InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Special delivery ❯ Swim day ( Chapter 60 )

Chapter 60: Swim day

 

 

A/N: I hope you're ready for some nice relaxing, sort of drama-free family time! Thanks to my amazing reviewers:

 

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Disclaimer: If I owned Inuyasha, Sesshy and Kagura would be happily mated and working on silver haired baby number three by now…

 

 

“Talking”

`Thoughts'

 

 

“So I've thought about the whole thing, and decided to go with Shinto… I mean I don't want Ji-chan to be disappointed in me… Hum Kagura, are you listening?” Kagome asked, a little note of annoyance in her voice. It was the third time she had had to call her friend's attention back on her. The two of them were sitting together on a park bench, watching over Kanna and Shippou as they enthusiastically played together in the nearby sandbox.

 

“I'm sorry what were you saying?” Kagura turned her crimson eyes to look at her friend. Despite her best efforts to pay attention to Kagome, her mind could not help but stray; especially to what Sesshoumaru and she had done in his office a week ago.

 

“Well I have decided to go with a traditional wedding ceremony.”

 

“Sounds good to me… what does Inuyasha think about it? His opinion should matter since he is the groom after all…” The wind sorceress asked her friend

 

“At the risk of sounding annoyed, this is the third time you asked me this question! What's wrong with you Kagura? You're not listening to me, it's like you are in another world…” The young human remarked, surprised by her friend's unusual behavior. “Now when it comes to Inuyasha, well ever since he suggested having instant ramen and garlic flavor potato chips on the menu of the wedding banquet, let's just say I decided to overlook any suggestion he could make.”

 

Her revelation made Kagura dissolve in laughter. She did feel bad for not paying more attention to her friend, but was glad to see that as usual Kagome was too nice to actually be mad.

 

“Mommy! How come we're not going to the pool too? I want to go!” Shippou suddenly rushed over to Kagome and rested his red head on her lap.

 

“What are you talking about?” His father's fiancée asked even as she ran her fingers through his hair in a tender gesture.

 

“Uncle Sesshoumaru is taking Kanna to the pool later today. I want to go too!” The young fox kit whine unhappily.

 

“I'm sorry Shippou-chan, but you know we have to meet Inuyasha before going shopping.” When Kagome's words were received by a groan, she quickly added “We'll be sure to buy you lots of pocky, how does that sound?”

 

“Yay! At least I get pocky.” Shippou started dancing around. His enthusiasm did not phase Kanna in any ways. Today was the day she had been waiting for a long while now; she would finally get to see Sesshoumaru and her mother back together. Her young mind may not have grasped what had happened between the two adults, but the way Sesshoumaru had kissed and hugged Kagura after they left his office, or the fact that he had made sure to talk on the phone to both Kagura and Kanna on a daily basis for the past week made the little girl sure that her two `parents' had reconciled for good.

 

“Mommy maybe we should leave now, or we will be late.” Kanna told her mother, her deep dark eyes shining in glee.

 

“Okay honey I know how eager you are to see Sessh.” Kagura chuckled at seeing her daughter's happiness.

 

“Well well, if I didn't know better, I'd say the two of you got back together. Could it be?” Kagome asked slyly.

 

“Not answering.” Kagura turned her down before reaching down to pluck her daughter from the ground. “On this note, we shall be leaving. See you guys next week. By then I'll be more refreshed, and will be able to help you better with your wedding preparations.”

 

A lingering smile on her lips, the wind sorceress walked away, her daughter in her arms, and Kagome's thoughtful chocolate orbs following her.

 

 

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“Are you ready to go?” Sesshoumaru asked his young mentee as he helped her get free from the seatbelt of his car.

 

“Yes! Rin is so happy to go swimming today.” She smiled up at him brightly before adding. “Rin also wants to see Kagura and Kanna.”

 

Even if he did not voice it, Sesshoumaru thought that he too would very much like to see his favorite mother-daughter duo.

 

“Sesshoumaru!” He turned around when he heard his name being called. A smile tugged at his lips when he realized that it was none other than Kanna calling his name. The little girl was in her mother's arms, and the twosome was quickly walking towards him, identical smiles on their lips.

 

The dog demon took the bag he had Haruka pack for Rin and his own before locking his car, just in time to welcome his lover and her daughter with a nod.

