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Grammar note- I've have people complain about my grammar and format. I'll try to explain. I do have word and I do Grammar/ spell checks but I have thought about how to do the dialogue like I'm supposed to. But I know it is sad at my age I have trouble with this stuff at being 21. Truth is, I have Epilepsy and in 10th grade I started to have seizures. I dropped out of school because my dad wouldn't take me to the doctor. And these aren't your run of the mill seizures, they are down right painful! But finally I got on medication, but it seemed like my dad wanted to keep me out of school to do all the housework- That I won't get into cause it's really gross! But now Seizure- free, married, and a mom I am trying to find a place that has GED classes, but without being able to drive, it's real hard. But I'll try harder! I promise! Format wise, I do double space, but on fanfiction.net it doesn't acknowledge it. I'll have to play around in what format to save it in. Please have patience and mercy on me I beg of you!

Now on with the story! .......................................

Chapter 9- The Party:

Kagome went out to go check the mail. As she filed through, she found a pink envelope with birthday candles on it. She opened it and the card inside:

"A Birthday Invitation to Eri's Birthday Party!
Invited: Kagome and Inuyasha"

Kagome's eyes got big. She yelled,

"Eri? She wants to invite me and Inuyasha?" She slumped and went inside.

"Inuyasha, can you please come down here please?" She called up the stairs to the distracted hanyou who was playing with Souta and his Hot Wheels.

"Coming!" He yelled as he shrugged to Souta and ran downstairs. He looked at a very stressed out Kagome who held the invitation in her hand.

"What's that?" He asked with that cute look of curiosity he always gets. She looked at him and said,

"It's a birthday invitation. Eri is having a birthday party on Saturday and she wants me to come with you." Inuyasha came face- to-face with her and took the birthday invitation out of her hand.

"You are still wearing that red haori? Grandpa's going to kill y."

"I don't really care what that old geezer thinks!" he snapped while smelling the card.

"Inuyasha! You shouldn't talk about your elders in such a matter!" she yelled at him while she quickly put her hands on her hips.

"Well, if he wants my respect then he should treat me better! He treats me like I'm some sort of monster that will rip everyone apart if they don't watch their backs!" he said with a deep sadness in his eyes.

Kagome sighed and nodded. She could understand, though it was still rude. She looked up to see Inuyasha actually trying to taste the card. Kagome smiled and gently tugged it out of his claws. He looked at her with a sad, pouting puppy dog face.

"I'm sorry, Inuyasha, but we might need this to go to the party." She said smiling. Then she stood and thought for a moment.

"Have you ever even been to a party?" She asked with almost a look of interrogation on her face. Inuyasha looked at her with his golden eyes starting to dim.

He started to have a flashback.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Naraku-sama! Please may I go to your birthday party?!" 8 year old Inuyasha pleaded.

"No, Inuyasha, I'm afraid not!" Naraku said as he sneered at the child.

"But, why? I promise I'll behave!" Inuyasha said, teary-eyed as he pulled on his "master's" trouser leg.

"No, Inuyasha! What have I told you about showing yourself to other people?" He said in a sarcastic, caring voice. Inuyasha's ears flattened to the top of his head as he looked to the ground.

"That I'm a monster"

"That's right! And was do ordinary people think of monsters?"

"They are scared of them and they'll hate me. Humans hate monsters."

Naraku smile in satisfaction at driving the young child into submission. Then he cooed while patting him on top of the head,

"That's right, Inuyasha. You are a monster. That's why You belong up here. You don't want to scare people, do you?"

"No, Master"

Then Inuyasha heard a voice call his name faintly. Finally he snapped out of it.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Inuyasha? Are you okay?" Kagome asked, trying to search for his eyes. Inuyasha wouldn't let her look at him.

"Inuyasha? What is it?" She said in a very sympathetic voice.

"I can't go," He said mono-toned. Kagome grabbed his arm and pulled him closer,

"What did you say? Why can't you go?" Kagome got so close to his face, he could feel her breathe on his cheek.

"Because, I'm a monster." Kagome backed off and yelled,

"How many times do we have to go over this!? You are not, I repeat, not a monster, Inuyasha!"

"Even Koug."

"Don't listen to Kouga! He's just a thick-headed, mindless jerk! Besides, Eri has seen you in your true form! She was on of the girls that came over the first morning you were here!" She yelled, sounding desprate. Inuyasha looked frightened.

"One of THOSE girls? No! No way!"

"Oh Com'on, Inuyasha!" Kagome grabbed his arm again. Inuyasha whined,

"They are going to pull on my ears again! That hurts!" He started to twitch his ears. Kagome smiled and rubbed of them. Inuyasha slumped with his tongue hanging out and his eyes rolled back. Kagome cooed,

"I promise I'll be the only one to touch your ears," She smiled as he started his content doggy growl. He fell on his face when she let go.

