InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Choices of the Heart. ❯ You really can't teach an old dog new tricks ( Chapter 14 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: This story is my creation although the characters are not. I did not, create, nor do I own any characters of InuYasha, they belong to Rumiko Takahashi, I just happen to love them. This story is based, but not restricted by the show/movies. For entertainment purposes only.


Chapter 14-
You really can’t teach an old dog new tricks

The expression on the taiyoukai’s face would have almost been endearing...at least if he hadn’t been standing in a couple of inches of water. If she thought she could have gotten away with it, Kagome would have snapped a picture of the disaster area that was now her bathroom.

Standing in the center of the room, covered with a towel around his waist, one around his torso, and another draped over his shoulder stood Sesshomaru. The expression on his face was completely priceless. For the first time, probably ever in his life, the demon lord wore an expression that could only be compared with a deer caught in the headlights.

She had been able to piece together a bit of what had happened after she left Sesshomaru alone to bathe, some from his jumbled muttering, the rest from the picture he left behind him.

The water in the bathtub was running at full force, the bathtub was now overflowing, spilling even more water onto the floor. Behind him the toilet was also adding to the flooding. The sink was also on at full force, but luckily that was not adding to the mess.

From what she could gather, while Sesshomaru had been trying to bathe, he felt the need to relieve himself. He had remembered that Kagome had explained to use the toilet paper to clean himself off, then dispose of it into the toilet before he flushed. What she hadn’t explained to him was that he wasn’t suppose to use it all, or toss the whole thing, cardboard roll included into the bowl.

Of course following Kagome’s directions, he had moved onto the sink to wash his hands after using the toilet. Why he hadn’t just washed his hands in the tub was beyond her, she was guessing it had been her own fault for telling him to wash his hands in the sink. From what she could gather, the poor knobs on the faucet were a bit too weak to handle Sesshomaru’s strength. When the demon had turned the faucet on, he had twisted a bit too hard and had managed to twist the knobs off completely, making it impossible to shut the water off.

Next was the bathtub. After his adventures with the toilet and the sink, the water in the tub had grown cooler then Sesshomaru liked, so following Kagome’s example, he turned the hot water on. Unfortunately for him, he had made the same mistake with that knob as he had made with the sink, leaving the water running at full force, and the drain still closed.

Had the mess not been huge, Kagome probably would have passed out from laughing hysterically. Sesshomaru was as close to panicking as he had ever been in his whole entire life, making the scene just that much more funny. She had to admit, even if for a moment, the demon lord looked absolutely adorable while trying to piece together the event. He had even seemed relieved when she had thrown the bathroom door open (after knocking to make sure he was covered, of course.) fully believing that he would have drowned if Kagome hadn’t come soon.

She had shouted for her mother to shut off the water, and to call a plumber while calmly escorting the distress inu out of the bathroom.

“Miko, I will pay for whatever damages I have caused.” He spoke quietly, the masked expression was still on his face, but deep down he was extremely embarrassed.

“Hush, the insurance on the house will pay for most of the damage Sesshomaru. But I will need help cleaning up most of the mess.” Giving him a sideways glance, she watched the single nod of his head, a small grin spreading over her lips.

Turning back she finally noticed his nakedness and blushed brightly. “Unfortunately your clothes are probably soaked, so we’re gonna have to find you something to wear.” She swallowed back hard, wondering if she should offer him the spare set of clothes that her mother had for Inuyasha whenever he came to visit.

Thinking it best not to inform the taiyoukai, she opened her closet and grabbed the black sweatsuit and a pair of boxers and tossed it to Sesshomaru. “You can wear these until your clothes dry.”

Sesshomaru eyed the clothing curiously, but decided not to argue. After all, he had caused a huge mess, he was lucky that he hadn’t been thrown out for such behaviour.

Kagome left the room silently, allowing Sesshomaru to dress in peace. At least five minutes passed before she knocked softly on the door. “Sesshomaru? Are you alright in there?”

The door opened to reveal the stiff form of the taiyoukai. “Indeed miko.” He replied, but did not exit the room.

Letting her curiosity get the better of her, she peeked through the door. What she saw was even funnier then catching him in the flooded bathroom.

The both the sweat shirt and sweat pants were on, but inside out and backwards. But that wasn’t the funniest part. Instead of the boxers being underneath his clothes, they were on top of his sweat pants, also on backwards.

Pressing her lips together until they nearly disappeared, Kagome fought with all her might not to laugh. She was going to die, she could feel the laughter building up until she could no longer contain it.

