Again, I don't' own Inuyasha. I'm just sorta borrowing him. ooh, shiny! *sighs while going to get a "comfort bagel"* I also don't own the featured songs in this chapter. "I Will Survive" and "Kiss Me". thank you. You may now resume regular programming.

Chapter 2: Party Time

Miroku and Sango crept into Inuyasha's hut. Miroku silently pointed to Inuyasha and Kagome. Kagome was leaning against the wall, deep in sleep, with Inuyasha's head on her chest. His hair fluttered every time he breathed. Sango smiled at the overwhelming cuteness. Miroku dug through Kagome's bag until he found her camera. He took a picture of the them sleeping, tossed the camera into the bag, and he and Sango hurried back outside.

"What does that flashy thing do?" Sango asked. Miroku thought for a moment. "I have no idea, but I watched Kagome with it. She said something about an image of. I don't know, she points it at cute things and clicks it." Sango shrugged and they returned to their separate huts.

Kagome woke up a little while later. The rising sun sent a glow through the hut. She looked down at the sleeping hanyou. He had shifted closer to her while she slept and now had his head on her chest (more specifically, something that most girls have on their chests). She found this awkward and suppressed a yelp. 'He must have gotten cold.' One of Inuyasha's ears tickled her neck and she giggled involuntarily.

Inuyasha woke up, but didn't open his eyes. His head was on something squishy. 'What am I laying on? This doesn't feel like Kagome's lap.' He opened his eyes and realized exactly where he was laying. Blushing, he remembered scooting closer to her when she was sleeping, but he was so tired he didn't notice where he put his head.

Kagome blushed when she realized Inuyasha was awake. 'Shoot me now!' They looked at each other and as if reading the other's mind, jumped to opposite ends of the small hut. Then they burst out laughing at how stupid they were being.

"Well, I'm going to fix some ramen. I'll make you some, too." She left. Inuyasha abruptly stopped laughing and resisted the urge dig a hole and live there forever to avoid his embarrassment. 'Kagome took it well, though. I expected a few smacks and a 'sit!'. Maybe she likes me a little."

After breakfast, the group was deciding what to do that day. Inuyasha's idea of going shard hunting brought groans from everyone. Fortunately, Miroku had a better idea.

"We should have fun!" he insisted. "Our shard hunting is too serious!"

"Let's go to Kagome's time!" Sango added.

"Why my time?" Kagome asked, with a mouthful of ramen.

"Because whenever I'm in your time, we always stay in your bedroom. I want to see Tikiko!" Sango explained.

"It's Tokyo."

"So that's where you've been going." Miroku spoke thoughtfully. Sango often disappeared for hours at a time. She warned the boys that if they followed her, she'd beat the crap out of them. "You've been going to Kagome's time! What do you do there?"

Kagome shrugged. "Listen to music. hang out. talk." Inuyasha's ears perked up.

"Talk? About what?"

"Told ya," Kagome muttered to Sango and they started laughing. Miroku put a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.

"Translation: You," the monk told the blushing hanyou.

"Feh," he muttered.

"Come on, let's go to Kagome's time!" Sango insisted. Kagome's eyes brightened.

"You know. a place opened up by my house. They have food and dancing and karaoke. It'll be fun! Of course, the guys will need different clothes and we'll have to pin Inuyasha's ears down, but you can borrow one of my dresses, Sango!"

"What's kakey-okey?" Inuyasha asked, but the girls were already packing everything up and were heading to the well, with Inuyasha and Miroku lagging behind. They left a fussing Shippo behind to be babysat by Kaede.

Once inside the Higurashi's house, the girls rushed upstairs and left the guys to be fixed up by Kagom's mom, grandpa, and brother.

***

Kagome laid on her bed as Sango looked through her closet. Sango gasped.

"What?" Kagome joined her. Sango pulled out a dark pink strapless dress that sparkled in the right light. Kagome had worn it at the last school dance with Hojo. The skirt stopped a little below mid thigh.

"It's so pretty. but a little too dangerous around Miroku." Sango sighed.

"Way to be confident! Come on, Sango," Kagome encouraged. "He'll be too stunned to touch you!" She put one hand in the air and one on her hip, striking a peculiar movie star pose. Sango laughed.

"You're right," she nodded in a less than convinced voice.

"What should I wear?" Kagome asked. Sango picked out a bright green dress. The neck was a little too low and the skirt was a little to long, but it looked beautiful on her. The skirt, which usually fell to just below her knees, would fly up to her mid thigh when she twirled. The dress's spaghetti straps kept the already low neck from going much lower.