"Hey! You stopped!" He whined. She looked down at him and said,

"I'll do it as long as you want if you promise to come to the party. It will be a lot of fun! No one will be scared of you. You are too much of a big puppy-dog!"

He sat up on the floor and sat with both his legs and arms crossed.

"I resent that!" He had a look of an angry pouting child. Kagome kneeled beside him.

"Please Inuyasha!" She said looking into her eyes. He couldn't resist.

"Ok, fine! But nothing better happen." His eyes got sad, "Please don't let anything happen!"

She smiled and went straight for his ears. Right there, on the floor, in front of the front door, Inuyasha had his head on Kagome's lap with his tongue hanging out, his eyes closed, and growling up a storm while Kagome massaged his ears. Then suddenly, her mother and grandparents walked in the door.

"Ano. What.are you guys doing?" Mama asked with a shocked look on her face. Kagome and Inuyasha stared at her with the same shock, blushing, and their eye brows twitching in unison.

It was Saturday, the day of the party. The day Inuyasha wished he were dead. Eri was turning 15! Kagome got a little all-in-one make-up/purse. Inuyasha didn't quite understand the concept of female putting colors on their face that seem like they don't belong. They rode to the party in the back seat. Inuyasha insisted that Kagome always sits in the back seat with her for some reason. Kagome looked over. She had never seen Inuyasha so nervous. Not even this much for the festival! She leaned her head on his shoulder and took his hand.

"You will be perfectly fine! I'll be there. I will NOT leave you for a second!" Kagome didn't notice but it seemed natural to snuggle up against him. Then she heard Inuyasha gulp. She opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Oh, sorry!" She said as red as a tomato as he gave her a quick, nervous smile.

They finally arrived at the birthday party. There were a lot of people there, or at least more then Kagome thought. She expected 5 or even 8, but there were about 15 people.

"Do you want to wear your baseball cap?" She said as she handed it to him. She brought it, just in case he got nervous. He looked at it and shook his head as he tossed in the very back. Kagome smiled.

'He must have a lot of trust in me! Even after the festival. He was raised a monster, but he's not! He's a person.but, so much more! I just hope people start to realize it' she thought as she would focus her attention from out the window to him. When they got out, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's arm. She blushed but started to tugged,

"Inuyasha?"

"Huh?"

"My arm requires blood to function!"

"Sorry," he said as he let go. Kagome smiled.

"You don't have to let go, just don't pop my arm off" And with that, Inuyasha tackled her arm again. She looked up at him. Here is this guy that is more powerful than 100 men, can jump in leaps and bounce up to about 40 feet, can slice through a tree like butter with his claws and has fangs can pierce sheet metal, and he's grabbing her arm like a lost puppy. She found it ironic, yet incredibly cute! When he looked down at her, he smirked as she winked.

'How did I do this?' He thought, 'How can the sweetest, most beautiful girl I've ever seen be so patient and caring to me. She's even letting me hold on to her! How did I, of all people, find her?" He asked himself as she walked forward with him, looking ahead with a huge smile.

Inuyasha's heart was filled with something that he longed for. Something he almost was convinced he'd never feel. Love. The kind of love not just anyone has, it was pure and powerful. All that kept repeating in his mind over and over in his mind was,

'How was I lucky enough to find you? No matter what happens, I'll be by your side. I will protect you for as long as I live. I will love you for as long as I live.'

They finally entered into the room full of people. When they saw Inuyasha, the room got dead silent. Inuyasha began to slowly back up, but Kagome whispered to only he with his sensitive ears could hear,

"Show confidence. Smile with your mouth closed and just be friendly. If you are afraid, they will see you as a frightened animal. If you are nice, they may forget about your differences. Just hold on to me and smile."

With that, they walked into the door while Kagome smiled and said in a chipper-ish voice,

"Oi! Eri! We are here! Here is your present!" She said as she handed the wrapped box to Eri, who set it on the table. Then Ayumi and Yuka ran through the quite room up to Inuyasha.

"Inu-chan! We are so happy you are here!" They said in unison. Eri smiled and faced Kagome and Inuyasha to the quieted crowd that had a few whispers.

"Oi! Mina! This is once of my best friends, Kagome and her boyfriend, Inuyasha!" Kagome shot her a look, Then Inuyasha said in unison,

"He's (She's) not my boyfriend (girlfriend)!"

"Ooops, sorry" she said with a sheepish smile.

"Well, Com'on everyone! Inuyasha is cool! Just continue the party already!" Eri yelled.

'She stood up for me as well? Wow!' he thought a he smiled. Kagome elbowed him and winked.

"Com'on, Inuyasha, let's sit down!" She said as she pulled him over to a plastic chair. When they said down, a few people moved away while some came closer. Then some girl asked,

"Are those real?" Then it was confirmed when one of his ears moved to her voice, She smiled,

"That is so cool! Are you friends with Kagome?" A guy asked. The answer made Kagome blush so much she hid her face.

