"Just a sec…I'd eat too, but we went out to eat while we were gone." He watched her bustle around the small kitchen, every slight movement as graceful as the last. "She does everything so carefully…" he thought, as she placed a cup of tea and some heated stir-fry in front of him. "Here, just give me a sec and I'll grab my homework and join you." he looked at the food on his plate nervously, and precariously lifted the chopsticks. "Back! Don't mind me, we just have to draw something for class, and I haven't done it yet." Setting herself down, Kiah placed the pad of paper in front of her, and wielded a pencil like a sword. Tapping it against the paper, she thought and looked around. Seeing him staring, she smiled nervously. "Go on, it's good!" he began to eat carefully, not wanting to look like a pig. But as always, something went wrong. Not being used to eating like this, and being a little (Ok, a lot) nervous, a piece of food slipped from the chopsticks hold and flew, landing right in front of Kiah. Luckily, it didn't land on her paper, not that it had anything on it. Smiling, she picked it up. "No thank you Inuyasha, I'm not hungry." Reaching over, she placed it in his open mouth, and licked her fingers, before going back to work. He stared. "Did she just feed me?" Things went quietly, and Kiah began to draw. When Inuyasha looked up to see what she was drawing, she shooed him off. "Just keep eating, and sit still." He complied, though more curious than ever to what she was creating. Finally, she finished. Shutting the pad, Kiah stretched. "My," she looked at her watch, "Look at the time! We'd better get ready. Are ya done?" He nodded, and she picked up the dishes, putting them into the sink before walking out of the room, leaving him alone at the table with the forgotten notepad. Inching sneakily over towards it, he took one, two, three looks around. No one was looking, so he began to flip through. "Wow…" he murmured to himself. It was full of drawings, sketches and pictures of various people, animals and things. But they were all…cartoons. In a way. But what amazed him most was the love and dedication that filled each one, making it seem so vibrant and alive. "So, this is what Kiah does…what she loves." Upon reaching the last page, his eyes widened in surprise. There he was! Eating, carefully sketched to exactness. Running a hand over it, he seemed to meld in. She had made it so detailed, capturing every concentrated line, every flicker of nervousness in his eyes. And added, in her own way, a little more. Not wanting to let go, he finally shut it and set it back on the table. "Inuyasha! What do you think?" he jumped at Kiah's voice, and swerved. "Whoa." A wave of emotions and pictures ran through his mind, as he saw her standing there, looking like all three of the woman he loved in one. Her hair was tied back much like Kikyo's, dyed to it's original black, and she wore the same outfit. Kagome had only dressed this way once, but Inuyasha could still remember. She held an authentic bow, with a quiver of arrows slung across her shoulder. Frowning at the look he was giving her, she blushed, casting her head away. "Do…never mind. I know I remind you of…them." Turning slowly, she headed out towards the porch. He wanted to stop her, but he couldn't get himself to move. Suddenly, Kitty popped round the corner. "Inuyasha! Quit daydreaming! Are you ready? I need to go grab Miroku…we've got to get going soon!" She whisked away, and Inuyasha slumped unhappily.
*At the party*
"Thank you. Oh WOW! This is gonna be a blast!" Kitty gripped Miroku's arm, dressed very prettily in one of her new Kimono's. It was an outdoor party, and everyone in Tokyo was there. But no one looked more the part then Inuyasha and Miroku. As people flocked over to compliment their…'costumes', Miroku began to get fidgety. All the pretty girls… It's hard to break years of tradition, and he just didn't have the will power. Walking over easily to a young woman, he inched his hand to her butt…unfortunately for Kitty, the lady didn't mind at all! "Miroku! What are you doing?!" He didn't even respond, just ran off to the next girl. Kiah, who had been trying to avoid Inuyasha, now had nothing between them. Glancing up, she saw him stare at her, not minding a bit the people touching his ears. "They're so real…how'd ya do that?" He was swamped by people, and Kiah tore her gaze away, blushing slightly to go help Kitty. "Gee, thanks Kiah! Hey, you're right! That outfit looks great on you! And here I thought that it'd be a total drag." Kiah gave her a tiny grin, and looked around. "You were right! No one suspects anything! Sometimes, you really amaze me." Nodding and smiling modestly, Kitty replied, "I know, I know. Hey, where's Inuyasha? We've gotta get on that dance floor!" not allowing her to answer, Kitty latched onto both she and Miroku, and swung them to the arena where many couples were already dancing. Letting Kitty have her little moment, Kiah went to sit where all the people with no one to dance with were sitting. Inuyasha finally caught sight of her, and tried to make his way over. Something inside of him wanted to ask her to dance, (he knew how, Kagome had demonstrated) the thought of having her lean against him, her arms round his neck appealed to him very much, but that stubborn side was kicking in. Suddenly a picture before him caused him to growl possessively. A young man, dress handsomely in old imperial robes, was now descending on her…and was Kiah blushing? They conversed a few moments, before she stood happily to dance with him! Not Inuyasha! That boy was getting his dance! He tried to keep himself running over to rip 'Toshu's' guts out, but he was getting Kiah's attention, the attention that he Inuyasha so desperately wanted. The only reason he didn't go kill Toshu right then and there was because he didn't think it would please Kiah very much to have him kill her dance partner. Going to hide quietly by a bench, he watched the couple dance, moonlight serenading them.
