Hey guys! So sorry about the long update, my parents got a new computer and all of my other files were on the other one. So I had to re-type them all. It was a nightmare! Please forgive me!!! All right, now that we have that clear, please continue with your long awaited chapter! Hope you guys had a very Merry Christmas and an even better New Year!


Chapter 12: Too much To Drink

Rin waved to the Sango and Kagome. "See you guys later!" The car drove away and she smiled happily. Those two are a lot of fun! She reached into her pocket and took out the key. Rin placed into the lock and turned it. She pushed the door opened and was met with a screaming butler who she considered more like a toad than a human being. "Rin, where have you been?!"

"Out." Rin answered innocently. "Oh don't give me that line! You were supposed to be home at 8:00 and it is now 10:00! How do you explain that?" Jaken screamed louder.

"I don't have to explain myself to you, Jaken!" She pouted her lips and crossed her arms over her chest. Jaken frowned and began to yell again.

"Ignorant girl!"

"Stupid Toad!"

"Both of you! Silence!" Rin and Jaken both stopped fighting and looked over their shoulders and stepped away from each other. "Jaken, you are excused." Jaken bowed his head and went to some other part of the house. Sesshomaru stared at Rin, who had her arms behind her back and an innocent expression on her face. "Why are you late?"

"It ran late. Sorry, I tried to call but the house phone was busy."

"You could've called my cell." He raised a brow at her. "That was busy also. Again sorry."

Sesshomaru sighed. "It's a school night Rin; go to your room… now!" Rin frowned and ran upstairs. Once up, she entered her room and slammed her door shut. Sesshomaru growled when he had heard it. "Stubborn girl." Just then, his phone began to ring. He took it out of his pocket and looked at the caller I.D. Sango… He flipped his phone and answered it.

"Moshi Moshi."

"Hey Sesshomaru, how's your night so far?" she asked, almost nervously. Sesshomaru scoffed into his phone. "Stop your sarcasm Sango. Why was Rin late and why are you calling now?"

She sighed. "Okay, fine. It was my fault Rin was late, so don't punish her for what I did. And second, do you have a date yet for Totosai's party?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Well…" she paused for a moment but continued, "I was wondering if you could if Kagome would be your date. Now, before you say no… think of it. You want him to believe that she's your fiancée and what could be more perfect!" Sesshomaru stood still as he thought about it. That would work, but what about the…

"Sango, you have to make sure Totosai has no paparazzi around. If they see me and Higarashi together… nothing good will come out of it, I promise you that much. Agree with this and I'll take Kagome." He groaned at the thought of Kagome being his date for the party. There was silence on the other line for a while until finally, Sango spoke. "All right, agreed! Ja ne!" The other line went dead and Sesshomaru hung up. What was I thinking? Of course that she-devil is going to embarrass me. Only one wrong word and my reputation is completely down.

10 Days Later

"Kagome, will you hurry up?! I still have to fix your makeup!" Sango and Kikyo yelled to Kagome, who was still in the bathroom. Kagome had gone over to Sango's house because she had thought that she would be able to help her with her appearance, but now she knew that was a big mistake. Kagome sighed and came out of the bathroom. "Guys, are you sure I should be wearing this dress? I mean, everyone's gonna stare at me."

Kikyo snickered. "Um… that's the whole point hun. But I should say this much, if every guy in the room's gonna stare at you, then Sesshomaru's gonna get real jealous." Sango covered her mouth with her hand when she heard that comment from Kikyo.

"What?"

"It's nothing Kagome," Sango interrupted, "I mean; Kikyo doesn't know what she says at times. Right?" She turned her stare towards Kikyo and winked. "Uhh, right Kagome. I meant to say was that Sesshomaru will have to play jealous and won't that be a sight?" Kikyo giggled nervously while Kagome nodded her head in suspicion. Yeah right, she'll find out sooner or later how Sesshomaru really feels about her. Though it is SO obvious! As Kagome turned away, she looked at herself in the mirror. All she could think about was how this night could possibly go wrong. Sango walked towards Kagome with a make-up kit and began to various colors on her face. She had to be careful not to put too much for Kagome did not need too much make-up because of her natural beauty. "If you make me look like a rodeo clown, I'll never let you live it down." Kagome warned her friend.

"Hey relax, you're pretty much done. Now do you want your hair up or down?"

"Does it really matter?"

Jus then, Kikyo gasped. "Does it matter? Does it matter! Of course it matters Kagome!"

"But I don't get it?" Kagome gulped in nervousness.