The girls finished dressing (Sango had to borrow some high heels. Not the ugly ones, the sandal-like ones that make your feet look small), did their make up, and headed downstairs.

*Meanwhile*

"Quit fidgeting!"

"I can't help it!" Inuyasha squirmed as Sota tied his shoes. "These shoes are so weird and I've never worn pants that weren't baggy!"

"They're not that bad." Miroku said, putting his hands in his pockets. "It's nice not to have to wear that robe."

Sango cleared her throat, standing at the top of the stairs. They looked up as she started down the steps, holding the railing tightly. Her slow speed may have appeared graceful, but she was actually petrified of tripping in her 3 ½ inch heels. Miroku stared in awe. Sango smiled to herself at his reaction. and tripped on the last step. Her hands shot out as she fell to the floor with a loud thud. She jumped up before Miroku had a chance to help her.

"I'm ok, I'm fine, I'm good," she muttered quickly. "And introducing Kagome, who I forced to where the green dress!"

"I'm not coming down," Kagome called defiantly.

"Yes you are! Don't make come up there!" Sango shouted back, forcing Miroku to jump back from doing a perverted thing. They heard Kagome sigh as she turned the corner, coming into view. Inuyasha's jaw dropped and Miroku tapped it back up before it went too far.

Kagome walked down the stairs much more steadily than Sango had, due to her knowledge of heeled shoes. Miroku pointed this out to Sango, who grumbled and stomped on his foot. He smiled painfully.

Kagome reached the bottom of the stairs, without falling, and smiled at the dumbstruck dog boy. "Well.?" she asked. "Does this look ok?"

Miroku nodded. She twirled in front of them, her skirt rising. Miroku nodded faster, asking if Sango's skirt did that, too. Kagome stopped in front of Inuyasha, frowning. She snapped her fingers in front of his face, waking him from his daze. "Hello, this is not a hard question!" She waited until he finished blushing.

"Yeah, it looks great! . I mean. um. feh!" He hid behind Miroku, who was laughing hysterically with Sango. Kagome smiled, causing Inuyasha to melt. 'Since when does she make me feel like this?!'

"You look good too." Inuyasha's face brightened at her remark.

"Really? I mean. feh!" Kagome laughed and the four of them left with Inuyasha repeatedly hitting himself on the head. Miroku asked him if he could have a turn.

Miroku and Sango spent most of the walk talking. Kagome watched Inuyasha the entire time with a slight smile. Inuyasha would glance at her every now and then to see if she was still looking at him, which she always was. Finally, he growled.

"Why're you staring at me?" he asked, annoyed. Her smile widened.

"You're so cute when you blush." Inuyasha's eyes got as big as headlights and his face went a new shade of red. Kagome turned to Sango who muttered "told ya" between her laughing. Inuyasha grinned while Kagome's back was turned; he was pleased she thought he was cute. Miroku looked at everyone in a very confused way, oblivious to the previous conversation.

They reached the "club" a few minutes later. Inuyasha had to wait outside for a while because he needed to adjust to the volume of the music. When he did come in, the flashing lights and the pounding music distracted him. He couldn't find the others. Kagome found him as he let loose an inaudible string of curses. She led him to their table. He couldn't decide whether to keep his hand in Kagome's or put his hands over his ears, which Kagome had pinned down with bobby pins. He resisted his ear covering urge and sat between Kagome and Miroku. Sango and Kagome were chatting while Miroku and Inuyasha sat quietly, a million questions forming in their minds about their surroundings. It was a while later when Kagome suggested karaoke.

"What's kakey-okey?" Inuyasha asked.

"Karaoke is when you go onstage and sing. The words appear on the t.v. screen in case you don't know the song." She pointed to a t.v. in front of the stage. Kagome refused to sing by herself, so Sango, who knew all of 2 songs, went with her.

"What song are they singing?" Miroku asked.

"One of the two Sango knows," Inuyasha replied as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Miroku rolled his eyes as the girls got onstage, laughing.

"I Will Survive" flashed across the screen. Sango started singing.

"At first I was afraid, I was petrified

Thought that I could never live without you by my side."

A very hyper Kagome started doing the "cream puff dance".

"How I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong

And I grew strong, I learned how to get along."

Kagome stopped "cream-puffing" to start singing while Sango, who rarely sang, caught her breath. after 4 lines. Ha. Kagome sang in the shower all the time.

"And now you're back," she sang in a ringing voice that startled the guys.

