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Chapter 26

Kagome ran up the shrine steps to her house. She looked at her hands that were a dark red. Inuyasha made sure to wash her hands over and over until the smell of Kouga on her had gone. After the tenth time she complained that her hands were burning. Inuyasha being himself began to panic and apologized over and over until it drove her crazy. She insisted that she walk home alone. It took a while for Inuyasha to agree to her suggestion.

"Now we have to prepare for the dinner tonight," she grumbled. She walked up the shrine steps to see her grandfather sweeping and Rin moving some chairs outside.

" Hey Kagome!" Rin greeted her. Kagome groaned in response and walked up to them. Kagome's grandfather walked up to her with a piece of paper in his hand.

" Kagome I thought you were never coming home. Now there are lots to do. So here's the guest list. I want you to give it to your mother," he instructed.

" Cousin Natama and Aunt Koilo are coming. Hey, wait all these people are our family!" she said.

" That's because it's a family reunion as well," Grandpa pointed out. Kagome sighed. ' Great,' she thought to herself. It's not like she didn't want to see her family again. She was just tired and not to mention the problem with Sango and Miroku was making today even harder to deal with.

" I'll go change," she said and headed to the house. When she arrived inside she gave her mother the guest list and went up to her room.

Kagome dived on her bed and cuddled up in the sheets. She wanted to close her eyes and just fall asleep but she knew that they needed her help to prepare. Raising herself up she went to the phone and dialed Sango's number.

" Hello, Kinata residents," said a feminine voice. Kagome knew it was Sango.

" Hey Sango. It's Kagome."

" Hi!" she said.

" Do you feel any better?" she asked. Sango answered her question by laughing.

" By the way my mom said that she'll be coming to the dinner," Sango said.

" It's not a dinner anymore. It's a family reunion," Kagome corrected her.

" That's great. Now I'll get to meet people from your family!" Sango said.

" Woppie," Kagome said sarcastically.

Sango laughed, " What's wrong? Tired?"

" Yeah. I have lots of work to do so I'd better go," Kagome said.

" Okay bye."

" Se ya later."

A couple of minutes later Kagome came out with a blue shirt and a short gray skirt. Grandpa immediately began giving her tasks to do. She helped to decorate the shrine with Rin. She helped set up a humongous table, she helped to cook with her mom and she made sure that every guest was coming. In no time at all they were all prepared.

Luckily for them the dinner was starting a seven and it was four. That gave them enough time to rest. Rin and Kagome were grateful but they only had one hour to rest because they would have to get ready.

Kagome yawned and cracked one of her eyes open. She looked at the clock. She had been sleeping for about forty minutes now. She turned to look over at Rin, whose back was turned to her. Rin shifted a little and yawned.

" Rin?" Kagome said sleepily, " Are you up?"

Rin shifted and groaned in response. She turned to face Kagome who was looking at her. " Yeah. What's up?"

" Remember I told you about Sango and Miroku's breakup?" Kagome asked. Rin nodded and allowed Kagome to continue. " Sango is miserable and Miroku is depressed. We've gotta get them back together."

Rin then gave a sad expression. " Kagome Didn't you say that Miroku was a pervert?" she asked.

" Yeah why?"

" Don't you know that Likla is coming?" she asked. Kagome nodded and then gasped.

" If she sees Miroku she'll be all over him!" Kagome exclaimed. She didn't even want to know what Likla would do if she saw Inuyasha. Inuyasha was her boyfriend and she wouldn't let her cousin Likla lay a hand on him. Kagome knew she had to make sure that her boy crazy cousin would stay away from Miroku.

" Don't worry. We'll make sure she's occupied while our plan is in progress," Kagome said determined.

" I just hope she doesn't flirt with your boyfriend," Rin said.

" Don't worry. No matter how hard she tries, no one can get his full attention but me. He won't fall for her cheap tricks," Kagome said and then got a mischievous look on her face.

Rin looked at her cousin curiously. " What's up?" she asked.

" I've got an idea. What if we..."

Sango looked at her self in the mirror again. She was wearing a long, baby blue dress with thin straps on the side. Her hair was pulled up in a high ponytail and she had on some makeup.

She had to admit that she was very nervous. She really didn't want to see Miroku after what had occurred between them a couple of hours ago. Sango just wanted to curl up in her bed and cry her eyes out. The vision of Miroku kissing that girl came into her head again. Tears began to sting her eyes. She couldn't cry cause then she would mess up her makeup. She looked at her hand in which the gold ring used to be. She shook her head furiously and headed to the bathroom to get some napkins.

