Sesshomaru casually walks in* Sesshomaru: "Breezy, is too scared to face her angry readers so I'm here in introduce chapter 24. A long awaited chapter... Please read, review, and enjoy if you aren't too furious."
In all honesty, who wouldn't want to be sleeping next to the love of their life? That would be anyone's dream.. But like everything, something just has to ruin it. Like a full bladder for instance. Can't hold that tipping filled cup forever. InuYasha groaned as he squeezed his eyes shut. It was to the point where that if someone made him laugh he was going to have an accident. He glanced at the peaceful beauty beside him dreaming of things he could never imagine and smiled. It had felt too perfect having her in his arms. His eyes widened at the thought of his girlfriend walking into his room. She usually invited herself over to the Taisho mansion and always strolled right into his room. Whether he was dressed or not. He could only imagine the things she would do. He decided that it would be best to move from the position. With great care he removed Kagome's tiny arm from his torso and rolled off the bed. Not the best idea but at least he had carpet. He peeked over the bed at Kagome's sleeping form taking note whether or not he had awaken her. He quickly got to his feet and gracefully roamed into the bathroom. He locked the door and took a look at himself in the mirror. His hair needed some combing however the white tresses always felt as if throughout the day someone ran a brush through it. He groaned at the sight of his not so white hair that still remained black .He felt like he could hardly see even with perfect vision in his human form. He groaned covering his eyes with his hands and ran them down his face.
"Master InuYasha?" Nozomi asked moving the shower curtain to one side. InuYasha cried out in surprise and backed against the wall. Nozomi was on her hands and knees in the tub previously scrubbing away the mildew in the bath. Her uniform rose a little too high for InuYasha's likings. If she had not clarified her presence he would have...yeah never mind..
"When did you get in here!" He cried shielding his eyes to hide the blush.
"It's my job to clean after Master InuYasha isn't it?" She asked pulling the skirt of her dress back down and wiping the sweat off her brow.
"Yeah well I have to pee so could you step out for a minute; and next time tell me so I don't accidentally pull my pants down in front of you!"
Nozomi giggled getting out of the bath tub and dusted herself off. "Of course." With that being said she left and with a twirl shutting the door.
Kagome moaned in her sleep getting up and yawned. "What time is it?" she asked.
"Oh did you have a nice nap lady Kagome?" Nozomi asked stripping the sheets off InuYasha's bed. Kagome barely had enough time to hop off before all that was left was the mattress.
"Yes." She sheepishly answered pushing strands of hair behind her ear. "Where's InuYasha?"
"Peeing."
"..." Kagome rose an eyebrow at Nozomi's casual answer. "Okay...?"
"Depending on how much he drank he should be out in forty-five seconds. Hopefully he washes his hands."
"Alright too much information girl." Kagome waved frantically in the air. "I should call my mom. She's probably wondering where I am." Kagome decided looking around the room for her cellphone.
"Already been done. Izayoi said that you would be staying for dinner."
"Oh am I?" Kagome challenged.
"Only if you want to silly. We'll be making Oden this evening."
"O-oden? As in...Oden?"
"Precisely."
"I'll definitely be staying."
"Splendid."
"Nozomi!" InuYasha called from the bathroom.
"Yes?" She some-what shouted back.
"Could you bring me a towel!"
"Right away." Nozomi took Kagome's hand and led her out of InuYasha's room. "It'll get pretty graphic in there if you stay too long dear."
Kagome blushed and slammed InuYasha's door. "W-wouldn't want to be scarred."
"If you'll excuse me I must get my master a towel."
Kagome nodded and walked down the halls of the Taisho mansion. Picture frames were everywhere along the walls. Most were of InuYasha and Sesshomaru as little kids. Kagome even managed to find herself in some of the photos which brought a bright smile to her face. Kagome stopped at one particular photo at the end of the hall custom-made into black and white. The picture made her jaw drop.
