AN: / Okay here is the second chapter of 'Stealing Cinderella' I hope you all like it, especially you Kouga
Kouga: Why would I like it? All your stuff is crap
Kagome: I thought you said you weren't gonna bring in Kouga for the authors note conversation until I left!?
Kouga: What's the problem Kagome? Do you not want me here?
Kagome: It's not that, its-
Inuyasha: What the hell are you doing here wolf boy?!
Kouga: The writer invited me for a civilized conversation…so shut your yap before I slap a muzzle on your stupid mutt face!
Inuyasha: Growls viciously why you….
Me: Enough both of you! Now, let's just get on with the chapter all right?
Inuyasha/Kouga: sigh in defeat fine…
Kagome: AkiChan323 does not own Me, Sesshomaru, Kouga, or any of the Inuyasha characters… though if she did I have this weird feeling that SessKag would be canon…actually, that doesn't sound so bad!
Inuyasha/Kouga: o0 WHAT!?
The drive there wasn't as bad as Kagome thought it would be. They had sat in a comfortable silence for the majority of the ride, before Inuyasha decided to speak.
"Hey Sesshy you sick?" they could see Sesshomaru's grip on the wheel tighten at the nick name as they rounded a corner.
"I have told you on many occasions that if you called me by that insufferable name again I would…"
"Would what? Tell mommy and daddy? Che. All your fangirls are aloud to use it, why can't I?" Inuyasha was smirking, leaning back in his seat with his arms crossed while keeping an eye on the back of his elder brother's head to watch for reactions.
"They are not fangirls, they're demons from hell…and just because they insist on using it at school and in public doesn't mean that you are suddenly aloud too, now keep quiet before I pull over and kick you to the curb" Inuyasha pouted as he slumped in his seat. He knew that Sesshomaru would go through with his threat; Sesshomaru never was one to break a promise.
After around twenty minutes of Inuyasha mumbling curses at his brother they finally arrived (to Kagome's immense relief) at the 'InuTaisho' estate. In other words they're father's mansion. She was about to open the door to get out of the car when suddenly it was pulled open from the outside. When she lifted herself out of the car she turned to see that it was Sesshomaru who had opened the door for her. A light blush crossed her face.
"Merushi…Se-Sesshomaru-sama…" she moved away from the car door as he closed it and walked over to the trunk of the car. It popped open automatically when she approached making her jump in surprise. She heard a laugh coming from Inuyasha's side of the car as he closed his door. She turned her gaze to him giving him her famous death glare. He cringed in fear as he backed away from her. When she turned back to the trunk her suit case was gone and Sesshomaru was closing the trunk.
"I can carry it Sesshomaru-sama…really you don't have to…"
"Do not complain when someone offers to carry your very heavy things in for you, it is very rude…" and with that said he headed off towards the front door.
"Holy crap, I never thought I'd see the day when Sesshomaru carried in someone else's bags! Today is a historic day indeed!" Inuyasha smiled at the laugh he had received for that one, as they made their way to and through the front door.
"Welcome! Its so nice to see you again Kagome!" a tall man with long, silver hair tied back in a long, flowing ponytail, dressed in a snow white suit approached them (her and Inuyasha) with his arms open with welcome.
"InuTaisho-sama, it's a pleasure to see you again sir…" she was then pulled into a crippling hug as he welcomed her with his newly renewed enthusiasm.
"Kagome how are you? Were my son's polite to our guest?" he gave a sidewards glance at Inuyasha who rolled his eyes with annoyance at how easily his dad assumed that he was the impolite one.
"Seriously dad, Kagome's my friend…I'm never rude to her!" 'Ahem!' they both turned their attention to Kagome as she gave a little fake cough to get their attention.
"Inuyasha, every time you come over to my house you climb in my bedroom window, that's not only creepy but rude, and when your angry about something you tend to snap at the person closest to you at the time, and I'm usually that person…you're never rude to me huh?" Inuyasha scratched the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face as his father stared him down.