"Yes, she's my best friend actually" People's attentions went from Inuyasha to Kagome.

"Is this true?" She heard a familiar voice. She heard Inuyasha growl.

"Inuyasha, don't growl, please." Kagome asked as she looked to the familiar voice.

"Kikyou! What are you doing here?" She tried to sound friendly, but it didn't really work.

"Well, Eri is a good friend of mine. I used to date her older brother. We got along quite well." She said as she walked closer to Inuyasha and Kagome.

"Eri? Is this true?" Kagome looked at her with shocked eyes.

"Yah! Kikyou was like a big sister to me. We still hang out once in a while." Kagome had a look of pure horror. Then she looked at Kikyou. Kikyou kneeled in front of Inuyasha and put one hand on his knee. It was Kagome this time that growled, but Kikyou ignored it. She drew her finger along Inuyasha's jaw line. He stared at her with his teeth bared.

"Inuyasha?" she cooed, "Did you miss me?" Then all the party guests gasped when he growled.

"F*** OFF! (Sorry I don't really cuss)" Kagome hid her face and whispered,

"Shimatta!"

Kikyou looked at him displeased.

"Is that anyway to talk to a lady?" She pouted. Inuyasha got a cocky look,

"What lady? All I see is a bi." Kagome yanked him up before he could finished that last word, ".Kagome!" he grunted.

Kagome took him to a secluded corner.

"I know you despise her! So do I, but we have to think of the other people around us and the language you just used it highly inappropriate, so we just need to avoid her. Just ignore her, Okay? Please? For me?"

Kagome pleaded. Inuyasha sighed,

"Okay, I'll try the best I can" Kagome smiled at him and took him by the hand and led him back into the party. She smiled.

"Sorry everyone! Go ahead and continue!" She yelled as she dragged Inuyasha toward Eri. Kagome sighed,

"I'm sorry about that. Inuyasha and Kikyou had a bad run in with each other. It won't happen again, WILL IT, Inuyasha?" she tugged on him, but found him growling at Kikyou. She elbowed him.

"It won't happen again, right Inuyasha?" She asked him while gritting her teeth.

"Ah, yah, sure." He said confused. It was evident he didn't even hear a word that Kagome said to Eri. Eri just thought to herself and sighed,

'This has to be the weirdest birthday party yet!'

Throughout the party, basically everything went smooth, except for Inuyasha wanting to tear Kikyou open. But Kagome was right, after people got used to him, they warmed up around Inuyasha. Kagome was so happy to see Inuyasha finally having fun. He was still a little up tight and wouldn't let go of her arm. But then it happened. She had been drinking pop the whole time. There was no doubt. She needed to go to the bathroom. NOW! She whispered into his ear,

"Inuyasha, you really have to let go of me just for a few minutes," She was gritting her teeth and crossing her legs as tight as she could.

"Why?!" He quickly snapped back.

"I really have to go pee.Now!"

"I'll just come with you!"

"You can't come to the bathroom with me!"

"Why?" He looked straight into her eyes with a look of pure seriousness and squeezed her arm tighter. She bit her lip and knew she couldn't hold it much longer. She pulled him up and yelled too where his hair was even blowing back,

"LET GO OF ME RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!! I"VE GOT TO PEE AND YOU CAN"T COME WITH ME! LET ME GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He quickly let her go as she ran for the bathroom. Everyone in the party started to laugh hysterically. When Kagome was out, she got stampeded by people that were laughing so hard they needed to go pee too. Relieved, yet frazzled and in a daze. Kagome sat back down, her arm immediately getting tackled by the reluctant Hanyou.

Night came and everyone was tired. Kagome's mother was about to pick them up shortly.

"Kagome! Where's your sleeping bag?" Eri came out in her night clothes

"A sleeping bag for what?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha was also puzzled. Then they heard Kagome's mother say,

"It's right here!" They saw her walk up to her with a gym bag and her sleeping bag. Kagome looked puzzled. Eri stared at her and asked.

"Kagome, didn't you read that it was also a sleep over?" Kagome gasped,

"I can't I have Inuy."

"He's invited to!"

"A boy? To a sleep over?" Kagome asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, but he has to sleep on the couch"

Inuyasha looked scared. Kagome shrugged.

"Come on, I guess we've got no choice"

The night consisted of mostly playing with Inuyasha. The Ears were off limits to everyone, but Kagome. They all brushed his hair and put burettes and bows in it. Inuyasha's temper held up pretty good. He couldn't believe all the attention he was getting. Then it came to the "Best part" of sleep overs

TRUTH OR DARE! (evil laugh)

Kagome insisted that Inuyasha not play, even though most dares involved him. He had one rule. No kissing and no touching the ears. The girls didn't find those too fun, but they had others in mind.

