Hey everyone! Sorry for the much delayed chapter, what can I say? School is making very busy, and I just started high school! I got lost a couple times and had to find my classes, but now that I'm comfortable, I should find some time for my chapters! Anyways, thanks to everyone that reviewed!

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Inugurl617: Thank you very much for your support and your review! I've noticed that you're almost always the first one to review! Thanks!

Ray12304: Thank you for your review! I guess I made Kikyo a tad bit too evil…but Kagome will have a happy ending. As for Kikyo's sort of death day, it'll be next chapter.

3 to 2: Thank you for your review you guys! I'm sorry, I guess I made Kikyo a little too evil, but next chapter, I think you'll like what happens to her.. ::hint hint:: Anyways, yes, this did happen in the series, and it was really frustrating to watch. My writing doesn't do justice to the series. It doesn't matter how you review, I'm just glad you review! Thanks again!

Jason: You're pretty accurate on your guess about Kikyo, I'll give you that, but I think you find out how next chapter. About Inuyasha/Shizuki thing, you're not really correct. Thanks for reviewing! Sorry for not emailing Jurneyo, too busy now a days.

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Chapter 18

Picking up her dress, her feet ran as fast as possible in her high heels. Tears burned her eyes, threatening to fall, making her escape blind. Finally, she spotted a door and opened it to find it a stairway. Quickly, she walked in and closed it, leaning upon it for support. Slowly, she slid down and sat with her knees supporting her head. Streams of tears trailed down her velvet cheeks.

"How could this happen?" Kagome wondered. She had done nothing to deserve this. Somehow, in the back of her mind, something nagged her that it was Kikyo's doing, by the way she had smirked at the miko. It kind of puzzled Kagome, why was Kikyo acting like this when Kagome always treated her with respect and kindness? Sure, Kikyo had a boyfriend that looked like Kagome's first love, but Kagome wasn't that mean to take him away from her.

Her thoughts wondered on, until her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" Kagome asked, trying not to sound as depressed as she was feeling at the moment.

"Hey Kagome." Kouga's deep rich voice filled the phone. "How's the company party?"

"It's fine, but do you think you could pick me up?" Kagome asked, carefully, trying not to let Kouga know that she had been hurt.

Concern laced his voice as he responded, "Why? I thought it lasted until 9:30 and it's only 8. Is something wrong?"

Kagome shook her head, "No, of course not, nothing's wrong." She reassured him.

"Alright, I'll pick you up; I'll be there in fifteen minutes." He said and then he hung up.

Kagome took a deep breath and stood up with her shaking legs. Smoothing her hair, she clutched the door knob, pulling it. But something was wrong, it was stuck. The miko shook the knob, as if it were going to open if she persisted. Giving out a sigh, she murmured.

"Great, as if my night could get any worse."

She turned around, only to find herself in a state of shock. Right behind her, about two feet away, was a demon. Only, she had the appearance of human, however, with an aura of a demon. Her deep violet eyes swirled with evil and want. The demon's goal was of course, the jewel that hung around Kagome's neck.

Kagome bit her lip, she shouldn't have said that her night couldn't get worse. It just did. And she was caught unprepared, without her bows and arrows. Oh well, her self defense lessons she had learned from her mother, from miko training would have to do. Bows and arrows were her main weapons, but not the only weapons.

Kagome steadied herself in a defense stance as she saw the demon lunge towards her. Rapidly, Kagome swept to the side and brought both of her hands up in front of her and concentrated. Her power, flowing through her veins gathered at her finger tips, tingling to be let out. With aim, she blasted the demon. Kagome's chocolate eyes were transfixed on the defeated demon. She was lucky enough to be challenging one of the weaker class demons; otherwise, she didn't have enough power left. The last attack had drained her. Panting, she slid onto her knees. Suddenly, she heard the door creak behind her, opening. The door was letting in some more light, making Kagome squint. As her eyes adjusted, she saw Kouga standing there. She grinned happily as he made his way through the debris of the demon.

"Heard the ruckus, so I came here as fast as I could, but you took care of it good." Kouga stated as he helped her to her feet, making her petite body lean on his.

"Thanks for everything." Kagome said, as they headed to his blue car. The drive home was silent, but comfortable. When Kouga pulled in front of the apartment, Kagome reached over and pecked him on the cheek.

