I'm back again! Mwah hahahahaha! I have reviews for this story already!
Lady Red is very happy! I should really be working on 'Romance After the
Accident' but... I'm just not into that story as much as I was with 'What a
Way To Meet' or this one. I'll finish it one day ^_^ so, I just want to
tell you all, that suggestions WILL be appreciated. I cant think up this
stuff on my own! I'm not that creative! Ok, so I'm exaggerating a little...
I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 2- He's probably rich and snobby
Kagome sighed. Today was the day of her date with the son of Lord Tetsusaiga. What was his name? She couldn't think of it. It had something to do with a dog. She looked at herself in the golden mirror that hung over her vanity.
"Your beautiful." She heard a man say, and Kagome winced. It was Kouga. He was constantly following her around, and it was so annoying. Her father, Lord Higurashi, had set Kagome and Kouga up on a date (kinda like he did with her and what's-his-name) Kouga had fallen in 'love' with her, so he said. But Kagome figured he just wanted to marry her for her wealth, AND her looks (though they came second after the wealth)
Kagome smiled politely and thanked him for the compliment. "Now, if you will excuse me, I have a date to go to." She smiled again, and tried to walk to her chambers.
He followed her. "I don't see why you have to go on a date." Kouga stated. "I mean, you have me, right? You cant get any better than that." Kagome rolled her eyes (she looked away so Kouga couldn't see. It was improper for ladies to roll their eyes)
"Well, father set us up, so I have to go. It's not like I have a choice." She said the last part bitterly. She hated when her father set her up with men. They were either rich and snobby, or extremely perverted, rich and snobby.
"Yes, I really must talk to your father about us getting married soon. We don't want your 'dates' falling in love with you when you already have me." Kouga was bragging again. He was so frustrating.
She stopped, and turned to face him. "Look Kouga," She said, trying to be nice to him. "I don't want to marry you. Your... nice and all, but your just not the one."
"The one? Kagome dear, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but noble women don't get to CHOOSE their husbands. Marriage is not about love, you know." He smirked at her, knowing very well that he was the only one after her hand in marriage. "If you don't choose your husband by your next birthday, one will be chosen for you. Me." He smiled triumphantly. She had no other admirers because Kouga had chased them all away.
Kagome's birthday came up in a month, and she dreaded that birthday. She didn't want to get married to one of these rich, arrogant, snobby, idiotic, selfish, self-obsessed, overbearing, vain...(you get the hint) noblemen. She just wanted to live her life single. Most of all, she didn't want to marry Kouga.
Kagome said nothing more to Kouga, but walked into her bedroom. The servants had already picked out her dress, and were waiting patiently for her.
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She was dressed in a lovely emerald gown, with emerald earrings, and an emerald hair pin. Her dark hair was done up in curls, and pinned back. Kagome had to admit that she WAS beautiful. She sighed.
"Kaede," She said to her nurse. "Do I really HAVE to go?"
The old women chuckled and kept working on Kagome's hair. She had raised Kagome since the girl was a child. She actually pitied the girl, because Lord and Lady Higurashi paid no attention to their only daughter. "Yes dear, you do." She said kindly.
Kagome sighed again. "But I hear he's a demon! I don't want to date a demon! What if he attacks me, and eats me, and..."
"He is not going to eat you, or attack you." Kaede said, shaking her head at Kagome's wild imagination. "He's only half demon, and besides, those demons are civilized..."
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Inu Yasha roared, and tore through the hallways of the manor, ignoring those who got in his way. He was tripped on his rampage 'accidentally' by a certain monk.
"Inu Yasha! Stop yelling and running through the halls! What in the world are you running from?" Miroku asked, extending a hand to the demon on the floor.
"Kikyo." The one word explained it all. Miroku and Inu Yasha ran off in the opposite direction from where Kikyo was. They both hated the bitch.
"Inu Yashaaaaaaaa!" They heard her call from down the hall. It only made them run faster.
They bolted into a room and locked the door. "Inu Yasha!" Kikyo had caught up, somehow, and was yelling through the door. "Inu Yasha, if you do not open this door I will... I will scream!"
Inu Yasha and Miroku blanched. Her scream was deadly. The hanyou opened the door cautiously, but Kikyo pushed past him and into the room. "You ran from me." She stated. Then she smiled knowingly. "I love it when you play games!" She squeaked delightedly. Miroku rolled his eyes. The woman never got it.
"Idiot." They heard Sango's voice from the doorway. "He was running from you because he hates you." Miroku snorted, and Inu Yasha looked relieved that he didn't have to tell Kikyo himself.
"What do you know?" Kikyo shot back. "Your just a lowly demon hunter, who only wants Inu Yasha for herself, even though she has no chance with him!"
