Disclaimer: Sadly, once again, I do not have any rights to any of the characters or realistic things (movies, places, etc) in this story. I'm just borrowing them to try and create a fun free fanfic for all to enjoy.
Author's Note: ***WARNING***Character personalities different from original story. You have been told, so please do not fuss about it. Other than that, I truly hope you enjoy the story.
Shout Outs:
kashiangel07-Yes, I think the cuddle scene in the last chapter was pretty sweet too. I'm glad you agreed.
Shirara101-Haha....if an opportune time should arrive, I will do my best to add that in. However, I can't make any promises. We'll just have to wait to see where the story leads.
Whitecloud1- Your wait is over.....that is, until you finish this chapter, lol. Hope it satisfies you for now.
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Since I was looking out the window at the scenery, and the boys either had seen everything or had no interest, the ride to their houses. I glanced at everyone briefly to see Kouga sending a text to Ayame, letting her know he was almost home, Inuyasha was in his own world, as usual, and Miroku was searching his pockets frantically…..as if he lost something. Finally I couldn't stand it any more.
"Miroku," he looked up when I started talking, "What in earth are you looking for so frantically?"
He looks down at his feet, blushing slightly and mumbles something.
"I'm sorry," I interrupt, "I didn't catch any of that."
"I'm looking for Sango's MSN screen name, I can't find it anywhere."
I'm a little puzzled because Sango never really liked to talk on MSN, but if it was Miroku, then maybe she wanted to use her web cam or something. "You know Miroku, I am one of her really close friends. Therefore, I do know her screen name. So……if you lost it, I think I would be willing to tell you what it is…. you know….if you ask." I laughed.
"Huh...I never really thought about that," he says while rubbing the back of his head "thanks a lot Kags. You're a life saver, can you give it to me when we stop?"
Shaking my head with a smile I reply, "No problem" and then turn to look out at the passing streets again. I can feel Sesshoumaru staring at me every so often, but I don't mind, I am sure that this is just as weird for him as it is for me.
First we drop of Inuyasha and Miroku (Miroku only getting out of the car after I write down Sango's screen name). Miroku took off, as if he couldn't get into his house fast enough while Inuyasha slowly walked away doing a backwards wave in the process.
Next was Kouga's home and as we pull up, I notice a girl waiting on his doorsteps. As he gets out of the car, she stands up and starts to run towards him. Reaching each other, Kouga picks up the girl, who I now know is Ayame, and swings her around giving her a kiss.
'Awww, that's so sweet, they look so perfect together."
Finally we pulled up to what had to be Sesshoumaru's home. I'll admit it, I'm a little scared, though I don't know why. I mean it's not like I am making a life commitment here. We get out of the car, Sesshoumaru grabs my bags and we make our way to the front door.
"Well, this is it." Sesshoumaru started, "It's not fancy like all those tabloids say. We do have a fairly large manor, but that belongs to my father. I hope you like it and you're not too disappointed."
He opens the door, and all I can do is stare. 'It's not a castle, no, but it's still huge and the decoration is nice for a guy who lives alone. It could stand for a little cleaning and maybe a woman's touch, but I won't get too crazy...yet.'
"Come on," he takes hold of my hand again, "I'll give you a grand tour of your new home."
Home….I was shocked when he said it, but I liked the sound of it.'
"Obviously, this is the living room. Over here, we have the kitchen and down the hallway a little is the dining room. Across from that is the guest bathroom." I nod taking in each room and how they are set up, but then he starts to pull me upstairs. "The room on the right is empty; I haven't decided what to do with it yet. and this," he pauses and points to a door on the left, "is your room, feel free to re-decorate it however you want." He opens the door and I gasp.
"Sesshoumaru, it's absolutely perfect, who decorated?" Looking around, I take in the deep, rich Forest Green, and gold silver traditional asian theme of the room. To say the least it was the best guest room I have ever seen, decorated in such a way that it would suit a guys taste just as well as a girl's.
