Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I wish I did, but I don't...
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Kagome peeked out from behind her hiding place and watched the party continue, thankfully unaware of her absence. The get-together of Tokyo's finest was an outside party, illuminated with hundreds of twinkling lights, giving off a soft glow. Everyone who was anyone was there, along with their families. Kagome moved back into the shadows behind the large boulder surrounded by small trees. From where she stood she had only to move a few steps forward and look down to see the beach, and the beautiful ocean was in plain view. Kagome sighed, fingering her dark blue dress with sadness. Her mother had wanted her to showcase herself to the other guests. Lady Higurashi was a kind and loving mother, but sometimes her thoughts were somewhat misguided. She wanted Kagome and her sister to marry well and to do so would require extra lengths, especially on Kagome's part.
Kagome was always one to look up at the clouds, rather than see what was on the ground, and Lady Higurashi was almost at the end of her tether. "I don't want to parade myself around those rich, snobby men," Kagome whispered miserably.
There was a collective round of gasps coming from the party and Kagome looked out from behind the boulder to see what was going on. Her eyes scanned the crowd for several seconds, and then landed on those whom she knew the commotion was about.
The Youkai Brothers, Sesshoumaru and his half-brother Inuyasha stood at the entrance of the large open area, surveying the people with proud arrogance. Kagome's jaw slackened as she admired Inuyasha from afar.
Since she was a little girl, Kagome had been in love with him. He was one of the first people to make her feel better after her father's death. She had only been seven.
~*The little girl sat alone, in black, ignoring the sympathetic comments thrown from people she didn't even know. Her sister was with her mother, greeting guests, like she should be doing. But nothing could move her from her seat. She was paralyzed, the tears flowing slowly down her cheeks, her face an emotionless mask.
It was then that Inuyasha and his family had arrived. They had attended the funeral of course, but Kagome guessed they had been delayed from getting to the funeral party afterwards. First entered their father, Lord Inutaishou then followed his sons. Then Sesshoumaru had been thirteen, while Inuyasha had been eleven. It was common knowledge that Inuyasha was the son of Lord Inutaishou's mistress, but he was always referred to as a Youkai. Then, Kagome had been too grief stricken to know, or care that one of the most powerful men in Tokyo and his sons had entered, but her mother quickly entered and forced Kagome to rise and greet them.
She spoke not a word, simply curtsied to them, her eyes filled with tears and face completely impassive. Without another word she turned and resumed her place at the large couch, pulling away from the guest's attempts at hugs and sympathies.
It was then that that little girl was joined by him-Inuyasha. Without asking, he sat beside her, glancing at her from time to time out of the corner of his eye. They sat in silence for several minutes, then: "I lost my mother. I know how you feel, and..." he paused, almost as if battling with himself. "I am sorry for your loss."
Instead of feeling better, Kagome felt a sense of rage flood her body. "Well, I am sorry too, but that isn't going to bring him back, is it?"
Inuyasha swallowed and looked toward where Lady Higurashi and his father were speaking. "No, it won't."
"I hate him." The words left her mouth without warning, and even though Kagome knew she should be shocked, she instead felt a violent fury. "How dare he? How dare he die and leave me here?"
Inuyasha didn't look surprised or shocked as Kagome had thought he would, but instead he had looked at her with a knowledgeable compassion that Kagome had then found infuriating.
"Stop looking at me like that! You don't know me, you didn't know him. He was the best man in the whole world. All he is to you is a man your father knew, but I know different," Kagome raged, her voice rising slightly, but still low enough to not catch to notice of the people around them. "He was a man who would surprise you on your birthday with a special cake, and take you out where ever you wanted to go. He once almost broke his neck trying to get my kite out of a tree because it was my favorite. He would read to me every night, no matter what and called me Princess. He let me sip wine and play in the dirt, even though mommy would get mad. And he always, always told me that he would be with me for the rest of my life."
Kagome's face twisted into a mess of barely suppressed emotion, as she whispered, "But he lied. He isn't going to be with me for the rest of my life. He lied...and what if...what if everything else was a lie too?"
And even though she didn't know this boy, and this boy didn't know her, he still gathered her to him, and rocked her, and she let him. His hand ran up and down her small back soothingly as she cried her heart out in his shirt. Later that night, Lord Inutaishou and his sons were the last to leave. Before they went, Inuyasha gave Kagome a secret hug when no one was looking--he was still a boy after all, he didn't want to look like an over emotional idiot--and told her words she would never forget.
"He didn't lie you know. He will be with you the rest of your life. As long as you keep his memory alive in your mind and your heart, he will never leave you."
