A Secret Is Always Verbalized

The moon's light shown vibrantly, bathing everything in and earthly illumination as Inuyasha trotted slowly down the sidewalk towards his personal favorite bar, with his head hung low, covering his beautiful eyes behind a veil of snow-white hair. Occasionally when he was stressed out or just needed to… disappear from all his troubles, he'd escape in a glass of drink or two. He pulled his black overcoat closer to him, trying to block out the chilly night's wind.

Closing his eyes momentarily, he sighed ruefully while walking more briskly towards his destination. He had just left some girls home and like always she wasn't his Kagome and that made him feel even dirtier. He was man enough to say what he did was ghastly, uncalled for, and also… disgusting. He tried to show Kagome that he'd changed, but he just couldn't stop this sinful ache he kept feeling when he went without any sex. Every time he tried to halt these urges and prove to her… just this once that he can change, he always end up like the fucking dog she claimed him to be.

"I'm just a sick bastard." He chuckled dryly.

Walking into the crowded bar, his senses were filled with the intoxication of drugs and sweat mingle together in a dingy smell. His eyes roamed over the bar, spotting the sitting areas on either side of the bar with the counter and the stage filled with dancers opposite each other, then finally a gap in the center that was filled with people dancing together on the dance floor. He grimaced from the filthy odor, making his way to a void area on the far end of the bar. Throwing himself on the couch loudly, he exhaled a long breath, waiting patiently for the waiter or waitress to attend to his needs.

His head was downwards when the waitress walked up to him, asking him what he wanted with a shout loud enough to over throw the music. Looking up slowly with an irritated scowled, his eyes traveled over the sluttish looking uniform. Said waitress wore a black short pants with a white button sleeveless shirt, ending off her wear with a black tie around her neck.

"Again, what will it be jackass?"

Quirking a brow in surprise at her attitude, he peered more closely at her, wondering who the hell she was. The dawning of realization rolled over him when he stared down the cinnamon eyed bitch.

"Sango right?"

"Hmm… So what will it be?" She asked aggravated, chewing on her gum idly.

Inuyasha ignored her.

"I know the whole sluttish look is your original appearance, but why are you here… dressed like that?"

She sighed. "Of course, a dog couldn't tell, but as you can see, it's my uniform."

The uniform was ridiculous, that much she knew, but alas, the boss couldn't help if he was some old sick pervert! She couldn't even remember the bastard's name. All she knew is that his eyes never left the waitresses when they were at work, including her.

Brushing a few strands of hair from her face, she rolled her eyes and looked down at Inuyasha who was currently glaring at her.

Inuyasha knew why she called him a 'dog'. After all, Kagome must have spoken to her about her last encounter with him. With a glower in place, he sat upright in his chair.

"I'll have a cognac." He released an exhausted breath. "Bring the whole bottle with you too."

Without a reply, she left him alone while she tends to his needs. She hated working at this stupid bar, but find that she couldn't help it. Kagome begged her to apply for a job her with her, which also included Kikyou. She heaved a tired moan as she neared the bar counter.

"Hey Kags! Pass a bottle of cognac and a glass!"

"Hold a sec!" She shouted, pouring a green drink from a short stout bottle into a small glass for a bald middle aged guy in front of her.

Sango watched with a grin, as Kagome looked at the man with evident abhorrence as he tried flirting with her.

"Here you go." She handed Sango her order, blowing a lock of hair from her face, she once again tried to make her shorts longer with forceful tugs. "I swear that all these men in here will die before the night is out!" Every time she turn her back on the hormonal men, her ass gets gripped or slapped!

"Chillax, girl… Just have a bottle in your hand all the time, and make your threats believable!"

"…Or, she could just come to her knight; me." The cockiness seeped from his pores like tear drops.

Kagome's beautiful visage turned into an ugly and deadly scowl when she felt the whisper of her manager on her ear.

"For the last time Bank. You are not, and will never be my knight."