"Don't you know anything Kagome? They don't teach you this at any school, but let me tell you something," Kikyo began, "when your hair is up with that dress, you're telling people that you're the beautiful but deadly business bitch. But when it's down, you're pretty much telling everyone that you're the sweet girl who can't wait to fuck her fiancé."

Kagome's face flushed with a deep shade of red. "Is she telling the truth?"

Sango nodded. "I'm afraid so, Kagome. Who do you wanna be? The beautiful business bitch or the sweet vixen?"

"Can I go bald?" She asked nervously.

"DO YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE A FREAK?!" Both girls screamed to her.

"Okay, okay, okay! I choose to wear my hair… down?"

"Okay." Sango grabbed the brush and hair-care products to make her hair silvery smooth.

"Good choice." Kikyo smiled as she saw how she was turning out. After a while, Sango finished with her hair and sighed. "Wow that was almost a challenge. But I did it! And now, may I present the fabulous future Mrs. Sesshomaru Takahashi!" They laughed while Kagome growled at them.

"Hey, I'm NOT his fiancée! Get that straight! Let's just go to Totosai's stupid party!" Kagome grabbed her red shawl and walked out of the door. Sango and Kikyo shrugged their shoulders and walked behind her.

As Kagome leaned against one of the cars, Sango and Kikyo were having their own little conversation. "Sango, are there gonna be any people with cameras that work for the media over there?"

"There shouldn't be, I specifically told Totosai 'no paparazzi' and I'm sure that he listened… hopefully."

Kikyo snickered. "The way Inuyasha described him, I doubt Totosai even knows what they are!" They walked to car where Kagome waited for them. Sango sighed and grabbed her keys. She was happy that Miroku and Inuyasha went to Totosai's early to help him remember the guest list. Totosai had better remember otherwise, Sesshomaru will kill… actually, he'll kill Miroku not me. But still…?

Imperial Hotel Tokyo

Sesshomaru growled as picked up his phone. Damn that wench. I told her no paparazzi and here they are! What was she thinking? Just as he was about to dial his phone it began to ring. He already knew who it was and thought that he could take his anger out on her. "Moshi Moshi, Sesshomaru Takahashi speaking."

"Hey Sesshomaru, it's me Kagome. Can you tell me if there are a lot of people there yet?"

"Actually, there is. Isn't that good for you, and you had better not be dressing like any hillbilly skank or I'll have your head Higarashi."

"Don't worry Sesshomaru, I wouldn't dream of dressing like you're stupid girlfriends." Kagome giggled as she heard Sesshomaru growl softly. "Anyway, give the phone to Sango I wish to speak to her."

"Okay, hold on. Sango, fluffy ice-king wants to talk to you!" Sesshomaru growled as he heard what Kagome had called him. She has a lot of guts to call me that, but I doubt she'll be as brave as to call me that here. "Hello?"

"Sango, when Miroku told me that you were going to be helping Totosai with the party, I wasn't very thrilled. Then I told you to bring no paparazzi, but yet they're here!"

He heard her sad groan on the other line. "It wasn't my fault; it's probably the old man's. Will you just calm down? Look, we'll be there in about two minutes and I'll talk to him then. Bye-bye." The line went dead as Sesshomaru put the cell back in his pocket. He reached into his other pocket and pulled out a small box. He opened it and stared at the content of it. I'll have to give this to Kagome in private; otherwise it'll be in tomorrow's front page news. Just then, he felt a slap on his back. Sesshomaru turned around to kill the person only to find Totosai. "Totosai, what is it?"

"Oh don't be down in the dumps. I'm sure that Kagome will love the ring. Is that your mother's ring?"

Sesshomaru looked puzzled. "Why would I give her my mother's ring?"

Totosai slapped him again, which only got Sesshomaru angrier. "She's the woman who's carrying your kid, so she should have it!"

"Kagura carried my child and she never wore it. Why should Higa-… Kagome be any different?"

"Well I doubt that ring could fit Kagura's fat fingers, but you should give that ring to someone you love… like Kagome!"

Sesshomaru forced his body to not punch, kick, or brutally hurt Totosai in any way. "And again, why would I give it to her? I will give it to someone who will last more than 24 months." With that said, Sesshomaru walked away from the annoying man to the entrance. He went outside and found that Sango's car had arrived. He walked quickly to the car while the reporters began to hound him. "Move and I won't destroy your pathetic cameras!" Some moved out of the way while others were more persistent. When he was near the car, he opened the back seat and was frozen in place as he stared at the female coming out. Kagome stood up away from the car while Sango and Kikyo walked to leave the two alone with the reporters. Sesshomaru stared as the wind blew Kagome's glossy hair over her shoulders. His eyes went down her dress and became slightly infuriated that she was wearing the red cocktail dress that Rin got her. But still, he liked how it graced her curves. Kagome blushed as she saw Sesshomaru's eyes downward. "Something wrong, Sesshomaru?" He was knocked out of his stare and looked directly at Kagome's face.

