Kagome woke up and looked at the clock for the time.. She looked to see Sango still sleeping. She was so glad it was Saturday. Naraku, her boss, told her she wouldn't work weekends until she learned everything and was able to take and give the food orders out fast. She decided to get up. She didn't want to sleep the day away. She grabbed her towel and toothbrush and headed to the showers. When she came back she looked to find her friend still out light a light. She smiled and went to her closet to get out one of her summer dresses. She sat at her desk trying to study and work ahead a little bit.
KNOCK KNOCKShe was startled by a knock at the door. She walked over and opened it up to see a deliveryman standing there holding a box and a vase of lilies and tulips. She smiled 'Miroku is so sweet. She is going to turn beet red.' She thought to herself.
"Can I help you?" she asked the man.
"I have a delivery for," he looked at the clipboard in his hand, "Higurashi, Kagome." He told her
'Me? Who sent them?' she asked her self. She signed for them and thanked the man and closed the door. She went to sit on her bed to read the card.
"What's that Kagome?" Sango asked rubbing her eyes. She got up and sat next to her on the bed.
"I don't know Sango." She replied
Her and Sango read the note:
Kagome,
I would be honored if you to joined me for dinner tonight. Please wear the dress I sent you. I will pick you up around 4pm.
I hope you like the dress and the flowers.
Sesshoumaru
"Wow!" Sango said. "Open the box!" she said excitedly.
She opened the box and pulled out a long dress. It was white at the top and became a darker pink as it got close to the bottom. It had little sparkles all over it. It was an off the shoulder dress with almost invisible straps to hold it up. In the box was a wrap to match the dress.
"That's so beautiful! Are you going to go?" she asked
"I don't know. It is kind of weird for him to buy me a dress just to go out to dinner." She sighed
"Obviously he's taking you to a formal restaurant and he knew you didn't have anything to wear."
"Maybe. How am I suppose to wear this though." She looked to her closet. "I don't have any shoes to match." Falling limply on her bed with the dress resting on her stomach.
"I know!" Sango said with a big smile. "We'll go shopping. I know we can find the perfect shoes for it. We can even get you a purse too. We have six hours until you leave. I'll go get ready." She said grabbing her stuff and running to the bathroom. A half hour later they were on there way.
They had already been in ten stores and they still didn't find anything. She was starting to get tired and just wanted to go back and tell him she couldn't go.
"Kagome! Let's try this place." Sango shouted to her
She looked up to see the sign. It said 'Heels That Kill'. They walked in and it was pretty big. The only thing they sold was shoes and a few purses. They were looking around for a few minutes before a woman that worked there came up to them.
"Can I help you ladies?" she asked. She was tall with brown eyes and had her black hair in a bun with chopstick that had chains hanging from the ends. Her earrings were long and had white feathers on them.
"My friend here was looking for a pair of heels and a purse to match a dress she just got." Sango spoke up for her
"What are the colors?" she asked
Kagome smartly bring the wrap with it pulled it from her purse to show the woman. She watched as she looked at it. Her eyebrows scrunched up as she tried to think if she had anything.
"I know!" she yelled as her eyes lit up and she ran to the back. When she came back she was holding a box and handed it to Kagome. "We got these in yesterday. We have a matching purse too."
"Kagura!" another woman called for her.
"Please excuse me for just a moment." She said and walked over to the woman who had called her.
"So what do you think Miss?" she questioned her when she came back over.
Kagome opened the box and looked at the contents. They were beautiful. The matched the dark pink at the bottom of her dress. They shimmered and even had little rhinestones going down the middle of the front. It had ribbon to tie up her calf that was the same color. The heel was about two inches high. Which she didn't think that she would have trouble with them. They were simply perfect. "May I see the purse?" she asked the woman.
"Sure. I'll be right back." and she walked back to the back room. She came back out a minute later with a small purse in her hand.
"Here you go!"
The purse had no strap. It was simple and very thin. It was the same color as the shoes and had shimmer and rhinestones on it as well.
"I love it. They are perfect." She frowned "How much would it be altogether?" she said curiously
Kagura the woman helping them scrunched her face and looked around and bent down closer to Kagome. "Around $65.00," she paused. Kagome's jaw dropped and she frowned. "But, I'll give them to you for $35. That's the best I can do." She winked and smiled at her standing back up again.
