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Chapter 4: The Dinner Party (Part 1)
On the day of the big dinner party Inutaisho was too busy wearing ballet slippers and dancing. "Hello Inuyasha…" He sang as he twirled past his annoyed son. Inuyasha simply grunted a reply that sounded oddly like: "Leave me alone…" Inuyasha was in a grumpy mood thanks to his father. If Inutaisho hadn't allowed Kikyou to accompany him to Dan Filander's dinner party, then he would have been going stag. He'd very much rather go without a date than with Kikyou. Sighing to himself about annoying secretaries and loony company leaders Inuyasha tried to get past Inutaisho who was now gracefully doing ballet steps in front of him.
"Dad… MOVE." Inuyasha grumbled. Another reason why he was so grumpy was because Inutaisho had made a rule that day that would last only once, which was: play all day! Of course the other workers cheered, but Inuyasha frowned. Right now, Inutaisho was trying to stop his son from "disobeying the rules".
Even Sesshoumaru seemed relaxed. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and managed to push past his awkward father in pink ballet shoes that contrasted sharply with what he wore, even if it was semi-formal. Usually Inutaisho wore ties with sophisticated designs, but today he wore one of these two-dollar ties off a street vendor that had a farting Bugs Bunny on it. The top two buttons had been undone and the die was tied on sloppily, with his sleeves rolled up. If everyone was going to go bonkers and not do any work, then Inuyasha felt there was no need for him to be in the office. Inutaisho ran after his son, or rather sailed across the room while Kikyou and Myiami giggled at his sight. "Son! Where are you going with your brief case?"
"Where am I going?" Inuyasha said stopping abruptly. Inutaisho ran into his back. "I'm going home, I don't see the point in staying in the office with that Kagome woman running into the room throwing paper airplanes at my head. On top of that, Shippou put some gooey shit on my chair, so I can't sit in it!"
"Well… sit on a box!"
Inuyasha rolled his eyes at his dad. "Why do you want me to stay in the office?"
"Because I have decided that we all go together to my home to prepare! A father does need a moment with his sons, doesn't he? And don't even think about telling me that you have to get your tux, because I had Myoga bring it to our humble home!"
"Well, that doesn't explain why I have to stay." Inuyasha scowled crossing his hands across his chest in annoyance.
"You have to stay because I am staying!" Inuyasha sighed, showing a sign of defeat as the giddy company leader grabbed his brief case and plonked it down on his desk.
"Now, now… why don't you go have some fun and rest your head!"
"Fun… I'll probably get an even bigger headache from all the screaming and yelling from the office floors! They're so loud, I can practically hear them in the elevator!"
"Yes, but I've fixed some exciting events on each floor!"
"Let me guess dad," Inuyasha scowled raising an eyebrow sarcastically, "The 190th floor is the disco floor, then there's the floral floor, and then the glow-in-the-dark floor… don't think that I don't know that. You always do that when you're about to go to another fancy party." Inutaisho huffed and pouted. Inuyasha frowned as his father shoved him into the elevator motioning Kikyou and Myiami to follow.
"Floor 190, please." Inutaisho chirped to the elevator operator.
As they neared the 190th floor, the sound of a fast song blared around them. Inuyasha grumbled about one of the huge office parties Inutaisho fixed on party days. The elevator doors slid open and it seemed as if most of the office workers were there. Colored lights had been put up, and all the office tables had been removed and replaced with small round tables where workers sat around all dressed either casually or semi-formally. Inuyasha was the only one fully dressed in office attire. In the middle of the room a dance floor had been set up and people were hamming it down with their dance moves. Inuyasha looked up at Sango's office that had also been cleared and replaced with huge music systems, and Miroku was sitting in the middle as the DJ. He wore sunglasses and wore a cap backwards on his head, jamming down with the song.
Sango and Kagome were at the dance floor shaking it down. "Have fun son!" With one last hearty pat on his back, Inutaisho twirled away from Inuyasha who watched him twirl to his now blushing and giggling mother. Inuyasha glared around at the room, hoping that his morose attitude affected other people. Much to his disappointment, people pretty much ignored him. Kouga was sitting next to Ayame whispering sweet nothingness into her ears. Inuyasha watched her giggle and made fake gagging noises. He turned his attention back to Sango and Kagome. Ginta and Hakakku had joined them in dancing. The four of them were laughing happily.
Inuyasha slumped his shoulder to run away, but someone grabbed onto him. "Dammit, Kikyou, GET OFF!" He shouted whirling around only to face an angry Izayoi. Inuyasha gulped. He knew she was there to scream at him for destroying nearly half the office. Izayoi's violet eyes flashed angrily as she quickly grabbed Inuyasha by his ear and dragged the whimpering pup away towards Inutaisho who was making graceful ballet moves. Inuyasha slouched as Izayoi called for his father, but the music was so loud, she was unheard. When Izayoi released his ears to cup her hands and scream directly into Inutaisho's ear, he took the chance to flee.
Since Izayoi was human, she could not catch up with her son and had no choice but to let him vanish into the crowd. She was going to scream at him when they returned home to prepare for Dan Filander's party.
Inuyasha continued to run until he was positive that his furious mother was no longer on his back. Much to his luck, he had run into a pissed Sesshoumaru. A string of women had been following him around begging him for a dance. Upon seeing Inuyasha before him, Sesshoumaru smirked evilly. Inuyasha backed away from his brother who had now told the girls to dance with Inuyasha. Before he knew it, all of them were on top of him screaming and fighting each other with their manicured talons. Someone had grabbed onto his ear and was yanking it with all her might while another one got his arm. Inuyasha tried to shake the women off him, but his attempts seemed futile, and attracted more people to cling possessively onto him. One of the girls grabbed him by his front while simultaneously snapping her jaws aggressively at another one who had grabbed onto his suit jacket. "Ladies!" He thundered in his most murderous voice, "That is enough! Release me at once!" But his thundering command went ignored. Inuyasha grudgingly made a mental note to punish these foolish women beyond words.
Kagome was having fun as she swung around on the dance floor. She wore a pair of low-rise black jeans and a glittery turquoise halter with a black butterfly across the front. She wore a pair of strappy six-inch heels that went well with her outfit. After politely thanking Ginta for the dance, Kagome made her way towards an empty table… or a table she thought was vacant. It wasn't until she was seated at the table when she realized it was occupied by a furious and seriously mangled Inuyasha. He was furiously trying to comb the tangles out of his usually smooth and silky hair with his fingers. In fact, he seemed to be the only one dressed up as if he were going to work. His shirt was crumpled and some of the buttons were missing, his tie lay on the table in front of him in an utter mess. It was torn and very much resembled a rag. "Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted over the noise, "What happened?" Inuyasha looked up and blinked at her. He said something, but she couldn't hear him, so she leaned over and shouted, "I can't hear you! I don't have your demonic senses!"