She wiped her eyes and after a couple of minutes finished redoing her makeup. She sat on the bed and began to put on her matching shoes.

" I'm going to go and have a good time. I don't care if the pervert is with another girl! I'm going to have fun with Kagome and Rin!" she said determined. No matter what happened tonight she wasn't going to let it ruin her night out.

The Higurashi shrine was already crowded and it was only an hour before the festivities would start. Kagome and Rin were upstairs getting ready while everyone else was catching up on each other's lives.

At that moment Kagome heard a knock on her door. She already had on her clothes so she opened it to see her cousin, Likla standing there.

Likla was one of Kagome's cousins. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a mini skirt and a short top, which stopped about one inch before her bellybutton. Likla was the flirting type of girl. The longest she ever kept a boyfriend for was three weeks. If she saw a cute guy she would somehow get him and then dump him.

" Hi Kagome. Long time no see," she said and hugged her cousin.

Kagome smiled at her and moved to let her in. " Yup, since we moved here I didn't really get anytime to call you."

Likla sat on Kagome's bed. " So Kagome are there any cute boys here?" she asked. Kagome smiled at her cousin's question and nodded her head. Likla squealed and ran out of the room in a flash.

"Okay weird," Kagome stated and continued to get ready.

Inuyasha walked up the shrine steps with his older half brother Sesshomaru. He held in his hand a bouquet of flowers. Kagome insisted that he invite his brother although Inuyasha didn't like it. When they reached the top of the shrine steps Mrs. Higurashi was standing there.

" Hello. Inuyasha who's this?" she asked looking at the tall man that stood before her.

The man bowed before her, " I'm Sesshomaru ma'am," he introduced him self.

Mrs. Higurashi smiled. " Nice to meet you." She waved at them and headed to her house.

Sesshomaru looked around the busy place. A girl with long, raven hair and light brown eyes came running towards them.

" Inuyasha!" she said.

Inuyasha gave a smile. " Hey Rin. What's up?" he asked. Rin looked at the tall, handsome man that stood next to Inuyasha. She kept her eyes on him. She thought he looked so sexy just standing there.

" Rin! Snap out of it!" Inuyasha shouted at her causing her to jump.

" Oh! Sorry. Kagome is getting ready. She'll be down to meet you in a sec. And who is this?" she asked looking at the tall man.

" Him? This is my half-brother Sesshomaru. Fluffy this is Rin," he introduced the two. Sesshomaru took Rin's hand and kissed it causing her to blush furiously.

"Nice to meet you Rin," he said and stared into her eyes. Rin did the same and the two were practically drooling over each other.

Rin suddenly snapped out of it and spoke. "Come on I'll introduce you around," she said and grabbed his hand. When she realized she did this she released his hand and her face turned a bright red.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and went in search of his girlfriend. He had a strange feeling that he was going to see Rin more often.

Kagome stepped outside her house. The place was really crowed. She started walking by herself, Often meeting one of her aunts, cousins and uncles. They seemed really happy to see her and she was happy to see them too. This cycle went on for a while until when Kagome passed a dark area and felt to arms wrap around her waist.

She had no idea what to do. Should she panic or scream for help? Before she could react she heard a familiar voice.

" Hey Kagome. I missed you," said a voice in her ear.

Kagome smiled at the person's comment. " But Inuyasha you saw me a couple of hours ago?" she whispered back. Inuyasha pressed his lips against hers as Kagome responded by wrapping her arms around his neck. He pulled her closer to him as she ran her hands through his white hair. Her hands traveled up to his ears and began to rub and scratch them gently. His chest began to move and Inuyasha gave out a strange sound.

Kagome pulled away from him and continued to rub his ears. An amused smile came on her face when she noticed her was purring. She began to giggle and Inuyasha pulled her hand away from his ears.

" Kagome!" he said, his face red with embarrassment. Kagome began to laugh really loudly, as Inuyasha stood there embarrassed.

" You were purr... Purring... does my tou...touch affect you that much?" Kagome managed to say between giggles. Inuyasha gave a 'feh' and pulled her close to him for another kiss.

A/N: So what do you think? It took me a while to think up this idea. This weekend I just had no inspiration. But then this idea just popped into my head so I wrote it down and it ended up being my longest chappie yet! Thanks for the reviews and please review some more. OR ELSE I'LL, I'LL sigh I don't know what I'll do. I know I won't write anymore. Muhahahahahaah, Muhahahaahahaha!

P.S. I have another story. It's been bugging me forever so I finally decided to write it down. It's called From Hatred to Love. Please read it.