"I remember this..." She whispered, running her hands down the frame. It was a photo taken on Christmas Eve years ago. Kagome had placed an innocent kiss on InuYasha's cheek before the Higurashi's left for the evening. She would have never guessed that someone had a camera near at the time. They loved the photo so much that they even made it into black and white and framed it. She could only imagine all the teasing InuYasha had to go through by his brother. She giggled softly at the mere thought and continued down the hall. A door at the end of the hall was kept opened by just a crack just begging her to enter. Kagome looked around the halls and spotted nobody. What were they going to do if they spotted her? Kill her? Please...They knew the Higurashi for ages. The room was painted a pure turquoise color. Nothing more than a regular guest bedroom. On one side was a bed and the other was a desk. She ran her hands over the carved desk and took a seat. All over the top were claw marks who she assumed had been InuYasha's doings. On top was a handmade book made by InuYasha in 1st grade. "My Book. By InuYasha Taisho." Kagome sighed and opened the book to the first page. "Yeah...real creative InuYasha." Kagome looked at the terrible drawings on the pages and laughed. One stick figure was brutally colored red with two triangles on it's head. She could only assume that was InuYasha. "Once upon a time a hanyou was born." Kagome flipped the page and frowned at the next picture. The red stick figure was frowning as well as crying while other stick figures surrounded it with narrowed lines for eyebrows. "Nobody liked him..." She sniffled and again flipped to the next page. "But one did. Kuhgomi." The stick figure on the page had black hair and a pink bow in her hair. Kagome giggled at InuYasha's horrible spelling. Surely now that he was older he knew the correct spelling of her name...right? "K-a-g-o-m-e. Silly..." She smiled and continued reading. " She didn't care. So he liked her too." The book was so poorly written, but could you blame him? The kid was in 1st grade at the time. " Then, InuYasha and Kuhgomi both got married." Kagome nearly dropped the paper book out of her hand and tried fanning the blush away. 'He was seven years old at the time Kagome! Why are you getting so worked up! He...he probably doesn't feel that way anymore...anyways.' Kagome shook away her thoughts and continued reading the thick novel of a first grader...psh...as if. "Together they killed everyone that made fun of him...and lived happily ever after. The...end." Kagome's eyes widened at the last few sentences she read and just stared at the drawings. All the stick figures were missing their heads except for the red stick figure and the one with the bow.
"He almost got kicked out of school for writing down such things and showing it to his teacher." Izayoi commented after Kagome set the book down back where she found it. Kagome was startled and nearly jumped out of the seat.
"I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been-"
"It's alright Kagome." Izayoi giggled. "Interestingly violent mind for a first grader wouldn't you agree?"
Kagome returned her gaze to the thin booklet and frowned. "The way they treated him could make anyone give into such thoughts..."
"Hanyous aren't as frowned upon as they used to be."
"That's true. It all just makes me so sad and want to hold him tight to my hear-WAIT. You didn't hear that." Kagome accusingly pointed to Izayoi with a glare.
"Whatever you say." Izayoi laughed at Kagome's bright red face. "InuYasha's a strong boy and he wouldn't be this strong if it wasn't for you."
"But surely Kikyo has helped healed him." Kagome mumbled.
"Who the hell is that?"
Kagome's jaw dropped. She had never heard Izayoi curse.
"Your...your son's girlfriend...?"
"Psh. Yeah...he says they're dating but as far as I'm concerned she is already gone." Izayoi said nonchalantly looking at her beautiful long nails. Kagome couldn't hold in the laugh any longer. Oh how she loved InuYasha's mother. "InuYasha should be done with his shower by now. Tell him dinner is just about ready would you?" She said turning on her heel and made an exit.
Kagome got up from the polished wooden chair that went with the carved desk and sighed happily. She closed the door all the way and strolled back to InuYasha's door.
"InuYasha! Are you done yet! Your mom said dinner's ready!" Kagome yelled with her hands on her hips.
Kagome leaned against the door to see if she could hear anything. The door swung open faster then she could move and caused her to tumble inside. "Ah!"
She moved her eyes upward and saw InuYasha in nothing but a maroon towel wrapped loosely around his waist with his arms folded over his chest.
