It Started with a Rash by Breezy

Chapter 1

Hello! It's me again with my new story, It Started with a Rash. I hope you enjoy it.

Title: It Started with a Rash

Rating: M

Genre: Humor/ Romance

Pairing: Sesshomaru/ Kagome

Full Summary: This was not how she imagined meeting her cousin's boyfriend. She had thought, maybe at a family dinner party, or during the holidays. However, her horoscopes had not informed her that she'd be meeting him, bent over an examination table, a puss oozing, rash infested bum in his face...with her mum chatting with him on the side.

This has to be the worst week of my life. Sinking into the stiff couch, trying to disappear into the itchy material, I took a look at the room I was in. The surrounding walls were painted daffodil yellow, notifications and certificates were sparingly placed on the walls. The room, though not packed with people was loud with chatter. Two old women in the corner swapped photos of grandchildren, while their husbands compared surgery scars and war stories. A painful itch ran through me and I had to smother the urge to curse loudly, throw modesty to the wind and scratch, scratch like I've never scratched before. Pouting, I glanced to my right, where my mother was adjusting her makeup, spreading a flattering shade of red on her shapely lips. Sensing my gaze, she turned to me, a smile on her face and I almost, almost forgot why I was pissed at her. At the ripe age of twenty four I did not need my mom to escort me to the doctor's office and then proceed to all but screaming what my problem was. I did not know whether I wanted to throttle her or flee from the place in embarrassment.

Pulling out my phone and reading my daily horoscope, I couldn't help but laugh, in a wry, sarcastic kind of way.

Kagome, today is your day. The sun is shining, the birds singing and this week will continue to be magical. As the new moon heads closer to venus, there will be a change in your life. You will be meeting a new man, who if you hold on to will prove to be worth his weight in gold.

Magical week? More like the worst week of the year. Glancing at my watch, I sighed as it read 4:19. The way this wait was going, I wouldn't be meeting any new man today. Hell, the only man I was meeting was my doctor, and he was taken by my cousin. I'm canceling my subscription indefinetely. Sighing I tucked my phone into my pocket.

This is what I get for listening to Sango.

This is what I get for letting my hormones persuade me to go on that damn camping trip, because there was supposed to be some beautiful guys there and I hadn't had much male attention as of late. My mother had gone on more dates in a month than I have in a year. Trust me that was a serious blow to my (some of the time) inflated ego. Despite my lack of skills when it comes to anything relatively nature-like, I went on this trip knowing the risks. I've always liked looking at flowers and trees but this was no field of dandelions, these were mountainous terrains and bug infested clearings. I was not incompetent, I just wasn't on the best of terms with Mother Nature. So of course, days later, here I am, forced to come to the doctor's office...with my mum. Not any doctor, no no- my cousin's boyfriend. Yes, Kikyo's boyfriend who I had yet to meet (I'm a busy girl if you weren't aware.) Normally I would have ecstatic to meet someone who could tolerate my cousin for more than an hour, but this was not exactly the type of place I had imagined meeting him.

Oh I can hear the nurses now, (literally I can, they're not being very discreet) giggling, saying in their obnoxiously high pitched voices 'oh she's got a rash on her ass.' Hey! It wasn't my fault that my bladder had told me to go off into the woods during pitch darkness and then for the sake of being hygienic, to rub some leaves on my bum. Who knows that type of insects or beasts are attracted to the smell of pee. Yes, I could have used toilet paper but honestly I didn't want to wake Sango up and ask her for it, especially when she was canoodling with Miroku. It wasn't my fault that I just happened to be allergic to whatever the hell it was. Though I knew basic nature tips like how to recognize poison ivy and stay away from it, I didn't know other plants could be such a pain in the ass. Pun intended. It wasn't my fault that my doctor is my cousins boyfriend and he was going to be looking at my booty. Kikyo had all but pushed me and my mum into the room and fled. I believe she was trying to embarrass me, who knew that it could be so effective?

"Kagome, Kagome Higurashi" one of the woman at the front desk said, in a dry, dead voice. Standing up, ignoring the itch, I walked three paces before my mom, hoping to somehow lose her. "Room 215" the woman called out and after a minute of searching, I walked in. It was a simple room with white walls, an examination table covered with that obnoxiously loud paper material, a mirror, a desk probably filled with needles and disinfectants and a chair. Looking over my appearance in the mirror, I was happy with what I saw. Needless to say, after today, my cousin's boyfriend would have an image in his head of the type of person I was. An idiot who isn't capable of going into the wilderness for two days without getting injured and a not so sexy girl with a puss oozing butt. The least I could do is look presentable. My outfit though simple suited me. A plain white v neck, a pair of sage fitted jeans, with matching sandals. A French manicure and pedicure, black hair straight and a touch of rosy lipstick.

"Remind me again why you're here?" I asked my mum, settling myself on the examination table.

"Moral support, a laugh at your embarrassment, being able to meet my nieces boyfriend, the list goes on." my mother said lightly, a small smile on her lips.

