Sesshoumaru watched as Kagome stood there a bit before she reached up and removed the blindfold. When she did remove the blindfold he heard her gasp. At that moment he did not know by her gasping if she liked or did not like what she saw. Without warning and a total shock to him she turned around and wrapped her arms around his waist with her face against his chest.

'Why do I smell tears coming from her? Did I do something wrong?' he asked himself. He managed to hook a finger under her chin and lifted it so he could look down into her face. "Do you not like where I've brought you?" He wiped the tears from her eyes and cheeks.

"Yes I like it, thank you." She took herself out of his arms and turned then took off towards the water. "Come on Sesshoumaru." She stopped and took off her shoes, soaks and stepped into the water then jumped back. "Burr. Maybe I'll just walk the waterline." She stood looking out over the water with a blank look in her eyes as memories flooded her mind.

Kagome's Memory

"Momma come play." Little Kagome called as she through water up in the air.

"Go ahead dear, Momma's got to feed your baby brother."

"K momma." Kagome turned and faced the waves and tried to jump over them as they came closer to her chest. After doing that for a bit she turned back to face her mother and saw her papa walking towards her mother so she made her way over to her mother and father. As she drew near she heard a sound. Looking at her parents she saw her father's hand move away from her mother's face. "Papa you came!"

"Get the kids in the vehicle and meet me at the restaurant." Her father looked down at her then turned and walked away back to his car and drove away.

Scene went Black then came back at the when they were at the restaurant.

"Kagome dear stop playing with your food." Her mother said. She played a bit more.

"Did You Hear Your Mother!" Her father slapped his hand down on the table by Kagome.

Weeping

"You didn't need to yell at her like that." Her mother voiced.

"If you taught her better manners then you did then she would not need to be yelled at now would she!" Her dad said.

"She's just a child. What did you want to talk to me about?" Her mother looked at Kagome and took a napkin and wiped her eyes and cheeks. "Shhh dear stop crying and finish eating your dinner."

"I have been seeing someone younger and without children and I've filed for a divorce. You keep those kids. You have two days to get everything out of the house." Kagome watched as her father stood up. "Here's for the meal." He then left.

"Momma where's papa going?" Looking up she saw tears in her mother's eyes. "Why are you crying mama?" Kagome asked with tears in her own eyes.

End Of Kagome's Memory

Sesshoumaru watched as Kagome stood there staring out over the water then fell to her knees weeping and faintly saying something low where he could not make out the words. He walked up to her saying her name then he helped her to her feet.

"Why do you cry if your happy to be here?" Sesshoumaru asked. She looked to the ground.

"The memory of the day when I was last at a beach." A breeze suddenly blew making her shiver.

"Come, we will head to the vehicle." They walked back in silence. Once there she stood by the car as he walked to the back of the car and opened the trunk and took something out then shut the trunk and came back to her. "This should warm you." She stepped forward and he draped a jacket over her shoulders then she leaned against the car again. She told him about the memory.

"I'm sorry that this beautiful night had to bring up that memory."

"It is not your fault that this memory came to the surface. You were just a little girl when this happened to your family." She wrapped her arms around him.

"Thank you." She sighed. "Say Sesshoumaru, could I ask you a question?"

"Has it stopped you before?" he said.

"No not really."

"Then why start now?" He answered.

"Alright fine. What do you look like without your concealing spell? I mean do you and your father look the same?"

"There are similarities between father and I. Why do ask?"

"I was just wondering. Seeing as I seen what your father looks like as well as your brother when their concealing spell was off." She slowly slid onto the hood of the car.

"So you want to compare what I look like to the rest of my family," he said.

"No, that is not the reason. Everyone has their own personal beauty. Though you say you and your father look similar everyone is different. Your father is good looking in his own way and the same way goes for your brother. Since we should head back soon I'm going to walk along the shore for a bit." She slid off the head of the vehicle and leaving the jacket and heading back down to the water.

'Would it be worth it to show her what I look like without my concealing spell? Is she worthy enough to see what I look like?' he asked himself as he watched as she got further and further away.

Meanwhile back at the Silvermoon's Estate a hanyou and his father sat at the dinner table as servants brought in food trays and placed them on the table and the hanyou pressed a few buttons on his cell and held it to his ear.

"It just ringing," the hanyou said.

"He probably is unable to answer at the moment," InuTaisho said.

"I'll try again in a little bit," Inuyasha answered.

Back at the beach Kagome had walked down to the end of the beach on one side and sat down. She sat there thinking and had not noticed that the tide switched and was slowly coming in nor did she see the person walking up to her.

"The tide is coming in."

"Hmm? What did you sa...?" She turned and looked back.

"I informed you that the tide is coming in and you should move from your spot where your sitting right now." Kagome looked at the base of the boulder she was on and saw water coming up and around it then receded back again. When the water receded she took the hand that was held out to her and stood. Moving away from the boulder she felt something sharp press into the skin of her hand. Looking down she saw claws. Seeing the claws she slowly looked up when she did she stopped.

