Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or anyone else from the story. They belong to Rumiko. I'm

working on the OOCness, I really am. And I'm sorry for my rudeness in the past, I apologize

to anyone I may have upset. But on with the chapter.

~*~Mel~*~

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"Sango! Telephone!!" Kohaku shouted up the stairs to his sister who was still fighting

depression by working out.

"Thanks Kohaku!" Sango called before she turned off her radio and went over to her phone

picking it up off the reciever. "Mushi, mushi?"

"Sango. Don't hang up!" Inuyasha called quickly into the reciever of the phone, his

knowledge of ticked off women coming in handy when Sango looked about to hang up.

"Why shouldn't I? You dumped my best friend for me, told me you loved me, then proceeded

to dump me for a girl who is the largest whore in town. Why the hell shouldn't I hang

up on you?" Sango growled, her voice strained as she fought more tears.

"Well, you're right I would deserve that. But please, just listen to me." said Inuyasha,

his golden eyes staring straight ahead at his wall.

"Fine. You have five minutes." said the ebony haired girl, her hands shaking slightly as

she sat down on her bed.

"I'm so sorry. I never should have hurt you the way I had." said the boy and Sango's eyes

widened as he continued. "Maybe I should I never have asked you to be mine, then maybe you

never would have been hurt by me. Please, just forgive me, that's all I ask right now."

"Inuyasha, I don't know what to say. You apologizing for something is a first, I know that.

But apologizing for being insecure is really strange. Because I know why you dumped me, I

just...I guess I just wish that Kikyo never came into the picture again. Listen, can you

meet me at the diner we eat at? Kagome doesn't have to work today."

"I'll be there in two minutes, at our booth." Inuyasha said hanging up the phone quickly

before he grabbed a twenty dollar bill and ran to his car where he drove off at lightening

speed to the diner.

Sango turned to her mirror seeing that her hair was sticking up in places it shouldn't.

Grabbing her brush she fixed her hair and pulled it up into a high ponytail. Pulling

on a pair of black boot-cut jeans she added a white tanktop with a clear white lace

shirt over it. Running out to her car after telling Kohaku to behave for their mother,

Sango put her car in gear and headed for the diner.

Sango and Inuyasha arrived at the diner at the same time, both a little winded. Walking over

to the door Sango allowed Inuyasha to open it for her. After getting to the table the two of

them sat in an awkward silence after ordering some burgers.

"Is there anything else I can get you two?" Kaede asked as she handed the two their orders.

"No thank you, Kaede." said Sango before she turned to Inuyasha who was picking at his food.

"Are you alright? You never pick at your food. Or at least not as long as I have known you."

"I'm just nervous. I still love you Sango. I feel like such an idiot for dumping you."

Inuyasha said and Sango's chocolate eyes widened once more.

"Inuyasha, you are an idiot. Sorry, that didn't help this situation. I still love you too,

and I would love to give it another shot, but you have to promise me two things." she said

and Inuyasha's eyes started to lighten in his hope.

"What are they? I'll do anything for you!" he exclaimed.

"I want you to number one, promise me that if you dump me again, it won't be for Kikyo. Can

you do that?" asked Sango and Inuyasha nodded.

"Definitely. I promise, that I will not dump you for Kikyo, or anyone else for that matter."

vowed the boy and Sango felt her heart lighten out of her stomach back to where it was to

belong.

"And the second thing I want you to promise me is that, if you ever feel upset, I want you to

tell me. Because people who love one another tell the other if something is wrong. I want

you to trust me to help you in any problem. Can you do that?"

"Yes. I will do that. It may take some work, since I never talk to anyone about my problems,

but I'll tell you." he said and Sango smiled.

"That's all I want you to promise me right now. No, wait there is one more thing."

"What? What is it?" asked Inuyasha, his hands taking Sango's into his across the tabletop.

"I want you to not EVER hit Kagome or any other girl for that matter."

"I hit Kagome? When did I hit Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, having blocked it from his mind after

he had hurt her because he was ashamed of himself.

"Right after you dumped me. She went over to you in the parking lot and you hi-" Sango

started but suddenly Inuyasha's eyes fogged over as he remembered what had happened.

~*~Flashback~*~

"You idiot! You dumped Kikyo to go out with me! Then you dump me to go out with Sango!

NOW you dump Sango, a girl who is absolutely in love with you, to go back out with the school

whore?! You have no heart do you?!" Kagome screamed very tempted to punch him again.

"I have a heart, and its for Kikyo!" Inuyasha screamed back practically spitting in his ex

girlfriend's face.

