Chapter Twelve: Saturday

Friday had gone by so fast Kagome was upset when it was over. She wondered where Kyochi was. Sesshomaru avoided her all day and Mr. Turner was there every time she turned around. After school her and Sota went to the mall and picked out their presents for Rin's birthday party.

Saturday morning Kagome woke with a jolt. She looked around her would be dark room except for the flashing T.V., she saw the small red numbers of her alarm clock which read: 3:47. She heard a scream from down the hall. She scrambled out of bed to see what it was. When she opened her door she saw her mother being thrown into the wall opposite her.

"Mom!" Kagome screamed. She rushed forward and Sota opened his door and went to his sister's side only to be thrown back by a hand that had grabbed his shoulder.

"No, go back to bed." Her mother cried gaining the attention of a drunken Naraku. Kagome quickly got up and shoved Sota into his room. Kagome looked at Naraku who was haling her mother up by the neck of her shirt.

"Let her go!" Kagome said and zapped him lightly with her miko powers to get his attention drawn to her.

"No Kagome don't..." She was cut off by Naraku's fist to her mouth. Kagome pushed Naraku off of her mother. Her mother scrambled away letting her daughter take on her husband by her self. Kagome coughed and wheezed when she was punched in the stomach.

"Why hello there Kaggy-bear. I missed you, did you miss me too?" He lifted her by her pajama shirt and threw her up against the wall. He held her in place with his right hand on her waist and his right leg in between her thighs. He kissed her neck and she started to fight him only to have her head smashed into the wall behind her. She felt his hand slide up her shirt before she lost consciousness.

About five hours later Kagome woke up with a throbbing headache. She groaned at the light that shown in threw her open blinds. She turned to see Sota sleeping next to her.

"Hey Sota." Kagome whispered. Sota jumped awake and fell off her bed with a dull thud.

"Kagome?" He stood up and she sat up. "You feeling ok?"

"Yeah..." She said softly and looked down at her self. She wasn't wearing her pajama shirt anymore instead she was wearing a tank top, and she still wasn't wearing a bra. "Hey Sota?" He looked at her from her closet door.

"Yeah sis?"

"Where is my pajama shirt?" She asked looking into his transparent eyes.

"Well I came out of my room because I didn't hear you anymore and...and he was on you." Sota had tears welling in his eyes. Kagome got off her bed and went to his side and hugged him.

"What was he doing Sota, please tell me."

"W-well you were on the ground and he was on top of you feeling you up...your shirt was open and covered in blood, and there was a pool of it by your head." Sota paused for a second as tears began to flow in a waterfall down his cheeks. "He was gonna rape you sis." Sota sobbed out his last sentence as she hugged him tightly. "So I knocked him out, I couldn't turn my cheek like mom." Sota continued surprising Kagome that he could. "I fixed your head and I put a new shirt on you...he should be up in a few hours."

"It's ok Sota." Kagome whispered. "I'm fine thanks to you. I owe you little bro." She hugged him close to her for a few more minutes before pulling away and smiling at him. "We should get ready...eww you know what I just realized?"

"No what."

"You saw me half naked ewww." Kagome said jokingly as she ruffled his hair.

"Trust me I didn't want to." Sota smiled at her happy she was able to joke after almost being rapped. "And stop ruffling my hair I'm 15 now."

"Oh you poor little baby." Kagome cooed. "So you wanna help me pick out something to wear?"

"Sure I guess; do you know what bathing suit you're going to wear for the party?"

"Well I was thinking about my red full piece." Kagome paused at the face Sota made. "Ok fine then how's this you pick out my bathing suit and I will pick out yours?" Sota nodded his head and went back in to her walk in closet. Kagome smiled faintly and went out in to the hall and walked to his room. After about 5 minutes of searching Kagome found what she was looking for; it was a pair of black swim trunks with blood red roses that spiraled and went all the way around it. She smiled to her self and went back to her room to see Sota looking at three out of the millions of bathing suits she owned. Kagome gasped lightly at the ones he had picked out for her to wear in front of people. "Sota I can't wear those."

"Yes you can and you will. Come on sis you never show off your figure. Your waist is tinny, your stomach is flat, and you have, you know...those." He pointed to her chest and blushed lightly. Kagome sighed.

