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Chapter 3: Dance the night away

            A delicate hand reached up to turn the doorknob. It opened without protest as she walked inside, feeling the wall for the light switch. She closed the door behind her and walked into her elegant apartment.

            The usual sight of her apartment greeted Kagome. She was satisfied with her living accommodations and seemed to have grown quite attached to it.

            Her apartment, being that it is located in one of the most expensive buildings in Tokyo suited her status well. It had beige walls, and clean carpets, a massive kitchen and living room, a dining room, a master suite, and a guestroom, complete with two bathrooms including Jacuzzi. Who could complain?

            She walked over to her black leather couch and threw down her purse. She flopped herself onto the couch and sighed heavily.

            It has been about a week already since Inuyasha started working at Shikon. And what a week it's been. He was an interesting character, confident one moment, and sad the other. She could see that he was in emotional turmoil, he hides his feelings behind a mask of grumpiness, but it couldn't fool Kagome, nor will it ever.

            Picking herself off from her couch reluctantly, she walked towards her bathroom for a nice and long bath, hoping to get the cell phone conversation with her mother out of her mind.

            When Kagome was driving home surely enough her mother called asking how things were, but what worried Kagome the most was the one question her mother would always ask. "Do you have a boyfriend yet?"

            Every time it was that one question that would get Kagome worked up. She would always answer the same thing…no, but yet her mother just didn't seem to get it.

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            He stared out through a glass window at the drops of water falling from the sky onto the city below. The city tonight unlike every other night wasn't filled with lights and excitement.

His face shaped into a slightly amused smile as he thought about the passing week. What with the working environment he was put into and the people he was surrounded by. But he wasn't irritated, in fact he was grateful, for time to get her off his mind. 'She' is but a thing from the past, a painful past in which he would no longer delve upon. It's a good thing, to be able to forget, to be able to pull himself out of the winding vortex of nothingness he felt for so long. He felt good, proud that his life was now changing gradually for the better. For him and everyone around him.

His face scrunched into a frown as he looked down at his cell phone, which was ringing a very annoying tone. He grumbled and picked it up, wanting peace and quiet badly.

"Inuyasha? Man, what are you doing right now?"

            Inuyasha merely rolled his eyes. Miroku didn't know when to stop, and he doubted that the man would ever learn.

            "Actually, I was just about ready to-"

            Sure enough knowing Miroku, Inuyasha was only interrupted in the middle of his explanation.

            "Forget what you're doing right now, I want you to come out to the club with me tonight. Stop sitting in your condo all night and come out for some fun!"

            Inuyasha twitched. Did Miroku really think of him as a bastard with no life?

            "Fine, it seems like I have no choice in the matter anyways, so where do you want to go."

            "The usual."

            "Fine, I'll meet you there in half an hour."

            "You better come Inuyasha."

            "I can't back out now can I?" Inuyasha hung up the phone and sighed deeply. His night of peace and quiet would have to wait.

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            Her hair was a flowing mass of darkness underneath the tubs warm water. She surfaced only to take a deep breath and open her eyes. Her chest rose up and down catching in as much air as she could. Her heartbeat was growing, beating stronger, and stronger by the minute. She held out her hand and found them wrinkly from staying in the water too long.

            Staying at home all night was not what she had in mind. After all it was a Friday night, lounging around her apartment would not be too entertaining. At least not to Kagome, she was tired of working all day and not having any fun. 

            That was exactly why she picked up her phone to call Sango.

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            Inuyasha looked around the nightclub dully. Guys and girls grinded into each other intimately on the dance floor. Crossing his arms across his chest he looked the man beside him dully.

            "So why exactly did you drag me here?"

            "To have fun!" Miroku, however was too caught up in ogling girls to notice Inuyasha's obvious annoyance.

            They had been there for nearly half an hour and things didn't seem to be any more exciting then sitting at home and watching animals mate with each other on the discovery channel.

            His hand reached out grabbing the whine cooler that was sitting lonely on the table. He put the bottle up to his lips and gulped down nearly half of the bottle of liquid.

            His amber eyes looked up and scanned the room, spotting a couple of girls staring at him with lust filled eyes, he ignored their signs, inviting him to come over and take what he saw. They were nothing; in his eyes they were merely sex-craved wenches looking for one night of fun. But you know what they say; one night of fun can bring you a lifetime of pain.

            For the first time during the whole night his eyes landed on a beauty. He stared at her legs first, silky smooth slim legs, leading to a small waist and perfect chest. The red dress she wore clung to her curves perfectly letting him have a good view of her curves.  His eyes landed on her face. It was a very small world, who would have thought that his new employee would catch his eye? Especially on a night such as this, anything was possible.

            He watched as she sat down on a table with her friend, also one of his new employees. Surely enough they were oblivious to the hanyou staring at them with interest from a corner of the well-known club.

