Part 7
Kagome was relaxing in the hot spring enjoying the warmth of the water as her muscles's relaxed, she leaned her head against a warm rock and closed her eyes enjoying that she could take as much time in the springs compared to whenever she traveled with Inuyasha.

Though Kagome was indeed grateful that her new traveling companion was allowing her to enjoy her bathing, he wasn't even rushing her but instead had told her that she could take as long as she could and that there was no rush at all. At the thought of her new companion, her very attractive companion.

Kagome blushed at thinking about him, "How could I even think about him that way? He is Inuyasha's and Sesshomaru's father for crying out loud! I shouldn't be thinking of him that way." she then lowered herself deep into the water but not enough to be fully emerged under in.

While Kagome was off in her own little world Toshio was off not that far away, he was keeping guard incase any wondering yokai dare to try and disturb his new companions bathing time. But while he was keeping watch he too was starting to think on a few thing's, especially about a certain miko who happen to be bathing.

She wasn't like any women that he had meet before, human, yokai, or even hanyou! She was so different and so unique that he was sure that no matter how much he looked he would never find another like her ever again. She was an enigma that he wanted to figure out.

He wanted to understand her but more then anything he wanted her. At this realization Toshio's eye's grew wide, he couldn't believe it he had just meet her not just maybe an hour or so ago and all of a sudden he wanted her? But the more he thought of it the more it seemed that way.

Toshio was always one to fallow his instincts but he also knew that he knew absolutely next to nothing about Kagome, after that he then decided that he would get to know her and that if this feeling that he had would either go away or grow even stronger then he would go about it then.

But until then he would have to not only get to know her but to allow her to get to know him as well, he was thinking this he heard the water splash a bit while sensing that Kagome was moving. "So, she is done with her bath now." Toshio continued to wait until he was told otherwise.

When Kagome had rapped herself with the fluffy boa type thing and felt how soft, silky it was she wanted nothing more but to keep wearing it for as long as she could. Maybe forever but she knew that Toshio would want it back, so reluctantly she began to pat herself dry though she took her time in drying off.

Once Kagome was dry form head to toe she began to put on her clothes and once she was dressed she then rapped the boa thing around herself once again and made her way to where Toshio was standing guard over her. After her first few steps Toshio was beside her before she knew it.

"Oh, Toshio! Don't do that!" Kagome light slapped his arm and continued walking towards the clearing where they would camp for the night, Toshio lightly laughed when she had slapped his arm. "Gomenasai, Kagome. I had not meant to scare you." Kagome just 'humphed' at him and continued her walk.

Toshio just light shuck his head and continued walking just a bit behind Kagome, when they made it back to where they were going to camp Toshio had noticed that Kagome had not returned his tail back to him. He could tell by the way she was holding it close to her that she liked it.

He was a bit tempted to make it move or have it rap around her completely, oh the face she would make was just all too much for him. So he did, he made his tail rap around her and move a little making her a bit ticklish. When his tail had rapped itself around Kagome, she gave the loudest squeal he had ever heard.

Kagome was just standing in the clearing where they were going to camp for the night and while she was waiting for Toshio, all of a sudden the boa thing that she was still holding had come to life as it rapped itself around her making sure that couldn't escape. Kagome tried to wiggle free but every time she did it wiggled along with her, causing her to laugh a bit.

"What...*laughs*...is...*laughs*...going...*laughs*...on...*laughs*!" While Kagome was laughing Toshio was also laughing along with her, the look on her face and the fact that her laughter was contagious it was all just too much. Finally after a few seconds Toshio had managed to clam down enough to stop his tail from tickling Kagome any further.

Once Kagome was freed she immediately took off the boa type thing and shoved it back into Toshio's arm while she tried to catch her breath, After a minute or so Kagome had gotten her breath back and looked over at Toshio who was still remembered how she had asked Sesshomaru what the thing on his shoulder was.

~~Flash Back~~

"Um...Sesshomaru can I ask you something?" Sesshomaru turned his head towards Kagome and just raised his eyebrow, Kagome had seen it a few time and knew that he was giving her permission to ask her question.

"I was wondering...um...what is that thing on your should?" At Sesshomaru look Kagome thought that she had somehow insulted him. "I don't mean to be rude it's just that...well I have always wondered is all..."

He just kept on staring at her and for a while Kagome really thought that he wasn't going to reply to her but then he did and boy the answer that she got was not what she expected at all.

"It is my tail." In order to prove it he stretched out his arm and had it move from his arm to rap itself around her and back to him right on his shoulder once again. "Oh..."
~~End of Flash Back~~

Kagome put two and two together of what Sesshomaru and not only told her but demonstrated to her as well, since it was a part of them they could have it do whatever they wanted. Even have it move away from their body, Kagome really should have been a bit more careful.

Toshio stared at Kagome and when she closed her eyes and took a deep breath he thought that she was just catching some more air but when she opened her eyes, that was when Toshio knew that he had sealed his doom. Kagome started to yell at him! Toshio covered his ears to protect them from her loud high-pitched voice but it didn't do much.

Kagome let him have it, she knew from experience that when she screamed and that at a certain high level it really, really hurt for a yokai. Wether they were hanyou or full-blooded yokai her yelling hurt both of them even human ears at times, finally after a few minutes Kagome was done yelling and went to go to the river near by.

Toshio couldn't believe the lungs on that girl and there was still a ringing in his poor little abused ears, but then again he could sort of understand why she yelled at him. He then decided that he would go and ayamaru to Kagome, once the ringing in his ear had stopped of course.

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Here is part 7 and I am sorry that I haven't posted up in a while the internet at my house kept on going on and off a lot so I decided to wait until the internet had decided to behave properly. So anyways, Toshio and Kagome seem to be starting to think of each other in that certain way and he even wants her to get to know him before he decides on anything. I even have a flashback, yay! Hopefully I did good. Also Toshio decided to tickle-attack Kagome, big mistake and so she punishies him by yelling at him, lol. His poor little yokai ears. Anyways will Kagome accept his apology? What will happen to her at the river? Stay tunne and find out. Review and please nothing negative. Enjoy! ;P

Ayamaru = apologize