Chapter 20: Sesshomaru in the Modern Era and He Finally Confesses.
Sesshomaru didn't wake up until later that night. He found himself in one of the village huts he was in when he was recovering from his injuries from Serena's attack.
Rin was there with him and smiled when she saw he had finally woken up. "Lord Sesshomaru! You have finally woken up!"
"What happened to me?" He asked as he sat up and looked at the girl. "Where is Serena?"
"That wretched girl and her sister had to go back to their own era. Whatever that means." Jaken said as he sat by the fire.
"Miss Kagome had to go back for something that was happening in her era." Rin said as Sesshomaru glared at Jaken for calling Serena a 'wretched girl.' He then got up and walked out of the hut. Jaken eyed his lord suspiciously and then followed.
"M'Lord? Where are you going to at this hour?" It was basically the midnight as they walked out of the village.
Sesshomaru just glared at the toad. "Jaken. Go back to Rin and watch over her while I'm gone. I wish to be alone."
Jaken grumbled a few dirty things and then turned around to go back to the village.
Sesshomaru walked passed the rice fields, thinking about what happened. He wondered why he blacked out the way he did when he was looking at Serena. He also wondered why his heart started hammering hard in his chest everytime she made eye contact with him.
He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he tripped over a root of the Scared God Tree. He groaned as he lay there on the ground. "What is happening to me to make me so oblivious to what's around me?" He mumbled as he got up off the ground and dusted himself off as best as he could.
"I believe it is called 'being in love' Sesshomaru." Said as voice from behind him.
Sesshomaru jumped and looked at Miroku who was just smiling at him.
"Serena mentioned that word. What is this love of which you speak?"
"Love is an emotion that you feel toward someone you like very much. And from the way I've seen you act around Lady Serena proved that you are indeed in love with her."
Sesshomaru mindlessly played with the end of his kimono sleeve. He also looked away from the monk and watched the grass move in the breeze.
Miroku sighed and walked away saying, "I suggest that you tell her soon before it's too late. She told us that the final battle with Naraku would be approaching soon. I don't know what the outcome will be but it's better just to get it over and done with."
Sesshomaru watched the monk disappear into the trees before he went over to the well. He looked deep into the darkness of the well, thinking things over. Do I, the great Lord Sesshomaru, love Serena? He asked himself as his hand on the well. After a while, he took a deep breath and decided to jump into the well. He stood on the edge of the wooden frame and hopped in.
As he fell into the well, swirling blue lights surrounded him. He then felt a sudden, pulsing pain in his stump of a left arm. He winced a as he lifted the sleeve of the kimono up and stared wide-eyes at the stump. With each painful pulse, his left arm regrew itself.
When the blue lights faded, Sesshomaru was panting and still staring at his newly regrown left arm. It looked just like it did before his half demon brother chopped it off. He slowly flexed and stretched his arm around to work out the pain and to see if it would move like it used too. He stood there in the well for a few minutes until his arm wasn't in pain anymore. He released the sleeve and felt the fabric of it on his skin.
He then looked up and noticed something was covering the well. He jumped out and noticed he was in a well house. He then jumped when he heard a car honking outside the well. He slowly slid the doors open with both hands. As he did, he admitted to himself that he actually missed having a left arm.
He looked at the odd structure before him that was the shrine where the Higurashi sisters lived. It looked like a small castle to him. He could still smell Serena's scent in the air and followed it to the house. He looked at the house as he focused on Serena's scent so he could find her. Once he located where she was, he jumped hard to an open window he found. He flew through the window and landed softly on the soft floor.
There was a women asleep on the bed and he guess she was the sisters mother. She had a slight hint of Serena and Kagome's scent mixed with her own. He quietly walked over to the door on the other side of the room.
He had learned from Serena and Kagome that they were not morning people at all. Serena proved that when he woke her up early one morning to train her and got a hard smack and a loud, "HEEL BOY!"
He cringed at the memory as he opened the door slowly and went out to the hallway.
Serena's sweet scent lead him down the hallway to a piece of string hanging from the ceiling. He stared at it confused for a second and wondered if she somehow transformed herself into a string. He then pulled on the string and was surprised by the stairs hitting him right on the forehead.
The shock of the stairs hitting him made him feel like an idiot for the first time in his life. He also had a bit of a stupid moment and thought, This house is a death trip for demons.
