Caged

Caged

By: Radioactive Orange


A/N: I’m bored. By the way, I’m trying to work on Furry, for those of you who liked it.
HAPPAAAAAAAY MOTHERS DAAAAAAAY!

~+~

It had been three whole weeks since Sesshoumaru took her captive. It was on InuYasha’s human night that he snuck up on the camp, quite Un-Sesshoumaru-like, and snatched Kagome away. He had said at first that it was for Rin, that she needed a mother figure and a demon bitch would have nothing to do with the poor girl.

So, for a while, Kagome played teacher, mother, sister, protector, entertainment, cook and friend to the little child. But then, out of the blue, Sesshoumaru retrieved a teacher from China and Kagome didn’t see much of Rin after that.

Kagome had been in the kitchens one day and was helping the cooks make dinner for their Lord and his guests. She was covered in flour and cinnamon from making the dessert pie. The cinnamon tasted oh so good but she accidentally licked flour off her arm as well, nullifying the sugary cinnamon taste with the bland one.

She’d been in the process of sticking out her tongue and licking all over her arms where they were clean, trying to get the bad taste off, when Sesshoumaru strode through the doors.

She barely had time to tear off her apron before he dragged her through the doors and forcibly told her to bathe and dress nicely for the lord and ladies of the other kingdoms had arrived.


~+~

“So there are the lords and ladies of the North, South and East?” Kagome asked.

“Who else?” Sesshoumaru sneered. “As if I would have menial lords and their women here.”

“Sheesh, don’t get your hakama’s in a twist there.” Kagome groused and wiped off her face before padding into her closet. “I was only asking a simple question.”

Sesshoumaru stared at her a few moments before turning on his heel and striding to the door. “Hurry to the dinner table, Priestess. Our guests do not like to be waiting long.”

Kagome just answered by grumbling and awkwardly trying to get into her dinner clothes.

~+~

Dinner was…eventful to say the least.

Not only was she harassed, made fun of and ogled…she was also glared at and she was just plain cranky now.

This is how it went…

“Lord Sesshoumaru!” An obviously interested female simpered. “You did not tell us that you acquired another pet.”

The sneer in her voice was unmistakable.

“She is no pet,” He replied, graceful as always. “She is a teacher for my young ward.”

“Beautiful for a human.” A tiger youkai purred in her direction, his eyebrow quirking lewdly. He was the Southern Prince.

Tigers do not care about humans being mates of their kind. They had no qualms about who mated who just as long as they were: 1) Good in bed and 2) faithful.

Kagome flushed and her lips turned downward in an unhappy grimace. Her food suddenly didn’t look too tasty.

“She smells of flour and sweets.” A fox male smiled at her. Most foxes oddly adored her just as her little Shippo adored her. “Have you been helping with our meal, little priestess?”

“Oh,” Kagome allowed herself to look pleased for a moment. “I only helped a little. It will be on the table soon after we finish our meals.”

“Oh, you made us dessert then?” He flirted with her shamelessly. He was Lord of the East. He was quite gorgeous, unmated and had vibrant forest green eyes with flecks of gold. Like many foxes, his hair was a fiery red and his temperament was mischievous and playful. “I’m sure it will be delicious.”

“Well I, for sure, am not eating anything she makes.” the female from before said under her breath. “Who knows how cleanly she is.”

Kagome huffed.

God, she hated it when Sesshoumaru had guests. The fox lord, young tiger male and his parents and the Northern lord’s family had been here before but never the young tiger male’s sister; Fiona.

She had been harping on Kagome since she got here, obviously jealous of Kagome’s closeness with Sesshoumaru.

After all, Sesshoumaru is an unmated male.

A beautiful unmated male.

And strong.

Kagome lit up like a firework, cheeks red from embarrassment.

It was only made worse when Sesshoumaru’s eyes stayed on her from that moment forward.


~+~


They walked in silence until Kagome opened her big mouth.

“So, about dinner,” She started.

“What about it?” He murmured.

She twisted her thumb in the sleeve of her kimono nervously. “I’m sorry that I got upset. I don’t know if you could smell it or not but everything started to get more agitated after I was upset.”

It was not the only thing I could smell, little priestess. He thought. His lips turned upward slightly. “It is nothing we cannot handle.”

She nodded and grinned as she came in sight of her wolf friend, Maya. Maya had befriended her the first few days she had been captured and brought to the castle. She was fierce and protective of the young priestess despite the fact that the priestess was supposed to be her enemy.

Maya had been friends with Sesshoumaru since he was a young pup and knew many … unflattering stories of the demon lord. She was probably the best amusement Kagome had ever had in a long time.

“Kagome!” Maya yelped. “Come on, let’s go to the gardens, the warriors are sparring.” The wolf youkai’s eyes twinkled lustily. “They’re so gorgeous, Kagome, hurry we’ve got to hurry!”

The wolf grabbed her hand and set off at near break-neck speeds with Kagome dangling behind. “We’ll be returning soon Sesshoumaru!”


~+~


“…And so she was all, ‘I will never eat anything she makes.’ Can you believe it?” Kagome squeaked. “I have never been so angry in my life. I think she thinks Sesshoumaru is interested in me.”

“He might be.” Maya snickered. “I mean, after all, wasn’t your job to teach Rin and now she has a new teacher and you’re playing Lady of the House to our lordliness?”

Kagome rolled her eyes as she watched the metal swords smash on one another. “Doubtful.”

Maya pursed her lips playfully.

“He’s been trying to kill me and his half-brother for years!”

Another stare. “He could be testing your strength. It’s not unheard of for males to test their female’s strength.”

“Yeah, and I’m Buddha.”

“Oooh! Nice to meet you!”

