Pink Lingerie
Lady Nefertiti
Summary: “Miko this Sesshomaru thought he told you to take everything off. What is this manner of dress you wear?” he asked holding her close to him and started undoing her sash **Think Pink Challenge**
A/N: I don’t own Inuyasha. *Lime/Lemon will be marked in bold* also Anonymous viewing has been disabled.
Chapter 1: Some things were better left unexplained…
-Inuyasha’s Forest- (Present Day)
Kagome was hiding in bushes; glad that it was spring/summer time because it hid her tiny frame. She ignored the branches pulling at her uniform which proved to tear the material and was also too busy concentrating trying to make sure the coast was clear. She didn’t want anyone, not even Shippo to catch her basically running away. Damn why did the bone-eaters well have to be in a clearing? And so far from where she needed to get away from?
Everyone back in Kaede’s village was too preoccupied at the moment to notice her sudden disappearance. Sango, Miroku and Shippo took a trip to the slayers village, something about Sango needing to repair her weapon. And Shippo/fire neko were the protection. Kaede was in the fields and Inuyasha….(sigh) Inuyasha was with Kikyo doing god-knew-what but Kagome was strong and she didn’t need him although there were certain pangs of sadness sometimes. He would always see her as a shard detector, a re-incarnation even if Kikyo died (again).
Sesshomaru went back to his palace for something so Jaken was watching Rin. Sesshomaru had recently decided he wanted to join them on the hunt for the shards, Rin was happy that she had Shippo to play with other then Jaken, he could get boring and torturing Inuyasha was fun sometimes too. Her knowing that he couldn’t do anything with Sesshomaru around to protect her.
She looked around, nodded to herself and hurriedly jumped into the well as its magic engulfed her and she looked up to see modern day Japan above her. She took a deep breath and started climbing with her yellow backpack. She’d taken out most of the stuff and left it at Kaede’s hut so she could re-pack for more supplies.
The door to the shrine slammed open as a blur of raven, green, red and white could be found running towards the Higurashi house. She had to get away before Inuyasha found out. He might be half-demon but he still had a keen sense of smell. He would be angry that she left without his knowledge, this much she knew. She came to a stop at the front door panted and trying to compose herself, walked calmly in and yelled, “I’m home!”and zoomed towards her room, hoping no one caught her to ask her what the hurry was about.
“Welcome home honey! Lunch is almost ready.” a voice called from below. It was her mother’s voice working in the kitchen. It wasn’t often she got to see her daughter. Often times Kagome could be gone for a month. Sometimes she even wished that Kagome had never gone or there was no well…..but you couldn’t escape your fate.
“Oh...Okay mom. Be down soon.” Kagome called over her shoulder.
But one would wonder and ask why Kagome came home so abruptly in the middle of the day?
She opened the door to her room and shut it quickly behind her taking a deep breath and locking it behind her so no one could enter. She walked over to the window of her room and closed it shut, locking it and drawing the curtains. It was a habit to leave it open for Inuyasha, but it was really him she wanted to avoid, not so much her family.
Taking a deep breath she sat on her bed and her hands covered her face. She didn’t know what had come over her to do that…was it revenge against Inuyasha? Was it to show that she too could do things like that? Did she want it? No better what had come over him? Did he do that for revenge against the group? Or had he a change of heart? He now had more rights over her and….and dammit! Now that she thought about it he’d probably have his army trailing after her, making sure she didn’t get hurt or killed. Did he care for her? GASP! did he love her?! He had his honor and wasn’t some low-class demon looking for a ‘good time’ but….
Too many thoughts were swimming through Kagome’s mind right now, nothing rational. She had to seal the well and never go back! Yes that was it! And forget the feudal era ever existed and that she was never there searching for a jewel that broke accidently of course. She was dead. She knew it. Inuyasha would flip, blow a few gaskets, saying that she was a traitor, kick her out of the group or kill her first… but she’d be protected right? Did he see her while they were….well err… She would be shamed. Her face went pink with embarrassment.