He stood there for a moment, rubbing his forehead where the stairs had hit him and quietly lowered the stairs the rest of the way. He then stood very still and listened to see if anyway had heard him. After a few minutes of silence, Sesshomaru climbed the stairs and was overwhelmed by the smell of Serena's wonderful scent.
There was a dim light on in the attic as he looked around. The two swords of the fang and Shiunga were leaning against the desk and the kimonos were draped over the chair next to it.
He then heard a soft moan and looked around for the source. On the bed, asleep, was Serena. She looked like she just flopped there and hadn't more since then. She was laying on her stomach with one arm dangling over the side of the bed. Her silver hair was everywhere and basically covered her upper body like a blanket.
As he walked over to her, he heard her mumbling in her sleep.
"Sessho….maru." she mumbled as she went to scratched her left ear.
The demon lord smiled a bit as she slept. She's dreaming about me. He kneeled beside her bed and continued to look at her.
She then mumbled. "Make the stupid baboon go away."
Sesshomaru couldn't help but smile at what she said. Is was the way she said it that amused him.
He then noticed her shivering and got up off the floor. He went over to the chair and got both kimonos off of it. He then went back over to Serena and covered her with them. He then sat down on the opposite side of the room and watched over her as she slept. He watched over her until he fell asleep himself.
Next morning, Serena woke up to a screaming Kagome. She must have slept in again. She thought to herself as she slowly opened her eyes. She noticed a familiar red and white kimono on her shoulder. She sat up and saw that it was both Sesshomaru and Inuyasha kimonos. "How did these get here?"
She then noticed there was something snoring softly in her room. She looked around and saw a still sleeping Sesshomaru. His arms were crossed across his stomach as he slept.
She smiled at him and pulled the kimonos on and tied the sash. I wonder how he got here? She asked herself as she looked at him.
A few minutes later, his eyes slowly opened and he looked at her. "Hello Serena." He said as he smiled at her.
Serena giggled as she smiled back at him. "What are you smiling about Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru started blushing again. "Ummmmm……."
"Hey Serena!" called Souta from the bottom of the stairs. Serena groaned and flopped back down onto the pillow. Souta had been throwing questions at her all last night and it was starting to annoy her.
"What do you want now Souta?" she called back as she got out of bed.
"Would you mind giving me a ride to school? Demon style?"
Serena groaned again, "Fine! I'll be down in a few minutes!"
She went over to her closet and got out a few things and layed them on the bed.
"What is this 'school' the boy is talking about?" Sesshomaru asked as he watched her brush her long hair.
"It's a place where kids go to get an education." She laughed as she remembered something. "When me and Kagome when little, we believed the place was run by a bunch of demons who were out to enslave the human race."
She finished brushing her hair and went over to the mirror. She sighed as she stared at the dog ears.
"Something wrong with your ears?" Sesshomaru asked as he still sat against the wall.
"No. Kagome told me that I have to hide them from the everyone. People aren't used to seeing someone with dog ears on their head instead of normal human ears unless it's in a movie or something. She tried to get me to wear Inuyasha's hat the other day but I refused to where it."
"Why is that?"
"Well for one, it was his hat Kagome got for him to hide his ears. And two, it had his scent all over it. The hat basically reeked of his sweat. I couldn't stand it. So I choose to where this instead." She said as she got out a black bandana. She looked at the mirror again and folded her ears down. She then tied the bandana on her head and her ears where hidden from view. "See? Better then some musty, sweat covered hat."
Sesshomaru nodded as a way of saying yes.
Serena smiled and headed for the stairs. "I'll be back as soon as I drop Souta off at his school. Please don't leave the house. Like I said, people aren't used to seeing demons around here. For all I know, demons don't even exist anymore in this day and age so stay here."
Sesshomaru nodded again. He knew better to cross Serena so he promised Serena he would stay in the attic until she returned. Serena smiled again and then left the attic.
He then got up and looked at all the strange things in Serena's room. He growled at the hand drawn picture of Inuyasha for a few minutes but didn't do anything to it. He then looked at something on the small table by her bed.
It was a picture of Serena when she was very young with her family. He picked the picture up to look at it better. It was a group picture of everyone. He could tell that the other small girl was Kagome and he guessed the older woman was of their mother. She still looked pregnant with Serena and Kagome's little brother. But the man in the picture is what caught his attention.
Standing there in blue faded jeans, a soft lavender shirt and little Serena in his arms, was Sesshomaru's very own father. But he looked different. He had blue eyes and shoulder length black hair tied up in a high ponytail the same way his father had his.