"You use her bedroom window as a door?" his father looked more interested and curious than upset by his youngest sons' actions.
"Well yeah, it's faster than climbing up the stairs…"
"Oh climbing a roof is so much easier than walking up a couple stairs!" the sarcasm was dually noted as they glared at each other, sparks were practically shooting from their eyes.
"If you both are finished acting like a couple of immature children then I can tell you that I have put your things away in your room, and had the sheets on the bed changed..."they all looked at Sesshomaru as he passed by them, telling them all of this as he went. When he was out of the room they all directed their attention back to each other.
"That was weeeeiiird…Sesshomaru has actually done something nice for someone other than himself…its kinda creepy" Inuyasha looked up at his father's face, which actually looked a little creeped out.
"Sesshomaru is being unusually kind to you Kagome; I wonder what's gotten into him…" they all stood in thought for a moment before the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Inuyasha turned on his heels and dashed to the door yanking it open with quite a bit of enthusiasm
"Hey mutt face! Thought I'd get here early for the sleep over so we could get a start on the planning before Miroku gets here…" when Kouga walked in he blinked a couple times before his mind actually registered that Kagome was standing only a little ways away from the door, giving him a friendly smile.
"Hi Kouga what's up?" Kagome gave him a small wave as a crimson blush crossed his cheeks.
"Uh, hi Kagome…what are you doing here?" he had dropped his bag on the floor and hurried over to Kagome's side, much to Inuyasha's annoyance.
"My parents are going away for some school trip of Souta's so I have to stay here…how about you, what's this I hear about a sleep over?" Inuyasha had kicked Kouga's bag at him, making it hit him in the back of the legs. Stumbling from the impact Kouga glared at Inuyasha as he brushed himself off and regained his composure.
"Stop annoying Kagome and take your stupid bags up to the room!" they glared at each other before Kouga begrudgingly picked up his bag and turned towards the stairs.
"Be right back Kagome, gotta put my stuff away!" and with that Kouga ran full throttle up the stairs, taking them three at a time. Inuyasha snorted as he walked up the stairs with Kagome following behind so that he could show her where her room was.
"Wau…I forgot how big you're father's mansion was" Kagome looked around in awe as they turned a corner and came to a halt in front of a door.
"Here you go! You're staying in here, I'm sorry but the only room left that mother wasn't using for something was the guest room right next to-
But before he could finish his sentence Sesshomaru walked out of the door directly to the right of Kagome's bedroom door. He stared at them with his icy stare for a few moments before turning on his heels and walking briskly down the hall in the opposite direction.
"Sesshomaru's room…but don't worry he doesn't snore, but he does sleep talk now and again…I can never catch what he's saying though, he always has his door locked so I can't open it to hear what he's saying…" just then Kouga came skidding to a halt next to them, giving Inuyasha a full blown glare as if it was his fault that he had to run down the stairs and then back up when he realized that Kagome wasn't down there…well in reality, it was Inuyasha's fault.
"Kagome, I was gonna ask you…why didn't you just ask to come and stay at my place? You know your welcome in my home any day…" Kagome blushed lightly though it was only because Kouga was being so nice, and she knew that she was the only one he treated like this made her feel sort of special.
"Well, you already had plans and my parents wanted me staying with someone they know…and my dad does work with Inuyasha's dad…"
"I would have cancelled my plans if you had asked to stay!" Kouga was smiling brightly showing off his bright pearly white teeth, his fang like canines giving Kagome and anyone else who saw them the impression that he was part wolf.
"Nah its okay, we're both here now why don't we just hang out here? All three of us!" Inuyasha didn't seem all that enthusiastic about the idea, but as long as he was spending time with Kagome Kouga would agree to anything, even hang out with his arch rival in love (when Kagome's around, other than that Kouga and Inuyasha are best friends).