Kagome's eyes went wide and almost fell. She smiled after it sank in. "Thank you!" she quietly said in response. "I'll get it." She told her happily with a warm smile.
After they had found the perfect shoes and purse they stopped for ice cream at a small little parlor they passed by earlier that day.
"So are you nervous?" Sango prodded
"Just a little bit. I just don't know how to do my hair and I never wear make up let alone own any." Saying worriedly and sighing.
"Leave it up to me. That will be my job." She smiled reassuring her best friend. They finished their ice cream and headed back to get Kagome ready.
Sesshoumaru looked at his clock reading the time. '3:45' he saw he needed to head towards Kagome's room so they could leave. He grabbed his keys locked his door and headed towards room 351.
"How do I look?" she asked her friend
When she heard a gasp from Sango she freaked out.
"I knew it. I knew I shouldn't have told him I would go. I'm not one of those classy girls that he's obviously used to. I should tell him I changed my mind." She wimpered
"No! You are going and there is no turning back." She reprimanded her. "You look like a princess Kagome. His jaw is going to drop when he sees you."
"You think so?" biting her lip nervously
"I promise you he's going to..." Sango was interrupted by a knock at the door.
He checked his watch again seeing if he was making good time. 'At this rate we'll be early. If she is ready. I hope she got the dress and flowers.' He said as he looked up at the rose in his hand. He stood in front of her door and knocked.
The door opened revealing Sango. He gave her a questioning look when she invited him, but he entered the room and saw Kagome standing their purse in hand ready to go. He couldn't move, afraid of the heavenly being would leave. He looked at her with the dress he sent her and the wrap draping off her shoulders. She had a dark pink colored purse with matching shoes. He hair was up with little strands of curls hanging from her bun. She had clear gloss on her lips that made her shine more then the rhinestones in her hair. She was a goddess, was all he could think. He walked up to her kissing her hand and giving her the pure white rose he brought for her.
She stood there watching him stare and started to become uncomfortable. She saw he was wearing a black suit that made his hair seem more silver. His eyes seem to light up as if there were flames behind them. She was broken out of her trance when he came up and planted a kiss on her hand and handed her a white rose.
"You look beautiful. I hope you like the dress?" he stated more then asked.
She nodded to his question and told him, "I love it, thank you." She blushed.
"Shall we go. I don't want to be late." He told her
She nodded and looked to Sango, "Thank you Sango. I'll be back late. See you then." She hugged her and waved as they walked out the door.
"He better not hurt you Kagome. Or I will hurt him." She said to nobody.
When they got to his car he opened the door for her to get in and closed it behind her. He got in and drove off down the road.
"So where are we going?" she asked
"It's a suprise."
As they headed towards their destination they talked a little and listened to music.
"What time is it dear?" Mr. Takashi asked
"It's five 'til." She answered. "Don't worry he'll be here soon. I have never know him to run late." She reassured her husband and heard a car pull into the drive. "In fact he's here now. Let's go meet them." She told him and they walked out the front door.
They pulled up to his house about five o'clock. She looked at it. 'That's not a house. That's a mansion.' She told herself. The house was two stories high and had two wings on each side. The driveway was a circle and made of stone. There were four pillars covering the door reached about fifty feet high. All the windows seemed to be about fifteen feet high on the first floor and the windows on the second were about eight feet wide on the second. The front door was made of oak and had a scene of gods and demons carved into it. As they approached the front door two people came out. The woman had long dark brown hair that touched the back of her knees and some of it was pulled into a bun atop her head. She wore a dark green gown made of satin the flared at the bottom and was fitted at the top. The man wore a black suit identical so Sesshoumaru. She noticed the man had dark golden eyes and silver hair that ended at his shoulders. She knew it was his father by his look but was almost thrown of because of the warm smile he had planted on his face. They walked up the steps and stopped a the oak carved door as he looked from the woman to the man.
"Mother, father, this is Kagome Higurashi." He said holding her hand.
