Chapter 5
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*Day 2 Continued*
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Sesshoumaru nodded. "She is my ex-girlfriend."
"Ex-fiancé," Kagura corrected. "Our families arranged for us to be married way before you showed up," Kagura snarled.
Of course she was, Kagome thought hysterically. Why wouldn't she be?
All her current problems were because of Sesshoumaru. Why not add another one to the list.
Kagura moved to stand toe to toe with Kagome. Pointing a manicured nail in Kagome's face she declared, "So if you think you can just steal him away from me, you have another thing coming bitch."
Kagome's eyes narrowed dangerously. Diligently, she took Kagura's finger with her thumb and fore finger and moved it out of her face. She was trying to stay calm but this girl was itching for a fight.
"Who the hell are you calling-"
Kagura's sentence processed through her head making her stop mid sentence.
Kagome grabbed Kagura's hands in hers. "This is great!" Kagome exclaimed.
Everyone looked taken aback by Kagome's change in mood.
"You can have him! Just bare with me for one month Kagura and then he's all yours!"
Kagura appeared disgusted and ripped her hands way. "What kind of sick joke is this."
"We're being forced to spend time together. After the month is over Sesshoumaru will tell his father he can't marry me because he wants to marry you!"
Sesshoumaru spoke up, "I do believe that's my choice."
"No! It's not!" the two girls snarled at him.
"So you two just have to play nice for one month?" Kagura restated.
"Exactly," Kagome nodded vigorously.
"I don't trust you...so this is not the last you'll see me," Kagura warned. She turned around on a heel and started to walk away.
"Visit anytime!" Kagome called after her. She turned to her group. "I like her, she has spunk and determination."
Moko frowned. "Kagome, usually when a girl is met with a love rival for her man she fights for him or some heroine crap like that. She doesn't side with the enemy and just...give up the guy."
Kagome brushed off Moko's statement. "It's fine. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders."
"I think the statement we should be focusing on would be Kagome is to be wed to Sesshoumaru," Nao reminded them.
"Yeah what the hell Kagome!?" Moko yelled with a sudden fierceness. "You didn't tell us about the marriage part!"
Kagome put a finger to her lips. "Not so loud!" she whispered looking at some students stop and glance their way. "I don't want that to get around. It's an arranged engagement. He's living at my house for a month so we can 'bond'," Kagome put air quotations on the word.
"Isn't that great Sesshoumaru? You can get back together with Kagura-" Kagome began happily but stopped as she realized he was walking away from them. "Hey!" she yelled but he ignored her.
"What's with him?" she turned and asked her friends.
"How insensitive," Moko sighed.
Ryo and Nao nodded in agreement.
"I feel for him," Ryo chimed in.
Kagome stood their with their judging gazes pointed at her.
"What did I do?" Kagome questioned not understanding what was going on.
"Did you ever stop to think that maybe Sesshoumaru doesn't want to marry anyone? Let alone Kagura?" Moko scolded. "You two are in the same boat. Just because he's a guy doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings."
Kagome felt like a child being scolded by her parents. "Whatever. You guys just don't understand," she huffed and galumphed away.
Everything was her fault when it came to Sesshoumaru.
She hated him!
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Souta looked between his sister and Sesshoumaru as they walked. He could tell his sister was in another one of her moods but this time it wasn't completely anger. She looked a bit remorseful.
He waivered his gaze behind them were Sesshoumaru was, he appeared like he always did but something in the air around him seemed different.
As they entered the house they were greeted by Kagome's mother.
"How was school?" she asked.
Kagome offered a "hm" and Sesshoumaru offered a "hn" as they split up to go separate ways to there rooms.
Leaving Souta and Mrs. Higurashi standing there.
"Well it wasn't the rice cakes this time," Mrs. Higurashi affirmed.
"Nope, " Souta agreed.
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Kagome laid on her bed hugging a pillow to her chest.
Was she really in the wrong here?
Moko's words rung in her head.
"Did you ever stop to think that maybe Sesshoumaru doesn't want to marry anyone?
No, Kagome hadn't thought about that.
"You two are in the same boat."
It does take two to make a marriage happen, Kagome reflected.
"Just because he's a guy doesn't mean he doesn't have feelings."
Alright! I get it already! Kagome yelled at herself. Enough with the guilt trip.
Kagome huffed and got off her bed to go find Sesshoumaru. She walked past the living room where she saw her father had finnaly appeared. He opened his mouth to speak.
"Not a word," she growled continuing to walk.
She listened to her own feet fall as she walked down the hallway and came to a stop at his bedroom door.
Kagome rapped her fist against the door twice. "Hey Sesshoumaru, I want to talk to you," Kagome spoke a little unsure of herself here. She fiddled with the braclet on her wrist as she waited for him to respond.
But there was no answer.
Kagome turned the handle on the door and peaked into the room. When there was no sign of Sesshoumaru she opened it wider.
"Not here...," she mumbled to herself.
Being nosy she look around the room and realized it looked the exact same as the first time she had been in here. Very...empty and plain. The bed was made perfectly, the room spotless. To Kagome's knowledge all the things he wanted should have been moved here to make him comfortable. The only difference she saw was the clothes hamper had clothes in it and there was probably some apparel in the dressing drawer and closet.