"Whatcha doing?" InuYasha asked with a smirk watching the blush spread across her shiny cheeks.
"Your...your...uh...your mom said that...uh...it's..." That six pack of his was causing her mind to go all fuzzy. Where's that old lady with her tissues when you need her? She was probably drooling all over the floor! All she could do was stare, there was no way proper sentences would be able to form correctly out of her mouth.
"Oi...Kagome." InuYasha asked rather amused. "You like what you see?"
And this is where Kagome dies ladies and gentlemen.
She had been caught staring
He now knew she found him rather sexy looking
And the sad music begins as she drifts away from Earth.
Beeep...beeep...beeeep.
That must have been her heart beat on the machine.
Kagome...
KAGOME...
KAGOME!...
"Hello! Come in Kagome." InuYasha waved his hand over her face and sighed.
"I...I hear beeping..." She moaned barely keeping her eyes open.
"Um...yeah? The timer on the oven went off. The foods done." He said pointing out the door.
"Oh." She said feeling rather stupid at the moment. "Could you uh...go put some clothes on..."
" Why? Is my body that distracting to you?" He gloated with a smirk.
Once again Kagome finds herself drifting away from Earth.
The sad music begins...
InuYasha knew she had once again got distracted...
"InuYasha! Stop making Kagome pass out and put some damn clothes on!" His father, InuTaisho shouted from downstairs.
"Fine..." He yelled back and leaped back into the bathroom.
Kagome got up from off the floor and steadied her swirling eyes. 'Whoa...'
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"Kagome, what would you like to drink?" Izayoi asked laying out the serving plates.
" Uh..."
"I'm sure Nozomi can whip up anything to your likings."
"Just a glass of water would be fine." Kagome politely ordered.
Nozomi nodded wiping her two butcher knives together and stabbing them into the carving board. She gracefully twirled toward the cupboard, grabbing a wine glass and setting it on the counter. She kicked up a lemon, slicing it in half in mid air, puncturing it onto the side of the glass, and tossing the other half in the garbage. Finally she picked up the glass and calmly poured bottled water in the wine glass, sloshing it around before giving it to Kagome.
"There you are miss." She smiled.
"Incredible." Kagome said impressed.
"That's our Nozomi for you." Izayoi praised taking a seat. "No sense in waiting. Dig in everyone."
"Itadakimatsu!"
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They all dug into the delicious foods that were made with love. It was pure bliss with every bite that they took. Kagome seemed to be enjoying it the most and it was clearly obvious.
"Oh my!" Kagome said with cheeks full of food. She resembled a squirrel. "It tastes absolutely amazing!"
"Ew..." InuYasha made a face and turned around in his chair so he didn't have to watch the pieces of food drip from Kagome's mouth.
" I'm glad you like it Kagome." Izayoi smiled.
" It tastes even better than how mama makes it."
"Jeez Kagome. Wipe your face." InuYasha groaned tossing her a napkin. He was almost acting like Kagome was a girl InuYasha had brought over to meet the family and he was embarrassed by how she was acting.
"I'm sorry." Kagome said swallowing down a huge amount of food and wiping her face. "Guess I got a little carried away there.." She admitted with a blush.
"Ya think?" InuYasha teased but it came out a little rudder than he expected.
"InuYasha..." his father warned. "...Watch it."
" It's okay InuTaisho. I've known InuYasha for years. I'm used to his attitude."
InuYasha sent Kagome a deathly glare and stabbed his food with his chopsticks. Somewhere in between mumbling, ' I do not have an attitude...'
"Why don't you an InuYasha go swimming after this?" Izayoi suggested. "You don't have to be back home early do you? I would even heat it up for you if you would like."
"Sounds fun but...I didn't bring a bathing suit. I actually didn't even do my homework..."
"Not a problem. Nozomi has plenty of bathing suits you could borrow and could easily get your homework done for you.:"
"I couldn't ask her to do all that..."
"It would be no problem at all lady Kagome. Leave it to me." Nozomi smiled.
