InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fancy Meeting You Here ❯ So Close, but So Far ( Chapter 14 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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Kagome had been packed and ready to go several days before the actual trip. She was excited to be getting away from the school while the rumor mill was still running rampant, but more than that, she was excited at the prospect of perhaps getting to spend a little more time with Sesshoumaru. They hadn't had many chances to be alone, and although they may still not get the opportunity, the odds were in their favor away from so many prying eyes.

As she waited outside the school grounds for more of her team mates to show up she noticed Sesshoumaru's car pull into the school parking lot and her heart fluttered. Just seeing him made the butterflies in her stomach start flapping their wings. When he stepped out of his car it was easy to see how tall he was as he towered over the vehicle. He turned towards her and gave her an amused smirk as he noticed that he was the focus of her attention or that she was staring at him. Kagome quickly came back to reality and stuck her tongue out at him and crossed her arms over her chest.

Sesshoumaru shook his head and then grabbed his things from the trunk of his car before going to stand next to Kagome. His initial reflex was to lean in and give her a kiss and just as he was about to she stepped back quickly and looked at him with wide eyes.

“Uh…whatcha doin'?” Kagome asked in surprise.

Sesshoumaru was nearly frozen in his place and wanted to kick himself for his slip up. What if someone had caught them? Their cover would have been blown and everything would have been ruined. Luckily Kagome was on her toes.

“Are you ready for the trip?” he asked, trying to change the awkward mood that settled over them.

Kagome smiled and took the bait. “I've been packed for two days. I'm more than ready.”

The two of them stood in companionable silence as the rest of the team filtered in with the other students showing up for school. Some of them looked on in envy that the Jujitsu team was leaving while they had to continue on with their everyday school lives and some even offered to join the team if it meant they could come along. It wasn't long until their bus pulled up and they all flung their luggage into the bottom compartment and climbed aboard.

To save face, Kagome chose a seat towards the back away from Sesshoumaru who was sitting in the front with the female chaperone, Ms. Toran Okimoto. It was extremely hard to be so close to him and yet so far away at the same time. Kagome closed her eyes and put on her headphones to try and keep herself from going crazy from the desire to be next to Sesshoumaru. The guys around her were talking animatedly and she felt herself being lulled to sleep by her music and the rhythm of the bus. Just as she was about to fall completely asleep, one of her teammates tapped her on the shoulder. She grumbled and swatted the hand away, but it was persistent and once again tapped her.

“Whaddya want?” When she received no answer Kagome sighed and opened her eyes to see many of the boys on the team staring intently at her. She sat up slowly and scooted towards the edge of the seat. “Yes?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.

Bunpei leaned forward and whispered conspiratorially, “How come you're not sitting next to Taisho sensei?”

Kagome was taken aback by that question. “Wh…why would I sit next to him?” she asked as innocently as she could.

They guys all looked at her in amusement and laughed lightly. “Aren't you two dating?”

“What?!” Kagome was horrified! Were they messing with her head or did they really know about her and Sesshoumaru? What would happen if they told someone? Sesshoumaru would be fired and possibly put in jail, she would never hear the end of it, and they'd probably end up having to move to god knows where to get away from the ridicule she brought on her family.

Kagome tried to calm her breathing as she looked around at the guys to gage their reactions, but no answer was forthcoming. She swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to cover. “Me? And Ses-Taisho sensei? Don't be ridiculous!”

“Higurashi, don't try and hide it,” Bunpei said with a smile. “Hojo saw you two together outside of your family's shrine.”

Kagome's face paled and she could feel her life shattering around her. She thought they had been relatively careful, but apparently not careful enough! She could feel tears welling up in her eyes at the thought of all the bad things that were sure to happen now that their secret was out. She loved Sesshoumaru with all of her heart and just the thought of losing him was tearing her up inside.

The guys saw the change in her demeanor and immediately chastised Bunpei for his lack of decorum with the situation. One of the other members grabbed her hand and started tapping the back of it to get her back to reality. “Higurashi! Higurashi, listen!” he told her.

Kagome looked dazedly at her teammate as he patted her hand. “Please…I'll do anything, just please don't tell anyone about this!”

The guys smiled at her and shook their heads. “Higurashi, that's not our intention. We like the both of you; we would never get you in trouble.”

Kagome blinked away the tears that threatened to spill and looked around at all their faces before asking, “R-really? You guys aren't mad?”

They all chuckled at her, and if Kagome weren't so relieved she would have probably been mad at them for laughing at her, but as it was she was just glad they weren't going to say anything.

“Why would we be mad? We've known Taisho sensei for a long time now and we've never seen him act the way he does when he's around you. He may pride himself on his ability to hide his emotions, but we can definitely see a difference.” The other guys nodded in agreement before Hojo continued with his explanation.

