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Chapter 23:
"Ne, Sango-chan?"
"Hai?"
"I'm gonna go back home to grab a couple of dresses and accessories for tomorrow night, k? Can I borrow Kirara?"
"Sure, demo shouldn't we tell Inuyasha?"
"Naw, he'll be fine. You can tell him I went back home to get some things. Tell him I'm fine."
"Okay..demo.."
"Gosh Sango-chan! Don't worry! I'll see you in about 3 hours or so." Kirara transformed and Kagome hopped on her back, flying off into the blue sky. 'Inuyasha might be a little angry now that I think about it, he'll live. I'll find the perfect dress for Sango!'
"Kagome-chan please be safe." Sango prayed aloud. 'Why does she want us to go to this silly ball. Me wear a formal kimono or dress, was that what she called it? I hope it's not like what she always wears. I refuse wearing a short kimono like that. Houshi-sama will get too oh nevermind.' She sighed and closed her eyes, shaking her head. Sango felt a gush of wind against her, making her hair fly uncontrollably. She opened her eyes to see a flustered hanyou sniffing crazily everywhere.
"Where is she? Do you know where Kagome went?"
"She went home." Sango said nonchalantly.
"What the hell for?!" He roared.
"To get a few things. She'll be back in about three hours."
"Why didn't she tell me? I'm her freakin' mate! Baka!" He ran away in a flash.
"How did I know this would happen?" She sighed.
"What's going on Lady Sango?"
"Kagome-chan went home to get some things for tomorrow night."
"Why? What's going on tomorrow night?"
"Oh well..." Miroku looked at her questionably. "A Prince came and asked us if we'd like to come to his ball."
"A ball?"
"For all the ladies in the village. So, Kagome-chan went back to get some things for that and Inuyasha wasn't told so he chased after her, like the dog that he is." She giggled.
"How predictable." She nodded in agreement. "Are you two really going?"
"Kagome-chan insists."
"Why has this Prince only asked women?" Sango didn't want to tell him the true reason, but what could she make up? She decided to tell the truth.
"He's searching for a wife." Sango said flat out.
"A wife? Sounds vaguely familiar..like that story Kagome-sama...oh nevermind. Well, I'm sure you'll be the most beautiful there. I hope you two will have a good time." Sango looked up at his face; it was almost...sad.
"Houshi it's not like we're going to become the Princess or something. Kagome just wants to go cuz it's a ball. If Inuyasha finds about the real motive of the Prince he'll go berserk. Please don't tell him." Miroku nodded.
"Sure like I said before, have a good time. Girls' night out, ne?" Sango smiled brightly at him.
"Arigato." She grasped his hand as he was about to head back into the inn; he brushed it aside. 'Why is he being so cold? What's his problem?' Sango shook those thoughts out of her head. 'He's fine...I hope.'
"Hi Mama!" Kagome was welcomed home and gave everyone a hug.
"So how are things?"
"Just fine! Sango-chan and I got invited to a ball by a Prince!"
"Really? That's sounds like fun. What's the occasion?" Kagome stared at her foot as she tapped it nervously.
"Well he's looking for a wife."
"Nani? You aren't trying?"
"No! I've got Inuyasha! I'm just going for fun." Her mother sighed in relief. "Well I gotta get some things for the ball. Inuyasha's a very impatient hanyou." She ran upstairs and into her room, shutting the door behind her. "Aarrrrggghhh! What am I gonna wear?!"
'Why does she just leave like that? Can't she at least tell me?' Inuyasha thought as he ran quickly towards the well. When he reached the bone-eaters' well he jumped in.
"Hmmm...this one's pretty..maybe for Sango-chan." She was holding up a white kimono with maroon irises on it with a maroon obi. She folded it and gently and tucked it away in a bag. She had hardly worn it because it was for festivals at the shrine. Kagome searched frantically in her closet for something for her to wear. She didn't have anymore kimonos, so she decided to just go modern. Kagome found a pretty summery floor length dress. It was light blue with darker blue flowers printed on it with a tie in the back. "This will do I suppose, but the question still remains....does it still fit?" She twinged at the thought; Kagome decided to try it on just in case. It was a little clingy, but it looked good nonetheless. She turned in the mirror. "It doesn't look that bad. Maybe I should see what I can do with my hair?" She pulled it up in high pony tail, letting a few wavey strands dangle around her face. 'It wouldn't hurt if I put a little make-up on as well.' Kagome put on some blue eye shadow and some rose colored lipstick. "Perfect!" As she said that she heard a loud thud on the ground outside. She ran to her window and peered down. "Inuyasha?! What are you doing here?" He looked up at her with a confused face. 'Is that Kagome? It smells like her. I must have really hit my head hard this time.'