She really did look beautiful to him. "Nothing. It's nothing at all Kagome. Let's go in." Sesshomaru reached out his arm while Kagome just stared at it. "What are doing, Sesshomaru?"

"This is the part where you grab it. Now do it."

"Reporters are right there, in case you hadn't noticed." Kagome felt uncomfortable watching people take photos of her and Sesshomaru. "It's all right, now come on Higarashi!" Sesshomaru regretted saying that for he had raised his voice a tad too much.

Kagome was mad and she wasn't going to try and hide it. "My name isn't Higarashi! It's Kagome! KA-GO-ME!"

"If you wish to make me deaf, go ahead. I wouldn't mind not hearing your nasally little voice. Can you blind too, that way I wouldn't have to look at you!" Sesshomaru thought he had won this little match, but he had been wrong before.

"And why would you be looking at me anyway?" Kagome crossed her arms around her chest and Sesshomaru became utterly speechless. "Ha, I win!" Just as another match was about to begin, Totosai appeared outside and stopped their fighting. "Alright, quit this little quarrel. Now Kagome, I know that when a woman's pregnant her attitude becomes totally different and this is just one of those times. Sesshomaru, how dare you treat your fiancée this way! You shouldn't blame her for your misuse of a condom!" Kagome and Sesshomaru froze in place as Totosai screamed out to the media. One of the reporters spoke and he was the one Sesshomaru hated the most.

"Jinenji Yoshikawa from the Tokyo Sun, do you mean to say that Sesshomaru Takahashi is engaged to this girl?"

Totosai nodded. "Of course! And she's four months pregnant!"

"With his kid?" And again, Totosai nodded. Sesshomaru groaned and grabbed Kagome's hand. "What are you doing?"

"Leaving, come on!" Sesshomaru began to drag Kagome closer to the entrance, but their path was mostly blocked by troublesome reporters. After a few minutes of shoving them out of their way, the made it back inside. Kagome sighed, it really wasn't her night. Sesshomaru held on to her hand as he took out the box. "Sesshomaru, you can let go of my hand now."

"First, wear this." He handed her the box and she opened. Her breath was taken away from the beauty of the gold-laced emerald ring. "It's beautiful, but why?"

"If we have pretend to be… engaged, then we have to look the part too. I already have a ring, so now we look it. Don't do anything stupid Higarashi." Sesshomaru walked away from her as she stared at the ring. She slipped it on her finger and was surprised on how well it fit. Wow, it's beautiful. Sesshomaru must've spent a fortune on it and I insulted him. How low have I sunk? I guess I could go find him and apologize. Kagome began to wonder around and met new people in the party. Though Kagome knew that she didn't belong in this world, others thought she was a daughter of a wealthy businessman while many others thought that she was Sesshomaru's fiancée as they saw their little display outside.

3 hours later

Kikyo looked around the party for Kagome and stopped when she saw her at the bar in the lounge. "Kagome," Kikyo began as she walked up to her, "what are you doing? Don't you remember what happened the last time you got drunk?"

"I'm not drunk, I'm just supremely pissed. I can't believe that cynical, egotistical, hormonally-crazed son of a bitch!" Kagome screamed out as others in the bar turned the heads in her direction. "Her boyfriend dumped her for her best friend, it's all too complicated." Kikyo said as the people went back to their own business. Once she was sure no one was listening, her attention was turned back to Kagome. "What happened? Did someone attack you or something like that?"

"No, not like that. It's just that, well… I thought Sesshomaru was being real sweet when he gave me this ring, so I went around finding him and apologizing for being so rude outside but when I did find him, he was…"

"He was what? Kagome tell me, it can't be that bad."

"Sesshomaru was with… some woman and they were… well, let's just say it was a lip lock I'll never forget." Kagome turned her head slightly to see Kikyo's blank face. She nodded slightly and held in her laugh. "You mean that why you're drinking? You don't even like the guy! What happened to the Kagome who said to me and I quote, 'Sesshomaru is a totally asshole and I'll worship the day he dies.' Do you like him now?"

Kagome scoffed. "I thought you would understand, but I guess a total slut wouldn't understand." Kagome put her bourbon down and walked out of the bar. Kikyo tapped her fingers on the wood and smirked at Kagome's words. Kagome is hella lucky that she's drunk and doesn't know what she's saying otherwise I would've bitchslapped her skinny ass all the way to California.