"Nozomi, do you own a bathing suit that is NOT skimpy?" InuYasha asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Uh..." Nozomi looked up at the ceiling and lightly tapped a finger on her chin. "I think so...perhaps one."
Kagome raised an eyebrow at InuYasha and continued chewing her food slowly.
"I'll go find it. It's probably hanging somewhere in my closet."
Kagome picked up her plate and offered to take InuYasha's as well as Izayoi's. "Allow me to do the dishes as thanks."
"Nonsense dear. I got them." Izayoi said getting up and carrying her husband's plate to the large sink.
"Please, I want to. You look tired."
" I ca-"
"InuYasha will help me too." Kagome offered making InuYasha's jaw drop. One thing he absolutely hated doing was the dishes.
"Well alright. If you change your mind just let me know so I can finish them."
"Okay."
"InuTaisho...I have some questions concerning the paperwork found on your desk. Can you come with me." Izayoi requested.
"Ah! Those papers! Yes." He said getting up and following her upstairs.
" The pool's ready when you two are Kagome." Izayoi informed.
"Alright!" She said piling all the dishes that were on the table, in the sink.
"Why did you volunteer me into washing the dishes." InuYasha growled.
"Cause Izayoi wouldn't have let me done it if you didn't do it with me. Come on it'll be fun. I'll wash, you dry and put away."
"..."
"I guess I could always call my mom and ask her to pick me up early." Kagome sighed dramatically.
She smirked at InuYasha hastily scrubbing away at the dishes.
The rhythm was very smooth between InuYasha and Kagome. She would scrub a plate and rinse it until she saw her face and then would hand it to InuYasha who dried it and put it in the cupboard. Wasn't long before Nozomi bounced down the stairs happily carrying a bunch of bathing suits. Kagome was too busy spraying InuYasha with the water nozzle to notice. In return he blew soap suds at her causing them both to laugh.
"Lady Kagome?"
Kagome and InuYasha both turned around but Kagome rolled her eyes grabbing his wash cloth and smacking him lightly with it. "She called me dummy, not you." She said sticking out her tongue and handing him back his wash cloth. "Yeah Nozomi?"
"I found all of these bathing suits in my closet I thought you might like wearing. We could narrow it down if you tell me your favorite colors."
"Pink and green...but mama says blue and yellow look good on me but...mostly pink..."
"Alright then..." Nozomi said making two piles. One with bathing suits that weren't Kagome's colors of choice and one that were.
"Nozomi?"
" Yeah?"
"Can I ask why you own so many bathing suits?"
"Um...I guess it sorta turned into a collection. I just loved how they looked on me."
"Interesting."
"What about this one?" Nozomi asked holding up a baby pink bikini that had a thong on the back.
"Hmm...looks pretty."
InuYasha pictured the bikini on Kagome and swung a hand up to his nose to stop his oncoming nosebleed.
"What do you think InuYasha?" Kagome asked him. Obviously his opinion mattered.
"NO!"
"Okay sheesh. Next one Nozomi."
Nozomi nodded and pulled out a dark green bikini that came with a short skirt but the top was way to small. It looked like it would only cover her...
"How pretty!"
InuYasha nearly fell over with blood gushing out of his nose at the thought of the bikini on Kagome.
"-But nah...It must be so ugly to InuYasha that he fell over." Kagome said looking on the floor and continued scrubbing the serving spoon she was washing.
Nozomi frowned but nodded and continued searching. "Oh how about this one?"
The next bathing suit was better than the other two with it's yellow material and blue lace...wait...blue lace?
Kagome looked back on the ground and shook her head. "I guess that's ugly to InuYasha too."
InuYasha got up, grumbling as he wiped his nose with a napkin and walked over to Nozomi.
"Are...you...trying...to...kill me!" he shouted at her but low enough that Kagome could hear. " I said no skimpy bathing suits!"
Nozomi looked at him from head to toe and smirked a knowing smile. "You seem to be enjoying them."
