Konnichiwa minna-san! I'm finally writing again... I kinda have writers block so... urgh. I need sugar. *hunts around for sugar* AHA! Chocolate! Mwah hahahaha! I'm ok, really. Oh, and I got a review asking if I got the title of my story from some movie, the answer is no. I've never heard of the movie. I'm not trying to plagiarize the title of the movie. Just wanted to clear that up. Now on to chapter 3!

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Chapter Three- It's so beautiful

By the end of the ride, Kagome knew everything about Inu Yasha's family. His family sounded just like hers: boring and snobby. Inu Yasha seemed to HATE his family, except his mother. According to him, his brother was an asshole and his father could care less about him.

Kagome sympathized with him. When she told him about her awful family, he grinned. "Sounds like..." He couldn't finish his sentence because at that moment, the carriage turned a very tight corner and they were both flung to one side. Kagome felt herself being flung against Inu Yasha. (^_~) He looked down at the girl that he had caught and blushed a deep shade of red. Kagome did the same before pushing herself away towards the other side. "Sorry." He grumbled, and she nodded her head.

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Sango and Miroku were unaware of what was going on in the white carriage. Sango was trying to keep Miroku's hands off of her, and come up with a plan at the same time. "So, they go to the park and... MIROKU GET YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM ME!" She slapped his roaming hands and went back to planning. "Then when they go for their little picnic thing, you're going to tell him a bunch of romantic... HENTAI! I SAID GET YOUR HANDS AWAY FROM ME!"

He gave her another innocent look, and she threw up her hands in frustration. While her hands were up, Miroku seized his chance. Sango felt a familiar rub on her bottom. "That... is... it!" She yelled, and grabbed the nearest thing to hit him with, which happened to be her parasol. She smacked him over the head repeatedly as he begged for mercy. "Stupid hentai." She grumbled once she was done hitting the now unconscious Miroku. Then she grinned evilly, and took the ring.

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Inu Yasha and Kagome sat in an embarrassed silence. Kagome looked out the window as Inu Yasha held the ring to his ear, just in case.

"Inu Yasha." He heard, not Miroku's voice, but Sango's through the ring. He looked at the thing in confusion, but refused to talk back in case Kagome heard and thought he was a nut job. "Inu Yasha, I want you to tell Kagome how beautiful she looks. And don't make it cheesy! You have a tendency to do that." Inu Yasha growled at the ring, and Kagome looked at him with a strange expression on her face.

"Are you growling at your hand?" She asked.

"You look beautiful."

"What?!" Kagome's eye twitched. Inu Yasha mentally kicked himself at his stupidity.

"Um, nothing." He stuttered out, then looked out the window with an embarrassed sigh.

Kagome stared at him for a while, eye still twitching. He was definitely wacko. 'Great, I'm on a date with a crazy man.' She thought. 'This should be fun.'

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Sango strained to hear what was going on through the ring. The last thing she had heard was Kagome's "What?!" outburst and then Inu Yasha grumble something. "You messed it up again!" She hissed through, hoping Inu Yasha was still listening.

*rub rub*

"HENTAI!" Sango turned around, to whack the priest in his stupidly grinning face.

"Why do you keep hitting me Lady Sango?" He asked her, sitting up with a sad expression.

"Because you keep trying to grope me!" She wasn't going to buy his pity story.

"Oh you know you like it." He rubbed his head, and gently took the ring from her limp hand.

Sango sat in shock. "I... I do not!" She whispered indignantly. 'of course I don't... why would I want a pervert like him touching me...' She shook her head.

Miroku had been watching the emotions flicker across her face. Anger, embarrassment, uncertainty, and something else that he wasn't too sure about. He grinned. Sango stopped arguing with herself, and noticed the grin. "What are you smiling about?" She asked, deciding that she was in a bad mood.

He just put his hands on her shoulders and shoved her against the interior wall of their carriage. "What are you doing?!" She hissed at him. He smiled again, before leaning down to brush his lips on hers. Sango felt herself almost melt. She leaned up, hoping for to deepen the kiss (not that she liked it or anything...) but Miroku pulled away, and went back to his side of the carriage seat.

"Inu Yasha?" Miroku said through the receiver. "What happened while I was... unconscious?" Miroku then started to have a conversation, and pretended like nothing had happened.

'I should hit him!' Sango thought. 'If I can ever move or breathe again.' When she could finally move, all she did was bring her fingers up to her lips.