The black-eyed hunk just smirked at her and brushed his hands slowly down her bare arms, making her shiver. His long midnight locks that were braided in one, contrasted perfectly with his pale yet astonishing complexion. When he saw Kagome, Sango and Kikyou turn up for a job, he couldn't say no to them, even if Kagome was so inexperience. Her cuteness was all he needed to say yes. When Kagome moved away from his touch, he only chuckled before walking away with a glint in his eyes.

"That guy disgust me to no end!" She spat.

"Are you just saying that because you hate him, or is it that his attitude reminds you so much of Inuyasha?"

Grinning, Sango made her way back to Inuyasha, stopping to kick and threatened a man who mistakenly groped her.

Kagome smiled at her friend's action but sucked her teeth at her last comment with a roll of her ocean colored eyes.

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"Don't you think we should have called first?"

"No."

The woman rolled her eyes at her boyfriend. His mysterious demeanor ways and stoic expression angered her at time, but at the same time, she couldn't deny that, those straits are only a few of many that drew her even closer to him like that of a moth to flame. Still, she hated returning home without informing anyone, but apparently, her boyfriend didn't care for it, which didn't surprise her at all.

Snuggling closer to him despite his one-word answers, she followed his lead to the destination he had in mind.

"So I take it you want to hang out before we head home?"

"Yes."

She pouted at him, gazing up into his still expressionless face. With a sigh, she decided it couldn't be helped. After all, the ride home was pretty exhausting, and she couldn't blame him with how quiet he was now.

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"Here you go." Sango said, cheerfully.

Opening one eye in surprise he looked over her.

"Are you alright?"

She grinned and he flinched, as if expecting her smile to exterminate him.

"Yea I am." Pouring him a glass from the bottle, she stopped when he held up her hand, indicating that she'd poured enough for the time being.

"Thanks…"

"So…" Her eyes watched him as he drank his liquor slowly. "How's your friend?"

"Who do you mean?" He asked quizzically.

"That Miro guy."

"Oh the perv?" He leaned back more comfortably in the chair, looking up at her. "He's alright. Why'd you ask?"

"No reason, really."

"Hmm…" He scratched his chin nervously, watching Sango sit uninvitedly across from him. "So um, how's your friend?" He tried to strike up a conversation since he never really had one with her, and that last sentence just flew out of his mouth as if he needed to ask her, which in all reality, he did.

"She's okay as can me."

"That's good to hear."

"Yea… but she refers to you as asshole, pussy, jackass… you know the works. Oh and don't forget your personal description… baka."

Inuyasha's eyes twitched, watching the obnoxious bitch in front of him.

Sighing, his mind pictured Kagome's angry look in his head, imagining the way she gets when calling him names. A silent smile spread across his face and Sango thought that he'd finally lost it.

"I just wish she'd understand me…"

She shook her head in humor. "Really Inuyasha, how can she understand you when you keep sleeping around, try committing for once!"

"That's easier said than done you bitch!" He snapped, getting aggravated by the second. "I've tried, believe me, I have!"

"Apparently you haven't tried hard enough you fucker."

"How did you come about that? You haven't even committed to someone and yet you assume that it's easy?"

She stayed silent, looking down at her folded arms.

'Guess Miroku didn't tell him…' Tapping her hands apprehensively, she was tempted to inform Inuyasha, but that would just be ludicrous to tell him and not her best friend. But she had committed to someone, and it wasn't at all hard to stop sleeping around. Maybe Inuyasha just couldn't stop himself…

"Are you addicted Inuyasha?" Her cinnamon eyes lifted to peer into his eyes that were the same color of his drink. His expression to her question was quizzical at first, then those eyes turned a dark shade of brown; he was angry.

"That's the dumbest question I've ever been asked!"

She sighed. "That's not answering the question you know."

He sputtered for an answer, avoiding eye contact at all cost. He never admitted any craving loudly, and for her to just ask so heedlessly was absurd!

"I…I am not addicted to… to sex!" He whispered harshly, now leaning forward with his hands on the table.

It was several moments before Sango said anything. She just watched Inuyasha silently, before smiling when the glass was forgotten since he was now drinking from the bottle itself.

"Let's say, hypothetically that you are addicted to sex." She smiled slyly at him, batting her eyes teasingly when a blush crept up his face. "You have to try occupy your time instead of going for a quickie."

