Hello again my readers! Here is another chapter, once again a tad sad but I hope you all like it. Thanks for the wonderful help I got from Mikaela, Solie, and Judith! They really brought me through this chapter and it's because of them it's as good as we can possible get it. Enjoy this chapter and PLEASE REVIEW!

By the way, I've gotten a lot of reviews and private messages that are none too friendly towards Inuyasha and Kikyo and BELIEVE ME! I understand I'm not happy with them either but before you whip out your pitch forks and batches of oil, wait for chapter five. It gets better I promise.

-Yuuki

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P.S. - *!~!~!* = flashback ~!~ = time or scene change 'blah'=thought "blah"=talking

Betrayal's Greatest Romance

~ Third Year of Tama Art University ~

Mid Fall Semester

Chapter Three:

My Blood Covered Hands Smear the Smirk You Hide From Me

Exhaustion clung to her chest, swollen eyes refused to open, a hazed mind filled with sorrow of her last conscious thoughts and yet Kagome felt the love and warmth radiating from a curled source and couldn't help but smile just a tad. But, what day was it, how long had she been out of her mind, where was she? Her heart thumped in a painfully unfamiliar rhythm and for a moment, she thought that maybe it really had broken. Something else caught her attention.

"Rin, don't you want to eat honey, or go to the bathroom?" the warmth against her chest, now she knew it was Rin, shook and curled tighter. "Don't you want to talk to your daddy?" Again, Rin shook and curled tighter. The young woman tried to move but her muscles refused her. She moved her mouth to speak but her voice refused her sound. All her body seemed to think about was the pain that had grown while unconscious. The pain ate at her skin, devoured her heart, and dried her tears.

"Rin doesn't want to leave Kagome. Kagome is hurt and Rin will make it all better." The girl's teary voice made Kagome wish to be better just so she wouldn't cry but if wishing was the answer, she wouldn't be where she was. Time ticked away as voices filtered from around her and disappeared without notice. Slowly, her body began to respond to her command again and after what felt like years, her eyes began to open.

"Kagome," rough and full with emotion, Sango began to move in her peripheral vision and came to settle down by her head after some wobbling. Her sister's tear-filled eyes held her gaze as she brought her fingers to run over the hollows of Kagome's cheeks. "Baby, you're finally awake. We were so worried and so much has happened since you have been asleep." Kagome went to open her mouth but the waxy build up around her lips refused to break, her voice locked itself inside her throat. Her swollen eye filled with the sorrows of her last conscience thoughts and happenings devoured her most basic attributes.

"Don't try; you've been asleep for almost a week. After day three of your slumber, Miroku came clean. Kagome…," Sango's voice cracked as new tears formed her eyes. "Miroku admitted to helping Inuyasha hurt you. Oh Kagome, I'm so sorry! He is my husband and as such, your brother and I went by all these years not knowing! How could I allow him to hurt you so! Right under my nose, sister I am supposed to protect you and I couldn't! Kagome, I'm so very sorry!" Her own husband hurt her sister! Why Kami, had she gone all these years without noticing! Every day was another scar Kagome would have to heal over because of her ignorance. She saw the signs, and assumed something else was amiss for the sake of her sister's happiness. What a fool she had been.

Guilt over took the older woman and Kagome let her sister cry out her anguish. Clearing her face to speak once more, Sango looked away from the glazed-over empty eyes of her once vibrant sister and continued on with her tale. "Miroku continued on to tell me that Koga and Sesshoumaru were both involved with hiding the bastard's dirty secret. As of now, Miroku is moved out of the house and living with Sesshoumaru. I called Ayame and told her everything as well and last I heard of Koga, he was back living with his father. Ayame has actually been staying here and so have I." Sango almost sprang into tears at the time they had spent in the room with Kagome's comatose body, Rin huddled under her sister's chin, Ayame sponging her body every other day, and herself living in the room, taking all her meals in here and never once bathing. She watched movies and talked to Kagome as if she were to answer. Pathetic really, Sango thought of herself as she recalled their 'midnight chats'. Sango glanced at the slumbering demoness and silently thanked her.

Kagome's already sore eyes began to leak down her face again. She had heard that Inuyasha snitched on his brother and friends but hadn't paid much mind to it. Now it was clear though, they had all been in on lying to her and betraying her. The ache in her heart lurched roughly against her lungs and Kagome swore her heart began to beat slower. The little body tucked in to her side wiggled for comfort and, until then, she had forgotten Rin was even in the room and now back asleep.