Sango laughed. "Want Inu Yasha for myself? Riiiiight. Oh and by the way honey, I have a better chance with him than you do; at least he doesn't hate my guts." She walked to the back of the room to collect her boomerang, laughing the whole time.
"Inu Yasha! You aren't going to let her talk to me like that, are you? Say something to her!" Kikyo whined at him.
"You're right." Inu Yasha said and walked over to Sango. "Sango, I couldn't have put that better myself. Thank you." Kikyo's eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. She started to whine and cry. The three friends left the girl crying in the middle of the room, as they walked out to the garden.
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"Maybe she finally got the hint this time," Inu Yasha mused.
Miroku gave him a disbelieving look. "I don't think she will ever get the hint." He bent down and picked a rose, which he handed to Sango. She blushed and accepted the red flower, careful not to touch the thorns.
Inu Yasha looked back and forth from Sango to Miroku. He growled, bent down and picked a handful of white roses. Miroku and Sango gave him a confused look. "Well you said I needed to give the Higurashi girl flowers." The demon stalked off, embarrassed. Miroku and Sango giggled behind him.
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The sun was setting and the glass sun-dial in the front of the mansion said it was almost 7 o'clock. A beautiful white carriage pulled up in front of the Higurashi mansion. Kagome watched through a window as a man with long white hair got out of the carriage. 'He must be the demon, Inu Yasha' she had finally remembered her date's name. The man outside stood up from his bent position. He was tall, and he had the strangest golden eyes. 'He's beautiful,' Kagome thought.
The demon turned his head and looked straight at her. She gasped as his golden eyes pierced through her. Those eyes were so enchanting. His facial expression didn't change, and he finally turned away.
Kagome sat there, breathless, until Kaede came to fetch her. There in the reception hall stood Inu Yasha. 'He's even more beautiful up close,' Her mind told her. He walked up to her, and handed her a half dozen white roses. She nodded her thanks dumbly, and stared at the roses. Beautiful. And white, just like his hair. She felt hands try to take her flowers away, and realized it was Kaede, with an emerald green vase to put them in. Green. Her color. Green to put his white flowers in.
'What is WRONG with me?' Kagome shook her head, trying to snap out of her daze. 'He's probably just like all the other noble men I've met.' She decided that Inu Yasha Tetsusaiga was nothing special at all.
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Inu Yasha handed to girl the roses. He was extremely nervous. Kagome looked a lot like Kikyo, and that lost her points. But she was more beautiful than Kikyo could ever be. She was staring at his roses. 'Is something wrong with them?' He thought to himself. An old woman came with a green vase to put them in, but Kagome looked reluctant to let the flowers go. She finally did, and looked up at him.
'My God. She's almost perfect,' Inu Yasha's mind screamed at him to get a hold of himself. 'But she's probably just like all the other noble women I've met.' He decided that Kagome Higurashi was nothing special at all.
He extended his arm, and she took it hesitantly. Her father wished them a happy evening, a hopeful look in his eyes. Inu Yasha didn't miss the look, and he was almost disgusted.
As they walked to the door, Inu Yasha saw a man in the shadows. He stared at Kagome. She saw him too, and shuddered at the look in his eyes. All the sudden Inu Yasha felt very protective, and gave the man a 'back-off' look.
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Inu Yasha let her get into the carriage first. This would be the first test. He didn't grope her while she was bent over, so he either wasn't a pervert, or he had decided that her family was too near for him to safely grope her. She hoped it was the first one.
Inu Yasha kept his hand near his ear the whole time, and Kagome found that a little odd. 'Oh well,' she thought. 'After tonight I'll have nothing more to do with him.'
"Who was that guy in the shadows?" Kagome hadn't expected that question.
"That was Kouga, he..." Kagome was unsure of what to say. Inu Yasha nodded, understanding what she meant. She thanked heaven that he did. 'Maybe this wont be so bad' she thought to herself.
A sudden curiosity came over her. "Why did you ask that?" She questioned.
Inu Yasha shrugged. "I wanted to know."
"Oh." Usually her dates talked about her beauty, or her money, or their money. Inu Yasha seemed different. She was only a little depressed that he hadn't said anything about her looks yet. Maybe he thought she was ugly.
"Kagome..." His voice snapped her out of her trance-like state. "Kagome, you look beautiful." He blushed and she smiled.
He had complimented her, and was actually shy about it. Maybe he truly meant it, unlike the others who just said it to win her over. And the others usually said it while her family was around, so that they could empress Lord Higurashi as well as win her over. "Thank you." She finally said. "Your hair is very strange." It took all her courage to say it, but she wanted to know all about his demon family. She was so curious about it.
He laughed, and took his hair in his hands. "It is very white, isn't it?" She giggled with him. It seemed like the ice was broken between the two. They went off into conversation about demons.
Maybe the night wouldn't be bad at all.