She literally fell down on the floor and began to roll around in laughter. “You are just too cute Sesshomaru.” She blurted breathlessly between laughs.
Looking severely annoyed, he leaned down and snatched Kagome around her waist, setting her on her feet. “Then miko, you will dress this Sesshomaru properly!” His anger flared just enough to warn Kagome to stop laughing.

“Alright, I’ll help you with your shirt, but you’re on your own with the pants and boxers.” She blushed lightly at the thought of catching that much of an eyeful. Gorgeous or not, she wasn’t ready to see Sesshomaru in his birthday suit again, she was still recovering from the last time. “Lift your arms up.”
Sesshomaru did as he was told, and Kagome quickly pulled the shirt up over his head. Before she could turn it right side in, she was distracted by the sight of his bare torso.

Picking up the sudden spike in her scent Sesshomaru stared down at her, trying to put together what had caused the change. Kagome was standing there twisting the sweat shirt in her hand, all the while her eyes were traveling over the perfect physique in front of her.

“Is there a problem Miko?” His voice broke her fascination, and she quickly lifted her gaze to meet his. Despite the heat was rising in her cheeks, she tried to act completely unaffected.

“Not a single thing.” Holding the sweat shirt out so he could put his head through, she flashed a small smile at him. “Alright. Here, put your head through.”

Once Sesshomaru had put his head through and his arms were in his sleeves, Kagome tugged the shirt down over his chest. She could feel her fingers itching to touch his bare skin. Clenching the material of the shirt tighter, she forced herself not run her hand over the rippled muscles of his stomach. Tugging the shirt roughly over his stomach she tried to pull away from him, but she felt frozen in her spot.

Absently she ran her hand down his chest to his stomach, smoothing out his shirt in the process. They both pulled in a hissing breath in at the brief contact, their eyes moving away from each other to look around the room.

Kagome took a step backwards towards the door, finally breaking the silence. “Um....the things you have on the outside go under your pants, and the hole goes in the front.”

“In the front?” This only seemed to confuse the taiyoukai even more. What was the purpose of having a whole in the front? Was it so that people could rut without fully having to undress? Glancing back to Kagome he thought to asked her, but soon stopped himself. If she was giving him this piece of clothing, did that mean she wanted to make it easier to rut with him? And if he asked, would that stop her from attempting it?

Deciding that modern clothing was still too complicated for him, he reached out and grabbed onto Kagome’s wrist. “This Sesshomaru will require your assistance.”

Shaking her head quickly, Kagome tugged on her wrist, desperately trying to free herself from his grasp. “I can’t, really. You wouldn’t be...well you would be a bit more exposed then I need to see.” Her already reddened cheeks grew darker and hotter, but what she couldn’t hide was the sudden scent of arousal that was wafting from her person.

Sesshomaru was definitely going to use this to his advantage. “You must. This Sesshomaru does not desire to look foolish in this new attire, and I am unsure how to put it on. You will help this Sesshomaru even if you have to do it with your eyes closed.”

Just the light touch of her hand over his shirt had caused a moment of shock, which was followed a bolt of pleasure through his whole body. He didn’t want to admit that he wanted her hands back on his body, even if the contact was over his clothing. He knew that he should be repulsed by her, but he just couldn’t force it. Her scent was once again luring him to the put of intoxication, and if he didn’t pull away soon he knew he wouldn’t be able to control his actions.
Inside a war was raging, a war between the reasonable side that was telling him to get out of there and the other side that was driven to insanity by the creature before him. He stood frozen, forcing himself to endure the torture.

Unaware what was going on inside the taiyoukai’s mind, Kagome allowed herself to be pulled back towards him. But instead of facing him, she turned her back to him. “Alright, I’ll stay in here and help you, but I am not dressing you. I’ll direct you what to do and help once you’re covered up enough.”
“Hn.” He went silent, but did not argue. Without a word, he forced the boxers off, then the sweat pants. He thought about forcing the miko to face him, mostly to watch the blush that would come over her. He wasn’t oblivious to the way she had looked over his form, her attraction was quite noticeable in the reaction of her gaze. He would control himself though, knowing that if he were to allow her to see this much of him, and at this close proximity, he might not be able to control his actions.

Sliding the boxers back on, he made sure that the slit she had mentioned was in fact to the front. He was tempted to snicker at the small button that he could only assume was placed to contain the male anatomy in the confines of the article of clothing, unfortunately it wasn’t designed for a demon. He adjusted himself the best he could, making sure that he wasn’t showing off anything that may embarrass the girl.

