~*~*~*~* DISCLAIMER ** I don't own Inu Yasha and company.... :( sad!
~*~*~*~* Chapter 23 ~ Did He Just Say That Aloud? *~*~*~*~
"So what if you don't care how your hair looks for tonight's party? You might not care, but that doesn't mean that everyone else doesn't care either." Sango said, clearly annoyed at my behavior. My best friend was trying to force me to go to the hair and beauty salon to make my hair the BEST one in the whole party tonight. I, on the other hand, thought of that as a waste of time. If Sango wanted to go the salon, sure, I'll accompany her. But that didn't mean I WANT to join her in doing my hair. Hell no.
"Sango, I don't want to. I think I've mentioned it clearly that doing my hair is just a waste of time." Sango sighed.
"Dude. Kag, you're a real rare beauty. If you would just let some professional do something more into it, there will probably be 3 times more guys that will asked you out. And that's saying something." I shrugged.
"So what? It's not as if I WANT guys to ask me out. For all I care, guys who asked me out are usually annoying." Sango eyed me, her face twisted in annoyance.
"You're going to the salon with me to do your hair. As a matter of fact, I don't have to do anything with my hair. I'm just going to tie it in a high ponytail, it goes with my exterminator costume, y'know." I looked with shock at Sango.
"Wait, didn't you say that I was going to ACCOMPANY you to the salon? Now you're telling me YOU'RE accompanying me?" Sango shrugged.
"Well, I guess you can put it that way. Anyway, that's not the problem. You're going to be an angel tonight Kag! You need to look beautiful!" I snorted.
"Oh yeah, just cuz I have an angel's costume, that doesn't mean I have to go to a place full of people who called themselves professionals with beauty and style. Besides, I don't care what I look like tonight."
I'm going with Inu Yasha, that's all that matters, I thought silently. Yes, I'm going with Inu Yasha. That's what really made me excited to participate in the party/prom. Sango rolled her eyes.
"Oh yeah, YOU don't care. Someone else does, though." I eyed my friend suspiciously.
"Who on earth are you talking about?"
"Well duh. Your date, of course. Inu Yasha!" Sango said excitedly. I could feel the wheels on my brain started to spin. Of course. I should look beautiful...... at least for Inu Yasha.
"And just think," added Sango. "If you become the Halloween Queen (A/N Peeps! You know about Homecoming Queen? Well, I just thought of Halloween Queen, cool huh? Lol!), you'll pissed the hell out of Kikyo!" she finished excitedly.
Hmmm.... Another good reason why I should make myself as beautiful as possible for tonight, I thought evilly. Sango watched me as my expressions changed. I finally nodded.
"Okay, I'll go with you to that beauty and hair salon or whatever." I said, finally agreeing with her. Sango practically jumped up and quickly grabbed her car keys (we were on our room).
~*~*~*~* 3 HOURS LATER *~*~*~*~
"Omg, is that you Kag?" Sango shouted the moment I walked out of the salon (Sango had dropped me at the salon to buy some new make up). I smiled at Sango (A/N I will not describe right now cuz then it wouldn't be special anymore when I describe her with the angel costume ^_^). I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw myself in the mirror either. I could hardly believe it was I. It turned out that what Sango said was true, the people in the salon were professionals!
"Yep, this is me. Kagome Higurashi." I said as I made a beeline towards Sango's car. Sango was still staring at me in disbelief. Finally, when I had seated myself comfortably in her car, she smiled as she started her engine once again.
"See? What did I tell you? Now you'll be the perfect angel for the night. Inu Yasha's going to flip and faint when he sees you all perfect like this."
At that last comment, I couldn't help but to have a small smile formed on my face. What a great friend Sango was.
Then an idea slipped through my mind. Sango did all of this for me..... this meant I would do all I could to make her look beautiful tonight! My eyes fell on the tons of makeup Sango had bought with both of our money. I smiled slyly as my head ran over the plans for the rest of the day before the party. Then another idea ran through me.
"Hey, Sango."
"What?" the girl replied.
"We're doing our makeup next, right?"
"Well yeah. There's nothing else we can do anyway, right?"
"Right. So do you mind if I call Rin to do the makeup together with us?"
"Of course! Dude, I like that girl! Call her!" Sango said excitedly as I punched Rin's number on my cell-phone.
~*~*~*~* 1 HOUR LATER *~*~*~*~
Rin, Sango, and I were both having a great time in our (Sango's and mine) room. We were all fooling around with both of our new and old makeup. Not to mention we also added Rin's collection. To put it simply, we are playing with our makeup, instead of using them on our faces. Finally, when it was around 2 more hours before the party, Rin called for a time out.
"Guys, we seriously need to get ready for the prom." She said as she took a drink of our lemon squash. I raised my eyebrows.
"There's still 2 hours left, Rin!!!" I nearly shouted. (A/N Forgive me, but I don't usually prepare for a prom 2 hours ahead. Lolz) This time, Sango was on Rin's side.
"Well yeah....." she started, "but I wanna look spectacular for tonight." She said, as she blushed fiercely at what she said. Rin smiled.
"Me too. And besides, there are three of us. We each has got to take turns, right?" Yep, that did made sense, so I nodded. Rin smiled. She then asked,
"Okay, so who's going first?" I looked at Sango. Sango shrugged.
"Why don't you go first, Rin?" Rin smiled and nodded excitedly. So off we went to makeup land.
~*~*~*~* 2 HOURS LATER *~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~* SHIN **POV** *~*~*~*~
Inu Yasha and Miroku were both waiting in the gym, where the prom was going to be held. If you look around, you'll never know that this was the gym. Everything was decorated Halloween style, sending you chills down your spine if you pay a lot of attention towards it.
Miroku was dressed up like a monk (A/N dude, like the one in the series..... most of the characters will be like that. Except for a few .;) with the color of black and purple. He was holding a golden staff and his right (is it right?) hand was covered with a certain necklace. Other than that, he didn't wore anything out of the ordinary. But his monk clothes did brought up the color of his eyes.
Inu Yasha, on the other hand, was VERY different. For one thing..... he had silver hair, dog-ears, amber eyes, fangs, and claws. It was, after all, his transformation day. I shouldn't fail to say that he was getting a lot of stares from the people passing by, but he could care less about them. He was wearing ..... what he usually wears in the series. (A/N Lol, people will kill me for describing him like that, but oh well... it's 1:24 a.m. and I really need to finish this chapter or else people will kill me anyway.... Soo.....).
The two guys' eyes darted everywhere, looking for a certain person. Miroku was smiling happily, ready to dance the whole night with his beloved girlfriend. Inu Yasha, however, was having a hard time not showing his impatience.
'Damn it. I haven't seen Kagome for the whole day! I need to see her, damn it!' he said inside his head. His eyes scanned through the now crowded gym. It was getting more and more packed as the clock continued to tick.
"Inu Yasha......" a deep voice suddenly came out of nowhere. Both Inu Yasha and Miroku knew whom that voice had come from. Both turned their heads to come face to face with Sesshoumaru.
"Yo, Sesshoumaru, what's up?" Inu Yasha confidently.
Sesshoumaru, unlike Inu Yasha and Miroku who had dressed up in a Japanese- traditional way, was dressed more to the ancient Europe style. (A/N Lol, can you imagine that?) He eyed Inu Yasha closely as a smirk formed on his handsome face.
"Nice trick you've got there, little brother. Disguising yourself and pretending that it was a costume." Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"I do have brains, if that's what you're trying to say." He said sarcastically. Sesshoumaru's smirk disappeared almost instantly.
"That's not what I came here to say, Inu Yasha." He said. Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah? Then what is it?"
"Have you seen Rin? This afternoon she said that she's going to hangout with that girlfriend of yours....."
Inu Yasha's face turned beet red when Sesshoumaru mentioned that Kagome was his girlfriend. How he wished it was true..... sadly, it was not. Miroku smirked when he noticed his best friend's change of expression. So, instead, he answered Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru, the truth is, we haven't find the girls either. Guess we'll have to wait for them, huh?" Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Well, what took them so long? The Halloween Party had started for 30 minutes already." Miroku smiled.
"Well, you know how girls are. They'll spend all the time if they have to. They're more concerned about preparing rather showing up. That's just in the genes of every female, I guess." Miroku said. Sesshoumaru just nodded as his eyes scanned through the sea of people.
Suddenly, Mr. Totousai's voice boomed through the whole gym. Everybody's attention went to the stage, where the principal was standing.