"What, you mean pleasure myself now… hypothetically speaking I mean of course." He grimaced at the thought of using his hands to work his way to completion. "Because that's the whole reason why there are whores out there that suck good."

"No dumbass! Aren't you good in anything other than fucking? Something that doesn't take too much of your brain, since you barely have one, if not any."

"Well I'm good at gardening, but I very well can't do that at night…"

"Well can you sew?"

"Well yea, but who loves to sew?" He rolled his eyes.

"Then just read!" She shouted in annoyance, leaned over towards him. "You can read, right? Because there's a saying that says not to judge anyone by the cover. So I'm trying my hardest not to judge you outright."

"Of course I can read! And what do you mean by judging and cover?!"

Sango shook her head sadly, sighing. "Well then try reading when your addiction surfaces."

A glare was thrown her way. "I meant hypothetically." She rushed out, sheepishly grinning.

"Keh, I got that down, now can we drop it?" The bitch was really pushing his buttons with her scrutiny towards him and he'd be lying if he said he liked it. "But that doesn't change Kagome's mind. I made her pretty mad the last time we spoke."

"She was pretty mad, and naturally it was your fault."

"Hey, that's not…"

"You practically assumed that she was ready for a new relationship, then right after she refused, you chipped in Kikyou!"

"I only said that to make her jealous!"

"And how much time did that stupid mouth of yours got you in trouble?"

He didn't say anything.

"Look, Kouga hurt her pretty badly. He was her first love, her first everything! You can't just let that go one time, while running into someone else's arms! Wounds take time to heal Inuyasha…"

"Kouga sure as hell didn't waste any time…" He mumbled.

Sango rolled her eyes at the hopeless shit. "Women are more gentle than men you stupid fuck!"

"Can you stop with the damn names?!"

"A girl's heart can only take so much." She continued, as if Inuyasha didn't say anything. "It's as if the heart is a bottle or whatever, being ran over countless times without a care. How would one feel knowing that the man that held the keys to their heart, abuse it so many times?"

Inuyasha laughed. "You sound like a sick lover."

Oh how she was tempted to slap him upside down right about now. "I'm serious you dick head! You wouldn't believe how much Kagome love him, it's as if he's her freaking god! Everything or anything he asked her for, she'd float towards him with his request."

"What do you mean love? Talk in past tense you bitch! That fuckward almost practically killed her!"

"I'm not you, you delinquent addict!"

He bit his lips in aggravation. How many names will this bitch call him? It's as if she personally sat in her room one day, writing down a list of names that suited him in her book.

"What I'm trying to say is…"

"You're a dumb harlot!"

"I'm not a harlot you man whore!"

"For the last time! Stop with the fucking names!"

"Okay dickhead!" She shouted. "Kami, I hate talking to these insane, nonsensical fucking assholes!"

He stood up quickly, gripping his drink firmly. "That's it, I'm out before I slap you senseless."

"Ok, but let me tell you this…"

He stopped, turning around to watch her satisfied smirk.

"The reason why your precious Kagome hasn't come running to you as yet, baka, is simply because one day she believe and hope that Kouga will come back to her." She rolled her eyes, knowing that the thought of that Kouga coming back was a dumb dream.

Inuyasha shook his head negatively. "You're wrong." He told her obdurately.

"I'm not." She gestured to the seat opposite her, urging him to sit with her.

"Kagome still loves Kouga."

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Miroku walked into the bar with confidence in a black baggy short jean pants, that ending halfway down his shin, with a white vest, ending his wear off with a pair of white Nike. His looked was simple, yet looked good enough to have these fine ladies around him, eying him as if he was their next meal. He grinned widely as his eyes involuntarily slide over a big booed bimbo dancing half naked on the stage. Knowing that all he could do was stare now, he took a back row seat and admired the spacious bar that was filled with countless of people mingling with each other. His Sango was working here tonight, though as he scanned the area, he had yet to spot his queen.

"What can I get you, cutie?"

Miroku looked up from his scanning to see…

"Kagome…?" His eyes roamed over her, noting how much of a hooker she looked in that uniform.