Serena's father………is my father? How can this be? Was father reincarnated? He asked himself as he stared at the man.
"Oh hello? Who would you be?" came a voice from the stairs.
Sesshomaru turned around and saw Serena's mother was standing there.
"I am Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands. Who are you?" He was still holding the picture frame in his had.
"I'm Serena's mother. It's a pleasure to meet you Sesshomaru." She said as she bowed to him.
"You are not afraid of me?" he was confused that Mrs. Higurashi wasn't screaming in terror like he thought humans of Serena's era would at seeing him.
"Not at all. I can tell you are not from this time. Plus Inuyasha comes by here all the time so I had a feeling someone like you would be traveling through the well too." Mrs. Higurashi said as she smiled at the demon lord.
"You were expecting me?"
Mrs. Higurashi nodded. "Of course. Serena mentioned you a couple times so I figured that one day you be coming here the same way as Inuyasha comes here."
Serena talks about me? He was too stunned to ask her this.
Mrs. Higurashi just giggled. "Well anyway. I'm sure Serena will be back soon. I'm sure she'll want to show you around Tokyo." She then left a confused demon lord alone in the attic.
Toe-key-o? What in the world is a Toe-key-o? He asked himself as he set the picture frame of Serena's family back on the table. He looked around the room again, staring at all the odd things that were in the room.
It was a few minutes later when Serena came home. She walked up the stairs to her attic and flopped on her bed. "My god that was annoying."
"What was?" Serena jumped when she heard Sesshomaru's voice. She sat up on the bed and looked at him. "I stayed. Just like you said for me to do."
Serena was shocked at first that he actually listened to her. She then sighed and took off her bandana. "Taking my little brother to school. That little twerp tricked me into going to his school so he could show me off to all his friends. I managed to get away before a crowd could form around me."
"Oh." He said as he looked at her from the other side of the room. "What is a…Toe-key-o?"
"Huh?" She was confused as she looked at him.
"You're mother said something about showing me around something called a Toe-key-o?"
"Oh! You mean Tokyo. Tokyo is where we live. It's a city. Kinda like Keade's village back in the fuedal era but only a thousand times bigger." She explained as she giggled at him.
Sesshomaru stood there feeling stupid again. "This era is confusing." He admitted as he went over to her. As he sat next to her on the bed, he could feel his heart pounding again. He then thought back to what Miroku had said. Do I really love this girl? Even though she is a half breed like Inuyasha? He thought as he placed a hand over his heart again.
"You okay Sesshomaru? You're not going to faint again are you?" She asked as she looked at him concern.
"I, Sesshomaru do not 'faint' because of my feelings toward….." He stopped when he realized what the was about to stay.
Serena looked at him concern again and then it finally hit her. "You like me don't you?" She said as she smiled evilly at him.
Sesshomaru's face starting to turn pink. "Maybe." He mumbled.
"Maybe even love me?"
Sesshomaru turned even more red. His heart beat was going of control. He was silent as he looked down at the floor. The next thing he noticed was her lips kissing him on the cheek. She then whispered in his ear. "I love you too. Since I first met you."
He looked at her wide eye. She was looking at him lovingly. Then, for the first time in his whole entire life, he smiled. "Yes Serena. I, Sesshomaru, love you." He then went in and kissed her lovingly on the lips.
Unknown to the both of them, Mrs. Higurashi was watching them from the stairwell. I never thought it would be my eldest daughter that would be the first one to have a demon confessing his love to her. If only Inuyasha would confess how he feels about Kagome. She left so the two demons could be alone.
Sesshomaru finally pulled away from their long kiss and looked at Serena. She looked even more beautiful to him now that he finally told her that he loved him. Serena looked at him and smiled. "Do you want me to show you around Tokyo now?"
"As long as I get to be with you." He said as he placed his left hand on her face. Her skin felt warm against the palm of his hand.
"Okay. But you'll have to wear my era cloths so no one will freak out when they see you."
"I have to where girls cloth?" He was a bit confused by what she said.
Serena laughed. "No silly. You have to wear men's cloths. Mom still has a box of dads old cloths. She hasn't the heart to throw them away or even donate them. Dad's cloths are special to her."
"Better then girls cloths I suppose." He said as he got up.
Serena smiled and got up as well. "Come with me. I know where she keeps the box of his cloths."