"Why can't you be normal and meet him at, oh I don't know a dinner party. This is going to be terrible by itself, I don't want to have you and him chatting while he pokes at my bum."

"Oh grow up, it's not that serious. Things like this happen, I'm sure he's seen worse. It's like going to the gynecologist, except...well with your bum."

"Ew mom, don't say that word." I hissed.

"What word?" she asked innocently.

"Gynecologist" It was the forbidden word.

"Why not?"

"It's weird, I don't want to particularly talk about a vagina doctor with my mum."

"Again, grow up Kagome. It's important to see your gynecologist and make sure you're healthy and that everything is working right."

"I haven't gone to the gynecologist since that pregnancy scare." I said thoughtfully, teasing her.

"WHAT?" she screeched "You have been sleeping around?"

"Oh mother, please. Sex is a natural thing."

"It is a sacred thing that should not happen until marriage."

"Too late for that." I mumbled. Shit, did she hear that?

"You're...not... a... virgin?" The horrified look on her face would have made me laugh, if she hadn't been serious.

"Mom please, not here this is embarrassing. Besides, unmarried people have sex all of the time. What, you didn't really think I was a virgin did you? Mom, I'm twenty four, far old enough to decide whether I want to have sex or not. Now can we please end this conversation before Kikyo's boyfriend comes in? I don't want him to hear about my loss of virginity with my mom. Take it down a notch, I'm not some ruined woman." I huffed turning away from my mom. Where was this guy anyway? The silence lasted for a couple of minutes, until my mom asked "When?"

"Oh god mom, stop it already." How much worse could this day get?

"I want to know when," she bit out.

"It doesn't matter, it's in the past."

"It does matter now tell me."

"Haven't you heard? Curiosity killed the cat. I doubt you would want to know so I'm NOT telling you."

"Kagome Higurashi you will tell me right now." Uh oh, there it was, the tone. The answer now or I will promise a swift punishment later tone. Despite my age, I would never forget that voice and the warning it held. My mom could whip my ass if she wanted to. It was a sad, sad truth.

I mumbled a response. "What was that?" she asked.

"Inuyasha. His house. I was 19. Do you want more intimate details?"

"NINETEEN?! INUYASHA!?" she yelled, ignoring my sarcastic remark. "I trusted him with you, I thought you saw him as a brother."

"Ugh mom, I do now. Back then not so much. It's over so don't think about it."

More silence.

"Was that the pregnancy scare you talked about?"

"MOM STOP! It was a joke. You know ha ha. Please let's not talk about my sex life, gynecologists or anything like that. Lets just get this thing over with."

Silence.

"You have a sex life?" Turning around to yell at her once more, I froze as a man walked into the room. And a man he was. Though his white doctor's coat hid a portion of his figure, I knew underneath he was taunt and lean, muscles apparent but not overwhelming. Self pity flooded my senses; Kikyo could get this man and I couldn't? What was wrong with the world? He was gorgeous, of course, Kikyo would never settle for anything less. Yes, his long silver locks and golden eyes were mouthwatering- to a normal person, but I had seen, touched and dated gorgeous men before. Though his looks had made me stumble, I had recovered quickly. What had caught me instantly was his presence. It demanded attention, demanded you to listen. Everyone knows that power has its own brand of sexy, and this was it, formed out of marble and draped in silk. Sesshomaru Taisho was his name. Shit, even his name clung to the air and made it hot. Breaking out of my trance, several thoughts floated to the top of my head, as my mom introduced herself to him.

It wasn't my fault that I had overriding hormones. It wasn't my fault that I was weak willed and could be persuaded quite easily. It wasn't my fault that I was allergic to whatever the hell I had wiped my bum with...and it certainly wasn't my fault that Sesshomaru Taisho is utterly gorgeous (that blame lies with his mum and dad, the hokey pokey and genetics though at the moment I was extremely grateful for the eye candy)...and he was going to examine my rashy bum, poke at it, rub it, and quite possibly spank it.

Shut up brain!

This was not going to be sexy. This was going to be an awkwardly horrible defining moment in my life. Hey, a future dinner party, one too many drinks and he'd be bent over Uncle Donny's shoulder, recalling the story of my red, puss oozing bum. Yes it's official; it's the worst week of my life. Wait, no, scratch that, in about half an hour it's going to be the worst day of my life.

Please read author note below:

In this chapter, Kagome is a bit more childish. She is like this for a reason. Right now she's in a transition from young adult to something more solid. As the story goes on, I intend for her to grow as a person. The immaturity will begin to fade and the childishness will change. She will still be young at heart but she will be wiser and a little more street smart. Kikyo will not be portrayed as a 'bad' person in this piece. She and Kagome love each other but they know each others flaws. They get irritated with one another but it's all good fun. Kagome makes a comment on Kikyo in this chapter, but she doesn't mean it, it's more of a tease at her. There will be a little conflict, of course but do not expect a girl fight.

Read and Review darlings. I hope you all enjoyed this.

p.s. No disrespect to anyone who believes in chastity or is/going to be a gynecologist.