"Now, I'm gonna get go unpack my things, I'll be right down okay?" Kouga nodded enthusiastically before grabbing hold of Inuyasha's upper arm and dragging him down the hall with him, wavy tears of torture pouring from Inuyasha's eyes. Kagome chuckled before walking into her room. She gasped in awe as she looked around, the room was pretty luxurious in her opinion, it was the nicest room she had ever stayed in. She shook her head to clear her mind before closing the door behind her and walking over to her bed, where her suit case was supposed to be. But it wasn't there, she looked around for it before finding it under the bed. She pulled it out without any difficulty and opened it. But there was nothing inside.
"What the?" then she heard her door open and turned on her heels to see who had come in. her eyes widened a fraction when she saw Sesshomaru standing there, leaning against the door frame, dressed in a white button down dress shirt and a pair of tight fitting black jeans…in other words, he looked absolutely delicious.
"I forgot to mention that I had a maid put your things away as well…you can just put that suit case back under the bed, or in the closet…whichever you prefer" and with that he turned and left, leaving Kagome speechless, and in shock. 'Okay that was weird...must make a mental note to lean a chair against the door while I'm alone it the room'
When Kagome got down stairs she found Inuyasha and Kouga fighting over the remote, kicking and punching each other to gain control of the one thing that Inuyasha actually had control over in his own house.
"We are watching what I want dog breath!" he snarled at Kouga, who currently had him in a head lock.
"We are not watching those stupid cartoons of yours you stupid mutt face! We're watching what I want!" as they continued to wrestle Kagome walked past them, neither of them noticing her of course being to busy trying to fight for dominance over the remote, and into the kitchen where she saw a bowl of fruit on the counter. Picking up an apple and wiping on her shirt, she calmly walked back into the room to see that Inuyasha was holding the remote high out of Kouga's reach, pinning him down with one foot as he held up the remote with victory.
"Ha! I win! We are watching what I want!" and with that Kagome walked over and quickly snatched the remote out of his hand. They both looked up at her with looks of astonishment as she aimed the remote at the television and clicked a button, turning it on.
"If you two aren't gonna stop fighting we're watching what I want, and no, its not gonna be some stupid girly thing…how about…this!" she clicked another button on the remote, and the channel changed. As soon as the heavy metal music could be heard from the speakers as well as the deep voices of the announcers' they both knew that Kagome had chosen wrestling (I know its sort of ironic because they had been wrestling only moments ago over the remote, but hey, I had to choose something!)
"There, everyone happy?" she was giving them the look that she had developed over the many years that she had known them both, the one that told them that they'd better answer yes if they didn't want to be castrated. They both nodded hurriedly, not taking their eyes off of the television.
For the remainder of the wrestling match they would cheer or boo one of the guys in the mat, but neither of them was enthusiastic about it as Kagome, when the guy she had been cheering for fell to the mat almost unconscious she had thrown her half eaten apple at the television and declared that the other was cheating somehow. Inuyasha and Kouga just stared at her as she yelled at the announcers and how stupid the ref was being.
"Calm down Kagome, its only one match there's no need to get so worked up about it…" Inuyasha knew that saying that was a mistake the minute she turned her death glare of fury on him.
"Only a match? ONLY A MATCH!? He needed this match to head to the finals and now he has to wait until next season to try again! I don't think I can wait that long!" they both looked at her, and then at each other before shifting a little further away from her and closer to the television.
"What is with this infernal racket? You do realize that there are other people living in this house, don't you?" All three of them turned around to see that Sesshomaru was standing at the entrance to the living room looking absolutely livid.
"I'm sorry Sesshomaru-sama; we'll try and keep it down…it's just that we were watching wrestl-"
"Silence! I don't wish to hear your excuses, just keep it down" Kouga had risen from his seat on the floor at Kagome's feet and walked up to Sesshomaru. Despite the fact of being a good two years younger than him, he was nearly as tall as he was.