 

“Looks like we made it just in time; our bus was late, so I was afraid we'd miss you.” Kagura informed Sesshoumaru. She placed her daughter on the ground next to Rin, and observed as Kanna gave the other little girl a small smile before snuggling against Sesshoumaru's leg. Her apparent acceptance of Rin made her mother let out a sigh of relief.

 

“If you had let me drive you, this would not have happened.” Sesshoumaru remarked lightly. Instead of answering him, Kagura only sent him an annoyed glare. The two had had a long discussion, which had bordered on an argument, the previous day about how to commute to the hotel where they would be swimming. The wind sorceress had insisted on coming by her own means, no matter how much Sesshoumaru had tried convincing her to let him give her and Kanna a ride.

 

“Are we here to argue honey, or to swim?” The wind sorceress asked him before swiftly pressing a kiss to his lips, killing any possible protest from him.

 

“Yay! Let's go swimming!” Rin said enthusiastically, trying to cover her surprise at seeing her mentor being kissed by Kagura. She knew that Sesshoumaru and Kagura were close, but had not realized how much they were in love before then. She grabbed Kanna's hand and not paying any more attention to the loving couple walked towards the entrance of the large building in front of them.

 

“Hum I think we should follow our little girls lest they get into mischief. Something tells me that if these two get along they'd be able to do some major damage.” Kagura chuckled. She looped her arm around her boyfriend's, pushing him to follow after the children.

 

“Something tells me that you are right.” His golden eyes followed with interest the small dark brown and white head of the young girls as they happily skipped in front of them.

 

 

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Kagura's crimson eyes looked around at her surroundings with interest. She had heard about the Imperial, one of the city's most luxurious and expensive hotels, and had imagined it to be a beautiful place; so far she was not disappointed. The outdoors pool was as beautiful as it could be; its clear water was surrounded by warm tiles, which reflected nicely the sun's warm rays.

 

After she had helped Kanna and Rin change into their swimming gear, Kagura had settled on one of the comfortable long chairs scattered around the pool, and now busied herself watching the dog demon helping the two young girls swim around in the shallow waters while she worked on her tan.

 

“Sessh, could you tell me why we're the only ones here?” Kagura asked her lover. It had been a real surprise to her to see the pool area of one of the city's most notorious hotels be as empty as it was now. Her suspicion grew when she saw Sesshoumaru wince. She knew that he did not do so because of the cold temperature of the water.

 

“I will be right back. Do not go further inside the pool.” The dog demon warned Kanna and Rin. He exited the knee high water and rejoined Kagura, after all he knew there was some trouble brewing for him now.

 

“Yes Sesshoumaru.” Kanna and Rin agreed in unison.

 

Seeing him walk towards her, Kagura took to her feet and stood in front of him, a questioning look in her crimson eyes.

 

“So, do you have something to tell me? I mean I would have thought that considering the horribly warm weather we've been having today, guests of the hotel would be crowding around here.” She remarked, an eyebrow raised in question as both of their eyes stayed trained on the two little girls. Even if the two of them were both splashing around in the shallow part of the pool, and that they had several floaters strapped around them, Kagura and Sesshoumaru did not let the two children out of their sight, ready to jump in if a problem came up.

 

“I rented the pool for us. We have it for two hours to ourselves.” Sesshoumaru said before letting out a big sigh. He already anticipated Kagura's reaction.

 

“What? Why would you do that? The kids and I would have been content to use the pool in your apartment complex. You didn't have to give yourself so much trouble… As long as they had water, Rin and Kanna would have been having fun.”

 

“I didn't do it for them. This Sesshoumaru just wanted to take you here.” He reluctantly admitted. He did not say more, but Kagura did not need him to. She could still remember how the night after the gala he had suggested for them to have their first night in one of the expensive suite of the same hotel they now were in.

 

`Even though I know he likes spending money on the people he cares about, it still makes me feel uncomfortable. Well I did refuse to let him play chauffeur for me, so I guess I can let him slide for now. Besides it looks like he was just trying to be romantic…' She thought to herself, even as Sesshoumaru's caring side managed to melt her heart once again.

 

“How much did it cost you…” She could not help but ask, but Sesshoumaru quickly interrupted her with a sharp glare.