"Kagome?"
"Are you okay?"
"Is that you?"
"Huh? Of course!" She remembered she had make-up on. 'He noticed.' She smiled. He recovered quickly and bounced back onto her window sill.
"What is that?" He said as he touched her lips and then smelled it."
"Make-up, just to add color." He noticed her attire as well.
"Why are you all dressed up?" 'Uh-oh Kagome what are you gonna tell him?'
"Today a Prince asked Sango-chan and I to go to a ball, his ball. We accepted his invitation. I was coming back to get stuff." He was staring at her, his eyes moving up and down her slender figure. "Nani?"
"It's different."
"What are you talking about?"
"That kimono is weird."
"What you don't like it?" She cast her eyes down.
"No it's just strange. It smells funny too."
"Gee thanks. I was only trying to look nice. So you're saying it looks bad?"
"No! It's just that I've never seen you look so..so..."
"So?"
"Beautiful, you look beautiful Kagome." Her eyes widened at his random comment.
"Me? Beautiful, ha what a laugh! You're joking, right?"
"I'm not joking! Why would I joke about that? You're beautiful." She smiled and pulled him off of the window sill and into her embrace.
"I never heard you say that before. Thank you Inuyasha."
"It's not like I didn't think that before." He mumbled.
"It's okay." She kissed his cheek. "Lemme grab a few more things, then we can go alright?"
"I don't like it when you run off without telling me by the way."
"Gomen; I'll tell you from now on."
"I want to be by your side to protect you. How can I do that when you go and run off?" She smiled and quickly undressed, getting back into her uniform. They headed downstairs, but her mother stopped then in the hall.
"So you want anything to eat before you go?"
"No mama we're fine."
"Yes I see that." She saw the lipstick kiss on Inuyasha's cheek and rubbed it off.
"Huh?" Inuyasha was confused.
"Ooops I left a lipstick mark on you. Hehehe." She kissed her hand and showed the hanyou and he realized what her mother had implied. He blushed and they walked hand in hand out the door to the well house.
Chapter 23:
"Ne, Sango-chan?"
"Hai?"
"I'm gonna go back home to grab a couple of dresses and accessories for tomorrow night, k? Can I borrow Kirara?"
"Sure, demo shouldn't we tell Inuyasha?"
"Naw, he'll be fine. You can tell him I went back home to get some things. Tell him I'm fine."
"Okay..demo.."
"Gosh Sango-chan! Don't worry! I'll see you in about 3 hours or so." Kirara transformed and Kagome hopped on her back, flying off into the blue sky. 'Inuyasha might be a little angry now that I think about it, he'll live. I'll find the perfect dress for Sango!'
"Kagome-chan please be safe." Sango prayed aloud. 'Why does she want us to go to this silly ball. Me wear a formal kimono or dress, was that what she called it? I hope it's not like what she always wears. I refuse wearing a short kimono like that. Houshi-sama will get too oh nevermind.' She sighed and closed her eyes, shaking her head. Sango felt a gush of wind against her, making her hair fly uncontrollably. She opened her eyes to see a flustered hanyou sniffing crazily everywhere.
"Where is she? Do you know where Kagome went?"
"She went home." Sango said nonchalantly.
"What the hell for?!" He roared.
"To get a few things. She'll be back in about three hours."
"Why didn't she tell me? I'm her freakin' mate! Baka!" He ran away in a flash.
"How did I know this would happen?" She sighed.
"What's going on Lady Sango?"
"Kagome-chan went home to get some things for tomorrow night."
"Why? What's going on tomorrow night?"
"Oh well..." Miroku looked at her questionably. "A Prince came and asked us if we'd like to come to his ball."
"A ball?"
"For all the ladies in the village. So, Kagome-chan went back to get some things for that and Inuyasha wasn't told so he chased after her, like the dog that he is." She giggled.
"How predictable." She nodded in agreement. "Are you two really going?"
"Kagome-chan insists."
"Why has this Prince only asked women?" Sango didn't want to tell him the true reason, but what could she make up? She decided to tell the truth.
"He's searching for a wife." Sango said flat out.
"A wife? Sounds vaguely familiar..like that story Kagome-sama...oh nevermind. Well, I'm sure you'll be the most beautiful there. I hope you two will have a good time." Sango looked up at his face; it was almost...sad.