"She hasn't left your side," Sango commented, pulling the covers closer upon the girl's body as only a mother knew how. "Sesshoumaru came by to get her but Souta and Kohaku refused him access onto the shrine. You would have been so impressed with our little brothers. They told Sesshoumaru that they would walk Rin to school Monday and that he could pick her up from there but that his family was no longer allowed within a hundred yards of the shrine. The Higurashi boys are becoming strong men right before our eyes…." Sango lost herself in thought.

"Kagome," Ayame murmured as her sleep began to fade and the young demoness scooted and crawled to her side. "You're awake bunny bear. We were so worried about you. Sango, I'll go get the rest of the family and her food while you get her dressed and bathed, okay?" Ayame left no room for argument, her fiery red locks bounced out the shoji door.

"Well, come on. We can talk later. Let's get you bathed first then fresh clothes." Sango smiled as she helped her limp sister from the futon to her knees then, with some time and work, to her feet. Bathing was awkward but neither one complained when Sango began to gently message a scented oil into Kagome's wax like skin. Although sponged while asleep by Ayame, she still smelled.

"Do you like the smell?" Sango asked, holding the bottle of oil to her sister. She nodded and tried to speak again, only to come out like rough sandpaper with dust coming up from her throat instead of her voice. "Don't worry, your voice will return as soon as you eat and drink some. You're just tired." Kagome's sister assured her as she stood her up again, helping her into the old miko wardrobe their mother used to make them both wear whenever attending to the shrine or a festival.

Kagome smiled as fresh grilled fish and rice hit her nose. Her stomach gurgled in hunger as Sango led her down the stairs and into the kitchen. Rin and the boys were already seated and eating by the time the women made it down stairs. "I haven't told them yet," Sango whispered as they stepped over the threshold and made their way to the table.

"Kagome." Rin came huddling toward her, the force of her impact on the young woman's knees almost knocking them both over. "When Rin woke this morning and you were there, Rin got scared but Ayame came and got Rin and said you woke up and Rin got excited! Ayame said you were in the bath and Rin wanted to bathe with you but Obaa-san said no, I couldn't. So Rin came down to eat with the boys and took a big bite out of my food then YOU CAME IN! Rin was so happy to see you not sad anymore Kagome that Rin gave you a big hug!" Everyone tried to hold their laughter down as the girl continued on talking about every little thing she could. Kagome nodded and sat her back down, then sat herself down only to find Rin had moved into her seat before she could blink. Still talking, Rin moved to sit on Kagome's lap while eating. It was the only time she didn't talk that whole meal.

"Come on Rin, you said when Kagome woke up, you would go with us to the park down the street." Souta stood and took his plate to the sink, trying to give the ladies some time to talk. Rin nodded and jumped off Kagome's lap to put her plate in the sink.

"I'd like some more to eat please," Kagome whispered, her voice slowly returning to her. Ayame nodded as she got up, depositing her empty plate in the sink and filled Kagome's equally empty plate with more rice and fish.

"I'll go with Souta and Rin," Kohaku said as he got up, kissing his sisters and mother on the cheek before leaving the room to get dressed. "We'll come back in an hour or two," he added over his shoulder as he left.

"Bye Obaa-san, Kagome, Sango, and Ayame!" Rin grinned ear to ear as she kissed them all and sprinted down the hall to also get dressed. Souta followed, forgetting his kiss goodbye to everyone. The kitchen fell silent as Kagome ate and the kid's screaming and yelling goodbyes came from beyond the small room. The front shoji door slammed and the ladies of the shrine along with the demoness were left alone. Kagome placed her chop sticks down and began to tell them everything that had happened. She never looked into their eyes, never shed a tear or let her voice falter. She kept talking as if she were made of ice and stone.

They saw the difference the baka hanyou's mistake had caused in the beautiful woman they all loved and cared for. Kagome's eyes were once vibrant pools of baby blue, and now dull and muddy navy grey. The sun kissed freckles along her cheeks and nose blended into her paling skin. Her cheeks sagged slightly and began to hollow. Purple bruises set in under her eyes like venom. Her fingers trembled ever so slightly, but this only Ayame saw. The demoness was the only one to also notice the slight flinch in her movements as well as the shallowness of her breathing. The hanyou had seriously messed with her.