"RAN INTO SOME RABID SESSHOUMARU FANS IN THE OFFICE!" He yelled into her ear.
"OH!" She yelled over the noise, "ARE YOU OKAY?"
"DOES IT LOOK LIKE I'M OKAY? THEY NEARLY KILLED ME WITH THEIR IMMACULATE NAILS!"
"DO YOU WANT ME TO HELP?"
"I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!"
"COME ON! DON'T BE A BABY! I'M AN EXPERT AT THIS STUFF, CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT ONE OF MY MAIDS IS AN ORPHANED SIX-YEAR-OLD LIVING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER IN MY APARTMENT!"
"FEH!" Was all Inuyasha said, but he let her comb through his hair with her brush, which she produced from her purse. She found his hair was extremely silky, a lot silkier than Sesshoumaru's ever looked. Kagome giggled silently as she ran her brush through his hair. Inuyasha winced when she ran over a bump in his hair. "OUCH! WATCH IT!" He shouted at her.
"Sorry, this is going to hurt a bit." Kagome grabbed the ends of Inuyasha's silky hair and yanked it to get rid of the tangles, but she did it as gently as she could. Inuyasha flinched under her attempts and seemed as if he was going to scream at her again, but he didn't. And so the music continued to blare around the generally peaceful looking couple, with Kagome going over his hair with her brush and Inuyasha flinching ever so slightly. As Kagome managed to undo a lot of the tangles, and soon the rough brushing changed to smooth strokes. Much to her surprise, Inuyasha's hair was a lot longer than it looked. Several minutes later she put her brush away and shouted cheerily, "ALL DONE!"
"Already?"
"YEP!"
"Thanks." Inuyasha muttered before sulking away towards Sango's office that had been converted into the DJ room. Kagome chuckled as Miroku seemed to be enjoying his role as the DJ. He was wearing huge headphones over his ears and rubbing the records that had been spinning on it while he half-danced over it. Kagome watched Inuyasha disappear into the crowd. She looked down at the brush in her hand and realized that some of his silvery strands were stuck in it. Smiling to herself that she had somewhat of a decent conversation with Inuyasha for once in their lives, Kagome waved her hands to catch her friend's attention. Sango, who had just come off the dance floor turned her eyes around the crowd searching for her friend.
"SANGO! OVER HERE!" Kagome yelled as loudly as her voice could as she jumped up and down waving her hands over her head. Sango finally noticed her and came pushing and shoving through the crowd to her friend.
"KAGOME! WHERE WERE YOU?"
"OH… I WAS WITH… NEVER MIND, I WAS JUST SITTING AROUND BEING BORED. LET'S GO GET SOMETHING TO DRINK!"
"OKAY!"
"SO… WHAT DOES YOUR DRESS LOOK LIKE?"
"THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU MY DRESS! YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN WE'RE AT THE DINNER PARTY!"
"THIS IS SO EXCITING! I HEARD THAT DAN FILANDER'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES ARE A BLAST!"
"WHERE'DYA HEAR THAT FROM?"
"INUYASHA TOLD ME! I ASKED HIM!"
"OH! GEEZ! I FEEL AS IF WE'RE GOING TO THE PROM OR SOMETHING! IN FACT, I'VE NEVER FELT LIKE THIS ABOUT A PARTY SINCE OUR SENIOR PROM!"
"YEAH! I THINK IT'LL BE BETTER THAN THE PROM! I MEAN, BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!" By this time, a bartender was standing near them.
"ORANGE JUICE!" Kagome yelled at the bartender who came to take their order.
"BLUE LAGOON!" Sango yelled at the bartender who nodded in comprehension over the noise and left.
"Izayoi… are you still plotting on bringing Sesshoumaru with Kagome?" Inutaisho whispered into his wife's ear. They were in the limousine that was taking them to the huge mansion that Inutaisho lived in with Izayoi. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were sitting in front of them, Inuyasha was still complaining about having to go with Kikyou, while Sesshoumaru blankly stared out the window. Izayoi irritably waved Inutaisho away from her and gave him her scary warning glare. Inutaisho immediately shut up.
"Inuyasha… stop complaining, be glad that I excused you for destroying 2 million worth of repair!" Izayoi shouted. Inuyasha hung his head in shame. Sesshoumaru smirked ever so slightly. He was glad that Inuyasha was getting in trouble. The thing was, Sesshoumaru was standing in the middle of the crowd after finally have disposed of those pesky squealing women. He was watching Inuyasha sulk with satisfaction, until Kagome joined him at the table. At first it seemed as if she didn't notice him, then she did and she also noticed that he was in a wreck. Much to his disappointment, instead of laughing at him, she had said something to Inuyasha and then took out her brush to help untangle his hair. He didn't know what it was, but he felt a huge pang of jealousy wash over him.
Surely… surely, he, the great Sesshoumaru, didn't fall in love with that Kagome Higurashi woman, did he? Sesshoumaru shook his head and stopped by a snicker. "Hey, got mental problems?" Inuyasha sneered, but was immediately cut short by Izayoi's piercing glare. Sesshoumaru smirked once more, this time enough for Inuyasha to notice it.
Kagome came home happy as a clam. The huge office party hosted by Inutaisho proved to be extremely exciting, the drinks were excellent and the music was groovy and fun to dance to. Kagome danced into her apartment greeted by Kaede and Rin who was bouncing around the place on a yellow bounce-ball. "Hello Rin, Kaede." Kaede rushed to Kagome's side "Did you remember to call up my hair dresser?"
"Yes, Ms. Higurashi, she shall be here shortly." Kagome nodded.
"Ms. Higurashi, I know you'll look very pretty in your dress! I thought it was very beautiful!" Rin said happily. Kagome smiled at the little orphaned girl who was bouncing uncontrollably around the place. Kaede had now taken measures to tear the little girl from the bouncing ball. Kagome thought they were so cute.
"No Kaede, leave Rin, it's okay."
"Yes, Ms. Higurashi." At the same time, the bell rang and Rin bounced away towards the door. The door opened and in rushed an ovely excited woman with a funky hairdo with bright highlights in them.
"Ms. Higurashi! I've heard! I'm sorry I am late! Please, come in ladies." The hairdresser came rushing into the apartment with three women behind her. "Right this way Ms. Higurashi."
"Very well Staci." Kagome said. She sighed; she knew how vicious Staci and her assistants got when it came to party situations. Scowling at the enthusiasm of her hairdresser, Kagome reluctantly followed Staci into her bedroom door. Before she was roughly yanked up her spiral stairs, she asked her maid dryly, "Please, Kaede, don't tell me that you told them who my date was…" Kaede laughed nervously, indicating that she had already told the wild hairdresser.Kagome sighed. Oh well, the harm was already done; there was no need to yell or scold. She knew she regretted telling Kaede to call the dresser. The moment Kagome got into her bedroom, the three assistants pounced on her and stripped her of her clothing to drag her into the bathroom where Staci had a hot bath of rose petals and bath-bombs and salts ready for her. Immediately one of the assistants wrapped Kagome in a huge plush white robe and instructed her to sit in a chair in the bathroom while the tub filled.
