The Prom

Chapter Eleven

The Time Has Come
Inu-Yasha stretched his arms above is head, and shifted his position slightly on one of

the god tree's branch. The afternoon sun shined brightly above his head, but he was well

kept in the shade. He was wearing his usual red outfit instead of the modern day clothes.

Kagome would be home any minute from school. Looking down he saw Buyo run across

the shrine grounds chasing a mouse, and Sota was playing with a soccer ball. Inu-Yasha

was nervous and excited about the prom tonight. He was excited because he would

finally be able to tell Kagome how he felt, but nervous of what exactly would happen at

the Prom. Kagome had explained there would be food, but the dancing is what scared

him the most. When he was little, his mother had taught him a little dancing, but he

didn't know what the dancing would be like in this era. Taking in a deep breath, he

recognized Kagome scent and knew she was near by. Jumping down he headed for the

shrine stairs to wait for her. Sure enough, there she was, about half way up the stairs.

Inu-Yasha sniffed the air and realized that someone was watching her from down below.

:"You know that kid is still spying on you," said Inu-Yasha when Kagome was close

enough to him.

"I know, for some reason he won't leave me alone,"

"So what time does the Prom start?"

"At 8:00 p.m. It's only four right now so we have plenty of time,"

"Um Kagome?"

"Yes?"

"When we go inside, can you tell me like, what were doing so I don't screw things up?"

"Sure, do you want some Ramen?"

Inu-Yasha nodded his head which made Kagome giggle. They walked inside and

Kagome left her school stuff by the door and headed into the kitchen. Inu- Yasha took a

seat at the table and waited for Kagome to explain the prom to him.

"Okay,. well tonight by eight the sun will be down so you will be human. Anyway, me

and my friends have rented a limo to take us to the prom which is being held at my

school in the gymnasium,"

"What's a limo?"

"You know what cars are? I've shown them to you before,"

"Yes,"

"Well it's like that, except a lot longer and fits loads of more people in it,"

"Okay, then what,"

"Then we'll arrive at the school and pick a table to sit at. The you can either eat or

dance,"

"Alright,"

"Do you know how to dance?"

"A little,"

"Well I"ll help you out a little bit, and oh there's always a competition at the prom held

for the guys,"

"Like what?"

"Well every year they test out a guys strength, you know doing head stands and back

flips. I can't remember what the winner of this year gets, but I'm certain you'll do

alright,"

Inu-Yasha nodded and started to stare out the window. Tonight was the night, it was

either do or die. "Kagome, are you going to dance with Hojo?"

Kagome turned from the Ramen to face him, "Maybe, I don't know,"

Inu-Yasha nodded. He figured that Kagome was probably in love with Hojo, but didn't

want to show it when he was there. However he would still tell her, and if she said no, he

would return to his world and go to hell with Kikyo.

Kagome handed him the bowl of Ramen and went to the fridge to get herself a cool

drink. "Well after this I'm going to go paint my nails,"

Inu-Yasha nodded as he had already finished the Ramen in less than two seconds. "I'm

going outside,"

Kagome nodded and headed up to her room. Inu-Yasha walked along the grounds to the

god tree where he was going to do some thinking. As he finally got comfortable on his

favorite branch, he closed his eyes and started to imagine what it would be like to have

Kagome as his mate. He could see it now . . . they would live in his forest where they

would be safe. They would at least have three pups, and they would live deep in his

forest so they weren't close to the village, but close enough for Kagome to reach the well to her world. He then started to think of the house he would build. Inu- Yasha liked the

way Kagome's home was build and would most likely build it along that line. They

would have a bedroom for the pups, a guest room for when Sango and Miroku would

visit, of course his and Kagome's room. They would most likely have a sitting room and

another room for Kagome to cook. It was then a thought struck Inu-Yasha. Kagome was

only mortal and he was immortal. Eventually he would lose her. He couldn't bare to see

her grow old an die before his very eyes when there was nothing he could do . . . unless . .

. "What if I use the jewel to turn human," whispered Inu-Yasha. It was of course a form he

hated most, but if it meant staying with Kagome and dying with her, he would do it. Inu-

Yasha stared up at the sky, the wind was lightly blowing, swaying the branches of the god

tree. Little patches of light hit him through the leaves, and he closed his eyes as he

pictured his fantasy future in his head. He had longed for such a life.

