InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpected Guest ❯ Adjusting ( Chapter 2 )

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

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Chapter 2: Adjusting

“Ok,” said Kagome as they exited the 3rd store, “I had no idea this thing would be so hard to freakin' find!” Sesshoumaru merely shrugged and continued to follow her silently. “I'm sorry,” she said as they approached another outdoor store in search of a bed.

“Why,”

“Well, I haven't exactly done a good job explaining how things work in my time.”

“It is fine,” he said blandly, “I have gathered enough on my own.”

“Yeah, but still, I should have been explaining things to you instead of leaving you to figure it out yourself. I promise that starting now I will explain more things to you but if I don't just ask me if you don't understand something.” He just nodded and followed her into another store. An hour later they finally found an air mattress.

“Uggg,” said Kagome, “I'm starving. Are you hungry?” She waited for about a minute before realizing that he wasn't going to give her an answer. Slowly, she made her way across the mall to the food court. On the way they passed Fandom and Kagome made a quick detour inside to buy some anime stuff. “Ok,” she said when they finally got to the food court, “this is the food court. Here they have lots of different places you can eat. Do you have a particular type of food in mind or do you want me to pick something for you?”

He looked around and sighed. He seriously doubted they had any food he would like. “This Sesshoumaru will allow you to pick something for him.”

“Ok,” she replied, smiling softly up at him, “let's go eat at Wacdonalds. It's always been my favorite.” He followed her over to the small fast food place and she got them 2 cheeseburgers with fries and cokes. Then she walked over to the far corner of the room and sat down at a small table. “Ok, here's yours,” she said, handing him his food, “I hope you like it.”

Sesshoumaru found himself once again amazed with the food of this world (not that he would EVER tell her that). He merely nodded to her and continued to eat. They ate in silence, only looking up a few times to see if the other was done. After a while Sesshoumaru finished and looked directly at her. “Are we finished here?” he asked as he watched her eat.

“I think so,” Kagome said, wiping ketchup from her face, “Unless there is something else you need.” He shook his head and she smiled, “then yes, we are finished. Oh! Wait, no we're not. We have one more thing we have to get before we can leave.”

“What is it?”

“Well, you have to have something to go on your bed. We can either get you sheets or a sleeping bag. Which would you prefer?”

“What is a sleeping bag?”

“Oh sorry, I forgot that you don't know what that is. It's like a cloth bag that you can sleep in. You might have seen mine while we were in the feudal era. It's what I always slept in.”

“I think this Sesshoumaru would prefer sheets.”

“Ok, they are in that store behind you. After we finish eating we can go over there and get you some.” After a few minutes Kagome finished and they made their way over to the store. It didn't take very long for Sesshoumaru to find some sheets that he liked and after Kagome bought them they made their way out to the car. “Finally,” she sighed as she slid into her seat, “we can go home.”

“Indeed,”

The ride back was quiet and Kagome decided she didn't really mind. She was starting to feel that she didn't have to talk to Sesshoumaru. She was content to just sit next to him. She sighed and turned onto her driveway. Turning the car off, she got out and carried everything inside and up to her room. “Ok,” she said, dropping the bags, “I guess the only place we can put it is right here.” She took the air mattress out of the bag and rolled it out next to her bed. “I'm just gonna roll it out for now. We can do the rest tonight.” She stood up and went to sit on the edge of her bed, “So, what do you want to do? We could watch TV or go outside or just do whatever.”

“What is TV?”

“OH! It's over here.” She got up and walked over to the TV. She picked up the remote and walked back to sit on the bed again. “See,” she said as she turned it on, “there are pictures that come on the screen and you can watch them. It's kinda like watching your own, personal play.”

“I see,”

“So, do you want to watch this for a while?”

“I guess,” he sighed, sitting down in a chair near the bed.

A few hours passed with them just watching cartoons and anything else that caught their attention. Then Ayuri came home and suggested that they go get something to eat. They went in Ayuri's car and went to local steakhouse called Outback. (I don't know if they have Outback's in Japan but oh well) “Have you ever eaten steak Sesshoumaru?” asked Ayuri when they were seated at their table. The restaurant was fairly empty and so they had only waited a few minutes before they were sent to a table toward the middle of the restaurant.