The bathroom's air waffled with the scent of sweet aroma of roses and vanilla as the assistances crowded around Kagome to start filing her nails and her toenails into perfection. As they did so, Staci stood in front of Kagome telling her, "Okay, since Sesshoumaru's your date tonight, I'm going to make you look like a million!" Kagome opened her mouth to say something to her hairdresser, but Staci had already left her to gather her scissors and other accessories to prepare her client to become the star of the show. Kagome sighed a millionth time that day. Once Staci got into her frenzied mode, there was no stopping for her.
Once done with the filing, Kagome was taken to the tub where she could relax. For a brief moment, Kagome happily let sleep come to her. She had nothing to worry about since the party started at 18:00, but right now it was only 14:40, so she had plenty of time. Kagome inhaled a huge whiff of the vanilla and the rose before she fell asleep.
About an hour later, after escaping the clutches of his "crazed" father, who was waltzing all aroundhishome, Sesshoumaru managed to escape. So now hestood in front of Kagome Higurashi's apartment door. He had asked her earlier for the directions to her apartment, and finally managed to get to her. From the other end, he could hear someone bouncing around on something. The sound of hushing was heard and the door was thrown open, thus smacking Sesshoumaru on the forehead. He was furious! Nobody smashed his head with the door. Sesshoumaru looked around and frowned. There was nobody there. "Down here!" A little voice shouted. Sesshoumaru looked down to see a little girl no older than seven standing before him. She was holding onto the handle of her yellow bouncing ball, which indicated that she was the one making all the noise. She also bore a strange resemblance to Kagome… perhaps her child? No, there were no traces of Kagome's scent around this child. She gave off a completely different scent from Kagome.
"Who are you?" She asked with wide eyes.
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru asked blandly.
"I won't answer unless you tell me who you…"
"RIN!" An old voice croaked. An old lady with long gray hair emerged from behind the little girl. "I'm sorry Mr. Suzuki… Rin is usually not this rude, please forgive her."
"Well, why are you just standing there, let me in." Sesshoumaru snapped. An old hag jumped slightly and grabbed Rin to pull her away. Rin was glaring up at him and had attempted to block his path. The hag offered him a drink, but Sesshoumaru haughtily told her he didn't need a drink. Rin frowned, and much to the horror of Kagome's hag, placed herself firmly in front of him, glaring at him. Sesshoumaru stared blankly down at her, then gave her the scariest look he could muster. Rin, however, was unfazed.
"I'm not going to let Ms. Higurashi go with a bigmeanie man like you!"
"Really?" Sesshoumaru cocked an eyebrow, "And how are you going to stop her?"
"There's no need for speaking with Ms. Higurashi! She already hates you anyway!" With that, the little girl ranaway for himwhile the hag looked as if she was going to pass out. "See? Look at this pretty picture Ms. Higurashi drew of you!" Rin had returned and was proudly holding up a cardboard plaque with a figure of a person on it. If the person in the drawing didn't have the moon and the stripes on his face, then Sesshoumaru would have never guessed that the drawing was a portrait of himself. Sesshoumaru's calm demeanor cracked as he stared in horror at the picture Rin was practically flaunting at him. "It's you! I can tell since both of you have a moon on your foreheads!" Sesshoumaru reached out to tear the picture in two, but faster than he could run, Rin backed away from him. "You can't touch my picture, meanie! Ms. Higurashi gave it to me! Wanna see something else?" He could tell that Rin was enjoying the horror on his face.
Before he could stop her, Rin disappeared once more into the many doors and came out holding what looked like the backside of a dartboard. "Tah-da!" Rin flashed thing she was holding. Just as he had predicted, it was a dartboard, only a picture of himself off the cover of a magazine was torn out and covered the score boards. On his forehead, Kagome had written a 50, and on each of the eyes she had written 40, the nose had 30 points, the lips 20, and the chin 10. Sesshoumaru held his breath when he noticed that there were many holes on his forehead and eyes, indicating that Kagome had hit them with a bunch of darts. "Now, does Sesshoumaru want to go with Ms. Higurashi?" Rin stood in front of him holding the dartboard in front of her while flashing an innocent grin. If she wasn't holding the dartboard, Sesshoumaru would have thought she looked adorable. Rin frowned and whined, "I like Inuyasha better! He's funnier!"
"WHAT? That whelp came here?"
"No! I ran into him when Ms, Higurashi took me out for ice cream." Before Sesshoumaru could say anything, Rin bounced away from him. As the same time a voice came:
"Rin, are you harassing another one of our guests?" Sesshoumaru could hear Rin sarcastically saying that she wasn't doing anything. He snorted in disbelief. A high-heeled foot popped out from the edge of the hallway, while Sesshoumaru impatiently checked his watch, scowling that if Kagome didn't hurry up fast enough, then they were going to be late. He always wondered why women took so long to go to one measly little dance. But compared to Nina, Kagome was very early, considering the fact that Nina took just about three days to finish. In the end, he concluded that women loved to take just about forever when it came to parties. Finally, Kagome stepped out from around the corner of her hall. Sesshoumaru heaved a sigh and looked up annoyed.
"It's just about time woman! Do you understand that…" Sesshoumaru trailed off to gawp at Kagome who had stepped out. "Wow." Was the only word he could find to describe Kagome standing before him. She looked like a dream come true. (A/N: sorry! I couldn't help doing that!)
Inuyasha cringed as Kikyou continued to babble happily beside him. They had chosen a dress for her, which was, actually very beautiful and very expensive. Kikyou's hair was piled on top of her head and she wore a snaky cream-colored dress with diamonds sprinkled across the stomach, her make up was immaculate, and if it weren't for her annoying sense of possessiveness and her squeaky voice, she would have passed as beautiful. Kikyou wore a diamond necklace around her neck that sparkled in the light of the traffic as Inuyasha drove towards the Filander's gigantic mansion that was just outside of New York City in the midst of the country. Inuyasha hoped that Kikyou stayed silent as he guided the car towards the mansion that loomed into view. Much to his relief, Kikyou didn't say anything except stare wide-eyed and open mouthed at the mansion before them. It was so large that it could almost pass as a castle.