"Welcome, students of School of Four Souls. As you all have known, this is the Halloween Prom, other wise known as the ending party for the whole Halloween Festival. I hope and believed that all of you had had a great time on the Halloween Festival, yes?"
Cheers and shouts of 'YES' were heard from the sea of flooding students. The old principal smiled.
"Good, good, very good. I'm glad that all of you still have some school spirits. Anyways, back to the main topic, when this party has ended, I hope all of you can set your mood back to serious mode and started studying like crazy again."
Lots of moans from the kids. Mr. Totousai smiled.
"But for now, forget about studying. Just sit back, do the dance, and have the time of your life. Students who wish to dance..... you may begin!" Mr. Totousai shouted as he ended his little speech. Suddenly, the lights went out and it was changed with dim, romantic lamps that shimmers as if they were candles. Almost all the students rushed to the dance floor and started having the time of their lives with their partners. The three guys waiting beside the door, however, were still searching for their dates.
Finally, after what seemed like ages.....
"Sesshoumaru! I'm sorry, did you wait long?" came the voice of Rin. Sesshoumaru immediately turned his head around, and when he did, he couldn't help but to stare, in shock, at his girlfriend.
Rin was wearing, like Sesshoumaru, a dress of ancient European style. Its color was dark purple and it brought out the color of her eyes. It was a strapless dress that went over her feet, making it seemed that Rin was floating around a sea of purple water. The bottom half of her dress was sparkled with glitter, that glistened together with the dim light of the gym. She was wearing an amethyst necklace to match the color of her dress. And on her head was a small tiara that made her looked as if she was one of the royalties. To put it simply, she was beautiful.
Rin reached out and took Sesshoumaru's hand. When she saw that Sesshoumaru was staring at her in shock, she smiled.
"What's the matter, Sessy?" Sesshoumaru was finally back from his trance as he smiled and hold Rin's hand.
"Nothing. It's just that..... you blew up my mind with your beauty just now." He said, causing Rin to flushed with happiness. Rin then leaned closer towards him and they started to walk towards the dance floor.
Miroku was just questioning himself where Sango was when he spotted her. And when he did, he was surprised that his eyes hadn't left his sockets with shock. There she stood, her eyes glancing here and there, obviously looking for Miroku.
'Oh my god......' Miroku said to himself. 'She is truly the most beautiful girl that had ever existed in this world.'
Miroku then started to walk towards Sango, his eyes never once left her. His vision took her appearance deeply. She had her hair tied up into a high ponytail, but it was all sparkled with glitter. She was wearing a youkai exterminator's suite. But instead of the one in the series (A/N kill me for describing her like that... lolz), Sango was wearing a long, black, Japanese-style skirt. On the sides of the skirt, however, was a long strip, as if she had just had a fight with a youkai.... But the purpose of that was to reveal her legs.
By the time Miroku had finally managed to took every detail about his girlfriend's appearance, he was already standing right in front of her.
"Sango." He breathed. Sango, who hadn't noticed Miroku standing behind her, whipped around and smiled when she spotted him. Her eyes did a quick check up of his appearance and laughed.
"Houshi-sama," she said teasingly, "you are the worst person to even consider taking this job, despite the fact that your last name is Houshi."
Miroku laughed sarcastically. But then, he took his beloved's hand and pulled her closer to him, causing Sango to blush frantically.
"You look so beautiful today, all words fail to describe you." Sango's blush deepened.
"Re.... Really?" she asked, disbelieving. Miroku smiled.
"Yep. So, my beloved Sango, do you wish to dance?" he asked, trying his best to sound as if he was a Houshi. Sango laughed.
"I would love too." She said as she dragged her boyfriend to the already crowded dance floor.
This, however, was not the same situation for Inu Yasha, who had been sulking impatiently, waiting for Kagome.
'Where is she?' he hissed inside his head. 'She's not standing me up, is she? Oh god.... please say no. I've been waiting way too long for this night. Damn it! Where is she?'
Inu Yasha turned his head in annoyance, trying to spot Kagome out of the sea of students. After waiting for another 10 minutes, Inu Yasha was starting to loose patience. Sure, girls were usually late to go to proms, but late for 40 minutes? Damn! That's WAY too long!
Busy with his own thoughts, Inu Yasha didn't realize that all the people around him were staring, wide-eyed at 'something' behind him, especially the guys. But his sharp hearing still managed to send slow messages towards his brain. What he heard was something like this:
"Oh my god..... who is she?"
"She's an... angel...."
"Does she have a date already? If not, I would definitely ask her to go dance with me."
When these words finally made sense to him, Inu Yasha only growled with annoyance. Those stupid dudes are talking about some chick when Inu Yasha couldn't even get his date to come and show up? Out of pure anger and stupidity, Inu Yasha turned around and started yelling at the guys who had saw that 'something'.
"Will all you of you cut it out? You're pissing me off!!! Why don't you guys......"
"Inu Yasha?"
"... bother someone else for a while? Stop talking and gossiping about some chick...."
"Hey, Inu Yasha!"
".... that you don't even know! I mean, get a life man!"
"INU YASHA!"
Inu Yasha finally stopped talking and looked disgustedly at the person who had dared shouted his name with that tone.
"What......?" He started to say, but then his eyes suddenly grew wide because of the sudden shock that covered his whole body. He was speechless. Stupidly, he rubbed his eyes as if to make sure what he was seeing was true.
Kagome was standing right in front of him, looking as if she was a real angel who had just descended from the skies. Her long, raven hair was shining together with the dim light, playing tricks on Inu Yasha's amber eyes. Exactly on the middle of her head was a sparkling tiara that sparkled together with her eyes.
She was wearing the angelic costume that wrapped her body tightly, exposing her curves. The wings behind her spread beautifully, the glitters sparkling. Her already-beautiful face was even fairer with the addition of the makeup she was wearing.
Kagome was also speechless the moment Inu Yasha turned around to face her. Her eyes shot up to the top of Inu Yasha's head, specifically on his dog- ears. (A/N Yep... I gotta put those cute ears in this fic! Lolz).
'I want to touch that....' She thought to herself. But she controlled herself as her eyes fly down and noticed how hot her date was. She felt as if she was the luckiest girl ever in the whole world.
Inu Yasha was still taking Kagome's appearance.
'She is so beautiful. I wonder why I haven't noticed that before? .... Oh yeah, I did. But I just don't want to admit it....'
"He~ello? Earth to Inu Yashaaaa!" Kagome waved her soft hands in front of Inu Yasha's amber eyes. Inu Yasha was back to earth almost immediately.
"Ye.... Yes?" he stuttered.
'Damn it! Why am I stuttering?' he cursed himself.
"Well... I'm sorry I was late... guess I owe you an apology for that. But you know.... this costume takes a lot of work." Kagome gave a small, apologetic smile, causing Inu Yasha's heart to float at his own daydreams. Kagome was definitely forgiven. He quickly pulled himself together though.
"You.... Uhm.... you look.... beautiful." He said, even though he realized right away that Kagome was MORE than beautiful. Kagome, however, seemed content with the compliment.
"Wow, gee, thanks Inu Yasha. When I was walking down here, all these people were staring at me. I thought I must be way too weird or either too dressed up. I was afraid people will laugh at me." Kagome said, her small smile still attached on her beautiful face. Inu Yasha, however, knew better the reason why all those people were staring at her.
"So... uhm... you wanna dance?" Kagome's smile widened as she nodded excitedly.
"Of course!"
Inu Yasha then grabbed Kagome's hand gently and pulled her to the dance floor. He smirked when he saw the surprised stares from the guys around him, as if it was impossible for him to have such a beautiful date.
The moment they entered the dance floor, the song had changed into a slow song. Inu Yasha smiled at Kagome as the girl placed her hands carefully on Inu Yasha's shoulder.
Inu Yasha reluctantly snaked his hands through Kagome's waist. And then, they dance.
The dance.
It was one of the happiest times of Inu Yasha's life. Deciding to push his luck, his hand pushed Kagome softly so that they were closer together. Kagome noticed this, but didn't do anything against it. Instead, she just smiled and, following the flow, placed her head on Inu Yasha's shoulders, who smiled in satisfaction.
After they reached half of the song, Kagome finally decided that she couldn't control the wanting urge to touch Inu Yasha's doggy ears. She then bent forward and, with Inu Yasha's curious eyes, reached forward and began to rub the hanyou's ears.