Even her tachi would look down on her wouldn’t they? She felt tears sliding down her cheeks as she went to the bathroom to wash her face. Why should she feel guilty though? She hadn’t gone screaming for help did she? She…she thought….did she have a mate now? What was he going to do and where would she….GAH!!! It was all too confusing to her. She wiped her face with the towel and walked out of her bathroom staring at herself in the mirror. She was in deep s*** and she knew it.
She couldn’t ask anyone for help either. No one would understand. She sighed as she pulled her shirt off just to make sure she wasn’t hallucinating or it was a dream. She stared at herself in a lacy blue bra and by her shoulder…..by her shoulder/neck….yes it was there no doubt about it….
Was a mating mark…
Kagome calmly walked to her bed, picked up a pillow and screamed into it. Why she was screaming, be it happy? Or sad about it? One could only guess.
- (Weeks Ago—Kagome’s house)-
“Kagome honey can you come down here for a second?” her mother called from the living room downstairs.
“Oww…” came Kagome Higurashi’s voice, muffled from inside her closet and now she had hit her head when her mother called her. It hurt and she rubbed her head as she sat on the ground thinking. She was currently on her hands and knees; her head was sticking into her closet apparently looking for something on the ground. It wasn’t her fault that her closet was so messy!
She had to sometimes throw things around since Inuyasha made her hurry and return back like the shards of the jewel were just going to vanish if she didn’t make it back that second. What was Naraku going to pass by the village going ‘ku-ku-ku’ you just missed me? but I left a message as to where to find me? As if.
She spent most of her time in the feudal era, chasing and purifying demons, sitting a half-demon, trying to tell a thick-headed Koga that he didn’t really love her and trying to keep the peace between a houshi and a slayer. She didn’t really have any time to herself and she wanted to make sure that she did from now on.
Currently she was on her way back to the feudal era and was busy packing her yellow bag again. So far it had her school books, clothing, shampoos, first-aid kit and other things Sango had requested. She packed bathing suits for everyone and clean towels. She was sure they would be appreciated in the upcoming hot weather they were going to be facing.
Still rummaging she exclaimed an “Ah-ha found it!” She smiled triumphantly as she stood up and carried the item towards her yellow pack and put it inside. She closed the top of the bag and told her mother she was coming.
After talking to her mother, putting food into her bag, she waved goodbye and walked towards the well. She never gave her family a timeframe because she herself never knew when she would or if she would return home. It was sad really, she thought as she jumped down the well letting the magic take her back to the feudal era. It was sad that her family never knew if she would return alive or if she would be able to return to the future at all, no telling what could happen…her portal was a broken, beat up wooden well.
She walked quietly towards Kaede’s hut, heaving her yellow pack over her shoulder. She walked into the hut and saw Sango, quite surprisingly sitting by the fire quietly. “Kagome-chan you’re back!” Sango said happily and stood up.
“Yeah. How are you? I brought what you asked for. Where’s everyone else?” Kagome asked looking around and putting her bag down. It just seemed to get heavier every single time she put stuff in it. Thankfully she had her bike.
“Thanks.” Sango said and started saying that Miroku was knocked out (courtesy of Sango) Inuyasha thought he sensed Kikyo, Shippo was off with Kaede and Sesshomaru was around somewhere in the village with his ward and Jaken. “Kagome what is it?” Sango said stopping speaking for a minute. She was about to mention something about Kouga but stopped.
“I need to take a bath since everyone is off doing other things. Miroku is knocked out so we’re safe from hentai’s. Care to join me?” Kagome said picking her pack up again then sighed putting it back down. She rummaged through the bag---those bathing suits were going to come in handy now.
“Sounds fun. Yes let’s go before the hentai comes to.” Sango said smiling as she walked towards Kagome and both giggled as they walked towards the hotspring. Sango was sharing a story about Kouga coming round camp again and he and Inuyasha fighting again. “…and then Kouga said how come my woman always vanishes at the same certain time? Oi! Mutt-face she didn’t mate anyone did she?!” Sango said in a Kouga voice.
Kagome laughed imagining Inuyasha steaming. Oh he’d love to throw the truth in Kouga’s face, she knew it. But he was smart enough to realize that had Kouga known this ‘secret’ he would’ve caused a lot of trouble for the tachi starting out with demanding staying with Kagome.
