AN: Yay! I have over 104 who put me on their favorite author list. I'm so happy. This fic is dedicated to Kacie because it probably wouldn't be up already without her telling me to update all weekend over AIM. Thanks Kacie. Keeping me on task. ^_^

CH: 5 Stolen Kisses

Sango and Kagome went through their daily ritual of Sango practically dragging Kagome out of bed. Breakfast wasn't really eventful. Kagaome was the first to leave the table because she wanted to help get Sango ready for her date with Kouga. Inu Yasha was going to ask her if she wanted to go out somewhere but didn't get the chance.

"This is not a date." Sango said.

"Right Sango. I mean it's just you going somewhere with a guy alone. Doesn't sound like a date to me at all." Kagome responded.

"Have I told you how much I don't like you?"

"A couple of times I think." Kagome smiled. "There all done." Sango was wearing a light green sleeveless shirt with black shorts. Her hair was pulled back and she had some makeup lightly done.

"I don't know about this Kagome."

"Trust me. You look as good as a person going to ride a bike can." Right when Kagome had finished her sentence she heard Inu Yasha's yelling downstairs. "I'm guessing your date is here."

"It's not a date." Sango said and left the room with Kagome just smiling a shaking her head slightly.

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"What are you doing here?!" Inu Yasha said when he saw Kouga standing in the doorway.

"I'm here to get my date, dog breath."

"You're not getting Kagome."

"I'm not talking about Kagome." That caused Inu Yasha to get incredibly confused.

"Hey Kouga." They both turned to see Sango coming down the stairs.

"Hey Sango. Umm...you look good. Ready to go?" Kouga was trying his best to act how Sango told him girl's like. He had really though Sango was something since she was the only one to actually sit him down and tell him what was wrong with him.

Sango and Kouga left a very confused Inu Yasha behind. "What just happened here?"

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Kagome decided that she would see if Rin was in the kitchen since she owed her a play date. On the way she ran into Sesshoumaru who seemed to be going to the kitchen also. "Hey Sesshoumaru." Kagome said in her normal cheerful voice.

"Hello Kagome." Kagome breath caught her throat when she Sesshoumaru smile when he greeted her. "Is something wrong?"

"You're smiling." Kagome said as if she was in a daze.

"Is that a bad thing?" Sesshoumaru asked in mock annoyance. He was actually very amused by the way she was reacting to a single smile.

"No! It's just that I haven't seen you smile before. You should do it more often." Kagome said and blushed after her last sentence.

'She looks beautiful when she blushes.' Sesshoumaru couldn't help but think. "Where are you heading?"

"I was going to see if Rin and Shippou wanted to go do something. I owe her a play date." Kagome said and resumed her walk to the kitchen with Sesshoumaru right behind her.

Once they walked in both Shippou and Rin noticed. "Kagome!" They both yelled and ran over to her.

"Hey you two. I was wondering if you wanted to do something with me today." Kagome said as she crouched down so she was eye level with the two children.

"Yay. Can we go pick flowers?" Rin asked.

"Sounds fun to me. What about you Shippou?"

"Picking flowers is for girls." Shippou stated.

Kagome gave a small laugh. "I don't know. I think you might enjoy it. What do you say?"

"Well, okay." Shippou answered.

"Is Sesshoumaru-sama going to come also?" Rin asked noticing him standing behind Kagome.

"Hai Rin." Sesshoumaru answered.

"Yay!" Rin grabbed both Kagome and Sesshoumaru's hand and led them outside. Kagome grabbed Shippou's hand with her free one and took him with them.

Rin led them all to a small field in the back of the mansion. She then let go of their hands and ran to the field. Kagome smiled at the girl's enthusiasm and followed her. Shippou looked up at Sesshoumaru and the two guys stared at each other for a moment. Finally Shippou turned away and ran up to Rin and Kagome.

Sesshoumaru watched them for a while. He still couldn't believe that someone like Kagome existed. She seemed far too happy and carefree to be real. He finally walked over to them. Kagome was showing Shippou and Rin how to weave little wreath out of their flowers.

