to deepen the kiss.
But Sesshomaru pulled back…she wasn't ready yet…there was still much to be done before he got what he wanted.
He placed a small object in her hand and with a caress to her cheek, a softly spoken, "Goodbye for now" he walked back down the steps and climbed into his car and left.
Looking down into her hands, Kagome saw a small blue and silver crescent pendant.
She immediately put it around her neck and thinking thoughts she new she shouldn't be having about a certain demon lord, walked into her house.