“This Sesshomaru is covered. You will assist now.”

Not entirely convinced, Kagome spun back around with eyes closed. She reached out awkwardly, hoping that he would hand her the sweat pants so she wouldn’t have to open her eyes. Instead of coming in contact with the thick material of the pants, her hand brushed against something silky and firm. Kagome’s cheeks flared red, her right hand flying up to cover her eyes. She didn’t even want to know what she had just grabbed. “Sorry...” She mumbled and pulled her hand away.

Sesshomaru’s eyes went wide as he felt her hand brush over his backside. “Miko, is it normal to grab ones tail when trying to aid in dressing?”

“Tail?” Oh god, I just grabbed his butt! Wow...not bad. The thought swarmed Kagome’s mind before she could stop it.

“Miko, if you would open your eyes you would be able to assist more then you are now. This Sesshomaru does not appreciate being molested while in the midst of dressing.”

Pulling her hand away from her eyes, she shot a glare in his direction. “I wasn’t trying to molest you! If you would have held the pants out for me instead of letting me play a game of ‘Guess what you’re grabbing’ then we wouldn’t have had this problem!” She snapped loudly.

“Guess what you’re grabbing? Tell me, how is it you play this game?” He replied, his voice brimming with amusement Kagome’s outburst.

“It’s not really a game....I’m just saying maybe you should have given me what I needed so I wouldn’t have to grasp around blindly, completely unaware of where I’m putting my hands.”

“Well then Miko, perhaps you should have verbally informed this Sesshomaru of what you needed instead of grasping blindly. Or perhaps you enjoy touching this Sesshomaru and wanted to use this as an excuse.”

Kagome was left stammering. Her mind was so outraged that she couldn’t piece together a coherent thought. “I...you....why.....What the hell makes you think I want to touch you?!?!”

“I can see by your outburst that there is some truth to the statement, or you would not be making such a fuss over the matter.” He responded in a rather smug tone. He kept his gaze away from the miko, but glanced out of the corner of his eye just in time to catch her hand swinging in his direction.

Catching her wrist in his hand, he pulled her towards him. He had only meant to pull her closer to him, but unfortunately he did not realize his own strength. Kagome came flying closer, but instead of maintaining some distance, her body wound up falling against his own.

Her scent spiked almost on impact, and Sesshomaru responded by releasing his grip on her wrist and slipping his arm around her waist. He was letting his instincts get the better of him, the rational mind now flooded with the chaotic sense of lust and desire. For her part, Kagome stayed completely motionless, allowing Sesshomaru to tug her around like a rag doll.

The couple stood utterly still in the center of the room. Kagome’s hands rested between them, still laying on his stomach. As if they had a mind of their own, her fingers slowly walked along Sesshomaru’s stomach, slipping underneath his sweat shirt just enough to allow the tips to graze over his abs.

The feel of her silky skin on his was just enough to cause Sesshomaru’s restraint to buckle. Without a warning Kagome soon found her lips being devoured, and her body being pulled taut against his. She allowed the kiss to continue, at least until her mind began to yell at her to pull away.

As if he was reading her mind, Sesshomaru pulled away and leapt back away from the girl, his eyes filled with lust, but the expression on his face portrayed a far different emotion.

Before either could speak, Mrs. Higurashi called up from the bottom of the stairs. “Kagome, telephone. It’s Eri.”

Without bothering to excuse herself, Kagome fled the room and dashed down the stairs breathlessly. By the time she reached the phone and picked it up, she spoke into it panting. “Hello Eri, what’s up?”

“Were you running a marathon to get to the phone?” replied the giggling voice.

Kagome was glad that her friend wasn’t around to notice the blush that rose to her cheeks. “Sorry, we have sort of a mess here, I was cleaning up.” She knew she was lying, but she wasn’t about to blurt out “Oh yeah, I was upstairs kissing a partially dressed, gorgeous demon lord.” She would have never heard the end of it if she had.

“The girls and I were thinking of coming over , but there’s a new dance club that just opened up and we were calling to see if you wanted to go.”

“Gee, it sounds fun, but I really have a lot to do here.” Kagome replied in a flat tone. Normally she would have loved to go out dancing, but there was no way she could leave Mr. Uptight alone with her family. She wasn’t sure there was enough chocolate ice cream in the world that could keep him pacified.