"Look what Rin made Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin held up the wreath in her hands.

"That's very nice Rin." Sesshoumaru said and sat next to Kagome.

Kagome got a very strange idea and placed the wreath she had made on Sesshoumaru's head. She giggled when he looked at her strangely. "Oh so you think that's funny."

"Definitely." Kagome said through her laughing. She didn't stop when Sesshoumaru seemed to look upset.

Rin and Shippou however thought that maybe they should go somewhere else and ran to a different part of the field.

Sesshoumaru pulled Kagome to him so that there was barely an inch between them. This got Kagome's giggles to stop and she stared into his eyes slightly afraid of what he might do. Kagome knew that Sesshoumaru was not the type of person who one could make fun of.

Sesshoumaru smiled again when she stopped giggling and looked like a deer in headlights. He took off the wreath and put it on her head and then let his hand move down to her cheek. His other arm was still around her waist holding her close.

Kagome's eyes locked with Sesshoumaru's and she couldn't look away. 'What's he doing? If he's trying to freak me out, he's doing a good job.' Kagome saw him lean forward and couldn't move. When his lips touched hers it felt as if all her thoughts were shut off and all she could feel was the warm tingling feeling in her lips.

Sesshoumaru didn't know what possessed him to kiss her, but he was glad he did. He felt her yield to him and saw her eyes close. Sesshoumaru had not kissed many women in his life, but this was definitely the best kiss of his life. She felt so soft and warm in his arms.

Kagome sighed and felt Sesshoumaru's tongue run across her lower lip. She froze and pushed away from him then. "Umm...I don't think we should...I mean Rin and Shippou...and..." Kagome began to stutter as her face turned a bright red.

Sesshoumaru was a bit disappointed when she pulled away, but was somewhat pleased when he noticed how she reacted. "I believe that they are fine." Sesshoumaru said and pointed to the two children running after each other.

"Ummm...Sesshoumaru?" Kagome blushed even harder when he turned to look at her. "Why did you...umm...why did you kiss me?"

Sesshoumaru thought over how to answer the question, but couldn't find a good answer. "I wanted to." Was all he said.

"Oh...is that all?" Kagome felt strange inside. She had hoped he would have said something more. 'Come on Kagome. What are you expecting? Did you think he would confess his undying love or something?' A small part of her had wished he did. That would have made things a lot easier.

"Would you like to have dinner with me?" Sesshoumaru asked. He knew that she wanted to talk and get to know each other. Now he was slightly regretting kissing her so soon.

"Sure." Kagome answered. She had eaten with Inu Yasha. It was only fair that she eat with Sesshoumaru too, right?

Shippou and Rin came running back over and asking Kagome to play tag. Kagome nodded and with one last small smile at Sesshoumaru ran off after the two kids.

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"We need to stop them." A man's deep voice was heard.

"What do you want me to do, father?" Another voice responded.

"That stupid Higurashi family is what's standing our way and now they are going to the Taisho family for support. I hear the daughter is going to marry into the family. We need to stop that or else we're in big trouble. I hope I can trust you with this."

"Not to worry I can pull this off. I already have a special card up my sleeve when it comes to the Taisho family."

"Good. Don't fail me."

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Inu Yasha was practically seething. He had wanted to ask Kagome out today and hadn't had the chance. Then when he was going outside with Miroku he saw her and Sesshoumaru kissing. If Miroku hadn't held him back he would have gone over there and killed his brother.

"I can't believe him! He always gets everything and now he's gonna get Kagome."

"Calm down Inu Yasha. You don't know anything yet."

"What are you talking about Miroku? We saw them kiss. You were there! I doubt she had something on her lip and he was getting it off with his mouth!"

"But you don't know. He could have kissed and she could have hated it. You didn't exactly wait to see how she reacted."

"You wouldn't let me!"

"That's because you would have tried to kill him." Miroku pointed out.

"So? Not like anyone would miss him." Inu Yasha pouted and sat on the couch he had been pacing in front of.

"Why don't you try to go talk to her? Or ask her out tonight?" Miroku offered.

