The Prom

Chapter Seven

Shopping for Dresses and Tux's

Three days had passed since the night of the party. Kagome went to school and prepare

for her up coming exams, leaving Inu-Yasha at her house. Mrs. Higurashi kept Inu-

Yasha busy be making him do help around the shrine, taking errands for her, but Inu-

Yasha always stopped what he was doing to escort Kagome home from school. He had

told her he only did it so she wouldn't be harmed if any demons attacked her, but he

really did it to make sure Hobo didn't pull any moves on her.

That night Kagome allowed Inu-Yasha to sleep beside her bed and Inu-Yasha had no

complaints. The two sat in the darkness of Kagome's room, trying to get to sleep, but it

was no use.

"Kagome . . . are you awake?" whispered Inu-Yasha.

"Yes . . . why?"

"I just want to know what were doing tomorrow?"

"Well, since I don't have school the next two days, were going shopping,"

"For my tuck sedo?"

Kagome giggled as he tried to pronounce the word tuxedo. "Yes, and I'm getting my

dress,"

"Is that all?"

"Well no, then mom's going to visit a friend and you and me can wander around the

mall,"

"I see. Well . . . good night Kagome,"

"Good night Inu-Yasha," Kagome yawned as she drifted off the sleep.

Inu-Yasha stared at Kagome in the dark and smiled before he himself joined her in the

land of dreams.

That morning Kagome's mom woke them bright and early to go shopping. Inu-Yasha

wasn't to pleased about that, but he didn't say anything. Kagome took a quick shower

while Sota and Inu-Yasha ate their breakfast.

"Why can't I go?" Sota whined.

"Because were just shopping for clothes Sota, besides I'm only buying clothes for

Kagome and Inu-Yasha," replied Mrs. Higurashi. "Speaking of shopping for clothes, Inu-

Yasha dear could you stand up for a sec?"

"Why?"

"Well I have to take your measurements to see what size of clothing you will need,"

Inu-Yasha stood up as Mrs. Higurashi took her measuring tape and measured Inu-Yasha.

When they were done Kagome came down stairs wearing a blue short skirt and white

tank top. Her hair was slightly wet from the shower. "The showers all yours Inu-Yasha,"

"Finally," said Inu-Yasha as he headed up stairs.

Kagome sat down at the table and started to eat her breakfast. "So mom when are we

leaving?"

"Soon as Inu-Yasha's finished having his shower,"

Kagome's grandpa limped into the kitchen using a cane to support himself.

"Hey gramps, how's the hip?" asked Sota?"

"Not good I'm afraid. There are evil spirits hanging around this shrine that prevent me

from healing,"

Kagome sighed and tried to ignore her grandpa explaining his problems in a spiritual

way. She couldn't wait to buy her dress, and hoped whatever she picked, Inu-Yasha

would like her in it.

Inu-Yasha came down the stairs in the clothing Mrs. Higurashi had gotten him the other

day. He was wearing khaki shorts and a dark blue T-Shirt.

"Well shall we go then?" asked Mrs. Higurashi taking off her apron.

"Yup," said Kagome who grabbed her purse and Inu-Yasha's hand, leading him to the

door.

Inu-Yasha grabbed his red hat and followed Kagome and her mom outside onto the

shrine grounds. They called for a taxi when they reached the bottom of the stairs and

were off to the mall. Kagome's mom sat in the back while Inu-Yasha and Kagome sat in

the back. When they reached the mall, Mrs. Higurashi paid the driver and they walked in

and immediately headed for the clothing stores.

"Alright, we'll shop for Kagome first . . . ah here looks like a good place," said Mrs.

Higurashi, leading them into a clothing store that had gorgeous dresses hanging in the

windows. When hey entered a lady popped out of nowhere and scared the crape out of

Inu-Yasha.

"Welcome one and all! Is there anything I can help you with?" asked the lady. She was

a little plump and had long blonde hair, and in Inu-Yasha's opinion, the biggest lips he'd

ever seen.

"No were just looking at the moment,"

"Alright, well I'll be at the counter if you need anything," said the lady.

Mrs. Higurashi nodded and turned to Inu-Yasha and Kagome. "Alright you two, were

going to split up and look for a dress for Kagome. We'll each pick out two and then

we'll meet at the dressing room, okay?"

Kagome nodded and started to look around. Inu-Yasha just stood there, not really

knowing if this included him.

"Inu-Yasha dear, you can help too if you want," said Mrs. Higurashi.

