Chapter 7
Inuyasha stood in Kagome's living room now, her mother was upstairs getting Kagome. Inuyasha examined the living room while she was away. There were many pictures of a small baby boy and a young couple but only one of a small girl in a purple kimono with red cherry blossoms on it at a festival. She was laughing, her hair was pulled into two pigtails with red ball hairties at the back of her head, and her face was slightly pink. "She was eight in that picture." Inuyasha snapped out of his trance and looked at Mrs. Higurashi, 'I'm sorry Inuyasha, she's at Sango's house. I'll uh...-" she glanced at the rose. 'Tell her you came by?" Inuyasha nodded and went home.
At school the next day Kagome wasn't visited by Inuyasha and sango and Miroku had been and gone and hadn't waited for her, so she trudged from class to class all day alone. At lunch she disappeared to the playground again and hid in the tube slide. 'I hate middle school! I hate the seventh grade! I hate being twelve and I hate Inuyasha!" she heard a noise and looked out of the tube slide and saw Inuyasha standing in the middle of the playground holding a slightly wilted rose. She climbed out of the slide and sat on a swing near Inuyasha but neither of them talked. "Kagome? Will you be my date to the Chirstmas dance?" He held out the wilted rose to her and she took it. "Uhh..." Kageom just got up and left. Inuyasha followed her to his house? Kagome was in Sesshomaru's office! Inuyasha stormed in and pounded on the door only to be knocked over the head with a frying pan by Rin. Kagome heard a thud as Inuyasha fell unconciuous to the floor. 'Now Kagome please continue while my brother is being caged."Sesshomaru listened intently as Kagome told him everything. "Mr. tama please-" Sesh raised his hand to stop her, "Please call me Sesshy or Sesh. I a not my father," he chuckled. Kagoem nodded, "Okay...but what do i do? I still uhhh..l-love Inuyasha..." she blushed and Sesh smiled to himself, 'my brother has actually found someone who truly loves him..' He patted her back and left his office, a moment later Rin came in, extremely psyched and giddy, "Okay..now here's what we're gonna do.."
DAY OF THE DANCE
Inuyasha slumped over to Miroku's locker, pried him and Sango apart at the lips, and sent Sango packing. "Miro, she hasn't answered me or talked to me since I asked her and rumors are flying that I'm still single...Kikyou and her thugs will come with the flood of every other girl in school that I dislke. What do i do?" Miroku told Inuyasha to take Kagome's sister Kikyou so Inuyasha did the opposite remembering what Kagome had said, he walked into the dance that night, dateless, dressed up in a black tux making him hotter than ever, and tugging at the tie rin had forced him to wear. Kagome came in behind him and squeaked loudly on acident. He flipped around along with every other guy in the dance hall and saw her standing there. She was wearing a red silky dress that went just past her ankles getting bigger as it went down but never thicker or poufier. It had spaghetti straps to hold it up and decorative sleeve like strands of sparkly red beads hanging on her arms. Her hair was in a loose bun at the back of her headand a cracker jack box prize ring was hanging from a gold chain around her neck. She was arm oin arm with a boy with ocean blue eyes and black hair in a high ponytail. 'Kouga? You're Kagome's date? But-" Kagoem glared at Inuyasha, trying to be as cold as possible but she was ready to die at how much it hurt her. "What's it to you? Are you aying you care or something? Does the mutt not like rejection and embarassment? Too freakin' bad!' With that said she dragged Kouga into the crowd and sent him to get a drink to hide her tears from them. It was like that all night. Inuyasha snapped at any girl who even glanced his way or asked to dance and kagoem dumped Kouga off on the dance floor and cried silently in a corner all night. After the eighth slow song Inuyasha smacked a girl and stalked outside to see kageom sitting on her curb sobbing, not caring about her pretty expensive dress getting wet in the snow. He sat in the tree behind her curb, watching her sob and shiver because she wasn't wearing her coat. "So how did the rejection feel? Did my lies and remarks hurt you at all?" She cried harder remembering all the cruel things she said, dying to take back every word but refusing to let rin's plan go to waste. "I can't bear to see you in pain like this Kagome...please...stop crying.." she looked at him. he was standing behind her, hands in his pockets, looking at the ground. "I'm sorry I won't dent you agian okay? So umm...wi-wil lyou go out with me?" kageom hugged him and whispered in his ear, makung them twitch alot, "yes." Inuyasha picked her up under her arms and twirled her around then he pulled her into the dance, onto the stage, oredered a slow song, and danced with her for all to see, making her blush like crazy and laugh, "You always have to make a scene don'tcha?" He just nodded and wiggled his ears again.