"I want to go," Kagome stated as she brought herself up and to the sink. She turned on the water and began to clean the dishes.

"Go where?" Ayame asked, trying to play the fool but was in no mood. She turned to the ookami and set in a stare that shook the woman's bones.

"Inuyasha is having a party to celebrate his and Kikyo's formal mating. I want to go."

"Kagome dear, I don't think that is a good idea," But before her mother could finish, Kagome was heading up the stairs.

"Sango, be ready in ten minutes or I'm walking." She left no room for argument and the women that were left in the kitchen could no longer tell whether or not Kagome was sane or not. There was only one way to find out.

~!~

Miroku nursed his fourth glass of Bourbon as he stared at the oh so happy couple that ruined his, Sango's, Koga's, Ayame's, possibly Sesshoumaru's, but worst of all Kagome's life. Looking back at it all, the young lawyer knew what he should have done but he foolishly told himself that it could end another way, that Inuyasha would come to his senses and dump his other woman but the script was flipped. Inuyasha took Kikyo as his and just like that, Kagome was turned into the other woman.

He chugged the last remains of his drink and asked the bartender for another. His drink was refilled a moment later. "Hey buddy, this is supposed to be a celebration. Maybe you should slow it down," the bartender, his nametag reading Henry, commented as he cleaned a glass. Miroku paid no attention and felt his heart rip a little more as Kikyo laughed in Inuyasha's arms while surrounded by Inuyasha's father's colleagues. He had been spending his time in Sesshoumaru's guest bedroom because of his mistakes. Miroku let the cool alcohol slip down his throat as his attention turned back to the couple.

"Hey Miroku," Koga spoke from behind him, patting his shoulder. His brown old suit crumbled with discomfort. "You don't look so good man."

"Neither do you but at least my mom isn't back to cleaning my room and making my breakfast," Miroku shot back angrily, not in the mood for Koga's usual nonchalant joking today. Sesshoumaru joined the two a moment later, an unknown alcoholic beverage in his hand as he trained his eye on the giggling woman holding everyone's attention. His almost royal looking suit screamed timely and antique, just the way Sesshoumaru was. His piston white silver main was held up by a leather hair tie, making his image almost mirror to that of his father's.

"We all knew it would end this way when we allowed ourselves to be used as pawns for the hanyou's game," Sesshoumaru said to no one in particular but the two other men nodded in agreement. "It wasn't worth it. He sits there now, happy. He's tasted both worlds and we hate him for it but most of all, we loathe ourselves because we allowed him, helped him to do so. He used Kagome when it should be her in his arms, smiling and filled with joy, a gold band on her finger. We all agree, Kagome should never have been with Inuyasha but we would rather see her happy with him than where ever she is in sorrow." No one said anything else, they simple drank and watched. Everyone here was so happy for the couple and the prospect of future pups, but none knew the great sacrifices that had to be made just for these two to be happy.

They would never know.

"Oh, Inuyasha!" Kikyo cried out as she clung to her mate's arm. He looked so nice in the dark pin stripped suit, the red dress shirt slightly unbuttoned to her liking. She ran her well-manicured hands down his chest, causing him to purr ever so slightly. Inuyasha rested his head atop of Kikyo's and wound his arm around her hips. She thought back to her baka roommate and grinned. The day she moved out, her friends had come to ask why she was moving and her answer had been a stroke of genius. She told them how it had been Kagome who was cheating with Inuyasha. How she blackmailed him to be with her, forcing Inuyasha and her's relationship to be forced in the dark. Then, Kikyo had had enough and made her stop. Everyone claimed her to be the hero in the tragic story. And while Kagome had fled the University, making her look all the more guilty. Oh how had she been so smart and quick thinking.

Truly, he was happy to have their relationship out in the open and even happier to have everyone happy for them. He held his mate tighter to him as his mind wondered for the first time this evening to the woman he let leave his life in tears. She had promised to be here yet he knew better than to expect her.

Kagome.

His gut twisted at the thought of where she could be. Miroku had called him earlier that week to tell him that he and Sango were taking some time from each other because he had come clean about all of them. Koga then followed and called in to quit because he and Ayame were, for the time being, not talking. She had to come back because she was expecting and being pregnant with a youkai child was too difficult without the other's mate.