"Fine, which one?" She asked eyeing the bathing suits as if they would attack at any moment.

"I don't know yet I haven't decided. I'm really torn between the red one and the green one, but the black one is really nice. What about you, what do you think?"

"I think they are all skimpy and if mom hadn't bought them I wouldn't own them." She paused lightly before deciding. "But I guess the red one." Sota nodded and handed it to her. Kagome smiled at him and gave him a brief hug. "Well I'm gonna go wash out the blood in my hair and get dressed."

"I think a shower sounds nice, I'll go take one too. See you in a half hour." Kagome nodded and handed him his trunks and watched as he walked out of her room.

Thirty minutes later Kagome got out of her scolding shower feeling refreshed but not clean. She had her bathing suit on underneath her clothing, her shirt was a light blue T-shirt and she wore baggy black jeans. She brushed her hair out so it was straight and hung down to her waist. She walked the short distance between her room and Sota's room and knocked on the door. She walked in when she got her muffled permission. Sota was wearing the swim trunks underneath a pair of semi baggy blue jeans; he was also wearing a loose short sleeved shirt.

"So what do you wanna do for the next two hours?" Kagome asked giving him a light smile.

"Wanna go in the entertainment room and watch a movie and snack on something?"

"That sounds nice." They went down stairs and decided to go in the living room instead of the entertainment room. Kagome made some quick snacks and Sota put in Blade 3. After the movie was over Naraku and Kemi walked down the stairs and she began making coffee for them to drink. Naraku winked at Kagome then glared at Sota who in return glared back. "He is such a puke." Kagome said to Sota who nodded in agreement.

Once Kemi and Naraku were ready they all got in Naraku's car and headed over to the Tashio's. They were let in by a butler and told to go to the pool area. They nodded and said they knew where it was. When they walked threw the doors to the enclosed pool with mechanical ceiling they saw at least twenty to thirty children running around. Kagome smiled as she saw Rin get out of the pool and run over to her. Rin almost knocked Kagome over as she plowed into her, hugging her waist, and successfully getting Kagome wet.

"Hey Rin." The girl looked up at Kagome still hugging her waist.

"Hi Kagome, Rin is happy to see you." Kagome smiled at the small girl who talked in third person. "Daddy wants you to meet him inside he said he has something to discuss with you involving work."

"Ok, do you know where he is?"

"Uh...I think he is in grandpa's study." Rin said letting go of Kagome. "Do you know where it is?"

"Yes I do. Well happy birthday, I will give you your present after I talk to your daddy ok?" Rin nodded enthusiastically and ran off pulling Sota into the pool with his shirt still on. Kagome laughed lightly and went back inside to search for Sesshomaru unknowing to the pair of blood red eyes that fallowed her. Kagome found Touga's study easily and knocked lightly before entering. Touga was sitting behind a desk that was made from the same dark wood as the one in his office, and Sesshomaru was leaning over his shoulder as they looked over the same papers. "You wanted to see me?" Kagome said and closed the door softly.

"Why hello Kagome you look lovely today." Touga said smiling brightly. Kagome blushed lightly. "But it is a pool party you know?"

"Oh, I'm wearing my suit underneath my clothes." Touga nodded.

"I asked for you to come here for your opinion." Sesshomaru said.

"M-me?" Kagome sputtered. "Why me? I'm only a teenager I can't help with business matters."

"Its because if I do recall, Kagome, when you were younger it was you who helped me design the swing set on the grounds." Touga said, said his smile widening as her blush increased.

"Well yeah b-but..." She trailed off as she tried to think of an excuse.

"We just want your opinion its not like we are asking you to perform surgery." Sesshomaru said coldly. Kagome scoffed at his words, he made her sound like an idiot.

"Fine, don't gotta be a purple cow Sessy-kun." Kagome teased remembering what Rin had called him and laughed when he growled. Kagome walked to the front of the desk and leaned down to look at the layout they had.

"Uh, well if you were to take the sides out by this much..." She drew small lines with her finger showing them what she meant. "And knocked out this wall and this wall. You would be able to fit another bathroom and office on each floor, if that's what you're looking for."

"See what did I tell you? You are a genius Kagome even Sesshomaru couldn't figure that out." Kagome blushed again.

"Thanks." She said softly. "Uh, I told Rin I would give her the present I bought for her when I was done talking with you guys, so yeah..."