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'He is definitely crazy.' Kagome told herself. He had been conversing with his FINGER. He turned to her and was about to say something, when the carriage stopped, and they were both flung forward.

"Crazy driver." Inu Yasha muttered. He then proceeded to get out of the carriage. When he was out, he turned and stuck out a hand to help her down. She took it with a whispered 'thanks'.

They were at a park. He started to walk, with her on his arm. She had no clue where they were going, but she admired the passing scenery. After five minutes of walking, they reached a huge hill, which Inu Yasha lead her up. They were on a cliff, and it overlooked the sea.

Kagome gasped, and ran up to the edge. She stood as close as she could and stared at the sight. "Its beautiful!" She sighed.

"Just like you." Inu Yasha hadn't meant for that to come out. Kagome turned, and saw him blush. So she pretended that she hadn't heard it.

The driver of their carriage, a small toadish looking man, set a basket down, and then left. Inu Yasha opened the basket and proceeded to take the picnic things out. Kagome squealed in delight. She LOVED picnics. 'This is so romantic!' she thought to herself.

When he was done, Inu Yasha and Kagome sat down to start eating the elegant food that had been packed for them.

A little distance away...

"Hentai! Just eat, ok?" Sango whispered, not wanting the couple on the hill to hear her. Miroku nodded, and ate. After a while Sango sighed. "This place is so beautiful."

"Yes it is, though it cant compare to you." Sango blushed, and tried to change the subject.

"Who picked this spot out?" She asked.

"Surprisingly, Inu Yasha did." Miroku said, taking a sip of the sake out of a flask.

"Oh." Sango was unsure of why she was disappointed. 'Maybe it's because you wanted Miroku to have picked it out. It IS a romantic spot. Maybe you wished he had picked it out for you.' She told her mind to shut up, and resumed eating. Sometimes her little inner voice could be so annoying.

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Kagome wiped some crumbs off of her dress. "What now?" She hadn't meant for that to sound as rude as it did. It sounded like she was impatient to get the night over with, but the truth was that she was having a wonderful time.

"Well, I figured we could watch the sunset." That had been Miroku's idea (which he had just told Inu Yasha about through the ring about 10 seconds before Kagome had asked) To his delight, Kagome squealed happily.

They watched the sun, which tinted the sky all different hues of orange, pink, red and gold. It was so beautiful. 'Just like you.' Inu Yasha's earlier comment rang out in her head.

Their conversation somehow turned to set-up dates that had gone VERY wrong. Inu Yasha was relating a story of some girl named Kikyo Shikon. "She really liked me for my wealth, and now she practically LIVES at my manor. She's so fucking annoying, and she doesn't get the hint when I tell her that I'm not interested. Even my father hates the little bitch." He stopped, finally realizing what he had been saying. To his surprise, and relief, Kagome started giggling.

"It sounds just like Kouga Wolfe." She told him. "We were set up on a date, and the same thing happened. He actually MOVED to our mansion, and every day he bothers me and tells me that..." She hesitated.

"Tells you what?"

"That I'm going to marry him. I don't want to. I hate him. But I'm going to be forced to marry him." She hung her head.

"Why?" Inu Yasha was concerned.

"I must marry by my next birthday. A month." She started to sob. "But I hate him! He stalks me, and he scares me, and... he hurts me..." She didn't know why she was telling him this. She was so ashamed of herself.

"He hurts you?" Inu Yasha suddenly felt very angry and very protective.

She shook her head yes. "When my father sets me up on dates, Kouga gets angry. When I come home he... he hits me and calls me a bitch and tells me that I am his and no one else's."

Inu Yasha put his arms around the crying girl. She threw her arms around him and started to get his shirt wet with her tears. He pulled away and was about to tell her that everything was going to be ok when he noticed her arms. She had worn long sleeve's, but they had gotten rolled up during the crying. He noticed the bruises.

He grabbed her wrists. 'Oh Gods!' Kagome thought. 'Not again!' This was always how Kouga started out. He would grab her wrists, tell her that she was his, and then start hitting her. But Inu Yasha didn't hit her. He just examined the bruises on her arms.

"That bastard." He growled. "I should kill him." Kagome smiled. Inu Yasha seemed to care for her...

Inu Yasha looked up at her tear stained face. He leaned in and was about to kiss her, but she broke down into tears again. "What?! What did I do wrong?!"