The DJ chose this time to turn on a song that matched Kagome's current emotions. Papa Roach's To Be Loved started as she held her head proudly as she stormed the celebration hall with Sango and Ayame proudly and worriedly following. Her midnight blue dress flared and fanned out dramatically around her knees and her hair whipped to one side, giving Kagome the look of pure evil sex appeal. Inuyasha would see what he was missing and would regret it. That was Kagome's goal.

Taking a quick look around the room, she noticed the combination of the live entertainment as well as the DJ in the corner at her disposal. She would use them later. "Kagome," Sango whispered frantically, her pink maternity dress making a swishing sound around her, as Kagome got an apple martini from one of the three bartenders. "I think we should leave."

"We will," Kagome replied, eyeing Inuyasha in the middle of the room. Kikyo draped and clung on to one of his arms while his other shook hands. Kagome took a calm deep breath through her nose and moved her eyes to see Inuyasha's three little helpers sitting at the bar across from them. They were drinking but none said a word. Ayame looked to her mate longingly as her hand came to her little baby bump. The move was not unnoticed by Kagome.

Sango followed Kagome's line of sight. "Kagome, I do not wish to talk him, please can we leave."

Kagome patted her sister's arm apologetically and nodded, "Yes, we will leave in a moment. I wish to do one thing here, and that is it. If you wish, you can sit in the car with mama." Kagome left the two women without another word.

The music continued to go on as the band got back on stage from their break. The main singer came to the center but quickly dashed to the left to join the backup singers. Kagome stepped out to no one's notice until it was too late. People filed on to the dance floor as the band began to play the soft pop beat. The piano and violins started and the guests began to dance to what seemed like an upbeat classical song.

"After all you've put me through," Kagome half sang quietly, startling most who know her. The backup sang behind her softly. "You'd think I'd despise you, but in the end I wanna thank you, 'cause you made me that much stronger." The music changed instantaneously and the guests on the dance floor stopped to stare.

"Well I thought I knew you, thinking that you were true. Guess I, I couldn't trust, called your bluff, Time is up, 'cause I've had enough!" Kagome stomped her foot and continued on, and the audience said nothing. "You were there by my side, always down for the ride, but your joy ride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out in shame!" Kagome eyes locked with Inuyasha's as her song continued on.

"After all of the stealing and cheating you probably think that I hold resentment for you," she shook her finger and closed her eyes, opening them with a new found fire. "But, uh uh, oh no, you're wrong. 'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do I wouldn't know just how capable I am to pull through so I wanna say thank you." Kagome took the mic from its stand and walked out further on stage.

"'Cause it makes me that much stronger, makes me work a little bit harder, makes me that much wiser, so thanks for making me a fighter." Kagome turned to look at the three gentlemen accomplices of Inuyasha's. "Made me learn a little bit faster, made my skin a little bit thicker, makes me that much smarter, so thanks for making me a fighter." Kagome sung from her soul, her rage and sorrow pillowing in her chest and making the words of the song more forceful. She turned back to back to Inuyasha, shaking her head.

"Never saw it coming, all of your backstabbing. Just so you could cash in on a good thing before I'd realize your game." She glared at Kikyo, making the older woman shiver against Inuyasha's hold. "I heard you're going 'round playin' the victim now, but don't even begin feelin' I'm the one to blame 'cause you dug your own grave." (A/N: Haha! Get it, dug your own grave! Haha cause you know….Kikyo is dead in the manga….haha… *everyone glares, not getting it and getting mad for interrupting the story* ok never mind back to the story….)

"After all of the fights and the lies guess you're wanting to hurt me but that won't work anymore! No more, uh uh, it's over! 'Cause if it wasn't for all of your torture I wouldn't know how to be this way now and never back down so I wanna say thank you 'cause…" Kagome lifted the mic's cord up and behind her, turned to Ayame and Sango in the back, smiling reassuringly at them. They thought she had gone over the deep end. She would show them, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

"It makes me that much stronger, makes me work a little bit harder, makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter." Her attention turned back to the men, their mouths hanging open. "Made me learn a little bit faster, made my skin a little bit thicker, makes me that much smarter so thanks for making me a fighter." The music softened and Sesshoumaru approached the stage, coming close to rest his arms down on the edge. Kagome got down on her knees, resting in front of him as her finger tips traveled down his cheek then came back up to caress the hair behind his ear as she continued to sing. Tears begin to form in her eyes silently.