"I'll come with you." Sesshomaru said. "I want to see what you bought my daughter." Kagome nodded, and they walked out of the study together. Touga sighed and put away his work.

"I guess I will go join in the festivities." Touga said out loud to him self before walking out to the pool.

"I left it in the car so she wouldn't see it." Sesshomaru nodded as he and Kagome walked out to Naraku's car. Kagome smiled at him and bounded ahead as he walked. She disappeared inside the car and reappeared with a large wrapped box which she placed on the ground and disappeared yet again but this time she reappeared with a small white ball of fluff. Sesshomaru eyed it wearily.

"What is that?" Kagome looked at him innocently as the small fluff barked. "No, no, no. You got her a dog?"

"Oh come on Sessy every girl wants a doggy." Kagome pouted and Sesshomaru groaned.

"Fine, you better be happy I'm letting you give it to her." He stopped walking and looked at the fluff, then the box.

"Will you get the box for me Sessy? It's from Sota." Sesshomaru nodded and picked up the large box. "Isn't he cute?"

"You got a male dog?"

"Well duh, that way it can't get pregnant I didn't think you would like that very much. But isn't he cute?" Sesshomaru looked down at the fluff in her arms. It looked up at him with golden eyes that held specks of bright green; it barked slightly and let its small pink tongue lull to the side. "I think he likes you." Sesshomaru's eyes snapped to Kagome's which were watching him with intensity. Sesshomaru huffed lightly and looked forward. They walked until they reached the pool. When they walked in Rin spotted them and ran over.

"Hi Daddy! Hi Kagome! Is that my present?" Rin asked politely. Kagome nodded and handed the girl the ball of fluff. She looked at it and squealed with delight. "You got me a doggy!" Kagome smiled warmly down at the girl.

"Yep and Sota got you the box your daddy is holding." Rin looked at Sesshomaru who set the box down and Rin wasted no time to tear into. She pulled out everything that was in it. There was a small bed for the dog, a green collar and leash, a small 10 pound bag of dog food, and small green booties for the winter snow. "I'm gonna walk him, and feed him, and take care of him!" Rin was so happy she tackled Kagome in a hug who fell back into Sesshomaru who caught the both of them. Rin let go and gave Sota and equally bone crushing hug. Kagome stood blushing lightly and mentally cursing her self for it.

"Hey Kagome." Kagome looked to where she had heard her name. Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha were waving her over. Sango was wearing a hot pink and black bikini. Miroku had on blue and purple swim trunks, and Inuyasha had black ones with white and red sculls. Kagome waved back and walked over to them.

"Hey you guys."

"Are you going to wear that into the pool?" Inuyasha asked looking at her out fit.

"No, I'm wearing my bathing suit underneath it silly." She tapped Inuyasha on the nose who smiled brightly at her. "Hey Sango where is your brother?"

"Last time I saw him he was in the water with your brother and they were dunking each other." Kagome looked towards the pool to see Kohaku on the diving board. He was wearing black, yellow, and blue swim trunks and was about to jump off but he didn't see Sota who had been creeping up behind him. Sota quickly ran over and latched onto Kohaku before he could jump and they both went down together. Kagome giggled at her brother's childish antics. Inuyasha smiled and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"It's good to hear you laugh." He whispered to her, he then he looked his two other best friends and said: "Lets get in the pool."

"Just let me take off my clothes first." Kagome said pulling away from Inuyasha. She looked over to her mom, Naraku, and the Tashio's to see Naraku watching her with a malicious look in his eyes. Her breath hitched and she looked away. Inuyasha was talking to Sango and Miroku while drinking a Dr. Pepper. Kagome pulled off her T-shirt and Pants. Inuyasha glanced at her and did a double take. He spit out his Dr. Pepper giving off the distinct impression of a sprinkler. Kagome stared at him. "Wh-what?" Inuyasha was only able to get out one word as his eyes scanned her body. She wore a blood red bikini; she had ample breast, flat stomach, nice hips, and long legs that could wrap perfectly around his waist.

"W-wow. You really changed." Kagome blushed a dark red and glared at him.