Of course Inuyasha had been there so many times that he hardly batted an eyelash when they drove up to the magnificent gates. Besides, Inutaisho lived in an even bigger place that was a castle or rather a palace. The doormen at the entrance of the splendid house approached them as Inuyasha pulled to the curb and stopped leaving the keys in the car. "Don't scratch her, if you do, consider your head mine." Was all he said before offering Kikyou an arm out of sheer politeness. Kikyou giggled before taking his arm, making him roll his eyes. She started topaw at his tux. Immediately, Inuyasha dropped her hand and hissed, "If you touch me one more time, I'm going to… to…" He thought about the most scariest thing for Kikyou, "Ditch you here, and never come back." Kikyou immediately stopped as Inuyasha straightened his jacket and his bow tie before gliding smoothly into the mansion much like Sesshoumaru. Kikyou had reattached herself onto his arm making him sigh, only he wasn't as loud, since he was in a social event.
The ushers came beside them and Inuyasha let them take his coat and scarf. Kikyou, not knowing what to do, looked around to see that everyone let the ushers take their coats, so she followed them. As Inuyasha was taking his coat off, a voice ten notches higher than Kikyou's called out to him: "Well, well, well… if it isn't Mr. Dog-Ears!" Inuyasha growled as he flattened his ears to his skull and turned around. Sure enough, there stood Nina Welsh. She was really a picture, it was too bad she was rotten on the inside.
"Nina… good to see you. I hope you're living the shittiest life any bitch like you could ever live." Ignoring him, Nina strutted towards him. her hips swaying. She smirked as she attracted the eyes of many young men who had come with their dates (Inuyasha was the only one who ignored her). Kikyou next to him resisted squeezing Inuyasha's arm. Nonetheless, she shot a possessive glare at the bitch who came swinging over to them. Nina had long red hair that was knotted up with the back of her hair hanging down her back. This was the first time Inuyasha was actually relieved that Kikyou was standing next to him. Although Kikyou was clumsy, ditzy, annoying, and freakily possessive, at least she had her looks and her personality. In fact, Kikyou very much resembled Kagome. The only difference was that Kagome's eyes were larger, and Kikyou's skin was deathly white, whereas Kagome's skin glowed a healthy white, much like light.
"Inuyasha… came stag again this year. Pity… someone as handsome as you coming alone. You know, if you hadn't broken up with me like your stupid vain brother, I'm sure all the men would envy you!" Nina shot Kikyou a glare, not knowing she was Inuyasha's date.
"Feh! Speaking of vanity, you and Sesshoumaru aren't very different. In fact, you're thirty million times worse than he can ever be, including his top-notch cockiness. It's a pity that opposites attract," Inuyasha said dryly, "I know you still want that cocky bastard…" He leaned coldly over Nina and growled into her ear, "If you weren't such a bitch, he could have stayed by your side." With that, Inuyasha stepped away from Nina who was starting to redden. She glared at Inuyasha's retreating back. If only looks could kill… but she took that back when Kikyou approached her.
"You're Nina, right? Well I've got news for you his perfect bitch…" Nina smirked. There was nothing better than a little competition (with her beating the opponent, of course) that would raise her spirits.
"Let me guess," She drawled in a bored voice, "Stay away from my man? Geez, too bad Inuyasha hates my guts. I quite surprised that he actually came with a date."
"Wrong." Kikyou hissed, "You've screwed up with your eyeliner." With that, Kikyou flounced past her. Nina quickly fumbled for her mirror and checked her eyes. No, Kikyou was wrong, her eyes were immaculate as usual. Nonetheless, the false alarm that Kikyou gave her made her redden in anger. But after flashing a couple of a million-dollar-smiles to the men, who practically melted at her feet, she felt much better.
"You will not touch anything in my car." Sesshoumaru said blankly as Kagome humphed next to him in his car. She was stunning, she was the greatest creation on the face of the earth, no better, in the whole universe. Now, he was sure that Nina wasn't going to harass him as much as she usually did. Even if she did, she wouldn't be as triumphant as she used to thanks to Kagome and her fiery tongue. Sesshoumaru flicked his golden eyes at the figure next to him as they approached Dan Filander's mansion.
Nina was happy. Although she had a little competition this year, she had no problems surpassing the two women who were the contestants for the most beautiful women in the ball. Despite this, Nina still frowned a bit, last year, she was the only one who was the item of the ball. This year, there were two competitions. One of them was the one who had given her a false alarm on her eyeliner, the other one was a girl with long dark brown hair. She wore a snaky red dress that had slits up the side showing off her long leg. The back of her dress formed an X, showing her smooth, graceful back. Nina humphed at the smooth, flawless skin of the girl, who was holding a glass of champagne. Her hair was down, and curled lightly, but her jewelry wasn't nearly as shimmery as Nina's. Nina breathed a sigh of relief. If she had nicer jewelry than herself, then she would have been as good as herself. She was standing next to another quite handsome man that had a tiny ponytail tied to the base ofhis neck. He wore his tux and was holding himself properly.
"Why hello…" She said seductively, the girl stiffened at her sight, "You must be Inuyasha's friend Miroku… my, you are handsome." She let herself move a little too close for the girl's comfort. Miroku smirked, then she felt a hand on her rear end. At first she was surprised then she laughed and left. A satisfying slap resounded behind her indicating that his girlfriend had slapped him. That gave her another reassuring boost in her ego. But what Miroku said about her brought her ego smashing back to the ground.
"No need to get so mad Sango… what a slut! I wouldn't go after a woman who lets any random guy she doesn't even know rub her butt… no wonder Sesshoumaru dumped her on her ass." Nina heard the Sango girl laugh behind her. She turned around fuming, but Miroku and Sango disappeared into the crowd. But a cold voice came from behind her. Yes, she knew this voice better than nearly anyone else with an exception of Inuyasha, Inutaisho, and Izayoi.
"Why hello, Nina." Nina turned around, her slutty midnight-blue dress shimmering from too much diamonds on it. Sure enough, Sesshoumaru was standing behind her, no emotion on his face. Nina gave him her best cat-ate-the-cannery smile, but his face remained cold and emotionless. "Looks like you let another stranger touch your ass… and not only any random person, but the village pervert." Much to her delight, Sesshoumaru frowned.
"Sesshoumaru… have you come alone again. It's a pity, you should have stayed with me…" she trailed off when she realized that she was talking to the air. Sesshoumaru had disappeared… well not exactly, because Inutaisho was standing next to him.
"Why hello village pervertess… I mean…" He laughed nervously when Izayoi appeared beside him. She was grabbing his ear and glaring at him… "Heh, heh… I mean Nina…"
"You will NOT start with humiliating me with your strange epithets!"
"I'm sorry my dear."