"From outer space

I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face

I should've changed that stupid lock

I should've made you leave your key

If I'd known for just on second you'd be back to bother me." Sango joined in for the chorus.

"Go on now go," they sang in harmony. The guys were amazed.

"Walk out the door

Just turn around now

Cuz you're not welcome anymore

Weren't you the one the one who tried to hurt me goodbye

You think I'd crumble?

You think I'd lay down and die

Oh no, not I

I will survive

Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive."

Inuyasha snorted. 'If that were true, Pervert over here would live forever!'

"I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give

I will survive, I will survive. hey hey!"

Sango sat down on a small chair on the stage. Miroku laughed when he realized he and half of the other people could see up her skirt. Kagome continued alone.

"It took all the strength I had not to fall apart

Kept on trying to mend the pieces of my broken heart

How I spent so many nights feeling sorry for myself

I used to cry, now I hold my head up high."

Kagome stopped as Sango started to sing.

"And you see me, somebody new

I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you."

Sango tried doing the cream puff dance and ended up tripping on the microphone wire. The not-so-experienced-in-heels Sango jumped up and continued singing.

"You just felt like dropping in and expected me to be free

But now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving me!"

The girls were laughing too hard to continue the song, so they made their way to their table. Finally, Kagome settled down enough to talk.

"So. who's next?"

"There's no way I'll sing a song like that!" Miroku protested.

"That's my favorite song," Sango glared. Miroku hid in his seat.

"Sango, sing another song!" Kagome exclaimed. She agreed enthusiastically. Kagome pointed out the other song Sango knew in the karaoke-song book and Sango bounded happily to the stage. (fyi: Sango has had 4 sodas since they got to the.. place. As she's never really had Coke before, she's very sugar hyper. Free refills is a dangerous term.)

"And you have to dance!" Kagome pulled Inuyasha over to the dance floor while Miroku stared up at Sango. Kagome laughed when the mood lights would turn Inuyasha's silver hair a weird color. Inuyasha, clueless, chose to ignore this.

Sango stepped up to the microphone. Kagome placed Inuyasha's hands on her waist and put her hands by his neck. (Inuyasha only knows one way to dance, but he has his reasons.) The music started. Inuyasha tensed and resisted his blushing.

"Kiss me, beneath the breaded barely

Lightly, beside the green, green grass

Swing, swing, swing the spinning steps

You wear those shoes and I'll wear that dress."

"When'd you learn to dance?" Kagome asked.

"Miroku. sorta taught me before we left. I tell ya, dancing does not create much enthusiasm with Miroku as your partner."

"At least he didn't grope you," she laughed. Then she gasped and clapped a hand on Inuyasha's head. He gave her a puzzled look.

"One of your ears came out of the bobby pin," she muttered. She swore. "I can't see the pin, it's too dark," She glanced around to see if anyone saw his ear. "Lean forward so I can put it back in!" Inuyasha leaned forward and pressed his cheek to hers. Very startled, Kagome gathered enough nerves to pin his ear back. Inuyasha didn't move away when she finished. With a small smile, she tightened her arms around him.

"Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor

Lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance

Silver moon sparkling

So kiss me."

Inuyasha couldn't believe how bold he was being. Still. Kagome hadn't pulled away. 'Maybe there's a chance she.'

"Kiss me down by the broken tree house

Swing me high upon its tire."

A strand of Inuyasha's hair brushed Kagome's cheek. 'I've never felt like this. my heart is beating so hard, I'm afraid Inuyasha will feel it!'

"Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat

We'll take the trail marked on your father's map."

Inuyasha inhaled Kagome's scent. He'd never smelled anything so sweet. Kikyo never smelled so nice. 'I. think I.'

"Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight."

Kagome buried her face in Inuyasha's shoulder. He smelled so good. She never felt better anywhere then when she was in Inuyasha's arms.

"Lead me out on the moonlit floor."

Inuyasha ran a clawed hand through Kagome's hair. He hugged her to him, dreading the moment when he'd have to let her go.

"Lift your open hand"

'The song is almost over.' She panicked. 'No! This can't end! Please.I don't want to have to leave his arms!'

"Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance. Silver moon sparkling."

He held Kagome a little tighter, hoping that it might make the moment last a little longer. slow time down just a little while.

"So kiss me."

Awwww. well, what do ya think? Inuyasha's coming out! Well. so is Kagome. anyone want a bagel? They're cinnamon. Next chapter will be out soon. The story is far from over.

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