"Nothing, its just that... Kouga took away my first kiss." Inu Yasha didn't understand. Why did she care so much about a first kiss? It must be a girl thing. "I wanted my first kiss to be special." She sniffed.

"Well, that bastard wont be kissing you anymore." Inu Yasha growled, and gently tilted her head up. He leaned in and kissed her.

The kiss shocked Kagome. It wasn't rough, and full of lust like Kouga's was. It was gentle, and caring, and it made her heart skip a beat. Inu Yasha tried to pull away, but Kagome wasn't done.

'Oh well.' Inu Yasha's inner voice said, and he kept on kissing the girl. She hesitantly opened her mouth for him. 'I should stop this before it goes too far.' Inu Yasha thought. 'I will... sometime.'

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Miroku and Sango watched the little scene. "Haha! Go Inu Yasha!" Miroku laughed quietly.

"I just feel bad for Kagome. I hope she knows what she's doing." Sango muttered.

"Ya know Sango, maybe we should do the same, since it doesn't look like he will be needing my advice any time soon..." Miroku grinned his lecherous grin.

Sango sighed. "What am I going to do with you?" She looked at him, and he was now giving her a pleading look. She sighed again. "ONE kiss. ONE. Do you hear me? ONE."

Miroku grinned, and gave her one, really long kiss. "Ok..." Sango whispered after he was done. "Maybe two."

Miroku grinned again. She was putty in his hands. He kissed her again, and was about to kiss her a third time when...

"I said two hentai. Not three." Miroku looked disappointed to see that Sango had regained her composure, and was now back in control of the situation.

He grumbled a bit, and then looked at the sun. "Yo, lover boy." He whispered into the ring. "It's almost sunset."

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Inu Yasha heard this, and stopped kissing Kagome. When he stopped, she looked VERY disappointed. He just pointed at the sun. They both watched as it finally set below the horizon.

"Well." Kagome said and stood up. "That was the best date that I've ever had." Inu Yasha laughed and stood up too. He escorted her back to the carriage that was waiting for them.

"My Lady." Inu Yasha bowed and waited for Kagome to get in first. She smiled, and got in. When the carriage started moving, Inu Yasha said, "This is the best date that I've ever had too." Kagome blushed, but luckily he couldn't see it in the darkness.

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The ride home was uneventful. They got to the Higurashi castle, and Kagome got out. She turned to Inu Yasha, who was still inside, and thanked him for the wonderful evening. "I hope we can do this again." She turned around and walked inside.

When he couldn't see her anymore, Kagome lost her control and started to skip happily down the hallway. She had to go see her father.

She skidded to a halt when she saw an angry Kouga blocking her path. Her heart beat wildly. She knew what was coming. "Kouga..." She started. Then she thought up a plan. "I'm so happy to see you!" Kouga looked confused. "I was so scared that the demon would hurt me! He didn't, luckily, but I'm glad to be around humans again! Now I must go see father!" She walked quickly past him, thanking heaven that she had gotten away without being hurt.

She found her father's bedroom door and knocked on it. He called for her to come in. "I just wanted to let you know that I was home."

Lord Higurashi, who was in bed reading, looked up and smiled. "So how was it?"

"I really liked him." She admitted. Lord and Lady Higurashi smiled triumphantly. Finally their daughter had found someone she liked.

"Good. We will see you in the morning." Kagome nodded and walked out.

She started skipping down the halls again, heading towards the front hall. She skipped for a while and almost reached her destination. "So, you really liked him." Kouga's voice said from behind her. She stopped.

"No! I just had to tell father that so he wouldn't get mad..." Kagome stuttered.

Kouga walked up to her and grabbed her wrists. "Bitch!" he growled. "Don't lie to me!"

"Ow! Kouga, you're hurting me!" She tried to twist out of his grasp.

Kouga released one of her wrists, only to hit her full in the face. "You are mine! You tell that stupid demon that, got it? You are MY woman!"

"Why don't you just tell me yourself?" Inu Yasha's cold voice said from the end of the hallway. "Hello again Kagome. You left your jacket in the carriage so I came to return it to you."

"You!" Kouga hissed. "Get away from her!" He shoved Kagome behind him.

"Now, is that anyway to treat your 'woman'?" Inu Yasha asked calmly. He walked by Kouga, dodging the mans wild punches, and made it to where Kagome was standing. He knocked Kouga back, and took Kagome's hand in his. "Kagome... will you..."

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~Lady Red

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