Someone New

By: Mitsukai04

Author's Note: Okay! Yay, I have FINALLY updated this fanfic! Yet another big thanks to those who took the time to review my last chapter.

Although I did receive a death threat… [insert sweatdrop here]… I also received some great reviews as well. I've only recently had some time to write, so I do apologize for the lateness of this chapter. Here it is! Enjoy!

The moment that Kagome got home from school, her stomach immediately filled up with butterflies at the thought of her date with Mamoru that night.

By 5, she had already showered and began to search her closet for the perfect outfit. She finally settled on a denim mini-skirt, a pink tank top, and matching pink sandals.

Finally dressed, Kagome settled in front of her mirror, carefully applying make-up as she hummed along to the current song her radio was playing.

She was so in fact lost in her thoughts, Kagome never realized a certain hanyou had just entered her room, courtesy of her open window.

"Oi, Kagome!" Inuyasha finally growled when he realized that she had failed to notice his appearance.

Startled, Kagome dropped the lip-gloss she had in her hand and turned around, coming face to face with last person she really wanted to see.

"Inuyasha… what are you doing here?" she said casually as she picked up her lip-gloss and continued to apply it.

The hanyou blinked at her before frowning deeply. What was her problem?

"Why do you think I'm here, wench?! I'm here to take you back to the Feudal Era and… why are you dressed like that?"

It only occurred to Inuyasha at that moment that Kagome was dressed… differently. She wasn't in her school uniform and he noticed that she was applying what she had called "make-up", something she didn't do very often.

Restraining herself from shouting at him or crying or possibly both, Kagome calmly put her cosmetics into a drawer, took a deep breath, and turned to face him.

"If you must know, Inuyasha, I'm going out on a date tonight."

There it was.

That word… the word that Inuyasha long ago had decided that he hated.

DATE.

He visibly stiffened as he shoved his hands into his sleeves, an expression playing between furious and jealous beyond all reason on his face.

"A date, huh? With who? That Hojo guy? Is that why you came back to era in such a hurry?" he growled.

Kagome glared at him as she walked across her room to fetch her purse.

Mamoru would be there in 10 minutes.

"For your information, I've met someone new," she said in the coldest voice she could muster.

No matter how angry she still was at him, she still cared about him deeply.

She still loved him.

But he wouldn't ruin this for her. She wouldn't let him.

Her sentence hit Inuyasha like a ton of bricks as horrible realization dawned him.

Miroku's words came back, quietly haunting him.

"You have to realize that if you continue spending time with Kikyo, it is only natural for Kagome to find another suitor…"

Kagome watched him in silence as she continued to speak. She made an effort to avoid his gaze and looked at her window.

"He's not you, you know. This is something very new for me…"

A spark of anger suddenly lit itself within Kagome as mental images of Inuyasha and Kikyo's countless encounters appeared before her eyes.

She whirled around, startling the silent hanyou with her angry glare.

"You know what I like about him? I trust him. It's only been a few days, I feel like I've known him for a lifetime."

"…Kagome also wants attention, and if she won't receive it from you, then she will look elsewhere…"

Kagome glanced at her watch.

Five minutes.

Seeing that she wasn't going to get a reaction out of the inu hanyou, she turned and began to leave the room.

Only to have a clawed hand grab her arm before she took another step.

"You can't go on this date," he said through gritted teeth, his face shadowed by his bangs.

Inuyasha was certain if he could glimpse in a mirror right now, his eyes would be flashing red with hot jealousy.

Kagome glanced briefly at him before pulling her arm free.

"You can't stop me, Inuyasha."

It was then that a sense of desperation hit him as he followed her towards the door.

"You've only known this guy for a few days! How can you say that you trust him, Kagome? I can't protect you when you're out on a date!" he protested, reaching for her again.

Kagome evaded his grasp, stopping at the top of the stairs to face him.

"I'm a big girl, Inuyasha! I can take care of myself! He's not going to try anything. He's not going to hurt me like you did!"

A cloud of silence fell over them, her words slowly pouring salt into an open wound.

"Kagome! Mamoru's here!" Mrs. Higurashi called from the kitchen.

At that, Kagome turned and began to walk down the stairs, speaking softly.

She knew that his sensitive ears would catch her words.

Kagome had walked down the shrine steps, greeted Mamoru with a big smile, hopped onto his motorcycle and rode away into the night as Inuyasha had remained standing where he was when she had left him, her words ringing in his ears.

"No one can ever hurt me the way you did, Inuyasha. You can't break an already broken heart… you can only mend it."

Yay! Another chapter completed! I don't know if it was a bit short, but I promise the next one is coming very soon! Stay tuned for the next chapter of my fic and please keep reviewing! .