Inu Yasha couldn't help himself. Kagome's touch.... he didn't want her to let go. He purred.
Kagome giggled. She heard Inu Yasha 'purred'. She giggled again, and this time, Inu Yasha noticed. Instead of getting angry like he usually did, this time he smiled as he leaned in closer towards Kagome. After a few more rubs (lol, that sounded so weird), Kagome finally decided to stop, much to Inu Yasha's disappointment.
Getting back to their former position, Kagome once again placed her head on Inu Yasha's shoulder. Inu Yasha beamed as if to say 'I'm the luckiest guy in the whole wide world!'. Together, they danced together with the music, both content to be in close contact with the other. It was Kagome who started the conversation.
"You look.... Uhm.... great today, Inu Yasha." Kagome said, not moving from their position. Inu Yasha blushed, but then it disappeared almost instantly.
"Of course." He said simply. In his thoughts, however, he added, 'I look great because I wanted to see you...'
Kagome smiled as the music changed. It was still a slow song, though.
"I like your hanyou form." She whispered. Inu Yasha smiled. She was the first one. The first one who had ever said that. He couldn't help but have these fuzzy, warm feelings inside his stomach.
"Thanks. And I like your angel form." He teased. Kagome giggled. They then continued to dance, content with each other.
~*~*~*~* 1 HOUR LATER *~*~*~*~
Exhausted, Kagome searched for an empty table. She finally spotted one and she made a direct beeline for it. The moment she sat down, her eyes scanned through the sea of crowd. The angelic girl then took a deep breath and smiled, happiness clearly shown through out her beautiful face.
The reason for that extreme happiness was, of course, Inu Yasha, who was currently getting some drinks for both of them. For the whole night, all Kagome could do was stare at his magnificent eyes, laugh at the jokes he made, smiled at the sound of his voice, and think of him whenever they were separated, like now.
No one, not even her ex-boyfriends, had ever had this kind of effect on her.
'What's going on? Why am I feeling this way when I'm together with Inu Yasha? I couldn't have actually fallen for him, can I? I mean... he's not even my type of guy. He's rude, impatient, and ignorant. But....... There's something about him. Something that makes me happy whatever the situation I'm in. What is it? What is it that made me feel this way?' Kagome said inside her brain.
"Here are the drinks!" Came Inu Yasha's voice suddenly, causing Kagome to returned back from her own world. She immediately smiled without herself noticing it.
"Thanks." Kagome said gratefully. She accepted the drink Inu Yasha gave her as the guy sat right in front of her. He looked at her. The girl who meant so much for him, even though he wouldn't admit it to anyone else except himself.
'I wonder what she thinks about me....' Inu Yasha wondered. 'Maybe she's thinking about me right now! Hell, I wish that's true. Will she.... Will she.... Will she accept if I ask her out? Will she? ..... Oh come on Inu Yasha! You know very well that she thinks of you as nothing but her friend. So cut the crap and stop fooling yourself with pointless fantasies!'
Kagome, meanwhile, was watching Inu Yasha's weird expressions secretly. She wondered what was in his complicated mind at the moment, and whether she was one of the things he was thinking about. A small smile formed on her painted lips at the thought. Inu Yasha noticed then, and finally started a conversation.
"Having a great time so far?" he asked. Kagome's smile widened.
"You won't believe how fun this is! The dance was especially great." Kagome said, her smile growing wider by each second. Inu Yasha grinned together with her. The dance..... if Kagome said the dance was great, that could only meant one thing. The girl was enjoying his company!
"I agree with you on that one. Too bad it gets crowded, though. Did you see Kouga and Ayame? They must have at least bumped into other people for 10 times!" Inu Yasha cracked up at the memory. Kagome sweetly laughed, causing Inu Yasha to felt even more happier.
"I know. I wish it wouldn't be this crowded. But, oh well..... at least we didn't meet someone annoying...." Inu Yasha raised his eyebrows.
"Like who?" he questioned.
"Like......" Kagome was just about to say a few sets of names when a shrill, girlish, made-up voice shrieked its way across the gym.
"INU YASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The two teenagers turned their heads and saw the figure before them. Both groaned at the same time as the figure was within hearing distance. (Guess who?)
"Kikyo...." Inu Yasha groaned, stated the obvious. Kagome only groaned, echoing him. Kikyo leaned over and hugged Inu Yasha's shoulders from the back.
"WHAT THE?" Inu Yasha shouted immediately. He then tried to stand up, but failed miserably. "Kikyo, GET OFF ME!" He shouted again. However, Kikyo wouldn't budge. Meanwhile, an extremely pissed Kagome was taking over Kikyo's appearance.
Like Kagome, Kikyo had a pair of wings attached to her costume. But instead of an angel's wings, her's was that of a butterfly. Yes, Kikyo was wearing a butterfly costume.
Kagome snorted. It would have been nice to left it at that. But Kikyo must have had chosen the smallest size there was for that costume for it exposed her flesh for everyone to see. She was wearing such a short skirt that you could see her undergarments if you want to. Kagome rolled her eyes.
'Oh my god...' she scolded inside her head, 'this girl is unbelievable!'
Inu Yasha, however, was having a difficulty with the 'butterfly girl'. Kikyo kept clinging on to him even though he had shouted almost all the curse words he knew.
"Shit, Kikyo! Let go! Can't you bother someone else and leave me alone?!?!?" Inu Yasha shouted angrily. The only reason other people weren't looking at them was because of the even-louder-than-Inu-Yasha's- voice music.
Kikyo pretended to pout as she finally let go of Inu Yasha. But that only resulted in her trying to sit on Inu Yasha's laps.
"Inu Yashaaaaaaaaa...." She said seductively. "Let Kikyo have some fun with you. You know you want to have fun with meeee...."
Kagome snorted, clearly pissed off. She interrupted Inu Yasha when he was about to say something.
"Excuse me Kikyo, but I have a question for you. Is English not your first language or something? Because if I heard right, Inu Yasha had said that he wanted you to leave him *alone*." Kagome said, surpressing the word 'alone'.
Kikyo's girlish act disappeared immediately as she shot Kagome her glare. Clearly she had failed to seduce Inu Yasha. She was just about to open her mouth to scold Kagome when her eyes widened in shock.
She couldn't believe that someone could be *prettier* than her. Even she had to admit it, inside her stupid head anyway. But then she immediately regained her composure as she held her head high and look at Kagome evilly.
"Oh." She said, now with her I-am-the-greatest-person-in-the-world voice. She gave Kagome a disgusted look, as if she was talking to a slug. "It is none other than Higurashi. What do you want? And what are you doing sitting here? You're not worth our time, you know. Go and play with that bitch. What was her name? Hanbo?"
Kagome clenched her teeth angrily.
"Her name is Sango...." She said, trying to be as patient as possible, but in the end she finally added, "bitch."
Kikyo waved her hand carelessly.
"Yeah whatever." She said. "My point is, you're wasting my time here. So please leave!" Kikyo said. But then she gave another glance at Kagome and added, "Oh, and you look soooo ugly tonight! Whoever thought about dressing up as an angel in high school? That is soooo childish!" She then shifted her attention back to Inu Yasha, but before she could even open her painted lips, Kagome interrupted her.
"Excuse me, miss oh-I-am-a-bitch-and-a-complete-idiot, but as far as I'm concerned, I happen to be Inu Yasha's *date*, therefore, I have all the right to be together with him. Isn't that right, Inu Yasha? Oh, and another thing, is it any of your idiotic business of what I'm wearing?" Kagome added, trying to control her anger. Inu Yasha was just about to agree when Kikyo suddenly said,
"Oh please. As if YOU can be Inu Yasha's date. We all know that Inu Yasha loves no other except for me."
"Tell me Kikyo." Inu Yasha finally said. "Do you have your own date to bother or were you too ugly that no one would ask you out?" Kikyo stared at Inu Yasha for a moment before she faked a laugh.
"Oh please Inu Yasha! You can't mean that! I mean, I do have a date....."
"Then go bother him!" Inu Yasha interrupted. Kikyo acted as if she didn't hear him.
"But, you know, I missed you too much! So I left him while I searched for you. And here I am!"
Inu Yasha 'feh-ed' as he stood up, signaling Kagome to do the same.
"Come on, Kag. There's a witch here, and I don't want us to be cursed by her evil. Let's go."
Kagome gladly stood up, but then Kikyo threw herself at Inu Yasha, hugging him tightly.
