Supreme Conquest
By Danyealle
(MMF/FanFiction)
Chapter 11
Supper that night was actually very enjoyable. Mrs. Higurashi had done to the store and picked up steak and all the fixings for the meal. Though the two daiyoukai’s and Inuyasha had no idea what steak was when they were told that was the meal, when they found out just what it was thy were rather enthusiastic about it. Though, usually, they ate their meat raw they allowed her to cook it a bit since it was stone cold rather than warm like would it be fresh. Along with that, they liked the fresh salad that was served with the meal. Fresh vegetables were something they did like and since there were items in the salad that they hadn’t encountered before it was a big hit.
While they ate, the conversation naturally turned to food. Both Tagaou and Sesshomaru were fascinated when the conversation turned to why humans cooked theirs. Really, they had just assumed that it was because ningens didn’t like the way it tasted or that because ningens had fairly dull teeth and couldn’t chew it up the tough, raw meat. Though the chewing part was a piece of it they also found out it had to do with them getting sick, and possibly dying, from bacteria and germs from what was in the food. Listening to the ningens explain things like that, they were fascinated by how much they knew about health and illnesses. It also gave them some information about what things they needed to do for her and watch out for. Things such as that were always helpful to know.
After the meal, Kagome once more retreated to her room to study. Once Mrs. Higurashi put the remnants of dinner up she began to deal with the issue of sleeping arrangements. Inuyasha, as it turned out, was more than happy to bunk in Sota’s room. Though, not happy about it, the older woman reluctantly agreed to let the two older inus kip in her daughter’s room. The way she saw it was that nothing was going to happen with her and her father around since they could poke their heads into Kagome’s room at any time. Rummaging around in several closets, she was able to find the two air mattresses they kept for guests. She gave one to Inuyasha and the other to Togaou and Sesshomaru, who told her they would be fine and figure out arrangements for sleeping on their own. Once that was attended to, they all headed to the various rooms.
While Sesshomaru was in the shower, Kagome and Togaou wrestled with the air bed and managed to get it inflated. Once Kagome put sheets, blankets and pillows on it they then moved it over to where it was next to her bed where Togaou wanted it. It was obvious that the daiyoukai was disappointed that her bed wasn’t big enough for three of them to sleep in like they had done at the Fortress but he said they would work with it and come up with something. By the time they had finished with that Sesshomaru had rejoined them. Like is father, Sesshomaru had thoroughly enjoyed the experience of taking a shower.
Knowing she would get next to nothing done when it came to studying if the daiyoukai’s had nothing to do, Kagome grabbed the DVD of Highlander and turned on the TV. After explaining that a movie wasn’t real life, that it was like an elaborate play, she turned it on and let them watch it while she studied. As she had expected, they were all but mesmerized by the flickering images on the screen, thus allowing her the peace she needed to study.
At bedtime, after they had watched both Highlander and Godzilla, her mother came in. While she had been out picking up supper, she had grabbed pajamas for the three males. No, they weren’t fancy or what they were used to but they were better than sleeping in their clothes. After that, she put away Kagome’s clean clothes, talking pleasantly about plans for the following day.
Once her mother had left Kagome grabbed her pajama’s and headed towards the bathroom to take care of what she needed to before bed. When she left both the males decided to change into the pajamas that her mother had bought for them. Used to ties, both daiyoukai’s were a bit baffled by the buttons and snaps on the clothes. Loathe to ask for help from anyone, they were eventually able to figure out how to work with the accursed things and were able to get dressed without asking for assistance of any kind.
Once the challenge of the pajamas had been conquered, Togaou looked at the beds. Neither one was big enough to accommodate the three of them nor were both beds the same height so they couldn’t be shoved together to make one bed. The bed that had been blown up was a bit shorter than hers and wouldn’t fit flush with the regular bed.
Blowing out a breath, Togaou looked at the beds again then his pup, fists planted on his hips. “OK, how are we going to work with this?”
Looking back and forth between the two beds, brow furrowed a bit, Sesshomaru tried to formulate something that would be acceptable to all of those involved. Though she had already decided that he would be in the bed with Kagome he knew his father wouldn’t accept anything propositioned that left him totally out of the loop. After several minutes of serious contemplation he finally came up with something he thought just might work. “How about this… I’ll sleep on the bed with her, sitting up; and she can sleep on the side nearest the edge. We can shove the other bed as close to the edge of hers as we can, that way you can at least be near and touch her. Tomorrow night we’ll reverse it. Is that acceptable to you?”