Sigh. “You’re incorrigible, Maya. Simply unchangeable.”

The wolf flopped on her back in the tall grass, the methodical clang of the metal against metal becoming a sort of lullaby.

Too bad the quiet didn’t last long. Fiona simply had to pass by.

“Well, well, if it isn’t the little priestess bitch and her…wolf-pet.” The tigress growled.

“Hey Kagome, do you smell a dirty cat? Because I sure smell one. Smells like she keeps shitting out her mouth as well.” Maya growled back, her hackles rising.

“Oh, so well trained too!” Fiona purred. By now all the warrior’s training had stopped to watch the spectacle that Fiona was making.

“Come on, Maya, we don’t need to stoop to her level.” Kagome urged, grabbing the wolf’s forearm. “She’s just jealous that she can’t spend as much time as I get to with Sesshoumaru.”

“You bitch!” Fiona’s hand raised and fell before anyone could stop her. The smack resounded through the garden and into the courtyard nearby where the warriors stood, staring. A few warriors smirked, knowing full well what was going to happen to Fiona in about 5 seconds or less.

Kagome held her face in shock, a purple bruise forming on her high cheekbone. Her hand slowly dragged itself down to her corner of her lips and tenderly wiped blood off. She stared at her fingers in surprise and had only one second to get out two words. “NO MAYA!”

But it was too late. The wolf had already tackled the princess of the south and her fists were flying. Maya had always been a tomboyish girl and always preferred pants or leather leggings to kimono and hakama. Her strong legs straddled Fiona’s and her fists were smashing into the unprepared tiger’s face. A few warriors dashed forward and grabbed Maya’s arms, pulling her off Fiona bodily.

“You crazy whore!” Fiona gasped for air. “I’ll have you killed for this!”

“Oh no, you won’t! You struck a person under Sesshoumaru’s protection, under MY protection. Your ass is as good as gone.” Maya snarled, one leg flying up to kick one of her restrainers in the face.

Later Kagome would oddly think she looked like an American cheerleader, her legs flying up so high like that.

Maya was upper cutting Fiona, dodging her angry claws and swiping Fiona’s feet out from under her. Kagome had never seen another female fight in such a male way before other than Sango. It was exhilarating and exciting. It made her want to learn that too.

The Lords rushed out just in time to watch Fiona go face first into a puddle of mud and a victorious Maya standing over her prone body.

“Just what the hell is going on here!? Why is my daughter on the ground?” Lord Taiko, the Lord of the South, rumbled over the courtyard.

“She struck Sesshoumaru’s ward.” Maya replied. “You know that if she does that, no matter what race, species or class the person is, she gets punished by whoever is with the ward at that time.”

“Fiona is this true? Did you harm Lord Sesshoumaru’s priestess?”

“Daddy,” Fiona whined, her tawny yellow eyes watering slightly. “She tried to purify me! She said she didn’t want me around her Sesshoumaru. Daddy, she threatened me!”

“I did not!” Kagome raged. “You liar!”

The warriors’ eyebrows raised in sync with each other, knowing that they would be questioned next about the crazy females. They, of course, were questioned next and they told the truth. Fiona was lying and Kagome was indeed slapped. Needless to say that the Princess had overstayed her welcome and the whole family returned south.

Nothing is ever simple for Kagome.

~+~

Kagome was led to her rooms by Sesshoumaru.

“I’m a trouble magnet aren’t I?” Kagome laughed and babbled. “Fiona seems like a real handful, don’t you think?”

“Indeed.”

“She bruised me pretty badly. I hope it goes away soon, I don’t want to look like a bruised apple for the next few weeks.” Kagome tenderly touched her poor abused cheek and tugged on her fat lip. “I look like I got in a brawl with a punching machine and lost.”

“Ma-shi-n?” Sesshoumaru cocked his head.

“Aha…never mind.” Kagome grimaced and walked into her rooms. “Goodnight.”

She was about to close the door when Sesshoumaru stopped it with his hand. His body moved into the bedroom and he sat in the chair near her bed. “Come here.”

Kagome went bug-eyed and froze. “Huh?”

“Come here, woman.” Sesshoumaru’s brows furrowed. “You need to be checked for claw wounds.”

“Why?” Ever so curious, she felt around her face. “What would happen if I did?”

“You’d die a painful death.”

“Oh no!” Kagome squeaked. “I’m too young to die! I’m a vir--…”

Blank stare.

“Okay,” She practically ran to the bedside and sat on the edge, allowing him to turn and twist her head to look for any small puncture wounds. Having found none he tilted her head back and looked at her eyes, his fingers still not leaving her jaws.

“You stupid priestess.” He signed.

“HEY!”

“What am I doing with you?” He questioned and tilted her face to the side, looking at her profile. “Why do I keep you here?”

“I don’t know,” Kagome sulked. “You tell me.”

“I should have let you go a week ago.”

“Probably.”

“Hush!” He scowled. “I’m speaking to you.”

“Really?” She scrunched her nose up angrily. “That’s a first.”

“You’re loudmouthed and rude. You’re not anything a female should be. You don’t submit, you don’t respect anyone…” He was interrupted by a, “I respect those who deserve it!”… “Why does my beast insist on keeping you around? Does it …no…it couldn’t be.” He stood abruptly. “No.”

“No what?” Kagome asked, highly perturbed at being left in the dark. “What on Earth are you talking about?”

“Woman, be quiet!” Sesshoumaru pulled her face closer. “Just shut up.”

“Listen here, buddy, if you think I’ll let you get away with telling me to shut up you’re dead wrong. I don’t let InuYasha get away with it, I don’t let Naraku get away with it so I sure as hell …”

She never got to finish her sentence because a pair of lips was in her way.


To be continued…