The waitress rolled her eyes.

"Every damn time…" She grumbled softly then sighed. "I'm not Kagome. I'm her older cousin Kikyou."

He opened his mouth in an 'O' shape when he stared at her closely, realizing for the first time how much more fiercer and paler she looked to Kagome.

"I'm sorry, you guys look alike, is all."

"I know, I know" She rolled her eyes. "It's sickening too."

He looked up at her with a quirked brow in utter surprise, also noting how much their attitude differs from each other.

"I see…"

"Uh-huh…" She smiled sweetly at him. "So what will it be? I might give you a free drink if you're willing to entertain me later." She winked at him.

'Typical…' He smirked, basking in his looks. The rules of being in a relationship were harsh, but he'll learn how to resist.

"Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm taken." He wet his lips teasingly. "I only need Sango from now on."

Kikyou furrowed her brows in question. "You mean Kagome's best friend?"

"Yup, that's my little vixen there."

"Oh, so you're Miroku?" Wow, you look even better than how she described you."

"Nani? You mean she told you about me?"

"I wonder how else I'd know your name?" She looked at him closely. Seemingly wondering if all guys were as dumb as they looked. Their slowness never ceased to amaze her, never.

"Hai. So that means she finally told Kagome right, because keeping that shit from her is just messed up, especially given the situation."

"Well…" She grinned goofily. "She might of accidentally forgotten to tell Kagome that tad bit information…?"

Miroku scowled at her, shaking his head in shame.

'Women… they never cease to amaze me.'

Massaging his forehead, he ordered some cocktails. He had a feeling that tonight was going to be a long night.

When Kikyou reached back with his drinks, she sat down across from him, crossing a leg over the other with her chin in the heel of her hands that were currently securely on the table.

"So, how's that sexy gardener doing?"

"Who, you mean Inuyasha?"

"Yea, him."

"He's alright I guess. I haven't seen much of him lately." He turned his head sideways with a pathetic pout. "Lucky bastard." He grumbled.

"Lucky how?"

"He gets his chicks… any time he wants, that's what."

"Oh… so he's that type a guy huh?"

Somehow, Kikyou was not surprised. Being the innocent, non-player guy was definitely not Inuyasha. She never thought she'd find him anymore sexier than when she just met him. She grinned stupidly, despite herself.

"No wonder he can't convince Kagome." Miroku was tired of Inuyasha sleeping around and at the same time saying how much he cares for Kagome. It's all bullshit! What woman would give him a chance if he can't even keep his pants on?

"W-What did you say?" Did she just heard right? Convince Kagome about what? Was it possible that… She shook her head negatively. It couldn't possibly be!

"I said: to convince Kagome?" He knitted his brow in response. "Don't you know he's head over heals for that girl? They're little history might have been bad from the start, but they fell hard for each other even though neither would admit it."

"I don't know actually." She finger combed her loose hair slowly as if bored. "Care to gossip the dirt with me?"

Sipping his drink at a slow paste, Miroku watched the girl before him closely. Would it be bad to tell her, or okay? She is Kagome's cousin after all, so she would find out sooner or later…

"Well the whole drama started at that club just out of town." He started. "I wasn't there to witness it, but all Yasha told me was that they ended up behind a club and he almost 'nailed' her, but then she refused him after telling him about her marriage…"

"Kaggie reached behind a club with a guy that's not her husband?" Being shock didn't even cover half of how she felt right now. She really doesn't know Kags like before. The girl loved to party, she'd give her that much… but her morals always came first no matter what. It appears that, even that has also changed…

"Yea she did. Shit happened at a party her bro held. That Kouda guy or whatever his name was came home too early, and he almost caught Kags and Yasha, but that didn't happened." He sighed, taking a long swing from his drink. "Though he over heard Kagome and Sango talking, then he got real mad. The guy was like a fucking lunatic! You should have seen how he left Kagome. Then Yasha was acting all different… as if he loved the girl! He never admit it though, but if blind people can see their attraction, then why wouldn't we be able to?"