The first thing that came to Togaou’s mind was no, it wasn’t. But, remembering their discussion earlier in the day, he turned over what was said in his mind. Really, it was a fair way to go about the whole thing. He would be as close to her as he could get and so would Sesshomaru. Then the next night he would get his chance to be on the real bed. Finally, he nodded. “That should work I would think. As long as Kagome has no objection to it.”
Though his first thought was to sneer and think she would just have to accept what they came up with, Sesshomaru shoved that aside. “If she doesn’t one of us is going to be sleeping on the floor. There’s no way both of us can fit on that inflatable bed.” He said looking at it.
“Indeed,” Togaou agreed with a chuckle.
When Kagome came back in Togaou was sprawled out on the air bed and Sesshomaru was sitting on hers, cross-legged, at the head of it, leaning back against the headboard. The younger of the daiyoukai’s had the remote for the TV in his hand, turned backwards, and they were trying to figure out how to get it to work so the ‘play box’ would turn on.
Giggling, she put up her stuff then slid on the bed and sat up between the two at the head of it. Taking the remote from Sesshomaru, she turned it around the right way. “First thing you have to do is point it the right way,” she told them with a bit of a giggle in her voice. Then she gave them both a quick lesson in how to use the remote as well as a most basic overview of different kinds of TV programs.
Once that was done, she finished preparations for bed. Though she was not very enthusiastic about the sleeping arrangements and she was sure her mom would like them even less, she didn’t protest what they had come up with. The only adjustment she made was to have Sesshomaru move over closer to the edge of bed. She then put her pillow in his lap and lay like that. Once her alarm was set and the lights were off, she settled in and shut her eyes. Yes, like the last couple of nights she was more than a little apprehensive and on edge about the whole situation but it was a bit better than it had been. In fact, she was starting to admit that it kinda’ did feel good. It felt even better when Togaou reached over and took her hand, holding it gently. Shortly after he did that Sesshomaru began to softly rub her head and run his claws through her hair. Both, she conceded, felt really good. It was also soothing in its own way because soon she found that she couldn’t keep her eyes open and she then began to drift of to sleep.
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After watching his father take hold of her hand, Sesshomaru wanted to do something that would also remind her that he was there as well. Yes, her head was in his lap but he wanted to touch her in some other more personal way that would make her feel ‘closer’ to him like his father was. But he really didn’t know what to do. Then he remembered a conversation he had overheard not long before at the Fortress between two mated males about things they did to calm their mates when they were upset. Quickly, he mentally sorted through all they had said and tried to figure out which one might work best with her. In the end, he decided to go with the simplest thing and work up form there. But, much to his surprise, gently rubbing her head and running his claws through her hair seemed to be something that she liked. Shortly after he started, he could sense her aura calming then she started to drift off to sleep. Quite honestly, he had been stunned that such a simple action could cause that sort of reaction. But he filed it away for later use with her. Plus, this was an action he had no problem doing and working with.
On the other hand, however, he had a reaction to it he didn’t expect either; he liked it. Grudgingly, he would admit that sleeping pressed against her had been an experience he found pleasant. Now he was finding that having her sleeping with her head in his lap was as well. As he stroked her hair, the combination of smells that were uniquely her rose to meet his sensitive nose. Those smells seemed to relax him and make him feel warm and produce a tingling sensation of some kind that was most pleasant in some odd kind of way. Also, just touching her and having her close combined with her smell was soothing. Yes, he found that odd and wondered what it meant but he filed it away to be thought about later when he was alone. For now, he would just enjoy it and work with the situation from there.
Pulling himself out of his thoughts, he focused on the television thing and soon was lost to the flickering images.
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Sprawled out on his back on the air bed, Togaou gently held onto the small onna’s hand even though he knew she was asleep. Though he was focused on the TV and what was playing on there he was also making sure that he was keeping an eye on Sesshomaru and what he was doing. From what he had seen so far that day, she had lost a bit of her apprehension of him but that didn’t mean she was totally comfortable with his pup yet either. No, she wasn’t completely relaxed around him yet either but she was to a greater degree than with Sesshomaru. It was his thought, when he took her hand, not only to touch her for his own comfort but to let her know that he was also there and wouldn’t allow anything to happen to her. He had almost chuckled aloud when his pup, after he had taken her hand, had started stroking her head. Knowing his boy the way he did he was fairly certain that he wad doing it as a way to show his dominance and to make sure she felt him as well rather than any want to just touch her. But if he did that often enough it would become habit and second nature to him. But, he also hoped that something else would come from it as well; that his pup would learn to like it and that such things felt good.