“No,”

“Well,” Kagome said as she took off her jacket and sat down next to Sesshoumaru, “Inuyasha ate steak with us once and he liked his medium rare so I guess that's what we'll get for you, if that's ok with you. Your tastes are probably more like Inuyasha's than ours.”

He growled slightly when she sat down next to him, “Very well.”

“Hi,” said the blonde, slender woman who had approached the table, “My name is Rikku and I'll be your server tonight. Can I get you guys something to drink?”

“I'll have a Dr. Pepper,” said Ayuri, not looking up from the menu.

“Mr. Pibb ok?”

“That's fine,”

“And I'll have a coke,” Kagome said, then she whispered so that only Sesshoumaru could hear, “Say that you want a coke too so that she doesn't get suspicious.”

He growled lowly but did as she asked, waiting till the woman had left to turn and look at Kagome. “How dare you tell this Sesshoumaru what to do!” he snarled.

“I'm sorry; I just didn't want her to think that you'd never ordered a drink before.”

“Do not assume, wench, that this Sesshoumaru will tolerate your actions!”

“Don't call me a wench!”

“Ummm,” Ayuri said softly, “I'm…going to…go…to the bathroom.” She quickly got up and left them to their bickering. They didn't even notice, both were too caught up in their argument.

“This Sesshoumaru shall call you whatever he wants, wench!”

“Shut up,”

“No, wench!”

“I have a name you know,”

“This Sesshoumaru does not care,”

“Arrrggg!” She screamed, standing up from her chair and glaring at him furiously, “I hate you!”

“Well that is good because I hate you!” he said, also standing from his chair.

“Forget this, I'm leaving!” She picked up her jacket and huffed away, almost knocking over Ayuri in the process.

“Where is she going?” Ayuri asked, her face filled with confusion as she stared after her rapidly retreating friend.

“Leaving apparently,” Sesshoumaru replied blandly, clearly not caring where she was going.

“Not without us she's not,” huffed Ayuri. Grabbing Sesshoumaru's hand, she grabbed her purse and followed Kagome outside. “Kagome!” she yelled, noticing said girl walking past the car, “come back. There's no need to get upset.”

“Leave me alone!” Kagome screamed, speeding up to get away from her friend.

“Come on Kagome. You know you don't need to do this! It's getting late and it's too dangerous for you to walk home!”

“I don't care!” she said, not even noticing the white blur streaming past her. She stopped when she ran into something quite hard, looking up to glare into Sesshoumaru's eyes. He merely glared back at her for a moment before he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. “Put me down right now you bastard!” she yelled, hitting him as hard as she could with her arms.

“No,” he said simply walking back to the car. “You sit!” He growled as he tossed her into the backseat and climbed in after her. She huffed in response and crossed her arms, scooting away from him.

“Well that worked,” sighed Ayuri as she walked around the car and got into the driver's seat. The drive home was quiet, but it wasn't a comfortable silence. Kagome kept glaring at Sesshoumaru who glared right back. `Sheesh,' thought Ayuri when she glanced back at them, `I sure am glad I don't have to sleep in the same room as them tonight. It's going to be Hell in there.'

When they got back to the apartment Sesshoumaru got out and walked inside without even looking at Kagome. “Can you believe him?!” Kagome said as soon as he was out of earshot. “Who does he think he is picking me up like that?”

“He had to, you were about to do something stupid.”

Kagome's face fell and she sighed, “I know, but he was just being so mean, running away was the only thing I could think of.”

“It's okay,” Ayuri said, giving Kagome a hug. “Look, he's probably just in a bad mood. Tomorrow we'll wake up and everything will be better, you'll see.”

Kagome laughed and shook her head, walking towards the house as she spoke, “You don't know him like I do. He's always like this. Actually,” she said, scratching her chin, “He's been really nice compared to how he usually is.” She smiled at Ayuri's confused face. “He hasn't tried to kill me once since he's been here, and that's usually the first thing he does when he sees me.” She looked up at her window as they reached the door, “You know, we might want to change the subject. I have no doubt that he can hear us talking.”

“How can he….oh yeah, forgot. So, have you tried the well yet?”

“Yeah we did. On the way to the mall today we stopped by the shrine.”

“And?” Ayuri said, opening the door and going in the house.