"So have you." She looked down and asked: "Are we going to get in the pool?" The others nodded and walked over to the pool. The pool went from 3 feet down to 12; it had three separate diving boards: one high dive, one at medium height and the last one only a few feet from the surface of the pool. They also had a Jacuzzi and an in-ground kiddy pool. Kagome pushed Inuyasha in and Sango pushed Miroku in, but they failed to see their brothers sneaking up behind them. Kagome screamed as she was grabbed from behind and thrown into the pool along with another body attached to hers. When she resurfaced so did Sota, Kohaku, and Sango. The others where laughing at them. Kagome looked over to see Sesshomaru watching her with amusement shinning in his deep hues. She also noticed something else, Rin's new dog, Kenji as she had so lovingly named it, was sitting in his lap and he was absentmindedly stroking its soft fur. Kagome smiled but was abruptly pulled down by her ankle. When she resurfaced again she glared at the culprit who put on an innocent face and said:

"What?"

"You know exactly what you jerk." Kagome splashed Inuyasha. Who went under then resurfaced with a triumphant smirk which was quickly washed off his face by a splash of water. Kagome climbed out of the pool, her waist length hair clinging to her pail, scarred, body in strands. She walked over to the diving boards and climbed the steps to the highest one. Unknown to her all of the little kids who had been running around stopped and watched her in awe. She walked to the edge with her eyes closed she took a deep breath and jumped. She dived right into the deep end with almost no splash. When she resurfaced she was greeted with cheers from the small children. She swam over to her friends with a small blush.

"Hey we should play chicken." Miroku suggested. "But only if I get Sango." Sango splashed him and mumbled:

"Pervert." But in truth she really did want to get on the pervert's shoulders. Inuyasha looked at Kagome who backed away with her hands up in a defensive position.

"Nope, I'm gonna get something to drink."

"Ok." Inuyasha said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I'll just get Rin." Inuyasha said knowing if he had Rin he would win no matter what because no one would nock her down for fear of injuring the small but tough girl. Kagome crawled out of the cool water into the controlled warm air. She walked over and grabbed a cold can of sprite. She took a small sip from it and watched as the children attempted to play chicken with each other, and Sango knocked Kohaku off of Sota's shoulders. Kagome was standing there laughing at them when suddenly her view was blocked. She looked up and found her self staring directly into crimson hues.

"Hello Kaggy-bear."

"What do you want Naraku?"

"For you to show me to the bathroom."

"Why don't you have someone tell you where it is?"

"What's the fun in that?" He asked softly in her ear causing her to shiver out of disgust.

"Fine." She growled out. She walked into the house with Naraku behind her. She knew he was watching her as she walked down the corridor. She stopped abruptly and Naraku would have walked into her if not for his half-demon reflexes. "Here." Naraku stepped in front of her and smiled exposing his fangs. Kagome tried to move away but found her self up against the wall.

"I like your bathing suit Kaggy-bear." His hand ran up her side and stopped below her breasts. "I liked your dive too." He kissed her neck and caught her wrists in his hand when she tried to fight back. He kissed up to her lips and looked into her dull green eyes before he kissed the soft luscious lips he thought about constantly. She struggled the best she could and got a fist to her stomach causing her to try and gasp for air, but instead of air in her mouth she got his grotesque tongue. She felt bile rise in the back of her through. Naraku pulled back right before she would have barfed. "Well I should get back before they notice, see you later Kaggy-bear." He kissed her lips one last time and walked away without looking back.

Kagome slumped to the floor. She pulled her knees up to her chest and buried her face in them. She wouldn't let the tears fall because she had already cried enough in the past week. She breathed deeply as she tried to stop from throwing up. When she couldn't hold it in she crawled over and into the bathroom not being able to stand. She lifted the sparkling clean toilet seat and closed her eyes while she emptied what little stomach contents she held from earlier. When she was done she flushed the toilet and saw that she had puked up blood. She pulled her self up and rinsed out her mouth and watched pinkish water swirl and go down the sink drain. She sighed and straightened up. She looked down to see a small bruise forming on her abdomen where she had been punched. She closed her eyes and placed her hand over her stomach, a small blue light emitted from her hand and her bruise disappeared shortly after. She leaned against the sink for a second before pushing off of it and walking out side into the corridor.

"You ok?" Kagome jumped at the voice behind her. She turned to see Sesshomaru leaning up against the wall with his arms crossed.

"Yeah, I'm fine why wouldn't I be?"