Despite what Sesshomaru may want to convey to the world, he was really not any different than any other being on the planet and felt what they did so he was just as susceptible as any other to common pleasures. Hopefully, he would quickly learn of the pleasures of such closeness and want more of them. He had a feeling that if he would do that Kagome would, in turn, relax around him and warm up more towards him. Once that happened then things might go a bit more smoothly.
Honestly, when it came to his son, he was certain that it would be Kagome that would elicit the changes in him, not himself. Already she had brought forth the correct reactions and instincts so that was progress down the right path. Yes, he had to give a nudge in the right direction but the changes, from the look of it, were going as he had hoped.
From the other end of things, Kagome, he was sure, would respond to his pup if he continued making the progress like he was. The fact that she had fallen asleep with her head in his alp while he stroked her head was testament to the fact that she was becoming more comfortable with him. A good sign. Now, he just had to ensure the right track of things.
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A bit after midnight, Mrs. Higurashi let herself into herself into her daughter’s room to put the last of her clean clothes in there. No, this wasn’t odd for her to do; in fact, it was fairly common. Usually it was also to make sure she had gone to bed rather than stay up most of the night studying. Tonight she also had another motive: she wanted to check on the two males that were staying with her to ensure that they behaved themselves.
After a soft knock on the door and letting herself into the room, she stopped cold and stared at the scene before her, not sure what to make of it. Sure, from what she could see, nothing untold was going on but the sight of her daughter holding hands with one and sleeping with her head in the lap of the other was shocking to say the least. But all were dressed as they should be and both males were fairly intent about watching the TV. On the other hand, she told herself before her motherly instincts and temper kicked in, it was apparent that both males couldn’t fit on the air bed so it looked as thought they had made arrangements the best they could so one of them didn’t have to sleep on the floor. That observation allowed her to keep things under control.
With a smile, she stepped into the room then laid the armload of clothes she was carrying on Kagome’s desk. Turning to both of them she said, quietly so she wouldn’t wake her daughter, “Tell Kagome her uniform is all cleaned. Would you like me to wash your clothes? I can get them done by morning.” She asked, looking from one to the other.
“They’re fine, no need to bother with them,” Togaou told her softly.
“Alright. If you need anything at all, my room is just down the hall. Wake me up,” she told them then after a nod let herself out of the room.
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When her alarm went off the next morning, Kagome did her usual things; rubbed her shut eyes, mumbling something about not wanting to go to school then began to fumble around for the accursed thing that woke her from her peaceful slumber. However, when she heard both Sesshomaru and Togaou trying to figure out what the noise was then the younger inu saying to kill it before it woke her up; she scrabbled up, grabbed it then shut it off. “No killing it!” She stated in a bit of a panicked voice, looking back and forth between the two a bit wide-eyed.
“We didn’t do anything to set it off Kagome,” The older daiyoukai told her in a soothing voice. “It just started making that Kami awful noise on its own. Why don’t you lie down and try to get some more sleep. You’re still tired.” He told her.
Sitting up on the edge of the bed, she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. Oh yes, she was wide awake now! Two daiyoukai’s threatening to annihilate something in your room first thing in the morning did better to get you wide awake and alert than a couple pots of coffee. After a sigh, she looked at Togaou. “It was supposed to do that. It’s an alarm clock. You set it for a certain time then it goes off, making a noise to wake you up.” She explained as simply as she could. Standing up, she stretched. “I have to get to school soon so I had to wake up now.”
After having them go take care of their morning abolitions, she told them to meet her downstairs then headed off to change for school and take care of what she needed to. Then she met everyone down in the kitchen for breakfast. While they ate, they discussed their plans for the day. Kagome and Sota, of course, had school to attend. The old priest would be at the shrine all day like he normally was. Mrs. Higurashi said she was going to go shopping for supplies for Kagome as well as groceries since they had guests. Rather than leave their three visitors alone while she did that, being a bit afraid of what she may come home to if she did, she offered to take them with her. She told them that while they were out she could pick the three up a couple pairs of modern clothes to wear out so they could blend in if they wanted to so somewhere with Kagome.