"I guess." Inu Yasha sighed.

"Ahh...it's the curse of being in love my friend." Miroku said and laid back on the couch. "Our Inu Yasha is love." He mocked.

"Shut up! I don't want her to find out."

"Don't want who to find out what?" Miroku and Inu Yasha turned to the door to see Kagome walking in with Sesshoumaru and the two kids.

"Umm...nothing important." Inu Yasha said. After a look from Miroku he turned back to her. "Hey Kagome!" Kagome turned from her position on the stairs with Sesshoumaru in front of her. The two children had gone back to the kitchen. "I was wondering if you'd like to do to go out to dinner tonight."

"Actually I'm going to dinner with Sesshoumaru." Kagome said. "Maybe tomorrow ne?"

"Yeah." Inu Yasha said. He was torn between being hurt and wanting to kill Sesshoumaru after seeing the knowing look he was receiving.

Kagome then continued going up the stairs and went to the library till lunch time. Sesshoumaru smirked at his little brother and went to his room to make reservations for a night that Kagome would not soon forget.

Inu Yasha sat back down on the couch and gave Miroku a bad look. "What? How was I supposed to know she had plans?" Miroku said waving his hands in front of him to ward off Inu Yasha.

Inu Yasha just pouted. "Yeah plans with Sesshoumaru." Miroku sighed and wanted to comfort his friend, but didn't really know how.

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Tsuyosa and Ruan had been watching from the side lines all the things that were going on. "I do believe it is your sons with the problem now, my friend."

"I believe you may be right. I never expected them both to fall for her. You daughter must really be something."

"I've always thought so." Ruan laughed. "So who do you think will win?"

"You should no better than to put bets on such things." Tsuyosa said with mock disappointment.

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see."

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Sango got back after lunch and had so much to tell Kagome. She went on about how the bike ride was and lunch. She said that Kouga had surprised her with a picnic. "So how was your day Kagome?"

"Well...um.."

"Come on Kagome spill."

"I'm going out to dinner with Sesshoumaru. He...um...kissed me." Kagome said quietly.

"He what?!" Sango was very surprised. She would have never guessed Sesshoumaru would lose control like that. She more expected it from Inu Yasha. "So how was it?"

"Sango!" Kagome said a blush already spreading on her cheeks.

"Come on, Kagome. I mean he's hot."

"Yeah. It was wonderful." Kagome admitted.

"Oohh, Kagome. So you going to marry Sesshoumaru?"

"Sango! I still have the rest of the month."

"Excuse me you're already kissing the guy."

"He kissed me."

"Yeah, but you liked it." Sango pointed out. The discussion would have gone further, but there was a knock at the door. Kagome got up and opened the door to see Sesshoumaru on the other side.

"Hey Sesshoumaru." Kagome said trying to keep her blush down.

"I wanted to tell you I come get you to go to dinner at seven." He then turned to walk back down the hall. "Dress nice." He said over his shoulder as he left.

"Come one Kagome." Sango pulled her back into the room.

"What are you doing?" Kagome said as she was practically tossed back into the room.

"We have to get you ready for your date." Sango stated and started going through Kagome's clothes.

"I think I have some time." Kagome said noticing it was only three.

"Yeah, but I know how long you spend in the shower." Sango started pulling out some clothes. "Go take a shower and I'll have an outfit chosen by the time you get out."

"Fine." Kagome said and left the room hoping that Sango didn't go overboard.

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When Kagome got back she was shocked at her room. It looked as if her suitcase had exploded. "Sango what?" She didn't get a chance to say more as Sango grabbed her and sat her on the chair in front of the dresser.

Sango got straight to work. She was going to make Kagome look so good that Sesshoumaru was sure to propose right then and there. After three hours, Kagome was fully aggravated, but thankfully she was done. "Now why did this have to take so long?"

"You needed to be perfect." Sango stated and look over Kagome. Kagome stood there wearing a black halter dress that went to her ankles, but had a slit that went up to mid thigh on her right. There was a silver chain that hung around her waist. Her hair was tied back in an intricate design. Makeup was lightly put on as a final touch.

