Chapter 3:

Flowers on Fifth

By: pillowsama


Missed Meeting


As fate would have it, she once again creep out of the house as the residence clamored to the door. Quickly, she closed the glass panel, (the back door) and ran to the tree to touch it once more, before rushing away to the street towards home. Kagome let a breathe, relieved that she'd managed to escape once more alive. "At least I still kept my promise..."

The door? Why she was running? Wasn't it obvious?

It was that promise to Sesshoumaru. She knew it was Sesshoumaru with every single damn fiber of her being. He was going to be in the house any second and she wasn't going to be around for his greeting and their meeting.

'Damn...I signed the contracts.' Kagome mentally groaned when she realized that she wasn't going to get out. Her shoulders sagged and her pace reduced even slower. How was she going to handle this? She couldn't just try to get the whole thing done without seeing the groom. He could be everywhere, and they'd have to get into contact sometime... That was it!

"He wouldn't have to see me!"

Kagome chuckled and straightened her posture in this new revelation. 'I'd only have to avoid him.'

Kikyo and relayed to her that Sesshoumaru was much too busy at the office to even help with the wedding, which then she was dropped in the equation. To work with Kikyo, and when she totally, absolutely, like there was not way around it, had to see him, she'd just send Sango in her place, after all! They were in this together! (Sango and herself that is.)

It was going to be perfect.

The wedding that is. Already she could tell from the bride's expensive pick of flowers, and her radiance when she told her that cost was no object, just a substance. "And that substance, is going to stream it's way into my pocket..." Christmas was coming up, and she never could afford to get Sango anything that was worth something. This year! The girl was going to get a new outfit, a new wardrobe, and anything else she wanted!

When she turned the corner and landed herself on the fabulous fifth street she couldn't help but laugh. This street, this ugly, clean, stupid, place was where she met Naraku, where she talked to Sesshoumaru, where she lost him. Once when Sesshoumaru took her out to dinner she'd gotten in a argument about which street they'd walk on. 'I really didn't want to...' Kagome would've rather just walked the furtherest away from that cursed road of pavement. Each time she passed that area, it was like once more reminding herself of Naraku.

But she never told Sesshoumaru.

Kagome closed her eyes and listened to the quiet and let the wind chill her face numbing the flow of blood. Opening her mouth to let out a puff of air, her mind wandered back to that day.

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She'd tried to see Sesshoumaru as Naraku and he'd found out. She'd lost them both now. Sesshoumaru was coming to see her, but she'd gone out. Simple was that. Now she'd begged him to meet her on 5th.

"I'm leaving today."

She looked up at his cold reverence. She didn't even get a chance to explain. Yes, she'd known that information for a while, hoping that someway he'd consider it to stay here with her. "Then I'll see you this Christmas ja" Kagome lowered her eyes, and thought to herself, trying to convince herself it wasn't that far, only 20 more days.

"I'm never going to think of you again, after today Kagome."

It was going to snow. She could feel it within her. Her moment of peace was going to come. 'I'm never going to think you again...' Those were Sesshoumaru's words weren't they? She wasn't going to force him into anything, though deep down her every fiber wanted to push herself into him and scream her feelings.

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'Memories are only painful, if you remember them.'

Miroku had respectfully told her, that when he caught her crying like a child in the corner of the living room. (Sango wasn't home. If she was...oh. the horror...) Life was better to forgive and forget. To move on, and if you can't reach for the star, try and shoot for the moon. Right?

"Oh I'm shooting alright!" Kagome giggled to herself when she unlocked the door and let herself into the apartment.

Why couldn't she be as lucky as those people to get amnesia...you know like. Lose their memory, or something?

Stripping down to her birthday suit, she stepped into the shower. Her eyes closed when she calmly let the heat massage her body, weary from a days pressure of stress. On her way to the bathroom she managed to catch the clock.

Using the towel to wipe away the water dripping down her body, "Twelve o'clock, I'm naked, and alone." Kagome pulled a shirt over her head. "I hope this isn't going to happen forever."

She laughed, pulled the covers, and flipped off the light.


"Sesshoumaru!"

The bride-to-be embraced him tightly putting him at arm's length to examine his being. Though Sesshoumaru didn't see why. 'It's not like anything happened to me.' He snorted.

Rin and Shippo clamored to the door following suit, was mother, doing the same as Kikyo. Tiring it was from time to time, he managed to let this part of the meeting go. After all, they weren't ever going to stop and he wasn't going to fight it if there was no point. "Sesshomaru! guess what? I hired the wedding planner! She's really nice too!"

"I thought I assigned that job to Kikyo?" His eyebrow raised at the preteen.

She looked around to see any objections before answering. "You did, but I thought maybe it'd be better for me to do it, since Kikyo was going to be so busy." Rin smiled and ran to fold him in her arms. "Besides Sesshoumaru! You get to meet her now!"

They shoved his body into the empty next room. Let him repeat that. Empty. His family looked around surprised. They exchanged glances and searched the house leaving him in the room telling him to wait. He merely glanced around, being here so many times was a bit satisfies in some ways. After all. Home sweet home.

He noticed Shippo standing the corner, staring at him. The boy remained quit and had a stare that was almost enough to match his own. For a few minutes, they were in contest. But it seems it was too much for him.

"She's not here, left out the back door."

Here the family was scrambling to find the woman and Shippo was just standing there calmly as if this was natural. Which was a little strange since she was a business partner, if it were a relative he would understand. They've been known to roam. By relative, he meant InuYasha. Sesshoumaru couldn't figure out how he was related to him. (He guessed he just can't believe his unlucky fortune).

"Then, I suspect the deal is off?"

Shippo reached for a cookie lying in the middle of the table to nibble between his sentences. "No. She just had to go."

Sesshoumaru sighed. Maybe he was wearing on these kids too much. They don't speak anymore. Though, he did enjoy silence. Silence from children were by far the freakish thing, like they knew something adults didn't. Yes, he'd been watching too many scary movies.

"We can't find her Sesshoumaru, she's gone!" Rin cried, after running down from the stairs. "I'm so sorry!"

He got up and went to the refrigerator to grab a glass a milk. "It's fine Rin, give me her number, and I'll call her tomorrow. Everything will be okay." Moving to the couch where he sat he listened to the older women converse their ideas and thoughts about the wedding. It was boring. But just something he had to get through.

When it was time for him to leave, Rin handed him a piece of paper. Flowers on Fifth. Was who he was suppose to ask for? He took it tucked it in his pocket and promised to call her first thing in the morning. More of a favor than something important he had to do. "After all, why would I have to talk to a flower maid?" Sesshoumaru grumbled under his breathe. He opened the car door and waited for Kikyo to get in.

"She's a florist! duh!" shouted Shippo.


Gosh...So um...sorry it's so late? Thought no matter how dumb this story is! Please stick with it! cause the next chapter! I gonna be better! I promise...I just didn't know how I would get from tonight to tomorrow without fastforwarding the plot. but I'm going to try and point out that sometimes I change what's going to happen due to sudden inspiration.

another thing is the flash back as some of u probably know (Kagome's) is from the prequel. -cries- I just thought I should stir up some memories. Before -whispers- u kno...

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