"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

-Abraham Lincoln

Chapter 1 - "Ready for Love"

Blanket Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any of the characters therein. They are the property of Rumiko Takahashi, and she does a beautiful job!

The songs that are also used in this story are not mine; they are the work of the artist and all credit goes to them!

The songs in this chapter are as follows:

"Ready for Love" by Cascada

A/N: Please forgive any spelling and grammatical errors. I try to catch them if I see them, but I could have missed some. So just tell me if you see any, and I will change them!

My first AU… I hope you all like it.

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He was Takahashi InuYasha, one of the top bachelors in the country.

He was used to getting his way. No girl could resist him. No girl. There was some that tried, but all it took was a little persuasion from his money… and the right moves from his body, and he could smell their arousal from miles away.

And yes, he wasn't completely human, but no one needed to know that either. He was what some would call a hanyou… but that was about five-hundred years in the past. No one believed in that stuff anymore.

His date for the night was a girl, whom he coined as Keona. He really wasn't sure, but he knew it didn't matter. They were good for one night – and that was it.

The dimming of the lights halted almost all conversations which were going on in the club. Suddenly InuYasha caught a whiff of someone that he hadn't seen in about five years, since he moved away to the U.S. The man moved up to the microphone and InuYasha couldn't help but smile, as he saw the man had a nice red slap mark on his cheek. 'Still as much of a pervert as ever I see,' he thought as the man took the microphone in hand.

"And now, I know that you all love 'em, the four hottest women on the planet… 'Aishiteru'!" he hollered into the device as the crowd started to get louder.

Four women then started to enter the stage. One moving in on the drums, one on the guitar, one on the bass, and the last one went all the way up to the front to grab the microphone that his friend had been using.

InuYasha caught a whiff of an intoxicating scent. It had to be one of the best aromas he had a chance to smell in his life and turned his head to see who it was coming from, and he was surprised to see that it was the girl that held the microphone in her hand.

The music started to slowly pick up to a techno like beat, and then her voice rang through the club.

"You took a piece of my heart
I never thought that this could fall apart"

She started moving across the stage to get closer to the crowd. She placed her hand over her heart and closed her eyes.

InuYasha could only stare at this girl as she moved from one part of the stage to the next. She had to be one of the hottest girls he had ever seen. She was wearing hip huger jeans and this yellow top which reached just below her naval ending with yellow and white polka dotted wedges.

Kagome looked out into the crowd finally being able to adjust to the light, and she was happy to see that the turnout for tonight's show was one of the best they had this month. There had to be at least five-hundred people, and they all came to see them. She had to smile at the thought.

InuYasha watched as the singer started to dance to the music, while the lights started to fade and brighten and turn different colors. He still couldn't take his eyes off of her, and his date was starting to notice.

Kagome took a moment to just dance and sway her hips to the techno beat. She loved playing the techno songs. They were always the best to dance to, and no one really cared if you danced terribly or not, because almost everyone dancing looked like they were dancing the same way. She heard her trigger, as the music started to beat really fast, and new that it was time for the second verse.

InuYasha knew that the girl that he wanted to have sex with not ten minutes prior was staring at him. Waiting for him to start paying attention to her, but he could really care less. This girl, her scent… it enticed him like nothing else had in his life.

Kagome looked out into the crowd, trying to get a grasp to see how everyone was taking their performance. The people on the floor were loving it. They were dancing and singing along with her.

As her blue eyes traversed over the back, she caught the most brilliant shade of amber she had ever seen in her life.

Her breath caught in her throat, but she had enough time to recover, before she had to start another round of the chorus.

InuYasha almost fell out of his chair, when he saw that she was looking straight at him. Even from where he was at the back of the club, he knew that she was pure. Her movements indicated it. Her voice spoke it to his youkai, and he grinned to himself as one thought came to mind.

Kagome had to get a hold of herself. 'It's just a really hot guy with beautiful eyes…you see them all the time, her brain tried to tell her, but in the background she was almost positive that she heard her heart laughing all the while saying in a sarcastic manner, 'yeah…RIGHT!'

"How can it be that you're ready for love ...

How can it be that you're ready for love …"

'She is mine!'

A/N: so this is the first installment of my newest fic. I am pretty excited about this one. It has been in my head for a little while now. I have the whole layout of how I want this fic to go, I just need to make outlines of chapters and stuff. Hope you guys like it! Please review!

2017 update: wow, that was terrible. Took out unneeded statements. Really sorry for the beginning of this story. It was hard for me to read :/ it does get better I promise.