Hey everyone! Sorry it's taken a while to update. Thanks for all your reviews. I really appreciate them. Please keep them coming. kiqwiTNT: Thanks for the correction. 'Preciate it. haha xXLordInuyashaXx: Thanks for the compliment. i really appreciate it:-D Ok. So I decided I didn't like the way this chapter ended so I'm revising it. Hope ya'll like the new ending a little better. Keep reviewing! Thanks. Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Prom Night

"Kagome! Wake up or we're gonna be late!"

Kagome rolled over at the sound of Eri's yelling voice coming from the bottom of the stairs. 'What time is it?' she thought, sitting up on her elbow to see what time it was. '10:30. No.' she thought. 'They couldn't let me sleep just 2 more hours.' she thought as she stumbled out of bed and to her closet, pulling out a comfortable pair of blue jeans and a wide necked shirt that was easily removably so as not to mess up her hair and make-up.

"KAGOME!" Eri's voice screamed again.

"I'm coming!" she yelled back. She kissed Inuyasha's cheek and then ran out of the room and out to the car with the three other girls waiting with the horn blowing.

Inuyasha felt a warm kiss being placed on his cheek, pulling him happily out of his dreamworld. "Kagome?" he mumbled as he groggily and slowly opened his eyes. He looked around the empty room in search for his mate. He began to worry before then realizing what day it was. 'Prom.' he thought, realizing what all she was going to have to do, therefore having to get an early start. He walked over to the closet and pulled out his tux. 'Tonight's the night'
Kagome and the girls first went to a salon to get their nails done. They all accidentally ended up getting a french manicure. Then they went to a place to get their hair done. Kagome's was simple but elegant. She had it up in a type of loose french twist with some hair coming out of the top and strands gently placed on the side of her face and selective places on the sides and back that were curled. They, then, went to a professional make-up place. Kagome first thought no, that she didn't need to. But then found out she actually wanted to.

"Oh Kagome." Eri gasped.
"You look absolutely...beautiful!" Ayumi said as she looked onto her friends beauty in awe. Kagome turned and looked in the mirror to realize that she didn't look half-bad. "Wait till Inuyasha sees you! You'll stop him dead in his tracks." Yuka squealed in girlish delight. "You really think so?" Kagome asked doubtfully.
"Duh." they all three said in unison.
Kagome smiled and then imagined Inuyasha's reaction, which only brought a bigger smile to her face.
"Bye guys! I'll see you there!" she yelled to the car with waving arms before going inside. She saw Inuyasha sitting on the couch. She ran into her bedroom, locking the door. 'What was that all about?' Inuyasha thought as he heard her sprint to her room. He just shrugged and decided not to question Kagome's mad dash. 'Girls.' he thought.

Kagome looked at the clock. '8:30. I got time. We're not going to eat until 9:00 anyway.' she thought to herself as she pulled out her beautiful dress.

HALF LATER AN HOUR LATER

Kagome eyed her reflection to make sure everything was absolutely perfect. '9:00.' she thought. 'Time to go.' She opened her door and slowly descended down her staircase.

Inuyasha and her mom were standing at the end of it. As soon as Inuyasha saw her his jaw dropped. "Oh Kagome! You look so wonderful dear." her mother said as she gave her daughter a gentle hug before backing away for Inuyasha to step in.

His eyes were glazed and his jaw slightly was dropped. Kagome smiled and walked up to him, gently putting her finger to his chin and closing it for him. She giggled as he blushed in embarrassment.

"Inuyasha..." she heard her mother whisper, trying to motivate him to move or do something.

Inuyasha seemed to snap out of his daze, shaking his head slightly as if to awaken himself. "Uh...Kagome you look...beautiful." he said, stammering the whole time.

Kagome smiled and thanked him as he put her corsage on her left wrist after she corrected him that it was the proper wrist and not the right.c He blushed at his mistake, only making Kagome giggle once more.

"Bye kids! Have fun!" her mom yelled from the door after taking a billion pictures.

Inuyasha walked, blinking every half second in attempt to regain his vision with Kagome on his arm. They made it to the restuarant, a fancy little Italian place with dim lighting and romantic music that Kagome's mom had found.

"Inuyasha, it's 10:00. We'd better go." Kagome said after looking at her watch. Inuyasha nodded and they left.

"Inuyasha, thank you for coming with me. You don't know how much it means to me." Kagome said as Inuyasha handed the shivering Kagome his jacket. "Thank you."

He just shook his head and smiled his fangless smile at her. It was the night of the new moon, so he was human. Pure luck for Kagome.

Inuyasha was overwhelmed with his feelings for Kagome. He could usually handle them as a half-demon. But as a human, it was overwhelming. His heart beat faster as Kagome smiled at him. She looked so beautiful. He'd always thought she was beautiful, but tonight she looked especially stunning.