Kikyou was like a sponge. She sucked in every information that Miroku just told her. She felt light-headed. Memories of how Kagome acted when she mentioned Inuyasha, how she always got uncomfortable when the topic of Inuyasha came up. 'It all makes sense, and I was a fool for not realizing it.' Why didn't anyone told her? She was infuriated at her cousin for not telling her. Was she not trustworthy of knowing anything around her?

"That's so tragic…" She almost laughed. Her cousin only got what was coming to her from Kouga. He treated her with so much respect during high school, and yet she betrayed him for some lowlife? Inuyasha might be hot, but a helper will always be below them…

Some people actually longed for the love of Kouga… To some he was their light in the dark, the cherry on their ice cream. To some…

'He was their very own life… My life…'

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"In… Still in love with him?" That's not possible, he's being fucked over! "You've got to be fucking kidding me bitch!"

"Keep up those name and you'll be sorry you pencil dick!"

"Why don't you let me show you how much of a fucking pencil I've got!" He retorted. "Your ass wouldn't be able to walk for years!"

Unconsciously, Sango had the good grace to blush while squirming at his words. It cannot be help with someone who enjoyed the activities of fucking. But this was serious. She love Kagome to death, and seeing her pine over that egoistical bastard was just delusional. Kagome deserved so much better than Kouga, and even though this twat ass in front of her was such and… ass, he really likes Kagome. 'Maybe even love her, if what Miro said is true.'

Combing her hair with her fingers, she cleared her throat softly. "I remember our first day of high school as if it was yesterday." She smiled contemplatively, as if seeing the memory played out right before her. "Kagome was so anxious to get settled in, and at the same time, her shying never lowered. She would blush every time an older boy watched our way, or fidget under the stare of the older girls, yet her head was held high all the time." On that first day, everyone looked like skyscrapers. They were so tall compared to them, and all everyone did was stare at the 'fresh meat'. But when Kagome and Sango got lost in the hall, that's when he helped them.

"She said it wasn't his fault that he made her 'fall'." She watched Inuyasha pointedly. "By the way, that means that she fell for him… he didn't actually trip her."

"What the fuck –…"

"Anyway… she just kept talking about him every chance we got. I remember one time she wanted to give him a love note." Sango almost laughed at how she remembered the way Kagome was soaking the note with her sweaty hands. "She never did give him though… Maybe if she did, they would have gotten together sooner."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. 'Can you cut to the whole reason why you chose to drive me down to boring lane?"

If looks could have killed, Inuyasha would have been a heap of ashes by now! Sango placed her index and middle finger on her forehead, rubbing it absent-mindedly. "In our third year of high school, right after mufty day…"

"You mean the time when you guys jumped the gate?"

"Yea, so Kags told you eh."

"Of course she did!" He huffed with a cocky smirk on his face.

With a roll of her cinnamon colored eyes, she once again continued. "Well after the way we dressed, almost every guy in the school knew, and they wanted a go at us. Of course she only gave Kouga a chance. He was such a charmer, and Kags only seemed to fall even harder." She moaned brokenly in boredom.

"It's as if he only went with her because of that day."

"And here I thought you were dumb…"

His intense eyes watched her fiercely. "You seriously need to fuck away those stresses."

"No shit Sherlock." She rolled her eyes, rubbing her neck in a massaging way. "Anyway, things got a little complicated when Kikyou found out that her little cousin was going out with her big crush from since he came to that school." She nodded her head tiredly with Inuyasha's shocked look.

"Just so that you don't get anymore confuse. Kikyou was two classes higher than Kagome. So by the time Kagome was in her third year of high school, Kikyou was in her fifth, and Kouga was in his fourth, but they held him back in fifth form… So that meant that Kagome and Kouga, including myself, graduated at the same time." She watched as Inuyasha nodded his head in understanding slowly, and then leaned closer towards him. "Did your brain process that information?!" She shouted but laughed when he glared deadly at her.

"So why wasn't Kikyou so bold to confront him? I mean I've only known her for a little while but I know that she's very… bold."

"That's only because she's more beautiful than before." Tugging on her shorts, she cursed softly when her nails grazed her legs. "She was a geek."