Initially, both daiyoukai’s wanted to go to school with Kagome, loathe to leave her alone all day. Especially after Togaou remembered what she said about having a male at school that liked her. It took both her and her mother a great deal of persuasion to convince them that they couldn’t go with her. In fact, it was quite hard to do. In the end, they did manage it with the conditions that both Togaou and Sesshomaru would accompany her on the way to and from school. That was something both women could handle. It was decided that her mother would dive them rather than let her walk like she normally did. Sure, the walk there would be fine but having them walk back to the shrine by themselves brought on nightmare visions for both women. No, they weren’t worried about the duo finding their way but what the sometimes violent inuyoukais may do when they encountered all the strange and odd things the modern city had. Not something either woman wanted to deal with.
Just before they left another problem reared its head and needed dealt with. Like what they would do in the feudal era, all three inus wanted to take their swords along with them. That wasn’t something you could now do without being arrested and/or the live steel confiscated. Thought it took all their powers of persuasion they finally talked all three into leaving them home.
The ride to school it’s self wasn’t bad. Most of it was spent with both daiyoukais all but giving themselves whiplash trying to look everywhere at once and asking questions. About a block from the school it’s self, Kagome and the two daiyoukais got out so they could walk her the rest of the way alone. All along both inus had thought that little green skirt she wore was next to indecent compared to what onna’s in their time wore so they were all but astounded to see all the young ningen onnas wearing the same skirt and found out that such an outfit was required by the school. Walking up to the school, one on each side of her, both males talked quietly to her while eyeing all the boys that were around. Quite frankly, neither of them was comfortable with her being with so many members of the opposite sex all day long without them around. That not only wasn’t done in their time but, they felt, was bound to lead to nothing but trouble in the future.
When they got to the walkway that led to the entrance to the school, Kagome stopped to say goodbye to both of them. While she was in the middle of that, her three best friends joined her, babbling away happily as they always did. It wasn’t until they realized that the two handsome males she was talking to were actually with her and not just beings she was talking to that they stopped cold, mouths all but hanging open. After a quick introduction that had her friends giggling like idiots, Kagome went back to saying goodbye and reassuring them that all this was normal and nothing to worry about.
Just as she had it all under control, them calmed down and convinced that all of what they saw was normal so she could get to class, something showed up behind them that was bound to cause all kinds of problems, probably of the worst kind: Hojo. OK, she would admit that he was a really sweet, nice guy, really he was, but he wasn’t her type. That’s why they hadn’t gone out even though he had asked her about a million times.
Completely ignoring both inus, the teenager stepped around them and greeted her warmly. “Kagome! I heard about you being sick and all, so mom sent you some therapeutic sandals from the shop. They are supposed to work great for bunions.”
“Oh! Gee, you shouldn’t have Hojo,” she said with a smile plastered to her face while she warily looked at the daiyoukais. At one glance, the smile on her face froze and her eyes grew bigger. Oh no, neither of them were at all happy with what Hojo had just done.
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Oh no, neither male was at all happy with what the teenage ningen had just done nor the fact that he had just skirted around them to do so, ignoring them completely. Immediately, both their faces went stony and their eyes narrowed. Though Togaou did nothing more than that, Sesshomaru began to growl softly then put an arm around and pulled Kagome close, leaning down to nuzzle her head. The whole while he kept his golden eyes locked on the ningen. She was his and, by Kami, no ningen was going to try to steal her away from him! After that, the thought came that the three of them were going to have to have a long talk about this when she got home that afternoon.
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Kagome had never been happier to hear the first bell in her life when it rang. Turning back to her two suitors, she gave a relived smile. “I have to go now or I’ll be late for class. So… I’ll see you after school, alright?” She said quietly.
“Alright Kagome. You have a good day,” Togaou told her then leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.
“We’ll meet you here after school,” Sesshomaru told her quietly then leaned down and kissed her on the other cheek, following his father’s lead.
Blushing brightly, she leaned up and gave each of them a kiss on the cheek then headed off towards the entrance with her friends trailing behind her, talking excitedly.
Just before she got to the doors, she stopped then turned and waved to them before disappearing into the building.
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