"Yea sure its for her. What are you going to do when the bitch cheats on you again? Do you

think that I'll take you back? Or that Sango will? You're a fucking idiot to think that Sango

or I will become blind to what you've done to us in the past! And I can not believe you!" she

screamed and then gasped in pain when Inuyasha punched her in the face.

"DO NOT TALK ABOUT KIKYO THAT WAY YOU BITCH!!!" Inuyasha screamed pulling his

fist back.

"You bastard...You'll rot in hell." Kagome said, turned, and ran towards the bus stop and

hopped on the bus as it started to take off, a black eye forming from where she was punched.

~*~End Flashback~*~

"Oh my Kami..." muttered Inuyasha, feeling as if he were the scum of the earth.

"You pushed it back in your mind, didn't you?" Sango asked, her hand gently touching his as he

glared at it.

"Yea, I was shocked that I had punched her and wanted to forget it. I guess when Miroku got

into that car accident and I didn't see her for that week, the black-eye just went away. I

feel like the scum of the entire Universe." he said and Sango sighed.

"You aren't the scum of the Universe. Or the planet for that matter. You just...Couldn't

control your anger. You can still apologize to Kagome...and help find a way to get her to

stop stressing..." she muttered and Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean? Is this about what happened between Miroku and Kikyo?"

"Yea. She thinks Miroku did it on purpose. I mean, it's been a week since then, and she

still won't listen to him when he tries to tell her that he wasn't doing anything."

"It was all Kikyo. I bet you anything Miroku was actually in shock and couldn't move. Kikyo

has that effect on people. She's a very good actress and is even better at manipulating

people."

"Yea, well, Kagome won't believe me." Miroku said dropping into the booth next to Sango with a

groan.

"When did you get here?" asked Inuyasha as Miroku stole some fries from Sango's plate.

"Just now. I came to get something to eat, but then saw you two, actually talking. So I came

to see if it was alright for me to join you. And if it isn't, oh well." said the violet-eyed

man.

"Whatever. Quit stealing my fries!" Sango exclaimed as she rapped Miroku's hand as he stole

another fry.

"No. I need to find a way to get Kagome to listen to me. To listen that I love her, and it

wasn't me that did anything wrong, it was Kikyo. Oh, and Inuyasha?" asked Miroku, his eyes

flashing in anger.

"What? If this is-OW!" Inuyasha cried out when a fist connected with his cheekbone from

Miroku.

"There, I feel better now." said the ponytailed man as he shook his hand and got smacked in

the arm for punching Inuyasha, by Sango.

"Well I'm glad you do. Now, back onto the subject of Kagome. What are we going to do to get

her to listen to Miroku?" asked Sango while Inuyasha rubbed his cheek.

"I don't know. I can't think of anything that would get her to listen to me. And since I

just punched the one other male that could come up with a way, I don't think I'll ever know."

Miroku said before dropping his head onto the table causing it to shake.

"I deserved the punch. I was just expecting it to come from Kagome, not you. And yea, I do

have an idea. So get your head off the table, and listen to me." Inuyasha grumbled, watching

as Miroku did as he was told, rubbing his nose as he did so. "Here's my plan..."

~*~A few days later.~*~

"Come on, Kagome. It's supposed to be a great club. Please, come with me?" Sango begged over

the phone while Kagome still refused to go.

"I don't want to go out in public. I don't even want to go to school anymore, Sango. I'm not

going." growled the raven haired girl, only to rip the phone away from her ear at Sango's

scream.

"YOU WILL GO OR ELSE I'LL DRAG YOU THERE IN YOUR UNDERWEAR!!" screamed the ebony haired girl

while Kagome rubbed her ear.

"I won't go. And you can't make me." Kagome growled hanging up the phone before dropping back

down onto her bed.

"Dangit. This plan requires her being there. This calls for extreme actions." muttered the

woman as she dialed up Ayaka's office number.

"Hello, Higurashi Ayaka speaking. How may I help you?" Ayaka said as she picked up the phone

on the third ring.

"Hey, Ayaka. This is Sango. I need a favor." said the ebony haired girl and Ayaka smiled.

"This is about Kagome, isn't it? Her and Miroku?" asked Ayaka and she heard Sango confirm it.

"What exactly happened between them? All Kagome would tell me is that he betrayed her."

"Well, actually, Miroku didn't betray Kagome at all. Kikyo went over to Miroku's house one

day when she was supposed to go over there. Kikyo called Inuyasha over there to witness the

same thing Kagome did, and it broke up all of their relationships. Kikyo kissed Miroku, and

he- in shock- did nothing. He couldn't even move until he saw Kagome. Anyways, we're all

tired of seeing her mope around and be angry at Miroku when he didn't do anything, so we have

a plan. But, we need your help." explained Sango.