“It didn't work. To tell the truth, I didn't really think it would.”

“Why not?”

“Well, Sesshoumaru said he didn't get here through the well. He doesn't remember everything that happened before he got here, but he said he was no where near the well.”

“Well, is there any other way to get to the feudal era?”

“I don't know. Once I was able to talk to Inuyasha in the feudal era when we were both sitting under the Goshinboku. But in order to actually go to there you have to use the well.”

“Let's finish this tomorrow,” Ayuri yawned, “I'm beat.”

“Yeah me too. Wish me luck with the ice prince.”

“Good luck,”

Kagome followed Ayuri up the stairs and was surprised to see Sesshoumaru sitting with his back leaned up against her door. She looked over at Ayuri one last time before she spoke to him. “I'm sorry,” she whispered, letting her gaze fall to the ground. She hadn't wanted to tell him that. She wanted to stay mad at him, but she just couldn't make herself hate him. She just wasn't that type of person. When she looked up he was staring at her expressionlessly. After a few moments he nodded and stood up and they both entered her room. She closed the door and walked over to her bed before she spoke again, “Um…why were you waiting outside my door? You could have come inside the room…”

“It is your room. It would not have been honorable to enter it while you were elsewhere.”

“Oh, well from now on you don't have to ask to go in my room. I don't want you to have to sit in the hall all night just because I'm not here,” she said as she got up and walked over to her dresser and took out her pajamas. “I think I'm going to go take a shower.” She walked over to the bathroom before she turned back around to look at Sesshoumaru. “After I'm done I'll show you how to use it if you like. That way if you ever want to use my shower you can.”

“What is a shower?”

Kagome had to think for a minute or 2 until she figured out how to explain it to him. “It's like taking a bath under a waterfall.” He stared at her for a few seconds before he nodded and sat down in her armchair. Kagome just sighed and went into the bathroom.

When she got out of the shower Kagome sighed. `This is going to be sooo much fun!' she thought as she got out of the shower, `I get to show a 200 year old male demon how to use a shower! Oh boy!' She got out her hair dryer and slowly began drying her hair. Once she was done with her hair she sighed again, `well here goes nothing.'

“Sesshoumaru, can you come here a minute? I want to show you how to use the shower.” She heard the rustling of clothes and soon enough Sesshoumaru entered the bathroom. He stopped just short of her and simply stared at her, which made her frown at him. “What?” He pointed at her and she looked down. Apparently she had forgotten that she was in only a towel and it was now slipping further and further apart. Sesshoumaru watched as her cheeks went up in flames and she squeaked. `Oh no! What if I flashed him!' she thought, pulling the towel tighter around her still slightly wet body and running from the bathroom saying that she would be back soon and that he had better not peek.

He merely “hmph'd” in reply and waited a few minutes until she reemerged in the bathroom, fully dressed in her pajama's. “Sorry,” she mumbled as she walked past him to the shower and sat down on the rim. “Ok, it's pretty simple once you get the hang of it. You have to push up this knob here to turn on the water. Then in order to change the temperature of the water you can turn the knob left to make it hotter and right to make it colder.“ As she told him how to use the shower she demonstrated how to do everything. “Then, once you get it the right temp you pull this little switch on top of the faucet to turn on the shower. And that's about it…oh wait! I forgot to tell you how to use everything. This is shampoo; you can use it to clean your hair really well. And then you can put some of this conditioner in it to make it really smooth and soft. Oh and I almost forgot, this is soap. You use it to wash your body. So, do you under stand how to use everything?” He nodded and she got up and moved over to the door, “Um, I left a towel out for you in case you wanted to take a shower. But if you don't that's fine. I just wanted to show you how to use it while I was thinking about it.”

He nodded, “This Sesshoumaru will take a shower.”

“Ok, well I think I'm going to go watch TV. Just yell if you need something.” With that said she left the bathroom so he could bathe in private. When he got out of the shower Kagome went downstairs to make popcorn so he could get dressed. When she got back he had on black sweatpants and a white wife beater and was trying to tie back his dripping hair without getting soaked. “If you want,” she said cautiously, her popcorn now forgotten, “I'll dry your hair for you and it won't get in your way as much.”