"Well, I let one of the designers, some guy named Jakotsu, decorate the guest room the way they wanted, and this is how it turned out."
"Well, I love it, all I need to do is add a few touches of my own here or there, and viola, it will be as if I had lived here forever."
"I'm glad," He smiled, "over here is a walk in closet with a full length mirror and this door leads to your personal bathroom."
"Great, now what else do I need to see in the house?"
"Well, just down the hall is my room, so if you need anything and can't find me anywhere else, that's where I will probably be. But for now, I think I'll leave you to freshen up and unpack. Then, if you would like, we can go out somewhere for lunch since the kitchen hasn't been stocked since we left for the tour."
"Okay, That sounds fine to me." As he turned to leave the room, I pulled my first suitecase towards the bed and began to get my room settled for my, hopefully, wonderful summer in Tokyo.
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Wincing as light strikes my eyes, I duck under the comforter, trying to buy a few extra minutes of sleep. It seems that no matter where my bed is set in the room, the sun will always find a way to get me up.
Finally, giving up, I stretch out and collapse on the bed smiling. A glance at my tells me that it is just after 9 in the morning. So far, I have been here, at Sesshoumaru's house, for four days and everything has been going more smoothly than I could have hoped for. I get to see Sessh every day and I don't have to leave ridiculously early to go work. It didn't take very long for a routine to get established. Usually, I got up, fixed something for breakfast, and then when Sesshoumaru didn't have something with the band, he and I spend time getting use to one another being around and learning more about each other.
Suddenly, my stomach started growling. 'Speaking of breakfast, I should probably get it started; I think I'll make pancakes today.'
Grabbing my robe on the way out of the room, I make my way down stairs and into the kitchen. Briefly I notice the house could use a bit of tidying up, but it can wait till later. In the kitchen, I pull out the frying pan and place it on the stove to start heating. A matter of minutes later, I have the mix whipped up and have started cooking. By the time I'm done with the third one, I hear movement on the stairs.
"Good morning," Sessh says from behind me, "Something smells wonderful."
Turning around to greet him, I come face to face with his bare chest, 'okay, not face to face; he is across the kitchen but still.' Quickly I turn back around so he doesn't see my red cheeks. "Good morning to you as well, breakfast will be ready in a few minutes if you care to wait." 'Why am I so embarrassed, it's not like I have never seen a man's chest before, what with boys in the athletics in school, and oh yeah, not to mention TV.'
"Superb," He says, "I truly enjoy your cooking."
"Ha, I'm sure that if I don't learn some new recipes soon, you'll get pretty tired of it soon, I cook a few good meals, but then I start to repeat." I answer with a smile. 'I might just have to ask Sango up soon so she can teach me some new recipes'
Grabbing plates, silver ware and the stack of pancakes I make my way over to the table and see that Sesshoumaru has already poured us glasses of milk.
"So, What would you like to do today." Sesshoumaru asked after quickly clearing half of his plate.
"Oh, well, I don't know, I was thinking of going to the Tokyo Ferris Wheel. How about you, what do you have to do today?"
"Well, the guys and I need to get together to practice a bit, but if you want to wait a bit, I can take you after words."
"Sure," I smile, "Sounds great, ummm, I need to wash some clothes though so if you want any of your colored shirts washed while you are gone, put them in a pile outside my door."
"Kagome, you don't have to do that, I am quit…" Sesshoumaru begins, but I interrupt.
"Sesshoumaru, it is no problem, I don't have enough for a full load and though I'm sure you're used to washing your own clothes or having someone else wash them. But I prefer to be in charge of my own.
"Fine," He holds his hands up, "I surrender"
"Good, let me know when you're leaving okay… I'll be in my room." With that I give him a wink and run up the stairs to take a shower and get dressed.
"Nicki?" I hear Sesshoumaru call from the door of my room.
"I'm in the bathroom Sesshoumaru, what can I do for you?"
" I am heading over to practice now. We'll be done and I will be back in about two or three hours."