"WHAT THE HELL? KIKYO! LET ME GO!" Inu Yasha shouted suddenly, finally grabbing the attention of the people around them, including Sango and Miroku who was just walking pass by. The two of them looked at the situation and snorted, but decided to stay out of it, knowing perfectly well that their best friends could handle the bitch. Kikyo, meanwhile, was still dangling, holding Inu Yasha.
"Ooooh, Inu Yasha. You know you didn't mean that. And besides, who wants to spend their time together with some bitch? Especially the one named Higurashi." She said, then faked another laughter. Kagome couldn't take it anymore. Kikyo had just insulted her and her Inu Yasha was being hugged by Kikyo? ..... wait.... *her* Inu Yasha? Kagome shoved the idea before she shouted at the slut in front of her.
"Gods Kikyo! Let Inu Yasha go! What are you? A girl who can't even control herself when she sees a hot and rich guy walking in front of her? Are you some kind of a slut? Oh yeah, I forgot. You ARE a slut." Kagome shouted, causing more attention from the people around them. Kikyo's face turned red with fury. She finally let go of Inu Yasha and stared an icy glare at Kagome, who didn't even flinched.
"You dare call me a slut, bitch?" she shouted. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"And why should I be afraid? I am just stating a simple fact!"
"You will pay for what you have said and done to me, wench! I was trying to be patient with you, but now you have crossed the bottom line!" Kikyo shrieked. Kagome smirked.
"Ooooooh, I'm so afraid! Daddy, help me!" Kagome faked a child's voice, causing a few of the audience to laugh. Kikyo, who was getting really pissed off, shouted.
"Higurashi, was is it that you hate from me?!?!?!? Why are you always looking for trouble with me?" she shrieked.
"Me?" Kagome retorted back. "You're asking ME why I'm looking for trouble with YOU? Heck Kikyo, get a life. You're the one who's always looking for troubles with me."
"Oh yeah? What did I do?" Kikyo asked.
"Seducing my date is not a good enough answer?" Kagome asked, cocking an eyebrow. Kikyo pretended to look hurt.
"I'm not seducing Inu Yasha. He's the one who asked me to come with him to the dance!"
Inu Yasha snorted, but Kikyo didn't give him a chance to talk. She quickly wrapped her hands around Inu Yasha's face.
"I love you Inu Yasha. You love me back, don't you?" she said, batting her eyelashes. Inu Yasha coughed. Kagome was speechless, but she watched the whole scene before her eyes.
"Listen here, Kikyo. Do you know how much I hate you?" Inu Yasha growled. Kikyo acted as if she hadn't heard him and smiled seductively.
"Aaaw Inu Yasha. You are soooo hot. I'm so lucky that I won your heart, and you had also won my heart. We are such a perfect couple!" she squealed. Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"Yeah right. This couple business ended ages ago. And hello? Wasn't it YOU who wanted to end it?" Inu Yasha asked flatly. Kikyo pouted, trying to look as innocent as possible.
"Somebody was tricking me Inu Yasha. Trust me, you don't want to know the story. Now, can we continue or luvey dupey relationship?" Kikyo made the effort to kiss Inu Yasha. The hanyou, however, carelessly pushed her away.
"For heaven's sake Kikyo, get a life!" came Inu Yasha's muffled voice.
"Aaaw, Inu Yasha. Since when were you such a shy baby? C'mon, show the whole crowd what you got. Kiss me." Kikyo said, pushing herself against Inu Yasha.
(A/N Damn! Why am I making such a stupid character in this story? Heck, whatever!)
Inu Yasha pushed Kikyo away. He was just about to say something when he felt a pair of hands pulled his face straight towards someone else's. That someone was Kikyo. The next thing he knew, he was in a very deep kiss with Kikyo. He tried to pushed Kikyo away, but failed.
His sharp ears perked up the sounds of gasps. But the only thing that entered his brain was Kagome's angry voice.
"I can't believe this Inu Yasha!" she shouted angrily as she stomped towards the exit.
'Oh mi gawd....' Inu Yasha thought frantically as he once again pushed Kikyo away, with a much more power that he succeeded. He immediately chased after Kagome, ignoring the murmurs of the crowds and the shrieks of Kikyo.
Once outside, he searched his surroundings. At first he couldn't find his date, but then he 'smelled' her scent. Her beautiful scent of mixed up jasmine and roses. He hesitantly followed her scent and eventually came into contact with her.
"Kagome....." he whispered, not sure what to say. Kagome had her back from him, and he couldn't see her face. Kagome didn't reply.
"I'm sorry about that...."
"Oh yeah!" Kagome shouted, clearly angry. "You're sorry that you kissed a girl, who happened to be your ex-girlfriend right in front of me." she finished sarcastically.
Inu Yasha flinched a bit at her anger. But then gathered up the courage to speak up again.
"I seriously am. She used the chance when I wasn't expecting anything. She FORCED me to kiss her."
Kagome turned her head so that she was looking directly at Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha could see the hurt and confused expressions mixed inside her beautiful face.
For a long time, none of them said anything. Finally, after moments of icy silence, Kagome sighed and began walking, turning her back once again on Inu Yasha.
"You know what Inu Yasha? I don't care. I am in no position to be angry because you kissed that slut anyway." Kagome said. Inu Yasha quickly followed her.
"Hey, Kagome! Wait, didn't I just say......" But Kagome was not listening. She kept on walking. Impatient, Inu Yasha grabbed her shoulder and turned her around so she was looking at him.
"Didn't I just say that I didn't want to kiss her?"
Kagome rolled her eyes and looked sarcastically at her supposed to be date.
"And I believe you because......." She questioned.
"Because I said so!" Inu Yasha shouted before thinking. Kagome gave a dry laugh as she started to walk again. Inu Yasha was getting annoyed. His date was going to leave him behind in the dust just because of some stupid incident with a bitchy girl? He's not going to let that happen!
"Hey, just where do you think you're going? The prom hasn't end, you know!"
"I'm going to my room, where else do you think I'm going? Kissing my ex in front of my date like you did?" Kagome shouted angrily.
"Hey, I said I was sorry okay? Sheesh, learn to forgive gurl." Inu Yasha shouted back. Kagome finally turned around once again to face the hanyou.
"Give me a break Inu Yasha! Me? Learn to forgive? How about you learn to change your attitude first?"
"Oh, so now you're saying I have an attitude problem, huh?" Inu Yasha shouted back. "Well, let's see about that. Who's the one getting all pissed off just because I kissed some girl?"
"Anybody who's anybody will get angry, you eggnog brain!" Kagome retorted back.
"Oh I don't think soooo!" Inu Yasha countered. "You're just too sensitive, you know that?"
"Oh, right, I'm TOO sensitive." Kagome said sarcastically. "So why aren't you going back to that *luvey dupey* girlfriend of yours?"
"Why should I? I hate that bitch, and you know it."
"You hate her? Oh, I thought you *love* her." Kagome shouted furiously.
"I don't love her. I'm in love with someone else, damn it!" Inu Yasha angrily shouted without even thinking.
Kagome was a bit taken aback. Inu Yasha's in love with someone else? Who the hell..... but she remembered she was in the middle of a debate here, and she was not going to loose!
"Yeah? Care to tell me who?"
"Feh. Why should I tell YOU?"
"Okay! Fine! Sheesh! Who cares about YOU anyway? Go back to Kikyo where she can huddle and hug you all she wants!"
"I told you I don't like her, okay?"
"Yeah, but you won't say who you like. So I take it you are lying. I mean.... Who the hell would believe......"
"I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU, DAMN IT!" Inu Yasha shouted without thinking.
Kagome's eyes widened in surprise, her mouth half-open and all movement were stopped from her.
'Oh shit'. Inu Yasha cursed inside his head. 'Did I just said that aloud?'
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
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OKAY! OKAY! I'm sorry for 2 things! One, the cliffhanger! I know.... Inu Yasha FINALLY confessed his feelings to Kag... well, literally. And second, for updating for, oh, so long! Well, I have my reasons behind that, so plz understand.
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~*~*~*~* Thank You Corner *~*~*~*~
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~Shin
~*~*~*~* Chapter 23 ~ Did He Just Say That Aloud? *~*~*~*~
"So what if you don't care how your hair looks for tonight's party? You might not care, but that doesn't mean that everyone else doesn't care either." Sango said, clearly annoyed at my behavior. My best friend was trying to force me to go to the hair and beauty salon to make my hair the BEST one in the whole party tonight. I, on the other hand, thought of that as a waste of time. If Sango wanted to go the salon, sure, I'll accompany her. But that didn't mean I WANT to join her in doing my hair. Hell no.