“Plus, you guys look good together. As long as he's treating you well and not making you…well, um…do things you don't want to, then we're happy for you.”

Kagome was at a loss for words. She had thought for sure her life was going to fall apart, but her team members who she considered friends had just helped her more than she could say.

“Thank you.”

“Pfft! We're practically a family Higurashi; everyone on this team knows everyone else's secrets,” Bunpei added. “You're secret's safe with us as long as our secrets are safe with you.”

“Deal.”

The six hour drive had gone by quickly after the initial confrontation between Kagome and the other team members. They had taken her mind off of the fact that she wasn't able to sit next to Sesshoumaru and put her at ease about the trip as well. When she passed by Sesshoumaru on her way off the bus she smiled and winked at him, and since he hadn't been privy to her conversation with the team he was a bit nervous about her doing so.

Kagome smirked and walked into the hotel with everyone else to await further instruction. She could feel eyes on the back of her head and turned to see Toran looking at her with a bored expression on her face. Kagome smile awkwardly and turned around to break the gaze. Sometimes that woman gave her the creeps.

“Listen up,” Sesshoumaru said to get everyone's attention. “We're going to allow you to pick your roommates-”

“I call Higurashi!” Shingo, another teammate, shouted. Kagome shook her head and playfully punched him in the arm as the others snickered at their antics. Sesshoumaru was none too pleased, but refrained from ripping the boy's head off.

“As I was saying,” Sesshoumaru began again. “We'll allow you to pick your roommates, choose carefully because they will be who you are with for the remainder of the trip. Lights out is at precisely ten o' clock, no exceptions, and you are to have all your homework completed before you are allowed free time. Are there any problems with this?”

A collective `no Taisho sensei' was given, so he continued. “We'll be walking to the rooms together and then you can choose which room you'd like. Follow me.”

The group did as they were told and followed along behind Sesshoumaru. Toran strode up next to Kagome so that she could speak with her. “Miss Higurashi, my partner will be joining us during the trip so you will have to have your own room. I trust that you can behave yourself on your own?”

Kagome wanted to slap the woman, but knew she had played a vital part in keeping Sesshoumaru and her relationship a secret. “I can behave myself just fine, thank you.”

A quick `hn' was given in response, but nothing more was said. One by one the rooms were being assigned and soon half the team was housed. They stopped in front of another room and Sesshoumaru tested the key card and opened the door. “Any takers?” he questioned.

“Which room is yours Taisho sensei?” one of the guys asked.

“Mine will be the one next to this,” he stated without looking from his clipboard where he had the names and room numbers of each member of the team.

The guys all looked from one another before unceremoniously shoving Kagome into the room. Her outraged cry of `hey!' was all that was heard as they closed the door quickly. Sesshoumaru looked up and at them with a raised eyebrow. They scratched the backs of their necks and shrugged, but did not say anything to explain their actions.

“Moving on.”

The routine continued until each had been assigned to a room and Sesshoumaru was more than ready to settle down in his own. As he approached his door he stopped to consider the implications of having a room next to Kagome. Like just about every room in the hotel, his and Kagome's rooms were connected on the inside by two doors, leaving it up to the occupants to decide whether or not the doors would be open or not.

He urged himself to go inside his room before someone saw him staring at nothing. However, once inside it was even worse. He was faced with the door that linked his and Kagome's rooms and he could do nothing but stare and will it to fling open to reveal Kagome to him. Now that they had this chance to be alone, he wasn't precisely sure how to act.

He didn't want to seem overly excited about it all, what if he scared her away? Sure they had done…things that put them into the physical relationship category, but this was close to treading on new grounds. He was never one to be intimidated by anything, but his relationship with Kagome was definitely wearing him thin. Sesshoumaru growled at himself for acting like a young boy who'd never had a sexual relationship and took a step towards the interconnecting doors. He was about to reach for and turn the doorknob when a knock stopped him in his tracks. Sesshoumaru waited for the knock to sound again and when it did, he sighed in disappointment when he realized it had come from the hallway door.

Resigning himself to having to wait to see Kagome, Sesshoumaru went back to the other door. He opened it to find a couple of his team members and he crossed his arms over his chest.

“Yes?”

“We're gonna go to the pool, sensei. We just wanted to know if you wanna come along.”

“I appreciate the offer, but I will pass. Remember to be back in your rooms before ten.” He shut the door without waiting for a response and then turned back to the other door. Leaning in to it, Sesshoumaru pressed his ear against it to try and hear something. For the second time in less than five minutes, he sighed. He listened to the muffled sounds of Kagome talking and then heard her door shut before it became quiet in her room.

Assuming Kagome took up the team's offer to join them at the pool; Sesshoumaru let out a frustrated growl and decided that he should go with them to…supervise their activities. Yes, that's why he was going down there.

Grabbing his room key, Sesshoumaru then left to go to the pool. He supposed that his private time with Kagome would have to wait.