"Nina, please forgive Inutaisho, he has a terrible habit that he must fix." With that, Izayoi dragged him away from the two. "Sesshoumaru, do not forget to bid Mr. Filander happy birthday." Sesshoumaru nodded at the retreating wife of Inutaisho before silently disappearing towards Mr. Filander's direction without bidding her farewell. Nina watched him disappear into the crowd, and that was when she saw her. The girl who rivaled her looks, her exquisiteness, no the girl who surpassed her in every way. When she first saw her, she thoughtshe stood there alonenear the refreshments table, but she waslaughing and talking to someone. Some of the people moved out of the way to revealInuyasha! At first she thought she was the woman who was with him in the beginning and thought she had changed into different clothes to make her more jealous, but she noticed her eyes were larger and wider. Her skin was white, but unlike the other one, it seemed to glow like white light. Nina arched an eyebrow.
The dress she wore was immaculate. She could tell it wasone ofChanel'smost expensive dresses andstraight off the runways of Milan.It was a long black gown with a plunging neckline, with many slits up the side that came up halfway to her thigh. It twinkled in the light, and the jewelry was perfect and shimmered along with her skin. Perhaps it was her skin that made her jewelry shimmer so brightly. He shoes were flawless, and she was taller than Nina herself. Her hair was put up into knots and hung around her in silky whisps. Her make up was also immaculate, and her nails neat andall orderly. She had gotten them French-tipped, whereas Nina had chosen a metallic midnight blue color. As the girl walked, the dress seemed to flow in harmony. Nina felt like screaming, she knew what this feeling was: jealously. How dare this woman show up to her party (A/N: Ahem woman, but this is Dan Filander's birthday party, not yours, so shut up)!
Kagome stood at the refreshments table laughing with Inuyasha who she had noticed. She was relieved that he was the first familiar face other than the ice-cube Sesshoumaru. She first spotted him by the refreshments table, of course with those ears of his and his already noticeably silver hair made him stick out. Today, he had put his hair into a high ponytail, just for the sake of neatness, otherwise there weren't very many differences from the office Inuyasha and the formally dressed party Inuyasha. "Inuyasha!" She called over the buzz of the noise. Sesshoumaru told her that he was going to bid Dan Filander happy birthday and offered her arm, but she lied that she had to go to the bathroom, so after receiving instructions from Mr. Fluffy-ice-cube, Kagome ran in the direction of the bathrooms, but turned abruptly away, twisting and turning careful not to run into Sesshoumaru again.
Unfortunately, she had done that so many times, she was lost, and was even desperate to find Sesshoumaru, since there were a couple of guys coming a little too close to her. Of course, when she first came, people did stare at her, but were silenced with Sesshoumaru's piercing stare. At any rate, she looked frantically around for any familiar faces, and saw Inuyasha by the refreshment table gulping down at least fifty cups of punch before he started to walk away. Luckily, she caught his attention, and although he didn't have Sesshoumaru's cold stare, his fiery eyes and the low growlfrom the back ofhis throat kept the men's eyes off her. "So… did you bid Filander Happy birthday with Mr. Ice-box? Or did that cocky bastard ditch you like he usually does to women on the dance floor?"
"You mean Sesshoumaru did have dates?"
"No, he didn't… well… did you?"
"Um… no…" Kagome blushed, "I couldn't face Mr. Filander next to Mr. Fluffy-Sama."
"Oh… let's go."
"Go where?"
"Where else?" Inuyasha snapped, attracting stares. He glared around him, and when making eye-contact with whomever, forced them to look away and act as if nothing happened, "To say happy birthday, you… wretch!"
"WHAT! How dare you!"
"Sorry, sorry! Come on Kagome." Kagome smirked as she let Inuyasha lead her across the floor towards Dan Filander who was up front with Inutaisho. Sesshoumaru was near them with his arms coldly folded across his chest, and was tapping his foot impatiently on the floor as he checked his watch simultaneously. Kagome put on a nervous expression, but Inuyasha released her arm quickly and told her to follow him. Kagome nodded as the two of them approached the trio of Inutaisho, Sesshoumaru, and Dan Filander. Dan Filander was slapping his knees with his hands laughing as Inutaisho had cracked a joke. Another man joined the two of them, and both of them shouted a greeting over the hum of the noise before rejoicing in laughter and a sip from their crystal glasses.
"Where were you?" Sesshoumaru asked coldly.
"No need to get pissed Fluffy-Sama," Inuyasha snorted chortling silently at the new epithet he learned from Kagome, "She got lost and I found her. She told me she was looking for you, so I led her here."
"I didn't ask you." Sesshoumaru snarled slightly pushing his younger brother out of the way. Inuyasha shrugged nonchalantly and tried to sneak away without Inutaisho noticing him, unfortunately, he was found.
"AH! Inuyasha! Come here, boy! Did you say Happy Birthday to Dan?"
"Yes…" Inuyasha mumbled.
"Did he really say Happy Birthday to you, Dan? That rascal loves to lie." Dan laughed.
"Yes, he did, no need to be suspicious of your son, just because he's so surly!" With that the three men burst out laughing and Inuyasha scowled. "Inuyasha, I didn't notice that you tied your hair for once in your life!" Dan continued to thunder, "It makes you look more handsome." Kagome watched Inuyasha scowl and reach up to untie his hair, when a white gloved hand slapped his hand away.
"Don't even think about it, Inuyasha!" Izayoi popped up from behind him glaring daggers at him. Kagome suppressed a giggle. Izayoi was actually very beautiful, looking even younger than before in a forest green dress that had a modest front, but exposed her back that seemed to have frozen in the time of her youth. "Excuse me for his impudence, we are trying our best to fix it." Izayoi joined the three of them in laughing, only she did it more quietly and flashed her violet eyes at her son who looked embarrassed. He had put his fingers together and was looking up at the ceiling whistling. When Izayoi, slapped his arm, he howled in anger and stomped off, leaving Izayoi to apologize constantly for him. Although she was smiling, her eyes flashed angrily.
Sesshoumaru cleared his throat, catching the attention of the three men who were slapping their hands on their knees as their wives (the two other women other than Izayoi joined them recently)glared at them. "Ah! Sesshoumaru!" Inutaisho boomed again. Kagome felt butterflies form in her stomach and was glad she didn't eat anything yet. No wonder Inuyasha acted so gruff. She wondered how he managed to keep the fifty cups of punch in his stomach. "You should all remember Sesshoumaru… my oldest son." Each of the men nodded, "And this is Kagome Higurashi, the co-CEO of my business. Kagome, I introduce you to Daniel Filander and Charles Welsh." Kagome bowed in her best way that her nanny had taught her so many years before.
"Hello Mr. Filander, Mr. Welsh, it's a pleasure to meet you." Kagome said, her insides feelings as if they'd come tumbling out in just any minute. "Happy Birthday Mr. Filander."
"Oh please, spare me of that, you may call me Dan like Inutaisho does, I hate it when people call me that! It makes me feel awfully old."
"Charmed," Was all Charles said, taking her hand to kiss it. Now Kagome felt like running away like Inuyasha. But Sesshoumaru stood rooted to the spot.
