Chapter 6: Journey to the west part 2

Last time: "How many brother's and sisters would you like Rin?" he said coolly. Rin smiled with a big toothy grin and said, opening her arms out wide, "Lots and Lots and Lots and Lots!!!!!"Sesshomaru smirked as he felt Kagome's heart skip a beat. "Then it's settled..."

"WHAAAT?" Kagome screeched out loud scaring the birds out of their trees.

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Kagome gritted her teeth in annoyance. Of all the nerve of that demon! He agreed to everything Rin said. Heck he'd even kill someone if Rin asked him to, just because they stole her 'pretty flowers.' She wasn't having anyone's children! So what if Rin wanted something? And like hell it was something like this! Yeah! It wasn't like SHE was the one having kids now was she?

'Kagome…why act so childish?' her conscious asked her.

'………'

She was not being childish! She was being realistic here. Where she came from girls were too young to have children let alone be married! It was against the law! It was….wait, they were technically still in Japan weren't they? Damn….Wait was Sesshomaru acting like this because she had her period? His senses were going haywire? Wait why were they going west? Oh yeah! Cause she had to teach Rin. And the hell she was going to walk into a palace wearing nothing but Sesshomaru's WHITE haori. It was probably see-through and it was wet too!!

Sure…that's why Sesshomaru is taking you there Kagome….

But wait, how could she have forgotten?! The Shikon shards duh! Okay so Kikyo could sense them. Inuyasha didn't need her. He didn't complain much. Like he would ever!

He looked down at her as they walked away from the tachi group. She was in deep thought. Technically she didn't have to come with him. He did have a demoness who was willing to teach 'little Rin' but he'd rather have Kagome. Kagome stopped and he looked down at her in question.

"Wait I have to tell the rest of the group that I'm leaving with you!" Kagome said and dashed off before he uttered a word. 'Hnn….' He thought. That was proably not for the best and he grabbed her from the back of her…well his shirt. Maybe she should wear his clothes more often. They were hanging off her lithe form and the bottom hem came down to her knees and….he shook his head. What was he thinking? He didn't have the time nor the patience to deal with his half-brother right now. Kagome gave him a side look when he shook his head no.

-Back and camp-

Sango wondered when Kagome was going to show her face. She sure was taking her dear old sweet time wasn't she? Even Inuyasha's ears were doing something funny like twitching like he was trying to hear something. They could feel a demonic presence but it wasn't dangerous or didn't pose a threat. Odd. But Inuyasha was tense. Maybe it was the Kikyo comment? He did get all pissy if someone insulted his Kikyo. But he deserved it! Kagome deserved someone better! Who would treat her with the respect she deserved! And that was not the most important thing either. Kagome needed someone who she could have an intellectual conversation with. With her knowledge Inuyasha wasn't the best person to talk to. She just couldn't believe that he'd gotten so scared when she yelled at him. It was quite amusing to see him shiver in fear of her wrath. Then all of a sudden….

"Sango my love, you broke my radar didn't you?" Miroku gave her a wounded puppy dog look. Sango blinked at him. Inuyasha laughed from his tree and muttered that it was for the best anyway.

"I won't have you running around listening in on other women or whatever. It's about time you settled down as well." Sango said firmly but didn't dare look at him. Her stomach twisted into a knot. She couldn't….wouldn't bare to see him with another woman….and holding his first child….she'd rather die….

Inuyasha jumped down from his tree and said, "It doesn't matter. If Kagome isn't back in a couple of hours we're going west without her. She can hang back in the village and wait for us." He said and jumped back into his tree. Sango frowned at him. Inuyasha was such a….such a….always pushing their group to exhaustion. Why she wouldn't be surprised if Kagome didn't show face here at all anymore! Sango sure wished she could leave here! But she had an obligation and she'd have to put up with Inuyasha. Kagome…Kagome…well she could've left long ago if she wanted to. Kikyo had been resurrected hadn't she? She could sense the shards and also had purifying powers right? Sadly someone needed to knock sense into that girl. It was just too painful to see her suffer. Inuyasha wasn't her keeper after all! Kagome always felt the need to tell him what she was doing, when and where and why all the time! Hell they weren't mated or anything! Inuyasha just had a job and that was to protect her, feelings not included. He had tried to kill her once after all, had Kagome forgotten that part?

-Back to Sesshomaru and Kagome-

"So what do you suggest we do?" Kagome said. "Should I go to the village and request a kimono? You know Sango's going to come looking after me…if not Inuyasha. He gets worried after 10 minutes or less…" Kagome mumbled. "And will you please let go of me?"

"No." he said thoughtfully.

'…………..'

Kagome sighed in exasperation. This puppy was getting ever so annoying! Who made him the boss anyway? Here she was having a grand old time when Mr. Sesshomaru here decided to butt in!

"That's a great idea. You need a new kimono." He said. Kagome grinned. Yes! This was her chance to escape him….but did she want to? He did lend her his haori and it smelled so nice. "You were going to go back and tell Inuyasha where you were and that it was okay that this Sesshomaru was with you correct?" he said looking at her finally. Kagome hung her head and nodded.

"Are you aware that you're friends are making plans to go west right now? I kill any intruders on my lands and Inuyasha, my half-brother who also happens to be blood is no exception." he said calmly, running a hand though his silver mane of beautifully gorgeous, silky silver hair.