"How so?" she asked and was given the shortened version of what they needed her to do. "That

I can do with no problem."

"THANK YOU SO MUCH!" Sango exclaimed before hanging up and dialing Inuyasha's number.

"Ayaka is going to help us get Kagome there. Now, are you guys going to be set up by eight

tonight?"

"Yea, Sango. We'll be all set up by then. And just who is Ayaka?" asked Inuyasha before he

heard an exasperated sigh on Sango's side.

"Kagome's mother. What are you going to be wearing, Inuyasha?"

"Same thing I always wear. Baggy black pants and a shirt. You'll be wearing a mini-skirt,

correct?"

"No. Way. In. Hell." Sango said as she hung up on him before he could start to argue with

her on it.

~*~

"Kagome, I got us tickets to go to a concert. Just the two of us. So get into something

nice." said Ayaka as she walked into Kagome's bedroom.

"Why should I go?" grumbled Kagome as she lifted her head off her pillow.

"Because, it'll be nice to spend some quality time with my daughter. And besides, it is

supposed to be an excellent group of musicians. So, get into the shower and then put...This

on." the older Higurashi woman said as she pulled out a black spaghetti strap dress.

"Mom, I don't want to go." argued Kagome before her mother gave her the glare that could scare

Satan and God themselves. "Alright! I'm going, I'm going! Just don't do that look!"

"Then get to moving, young lady."

"Yes, Ma'am." Kagome said as she grabbed the dress and ran into her joint bathroom where she

got into the shower.

Kagome cleaned herself up nicely before she pulled a towel around herself and slid out of the

shower. After drying off and applying lavender lotion to herself, Kagome blow dried her hair.

Stepping into her dress after pulling her hair up into a ponytail that curled down her neck,

the youngest Higurashi woman walked back into her room.

Ayaka still stood in Kagome's room, holding Kagome's silver chain bracelets and necklace out

to her. After pulling on the jewelery Kagome allowed her mother to do a light amount of

make-up to her face. Looking skeptically at the silver stiletto heels her mother held out to

her Kagome sighed before pulling them on.

Turning to her full-length mirror Kagome gasped. The black spaghetti strap dress clung to

every one of Kagome's curves before stopping at mid thigh. The dress was wrapped in a black

see-through shell that fell to her ankles where the stiletto heels began. Covering the shell

of the dress was silver glitter. The dress's neckline was just above her breasts, that way

an ample amount of cleavage was shown. (I own this dress, actually)

Kagome's bracelets hung loosely on her wrists while her necklace ended where the dress's

neckline was. Seeing her mother holding another silver chain Kagome smirked. Taking the

chain she wrapped it around the underside of the shell, around the dress, so that it clung

to her hips.

Kagome's eyes were covered in a soft amount of silver eyeshadow with silver eyeliner. Black

mascara covered her eyelashes making them seem to pop out. On the apples of her cheekbones

was a light amount of silver blush.(Don't ask, I'm making it up, I think. I don't do make-up)

Covering her lips was a pink-silver lipstick that pulled her face together. (Like I said, I

don't do make-up.)

"You look great. Now, come on. Let's go to that concert." said Ayaka while grabbing her

daughter's hand and dragging her from the room and down the stairs to the car.

"Mom, you don't even look dressed up." pointed out Kagome while her mom smiled pushing her

daughter into the car.

"Don't worry about me, dear. I look fine." said the older Higurashi woman while glancing

down at her magenta skirted suit that she wore to work.

"Okay Mom...Whatever you say."

The drive to the 'concert' was a short one. Mrs. Higurashi pulled up infront of a loud

building where Sango stood leaning against her car. Sango smiled when she saw Kagome

and her mom pull up, before she walked over to the car. Opening Kagome's car door,

she grabbed the girl and pulled her out of the car before she thanked Ayaka. Ayaka nodded

and took off, back towards her house.

"You guys tricked me. You'll pay for this." Kagome grumbled before being dragged into the

building and dumped at a table.

"Just sit and relax. You'll love this place. Trust me, Kagome. You'll definitely, LOVE the

singer of the band that's playing." said Sango before she disappeared into the large crowd of

dancers.

"What does she mean by that?" muttered Kagome to herself while she looked up at the stage

where band equipment was sitting, just waiting to be used. "And just why does that look

like Sango's drumset?"

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Dun dun dun. Sorry, couldn't resist. Besides, it's a good idea. I just have to think

of the songs to use. Wanna give me some ideas? Or do I have to write the songs myself?

THAT would be scary. Review if you want the next chapter.

~*~Mel~*~