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            Kagome sat their casually staring at the crowd moving their bodies on the dance floor. She went to the club for one reason, and one reason alone, to let herself loose and forget about her overwhelming life.     

            She snapped out of her reverie when Sango pointed out a man walking towards them.

            Her blue gray eyes looked up to meet dark icy blue ones. He was handsome with his long hair put up into a ponytail. He worked out she could tell from the flesh that was peeking out from behind the partly buttoned up shirt. He walked over to her casually and smirked seeing her examining him with interest. She could see the satisfaction written on his face. He bared his fangs and smiled at her. A wolf youkai, how typical.

            "Good evening ladies, and how are you doing?" He asked smoothly taking a seat next to Kagome.

            She raised an eyebrow. It wasn't that she found him painful to the eye, no in fact it was pretty much the opposite, he was quite the looker. However the fact that she wasn't looking for a relationship floated in her mind. She banished those thoughts just for the night.

            "Good, and you?"

            "My name's Kouga, it's a pleasure to meet you two lovely ladies, may I have the honor of knowing your name?"

            "My name is Kagome, and that's my friend Sango."

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            Inuyasha thought he would never stop. After flirting with every female that came within a meter of them Miroku finally stopped.

            "Hey Inuyasha." Miroku exclaimed. "Isn't that Sango and Kagome over there?"

            Who would have thought the lecher finally noticed! After all Inuyasha thought that Miroku was after Sango, who would've known his radar was down.

            "Yes it is Miroku, what's your point?" He replied rather unenthusiastically crossing his arms across his chest to emphasize his apathy.

            "Let's go over there and talk to them, after all don't you think we should get to know them more, you are there new boss."

            "What you mean is for us to go over there so you can hit on Sango, correct me if I'm wrong."

            "Tsk, tsk, tsk, Inuyasha, I thought you knew me better then that."

            The hanyou merely looked at him rather amusedly.

            "Fine, fine I don't care if you don't believe that I have good intentions, you're coming with me and that my friend is final.

            Inuyasha mumbled several obscenities before being dragged away by Miroku.

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            "Do you want to dance?" Kouga asked Kagome after a couple of minutes sitting there in silence.

            "Uh…what I'm not sure what about Sango?"

            "Go, I'll be fine!" Sango smiled at her friend.

            "Sure, I guess." Before Kagome could get up she noticed to figures approaching their table. Sure enough it was the Miroku guy from her work, followed by one of her bosses, Inuyasha. She sighed as she thought about what was going to happen next, what with Miroku approaching Sango and all.

            "Hello Sango, Kagome, what a surprise meeting you two here." Miroku smiled charmingly at Sango. And yet Sango never failed to see though his façade for even a second.

            "Touch me and die lecher!" She mumbled.

            "I was just about to ask you if you wanted to dance."

            Seeing as to how she wanted Kouga and Kagome to get to know each othe ra little more she agreed to let him accompany her to the dance floor.

            "Fine, but if you try anything, you will regret it with every ounce of your being."

            "Ooh, feisty now aren't we, that's exactly how I like my women." He said under his breath.

            Kagome stared at the after the two figures slowly mixing in with the crowd of dancing people. She smiled to herself, quite pleased with their development; at least Sango didn't hit him this time.

            After quite a long amount of time she finally noticed Inuyasha was standing beside her.

            "Hi Inuyasha!" She chirped happily. She couldn't help herself from mentally drooling when looking at him. The hanyou, still an enigma to her, a gorgeous and yet mysterious person that never seemed to fail to surprise you. But sure enough she knew what he was going to say next. Sure he was mysterious, but it didn't mean the things that came out of his mouth was unpredictable.

            "Yeah, yeah whatever wench."

            Yep, that was Inuyasha for you.

            "Anyways, I hope your enjoying yourself, I have to go, let's dance Kouga." Kagome smiled as she took Kouga's hand letting him lead her to the dance floor.

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            He watched silently as she moved her body the rhythm of the music. Her body was graceful, swaying side to side in a way that entranced him. He slightly envied the man that was beside her. He shrugged it off and sat down sipping yet another whine cooler.

            Being a half hanyou had its advantages. He could drink as much as he wanted and still it was hard to get him drunk. On occasions he would drink until he hung on the last strand of consciousness, such as with his break up with Kikyou. The memories were painful yes, but yet they didn't seem to hurt as much anymore.

            His eyes left his bottle to look at the figure in red. The song turned to a slow one, she looked at him. Her blue gray eyes locked onto his amber ones. She seemed to be pleading to him for help.

            'Feh, what the hell does that wench want with me?' He thought before moving towards the couple.

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            She danced until her face was sweating. The sweat making her dress cling to her body more so then before.