It was then that young Kagome Higurashi fell in love with Inuyasha...*~
Kagome was brought back to the present as Inuyasha and his brother joined the throng of people, mingling and chatting like they were lords of the party. Her father's funeral had been a long time ago. Kagome was almost sixteen now, and since then had only seen Inuyasha at large social events or occasional corporate parties with her mother. To see him here now, looking so handsome and...and completely unreachable made Kagome's heart race. She loved him so much, but she knew that there was no chance for her...
"Kagome!"
Kagome face flushed with embarrassment. She moved away from her hiding spot and met the impatient gaze of her sister, Kikyo.
"What are you doing hiding Kagome? Mother wants us out in the party and mingling," she said.
Kagome gave a guilty shrug and reluctantly followed her sister back toward the guests on the platform.
Lady Higurashi glanced over at them in the middle of her conversation with a popular government official and her face lit up with a smile. "Ah, Kikyo, Kagome, there you two are!" She excused herself and hurried over to her two daughters. "Kagome, where have you been?" she whispered while smiling at people passing by.
"I have been...around," Kagome responded.
Kikyo rolled her eyes and looked around the area. Her gaze rested on the two gorgeous brothers, and she smiled. "Mother, who are they?"
Lady Higurashi looked to where her oldest daughter was pointing, and smiled. "My dear, don't you recognize them? If not from gatherings then surely from the papers! That is Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha! Their late father, bless him, was a good friend of your father."
"Inuyasha?" Kikyo said amusedly, looking over at her sister. Kagome blushed furiously.
In her youth Kagome had been stupid enough to relay all of her thoughts and feelings to her older sister, whom she had worshipped. She regretted it now, as Kikyo loved to tease her about everything, but there was nothing she could do.
"I would very much like to get reacquainted with these two...pardon us mother," Kikyo murmured, and grabbed Kagome's hand. Dragging her struggling sister after her, Kikyo made her way over to the two brothers. Fortunately for Kagome, there was already a huge throng of women clamoring to get their attention. However, her luck was short lived, as Inuyasha's head turned toward them, and his face lit in recognition.
'Oh crap,' Kagome thought dejectedly.
"Miss Higurashi!" Inuyasha called out, and pushed toward them.
Kagome tried to shrink away, but Kikyo kept a firm hold on her hand. Kagome made a mental note to kill her sister when they got home.
Inuyasha finally managed to navigate himself to them, and he smiled down at Kagome. Her heart began to accelerate at an alarming rate, and a strange warm feeling pooled in her belly.
"Hello Miss Higurashi," Inuyasha said kindly.
"Kagome..." she responded weakly.
Inuyasha's smile widened. "Kagome." Then he noticed Kikyo, and his face changed, becoming less soft. "And hello, Miss...?"
"Kikyo," Kagome's sister responded, "Kikyo Higurashi. It is a pleasure to meet you again Mr. Youkai."
Inuyasha's eyes lit with a strange emotion. "Yes. The last time we really talked was your...your father's funeral." Inuyasha's eyes flickered from Kagome's to Kikyo's.
"Are you going to introduce us brother, or do I have to do it myself?" a dry voice asked.
Kagome looked behind Inuyasha and viewed the handsome Sesshoumaru looking down at them with wary displeasure.
Inuyasha straightened, his expression freezing. "Yes, of course. Kikyo and Kagome Higurashi, this is my brother Sesshoumaru Youkai."
"A pleasure," Sesshoumaru muttered, though his face was full of distaste.
"Which is not ours," Kagome murmured under her breath. It seemed that Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha heard her, for the former's brow lifted in disbelief and reluctant respect, and the latter pressed his lips together to hide a smile.
"It truly is a pleasure to see you again Kagome," Inuyasha said, taking Kagome's hand for a moment. "And you too of course, Kikyo."
The two brothers moved away, and Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. Her racing heart slowed, and she turned to her sister, smiling slightly. Her smile evaporated as she viewed her sister's expression. Kikyo was eyeing the backs of the departing brothers with displeasure and a cold determination.
"Kikyo?" Kagome asked fearfully. "Are you okay?"
Kikyo looked down at her younger sister with almost an expression of hatred, and Kagome felt a jolt of hurt. Without a word, Kikyo turned and walked away, a confused Kagome following.
The rest of the evening was a blur for Kagome, one that ended at two o'clock in the morning. When the Higurashi women returned to their large penthouse apartment, Kagome went and checked on Souta before entering her room. She took a quick shower in her own private bathroom and changed into sleeping clothes. Padding softly across to her bed she switched off the lights and slipped under the covers. Huddled there, she moved her hand over the other...the one that Inuyasha had touched. She could still feel the warmth of his fingers caressing hers. Sighing, she turned onto her side and burrowed her head farther into the pillow. Sleep followed quickly after that, and she dreamed of a certain silver haired demon who--even though she felt it was impossible--truly loved her.
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A/N: Please R/R! Idea just came to be and I decided to post it. Thanks.