Being in the room made Kagome sad. Wasn't he uncomfortable living in a partial stranger's house with nothing familiar around him? Now that she thought about it. Kagome hadn't been a big help making him comfortable. All she had done was be nasty. But that had been his fault...
She sighed and walked out of the room and into the living room.
"Where did he go?" Kagome muttered.
"Oh I'm sorry," her father started. "I thought I wasn't allowed to say a word."
"I apologize for being rude," she muttered half heartedly.
"He went out into the backyard," Kagome's father replied smugly.
"Thanks."
Kagome headed towards the back door by the kitchen. She slid it open and closed. Looking around she didn't see him at first so she walked forward on the cement stones placed in a path through the yard. After walking a couple feet, she finally spotted him lying on his side behind some bushes near the koi pond.
"Hey Sesshoumaru, I want to talk to you," she repeated but a little louder this time as she made her way towards him.
She still received no answer or any sort of movement from him.
"Hey! I know your mad but don't ignore me!"
Kagome finally reached him. "Are you listening..." Kagome mumbled the rest of her question as she realized Sesshoumaru's eyes were closed.
He's sleeping, she mentally observed.
Kagome sighed and squatted down next to him.
"What are you doing sleeping out here in the open..." she muttered curiously knowing she wouldn't get an answer. "I had to talk to you..."
Well might as well practice what I want to say, she admitted in defeat.
"It has...come to my attention that I may have been acting sort of," Kagome made a circular motion with her hand while trying to find the word she wanted, "selfish." She concluded.
"Ya know I never thought about what you might have thought about our situation. I was focused on doing what I had to for my family. But I guess your doing the same too right?"
Kagome took a deep breathe and stared down at the sleeping male. Knowing she had more to say Kagome settled on her knees to get more comfortable. She reviewed his face and long silver hair. Kagome was the out most interested in knowing what it felt like and decided now was a good time to settle her curiosity. Since he would never remember it.
She ran the strand through her fingers and was in awe of how soft it was.
Like silk, Kagome mused.
Getting back to the important thing at hand Kagome started to speak again but didn't stop playing with his hair.
"What I'm trying to say is, I'm sorry," she concluded. "But I mean you haven't been that gracious of a guest either. That first time we met was really awful."
"I apologize for my behavior," came a deep voice.
"Well... I guess I can let it go but don't let it happen again." Kagome froze and looked at Sesshoumaru.
A pair of honey colored eyes stared back at her dark brown one's. She instantly took her hands back.
"H-how long have you been awake?"
"Since you yelled about me ignoring you. I'm very easily awakened."
"You pretended to be asleep this whole time?" she asked in outrage.
"Pretty good acting right?" Sesshoumaru gave a confident grin.
"I can't believe you." Kagome went to get up but a hand placed on her wrist held a firm grip, keeping her there.
"I also I accept your apology. But my feelings are not that easily hurt."
"You just seemed...upset," Kagome offered.
"I was quite irritated," Sesshoumaru explained. "I do not like being told what I must and must not do."
"I can understand that," Kagome nodded.
They stayed silent for a moment before Kagome spoke again.
"You don't have to marry Kagura if you don't want to. I'm sure we can work together to find another way out of this."
"Hn."
Kagome stood up and offered her hand to him.
He eyed it for a moment before sitting up and taking it as he stood.
"Well as of now we're allies," Kagome announced giving him a smile.
Sesshoumaru's thin lips curved into a smirk.
It wasn't something cocky or irritating to her. Her heart gave an extra beat as she watched him do it.
"Alright then," he answered.
The two started walking back to the house on the path.
"You realize the next time I see Kagaura it's going to be hell for me right?"
"She is a very determined individual. She has the nick name 'Wind Sorceress' for her quick movements in combat."
"Wait a second, your not gonna let her fight me are you?" Kagome gaped.
"I'm not sure I could stop her. Are you afraid?" Sesshoumaru inquired with a bit of amusement as they came up on another set of bushes.
"Hell no but I have a reputation to uphold." Kagome scowled. "I'm trying to keep clean."
"For whom exactly?"
Kagome was shocked at his question and stopped walking. What was that supposed to mean?
Kagome opened her mouth but a muffled sneeze interrupted her.
Both of them looked at the bush to the side of them where the sound had come from. Peering over it Kagome was flabbergasted at what she saw. Her father,mother, and brother were kneeled behind the bush.
"Oh dear..." Kagome's mother whispered.
Her father was the first to stand up and try to lie them out of the situation."Well Souta," he began, "I'm not sure were you threw that ball but it's definitely not in the bushes. We better check somewhere else."
"You were ease dropping!" Kagome shouted. "I expected this from you dad but Mom and Souta as well?"
"Sorry dear..."
"Sorry sis..."
"We were looking for Souta's ball," Mr. Higurashi insisted.
"You got caught old man! Give it up!"
"I don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about," he continued. "Souta lost his ball."
Kagome gritted her teeth with fists balled at her sides.
One day she was going to die of high blood pressure.
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AN: Galumphed is a real word btw! :D I found it while looking up synonyms for stomped. I think I heard it once in a children's book but I didn't know it was a legit word! I'm so happy XD
It's the little things in life lol :)
And some fluff since their hasn't been much XP
R&R for me updating three times in one day! Woo! :O
Btw thank you moonlightsakura and ain'tgotnone for your words of encouragement but I hadn't meant it in a bad way.
I'm just really random with updates XD But I appreciate what you said all the same ;P