InuYasha blushed turning around and balled his hand up into a fist wiping his nose. "Nozomi...please..." he gritted through his teeth.
"Fine..." she shuffled through the pile of bathing suits and picked out an innocent looking pink and green bathing suit that covered the bust and butt completely but still looked cute. "Kagome?"
InuYasha got in front of Kagome to inspect the bathing suit. No lace, covered cleavage, no thong,...acceptable.
"He didn't fall this time!" Kagome cheered grabbing the bathing suit and ran to the nearest bathroom." I can't wait to put it on!"
"Master InuYasha! You could wear this!" Nozomi cheerfully encouraged holding up a speedo.
"Oh...my...Kami. I can't take you seriously anymore Nozomi." InuYasha admitted taking a deep breath and walked towards the large room that held the indoor pool.
Nozomi just giggled scooping up her bathing suit collection. 'He can't take a joke ever...'
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Kagome dived into the swimming pool loving the cold feeling on her face.
"You call that diving?" InuYasha asked from on top of the diving board.
"Some-what...Yes."
"Step aside lady."
InuYasha turned around, bracing himself and jumped off the diving board attempting to do a back flip but crashed into the water in an awkward position before he even had the chance. Kagome laughed as she tried swimming over to him. A very InuYasha thing to do in front of Kagome...Always trying to impress her. It was actually pretty difficult to laugh and swim at the same time. She was drowning and laughing more then anything.
"Are you okay InuYasha?" Kagome laughed grabbing onto the edge of the pool so she didn't actually drown.
InuYasha glared at her, shooting the water that got into his mouth onto her face.
"Hey!" She giggled and began splashing him.
InuYasha got out of the water, attempting to try it again.
"InuYasha stop being silly and just swim with me. I don't want you to hurt yourself."
InuYasha growled getting back into the water and swam over to her. When you were at the Taisho mansion, it didn't matter what season it was, you were always able to swim.
"So have you decided about going to prom?" InuYasha asked rolling over on his back and floating away.
"Not really." Kagome said following after him. " Nobody's asked me yet."
"Doesn't mean you still can't go."
" I don't want to be the one going to prom by myself. That's embarrassing."
"But prom is supposed to be one night that a teenager never forgets. You'll regret it if you don't go..."
"Ugh...why do you want me to go so bad?"
"Because nothing's fun unless your best friend is there to make it fun for you." Kagome couldn't help but smile at his words.
"I have three days to get a date Yash. If I get one by then then I'll go. But if not then I'm not going."
"Fine." He said slowly going underwater completely making Kagome laugh at his calm facial expression. 'I'll make sure Kagome gets a date...by then.'
"Kagome?" Nozomi called holding up a bathrobe. "Your mother is here to pick you up."
Kagome frowned at InuYasha. "I thought your mom was going to take me home?"
"She said Gramps wants to go to bingo night so she was going to drop him off and come get you." Nozomi continued.
"Oh alright." Kagome sighed defeated getting out of the pool and allowed Nozomi to wrap her up in the bathrobe.
"Izayoi said it would be alright to take home the bathing suit and bathrobe."
"Okay. I'll bring them both washed the next time I come over."
"Kagome!" InuYasha called from the top of the diving board. A smirk on his face as he turned around.
Kagome brought up a hand to her face in worry. InuYasha leaped in the air once more and did a perfect flip diving into the water in a small splash. Nozomi clapped as well as Kagome. She was just glad he didn't get hurt. Was InuYasha on a swim team that Kagome didn't know about? He was good.
As much as she wanted to stay, like it was said before, all good things must come to an end. If it was her way, she would spend every minute with her best friend.
*Sesshomaru pushes Breezy in front of reader
0_0' H-hi...GOMEN NOSAI! Finals pushed the update further because I actually decided to study, then I went to three sleepovers and felt like I had a hangover for two days, now I have a cold...T_T goodness I'm a wreck. But hey...eheh...I didn't abandon the story. And trust me, that wont happen. I love this story too much. At the moment I'll continue writing until I pass out. :)