Indoor Pool Area

Sesshomaru sighed as the peace and tranquility reached his ears. Though the one thing that puzzled him was the look Kagome gave him when she spotted him and that woman making out. Why was she looking at me like that? She looked as though she was… heartbroken, but why? The entrance door creaked opened and Sesshomaru turned around to see Kagome. "Sesshomaru…" She whispered as she began to walk closer and closer to him. When Kagome was about three feet away, Sesshomaru began to back away from her.

"Higarashi, what are you doing?"

"Can you call me Kagome for once?" She whispered softly as Sesshomaru stopped when he realized that there was no more room to back away. Kagome walked to him and stood right in front of him. "Kagome… what are you up to?" A small smile graced her lips as she closed her eyes. She lifted her feet higher until her face reached Sesshomaru's. She moved closer and sealed the space between their lips. Sesshomaru stared at her, wide-eyed, wondering why she was doing this until he grabbed her waist pulling her closer. She gasped and he took advantage of that. But once he had tasted her mouth, he pushed away from him. "You're drunk Higarashi! How dare you kiss me?"

"So my mouth is filthy? And I suppose that other woman's kiss is SO much better, huh?"

"Why would you care? If you were worried about reporters, I made sure no one saw."

"It's not that, asswipe! I didn't think you were that kind of guy is all. I didn't know why Rin hated you, but now I see the real reason."

Sesshomaru's golden orbs widened. "Rin… hates me? My own daughter hates me? You lie!"

"She told me so herself! Let me guess, you need some ho to fill the position as Rin's mother! You sick pervert!" Kagome walked towards him to slap him, but she slipped and fell face-first into the water. Sesshomaru watched her sink into the water and heard the door behind him creak again. But this time, it was Miroku, Kikyo, Sango, and Inuyasha. Miroku and Inuyasha ran towards Sesshomaru and stopped when they saw Kagome in the water. "Aren't you gonna save her?" Inuyasha yelled out.

"Why should I? It was her fault that she fell in, she can swim back up I know that much." Inuyasha scoffed and watched Kagome go deeper. "Fuck you Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha took off his jacket and jumped into the pool. He swam deeper until he grabbed Kagome. He swam back up as fast as he could until he reached the top. Inuyasha swam to the edge of the pool and climbed out with Kagome. He put his ear to her chest. "She's not breathing, someone's gonna have to give her CPR."

Miroku sighed. "I'll do it. After all, she's like my little sister." Miroku pumped Kagome's stomach three times, held her nose with his fingers, took a huge breath and was about to go down until Sesshomaru grabbed his head. "I'll do it, so move." Miroku moved and Sesshomaru took his position. He put his lips on hers and breathed into her mouth. Sesshomaru repeated what Miroku did while Inuyasha and he looked at him suspiciously. "I don't get it. He doesn't want to jump into the pool but he won't let you give Kagome CPR?"

Sesshomaru breathed into her mouth again, but this time Kagome opened her eyes and coughed out water. "KAGOME!" Kikyo and Sango screamed out in surprise. They ran to her side and hugged her tight. Sesshomaru took off his coat and put it around Kagome's small frame. "Are you okay, Kagome?" He asked softly.

"Just… fine." Kagome moaned and fainted on Kikyo. "We gotta get her home. Inuyasha, get the car ready."

"I'm on it." Inuyasha picked his coat off the floor and put it over his wet shoulders. But he was stopped when Sesshomaru grabbed his long hair. "I'll take Kagome home, don't worry about it."

Inuyasha growled. "I don't get you Sesshomaru. First you don't wanna save her, and then you stop Miroku from giving her CPR so you could do it yourself, and now you want to take her home? I don't buy that!" Sesshomaru pushed his brother away and went towards Kikyo. He picked Kagome up bridal-style into his arms. He turned and walked to the other exit that led directly outside so he could avoid the annoying reporters. They watched as Sesshomaru walked to his car and put Kagome in. He took his place in the driver's seat and drove away.

Her destination would be home, but he has other plans…


Whoa! Kagome's weird when she's drunk, huh? And does Totosai know how to shut up at all? I doubt it! I don't get what Sesshomaru did, but why did he keep kissing her? Boy, love's weird… and wet! Well, sort of… anyway, I hope all of you had a totally awesome Christmas! Under my tree was Inuyasha season 3, MoonPhase episodes 1-6, Inuyasha: Tragic Love Song of Destiny, Inuyasha calendar, Johnny Depp Poster, and expensive jewelry from my best friend. I LOVE Christmas!!! Anyway, hope all of you thought this chapter was very funny and I hope to see your reviews soon! And again, sorry for the long wait! JA NE