"And this is Anita Filander and Gertrude Welsh." Both women smiled charmingly, but Kagome swore she saw Gertrude give her a once-over before smiling at her. Then Sesshoumaru sprang into action. He grabbed her by her arm and yanked her away telling them that Kagome should be very thirsty. Gertrude tried her best to keep Kagome there so she could get a good scalding from her tongue, but Sesshoumaru dragged Kagome away.
"Aww…" Dan said as he watched the two disappear, "They make the cutest couple… but I think Inuyasha would suit Kagome better, don't you think, Inutaisho?"
"Yep!" Inutaisho chipped. Then he stepped towards his wife and whispered, "I told you so…" But the only thing he earned from that was a sharp nudge in his ribs. This had his two friends burst out laughing.
"So… did you say anything inappropriate that made Izayoi hit you like that?" Dan laughed, but was also sharply cut off my the flare of his wife's green eyes. "Okay, okay!I'll shut up." With that, the three women disappeared into the crowd, making the three men sigh in relief.
Inuyasha hated formal parties. He was sick and tired of the constant how-do-you-dos and allthose charmed-shit. Grumbling that he was going to figure out how to get himself sick the next year to avoid the birthday party, Inuyasha shoved past a bunch of lovely-dovy couples who were on the dance floor with a rude, "Outta my way!" Inuyasha stormed across the dance floor with high hopes of losing Kikyou, who was constantly on his back. When he finally lost her, Inuyasha slowed to a stop. He was weaving through the partiers in their immaculate suits and their glimmering dresses. His bow tie was starting to bother him, and by this time, he had irritably taken the hair tie out and made a mental note to retie it at the end of the party. He sighed for the umpteenth time knowing that he was stuck in this shithole for another say… five hours.
Whenever eager girls approached him for a dance, he lied about him being on his way to the bathroom and skittered away in the direction of the bathroom. Eventually too many girls had approached him, and so he decided to stay near the bathrooms in order to avoid the waves of women that charged towards him. Inuyasha grumbled as he squeezed past a rather large woman with a thin man with long silver hair and a flash of a navy blue crescent moon on his forehead. Inuyasha smirked; it was Sesshouamaru. Inuyasha made sure that he was in a more prominent position for his older brother to see and smirked. Sesshoumaru glared at him as he snatched two glasses of champagne off a random waiter that passed him. Mouthing, "I'm gonna go see Kagome so that the other guys don't harass her" Inuyasha ducked into the crowd. He knew that Sesshoumaru was trying his best to disengage himself from the fat woman's grasp, and he found it amusing.
But a horrible sight forced him to stop dead in his tracks. Somehow, Nina-the-bitch had gotten to her first. She was sneering at Kagome and jeering. Inuyasha's grip tightened around the champagne glass. However, Kagome seemed to be taking it pretty well, because she had just pointed out that Nina had a loose string near her boobs. Nina glared at her and told her not to lie, but Kagome reached into her purse for a pair of tiny silver scissors. She clipped them together twice, and Nina, overreacting as usual, shouted that Kagome was trying to kill her, thus attracting attention from people around her. Satisfied that with the amount of attention she had attracted, Nina stepped back and admired her "masterpiece" as Kagome hastily put away her scissors. Now was the time for him to interfere.
Inuyasha confidently strode towards the pair and forcefully made him trip over someone else's leg. He hid a smirk of satisfaction as the glasses of champagne he held tipped and spilled over the front of Nina's dress. Kagome had turned around to see who had done the best thing in the world. Inuyasha nearly dropped the champagne glasses, but managed to do a flip in the air before landed gracefully on his two feet. Nina screamed as loudly as she could while Inuyasha straightened himself putting on an act of confusion and surprise. "Nina! I'm so genuinely sorry! Whatever can I do to make it up for you!" With that Inuyasha purposefully leaned over so that he indeed saw the small bit of string that formed at the lining near Nina's bust line. "Ooh! Look! You have a stray string here!" Inuyasha yelled, pointing at the stray string that lay flamboyantly on her dress. He yelled loud enough so that everyone heard. Nina put of a look of horror and looked down. Sure enough she saw a string there. "Shall I remove it for you?"
"Yes please…" She whispered her face pale with horror and embarrassment. Fighting a smirk and succeeding, Inuyasha reached over and calmly plucked the string with his claws, but wound up pulling out the string, tearing apart the whole front of the dress. Inuyasha stood there in stock-still holding onto the bit of string in genuine shock. The dress had been cheaply put together! How stupid and low of Nina. She was flaunting herself like some number-one model and she wore a dress that came out from the dime store. To make matter's worse, Dan Filander had put millions of dollars into the budget to create such an exquisite party, and she dares to wear a cheap dress to the party? The woman was worse than he could ever be!
"What the hell…" Inuyasha muttered holding onto the string in surprise. But soon his shock gave away to a secret hidden triumph and anger (he was mostly angry). "OY! DID YOU GET THIS DRESS FROM THE DIME STORE OR SOMETHING? HOW CAN YOU DARE TO WEAR YOUR CHEAPEST GOWN TO DAN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY?" He shouted half in satisfaction and in genuine anger. Nina glared at him, and the rest was too fast to describe. In a flash, Nina had grabbed the punch bowl and poured it over his head. It splashed down on his head and shoulders. Inuyasha had somehow managed to push Kagome out of the way so that she didn't ruin her Chanel dress. Blinded by fury for ruining his hand tailored tux that costed over a hundred-thousand dollars, Inuyasha bent down and tore off one of the flaps of her dress. It tore off with ease. Nina gasped in horror pointing at him accusingly and shouting for more attention. Inuyasha could tell that the only hopes she had now was to humiliate him, but he wasn't going to let her off the hook easy.
Inuyasha brought the cloth up to his face to examine it carefully. The sequins seemed poorly put together upon closer inspection, the sequins were the cheapest of the cheapesttheblue paint on it chipping. he also noticed that the quality of silk was terrible. Inuyasha looked up from the cloth he was holding. "Ladies and Gentlemen, do you realize that this dress is a complete scam?" He started solemnly, "This woman had cheated and squandered her way in our society. How dare she wear such trash to the great Dan Filander's birthday party? Dan Filander deserves better, no, so much better than this slut of a bitch coming to his birthday party, which he had put so much money together to create just to make guests such as herself happy, and she repays him by wearing a ten-dollar dress to it. Nina, do you realize the crime you've just committed."