"Wha…"

Taking a sip of his drink without permission, she asked, "So not only are you dumb, but your hearing is messed up now?"

"It…It's not that! I just never saw her as that person."

"You mean big puffy messy hair, big thick glasses and oversized clothing?" She nodded once. "Yup, that's high school Kikyou for you. She was very shy around boys too, and she always hid behind her thick old boring books. Every time a guy tries to open her up, she makes up some outrageous excuses." She was very sad for Kikyou back then. Kikyou was so much fun around her and Kagome but when it came to boys, it was hopeless. When Kikyou found out Kagome was dating Kouga, she was often distant; especially when Kouga was around.

"Often, you'd find Kagome and Kikyou fighting. I mean it was unusual seeing that Kikyou still had this big crush on Kouga, knowing that he was never in her reach now that Kagome was in his picture."

"I see… All that shit went down and they're still best of cousins."

"Well of course. People move on, and when Kikyou came back from college, she did a complete one-eighty." She wore contacts regularly… it was a surprise that she haven't worn any since she got her.

"The first thing I realized about her change was her eye."

"Her eyes…? What of it?"

"She wore some contact-lens… they always turned her eyes a similar color to yours. They just stood out, and she looked absolutely ravishing."

"Amber eyes huh…" His whisper wasn't loud enough to reach her ears, but at least he got to wonder without her insults. Kikyou never struck him as the geek type, and her past only left him wanting to learn more about her…Grasping his mane tightly, he bit his lips while wondering about Kagome. 'She still loves that fucking Kouga huh…'

"You see Kagome took the word 'love' seriously. She believed that your first love should receive all of you…. And she did just that. She was like a fool, falling slowly into the devil's arm, blinded by the power of love. Kouga never did anything to hurt her, to my extent knowledge mind you, but to me, he still wasn't right for her. He always looked so mysterious, and when I tried to tell Kags, she brushed it off. I can't really explain this love shit thing, but Kouga was like her life. She'd do things with him that wasn't her.

"Kagome never went to college… Kouga told her that he's the man who'll slave for her happiness and she, as a 'queen' shouldn't worry about minor things such as work, but she was very smart for her age."

"That was stupid of her…" He spat. "Did she actually think that they'd stay together forever?"

"Well you fucking idiot! Why would she have married him?"

"Listen here bitch, are you PMSing…?"

"Don't tell me you don't know why people get married!" She paused watching him deadly after his last part. "And…Fuck you!" Every time a girl got cranky, the guys think it's that fucking time of the month!

"I'm warning you…!" He left the empty threat hanging.

"Pfft. Anyway, to Kagome, love last forever… and though we haven't really had a solid conversation, I know that she still loves him."

"That doesn't say she loves him, you wench." He spat, folding his arms.

Sango shrugged tiredly. "Fine, don't believe the best friend. See if I give a fuck! Here I thought you knew Kagome good enough to know that she cherishes good things from bad." She stood up quickly, stretching her arms above her head. "I think I'm going to get going before you get me fired!"

"Wait!" Pausing, he watched Sango with a pathetic pout. He hated asking the bitch questions. "Can…can you tell me what caused Kagome's miscarriages?"

Hesitantly, Sango reached over once again for his drink, averting her eyes from his. "I'm sorry…" She said quietly, "But that's something you'll have to ask Kagome personally…"

He shook his head up and down slowly, understanding when he'd asked too much. "I'm sorry for prying, it's just that…"

"Yea, I know." She grinned. "Tell that Miro guy I said hello."

She winked at him and bid her farewells.

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The many different lights of the bar flashed periodically in the eyes of the two couples. At the back of the bar, there were exotic dancers on a pole entertaining the sex-crazed men before them.

"I'm bored. Can't we go dance Ses –…?"

"What the hell are you doing here?!" Kagome bellowed angrily, standing behind the sitting stoic man and his girlfriend, who was shocked at her question. "I can't believe you have the nerve to come where I work!" Her eyes twitched at the silver-haired man lack of response. "Well Inuyasha?" She was currently browsing the bar looking to see if someone needed some services, but after multiple slaps to the ass and practically a permanent vein in her forehead in return, she was just about to make it back to the bar counter when a silver head bastard caught her eyesight. It was bad enough that he was with some little hussy!