 

“Do not worry about it. I promise you that it wasn't that expensive. The Takahashi agency once did a promotion work for the hotel, they were pleased, so they gave me a discount. Besides this is not the hotel's main pool. People are able to rent it as I did.” He told her his pre-prepared arguments. “If it makes you feel better, you can buy us dinner tonight.”

 

“Mommy! Sesshoumaru! Look!” Kanna squealed happily as she managed to float by herself. She had no idea that she was interrupting a very interesting discussion/argument between her two `parents.'

 

“Great job baby.” Kagura smiled, not willing to shatter her daughter's enthusiasm by pointing out to her that her achievement was probably not of her own making, but rather due to the several floaters strapped on her. “Fine Sessh you win. I'll treat you guys to dinner.”

 

“Kagura! Why don't you come play with us in the water? It's so hot today.” Rin's intervention prevented Sesshoumaru from formulating an answer, to his great pleasure. The little girl gently splashed some water towards the wind sorceress, who quickly took a step back to avoid the cool droplets.

 

“No thanks guys. I'm feeling a little off today.”

 

“Are you ill?” The dog demon asked her, unable to mask the worry in his voice.

 

“No don't worry about me. I've been having a lot of homework lately, which explains why I'm so bone tired all the time.” She smiled at him, hoping to reassure him, and herself at the same time.

 

“Yes mommy come in the water! Sesshoumaru too.” Kanna agreed eagerly with Rin, ignoring her mother's previous response.

 

`I'll come later Kanna-chan, I promise.” The young mother answered, even if she had no intention to do that.

 

“You know, you should listen to the children.” The dog demon remarked. The sudden glint that she saw appear in Sesshoumaru's eyes told Kagura that he was going to be up to some mischief. Her suspicion grew when he looked at her from top to bottom, a small smirk forming on his lips.

 

“Whatever you are thinking about, forget it!” She ordered him, taking a step away from her lover.

 

“Do not presume to order this Sesshoumaru around.” In a fraction of a second, the bikini clad Kagura found herself carried in her lover's arms, bridal style. Before she could let out a scream or a word of protest, Sesshoumaru jumped in the deepest side of the pool, the cries of excitement of both Kanna and Rin ringing in his pointy ears.

 

“I am so going to kill you for this.” Kagura puffed out after she resurfaced, as she swam away from the dog demon's side, and hurried towards the two little girls.

 

“That was so funny mommy. Do it again!” Kanna clapped happily.

 

“I am glad to see that at least someone was amused by my misery.” The wind sorceress scoffed, pushing some of her wet bangs out of her crimson eyes.

 

“Do not doubt that I did too.” Kagura let out a gasp when she heard Sesshoumaru whisper behind her ear.

 

“You!” She turned around to spit at him.

 

“You enjoyed it as well” He remarked as he walked away from her, easily getting to the ladder and exiting the pool.

 

Kagura felt like cursing him for three reasons; the first being that despite having jumped in the water, his long hair looked as lustrous as ever, contrary to hers which had started to frizz and she was sure looked like a curly mess. The second was that unlike her, he seemed to have no problem walking in the water, gliding as beautifully as he always did. The last reason was that no matter how much Kagura felt like denying it, she knew Sesshoumaru was right; she enjoyed doing something a little crazy and fun once in a while.

 

`Who would have thought that Mr. Tightass had a little reckless side to him? Or maybe he did it because he realized we both needed to unwind a little bit. There's been a lot of drama lately in our lives. Perhaps he does know me well.' Her reflection was cut short when Kanna splashed some water in her direction.

 

“Oh someone wants to play?” She responded to her daughter's play by splashing some water back at her. “I don't think you can beat your mommy though baby.”

 

“It's okay. Rin will help me. Now it's us two against you.” The words were barely out of the mouth of the young void demoness smiling mouth, that Rin indeed started helping her, and threw some water in the direction of the laughing Kagura.

 

Sesshoumaru was seated on the long chair Kagura had vacated only minutes ago, and looked at the three of them absorbed in their water war.

 

`It is always nice to see all of them having fun.' No matter how relaxed Sesshoumaru wanted to appear to the girls he loved so much, he could not shake the feeling of worry, nor the impression that something bad was going to happen very soon.