"Maybe because you were just throwing up blood." He pushed him self off of the wall and walked towards her, stopping when he was about a foot in front of her.

"How did you know it was blood?" He tapped his own nose.

"I could smell it...and if I'm right you also used your miko healing powers."

"Yeah." She said slowly.

"I could also smell your sadness, distress, disgust, and tears."

"I didn't cry." Kagome growled.

"So...will you tell me what's wrong?" Kagome looked up at him with guarded eyes.

"Why do you care?"

"I am your friend, Kagome." He said softly.

"I'm sure the others are wondering where we are." Kagome said and turned around. She started to walk back out side. "So why are you in here?"

"Rin convinced me to change." Sesshomaru said simply. That was when Kagome noticed what he was wearing, or more what he wasn't wearing. His well toned chest was showing, and he was only wearing a pair of plain black swim trunks. His chest and abs were so much better then Inuyasha's. Sesshomaru had nice pecks, washboard abs, and strong muscular arms, but she never would have guessed he looked this good because he always wore a suit and the jacket covered up anything you would have been able to see.

"O-oh." They walked out there to see the others still chicken fighting.

"Come on in Daddy!" Rin called. Sesshomaru nodded and walked to the waters edge along with Kagome. She was about to jump in when she felt him push her. She teetered and grabbed onto him in an attempt to steady her self, her attempt failed and they were both sent into the water, their lips accidentally connecting as they went in. Sesshomaru wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close as they kissed under the water even though it only lasted a few seconds. When they resurfaced she was happy it seemed no one saw, Kagome blushed and swam away from him. "Hey Kagome will you play chicken with me?"

"I would Rin but I don't have a partner." Kagome said trying to cool down her blush.

"Daddy can be your partner." Rin said hopefully.

"I..uh...don't know..." Kagome wasn't able to finish because of the squeak that was forced from her as she was picked up and placed on a pair of strong shoulders. Kagome looked between her legs and blushed furiously to see Sesshomaru. Her legs were threaded between his silver hair so she didn't pull on it. "Uh...Sesshomaru?" She questioned.

"Fight!" Inuyasha shouted. Sango and Miroku came over to them and they started to chicken fight. Kagome and Sesshomaru won and then Rin and Inuyasha started to fight them. Of course Rin won, Sesshomaru and Kagome went under the water. Sesshomaru resurfaced but Kagome didn't. Sesshomaru looked around for the petite woman but didn't see her.

"Daddy? Where is Kagome?" Sesshomaru looked around in the water for a second his panic rising on the inside when he saw her on the ground of the pool just floating there. He dove under the water and wasted no time in retrieving her limp body and bringing it to the surface. He placed her on the side of the pool and started to give her CPR while the children, adults, and teenagers held their breaths. After about seven seconds she started to cough. She turned her body and started to cough uncontrollably. Sesshomaru rubbed small circles on her back as everyone cheered. Sesshomaru moved her hair back and held it out of her face. While everyone went back to what they were doing Kagome's coughing slowed to a stop and she sat up and looked at her cupped hands.

"Se-Sesshomaru?" He looked at her cupped hands to see blood. He looked around happy to see no one was looking at them. He helped her stand up and they walked over to a table where she wiped her hands off on a napkin. She could feel where her miko powers were healing the back of her head which she had hit off the side of the pool.

"When was the last time you went to the doctor?" Sesshomaru asked her as he handed her a semi-see threw blue plastic cup full of water and put a fluffy overly sized white towel on her shoulders.

"About four moths, why?"

"Why were you there?"

"Normal check up."

"Perhaps you should go and see him again, I think it is stress related but I could be wrong."

"What are you talking about?" Kagome asked slightly confused as she sipped her water.

"Kagome you puked up blood earlier and now you are coughing it up."

"Oh...don't worry it's nothing." Kagome said waving it off as if it was nothing but she was actually worried about it.

"You know Kagome, birds sound pretty but they will still poop on you." Kagome looked around to see Rin standing near them dripping wet as she referred birds to Kagome coughing up blood.

"Wow Rin that was a very smart thing to say."

"Well I'm a smart person." Kagome smiled down at the small girl.

