27Our ship may have just crashed and burned on the rocky shores of paradise. Who thought it was a bright idea to NOT tell Sesshomaru? This is HIS manor! And I'm not going to say that the relationship between Sesshomaru and InuYasha has gotten better than it was before. Sparks of tension were flying in the air the moment InuYasha and Sesshomaru made eye contact. At the rate things were going, InuYasha was going to do something stupid.
"Hey, hey, don't fight! Save that for later. Right now, we should all just relax."
I tried to mediate, but they, unfortunately, downright ignored me.
"If you have a problem with it, deal with it." InuYasha said as he turned his back toward Sesshomaru.
"You're not making the situation better!" I whispered/yelled at InuYasha.
"I couldn't care less! If that bastard has a problem with me, he ought to deal with it."
"It would have been settled if you were never born." Sesshomaru said cooly.
"It would have been settled if you weren't such an arrogant asshole." InuYasha shot back, baring his fangs already.
After exhaling, I grabbed InuYasha's ear and pulled. He yelped slightly from surprise. I glared at his childish face.
"I don't care how upset you are. Don't you DARE curse in front of Rin, and would you both stop acting like babies?! You're grown men, it's unseemly." I scolded.
InuYasha's ears flattened, and Sesshomaru averted his gaze. At least they weren't at each other's throats for the moment. I sighed and formally invited them in. I could tell Sesshomaru didn't agree with my decision, but the glance I shot him got him to ignore them at best. I took Rin's hand and showed the two to someplace other than the main foyer. We caught up as we walked and I told them some ground rules. The rules weren't anything outrageous, things like no cursing, no wandering, no arguing with Sesshomaru as though you want to get kicked out of the manor, or your but handed to you. Nothing too complicated.
"Now that things have calmed down a bit and we're relaxed, how are things at the village?" I asked as we all sat down in a lounge room.
"It's fine for the most part, but you know there will always be those hard times." Kagome replied.
"That's for sure."
A maid came in and served us all tea. After taking a sip of the tea that was already sweetened to my liking and thanking the maid, I continued the conversation.
"I never really thought about it while you guys were searching for the jewel shards, but a lot of bad things were happening. I thought at least some of them would go away after everything was said and done, but they haven't. It's taken such a long time to get things back in order, and it kills me, knowing that I'm sitting here happily while others are barely able to live day by day."
"You can't fix the world."
"I know, I know, but I'd at least like to try and fix something, you know? Not just be the pretty lady at the side."
Isn't that exactly what you did when you were "helping" them fight Naraku?' [I]
'Shut up! Shut! Up!' [Me]
"That's a great goal, but would Sesshomaru give you the liberty of doing that?"
"Well, to a certain extent."
"I don't think letting you roam around the castle town for no more than a few minutes with guards protecting you will help others."
I only sipped my tea.
"Wait, I'm right?" Kagome questioned.
I put down my cup and looked outside.
"It's a beautiful day today." I noted.
"Oh my goodness, he doesn't let you go out."
"It's a dangerous world. Turns out that people hate me because Sesshomaru chose me over their daughters."
"But still!"
"Well, what he says tends to not get me hurt, and when I make decisions, I tend to end up hurt."
"You've got to be kidding me." InuYasha finally chimed in. "You're going to let him control every aspect of your life?!"
"No." I said as I took another sip of tea.
"That's what it sounds like." Kagome told me.
"Things sound like lots of things."
"That makes no sense."
"Because you don't understand the context. You see, my dear friends, there are things that Sesshomaru knows that none of us know. We see things out of context. He may keep me inside because he knows there's an assassin waiting for me to screw up, but we wouldn't know that."
"That's hypothetically speaking, right?" Kagome asked, very worried.
"Yes, and no. I don't know."
"Kazumi-san, it is almost time for my lessons."
"Oh, go ahead."
The little tot walked out of the room before starting her skip to the library. The room was quiet as InuYasha and Kagome stared at me. I finished my tea and put the cup aside.
"It's as though she's been domesticated." Kagome whispered to InuYasha.
"I should have seen it coming." InuYasha whispered back.
"You know I can hear you both, right?" the two separated and sat stiffly as they looked at their hands. "There were events when people were out to get me before Naraku was even terminated. Now that basically everyone knows that I am 100% going to be Sesshomaru's mate, how much more danger will there be?"
"Still…" Kagome started.
"Still nothing, I've decided that Sesshomaru's right, and I'm going to stick with it this time."
A/N: I wish I could forget about my forever alone life and just fanfic all day and all night, but alas, my dream will never come true… Sorry for making you all wait again and that it's not much. I really am trying. Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and thanks for the support!