 

`This is a ridiculous impression that I must shake off. As long as I am able to protect them, it will all be alright.'

 

“Sessh come help me, these two are too good; I don't think I can make it on my own.” Kagura asked over her shoulder, her eyes closed lest the two little girls managed to get water into them.

 

It was clear to Sesshoumaru that she had no need of his help, but he correctly guesses that she was looking for a way to include him in his fun time with the two little girls. Without speaking a word, he did as asked and slipped back into the water.

 

“Now let us see which team will win.” He stated before raising a pale stripe adorned arm to protect his face from the water Kanna and Rin immediately started splashing at him.

 

 

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“Rin is so happy. I had so much fun!” The human child was finishing getting dressed in the hotel's locker room while Kagura busied herself assisting her daughter. After helping Kanna dress in a cute little white summer dress, she was now brushing her hair to part it in pigtails which would be held up with the flower pins she had received from her friend Shippou.

 

“I am glad to hear it.” The wind sorceress smiled. The four of them had gone on splashing water at each other, and floating around in the pool for the two hours Sesshoumaru had secured for their personal use. It had also coincided with the time Rin and Kanna were ready for a snack and a break.

 

“Hum Kagura… could you do my hair for me too?… After you're done with Kanna of course.” Rin asked, a nice blush dusting her cheeks.

 

“It would be my pleasure to do so honey.” She assured Rin noticing the child's unease. Kagura was half expecting her daughter to protest, but to her surprise Kanna said nothing. She happily thanked her mother once the wind sorceress was done doing her hair, and after picking up her small bag went to settle down on one of the benches nearby.

 

Her mother had packed her overnight bag since they would be spending the night at Sesshoumaru's penthouse. From it Kanna retrieved her beloved stuffed toy Kuma-chan, which Kagura had brought along for her to sleep with. Kanna played with her toy silently waiting for her mother to finish helping Rin get ready. The young void demoness was looking forward to the rest of the day, which after she took a nap she knew would include dinner with Sesshoumaru and then a sleepover at her most favorite place, his apartment.

 

“Could you tie my hair with this?” Rin fished a ribbon out of her jeans pocket and handed it to the wind sorceress.

 

“Wait. Kanna-chan? Isn't that the ribbon Kaede-san gave you?” Kagura asked her daughter, referring to the gift their old neighbor had given Kanna when she used to babysit the child.

 

“I gave it to Rin because she couldn't sleep.” Kanna commented. She did not even bother looking up from Kuma-chan when she spoke.

 

Kagura smiled happily at seeing how without her noticing the two little girls had managed to become some sort of friends.

 

“Come over here, and let me brush your hair.” Kagura worked diligently on trying to rid Rin's hair of knots while not hurting her. The young human's hair was not as silky as Kanna's or Sesshoumaru's, but reminded Kagura of her difficult to handle and tame curly dark mane.

 

`I don't have typical demonic hair for sure…' The wind sorceress thought to herself.

 

“One of these days, I'm really going to have to do a treatment on your hair. One of my close friends is called Yura, she's a hair demoness and taught me lots of things about how to take care of difficult hair. I'm sure I could make your hair all nice and silky, like a pretty princess.” As she finished talking, Kagura tied the orange ribbon around Rin's newly made pigtail.

 

At hearing her words, the young human smiled happily. She could still remember the times when her mother would spend long minutes brushing her hair, and the six year old really missed having times such as these. Sesshoumaru was a great mentor, and sort of father figure, but he could never be able to replace the gentleness of her mother.

 

`At least there's Kagura and Kanna.' Rin grinned as the three females walked out of the locker rooms to reunite with Sesshoumaru.

 

 

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As she walked towards her lover, Kagura noticed how several women were openly ogling Sesshoumaru, but what amazed her the most was how oblivious he seemed to be to the attention he got from the females all around him.

 

`Can't really blame them, my man is gorgeous.' She thought to herself as she looped her body around his arm, sending a glare at the red haired woman next to them whose eyes were rived on the dog demon's backside. Being caught staring, the woman blushed before quickly running away.

 

“What took you so long?” Sesshoumaru asked as he used his free arm to take a hold of Kanna's hand, while Rin settled herself as Kagura's other arm.