She took her hand out of his and walked around him looking him completely over from head to toe of what she could see. Kagome made a mental note of all the similar ways and the unfamiliar ways that he looked. Then she walked back and stood in front of him.

"You are right there are many similarities between you and your father, but also you have many things that are your own that makes you even more handsome that your father and brother don't have." Without second guessing herself she raised her hand and reached up and out to touch the crescent moon on his forehead and traced it with her finger then moved her hand down to his right cheek and started to trace one of the two stripes when his hand came up taking ahold of her hand and brought it away from his cheek.

As he stood there with her hand in his and looking down at her and in turn she was looking at him with questioning look to her face while at the same time slightly licking her lips. Soon they found the distance between them became smaller and smaller as his head came closer to hers as his lips covered hers in a kiss. As the enjoying feeling started to go through them Kagome killed it by pushing away from him.

"This isn't right." She voiced. But he leaned in close to her lips again. "Sesshoumaru, please." Thinking that she said please for another kiss he brought his lips to hers again but yet she gently pushed him away again. "I can't. This would be wrong."

"Why? What makes you think so?" He asked as he kept a finger under her chin.

"Because you are the boss's son." She raised a hand up and took ahold of his hand and lowered it. "Let's head back to your vehicle. We have a long drive back and it's already pretty late." Letting go of his hand she turned and walked in the direction of the car.

The long drive back to Tokyo seemed even longer due to the fact that neither one said anything to the other after the kiss that they shared on the beach. When the vehicle pulled up to the apartment he turned off the engine and got out of the car and walked Kagome up to the door. She unlocked and opened the door.

"Good-night and thank you again Sesshoumaru." She kissed him on the cheek then walked in shutting and locking the door. Taking off her shoes she headed to her room with her purse. She heard Sesshoumaru drive away. She placed her purse on the doorknob after shutting her bedroom door then stripped down to her bra and lace panties and went over and pulled her covers down then laid down. Ten minutes later she fell asleep.

"Why did you not answer your cell?" Came a groggy voice. "Hey why do you..."

"Talk to the door Yasha. I'm going to bed." Sesshoumaru shut his door in Inuyasha's face. Walking to his bed he took off his shoes and everything else except his silk boxers and pulled back his covers and laid on them with his arms behind his head looking up at the ceiling but soon found himself falling asleep.

Several hours later he was up, had a shower, gotten dressed and was making his way down to the dining room well aware he was going to be asked questions yet again because of the time that he arrived back at the estate. Inside the dining room he walked over and sat next to his father and across from his brother.

"Morning son. It is to my understanding that you came in late again last night or rather easy this morning." InuTaisho said looking at his eldest son.

"I'm not a mere pup to be back by a certain time, but you treat me thus!" He looked at his father.

"What would like to know is why did you not answer your cell. What were you doing that kept you from answering it and why did you have Kagome's scent on you this morning?" Inuyasha asked.

"I may have to answer to father, but I don't answer to you. Be mindful of who you are and who's older. I'll ease your mind of the pressure that will build if I don't tell you. The reason you smelt Kagome on my person is because I took her to a few temples, dinner and to the beach for her birthday. The scent was strong because by her in my vehicle during the drive."

"Your saying yesterday was her birthday?" Inuyasha said. Sesshoumaru nodded.

"We as a family will do something tonight for her." InuTaisho stated.

In a apartment a tired woman yawned and sat up in her bed and looked at her clock. Seeing what time it was she slid out of her bed, made her way to her closet and grabbed something to wear and headed to take a shower since it was to late and she was to tired to take a shower when she was dropped off.

"What am I going to do today?" She asked herself as the water washed over her. Rinsing her body off she turned off the shower and grabbed a towel and started to dry herself then got dressed. As she stood in front of the bathroom sink and mirror her gaze went to her lips as the memory of Sesshoumaru's lips on hers came back to her.

When the memory ended she lightly moved her fingers over her lips before she grabbed her hair brush and left the bathroom heading to the sofa.

Reaching the sofa she spotted the gifts that were still not opened and took them to the sofa and sat down. She took the one that was from her grandfather and opened it to find a book with the title 'A Book For Women: How To Find And Keep A Man For Dummies."

"Geez thanks grandpa." She placed the book next to her on the sofa and took the one that was from her brother and opened it to find a pink bottle with liquid that was beautifully shaped and very elegant. She opened the bottle and held it to her nose. The smell was of a sweet rose. She closed the bottle and sat it on the table.

Then lastly picked up the gift from her mother. Opening it she found a beautiful pink silk shirt and a black skirt and a pair of black pants. Standing up she took the clothes into her room and hung them up then put the bottle on her shelf with her other perfume. Then she walked back to the living room and dialed the phone to see if her family was home yet.

Six hours later as she was walking down the hall to go to the bathroom there came a knock on the front door so she turned around to go answer the knock.

"Hey Kagome. I heard that yesterday was your birthday."

"Yes it was. I turned twenty-four." She answered.

"Happy late birthday. I would like to take you out for dinner." The person looked her over. "I like what your wearing, but could you change into something more formal."

"Alright I'll be right back." She took a step then stopped. "How formal?"