"Here we are." Kagome said. There were tons of people from Kagome's school that were going in in pairs, groups, or alone. Everyone was all dressed up, but Inuyasha thought Kagome looked the best by far. As they walked in Inuyasha saw all the boys staring at Kagome and their dates slap or nudge them for staring at another girl. He laughed when they did that. But, Kagome had no idea they were staring at her. She just kept smiling, happy to be there with him and squealed when she saw her friends and ran over to them, dragging Inuyasha by the hand.

All the girls squealed at each other's dresses and hair and make-up and introduced their dates.

"Uh Kagome?...THIS is Inuyasha?" Eri said, shocked. All the other girls had the same reaction.

Kagome nodded in pride and smiled and introduced Inuyasha to the girls and their dates. They seemed very surprised that he looked so...nice and not more like a convict or something.

Kagome felt a gentle tap on her left shoulder and she turned to see Hojo standing behind her grinning.

"Hi Hojo!" she said, hugging him.

"Kagome, you look...amazing. Simply stunning. I'm glad to see you well enough to come." he said, smiling still.

Kagome could feel Inuyasha body tense at the sight of Hojo so she tried to be brief. "Who's your date Hojo?" she asked.

"Oh. No one. I'm here solo." he said, rubbin ghis neck in embarrassment but still smiling.

"Oh. That's too bad." Kagome replied.

"Perhaps sometime tonight, I may get to dance with you?" he asked nervously.

Kagome smiled and nodded her head. "You bet." she said as Inuyasha's grip tightened. Suddenly everyone screamed as a song came on that seemed to Inuyasha to be very popular with the kids of Kagome's era.

"Come on Kagome! Dance!" Eri yelled.

"I'm glad I don't have my heightened hearing tonight." Inuyasha said trying to ignore the ringing in his ears.

Kagome just laughed and pulled him out onto the dance floor. He reluctantly followed, knowing he couldn't dance, but trying desparately to remember what Kagome'd taught him. He looked around and copied exactly what the other couples were doing. He was a fast learner when he wanted to be. Kagome was suprised at his ability to dance now. 'Damn.' she thought as they "dirty danced". Kagome laughed as she watched the principal walk around, desparately trying to separate the couples who seemed to be welded together at the hips. Kagome just laughed more and looked into Inuyasha's deep purple eyes.

He smirked at her and Kagome blushed for some reason.

"Alright. We're gonna take a quick break and we'll be right back." the band said before being replaced with a cd.

"Do you want something to drink Kagome?" Inuysha asked.

Kagome was surprised at his consideration. "Yea. Thanks." she said, kissing him sweetly on the lips.

He smiled and walked over to the punch table. He noticed some boys standing up against the table. They seemed to be looking at Kagome with wanting eyes.

"Kagome your date?" one of them asked with a wicked smirk.

Inuyasha smield as he watched her. "Yea. She is." he replied as he saw Hojo walk up to Kagome. He felt slightly jealous.

"You're lucky. I asked her early on in the year and she turned me down." the first boy said.

"Me too." the other said, piping up and smiling.

"Hi, I'm Mariko." the first said.

"And I'm Timaku." the second stated smiling.

"I'm Inuyasha." Inuyasha said, keeping a wary eye on Hojo as he danced with Kagome.

"So...ya gonna do the dirty deed tonight?" Mariko asked Inuyasha.

"What are you talking about?" he replied.

"You know...Ugh ugh!" Timaku said as he made a pelvic thrusting gesture as he grunted.

Inuyasha gave the boy a look like he'd lost his mind.

"Hello!" the boy said, tapping his fist on Inuyasha's forehead. "Sex dude!"

A look of shock came over Inuyasha's face. "What's that got to do with tonight? And why ar eyou asking me this?" Inuyasha asked.

"It's Senior Prom. Everyone knows on Prom night lots of people rent a hotel room and they do the dirty." Mariko said.

"So...you never answered us. You gonna bang Kagome?" Timaku asked.

Inuyasha became enraged that the two boys would say anything like that referring to Kagome. "Screw you." he growled before walking back over to Kagome and handing her her punch.

"Thank you for the dance Kagome. I hope to see you later tonight." Hojo said, smiling at Kagome and Inuyasha and leaving the two to be together.

"Are you ok?" Kagome asked concernedly as she put her arms around his neck to dance to a slow song thatd just come on.

"Yea. I'm fine." he replied hotly. He looked into Kagome caring eyes and his anger melted away as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Inuyasha pulled her closer and she rested her head on his chest and into his neck. Her breath was hot on his skin and it sent chills all through his body. "I love you." he said, no louder than a whisper, for it was all his body would allow.