There was a knock on the door and both girls jumped. "Well..." Sango gestured at the door. Kagome sighed and walked over to the door.

Sesshoumaru's jaw hung open slightly and Kagome couldn't help but giggle. He pulled himself back together and handed her a single red rose. Kagome accepted it with a smile. Sango took it from her as she and Sesshoumaru left.

"So where are we going?" Kagome asked as they got outside and Sesshoumaru held open the door to his car for her.

"You'll see." Sesshoumaru answered and then got into the car.

The drive didn't take long and when they stopped Kagome looked out the window to see the sign of the famous French restaurant. The valet opened the door for her and she stepped out. Sesshoumaru came to her side and offered his arm. Kagome took and they walked in.

They were led to a table out side where there were lovely vine clad walls and a big fountain in the middle of a dance floor. Slow music was playing and there were a few couples dancing on the floor. "Wow." Kagome said in awe. Sesshoumaru smiled at her reaction. She blushed again when he pulled out her seat for her.

After they ordered Kagome took in the beautiful scenery while Sesshoumaru watched her profile in the candle light. "Why did you want to?" Kagome asked breaking Sesshoumaru out of his daydreaming.

"Do what?" Sesshoumaru asked though he had a good idea of what she was asking.

"Why did you want to kiss me?" Kagome asked turning her eyes back to his.

"Because you're unlike anyone I've ever met before." Sesshoumaru admitted. He was beginning to get lost in her eyes and wasn't sure if he wanted to get out.

Kagome blushed under his intense gaze and wanted to avert her eyes, but found she couldn't look away from his golden eyes. The moment was broken when their food was brought. Kagome couldn't believe she had been so close to kissing him again. She needed to find out more about him before she started kissing him Kagome resolved. 'Better try now. This question is going to get me in trouble though.' "Why do you hate Inu Yasha so much?"

Sesshoumaru was caught off guard by the question, but didn't show it. "I don't hate him, I hate how he came to be." Seeing Kagome's confused look he decided to explain. "My mother was a wonderful woman, but my father had an affair anyway. I blame him somewhat, but I blame Inu Yasha's mother more so. It had just been a one night thing and my parents got over it. But then my mother died of sickness when I was ten and that wench showed up with Inu Yasha. The family resemblance was too much to ignore and my father took them in and she conned him into falling in love with her. She basically took him for a ride and then left with a lot of money and without Inu Yasha."

Kagome was incredibly surprised when she heard all this. She felt obligated to give something in return after hearing such a personal story. "That must have been hard." Sesshoumaru looked up at her looking for any mock sympathy, but found none. "I was really depressed when my mother died. She was in a car accident and got severely injured. She was in a coma for a while and then died in her sleep. I don't think I would have been able to take it if some woman came to take her place right after."

"She's the reason that I'm the way I am. She told me to never be anything I'm not and never take things for granted. That's probably why I'm so strange compared to all the other girls." Kagome sighed. "The only friends I had were the servants since all the other girls were so stuck up."

The rest of the night the conversation lightened up and Kagome found herself actually enjoying Sesshoumaru's company. Though she did most of the talking he did through in a comment here and there and Kagome found he had incredible insights at some things although he was a bit cynical.

When they had finished eating Kagome was surprised when Sesshoumaru stood and offered her his hand. "Would you like to dance?"

Kagome accepted the offered hand and they walked onto the dance floor. They were the most graceful couple on the floor, but neither noticed the looks they were getting. Sesshoumaru's hands were on Kagome's waist while her arms were around his neck. She rested her head on his chest and was surprised when she felt the arms around her tighten. When the song ended Kagome looked and got caught in golden eyes again. Sesshoumaru leaned down and captured Kagome lips in his once again. This time Kagome didn't pull back. So lost in their own world neither noticed a dark pair of eyes watching them.

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Okay that's where I'm ending the chapter. So does Kagome really love Sesshoumaru or will Inu Yasha steal her away. Who is watching them? Please review.

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