"Sango, I don't want to. I think I've mentioned it clearly that doing my hair is just a waste of time." Sango sighed.
"Dude. Kag, you're a real rare beauty. If you would just let some professional do something more into it, there will probably be 3 times more guys that will asked you out. And that's saying something." I shrugged.
"So what? It's not as if I WANT guys to ask me out. For all I care, guys who asked me out are usually annoying." Sango eyed me, her face twisted in annoyance.
"You're going to the salon with me to do your hair. As a matter of fact, I don't have to do anything with my hair. I'm just going to tie it in a high ponytail, it goes with my exterminator costume, y'know." I looked with shock at Sango.
"Wait, didn't you say that I was going to ACCOMPANY you to the salon? Now you're telling me YOU'RE accompanying me?" Sango shrugged.
"Well, I guess you can put it that way. Anyway, that's not the problem. You're going to be an angel tonight Kag! You need to look beautiful!" I snorted.
"Oh yeah, just cuz I have an angel's costume, that doesn't mean I have to go to a place full of people who called themselves professionals with beauty and style. Besides, I don't care what I look like tonight."
I'm going with Inu Yasha, that's all that matters, I thought silently. Yes, I'm going with Inu Yasha. That's what really made me excited to participate in the party/prom. Sango rolled her eyes.
"Oh yeah, YOU don't care. Someone else does, though." I eyed my friend suspiciously.
"Who on earth are you talking about?"
"Well duh. Your date, of course. Inu Yasha!" Sango said excitedly. I could feel the wheels on my brain started to spin. Of course. I should look beautiful...... at least for Inu Yasha.
"And just think," added Sango. "If you become the Halloween Queen (A/N Peeps! You know about Homecoming Queen? Well, I just thought of Halloween Queen, cool huh? Lol!), you'll pissed the hell out of Kikyo!" she finished excitedly.
Hmmm.... Another good reason why I should make myself as beautiful as possible for tonight, I thought evilly. Sango watched me as my expressions changed. I finally nodded.
"Okay, I'll go with you to that beauty and hair salon or whatever." I said, finally agreeing with her. Sango practically jumped up and quickly grabbed her car keys (we were on our room).
~*~*~*~* 3 HOURS LATER *~*~*~*~
"Omg, is that you Kag?" Sango shouted the moment I walked out of the salon (Sango had dropped me at the salon to buy some new make up). I smiled at Sango (A/N I will not describe right now cuz then it wouldn't be special anymore when I describe her with the angel costume ^_^). I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw myself in the mirror either. I could hardly believe it was I. It turned out that what Sango said was true, the people in the salon were professionals!
"Yep, this is me. Kagome Higurashi." I said as I made a beeline towards Sango's car. Sango was still staring at me in disbelief. Finally, when I had seated myself comfortably in her car, she smiled as she started her engine once again.
"See? What did I tell you? Now you'll be the perfect angel for the night. Inu Yasha's going to flip and faint when he sees you all perfect like this."
At that last comment, I couldn't help but to have a small smile formed on my face. What a great friend Sango was.
Then an idea slipped through my mind. Sango did all of this for me..... this meant I would do all I could to make her look beautiful tonight! My eyes fell on the tons of makeup Sango had bought with both of our money. I smiled slyly as my head ran over the plans for the rest of the day before the party. Then another idea ran through me.
"Hey, Sango."
"What?" the girl replied.
"We're doing our makeup next, right?"
"Well yeah. There's nothing else we can do anyway, right?"
"Right. So do you mind if I call Rin to do the makeup together with us?"
"Of course! Dude, I like that girl! Call her!" Sango said excitedly as I punched Rin's number on my cell-phone.
~*~*~*~* 1 HOUR LATER *~*~*~*~
Rin, Sango, and I were both having a great time in our (Sango's and mine) room. We were all fooling around with both of our new and old makeup. Not to mention we also added Rin's collection. To put it simply, we are playing with our makeup, instead of using them on our faces. Finally, when it was around 2 more hours before the party, Rin called for a time out.
"Guys, we seriously need to get ready for the prom." She said as she took a drink of our lemon squash. I raised my eyebrows.
"There's still 2 hours left, Rin!!!" I nearly shouted. (A/N Forgive me, but I don't usually prepare for a prom 2 hours ahead. Lolz) This time, Sango was on Rin's side.
"Well yeah....." she started, "but I wanna look spectacular for tonight." She said, as she blushed fiercely at what she said. Rin smiled.
"Me too. And besides, there are three of us. We each has got to take turns, right?" Yep, that did made sense, so I nodded. Rin smiled. She then asked,
"Okay, so who's going first?" I looked at Sango. Sango shrugged.
"Why don't you go first, Rin?" Rin smiled and nodded excitedly. So off we went to makeup land.
~*~*~*~* 2 HOURS LATER *~*~*~*~
~*~*~*~* SHIN **POV** *~*~*~*~
Inu Yasha and Miroku were both waiting in the gym, where the prom was going to be held. If you look around, you'll never know that this was the gym. Everything was decorated Halloween style, sending you chills down your spine if you pay a lot of attention towards it.
Miroku was dressed up like a monk (A/N dude, like the one in the series..... most of the characters will be like that. Except for a few .;) with the color of black and purple. He was holding a golden staff and his right (is it right?) hand was covered with a certain necklace. Other than that, he didn't wore anything out of the ordinary. But his monk clothes did brought up the color of his eyes.
Inu Yasha, on the other hand, was VERY different. For one thing..... he had silver hair, dog-ears, amber eyes, fangs, and claws. It was, after all, his transformation day. I shouldn't fail to say that he was getting a lot of stares from the people passing by, but he could care less about them. He was wearing ..... what he usually wears in the series. (A/N Lol, people will kill me for describing him like that, but oh well... it's 1:24 a.m. and I really need to finish this chapter or else people will kill me anyway.... Soo.....).
The two guys' eyes darted everywhere, looking for a certain person. Miroku was smiling happily, ready to dance the whole night with his beloved girlfriend. Inu Yasha, however, was having a hard time not showing his impatience.
'Damn it. I haven't seen Kagome for the whole day! I need to see her, damn it!' he said inside his head. His eyes scanned through the now crowded gym. It was getting more and more packed as the clock continued to tick.
"Inu Yasha......" a deep voice suddenly came out of nowhere. Both Inu Yasha and Miroku knew whom that voice had come from. Both turned their heads to come face to face with Sesshoumaru.
"Yo, Sesshoumaru, what's up?" Inu Yasha confidently.
Sesshoumaru, unlike Inu Yasha and Miroku who had dressed up in a Japanese- traditional way, was dressed more to the ancient Europe style. (A/N Lol, can you imagine that?) He eyed Inu Yasha closely as a smirk formed on his handsome face.
"Nice trick you've got there, little brother. Disguising yourself and pretending that it was a costume." Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"I do have brains, if that's what you're trying to say." He said sarcastically. Sesshoumaru's smirk disappeared almost instantly.
"That's not what I came here to say, Inu Yasha." He said. Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah? Then what is it?"
"Have you seen Rin? This afternoon she said that she's going to hangout with that girlfriend of yours....."
Inu Yasha's face turned beet red when Sesshoumaru mentioned that Kagome was his girlfriend. How he wished it was true..... sadly, it was not. Miroku smirked when he noticed his best friend's change of expression. So, instead, he answered Sesshoumaru.
"Sesshoumaru, the truth is, we haven't find the girls either. Guess we'll have to wait for them, huh?" Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow.
"Really? Well, what took them so long? The Halloween Party had started for 30 minutes already." Miroku smiled.
"Well, you know how girls are. They'll spend all the time if they have to. They're more concerned about preparing rather showing up. That's just in the genes of every female, I guess." Miroku said. Sesshoumaru just nodded as his eyes scanned through the sea of people.
Suddenly, Mr. Totousai's voice boomed through the whole gym. Everybody's attention went to the stage, where the principal was standing.
"Welcome, students of School of Four Souls. As you all have known, this is the Halloween Prom, other wise known as the ending party for the whole Halloween Festival. I hope and believed that all of you had had a great time on the Halloween Festival, yes?"
Cheers and shouts of 'YES' were heard from the sea of flooding students. The old principal smiled.