Kagome looked forlornly at the interconnecting doors and sighed. She was just about to open hers and knock when she heard his door shut, giving her the impression that he had left his room. The guys had asked her if she wanted to go swimming but she had turned them down so that she could spend some time with Sesshoumaru. However, now that he wasn't even in his room, she figured she could go have some fun at the pool with her teammates.

She quickly donned her swimsuit, which was a royal blue bikini that showed off her pale skin and soft curves. She growled low and vowed to do bodily harm to Sango for picking out a swimsuit that left so little to the imagination. That's the last time she would ever allow her to do her shopping. She grabbed a towel and her flip-flops and then made her way down to the pool.

The guys were already there, splashing around like idiots and having a belly-flop contest, when Kagome walked through the door. She would have entered unnoticed if it weren't for one of the guys and his big mouth. He gave a loud wolf whistle and then shouted for all to hear, “Guys look! Higurashi's a girl!”

That was followed by loud roars of laughter and more whistles and Kagome shook her head. She spread her arms out to the side and turned for them once. “Take a good look boys, cuz that's all you're gonna get,” she taunted before diving into the water. The playful banter and games continued once more as they all enjoyed their time away from school.

At the side of the pool, Sesshoumaru sat nearly dumbfounded in one of the many chairs that lined the edge. When Kagome had walked in wearing what she had, it took all of his willpower to not let his jaw drop to the floor. She was a vision. As it was, he could not take his eyes off of her; her every move had him mesmerized. His mind wandered to the less than innocent as he imagined peeling that suit slowly from her moist skin while lavishing her in kisses to warm her cool flesh. The way she would be bare to him made his mouth water as he thought about how he would show her the ways of making love and make her body sing sweet music for him.

Sesshoumaru cracked his neck to the side and shifted uncomfortably in his seat to hide his obvious appreciation for her body. This need for her was getting out of hand. If he didn't take keep control of himself he could end up giving their secret away. Sesshoumaru wanted to groan in annoyance when he saw Toran approach him. She gave him a once over, her eyes pausing only momentarily at the slight bulge in his pants, and then rolled her eyes and shook her head before sitting down in the chair next to him.

“Pathetic,” she said blandly.

“I would watch my tongue if I were you Toran,” Sesshoumaru stated without missing a beat. “We both know I am the one in control now. Or need I remind you who it was that paid off your numerous gambling debts?”

“I know good and well-”

“And let us not forget who it was that came to me begging to give her sister a position in my company, or who supplied you with the new condominium in which you now reside.”

Toran glared at him, but did not deny any of what he said; she couldn't. Everything he said was true, as loathe as she was to admit it. A favor for a favor, and now she owed him. She sighed and sat back slowly in her seat. “You sure are going through a lot just to have your silly little fling with this girl.”

Sesshoumaru said nothing, but watched as Kagome laughed and smiled as one of the boys lifted her up then threw her towards the deep end of the pool. She came up from the water with a playful glare and then snuck up on the guy who threw her and pants-ed him. The other guys roared with laughter as the unfortunate boy blushed. To save face he grabbed his swim trunks and waved them around in the air. The others groaned in disgust, telling him to put them back on and he did so quickly after seeing Sesshoumaru glare at him. Toran chuckled lightly and then turned back to Sesshoumaru seriously. “I want no more part in your relationship with Miss Higurashi. I'm going to pretend none of this happened. Is that good enough for you?”

Sesshoumaru nodded once and Toran stood up from her chair. “Sesshoumaru, we've known each other for a long time and I...just…just be careful.” She then left the pool area, and with one final glance towards Kagome, Sesshoumaru left as well to return to his own room.

Kagome swam to the edge of the pool and watched as Sesshoumaru walked away and her heartbeat picked up at the thought of going back to her room so that she could spend some time with him. She was nervous and was having a hard time getting her feet to move. She dropped her head into arms and let out a tiny whimper. What was wrong with her? She and Sesshoumaru had been alone together plenty of times; was it the intimacy of a hotel room that had got her nerves so on edge?

“This is ridiculous,” she murmured to herself. She pounded the edge of the pool with her fists then turned around to head towards the stairs. She stopped short and her face flamed with embarrassment when she saw that all of the guys in the pool were staring at her with knowing cheesy grins on their faces. Kagome narrowed her eyes at them before wading over to the stair ungracefully. “Oh grow up…you bunch of pervs.”

Once again laughter filled the pool room as she gathered her towel and sandals. The guys may have readily accepted her relationship with Sesshoumaru, but it definitely didn't mean there weren't going to give her a hard time about it. She blushed once more as their cheers of victory reached her from outside the poolroom. However, her laughter was quickly silenced when she saw Sesshoumaru standing just a little further down the hall, his eyes on her intently.