"Not extremely formal." Inuyasha answered. Turning she walked down the hall. Opening her closet she looked through her clothes and found a black and green striped halter dress with a hanky hem and held it up to herself in front of the mirror and shook her head no and took it back to her closet. At the end of looking around she ended up picking a dark indigo cowl halter jumper with a metal ring belt. Looking in the mirror she saw that the top of the jumper she was wearing was open with a few spaghetti string straps going down the back. The front view you could see that the front was shaped as a 'V' and showed her sides. The bottom of the 'V' hooked to the pants with a O-ring.

Satisfied with the outfit she went into the bathroom and drew her hair into a low pony tail but left strands of her hair on each side of her forehead to dangle. She put on a bit of blue eye shadow, black eyeliner, and a coral pink lipstick then walked down the hall. She saw Inuyasha standing there reading the book she got from her grandpa.

"Nice book you got here."

"My grandfather's gift to me for my birthday." She took the book from Inuyasha. "Is this to formal?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome and had a hard time trying not to let his mouth drop open.

"No that's not to formal. That really looks good on you. Shall we get going?" Kagome gave him a nod and she picked up her purse and they both left. "So ah is there anything surprisingly developing between you and my half brother?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome as he drove down the road.

"Nope not at all. Why do you ask?" She turned from looking out the window to look at Inuyasha.

"No reason." He answered when the restaurant came into view. Parking and turning off the engine he got out and walked around the car and opened the door. "Here take my hand." He helped her out of the car then they walked to the door of the restaurant. When they were led to the table that was reserved she saw that there was two other people.

"I thought that you said you wanted to take me to dinner." Kagome looked at Inuyasha.

"It was not him that set this up Kagome." InuTaisho stood up as Inuyasha walked her to a seat. "So tell me what age you became yesterday."

"I turned twenty-four." Kagome answered.

While they were sitting there talking and looking at the menu she slightly looked up and saw Sesshoumaru looking at her. She looked back down to avoid his gaze. Both InuTaisho and Inuyasha caught the uneasy way Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru then looked back at the menu.

"Is there a problem that needs to be worked out between you two yet again?" InuTaisho asked.

"As far as I know there is not a problem with me. I don't know about him though," she answered before taking a sip of the water.

Well son. Is there a problem?"

"No problem here," Sesshoumaru answered as a waiter came to take their orders and then left.

"Well, well Kagome it's been a while since we have seen each other." Kagome looked up.

"Bankotsu!"

"Yep it's me. Who did you think it was? Did you honesty think I'd forget about you! I see that girly boy here is still trying to get into your panties and now your trying to climb the corporate ladder of the law firm by going from girly boy to his brother, or are you trying for their father who is the head of the firm. Or are you going for both?" Bankotsu laughed as he heard what sounded like a dog or dogs growling, before Inuyasha stood up along with his brother and father. "What can you do? Your in a public place. What would it look like for two well known attorneys to act someone in public, let alone how would it look for your firm?" Bankotsu did not see Kagome walk around the table and step between InuTaisho and Sesshoumaru.

"They aren't going to do anything." She said.

"You'll use them to climb up the firms ladder, but not to stand up for you! You sure can't do anything..." He was silenced by a punch to the gut that made him go to his knees.

"That was for thinking I would use my body to go up a ladder in a job and this..." She kicked Bankotsu in the groin sending him to the ground. "This is for following me around."

"You BITCH! You will pay for that." He voiced in pain.

"I'm not a female dog so that would be hard for me to be a bitch." She said as she lifted her foot. "And this is for running me off the road into that embankment." She stomped down on his groin. The girl he had arrived with helped him to his feet and helped him to leave the restaurant as Kagome walked to her seat and sat down taking a drink of her water as father and sons looked at each other then at Kagome before swallowing and sitting down themselves.

"So has your roommate and her boyfriend came back?" InuTaisho asked as the waiter brought their food to the table.

"As Inuyasha picked me up tonight they have yet to come back. It is sure quiet around the apartment without Ayame there. I wish she would return soon."

"If my memory serves me correct two weeks from now on the 22nd it will be a year to the day when Sango had you sit in for her as she went on vacation." InuTaisho said. "Then a few months later you joined the firm."

"Yes, but two or three days into covering for Sango I quit and went home because of your son Sesshoumaru there." Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru and smiled.

"Hey Kagome could I try a bit of your chicken there?" Inuyasha asked.

"Sure go ahead." Kagome moved the plate closer to him and he took a piece and put it into his mouth and started chewing it but had tears filling his eyes as he grabbed his drink and drank it down fast.

"How can you eat that? It is spicy hot." Inuyasha wiped his eyes.

"It's not hot and it's easy. It's like you and your family can eat bloody meat." Kagome took her fork and picked two pieces of the chicken up and put them in her mouth and chewed them slowly just to prove that it was not hot nor spicy to her then swallowed. "See!"

"Feh!" He said before he drank more of his drink.

When everyone finished eating Inuyasha drove Kagome back to her apartment and wished her another late birthday then got in his vehicle and left as she went into her apartment and went to bed after changing.