"Who the hell do you think you are? You can't talk to Kagome like that! She's your guest and she was a little excited be the match on television, if she had realized that she was disturbing you in any way she would have stopped, all you had to do was ask nicely for us to keep it down! You didn't have to snap at her!" Kouga glared up at Sesshomaru, who simply stared back, expecting him to apologize for his behavior and return to his seat with his tail between his legs. But he didn't. Sesshomaru sighed and looked up at Kagome, who looked scared, both for her friends and her own safety.
"I apologize, Kagome-san…please forgive me for my rude behavior…I have just been a little on edge as of late and would appreciate your forgiveness…" there was a long awkward pause before Kagome stood and gave a small bow.
"You are forgiven Sesshomaru-sama, and I'll keep it down from now on!" she smiled at him, and for a split second she could have sworn she saw what looked like relief and slight joy radiate from his bright amber eyes. But just as quickly as it appeared it had disappeared again, leaving only the cold iciness that usually radiated from him.
"Hn." And with that he left the room, leaving Kagome standing still facing the door, Inuyasha looking absolutely mortified, and Kouga still stood there, apparently still in shock from what he had just done. Finally, after sitting there for a good five minutes Kouga collapsed to his knees, sucking in air as if he had been holding his breath the entire time…and if it weren't for the fact that they could see his back move than they would have believed it possible. Kagome rushed around the couch over to where Kouga kneeled panting up a storm.
"Kouga are you okay?" he looked up and smiled at Kagome, despite the anxious look that he had had on his face a moment before. Apparently he had the impression that Sesshomaru was going to kill him. This wasn't entirely unbelievable.
"Thank you Kouga for standing up for me… that was really brave of you!" he blushed crimson again, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"Naw it was nothing! Are you okay Kagome?" she smiled at him as she helped him up and over to the couch.
"I'm fine…here you sit down and I'll go get you some water!" and with that she ran through the kitchen door, leaving Inuyasha and Kouga alone.
"Bastard, you were scared shitless and you still stood up to him…but don't think that just because you stood up for her once doesn't mean that she's gonna automatically like you just like that!" Kouga snorted at Inuyasha's stupidity as he leaned back on the couch making himself comfortable.
"Yeah, but at least I'm making some progress…you haven't moved any further up the ladder with your measly little hints…she obviously doesn't get them" but before Inuyasha could reply Kagome came back into the room carrying a glass of water and a shiny red apple
"Here you go Kouga! They said dinner would be ready soon, but I thought you'd like a little something before hand" Kagome smiled at him again as he took the glass of water and the apple as Kagome went through the door that lead into the washroom. Inuyasha glared at Kouga.
"This isn't over yet 'buddy'" Kouga only smirked and slid down slightly in his seat.
"Yeah, whatever…"
AN/ Okay that's the end of the second chapter! Hope you liked it, I have to admit though it wasn't my best work, but it was pretty good…
Kouga: I liked it! You're a great writer AkiChan!
Inuyasha: Humph…wasn't it you who said that her writing was crap at the beginning of the chapter?
Kouga: Well, that was until she got me into Kagome's good books! Thx again for that!
Me: Yeah well, don't get to excited, remember this is a SessKag fic, meaning Sesshomaru and Kagome are gonna get together…
Kouga: Why him? He was such a jerk to her in the last chapter!
Sesshomaru: That was only to heighten the suspense of the ever developing relationship between us and show that I was trying to get a reaction out of her just for the sake of getting some attention since she was paying all of her attention to you two bumbling idiots…and because I was angry that she was able to have more fun with you two…
Kouga: Of course she has more fun with us, we actually spend time with her! Wait a minute…when did you get here?
Sesshomaru: The writer of this fic kindly asked me to come and join in the conversations…and since Kagome was here I thought it a good chance to talk to her about our relationship-
Inuyasha: What relationship? You barely talk to her let along spend time with her!
Sesshomaru:…whatever…
Me: Whatever indeed…review please so that I have something to do other than listening to these idiots…