"WHAT? YOU HAVE THE STRENGTH TO RIP OFF THE FLAP OF A TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR DRESS, YOU WORTHLESS HALF BREED!" The room was deathly quiet. Kagome, who was being helped back to her feet by a few of the guests, stopped half way through getting up. Inuyasha stiffened. Nina smirked satisfied with humiliating Inuyasha, "You know that? Nobody's going to ever like a stupid halfling like you, not even the filthiest of the filthiest humans! Do you know why?" She was now screaming, "It's because you're the walking shame and filth of the earth, you know that?" Inuyasha looked away from her, his bangs covering his eyes. Laughing manically, Nina spat on his shoe. Much to Inuyasha's surprise, Kagomehad just about stepped over and was aboutto slap the bitch smartly across the face with all her strength. The crowd was abuzz with whispering comments. Although Nina was a demoness herself, she did not possess the superiority of hearing because she was a cat demon. Inuyasha heard people whispering things such as: That cheap slut actually has something to say after the crimes she committed? Or how rude of her, I wonder what her parents taught her…
But before Kagome got to her, Sesshoumaru was behind Nina. He sharply turned her around and punched her in the cheek releasing some of the poison in his hand. "How dare you call my brother a halflining," He whispered his voice icier than before. "If I ever catch you saying such vile words to my brotheragain, I will kill you." Nina lay on the floor before him, holding onto her cheek and sobbing as bloodslowly trickleddown her hands. Kagome and Inuyasha stared in shock as Sesshoumaru turned on his heels and left without a word. Without further delay, Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's arm and dragged him towards the wash room.
"Come on, let's get you cleaned up." Kagome took Inuyasha by his hands and proceeded to drag him towards the toilets when she came face to face with Inutaisho. Inutaisho no longer had his usual cheery look on his face, his face had somehow transformed into a hard porcelain mask as he glared down at his youngest with ice-cold eyes. Kagome stopped.
"Release him." He said coolly. Kagome immediately dropped Inuyasha's arm, "I have some things to discuss with him. Come, Inuyasha." Inuyasha gulped, boy he knew he got it.
Inutaisho led him out to the patio as people hastily moved out of his way. "Sesshomaru…" He called coldly. Sesshoumaru silently followed his father, casting the shocked and scared Nina on the floor his iciest glare. "Sesshoumaru!" Inutaisho snapped, "Don't think I didn't see that!" Sesshoumaru stared silently down at his feet. The only person in the whole world that made Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru look down at their toes with embarrassment was Inutaisho.
Once they were led out of the ballroom, Inutaisho whirled around, his hair rippling behind him. He glared at the two of them as they braced themselves waiting for the explosion. Sure enough, "I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW YOU BOYS BEHAVED!" He thundered. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru flinched before muttering their apologies. Inutaisho took a deep breath before resuming in a calm voice, "No, I do not want you to apologize to me. I want you to apologize to Nina both for humiliating her and for hitting her. What were you boys thinking? Do you realize that I have a reputation to keep?"
"But… but… she picked on…"
"Inuyasha! I will not hear you and your damn excuses!"
"Yeah, but she picked on Kagome! I don't see what I did wrong! I just saw a bit of sting sticking out from her dress and tried to snap it off! How was I supposed to know that her cheap-ass prostitute dress came apart with one gentle tug of the string!"
"Inuyasha, don't push the limit…"
"BUT SHE OVERREACTED! SHE DUMPED A WHOLE TUB OF PUNCH OVER ME!"
"Save it," Sesshoumaru said calmly, "He won't believe you."
"As for you," Inutaisho snarled to Sesshoumaru, "You were just as bad! I am greatly disappointed with you! After all these years, I thought you were calmer and more reserved, but no, you punched her, a woman! What's even worse, she is the daughter of my friend! You also allowed poison to flow into your hand! Do you understand how dangerous our poison is?"
"She asked for it." Was all Sesshoumaru had to say. Inutaisho looked up at the sky to cool himself.
"You two, follow me. This crime will not go ignored." Inutaisho turned on his heels as Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru looked at each other before following him.
Inutaisho had to keep breathing to keep himself from laughing. And once he was sure they were far enough, he burst out laughing, slapping his knees in the process. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru blinked at him. Wiping tears of laughter away from his eyes, Inutaisho said. "Good job boys… she really deserved it. I see that you've developed an eye to distinguish cheap things from expensive things…" Inutaisho wheezed through bursts of laughter.
"Anyway… don't do that again, I nearly let my face crack. Now, about Nina, I want the two of you to apologize to her. Despite the fact that she did far more damage to you, you still must apologize. Are you both clear with that." His two pups nodded before him. "Good! Now, I have to put of this fake glum look until people help me lighten my mood." With that Inutaisho put on his scary look again before striding away from his two flabbergasted sons.
"Dad!" Inuyasha called to Inutaisho. Inutaisho turned around again, "Did you do that because of mom?" Sesshoumaru snickered slightly.
"Partly yes, and partly no." Inutaisho said grinning sheepishly. "By the way, Go get yourself cleaned."
"I'm going home."
"No you will not." And he left before his littlest pup could manage to persuay him.
The halls stared at Inutaisho as he swiftly made his way towards Nina, who had taken a seat and been given a cup of brandy. "I am deeply sorry for the harm my two reckless and impudent sons have befallen on you." Nina gave a fake laugh and told him not to worry about it. What made Inutaisho the greatest businessmen in the world was his ability to read other people's minds. He could definitely read right through Nina's mind. And what she was thinking was completely different from what she said, and she was aware of it. "My sons shall apologize to you." With that, Inutaisho left. His two friends, best friends, hurried over to him. Charles apologizing over and over about his daughter's error.
"Inutaisho, I'm deeply sorry for what my daughter did to Inuyasha."
"No, Charles, it served him right."
"Ahem, Inutaisho, you know… his suit was ruined from the little splash… so uh… wouldn't it be okay if I lent Inuyasha a tuxedo?"
"No," Inutaisho said coldly, "Let him suffer the consequences of his impudence and stupidity." Dan and Charles flinched under Inutaisho's cold reply.
"Look… I know he created a scene, but that doesn't mean…" Dan started.
"No," Charles interrupted, "The one that caused the scene was Nina. I'll see to it that she is punished severely. I shall be cutting off her allowance for three months and shutting down all her credit and debit cards."
"Anyway, don't you think he's been punished enough with the frozen,"Dan said sounding a bitworried,"Punch all over him? I mean, he could catch a cold even if he does possess quite strong demonic powers..."
"No." Was all the reply the man got. Dan and Charles looked at each other and then at the back of Inutaisho. He was definitely angry.
"Look, do it for me, since it's my birthday." Inutaisho let out a loud whoosh of air and turned around, his face still twisted into his angry expression.
"Fine."
"And don't forget to smile too." Charles added. Inutaisho made failing attempts to smile, so his two friends put their heads together to think of the funniest joke they could come up with in attempt to get their friend laughing.