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Kagome peeked out from behind her hiding place and watched the party continue, thankfully unaware of her absence. The get-together of Tokyo's finest was an outside party, illuminated with hundreds of twinkling lights, giving off a soft glow. Everyone who was anyone was there, along with their families. Kagome moved back into the shadows behind the large boulder surrounded by small trees. From where she stood she had only to move a few steps forward and look down to see the beach, and the beautiful ocean was in plain view. Kagome sighed, fingering her dark blue dress with sadness. Her mother had wanted her to showcase herself to the other guests. Lady Higurashi was a kind and loving mother, but sometimes her thoughts were somewhat misguided. She wanted Kagome and her sister to marry well and to do so would require extra lengths, especially on Kagome's part.
Kagome was always one to look up at the clouds, rather than see what was on the ground, and Lady Higurashi was almost at the end of her tether. "I don't want to parade myself around those rich, snobby men," Kagome whispered miserably.
There was a collective round of gasps coming from the party and Kagome looked out from behind the boulder to see what was going on. Her eyes scanned the crowd for several seconds, and then landed on those whom she knew the commotion was about.
The Youkai Brothers, Sesshoumaru and his half-brother Inuyasha stood at the entrance of the large open area, surveying the people with proud arrogance. Kagome's jaw slackened as she admired Inuyasha from afar.
Since she was a little girl, Kagome had been in love with him. He was one of the first people to make her feel better after her father's death. She had only been seven.
~*The little girl sat alone, in black, ignoring the sympathetic comments thrown from people she didn't even know. Her sister was with her mother, greeting guests, like she should be doing. But nothing could move her from her seat. She was paralyzed, the tears flowing slowly down her cheeks, her face an emotionless mask.
It was then that Inuyasha and his family had arrived. They had attended the funeral of course, but Kagome guessed they had been delayed from getting to the funeral party afterwards. First entered their father, Lord Inutaishou then followed his sons. Then Sesshoumaru had been thirteen, while Inuyasha had been eleven. It was common knowledge that Inuyasha was the son of Lord Inutaishou's mistress, but he was always referred to as a Youkai. Then, Kagome had been too grief stricken to know, or care that one of the most powerful men in Tokyo and his sons had entered, but her mother quickly entered and forced Kagome to rise and greet them.
She spoke not a word, simply curtsied to them, her eyes filled with tears and face completely impassive. Without another word she turned and resumed her place at the large couch, pulling away from the guest's attempts at hugs and sympathies.
It was then that that little girl was joined by him-Inuyasha. Without asking, he sat beside her, glancing at her from time to time out of the corner of his eye. They sat in silence for several minutes, then: "I lost my mother. I know how you feel, and..." he paused, almost as if battling with himself. "I am sorry for your loss."
Instead of feeling better, Kagome felt a sense of rage flood her body. "Well, I am sorry too, but that isn't going to bring him back, is it?"
Inuyasha swallowed and looked toward where Lady Higurashi and his father were speaking. "No, it won't."
"I hate him." The words left her mouth without warning, and even though Kagome knew she should be shocked, she instead felt a violent fury. "How dare he? How dare he die and leave me here?"
Inuyasha didn't look surprised or shocked as Kagome had thought he would, but instead he had looked at her with a knowledgeable compassion that Kagome had then found infuriating.
"Stop looking at me like that! You don't know me, you didn't know him. He was the best man in the whole world. All he is to you is a man your father knew, but I know different," Kagome raged, her voice rising slightly, but still low enough to not catch to notice of the people around them. "He was a man who would surprise you on your birthday with a special cake, and take you out where ever you wanted to go. He once almost broke his neck trying to get my kite out of a tree because it was my favorite. He would read to me every night, no matter what and called me Princess. He let me sip wine and play in the dirt, even though mommy would get mad. And he always, always told me that he would be with me for the rest of my life."
Kagome's face twisted into a mess of barely suppressed emotion, as she whispered, "But he lied. He isn't going to be with me for the rest of my life. He lied...and what if...what if everything else was a lie too?"
And even though she didn't know this boy, and this boy didn't know her, he still gathered her to him, and rocked her, and she let him. His hand ran up and down her small back soothingly as she cried her heart out in his shirt. Later that night, Lord Inutaishou and his sons were the last to leave. Before they went, Inuyasha gave Kagome a secret hug when no one was looking--he was still a boy after all, he didn't want to look like an over emotional idiot--and told her words she would never forget.
"He didn't lie you know. He will be with you the rest of your life. As long as you keep his memory alive in your mind and your heart, he will never leave you."