"Kagome,"

"Hai"

"Truth or Dare?"

Kagome thought long and hard. She knew either or , it was going to involve Inuyasha. She did want to real any secrets, so he said,

"DARE!"

All the girls snickered.

"Ok, Kagome," Yuka sounded like she came up with a good one. Kagome started to sweat.

"Sit in his lap and tell him what you want for Christmas! His outfit looks a bit Santa Clause-ish"

Kagome's eye twitched as she gulped.

"Com'on, Kagome. He says he's your best friend. Oh, and speak like a little girl and put your arms around his neck"

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, who was red as a tomato. She looked at him and shrugged. She slowly walked over to him in her "Precious" pink sleepwear, sat on his lap. They both gulped. The girls were giggling. Kagome whispered to only he could hear,

"Forgive my friends. I'm just going to get this over with, okay?"

He smiled. She wrapped her arms around his neck. Then Yuka yelled out,

"Inu-chan! Hold her back!"

He slowly obeyed. The girls we shorting, trying to keep their giggles in. Kagome Looked at him with an embarrassed smiled said in a squeaky voice,

"I want a teddy beaw, a wed convewtibew, a."

As she went on, he was blushing like a strawberry, but he couldn't help but to think,

'Damn! She's so cute!'

All said and done, she sheepishly crawled over to her empty spot. Inuyasha staring at her in shock.

Finally all the humiliation of "Truth or Dare" was over. Inuyasha had now been kissed on the cheek 9 times, proposed to 3 times, his hair bread 6 times, among tons of other things. It was about bedtime, but Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's wrist.

"What is it, Inuyasha?"

"Aren't you going to brush my hair?" Kagome gave him a very surprised look. He sounded like a little boy asking for a bedtime story.

"Inuyasha, you've gotten your hair brushed at least 16 times tonight."

"But I want you to do it!"

The rest of the girls where listening behind a corner, trying to hold in their giggles. Kagome smiled

"Let me get my brush. Where will you."

". On the back porch, away from those girls!"

Kagome giggled and went to get her brush to catch the group of 8 girls that were spying on them. She sighed and got her brush.

Kagome and Inuyasha sat on the back porch, looking at the moon. Kagome couldn't help but to notice Inuyasha's hair looked just like snow in the moonlight.

"Kagome?"

"Yes, Inuyasha?"

"Why do girls play that dumb Truth or whatever? It's very embarressing and stupid."

"Well, I guess it's funny to see people get embarrassed.."

Meanwhile the 8 girls were pressed against Eri's bedroom window to try to watch and hear what was going on. Kagome put down the brush and reached for his ears.

"Hey! That's fair! She gets to touch his ears!"

"Well, of course! He lives with her!"

"He what?"

Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi nodded at the 5 other girls.

They all gasped.

"Do you think she's still a."

"Who, will ever know, she hasn't told any of us!"

A girl with brown hair shuttered.

"Dude, I wouldn't want to have sex with a freak! Even though he is a gorgeous freak!'

Every sighed in agreement.

~*~ Back outside-

"Okay, That it for tonight Inuyasha."

"Awwwwww Already?"

"Yes, sorry. It's really late. We do need SOME sleep. Speaking of sleep where are you." Inuyasha ran toward the tree in front of Eri's window. All the girls quickly got into their sleeping bags before he jumped in it. Kagome looked up the tree. He smiled and said,

"We are not home. I can't watch over you from the couch can I?"

She smiled and felt her heart beating on over drive.

'He wants to watch over me all night?' she thought as she stared up the tree at her "protector"

"Goodnight Inuyasha," She said as she turned around to go back inside.

"Goodnight **whisper** Kagome"

The passion she hurt in his voice almost made her faint from lack of oxygen.

She finally curled into her sleeping back, which was in the moonlight so Inuyasha could see her perfectly. She looked up at him and smiled. He just stared at her.

'I feel the safest I've felt in my whole life. I'm safe under the watch of my personal guardian angel.'

She smiled warmly as she dozed off to sleep. With his sensitive ears, he listened in, just to hear her breath. It was almost the lullaby that sung him to sleep.

Whooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Long chapter! OI! Sorry I changed the chapter title, but this chapter was getting long enough. I hope it didn't get too much off the whole "Tim Burton" Thing, but this is MY story too! But Only 3 more chapters! Sad, huh? Did I do better on the formatting? But look at my next Idea-

Coming soon by Sailor-X (hehehehe)-

Project Hanyou X- A military test subject has escaped to find a beautiful 15 year old girl-

Romance/sci-fi.

That's as short as my summary can get, I might reveal more of a summary next chapter, but kudos! Ja ne!

Next Chapter! : The Unexpected Awakening! (I have a feeling this chapter may be longer than 9!)