There was silence for a minute, then the sound of muffled talking, and Kagome knew that Eri was plotting with the other girls to figure a way to get Kagome out of the house. After a moment Eri spoke again. “Well, we could always come over and help you clean up so you could come with us.”

Kagome suddenly realized how a bear caught in a trap felt. If she didn’t go with them, they would come over and discover Sesshomaru. Not only would she have to deal with their teasing, but as handsome as he was, she knew she would have to keep them from flirting with him as well. If she went and left him, he would probably agitate her mother and grandfather to no end, and be furious with her for leaving him.

She probably could take him with her, if she made him promise to behave. But the thought of Sesshomaru with a building full of humans didn’t quite seem ideal for a good night out.

“Let me get back to you Eri. I’ll call you back.”

“Okay, but you have an hour to get back or we’re coming over to drag you with us.” Eri responded.
The girls said their good byes, and Kagome hung the phone. As if on cue, Kagome’s mother appeared the moment the phone was hung up, appraising her daughter’s expression with her own thoughtful frown. “What did Eri want dear?”

Without glancing up to her mother, Kagome sighed her reply. “She wants me to go out to the new dance club that just opened.”

“You know dear, it would be rude to leave your guest alone.” Mrs. Higurashi chastised, despite the fact she knew she didn’t need to.

“I know mom, but it would be even ruder for him to deal with three nosey flirting teenage girls too.” Kagome’s shoulders slumped as she exhaled another sigh. “I guess I’ll just have to take him with me, and pray he doesn’t try to kill anyone. At least while we’re out, there’s other good looking guys for the girls to oogle.”

Mrs. Higurashi chuckled, her arms slipping around her daughter’s shoulders to pull her into a hug. “It might not be so bad. Besides, you can always take him out for ice cream before you go, that will put him in a good mood, and probably make him a bit more compliant.”

Grinning, Kagome hugged her mom back. “You know, that’s not such a bad idea!”

Releasing a daughter, she nodded towards the phone. “Go ahead and call Eri back dear. Hurry before they decide to break down the door in their rush to get you out of here.”

Nodding, Kagome headed back to the phone, only to turn back to her mother with a frown. “What about the bathroom? I didn’t get to clean it up.”

A knock on the door break through the conversation, and the two women paused in curiosity. Her grandfather had already opened the door and allowed the plumber her mother had called to come in. Along with his tools, the man drug behind him a wet-dry vacuum. Pushing past the women, the new man tipped his head in greeting then followed Kagome’s grandfather up towards the disaster area that was left in her bathroom.

“Well, that takes care of that problem. Why don’t you go along and get dressed dear, then call Eri and tell her you’ll meet them their.”

Bouncing away happily to her room, Kagome chirped back to her mother. “Sure mom.”

Her bouncing steps soon turned into small tentative steps as she approached her door. She had almost forgotten about Sesshomaru. She was hoping that the taiyoukai had managed to get dressed, well half hoped anyway. She couldn’t deny the fact that the man looked really really really good in those boxers.

Kagome blushed brightly at the thoughts of having touched him. Remembering the way his muscles had tightened at her touch caused her knees to grow weak until she had to grab the door frame to keep herself from falling over. Steading herself, she pulled in a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Craning her neck to peek into the room, she was surprised to find Sesshomaru completely dressed, and now sitting on her bed. With a smile she entered the room, waving enthusiastically to him. “Hey Sesshomaru.” She paused as she pondered how to approach the subject of taking him out to the dance club.

“Miko.” He nodded in greeting, but said nothing else.

Moving to her closet, Kagome absently pulled out a white spaghetti strap shirt, and a pair of black dress slacks. Once she had pulled out her outfit, she turned back to Sesshomaru, forcing herself to look as innocent as possible. “Well Sesshomaru, how would you like to go out and see what the rest of the world looks like?”

Curiosity piqued, Sesshomaru arched a brow and peered over at the girl. “The rest of the world? We are going somewher?”

“Well sure, silly. You didn’t think that the whole world was just the shrine did you?”

“No, this Sesshomaru did not.”

“Well then, why don’t you go downstairs and talk to my mother while I get ready for us to go out.” Kagome smiled sweetly, running a brush through her tangled tresses. She watched herself in the mirror, catching a glimpse of Sesshomaru retreating out of the room in the reflection. Once she knew he was gone, she shut the door and started to get changed.

