Ever since that day Inuyasha couldn't get Kikyou's expression off his mind. Whoever gave her that nickname must have hurt her badly. Although he wanted to know that story behind the nickname; he didn't want to ask her. It seemed to bring back painful memories for her. It was Friday night. Every Friday night Miroku would throw a party. Inuyasha never really considered it a party, because only he, Kagura, and Sango would show up. Occasionally Kikyou would come too.

"Hey I have an idea." Miroku said to Inuyasha.

"An idea about what?" Inuyasha wondered

"Why don't you ask Kikyou to come to the party?"

"I would but you know that she never comes."

"Well don't you just as her as a favor. I'm sure that she'll come then."

"Feh! Alright fine I'll ask only so you can get off my back." Inuyasha waited until after school to ask Kikyou. He found her sitting outside at one of the benches. It looked like she was waiting for someone. "Hey Kikyou." He called out. She turned to see him and smiled. She waited for him to sit down with her.

"Hello Inuyasha."

"Um Kikyou I was wondering if I could ask you something."

"Sure what is it?"

"Well you know that Miroku is having his party tonight. And I was hoping that you would come."

"I…" she started. But both turned their attention to a black jeep. The car stopped directly in front of them. The door opened and Kurama stepped out. "Hey Kikyou do you want a ride home?" he wondered.

Kikyou turned to look at Inuyasha. He seemed angry that Kurama had even showed up in the first place. "Don't not go because I'm sitting here you go ahead. Hey Kikyou what about tonight will you come?" Inuyasha spoke.

"Yes Inuyasha I will be there. I'll see you tonight." He nodded and then watched as Kikyou got into the car. He stood there watching her until she was gone. Suddenly a voice startled him. "You really like her don't you." Kagura asked.

"Hey you should stop sneaking up on people."

"Yeah whatever but you seriously like Kikyou don't you?" Inuyasha didn't have to say anything. The blush on his face gave his cover away. Well it wasn't like it was much of a secret anyway. He and Kikyou had been crushing on each other since junior high. Well over the last few years it became more serious for him. He wasn't sure exactly what she felt.

"Um that's none of your business." He told her.

"I think that's cute that you have a crush on her."

"Yeah well I got to get going." He left Kagura standing there. Kagura knew for a fact that Kikyou liked Inuyasha too. She know felt that it was her mission to bring them together, at least before they graduated. "I've got to get those two together somehow." She thought to herself.

(Later that night at Miroku's party)

Everything was going fine the music was good, the food was good; everyone was having a good time. Even Inuyasha had started to loosen up a bit, but noticed that Kikyou hadn't shown yet. "I wonder what's keeping her."

"Don't worry Inuyasha I'm sure that she'll be here." Sango told him.

"Sango dear will you do me the honor of dancing with me?" Miroku asked. Sango wasn't sure what he was up too. But she really didn't see the harm in dancing with him. "Okay sure." She agreed. Miroku took her hand and they began to dance. Everything was going fine until Miroku could no longer control himself. He reached over and grabbed her. "You pervert." She shouted leaving a bright print on his face.

"But Sango I…"

"I should have known it was too good to be true."

Soon there was a knock at the door. Miroku opened the door only to come face to face with Kikyou. He was also surprised to see Kurama too. "Oh hello Kikyou come in." he told her.

"Let me guess Sango huh." She said pointing to the print on his face.

"Yeah." He nodded. Inuyasha turned around when he saw Kikyou. He smiled when he saw her. But when he saw who was standing besides her. The smile from his face faded away. "Hello Kikyou, Hi Kurama." Sango said.

"Hey everybody." The red haired boy greeted everyone. Kikyou noticed Inuyasha standing there. He didn't make any sudden movements to acknowledge that she was there. It was like she wasn't even in the room. "Hello Inuyasha." Kikyou spoke.

"Huh oh hey Kikyou I see you brought him."

Kurama could tell Inuyasha had some sort of problem with him. That was more than obvious. Only he decided that he wouldn't confront him until something major happened. "Well who wants some chips? We have the plain ones and the ones with the ridge things." Sango tried desperately to ease the tension. Kikyou sat down in the middle of Sango and Kagura. Miroku was busy shuffling a deck of cards in his hand. He was hoping to get a game started. He seriously needed to win some money.

"Hey Miroku can I talk to you outside. You know about that thing." Inuyasha asked

"What thing?" Miroku had no idea what he was talking about.

Inuyasha threw his elbow in the direction of where Kurama was standing. Miroku caught on quickly from there. "Oh that thing sure lets go." As soon as they went outside, the girls couldn't help but be curious. They wanted to know what that was all about. Kikyou had a pretty good idea. It had to have something to do with Kurama being there.

"Well that was awkward." Sango spoke.

"Yeah that sure was." Kagura agreed.

"Hey Kikyou I don't think that your friend likes me too much." Kurama couldn't help but notice. As if it weren't already obvious enough.

"Don't be silly Inuyasha doesn't really like anyone."

"Yeah it took him years to stop hating me. And I still think he secretly hates me." The red eyed girl said.

(Outside)

"Miroku what the hell is he doing here?" Inuyasha asked.

'I don't know. I didn't know that he was coming."

"If I knew that she was going to bring him. I wouldn't have asked her to come." Miroku sat there as he shuffled his cards. Inuyasha knew that whenever he did that he wanted to get a game going. "Oh I see you want to play some poker."

"Yeah I need some money."

"Alright then let's go back inside then and see if they want to play."

"Okay." Miroku nodded. "But what about Kurama he's still there."

"Yeah I know. Its no problem I'll deal." They went back into the house to see that everyone was gone. They were all outside in the backyard. So Inuyasha and Miroku went out there as well. "So I see that the party is outside now." Miroku spoke.

"Yeah sorry about that Miroku, I was just showing the girls something. I wanted to show them the stars and constellations." Kurama explained. Miroku stood there for a moment as he thought about what Kurama said.

"Hey Kurama does that sort of thing actually work on girls?" he wanted to know.

"Sure they like stuff like that." Miroku walked over to the red head and pulled him aside. "Tell me everything that you know about the stars and stuff." Miroku whispered.

"That's typical behavior from Miroku." Sango said. Kikyou and Kagura nodded as they continued to look up at the stars. They were especially bright tonight for some reason. Inuyasha wanted to say something to her. But Kurama had gotten to her first. "Hey Kikyou can we talk?" he wondered.

"Sure Kurama was it?"

"Well I…" he started. "It's sort of personal really." Inuyasha's ears picked up on everything. He felt that he had already lost Kikyou to Kurama. After all they were childhood friends, and they seemed inseparable.

"Well I have no reason to stay here, I'd better be going." He turned to leave. But no one seemed to notice but Kagura. He was obviously upset about Kikyou and Kurama. She got up and went over to him. "Inuyasha where are you going?" she asked him.

"I'm going home what does it look like."

"You shouldn't leave just because Kurama is here."

"Hey it's none of my business; whatever is going on between them." He kept walking until he got to the front door. He was about to turn the knob when Kagura called out to him. "You haven't lost Kikyou. Inuyasha I have an idea. Why don't you write Kikyou a song, she'll love that."

"You think that I should write a song." He repeated.

"Yeah you have a guitar don't you."

A smile appeared on his face. "Yeah you're right. I'll write her a song that's a good idea. Hey I got to go bye Kagura."

(Outside with Kikyou and Kurama)

"What is it Kurama?" she wondered.

"I was wondering Kikyou, if maybe you would go out with me."