Last time: Sango narrowed her eyes at him. Oh she was going to make him tell her. She was not one to be left out in the dark. She slung an arm around his shoulders and moved him towards the gates of the park and towards her car.

Loving the Rival: Part 2

Chapter 5

This time:

The limo ride back to Sesshoumaru's office was silent and tense. It seems that Shippo could feel it as well.

"Sesshoumaru- sama why are you so stiff like Jaken- sama when you've kicked him?" Shippo said looking up at his adoptive father from where he sat in Kagome's lap on the other side on the limo.

Sesshoumaru choose not to answer him so Shippo turned all of his attention to Kagome.

"So what are we going to do now, Kagome-nee-chan?" Shippo asked bouncing up and down on Kagome's lap.

"Humm, I don't know. What would you like to do?"

"You mean I can pick what we are going to do next?"

"Yep, since Sesshoumaru will be busy with work, you and I can hang out for a while until he is done. How does that sound?"

"Can, can we go swimming?"

"Shippo-chan I don't think that Sesshoumaru would like us to leave the building?"

"But, we don't have to leave the building. Isn't that right Sesshoumaru-sama?" Shippo asked looking up at Sesshoumaru with happy eyes now that he can feel the tension slowly ebb away with the conversation.

"Yes, that is right."

"Oh?" Kagome started looking from Sesshoumaru to Shippo and then back again. "Is that so?"

"Yep! There is an under ground pool and spa."

"Wow, well isn't that something," Kagome said looking at Sesshoumaru. "Well, what do you think? Do you mind if Shippo-chan and I took a dip while waiting for you to finish up?"

"No, not at all." Both Shippo and Kagome 's faces burst into smiles and then realization came over Kagome.

"Oh, but I need to stop by my house to get a bathing suit."

"You don't have to worry about that, there will be one available there for you."

"Oh, well thank you, Sesshoumaru."

As soon as they arrived they separated, Sesshoumaru being hassled when he first walked into the building, papers and phone being thrust at him, only with a warning growl did they stop 'rubbing his fur the wrong way'.

"Well, show me the way, Shippo-chan," Kagome said turning her back to Sesshoumaru to follow Shippo whom was talking enthusiastically about how large the pool was and how he jumped off the high dive the last time he went swimming.

"Wow, Shipp-chan the high-dive. That must have been scary huh?" Kagome asked as they stepped into the elevator.

"Nope!" Shippo said with obvious manly pride.

"Oh, Wow! I didn't expect it to be this big," Kagome said as the elevator doors dinged open and they were walking along the edge of the pool, the Olympic sized pool.

The spa and what seemed to be a small store and lounge was located on the same wall where the elevator let them off. Shippo was dragging her towards the store like room.

"Slow down there Shippo-chan, it isn't like it's going any where."

"Nana-san! We're here."

"Oh! Shippo –chan, I'm so glad to see you again, it seems like it was only the other day that you were here," Nana said gathering up Shippo in her arms and hugging him tightly.

"It was only two days ago, Nana –san." Shippo said hugging the other woman back. "This is Kagome –san."

"Oh, my, what lovely woman you are," Nana said placing Shippo down and bowing. "I'm Atama Nanase."

"It is a pleasure, Nanase –san, thank you," Kagome said returning the bow. "My name is Higurashi Kagome."

"Ah, the Higurashi girl. May I ask, why are you here," Nana said naturally curious.

"I'm here with Shippo- chan. we're here to swim, of course. I was wondering you have any swimsuits available?" Kagome asked answering Nana's question.

"Oh, yes of course. How silly of me to ask. And, yes, we do have some, come let me show you what we have in stock.

"Jump, jump, jump," Shippo said from the inside the pool as Kagome stood on the edge of the pool, dry as a bone in her new dark blue bathing suit. It was a tankini that showed hints of her toned and slightly tanned stomach.

"But it's so cold," Kagome said pulling a toe from the water.

"That's why you just jump in to get it over with."

"Fine, fine. I will dive in, does that make you happy?"

"Very!"

"Alright, what would you like to see off the high dive?" Kagome asked climbing up the ladder to the top of the high dive. As soon as she reached the top she could feel the eyes of the other people in the pool area on her, and another set she could not quite place, it was like the presence was there, and yet not.

"Um, can you do a back flip?"

"I'm sure I can manage that," Kagome said standing on the edge of the board, backwards. "You out of the way?"

"Yep," Shippo replied.

"Alright here I go," she said as she bounced on the diving board. Not only did she did 'a' back flip but three more to go along with it, before she even touched the water.

When Kagome surfaced, she was once again sensing the presence that was there, yet not there at the same time. She looked around treading water ignoring the shocked looks from Shippo as well as some of the others. She saw it there in a distant corner a figure dressed in complete white, but it wasn't the young girl that had a presence, no she didn't have one at all. It was the mirror that she was holding in her pale hands. Despite his hair bring cut short, the grin was still the same, and then she realized just who it was.

"Naraku," Kagome hissed her aura whipping around her wildly, making the water bubble from the power that she was radiating.

Sesshoumaru stood up from his desk.

Sango looked out her window as did Miroku towards Sesshoumaru's building.

Kikyo's wide ghastly eyes widened even further as she felt the power from her sister.

They all whispered one word… "Kagome."

A/N: Well, well, well, what in the world could have Naraku done that made Kagome so angry? Humm? Any ideas? Thoughts? Questions perhaps? Sigh, it has been a long, long while since I have last updated this story. No excuses that I will say. But I will complain that it is quite hard for a seventeen year old to find work in the middle of summer. I need money. Any way, reviews are always welcomed, complaints, even those rare flames that make me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Mini- series begins now…

Gothcat: Well that was something wasn't it. :Peels off gas mask:

Sesshoumaru: Comes rolling in on roily chair and also peels off mask: Yep

Shippo: Gothcat, look what I found. :Rolls in stretcher:

Gothcat: Is that who I think it is? :Pokes figure in full body cast:

Body cast: :moans:

Gothcat : Oh Gods no! It's one of the living dead isn't it? :Grabs bat and starts beating the body cast with it.:

Body cast: :muffled screams come out of the small mouth hole:

Gothcat: Well I sure worked up a sweat. :Wipes brow and leans on bat:

Shippo: :Eyes wide and mouth agape:;

Gothcat: What, I don't like the living dead, but I sure love the movies, they just, you know freak me out.

Shippo: That 'was Inuyasha'

Gothcat: Well why didn't you tell me sooner. :Pulls out a Kagome doll and pulls the pull string on back:

Kagome Doll: Inuyasha……SIT, SIT, SIT.

Stretcher breaks along with the bloody body cast.

TBC…

Thanks for reading, Gothcat.

Disclaimer: I. Do not. Own. Inuyasha. Ya get it? Got it? Good.