"Good, good, very good. I'm glad that all of you still have some school spirits. Anyways, back to the main topic, when this party has ended, I hope all of you can set your mood back to serious mode and started studying like crazy again."
Lots of moans from the kids. Mr. Totousai smiled.
"But for now, forget about studying. Just sit back, do the dance, and have the time of your life. Students who wish to dance..... you may begin!" Mr. Totousai shouted as he ended his little speech. Suddenly, the lights went out and it was changed with dim, romantic lamps that shimmers as if they were candles. Almost all the students rushed to the dance floor and started having the time of their lives with their partners. The three guys waiting beside the door, however, were still searching for their dates.
Finally, after what seemed like ages.....
"Sesshoumaru! I'm sorry, did you wait long?" came the voice of Rin. Sesshoumaru immediately turned his head around, and when he did, he couldn't help but to stare, in shock, at his girlfriend.
Rin was wearing, like Sesshoumaru, a dress of ancient European style. Its color was dark purple and it brought out the color of her eyes. It was a strapless dress that went over her feet, making it seemed that Rin was floating around a sea of purple water. The bottom half of her dress was sparkled with glitter, that glistened together with the dim light of the gym. She was wearing an amethyst necklace to match the color of her dress. And on her head was a small tiara that made her looked as if she was one of the royalties. To put it simply, she was beautiful.
Rin reached out and took Sesshoumaru's hand. When she saw that Sesshoumaru was staring at her in shock, she smiled.
"What's the matter, Sessy?" Sesshoumaru was finally back from his trance as he smiled and hold Rin's hand.
"Nothing. It's just that..... you blew up my mind with your beauty just now." He said, causing Rin to flushed with happiness. Rin then leaned closer towards him and they started to walk towards the dance floor.
Miroku was just questioning himself where Sango was when he spotted her. And when he did, he was surprised that his eyes hadn't left his sockets with shock. There she stood, her eyes glancing here and there, obviously looking for Miroku.
'Oh my god......' Miroku said to himself. 'She is truly the most beautiful girl that had ever existed in this world.'
Miroku then started to walk towards Sango, his eyes never once left her. His vision took her appearance deeply. She had her hair tied up into a high ponytail, but it was all sparkled with glitter. She was wearing a youkai exterminator's suite. But instead of the one in the series (A/N kill me for describing her like that... lolz), Sango was wearing a long, black, Japanese-style skirt. On the sides of the skirt, however, was a long strip, as if she had just had a fight with a youkai.... But the purpose of that was to reveal her legs.
By the time Miroku had finally managed to took every detail about his girlfriend's appearance, he was already standing right in front of her.
"Sango." He breathed. Sango, who hadn't noticed Miroku standing behind her, whipped around and smiled when she spotted him. Her eyes did a quick check up of his appearance and laughed.
"Houshi-sama," she said teasingly, "you are the worst person to even consider taking this job, despite the fact that your last name is Houshi."
Miroku laughed sarcastically. But then, he took his beloved's hand and pulled her closer to him, causing Sango to blush frantically.
"You look so beautiful today, all words fail to describe you." Sango's blush deepened.
"Re.... Really?" she asked, disbelieving. Miroku smiled.
"Yep. So, my beloved Sango, do you wish to dance?" he asked, trying his best to sound as if he was a Houshi. Sango laughed.
"I would love too." She said as she dragged her boyfriend to the already crowded dance floor.
This, however, was not the same situation for Inu Yasha, who had been sulking impatiently, waiting for Kagome.
'Where is she?' he hissed inside his head. 'She's not standing me up, is she? Oh god.... please say no. I've been waiting way too long for this night. Damn it! Where is she?'
Inu Yasha turned his head in annoyance, trying to spot Kagome out of the sea of students. After waiting for another 10 minutes, Inu Yasha was starting to loose patience. Sure, girls were usually late to go to proms, but late for 40 minutes? Damn! That's WAY too long!
Busy with his own thoughts, Inu Yasha didn't realize that all the people around him were staring, wide-eyed at 'something' behind him, especially the guys. But his sharp hearing still managed to send slow messages towards his brain. What he heard was something like this:
"Oh my god..... who is she?"
"She's an... angel...."
"Does she have a date already? If not, I would definitely ask her to go dance with me."
When these words finally made sense to him, Inu Yasha only growled with annoyance. Those stupid dudes are talking about some chick when Inu Yasha couldn't even get his date to come and show up? Out of pure anger and stupidity, Inu Yasha turned around and started yelling at the guys who had saw that 'something'.
"Will all you of you cut it out? You're pissing me off!!! Why don't you guys......"
"Inu Yasha?"
"... bother someone else for a while? Stop talking and gossiping about some chick...."
"Hey, Inu Yasha!"
".... that you don't even know! I mean, get a life man!"
"INU YASHA!"
Inu Yasha finally stopped talking and looked disgustedly at the person who had dared shouted his name with that tone.
"What......?" He started to say, but then his eyes suddenly grew wide because of the sudden shock that covered his whole body. He was speechless. Stupidly, he rubbed his eyes as if to make sure what he was seeing was true.
Kagome was standing right in front of him, looking as if she was a real angel who had just descended from the skies. Her long, raven hair was shining together with the dim light, playing tricks on Inu Yasha's amber eyes. Exactly on the middle of her head was a sparkling tiara that sparkled together with her eyes.
She was wearing the angelic costume that wrapped her body tightly, exposing her curves. The wings behind her spread beautifully, the glitters sparkling. Her already-beautiful face was even fairer with the addition of the makeup she was wearing.
Kagome was also speechless the moment Inu Yasha turned around to face her. Her eyes shot up to the top of Inu Yasha's head, specifically on his dog- ears. (A/N Yep... I gotta put those cute ears in this fic! Lolz).
'I want to touch that....' She thought to herself. But she controlled herself as her eyes fly down and noticed how hot her date was. She felt as if she was the luckiest girl ever in the whole world.
Inu Yasha was still taking Kagome's appearance.
'She is so beautiful. I wonder why I haven't noticed that before? .... Oh yeah, I did. But I just don't want to admit it....'
"He~ello? Earth to Inu Yashaaaa!" Kagome waved her soft hands in front of Inu Yasha's amber eyes. Inu Yasha was back to earth almost immediately.
"Ye.... Yes?" he stuttered.
'Damn it! Why am I stuttering?' he cursed himself.
"Well... I'm sorry I was late... guess I owe you an apology for that. But you know.... this costume takes a lot of work." Kagome gave a small, apologetic smile, causing Inu Yasha's heart to float at his own daydreams. Kagome was definitely forgiven. He quickly pulled himself together though.
"You.... Uhm.... you look.... beautiful." He said, even though he realized right away that Kagome was MORE than beautiful. Kagome, however, seemed content with the compliment.
"Wow, gee, thanks Inu Yasha. When I was walking down here, all these people were staring at me. I thought I must be way too weird or either too dressed up. I was afraid people will laugh at me." Kagome said, her small smile still attached on her beautiful face. Inu Yasha, however, knew better the reason why all those people were staring at her.
"So... uhm... you wanna dance?" Kagome's smile widened as she nodded excitedly.
"Of course!"
Inu Yasha then grabbed Kagome's hand gently and pulled her to the dance floor. He smirked when he saw the surprised stares from the guys around him, as if it was impossible for him to have such a beautiful date.
The moment they entered the dance floor, the song had changed into a slow song. Inu Yasha smiled at Kagome as the girl placed her hands carefully on Inu Yasha's shoulder.
Inu Yasha reluctantly snaked his hands through Kagome's waist. And then, they dance.
The dance.
It was one of the happiest times of Inu Yasha's life. Deciding to push his luck, his hand pushed Kagome softly so that they were closer together. Kagome noticed this, but didn't do anything against it. Instead, she just smiled and, following the flow, placed her head on Inu Yasha's shoulders, who smiled in satisfaction.
After they reached half of the song, Kagome finally decided that she couldn't control the wanting urge to touch Inu Yasha's doggy ears. She then bent forward and, with Inu Yasha's curious eyes, reached forward and began to rub the hanyou's ears.
Inu Yasha couldn't help himself. Kagome's touch.... he didn't want her to let go. He purred.
Kagome giggled. She heard Inu Yasha 'purred'. She giggled again, and this time, Inu Yasha noticed. Instead of getting angry like he usually did, this time he smiled as he leaned in closer towards Kagome. After a few more rubs (lol, that sounded so weird), Kagome finally decided to stop, much to Inu Yasha's disappointment.
