Chapter Three

The week went by slowly, but at the same time way too fast. I would have given anything just to skip past this weekend. It was the Taisho's annual barbeque. I had been invited, but I couldn't decided if I was going to go or not. Was it still right for me to go even though Inuyasha and I weren't together anymore?

I decided that it was ok. The Taisho's were my friends too and its not like they would be upset with me. They were still going to be my family anyway so its not like things would be extremely different. Wow I was getting too good at lying to myself.

I attended the party in a white pleated dress with a thin red belt at my waist. I wore red sling back platform pumps and lets my hair fall in its natural soft curls. I had a brown smokey shadow around my eyes and soft pink colored my lips. Though I looked dressed up, I still felt terrible on the inside.

I had mingled with a few people and had a beer or two. I noticed quickly that Inuyasha and Kikyo never showed up, but it was still pretty early so I wasn't in the clear yet. I was about to grab a third bottle of beer when I heard a voice that was uncomfortably way too familiar.

"Do you always drink like this at parties?"

I turned around quickly to confirm what I thought.

"Sesshomaru," I said only slightly shocked, "What are you doing here?"

"This is my father's party," his tone was as stoic as ever.

Duh Kagome, is said to myself. "I-I know that but, the last two times I came I didn't see you here."

"I was away on business," he paused for a moment, then added. "Not that it is any of your business."

I nodded and grabbed two beers, I motioned one towards him. "Do you want one?"

He took the bottle from me. "Are you always looking for a drinking partner?"

I frowned, then smirked. "Just when I feel uncomfortable."

"Then that must be often."

"Are you always this insulting?"

"Only to those who always feel offended."

"Oh funny."

"I was serious."

I huffed. "Listen buddy I don't know what your problem is, but I bet its hard for you to spell."

Before Sesshomaru could reply we were interrupted, by his father.

"Kagome dear, good to see you," he said with a smile. Toga was such I nice man. His smile could make anyone smile as well. And the fact that the moment we met he was smiling, it made me like him even more.

"Toga hi how are you." I greeted back.

"I'm fine now that I have gotten the chance to speak to you. I see you've met Sesshomaru."

I turned towards the younger Taisho. "Yes we have met, we actually met before at the engagement party, I'm surprised you weren't there."

Toga looked at me confused. "We did go to your engagement party. I didn't know Sesshomaru went."

"Oh I don't mean mine," I said quickly. "I meant Inuyasha's"

Toga was still confused. "Kagome what are you talking about?'

At that moment it all clicked. "He didn't tell you."

"Tell me what?"

"I can't believe he didn't say anything." I was speaking mostly to myself.

"Say what?"

I looked at Sesshomaru, "But if you dad doesn't know, how did you know?"

"Know what?"

"He asked me to go. He needed some kind of family there, and he agreed to take care of a business merger I had been assigned if I went." Sesshomaru answered.

"He bribed you to keep it a secret. From your father, how low is that."

"KAGOME!" Toga boomed.

I turned back to him. "Yes?"

"What is going on."

I stuttered. "U-Um I r-really think that Inuyasha should be the one to tell you. I-its none of my business."

"The whole thing is your business." Sesshomaru said calmly.

I glared at him. "You have no business telling me what's my business, you secret keeping jerk."

"Kagome please tell me what's going on." Toga said mutely.

I sighed. I really couldn't say no to him. "Inuyasha and I broke up."

"What!"

"Yeah, it happened a little over a month ago." I took a huge sip of my beer.

"I cant believe he didn't tell me." he paused and looked at me. "not that I mind but why are you here? If I were you, this is the last place I would want to be."

I took another chug. "Because you guys are still like family to me and I love you and Izayoi like parents. And Inuyasha is marrying my sister so we'll still be in-laws." the last part I mumbled.

I demon ears heard me anyway. "What?" his tone was frighteningly calm.

I gulped. "Inuyasha decided that he wants to marry my sister instead of me."

"So this is what my idiot son has been up to? When I get my hands on him I'll-"

"No don't" I cut Toga off. "Don't blame Inuyasha for everything. I had to have done something to make him not want to be with me. And my sister got into bed with him too, its not just Inuyasha's fault. And Kikyo, Kikyo is, Kikyo is a umm, well I cant pick my family. But I know she will be nice to you."

