Grab Bag. by Kelly Haper

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“Can someone HELP ME!!!” The 17-year-old time traveling miko asked at the top of the well. She had just come back from a five day ‘vacation’ from the time of her birth and had brought a village worth of supplies that probably wouldn’t last the week.

The yellow ‘city’ didn’t normally give her problems but today it decided that it liked being on the ground more than anything else.  Did the backpack have the decency to wait until she was out of the well? Noooooooo that would have been too easy! It had waited till she was at the top of the well, just about to climb over the edge.

The young girl sighed and opened her mouth to call out again but a soft “Eeep” was all  that came out as she was lifted from her place on the vines, by her bag of course. She smiled and raised her face to thank Inuyasha for helping her. That smile quickly faded into shock and confusion when she opened her eyes to a different set of golden suns, ones that had red eye liner making most men look, well, feminine but not this demon it made him if possible look more deadly.

“Sesshomaru?”  Kagome asked not sure if she was seeing correctly.

“Hn” was his grand reply and set her down on the ground, outside of the well shaft, thankfully.

Her  curiosity got the better of her, she just had to ask “Thanks for helping me and all but why are you here?”  She readjusted the cause of her problem to fit better on her shoulders.

“Rin, she is in need of feminine company. She wishes from her and myself to travel with your pack,” of course being Sesshomaru it came out more like an order then a request but considering that his little ward needed her she sighed and nodded her head.

“Okay, but if you are wanting to talk to the alpha of the group you will have to talk to Inuyasha about it.” She started walking but fell backwards from the weight in her back with a ‘hump’ and a groan she tried to stand back up but couldn’t being held down by the weight of the yellow planet. She could just imagine all the small people laughing at the holder of their world.

If Sesshomaru had been anyone else then his stoic controlled self he would have laughed. Watching the miko struggle to get free from the odd looking satchel was highly amusing though.  

Sesshomaru walked in front of her blocking the sun from her face so she could look up at him. What she saw was a deadly predator. It was sad that the most beautiful things in life were the things that got you killed.

“I have watched your pack miko and what I see is not the hanyou in the lead, but you. You have the power to control him and everyone else.  That is why you are the alpha not he.” The Lord of the West picked up the tiny miko of the ground by the growth on her back. After he was sure she wouldn’t fall over he quickly removed the world off her shoulders.

“I guess it wouldn’t hurt…..hay, give that back,” she yelled as she realized that he had taken her burden.

“I shall carry this satchel, miko, since it seems to be a hindrance to you,” he stated raising an eyebrow at the thing.

Kagome huffed and started walking the familiar trail back to Edo.

Sesshomaru gazed at the miko and back at the surprisingly heavy contraption she carried, well for a ningen of course. He was surprised to find no difference when he had picked her up with it then he did now. It made him wonder how much the miko really weighed.

The meadow’s green grass swayed in the light breeze that cooled the summer afternoon. As Kagome approached her traveling companions she saw Inuyasha’s anger and she wished the light breeze of summer would cool him off too.

Sighing she set her bag down and counted off the seconds before her friend exploded. Five……Four…….Three…….Two……..One.

Ding!

‘And in one corner we have Inuyasha, the hanyou son of The Great Dog General.’ Kagome’s didn’t know when she had started mimicking a wrestling match when she and Inuyasha fought it made it more amusing to her.

“Why the hell is he here?” Inuyasha jumped up and unsheathed his sword.

‘And in the other corner we have Kagome, the sitting sensation and miko of the Sikon no Tama.’

“He asked me to take care of Rin because she needs female companions in her life. So they’re pack is joining ours for a time.” Kagome stated like it was an everyday thing.

“The bastard ain’t stay’in,” Inuyasha turned on her.

“You have no say in this Inuyasha. So ‘sit’ down and shut up.” ‘The miko pulls ahead with one of her famous sits will it be enough.’

“Bitch he is not staying.” ‘The Hanyou makes a quick come back but unfortunately we have all seen it before. *Sigh* this needs to get interesting folk or I’m going to die.’

Kagome sighed at her own thoughts, even they were getting bored. “Inuyasha….” She stopped when her friend jumped at her but instead of going for her he went for Sesshomaru.

‘Here’s a new development ladies and gentlemen. We have a new male enter the ring for today’s fight. It’s Inuyasha’s older brother Sesshomaru, *Crowd goes wild as the girls start crying and fainting.* Oh, no what will happen now. Is the new contender on the miko’s side or on the hanyou’s?