Sesshomaru nodded and followed Serena out of the attic. They went to her mother's room and to the closet. Serena dragged out a large box and placed it on the floor. She opened it and she sighed. Sesshomaru saw the same soft lavender shirt in the box that her father was wearing in the picture. He also noticed that Serena looked a little sad. "How did it happen?"
Serena just stared at the cloths. "He died in a fire. His office building caught on fire somehow and he wasn't able to get out in time. The doctors and firemen said that a beam fell on him and pinned him down. He then choked to death from the smoke. Mom could barely recognize him when we went to the police station to ID him. It was the most horrible day in all our life."
Sesshomaru went over to her and softly wrapped his arms around her. "I saw the picture on your table. Your father looks exactly like my father did before he died in a fire while trying to save his human wife and newborn son, Inuyasha."
"Yes I know. On the night I saw him in my dreams, Inutaisho told me that he is indeed my father in this era. So basically, you're father is my father reincarnated." She said as she leaned into his embrace. She then noticed something. "Your left arm? It's back?"
Sesshomaru chuckled. "Yes. It grew back when I traveled through the well. It was very painful as it grew back."
Serena looked up at him and smiled. "I guess it be would huh?"
Sesshomaru smiled and nuzzled her neck. His fangs gently ran over her skin, sending a shiver up her spine. "What are you doing Sesshomaru?"
"Wondering if now would be the right time to mark you as mine." He said softly as he continued to nuzzle her neck.
"Mark me?"
"Yes. It's a demons way of saying that you are my mate and no one else can have you. It's our way of how you humans do marriage."
Serena shivered again as she felt his fangs on her neck again. "Sesshomaru. I don't think I'm ready for something like that yet. I mean, we just confessed our love for each other."
Sesshomaru continued to nuzzle her neck for a few more seconds and then stop. "You're right. I'm sorry. I just got carried away." He said as he held her close to him.
Serena looked at him again and noticed the sad look on his face. "Maybe, when I feel ready, I'll let you mark me. Just not now, it's too soon."
"You promise?" He kissed her on the cheek and looked at her.
"I promise. I'll let you know when I'm ready to be marked by you."
"Alright. But you have to do the same. You have to mark me so others will know that I am taken."
"I have to mark you too? Won't it be painful?"
"It will be very painful. Maybe even more for you since you are a half demon. But it'll be worth it just to have you as my mate." He said as he kissed her again.
Serena nodded. "Yes. It will so be worth the pain just to be with you."
Sesshomaru smiled and kissed her again. "So…..what am I going to be wearing?" He asked as he released her.
Serena smiled and dived into the box of old cloths. She pulled out and pair of black pants and a dark blue sleeveless shirt. She also pulled out a pair of boxers for him to wear. She giggled as she looked at the boxers. They were perfect for him because there were little puppies all over it. "Here. Put these on. I'll leave the room so you can get dressed." She then left the room to give him some privacy.
Sesshomaru took about half an hour to get dressed. He then opened the door and Serena started blushing. He looked really hot in her father's cloths. His feudal era cloths and armor were in his arms. "Where the fluffy boa?" She asked when she noticed it wasn't in his arms.
"Ummmm….I wasn't able to carry it." He moved aside and let her see the boa sitting on the bed.
Serena giggled and went into the room to get it for him. She placed it around her neck and her head almost disappeared in the fluff. "It's so soft. And fluffy." She giggled and she held it close to her.
Sesshomaru smiled and chuckled a bit. He then followed her back to her room so he could put his cloths there.
"Now how are we going to hide your face markings?" She thought out loud as she looked at the purple strips under his eyes and the blue crescent moon on his forehead.
"Why do you wish to hide my markings?" He asked as he looked at her confused again. "Is it also not a normal thing to see in this era?"
Serena nodded. "People do have odd places for where the want their tattoos to go but your face would be a very strange thing to see." She then sighed, giving up on the idea of hiding his markings. "Then again, people are strange around here. Maybe you'll fit right in with the markings showing anyway."
Sesshomaru nodded. "Then we do not need to hide my markings."
Serena agreed and dragged him out of her room again, grabbing her bandana as they went out. She then pulled him down stairs and into the hallway. "Mom! I'm heading out with Sesshomaru!" She called to her mother who was in the kitchen.
"Alright dear. Have fun! And be careful."
"I will!" She pulled her boots on and noticed the Sesshomaru was wearing his fuedal era boots. "Can't take them off?"
"No. I like my boots. And if I can't wear my cloths in this era, I can still wear my boots right?"