 

It was not the easiest way to walk as a group, but he did not complain; he quite enjoyed having his little `family' around him.

 

“We are women and it takes us time to make ourselves beautiful.” Kagura answered with a chuckle. Her answer brought a smile to his lips.

 

“I see. It seems you have succeeded.” He remarked before asking “What shall we have for dinner?”

 

“Chinese!” Kanna answered without missing a beat.

 

“Would that be fine with you Rin-chan?” Kagura asked the other child who was holding her hand.

 

“Hum-uh Rin wants fried rice.” She was glad not only to be asked for her opinion, but also to have Kagura refer to her in such a sweet manner. `She is talking to Rin as she would talk to her daughter.' She thought proudly to herself.

 

“Let us go then.” The linked merry foursome walked towards the parking lot where Sesshoumaru's car was parked.

 

 

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“We had a fun day.” Kagura murmured against the perspiration slick skin of Sesshoumaru' naked chest. The demoness was lying entwined with Sesshoumaru under his bed sheets, her head resting on his chest, taking a rest after making love.

 

“We did.” He agreed. Their bout of love making had drained him of too much energy to say more, not to mention that he was trying to get his strength back; he did want to take Kagura at least once more before going to sleep with his love in his arms.

 

“The girls seem to get along nicely now, which is great.” The wind sorceress said after pressing a kiss to his skin, a sigh of contentment escaping her lips.

 

“Indeed. At least Kanna refrained from throwing juice at Rin this time; it made dinner quite uneventful.” His words made Kagura dissolve in laughter.

 

“How can you say that? You horrible man!” She slapped his chest playfully.

 

“You call this Sesshoumaru horrible?” He asked slipping from under her to raise his body over hers, easily flipping their positions. Noticing the lustful glint in his eyes, Kagura felt herself warm.

 

“Ready for another round lover boy?” Instead of answering Kagura's question, he pressed a long tender kiss to her lips then moved over to nip her neck.

 

Just as he was about settle himself back between her thighs, he heard his phone ring. He let a growl of annoyance escape his throat, and decided to ignore it.

 

“Sesshy, get the phone. It could be something important.” She scolded him, pushing his lips away from her skin.

 

Without another word, the dog demon did as asked and extended his long arm to get the ringing machine.

 

“Yes.” He spoke inside the receiver. To his surprise he did not hear anything coming from the other side. Shrugging off the interruption he replaced the phone on its cradle.

 

“A waste of this Sesshoumaru's time.” He snorted before not only hanging up the phone, but also pulling its cord out of the wall, uncaring if the machine broke in the process. He had a feeling that if he had not gotten rid of it, they would have been interrupted again. However he wanted to take as much advantage as possible from the short time he had with Kagura. The wind sorceress was after all probably not going to be able to sleepover in his bed for at least another week. Due to her working two jobs, and taking night classes, Saturday evenings were the only nights when they could see each other alone.

 

“What was it?” Kagura asked her lover surprised by the sour expression displayed on his face all of a sudden.

 

“Nothing. Do not worry about it.” He stated. As he leaned over the wind sorceress to press a kiss to her neck, the thought occurred to him that for the past few days he had received several phone calls as the one he had had. The person on the other end of the line would just hang up as soon as he picked up. It annoyed him to no end, but he tried convincing himself that it was a prank rather than a threat. Not wanting Kagura to worry he pushed the thought of the phone call away.

 

`There is no need to worry.' He ordered himself again, pushing away the feeling of dread he had been experiencing for days now. `I have the wind witch back in my bed, and Kanna under my roof. I will be able to protect them as long as I shall breathe.'

 

 

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While Sesshoumaru Takahashi was busy making love to the woman who held his heart, someone was plotting his demise.

 

The dark man hung up the phone, a smirk on his lips. For the past few days he had been calling the same number at odd hours to unsettle the man to who the number belonged.

 

`It is time to make my presence known.'

 

 

To be continued…

 

 

A/N: Things will heat up after this lovey-dovery/family fun interlude. Both Sesshoumaru and Kagura will make interesting encounters. The next chapter will be called Contact… we will also get some unexpected news about an upcoming addition to the Takahashi family :) Try to guess what it could be lol. Unfortunately there won't be any updates again next week. I am so sorry guys, but I have a very busy summer schedule.