Inu-Yasha nodded his head and started to look around. Kagome was looking at dresses

that were blue with her mother. Inu-Yasha however went over to the section with

green. She looks pretty whenever she wears her school uniform, so maybe I can find

something along that line Inu-Yasha thought to himself as he stared at the rack of

clothes. He wasn't exactly sure what kind of dresses Kagome would like, so he based his

choices on what she wore all the time. Inu-Yasha finally spotted one near the end. It was

a dark forest green, hand long sleeves, a low back, and it would reach to Kagome's

knees. This is kind of close to what she wears, thought Inu-Yasha. He then looked along

the rack again to see if there was anything else.
Kagome glanced over her shoulder and looked at Inu-Yasha. "Mom, you don't mind

that I'm taking Inu-Yasha to my prom do you?"

"Of course not hunny,"

"So are we going to get Inu-Yasha's tuxedo after this?"

"Yes, and then I'm going to give you each some money so you two can buy whatever

you want,"

"Even Inu-Yasha?"

"Why yes, I mean he might see something he want to buy,"

Kagome nodded as they headed to the change room, each of them were carrying two

dresses. Mrs. Higurashi placed the dresses on a hook and stepped out so Kagome could

change. Inu-Yasha soon appeared carrying two dresses himself.

"Oh good you found something," said Mrs. Higurashi as she took the dresses from him

and handed them to Kagome through the curtain. "Well sit down and we'll see what she

looks like,"

Inu-Yasha took a seat on a near by chair and waited. Kagome soon came out wearing a

navy blue dress that had spaghetti straps. It was long enough so you couldn't see her feet

and had a low chest cut.

"Well, it looks alright dear, but I don't know. What do you think Inu- Yasha?" asked

Mrs. Higurashi.

Inu-Yasha looked at Kagome to Mrs. Higurashi and back. It was a nice dress, but it

wasn't Kagome style. "I'm sorry Kagome, but I don't really like that one,"

Kagome nodded and went back into the change room.

"Don't be afraid to give your opinion Inu-Yasha," said Mrs. Higurashi, patting his back.

Kagome was struggling to get out the dress and was trying to decide which one to pick

next. I wonder why Inu-Yasha's being more nicer to me lately? He hasn't said anything

mean to me all week, I'll have to ask what's troubling him thought Kagome as she finally

managed to put on one Inu-Yasha had chosen for her. It was made of velvet material and

was a dark forest green. It had long sleeves and a low back, and reminder her a lot of her

school uniform. The dress clung to her body revealing her perfect figure. She walked

out to see what they thought.

"Oh Kagome, that looks beautiful on you, what do you think Inu-Yasha?"

Inu-Yasha nodded his head in agreement. She looks stunning in that! Inu- Yasha thought

to himself, I hope she likes it.

Kagome stared at her self in the mirror and nodded with agreement. "So we'll get this

one then?"

"Well, try the other ones first, and then we'll see,"
An hour later they walked out of the store with Kagome's dress and a pair of green shoes

to go with her outfit. Then they walked to the men's dressing wear to find Inu-Yasha a

tuxedo.

"Kagome, what's this weird smell? I can't recognize it," hissed Inu- Yasha as they

walked in.

Kagome sniffed the air and giggled. "It's called Cologne. It's something men wear to

make them smell nice,"

"Do I have to wear that stuff?"

"You don't have to,"

An extremely tall man that was starting to go bald approached them and a had big smile

planted on his face. "Good morning, how may I help you?"

"We are looking for a tuxedo for this young man here," said Mrs. Higurashi, pointing to

Inu-Yasha.

"Ah I see, and what is the occasion?"

"Prom dance,"

"I see, well do you need any help, or will you be alright by your self?"

"We'll be fine on our own thank you,"

"Very well," he then walked back to the counter and started to do some sort of paper

work.

"Well Inu-Yasha what color of tuxedo do you want to wear?" asked Mrs. Higurashi

Inu-Yasha wasn't sure how to answer, so he looked at Kagome for help.

"Mom, I haven't shown Inu-Yasha what a tuxedo is yet," said Kagome.

"Oh, well Inu-Yasha did you see that outfit the man was wearing?"

"Yes,"

"That's a tuxedo, that's kind of what you'll wear to Kagome's prom,"

Inu-Yasha nodded and then Mrs. Higurashi grabbed his hand, brining him over to the

section with his size.

"Okay Inu-Yasha, all of these are your size from here to here, so you can choose any

color you want," said Mrs. Higurashi.

Inu-Yasha looked at the different colors, wondering what he should get. There was

black, grey, white, navy, brown, and all sorts of dark colors, even green! "Um Kagome?"