"Please to meet you Kagome." She said with a sweet and tender voice with a smile on her face. She gave Kagome a hug and backed away saying, "I'm Sesshoumaru's mother, Izayoi Takashi. But just call me Izayoi." She smiled
"It's a pleasure Kagome," his father said kissing the same hand Sesshoumaru had earlier She blushed and bowed. His father heard a low growl knowing who it had come from. "You can call me dad." And he earned another growl for that comment. So he just smiled.
"It's very nice to meet you as well." She said nervousness in her voice as she bowed.
"Shall we go inside and eat?" Izayoi said as she grabbed her husband's arm pulling him inside.
Sesshoumaru held his arm out for her and she softly placed her hand on it as they walked inside.
When they walked in she gasped at the sight. It had a rounded staircase that ended on each side. To left was the family room with cherry wood furniture, a leather couch and a big screen TV. To the right where they were going was the dinning room. It had dark wood flooring with an area rug that almost covered it. In the middle was a dark cherry dinning table that could sit twelve people. There were two, five stem candle loppers evenly spaced in the middle. Sesshoumaru directed her to the seat in the middle of the table that was across from his mother. He took a seat next to her and was across from his father. As soon as they sat down some butlers came in and served dinner.
When dinner ended Sesshoumaru and his father left for his study to talk about some business. Izayoi asked if she wanted a tour of the house. She had noticed earlier that Kagome was in awe, so took her around showing her the rooms, garden pool and the training room. Which she had a suspicion that it was built for Sesshoumaru. When they were done they decided to talk over some tea.
"So what business did you need to discuss with me son?" his father asked
"Do you know of a property called the Sunset Shrine?"
"Yes, I'm buying it and going to build condo's there. Why?" he replied
"I would like you to cancel your plans." He stated and demanded all at the same time.
"Why should I stop?" his father said from his desk looking over some paperwork. 'Higurashi? So the Kagome, the girl he has fallen for, is losing her home. Now I understand.' He thought smiling inwardly.
"I have no need to explain my reasons. Just change the contract. Buy it and let it remain the same. Let the shrine stay where it is and the family that stays there can be the caretakers." He said
"Okay. I will revise the contract tomorrow and take it down Monday for them to sign." He said with a knowing smile.
'That was easier than I thought. He's up to something.' He told himself
"So will you to be staying the night? I think your mother would enjoy it if you stayed until tomorrow afternoon. She doesn't get to see you or Inuyasha much anymore. And she likes to be the host." He more demanded than asked.
"I will ask Kagome what she would like to do first." He said removing himself from his seat.
"Why don't you and Sesshoumaru stay the night and leave tomorrow afternoon?" Izayoi asked her.
"Well I don't have anything to wear. I didn't bring anything else with me." Replied Kagome
"Well I have something you can borrow until tomorrow. Then we can go buy you a new outfit while the boys talk business." She smiled.
"Well I guess it's okay. I don't have anything to do tomorrow. I do need to make a phone call."
"Here you go dear." She handed her the phone. "You can use that room while you talk if you'd like." She pointed to a door across the hallway.
Kagome entered the room, which happened to be the library. She was sickened at all the books that covered the walls. She sat down on a chair in the middle of the room by the fire place and called Sango.
"Hello?" she heard Sango said
"Hey Sango."
"Hey Kagome. How is it going?"
"Fine. I will be back tomorrow though. We are at his parents house and decided to spend the night. I'll tell you all about it when I get back. Okay?"
"Okay Kagome. Just be careful and I'll see you tomorrow." She said and hung up the phone.
She then called her mom to check on everything that was happening there.
"Hello?" Souta said
"Hey Souta. Where's mom?" she asked
"Kagome? She's at the hospital. She will be back in a little while. She's been there all day."
"How's grandpa doing?"
"Not so good." He told her sadly, "I'm not sure what else because momma doesn't tell me anything other than how he's doing."
"Well I'm going to try and come to visit this week. So just tell mom I'll call her back tomorrow. And Souta," she paused, "Make sure she gets some rest."
"Okay. Talk to you later sis." He said and hung up the phone.
She walked out of the library and back to the kitchen. Izayoi was sitting there speaking with the butler about something.
"Sui, please show Kagome to the green room." She told him and looked to her. "You must be tired. You look exhausted. Sui will show you to your room. Get some rest, we will be starting ealry tomorrow." She smiled
"Thank you very much. I will see you in the morning." She said bowing and walked of to tail the butler.