"Okay. Did you leave your shirts by my door?" I yell back.
"Yes, and thank you by the way. Bye."
"Bye." Waiting a little bit, I hear the front door shut and lock. 'Ha, he still locks it every time he leaves, it must be one of those habits that is hard to shake.'
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'Okay, the clothes are in the washer, I am clean and dressed, and now I can just relax.' It was Yesterday before I fnally figured out how his TV and DVD work, so I decided to watch a movie. But here is the million yen question. What movie did I want to watch? I glance through his movies, but nothing really appeals to me at the moment. It's a good thing I brought some of my own. Running upstairs I grab one of my Anime's, run back down and pop it in.
Later, I distantly hear the door unlock, but am too enthralled to turn around. Within seconds, I feel Sesshoumaru sit down next to me.
"What movie are you watching, it's not one of mine right?"
"No," I respond, "It's 'Nausica, Valley of the Wind' and it is one of mine, it's almost over though, hang on."
When the movie finishes, I turn it off and turn towards Sesshoumaru. "So…How was practice?"
He smiles, "The same as usual, full of arguments about arrangements and other such things, with only about half of the time being serious in our practicing."
"Hmm, I would hazard a guess that you four end up doing that alot." I laugh with him.
"Are you ready to go to the Ferris Wheel now? I'll drive."
"You bet you will, I still get confused on directions in my home town, let alone here in Tokyo."
"Hnn, I'd bet you would be fine with me guiding you." He smirks.
"All the same," I say, "we better not risk it."
And with that, he grabs his keys and we head out the door.
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"I still can't believe you did that!" Laughing, I unlock the door and we stumble inside the house, I can't believe we took so long, I look at the clock and now it is about seven PM.
"I have no clue what you are talking about" Sesshoumaru feigns innocence.
"Don't play coy with me; you know very well what I'm talking about. I can't believe you danced around in the Ferris Wheel like you did on the one of your music videos."
"Well it got you to laugh now didn't it?" By now he was sitting down on the sofa.
"Yeah, I guess you're right, now I have all this energy from laughing." I sit next to him, trying to think of something to do. Suddenly a great idea pops into my head and I turn to look at him.
"What are you doing?" Sesshoumaru backs away from me a little.
"Nothing, I just have something to say to you."
"Well," He asks mock impatiently, "What is it."
"TAG!!! YOUR IT!!!" and with that I take off running up the stairs
Stunned, Sesshoumaru sits there long enough for me to get all the way up to the top before he finally makes a move. "Hnn, so you want a chase. Did you forget that with my sense of smell I'll find you before you can even think of where to go.!"
'It's a good thing I was all over the house with laundry today, since my "fragrance" will be all over. Just in case, I take one of my flip flops and throw it toward his door, hoping that he will think I went in there, and then I duck around behind my door to hide. 'Of course, Kagome, once he does see you, his demon speed will be able to catch you. The only reason he hasn't yet is because he doesn't want to.' Once I think he has passed my room, I start making my way out and down the stairs.
"Got You…You didn't think I'd fall for that did you?" Sesshoumaru pops out of the extra room startling me as I take off down the stairs trying to outrun him. I get almost to the bottom. Just 4 steps left when I miss one and start falling.
"KAGOME!!!!" I hear behind me as I quickly approach the floor.
Ame- Okay people, don't hate me for the cliffie, haha, just click that big button down at the bottom, leave me a review and I'll let you know what happens as soon as I can.
Kagome- I can't believe you Ame! I haven't even been there a week and you're trying to take me out of the picture already!?
Ame- Whoa, chill, Look, If it will make you feel better, I promise you that you're not going to die.
Inuyasha- Yeah, you'll just end up in a coma or break something really badly or nothing will happen except Sesshy will laugh at you for your clumsiness.
Kagome- *punches Inuyasha* Shut up! I don't need your help imagining all the bad ways this can end!
Ame- While theyre arguing, I'm gonna sneak off now without being noticed. Remember, leave me those reviews!