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Ok, I am done. That's all I can write for now because I am VERY hungry, and I must get food. Plus, I don't want to put the whole date in this chapter. Well, REVIEW!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!! Lady Red would really appreciate it! Well, till next time!
~Lady Red
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Chapter 2- He's probably rich and snobby
Kagome sighed. Today was the day of her date with the son of Lord Tetsusaiga. What was his name? She couldn't think of it. It had something to do with a dog. She looked at herself in the golden mirror that hung over her vanity.
"Your beautiful." She heard a man say, and Kagome winced. It was Kouga. He was constantly following her around, and it was so annoying. Her father, Lord Higurashi, had set Kagome and Kouga up on a date (kinda like he did with her and what's-his-name) Kouga had fallen in 'love' with her, so he said. But Kagome figured he just wanted to marry her for her wealth, AND her looks (though they came second after the wealth)
Kagome smiled politely and thanked him for the compliment. "Now, if you will excuse me, I have a date to go to." She smiled again, and tried to walk to her chambers.
He followed her. "I don't see why you have to go on a date." Kouga stated. "I mean, you have me, right? You cant get any better than that." Kagome rolled her eyes (she looked away so Kouga couldn't see. It was improper for ladies to roll their eyes)
"Well, father set us up, so I have to go. It's not like I have a choice." She said the last part bitterly. She hated when her father set her up with men. They were either rich and snobby, or extremely perverted, rich and snobby.
"Yes, I really must talk to your father about us getting married soon. We don't want your 'dates' falling in love with you when you already have me." Kouga was bragging again. He was so frustrating.
She stopped, and turned to face him. "Look Kouga," She said, trying to be nice to him. "I don't want to marry you. Your... nice and all, but your just not the one."
"The one? Kagome dear, I hate to be the one to break it to you, but noble women don't get to CHOOSE their husbands. Marriage is not about love, you know." He smirked at her, knowing very well that he was the only one after her hand in marriage. "If you don't choose your husband by your next birthday, one will be chosen for you. Me." He smiled triumphantly. She had no other admirers because Kouga had chased them all away.
Kagome's birthday came up in a month, and she dreaded that birthday. She didn't want to get married to one of these rich, arrogant, snobby, idiotic, selfish, self-obsessed, overbearing, vain...(you get the hint) noblemen. She just wanted to live her life single. Most of all, she didn't want to marry Kouga.
Kagome said nothing more to Kouga, but walked into her bedroom. The servants had already picked out her dress, and were waiting patiently for her.
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She was dressed in a lovely emerald gown, with emerald earrings, and an emerald hair pin. Her dark hair was done up in curls, and pinned back. Kagome had to admit that she WAS beautiful. She sighed.
"Kaede," She said to her nurse. "Do I really HAVE to go?"
The old women chuckled and kept working on Kagome's hair. She had raised Kagome since the girl was a child. She actually pitied the girl, because Lord and Lady Higurashi paid no attention to their only daughter. "Yes dear, you do." She said kindly.
Kagome sighed again. "But I hear he's a demon! I don't want to date a demon! What if he attacks me, and eats me, and..."
"He is not going to eat you, or attack you." Kaede said, shaking her head at Kagome's wild imagination. "He's only half demon, and besides, those demons are civilized..."
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Inu Yasha roared, and tore through the hallways of the manor, ignoring those who got in his way. He was tripped on his rampage 'accidentally' by a certain monk.
"Inu Yasha! Stop yelling and running through the halls! What in the world are you running from?" Miroku asked, extending a hand to the demon on the floor.
"Kikyo." The one word explained it all. Miroku and Inu Yasha ran off in the opposite direction from where Kikyo was. They both hated the bitch.
"Inu Yashaaaaaaaa!" They heard her call from down the hall. It only made them run faster.
They bolted into a room and locked the door. "Inu Yasha!" Kikyo had caught up, somehow, and was yelling through the door. "Inu Yasha, if you do not open this door I will... I will scream!"
Inu Yasha and Miroku blanched. Her scream was deadly. The hanyou opened the door cautiously, but Kikyo pushed past him and into the room. "You ran from me." She stated. Then she smiled knowingly. "I love it when you play games!" She squeaked delightedly. Miroku rolled his eyes. The woman never got it.
"Idiot." They heard Sango's voice from the doorway. "He was running from you because he hates you." Miroku snorted, and Inu Yasha looked relieved that he didn't have to tell Kikyo himself.
"What do you know?" Kikyo shot back. "Your just a lowly demon hunter, who only wants Inu Yasha for herself, even though she has no chance with him!"
Sango laughed. "Want Inu Yasha for myself? Riiiiight. Oh and by the way honey, I have a better chance with him than you do; at least he doesn't hate my guts." She walked to the back of the room to collect her boomerang, laughing the whole time.