"Yes?"

"What color should I get? I mean I have no idea since I . . . I . . . what do you always

ask me? 'Does this color suit me?' or something like that?"

"Well I don't know Inu-Yasha, mom what color do you think would look good on him?"

asked Kagome.

"I don't know, why don't we take one of every color then?"

"Except that lime green and baby blue one," said Kagome.

Mrs. Higurashi nodded and they headed for the dressing room, carrying six tuxedo's

with them.

"By the way mom, you have to remember that he's going to be human that night, so he'll

have black hair and brown eyes,"

"Okay, sweety,"

An hour later they walked out of the mens wear store carrying Inu-Yasha's tuxedo who

was exhausted form trying on suit after suit. Mrs. Higurashi lead them to the food court

and bought them some pizza for lunch.

"Alright you two, I'm going to head home now, drop your stuff there and go to my

friends house. Kagome here's some money to pay for your taxi and to do a little

shopping, and some for you Inu-Yasha,"

"Okay mom,"

"Alright, I want you home by six so, have fun!" She kissed Kagome on the forehead and

hugged Inu-Yasha which scared him a little bit.

As Kagome's mom disappeared from sight, Kagome disposed their garbage and turned

to Inu-Yasha. "So where do you want to go?"

"Um . . . Kagome?"

"Yes?"

"How much do I have?"

"Um . . . three hundred dollars,"

"Is it alright that I go by myself?"

Kagome was a little surprised by his question, but nodded. "Sure, do you know how to

tell time yet?" she asked, Pointing at the clock which read 12:30 p.m.

"Kind of,"

"Okay well when that big stick thing pointing at the thirty, does one circle around, it

will be an hour. We'll meet back here at the food court okay?"

Inu-Yasha nodded.

"Okay, well I'll see you in an hour then,"

Inu-Yasha turned around and headed into the mall on his own. He wanted to get a gift

for Kagome, but wasn't sure what. Inu-Yasha walked down the mall looking at the

different stores, finally he saw one. It looked like a type of jewelry store. As he walked

in, it was extremely quite, and no one else seemed to be there. Inu-Yasha took in a deep

breath and started to look around. All the jewelry were in some sort of glass cases, he

guessed that it was to keep the demons out. There were rings, bracelets, necklaces, and

even something weird called earrings. Inu-Yasha shuddered slightly at the thought of a

ring through his dog ear. He finally came upon one that caught his attention. It was a

necklace that had a heart on the end of it, and it looked like it was made of pure gold.

"Do you like that young man?"

Inu-Yasha almost jumped out of his skin when he looked beside him to see a woman

standing beside him. She had long blonde hair and wore a plain summer blue dress.

"Um yes, can I see this one please?"

The lady nodded and opened the glass case, holding out the necklace.

It's perfect! Kagome will love this! thought Inu-Yasha. "How much?"

"$150.00, plus were having a sale today where you can get something engraved on it for

free,"

"Engraved?"

"Yes, if you want a little message written on the back,"

"I'll take it,"

"Okay, and what do you want written on it?"

Inu-Yasha thought for a minute, then scribbled something down on a piece of paper.

(Did you really think I'm going to tell you what it says? Sorry, you got to wait till the

prom it's self!! Ha ha ha ha!)

"Okay, this will just take a fifteen minutes," she disappeared into the back, and

reappeared a minute later. "So, is that locket for someone special?"

"Yes,"

"What's the occasion for it?"

" A prom,"

"Oh I see, did you get her a corsage yet?"

"A what?"

"A corsage, you do know what a corsage is right?"

Inu-Yasha felt a little stupid, but if he didn't ask, he would ruin Kagome's night. "No I'm

afraid I don't. While were waiting, do you think you could tell me. I mean what I'm

supposed to do and stuff,"

The lady looked shocked at first, but she smiled and started to explain.

Kagome sipped on her milkshake and looked around again for any sign of Inu-Yasha. It

was now an hour and fifteen minutes since they had left each other. Finally she spotted

him, and he was carrying a large black bag.

"So what did you buy?"

"Can't tell you," smiled Inu-Yasha.

Kagome's heart skipped a beat. She always loved it to see him smile. "Well, shall we

head home, or stick around here?"

"Home, my feet are killing me,"

Kagome giggled, grabbed her bags, and walked with Inu-Yasha to the exit to call a cab.

TBC . . . . .

well now that the shoppings done, they go to a dinner that night. what will happen? I

want to thank you all for the reviews, even if most o them were death threats!! Please

keep reviewing!!!!! Lynns