            The music changed to a slow song. She smiled at Kouga as he put his arms around her.

            His hands seemed to wander to places she rather not have him touch. She looked around looking for help, hoping to find a savior amongst the wave of people. Her eyes locked on his, yep, Inuyasha.

            She looked at him pleadingly, giving him signals to come and save her from the man beside her. He of course, being the person that he was, merely looked annoyed.

            Sure enough though he came to her rescue.

            "Hey, can I cut in?" He asked her more then her partner.

            Kouga reluctantly walked away not too pleased at the interruption.

            "Thank you so much!" She whispered to him as he placed his hands on her waist.

            Her small hands wrapped around his neck, in moments they were swaying their bodies to the slow music.

            Neither seemed to mind each other's presence for they were both drifting away into their own little worlds. Kagome thinking about her present life, while Inuyasha thought about his past. Both wanted to know what their future held.

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            Miroku grinned like a Cheshire cat watching as his best friend danced away oblivious to the what the world was doing.

            "You know I think Inuyasha and Kagome would probably make a very cute couple if they ever got together." He being the best friend, was always happy to see Inuyasha get together at all with 'any' girl. After all that happened to the poor guy him being near a girl was just a miracle come true.

            Sango nodded. Silently agreeing with what he was saying. She came up with an idea.

            "I have an idea, why don't we leave them here and go home first."

            "Ooh, Sango you naughty girl, my place or yours?" Miroku smirked.

            BOOM!

            "I didn't mean like that you pervert!"

            Miroku being too busy rubbing the bruise on his head merely stared at the girl in awe. 'Note to self, don't tick off Sango.'

            "What I meant was." Sango started again. "Kagome came here with me, if we leave them here then Kagome won't have a ride home, and just who will drive her home?'

            "Inuyasha!" Miroku seemed to grasp the concept finally!

            "That's right."

            Sango smiled at him. Miroku could feel his heart beating faster. She was so beautiful when she smiled, truly smiled. This gave made him more persistent on his quest in pursuing her.

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            Kagome angrily hung up her cell phone and looked at Inuyasha. She was mad, very mad. How could Sango leave her at the club and run off with Miroku? Then again it was a good thing, at least now Sango and Miroku could spend some more quality time together. She just hoped Sango wouldn't hurt him too bad. Kagome smirked imagining Miroku coming into work tomorrow with many lumps on his head.

            "What's happened?" Inuyasha asked, taken aback by Kagome's change of facial expression. First she was mad, and now she was smirking, this didn't make him feel comfortable at all!

            "Sorry about that." Kagome snapped out of her train of thought. "It seems that Sango ran off with Miroku, I don't have a ride home."

            "What do you mean you don't have a ride home!" Inuyasha exclaimed.

            "Hey don't yell at me! I came with Sango in her car."

            "Fine it looks like I'm going to have to take you home then."

            "Would you stop doing that?"

            "Doing what?" Inuyasha asked incredulously.

            "Acting like taking me home is the end of the world!"

            "Keh, hurry up, let's get you home woman!"

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            The car stopped and they both sat there in silence. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha and smiled slightly.

            "Thanks for taking me home!"

            "Whatever, you're welcome, just get out of my face okay, I don't want to see you anymore!"

            "Why are you so mean Inuyasha? I've never done anything too you. Sheesh, I'm kind of wondering if guys could ever be on PMS."

            "WHAT! I'm not like that."

            "Then why are you so mean to me? Do you not like me?"

            "It's not that. It's just, I don't know, you just look a lot like Kikyou you know that?"

            Kagome twitched. She looked over at him incredulously. "YOU MEAN ALL THIS TIME YOU WERE BEING MEAN TO ME BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE YOUR EX??!!"

            Inuyasha backed away quite scared at what Kagome was going to do to him.

            "You know Inuyasha, you really shouldn't take it out on me, It's not my fault that your ex dumped you, I'm not her, and she's not me. I'm sure we have nothing in common. And if you ever feel like being a jerk to me again, rethink that thought and remember that you will have to suffer serious consequences for your actions."

            Inuyasha nodded slowly. "I'm sorry, I guess I just got a little carried away. You're right, it's not your fault you remind me of her. Will you…will you forgive me?" It was hard for him to get those words out of his mouth. After all he wasn't used to apologizing to people.

            "Don't worry about it, thanks again for taking me home, you should get home and rest, you still have to go to work tomorrow remember that!" She waved good-bye to him and walked out of the car.

            He continued to stare at her retreating figure before driving away back to his home.

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Sorry for the crappy chapter, this chapter is pretty much pointless. I blame it all on writers block!

I introduced Kouga in this chapter because he will be back…sometime more into the story! I think the next chapter will have some Rin and Sesshy stuff in it. I can't promise anything.

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