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Kagome stared from her window, looking how peaceful Inu-Yasha looked sitting in the

tree. Smiling Kagome sat down and started to do her toe nails with gold nail polish. She

would have done them green, but since she was wearing so much green as it was, gold

looked good with green anyway. Kagome sighed as she thought about tonight. She was

going to tell Inu-Yasha how she felt, even if he still had feelings for Kikyo. Kagome then

started to imagine if Inu-Yasha were to except her love and love her in return, what she

would do. Would she stay in her world, or go to his? There was no way he could adapt

here in her world, he looked more free and happy in his. Her attendance was so low, and

her marks. . . that no college or university would except them. She tried many times, but

she got rejected every time. Kagome looked out the window, but what would she do if

Inu-Yasha rejected her? Then what would she do? She didn't have a life here, would she

go to his world anyway and try to find someone there? Kagome could feel tears fall

down her face. She didn't know what she would do, she could only hope that Inu-Yasha

loved her in return.

************************************************************************** 7:45 p.m.

Inu-Yasha walked out of the bathroom with a frown on his face. He didn't really like

the 'cologne' as Kagome had called it since it itched his nostrils. Walking down stairs he

went to the living room window and watched as the sun finally disappeared. Suddenly he

could feel his power weakening, his white ears disappearing, and his claws shrinking.

Staring at his reflection he saw that he was human. The cologne actually didn't bug him

at all in this form and tuxedo he was wearing actually felt comfortable Glancing at the

stairs, he made sure Kagome was still in her room as he pulled a rectangle, leather case

out that contained the locket. Looking at it briefly he put it back in his pocket and went

to the kitchen to get his other gift for Kagome. Thanks to Kagome's mom's help, he had

managed to hide the dozens of roses and the corsage in the kitchen cupboard. Pulling

them out, he went to the stair case to wait for Kagome. Hearing her door open, he looked

up and almost dropped the roses. She had her green high heels on, her green dress that

reached to her knees, and had what looked like green powder on her eye lids. Her hair

was up in a bun, but she had let two strands of hair so that one was on each side. She

was wearing no necklace, but had a gold bracelet on.

As Kagome walked down the stairs, she saw the roses and corsage that Inu- Yasha had

for her. When she reached the bottom Inu-Yasha finally found his voice. "These are for

you," he said as he handed her the roses.

Kagome took them and smelled them, "Thank you very much,"

Inu-Yasha then opened the clear box and pulled out the corsage which was also a rose,

but had baby's breath on it as well. Kagome held out her right arm and let Inu-Yasha tie

it to her wrist. When it was on securely, Inu-Yasha held out his right arm for her to take.

Placing her arm through his, they walked outside where Kagome's mom, grandpa and

brother were waiting for them. They had placed lights around the god tree so that Mrs.

Higurashi could take pictures.

Inu-Yasha lead Kagome to the tree and stood facing Kagome's mom, who was getting

her camera ready. "Okay you two, smile!"

The pictures took forever as they did different poses, but finally they were allowed to

go. Inu-Yasha lead Kagome down the shrine steps where a the limo was waiting for

them. When they reached the bottom, the driver got out and opened the door for them.

Kagome's friends and their dates were already inside.

"Hi Kagome," they all said in unison.

"Hi guys," Kagome replied.

Inu-Yasha stared at the strange contraption as it started to move. There were eight of

them in the limo, including him and Kagome.

"Your date sure has long hair," commented Eri's date.

"Yes, would you believe he never cut it?" asked Kagome.

Everyone started to chat amongst themselves about how they were excited about the

prom. Inu-Yasha just kept silent, for he didn't know what to say. Kagome looked at Inu-

Yasha and placed a hand on his shoulder. "You okay?"

"I'm fine,"

"You sure?"

Inu-Yasha nodded his head and went back to being quite. Finally they reached the

school and everyone crawled out of the limo and watched it drive away. Inu- Yasha held

out his arm again which Kagome took again. Doing his best as they walked through the

school entrance, he tried to remember his way to the gymnasium. As they stopped in

front of the gym stores he stopped.

"What's the matter?"

"Would you laugh if I said I was a little nervous?"

"No,"

"Well I am,"

"Don't worry Inu-Yasha, I'm right here with you,"

Inu-Yasha nodded, took in a deep breath, and walked into the gym.

TBC . . .

Oh yeah I'm so evil!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha!!! Well the prom has started ladies and

gentlemen and the next chapter is called The Dance. That chapters going to kind of be a

song fic since I'll be adding Whitney Houstens, I Will Always Love you, so stayed tuned

to find out!!!

Lynns