"Inu Yasha! You aren't going to let her talk to me like that, are you? Say something to her!" Kikyo whined at him.
"You're right." Inu Yasha said and walked over to Sango. "Sango, I couldn't have put that better myself. Thank you." Kikyo's eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. She started to whine and cry. The three friends left the girl crying in the middle of the room, as they walked out to the garden.
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"Maybe she finally got the hint this time," Inu Yasha mused.
Miroku gave him a disbelieving look. "I don't think she will ever get the hint." He bent down and picked a rose, which he handed to Sango. She blushed and accepted the red flower, careful not to touch the thorns.
Inu Yasha looked back and forth from Sango to Miroku. He growled, bent down and picked a handful of white roses. Miroku and Sango gave him a confused look. "Well you said I needed to give the Higurashi girl flowers." The demon stalked off, embarrassed. Miroku and Sango giggled behind him.
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The sun was setting and the glass sun-dial in the front of the mansion said it was almost 7 o'clock. A beautiful white carriage pulled up in front of the Higurashi mansion. Kagome watched through a window as a man with long white hair got out of the carriage. 'He must be the demon, Inu Yasha' she had finally remembered her date's name. The man outside stood up from his bent position. He was tall, and he had the strangest golden eyes. 'He's beautiful,' Kagome thought.
The demon turned his head and looked straight at her. She gasped as his golden eyes pierced through her. Those eyes were so enchanting. His facial expression didn't change, and he finally turned away.
Kagome sat there, breathless, until Kaede came to fetch her. There in the reception hall stood Inu Yasha. 'He's even more beautiful up close,' Her mind told her. He walked up to her, and handed her a half dozen white roses. She nodded her thanks dumbly, and stared at the roses. Beautiful. And white, just like his hair. She felt hands try to take her flowers away, and realized it was Kaede, with an emerald green vase to put them in. Green. Her color. Green to put his white flowers in.
'What is WRONG with me?' Kagome shook her head, trying to snap out of her daze. 'He's probably just like all the other noble men I've met.' She decided that Inu Yasha Tetsusaiga was nothing special at all.
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Inu Yasha handed to girl the roses. He was extremely nervous. Kagome looked a lot like Kikyo, and that lost her points. But she was more beautiful than Kikyo could ever be. She was staring at his roses. 'Is something wrong with them?' He thought to himself. An old woman came with a green vase to put them in, but Kagome looked reluctant to let the flowers go. She finally did, and looked up at him.
'My God. She's almost perfect,' Inu Yasha's mind screamed at him to get a hold of himself. 'But she's probably just like all the other noble women I've met.' He decided that Kagome Higurashi was nothing special at all.
He extended his arm, and she took it hesitantly. Her father wished them a happy evening, a hopeful look in his eyes. Inu Yasha didn't miss the look, and he was almost disgusted.
As they walked to the door, Inu Yasha saw a man in the shadows. He stared at Kagome. She saw him too, and shuddered at the look in his eyes. All the sudden Inu Yasha felt very protective, and gave the man a 'back-off' look.
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Inu Yasha let her get into the carriage first. This would be the first test. He didn't grope her while she was bent over, so he either wasn't a pervert, or he had decided that her family was too near for him to safely grope her. She hoped it was the first one.
Inu Yasha kept his hand near his ear the whole time, and Kagome found that a little odd. 'Oh well,' she thought. 'After tonight I'll have nothing more to do with him.'
"Who was that guy in the shadows?" Kagome hadn't expected that question.
"That was Kouga, he..." Kagome was unsure of what to say. Inu Yasha nodded, understanding what she meant. She thanked heaven that he did. 'Maybe this wont be so bad' she thought to herself.
A sudden curiosity came over her. "Why did you ask that?" She questioned.
Inu Yasha shrugged. "I wanted to know."
"Oh." Usually her dates talked about her beauty, or her money, or their money. Inu Yasha seemed different. She was only a little depressed that he hadn't said anything about her looks yet. Maybe he thought she was ugly.
"Kagome..." His voice snapped her out of her trance-like state. "Kagome, you look beautiful." He blushed and she smiled.
He had complimented her, and was actually shy about it. Maybe he truly meant it, unlike the others who just said it to win her over. And the others usually said it while her family was around, so that they could empress Lord Higurashi as well as win her over. "Thank you." She finally said. "Your hair is very strange." It took all her courage to say it, but she wanted to know all about his demon family. She was so curious about it.
He laughed, and took his hair in his hands. "It is very white, isn't it?" She giggled with him. It seemed like the ice was broken between the two. They went off into conversation about demons.
Maybe the night wouldn't be bad at all.
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Ok, I am done. That's all I can write for now because I am VERY hungry, and I must get food. Plus, I don't want to put the whole date in this chapter. Well, REVIEW!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!! Lady Red would really appreciate it! Well, till next time!
~Lady Red