Free of Restrictions
By LinZiShuo (formerly known as Rikaloveshinu)
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Chapter 2
"Kagome! Hurry up!"
"I'm coming! Be patient, Sango! I've never worn something like this - not since prom anyway..."
Sango sighed exasperatedly, before stepping in the room. She walked over to Kagome and helped her tie the straps behind her neck.
"Believe me, Kagome. This is nothing like a prom dress. This is a 'lady going out for a night on the town' dress. Now turn around - lemme see."
Kagome turned around, staring at the floor uncomfortably. 'I've never worn a halter dress before...' She looked at Sango, who was examining her dress.
"Something's not right..." Sango muttered to herself, before reaching over and snatching the hair chopsticks from Kagome's hair, causing it to fall down over her shoulders.
"Wha-"
"Aha! Perfect!" Sango crowed, grabbing a comb out of her bag and quickly running it through Kagome's hair. "Keep your hair down, but keep it on your back so you can see your front - it looks gorgeous!"
"A-are you sure? I-I look like some floozy!" Kagome stuttered, slightly alarmed by her friend's strange attitude. 'It's like she's a different person here!'
"No, not a floozy! You look perfect - and it'll make tonight a great time! Remember, we don't have to act like ourselves! Or, we can act more like ourselves than ever! Come on! The night's passing us by in a hotel room!"
Sango grabbed Kagome's wrist and dragged her out of the room and towards the elevator. Kagome sighed, leaning back against the elevator wall.
"Sango? I'm not so sure about this..."
"Kagome, why? This is the first time you've been able to get away from Koga for nearly a year! He's too restricting on you! I wanted you to come so you could have some fun!" When Kagome didn't respond, Sango sighed, leaning against the wall. "Kagome, you're like a sister to me, and I can tell you don't like Koga. You're miserable. If you can have a good time here, then you can tell Koga that you're sick of him and you want to see other people. I hate seeing you miserable, and I WILL make sure you have a good time on this trip!"
Kagome sighed, seating herself at the bar with a glace at her friend - who was currently dining with a man who lived near New York, not too far from where they worked. 'At least someone is having a good time...what a bore...'
"Excuse me, miss, do you mind if I take this seat?"
Kagome was startled by the sound of a deep voice, and looked over to see a man with long black hair and violet eyes smiling at her, hesitantly pulling the chair from the bar.
"N-no, go ahead. I'm not waiting for anyone." She stuttered nervously. 'I wonder who he is...and why he would be here of all places...he looks to...down to earth...to be a bad guy...' she thought, as the man seated himself and ordered a Coke.
"My name's Inu Yasha. I'm from Dallas." He said, offering his hand.
"Kagome - I'm from New York." She replied, shaking his hand. "I've never been to Las Vegas before. I'm here on a 'get away from work' trip with some friends. What brings you here?"
"My friend is not to be trusted in a city like this - I would call myself his chaperone, even though he is technically a year older than me."
Kagome laughed. "I got myself dragged into this. I didn't really want to come...I'm kind of nervous being this far from home."
"I've never been here either." He said with a smile, before his brow furrowed uncertainly. "You said you were here with some friends? Where are they? I wouldn't leave someone on their own on their first trip to Vegas."
Kagome shot a dry look over to her friend who was currently still being charmed by the man from earlier. "My dear friend Sango is a little...preoccupied...right now..."
Inu Yasha glanced over in the direction she was looking, and winced.
"Ooh...you may want to warn her-"
He was interrupted by the sound of a hard slap, and the cry of 'Pervert!' from the said woman.
"-about him. Oops. Yeah...That's my friend. He's from New York, but he asked me to meet him here this weekend so that he 'wouldn't get into trouble', but I know he's just trying to get me set up with somebody. It's a hopeless task - my job is my only mistress." He sighed in a 'woe is me' kind of way, causing Kagome to laugh.
"Why, what job could be that demanding?"
"I'm a doctor - in the ER."
"Oh. That would be a demanding job."
"What about you? Are you a slave to the woe which is work?"
"I," she paused, taking a suspenseful breath."Am a newspaper editor/columnist. Lowsy pay, no respect, but it keeps me fed."
He snorted. "Why not get a new job? You're still young - you can't be older than 20."
She let out a snort. "20! I, my dear friend, am 25."
"Hm. As long as we're swapping facts, I'm 28. It's a pity. At this rate, I shall die a lonely man."
"You cannot be telling me you don't have a girlfriend. Even I managed to get my self tethered to an obsessive boyfriend who can't seem to realize when he's been dumped...surely you have at least a stalker on your tail." She teased.
"Alas, no stalker for me. Although, if your friend over there keeps flirting with Miroku like that, she may have a stalker of her own. I've never seen him so smitten!"
Kagome laughed. "It seems she's already gotten herself over the small perversity accident earlier."
"Oh, that was no accident. Miroku is a class 'A' pervert. Has been since high school." Inu Yasha said with a smirk. He paused, before speaking again. "Kagome, would you be interested in joining me for dinner tonight? I know we've just met, but I'd like to at least make a friend from this little excursion."
Kagome paused. 'Should I? He seems nice enough, and he is certainly handsome...'
"I'd love to."
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