"They wouldn't dare make plans without me!" Kagome said heatedly. But Sesshomaru would never lie! Sesshomaru said nothing to her.

"Perhaps a good idea is for the both of us to go west, after we get you a kimono that is, and meet them all when they arrive in the western lands? It would give you time to cool off as well." He said in his usual nonchalant way.

'Is this for your benefit or her's?' his conscious asked him.

"Yes! And then we can all go back to the palace and walk in like a real family and live happily ever after!" Rin said happily. Oh they forgot she was here too. Kagome grinded her teeth together and thought about it. No doubt the village would get curious as to:

1.) What happened to her clothes

2.) Why she was wearing such fine silk and where did she get it from

3.) How her clothes went missing or rather got destroyed (She was supposed to be a pure miko! Had she been doing something dirty?!)

And Kaede, the old miko would know where she got the top from….how scandalous Kagome! Bad bad Kagome! The old woman would she tell everyone? Kagome didn't take Kaede as a gossip, that was Miroku's job..oh NO!!!!!! Kagome groaned inwardly. He saw them! Dammit! Would he tell Sango? Of course Sango would take no sudden action. Sango knew that Kagome was smart and had a good head on her shoulders. She must've ran off with Sesshomaru for a reason. But Kagome hadn't run off with Sesshomaru! This was going no where fast! What should she do? Sesshomaru's suggestion was a sound one…okay then, Kagome took a deep breath… they should just grab the kimono and go as fast as possible.

Sesshomaru smirked. Kagome wasn't paying attention to him at all rather mumbling incoherent words. Humans were so interesting…. And he wanted her.

'What? You want a human for your collection?' his conscious said kicking his side. He didn't say he wanted Kagome for his collection…rather for another reason.

"Okay Sesshomaru you wait here and I'll walk into the village like nothing's wrong and I need a kimono. I can't walk into the village naked now can I?" Kagome said. He raised an eyebrow at her and she widened her eyes. "Uh, did I say that out loud?"

"Very loud." He said. Kagome shrugged and then walked off towards the village. Sesshomaru watching from a distance. Rin watched Kagome's back and then asked 'her lord' innocently, "Uhm, my lord what if Inuyasha sees her while she's in the village?" He shook his head at her and said that she wouldn't and neither would he. His foolish brother. Such impertinence. No patience. He was on his way west as they spoke.

-Camp-

"But we have to wait a couple of more hours!" Sango whined at Inuyasha. Time was up and Inuyasha wanted to go. The Shikon shards couldn't wait. They'd catch up to Kikyo and she would do just fine.

"Miroku!" Sango said in a helpless voice. In other words 'Miroku tell him to stop!' Miroku gave her a sheepish look and although he'd normally agree with Sango, there were shikon shards in the western lands and he wanted the damn jewel completed at soon as possible so his wind tunnel would close and he could ask Sango to marry him. Time was wasting. Sango, quite unlike herself, muttered insults and followed them reluctantly. Kagome would be safe in her time right? Right. She'd probably get a little upset that they left her but maybe a break was what Kagome needed. A break away from Inuyasha that is. Hey maybe Kagome would have an adventure and be happy there as well, at least for a while.

-Village-

'Damn Obi's to hell!' Kagome muttered angrily. How did woman in these times maneuver around in these things?! She tried to adjust it but it kept going back to… "need some assistance with that?" Sesshomaru asked her. He was leaning against a tree.

"Uhhh..yes please." Kagome said stuttering. She wasn't about to ask how he even begun to know how. She had to admit, Kaede had given her a rather nice one. It was light blue in color with lavender Sakura blossoms scattered everywhere and the length was long, rather than the short ones that women wore in the village. Did the old woman know where she was going? She wouldn't be surprised. The old lady, she knew everything. But this silver obi was giving her hell! She wanted to tie this obi around someone's neck! And yank it hard!

Sesshomaru had to admit, the blue color suited her well as he tried to fix her obi. "Stop your squirming." He said. Kagome stilled. She sighed. This was probably not what Sesshomaru was used to. He had his pick of beautiful demonesses from all the lands, in silk and jewels and exotic scents and here she was with none of that and dressed in cotton no less. Her shoulders slumped a little. She didn't even know what she wanted to look nice in his presence. She was seriously losing it. "This Sesshomaru thinks you look lovely in blue Ka-go-me." He said reading her mind and saw her blush.

"And this Sesshomaru's word is law after all…."

'Hmmm....' Kagome thought.

"What happened to my Haori?" he asked her.

"I'm keeping it! and there's nothing you can do about it." Kagome said victoriously. like she'd won a prize in a battle or won the lottery.

'Okay then.' Sesshomaru thought shrugging. He'd had hundreds more. She could keep this one if she wished.

"Well let's go then!" Rin said. This adult staring was getting boring. Seriously the both were staring into each others eyes and it was annoying her.

'Oh yeah....' Sesshomaru and Kagome thought. They forgot they had Rin here otherwise they were damn sure things could've been different...less rated G more rated M.

Lady Nefertiti: Chapter 6. Please read and review!

Inuyasha: "You really think I would leave Kagome like that? In the middle of god-knows-where and even after I scented a demonic scent?"

Lady N: "No. but didn't you mention that you would drag her back here to your time? Did you forget that?"

Inuyasha: '...........'