"Sesshy, who's this girl?" Kagome's reflection wasn't in view of the young woman next to 'Sesshy' and so she didn't have a clear view at the girl.

"Did you come her looking for Kikyou you bastard?" She walked closer to him, reaching out to grasp his long mane. "Wait… did you say 'Sesshy'?" Kagome looked at the child like girl with big brown eyes. "R-Rin…?" She looked closer at the young woman "Is that you Rin?!"

"Hai! It's me…" She grinned, looking the woman over in her waitress uniform. "Are you… are you Kagome?"

Kagome scoffed playfully, leaning more forward towards the table, making her silky hair cascade over her shoulders. "Awe, I'm hurt to see that you forgot me already Rinnie." She playfully teased, roaming over her high school friend. Rin haven't aged a day. Her big bright brown eyes still shined with the same youthful playfulness. Her woman curves developed more, which told everyone that she was a woman even with the child-like face. Kagome was in admiration of how she kept so much life in her, then her eyes drifted over to the Inuyasha-like version. They must be related or something because Kagome knew that the hair and eyes are not too common around here. She smiled softly, coming to a decision that he treats his girl well. Rin looked so happy!

"Oh forgive my rudeness!" She grinned and pointed over to her boyfriend. "This is my love, Sesshomaru Taisho, and Sesshy, this is Kagome."

Politely, Kagome held out her hand, and he shook it respectfully, bowing his head slightly.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Ms…?"

Kagome blushed hotly. "Oh, please it's Kagome."

He smiled faintly remembering how she mistaken him for that bastard. "I take it you know Inuyasha?"

Her uneasiness didn't go unnoticed to his keen scrutiny, nor did the way she acted when she thought him to be his brother.

"Um, yes I do." Swearing in a sulphurous manner under her breath, which caused Sesshomaru to quirk a brow in wonder, she avoided his intense orbs by turning to her friend. "So how's life?"

Rin perked up. "Oh it's fantastic! I just got back from out of town with Sesshy really, and he wanted to relax before heading home." She smiled warmly at Sesshomaru.

"That's great! I'm sure you had an amazing time!" That's something Kagome longed for, excluding a male. A vacation get-away would be something to look forward to.

"It really was." She sighed wistfully. "Hey, what about you and Kouga. I know his job can get in the way, but I'm sure you guys are having a bomb!"

Sadness. It poured over her like a black mask, itching to asphyxiate her even more. Whenever she felt like she'd finally erased him from her mind, someone always mentioned him.

"We… um, we aren't…" She pasued and inhale a puff of air.

Rin's brows drew closer together, her chocolate colored eyes perplexed as they looked up at Kagome's uncomfortable body language. She was about to inquire more about Kagome and Kouga but Sesshomaru cut in.

"I think we should go Rin." The lights sparkled in his amber eyes, making them look even more beautiful. "Shall we leave?" He stood up, straightening his jacket.

"Sure Sesshy! I'm getting tired." She too stood up and moved over to Kagome, hugging her warmly. "We should catch up some time!"

Smiling, Kagome returned the hug tightly, thanking God for Sesshomaru's cut in. "I look forward to it Rinnie."

"Great!" She bid her farewell, and started heading for the exit.

"Thank the god's Kagome, I know how nosy Rin can get…" Sesshomaru started walking off. "Am I correct to assume that my baka of a brother is involved in your dilemma?"

He didn't look back at her, nor did he wait for an answer, and Kagome sighed heavily, heading towards the bar counter.

'They're brothers huh.' Exhaling a tired breathe of air, she quickened her brisk walk. 'I need to drink something heavy.'

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A/N: Well that was chapter 11. I'm personally not happy with this one but I'm too stressed out to re-write the whole thing, I don't even like the chapter name! My exams are a pain in the ass, and right now am suppose to be finishing my homework but… Oh well, lol. READ AND REVIEW! They would be much appreciated!