“…and then Sesshomaru of all people walks in and tells the wolf that Kagome is none of his concern. That you are valuable and not to hurt you.” Sango said thoughtfully. Kagome was in shock. Why would he care? Of course he knew about the future but still…maybe because she was part of the group, an ally? Something along those lines.
“Right...” Kagome said as she walked ahead of Sango towards the spring still wondering why Sesshomaru of all people… Nah never mind, it was just her imagination. Trying to find the most private hotspring Kagome took off her uniform and put her bathing suit on and got into the spring. Sango followed suit (after looking around countless times and her weapon close by) as she asked Kagome how life was in the future. She was genuinely curious and who wouldn’t be? It sounded amazing. So many inventions and the humans…they were knowledgeable? No demons? Buildings as high as the sky itself? Perverts went to a place called ‘Jail?’ The Future sounded like a place she’d like to visit.
Kagome dunked her head into the water enjoying herself, stress-free (at least for a while) as Sango was still thinking about the future. Kagome sighed. Of course she would think it was fascinating. She emerged from the water, a cool air on her back, wringed her hair and ---looked up to see a pair of amber eyes that held humor in them and something else that made Kagome’s belly pool with something hot. Why was he staring at her like that? She was fully clothed. (or perhaps that’s what she thought) It was just her chest that was showing/exposed in the water. The rest of her was under the water.
“Sesshomaru.” Kagome said wondering what no WHY he was doing here of all places? He was supposed to be at the palace wasn’t he? Doing whatever important things he had to do?
“Sesshomaru?” Sango repeated face pink with embarrassment as she sank deeper into the water behind a large rock, eyes lowered towards the water. Of course she would be.
Being a woman of the feudal era Sango wasn’t used to bathing… in a black and purple swimsuit… in front of an unknown male (who wasn’t her husband)…unprotected…exposed and vulnerable to other men….and to her she was as naked as the day she was born.
But Kagome? She just stared into his amber eyes dead on, eyebrow raised, a look that said, ‘you are invading my privacy. Get lost.’
“Hn.” he said and walked away. Of course he could say ‘This Sesshomaru goes where he pleases’ but he didn’t. Besides he had a status to uphold. The western lord? Peeking at naked human females while bathing? Arguing that he wanted to stay? It was below him. He would never.
‘…….’
“I wonder why he appeared out of nowhere. Nothing dangerous is lurking about.” Kagome said thinking out loud.
Sango sighed and swimming nearer the tiny waterfall thought about her friend. Kagome. Sometimes Sango didn’t understand the blindness or the absent-mindedness of her friend, so to speak. Surely couldn’t she see there was something dangerous lurking about? Nothing Sango needed to exterminate though…After a few more minutes both got out of the water and dried off, Kagome muttering something about ‘inu-brothers’ and their ‘lack of’ and ‘no courtesy’ for the women-kind in general.
“Come on Kagome.” Sango said. It was getting dark and Sango wanted to get back to camp. Inuyasha, Miroku and even Sesshomaru were already starting to wonder where they were. Kagome wrapped the towel around her wet hair like a turban and Sango found this funny.
The both walked back to camp quietly both lost in their own world and thinking, after all everyone had their own issues and problems. Before they walked into the clearing they heard the guys talking around the fire that someone had built. The girls stood in the darkness as they started overhearing things. The guys were talking about them in low voices…
“Look. I don’t know why you care what I do with my life in the future. I’m going to make Kikyo my mate once the jewel is finished okay? She deserves to live her life. With me protecting her as a full-fledge demon.” Inuyasha said holding Kikyo’s hand, squeezing it affectionately. She smiled back at him which made Kagome’s blood run cold. Inuyasha said that Kikyo would not be joining their group so then….
Kagome stared at Sango in the dark, her blue eyes wide and Sango looked at her sympathetically. Inuyasha lied…lied to her. He had told her that he was going to lay Kikyo to rest, didn’t care about being a full demon and then they’d be mates---Kagome’s lifespan would change and they’d be happy forever.
“And what of Kagome?” Miroku said.