"Kagome, will you help me with something in the kitchen?" Sesshomaru asked. Kagome nodded and followed him into the kitchen. Once in there they were bombarded by noise as cooks and maids ran around like chickens with out there heads. Sesshomaru stopped and leaned against the large island in the middle. Kagome stood next to him and watched everyone. After about a minute a large cake was wheeled in front of Sesshomaru.

"Why did you want me to come in here with you?" Kagome asked as Sesshomaru grabbed the cart and started to wheel the cake out to the party.

"About the kiss-" Kagome cut him off.

"It was an accident." Kagome said simply with a small shrug of her shoulders.

"Just making sure you understand." Kagome glared at him which wasn't very convincing. Rin made a wish and blew out the candles, then let everyone else have a piece before she did. They played games over the next few hours, and once her bikini was dry Kagome put her clothes back on. She was eating a cheery pop sickle and sitting on a pool chair with Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha who were also eating pop sickles. Sango looked over at Miroku who was eating a grape one and said:

"Miroku there is a joke on your stick." Miroku coughed then got a lecherous grin and said:

"Why Sango, I'm shocked. Have you been spying on me while I take a shower?" Sango turned red, Inuyasha laughed so hard he fell off the chair, and Kagome just looked confused for a moment before she too blushed. Then before Kagome or Inuyasha could register what was happening Sango smacked Miroku so hard her fell off of the chair they were sitting on.

"Owww Sango, why do you have to hit so hard?" Miroku groaned in pain on the ground while holding his abused cheek. Inuyasha fell over the other side laughing even harder at Miroku's misfortune. Kagome giggled lightly then stopped when she felt as if she was being watched. She looked up from her friends to see deadly crimson eyes watching her while the owner talked to her mother and the Tashio's. She smiled as the many children ran around, some playing tag others in the pool and some even pigging out on cake and ice cream. Kagome squeaked as she was pulled off the chair and into a lap.

"Hello best friend." Inuyasha said happily.

"Hey Inu." Kagome said and snuggled into his firm but warm body. "How is your day so far?"

"Wonderful because you were in it." Inuyasha said jokingly.

"Oh Inuyasha." Kagome fake swooned. "You're so manly." Kagome let out a fake laugh.

"Well I try." Kagome laughed at Inuyasha not being able to hold back any longer. It was like a melody to not only Inuyasha's ears but Sesshomaru's, and disgustingly enough Naraku's too.

After a couple more hours the party was finally over. Rin had opened her many presents and there had been several more games played. Miroku had taken Sango and Kohaku home with. Sango had Kohaku sit in the front so Miroku's 'cursed' hand wouldn't wander any where near her backside.

"Well Izayoi I had a wonderful time but we should leave." Kemi said to Izayoi and Touga.

"Please stay for dinner, Kemi." Izayoi pleaded. "We really haven't had much time to catch up."

"I don't know; I mean we have been here all day." Kemi protested.

"Please, I insist you guys stay. At least for dinner." Kemi looked at the others. Sota smiled, Naraku nodded, and Kagome was having a small immature pushing fight with Inuyasha. Kemi sighed.

"I guess so." Izayoi smiled and clapped her hands.

"Why don't you accompany me in the kitchen with the cooks, Kemi, and we can talk in there." Kemi nodded and walked towards the kitchen.

"Well Naraku why don't you and I leave the kids to hang out." Naraku nodded not being able to say no without possible suspicion. As Naraku and Touga walked off he winked at Kagome causing her to shiver and want to throw up again as images of the earlier events ran threw her head. She squeaked as an arm wound its self around her waist.

"Well you heard the man let's hang out, and since its Rin's birthday she should choose what we do." Inuyasha said while holding Kagome. They all looked down at Rin who was tapping her small finger on her chin thoughtfully.

"OH I KNOW!" She thrust her finger from her chin into the air. "We should play twister." The others looked at each other for a second then agreed with the little girl. Sesshomaru went and got the game from the closet next to the entertainment room. After setting it up they began playing. It was easier for Sota, Kagome, and Inuyasha to bend around each other but it was more awkward. Sesshomaru refused to play 'such a childish game' and even though Rin kept on insisting he join them he still said no. Kagome was doing a back bend with Inuyasha over top of her, her right breast was right in his face but he looked at the wall; Sota had his legs between Kagome's and Rin was in the most comfortable position. Sesshomaru was laughing on the inside at there awkward positions and was happy he said no.