"Kagome you are too calm about this. You should be off getting your revenge on my idiot son."

"Oh trust me I was working on it. But I just haven't found the right plan."

"Oh do anything, just mess with his head. Make him want you, then don't take him back."

I laughed. "Or he could just mate my sister and have to deal with her for the rest of his life. That is punishment enough."

"That's not even close to enough, he needs more. He cant go around treating women like this, they aren't toys you can play around with."

"No we aren't but I'll get over this eventually."

"You will?"

"Yeah. I'm not going to let this ruin my life. If I keep doing what I'm doing now I know that this will be all in the past."

"And what are you doing. Binge drinking." Sesshomaru said sarcastically.

"Hey I do not binge drink," I yelled trying to defend myself.

"Oh really then what do you do? If not binge drink?"

"My drinking is perfectly normal."

"For an alcoholic."

"Oh just shut up."

"Kagome, is what Sesshomaru saying true?" Toga asked concerned. I faltered. "He is just over exaggerating. I drink more often than before, but I'm perfectly fine. Drinking just helps me not to just lose my cool. But really I don't drink heavily just to keep my nerve. So really don't worry about it."

"Of course I worry. I think of you as one of my own and my son did something stupid and unforgivable to you. I just want to make sure that you aren't doing anything stupid. Besides you were too good for him anyway."

I snorted. "Or not good enough."

"You're more than good enough."

"Doesn't matter anymore I guess. Neither does Inuyasha for that matter."

"Speaking of the half-breed," Sesshomaru said looking in the other direction.

Sure enough here came Inuyasha looking as beautiful as ever. And next to him Kikyo. Clad in a red with white polka dotted dress. Straight hair, red lips, white pumps. She looked perfect like always, she outshined me as always too. I noticed as she looked at me, there was a hint of a glare.

"Sorry dad," Inuyasha said roughly. "We would have been here sooner but we got ready kind of late."

Kikyo hugged my former fiancé's arm. "Yeah we just couldn't keep our hands off each other and lost track of time." she fake a smile.

That was a low blow at me of course. Stupid bitch, I said to myself. Then I paused. If I was going to get my revenge and then get over this I had to just do it. I could waste anymore time insulting her in my head. She didn't know what I was thinking or feeling that way and I needed her to know that I wasn't kidding around anymore, its time she knew Kagome Higurashi's wrath.

"So you must be Kikyo," Toga said disapprovingly.

"Yes," Kikyo smiled holding out her free hand for him to shake. Of course the one with the ring on it.

Toga refused her hand. "Yes I have heard the most interesting things about you."

Kikyo glared and me and Inuyasha fumed. "You told him?"

"Well you decided to keep your mouth shut about the whole thing. So I gave your father the update." I had no idea my voice could hold so much malice.

"You had not right to-"

"Actually I had every right." I said sharply. "This is my life you've affected too and whether you like it or not your father is still going to be my family. Now in case you forgot, this is not a one sided deal, and why didn't you say anything anyway?"

"I was waiting for the right time."

"And when would have been the right time. During your honeymoon?"

"No," Inuyasha mumbled.

"Inuyasha you don't have to explain yourself to my sister." Kikyo sneered. "She is just holding on to this poor little dumped girl act. Don't you see what she is trying to do. She is trying to take you away from me. She is so jealous that she will stop at nothing to break us up."

I just stared at my sister for a moment. I couldn't believe that she would say something like that. No I could believe it, she was a heartless bitch who didn't care about anyone but herself. She was a monster, she was horrible, and she was going to get what was coming to her.

I set my empty beer bottle down and picked up another. I uncapped it and brought my attention back to my sister.

"I don't know where you get off thinking that you're so much better than me. But you should know this, I was with Inuyasha first, he asked me to marry him first, you came after me."

Kikyo leaned in closer and whispered. "But who is he now?"

"Some bitch who puts out for anything with a dick and a fat wallet." I whispered back.

"You are such a bitch."

I nodded. "Yeah you're right I am a bitch. I'm the bitch who got back at the little slut who couldn't get her own fiancé so she slept with mine."

"Oh who cares, if you had taken care of him he wouldn't have went to me."