"Come on, Inuyasha…" Kagome said as Inuyasha came grumbling into the ballroom. People were still staring at him. He was covered in a thin layer of ice that froze when the remaining punch crystallized on him. Inuyasha tried to shake her off, but she persisted. "Inuyasha, don't be so stubborn! I know you have a robust body, but that won't save you from catching a cold!" Kagome dragged the complaining Inuyasha into the bathroom and shut the door with her foot. "Sit here." She instructed. Inuyasha reluctantly sat in the chair as Kagome brought up a towel to rub the ice off his hair. Inuyasha recoiled and sneezed very loudly.
At the same time a knock came from the door. Dan opened it and stuck his head in. "Inuyasha, why don't you borrow these?" Inuyasha grumbled about not needing the clothes, but Dan had to force it upon him. "Go upstairs with Albert and take a hot shower, okay. Look, we all know how much of an attitude Nina has, even her father knows that, don't beat yourself around the head just because Inutaisho went so harsh on you." Inuyasha grunted a reply as Albert led him from the bathroom to one of the many guest rooms. Where he left shutting the door behind Inuyasha.
Cussing about bitchy women, Inuyasha tossed his things on the floor before stomping into the tub to take a long hot bath. He wasn't getting out any sooner. Besides he felt a bit dizzy, so maybe a good long shower would do the trick. Inuyasha sneezed loudly and rubbed his nose as snot slid out from his nose. Dammit! Inuyasha rubbed his nose lightly before blowing his nose. He slid into the tub and rested his head against the sides, grumbling, "It was so fucking cold, about time I got into something warm…" before falling asleep.
Kagome tried her best to look as if she was having fun. She had danced several times with Sesshoumaru, and other polite men, but she couldn't stop thinking about Inuyasha's condition. Sesshoumaru noticed it in her eyes when they danced together. It was much different from before Inuyasha was bathed head-to-toe in punch thanks to Nina. Kagome seemed to keep her eyes on the exit of the ballroom, which he had seen Inuyasha stumble through with Kagome. When he saw that, he couldn't help feel empty and lonely. He wondered what had gotten into him lately. Kagome seemed tense in his arms, and she had started to turn down the dance offers she received from a whole string of men.
Sesshoumaru noticed with a smirk that as long as Kagome was around, Nina was no longer popular. Now he stood alone giving every single girl that glanced in his direction a condescending glare. Kagome had disappeared somewhere, probably to Inuyasha. Kikyou was nowhere to be seen either. Sango was with Miroku in a corner talking, both looking seriously concerned. Tonight, the main topic at hand was Nina's rash behavior. Again Sesshoumaru had felt uncertain. Why had he interfered with Nina when she taunted Inuyasha with his ethnicity? For some reason, he had felt a surge of anger pump through his veins when Nina screamed those offensive words to Inuyasha. And then, without second thought, he felt himself turn the bitch around and punch her.
The sound of excitement buzzed again. Something else was happening. Sesshoumaru straightened in time to see Kagome rushing towards Izayoi who was with Inutaisho and his friends. He wondered what was going on. Kagome seemed frantic and was pushing her way through the crowd. The buzzing began. Sesshoumaru began to push his way towards the frantic Kagome, but she had already reached Izayoi. She leaned over and whispered something into her ears making the woman pale slightly. Suddenly, it occurred to Sesshoumaru that something was wrong with Inuyasha. Without further or do, Sesshoumaru pushed through the crowd towards the exit of the ballroom. He didn't get to see Izayoi flash Inutaisho a glare before following Kagome off the landing and out the exit.
Kagome could not fight the worry within her. Something was wrong with Inuyasha. He sneezed one too many times, and his face looked weak. She rushed out the exit and up the stairs to the room where Inuyasha was in. She had a bad feeling about this. Kikyou had seen her and followed her. Kagome threw the door open to one of the guest bedrooms and rushed past the bed where the clean tuxedo was laid out. The sound of water running was heard. Please… please don't let anything bad happen to him… Kagome prayed to herself. Kikyou looked pale as well. For a moment, the two women paused in front of the door silently begging that nothing had happened to Inuyasha. Trembling, Kagome knocked on the bathroom door. "Inuyasha…?" She whispered, "Are you in there?" No response.
Kagome and Kikyou looked at each other and paled. "INUYASHA!" Kagome shouted more loudly, "ARE YOU IN THERE?" When she was met with silence, Kagome threw open the door and screamed. Kikyou also started to scream, only she held onto the last note. Kagome dropped to her knees and immediately shut the faucet off. The floor was wet from the water that spilled out from the tub. It was tinted red for some reason, and when they got closer to him, they figured out that the mystery of the red-tinted water came for the nose bleed. "Oh god! INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed once more. Kikyou rushed to her side, and together managed to heave Inuyasha out of the tub. Together, they dried him with a towel and when they got him into the bed, Kagome placed her palm on his forehead and unintentionally withdrew her hand. "He has a very high fever…" She whispered more to herself. Then without much thinking, told Kikyou to stay with Inuyasha before running frantically out the door to get Izayoi.
The doors of the double doors were thrust open by a frantic Kagome. She stood there, her brown eyes filled with horror and shock as they scanned the room for Izayoi. The finally landed on the woman who was standing amongst Inutaisho and his friends, laughing, oblivious to the accident her son had. She tried her best to keep herself normal, but the steady panic rising in her throat didn't help her keep her steps steady. She noticed Sesshoumaru at the other end of the Ballroom looked bored. He turned his head towards her and stared at her, his eyes clouded with confusion. Tearing her eyes from Sesshoumaru, Kagome practically ran towards Izayoi. The rest of the people had stopped dancing to watch her push people out of the way mingling her apologies and "Coming through" along as she made way towards Izayoi.
Izayoi looked down at Kagome who was rushing up the stairs. Kagome stopped panting slightly before leaning down and whispering, "It's Inuyasha, he doesn't look too well." Izayoi paled slightly and rushed after Kagome casting Inutaisho a glare over her shoulder. Inutaisho stiffened slightly but didn't move.The two women dashed down the stairs of the ballroom and out the door. Sango, who was with Miroku, had joined them asking questions about what was going on.
I know… it was corny making Inuyasha get really sick like that, but hey, he was out in the middle of winter covered in punch thanks to Nina and her bitchy behavior. How else would he be… even if he does have demonic powers, he isn't invincible whether he's full demon or not! Now all of you know that this is NOT a Kikyou bashing thing… or at least a major one, since there's an even more annoying woman.
NEXT CHAPTER: CHAPTER 5: THE DINNER PARTY (PART II)
Next to come: Inuyasha is stuck in the room until the dinner party is over and Izayoi screams at Inutaisho… Sesshoumaru has a little contemplative moment and Nina reappears in the Suzuki Corporations… why did she pop out? Find out in the next chapter!
Sorry but this chapter was sort of serious, and so will the next chapter, but don't worry! Our favorite Hanyou will be the good old sassy rude dog-boy in chapter six, so bear with me for a couple chapters!