A/N: Well, here's the next part of this story. We had the nice fluffy chapter. Now, let's get down to business.

Chapter 4- The Party

We walked out the door that Saturday night. Inuyasha wasn't to pleased at going, but he put on a good face for me. Such a cute puppy.

After a short drive over to Hojo's house, we walked in. The music was loud and I saw the outside patio already had a ton of people dancing.

"Kagome! Oh, is this your boyfriend? I thought you said that guy at your house wasn't."

"Oh, um. This is Inuyasha. He is a really old friend. My boyfriend couldn't come. He was in Hokkaido on business. I just really didn't want to miss your party. So, is it ok if he's here?"

"Oh, I guess. Hi, I'm Hojo!"

"Oh, hi."

Inuyasha was lucky. I was glad that I could think up a good lie so quick.

"So do you want some punch?"

"No thanks, Hojo."

"Oh, do you want to dance?"

When would this guy take a hint? I wanted him to go! Hojo had always been so dense.

"No thanks. I just want to sit down."

"Ok." He began to sit down with me on the couch.

"Um, Hojo? I want to sit alone right now."

"Inu-"

"I have to talk to Inuyasha privately right now."

"Oh, alright."

Finally! A little peace!

"Is that guy always that much of a pain?"

"Yes."

"Remind me. Why did we come?"

"Because we could be together."

"We can do that anywhere."

"Do we get free drinks and snacks? And anyway, Miroku and Sango should be here soon, remember?"

"Oh, yeah."

It was if it was a scene in a movie. Of course, right then, Miroku and Sango came in right on cue.

"Hi Kagome! Inuyasha!" Sango was very happy sounding. Miroku was smirking and he had a nice red slap mark on his cheek.

"Hi guys."

Sango and I made an eye connection. I began to say 'hentai' and she nodded her head. The guys looked at us in surprise.

"It's a girl thing." Miroku sighed. Inuyasha still looked confused.

"It must be. Maybe they have telepathic powers or something."

Sango and I laughed. Boys will be boys.

"Let's dance."

Sango and Miroku got on the dance floor and really connected. They had won a ton of dance contests before. I wasn't surprised at how well they really did dance.

"Come on. We'll be left behind."

I smirked and laughed. "Cute puppy. Come on then."

We really hit it. Inuyasha and I had only danced twice before. Most of the time we went to movies and ate lunch together. We didn't really ever go clubbing. But, for some reason, this felt so, right. It was like we were right for each other.

Inuyasha leaned down so that we were cheek to cheek. He gently whispered in my ear "My one. My only." I looked at him and slowly captured his lips. There were too many people around to notice us, one couple.

We pulled of eventually. He kept looking me in the eye and I, him. We pulled in for a second kiss. All of a sudden, I heard what sounded somewhat like Hojo's voice. I pulled off. Inuyasha growled. I silenced him. I was right. If we had stayed a second later, Hojo would have seen. I loved Inuyasha, but he could get hurt if he Hojo decided to send his flunkies on him. I just hoped it wouldn't happen.

"Oh, Kagome! Inuyasha, mind if I cut in?"

He began to growl but I looked him in the eye and I whispered to him very softly "Inuyasha, he can't suspect anything. I'll dance with him once."

"Ya, sure. You can dance with her."

"Thanks!"

Hojo and I began to dance. It was okay. It seemed almost boring. With Inuyasha, my heart had pounded and it felt that if I didn't concentrate hard enough I would skip a beat because I was to caught up in him.

"So, how do you like the party?"

"It's great." I was so glad I could lie.

"Great!"

I sighed. I liked Hojo as a neighbor. Not as a boyfriend. He was not my type at all.

He finally went to go do something or other. It felt like I had danced forever with him, and like he was never going to leave. But, I looked up at the clock. It had only been 4 minutes.

Inuyasha came up to me almost immediately after Hojo left.

"So, how did you like his dance?"

"It was great! It was better than I have ever danced with anyone, especially you!"

He looked angry at first, but then he realized I was joking. "Don't say that again."

"Silly puppy. Can't take a joke."

"No. I can't take any joke." He leaned closer to me and teased my lips. He brushed them, but refused to deepen it. I tried to lean up and deepen it, but he pulled back. I whimpered. He smirked.

"My revenge."

"Bad puppy."

"You know it."

We danced a little longer. Finally after what seemed like just a few short seconds but was really 2 hours, we stopped. We walked back over to where Miroku and Sango sat.

"Hi! So how long did you guys dance?"

"Oh, I don't know. How long, Sango?"

"I guess, maybe 2 hours? We just sat down."

"Oh, that's about the same for us."

"No breaks?"

"Nope."

"I didn't know Inuyasha had that kind of stamina."

Inuyasha growled. I leaned over and kissed him. He deepened it even more.

"Guys, that's enough for the moment. Hojo is coming!" I was glad I had told Sango and Miroku about the little Inuyasha and Hojo problem.

"Thanks." I mumbled to Sango. It looked again like we had just almost gotten caught.

"Hi Kagome! Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha. What do you think of the party?"

"Great."

"It's gone really great."

"I've really liked it."

"It's really great."

"Oh, I'm glad you think so. Well, hope you have fun!"

"Thanks, Hojo."

"Yeah, thanks."

"Thanks."

"Thanks a lot."

We finally left around 12. Inuyasha took me home and walked me to the doorstep.

"Tomorrow? At Adrienne's?"

"Hai. At 12:30."

He kissed my softly and left me on my doorstep. What I didn't know was someone else was there. Someone who could ruin everything.

A/N: Alright, so that's a nice little place to stop. Anyway, I have to go back to school Monday. Something I don't like. R&R please!

~~~~Y.L.S.

Not M.S. or A.R.A.