Getting back to their former position, Kagome once again placed her head on Inu Yasha's shoulder. Inu Yasha beamed as if to say 'I'm the luckiest guy in the whole wide world!'. Together, they danced together with the music, both content to be in close contact with the other. It was Kagome who started the conversation.
"You look.... Uhm.... great today, Inu Yasha." Kagome said, not moving from their position. Inu Yasha blushed, but then it disappeared almost instantly.
"Of course." He said simply. In his thoughts, however, he added, 'I look great because I wanted to see you...'
Kagome smiled as the music changed. It was still a slow song, though.
"I like your hanyou form." She whispered. Inu Yasha smiled. She was the first one. The first one who had ever said that. He couldn't help but have these fuzzy, warm feelings inside his stomach.
"Thanks. And I like your angel form." He teased. Kagome giggled. They then continued to dance, content with each other.
~*~*~*~* 1 HOUR LATER *~*~*~*~
Exhausted, Kagome searched for an empty table. She finally spotted one and she made a direct beeline for it. The moment she sat down, her eyes scanned through the sea of crowd. The angelic girl then took a deep breath and smiled, happiness clearly shown through out her beautiful face.
The reason for that extreme happiness was, of course, Inu Yasha, who was currently getting some drinks for both of them. For the whole night, all Kagome could do was stare at his magnificent eyes, laugh at the jokes he made, smiled at the sound of his voice, and think of him whenever they were separated, like now.
No one, not even her ex-boyfriends, had ever had this kind of effect on her.
'What's going on? Why am I feeling this way when I'm together with Inu Yasha? I couldn't have actually fallen for him, can I? I mean... he's not even my type of guy. He's rude, impatient, and ignorant. But....... There's something about him. Something that makes me happy whatever the situation I'm in. What is it? What is it that made me feel this way?' Kagome said inside her brain.
"Here are the drinks!" Came Inu Yasha's voice suddenly, causing Kagome to returned back from her own world. She immediately smiled without herself noticing it.
"Thanks." Kagome said gratefully. She accepted the drink Inu Yasha gave her as the guy sat right in front of her. He looked at her. The girl who meant so much for him, even though he wouldn't admit it to anyone else except himself.
'I wonder what she thinks about me....' Inu Yasha wondered. 'Maybe she's thinking about me right now! Hell, I wish that's true. Will she.... Will she.... Will she accept if I ask her out? Will she? ..... Oh come on Inu Yasha! You know very well that she thinks of you as nothing but her friend. So cut the crap and stop fooling yourself with pointless fantasies!'
Kagome, meanwhile, was watching Inu Yasha's weird expressions secretly. She wondered what was in his complicated mind at the moment, and whether she was one of the things he was thinking about. A small smile formed on her painted lips at the thought. Inu Yasha noticed then, and finally started a conversation.
"Having a great time so far?" he asked. Kagome's smile widened.
"You won't believe how fun this is! The dance was especially great." Kagome said, her smile growing wider by each second. Inu Yasha grinned together with her. The dance..... if Kagome said the dance was great, that could only meant one thing. The girl was enjoying his company!
"I agree with you on that one. Too bad it gets crowded, though. Did you see Kouga and Ayame? They must have at least bumped into other people for 10 times!" Inu Yasha cracked up at the memory. Kagome sweetly laughed, causing Inu Yasha to felt even more happier.
"I know. I wish it wouldn't be this crowded. But, oh well..... at least we didn't meet someone annoying...." Inu Yasha raised his eyebrows.
"Like who?" he questioned.
"Like......" Kagome was just about to say a few sets of names when a shrill, girlish, made-up voice shrieked its way across the gym.
"INU YASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The two teenagers turned their heads and saw the figure before them. Both groaned at the same time as the figure was within hearing distance. (Guess who?)
"Kikyo...." Inu Yasha groaned, stated the obvious. Kagome only groaned, echoing him. Kikyo leaned over and hugged Inu Yasha's shoulders from the back.
"WHAT THE?" Inu Yasha shouted immediately. He then tried to stand up, but failed miserably. "Kikyo, GET OFF ME!" He shouted again. However, Kikyo wouldn't budge. Meanwhile, an extremely pissed Kagome was taking over Kikyo's appearance.
Like Kagome, Kikyo had a pair of wings attached to her costume. But instead of an angel's wings, her's was that of a butterfly. Yes, Kikyo was wearing a butterfly costume.
Kagome snorted. It would have been nice to left it at that. But Kikyo must have had chosen the smallest size there was for that costume for it exposed her flesh for everyone to see. She was wearing such a short skirt that you could see her undergarments if you want to. Kagome rolled her eyes.
'Oh my god...' she scolded inside her head, 'this girl is unbelievable!'
Inu Yasha, however, was having a difficulty with the 'butterfly girl'. Kikyo kept clinging on to him even though he had shouted almost all the curse words he knew.
"Shit, Kikyo! Let go! Can't you bother someone else and leave me alone?!?!?" Inu Yasha shouted angrily. The only reason other people weren't looking at them was because of the even-louder-than-Inu-Yasha's- voice music.
Kikyo pretended to pout as she finally let go of Inu Yasha. But that only resulted in her trying to sit on Inu Yasha's laps.
"Inu Yashaaaaaaaaa...." She said seductively. "Let Kikyo have some fun with you. You know you want to have fun with meeee...."
Kagome snorted, clearly pissed off. She interrupted Inu Yasha when he was about to say something.
"Excuse me Kikyo, but I have a question for you. Is English not your first language or something? Because if I heard right, Inu Yasha had said that he wanted you to leave him *alone*." Kagome said, surpressing the word 'alone'.
Kikyo's girlish act disappeared immediately as she shot Kagome her glare. Clearly she had failed to seduce Inu Yasha. She was just about to open her mouth to scold Kagome when her eyes widened in shock.
She couldn't believe that someone could be *prettier* than her. Even she had to admit it, inside her stupid head anyway. But then she immediately regained her composure as she held her head high and look at Kagome evilly.
"Oh." She said, now with her I-am-the-greatest-person-in-the-world voice. She gave Kagome a disgusted look, as if she was talking to a slug. "It is none other than Higurashi. What do you want? And what are you doing sitting here? You're not worth our time, you know. Go and play with that bitch. What was her name? Hanbo?"
Kagome clenched her teeth angrily.
"Her name is Sango...." She said, trying to be as patient as possible, but in the end she finally added, "bitch."
Kikyo waved her hand carelessly.
"Yeah whatever." She said. "My point is, you're wasting my time here. So please leave!" Kikyo said. But then she gave another glance at Kagome and added, "Oh, and you look soooo ugly tonight! Whoever thought about dressing up as an angel in high school? That is soooo childish!" She then shifted her attention back to Inu Yasha, but before she could even open her painted lips, Kagome interrupted her.
"Excuse me, miss oh-I-am-a-bitch-and-a-complete-idiot, but as far as I'm concerned, I happen to be Inu Yasha's *date*, therefore, I have all the right to be together with him. Isn't that right, Inu Yasha? Oh, and another thing, is it any of your idiotic business of what I'm wearing?" Kagome added, trying to control her anger. Inu Yasha was just about to agree when Kikyo suddenly said,
"Oh please. As if YOU can be Inu Yasha's date. We all know that Inu Yasha loves no other except for me."
"Tell me Kikyo." Inu Yasha finally said. "Do you have your own date to bother or were you too ugly that no one would ask you out?" Kikyo stared at Inu Yasha for a moment before she faked a laugh.
"Oh please Inu Yasha! You can't mean that! I mean, I do have a date....."
"Then go bother him!" Inu Yasha interrupted. Kikyo acted as if she didn't hear him.
"But, you know, I missed you too much! So I left him while I searched for you. And here I am!"
Inu Yasha 'feh-ed' as he stood up, signaling Kagome to do the same.
"Come on, Kag. There's a witch here, and I don't want us to be cursed by her evil. Let's go."
Kagome gladly stood up, but then Kikyo threw herself at Inu Yasha, hugging him tightly.
"WHAT THE HELL? KIKYO! LET ME GO!" Inu Yasha shouted suddenly, finally grabbing the attention of the people around them, including Sango and Miroku who was just walking pass by. The two of them looked at the situation and snorted, but decided to stay out of it, knowing perfectly well that their best friends could handle the bitch. Kikyo, meanwhile, was still dangling, holding Inu Yasha.