It was then that young Kagome Higurashi fell in love with Inuyasha...*~
Kagome was brought back to the present as Inuyasha and his brother joined the throng of people, mingling and chatting like they were lords of the party. Her father's funeral had been a long time ago. Kagome was almost sixteen now, and since then had only seen Inuyasha at large social events or occasional corporate parties with her mother. To see him here now, looking so handsome and...and completely unreachable made Kagome's heart race. She loved him so much, but she knew that there was no chance for her...
"Kagome!"
Kagome face flushed with embarrassment. She moved away from her hiding spot and met the impatient gaze of her sister, Kikyo.
"What are you doing hiding Kagome? Mother wants us out in the party and mingling," she said.
Kagome gave a guilty shrug and reluctantly followed her sister back toward the guests on the platform.
Lady Higurashi glanced over at them in the middle of her conversation with a popular government official and her face lit up with a smile. "Ah, Kikyo, Kagome, there you two are!" She excused herself and hurried over to her two daughters. "Kagome, where have you been?" she whispered while smiling at people passing by.
"I have been...around," Kagome responded.
Kikyo rolled her eyes and looked around the area. Her gaze rested on the two gorgeous brothers, and she smiled. "Mother, who are they?"
Lady Higurashi looked to where her oldest daughter was pointing, and smiled. "My dear, don't you recognize them? If not from gatherings then surely from the papers! That is Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha! Their late father, bless him, was a good friend of your father."
"Inuyasha?" Kikyo said amusedly, looking over at her sister. Kagome blushed furiously.
In her youth Kagome had been stupid enough to relay all of her thoughts and feelings to her older sister, whom she had worshipped. She regretted it now, as Kikyo loved to tease her about everything, but there was nothing she could do.
"I would very much like to get reacquainted with these two...pardon us mother," Kikyo murmured, and grabbed Kagome's hand. Dragging her struggling sister after her, Kikyo made her way over to the two brothers. Fortunately for Kagome, there was already a huge throng of women clamoring to get their attention. However, her luck was short lived, as Inuyasha's head turned toward them, and his face lit in recognition.
'Oh crap,' Kagome thought dejectedly.
"Miss Higurashi!" Inuyasha called out, and pushed toward them.
Kagome tried to shrink away, but Kikyo kept a firm hold on her hand. Kagome made a mental note to kill her sister when they got home.
Inuyasha finally managed to navigate himself to them, and he smiled down at Kagome. Her heart began to accelerate at an alarming rate, and a strange warm feeling pooled in her belly.
"Hello Miss Higurashi," Inuyasha said kindly.
"Kagome..." she responded weakly.
Inuyasha's smile widened. "Kagome." Then he noticed Kikyo, and his face changed, becoming less soft. "And hello, Miss...?"
"Kikyo," Kagome's sister responded, "Kikyo Higurashi. It is a pleasure to meet you again Mr. Youkai."
Inuyasha's eyes lit with a strange emotion. "Yes. The last time we really talked was your...your father's funeral." Inuyasha's eyes flickered from Kagome's to Kikyo's.
"Are you going to introduce us brother, or do I have to do it myself?" a dry voice asked.
Kagome looked behind Inuyasha and viewed the handsome Sesshoumaru looking down at them with wary displeasure.
Inuyasha straightened, his expression freezing. "Yes, of course. Kikyo and Kagome Higurashi, this is my brother Sesshoumaru Youkai."
"A pleasure," Sesshoumaru muttered, though his face was full of distaste.
"Which is not ours," Kagome murmured under her breath. It seemed that Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha heard her, for the former's brow lifted in disbelief and reluctant respect, and the latter pressed his lips together to hide a smile.
"It truly is a pleasure to see you again Kagome," Inuyasha said, taking Kagome's hand for a moment. "And you too of course, Kikyo."
The two brothers moved away, and Kagome breathed a sigh of relief. Her racing heart slowed, and she turned to her sister, smiling slightly. Her smile evaporated as she viewed her sister's expression. Kikyo was eyeing the backs of the departing brothers with displeasure and a cold determination.
"Kikyo?" Kagome asked fearfully. "Are you okay?"
Kikyo looked down at her younger sister with almost an expression of hatred, and Kagome felt a jolt of hurt. Without a word, Kikyo turned and walked away, a confused Kagome following.
The rest of the evening was a blur for Kagome, one that ended at two o'clock in the morning. When the Higurashi women returned to their large penthouse apartment, Kagome went and checked on Souta before entering her room. She took a quick shower in her own private bathroom and changed into sleeping clothes. Padding softly across to her bed she switched off the lights and slipped under the covers. Huddled there, she moved her hand over the other...the one that Inuyasha had touched. She could still feel the warmth of his fingers caressing hers. Sighing, she turned onto her side and burrowed her head farther into the pillow. Sleep followed quickly after that, and she dreamed of a certain silver haired demon who--even though she felt it was impossible--truly loved her.
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A/N: Please R/R! Idea just came to be and I decided to post it. Thanks.