“Keh. She can go back to the future. She always complains that she has these ‘tests’ so she can take them now. Or if she prefers she can mate that Hojo guy that likes and cares for her. She doesn’t belong here houshi and you know it too. Everyone thinks she’s a harlot---just look at the way she dresses. You expect me to ruin my reputation and mate one of those?” Inuyasha scoffed as if Kagome was a thing instead of a person. Miroku frowned at this. A side of Inuyasha he hadn’t seen…would he really?
“…and what of you houshi? You’ll be glad when that hole’s gone from your hand huh? Make kids without having to worry about your lifespan and your lineage ending because of a curse. So who are you going to mate err...Marry?” Inuyasha asked.
“Sango.” Miroku said calmly. Sango was shocked and she blushed. Miroku? No lecherous comments? No ‘all women are fair game?’ Would he change his ways for her?
Kagome on the other hand was crushed and stared at the ground. All of this was coming from Inuyasha’s heart. How could she miss it? All those signs? She just chose to ignore them over and over. Thinking things would get better? And trust him in everything. She looked at Sango who sighed wanting to cry for her futuristic sister. Suddenly Kagome was taken back to the past and a thought hit her like a thousand bricks now.
-Flashback-
She had been walking towards camp when she ran into Sesshomaru who stopped when he saw her. “Sesshomaru-sama?” Kagome said. “the hanyou… based on lies he tells you or the things he does with others are unforgivable.” He said and walked past her. She looked at him, a bewildered expression on her face. Did he? Did he just tell her to dump the hanyou because he’s a lying backstabber that slept with someone else?
That meant Inuyasha already mated someone? And he wanted Kagome cause he thought he owned her? As a second mate? She felt insulted. Second place to Kikyo….all the time. She swore she was gritting her teeth and muttered a “I should sit him to hell while he’s embracing that un-dead corpse.”
Elsewhere….a (BOOM!) was heard in the distance.
‘%$#^#$%$#%$#!!!’
-End Flashback-
Kagome looked towards the clearing again then she saw Sesshomaru sitting by the base of a tree, with his ward close by who was annoying Jaken with a song. She mentally slapped herself. Of course he would be here with them. He was part of their group. “Uhm hi everyone. We’re back.” Kagome said walking into the clearing slowly pretending to act normal. She wasn’t doing a good job though and she thought Sesshomaru caught her expression but he didn’t say anything to her.
“Keh. Took you long enough wench.” Inuyasha said crossing his arms.
(Sigh) “Sit boy.” Kagome said. (BOOM!) She sat down close to Sesshomaru which hadn’t gone unnoticed by Miroku or Sango. Inuyasha well… he was busy being a crater in the ground. Rin made her way over to Kagome and gave her a toothy grin. Kagome smiled back at her warmly. It was hard not to…Rin had such a sunny nature. “Ne Kagome-sama you know that sometimes it seems like since you care about ‘this Rin’ so much…I wish you were my mother and Sesshomaru would care about you too! We’d be a happy family!” She handed her a flower she had been picking and pranced/danced away to pick more.
The whole camp went silent.
Inuyasha chose this time to come to and glared at the child. He couldn’t do or say anything though. Sesshomaru was sitting right there and Kagome….well she would sit him to hell. She protected the child as if Rin was her own daughter. This unsettled and disturbed Inuyasha greatly, hell it made everyone who saw this think Sesshomaru of all people was her mate. And now Rin said this? What was the world coming to? Kagome belonged to him and him only!
Crickets were chirping, fire still crackling merrily, everyone sat around the fire and night started to fall, no one still saying anything. What Rin said was still very shocking to everyone. The silence was getting annoying really. “I’m going to…going to take a walk…” Kagome said and stood up. She needed peace and quiet right now. She needed to be alone. No one said anything to her and Kagome walked away, her eyes sad.
“Kagome-chan.” Sango called. She didn’t want her sister to walk alone in the dark. Kagome turned and shook her head that she wanted to be alone. She didn’t hear Inuyasha say ‘keh’ (meaning go wherever you want, see if I care) or Sesshomaru’s expression which said something totally different.
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