Kagome drew in her bottom lip and she slowly crossed the distance in between them, Sesshoumaru watching her every step along the way. She took a deep breath and stopped in front of him, gracing him with a beautifully shy smile. Cupping her chin with his fingers and making sure no one was around, Sesshoumaru bent down and placed a quick kiss upon her lips which she savored longingly. A tiny whimper escaped her lips when he drew back from her and he watched her eyelids flutter open to reveal her desire filled eyes.

“Come, I'll walk you to your room,” he said gently and turned around to take the lead. Kagome followed numbly after him touching her lips when she continued to feel the kiss lingering there. They reached their rooms in no time and with a pointed look they retreated into their separate but connected rooms.

Kagome rushed to the bathroom and hopped into the shower for a quick wash. Being in the pool made her smell like chlorine and she wasn't going to stay that way. Soon enough she was out of the shower and trying to fix her unruly hair. There was a quiet knock on the inside door and she knew Sesshoumaru was waiting for her. She cursed quietly at his bad timing and quickly pulled on the closest thing to her which happened to be a pair of loose pajama pants. She cringed at the thought of looking the way she did, but she'd rather look like she just rolled out of bed than let him think she wasn't coming.

Giving one last ditch effort to tame her wild hair, Kagome smoothed her palms over her hair and then opened the door. She looked at her bare feet, ashamed of her less than glamorous appearance for their time together. Sesshoumaru had yet to say anything and she just knew that she had made a fool of herself.

For Sesshoumaru's part, he was stunned into silence. To him, she was a sight to behold. Her hair was not confined in a ponytail, her face was clear of makeup, and in his eyes, she could be wearing a potato sack and still look beautiful. Without warning, he lifted her off her feet and carried her into his room. She squeaked when he did so and wrapped her arms around his neck automatically. He quietly chuckled at her expense and she narrowed her eyes at him.

“I figured a quiet night in with some room service and a couple movies would be sufficient?” he asked her as he placed her at the edge of the bed. He began to stand up straight again, but Kagome grabbed a hold of his shirt and dragged him back down to place a kiss upon his lips.

His mouth melded easily to hers and he could feel himself becoming lost in her tender caress. Kagome opened her mouth to him and they deepened the kiss exploring each other's mouth with their tongues. She let out a soft moan and pulled at his shirt a little more, making him have to place his hands upon the bed on either side of her.

The kiss turned hungry as Kagome was now lying down on the bed with Sesshoumaru over her and in between her legs. She trailed her hands down his sides and to the hem of his shirt and then slowly dragged her nails up his back while removing the article of clothing. His skin was hot under her fingers and she couldn't touch enough of him.

Sesshoumaru lifted himself up on his arms, hesitantly breaking their kiss. They were left panting and Sesshoumaru felt his chest swell lightly with pride at the fact that he made her that way; face flushed beautifully and her lips swollen and red. He swallowed thickly as Kagome reached down and lifted her shirt over her head, leaving her nearly exposed to his perusal.

He inched backwards and took hold of the waist of her pajama pants before slowly pulling them off, leaving hot kisses down her thighs and legs as he went until she was divested of them completely. Sesshoumaru began to inch his way back up her lithe form, splaying his hands to run them over her smooth legs and up her body. He kissed her stomach and left small nips on her chest and neck before once again kissing her soft lips. He rocked his hips forward and she could feel his hardness pressed against her through his pants.

Kagome moaned into his mouth and wrapped her arms around his body and pulled him close, reveling in the feel of his skin touching hers. They broke apart and Sesshoumaru looked at her intently.

“Kagome, are you-”

“Room service!!!”

Sesshoumaru sighed in annoyance. “Leave!” he shouted. He was about to speak again when…

“Roooooom serrrrrvviiiiceeee!”

Kagome giggled at Sesshoumaru's aggravated face and he turned to glare playfully at her. “I suppose you find this amusing?”

She shrugged and he reluctantly stood again and tossed his shirt at her while the hotel employee continued to knock loudly on the door. Not bothering to hide his half-mast? erection, Sesshoumaru strode over to the door and yanked it open forcefully, startling the bellhop.

“Yes?!” Sesshoumaru spat out in annoyance.

The guy shook with fear at the promise of death in Sesshoumaru's eyes and squeaked out his response. “Room..s-s-s-service.”

Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at the imbecile that had to have the worst timing ever. Taking the preordered food from the man, Sesshoumaru threw a couple yen at him and slammed the door shut. He turned back towards the room and his eyes took in the breathtaking sight of Kagome in his shirt, laying on her stomach and kicking her legs back and forth while switching through the channels on the TV.

Tonight was not ruined yet, and if all went well, he and Kagome would be sharing a night to remember.

Don't hate me! I promise, good stuff (if you know what I mean) will ensue in the next chapter; so you have something to look forward to! Please feel free to review, it always helps immensely!!! I love you all ^_^