"I guess you're right." She shrugged as she opened the door.
Sesshomaru winced as the loud noises from outside reached his ears. Serena tied the bandana as they walked outside. "You okay?" She asked as she looked at him.
"Too loud out here. I'm used to the quiet back in the fuedal era."
"Oh! I forgot to find something to cover your ears. Be right back." She then ran back into the house for something. A few minutes later she came back out with another bandana. It was dark blue like his shirt. She tied it on his head, making sure the pointy tips of his ears were hidden. "There. Perfect."
"It feels weird. To have my ears be pinned down by this odd piece of cloth." He said as he adjusted the bandana on his head.
"I know it does but you'll get used to it soon." She said as she held onto him.
Sesshomaru blushed and stopped messing with the bandana. "So…ummm….where are we going Serena?"
Serena smiled and held his hand. She took him into the city and showed him everything. She took him to the mall and he was amazing at how big the 'cavern', as he called it, was. Serena laughed at what he said and dragged him off to some other places. They had lunch at Wacdonalds and then explored more. They returned to the shrine at the same time that Kagome got home.
"Oh hi Serena." She said as she waved at them when she saw them. She stared at Sesshomaru, not know who he really was. "Who's your friend?"
Serena giggled. "Silly Kagome. Can't you tell it's Sesshomaru?"
Sesshomaru pulled off the bandana, letting his pointy ears free.
"OH! Hi Sesshomaru. I didn't recognize you without your feudal era cloths on." Kagome said smiling out of embarrassment.
Serena giggled and hugged Sesshomaru again. Sesshomaru wrapped his arm around her and held her close.
"Well it's about time." Kagome said as she stood there before them.
"What is?" Said both the demons in confusion.
"You guys finally told each other that you love each other." Kagome said as she crossed her arms.
The demons looked at each other and then back at her. "How'd you know?" Serena asked as she still hugged Sesshomaru.
"It was obvious from the way you were flirting with him and the way he seemed to be very protective of you. Even Sango, Miroku, and Shippo figured it out."
"And Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked as he looked at the girl.
"Nope. We all know how slow he can be sometimes. He's still mad that Sesshomaru is traveling with us."
Sesshomaru smirked. The fact that everyone thought his half brother was an idiot amused him.
The three of them then went up the steps and to the house. Then all hell broke lose when Sesshomaru met the girls grandfather. "DEMON!!!" He cried when he was Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru was chased all over shrine, avoiding all of the charms and spells the old man threw at him. Serena and Kagome were on the ground laughing their heads off at the both of them. Sesshomaru instantly fell in love with her laugh. He loved everything about her. He stopped running once the old man had run out of charms and breath.
"That was the funniest thing I ever saw!" Came a familiar voice from the God Tree.
Sesshomaru groaned and looked over to see the one person he hoped wouldn't be there during the commotion. Inuyasha leaning against the tree smirking at his older brother. "Inuyasha! What are you doing here?" He growled.
"I just came here for Kagome so we can find more jewel shards."
"I told you I have a test in two days that I have to study for!" Kagome yelled as she got up off the ground.
"Will you give a rest Inuyasha! My sister has her own demons to face in school in this world so leave her alone." Said Serena as she stood up as well.
"Whatever. And Sesshomaru….what are you wearing?" Inuyasha asked as he pointed at the cloths the demon lord was wearing.
"That is none of your business Inuyasha. Serena was just showing me around this place called Tokyo." Sesshomaru said as he glared at him.
After getting glares from everyone, Kagome finally sat Inuyasha and they all headed into the house. It was a while before he stumbled into house, looking for Kagome.
They all had dinner together, making sure Grandpa behaved himself around Sesshomaru. After dinner the two demon lovers went up to the attic to be alone. They could be heard giggling every now and then. It made Inuyasha feel sick just hearing his brother from Kagome's room. "It's discussing."
"What is?" Kagome asked as she read her book.
"Hearing that jackass making out with your sister. It makes me sick just seeing him like this."
"Somebody's jealous." She sang as she looked at him from over her shoulder. Inuyasha was lying on the bed with his arms folded behind his head.
"AM NOT! How could I be jealous of him making out with a girl he just met a month ago!"
"Well maybe if a certain someone would just admit his feelings toward a certain girl, he wouldn't feel so jealous."
Inuyasha just stared at the ceiling. A low growl could be heard from him. Kagome sighed and went back to studying for the test.