A smile came across Kagome's face and she just whispered back, her head still on his chest, "I love you too." After a moment's hesitation, she said lowly enough to where Inuyasha had to strain to hear, "What'd those two boys say to you Inuyasha?"

"Nothing. They were just introducing themselves." Inuyasha felt her body tense and he knew she knew he was lying.

"What'd they say?" her tone was slightly louder and harder.

"They just asked if we were going to rent a room tonight." he replied, hoping if he said it as if it was no big deal to him that they said that, she might not think it was a big deal either.

Kagome stopped and looked at him, astonishment and hurt in her eyes. "They asked you that?" she asked.

Inuyasha nodded and attempted to pull the reluctant girl back into his arms.

"Well what did you say?" she said, getting more upset.

"Nothing. I just told them to screw themselves and walked back to you." Inuyasha said in defense while also trying to comfort her.

Kagome seemed to relax slightly and then finally completely as Inuyasah caressed her cheek. "Don't worry about them. They're jerks." he said. After a few moments, Inuyasha said, "Does everyone really rent rooms after prom?"

Kagome tensed once more. "Yea." she said coldly. All of a sudden Kagome pulled Inuyasha extremely close to her nad clutched his shoulders.

Inuyasha didn't have to be a demon to sense the fear radiating from Kagome. He wrapped his arms tighter around her and bent down to whisper into her ear. "What's the matter baby?" he asked soothingly.

"Make them go away. Inuyasha please...make them go away." she whispered through clutched teeth and pulling him ever closer.

Inuyasha looked over his shoulder to see Mariko and Timaku standing to the side of him and Kagome, eyeing her viciously. They noticed him glaring at them and they slowly walked away. "They're gone baby. It's ok. What's going on with you and these guys though?" he said softly into her ear.

"I can't tell you." she whispered back as she began to relax once more.

"Kagome...obviously these guys scare the shit out of you. Now what's going on?" Inuyasha pulled her chin up so she would look at him. "Tell me." he pleaded.

"Inuyasha, you dont understand. If I tell you...you'll be furious. And I don't want you furious while you're with me at my last prom ever. Don't make my Senior Prom end as badly as my Junior one did. Please." Her eyes were begging him to let it go.

But he just couldn't drop the feeling that those two boys had done something terrible to her. Suddenly he remembered something. Kagome came came back from going home one day, and he could tell something was wrong with her but he didn't want to push her on her first day back so he didn't bother her.

FLASHBACK

Inuyasha caught the smell of Kagome's scent and knew she was there. But he noticed something added in with her scent. Before he could make note of it she walked in. He could tell something was terribly wrong with her. She was two days late and her eyes screamed for help and comfort.

"Hi Inuyasha." Kagome said, barely loud enough and causing Inuyasha to strain to hear her.

"Hi Kagome. Are you alright?" he asked earnestly. He knew she wasn't alright. But he knew if he asked instead of assumed she'd open up and throw her arms around him and cry like she always did when she was really upset.

"Yea. I'm fine." she said, just as quiet as before.

Inuyasha sat dumbfounded. She'd never done this before. She always told him what was wrong and cried on his shoulder. He didn't know what to do.

She slowly walked over and sat down against the wall next to him. She didn't look at him. She just sat there.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha said quietly, now sitting directly in front of her and making her look at him. "What happened?"

She looked into his deep and caring amber eyes, tears now streaming down her face. "I can't tell you." With that she threw her arms around Inuyasha's neck and cried into his chest.

'What'd they do to you Kagome?' Inuyasha thought.

END FLASHBACK

Kagome felt that Inuyasha was remembering something that angered him. His body was tense and his grip was rough. She leaned up and whispered into his ear to comfort him, "I love you Inuyasha."

Inuyasha snapped out of his memory at the sound of Kagome's whispering voice.

"I love you Inuyasha." she said.

"I love you too baby." he replied in the same whisper.

Inuyasha looked at the clock. It read 12:30. He felt Kagom yawn against his chest. Her paces were slow and her motions were very relaxed. But every time the two boys came around, she straightened and got as close to Inuyasha as their bodies would allow. She became alert and aware as soon as they were in sight.

"Hey Kagome! Wait up!" Eri yelled, followed by Ayumi and Yuka as well as their dates.

Kagome slowly turned and smiled to her friends.

"Are you going to Hojo's after party? It's til like 8 tomorrow." Eri said as she grinned at her date.

"Yea. Since he has the room, he invited us to come over and stay the night if we want." Ayumi said, also grinning at her date.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha. He shrugged. She yawned again. "Honestly girls, I'm very tired. And I think I'm just gonna go home. Tell everyone I said hey for me." she said.