"Houshi it's not like we're going to become the Princess or something. Kagome just wants to go cuz it's a ball. If Inuyasha finds about the real motive of the Prince he'll go berserk. Please don't tell him." Miroku nodded.
"Sure like I said before, have a good time. Girls' night out, ne?" Sango smiled brightly at him.
"Arigato." She grasped his hand as he was about to head back into the inn; he brushed it aside. 'Why is he being so cold? What's his problem?' Sango shook those thoughts out of her head. 'He's fine...I hope.'
"Hi Mama!" Kagome was welcomed home and gave everyone a hug.
"So how are things?"
"Just fine! Sango-chan and I got invited to a ball by a Prince!"
"Really? That's sounds like fun. What's the occasion?" Kagome stared at her foot as she tapped it nervously.
"Well he's looking for a wife."
"Nani? You aren't trying?"
"No! I've got Inuyasha! I'm just going for fun." Her mother sighed in relief. "Well I gotta get some things for the ball. Inuyasha's a very impatient hanyou." She ran upstairs and into her room, shutting the door behind her. "Aarrrrggghhh! What am I gonna wear?!"
'Why does she just leave like that? Can't she at least tell me?' Inuyasha thought as he ran quickly towards the well. When he reached the bone-eaters' well he jumped in.
"Hmmm...this one's pretty..maybe for Sango-chan." She was holding up a white kimono with maroon irises on it with a maroon obi. She folded it and gently and tucked it away in a bag. She had hardly worn it because it was for festivals at the shrine. Kagome searched frantically in her closet for something for her to wear. She didn't have anymore kimonos, so she decided to just go modern. Kagome found a pretty summery floor length dress. It was light blue with darker blue flowers printed on it with a tie in the back. "This will do I suppose, but the question still remains....does it still fit?" She twinged at the thought; Kagome decided to try it on just in case. It was a little clingy, but it looked good nonetheless. She turned in the mirror. "It doesn't look that bad. Maybe I should see what I can do with my hair?" She pulled it up in high pony tail, letting a few wavey strands dangle around her face. 'It wouldn't hurt if I put a little make-up on as well.' Kagome put on some blue eye shadow and some rose colored lipstick. "Perfect!" As she said that she heard a loud thud on the ground outside. She ran to her window and peered down. "Inuyasha?! What are you doing here?" He looked up at her with a confused face. 'Is that Kagome? It smells like her. I must have really hit my head hard this time.'
"Kagome?"
"Are you okay?"
"Is that you?"
"Huh? Of course!" She remembered she had make-up on. 'He noticed.' She smiled. He recovered quickly and bounced back onto her window sill.
"What is that?" He said as he touched her lips and then smelled it."
"Make-up, just to add color." He noticed her attire as well.
"Why are you all dressed up?" 'Uh-oh Kagome what are you gonna tell him?'
"Today a Prince asked Sango-chan and I to go to a ball, his ball. We accepted his invitation. I was coming back to get stuff." He was staring at her, his eyes moving up and down her slender figure. "Nani?"
"It's different."
"What are you talking about?"
"That kimono is weird."
"What you don't like it?" She cast her eyes down.
"No it's just strange. It smells funny too."
"Gee thanks. I was only trying to look nice. So you're saying it looks bad?"
"No! It's just that I've never seen you look so..so..."
"So?"
"Beautiful, you look beautiful Kagome." Her eyes widened at his random comment.
"Me? Beautiful, ha what a laugh! You're joking, right?"
"I'm not joking! Why would I joke about that? You're beautiful." She smiled and pulled him off of the window sill and into her embrace.
"I never heard you say that before. Thank you Inuyasha."
"It's not like I didn't think that before." He mumbled.
"It's okay." She kissed his cheek. "Lemme grab a few more things, then we can go alright?"
"I don't like it when you run off without telling me by the way."
"Gomen; I'll tell you from now on."
"I want to be by your side to protect you. How can I do that when you go and run off?" She smiled and quickly undressed, getting back into her uniform. They headed downstairs, but her mother stopped then in the hall.
"So you want anything to eat before you go?"
"No mama we're fine."
"Yes I see that." She saw the lipstick kiss on Inuyasha's cheek and rubbed it off.
"Huh?" Inuyasha was confused.
"Ooops I left a lipstick mark on you. Hehehe." She kissed her hand and showed the hanyou and he realized what her mother had implied. He blushed and they walked hand in hand out the door to the well house.