"How could this man I thought I know turn out to be unjust, so cruel?" Baby blue hues locked with his burning gold. She sung to him but he knew that she was talking about Inuyasha and that she meant him and the others as well.

"Could only see the good in you, pretended not to see the truth, you tried to hide your lies, disguise yourself through living in denial. But in the end you'll see, you won't stop me." She pushed Sesshoumaru off and away from the stage. Her tears died. She stepped back to the mic stand, her hips swaying in an intoxicating way. Had she not been so angry, Sesshoumaru might have been turned on. Now though, he wished he wore a cup to protect himself from her stomping five inch heels.

"I am a fighter!" Her backup sung behind her, saying everything to make the song that much more heart breaking as the silent audience slowly began to learn her story. "I ain't gonna stop. There is no turning back! I've had enough!" Who knew Kagome could sing like this.

"Makes me that much stronger, makes me work a little bit harder, makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter! Made me to learn a little bit faster, made my skin a little bit thicker, makes me that much smarter, thanks for making me a fighter." Kagome clutched her heart as she stepped down the stage's front steps slowly. Sango and Ayame could be seen quickly trying to push through the crowd to come to her aid.

"Thought I would forget, but I, I remember. Yes I remember, I'll remember. Thought I would forget, but I remember. Yes, I'll remember, I'll remember!" Kagome threw the mic back up on stage letting the original singer finish the song. She waved back up at the woman and reached the final stair.

"Kagome," Sesshoumaru started as he and the other men approached her but they backed off as her aura began to flare wider and more powerful. Both youkai and humans that filled the small hall backed away from the young woman. Kagome stepped slowly through the man-made aisle towards her ex-boyfriend, his future wife and already mate clutched on her arm, her manicured nails almost ripping holes in his expensive suit.

Kikyo's glossy ink hair was pulled back into twisting curls to the top of her head in an elegant up do but let her bangs hang free. Her silk blood red dress was sprinkled with tiny jewels along the top and stopped above her knees and crunched up like cute flower petals.

Kagome's nails weren't manicured but they were sharpened to points. Kagome's hair wasn't as shiny and washed every day but she had beautiful long blue black tresses. Her blue Greek styled dress was a knock off of the one she saw Jessica Alba wear that she got at Kohl's but it was beautiful.

But with these differences, it wasn't what she noticed the most. A huge diamond ring with little diamonds circling the large stone adored her finger reflecting the lights of the hall. The ring that she had dreamed about for over a year, the ring that not too long ago, Inuyasha had asked her to come and pick out with her was on her finger. She thought he was trying to get it right and but no, he brought her along to pick his other girlfriend's engagement ring. Fucked up much?

"Inuyasha," Kagome said as she released a calming breath. She came toe to toe with him, their gazes meeting up in a clash. "Kikyo," she nodded to her former roommate.

The room remained silent as they all anticipated her next words.

"Kikyo, I know you loathe me and would be more than happy to see me fall flat on my face and seep into a hell of self-pity and despair but guess what," She leaned in close to the other woman, her lips almost touching the shell of her ear, "You won this battle, but I always win the war. Have him, it's okay, but karma always comes back with a bite." A devilish grin curled Kagome's lips as she stepped away from the visibly shaken woman. Inuyasha pulled her attention back to him as he shifted uncomfortably.

"You did me wrong." Kagome began running her sharpened nails down his left lapel. "You know you did me wrong and you were a greedy, selfish, cowardly bastard who too secretly took pleasure in my naivety. You took what Kikyo wouldn't give you from me and even worse, you had sex with me knowing good and well that you were about to dump me."

At this Sesshoumaru's ears perked up. He had been listening the whole time but to know his miko had wasted such a precious gift on his half sibling made his eyes bleed red. He sauntered slowly, getting closer to the warring ex couple to listen more intently. Kagome had more to say.

"You used me, humiliated me, cheated on me, and threw me away like an old time for three years. You will get what you deserve but don't worry Inuyasha. I won't hurt you or your lovely mate. It is out of my hands." She backed up with her hands up in false surrender and turned around a few feet away. She made a beeline towards Ayame but was cut off by Koga and Miroku. Kagome tried to back up but stumbled into Sesshoumaru's mid chest, his six foot five frame towering over her and affectively caging her between the three of them.

"Kagome please let us explain –"Koga began but Kagome shook her head and held her hand up to stop them.