"Do you really think that sex is going to keep you two together."

"I know that what he wants, I'm not such a prude that I wouldn't sleep with my boyfriend of two years."

I glared at her. "Two years he stayed with me not having sex. Two minutes with you and he left to see me again."

"But he isn't seeing you anymore."

"I threw him out remember."

"Yes you did, I forgot to thank you for making it easier for Inuyasha and I to be together. So thank you so much dear sister."

"I hope Inuyasha is happy with a bitch like you."

"He is Kagome. Every single night, he lays right next to me and tells me how much he loves me and how he wants me to spent the rest of my life with him and have his children. Tell me does it get any better than that?"

I froze, and then gave me sister a sinister smile. "Did he say he wanted to mate you?"

She looked confused. "What?"

"Well you know he is a half-demon and he can mate with the human he wants to spend the rest of his life span with, it's a pretty long time too. He didn't say he wants to mate with you."

She didn't answer so I took that as a no. I grabbed another bottle of beer to replace the one I almost finished and walked away. I decided I had enough of this party so I walked to my car. The door was unlocked so I just sat in the drivers seat drinking my beer and thinking.

I thought about everything. I thought about Inuyasha and what he did. I thought about my sister and how she would always treat me. And those two together hurting me like that was really too much to take sometimes. I remember when Kikyo brought about this whole competition thing between me and her.

Flash back

I was thirteen years old. I had just started puberty and I was excited for it. I hips had gotten wider, my breast filled out, and I could have sworn that my hair was so much bouncier with all its curls. Mom had taken me and Kikyo out shopping and we were both trying on clothes. I tried on a pair of form fitting jeans and a thick strapped tank top so I could get a good look at my new assets.

Kikyo had tried on a similar outfit but it didn't look the same. Her hips weren't as wide and her breast were a bit smaller. And her straight hair just made everything more obvious. I still thought she looked so much better than me. I twirled a few time and then I bounced happily over to my sister.

"Kikyo don't we look great!"

Kikyo just brushed me away. "Well I look great, this outfit shows off my early teenage figure just perfectly. But you, well you look like your trying to hard to look good. You should cover yourself up or boys are going to think you're a tramp."

That had been the first time I realized that Kikyo really did have a problem with me. I had always ignored it and just did my own thing. But I couldn't just leave it all alone when she got involved with Inuyasha.

Inuyasha was starting to get on my nerves. For the past three weeks all he has done is go out with his friends from work. The were nice guys I guess but I know most of them did have something better to do than go out to the bar. Some of them were married with families for goodness sakes. I knew something had to be up.

I was reading a bridal magazine in the bed while Inuyasha took a shower. He had left his phone on the bed next to me and it had been ringing for a while. I just left it alone but who ever was calling him really was trying to get a hold of him.

He phone buzzed signaling a text message. I took the phone, I was just going to let who ever it was know that Inuyasha was in the shower and he would get back to them. But what I saw was not just some friend.

-Inu! Hurry up baby. I need you here. I just cant wait to get my hands on you. ;). Kikyo

-Oh and don't forget to tell Kagome you're staying out late so you can stay over tonight. See you soon baby. Kikyo

I was speechless. I was horrified. I was angry. I was betrayed. I just wanted to cry right then and there but I knew Inuyasha would think something was up. I just tossed his phone back and continued reading my magazine. Inuyasha came out fully dressed and ready to go. He grabbed his phone and looked at me.

"Well I'm going to head out ok?"

I put the magazine down, slid over to Inuyasha and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Oh why cant you stay here with me. We haven't had any alone time together at all these past few weeks. I miss you."

He wrapped his arms around me as well. "Come on Kagome. We're getting married. I just want to spend some time with the guys you know while I still have a chance to. Once were married I'm going to spend all of my time with you."

"But I was thinking that you and I could just spend tonight together. Bottle of wine, strawberries, chocolate, hot passionate sex."

He let go of me. "As hard as that is to resist I already promised the guys I would hang out with them. But tomorrow if that offer is still standing-" he leaned in for a kiss.

I turned my head away. "Yeah Yeah go have fun." it was true. Inuyasha was cheating on me, with my sister.

He back away and headed out the room. "Bye baby."

