Prom Problems

Chapter 3: misunderstandings

"You mean GUYS are asking her to this 'prom'?" Sango was the first to get over her shock. "Yeah, they all sounded like losers too" Inuyasha then remembered Kagome hadn't found that he had been there. "You guys can't tell her though; she'd break my back with sits if she found out." "You expect me to lie to my best friend?!?" Sango glared at Inuyasha, appalled he thought her capable of that. "Well, he did trust us with the information Sango...from what he's told us though I think, is it possible Kagome's getting married?"

Inuyasha and Sango were utterly stunned by the suggestion. "Men asking her to a 'prom', her having just turned 16, looking at different dresses, it certainly sounds like Kagome is getting married." Miroku tried to seem less concerned than he was, but failed miserably. "But Kagome can't be in love with any of those boys, she would have told me!" Sango tried arguing with the monk, even though he certainly seemed right. "It's probably an arranged marriage, it's not uncommon you know. It also looks like her parents are giving her a choice." Miroku frowned, he didn't like the idea. "But that's absurd; in my village such customs were discarded years ago!" "But Sango, such occurrences as your village are rare... you are rare" Sango stopped, once again stunned by the monk's words. Meanwhile, Inuyasha was in shock from his theory.

~*With Kagome*~

Kagome flipped through the magazine for what seemed the billionth time. She had brought her choices down to four dresses. One was a frill cut dress with a slit that rode up her thigh, a lace flower on the one strap; it was best described as a red tango dress. One was a sea green ball gown that flowed smoothly downward, not puffy or frilly; it was a smooth, shimmering silk. One was a very kimono-esk, dark navy blue, it was sleeveless, and went down to her knee. The final dress was lavender, it was very simple, and fit loosely to curves, it had spaghetti straps, and had a fake diamond broach sewn in, it looked like a fairy dress [A/N-sorry if I'm not that great at describing dresses].

Unable to decide between them Kagome gave up for the time being and wandered back to camp, only to see everyone on edge and Inuyasha looking off into space. "Is something wrong?" Kagome asked, confused by their strange behavior, but they didn't get a chance to answer as Kagome suddenly felt the presence of a jewel shard. "A JEWEL SHARD!!" Something was wrong though, the feeling kept changing directions, vanishing and reappearing somewhere else. Suddenly it started appearing closer and closer. Now they could all sense the dark presence, Inuyasha shifted uneasily as he took his place in front of Kagome. 'So it does have something to do with me! Ugh, they're really going to get it when we're done here for talking about me behind my back' Kagome thought, but was snapped back into reality as the demon stepped out of the trees.

He had dark, purple hair that went down his back. His haori was all black except a red sash about his waist, and his claws were unusually long, even for a demon. His eyes were pure black, no white showing, and he wore a katana at his side, in the hilt of which Kagome spotted a jewel shard.