Chapter 7

                "Here is our line of Lancome. If you need anything, just call me, Miss Nicola, Miss Granelli. My name is Tia."

                Kagome and Sango thanked the woman before turning to the lit up stand. It was filled with a selection of mascaras, foundations, powders, eyeshadows, lipsticks, etc. Kagome picked up a silver box containing an eye stick.

                "Here is the one you were looking for, Sango. It's a creamy pink eye pencil that goes on liquid smooth. Or so it says. Here, there's the tester."

                Sango pulled the cap off of the tester and drew a line on her lids. It was a shimmery pink that set off her brown eyes. Kagome inspected the selection of powders before choosing her shade and tested it on the side of her cheek.

                "How is that pencil, Sango?" asked Kagome.

                "It's perfect. I'm purchasing it. What are you doing?"

                "Powder."

                "Oh I see. That looks great on you. How much is it?"

                "It's the Versatile one, the one for all face types. The most expensive one too. It's thirty two."

                "Oh. Don't forget tax."
                "Yeah," Kagome sighed. She pulled out a box and set it down in her basket. "I need to get some more eyeshadows. Here are all the compacts. Do they sell Chanel here?"

                "Next aisle. That's a great eyeshadow palette for you, it has white, pink, blue, lavender, three shades of brown, and hey, look! Gold!"

                Kagome placed the box in her basket and looked at the perfumes section. "Sango, I haven't found a perfume I liked yet. Help me!"

                Sango turned to the perfume stand. Dior, Versace, BCBG, Chanel, Chanel, Lancome, Givenchy,  and other top name brands were sitting on the stand behind testers. Sango looked at the selection before taking down a slim box.

                "I like this one personally. It's called Glow. It's by Jennifer Lopez. A lot of people think it's cheap but I think it's great." Kagome took a sniff.

                "Not bad. What do you think about this one?" She held up Nature by BCBG Max Azria up to Sango's nose.

                "That's good too. I want this one." She shoved Chance by Chanel under Kagome's nose. "I don't really like Chanel's scents. They're too powerful, and, I don't know, really, really strong. How about this one?" She showed O oui by Lancome to Sango. "I'm getting this one. What are you buying, Sango?"

                Sango showed Kagome the eye pencil box, a lip gloss tube, and the perfume Japhur Saphir by Boucheron. "How about you?"

                "Just powder, an eyeshadow compact, and O oui. I got a new mascara in NYC before we left, and  I don't need blush or lip stuff."

                "Okay. Shit. We only have like, three hours before our dinner. And we still need to look at dresses."

                "There's always other days, you know."

                "But I've arranged a date with Miroku tomorrow, a hotel sightseeing day the day after, and all that. And we need to tour our own hotel and interview make up artists at the salon. And I want to visit the Forum Shops at Caesars, and the Desert Passage, and the Canal Shoppes, and-"

                "SHUT UP!!"

                "Okay. Let's pay and go."

                The two women went back to the Via Bellagio shops. The bought jewelry at Fred Leighton and Tiffany & Co., skirts and blouses at Chanel, shoes at Prada,  purses at Gucci and Hermes, but still didn't find a dress. Exhausted, they deposited their shopping in their rooms and went down for dinner at Jasmine.

                "Finding a dress is proving harder than I thought," wailed Sango.

                She and Kagome had dressed in knee high dresses and both were wearing a diamond necklace they had bought earlier. Kagome sipped her champagne. "I thought Las Vegas was chock full of designer stores!" she grumbled.

                "I know, but I think we'll have to get ours custom made."

                "You know how long that takes?" Snapped Kagome. "The last gown I had made was that simple Valentino one strap dress, and that took two weeks! We have less than nine days before the opening!"

                They ate their dinner in silence as they watched the Fountains of Bellagio. Sango said quietly, "They say that it is best for lovers to watch this."  

                Kagome looked up and noticed the longing in Sango's deep brown eyes. "Do you love him?"

                "What?" said Sango, startled.

                "You know I wouldn't care if you guys did start dating, after all, the organization shouldn't mess with our personal lives, right?"

                Sango smiled sadly. "But he's a lech. He touches my ass all the time. You know how my bikini stuck to my ass today? And he grabbed me."

                Kagome spat out her champagne. Her laughing was loud and clear. "Be happy, Sango," grinned Kagome. At least you're not playing a dangerous game with a dangerous man who has a fabulous body, brilliant mind, has almost everything in common with you…who also won't get off your case.