"Inuyasha, I love you." I called to him.

"Yeah me too."

I waited for him to leave. When I heard the door I shut, I shed the first of many tears.

I had enough of sitting in my car and I was getting really buzzed. I went to start my car and realized that I didn't have keys I left them in the house. I got out of my car and wobbly walked back to the house. I ignore the look I was getting so I could hurry up and leave. I couldn't find in anywhere, and I was starting to lose self control.

I took a sharp turn and ran into someone. Who ever it was, they were tall, strong, and reeked to Taisho.

When I looked up, it was Sesshomaru. His face set like stone, but with a small hint of disgust in his eyes.

"Hello Sesshomaru," I slurred.

"So this is how you deal with Inuyasha," his tone was full of disgust as well. It would have made more sense if everything wasn't all fuzzy.

"Whatareyou talking about?" It was getting hard to even understand myself.

"How drunk are you?"

"Just a little bit."

"How many beers did you have?"

"I lost count after…" I didn't even know what I was talking about anymore.

"All of this for my idiot half brother."

"I was getting drunk before they came."

"Why?"

"Whynot?"

"For someone I assumed was somewhat smart, you really are stupid."

"I'mnotstu- pid." What the hell was I saying.

"Your acting stupid."

"That's a problem because?" I got a dizzy feeling and almost lost my balance.

He ignored the question. "Do you really think Inuyasha will care if you do this?"

"D-do you really think I care if he cares?"

"Yes I do."

"Well your wrong."

"Then prove it."

"And how-do you expect me to-do that?" At some point my fingers looped into his silky silver strands.

"Stop drinking and move on."

"I have moved on."

"Stop drinking."

"What are you my father?"

"He would say the same."

I yanked at his hair. "Screw you."

"I will ignore that considering you are highly intoxicated."

"I am n-n. I need to sit." my legs started to give out so Sesshomaru grabbed my arm.

"Come with me."

He then led me, no dragged me upstairs. I struggled to keep pace while trying to break from his grasp. He shoved me in a room and I toppled over losing my balance.

"What are you doing." I yelled.

"You're drunk."

"Yeah we covered that. Why am I here."

"Do you really want to embarrass my father or yourself in front of Inuyasha?"

"No."

"Then you shall stay here."

"But I want to go home."

"You're too drunk to drive home."

"Why do you even care."

"I don't want you to be the reason this family has a bad reputation."

"Oh but you'll let Kikyo into your family?"

"Stay here until I come to retrieve you."

With that he just turned and walked away. I managed to pick myself to notice a bed pushed up against the wall. I got on the bed and way surprised at the softness and firmness of the bed. The thing I noticed most was the smell. It was heavenly. It was the smell the air had just before and after it rained all wrapped into one, it was addictive. I took my shoes off and pulled myself under the blankets.

As I drifted off to the most peaceful sleep I had in weeks I realized that I had planted my seed of doubt. Inuyasha never mentioned mating Kikyo but he wanted to mate me. Kikyo will just get extremely jealous about everything and in the long run it will just cause problems for them. I held all cards in my hand to get my revenge and now that the seed was planted, all it needed was a little water.

So this was chapter three. I must say it was a very long chapter and my fingers hurt typing it up.

So on to the notes

-I read through the first chapter and it doesn't say Kikyo is any amount of years older so I can make her the older twin. Yay!

-yes there is mating in this story, but that doesn't mean Kikyo and Inuyasha become mate, even though that would be the best punishment for Inuyasha to have to deal with her

-Kikyo does seem like she is winning right not but next chapter a secret will be revealed that could destroy her (mwaha ha ha …sorry)

-it may seem like kagome and Sesshomaru's relationship isn't progressing but this keep in mind they barley know each other and I don't think love at first sight ever applied in his case

-Kikyo is a bitch.. But we all knew that

-I know kagome seems to be going back and forth with the revenge thing, but she is the nice twin so she cant just turn bad instantly

-I hope the story has at least some humor in it, but when inu, kags, kinkyhoe and sess all together there is just a lot of tension

-oh and the words all bundled up like that makes kagome seem like she was too drunk to speak right

-CHAPTER FOUR WILL BE UP SOON

Reviews are welcomed.