Sesshomaru heeding Kagome’s word, made his way to the kitchen, where sure enough he found Mrs. Higurashi in front of the sink. Smiling in greeting to her visitor, she stepped away from the sink and moved over to the refrigerator. Pulling out a can of soda, she popped it open and pulled a clean glass out of the drain board to pout it into. Setting the drink in front of Sesshomaru, she motioned for him to drink it.

Taking a sniff of the glass, his nose wrinkled as the bubbles of carbonation tickled his nose. He tried to take another sniff at the drink to check for any poison, but once again his nose was attacked by the tickling bubbles. “What is this?” He snapped, not particularly as harsh as he normally would, but enough to make his disdain noticed.

Knowing that the youkai wouldn’t trust the offered drink unless he was sure it would cause him no harm, Mrs. Higurashi pulled out a can for herself. Popping the top she took a small sip, smiling over to the taiyoukai as she did. “It’s soda. Try it Lord Sesshomaru, it won’t hurt you.”

Cautiously Sesshomaru brought the glass to his lips and took a small swig of the liquid. Letting it swish over his tongue, he tensed briefly as the soda fizzed in his mouth. The taste was sweet, but the tingling made him uneasy. Finally swallowing it down, her looked down into the glass, watching as the soda continued to bubble and fizz. “And this is normal?”

A silent chuckle shook Mrs. Higurashi’s body. It was funny how a demon lord, who in his time was probably a creature of great sophistication was blissfully unaware of even the simplest things in modern times. She resisted the urge to reach over and pat the poor creature’s hand, opting to take another small sip of her soda to reassure him it was okay.

Watching the woman, he followed her example and took another sip from his glass. The bubbling had settled, but the soda was still fizzy enough to tickle over his taste buds. This time the drink wasn’t as unsettling as the first, and he managed to swallow it down quickly. Realizing that the drink wasn’t harmful, and that he could drink it without worrying, he guzzled the rest down, enjoying it’s sweet flavor. “That was not entirely unpleasant.” It was as close to a compliment that he would give on the subject.

Before she could respond, Kagome burst into the scene. Her hair was done up in a loose bun, several combs holding the silky locks in place, but allowing a few loose curls to cascade down over her shoulders. She wore just a little make up, mostly just some mascara and eyeliner to emphasize the bright cobalt hue of her eyes. Her lips glistened from the peach flavored lip gloss that she wore. Spinning around, she grinned at her mother. “How do I look?”

Sesshomaru glanced at the miko from the corner of his eyes, surprised when her appearance cause a rather disturbing stir in a certain part of his body that shouldn’t have been responding. Her legs were covered much to his relief, but her shoulders and arms were paretically bare. His eyes traced over her graceful neck and swam over her bare shoulders. Just the sight of her skin made his mouth suddenly began to water, of course he blamed it on the strange drink he had just had.

“You look lovely dear, now why don’t you go call Eri.” She smiled and waved Kagome away, turning her gaze back to Sesshomaru. When she knew he daughter was out of hearing range, she tip toed over to the taiyoukai, motioning for him to lean down so she could speak to him quietly. Hesitantly, he leaned down just enough to allow the human to whisper to him. “Lord Sesshomaru, normally I wouldn’t be asking anything of you, but I do so want Kagome to have a bit of fun. She’s going to take you out to a dance club, and I know it will be hard for you to restrain yourself from...well doing whatever you normally do when something irritates you, but I’m asking you to please behave. In our times violence is frowned upon, and if you were to get into trouble, I do not have the money that would be needed to get you out of jail. I’m asking for your word that you will not get into any trouble.”

He could feel his anger rising at the insinuation that he would act like a barbarian with no manners, but stopped as he listened to her words. Jail? Violence frown upon? The world had changed greatly if what he was hearing was true. He would indeed have to contain himself from slaughtering anyone if he would be in trouble for doing so. He was at a loss on how he would act though. If he couldn’t behave as he normally did, how would he behave? Maybe he could follow the example of the other males he encountered. That seemed the most logical tactic that he could come up with.

After contemplating for several minutes, he finally nodded. “You have my word.”

Smiling she moved away from the taiyoukai. “Good. Don’t worry, Kagome is going to take you out for ice cream so you’ll have a bit of incentive.”

Sesshomaru grinned at the mention of ice cream. Perhaps this evening wouldn’t be as bad as he imagined.


I know that I said this was going to be the last chapter with just Sess and Kagome, but something popped into my mind. So one more chapter with just Sess and Kagome, and then I promise I’ll bring everyone else in.