"Ooooh, Inu Yasha. You know you didn't mean that. And besides, who wants to spend their time together with some bitch? Especially the one named Higurashi." She said, then faked another laughter. Kagome couldn't take it anymore. Kikyo had just insulted her and her Inu Yasha was being hugged by Kikyo? ..... wait.... *her* Inu Yasha? Kagome shoved the idea before she shouted at the slut in front of her.
"Gods Kikyo! Let Inu Yasha go! What are you? A girl who can't even control herself when she sees a hot and rich guy walking in front of her? Are you some kind of a slut? Oh yeah, I forgot. You ARE a slut." Kagome shouted, causing more attention from the people around them. Kikyo's face turned red with fury. She finally let go of Inu Yasha and stared an icy glare at Kagome, who didn't even flinched.
"You dare call me a slut, bitch?" she shouted. Kagome rolled her eyes.
"And why should I be afraid? I am just stating a simple fact!"
"You will pay for what you have said and done to me, wench! I was trying to be patient with you, but now you have crossed the bottom line!" Kikyo shrieked. Kagome smirked.
"Ooooooh, I'm so afraid! Daddy, help me!" Kagome faked a child's voice, causing a few of the audience to laugh. Kikyo, who was getting really pissed off, shouted.
"Higurashi, was is it that you hate from me?!?!?!? Why are you always looking for trouble with me?" she shrieked.
"Me?" Kagome retorted back. "You're asking ME why I'm looking for trouble with YOU? Heck Kikyo, get a life. You're the one who's always looking for troubles with me."
"Oh yeah? What did I do?" Kikyo asked.
"Seducing my date is not a good enough answer?" Kagome asked, cocking an eyebrow. Kikyo pretended to look hurt.
"I'm not seducing Inu Yasha. He's the one who asked me to come with him to the dance!"
Inu Yasha snorted, but Kikyo didn't give him a chance to talk. She quickly wrapped her hands around Inu Yasha's face.
"I love you Inu Yasha. You love me back, don't you?" she said, batting her eyelashes. Inu Yasha coughed. Kagome was speechless, but she watched the whole scene before her eyes.
"Listen here, Kikyo. Do you know how much I hate you?" Inu Yasha growled. Kikyo acted as if she hadn't heard him and smiled seductively.
"Aaaw Inu Yasha. You are soooo hot. I'm so lucky that I won your heart, and you had also won my heart. We are such a perfect couple!" she squealed. Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"Yeah right. This couple business ended ages ago. And hello? Wasn't it YOU who wanted to end it?" Inu Yasha asked flatly. Kikyo pouted, trying to look as innocent as possible.
"Somebody was tricking me Inu Yasha. Trust me, you don't want to know the story. Now, can we continue or luvey dupey relationship?" Kikyo made the effort to kiss Inu Yasha. The hanyou, however, carelessly pushed her away.
"For heaven's sake Kikyo, get a life!" came Inu Yasha's muffled voice.
"Aaaw, Inu Yasha. Since when were you such a shy baby? C'mon, show the whole crowd what you got. Kiss me." Kikyo said, pushing herself against Inu Yasha.
(A/N Damn! Why am I making such a stupid character in this story? Heck, whatever!)
Inu Yasha pushed Kikyo away. He was just about to say something when he felt a pair of hands pulled his face straight towards someone else's. That someone was Kikyo. The next thing he knew, he was in a very deep kiss with Kikyo. He tried to pushed Kikyo away, but failed.
His sharp ears perked up the sounds of gasps. But the only thing that entered his brain was Kagome's angry voice.
"I can't believe this Inu Yasha!" she shouted angrily as she stomped towards the exit.
'Oh mi gawd....' Inu Yasha thought frantically as he once again pushed Kikyo away, with a much more power that he succeeded. He immediately chased after Kagome, ignoring the murmurs of the crowds and the shrieks of Kikyo.
Once outside, he searched his surroundings. At first he couldn't find his date, but then he 'smelled' her scent. Her beautiful scent of mixed up jasmine and roses. He hesitantly followed her scent and eventually came into contact with her.
"Kagome....." he whispered, not sure what to say. Kagome had her back from him, and he couldn't see her face. Kagome didn't reply.
"I'm sorry about that...."
"Oh yeah!" Kagome shouted, clearly angry. "You're sorry that you kissed a girl, who happened to be your ex-girlfriend right in front of me." she finished sarcastically.
Inu Yasha flinched a bit at her anger. But then gathered up the courage to speak up again.
"I seriously am. She used the chance when I wasn't expecting anything. She FORCED me to kiss her."
Kagome turned her head so that she was looking directly at Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha could see the hurt and confused expressions mixed inside her beautiful face.
For a long time, none of them said anything. Finally, after moments of icy silence, Kagome sighed and began walking, turning her back once again on Inu Yasha.
"You know what Inu Yasha? I don't care. I am in no position to be angry because you kissed that slut anyway." Kagome said. Inu Yasha quickly followed her.
"Hey, Kagome! Wait, didn't I just say......" But Kagome was not listening. She kept on walking. Impatient, Inu Yasha grabbed her shoulder and turned her around so she was looking at him.
"Didn't I just say that I didn't want to kiss her?"
Kagome rolled her eyes and looked sarcastically at her supposed to be date.
"And I believe you because......." She questioned.
"Because I said so!" Inu Yasha shouted before thinking. Kagome gave a dry laugh as she started to walk again. Inu Yasha was getting annoyed. His date was going to leave him behind in the dust just because of some stupid incident with a bitchy girl? He's not going to let that happen!
"Hey, just where do you think you're going? The prom hasn't end, you know!"
"I'm going to my room, where else do you think I'm going? Kissing my ex in front of my date like you did?" Kagome shouted angrily.
"Hey, I said I was sorry okay? Sheesh, learn to forgive gurl." Inu Yasha shouted back. Kagome finally turned around once again to face the hanyou.
"Give me a break Inu Yasha! Me? Learn to forgive? How about you learn to change your attitude first?"
"Oh, so now you're saying I have an attitude problem, huh?" Inu Yasha shouted back. "Well, let's see about that. Who's the one getting all pissed off just because I kissed some girl?"
"Anybody who's anybody will get angry, you eggnog brain!" Kagome retorted back.
"Oh I don't think soooo!" Inu Yasha countered. "You're just too sensitive, you know that?"
"Oh, right, I'm TOO sensitive." Kagome said sarcastically. "So why aren't you going back to that *luvey dupey* girlfriend of yours?"
"Why should I? I hate that bitch, and you know it."
"You hate her? Oh, I thought you *love* her." Kagome shouted furiously.
"I don't love her. I'm in love with someone else, damn it!" Inu Yasha angrily shouted without even thinking.
Kagome was a bit taken aback. Inu Yasha's in love with someone else? Who the hell..... but she remembered she was in the middle of a debate here, and she was not going to loose!
"Yeah? Care to tell me who?"
"Feh. Why should I tell YOU?"
"Okay! Fine! Sheesh! Who cares about YOU anyway? Go back to Kikyo where she can huddle and hug you all she wants!"
"I told you I don't like her, okay?"
"Yeah, but you won't say who you like. So I take it you are lying. I mean.... Who the hell would believe......"
"I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU, DAMN IT!" Inu Yasha shouted without thinking.
Kagome's eyes widened in surprise, her mouth half-open and all movement were stopped from her.
'Oh shit'. Inu Yasha cursed inside his head. 'Did I just said that aloud?'
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
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Immediately ducks for shooting arrows/knives/swords/daggers/younameit.....
OKAY! OKAY! I'm sorry for 2 things! One, the cliffhanger! I know.... Inu Yasha FINALLY confessed his feelings to Kag... well, literally. And second, for updating for, oh, so long! Well, I have my reasons behind that, so plz understand.
I'm taking 4 honors classes and it's killing me! I'm also in 2 teams, basketball and badminton. Besides that, I'm the vice president of the student body. Duddeeee, that's A LOT of work! Okay? Now you understand? Please forgive me! .
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~*~*~*~* Thank You Corner *~*~*~*~
PeachesDani = Yay! Another fan for Sesshoumaru/Rin! Lol, it's just that I found too many Kag/Sess, stuff, ya know what I'm saying?
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Xiaoyu122 = So now you know what Sango and Rin are wearing!!! =)... sorry if it's not too extravagant.... But I kinda like simple stuffs =p.
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~Shin