“Very well,”

“Ok, let me go get my hair dryer.” She went and got the hair dryer from the bathroom and then asked him to sit in a chair so she could reach the top of his head. As she dried his hair she couldn't help but massage his scalp and run her fingers through his hair. Then when she was done she took a brush and brushed out all the tangles she missed with her fingers. “There ya go,” she said, running her fingers through his hair one last time.

“Thank you,”

“You're very welcome,” she replied smiling.

~~~1 week later~~~~

“Ok now, I just have a few things I have to get and then we can go home,” Kagome said to Sesshoumaru as they walked into the grocery store.

“Is all of this food?” Sesshoumaru asked as he followed her down the aisles.

“Well,” she said as she put something else into her cart, “most of it is. They also have pet supplies, movies, home stuff, and a few other little odds and ends.”

“What is that?” He pointed down an aisle that they had passed.

“Huh? Oh,” Kagome smirked, laughing silently at his question. He had asked about the feminine care aisle. “Let's just say, you don't wanna know.”

“Very well,” he replied following her down the next aisle.

They hadn't gone too far down the aisle when a voice stopped them, “Kagome!”

“Oh no, not him,” she whispered, but Sesshoumaru heard her anyway. She mumbled something about life wanted to torture her before she put on a fake smile and turned towards the voice, “Hi Hojo.”

“Hey! I haven't seen you since high school! What have you been up to?”

“Um, nothing much. I live in an apartment not too far from here now with a friend of mine.”

“Oh cool. So…who are you?” He said, pointing at Sesshoumaru.

“Oh sorry, Hojo this is Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru this is Hojo. Hojo is a friend of mine from high school.”

Hojo held out his hand but Sesshoumaru just nodded to him. “So, um, how do you know Kagome?” he asked Sesshoumaru meekly.

“Oh, he's just visiting with me for a while. He's Inuyasha's brother. You remember Inuyasha right Hojo? You met him once while we were in high school.”

“Oh,” Hojo replied, backing up slightly as he spoke, “I thought he looked familiar.” He continued to back up until he was a good 3 feet away from Sesshoumaru, he hadn't forgotten how mean Inuyasha was and he didn't want to anger someone in that particular family. “Anyway, I was thinking Kagome. We should get together and catch up. I mean, it's been years since we've gotten to see each other.”

“Well, I was going to take Sesshoumaru to that new club tomorrow, he's never been. You can meet us there if you want tomorrow. Say, sevenish?”

“That's perfect. See ya then Kagome!”

As soon as Hojo was gone Sesshoumaru turned and glared at her, “This Sesshoumaru does not like him.”

“Inuyasha didn't either. Maybe it's genetic.” She laughed softly when he continued t glare at her and moved further down the aisle. “Come on, we're almost done and then we can go home. All we need to get now are milk and eggs. I also want to check to see if any good movies have come out recently.”

“Where are you planning to take this Sesshoumaru tomorrow?”

“To a club,” he glared at her and she just smirked. “I really don't want to go but it was the only thing I could think of at the time. If I hadn't suggested that he meet us there then he would have asked to take me somewhere private and I don't want to do that. I just don't like him like that and this way, he won't be the only person there for me to talk to.”

“Why do you not want to be alone with him?”

She sighed and took something from the shelf, “Well, you see, he doesn't understand that I don't like him as anything more than a friend. And he's really clingy if it's just us.” He continued to stare at her so she tried another approach, “you remember Kouga?”

“Yes,”

“Ok, Hojo is the same as Kouga, except for 2 things. He's not a demon and he doesn't call me his woman, he just thinks it. Like today, if you hadn't been with me he probably would have tried to make me eat lunch with him.”

“Now I know I do not like him.”

Kagome laughed and they continued to walk through the store, `maybe tomorrow won't be so bad with Sesshoumaru there.'

An- ok there's chapter 2. I just wanted to tell u that I'm trying very hard to make Sess have the same personality as he does in the show, but in my other stories he ends up being ooc. So if I start to make him ooc just tell me in your review and ill try to fix it. But if u tell me that he's ooc in a flame I won't do a thing about it. I HATE flames. I think they're stupid and only show how naïve and rude u are. And what's worse the people who flame me don't even have the balls to tell me their username so I can return the favor and rag on one of their stories. Neway, ill try to get the next chappy out asap. Please R&R!