"No Kagome! This is our last prom and I won't let you just wimp out. If all else fails you can go to sleep when u get there. You're going whether you go willingly or if we have to drag you there." Yuka said.

"Ugh. Ok. I guess we'll go. Can't I at least run by my house to get something more comfortable?" Kagome replied reluctantly.

"Totally. Ya'll just meet us there. " Eri said cheerfully. "See ya in a minute!"

Kagome walked, carrying her shoes in one hand and leaning almost all of her weight onto Inuuyasha's arm.

Inuyasha suddenly pulled her up into his arms and carried her bridal style.

"Oh, Inuyasha. Thank you. I don't think I could've walked another inch." Kagome whispered, trailing off and dozing off in Inuyasha's arms.

Inuyasha walked into the house, carried her up the stairs and gently laid her down on her, taking her shoes out of her hands and setting them in the corner.

"Thank you for going Inuyasha. We don't have to go to this party if you don't want. It's at Hojo's house and I know how you get when he's around me.

Inuyasha just laughed to himself and took his shoes and tux off and replacing his former clothes with the baggy PJ pants Kagome had bought him to wear and crawled into the bed next to her, pulling her curled up body close to his. "Anything for you Kagome. If you want to go we'll go. If you don't then we can stay here." he whispered into her ear before kissing her cheek.

"We'll just go for a little bit of party and then go to sleep." Kagome pried herself up from the warm bed and grabbed some jeans, a long tank, a plain fitted tee to wear over the tank and a long blue chain necklace that went down to her bellybutton. "At least I can look somewhat together. She then began to change in front of Inuyasha.

He stood to leave the room when she turned and faced him, wearing only her bra and underwear.

"You don't have to leave. You know that." Her voice was low and she looked at him with daring eyes.

"No. I'll stay if you want."

She slowly walked over to him, and then placed her hand on the center of his chest, pushing him back onto the bed. She then placed herself on top of him, straddling his waistline.

He smiled and pulled her into a loving kiss, wrapping his arms around her waist.

She then proceeded to kiss his neck in that one spot that drove him crazy.

"Kagome, wait." He said as things were beginning to heat up. He gently pushed her off of him and stood quickly from the bed, placing his hands in his pockets and facing his back to her, attempting to calm himself. He then heard a soft sigh and turned.

Kagome was sitting with her knees held tight against her chest, tears filling her eyes.

"Kagome. Why are you crying? I didn't mean to hurt you. It's just that… this isn't special. This isn't the way I imagined.. this.. happening." He sat next to her and pulled her into his arms. "Why are you so upset?"

"I just can't do anything right. When boys want me, I don't want them, but they can just take things anyway. But when I want a boy, I don't get what I want. Everything's just so messed up."

"What are you talking about 'They just take things annyway'."

"Nothing. Forget I said it."

"Kagome, did those guys do something to you? Why won't you just tell me? I can't help if you don't tell me what's going on."

"Inuyasha, my junior year of high school, last year, my prom date was Timaku. Mariko is his best friend. So he came along with his date and we all went together. Everything went great until it was time for us to go home. Mariko's date had to be home so we dropped her off. I thought they were taking me home next until we pulled into a motel parking lot. They could tell I thought something was up so they said, 'This is where we're staying tonight. We're just stopping by to get some more money and change real quick because we're gonna go to a friend's house who's having a party.' I thought, 'Ok. Sounds right. No big deal. I'll go up with them because the driver's freaking me out.' I trusted them. They were my best guy friends. So I went up with them. Timaku was behind me and when he closed the door he locked it and closed the blinds. I sat down, not sure what to do. But I saw Mariko grab some clothes and go into the bathroom. Timaku sat next to me as if he was waiting and then began to kiss me. I didn't have a problem with that, because we'd been on a few dates and I liked him so, I kissed him back. He laid me down and began to pull my straps off of my shoulders. I instantly pushed him off and sat up. Before I could stand, he pulled me back. He'd been drinking. 'Come on Kagome. You didn't have a problem with me on the dance floor. What's the difference.' I tried to stand again, brushing it off because he was drunk. But then he pushed me back down and laid on top of me, trying to kiss me more. When Mariko came out he jumped onto the bed and held me down so that Timaku could rip my dress off." Kagome stopped, beginning to cry.

"Kagome. Did they.."

"They took turns Inuyasha. Until they were too tired to mess with me anymore." Kagome clenched her teeth in anger.

Inuyasha looked down, speechless. "I knew you know."

Kagome instantly turned to face him.

"The day you came back. I could smell it on you. Tonight on the floor confirmed it. I didn't want you to feel pressured to tell me."

"Oh Inuyasha!" Kagome collapsed into his arms, crying.

"It's ok Kagome. As long as I'm around, that won't ever happen again."