"Sesshomaru! Mwah, mwah!" A young woman walked up and gave Sesshomaru two smooches on the cheeks. She was pretty, with shoulder-length brown hair and pretty hazel eyes. Her smile was very bright, and there was a strong radiance of goodness about her. The woman turned toward Kagura, slightly surprised to see her there. "Oh, Sesshomaru, dear, you never told me you were married!"
"I am not." Sesshomaru said rather coldly as Kagura ducked away behind them. The two were greeting their guests at the ball, and Kagura and Sesshomaru had gone through this part about a million times already. "Nor am I engaged. Kagura here is simply under my care and will be for…a while." Kagura nodded earnestly, trying to appear something more of a daughter and not a lover to Sesshomaru. But with her sexy cocktail dress, it was hard to do so. "Kagura, please meet Rin. She is one of my associates." Kagura raised an eyebrow of suspicion towards him, thinking maybe she was one of his past girlfriends and wanted to reel him in, like several of the other ladies she had met and been stared down upon her with pea-green envy. But after a second, a tall, handsome young man hurried in and gave Rin a kiss on the cheek. "Ah, this is Kohaku, CEO of Typhoid Inc. He and Rin are married." Rin smiled brightly at Kagura, who instantly liked the young woman.
"Pleased to meet you," Kagura gave a proper little curtsy and smiled back at Rin.
Rin clasped her hand and whispered, "You're the first woman who's had a chance to really be with Sesshy here. He's like a big brother to me, and you must mean so much to him. Oh, I just know we'll be friends." Kagura honestly felt very comfortable, and smiled brightly and nodded, leaving the two men rather confused. Kagura and Sesshomaru watched as the happy couple parted, disappearing into the busy crowd.
"Yo, Sessh! Sup, man?" Kagura raised her eyebrows. It was…a man who looked somewhat like Sesshomaru. Long, glossy, silver hair, glowing eyes, though amber and not cool grey, and and a tall, strong build. The man had an easy-going smile on his face, and the tux seemed barely able to stuff his outgoing personality in. Kagura smiled, feeling like he would also be one of her friends, but Sesshomaru seemed to go rigidly cold at the sight of him. Kagura looked up with confusion.
"Inu Yasha, dear brother. How are you?" Oh, this guy was his brother. Sesshomaru had mentioned something about a step-brother who didn't particularly get along with him. Kagura silently took him in. She could sort of see why a person like Sesshomaru wouldn't like him. Inu Yasha, if that was his name, seemed really loose and easy, while Sesshomaru always had barriers up and was quite cool to people. A small, terrified-looking young lady stepped out from behind Inu Yasha and curtsied to Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru-san, I'm so pleased to meet you…" Inu Yasha smiled at her proudly.
"This is Kagome. She's my date today."
Sesshomaru cocked an eyebrow. "For today, but will you still keep her once another leggy supermodel comes? I know you too well, Inu Yasha. You've had more girlfriends than I can count." Inu Yasha's eyes shadowed over and narrowed dangerously. He opened his mouth, looking furious but stopped at the sight of Kagura.
"What's this, Sessh? You've picked up a babe for yourself too?" Inu Yasha gave an exaggerated wink to Kagura and picked up her hand, kissing it delicately. "Hello. My name is Inu Yasha. Enchanted to meet you…"
Kagura took her hand back, seeing what Sesshomaru meant. She gave a wicked smile and said, "Pleased to meet you too, Inu Yasha. My name is Kagura, and I'm one of those girls that you'll never get by doing that stupid Romeo 'kiss the girl's hand to win her over' kind of stuff."
Inu Yasha smiled, pleased. "This one's got some spunk eh? I think we'll get along just fine, without the Romeo stuff." Sesshomaru glared at him and Inu Yasha took a step back. "C'mon, don't take it seriously, Sessh. I know better than to poach on your property. I understand, this babe must seriously be good to bag you. I can't remember the last time YOU were with a woman." Sesshomaru's lip twisted., and he opened his mouth, about to make a denial no doubt.
"INU YASHA, I can't believe you just did that to the poor woman!" Kagura was surprised to hear Inu Yasha's girlfriend yell at him like that. Some people turned around to look and a hoard of women started rushing over. Meanwhile, Inu Yasha's 'shy' girlfriend yelled at him for not respecting Kagura's private space. Kagura giggled, feeling that she was going to like Kagome too.
"Oh, it's no problem. I'm Kagura. Real nice to meet you." Kagome smiled at her warmly but then rounded on Inu Yasha. Kagura tapped them lightly on the shoulder, whispering, "Umm..I dunno if you've noticed, but a mob is coming your way." Inu Yasha suddenly realized all the women headed his way.
"INU YASHA, YOU NEVER CALLED ME BA-" "Back off, bitch, he's mine!" "Did I give you my number?" "DO YOU REMEMBER ME? I'M JODY, WE WENT OUT THAT TIME!"
Inu Yasha rubbed his temple and grabbed Kagome by the arm. He held her high up and shouted, "I'M TAKEN!" The women backed off, each grumbling and shooting glares at Kagome, who was just about to scream at Inu Yasha to use her as a human shield. Kagura continued to laugh, unaware of Sesshomaru's thin line of a mouth.
"Kagome, I really think we'll get along fine." Kagura hugged her and whispered, "A tip: next time, don't scream, just be all silent and give him the cold shoulder. He'll come running to you, begging for forgiveness."
"Will do."
"Oh, and don't worry about Sesshomaru. He doesn't have a grudge against you or anything, he's always just cold. And I have a feeling that Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru don't get along very well…" Kagome nodded in agreement and yelled a hurried goodbye as Inu Yasha pulled her away to the buffet table.
"See ya 'round!" They yelled back.
Kagura shook her head. They actually seemed like the only two people who were like REAL people here. The rest of them had smiles that didn't quite reach their eyes, clothes that were too sexy and tight, and a face that was so phony Kagura felt like punching each one of them in. Unfortunately, they were also the only two who Sesshomaru appeared to especially despise. Kagura sighed.
Inu Yasha came back a second later saying, "Congrats on bagging your new girlfriend by the way."
Kagura was going to protest, but Sesshomaru's eyes glinted over and he said, "Thank you. She is quite a treasure, isn't she?"
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