"No Koga, you were the three guys I trusted more than Inuyasha. I would and have done everything for you guys and you betrayed my kindness and love with lies. You helped him play me like a fool. I was nothing but a puppet in the grand scheme of this plan. Koga," she locked in on him, "I helped you through your debt, without asking or letting you repay me. I got you together with Ayame and I was the first one to know about you asking her to be your mate. Why would you hurt me like this when you had supposedly loved me when we first met in high school? I will forgive you but I hope you learned a lesson."

Kagome turned her gaze to Miroku who hadn't spoken yet and didn't try. Her eyes filled with tears as she held his face in her hands and made him look at her. "I am the most disappointed in you, Miroku. You are my brother, my friend, and best man." Her tears streamed her face and thickened her voice, "I was there when you got your letter to enter law school. I got you the job you still work today. You're married to my sister." At the mention of Sango, Miroku flinched knowing what she was about to say next. Kagome leaned his head down, resting their foreheads together and whispering so low, only he could hear.

The gazes locked in a teary memory. "Mika, what would she say? Mika and I were best friends and it was I who held you at the hospital when she past. I was the first on the scene of the car accident. I was the one who made her funeral arrangements. She was just as much my sister as she was yours but you would never allow what has happened to me to happen to her, much less help in it." Kagome had hit a little below the belt but she was right either way. Miroku let a sob come from his lips as he nodded in agreement. She continued, "I forgive you, Mika forgives you, but you will never be able to forget this, and I hate that you will have to live with this regret."

Miroku sniffed a little as Kagome released him gently. She nodded behind him, to Sango silently crying in a chair towards the back. He nodded and walked slowly with his head hung low. Miroku looked at his wife, her belly swollen with his child. He dropped to his knees before her and held onto her dress and began to beg for her forgiveness. She cooed to him softly, stroking his chocolate hair back and whispering to him. It was a private moment for the both of them as a family, not just as a couple.

Kagome smiled a little and turned to Sesshoumaru. The smiled slipped from her lips and her tears dried swiftly, her ocean-like eyes hardening to stone. "Sesshoumaru," Kagome spat his name like venom. Emotion passed over his face as he tried to speak but she didn't allow him. "I have been nothing but a loyal friend to you and a loving mother-like figure to your child. Her mother didn't want her but I did and even though I never sought out a relationship with you and never dreamed to replace Rin's mother, I did what I could to make sure whatever she lacked from her mother she got from me."

Kagome looked to everyone, turning in a full circle and smiled but it was laced with sadness and regret "You all knew. For three years, you knew." she looked to Koga then Miroku and finally Sesshoumaru.

"Honestly I love you all and would gladly lay down my life for any of you in a heartbeat with a millisecond of hesitation." She looked to her sister's tear streaked face. She didn't want to make anyone feel bad but it was time she stood up for herself and stopped letting everyone run her. That's how she got into this crap in the first place.

On the brink of breakdown, Kagome stepped to Sesshoumaru, ran her thumb against his cheek then suddenly slapped him as hard as she possibly could. Had it been anyone else he would have killed them before the offensive hand was ever raised to strike. He, as well as almost everyone else in the now suddenly crowded room, deserves anything Kagome had to dish out on them.

"I came to you the day before, asking for your advice and help, and you said with a straight face that you had no idea what was going on. You are the last person I ever expected to lie to me. You are the one person I used to trust the most." And with that Kagome walked out of the gathering, with Ayame quickly following behind. But unbeknownst to them, she had walked out with Sesshoumaru's crumbled heart on her heels.

Koga disappeared after them. Sesshoumaru backed up to a chair and sunk down into it, his cheek stinging and beginning to swell slightly.

Everyone in the hall now knew the true story.

Tragic, heart breaking but up lifting. I'm glad Kagome stood up for herself but she did use from cheap shots. Well, we all know who Mika is now but we'll talk about her in greater detail later, I think I'll include her in the next chapter or the one after that. I hope you guys liked it and please leave me a review!

By the way for any outfit mentioned in the engagement party as well as Kikyo's ring, go to my profile and check out what they look like. Oh and before I forget, I'm trying to do a fanart of the part where Kagome's singing to Sesshoumaru but if someone else wants to try that part or any from the story your welcome to try. I'm interested in seeing what you guys think it all looks like in your head.

Well, thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed and you guys like what I picked for the characters. Next chapter will be up very soon and please leave reviews!

Love you

-Yuuki