"Thanks again." Kagome said.

"I love you." Kouga said. Kagome nodded and turned to walk up the steps. Kouga watched her as she disappeared up the steps.

Kouga gripped the steering wheel hard.

"She still hasn't said it to me yet…" His ice blue eyes betraying his turmoil inside. They were reflecting sadness and anger. Out of the years that Kagome and Kouga had dated, Kagome had never once said "I love you" to him. She had to love him; she couldn't love that jerk who had died ten years ago.

"One day, Kagome, one day, you'll love me. Just wait and see." With that, he started the engine and headed home.

Kagome sat in the car as Rin drove up to the resort. Kagome knew that the atmosphere wasn't going to be at ease between her and Shizuki. She still didn't know why he glared at her like he did the night before. One name popped in her mind, the name that was the answer to everything she questioned at his behavior.

"Kikyo…"

Kagome's gloved hands gripped the side of her seat. How could Kikyo do that? How could she turn someone against her? When she had done nothing wrong?

"We're here!" Rin chirped happily. Kagome nodded and stepped out of the car. She gave one last sigh before she had to face the tension. Together, she and Rin walked inside.

Kagome looked out the window as Rin drove her towards a local bar. The four of them, well Rin and Sesshoumaru, agreed to go out for a drink to celebrate that they were almost towards the decorating phase. Shizuki and Sesshoumaru were trailing right behind them in Sesshoumaru's car.

"How many people are in your party?" the waitress asked Rin.

"Table for four please." Rin requested. The waitress led them to the table and gave them menus for the drinks. Kagome resisted the urge to cough as the smoke from other people smoking drifted over to her. She had to admit that she hated going to bars, but Rin agreed for her to go, so she couldn't pass it.

"May I take your order?" the waitress asked as she pulled out the notepad and a pencil that was tucked on top of her ear.

Kagome ordered first, "I'll take a coke please, no alcohol for me." Rin took a Pina Colada, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha took a bottle of beer. Little conversation was going on as they waited for their drinks. When the waitress came back, she gave everyone their orders.

"Let's play a game!" Rin said out of the blue. The rest nodded, seeing there was nothing else to do.

"It's like truth or dare, but, if you don't answer truthfully or you don't do the dare, you have to take a shot of liquor." Rin explained as she motioned for the waitress to order some liquor and four shot glasses. Kagome backed out, but Rin convinced her, all she had to do was answer truthfully and do the dares, it wasn't that hard right? After all, Kagome couldn't handle alcohol, just one sip would make her queasy and a shot would probably make her drunk.

Rin looked around the table and requested that Sesshoumaru go first.

"Rin, truth or dare?" Sesshoumaru asked.

Rin's eyes glittered mischievously.

"Truth." She said simply.

Sesshoumaru nodded and scrunched his eye brows in concentration. His face lit up to signal that he had thought of something.

"Are you seeing someone?" He asked his face passive once again.

Rin giggled, and blushed, it was straight forward, but she answered,

"Nope." With those words, if you looked really carefully into Sesshoumaru's eyes, you would see a happy glint in them. However, it disappeared as fast as it had appeared.

"Alright, Shizuki, it's your turn." Rin said as she turned her face eagerly to his to see who he'll pick.

"Kagome," he said evenly, "Truth or dare."

Kagome thought about it. Dare would be too hard, seeing as she would do anything he asked, so truth.

"Truth." Kagome replied. Shizuki's eyes darkened. He then stated the question.

"Who was your first love?"

Kagome stiffened. Of all the questions in the world, why did it have to be this one? Rin and Sesshoumaru watched her, not knowing the current situation and of her past. Shizuki's violet eyes bore into hers, as if pressuring and daring her to answer. Without a second glance, Kagome picked up the shot glass and downed it, the liquid burning her throat. Shizuki once again looked at her, the look on the verge of a glare. Her dainty fingers surrounded the bottle and poured herself another. Then, down it went. It happened a few more times, until Rin ordered her to stop. Rin had the feeling that Kagome wasn't "strong" enough to handle alcohol.

By this time, Kagome's eyes were half closed and was swaying on her seat. As if on cue, Sesshoumaru's cell phone rang. Nodding, he listened to the person on the other line. He hung up and looked at the others.