Kagome’s mind pictured the scene as girls fainted making her laugh out loud making everyone turn to her. Then her mind was so kind that it made her picture what Sesshomaru would look like in white boxer shorts with red hexagon sakura flowers going up the left leg. His hair was in a lose braid down his back as a light sweat was covering his pale skin.

Everyone heard when she laughed and then she just stopped got a faraway look in her eye and promptly sat down and drooled. It was so unordinary that Inuyasha stopped trying to attacking Sesshomaru and went immediately to her side. Sesshomaru just raised his eye brow and walked over.

Sango knew what that look meant, and looking over at Miroku, he had a lecherous grin. The slayer got up calmly and, taking a water bottle and dumping it on the unsuspecting miko. Kagome sputtered as the liquid ran down her face and shoulders.

She glared at her ‘sister’ before realizing what she had done and gave her a thankful glance while smiling apology.

“What happened Kagome?” all of a sudden Inuyasha was centimeters from here face staring.

“I was just day dreaming nothing more,” she got up with a fierce blush and walked over to her bag to dry her face off.

She reached down to the back and just when she was about to touch it, the side moved. She screamed and jumped behind the closes person there. Well, come to discover, the figure she hid behind wasn’t a human at all rather a deadly daiyoukia. She looked up into Sesshomaru’s face as he lifted a perfect eyebrow and stared at her.

Inuyasha wasn’t too pleased that she had jumped behind him but before he could voice what he thought the bag moved again. Everyone gasped and stepped way, well except Sesshomaru he just kept staring at Kagome who had grabbed his moko-moko and had unconsciously wrapped it around her for protection.

“Does anyone want to see what it is,” Kagome stuttered out.

“I think you should do it since it’s your back pack,” Inuyasha stated and moved away. The last time there was something in her bag he had gone over and opened it only to have a small demon jump out at him. After that all hell broke loose since the demon happened to be a small fire breathing dragon. Let’s just say that did not go over well at all.

“Yeah Kagome you do it.” Sango stated and backed away followed by Miroku who just gave a nervous smile.

“Me! Why me! Sesshomaru why don’t you go open it,” the miko smiled devilishly behind his back.

“I think not miko. It is much more entertaining to watch,” he stated then squeezed his moko-moko around her and brought her in front of her back. He started to pull away from her when she grabbed it with a grip a demon would be proud of.

Kagome glared at him before reaching out her hand to open her bag up. When she didn’t see anything she moved closer to the black hole, then closer, closers until she was bending over into her bag giving Sesshomaru a rather nice view of her white lace panties.

She looked around and didn’t see anything, puzzled she kept searching. By this time Rin and Jaken, along with Ah-Un walked into the clearing but didn’t say a thing.

Kagome was about to shout out that there was nothing when a flash of blue appeared out of the corner of her eye. She didn’t have time to react as it pulled her into her pack and grabbed her head. The shout of relief turned into a scream of terror before she disappeared.

“Kagome!” the group shouted and rushed forward.

Sesshomaru’s eyes narrowed in contemplation but to anyone it would have looked like he was angry. Rin knew the difference though and realized he was teasing Kagome, he knew what was in her bag. The little girl held back her giggle. She would have to tell Shippou what she saw. Maybe they could get the two together somehow.

Sesshomaru finally decided that the miko was terrified enough and pulled her out with his moko-moko that was still around her waist. 

As her head came out so did a young fox kit, one of his hands on both her eyes and the other covering her mouth trying to stay on her head.

“Shippou what have I told you about going into my bag without me knowing?” Kagome ranted knowing just who it was the moment she left the bag.

“That you’re too young to have a heart attack.” Shippou stated and crawled off her head, gave an apology, walked over to Rin, then they ran off to play.

“And you!” Kagome turned on Sesshomaru, “You knew who it was the entire time? Didn’t you?” she had started poking him in the chest with each syllable.

“Indeed,” He stated plainly, grabbing her wrist and holding it away from his person.

She stared at him shocked for a minute, then narrowed her eyes, “Males,” she huffed and walked off mumbling something about how men thought they were so high and mighty just because they looked hot.

As she walked past her bag it moved again and made a haunting sound. Everyone stopped and started.

“Hey Inuyasha?” Kagome asked starring at her bag. “Do you smell anything different in my bag,” Inuyasha sniffed the air then flattened his ears.

“No,” he stated and the bag moved again causing Kagome’s eyes to widen.

 Yep her bag was officially haunted…….