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Location: New York

Time: 10:30 pm

Date: June 4, 1878

InuYasha straightened his jacket and looked up into the mirror to meet his usual features, gold eyes, silver hair and two triangular ears perched at the top of his head, he looked down at the beads in his clawed hands before slipping them over his head. Silver locks flowed midnight, dog ears shifted and morphed into round human ears, claws retracted into nails, and golden eyes flashed violet, after the change was complete he met his human form in the mirror and sighed before tucking the rosary into his collar removing it form plain sight. InuYasha was suddenly taking notice to the finer details of his outfit, "quit stalling, you're missing your ball," interjected a cold voice, InuYasha sighed, clearly annoyed by the man's sudden entry, "please learn to knock," he replied stubbornly, the tall man rolled his golden eyes, "we all know you're trying to avoid the unavoidable, so just man up and at least try to enjoy the celebration," the man huffed. "Lord Sesshomaru!" a light voice called out and a young woman entered the room, she had long walnut locks that were worn up in curls that bounced as she walked, she had big expressive chocolate eyes, heart shaped face, creamy skin and pouty lips that were worn with her usual smile, "yes Rin?" Sesshomaru looked down at the girl with one eyebrow raised, "you forgot these," Rin slipped some beads over Sesshomaru's sliver head, his ears lost their point, the markings on his face disappeared, his long silver locks also became stark black and his golden eyes dimmed to a muddy brown, It was almost the same transformation InuYasha had. "Thank you," he nodded to the girl and she began her retreat, "Rin," he called and the girl turned her face back to them, "save a dance for me," he told her and she smiled brightly as her cheeks turned a soft pink, "of course my Lord," she giggled and InuYasha rolled his eyes with a smirk, his brother was going soft. Sesshomaru turned back to face his half-brother, "yeah, yeah, I'll come down, don't get you're tail in a knot," InuYasha huffed reading Sesshomaru's thoughts, "good, see you down there little brother," and with that Sesshomaru left his brother back to his thoughts. InuYasha looked back into the mirror and knit his brows together to form a determined expression, "let's get this over with," and marched over to the door.

InuYasha roamed the ballroom, the lights in the hall were alight and the room was filled with laughter and music, to anyone else this would have seemed like an grand party, but InuYasha knew he was only getting set up and this fact took all the fun out of the event. He was to propose to a Higurashi, Kikyo Higurashi to be exact. There was nothing there, no chemistry, however there was money and there was a name. InuYasha Tashio was a big name and Higurashi had a lot in the vault, so you see it was a match for power, not love. InuYasha mauled this over when dancing with Kikyo, he was to deep in thought to compliment her, she did look stunning, her onyx mid thigh length hair was pulled up into a perfect bun that sat regally on her head, her pale skin dusted with some powder that made her shimmer in the low light, and her perfect scarlet lips were all perfectly complimented by her pearly empire waist ball gown that flowed to the floor gracefully in cloud like heaps, but what would it matter? They knew that they were set up and they knew that they didn't truly care about one another. His thoughts were interrupted when a flash caught his eye, he looked to see a small silver rectangle, with a black circle near the right, his eyes moved from the unknown implement the person wielding it. His heart beat faster as he took in the striking woman, cream skin, big brown eyes, long raven locks that cascaded in waves that reached her hips, flawless completion, and full pink lips. Once he got past the woman's beauty he noticed her cloths, the fabric had a sheen that none of the others possessed, the torso hugged the girls curves then became incredibly fluffed at the skirt, the dress had a bright hue of emerald green that seemed impossible to even comprehend, it was simple yet incredibly elegant, and her hands were encased in snow white gloves. Who was this strange girl? He knew everyone at the party, yet this one girl had unfamiliar yet beautiful face. She was fiddling with the silver implement then slipped it into a white clutch that rested at her side by a sliver chain, no one seemed to notice this strange girls presence, was he seeing things? Maybe he shouldn't have take Sesshomaru's advice and perked up the night with a bit of alcohol. The girl looked at her wrist and her Sapphire eyes grew wide and she began rushing for the door, his curiosity was eating him alive, "excuse me Miss. Higurashi," he said without looking twice at her, eyes locked on the girls retreating figure and began pushing his way through the crowd, following this strange girl.

Kagome looked at her watch, "Oh crap! 11:30 already?" she gasped and ran to the door. When she reached it, the chill of rain greeted her and she cursed under her breath, "no time to delay now though," she sighed and trudged through the rain. It was simply pouring and Kagome thanked the heavens above that she had not bothered wearing makeup to avoid standing out even more, she thought she heard footsteps behind her but time was running out and she couldn't afford any distractions. The footsteps seemed to follow her and she continued to ignore them until she heard the stranger call out to her, "excuse me miss!" she finally risked a look behind her, her eyes widened as she took in the drenched man of the house, did he notice her odd clothing? No one else had! He seemed satisfied that she halted her getaway, but she hadn't expected a follower, so she took a page out of Cinderella's book, slipped off her heals, threw them aside and high-tailed it out of there. She tried to loose him by taking random shortcuts though alleyways, but he seemed determined and followed her in hot pursuit. She soon came in sight with the Brooklyn Bridge, her destination was becoming closer and unfortunately so was her pursuer, she climbed the stairs and came to the point were she had to be on the bridge, "Wait!" she turned to the man who was panting like herself, his violet eyes wide in shock at what she was about to do, "you don't give up do you?" she gave a tired laugh and began making her way onto the ledge staring into the stormy water below, she checked her watch, 11:57, she only three minutes before the time window closed. She closed her eyes and leapt, the falling feeling was replaced with a harsh tug on her arm she looked up to see the young man again, "Let me go!" she cried, what was this guys deal? She was in a hurry, "I can't do that," he persisted and when she tried to wiggle out he only held on tighter, "I don't have time for this, let me go now!" he kept holding on, "forgive me for this!" she yelled and took a firm grip of his exposed rosary, "Sit!" she screamed and he felt his hand slipping off the sleek metal frame as an impossible amount of gravity pulled him closer to the hungry waters below and soon they were both falling. He cringed as he prepared to meet his icy fate and then everything went black.

A/N: should I continue this story? 10 reviews and I might just keep going! Thank you for reading my somewhat new story. I hope to read your thoughts soon, ja ne!