"Listen, I need to go." He looked over at Rin, to see her almost drunk. "Shizuki, I'll take Rin in her car and drive her to my place seeing she can't drive, so you'll have to take Kagome."

Shizuki, having barely taken a sip from his beer started to complain,

"But-" However, Sesshoumaru's glare gave him no room for argument. Sighing and sinking down to his seat, he grumbled. Sesshoumaru got up from his chair and helped Rin up, guiding her to her car and taking her keys. The pair was gone and caused Shizuki to look over to Kagome. He glared at her one more time and went over to help her up and guide her to Sesshoumaru's car. He had given him the keys before he had left with Rin. Shizuki found himself dragging the half asleep girl to the car. When they were five minutes into the ride, Kagome woke up, still intoxicated.

"Where am I?" she slurred. Her chocolate brown eyes slowly looking around. Shizuki answered,

"We're on our way to my place, seeing I don't know where you live." However, he received no response. He looked over to see a pair of light brown eyes looking at him, staring. They widened and her fingers were lifted to cover her mouth in shock.

"Inu-Inuyasha?" she whispered. Her eyes didn't blink, afraid that the image would fade away. "Is it really you?" Shizuki had a feeling that he had to pull over, so he took a left into an abandoned parking lot. He turned to the passenger seat and replied,

"No, you've got it all wrong. I'm not Inuyasha, I'm Shizuki, you know, Kikyo's current boyfriend?" Kagome's eyes clouded over in sadness. She then shook her head,

"No, you're Inuyasha, the one I love remember?" Her delicate fingers then traced Shizuki's cheek.

He slipped away from her fingers.

"Look, I'm not Inuyasha, the one who you stole from Kikyo, alright?" His voice was slowly rising. "You don't deserve her to be your friend, after all that you put her through. I can't believe that you would sink as low as stealing her first love!" Shizuki was now yelling. Tears then came to Kagome's eyes,

"No, NO! You have to be him! You look so much a like that you could pass as twins. I know it's you Inuyasha." She looked at him one last time, hoping that he would somehow admit it. Seeing that he wasn't going to do it, she turned away from Shizuki and faced the window quietly. Shizuki sighed and turned on the engine, heading towards his apartment. On the way, Kagome fell asleep.

As Shizuki shut off the engine, he looked to his right to find that Kagome was sleeping peacefully. He was mad at her, but he couldn't be that mean to leave her in the car. He then put her in his arms and headed up to his apartment.

Kagome slowly opened her eyes, noticing that her head was throbbing and everything in the room was spinning. Closing her eyes, she clutched her head with her hands and slowly opened them again. The sun was peeking through the blinds, making Kagome squint. The light was unnaturally bright. It was then she realized that she wasn't in her room. She looked around.

It was a really plain bedroom, with a small dresser and a queen sized bed with silk sheets. The walls were painted white and the door was slightly ajar. Taking a step off the bed, she almost fell to the floor. A wave of nausea hit her and stood up quickly to find the bathroom. The first door she opened was the bathroom, luckily enough. She emptied her stomach and stood at the sink, glancing at the mirror. She was still wearing the dress from yesterday which was full of wrinkles and her hair was a mess. Fortunately, she had no makeup that was smeared all over her face. Slowly, she walked out of the bathroom and saw a couch and sat down. She still had no idea where she was. A voice then startled her out of her reverie.

"Have a good sleep?" Her back then stiffened, she was at Shizuki's apartment, as last night's car ride came back to her. Kagome was about to apologize but then Shizuki said something that made her blood boil.

"Do you always pretend like your drunk to get a guy to bring you to his place? I mean, do you actually enjoy stealing boyfriends from your friends?"

Her brown eyes swiftly turned to him, glaring. He was also looking at her hard. She replied coldly,

"For your information, I was drunk. In fact, it was my first time drunk ever." She then stood up and walked up to him, staring at him in the eye. "I don't ever steal anything from my friends. In fact, you hardly even know me." Her hand rose and swiftly smacked him hard in the face. His hand rose also, surprised that she would do such a thing.

"Don't ever make fake accusations when you have no proof." With that, she unlocked his door and walked out.

Sorry if it's a little hard to read, won't let me put in my spacers to show change of time and all that.

Hmmm, nine pages. I hope that's good to last you guys a while! I think I'll update next weekend. Depends on homework flow.

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