"Ok left foot yellow." Sesshomaru said after spinning the hard plastic red arrow; he absent mindedly patted Kenji's head. Kenji woofed lightly and watched as the small group of game participants moved around. The new command brought Sota into a comfortable position and now the top of his head was against the top of Rin's, and now Inuyasha was directly over the top of Kagome who's body was arching into his. Inuyasha tried not to put any pressure on her so she wouldn't fall but his hand slipped a little causing his body bumped hers and she would have fallen with him on top of her if he hadn't placed the had that slipped under her arching back and held her in place for a second until they were both able to steady them selves. Sesshomaru watched and smiled thinking: 'I'm surprised after all this time they both just want to be best friends and nothing more. Considering how close the two of us are to her I figured Inuyasha would at least want to be more then friends.' "Right hand red."

"Ahh, Inuyasha watch your hand." Kagome said in a high pitched voice as his hand accidentally brushed her soft left breast.

"Sorry 'bout that." He mumbled trying to concentrate on not falling. Kagome was happy she put her hair up in a messy bun because it would have been in her face as she moved to her position. She wrinkled her nose as she smelt the chlorine from her clothing she vaguely wondered how strong it must be for the demons.

"Left hand green." Kagome waited for everyone else to move before she bent her body into position. Now Kagome was hovering over Inuyasha. Her body rubbed against his. Sesshomaru smelt both of their scents spike for a second right before they both collapsed on top of each other bringing Sota down in the process. Rin cheered because she had won the game while the others smiled and laughed. Izayoi and Kemi walked in to see them laughing.

"It's time for dinner." Izayoi said. They all nodded.

"Will you come with me to wash my hands?" Rin asked the teenagers. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Sota nodded and walked with her to the nearest bathroom to wash their hands. Sesshomaru walked with Izayoi and Kemi to the dinning room.

"You really have grown up Sesshomaru." Kemi said.

"That is usually what is expected of someone when they become an adult." He said cold and emotionlessly.

"Yes but you adopted a human daughter, you are a teacher, and you work at your father's company." Sesshomaru nodded his head.

"Yes, as I said, it is called responsibility."

"Sesshomaru." Izayoi gasped. "That was rude." Both Kemi and Izayoi were confused by his sudden mood change, he seemed to be lightening up.

"You're not my mother, do not lecture me." Sesshomaru growled coldly. They had reached the dinning room where Touga and Naraku were already seated. After about a minute the others came in. Touga sat at the head of the table, Izayoi sat to his left, Inuyasha to her left, Sota to Inuyasha's left, and Naraku to Sota's left. Sota kept looking at Kagome with an uncomfortable look. Sesshomaru was to Touga's right, Kagome to his right and since Rin wanted to sit in between Kemi and Kagome that was where she was seated. They were half way threw dinner Kagome noticed that Sota seemed to be getting more and more uncomfortable. When Kagome figured out why she looked at Naraku to see him staring at her. Horrifying crimson met dull green. Naraku winked at her and made a small kiss so no one else would notice. Kagome gripped the edges of her chair in an attempt to keep her emotions under control. She almost gasped when she felt a hand cover hers. She looked down at her right hand to see a small hand with equally small fingers lightly gripping it. Green hues glanced over to see the owner of the small hand smiling up at her. Kagome smiled down at the small girl with warm chocolate eyes.

After dinner they left after saying their goodbyes, Kenji barking happily at Rin's knees. They were walking towards the car Sesshomaru watched Kagome thinking:

'Its amazing how a girl like her could affect a guy like me.' When they got home Naraku had a 'talk' with Kagome about everything that had happened at the party. While Kemi lay in the bed Naraku and her shared every night Kagome was taking the beating of her life. Sota was huddled in the corner of the living room watching with fear as Kagome was thrown around, and not once threw out the whole night did she make a sound. After Naraku had stopped and went up stairs to bed with Kemi, Sota helped Kagome up stairs where the last thought that crossed her mind before she passed out was:

'My sole is a mere shadow of what it once was.'

Hey everyone here is the next chapter hope you all like it please please please please drop me a review as always any and all input is welcome! Please guys, please please please please, reviews are the only thing that keeps me writing. And I hate having more chapters than reviews because then no one new will read this story and if you guys love this story you would want others to read it!

-Khristina.

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